The Pearl Brooch

Time Travel Romance: The Celtic Brooch, Book 9

By: Katherine Lowry Logan

Narrated by: Carolyn A. Lee

Length: 23 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

This brooch saga begins July 14, 1789, the day French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille! And America’s ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson, comes to Sophia Orsini's rescue....

Sophia Orsini, a time-traveling Italian artist, believes she understands how the pearl brooch magic works, but when it abandons her in the middle of an 18th century Paris mob, she realizes she was wrong.

America’s ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson, comes to Sophia’s rescue, but that meeting leads her down a path she otherwise wouldn’t have chosen.

Kevin Fraser and his pregnant wife, JL, fly in his Cessna to enjoy a weekend at Mallory Plantation in Virginia, but wind shear turns Kevin's textbook landing into a disaster and the plane through a chain-link fence, injuring JL and sending her into premature labor.

Pete Parrino, VP of Global Security for MacKlenna Corporation, is in Florence on business when he stumbles upon Sophia Orsini’s art studio. Sophia is the love of Pete’s life, and he hasn’t seen or heard from her in 20 years. When he discovers she hasn’t returned from her annual two-week holiday, he breaks into her studio and finds evidence that she’s a time traveler.

When the clan discovers where she is, Pete, Matt Kelly, and Jack Mallory must decide how much of America’s history they’re willing to change in order to bring Sophia back to the future.

The Celtic Brooch Series:

• The Ruby Brooch (Book 1): Time travel romance - Oregon Trail 1852.
• The Last Macklenna (Book 2): Contemporary romance.
• The Sapphire Brooch (Book 3): Time travel romance - Civil War, 1864-1865.
• The Emerald Brooch (Book 4): Time travel romance - World War II, London, June 1944.
• The Broken Brooch (Book 5): Contemporary romance.
• The Three Brooches (Book 6): Time travel romance - Napa and San Francisco, 1881.
• The Diamond Brooch (Book 7): Time travel romance - New York City, 1909.
• The Amber Brooch (Book 8): Time travel romance - Colorado, 1878.

©2019 Katherine Lowry Logan (P)2019 Katherine Lowry Logan

New Narrator

The story, as usual, is outstanding. The performance however leaves one asking why we are switching narrators in mid series. Ms. Lee’s attempts at French and Scottish accents are like nails down a blackboard. Unpleasant and unwanted.

close.. but...

I've enjoyed the series, despite some "cookie cutter" characters and scenes. The accents and prononciations of some of the names, like colon in stead of Collin, drove me a little batty in this reading compared to the reader in the rest of the series.

Storyline is running out

This book was enjoyable, but it wasn't quite up to par with the other books in the series. I was a bit disappointed.

Spoiler! New narrator does not compare .

Very disappointed after listening to the first 6 books to hear a new narrator. why?

Gets better with every book

This one was a little different and kept me wanting to hear more. Can't wait till the next ones.

Rich in Atmosphere and Facts & What if?

This series has the nuances of time traveling historical fiction down to finely polished art. What if you could change history?

The art history of Great Masters then the American and French Revolutions are covered in this book. I can’t begin to explain it without SPOILERS.

This is a multi book series yet although reading the rich history and adventures of ALL the characters is best... I believe you can read this book on its own. Honestly, if you love historical fiction rich in atmosphere and facts....read the series.

The Narrator was excellent and didn’t miss a beat with either with different accents or sexes.

good book, good female voices

I preferred the voice for the men in the earlier books. these guys sounded weird.

What happened?

This book lost the focus and fun of the previous books in this series. The Thomas Jefferson story does not deliver on expectations. Additionally the new narrator isn’t very good either so the audible experience fell flat for a double whammy. I can only hope future books in the series are back on track.

narrator ruined this book

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. The characters are amazing. I am like a kid on Christmas when a new book comes out and I cannot stop listening to it. I’ve listen to all the books several times, but I cannot get through this book. The narrator is just that bad. I’m so sad and I’ve tried many times to listen, but I just can’t... I literally get a headache :( ... please bring back Teri for the future books.

Her soulmate is in the past... but which one?

Amazing. This book is amazing! With each book, Katherine takes us to a dive into the world abd USA history... and not just dive, but travel with the character to fel and live the experience. As I recently finish “A tale of two cities”, the violence of the french revolution is still fresh in my mind, so when Sofie finds herself in the middle of all this, was impossible not fear the bloodthirsty shore.
However, the brooch has it’s own magic, and guides the characters through tiryisis and confused streets, Sophie sees the circunstances taking her to the USA, where she finds out about hte pearl brooch.
Well, as all books of the author, this is also long and with a very slow narrative, but dom’t made you feel tired, on the contraty, you want to know more, you wnt to know what will happen, and how Sofie is changing the future... And the last chapters are unbelivable. Trust me.