Historical fiction filled with romance and daring.
This exciting audiobook chronicles the period in Irish history, just after the Great War, when the people of Ireland began organizing their resistance to British rule. The heroine of this story is a young Irish nurse, Rynn Carmichael, who is drawn into the struggle for freedom. Narrator Alana Kerr Collins tells Rynn's story and gives voice to her many challenges, romances, and acts of incredible bravery. Collins has a wonderful fluency with accents, and she creates voices for English lords, cockney ruffians, and swashbuckling Irish ship captains, as well as for common folk. The action in this story is nonstop, the atmosphere is brilliantly conveyed, and the characters are wholly believable.
Historical fiction filled with romance and daring.Pub Date: March 24, 2026
Duration: 12 hrs, 2 mins
DD ISBN: 9781488237218
Publisher: Harlequin Audio
Review Posted Online: April 27, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2026
Ayla, one of the "others," is adopted by a clan of Neanderthal cave people. She struggles to conform to their ways, but her advanced human traits overwhelm and threaten their primitive culture in this initial installment of an immensely popular series. Although the story might benefit from abridgment, Rowena Cooper easily carries out the formidable task of enlivening the mostly silent and stereotypical characters with consistent, diverse personalities and human dimension. Through skillful phrasing and inflection, she maintains the reader's interest and suspense, especially with Ayla and her plight, throughout this rambling and imaginative story.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 22 hrs
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
This lyrical, sensual novel of woman's lot in Manchu, China, is as well researched as it is well written. Authentic in tone, it's nonetheless written for Westerners by a Western expert on China. Moreover, Susan Clark performs the demanding text superbly, with only occasional signs of fatigue. For the most part she not only sustains the quaint diction and Asian atmosphere, but also, creates whole worlds with her voice. She acts the book, rather than reads it, and, in so doing, turns a pretty trifle into a stupendous beauty.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 4 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Audio Literature
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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