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The Road to Paradise
- A Vintage National Parks Novel
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's summary
It’s 1927, and the National Park Service is in its youth when Margie, an avid naturalist, lands a coveted position alongside the park rangers living and working in the unrivaled splendor of Mount Rainier’s long shadow.
But Chief Ranger Ford Brayden is still haunted by his father’s death on the mountain, and the ranger takes his work managing the park and its crowd of visitors seriously. The job of watching over an idealistic senator’s daughter with few practical survival skills seems a waste of resources.
When Margie’s former fiancé sets his mind on developing the Paradise Inn and its surroundings into a tourist playground, the plans might put more than the park’s pristine beauty in danger. What will Margie and Ford sacrifice to preserve the splendor and simplicity of the wilderness they both love?
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Good time travel story, great narration!
- By Long Island Reader on 08-09-18
By: Michelle Kidd
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The Long Road Home
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Her husband’s suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless. By a miracle, she’s held on to their mountainside farm - and she’ll keep holding on, no matter what. The property is Nora’s one chance to wring some dignity out of the sham she’s been living. The Vermont locals think she’s a city girl on a nature kick, but she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. Nora’s serious about learning the farming business...if she can figure out where to begin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth the listen
- By Kathryn @theBookDate on 02-01-14
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No Safe Harbor
- Edge of Freedom, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Ludwig
- Narrated by: Eleni Pappageorge
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend - Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother’s warning, Cara trusts Rourke, revealing her purpose in coming to New York. She’s then thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats, and attempted murder, including political revolutionaries from the homeland out for revenge.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Romance 1897 New York
- By Debbie on 06-01-15
By: Elizabeth Ludwig
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A Miracle of Hope
- The Amish Wonders Series, Book 1
- By: Ruth Reid
- Narrated by: Mia Gaskin
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96
Lindie Wyse thinks an arranged marriage is the only way to preserve a future for herself and her unborn child. Josiah Plank is certain he’ll never love again, but he needs someone to care for his deaf eight-year-old daughter, Hannah. The two take on their arrangement tentatively at first but soon realize they are each in for more than they imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Miracle of Hope
- By Kindle Customer on 04-21-23
By: Ruth Reid
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The Continent
- By: Keira Drake
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
For her 16th birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire - a trip to the Continent. It seems an unlikely destination for a holiday: a cold, desolate land where two nations remain perpetually locked in combat. Most citizens lucky enough to tour the Continent do so to observe the spectacle and violence of battle, a thing long vanished in the peaceful realm of the Spire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing!!
- By Newtothis on 05-29-18
By: Keira Drake
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Nefertiti's Heart
- By: A. W. Exley
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 877
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 791
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Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently. London, 1861: Impoverished noble Cara has a simple mission after the strange death of her father - sell off his damned collection of priceless artifacts. Her plan goes awry when aristocratic beauties start dying of broken hearts, an eight-inch-long brass key hammered through their chests.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Want a backstory of rape? This one’s for you.
- By Linzie Ezzell on 08-30-20
By: A. W. Exley
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Alaska Twilight
- By: Colleen Coble
- Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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For some people, Alaska is full of light and beauty. For Haley, it is a dangerous world of dark and tortured memories. She's here to document wildlife activist Kipp Nowak's bear encounters. But her real reason is to unearth the truth about a past murder. The suspense mounts when another body turns up, and Haley begins to wonder if the tragedies she experienced in the past are connected to the dangers and mysterious incidents of the present. Alaska Twilight is the story of a young woman's emergence from the shadows of past sorrow into the light of forgiveness and grace.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story line with interesting characters.
- By Mimi on 05-21-19
By: Colleen Coble
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Arena
- 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Karen Hancock
- Narrated by: Aimee Lilly
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44
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Transported surreptitiously to a terrifying alien world with limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie Hayes finds herself engulfed in a perilous battle for freedom—for her very life. After agreeing to participate in a routine psychology research experiment, she must unravel the mysteries shrouding her only route of escape or risk succumbing to the deadly deception of the Arena. A journey through the treacherous terrain of a strange and terrifying world. A powerful allegory that will capture your imagination with its timelessness and aching familiarity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and intriguing
- By Si on 11-17-23
By: Karen Hancock
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Tiffany Girl
- By: Deeanne Gist
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair set Chicago and the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany - heir to the exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry empire - seizes the opportunity to unveil his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the likes of which the world has never seen. But when Louis' dream is threatened by a glassworkers' strike months before the fair opens, he turns to an unforeseen source for help: the female students at the Art Students League of New York.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed this book
- By D L Miller on 07-09-15
By: Deeanne Gist
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One Dance with a Duke
- Stud Club Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Tessa Dare
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 562
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only 10 members - yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing "Duke of Midnight." Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke - until Lady Amelia d'Orsay tries her luck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite Tessa Dare book.
- By PTL on 08-22-20
By: Tessa Dare
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It Happened at the Fair
- By: Deeanne Gist
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Gambling everything, including the family farm, Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with his most recent invention. But the noise in the Fair's Machinery Palace makes it impossible to communicate with potential buyers. In an act of desperation, he hires Della Wentworth, a teacher of the deaf, to tutor him in the art of lip-reading. The young teacher is reluctant to participate, and Cullen has trouble keeping his mind on his lessons while intently watching her lips.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved my trip to the fair with Deeanne Gist!
- By Carrie Fancett Pagels on 05-14-13
By: Deeanne Gist
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12 Days at Bleakly Manor
- Once Upon a Dickens Christmas, Book 1
- By: Michelle Griep
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
England, 1851: When Clara Chapman receives an intriguing invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home, she is hesitant yet feels compelled to attend - for if she remains the duration of the 12 day celebration, she is promised a sum of 1,000 pounds. But is she walking into danger? It appears so, especially when she comes face to face with one of the other guests - her former fiancé, Benjamin Lane.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Dickens Mystery!
- By A+D on 11-29-18
By: Michelle Griep
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The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride
- By: Cora Seton
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 309
Ethan Cruz should be mending fences on his Montana ranch, but instead he's driving to the Chance Creek, Montana, airport - to pick up the bride he didn't know he had. This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend Rob Matheson has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his "bride" right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city bride.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Looking forward to the rest of the series
- By Cyn on 04-12-15
By: Cora Seton
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Secrets of Nanreath Hall
- A Novel
- By: Alix Rickloff
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin, Laura Waddell
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the harrowing evacuation at Dunkirk, WWII Red Cross nurse Anna Trenowyth is shocked to learn her adoptive parents, Graham and Prue Handley, have been killed in an air raid. She desperately needs their advice, as she's been assigned to the military hospital that has set up camp inside her biological mother's childhood home - Nanreath Hall. Anna was just six years old when her mother, Lady Katherine Trenowyth, died. All she has left are vague memories that tease her with clues she can't unravel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done both narrators and Author !
- By Andover Meadow on 09-17-16
By: Alix Rickloff
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The Iron Duke
- By: Meljean Brook
- Narrated by: Faye Adele
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power-and fear-of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession. But when Mina uncovers the victim's identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great for Some but Not for Everyone
- By Kjda on 06-27-17
By: Meljean Brook
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The Crown's Game
- By: Evelyn Skye
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters - the only two in Russia - and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great world building, slow pacing, love triangle
- By Amazon Customer on 08-08-16
By: Evelyn Skye
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A Cowboy for Keeps
- Colorado Cowboys, Book 1
- By: Jody Hedlund
- Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Greta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong. First, bandits hold up her stagecoach, stealing all her money. Then, upon arriving in Fairplay, Colorado, she learns the man she was betrothed to as a mail-order bride has died. Homeless, penniless, and jobless, Greta and her sister are worse off than when they started.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a cowboy for keeps
- By Anonymous User on 03-23-21
By: Jody Hedlund
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- MattsMom
- 04-03-20
Lovely Escape!
This isn’t just a romantic read about a national park. The characters have depth and the storyline makes you want to keep reading (listening!) until the end. Interesting heroine beautiful description of Mt. Rainier.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- michaelk07
- 06-05-24
Love the setting
This is the third Barnett book my wife and I have listened to. All were wonderful. We love the National Park setting for her stories, and love the historical setting too! Her books feature interesting characters in believable situations. My wife enjoys the romance, I'm reminded of pleasant memories from my college summers (working for Park concessions), and we both appreciate the Christian values that (though rarely a key focus) certainly play a role in the story and the characters' lives.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Debbie
- 09-19-19
Mount Rainier 1927
The God on the Mountain Top is still God in the Valley. This first in the Vintage National Park series sets the pace for the others to come. Margie Lane may be the daughter of a U.S. Senator, but first and foremost, she is a Christian. Drawn to Mount Rainier to experience the beauty of God’s creation, she battles Chief Ranger Ford Brayden, who has questioned his own belief in God since his father was killed on the mountain two years earlier. In classic “Good versus Evil” style, Margie’s demons follow her to Mount Rainier, while Ranger Brayden continues to battle his own internal ones. The beauty of the mountain and the voice of the shepherd, little by little prevails, however. Margie finds her footing on the mountain and discovers her gift of giving lectures to the guests at the hotel about the plants and flowers growing in the wilderness. Ford Brayden begins to appreciate Margie’s talents and bravery on the mountain. With Margie’s former fiancée threatening to ruin her newfound happiness on the mountain, Margie and Ford try to foil his attempts. Margie’s father’s reputation is also at risk. With both Margie and Ford facing their worst fears, they go forward. The story culminates in unexpected ways. Excellent resolution and ending!
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- Rose SmithKing
- 02-15-21
Loved It!
Loved it! Had romance, some funny parts and a little keep u on your toes!
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- Nature Girl
- 03-10-20
sad
I was hoping this would be good - I usually love any book about the national parks. I couldn't even finish this book.
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