Her Mother's Secret

No closure

(2 stars)

Mrs. Relkcehs

Very unimpressive to go all the way through the book only to discover there was no true end. This book was a disappointment after the extraordinarily well-developed plot in The Hidden Hand by the same author. Bridget Gaige is a good reader except for a number of mispronounced words- which can be easily overlooked if the plot is interesting. :)

Fine reading by Bridget Gage

(5 stars)

dahszil

Just started. Seems like an interesting black mail story, that is what it seems so far. but the black mail is probably something trivial and petty. . The mother is so selfish to give her daughter to this rogue due to some secret if known would ruin her reputation. what was it? was she a an actress on the stage, was she the daughter of a haberdasher, etc? omg shock horror!, her tainted past will ruin her and Odalite's social life! :) Oh please, please! read the sequel Love's Bitterest Cup. I'm sure i'm not alone who would grateful if you do readers. "...odalite is a similar but less bright blue than its close cousin lapis lazuli,...." Wikipedia. However I only saw it mentioned in the search result abstract that came from a broader search..... Making Jewelry with Gemstone Beads Paperback – November 2, 2007 by Barbara Case (Author) update: fine reader Bridget Gage is doing yeoman's work on sequel Love's Bitterest Cup and it looks like she is over 50% in finishing it. Thank you so much Bridget. She also did the solo for this book, the prequel Her Mother's secret ======================================================================================== CRITICAL UPDATE !!! PUBLIC WARNING SIRENS, THE MARTIANS ARE HERE !!! PLEASE BRIDGET CAN YOU FREE UP YOUR LAST ELEVEN CHAPTERS SO WE CAN LISTEN TO THE GREAT SEQUEL Love's Bitterest Cup BEFORE WE ARE DESTROYED ?! Seriously Bridget, I know you have brought into the world a beautiful baby/ citizen of the world. And toddlers need their mothers in their first year or so. Please quit your last 11 chapters and let others read them. You have to take care and teach your child in its formative years and we need to hear the sequel. This may sound rather ill mannered...not at all. Your child and everyone's children should be precious. I implore you to open up your last 11 chapters to another reader or readers. We would be so grateful :-) dahszil male planet earth

(3 stars)

Paladin

great story but without an ending it was a disappointing read.

This novel is complete

(0 stars)

librivoxbooks

This is the complete novel. I note that in the last sentence of the book, the author makes reference to a sequel called Love's Bitterest Cup, but it is not part of this novel. It is available to read online at <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002118687i" rel="nofollow">http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002118687i</a> where it is described as the sequel to this. <font color="#FF0000">UPDATE 2 Dec 2015:</font> Glad to report that the same reader is now well underway with Love's Bitterest Cup.

Very annoying!

(1 stars)

prose

if a novel has multiple parts it ought to be noted in the description so that even if both parts aren't recorded the listener has the choice to not get involved in a partially available work. This is not the first instance of this kind of thing. If it can't be completed why can't you indicate that in advance?

Thoroughly Engrossing

(5 stars)

Quotidian Benedizioni

I listened to the entire book in 2 days. The author paints vivid pictures of life in that period. Although we don't get answers to all of the questions, we do see the depravity of man, of unbelievable sacrifice & amazing intervention of Divine Providence.

(4 stars)

The Listener

an interesting read although no comparison with The Hidden Hand! thanks to Bridget the story was interesting all the way through

(5 stars)

Vanessa W

super interesting... make sure to listen to the sequels to hear the conclusion. Good job, Bridgette