• Ruined

  • A Dark Mafia Enemies To Lovers Standalone Romance
  • By: M. James
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (52 ratings)

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Ruined

By: M. James
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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I thought he was nothing more than a rebellious fling. But now I’m his…with no way out.

Ibiza was meant to be an escape. With my father dead, my brother sent away, and my mother frantically trying to marry me off to anyone who will have me, all I want is to forget all of this is happening. So when my friends give me the opportunity to sneak away with them to the mecca of yachts, parties, extravagance and sin–I take my chance and go.

I have every intention of leaving my worries behind me in Chicago, and my virginity in Ibiza–and David is everything I want. Handsome, charming, and utterly uninterested in anything beyond our brief fling, the whirlwind romance he takes me on is one I plan to enjoy every second of, taking only the memories of it when I go.

But too late, I find out that memories aren’t all I have left of our time together. And when I discover that the man I’m meant to marry is the same one who swept me off my feet an ocean away, that secret becomes something far worse. It could end our unwanted union–or make it impossible to escape.

I thought I’d never see him again. But now he’s my reluctant groom–and I’m going to be his ruined bride.

Ruined is a full-length standalone dark mafia romance!

  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: Romance

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Virtual voice was awful. Couldn’t pronounce words and showed no emotion Couldn’t follow along easily

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good story...awful virtual voice

I almost couldn't get past the 3rd Chapter, the AI voice was so bad. Although I got through the entire book, and really enjoyed the story, which is very well written, it took a long time because I had to just stop and just take a break from it.

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Great Story

The book was good. But the virtual narrative sucks. Wish there was more emotion

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Good story

I loved the story line, but the automated narration is the worst thing I have ever seen added to audiobooks. It makes the entire story lack severely in tone and emotion. It needs to go back to human narrators.

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Sweet

I love how sweet this story ended up. I really thought they were going to do plan B. Still don’t know how I missed that part. Oh well.

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Get a narrator

Virtual voice did this no justice. With a decent narrator it might take off. Story was decent, language meh, “cock” totally overused, there are other names for it. Has potential.

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AI Narrator is very different

The story is pretty good. Having the AI narrator is really weird in a smutty book. The strange intonations describing very intimate details had me laughing out loud several times. I think if I had read this myself, or if it had a human narrator that could sense the tone of the book, I definitely would have enjoyed it more. I will for sure try some other stories from this author.

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The storyline was lacking

Just too much sex talk. The storyline could have been so much better. Wishing you luck in future stories

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Narrative was SO. FREAKING. BAD.

The plot was good. The ending, however, was FAR too abrupt.

More than anything, I can honestly say I will NEVER listen to a "virtual narrated" book again. I swear my ears were going to bleed but unfortunately I have this horrific OCD thing where I HAVE to finish a book once started. This narrative made me seriously hate that little issue of mine. Please Audible, for the sake of your listeners, don't use "virtual narration" anymore!

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Book with READING. Stay away from the audio

It is a true testament to the story that I finished the audio book with the virtual narrator. I will not to another audio book with this type of audio performance

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