The Endearment - LaVyrle Spencer

Written by LaVyrle Spencer
Read by Jill Ferris
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Endearment
Length: 13hours
Publisher: NLS, 1991 Talking Book Publishers

From the streets of 19th-century Boston to the harsh frontier–she wove a web of deception to ensnare her man!

Lovely, fiery-tempered Anna Reardon was forced to lie to get out of the street urchin’s life that shamed her … to become Karl Lindstrom’s mail-order bride in the beautiful, treacherous Minnesota wilderness.

Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions, such as arriving with a little brother–but there was still one shameful, burning secret that she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy the love that had become her very life!

From Goodreads….”I did find this to be an emotional read at times. I found myself hating Anna, then loving her, and pitying her. I also found myself loving Karl, then hating him, and at times pitying him.”

“What follows is a story that revolves around love and forgiveness. Usually, romance novels end when the hero and the heroine get married, yet in this book it starts right off with their wedding. At first I doubted if LaVyrle could pull off the romance, but, oh boy, was I wrong. I was a fool to doubt her. She pulled it out with flying colours. Karl’s and Anna’s personalities are a perfect match for each other. I loved how innocent the first was at times and how cynic and sarcastic our Anna could be. I also liked how they helped each other grow up emotionally; Karl learned to forgive, Anna to be forgiven and to love herself more. Because if there’s something this girl is lacking, it’s self-esteem.”

This is a recording for the blind originally on tape. Chaptered from an existing torrent. Sound is good but I am unable to do much about the tape noise and squeaks. The same recording was later reissues in 2006 digitally.

This is my personal favorite LaVryle Spencer novel….J