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Red Dirt Heart

Red Dirt, Book 1

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Red Dirt Heart

By: N.R. Walker
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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Welcome to Sutton Station: one of the world's largest working farms in the middle of Australia - where if the animals and heat don't kill you first, your heart just might.

Charlie Sutton runs Sutton Station the only way he knows how: the way his father did before him. Determined to keep his head down and his heart in check, Charlie swears the red dirt that surrounds him - isolates him - runs through his veins.

American agronomy student Travis Craig arrives at Sutton Station to see how farmers make a living from one of the harshest environments on earth. But it's not the barren, brutal, and totally beautiful landscapes that capture him so completely.

It's the man with the red dirt heart.

©2014 NR Walker (P)2016 NR Walker
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance

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If you could sum up Red Dirt Heart in three words, what would they be?

Sweet, charming and passionate.

Have you listened to any of Joel Leslie’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Never.
I need a chapter time to adapt to his accent but his timbre of voice (bass-hoarse) was remarkably on the point. I could feel Charlie's story with every fiber of my being.

Any additional comments?

I like it when N.R. Walker's boys do dirty things...but like it much more when they fall in love. This was exactly the case here but, in the first part their dirtiness was a little more for my personal preference.

I liked the progression of the relationship between Charlie and Travis, beginning from animal (passionate and desperate) attraction and finishing with something more.... love? I always love to be included some contrasting negative character and here was the figure of dead father. Being gay wasn’t on his father’s wish list.

I liked as well as the relationship among Charlie, George and Ma. Those supporting characters were well written and added so much additional flavor to the story.

My favorite part was the the setting.Just stunning. The red dirt, the heat of the outback and one secret place were so complementary to loneliness of the main character.

Overall, for a short novel, Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker was a sweet, charming and passionate M/M Contemporary Romance.

Very little angst!

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It can be a worry, that sometimes a much loved book can be spoiled by a poor narration, I'm thrilled that this is the exact opposite, it's been a joy from start to finish, I thoroughly recommend this and can't wait for Joel Leslie to record the rest of the series.

This is a brilliant narration!

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great narration from Joel. I do like his accents and he carries the take a long well. plus he sounds very sexy when reading the raunchy stuff.

sexy man on man romance

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Have you listened to any of Joel Leslie’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No, this was the first narration I have heard by John Leslie.

Any additional comments?

I have read the whole series and am a big fan. I love the realtionships in the book, not just between the main characters but also the other characters. I was worried the narrator might ruin the book for me if he didn't get the accents right, thankfully that didn't happen they were great. I found the longer I listened the better they got, I can't wait for the next one.

Didn't let me down

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What made the experience of listening to Red Dirt Heart the most enjoyable?

Joel Leslie's narration is excellent, and he is so good at creating different voices to the different characters. Another plus with him is that he does believable female voices too (no falsetto screeching in his performances), so Ma sounds just right (to me).

What other book might you compare Red Dirt Heart to, and why?

Ariel Tachna's Lang Down Series, as that too is set in Austrialia with a US import (ie second MC), although the narration doesn't come close to Joel's (in my opinion). Mind you, I'm not Australian, English isn't even my mother tongue, but I've listened to enough audiobooks to know what I like when it comes to inflection, cadence and character differentiation. :)

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Won't say too much as it's kind of "spoilerish", except it involves a horse returning without it's rider.

Any additional comments?

I hope N.r. Walker decides to do the rest of the series in Audio too, and that she gets Joel to do the narration. It's one of my all-time favourite series, and I adore Charlie & Travis.

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