Trish R. asked Nancy Herkness:

The Wager of Hearts series is about 3 MEN so why did a woman read it? It's too bad, but I can't listen to a book about men read by a woman. Donna Grant did the same thing with her Sons of Texas series. I don't understand that at all. Are Tantor or Brilliance or whomever that stupid? When men are the "stars" of the book it should be read by men. An explanation would be nice.

Nancy Herkness Nice to hear from you, Trish! That's a good question. I've often wondered if it would be better to have the book switch between a male and a female narrator, depending on whose point-of-view the scene is in. However, I have heard from other readers that they find two narrators distracting. Since one has to choose a single narrator, I suppose the idea is that most of my audience is female so they will respond to a female narrator better. There have even been studies done (not in relationship to audio books, though) showing that people in general pay more attention to a female voice than to a male one. That's why GPS systems tend to have female voices. Interesting, isn't it? Thank you so much for being in touch! I will pass your comments along to my editor. Warm regards, Nancy

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Trish R. First of all Have you listened to the narrator of CEO Buys in? When the hero talks it sounds like a girl? I can't believe women want to hear that. But ...more
Oct 14, 2018 12:16PM

Nancy Herkness Wow! That is indeed weird to have two narrators but have them do both male and female voices. You're right: Why bother to have two if you do that? I r ...more
Oct 14, 2018 01:07PM