John & Liz
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The Asheville Christmas Wedding
- Carolina Christmas, Book 3
- By: Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 134
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Story5 out of 5 stars 134
When the Chambers sisters receive an invitation from their jet-setting aunt to spend the entire month of December at the family's cabin in Asheville, North Carolina, they have one question—why? The retreat, tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains, may be the site of many happy childhood holidays and summers, but it also holds sad memories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not enough
- By KAT on 08-02-24
- The Asheville Christmas Wedding
- Carolina Christmas, Book 3
- By: Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Cute 2nd Book…
Reviewed: 12-30-24
…in the line up. Enjoying the series. Highly recommend if you’re looking for something lite.
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Sanibel Moonlight
- Shellseeker Beach, Book 7
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 167
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story5 out of 5 stars 161
Nearly a year has passed since Eliza arrived for a “few days” on Shellseeker Beach. She has overcome grief, forged lifelong relationships, and finally found a place where her heart can sing. Most of all, she’s found a second chance at romance…but must face one last and unexpected challenge or this new love will slip through her fingers like moonlight on the water.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story telling
- By CzekMart on 12-10-22
- Sanibel Moonlight
- Shellseeker Beach, Book 7
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Wonderful…
Reviewed: 10-16-23
…ending to the series. Beautifully and thoughtfully written. Extremely creative. The ending was touching. Usually I come away from a series not knowing what to read next and with a sense of loss for the characters I’ve come to know. This last book in the series provided a touching and poignant closure. Well done!
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Return to Me
- A Katama Bay Series, Book 1
- By: Katie Winters
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
Janine Potter grew up on the other side of the tracks. Her mother, Nancy, struggled with just about everything—alcohol, men, money—and Janine made a pledge to herself that she would never be like her. At age nineteen, Janine met Jack Potter, the son of an oil tycoon, and never looked back. Her life became a series of cocktail parties and multi-million-dollar apartments all across the world, and rubbing elbows with celebrities. Slowly, memory of her mother faded, although the trauma never really did.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but obviously a “part 1”
- By J on 03-22-23
- Return to Me
- A Katama Bay Series, Book 1
- By: Katie Winters
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Erin Bennett…
Reviewed: 09-07-23
…doesn’t disappoint. I could pretty much guess the story and ending early into the book. But I like this stuff so Book 2 has been downloaded.
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The Bookshop by the Bay
- A Novel
- By: Pamela M. Kelley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Jess loves her work as a high-profile lawyer in Charleston. But when her marriage implodes, she retreats to her childhood home on Cape Cod with her thirty-year-old daughter, Caitlin, hoping to regroup with her longtime best friend, Alison. Alison’s career has taken a hit after twenty years as an editor for the magazine Cape Cod Living. But when she learns her beloved bookstore on the Cape is looking for new ownership, a new dream starts to form. As the two friends reopen the bookstore, they also open themselves up to the magic of second chances.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh…but,
- By John & Liz on 08-28-23
- The Bookshop by the Bay
- A Novel
- By: Pamela M. Kelley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker
Meh…but,
Reviewed: 08-28-23
I love the narration. The storyline had lots of gaps. The book should’ve been filled with more detail on other aspects. Part of the story. Either way I was ready to sign up for book 2 if there was one, but there isn’t. Not a fab read but not a bad read. 😊
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Somebody Saved Me
- Words + Music, Vol. 27
- By: Pete Townshend
- Narrated by: Pete Townshend
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,308
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,300
Pete Townshend is one of the great figures in rock ‘n’ roll history. For almost 60 years, The Who have balanced the physical and the spiritual with introspective lyrics and inspirational music. But there is a part of Townshend’s story—and The Who’s—that has not been examined. These are his Words + Music. In the Audible Original Pete Townshend: Somebody Saved Me, the songwriter takes us through the period between the 1978 death of Who drummer Keith Moon and the 2002 loss of bassist John Entwistle.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Glimpse Into the Life of Pete Townshend
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 05-06-22
- Somebody Saved Me
- Words + Music, Vol. 27
- By: Pete Townshend
- Narrated by: Pete Townshend
The best…
Reviewed: 04-27-23
Thank you, Pete Townsend, for this audiobook…interview. ‘Always been a huge fan. This filled in some of the blanks (where you were and what you were creating) in those absent from the public eye years. Your musical history and genius has been such a gift. So again, “Thank You!”
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A Return to the Keys
- Coconut Key, Book 5
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 177
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story5 out of 5 stars 159
An unimaginable change is in the air when a long lost love reappears on the sands of Coconut Key to complicate lives and open old wounds. With shocking news that changes history and the family dynamic, the new arrival brings hope, love, and the answers some have been searching for years to find.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A lovely series, but this particular one is just getting too far-fetched
- By Kindle Customer on 03-26-25
- A Return to the Keys
- Coconut Key, Book 5
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
I wish but…
Reviewed: 03-22-23
…I’m committed to the series but just like binge watching TV it can become predictable. Even still I’ll finish the series at this point.
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A Secret in the Keys
- Coconut Key, Book 1
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 595
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 554
The last thing Beck Foster wants to do is attend a party for her estranged aunt in the Florida Keys. One month earlier, Beck’s seemingly ideal existence imploded when her husband of 34 years announced he was leaving her. Now, so she has to sell her house, get a job, and somehow put her broken heart and life back together. She can’t do all that if she runs off to visit a woman she barely remembers. Or can she? Accompanied by her grown daughter who also longs for an escape, Beck heads to Coconut Key, where she’d lived the earliest years of her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great read! Warm and wholsome!
- By Kevin Ferguson on 07-24-21
- A Secret in the Keys
- Coconut Key, Book 1
- By: Hope Holloway
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Ya but…
Reviewed: 01-26-23
Cute read. Nice break from the every day. The narrator is one of my fave but… The voices were sometimes SO over exaggerated it’s all I could focus on. I wish it weren’t so. Either way I downloaded Book 2 in the series because the ending was a good cliffhanger and I want more in the series.
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A Lowcountry Wedding
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 965
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 871
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 870
Nothing could be more enchanting than a summer wedding - or two! - in Charleston's fabled Lowcountry. A centuries-old church, an avenue of ancient oaks dripping moss, a storied ballroom, a sand dune at sunset.... Yet when a stranger arrives, a long-held family secret could silence the bells ringing for the Muir sisters. Scandals surface, family bonds are questioned, and promises are broken and renewed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Impossible to concentrate
- By Josie on 05-12-16
- A Lowcountry Wedding
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
So many tear jerker moments…
Reviewed: 10-15-22
This follow up didn’t disappoint. The series, while a pleasant distraction, from current events, depicts what could happen in real life without too much fantasy. And I love the author’s narration. Super enjoyed it!
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Summer Love
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Thayer
- Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4 out of 5 stars 110
Twenty-six years after that amazing summer, Ariel, Sheila, Wyatt, and Nick reunite at the hotel where they first met. Now it’s called The Lighthouse and Nick owns the entire operation with his wife and daughter. Ariel and Wyatt, married for decades, arrive with their son, and Sheila’s back too, with her daughter by her side. Life hasn’t exactly worked out the way they had all hoped.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice Summer Read
- By Raychelle Creech on 05-27-22
- Summer Love
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Thayer
- Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse
I couldn’t wait for it to end….
Reviewed: 05-26-22
I like this author’s books. But this one…not too much. I actually sped up the narration speed to help get through it quicker. The narrator’s own speed of speech went dramatically from normal to slow. I tried really hard to like this book. Too much back and forth between current and past. It felt like it took forever to get to a point. Too many anticlimactic moments that took too long to get to. It was a miss in my opinion.
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The Summer Girls
- The Lowcountry Summer Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,493
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,229
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,226
Three sisters reunite on Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina after years of separation in this heartwarming first novel in a new trilogy from a beloved author. 80-year-old Marietta Muir is a dowager of Charleston society who has retired to her historic summer home on Sullivan’s Island. At the onset of summer, Marietta - "Mamaw" - seeks to gather her three granddaughters - Carson, Eudora, and Harper - with the intent to reunite them after years apart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The summer girls
- By Eveline Howells on 01-05-17
- The Summer Girls
- The Lowcountry Summer Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
Beautifully written
Reviewed: 05-05-22
I hated for this book to end. The storyline is so believable. The narration…tones and oral gestures were excellent. I’ll be looking into more by this author.
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