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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Sophia Rose Reviews: The Sailor's Rest by Don Jacobson

Today Sophia Rose returns with a Jane Austen retelling with a twist. Read on to see what she thought.
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The Sailor’s Rest by Don Jacobson, narrated by Benjamin Fife

Historical Fiction

Publisher: Don Jacobson

Published: 4.25.23

Time: 13 hours 31 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Narrator: 5 stars

Format: Audio

Source: Author

Sellers: Amazon

ADD TO: GoodReads

GoodReads Blurb:

Two grooms missing at the altar. Darcy & Wentworth kidnapped. Two great loves tried by separation, battle, and deception.

Set on the stage of Napoleon’s 100 Days, relish the mystery, sea chase, and, finally, the satisfying finish as four yearning hearts--desperate to be reunited-- draw closer together. Join the heart-stopping chase with Anne Elliot & Elizabeth Bennet as they search the tattered rooms of a waterfront inn, suffer on board a frigate engaged in a deadly game of naval chess, and then enter the gilded confines of London’s preeminent card room where revenge is riding on one final hand.

Can true love be lost at sea?

The Sailor’s Rest is set in the Persuasion timeline of 1815 but leaves in place the age and plot constructs established by Austen in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s greatest lovers come together to be tested in the crucible of war on the Mediterranean’s blue waters and in the smoky confines of a prestigious London gambling den.

Sophia Rose Reviews: The Longbourn Quarantine by Don Jacobson, narrated by Stevie Zimmerman

Welcome to Sophia Rose's first review of 2021, today she's reviewing a historical romance on Audible, The Longbourn Quarantine by Don Jacobson narrated by Stevie Zimmerman.
Sophia Will be visiting with thoughts on novels on a regular basis so be sure and stop by to check them out.
Enjoy!

The Longbourn Quarantine by Don Jacobson, narrated by Stevie Zimmerman

Historical Romance

Publisher: Meryton Press

Published: 11.26.20

ASIN: B08P5D4WHX

Time: 3 hours 50 minutes

Rating: 5

Format: Audible

Source: Author

Sellers: Amazon /Audible /Barnesand Noble

Add To: GoodReads

Good Reads Blurb:

Refugees flood the roads. A feared specter has escaped London’s grimy docklands and now threatens the wealthy districts. Amongst that ragged stream is a single carriage jostling its way toward Meryton. Inside are the Darcy siblings along with Charles and Caroline Bingley. They desperately seek the safety of Netherfield Park.
For all their riches, they could not evade the epidemic’s dark hand. Bingley’s leasehold had been reduced to rubble as roving bands raped, pillaged, and burned. The only sanctuary was Longbourn where, once installed, the Darcys and Bingleys were barred from leaving by a fortnight’s quarantine.
Events converge with disease in The Longbourn Quarantine. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy abandon old prejudices to face grief and mourning. Pride is set aside as Death hovers nearby. The couple forges ahead. knowing that love unexplored is love lost: that words must be said lest they remain unspoken in the time of smallpox.

Sophia Rose Reviews: In Plain Sight by Don Jacobson, narrated by Amanda Berry

Today I turn it over to my pal Sophia Rose who's reviewing In Plain Sight by Don Jacobson, narrated by Amanda Berry a twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Enjoy!