THE BEEKEEPER'S BALL Bella Vista, Book 2

In the second book of the Bella Vista chronicles, narrator Christina Traister invites listeners in with her soft, slightly husky voice and her expertly portrayed accents for the various German, Danish, and American characters. In this lovely and inspiring story, beautiful Isabel Johansen is in the process of opening a cooking school in a rambling, mission-style hacienda in Sonoma, California. There she meets handsome, determined author Cormac O'Neill, who has come to write the story of Isabel's grandfather, a hero of the Danish Underground who helped save Jews during WWII. Traister's subtle inflections and natural tonal changes quietly appeal, providing near perfect portrayals of Isabel and Cormac and the characters in the flashbacks to WWII. A.C.P. [Published: AUGUST 2014]