Romance Stories Online: Recent Episodes
Mary Lee Peck
Like to listen to good stories? Author, Mary Lee Peck, provides audio recordings of her books. Her books are uplifting, entertaining, and appropriate for teens to senior citizens. Entire books are read, but each podcast contains a single chapter to ease quick downloads. Romance Stories Online is sponsored by Reading Research Institute, a nonprofit organization promoting literacy.
Outspoken Abigail Hudson was not your typical woman of the late 19th century. She had opinions about everything and openly shared them.
Pennyworth Manor is a rags-to-riches romance story that will make you laugh, cry, and fall in love with the sometimes impertinent young who refused to be seen and not heard at a time when social norms preferred such behavior of women.
In this chapter, readers are introduced to Tom Blake and his daughter Olivia who will play a major role as the story of the young colt, Raven's Son, unfolds.
Raven's Son is a sequel to the previously recorded Raven's Call. In this episode the author reads the prologue of the story of a young race horse, the son of country-western star Jan Kendall's magnificent stallion, Raven.
Raven's Son is a sequel to the previously recorded Raven's Call. In this episode the author reads the prologue of the story of a young race horse, the son of country-western star Jan Kendall's magnificent stallion, Raven.
This is the final chapter in Raven's Call. Do Jan and Raven recover? Does Brett finally confess his love for Jan?
Jamie pleads with Raven to get up, but he refuses. The Vet warns that if they don't get him to the Vet Hospital immediately, he won't survive. Meanwhile, Justin hovers over Jan's hospital bed where she remains unconscious.
In this chapter, Jan and Raven head out on their evening race across the high ridge behind the Triple Bar ranch, while Justin worries about the danger of their nightly trek.
In his chapter, Jan finally returns home to the Triple Bar Ranch and is re-united with Raven.
In this chapter, Jan performs her new song for Melanie,and Brett finally realizes that he is hopelessly in love with Jan.
In this chapter, Jan prepares to leave the World Show and Raven reacts to her departure.
In this chapter, Jan tries to ensure the All Around title for Raven and is concerned when she realizes how her feelings for Brett Kendall are affecting her ability to stay focused in the show ring.
In this chapter, Jan tries out a new song for Roger that she hopes will resonate with Melanie, her young fan she met in Arkansas.
In this chapter, the pressure to win the All Around for Raven weighs heavily on Jan's mind.
In this chapter, Jim finally takes a chance to rectify an opportunity that he had missed years ago.
In this chapter, Jan and Justin work frantically to get Raven cooled down to prevent him from getting pneumonia.
In this chapter, Jan tries to discover what she wants out of life as Brett Kendall struggles to avoid revealing his feelings for her.
In this chapter, Jan's manager, Roger Allen, arrives at the AQHA World Show in Oklahoma and gets the surprise of his life.
In this chapter, Jan blames herself when Jim is raced to the hospital after helping her win the team penning contest.
In this chapter, Jan and Raven enter the show ring for the first time. Their success is crucial to ensuring that Raven continues to hold the title of the AQHA All-Around Champion, a title that will help the ranch attract more potential breeding opportunities.
In this chapter, Jan discovers that her friends from Texas are willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe, but she also realizes that a relationship with Brett Kendall probably is not in her future.
In this chapter, Jan gets a chance to work Raven, and Brett Kendall gets a chance to spend an evening alone with her.
In chapter 9, Jan meets David Kirby, the cousin of the young fan that she had met at her last performance, and Brett Kendall strikes out again when he invites Jan to join him for dinner.
In Chapter 8 of Raven's Call, a wild chase ends in gunshots as Jan races to rescue Raven.
In this episode, Jan realizes there was a link between her nightmare and Raven's disappearance.
In Chapter 6, Jan discovers that Raven is missing, and it appears that Brett Kendal is to blame.
In this podcast, Jan Taylor receives bad news from her sister Lacey about the financial difficulties of the ranch.
In Chapters 3 and 4 of Raven's Call, Jan Taylor works with her prize stallion Raven as her niece Jamie and her nephew Justin Livingston watch in awe at Jan's ability to easily control the strong-willed horse. Jan gets a hint of just how bad the financial situation of the ranch is.
In Chapter 2 of Raven's Call, Jan Taylor arrives at Oklahoma City and meets Richard Evans, a young veterinarian student who surprises her when he tells her that he admires her horsemanship as much as her singing.
Romance Stories Online offers readings of romance stories appropriate for teen listeners and adults of all ages. In this podcast, Author, Mary Lee Peck, reads chapter one of Raven's Call. The book tells the story of country singer, Jan Taylor who struggles to find a meaningful balance between her career in music and her life on her Texas ranch with her family and her majestic stallion, Raven. When she meets wealthy real estate mogul, Brett Kendall, Jan's life becomes even more complex as she finds herself falling in love with a man whom she suspects of trying to buy her family ranch.
Romance, intrigue, and life's complexities combine to make Raven's Callan exciting and heartwarming story.