Mail Order Mystery

Chance City Series, Book 1

By: Robin Deeter

Narrated by: Jay R. Smith Audio Publishing

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

A lady farmer and a disgraced detective - will what starts as an arrangement turn into something more?

Leigh Hawthorne, a widow and local farmer in Tucker Springs, Massachusetts, answers an unusual letter from a man out west, who wants to marry a woman with ranching expertise. Hoping to find a better life, Leigh embarks on a journey to Chance City, Oklahoma.

Fired for breaking Pinkerton rules, former detective Cyrus Decker just wants to live a quiet life as a cattle rancher. The problem is that he knows nothing about ranching - and his bank account shows it. Dogged by Chance City's sheriff to join his staff and plagued by money woes, Cy desperately needs help to turn their ranch around. He hopes that Leigh is the answer to his prayers.

Brought together by necessity, will Leigh and Cy find love, or will their attempt to find lasting happiness meet with disaster? Join the Chance City adventure as its citizens battle opposing forces and mayhem in their searches for love and a brighter future.

©2016 Robin Deeter (P)2017 Robin Deeter

I really like this story.

I was pleasantly surprised to like this story. There was a bit of mystery and a bit of romance. The heroine wasn’t stupid nor was she overly independent. It was a light listen and I enjoyed that a lot.

A Kept Secret..

The story line centers around the female lead, Leigh, and the male lead, Cyrus.

Cyrus needs a lot of help ranching and Leigh is the one to help because she is a widow who love ranching.

Overall, a Good Read that covered everything from ranching, family, friends, Native Americans, and a Mystery.

Jay R. Smith did well with the narration.

Note:
"This audio book was provided by the author at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

Loved the narrator!

Great story - loved the heroine and supporting characters. The back story was unusual and paradoxically quite believable. But it’s the narrator that brought it all to life. I’m looking forward to the next installment!

Need the Job Done? Hire a Woman!

Author Robin Deeter writes strong heroines, perhaps a bit too obviously strong for the times but fully enjoyable nonetheless. The progressive momentum of the end of the 19th century means a lot of what seems anachronistic quite likely isn't. Scientific investigations predate CSI, after all, and forensic evidence has long drawn a picture and told a story.

Narrator Jay Smith nicely modulates a variety of voices and the action progresses swiftly as a failing rancher takes his friend's joke as a suggestion and requests a ranch manager from a mail order bride company. Ms Deeter has a nice light touch and keeps the humor to the forefront except when tragedy occurs. There are a number of secondary characters who are nicely developed as well; since this is listed as Book 1 in the series, I anticipate more fun!

Great!

Well written with fantastic characters and an interesting story! Great narration!


I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. The fact that I was gifted this book had no influence over my opinion of it

First read it, then listened to it

I am in love. Yep. It's true. I have fallen in love with this book, the characters, the town, and this author.

I started reading this book and I was so tired, I must have fallen asleep and when I did, my kindle fell right into my face. That's ok though. I took it to my place of employment the next day and sneaked to read it every chance I got.
The characters are wonderful. They are complex and you can relate to them. I liked the plot and its flow. I liked the mystery and intrigue of it. (It could have been stretched out a bit more, but hey, it was fantastic anyway).
I love that this is first in a series. That means there are lots more stories, mysteries and adventures!
Ms. Deeter, keep writing
UPDATE: I listened to this on audio. I didn't think it could be better, HOWEVER it was! The narrator was amazing!!!! He brought to life all the characters in the books. The inflections in his voice made it! Awesome! Please keep this narrator.

All country cowboy family

This book was enjoyable and I enjoyed listening to the narrator. A little fast read at times but really good. Family stick together.
"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Great book

This book has suspence, loyalty to your family, I highly recommend this book, the narration was very good

Mail Order Twist

Cy, former Pinkerton agent, and Dapne are siblings trying to keep the ranch from going under with little knowledge of how to actually run a ranch. Enter Leigh, a widow and a mail-order bride who is willing to run the ranch. Neither Cy or Leigh are convinced that love will be part of the equation.

Leigh gets right to work making changes on the ranch while Cy continues with his work at the Sheriff's office. I like that this book didn't focus on one mystery to be solved as part of Cy's job, but instead Cy worked on several cases throughout the book.

I enjoyed the story and the tension between Cy and Leigh. Leigh is a strong female character who has her weaknesses, but knows what she wants and goes for it. I also enjoy a character who waits for marriage even though sparks are flying.

Jay Smith did a great job as narrator and I had no complaints with his narrating. Hoping to hear more in this series.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

What a great listen

What a delightful story with both strong male and female roles just with different strengths. Cyrus owns a small ranch but doesn’t know a thing about ranching if the ranch was left in his hands there wouldn’t be one. Leigh knows a lot about ranching but her father in law won’t give her credit for anything since her husband died. He uses her as a slave with nothing in return. She has had an enough and plans to find a way out. Cyrus decides he needs a foreman Leigh decides she wants the job they agree to get married a win win for both of them. He get a free foreman and do his job as a sheriff, she gets a place to call her own to do things as she wants everyone wins or do they?

The narrator does a great job but at times is a little slow not pausing when he needs to and pausing before he does. As you get into the audio I didn’t notice that and was taken away by a great story. Some of his female characters voices need a little work but for the most part they are very nice. His male voices are great I loved Cy voice it was very sexy and deep. I had no trouble knowing who was talking or what they were feeling. He shows great emotions from sad, to humor as needed. I found no background noises or any volume changes. If any breaks were taken I could not tell.

I loved this audio with the strong characters learning how to get along but knowing their weakness and doing what they do best. I loved the humor and do some majorly chuckling as well as the serious things. There is a little bit of everything in here from racism to robbery and everything in between. Cy has mixed blood and most people don’t like it. I liked how the author keeps the story moving with many different cases that Cy was on. It is a win for me with Leigh being able to take over and the praise she gets for a job well done. The supporting characters are wonderful some I would love to see have stories of their own. I really liked how Cy and Leigh get along from their teasing to their bricking. Leigh isn’t afraid to tell it like it is she is one very entertaining women that holds her own very well. The slow steady build up of the romance is great, the little side stories are wonderful. The twists and turns kept me hooked and very entertained. I really enjoyed this audio from start to finish.