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The Shadow Bride

Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries, Book 3

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The Shadow Bride

By: Irina Shapiro
Narrated by: Jess Nahikian
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In 1782, a ghost ship ran aground in a secluded cove in Cornwall. To this day, no one knows what became of the Aurora’s crew or the shadowy woman rumored to be onboard.

In 2021, when Kyle inherits his aunt’s historic house in Cornwall, all Nicole anticipates is a few idyllic days in a beautiful setting—until she discovers that not only is the house connected to the centuries-old legend of the Aurora and the woman at the center of the mystery, but it also hides its own dark past.

As Kyle and Nicole delve deeper into the unexplained disappearance of the crew, they unearth secrets both old and new, along with truths that could alter the shape of their own family in ways they never expected.

©2022 Irina Shapiro (P)2022 Merlin Press LLC Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Romance Romantic Suspense Sea Adventures Fiction Adventure Suspense Historical Mystery Romance
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Irina Shapiro writes great stories. But both her narrators are unbearable. I had to stop listening sorry.

irina Shapiro writes great books. But both her narrators are unbearable.

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Along comes a narrator so bad it sends your blood pressure soaring. I'm being serious. I cannot for the life of me understand how this person was chosen to narrate this book. I tried my best to press on but in the end I withdrew defeated and bewildered. I don't know if the author had any say in the choosing of the reader but, if so, she seriously needs to think again because no matter how good her stories are, this reader is the kiss of death. I gather she is an American and so some leeway can be given regarding the accent but not to the extent where she bestows the same "English" upper crust accent on all the characters from peasant to king as it were. Add to this the ridiculous and weird pronouciation of perfectly normal words e.g. pahrents (parents), airah (era), cahrar (carer), stors (stairs) - I could go on but I lost the will to live. With 5 hours 42m left of listening time, I have bowed out. This is torture not pleasure. My apologies to the author. The book sounded very promising but I've checked and I see the same narrator is used for more your books. Therefore, I will never know just how good you are - and I suspect you are good, if only I had been able to immerse myself in the story instead of finding my frustration building by the second and the blood pounding in my ears. I'm so glad I didn't waste a credit on it. That's the only positive I can take away from this memorable for all the wrong reasons experience. The stars I have given are purely for the author. For the reader, please stick to voicing American novels and leave all others alone.

Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse . . .

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American pretending to be British, misusing expressions and mispronouncing words, put this aside and its a reasonable story that wanders along at a reasonable pace.

Some good soe bad

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The posh unrealistic grammar and voice of the narrator. Surely people don’t speak like this now and definately sailors didn’t in Cornwall/Yorkshire in the 18th century. Far too pompass and overbearing. Good story.

Painful narration!

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I love the way true historical research winds around the story, interesting and gripping. Great stories but I knew the reader had to be American! There are some atrocious pronunciations. She may have been conservatoire trained but by whom? A great voice though as it is her profession. I not sure I can cope with another story read by her for a while.

great history facts

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