To the Farthest Shores

By: Elizabeth Camden

Narrated by: Angela Brazil

Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

It has been six years since army nurse Jenny Bennett's heart was broken by a dashing naval officer. Now Lieutenant Ryan Gallagher has abruptly reappeared in her life at the Presidio army base, but refuses to discuss the inexplicable behavior that destroyed their happiness.

Ryan is in an impossible situation. One of the few men in the world qualified to carry out a daring assignment, he accepted a government mission overseas that caused his reputation to be destroyed and broke the heart of the only woman he ever loved. Honor-bound never to reveal where he had been during those six years, he can't tell Jenny the truth or it will endanger an ongoing mission and put thousands of lives at risk.

Although Ryan thinks he may have finally found a solution, he can't pull it off on his own. Loyalty to her country compels Jenny to help, but she never could have imagined the intrigue she and Ryan will have to face or the lengths to which they will have to go to succeed.

©2017 Dorothy Mays (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Camden is the master of historical-inspirational romance, and she has delivered another fascinating read with complex, memorable characters and an interesting subplot about the start of the cultured pearl industry." ( Booklist)

Good stuff

The story was a good but the narrator kept swallowing and it got to me. She was good with voices but swallowed at almost every other paragraph.

Great story

Love the education of the times twisted into the love story. The pearl farming described was fun!

Good book, narration ok

I love the varied topics Elizabeth Camden writes about! They are well thought out and I find myself learning about things I’ve never thought much about while reading a great story. This story wasn’t as good as some, and again lacked the witty humor of the first books of hers I read, but it was the narrator that bothered me most. And maybe that’s where the brightness and humor got wiped out. This narrator seems to focus so much on being perfectly concise/articulate that she lacks a cheerful upbeat smooth narration. To me the main character sounded like a not so kindly, demanding person with the voice the narrator gave her. She’d be excellent if she’d smooth out a little and inject some enthusiasm!

Sorely Disappointed

This may have been a good book had the narrator been something other than a robotic drone. It is impossible for me to understand how this narrator got passed an audition.

Good story

A different kind of love story but creative in storyline & characters. Although I enjoyed the book it isn’t my most favorite of this author. Narrator is good.

OK listen

This one was ok.

One of my pet peeves is when someone works with top secret government stuff and the family keeps asking to find out what he is working on and then gets mad when he doesn't tell them. Part of the lifestyle when you live with government people is to NOT ASK. He doesn't have to lie about it. He can just say, "I'm not at liberty to say." But stop asking the questions that you know they can't answer. It's top secret and you don't get to know. It's a felony to tell--possibly treason which carries the death penalty. So stop asking. Don't put them in the situation where they have to either lie or evade. Stop asking. I don't know why that is so hard.

In her defense, she didn't know why Ryan left or why he never sent any letters. But once she found out he was undercover with the military, she should have stopped asking. Instead she snooped and just wouldn't let it go. I find that irritating--especially for someone who works in a military hospital. It's stunning actually for someone who works with the military to not take military's secrets seriously.

I also don't think he was unfaithful. I mean they were kind of engaged but not really. They hadn't had any letters or communication in years. The government had told him his undercover gig was going to be forever. So it was over with her. He was never coming back to the states and it wasn't possible to tell her that. It's not great that he slept with Lily's mom and then married her, but calling it infidelity is a bit far to me...

The story was ok. It was clean which I like, but a bit disjointed for me.

Interesting

I loved the engaging plot, character development, and the thought provoking interactions between the characters. Highly recommended!

Thought provoking romance

Great story with excellent takeaways. The writing is fantastic, the way the reader emphasized odd words in the sentence was bothersome.

Nice story

Story was lovely but the narration was hard to listen to at times. I am hopeful she will improve over time

I loved it

First of all I don’t understand why the other reviewer‘s knocked the narrator. she was great, I could hear her just fine she wasn’t over wild. there was no cuss words and it was a great! A story without cuss words which was wonderful! but there was nothing wrong with her. she wasn’t choppy or anything I loved the story and I love the way it ended I just don’t know why everybody condemned the narrator she was fine in fact I don’t know why but people love Britney Presley and to me I don’t like her at all, she’s too fast and quick and I don’t like her reading style.