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By: Susanna Kearsley
Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
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When best-selling author Carrie McClelland visits the stark and beautiful Slains Casle, she decides to use the castle as the setting for her new novel, and one of her own ancestors, Sophia, as her heroine. Then Carrie realises her writing is taking on a life of its own and the lines between fact and fiction become increasingly blurred. As Sophias' memories draw Carrie more deeply into the intrigue of 1708, she discovers a captivating love story lost in time. Please note this title was previously recorded as The Winter Sea©2009 Susanna Kearsley (P)2009 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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"A deeply-engaging romance and a compelling historical novel ... Susanna Kearsley has written a marvelous book." ( Bernard Cornwell)
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Lovely winding tale with a great narrator. Really satisfying ending. This book was relaxing, not entirely predictable and gave me solace at a hectic time.

Beautiful.

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This was such a joy to listen to, Carolyn Bonnyman narrated it beautifully with such feeling & passion, her deep chocolate soft voice lulled me into a trance & took me to the core of the story, (I was there!)

I loved it, it was emotional and heart warming, I loved how the story flipped from present day to a time long ago and intertwined between the two with ease & flow. Very well written, it captured my heart & I'm only sorry I have finished it now :( I will however be listening to more of Susanna Kearsleys novels & hopefully narrations by Carolyn Bonnyman :-)

I highly recommend this novel....enjoy!

Truely beautiful!

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Couldn't stop listening. took a little while to build but good strong historical references intertwined with a great love story.

Loved it!

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Being interested in family tree research was my original attraction to this story. It tuned out to be one of the most beautiful stories I have listened to. I found myself 'plugging in' frequently! I am not sure how authentic the Scottish accents were, but I found them acceptable. I enjoyed the mix of the historic and the modern romance as well as the historical data. I have no doubt that I shall listen to this story again.

A well written story.

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I read this in book form several years ago and enjoyed it so much I decided to listen to it in Audible. Somehow it didn't have the same impact. I found the narrator quite lazy, as if she was reading it to herself. I became bored very early on, couldn't get involved in the story, and decided I would probably not finish it in its Audible form. The two stories got lost in Audible somehow. It needed someone of the calibration of narrator Davina Porter to bring the characters to life.

Better as the Book

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