Musings on Romance

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#RomBkLove Day 18: Speak to Me of Love

Blue graphic with books and a book light and the title: Day18: Romance audiobooks and #RomBkLove in English

When I thought about how best I could contributed to #RomBkLove almost my first idea was romance audiobooks with a focus on narrators. For those of us who love romance audio, we know it’s all about the narrator. A fantastic narrator can lift an okay book and make a great book come to life in new ways. I’ve said before that audio is a transformative medium. The listener experiences the story through the lens of the characterisation, tone, pacing and pitch of the narrator. When they get it right, it’s magic.

There are many brilliant narrators. My list of favourites is long but I’ve chosen just 6 to highlight today, paired with some of my favourite audiobooks from their catalogues. Continue reading

March Round Up

Monthly Mini Review

Couple kissing behind the cover of a red umbrella, she's holding a red roseLucky Suit by Lauren Blakely, narrated by Zachary Webber & Andi Arndt – B Lucky Suit is a novella-length audiobook which was made available to Audible members for free. It features Cameron, the best friend/business partner of Lulu, the heroine of Birthday Suit, another recent release by Ms. Blakely. I listened to them back-to-back. The timelines in both books overlap but there’s a little fudging going on with that because they don’t quite match up perfectly. I probably only noticed because I listened to them so close together though.

Kristen is a scientist who lives next door to her beloved (and feisty) matchmaking grandmother, Jeannie. Jeannie has been setting up Kristen on dates but Kristen has called a halt. She believes in algorithms and science and is tired of the duds she’s been set up with. When Jeannie meets Cameron at a car auction again (they’d met a few times before) she realises that both Cameron and Kristen are single and she’s determined to bring the pair together – even though Cameron lives in New York and Kristen in Florida she just knows they’d be perfect together. Unfortunately, Cameron isn’t a fan of online dating and Kristen has sworn off blind dates. How then is she going to make this happen?? Continue reading

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