Romance Audio Books Reviews

Monday, March 26, 2007

Key of Knowledge - Nora Roberts - Audio Book

Key of Knowledge - Nora Roberts : What happens when the very gods depend on mortals for help? That's what three very different young women find out when they are invited to Warrior's Peak.

To Dana Steele books and the knowledge they hold are the key to contentment. But now that search for knowledge must include the second key needed to release three souls held captive by an evil god.

She won't be alone, for she's formed fast frienships with two very different women. She can't allow herself to be distracted by the return of the man who broke her heart so long ago, for a danger beyond anyone's imagination is determined to keep her from completing her quest.

Its the search of this second key which makes this audio book so breathtaking !

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Biography Audiobooks - Good Reviews

If you have a need for some more serious stuff, then it's always a good idea to read, respectively hear from great people of our time and times past. Biographies are a good means to find out what made a certain personality tick or what big events in their lifes happend and why.

Audiobooks add a nice touch to these biographies, often they have audio documents like excerpts of speeches or interviews, and ever so often the person who did an autobiography reads it himself or herself. The biography audiobook blog has nice reviews.


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For Matrimonial Purposes - Kavita Daswani - Audio Book

For Matrimonial Purposes - Kavita Daswani : Unmarried at 24 - and with no prospects in sight - Anju is a great source of worry to her family. Despite the best efforts of relatives, fortune-tellers, and matchmakers to arrange a marriage, she can't seem to find a husband - or at least one she's willing to marry. Quickly becoming a spinster by her culture's standards, she is eager to escape the community that views her as a failure. After pleading with her parents for permission, she boards a plane bound for the United States and a dream of a career. And while husband-hunting isn't any easier in New York City, at least she's got company.

In this sparkling debut, an unconventional heroine defies tradition by making a marriage between the strict customs of India and the wild freedoms of America to find her own happy ending. Hilarious and heart-warming, For Matrimonial Purposes proves that, while the search for love takes many forms, the heartbreak and exhilaration are universal.

Much more better than any "Bollywood" productions !

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Some Enchanted Evening - Christina Dodd - Audio Book

Some Enchanted Evening - Christina Dodd : Pursued by the crown prince who wishes to save her, by an English magistrate who wants to imprison her, and by revolutionaries who plan to murder her, Princess Clarice flees to Scotland where she attracts the attention of a most powerful and dangerous man.

Justice is Robert MacKenzie's only desire, but the moment he sees Clarice riding into town he is overcome with emotions that have been buried for far too long. Feeling he must have her at any cost, he invites her to stay with him at his manor house and won't take no for an answer.

Soon Robert knows all of Clarice's secrets and he uses this knowledge to blackmail her into giving her unwilling aid to his own perilous plan. Caught between her need to protect her sister and the man who mixes dark emotions with passionate kisses, Clarice plunges into Robert's world.

But Robert does not know to what he has committed himself !

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Angel Falls - Kristin Hannah - Audio Book

Angel Falls - Kristin Hannah : Michaela, beloved wife and mother of two, lies in a coma. Doctors have told her husband Liam not to expect a recovery, but he maintains hope that love can accomplish what medicine cannot. Day after day, he sits by her bedside, holding her hand, sharing the stories of their life together.

Then he discovers the evidence of his wife's secret past - a long hidden first marriage to international movie star Julian. When he sees photos of her glowing happiness with Julian, he knows the actor was more than simply Michaela's first husband. He was the love of her life. Liam senses that Julian is the one person who can bring her back to life, but at what cost? Can Liam
love his wife enough to risk losing her to a man no woman could resist?

It is the eternal dilemma: are we able to let go a beloved one to save himself/herself from it's past? A good analysis.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

London Is the Best City in America - Laura Dave - Audio Book

London Is the Best City in America - Laura Dave : Three years ago, Emmy Everett made the painful decision to call off her engagement and leave New York City behind. Since then she has been hiding out in Rhode Island working at a bait and tackle shop and haphazardly shooting a documentary about fishermen’s wives.

July 4th weekend has rolled around again and Emmy is mustering up the courage to return home to New York (the site of her own failed romance) to celebrate her brother Josh’s wedding. En route to his bachelor party, Emmy is shocked when her typically resolute brother confesses that he is having serious doubts about getting married - and he may even be in love with another woman.

About the difficulties to explain to someone else what he/she is going to go through without being to invasive. A difficult but necessary journey.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

The Abduction - James Grippando - Audio Book

The Abduction - James Grippando : Allison Leahy is the US Attorney General, the most renowned lawyer in America. She and her wealthy husband are the twenty-first-century version of the couple who has it all: a happy marriage and two successful careers. To top it off,
Allison is the highly touted Democratic nominee for the presidency.

Her opponent is Lincoln Howe, a retired four-star general and bona fide African-American hero. Like Allison, howe is living the American dream, and for months the candidates hav run neck and neck. Both sides need just one extra push to swing the election - and on Halloween morning, they get it: A twelve year old girl is kidnapped on her way to school. The girl is Kristen Howe, Lincoln Howe's granddaughter. The nation and the candidate explode in outrage. As Attorney General, Allison launches a massive nationwide manhunt. But her motives are under fire, as each side claims the other is exploiting the tragedy and manipulating the investigation for political advantage.


Breathtaking story with many unexpected new developments.

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Gods In Alabama - Joshilyn Jackson - Audio Book

Gods In Alabama - Joshilyn Jackson : When Arlene Fleet heads up north for college, she makes three promises to God: She will stop fornicating with every boy who crosses her path; never tell another lie; and never, ever go back to the "fourth rack of hell," her hometown of Possett, Alabama. All she wants from Him is one little miracle: make sure the body is never found.

Ten years later, God has broken His end of the deal. Alabama has landed on Arlene's Chicago doorstep in the form of her high school archenemy, a young woman who wants to find the golden-haired football hero who disappeared during their senior year.

The eternal fight from past and present, the question of race and all intrigues which go with .

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar - Audio Book

Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar : Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play and sleep - sometimes with each other.Enter the scandalous world of Gossip Girl - a world inhabited by the city's most fabulous crowd; a world of jealousy, betrayal, and naughty pictures on the sides of buses.

I'll be watching closely. I'll be watching all of us. It's going to be a wild and wicked year. I can smell it.

"Ever wondered what the lives of the chosen ones are really like?.Just listen to this audio book and you will may be have the beginning of an answer.

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