Nancy Monteyro
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The Nature of Fragile Things
- By: Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Jason Culp
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,916
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,505
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,487
Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Nature of Fragile Things is a 5 star listen!
- By Kathy… send to help my husband to sleep!! on 02-04-21
- The Nature of Fragile Things
- By: Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Jason Culp
Captivating and entertaining
Reviewed: 02-13-25
The author did an amazing job in this story and I read every moment I could. This was not predictable and kept me wanting more.
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Where the Lost Wander
- A Novel
- By: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,442
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,427
The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at 20. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts work to keep them apart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, bad reader
- By LoverofClassics on 06-09-20
- Where the Lost Wander
- A Novel
- By: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
A great read
Reviewed: 07-22-24
Amy Harmon did a great job in this story. I am a pioneer fan, and this was not the ordinary pioneer story. Well worth the listen!
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A Girl Called Samson
- A Novel
- By: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,525
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,419
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,419
In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support them, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant. From that moment on, she yearns for a life of liberation and adventure. Twenty years later, as the American colonies begin to buckle in their battle for independence, Deborah, impassioned by the cause, disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in the Continental Army.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Alternate facts
- By Kay on 04-20-23
- A Girl Called Samson
- A Novel
- By: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
True story
Reviewed: 05-07-24
The story of Deborah Samson during the revolution showed how frustrating it was for her to have been born a woman and being restrained by that because of societal norms. She did impersonate a man and proved that she was capable of what men do and even more effectively, but given time, she found that God did have a perfect mate for her and her struggle worked itself out because she waited for the right person to come along and her life became complete. She later was able to tell her story.
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The Complete Dark Days Series
- By: Ryan Schow
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 38 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 795
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 774
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 773
With no power, no heat, and a total grid collapse, tough times keep getting tougher. But when America is struck with an EMP, this small group of survivors will be forced out of the frying pan and into the fire. Only there can they fight for their homes, their families, their community, and their right to be free from the restraints of an oppressive world force.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beware
- By Amazon Customer on 02-04-24
- The Complete Dark Days Series
- By: Ryan Schow
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Great read great story
Reviewed: 05-02-24
As always the narrator is the best for post apocalypse stories and this story kept me going for many hours!
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The Complete Age of Embers Series (Books 1-5)
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (The Last War Universe, Book 2)
- By: Ryan Schow
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 49 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,103
The EMP has officially crippled the nation and her infrastructure sits in ruin. Can a burned-out DEA agent, a Guatemalan-born cartel daughter, and an estranged brother find their way back to their families, or will they succumb to the perils of a nation in steep decline? The Complete Age of Embers is a no-holds-barred post-apocalyptic adventure series chronicling a nationwide descent into a powerless world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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4 chapters in kind of a bit over the top graphic
- By Jason moore on 09-21-22
- The Complete Age of Embers Series (Books 1-5)
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (The Last War Universe, Book 2)
- By: Ryan Schow
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Kept me going!
Reviewed: 04-16-24
As always this narrator does a great job with every post apocalyptic story. The story is well written and well worth all 55 hours! I could have listened to more!
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Legacy of Mercy
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan, Stina Nielsen, Suzanne Toren, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 959
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 898
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Story5 out of 5 stars 898
Having returned to Chicago, young socialite Anna Nicholson can't seem to focus on her upcoming marriage. The new information she's learned about her birth mother continues to pull at her, and she hires Pinkerton detectives to help her find the truth. But as she meets people who once knew her mother and hears stories about the past, Anna soon discovers that some secrets are better left hidden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Legacy of Mercy
- By Amazon Customer on 10-31-18
- Legacy of Mercy
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan, Stina Nielsen, Suzanne Toren, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Laura Knight Keating, Andrea Gallo
We need another book!
Reviewed: 11-16-23
This story has captured me from the beginning. The story and the lessons are on point. I’d love to read another book and see it continue!
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The Lady's Mine
- By: Francine Rivers
- Narrated by: Kate Forbes
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,670
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,467
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,454
New York Times best-selling author Francine Rivers returns to the California frontier in this sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the town they join forces to save.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ok story, not the novel of faith expected
- By SHSPF on 02-11-22
- The Lady's Mine
- By: Francine Rivers
- Narrated by: Kate Forbes
Loved it and wished for more!
Reviewed: 11-09-23
I recommend this story to anyone who’s bored with some of the same story historical pioneer fictions. This had a plot that was exciting enough to keep you listening, but different enough that it didn’t feel like you were listening to all the other clean historical fiction novels which tend to be predictable and boring.
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Long Way Home
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 813
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 756
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Story5 out of 5 stars 754
Peggy Serrano couldn’t wait for her best friend to come home from the war. But the Jimmy Barnett who returns is much different from the Jimmy who left, changed so drastically by his experience as a medic in Europe that he can barely function. When he attempts the unthinkable, his parents check him into the VA hospital. Peggy determines to help the Barnetts unravel what might have happened to send their son over the edge. She starts by contacting Jimmy’s war buddies, trying to identify the mysterious woman in the photo they find in Jimmy’s belongings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- By CAROL KRAAY on 08-27-22
- Long Way Home
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
The ending is the best
Reviewed: 08-23-23
The ending shows a faithful God despite the evil that happens in this world. It opened my eyes to what people who are indifferent and do nothing can enable.
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Eve's Daughters
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,725
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,576
Is there a secret terrible enough that it should never be revealed, not even if it was tearing a family apart? For more than five decades, Emma Bauer has kept one - carefully guarding it with all her strength, and for more than five decades, that choice has haunted her life and also the lives of her daughters and granddaughter. Is it too late for wrongs to be righted? Does Emma even have the strength to let the healing power of truth work in her family?
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5 out of 5 stars
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great read
- By Sharon on 01-16-19
- Eve's Daughters
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
Food for thought
Reviewed: 08-08-23
This book keeps you on your toes. The jumping from person perspective to earlier history and the modern era and how it all came around to be was very well thought out and I commend the author. Spiritually speaking, it demonstrates the racism of different immigrants and it all boils down to the same issues that we have today. Sin and the result of unrepentant sin visiting for generations even when we believe our sin has no repercussions. A lovely story that I will surely read again.
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Good Hope Road
- A Tending Roses Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Amanda Troop, Diane Michelle
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,062
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,058
Twenty-one-year-old Jenilee Lane's dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide. She doesn't imagine any good could come out of the tornado that has ripped across the Missouri farmland where she's made her home. But some inner spark compels her to take action. To rescue her elderly neighbor, Eudora Gibson, from the cellar in which she's been trapped. To make her way to the nearby town of Poetry, where the townspeople have begun to gather in the only building left standing. To collect from the devastated landscape fragments of life that lie strewn about in the tornado's wake.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I hated the ending ......
- By Anonymous User on 06-29-19
- Good Hope Road
- A Tending Roses Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Amanda Troop, Diane Michelle
Another thought provoker
Reviewed: 09-23-22
This is good for an old soul or a mature reader. It shows how all thing do work for good, even bad. I give it 4 stars because it isn’t quite the page turner or attention grabber that some of Ms Wingates titles are. I still think it’s well worth the read.
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