Thirty-One and a Half Regrets

Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 4

By: Denise Grover Swank

Narrated by: Shannon McManus

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

While Rose recovers from a broken heart, she finds herself at odds with her sister and business partner, Violet. Rose buries herself in her landscaping work but becomes worried when her employee and friend, Bruce Wayne Decker, goes missing. In the meantime Fenton County Assistant DA Mason Deveraux has been patiently waiting to begin a relationship with Rose, but she realizes she needs to confront the demons of her past before she can embrace a new future. She needs to find out the truth about her birth mother.

But her past isn't her only demon. An undercurrent of tension has been spreading through Henryetta, Arkansas, since drug lord Daniel Crocker's arrest six months ago. Still, she's not prepared for a nightmare come true: Crocker's escape from prison. Crocker carries a grudge, and he's determined to make Rose pay. But he plays a game of cat and mouse, forcing Mason and the Fenton County Sheriff's department to hide Rose on her birth mother's farm. But will it be enough to save her?

©2014 Denise Swank (P)2015 Denise Swank

Just keeps getting better!

What made the experience of listening to Thirty-One and a Half Regrets the most enjoyable?

I love the new lady doing the reading...Shannon McManus does a great job...she gets all the voices in the right tone and rhythm. Better than reading the book actually...which I have done!

Who was your favorite character and why?

As ever Rose! I feel with her...I cry with her...I want to slap someone for her...I want her for a friend!

What does Shannon McManus bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She does a great job. She brings the right emotions and tones to everyone's voice! You really feel as well as hear all the emotion and energy! I have read the book...and this really was better...and even though I know the story Shannon has me on the emotional edge as though I don't know what will happen.

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

Oh yes...wish my life was where I could do that!

Any additional comments?

Please keep Shannon doing the audibles for all the Rose and NK books. And please do the whole series on audible....I don't want to have to wait for the audible as I wait for Denise to write the next book.

very good read.

I can't put down the series, very addictive, can't wait to see what happens next.

I love Rose and her danger magnet

Once again Rose’s latest adventure kept me enthralled from the very beginning. I just love Rose - the quirkiness, the naiveté, and the good heartedness. Like the other books in this series, this story is meticulously crafted, beautifully written, and expertly delivered. I felt all of the things along with Rose - laughing, crying, swooning, cringing, teeth gritting, angry stomping, hyperventilating, and cheering. Rose is a 24 year old women living in a nosy closed minded small town. She experiences visions that she’s compelled to share with the person she has them of. In this story, Rose s continuing to learn about who she is and how to live her life with friends, a new boyfriend, and a new business. In this story, Rose, of course, finds herself suddenly in the middle of the intrigue and the danger when Daniel Crocker (book 1) has escaped prison and wants to punish Rose. While Rose is being hidden away she continues to deal with unresolved issues related to her painful past. Her new boyfriend Mason, Joe, Violet, Jonah, and Bruce Wayne again play important secondary roles and help the story progress and by extension, Rose’s character grow. The book has a little bit of everything - sweet moments, exciting action, danger, family drama, painful pasts, mystery, evil actors, plot twists, imperfect characters, and even a few chuckles. I cannot wait to read what happens next in Rose’s life.

Shannon McManus did a great job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly.

Great series, made better with new narrator

I've really been enjoying this series, even though the first few books were difficult to get through with the strange accent and mispronounced words. This narrator really puts the emotion in the stories and pulls you in! can't wait to move on to the next one

just ok

I struggled with this one. enjoyed the three previous but found this one rather contrite. Got really bored with Rose always crying!

Wonderful series!

Love this series and the new narrator is awesome!!! I’m listening to the whole series.

not as good as the last 2. Moved pretty slow

pretty slow moving, somewhat predictable. Disappointed in the overall story. This narrator is better, Arkansans don't have the accent of the previous narrator. Will try another volume or 2, hopefully it will pick up the pace

Sorry it ended

LOVE. Can not wait to listen to the next book...Love Rose and the two men

Narrator

So glad to have Shannon back! I struggled with the last narrator, the voice just didn’t fit.

This was a really good book.

I have listen to all of the books do far and I think this was the best. The characters are so easy to get to know, and care about. The story got me from the first chapter and never disappointed me. The narration was really very well done.