Overseas

By: Beatriz Williams

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

A passionate, sweeping novel of a love that transcends time.

When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a business meeting, no one’s more surprised than she is. Julian’s relentless energy and his extraordinary intellect electrify her, but she’s baffled by his sudden interest. Why would this handsome British billionaire—Manhattan’s most eligible bachelor—pursue a pretty but bookish young banker who hasn’t had a boyfriend since college?

The answer is beyond imagining - at least at first. Kate and Julian’s story may have begun not in the moneyed world of 21st-century Manhattan but in France during World War I, when a mysterious American woman emerged from the shadows of the Western Front to save the life of Captain Julian Laurence Ashford, a celebrated war poet and infantry officer.

Now, in modern-day New York, Kate and Julian must protect themselves from the secrets of the past, and trust in a true love that transcends time and space.

©2012 Beatriz Williams (P)2012 Penguin

Good read but could have been shorter and a very confusing concept

I got this book because I love the narrator! January always does a great job.

The main characters kept having the same argument...after awhile it got old! The concept was interesting but the author did not do a great job connecting the dots ........it seemed like the characters were stuck in a loop and kept going back in time to save each other. An ok read but not my favorite.

ugh, may not be able to finish it

Boring, taking forever to get to any real plot. Trying to decide if I will even listen to the last part.

Simply WOW

Wow! what an engrossing listen.

The time traveling from present to WW1 was the most confusing and most engrossing listen. I completely lost myself listening to this story. Im heartsick with longing for the story to be longer for Kate and Julian.

Beautiful love story

Where does Overseas rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Equal

Who was your favorite character and why?

Kate. A woman that speaks from her heart. Makes her position known and refuses to back down with what she believes

What about January LaVoy’s performance did you like?

January has done it again. I really enjoy her readings. She puts substance into the characters, gives them life. Makes the stories real.

Good for chicklit

I like well-written chicklit and this one was pretty good. The timetravel aspect was interesting. I started to wish it was over before it quite ended and speeded up the narration but overall it was entertaining. I can recommend it for light listening.

one of my favorite books!

I loved everything about this book. the narrator was excellent and the story was extremely romantic.

A less eloquent Outlander... sort of.

For those of you out there who've read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, you'll notice that Overseas is very similar. Like really, really similar. So similar that I truly hope Ms. Williams didn't know of Outlander's existence, because the two share (basically) the same premise, plot, and characters.

Only Overseas is both less educational and less well written.

Don't get me wrong, my hormones greatly enjoyed both books, but...

Overseas, though endearing, is nothing to moon over. And it's so freakishly similar to Outlander in so many ways...

Great story - wanted to keep listening

I really enjoyed this book!!!
Usually I like to listen to series of books but I took a chance on a one book novel. I was not disappointed. There was great character development and I really enjoyed the narration.
In the beginning I found the switching from different periods in time confusing but it began to make sense and really helped the story in the end.
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone :)

Such disappointment

I have always loved Beatrice Williams writing. The stories were especially rare and transfixing. This is the antithesis. I totally dislike time travel. It is a writers cheat. You can describe/contrive anything using time travel. This story is absolutely ridiculous, not even evoking any real emotion because time travel is such a major part of it. And the romantical, Gushi, over emotion is just an insult to the time travel gouge. Horrible.

THE BEST ONE YET

I had NO idea what to expect from this as the story began but it quickly became my favorite of Williams' novels. It is FANTASTIC. I let the last 20 minutes take me over a week because I couldn't bear for it to end. I highly recommend.