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    Shaken to the Core
    Shaken to the Core
    Shaken to the Core
    Audiobook13 hours

    Shaken to the Core

    Written by Jae

    Narrated by Samantha Cook

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    About this audiobook

    Kate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She's expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography-and with women.

    Alone in the city after losing her brother, Sicilian immigrant Giuliana Russo starts working for the Winthrops as a maid. Despite their different social status, Kate and Giuliana become friends, much to the dismay of Kate's parents.

    As the connection between the two women grows, a devastating earthquake hits San Francisco and ignites fires that sweep through the city for three days and nights.

    Will the disaster shatter their tentative feelings for each other, or will they find the courage to save each other's lives-and their hearts?

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781705205501
    Author

    Jae

    Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.

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    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book! Amazing love story and the amazing power of feminism and women supporting women!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Many historical romances simply use the setting as a colorful backdrop for the relationship. This is more, an absorbing work of historical fiction with a (“clean,” slow-burn) romance as its framework. The characters are appealing and the narration excellent.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Just riveting. A great story, well narrated. It really brought to life the horrors of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the resilience of the people that survived.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book was amazing! The description of the disaster happening around the main characters was haunting and vivid. The main characters were very likable (except the ones who weren’t supposed to be —Kate’s parents can choke hahaha) and had great chemistry! My only complaint is that there is not yet a Lucy spin off where she falls madly in love with someone too (as far as I know). It’s what we need and deserve in 2020. Please. Anyway, long story short: read this book and enjoy! You won’t regret it!

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    • 5/5
      Jae never ceases to amaze! This was an entirely different genre than the other Jae books I’ve listened to so far, but apparently she can do historical lesbian romance too. The romance was very sweet and more innocent than some of the other novels but deep and real. And it was nice to be swept away to a very different time and place than the usual modern day America. I thought the narrator was very talented too, with all the accents and different voices she does.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful !!!! Did a wonderful job with writing this book !!!
    • 5/5
      Not only a beautiful love story.. also an incredibly amazing adventure!
      I personally wish there would have been a tad more of the more intimate moments. I was starved for more of the bits of our couple realizing what two women can do together. Lol.. maybe I'm just a junkie!!
    • 4/5
      Very good book. It's good to read about lesbians in the beginning of the 20th century and that are adults, not teenagers.
      For people who read Jae's early works, there's a character related to and old and wonderful series of her.
      The narration is very good too.
    • 4/5
      I wish two different narrators were asked to read this wonderful story ?
    • 5/5
      Wow I loved this book, I was skeptical at first then the character development sucked me in, finally two characters that don’t blend with all the others from other books, I will remember Kate and Giuliana. The descriptions of the SF earthquake and consequent fire made me search for historic images and pushed me to find out more about not only that event but also the role of women as nurses and even photographers. I am glad this book made me learn something more about our history.
    • 3/5
      This was a very sweet story but the dialogue was very corny. The narrator’s delivery was too melodramatic.