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My One and Only
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,365
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,212
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,210
Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Second Chance... Will it Work Out?
- By Paragraphs and Petticoats on 03-11-16
- My One and Only
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
Main character is VERY immature. Good story, but she is SO irritating.
Reviewed: 02-18-25
I liked the story, but the immature nature of this main female character is a bit much for me… like she never moved beyond 7th grade insecurities. Xe Sands makes her sound even worse with that whiny voice. Just tell the story.
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Out of the Clear Blue Sky
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Xe Sands, CJ Bloom
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,398
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,286
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,282
Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left for college, but when her husband abruptly dumps her for another woman just as her son leaves, her world comes crashing down. Besides the fact that this announcement is a complete surprise (to say the least), what shocks Lillie most is that she isn't...heartbroken. She's furious. Lillie has loved her life on Cape Cod, but as a mother, wife and nurse-midwife, she's used to caring for other people...not taking care of herself.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really bad book
- By Linda O on 10-14-22
- Out of the Clear Blue Sky
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Xe Sands, CJ Bloom
Great story! Worth the listen.
Reviewed: 08-07-24
I super enjoyed this book. Sometimes the voice of Xe Sands comes off as quavering/whiny. I know shes trying to relay emotion, but sometimes it’s too much. Other than that loved it!!!!
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A Happier Life
- By: Kristy Woodson Harvey
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Devon Sorvari, Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 187
The historic houses in the seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina, have held the secrets of their inhabitants for centuries. One of the most enduring refuses to be washed away by the tide: What happened to Rebecca and Townsend Saint James on that fateful night of their disappearance in 1976? Now, the granddaughter they never knew, Keaton Smith, is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort on the market, she jumps at the chance to head south.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Might be a trigger for some
- By Maggie Terry on 08-05-24
- A Happier Life
- By: Kristy Woodson Harvey
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Devon Sorvari, Fred Sanders
Good story
Reviewed: 07-11-24
This was a very heart-felt, touching story. I really enjoy Kristy Woodson Harvey. This was not my favorite of her books. The Peachtree Bluff series was a 10/10 for me. I keep looking for more of that, I guess. I wasn’t wild about the narration of Keaton and I thought Becks was a little presumptive about the neighbor without having the facts. But, that is real life. People judge others based on gossip all the time. It’s sad, but true.
Over all good story, worth the listen. Very good summer read. Look for to more KWH.
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Look on the Bright Side
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Christina Moore, Xe Sands
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,001
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 957
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 957
Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful as her parents’, pop out a couple of kids, and build a rewarding career as an oncologist. Things aren’t going so well. For one, the guy didn’t work out. Theoretically, she’d love to find someone else, but it hasn’t happened. Two, she’s just been transferred out of Oncology for being too emotional. (Is it her fault she’s a weeper?) Three, her parents just split up. Deviating from the plan was … well, not in the plan. A potential solution comes from the foul-tempered surgeon Lorenzo Santini.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed the book but not the narration
- By Dee on 06-14-24
- Look on the Bright Side
- By: Kristan Higgins
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Christina Moore, Xe Sands
Great story… but the I just do not like narrative performance. It’s so shaky and “sing-songish.”
Reviewed: 06-07-24
I really like the story. Kristin Higgins writes a great story, The narration is a turn off. She reads in a sing-song voice and it’s hard to understand; it’s frustrating. I get that this character is “emotional” (kind of too much - I don’t think it would feel that way if the narrator would just read it)… but the whole shaky-crying voice is annoying.
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Bulls Island
- By: Dorothea Benton Frank
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 373
A satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love infused with Southern wit, grace, and charm - the story of two old Southern families. The Langleys have more money than the Morgan Stanley Bank. And they think they have more class. The Barrett family made their 19th-century fortune in a less distinguished manner: corner grocery stores and liquor stores.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved Betts McGhee!
- By Patricia on 05-21-12
- Bulls Island
- By: Dorothea Benton Frank
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
Best book ever!
Reviewed: 02-09-24
I love Dorothea Benton Frank. Nobody writes like she did. Great book! This book has Lots of life lessons. Good story.
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No Home Like Nantucket
- The Sweet Island Inn Series, Book 1
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Mae Benson was happy—a beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasn’t ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husband’s life rocks the whole family. And it’s not the only thing stirring up trouble. Mae’s oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiancé she no longer wants to be with. Her daughter Holly is caught in a marriage on the rocks. Headstrong daughter Sara is reeling in the throes of a forbidden work-place romance. And her youngest son, Brent, is drowning in sorrow and guilt.
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2 out of 5 stars
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What?!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-03-24
- No Home Like Nantucket
- The Sweet Island Inn Series, Book 1
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
Good story line.
Reviewed: 02-03-24
The story line was good… though I must say sometimes it’s dragged out with too much fluff. I don’t feel like everything gets addressed before the book ends. I don’t care for the narrator… she makes me not like Mae. She makes her sound old and frail and I know she isn’t. She couldn’t do all the things she does if she were that frail.
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No Forever Like Nantucket
- The Sweet Island Inn Series, Book 6
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Mae Benson was born to run the Sweet Island Inn. She cooks, she cleans, she laughs, she makes a mean pot of coffee, and she always knows which beach to recommend to her guests. But suddenly, that way of life looks very much in danger. On what was supposed to be a happy day—the day her boyfriend Dominic gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him—Mae discovers that a collective of out-of-towners with bad motives intends to usurp her business by building a competing hotel right down the street.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Finished
- By Christi Hawkins on 10-22-24
- No Forever Like Nantucket
- The Sweet Island Inn Series, Book 6
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
This book just irritated me - plain and simple.
Reviewed: 02-03-24
I’ve liked these books, I like Grace Palmer. I DO NOT LIKE THIS NARRATOR. She makes everyone just sound gloomy and old. There is no lightness in her voice at all. Everything sounds stoic and blah. Narration takes away from these books. I’ve liked these characters until now. The whole thing with Eliza and depression. It drug out and the way the narrator said “piillllsssss” over and over was too much… like she was doing hard drugs. My gosh, address the issue. The woman has postpartum/depression and needs help. Stop running from it and bring it out in the story. Yet it’s portrayed as some secret, shameful thing. Taking a pill for depression is not some dirty secret. “The Pilllllsssss.” That really got too me. Sarah being so naive - come on meet your business partners before you go signing your life away. Mae - so naive. I’m like can someone in this family get their head out of the sand for just a minute and take care of things. I don’t know… it just seemed too whiny. I know it’s supposed to portray strong women by showing their trials and how they stick together, but it doesn’t work for me. They come across as just weak women. Author kept dragging things out with every character. Leave out all those details describing every little scene. It just seemed like fluff. You can’t win them all… I’ll try another one, but I had to listen to part of this one on fast forward because it got in my nerves so much. It was just a combination of a lot of things.
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Summer Sisters
- By: Judy Blume
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 406
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4 out of 5 stars 367
In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters”. Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long complicated friendship has faded.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not one of her best
- By L on 05-04-22
Overall good book
Reviewed: 12-23-22
I liked the story. I like the different perspectives. I didn’t care for Abbie’s narrator. I don’t like that breathy sound she tries to go for. That narrator always irritates me with that.
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The Hotel Nantucket
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,629
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,321
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,251
Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map.
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5 out of 5 stars
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pre-read suggestions!!
- By Marie P on 06-22-22
- The Hotel Nantucket
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Great story. Can’t believe it will be her last…
Reviewed: 07-15-22
Can’t believe it will be her last or so I’ve heard. Maybe take a break, but don’t quit. I feel like I know this town full of people and now they’re just going to be gone.
I do wish this book had a view into the future for the characters … an epilogue or whatever. Great beach read. Well thought out. A 10. I enjoyed it very much.
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Outer Banks
- By: Anne Rivers Siddons
- Narrated by: C. J. Critt
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Elegant Kate, walking a tightrope over an abyss of lies...sensitive, sensible, self-contained Cecie...Ginger, the heiress, sexy, vibrant, richer than sin...and poor, hopeless, brilliant Fig. They came together as sorority sisters on a Southern campus in the '60s. Four young women bound by rare, blinding early friendship, they spent two idyllic spring breaks at Nags Head, North Carolina, the isolated strip of barrier islands where grand old weather-beaten houses perch defiantly on the edge of a storm-tossed sea.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rather Depressing Tho Good Storyline
- By Gracie on 02-16-18
- Outer Banks
- By: Anne Rivers Siddons
- Narrated by: C. J. Critt
Overall good book… I got frustrated with the heavy details…
Reviewed: 05-27-22
This was overall a good book. I got aggravated with the lengthy details about sorority girls, their lives, the silliness, etc. but once I got past some of that and I could see a plot forming, I enjoyed it. It’s worth the read.
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