Dan McCall's Bride

I know I know I am doing a lot of audios right now but there is much around the house to get done, from butching to planting and everything in between.

Dan McCall's Bride: Mail Order Misdelivery, Book 1

Written by: Barbara Goss

Narrated by: R. William James

Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:09-01-17

Publisher: Barbara A. Goss

When you are women traveling on a train by yourself to meet the man you agreed to marry through a mail order bride ad and your train is taken over, they kidnap you just long enough to get away, throw you down, you hit your head, and everything goes black. You wake up not knowing where you are or who you are what do you do? You latch on to the man that saves you and becomes your hero but what do you do when the man doesn’t want to be latched on to? You hold on for dear life since he is the only person you know. This is the easy part but what do you do when your attend comes for you? I can tell you this there are a lot of twists and turns in this story that hold your attention. Just when you think it has all gone south there is another turn in the road.

The narrator does a wonderful job he really delivers the emotion of his characters giving a wonderful entertaining audio. His female and male voices are wonderful, you always know who is talking and just what they are feeling. He has a smooth strong voice that gives just enough pauses between each character to build the story to its height. No background noises, no volume changes just a smooth clean and clear audio. I thought his performance was wonderful. If any breaks were taken I could not tell.  I could really hear the pain, confusion and sorrow in Leila voice along with the uneasiness and confusion in Dan’s voice. The outlaws where great he really bought them to life as he gives them anger, confusion and defeat to their voices.  This is the first time I have listen to any of his work I was very impressed.

The story I am torn I can understand why Leila felt the way she did but I am unsure in that time period if a women would go the lengths she did. If she had some more experience I would go along with it but to be honest who am I to say what a person would do when they has amnesia. I really wanted to feel sorry for her but with her action I just could not.  Dan is who I felt the sorriest for as he tries to do what is right but she isn’t having any of that.  He really is a man of honor and practice what he preaches.  As he comes to understand he does has feeling for her he still can’t work through marrying her and leaving her behind with his dangerous job. There are so many things in their way and what about the man is to marry.

What the author gives you is a very entertaining story filled with action from the train robbery, cattle rustlers in one exciting read that pulls you in and takes you back in time to when the west was a very wild place to live. She brings religion into it with spiritual meaning in a clean story about a man who put god first but is tempted by a women who he really would love to have.

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Summary

Can love conquer a confirmed bachelor?
On Leila's way to meet her intended as his mail order bride, Dan McCall, a federal agent, finds her lying on the side of the road unconscious. He rescues her and she attaches her heart to him immediately. Dan is not the marrying kind...or is he? Joe, her intended, is not happy to lose yet another mail order bride, and takes drastic measures to insure their marriage. Leila faces a dilemma - risk the man's life who saved hers, or marry a man she despises.

Wicked in His Arms

Wicked in His Arms (Wedded by Scandal #2)

by Stacy Reid 

This is an author that knows how to keep her readers invested in her stories with action from start to finish. You have scandal after scandal, passion, lots of emotion, control of one’s feelings, betrayal, mystery, and so much more.

Lady Olivia was born way before her time being raised by a father that treated her more like a son she learned to do all the things a lady should not be doing. This causing her trouble as she grows older with her father leaving a scandal with his death and her tomboy was it isn’t easy to make a good match. The ton does not forgive or forget easily, you must out live not only your past but the past of your parents.  When she is put into a situation she must go on the hunt for a husband. She doesn’t enjoy the balls and parties but she does her best to curve her wild ways that is until she runs into Lord Tobias who disproves of everything she is. The man is at every turn catching her doing non lady like things. He has no trouble telling her of her wicked ways and just what he thinks of them and her.

Lord Tobias must marry into a good family to be able to put his father’s scandal behind him. He will not be like his father and give in to his tempter and wild passionate ways. His family history of the males full of rage and jealously showing their selves to the ton as out of control men keeping the ton with gossip for years to come he must overcome this at all cost and give his children a life they will be proud of. He needs to find a wife that is calm, quite and meek he cannot let his emotions get in the way. There is one problem all the women he knows are airheads, screaming, tears and swooning when they do not get their way. He cannot stand this and feels no women should every cry or show emotion of any kind.   His first meeting with Lady Olivia has him in a tailspin from her wild ways that no women should have, to the pull of her tempter lord what passion she must have inside her. He liked nothing better than to bed her but knows this cannot be she makes him feel all the emotions he swore he never feel.

This two hit head on from the start baiting each other as tempters fly their passion grows with it coming to a head in the closet at a house party they find their selves in a scandal of the year leaving them no choice but to marry. This should be easy the tons have rules and demands that must be followed but Lady Olivia doing the unexpected puts a tailspin on it. It seems these two can’t keep their selves out of trouble giving the ton more scandal then it has seen in years.  Will Lady Olivia give in and marry him and if so how will Lord Tobias keep his tempter and emotions in check this is one woman that drives him beyond his control. Lady Olivia wants to rule her own life not to have a husband tell her what to do.  Lord Tobias must be in control which gives some very exciting reading. As these two lay their cards on the table each has demand the other must meet. It was exciting to see who would bend and on what issue they were willing to over look.

The author gives a thrilling read that really pulls you in, from one scandal to the next with such excitement and thrills in each. It was a book I could not put down I stayed up late to finish it. I loved Lord Tobias secret and how his use it in the end. The ending was wonderful leaving you with laughter and a smile. I loved the humor, baiting, and the emotion each character brings to the story. At first I wasn’t sure but it didn’t take long for this author to pull me in. For me this was a very exciting read, at times I felt so much for Lady Olivia and all she had and is still dealing with. Just when you think she is in a corner she comes out fighting with things that will shock not only the ton but the reader as well. At times she had me saying you go girl show them what you are made of. There were times I really felt for  Lord Tobias his past is not a good one and at times he scared me with his tempter and action. At the same time he pulled me in with his charm and honor. There are times my heart broke for each of them and other times I was laughing out loud. It really is a great story that I will read again and again. The author brings so much excitement to the table in this fast pace romance. There is never a dole moment, I loved the plot and the characters. With the right narrator this would make a wonderful audio. I can even see this in a movie that would keep you on the edge that you won’t want to miss a moment of it. I pick this as one of my favorite reads for

2017. 

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Kobo

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Summary

Tobias Walcott, the Earl of Blade, has learned it is best to exercise rigid control over his passions and emotions in all that he does. Uncaring that it makes him seem cool and aloof to most in the ton, he is content with his desire to only woo agreeable and demur females. Then unforeseen circumstances see him trapped in a closet at a house party with the last woman he would ever make his countess.

Lady Olivia Sherwood is everything he should not desire in a female—unconventional, too decisive, and utterly without decorum. But passion ignites between them and they are discovered. Honor demands they wed, and while Tobias finds himself unwillingly drawn to the bewitching beauty, he must do everything not to tempt the passion that burns in him for her, lest it leads to disastrous consequences.

The New Men

The New Men

Written by: Jon Enfield

Narrated by: Meral Mathews

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:02-12-15

Publisher: Wayzgoose, Inc.

My Review

This was an interesting story which is a historical fiction about one man, his family and the Ford company program. It was hard in Italy people had to do what they had to do to get by. Tony’s father gets into a little trouble once all is taken care of he moves his family to the states where the story takes off. This is a book about morals, working for what you get and being the best you can be. This story covers a lot of issues throughout history from spying, racism, morals, paranoia and a lot more. It shows how one company helped their employees make a new life giving them what they worked for and treating them fair.

The narrator Mr. Matthews did a wonderful job with a smooth voice. Some of his character voices were very close to others but for the most part you could tell who was talking and just what was going on. You had no doubt about the emotion each character has. It was well read with no high or low volumes where he might have take a break. If breaks were taken you could not tell. It was a very clear and clean audio.

I wouldn’t say this was a page turner but it is an eye opener it is a little dry, it has a lot of facts of interest but at time my mind wondered off. One thing for sure it is a story you will remember and it will stay with you after you put it down. This was an in lighting read that is well written giving you some facts of days long ago.  It shows how a company gave back to those that gave leaving you wondering just how much of an impact this company had and has on the USA throughout the years and still today.

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Overview

"For us, the new man, he is one of two things. First, he is the new worker, a man we instruct and investigate until his probation is complete. But also he is an idea. In the foundry, they make parts. On the line, they make autos. But in Sociological, we make men."

Tony Grams comes to America at the start of the twentieth century, set on becoming a new man. Driven to leave poverty behind, he lands a job at the Ford Motor Company that puts him at the center of a daring social and economic experiment.

The new century and the new auto industry are bursting with promise, and everyone wants Henry Ford’s Model T. But Ford needs men to make it. Better men. New men. Men tough enough and focused enough to handle the ever-bigger, ever-faster assembly line. Ford offers to double the standard wage for men who will be thrifty, sober, and dedicated… and who will let Ford investigators into their homes to confirm it.

Tony has just become one of those investigators. America and Ford have helped him build a new life, so at first he’s eager to get to work. But world war, labor strife, and racial tension pit his increasingly powerful employer against its increasingly desperate enemies.

As Tony and his family come under threat from all sides and he faces losing everything he’s built, he must struggle with his conscience and his weaknesses to protect the people he loves.
is conscience and his weaknesses to protect the people he loves.

Eleven Pipers Piping

Eleven Pipers Piping: Montana Beginnings Book 2

Written by: Angela Breidenbach

Narrated by: Tristan Leder

Length: 1 hr and 41 mins

Series: Montana Beginnings, Book 2

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:12-18-15

Publisher: Gems of Wisdom

 My Review

This was a very nice short listen of hope and making dreams come true. There is nothing more powerful than a women giving up her life to protect boys that live on the street. Her job is cut out for her when she is told you have ex number of days to turn these boys around and make them model citizens or they will be sold in indenture service or given to the military. This is one passionate lady that goes beyond the call to bring a few children happiness and a new home and the father looking for his son willing to help her.

Tristan Leder did a wonderful job of narration you could feel the pain, sorrow and power in her voice. Her voice is calm and smooth making this an enjoyable listen. Her male voices are just as nice is her females one. There are no background noises just one clean and clear listen.

It was a very enjoyable listen but since it is just a short listen there isn’t much more you can say without giving the story away. The author does give you a believable read with great characters. You heart goes out to these young boys as they deal with day to day issues of just staying alive. I feel most would enjoy this. If you are looking for a clean short read filled with love of children this is the book for you.

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Overview

What would you do if you were given 11 rowdy street newsies and told either you turn them into model citizens or they get sold into indenture or sent to the military? Of course, start a pipe and drum corps! Eleven Pipers Piping is the story of a sweet music teacher and 11 boys given one chance or else, but one boy doesn't seem like the others. And just who is his father?