Love Walked In Audiobook By Marisa de los Santos cover art

Love Walked In

Preview
Try for $0.00
Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.

Love Walked In

By: Marisa de los Santos
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $21.49

Buy for $21.49

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

Award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos crafts an irresistibly touching debut novel. Love Walked In is a contemporary tale, steeped in nostalgic, cinematic charm, of love in all its forms.

Unapologetically idealistic about love, Cornelia Brown appears to catch the break of a lifetime when the dashing Martin Grace, her own personal Cary Grant, comes strolling into her life. But it is Martin's connection to 11-year-old Clare Hobbes that touches Cornelia's heart in ways she never imagined.

©2005 Marisa de los Santos (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt Feel-Good
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_T1_webcro805_stickypopup
Beautiful Writing • Heartwarming Story • Captivating Narration • Unique Storyline • Touching Moments • Likable Heroine
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
I liked the book, but the narration drove me crazy. There are so many times when you can hear voices or laughing in the background while the narrator’s speaking. How did nobody catch or fix that??

Laughing in the background!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you try another book from Marisa de los Santos and/or Jennifer Ikeda?

Probably not. The story has interesting parts but is tied up too neatly and rather unbelievably at the end.

Has Love Walked In turned you off from other books in this genre?

Not necessarily.

What didn’t you like about Jennifer Ikeda’s performance?

Jennifer Ikeda's reading of Cornelia is very annoying. If there is "overacting" in reading an audiobook, this is one example of it. I almost couldn't get past the first part. Her performance of the male voices is also quite awful (the girl's father sounds like he's constipated) and it's hard to listen to them. The woman who reads the girl's voice is much better though there is a lot of background noise and, at some points, as other reviewers have said, you can hear people laughing in the background. Very poor production.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Maybe.

Any additional comments?

I will make sure to read reviews before I buy an audiobook next time.

Disappointing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

A touching unique story of love unlike the typical storylines. Love in many forms. Sophisticated prose.

Beautifully written

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Distracting background noise in chapter 24 that was disappointing to hear. Laughter and other noises.

Background noise

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

The story is beautiful and sad with sprinkles of humor. It did start a bit slow; to be honest I was tempted to stop reading at the beginning but I’m grateful I didn’t. Once the story started to unfold I couldn’t drop the book.
I wish the voice of Clare were a bit more childlike (audiobook comment), I think it could have made the transitions smother and the story’s flow more realistic. I’m glad their story isn’t over, just noticed there is a series, I want to see how this love story continues to grow

Unexpectedly Good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Interesting in so many ways. Plot and characters well developed. I really enjoy de Santos stories

Wonderful story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I enjoyed this story but not the recording as you could hear laughing in the background.

Surprising Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Beautiful writing, original people, a slow story so if you’re in a hurry, you will miss the exquisite writing and story building.

Sooooo good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I would almost call this more of a drama than a romantic comedy! Still a good story although I think Cornelia’s character gets carried away a bit sometimes.

Not a typical romantic comedy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This book is near perfection and the performance of Cornelia is spot on....the near tragedy is the performance of Claire. It is distracting and almost irritating. The voice and performance do not fit the soul of this amazing young girl. Marisa de los Santos has such a quirky writing style it captures you from the beginning. Love this story. Wished the voice of Claire would have been different.

Near perfection

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews