The Best of Intentions

Canadian Crossings Series, Book 1

By: Susan Anne Mason

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her widowed sister to return home to England. But Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew, Christian, is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who rejected Grace's sister because of her low social status.

Unconvinced that the Eastons can be fitting caretakers, Grace jumps at the chance to become Christian's nanny and to observe the family up close under an assumed name. In the course of her new position, she is shocked to discover herself falling for Andrew Easton, the boy's guardian. Unfortunately, Andrew is promised to a spoiled socialite who will make a terrible stepmother for Christian. Will Grace be able to protect her nephew...and her heart?

©2018 Susan Anne Mason (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Love and anger in Canada

This is a great book.great story line and of course a great ending. Audible is the best way to pass the time and help us all drift off and stop the worrys

Great find! Loved it.

This clean romance had the right touch of everything I love about a romance novel. Can’t wait for more from this author.

Touching post WWI Family Drama

This book is a very touching drama with a romance. When Grace first meets Andrew, she does not know who he is except that he is a nice gentleman offering her assistance. There is a bit of a spark. Their second meeting is different, and more unbidden sparks ignite. Both try to deny their feelings given the circumstances of her being his employee now. There are some tender moments to be savored. I loved Andrew's sister Virginia (Ginny) and the things she is dealing with trying to make her family happy. That girl has spunk, no spoilers but she does learn how to make the right choice. I loved the deep friendship she developed with Grace.
I felt bad for Andrew, spending his whole life trying to earn his father's approval. He does whatever it takes to make his father happy, even at the cost of his own happiness.
Grace carries the guilt of her brother's death and her mother's blame with her.
It is with the best of intentions that both Grace and Andrew make some rash decisions. Some, life-changing. Other's are heartbreaking.
The villainess, Cecilia, is wonderfully written! I despised her from the moment we meet her.
There are many surprises. My heart was pounding for a while but very happy by the end.
I highly recommend this Susan Anne Mason book!
*The narration was good, though I did feel Grace's British accent sounded a little Irish at times.

I loved this love story

I really enjoyed this love story which challenged marriages made for purposes other than love. I liked Grace who was a lovely woman determined to do what was best for her sister. I put this book in my favorites and will read it again sometime. The performance was very well done by Susan Boyce. It was heartwarming. The best book I have read for sometime.

This book is a MUST have!!!

Such a good story and wonderful narration! I loved it, loved it, loved it

Great story and performance! Without smut!

Beautiful storyline! Performance was also great, however accents were off, British accent sounded like Irish accent, after the first few chapters the narrator stopped trying to do the main characters British accent, which was better than doing it wrong. But other than that she was pleasant to listen to.

the story has a good flow

a good story not great and not boring but a little too long and sometimes a little unbelievable over all not bad

Spellbinding

Excellent story. One of the best I’ve heard in awhile. I was so enthralled I stayed up most of the night listening.

Nice story

I liked this book. Just like I like Hallmark movies, but I wish they'd get away from the cookie-cutter template more often. This story was cookie-cutter in the template, although it was a good tale. Good characters, good lessons.

I don't know if I got used to the narrator, or if she got better as she got into the book. At first it was more like she was reading lines than acting. Her t9nexwas pleasant and I thought she did the voices very well, but needs improvement on the accents. The main character comes straight from Britain, yet the accent was very subtle and sounded more Scottish or Irish than British. The Scottish and Canadian accents were good. The acting improved after the first chapter, or so, but lacked some of the intensity of emotion the manuscript called for.

Overall a good book.

I really liked it

This was a good story and a great narrator I found myself enjoying the story so much more because of the narration