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The Endearment

By: LaVyrle Spencer
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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New York Times best-selling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories....

Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme - to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.

A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy the love they had come to cherish.

©1982 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2020 Tantor
Historical Historical Fiction Romance Western Romance Westerns Heartfelt
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Beautiful

This was my third book by this amazing author, and let me tell you that she is unbelievably talented! She was able to transfer me to another world! I didn’t know so many things bout then - how they lived and how they made their things and she truly thought me so much about the history. Thumbs up to her and the narrator. Well done!

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This author is gifted

Loved the characters Ana, Karl, and James. They act and react exactly like I would expect. Very realistic. The author shows the weaknesses of the characters without making you dislike them. In fact, you feel so much compassion for them. Loved the plot. It moved along and I found myself interested in everything that was happening even though most of the events were just normal daily events of the time. Narration was well done. Really one of the best historical romances I’ve read in a long time.

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Nice story

This was a good story with likeable characters. It’s a clean romance.

The estrangement went on a little long.

But I was genuinely rooting for them to have their HEA!

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I wasn’t sure

I wasn’t sure this book could be as good as Small Town Girl, the first book I read by the author. But this book exceeded my expectations in all aspects. A lovely read.

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My Favorite Author

I love this story set in a period of a time of new beginnings. New settlement, new relationships, and learning.

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Just a good story

Good narration, likable characters, a timeless likable story, makes me want to find another Spencer book to start right away

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The Endearment!

I enjoyed this book so much! The storyline, and performance and over all book is believable and like the title intimates, Endearing! Love it and I miss the characters already!

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Such a sweet story with such endearing characters!

The Endearment is endearing, well-crafted and so splendid, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Think I read it long ago, when I used to devour romance novels, but listening to it has been absolutely delightful! Very well performed too, loved the Swedish accents! Beautiful ending and rich details of a bygone era, well worth the listen!

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Great listen

The storyline was awesome, and I like the way the narrator handled the different characters

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A lovely early Americana romance

The story takes I think in the late 1800 after the civil war but before the automobile. In rural Minnesota it’s about a Swedish immigrant settler who places a bride advertisement in the newspaper and a girl from Boston who answered the bride advertisement with her young brother. The story is very well written, it has depth and breadth with great deal of heart. I thoroughly enjoyed this story about Minnesota settlers.

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