Mail-Order Brides: A Durango Romance

By: Julie Pollitt

Narrated by: Leonor A. Woodworth

Length: 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Rachel Carson spent much of her life being treated as a second class citizen. When her well-to-do uncle died and left her penniless, she had no choice but to find a mail-order husband. She could only hope and pray he would be a kind and gentle man that she could spend her life getting to know and love.

Tom Kinney had a bit of a bad rap around town, but that wasn't about to stop his entrepreneurial spirit. Tom decided he would work hard promoting his new hardware store and find a wife to help settle his reputation down.

When Rachel arrived in Durango, Tom could not help but wonder why she chose to be a mail-order bride. Was she running from something, or did she just need a home?

Will Tom and Rachel find love and friendship when they least expect it?

©2015 Julie Pollitt (P)2016 Julie Pollitt

Short and sweet story!

Would you consider the audio edition of Mail-Order Brides: A Durango Romance to be better than the print version?

The narrator did such a excellent job, I can't imagine the print being better.

Which scene was your favorite?

Tom sending her the letter asking her to meet him at the church.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Definitely G rated. Any age can listen to this book. Not my normal listen but a great book nontheless. The storyline was sweet, the ending happy. The narrator did a excellent job with the voices which is always a plus! The author did a great job in the telling of a great story in a short amount of time.I listened to the book in one setting. The story holds your attention from the first chapter.

Any additional comments?

I was given this book free of charge for a honest review. Thank you for the opportunity to listen to this book.

Pleasure to listen to!

If you could sum up Mail-Order Brides: A Durango Romance in three words, what would they be?

Clean living prevails.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rachel was my favorite character. With what she went through after her parents died, she was still able to take control of her own life.

Have you listened to any of Leonor A. Woodworth’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I'll have to look up some more of Leonor Woodworths other readings. She was good in distinguishing the characters.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wanted to listen to this all in one sitting, but only listened to it at night and kept falling asleep. Nothing to do with the story, just exhaustion.

Any additional comments?

“This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.”

Durango

This is a very good short book with a good story line. Julie Politt is a very talented writer. Leonor A Woodworth did a great job narraiting this book . If my review was any help will you please click the helpful link. Thank you

Delightful clean read, very entertaining

Any additional comments?

What a sweet delightful audio that was great from the start. My heart really went out to Rachel. I just can’t even imagine living the life she did after her parents died. I thought my aunt was bad but nothing like her uncle taking her in and using her the way he did. I am betting her parents are rolling in their graves knowing all he took from her leaving her with nothing. She decides to take matters in her hands becoming a mail order bride. Tom needs a strong woman with a clean name to clean up his life and to start to become an upstanding citizen. When the two meet they decide to take it slow to make sure this is what they want. That is as slow as a short story will let them.

Ms. Woodworth’s narration was great there are no repeating of words. Nor is there any volume change or any background noises. If any breaks were taken I could not tell. Her male and female voices are a delight coming across with lots of emotion that really brings the story to life. Her tones are very powerful never leaving you in doubt what emotion each characters is feeling at any given time. I thought the performance was very good. Ms. Woodworth has a very pleasant natural voice that is a pleasure listening to. I really enjoyed listening to this audio the narrator made it a pleasure to listen to at one setting.

What I liked about this audio was that it was clean, sweet and the characters really talked. By the time the wedding takes place I felt they had really worked on their relationship, both were supportive of the other and at times defended the other. At first I didn’t care too much for Tom with his past but it didn’t take long for him to grow on me. I really wish there was something that could have been done about Rachael’s uncle. I thought the best character in this story was Rachael from her kind heart to her loving caring ways she really made this story for me. This was a short to the point story with no fillers or cliffhangers. If you are looking for a short listen I hope you will give this author a try.

Short and sweet love story

After everything this poor girl had to deal with Rachel thought an end in sight to find the rug once again pulled from under her. No home, no money she accepts a mail order bride ad and takes her chances to find love or something compatible. Will she find it in Tom?

good book

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really enjoyed thisbook

Mail-Order Brides: A Durango Romance

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."

This is a quick,sweet listen. A little bit of a twist to normal mail order bride stories.



The narration was well done. The characters were excellently portrayed.

Mail Order Brides

A sweet Mail order romance set in the Colorado area. The mail order bride was raised by her rich Uncle but when he died she needed to find her own way. She applied to a matchmaker and ended up in Durango.

Sweet Mail Order Bride Romance

Would you listen to Mail-Order Brides: A Durango Romance again? Why?

Sure. It was sweet, short and a fully developed love story

What did you like best about this story?

Author Julie Pollitt creates a complete story in such a short amount of time. Great short story for driving around town

Any additional comments?

I recevied this audio in exchange for an unbiased review

A nice, clean story

I love this sweet short story that shows the good in people. The characters are real and believable and they also believe in God, but they aren't "preachy". The narrator did a great job bringing these characters to life.
I was given this audio book from Audiobook Blast in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.