Merry Christmas, Henry

A Chicago Christmas, Book 3

By: Aubrey Wynne

Narrated by: Tom Jordan

Length: 56 mins

Publisher's Summary

A holiday fantasy short story for the romantic.

Henry, a shy and talented artist, moonlights as a security guard at a museum and loses his heart to a beautiful, melancholy woman in a painting. As his obsession grows, he finds a kindred soul who helps him in his search for happiness. On Christmas Eve, Henry dares to take a chance on love and fulfill his dream.

©2016 Aubrey Wynne (P)2017 Aubrey Wynne

One of the best short stories hold you spellbound

A very short listen that will take your breath away about a very talent artist who isn’t in it for the money but for the art of making beautiful art. He falls in love with a woman in a painting and become obsessed with her. This is very well thought out and put together so much so you feel the love and the pain. It is a beautiful story of true love that will touch every romance read straight to your heart. I just loved it as it brought a tear to my eye and smile to my heart.

Mr. Jordan really brings this story to life for me pulling on my heartstrings making me believe in true love that is worlds apart with many centuries between them. He really make me feel Henry’s love, his wants and needs and what drove him. I loved his character voices he really gives so much to them. You can feel the emotions in his voice. You know just what each character is feeling, you always know who is talking. There are no background noises, no volume changes and if any breaks were taken I could not tell. This story is built around Henry and the narrator knows just what it takes to make Henry and the picture he is obsessed with seem real and come to life. Mr. Jordan delivers a very clean, clear audio that you get lost in. His natural voice is just a wonderful as his character voices. It is a voice you have no trouble listening to as he brings excitement and sorrow to Henry that holds you spellbound.

I did not want it to end, I wanted to know more about Henry and his true love.

Excellent!

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A truly beautiful story exceptionally well written. Everything is so well described that people and paintings are easily visualized, and the emotions portrayed are felt by the reader. Don't miss this gem!
Tom Jordan exhibits true genius in his narration.

Merry Christmas Henry

I really enjoyed listening to this audio. Tom Jordan was a great narrator and probably the perfect one for this book. He embodied each character and brought this great story to life. Aubrey is a great author and I can't wait to read and listen to !it's of her books.

Such a lovely story!

I loved the story, it was very sweet and magical. I love how Tom brought the story to life.

A classic little tale full of fantasy and mystique

Merry Christmas, Henry is a classic little tale full of fantasy and mystique. Tom Jordan did an excellent job narrating the tale, lending the work an authenticity that really brought the story to life for me. I felt for the protagonist in his isolation and loneliness. The story culminates on Christmas Eve with in a delightful, fanciful ending you won’t forget.

Beautiful short story about love and devotion

Where does Merry Christmas, Henry rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Merry Christmas Henry is a beautifully written short about love and devotion. Aubrey Wynne creates a character that's easy to fall in love with. Henry stole my heart and he still has it long after the story finished. The narrator did a great job as well. I do wish there was more of a difference between the voices of the two women at the beginning of the story, other than that well done!

Loved This Beautiful Holiday Story

Henry works as a night watchman at a museum in Chicago. Painfully shy and just as lonely, Henry spends his days creating beautiful paintings featuring the people he sees every day. One day, his museum receives a new painting to exhibit and Henry is captivated by the woman portrayed within. For 10 years he spends every spare moment in front of the painting, talking to her and imagining her by his side at night.

This was a well written short story, touching and sweet. Despite the fact that it was only an hour, I really felt like I knew the characters. Henry's background was developed enough to show his painful past, and show what a kind and selfless person he was. The resolution brought happy tears to my eyes. The narration was well done and it immersed me in the story. I requested a copy of the audio, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review.

This audiobook is a gem!

This fantasy story is so perfect! The narration is also good. I like it so much! So short and so beautiful! You have to listen to it!

GREAT SHORT AUDIOBOOK

MERRY CHRISTMAS HENRY is the third book in the A Chicago Christmas series.

I loved the whimsical TWILIGHT ZONE ending to this romantic, holiday, fantasy, short-story. Henry’s melancholy mood touched my heart and I cheered for his solution to reaching for his dreams.

Narration: Tom Jordan did a beautiful job with articulation, pronunciation, and breathing life into these characters.

Note: While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy via Audio BookCrave, my opinions are my own and are given freely.


Title: MERRY CHRISTMAS, HENRY
Series: A Chicago Christmas #3
Category /Genre: Paranormal Romance, Clean
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Listenability: OK for ears
Received from: Aubrey Wynne (as an Audible gifted copy)

A very sweet story

While short, the story was filled with an enchanting tale, sweet characters, and a Pygmalion-style tale. I truly enjoyed it and
would highly recommend it.

sweet, magical Christmas short story

I really loved the magic of this short story, it was so sweet and honest and so very human.

The relationships between Henry and other characters is really lovely to see, his family connections are tenuous and stressful apart from with his aunt lucy and her unending support and defence of him and that she is the only person he sends a hand painted Christmas card and his joy at imagining her face upon recieving it.

I especially liked his friendship with Melinda and her daughter Katie. It felt so genuine the way it developed and his realisation that he loved the idea of her but not actually her and that this developed into a deeper, truer friendship is lovely.

The magical twist at the end and Melindas understanding of her friend is so sweet.

The only thing that threw me slightly was that sometimes they referred to him as Henry and other times as Hank, at first I wondered if they were different characters but by the end it became clear it was meant as the same person.

I could listen to Tom Jordan narrate anything.

I love his tone and cadence, he brings a genuineness and softness to the story that just made it a really enjoyable listen.

I was given this audiobook for free from audiobooks unleashed and have left this review voluntarily.

What a unique Christmas tale!

This short story has such a unique twist that I could not stop listening. And the narrator did a fantastic job with the narration. This story shows that there is such a thing as Christmas miracles and that love can be found in the unique of ways!

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