Love Only Once

UGH! Read it rather than listen to it.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

i would recommend someone read this book. the narration detracted from the story.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The hero of the book sounded like an old woman -- as did every other man. And every now and then I'd detect a bit of "less than proper aristocratic" accent on the hero as the narrator was affecting a British accent (it was not natural). I may have enjoyed the story more with the right narrator. As it is, this is the first Johanna Lindsey book I've listened to (I've read and enjoyed her stories) and I'm seriously doubting I can get through the series with this narrator. What a shame as the reviews indicate the series is a good one.

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FANTASTIC

Loved it from start to finish, was actually sad to finish. Loved every character. It has a bit of everything, drama, love, secrets, interfering family members that make you laugh alot, misunderstandings, triumph. The main characters are great, actually all the characters are great. Some of the voices are shrill but there are so many different characters the poor narrator probably was unable to talk for a few days, lol. I loved it, hope you do.

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No romance

He set out to seduce her, and was a jerk for all except maybe ten pages. She was kind of lame; felt like she forgave him within a paragraph.

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EXTREMELY unrealistic storyline!

the characters are so far from being real that this book seems like a fairy tale or folklore story. (He wants to get along with his wife but is mean nasty to her!) 🙄🙄🙄

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Really weak series!

What disappointed you about Love Only Once?

It was such a thin and predictable plot I hoped the series would improve but the 2nd book was even worse and annoying!

What could Johanna Lindsey have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

How about some original plotting.

What didn’t you like about Laural Merlington’s performance?

Material was so bad can't really judge the performance.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No was just plain silly.

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I love her books!!!!!!!!!!

Where does Love Only Once rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have followed the Malory clan from book one, this one is as good as the others, as audiobooks goes this is number one.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Reggie, because of her spunk.

Have you listened to any of Laural Merlington’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Nicholas found out that the woman he thought was his aunt was really his mother.

Any additional comments?

The book was great.

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not enough hero/heroine action

one of the worst romance novels I've ever read. Even though the hero/heroine interaction was quite good, there was sooooo little of it, and soooo much of other characters doing irrelevant things (e.g. men plotting revenge and violence). The reconciliation between hero/heroine came all at once at the very end and felt contrived and too easy after a book where they spent so little time together, I'm not sure why they thought themselves in love.

I was at first not crazy about an American narrator doing English voices, but she did them quite well and it made the narration easier to follow as it was easy to differentiate from the characters' voices.

Very poor from Johanna Lindsey, and I'm surprised it's got some good reviews!

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Love Only Once

This story is wonderful! I laughed, I cried, and could not stop listening to it until it was finished. It's about time Johanna Lindsay's books were narrated.

This narrator is excellent, she brings it to life with her wonderful voices. I plan to keep a hopeful watch out for the other Malory family books to become available in audio, as well. Thank you for the great listening experience!

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Why are they in love?

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Humm, I don't know about you but when listening or reading a romance book, I do need the main characters to be interesting and forge a relationship of some sort - either of friendship, mutual understanding, sexual attraction...etc. I wanted these main characters to develop some type of emotional tether but it never happens, at least I didn't think so. I never really got their union or why they were in love. They spent most of it fighting and not the fun, snarky type of fighting that leads to a greater physical connection, which is so commonplace in romance. This was just fighting over something that didn't seem to matter. When the big

Would you listen to another book narrated by Laural Merlington?

Maybe. I did enjoy it when the Mallory men, Regina's uncles and cousins had their turn. They, by far were more interesting then the actual romance story.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No.

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One of my favorites by Johanna Lindsey

What did you love best about Love Only Once?

Love the characters....good development

What did you like best about this story?

Love the interactions between the main characters...very entertaining.

What about Laural Merlington’s performance did you like?

She did a great job differentiating characters. very talented lady!

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