Her voice is in just the right range where the inflections genuinely vary between a natural sounding mans voice or a natural sounding womans voice. She did great voice changes and it was easy to follow who was who. As story went in, however, I became accustomed to, and appreciative of her. Her voice is a bit rough, kind of like a smoker maybe, and thus far I've listened to very smooth voices. This is my first Jill Tanner book, and I have to admit that at first I was instantly in dislike. What about Jill Tanner’s performance did you like? I hated taking a chance of getting stuck with a book I didnt like!! This book far exceeded my expectations, I'm always a little scared when spending my credits, though with the guarantee its now a much more comfortable feeling and less risk. I knew nothing about it and took a risk getting it. What did you love best about The Tea Rose? But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.

There, her indomitable spirit propels her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Fearing her own death, she is forced to flee London for New York. But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything - and everyone - she holds dear. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths.

The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly