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Narrated by:
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Linda Stephens
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By:
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Kim Vogel Sawyer
About this listen
Drawn to the enduring truths of Kim Vogel Sawyer’s gentle stories, fans and critics alike have fallen in love with the novels of this ACFW Book of the Year Award winner. Set in 1888 Kansas, A Hopeful Heart tells the story of a young woman from Back East who’s convinced she must settle for a life that’s second best. But as she struggles to overcome the challenges of a new faith and the hardships of frontier life, she may discover that—for her—the best is yet to come.
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Best-selling author Tamera Alexander has won numerous awards, including the Christy Award and RITA Award for Best Inspirational Romance. Set in Nashville’s historic Belmont Mansion, A Lasting Impression is an affecting tale of romance between an aspiring artist and a man determined to rise from near ruin.
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Character got off too easy!
- By Michela on 02-03-18
By: Tamera Alexander
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Eve's Daughters
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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Is there a secret terrible enough that it should never be revealed, not even if it was tearing a family apart? For more than five decades, Emma Bauer has kept one - carefully guarding it with all her strength, and for more than five decades, that choice has haunted her life and also the lives of her daughters and granddaughter. Is it too late for wrongs to be righted? Does Emma even have the strength to let the healing power of truth work in her family?
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great read
- By Sharon on 01-16-19
By: Lynn Austin
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Casting the First Stone
- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Caroline Clay
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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The Black household is swiftly deteriorating. Frustrated and angry at her prosperous preacher husband's obvious infidelities, Tanya cannot believe the man she once loved has been replaced by this pathological liar obsessed with material wealth.
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I loved this book
- By Sequonica on 10-21-08
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No Way Up
- By: Mary Connealy
- Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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When Cimarron ranch patriarch Chance Boden is caught in an avalanche, the quick actions of hired hand Heath Kincaid save him. Badly injured, Chance demands that his will be read and its conditions be enforced immediately. Without anyone else to serve as a witness, Heath is pressed into reading the will. If Justin, Sadie, and Cole Boden don't live and work at home for the entire year, the ranch will go to their low-down cousin, Mike.
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Hope there is a sequel
- By Amazon Customer on 12-06-16
By: Mary Connealy
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The Valley of the Dry Bones
- An End Times Novel
- By: Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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After a 17-year drought, multiple earthquakes, and uncontrollable wildfires, the state is desolate. The United States President declares the state uninhabitable and irreparable, directing California's 39 million citizens to relocate. With less than 1% of the population remaining in California at their own risk, the holdouts encounter a clash of cultures, ethnicities, religions, and politics that pits friend against friend with the future of California at stake.
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Most Enjoyable!
- By BrenisNGod on 03-09-19
By: Jerry B. Jenkins
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We Hope for Better Things
- By: Erin Bartels
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Debut novelist Erin Bartels takes listeners on an emotional journey through time - from the volatile streets of 1960s Detroit to the Underground Railroad during the Civil War - to uncover the past, confront the seeds of hatred, and discover where love goes to hide.
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Hidden gem of a book!
- By Caroline Sandlin on 01-04-19
By: Erin Bartels
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The Long Trail
- McCabes Series, Book 1
- By: Brad Dennison
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
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The Long Trail is the first book in the best-selling series about the McCabes, a family building a ranch in the rugged wilderness of post-Civil War Montana, and of a young man seeking his family and his destiny.
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Enjoyable but huge errors in narration
- By JG on 08-27-21
By: Brad Dennison
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Lights of Lowell
- Book 1, Tapestry of Hope
- By: Tracie Peterson, Judith Miller
- Narrated by: Linda Stephens
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller are both best-selling authors whose faith shines through in their best-selling works of historical fiction. A Tapestry of Hope begins their promising new Lights of Lowell series. Jasmine Wainwright never expected her father to include her in a deal to sell off the plantation. Moving to Massachusetts as a new wife, she must look to God's grace for help to withstand an unloving husband.
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A little too distressing
- By SYJ on 06-27-15
By: Tracie Peterson, and others
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Shadows of Swanford Abbey
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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When Miss Rebecca Lane returns to her home village after a few years away, her brother begs for a favor: Go to nearby Swanford Abbey and deliver his manuscript to an author staying there who could help him get published. Feeling responsible for her brother's desperate state, she reluctantly agrees.
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Mostly conventional Gothic romance
- By Amazon Customer on 04-24-22
By: Julie Klassen
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- Debbie
- 09-15-14
Excellent!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. All the references on forgiveness and trusting God.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Aunt Hattie. Godly woman with solid faith, strong leader character, sharing that faith with others.
What about Linda Stephens’s performance did you like?
Good reader, good with different voices.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
yes and yes, lol
Any additional comments?
Loved the examples of forgiveness and trusting God as your Father, very encouraging and realistic.
One small annoyance is the time lapse between chapters, I kept thinking it had stopped playing. That must be an editing issue??? It does not affect the story or the reader's performance.
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- Teresa
- 09-25-12
A HOPEFUL HEART
ENJOYED LISTENING TO THIS BOOK. NARRATOR WAS EXCELLENT. FINISHED THE BOOK IN TWO DAYS.
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- Sandra
- 02-25-16
Enjoyable
I love this author. Storyline was smooth and consistent. Realism and adventure was a great component.
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- Barbara W
- 02-20-25
Great Read
Tessa is sent away by her unloving aunt and uncle after the death of her parents. She is sent to Aunt Hattie’s Ranching school so she can learn how to be a rancher’s wife in Kansas. Trying to hide her affluent past and trying to fit in and make a new home has its challenges for Tessa but she quickly learns to put her faith in God. That faith saves her life many times and even brings her to forgiveness and family.
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- A. C.
- 07-17-16
Love the book, not fond of the narrator
Great story, love the series. This narrator did not do the story justice. You may want to consider reading this book vs listening.
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- Melonie Turnboom
- 02-01-24
The narrator is excellent!
This narrator does a superb job at voice changes and accents!? The story is interesting too.
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- Elizabeth
- 12-10-10
Made me believe in love again
This is an enjoyable tale of faith and love. The characters are easy to relate to, I really liked Aunt Hattie; she's the kind of lady I want to be when I'm older.
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- Marsha
- 08-25-11
Heartfelt
It was a lovely, heartfelt story and a pleasant listen....low key, but sweet. I enjoyed listening to it...I liked the way Hannah taught our "heroine", and her readers about love.
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- Cathy
- 03-25-24
Sweet story
It was a nice story, thankful for Christian authors and little predictable but enjoyable. The narrator isn’t my favorite sometimes she kinda gets on my nerves.
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- Stephanie S.
- 02-06-17
great listen
loved the story and the reader. very much enjoyed. you'll love it too!!! sure fire page turner.
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