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Destiny's Embrace
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Beverly Jenkins’ historical romances have earned her a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writers’ Guild and two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times.
Set in 19th-century California, Destiny’s Embrace introduces listeners to ranch owner Logan Yates, who must come to terms with his true feelings for Mariah Cooper, his beautiful, headstrong housekeeper. But just as Logan decides to make Mariah his own, her former lover reenters her life. Now Logan will have to show Mariah that the passion they share has been written in the stars.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- CourtneyE
- 07-17-13
Good Story. Okay narration.
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would recommend this book to a friend, as I would with all BJ novels. However, I would suggest that you read the book before listening to the audio book. I think you could get the wrong impression of how great a writer Ms BJ is if you only listen to this performance.
What didn’t you like about Shari Peele’s performance?
I usually love Shari Peele's narrations. In fact, I was excited to see that she was narrating this story. However, this was not one of her best performances. The meter was off, and it was very slow. It felt like it was dragging. Also her voices sounded pretty similar, especially the male characters. Her accents were also off. I have heard her do a really good Spanish inflected English accent in other audio books, but in this one it was just off at times. I love her narration of modern stories, but I didn't really care for her performance of this historical romance.
7 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Tonya Fennell-Johnson
- 04-06-19
I LOVE BEVERLY JENKINS!!
I'm trying to read every book she has written!! The story line makes you want to continue reading! Oooo and the erotic parts, scandalous!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Toun
- 06-12-18
Good book but ...
It’s a really nice hook, but the narrator’s swallowing sounds get in the way a bit. I’ve listened to a lot of books and there has to be a way to swallow saliva more subtly. She’s a good narrator though, so it makes up for the little annoyance.
5 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 06-23-20
Meh...
It was okay. I thought her book Indigo was superb. The other ones I've read by her fell flat.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Rosalind
- 06-19-20
Nice story, substandard narration
I love historical romance novels. This one is very interesting because it is set in both Philadelphia and California during the 1880s. The characters are a little bit superficial, and a little hard to believe sometimes. The narrator has a pleasant voice but was disappointing. She tries to do a Spanish accent but sounds more Jamaican. She also puts weird emphasis on random parts of sentences, and mispronounces way too many words for a professional narrator.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Grits1973
- 06-18-19
Predictable love story
The narrator is horrible with swallowing or drinking throughout the story.
Predictable love story. Vivid love scenes.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Nicboogie
- 06-06-19
Sweet Tiger Eyes
I really liked this book, the hero, heroine and secondary characters were all good. Even the evil Momma.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- mona campbell
- 12-23-18
Great Book
Everything about this book was very good loved it. and Shari Peele did a great job
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Rikkita
- 12-08-18
Entertaining!
The beginning of the story with the Coopers was hard for me to tolerate the abuse, but I was excited when the Cooper daughter finally grew a backbone and stood up to her mother. Te storyline was good and each character developed nicely. I loved Logan! He grew to be my hero.
I can't wait to read the next book in this series considering the clifthanger that Beverly left us with :)
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- V Hunter
- 07-10-13
LOVE IT!!!
Very good story!!! I love a good love story and this is definitely a good one. A must read and you want regret it.
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