The Christmas Bargain

By: Shanna Hatfield

Narrated by: Michael L. Canaan

As owner and manager of the Hardman bank, Luke Granger is a man of responsibility and integrity in the small 1890s Eastern Oregon town. Calling in a long overdue loan, Luke finds himself reluctantly accepting a bargain in lieu of payment from the shiftless farmer who barters his daughter to settle his debt.

Philamena Booth is both mortified and relieved when her father sends her off with the banker as payment of his debt. Held captive on the farm by her father since the death of her mother more than a decade earlier, Philamena is grateful to leave. If only it had been someone other than the handsome and charismatic Luke Granger riding in to rescue her. Ready to uphold her end of the bargain as Luke's cook and housekeeper, Philamena is prepared for the hard work ahead. What she isn't prepared for is being forced to marry Luke as part of this crazy Christmas bargain.

©2016 Shanna Hatfield (P)2016 Shanna Hatfield

Delightful Bargain!

Shanna Hatfield's Christmas Bargain was a delightful story. I enjoyed Luke falling in love with Philly as much as she was falling in love with him. They shared fun banter and lively discussions as they got to know one another better.
The kissing lessons were fun with just the right amount of steam.
I wasn't thrilled with the narrator. I think he could use a few lessons of how a woman speaks. The way he made them giggle was distracting. I still enjoyed the story though.

Read this book. Don’t listen.

I loved The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield. Good love story. However, the narrator was bad. At times I stopped to give myself a break from female narrator.

Sweet, clean romance

I really enjoyed listening to this book. I found the story refreshing and, while the premise was not new, the way Ms. Hatfield handled was anything but stale. I also found the narrator to be very talented. His different voices for different characters were nothing short of genius, the best I have heard in all the audiobooks I have listened to. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good, clean, old fashioned romance.

Christmas Bargain

I had already read the book and enjoyed it, but was intrigued with the audio sample. I found Canaan's voice very attractive, so I purchased the audiobook to listen to as I shelve books at my school library. Canaan is quite expressive-- chuckling, laughing, gasping as directed by the narrator; but, his female voices need softening. I think a simple falsetto would do, rather than the often gravelly voices that make all the females sound elderly. The male voices however, especially the hero, are swooningly good.

Great story! Not so great narration.

Narrator was painful to listen to but I have read this series and loved it. Female voices are horrendous.