
In this installment, Siobhan Ball writes about Heather Rose Jones's The Alpennia Series. Thanks to her versatile sound, she now has a wider repertoire, including romantic suspense, historical fiction, mysteries/thrillers, memoirs, and kids books, and would love to try even more genres, particularly self-help books and teen fiction.Bustle's I'm So Jealous series is dedicated to the books, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more that super fans are so jealous someone else gets to experience for the first time. Kitty has a naturally conversational and candid reading style, and likes to establish a sense of familiarity with the listener, so she began her career narrating chick lit, rom-coms, and romance. She loves creating distinctive voices that reflect the characters' personalities and has a good ear for learning new accents.

Her favorite thing about audiobook narration is being able to play the parts that she would never normally get cast as on stage. Since graduating from drama school, she has narrated audiobooks for well-known publishers such as HarperCollins, Bolinda, and Scribd, plus independent authors. She also received professional acting training at Drama Studio London. Kitty Kelly is a narrator, voice-over artist, and actress from London, with a degree in drama and theater arts from the University of Birmingham. Heather Rose Jones debuts with a sweeping story rich in intrigue and the clash of loyalties and love. Deadly intrigue surrounds the succession and the rituals of divine power known as The Mysteries of the Saints. But greater dangers loom than one man's hatred-the Prince of Alpennia is ill. And Barbara's duty has become something far more hazardous to her heart than the point of a sword. Bitterness turns to determination when she finds herself the only force that stands between Margerit and the new Baron's greed.Īt first Margerit protests the need for Barbara's services, but soon she cannot imagine sending Barbara away. He had expected to inherit all, and now eyes her fortune with open envy.īarbara proudly served as the old Baron's duelist but she had expected his death to make her a free woman.

Wealth suddenly makes Margerit a highly eligible heiress and buys her the enmity of the new Baron.

Margerit Sovitre did not expect to inherit Baron Saveze's fortunes-even less his bodyguard, a ruthlessly efficient swordswoman known only as Barbara.
