Son of a Preacher Man

By: Karen M. Cox

Narrated by: Blake Lockheart

1959.

The long, hot summer bakes the sleepy, Southern town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan that starts with working in a small-town doctor’s office before he begins medical school in the fall. Handsome, principled, and keenly observant, he will lodge with the Millers, the local doctor’s family. But he never bargained for Lizzie Quinlan—a complex, kindred spirit who is beautiful and compassionate, yet scorned by the townsfolk. With her quirky wisdom and a spine of steel hidden beneath an effortless sensuality, Lizzie is about to change Billy Ray’s life—and his heart—forever.

Winner of the 2019 Kentucky Indie Author Project for adult fiction.

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Immersive

This is the third Karen M Cox book I have read/listened to, and, just as with the others, it pulled me in so completely that I devoured it as quickly as possible and now feel the loss of this world and these characters. Her ability to reimagine versions of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in completely different time periods and circumstances while maintaining the central tenets of their characters is masterful. And her novels are so beautifully written- the language choices, pacing, fluidity, and flow- that you cannot go wrong.


This narrator was new to me. I thought he did a wonderful job with communicating the thoughts and feelings of the male protagonist, and his narration was well paced. I did not care for his Lizzy voice, so I did detract a star for that since she is the main female character; however, I do think he did well with all the other characters.