The Reckoning

Legacy of the King's Pirates, Book 5

By: MaryLu Tyndall

Narrated by: Mary Sarah Agliotta

When Morgan Shaw crept into the hold of an old pirate ship replica at San Diego's annual Tall Ship Festival, her only intention was to avoid the guy who had just dumped her and who was now boarding the ship with two women on his arm. What she didn't expect was to wake up aboard a real pirate ship 300 years in the past. But of course, it wasn't real. Her wealthy father had obviously staged it all in an effort to get her mind off her upcoming chemo. Or had he?

Pirate Rowan Dutton seeks enough treasure to repay a debt to his sister and reinstate the Dutton name among British Jamaican society. He is but one major haul away from accomplishing his goal when a strange woman appears on his ship and causes him to lose his prey. Despite his anger, he is enthralled with the little minx, her strange clothing, odd speech, and her insistence that they are all actors playing a charade paid for by her father.

Yet when the brazen little lady divulges Rowan's secret to a longtime nemesis, events are triggered that could cost them both their lives and change the course of history forever.

©2015 MaryLu Tyndall (P)2015 MaryLu Tyndall

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! After listening to this story,. I totally enjoyed reading this book. It’s well written and the characters were uniquely fantastic. I would suggest this book to my friends that like this sort of genera. this was a good book. The narrator was great.

wonderful book!

I absolutely loved this book!! Beautifully written!! CLEAN adventurous Romance! I have never in my life cried by listening to a book, but I did with this one LOL. tears of joy that is ;).. I will most definitely be searching out more books by this author, and in the series!

Faith, Love and Pirates! What's not to love!

I enjoy faith based romances but sadly sometimes they lack in story and adventure. This one did not disappoint me at all. What could be more adventurous than Time travel and Pirates?!!

This book has intriguing characters, loads of adventure and a well balanced story of lessons learned through mistakes. The author wonderfully writes characters with human frailties and show's the importance of forgiving and trusting God in all circumstances.

What else can I say? Well, with MaryLu Tyndall's writing and Mary Sarah Agliotta's narration you can't go wrong. ;-)

Suspenseful

Normally I can figure out what is going to happen in a novel. This novel left me on the edge of my seat, trying to figure out what was going to happen next. In the middle of the book the author throws a curve ball which is amazing! Meeting old friends, new friends, this is a must read.

Great Plot with Exceptions

Although the The Reckoning doesn't get the 5 stars I gave The Ramon, it is far better than many other books. The Christian Pirate plot brims with great opportunities to see the problems the faithful have faced in other times. I loved Morgan and enjoyed the time travel element. I didn't get to read the first few books in this series because they are not out in Audible version. I have to guard my eye-time or my eyes grow too tired. Plus I listen while I drive, do house work and fall asleep.

The plot is almost too much like The Ransom and the character Rowan is too different without the author telling us why. His womanizing, alcoholic and spineless personality, so flawed in the previous book almost made me stop reading when Morgan suddenly appears on his boat...I mean ship😍 (excellent subtle humor). I created a reason for his change to a bold, daring , slightly flawed character in my head and continued reading. This plot is well worth overlooking the problems with the previous book.

You might let time lapse after reading The Ransom before you read this book. Great author!

great story

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com."

i love pirate romance books even like this one. didnt want to stop listening

Amazingly good!

What a great story. It has romance, adventure and pirates to boot, what more do you need! Oh and last but not least, it is also a really good time travel story! This is a clean, sweet story with just the right amount of passion!
I would recommend this to all ages!

I Did Not Want This Book to End!!

Where does The Reckoning rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have enjoyed all of the audiobooks that I have listened to so far, but this is most definitely my favorite of all!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rowan was my favorite, even though he had his failings. But, the author truly brought him to life for me.

What about Mary Sarah Agliotta’s performance did you like?

I loved the voices that she used for the various characters. She did such a good job of not only doing different women's voices for the various characters, but also for the men. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Once I hit the halfway mark, I wished I could listen to it all in one sitting. I enjoyed the story from the very first moment I began listening, however, it really took off for me half way through and the author threw in some huge twists that really surprised me.

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend this book and the recording of it. I plan to go back and read the other books by this author that I have not yet read because I enjoyed this one so much.

This is a fantasy well worth listening to!

The young woman, Morgan, was recently diagnosed with a third stage cancer on her right side. She also took medicine for OCD. Heartbroken, she shared the news with her boyfriend of several months, only to have him use this to break up with her.
She was with her best friend to a celebration in San Diego. They visited a duplicate of a Pirate’s ship. She lingered at a picture of a famous pirate, while the crowd moved onto the next exhibit. She became lost while trying to catch up with the rest of the tour.
Finding herself alone in what appeared to be the captain’s cabin, she discovered an antique ruby amulet. Frustrated, she sat down and cried while rubbing off the dust on the ornament. Suddenly, unexpectedly, she was thrust into events which would change her life forever.
This is a very entertaining, well written, creative work, full of adventure, mystery, romance and wonder. It is also contains an inspiring element of Christianity.
My emotions were scattered throughout the tale. It depicted the incredible, to the frightening, then heart wrenching, and finally the delightful.
The characters seemed very real and the scenes depicted in a manner one could imagine himself/herself there. The ending was unexpected.
Narrator, Mary Sarah Agliotta, did an outstanding job in the delivery.

Entertaining Listen!

I received this book for free via Audiobook Blast for an honest review.

This is the story of a present day woman, Morgan Shaw who is transported back to the late 1600's during a visit to the Tall Ships Festival, in San Diego 2015. In her current life (2015) she has just been dumped by her boyfriend and is about to start chemo for liver cancer. Needless to say, she has a few problems to deal with.

While on the ship The Reckoning at the festival, she finds a mysterious ruby and when one of her tears falls on it, magical time travel takes her back to the time when it was a real pirate ship. It is there she encounters the enigmatic and mysterious Rowan Dutton, who is the captain of said ship.

I'd like to say the rest of the story was predictable, but it really wasn't. There were quite a few twists and turns, not what I expected. It was an exciting listen, well worth it. Ms.Tyndall is an excellent writer and I can say that I could almost feel that balmy Caribbean breeze she describes. Well done!

I would be amiss if I did not mention, that I did not realize that this was a Christian romance and perhaps I missed that. I could have done without the many references of "placing our lives in the hands of the Father" and similar quotes.However, if you are into that sort of thing, go for it. If not, be forewarned. Still a great story nontheless.

Ms. Agliotta does a fine job with the narration, the British, Jamaican, Scottish and the many other characters, male and female. She really brings them to life. However, the sibilance throughout the entire book is so harsh that at times I had to turn down the volume so low it was difficult to hear the narrative. I'm not certain if this was actually Ms. Agliotta's voice or poor post processing. I tried on multiple sets of headphones and it was the same. I'm no audio engineer, but this problem is easily solved by just tweaking down that frequency a bit.

Overall though, a very entertaining listen!