Love Beyond Belief

By: Bethany Claire

Narrated by: Lily Collingwood

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

The best surprises are the ones you never see coming. All Sydney Pearce needs is a change -something to end the stress and chaos of running her grandmother's old restaurant. Maybe then her life will finally start. When she receives a job offer to serve as chef at a castle resort in Scotland, she gets her wish and happily leaves the restaurant to begin a new chapter in her life. However, she quickly discovers that living at Cagair Castle comes with its complications. Not only must she learn to accept the shocking truth of the magic that resides within the castle walls, but she is also faced with mounting feelings for a man born hundreds of years in the past - a man so alluring and kind that, despite her better judgment, she finds herself falling for him more each day.

Callum MacChristy doesn't need any distractions. He has enough on his hands with the daily travels back and forth through time and the looming threat of the man who tried to destroy his home. His trips each night are meant to provide him a soft bed and a warm shower while he works and waits for his castle to be restored. Instead, he finds himself spending more and more time with a lass so enchanting his thoughts seem to drift toward her at every spare moment. As their feelings for one another grow, so does an unseen threat that could destroy any chance they have at happiness together. Will the truth be discovered before it's too late, or will an enemy they never expected ruin them all?

©2015 Bethany Claire (P)2016 Bethany Claire

not what I expected

i didn't hate it but it is not the best story I have evor read.

Glimpses of Past and Present

Love Beyond Belief is about Sydney Pearce and Callum MacChristy's story. Sydney is overworked and need a new change in her life when she can take a moment to relax. When Sydney was notified about a job offer at the Cagair Castle, she jumped at the welcome change in her life. What she wasn't expecting was that magic really truly exist.

Callum has suffered an injury after his enemy has set fire to his castle. As he planned to rebuild Cagair Castle, he has never expected to meet the mysteriously woman in his vision in person. When his enemy manipulated the allies and friends against each other, Callum made Sydney promised him to stay in the present so he can protect her from the past except nothing ever goes according to plans.

What I love about this book is the second story behind Sydney and Callum's story. Although the main story is entertaining, magical and full of romance as Morna's family gets bigger, no one knows much about Morna except that she is a witch and a matchmaker. The second story is giving the readers/listeners glimpses of Morna's mysteriously past and why she came into our present from her past. I can't wait to discover Morna's story in the next book, hopefully.

The narrator Lily Collingwood has a wonderful voice to listen to. I can never get tired of listen to her voice when she goes from the female characters to the male characters. Listeners will enjoy the narrator's tones of all her characters.

I was given this audiobook by the author and have decided to volunteer in reviewing this audiobook. I was not compensated or influence in any way of writing this review.

Beyond Belief

What did you love best about Love Beyond Belief?

The building romance between Sydney and Callum.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The passion Jane had about being a mother.

What about Lily Collingwood’s performance did you like?

Lily always reads this series very well...never disappoints.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Jane was upset about giving up Baby Nora.

Any additional comments?

Another great book in the series!!!

The Adventure Continues

What did you love best about Love Beyond Belief?

How Sydney came to the castle without Morna's magic

What was one of the most memorable moments of Love Beyond Belief?

When Sydney and Callum trvel to the past to see the completed construction

Which scene was your favorite?

Any scene with Cooper in it - esp when he brings the coffee to Sydney's room nd tries it when she doesn't like the flavor

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Staieway to Heven

Any additional comments?

This is another winning combination of a great story made even better by a great narrator.

Morna Does It Again!

I have read all of Morna's Legacy books. I truly enjoyed every one of them. It has humor, romance, and my favorite time travel. I have gotten to know the characters so they now feel like family. The books are entertaining but the audio version is outstanding. I feel like I am in the story. I listen to this series while exercising so this keeps me going and motivated to workout everyday.

Escapism don't expect serious writing

Fun and light with no actual period research or depth of any sort. These stories are about soulmate relationships with a 21st Century girl and a 16th Century Highlander without any facts of the time to complicate the way. There are no grays just black and whites in this world of fantasy. The author didn't research the period she is writing about in the past and just projects the perfect man into every relationship story. People are so wholly good or wholly bad it is disappointing because there are no real moral choices to be made, no judgements to be conflicted about. Realism is just not important and may hurt your head with more than a few of these stories. I actually don't think there was an editor for any of the books beyond grammar as the stories lines go so odd.

great story, excellent narration.

yet another great weaving of the characters of this time traveler romance series. it's great to see how the author brings characters from her other stories together in this one.

great series

really enjoyable series, love that the characters carry over in each book. we'll written and well performed

Lovely time travel novel. Great world and character development.

Sydney moves from Italy to Scotland to take over the cooking at a 1600 century castle. As it turns out, the castle exists in the 2100 and 1600 centuries at the same time. Cullen is Laird of the castle in the 1600 century and falls for Sydney in the 2100. There are dangers in the 1600s so he is strict about Sydney going through the portal to the past. She follows an injured man into the past to help him and is captured by a Scotsman on horseback. Luckily, he is on her side and takes her safely to another castle where she is reunited with Cullen. Charming ending. Very good narration.

love these books

love the characters brought to life by a good narrator. she is an excellent one. I have listened to all 7 books so far and plan on going on to book 8. very enjoyable stories. ..