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Innocent Hearts

By: Radclyffe
Narrated by: Shawn Marie Bryan
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In 1860s Montana Territory, Kate Beecher, a young woman from Boston, faces the hardships and hard choices of life on the frontier. Just 18 and quietly struggling against the social constraints of the era, Kate meets a woman who fires first her imagination and then her dreams. Jessie Forbes, a fiercely independent rancher, finds in Kate the passion she never knew she had been missing. This is the story of their struggle to love in a land, and time, as cruel as it was beautiful.

©2002 Radclyffe (P)2015 Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance

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There are some problems with this , I think it was originally written in 2002, so its possibly a early work of Radclyffe's. There are some point of view issues, and the dialogue is not as slick as later works of hers. There is also a believibilty issue in terms of acceptance of the relationship between Jessie and Kate, from Kate's parents given the era in which this is set.

All that being said this is a great story. I like this type if adventure story and romance (rather then crime and romance), and I like how the relationship develops between the characters. The narrator does good job, but for a few places where pace was too fast in the narrative and too slow in Jessie's dialogue (I understand its western accent, but did not quite work to me, but this could me my ear.)

I did enjoy this work enjoyed this work, And might be one of the few I might listen to again.

Great but rough around the edges

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Brilliant book and a great story.
Sad in places but the underlying warmth is really worth your time. I enjoyed the MC characters and their own story's. Narrator was nice 😉

Nice

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I loved this book own the kindle version so had to buy the audio one as well .The narration was perfect have now purchased both kindle and audio versions of the follow up book .

WONDERFUL

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What did you like most about Innocent Hearts?

It is one of my favourite old Radclyffe books, a simple love story with likeable characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Innocent Hearts?

I enjoy the variety of characters in this story and the possibility for a sequel (please post it soon!)

Would you be willing to try another one of Shawn Marie Bryan’s performances?

Unfortunately the performance really ruined this for me. The voice for male characters and the lead woman were as deep as each other. The accent for the time and setting was quite annoying at times.

I love reading this book but....

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I first read this book as a teenager and loved it. Therefore, when I started an audible account, it was one I wanted to own as an audio-book. It was as good as I remembered with an absorbing story and a well developed cast of characters. Even though they are not many action scenes in the book it still kept my interest through the slow burn love story, developed throughout the main character trying to get to know her new home town.
My one slight niggle would be the performance. It's sometimes hard to work out which character is speaking as too many of the voices sound the same which pulled me out of the story a few times.
It is not something that ruined it for me and will not stop me from re-listening to this book or buying the sequel.

Once of my favourites

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a young pioneer, a young rancher, forbidden love in the old west.
from leaving Boston by train and then the arduous wagon trail, kate is loving the adventure, as her father joins a local newspaper kate takes photographs marvelling at everything.
the annual animal auction and festivities bring Jesse to town and the instant attraction leads from friendship to love, neither knowing what thier feelings mean, but are drawn ever closer to discovery.
Great writing and narration.

1860s montana

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