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A Gentle Rain

By: Deborah Smith
Narrated by: Suzy Harbulak
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A Connecticut heiress learns she's adopted and travels to northern Florida "cracker" cattle ranch to find her birth parents. There she also finds unexpected romance with the ranch's owner.

©2007 Deborah Smith (P)2012 BelleBooks, Inc.
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A Gentle Rain

What a Lovely book. it is well worth hearing it again and again.A touching and sweet book. I look forward to more from Deborah Smith in the future.

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wonderful

this is such a great story.
read with wonderful emotion.
moves at a good pace has all good qualities a story should.
thanks

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Extremely Touching!

A Gentle Rain is an incredibly touching and emotional story. It's the kind of story that really hits home if you have ever had a family member (or close friend) that have been mentally and/or physically handicapped. The love that permeates within these characters feels so genuine and tender. It reminds you of what's important in life and never take loved ones for granted.

My only negative about this audible listen is the sound quality. It has many overdubs that can be a bit distracting but in no way takes away from the story.

This book is more than a romance so don't miss out on this beautiful story!


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Didn't want it to end!

Romance - Adventure - Lessons to be learned - What a great book! A third of the way through I knew I wasn't going to want it to end. I wanted to keep the characters with me as long as I could. I wanted to meet them and to know them.

Deborah Smith writes with descriptive prose and tells a story that has profound substance and message. The book is like a big hug - sweet and entertaining and full of love. You cheer, you laugh, you cry and you celebrate. Romance? Yes, but the book stands in a class by itself - above and beyond most of the genre. I've read/listened to so many books - but this one has to be in my top five.

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Amazing

I love this book. Listening to it made it even better. The characters​ came alive. Well done!

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Excellent!

Loved reading this excellent book. Deborah Smith knows how to craft an engaging story! This recording does an exceptional job telling a quality story. It moves along quickly though, for the good and the bad of it.

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Wonderful story

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and all the special characters! I couldn’t put it down.
My only “criticism” was the audio- it was inconsistent with odd voice overs coming in at random times. I had to continuously change the volume as would fade out then get very loud (I’ve never had that happen in over 200 audio books).
Enjoyed the story in spite of those challenges! Vg

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A wonderful surprise

A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith was my first of her books to read, and what an amazing gift it was. I bought this book on sale, and it will not be the last of Ms. Smith's books that I treat myself to. I loved it. Precious characters that were developed well, very nice plot that came back to itself nicely. Smart. Fun. Lovely.
Credit worthy? Yes!

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Beautiful...

Oh my, what a stunning story. Colourful, gentle, heart breaking, warm, sad and so much more. The narration was partly brilliant when voicing Lily, Mack and Joey and excruciatngly bad when voicing Cara ans Ben. Eliminating periods and mixing up the male and female voices in a monotone drone. I had to play back many times to understand and make sense of the story. How on earth can a narrator be brilliant and the worst ever in one and the same story?! The book itself is just plain beautiful.

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A Gentle Rain

Well, I've certainly never read a book like this one before. I loved every minute of it and couldn't begin to explain it. Just be ready to do a whole lot of smiling and keep some tissues handy too!

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