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Spruce Crossing Christmas
- A Sweet Christmas Romance Collection
- By: Ruby Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
A sweet Christmas romance collection set in the charming small town of Spruce Crossing. Stories in this collection: Christmas Memories A holiday romance to help these strangers discover what really matters in life. Second Chance Holiday A second chance Christmas romance. Fake Relationship for Christmas A fake engagement could change their lives forever. Three Hearts for Christmas A single mom finds true love. Christmas Performance Saving a cherished small-town business, while also finding her heart. Decorating for Christmas A holiday fixer-upper to warm your heart. Christmas Heartstrings An...
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3 out of 5 stars
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AI
- By Pat on 12-04-24
- Spruce Crossing Christmas
- A Sweet Christmas Romance Collection
- By: Ruby Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
I don't like Virtual Voice
Reviewed: 12-08-24
The voice changes very little with characters or emotions.
When a character stutters, it says the letter instead of its sound. ("W-what?" becomes "Double-you what?")
The voice doesn't pause at "..." points. ("I... sorry" becomes "I sorry." If I didn't read the Kindle story, I would have thought the character's English was not their first language.)
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Lucky Number Thirteen
- Three Rivers Ranch Romance, Book 10
- By: Liz Isaacson
- Narrated by: Becky Doughty
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
Tanner's in Three Rivers, a changed man, to compete in the rodeo. He's glad to be forgiven of the misdeeds he's done, and he looks to his friends in Three Rivers as examples. He's ridden hundreds of bulls over the years, but when he draws Lucky Number Thirteen, the personal stakes for winning go up. He's never made it to the eight-second bell on this bull. And he doesn't this time, either.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice Clean Series
- By Retired Storekeeper on 09-26-21
- Lucky Number Thirteen
- Three Rivers Ranch Romance, Book 10
- By: Liz Isaacson
- Narrated by: Becky Doughty
Nice Clean Series
Reviewed: 09-26-21
I wish the rest of the books were in sets. One credit or $9.99 is a lot to spend on a three hour book.
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Island Apart
- By: Steven Raichlen
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,078
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,001
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 992
Claire Doheney, recovering from a serious illness, agrees to house-sit an oceanfront mansion on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha's Vineyard. The New York book editor hopes to find solace, strength, and sufficient calm to finish a biography of the iconoclastic psychotherapist Wilhelm Reich. The last thing she expects to find is love. Then she meets a mysterious man the locals call the Hermit. No one knows his real name or where he lives. To their mutual surprise, they discover that they share a passion for cooking.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful writing & narration-four and a half star
- By Brian PDX on 06-12-12
- Island Apart
- By: Steven Raichlen
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
Just started today, so...
Reviewed: 07-28-21
The narrator mispronounced the author's name. I'm a fan of his cooking shows and his name is pronounced RYKE-lin (rhymes with "like")
There's cussing in Book Chapter 2
Did not finish
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The Professor Woos the Witch
- Nocturne Falls, Book 4
- By: Kristen Painter
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,940
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,710
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,696
Pandora Williams is Nocturne Falls' most successful real estate agent. And least successful witch. Her magic never has the intended outcome, but she's learned to live with that. Mostly. Yes, it sucks, but what can she do? Then a hot new neighbor shows up and suddenly her magic works. Very cool, but very suspect. Especially since he's a total non-believer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't Decide Which Book is My Favorite?
- By Cheri on 04-05-16
- The Professor Woos the Witch
- Nocturne Falls, Book 4
- By: Kristen Painter
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
It's a good series. Funny moments. Minor cursing.
Reviewed: 04-20-21
BJ Harrison is a good narrator. I like the way he voices the older females Corette, Birdie, Alice and Gertrude. Most male narrators are awful with female characters. Cole doesn't have an accent (his father does), which I thought maybe he lost by becoming a teacher. But in subsequent books he has a North Carolina drawl. The cursing isn't different from what's heard on television these days. At least it isn't vulgar.
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Cotton Tree Ranch: The Complete Boxed Set
- By: Vivi Holt
- Narrated by: Dawson McBride
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Everything in Hazel's perfect life is going according to plan. But she's in for a surprise. When her best friend and roommate takes ill, Jenny begs Hazel to fill in for her on a trip to South Georgia. When Dalton Sullivan takes a spill from a bronc at the last rodeo of the season, his life changes forever. Uncertain about his future, his fortunes take another turn when Grandpa Joe bequeaths him a dilapidated horse ranch in his will. Dalton's plans to refurbish it and turn it into a working ranch again are interrupted when a beautiful woman shows up pretending to be someone she's not.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t like the narrator.
- By Carolyn Bruner on 01-02-20
- Cotton Tree Ranch: The Complete Boxed Set
- By: Vivi Holt
- Narrated by: Dawson McBride
Didn't like the narration
Reviewed: 01-23-21
His voice is so deep and gravelly, and the characters almost sound the same, even the females. Dual narration with a female artist would be better.
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Make-Believe: The Complete Series
- By: Vivi Holt
- Narrated by: Amanda Stribling
- Length: 32 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
What happens when make-believe feelings between these fake couples turn real? Listen to the entire best-selling Make-Believe series by Vivi Holt today. Billionaires, cowboys, Navy SEALs, ex-cops, and more fill the narration of these six sweet listens. Deliciously toe-curling kisses, adventure, and second chances await in this sweet romance collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great clean romance. No cussing. A few errors
- By Retired Storekeeper on 01-10-21
- Make-Believe: The Complete Series
- By: Vivi Holt
- Narrated by: Amanda Stribling
Great clean romance. No cussing. A few errors
Reviewed: 01-10-21
Book 1: They need to redo the narration. She calls Ramon (ra-MOAN) the casino employee "Ray-mon". Gwen Alder's last name is called "Adler". At one point she's called "Grace Adler" who was the title character of the NBC comedy Will & Grace.
Book 3: Narrator pronounces Curacao (KUR-a-saow) as "ka-RAH-ko"
Book 5: In the description, Roland's last name is Baker. In the story, his last name is Kirk. I thought it was another narration error, but it's the same in the Kindle version.
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Made for Us
- By: Samantha Chase
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak, Julia Motyka
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 938
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 887
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 882
The Shaughnessy brothers have spent the years since their mother's untimely death taking care of each other and trying to make their father proud. The oldest son, Aidan, is hardworking, handsome, successful - and still single. Sure, he'd like to have his own family someday, but who has the time?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Revolted by the Sexual Revolution!
- By D on 02-26-17
- Made for Us
- By: Samantha Chase
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak, Julia Motyka
Contains foul language
Reviewed: 01-07-21
I counted around 20 instances of cursing, but I don't think I found them all. At least the love scenes aren't vulgar. I like the dual narration.
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That Thing You Do
- By: Maria Geraci
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,039
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 949
Allie Grant doesn't believe in second chances. She does, however, believe in the power of a permanent paycheck. So when a tipster reports that the soon-to-be demolished senior center in her hometown is haunted, Allie hightails it to Whispering Bay to get the scoop that could secure her dream job at Florida! magazine. What she finds, though, is far scarier than any ghost. Cue her ex-boyfriend, sexy construction foreman Tom Donalan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful and sweet
- By MoondustGoldens on 09-11-20
- That Thing You Do
- By: Maria Geraci
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
Contains foul language
Reviewed: 01-04-21
DNF at page 10. They need to put a disclaimer in the description so I don't waste time downloading something I don't want to hear
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After All
- Cape Harbor, Book 1
- By: Heidi McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 497
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 495
Brooklyn Hewett hasn't set foot in Cape Harbor for fifteen years - not since an accident claimed the love of her life, Austin Woods. Desperate to move forward, Brooklyn has focused on raising her daughter for the past fourteen years. But when the opportunity comes along to renovate the old Driftwood Inn, Brooklyn knows it's time to go home. But it won't be easy. For one, Austin's best friend, Bowie Holmes, still lives in Cape Harbor. Brooklyn hasn't quite been able to forget him: not since the night they spent together
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3 out of 5 stars
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Contains foul language
- By Retired Storekeeper on 12-20-20
- After All
- Cape Harbor, Book 1
- By: Heidi McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Contains foul language
Reviewed: 12-20-20
They need to put a disclaimer in the description so I don't waste time or money on something I don't want to hear. I let one go in Chapter 6, but by Chapter 10, I was really into the story, but the cussing happened more frequently. That wasn't fair. If I had known ahead of time, I wouldn't have selected it. Can't they make edited versions of these things? I really like the story and I want to know how it ends, but I can't stand reading/listening to foul language. I get enough of it at work.
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Before Summer Ends
- By: Susan Mallery
- Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Tanya Eby
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,536
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,294
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,285
When Nissa Lang’s house sitting job falls through, she’s left with no place to stay for the summer. While she’s figuring out what to do, her old family friend Desmond Stilling hears about her dilemma and invites her to stay on his palatial estate. Trouble is, Nissa’s always had a crush on Desmond, so she’ll have to keep her feelings under wraps....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow burn romance
- By BB on 09-03-20
- Before Summer Ends
- By: Susan Mallery
- Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Tanya Eby
Odd narration
Reviewed: 12-13-20
The female sounds almost robotic in narrator mode but sounds okay in dialog. The male's voice is gravelly in narrator mode but sounds okay in dialog. I wish they did their gender's voices in dialog.
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