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The Pearl Brooch
- Time Travel Romance: The Celtic Brooch, Book 9
- Narrated by: Carolyn A. Lee
- Length: 23 hrs and 58 mins
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The Pearl Brooch
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Publisher's Summary
This brooch saga begins July 14, 1789, the day French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille! And America’s ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson, comes to Sophia Orsini's rescue....
Sophia Orsini, a time-traveling Italian artist, believes she understands how the pearl brooch magic works, but when it abandons her in the middle of an 18th century Paris mob, she realizes she was wrong.
America’s ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson, comes to Sophia’s rescue, but that meeting leads her down a path she otherwise wouldn’t have chosen.
Kevin Fraser and his pregnant wife, JL, fly in his Cessna to enjoy a weekend at Mallory Plantation in Virginia, but wind shear turns Kevin's textbook landing into a disaster and the plane through a chain-link fence, injuring JL and sending her into premature labor.
Pete Parrino, VP of Global Security for MacKlenna Corporation, is in Florence on business when he stumbles upon Sophia Orsini’s art studio. Sophia is the love of Pete’s life, and he hasn’t seen or heard from her in 20 years. When he discovers she hasn’t returned from her annual two-week holiday, he breaks into her studio and finds evidence that she’s a time traveler.
When the clan discovers where she is, Pete, Matt Kelly, and Jack Mallory must decide how much of America’s history they’re willing to change in order to bring Sophia back to the future.
The Celtic Brooch Series:
- The Ruby Brooch (Book 1): Time travel romance - Oregon Trail 1852.
- The Last Macklenna (Book 2): Contemporary romance.
- The Sapphire Brooch (Book 3): Time travel romance - Civil War, 1864-1865.
- The Emerald Brooch (Book 4): Time travel romance - World War II, London, June 1944.
- The Broken Brooch (Book 5): Contemporary romance.
- The Three Brooches (Book 6): Time travel romance - Napa and San Francisco, 1881.
- The Diamond Brooch (Book 7): Time travel romance - New York City, 1909.
- The Amber Brooch (Book 8): Time travel romance - Colorado, 1878.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Kelly Laton
- 2020-03-10
narrator may have ruined book...
the book itself seemed to run off in to tangents that seemed to only just fill pages without any contributions to the story. As far as the narrator...unfortunately the change in narrators was a mistake...it was very difficult to continue on with the book...seemed very robotic and accents continually changed for the characters so you where second guessing which character was speaking...at one moment Gabriel's accent was Italian and the next it a french accent...very frustrating
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- Gail M Thomas
- 2023-03-05
unfortunate change of narrator
I started listening to the brooch series & love them however I am struggling to listen to the narrator the change is terrible .
I will only continue to listen to the next books if the original narrator is back otherwise I will not spend money on the next book, I am very disheartened as I was enjoying the series
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- M. Vezina
- 2022-12-25
Book 9
Interesting twists and turns. Disconcerting to hear a different narrator's voice which changed all the accents. It's starting to get difficult to remember all the couples and their children.
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- Robin Schill
- 2022-12-01
Preferred previous narrator
Good story line again. You can almost always figure out the ending but always interesting & like how historical events are added in story. Preferred the previous narrator though
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-19
Another good story
It was hard not to hear the original voices , but i did like the story. A great series i would recommend it for entertainment purposes for sure. It would be perfect for traveling or just putting your feet up with a good book.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-06-18
Miss the old narrator
Took a long time to get used to this new narrator. Story was also slow to get started and over contrived.
Still a fun read but not as good as previous books in the series
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Terry Kennedy
- 2019-05-20
Not as good
I felt there was a lot of repetition of the story line, it moved slow, to much history and I had a REALLY negative time with the narrator. The characters I knew from other books had changed dramatically because of voice and how they said things. And It was as if the author was in a hurry to fill the pages. I have listened to the other books a few times but this one I had to skip through. Sorry it just didn’t compare.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Natalie Dunne
- 2019-05-15
Almost Unbearable Narration
I am still in the process of listening but had to write this. Let me start by saying that I love this series and have listened to all the previous books twice and I had been very excited for The Pearl Brooch to be released. There is a new narrator for this book and she is awful! The accents are terrible, the Scottish keeps slipping into British and the French is painful. It is really hard to listen too, I'm so disappointed. PLEASE bring back Teri Schnaubelt!
36 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kimberly
- 2019-05-13
Please bring back the previous narrator
I have listened to all the Celtic Brooch books, and have loved them. Always look forward to a new one. However something is really wrong with this one. I am having a hard time listening to it. Between the whiny characters and the narrator it’s just not as enjoyable as the others.
33 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Lori D
- 2019-05-14
Narrator almost made me give up
I love the Brooch stories and enjoyed every other audio book version. This narrator makes the story so hard to listen to. Her delivery is stilted, her phrasing is odd and her accents are completely wrong. The voices she uses for the different characters make them almost unlikable people. I really liked the story and the early American history but the narrator really ruined this one for me.
16 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Danielle L Oser
- 2019-05-13
Love the series ... not this narrator
It's hard to get into a series and then have the narrator changed 8 books in ... pronunciation issues (Seamus!) ... Some storylines just felt unfinished ... like something was missing ... wanted to love it more ... still recommend the series
15 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Sarah
- 2019-06-30
Narration is terrible
I really like the story but the narration is terrible. The accents are terrible. And the narrator pronounces all sorts of words incorrectly.
Why did they use a different narrator this time? The narrator for all the prior books did a great job.
11 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Susan Seybert
- 2019-06-20
Narration Ruins a Good Story
The narration is stiff and completely lacking in emotion. I am really struggling with this installment of The Celtic Brooch series and am considering asking for a refund. Will likely just buy the book to read in my voice. After loving every book in the series before this one, I don't think I will buy the next installment if the same narrator is used. Definitely bring back Teri Schnaubelt.
11 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Tamara M. De Mello
- 2019-05-16
Disappointed in narration
I have listened to all the books in the Broach series and have loved them all. Though I enjoyed The Pearl Broach, as far as the story was concerned. I’m sure the author had a good reason for changing narrators on the 9th book. There are many characters, nationalities, dialects and age groups that are represented in these books; it’s a complex read. I found the English narration, though clear, lacked a conversational cadence, the Scottish accents, which were at the heart of the books, were downright horrible. One character who grew up in New York, but lived in Virginia was spoken with a (not so good) southern drawl. It was hard to keep track of who was speaking, unless their name was mentioned, which I didn’t find to be the case in previous books.
Regarding the story itself, I liked how the legend was developed more, and appreciated the American history elements immensely. I also loved getting caught up with the various family members and their kids. I look forward to future books, but hope the author either goes back to the original narrator, or finds someone better able to handle the complexity’s of the characters in her books.
10 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Karla
- 2019-05-13
Wonderful story... but.....
As usual Ms Logan has hit another home run, but the narration is such a disappointment. Ms Lee is seriously confused regarding the difference between an Irish and Scots accent. Elliott Fraser is not from the Emerald Isle but her rendition isn’t even a mediocre Irish brogue. Please, please bring back Ms Schnaubelt. She gave Ms Logan’s well-loved characters their voices. Or at the very least, find a linguistic coach for Ms Lee.
10 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- shelli
- 2019-05-17
I expected better
Ok the story for me didn’t get good until about 7 hours left of this book It took me fast forwarding a lot to get through this. And then the Narrator OMG going from Terri Schnabelt to this one horrible. I look for books with her as the narrator she pulls you in the story. Overall it was ok
7 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Reviewer
- 2019-05-12
Sadly it feels like the series has run its course
I’ve loved this series, and maybe it’s just me, but this one felt so contrived—like I almost could have written it myself because it’s all so formulaic and predictable.
I did not care for the new narrator at all. She had weird phrasing constantly and didn’t feel connected to the story or characters at all. And her mispronunciations were rampant. I’m no linguist but even I know that Seamus is pronounced “Shay-mus”, not “Sea-mus”! And her pronunciation of the brooch phrase sounded French, not Gaelic.
7 people found this helpful