A review by starburst3625
Copper for the Countess by Sally Britton

5.0

I’m not a regular reader of Western Romances, but I read them now and then, and if there’s an author that can entice me to give one a go, it’s Sally Britton. I loved Silver Dollar Duke, and this second book in the series did not disappoint. I couldn’t stop listening to the audiobook. On the outside, the premise of a Countess finding herself in cowboy Arizona, seems a little far-fetched, but the backstory sells it to the reader. In the end it’s a marriage of convenience story, but there’s plenty of lead up to it. I particularly appreciated how the decision to marry was thoughtful and not instant or contrived. Another aspect that really stuck out to me was the way that the characters actually talked to each other, when the time was right, about their feelings and important decisions that needed to be made. I think that’s more how real people would deal with it, instead of the tortured back and forth of unexpressed emotions and making decisions for people while just assuming what’s best for them. Kim not a fan of that method of drawing out tension in romances.

I listened to this one in audiobook format. As far as the narration, I thought it was well done. The narrator did a good job with subtle differences in the voices and accents for different characters. It was occasionally inconsistent…I found it most noticeable with Duke’s accent…but overall, well done. I noticed a couple errors, most likely editing errors from the book, but they were minuscule.

I definitely recommend this as a book and an audiobook. You’ll get the most out of it if you read/listen to the first book in the series first, but there’s enough explanation to carry a reader through a standalone reading.