https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/explore-new-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-contemporary-women--6579058https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/590/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia History, and Animals & Nature. We offer you 3 free audiobooks to start your exploration journey. Audiobooks can be listened to on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access knowledge anytime, anywhere. Let audiobooks open new horizons for you! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enFictionCopyright jmurphyhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f4651fee4a148f16a5351bac519ac9da.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/explore-new-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-contemporary-women--6579058Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:56:52 +0000jmurphyjmurphyfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/590/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/590/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia History, and Animals & Nature. We offer you 3 free audiobooks to start your exploration journey. Audiobooks can be listened to on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access knowledge anytime, anywhere. Let audiobooks open new horizons for you! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whoever-you-are-honey-by-olivia-gatwood--65269533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whoever You Are, Honey Author: Olivia Gatwood Narrator: Olivia Gatwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. BEHIND THE GLASS, EVERYTHING IS MORE BEAUTIFUL On the Santa Cruz waterfront, every house is as perfect as the people inside. Not so for Mitty and Bethel, the oddball pair in the dilapidated bungalow – they are the last vestiges of a town now housing the tech elite. But Mitty is about to cross the threshold. Someone has arrived next door who finally wants to know this forgotten girl. Lena is different and she knows it. Reliant on her entrepreneur boyfriend Sebastian, her life is oddly limited for someone bathed in wealth. But when she sees Mitty, Lena begins to recognize a part of herself she has yet to face, something anxious, something broken – something real. And in this salt-blasted town, friendship will bleed into obsession, minds and bodies will betray, and the past will come back with a howl and a bite. Thrilling, seductive and prescient, WHOEVER YOU ARE HONEY is a blazing debut that dissects perfection, examines how women are made and explodes the intersection of passion, technology, and power. ©2024 Olivia Gatwood (P)2024 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583974Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whoever You Are, Honey Author: Olivia Gatwood Narrator: Olivia Gatwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whoever You Are, Honey Author: Olivia Gatwood Narrator: Olivia Gatwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. BEHIND THE GLASS, EVERYTHING IS MORE BEAUTIFUL On the Santa Cruz waterfront, every house is as perfect as the people inside. Not so for Mitty and Bethel, the oddball pair in the dilapidated bungalow – they are the last vestiges of a town now housing the tech elite. But Mitty is about to cross the threshold. Someone has arrived next door who finally wants to know this forgotten girl. Lena is different and she knows it. Reliant on her entrepreneur boyfriend Sebastian, her life is oddly limited for someone bathed in wealth. But when she sees Mitty, Lena begins to recognize a part of herself she has yet to face, something anxious, something broken – something real. And in this salt-blasted town, friendship will bleed into obsession, minds and bodies will betray, and the past will come back with a howl and a bite. Thrilling, seductive and prescient, WHOEVER YOU ARE HONEY is a blazing debut that dissects perfection, examines how women are made and explodes the intersection of passion, technology, and power. ©2024 Olivia Gatwood (P)2024 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-shot-in-the-dark-a-novel-by-victoria-lee--65269573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Shot in the Dark: A Novel Author: Victoria Lee Narrator: Scott Turner Schofield, Gilli Messer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate and powerful romance featuring a transgender man and an ex-Orthodox woman who find each other through their devotion to art, and fall in love despite all odds, from bestselling author Victoria Lee “A sensual love story about art and passion . . . emotional and heart-aching.”—Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, She Reads, Publishers Weekly Elisheva Cohen has just returned to New York after almost a decade away. The wounds of her past haven’t fully healed, but four years of sobriety and a scholarship to study photography with art legend Wyatt Cole are signs of good things to come, right? They could be, as long as Ely resists self-sabotage. She’s lucky enough to hit it off with a handsome himbo her first night out in the city. But the morning after their mind-blowing hookup, reality comes knocking. When Wyatt Cole walks into the classroom, Ely realizes the man she just spent the night with, the man whose name she couldn’t hear over the loud club music, is her teacher. Everyone in the art world is obsessed with Wyatt Cole. He’s immensely talented and his notoriously reclusive personal life makes him even more compelling. But behind closed doors, Wyatt’s past is a painful memory. After coming out as transgender, Wyatt was dishonorably discharged from the military and disowned by his family. Since these traumatic experiences, Wyatt has worked hard for his sobriety and his flourishing art career. He can’t risk it all for Ely, no matter how attracted to her he is or how bad he feels about insisting she drop his class in exchange for a strictly professional mentorship. Wyatt can help with her capstone photography project, but he cannot, under any circumstances, fall in love with her in the process. Through the lens of her camera, Ely must confront the reason she left New York in the first place: the Orthodox community that raised her, then shunned her because of her substance abuse. Along the way, Wyatt’s walls begin to break down, and each artist fights for what’s right in front of them—a person who sees them for all that they are and a love that could mean more than they ever imagined possible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576845Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Shot in the Dark: A Novel Author: Victoria Lee Narrator: Scott Turner Schofield, Gilli Messer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Shot in the Dark: A Novel Author: Victoria Lee Narrator: Scott Turner Schofield, Gilli Messer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate and powerful romance featuring a transgender man and an ex-Orthodox woman who find each other through their devotion to art, and fall in love despite all odds, from bestselling author Victoria Lee “A sensual love story about art and passion . . . emotional and heart-aching.”—Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, She Reads, Publishers Weekly Elisheva Cohen has just returned to New York after almost a decade away. The wounds of her past haven’t fully healed, but four years of sobriety and a scholarship to study photography with art legend Wyatt Cole are signs of good things to come, right? They could be, as long as Ely resists self-sabotage. She’s lucky enough to hit it off with a handsome himbo her first night out in the city. But the morning after their mind-blowing hookup, reality comes knocking. When Wyatt Cole walks into the classroom, Ely realizes the man she just spent the night with, the man whose name she couldn’t hear over the loud club music, is her teacher. Everyone in the art world is obsessed with Wyatt Cole. He’s immensely talented and his notoriously reclusive personal life makes him even more compelling. But behind closed doors, Wyatt’s past is a painful memory. After coming out as transgender, Wyatt was dishonorably discharged from the military and disowned by his family. Since these traumatic experiences, Wyatt has worked hard for his sobriety and his flourishing art career. He can’t risk it all for Ely, no matter how attracted to her he is or how bad he feels about insisting she drop his class in exchange for a strictly professional mentorship. Wyatt can help with her capstone photography project, but he cannot, under any circumstances, fall in love with her in the process. Through the lens of her camera, Ely must confront the reason she left New York in the first place: the Orthodox community that raised her, then shunned her because of her substance abuse. Along the way, Wyatt’s walls begin to break down, and each artist fights for what’s right in front of them—a person who sees them for all that they are and a love that could mean more than they ever imagined possible.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-worries-if-not-by-lucy-nichol--65269499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Worries If Not! Author: Lucy Nichol Narrator: Anna Gilthorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One little word. One bad habit. One year to stop saying sorry. What happens when one woman resolves to ‘break up’ with saying sorry? Charlotte Thomas is polite. Manners cost nothing, her mother always said … yet there’s a fine line between diplomat and doormat. But every woman has their breaking point and Charlotte has just found hers. It wasn’t because she said sorry to her boss for challenging his terrible idea for a staff social, or because she apologised to the drunk girl who spilled espresso martini all over her favourite top. And it wasn’t because she agreed to go on a second date with the world’s most boring man to avoid hurting his feelings. Maybe it was all of these, or maybe it was when she realised she ended every email with the fateful words: No Worries If Not. With the help of her best friend and housemate Mush, Charlotte declares she’s apologising no more. No more saying sorry for just doing her job, or speaking her mind or simply taking up space. So when she finds her space being invaded by a manspreader on the Metro, Charlotte lets rip. When she’s finished shouting about why he’s the rudest man she’s ever met, she realises, annoyingly, that not only is he the best looking man she’s ever had the misfortune to sit next to … he’s actually really nice about it all too. With her unapologetic pledge off to a tricky start, will Charlotte be, dare she say it … sorry she even started this?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587572Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Worries If Not! Author: Lucy Nichol Narrator: Anna Gilthorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Worries If Not! Author: Lucy Nichol Narrator: Anna Gilthorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One little word. One bad habit. One year to stop saying sorry. What happens when one woman resolves to ‘break up’ with saying sorry? Charlotte Thomas is polite. Manners cost nothing, her mother always said … yet there’s a fine line between diplomat and doormat. But every woman has their breaking point and Charlotte has just found hers. It wasn’t because she said sorry to her boss for challenging his terrible idea for a staff social, or because she apologised to the drunk girl who spilled espresso martini all over her favourite top. And it wasn’t because she agreed to go on a second date with the world’s most boring man to avoid hurting his feelings. Maybe it was all of these, or maybe it was when she realised she ended every email with the fateful words: No Worries If Not. With the help of her best friend and housemate Mush, Charlotte declares she’s apologising no more. No more saying sorry for just doing her job, or speaking her mind or simply taking up space. So when she finds her space being invaded by a manspreader on the Metro, Charlotte lets rip. When she’s finished shouting about why he’s the rudest man she’s ever met, she realises, annoyingly, that not only is he the best looking man she’s ever had the misfortune to sit next to … he’s actually really nice about it all too. With her unapologetic pledge off to a tricky start, will Charlotte be, dare she say it … sorry she even started this?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-night-a-novel-by-georgina-cross--65269473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night: A Novel Author: Georgina Cross Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One night. That’s all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or do they take justice into their own hands? “One Night is a locked-room stunner that unfolds at breakneck speed.”—Kimberly Belle, USA Today bestselling author of The Personal Assistant The anonymous letters arrive in the mail, one by one: To find out what really happened to Meg, meet at this location. Don’t tell anyone you’re coming. In one night, you’ll find out everything you need to know. Ten years after her murder, the letters tell Meghan’s family exactly when and where to meet: a cliffside home on the Oregon coast. But on the night they’re promised answers, the convicted killer—her high school boyfriend, Cal, who spent only ten years in prison for murder—is found unconscious in his car after it slammed into a tree near the house where the family is sitting and waiting. Is he really the one who invited them to gather? As a storm rampages along the Pacific Northwest, the power cuts off and leaves the family with no chance of returning to the main road and finding help. So they drag Cal back to the house for the remainder of the night. How easy it would be to let him die and claim it was an accident. Or do they help him instead? As the hours tick by, it becomes an excruciating choice. Half of the family wants to kill him. The other half wants him to regain consciousness so he can tell them what he knows. But if Cal wakes up, he might reveal that someone in the family knows more than they’re letting on. And if that’s the case, who is the real killer? And are they already in the house?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587666Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night: A Novel Author: Georgina Cross Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night: A Novel Author: Georgina Cross Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One night. That’s all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or do they take justice into their own hands? “One Night is a locked-room stunner that unfolds at breakneck speed.”—Kimberly Belle, USA Today bestselling author of The Personal Assistant The anonymous letters arrive in the mail, one by one: To find out what really happened to Meg, meet at this location. Don’t tell anyone you’re coming. In one night, you’ll find out everything you need to know. Ten years after her murder, the letters tell Meghan’s family exactly when and where to meet: a cliffside home on the Oregon coast. But on the night they’re promised answers, the convicted killer—her high school boyfriend, Cal, who spent only ten years in prison for murder—is found unconscious in his car after it slammed into a tree near the house where the family is sitting and waiting. Is he really the one who invited them to gather? As a storm rampages along the Pacific Northwest, the power cuts off and leaves the family with no chance of returning to the main road and finding help. So they drag Cal back to the house for the remainder of the night. How easy it would be to let him die and claim it was an accident. Or do they help him instead? As the hours tick by, it becomes an excruciating choice. Half of the family wants to kill him. The other half wants him to regain consciousness so he can tell them what he knows. But if Cal wakes up, he might reveal that someone in the family knows more than they’re letting on. And if that’s the case, who is the real killer? And are they already in the house?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chatelaine-by-kate-heartfield--65269455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chatelaine Author: Kate Heartfield Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel, 2019 Hell is empty and all the demons are here. The Chatelaine has come. The year is 1328 and Bruges is under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell and her army of chimeras – creatures forged in the deep fires of the Hellbeast. At night, revenants crawl over the walls and bring plague and grief to this city of widows. Margriet de Vos learns she's a widow herself when her good-for-nothing husband comes home dead from the war. But he didn't come back for her. The revenant who was her husband pulls a secret treasure of coins and weapons from under his floorboards and goes back through the mouth of the beast called Hell. Margriet killed her first soldier when she was eleven. She's buried six of her seven children. She'll do anything for her daughter, even if it means raiding Hell itself to get her inheritance back. Margriet's daughter Beatrix is haunted by a dead husband of her own, and blessed, or cursed, with an enchanted distaff that allows her to control the revenants and see the future. Together with a transgender man-at-arms who has unfinished business with the Chatelaine, a traumatised widow with a giant water-powered forgehammer at her disposal, and a wealthy alderman's wife who escapes Bruges with her children, Margriet and Beatrix forge a raiding party the likes of which Hell has never seen…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590647Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chatelaine Author: Kate Heartfield Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chatelaine Author: Kate Heartfield Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel, 2019 Hell is empty and all the demons are here. The Chatelaine has come. The year is 1328 and Bruges is under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell and her army of chimeras – creatures forged in the deep fires of the Hellbeast. At night, revenants crawl over the walls and bring plague and grief to this city of widows. Margriet de Vos learns she's a widow herself when her good-for-nothing husband comes home dead from the war. But he didn't come back for her. The revenant who was her husband pulls a secret treasure of coins and weapons from under his floorboards and goes back through the mouth of the beast called Hell. Margriet killed her first soldier when she was eleven. She's buried six of her seven children. She'll do anything for her daughter, even if it means raiding Hell itself to get her inheritance back. Margriet's daughter Beatrix is haunted by a dead husband of her own, and blessed, or cursed, with an enchanted distaff that allows her to control the revenants and see the future. Together with a transgender man-at-arms who has unfinished business with the Chatelaine, a traumatised widow with a giant water-powered forgehammer at her disposal, and a wealthy alderman's wife who escapes Bruges with her children, Margriet and Beatrix forge a raiding party the likes of which Hell has never seen…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-wherever-we-go-by-tracey-rose-peyton--65269490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Wherever We Go Author: Tracey Rose Peyton Narrator: Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023 ‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS ‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS ’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG An intimate look at the domestic lives of enslaved women, NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO is an evocative meditation on resistance and autonomy, on love and transcendence and the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances. On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys—as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself—have decided to turn around the farm’s bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a “stockman” to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves. Now, each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe. Visceral and illuminating, Night Wherever We Go marks the arrival of a bold, lyrical and powerful new voice in fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587551Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Wherever We Go Author: Tracey Rose Peyton Narrator: Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Wherever We Go Author: Tracey Rose Peyton Narrator: Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023 ‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS ‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS ’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG An intimate look at the domestic lives of enslaved women, NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO is an evocative meditation on resistance and autonomy, on love and transcendence and the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances. On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys—as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself—have decided to turn around the farm’s bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a “stockman” to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves. Now, each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe. Visceral and illuminating, Night Wherever We Go marks the arrival of a bold, lyrical and powerful new voice in fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cloud-girls-a-novel-by-lisa-harding--65269468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cloud Girls: A Novel Author: Lisa Harding Narrator: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICK! “Shocking—and shockingly good. It is thought-provoking, anger-provoking, guilt-provoking, and—most importantly—it is a brilliantly written novel.”—Roddy Doyle  Thrown together by a harrowing twist of fate, two girls will find hope and redemption in friendship in this award-winning, emotional gut punch of a novel from the author of Bright Burning Things. Sassy, streetwise Sammy is a teenage girl who is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her into the hands of adults who don't have her best interests in mind. Failed by them at every turn, Sammy acts out, seeking attention from boys, then men, when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small village in Eastern Europe, preternaturally beautiful and naïve Nico is about to turn thirteen and as her family falls upon desperate times, her father is approached to marry her off. Her family knows that the nice life this stranger seems to be offering Nico is too good to be true, but they and Nico hope for the best as she’s shuttled across the border into Ireland, where she and Sammy find one another in their new home, a suburban brothel. As Nico and Sammy journey into this dark underbelly and out the other side, their friendship—and the unexpected acts of kindness they give and receive—form a potent bond. Heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful, Cloud Girls exposes the failings of polite society and the cruelty that exists beneath its surface, yet reminds us that goodness and love can flourish in the darkest times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588831Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cloud Girls: A Novel Author: Lisa Harding Narrator: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cloud Girls: A Novel Author: Lisa Harding Narrator: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICK! “Shocking—and shockingly good. It is thought-provoking, anger-provoking, guilt-provoking, and—most importantly—it is a brilliantly written novel.”—Roddy Doyle  Thrown together by a harrowing twist of fate, two girls will find hope and redemption in friendship in this award-winning, emotional gut punch of a novel from the author of Bright Burning Things. Sassy, streetwise Sammy is a teenage girl who is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her into the hands of adults who don't have her best interests in mind. Failed by them at every turn, Sammy acts out, seeking attention from boys, then men, when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small village in Eastern Europe, preternaturally beautiful and naïve Nico is about to turn thirteen and as her family falls upon desperate times, her father is approached to marry her off. Her family knows that the nice life this stranger seems to be offering Nico is too good to be true, but they and Nico hope for the best as she’s shuttled across the border into Ireland, where she and Sammy find one another in their new home, a suburban brothel. As Nico and Sammy journey into this dark underbelly and out the other side, their friendship—and the unexpected acts of kindness they give and receive—form a potent bond. Heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful, Cloud Girls exposes the failings of polite society and the cruelty that exists beneath its surface, yet reminds us that goodness and love can flourish in the darkest times.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hestia-strikes-a-match-a-novel-by-christine-grillo--65269541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hestia Strikes a Match: A Novel Author: Christine Grillo Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Tom Force, Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This program features multicast narration. Christine Grillo's Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war. The year is 2023, and things are bad—bad, but still not as bad as they could be. Hestia Harris is forty-two, abandoned by her husband (he left to fight for the Union cause), and estranged from her parents (they’re leaving for the Confederacy). Yes, the United States has collapsed into a second civil war and again it’s Unionists against Confederates, children against parents, friends against friends. Hestia has left journalism (too much war reporting) for a job at a Baltimore retirement village on the Inner Harbor (lots of security). She’s single and adrift, save for her coworkers and Mildred, an eighty-four-year-old, thrice-happily-married resident who gleefully supports Hestia’s half-hearted but hopeful attempts to find love again in a time of chaos and disunion. She reckons with the big questions (How do we live in the midst of political collapse? How do we love people who believe terrible things?) and the little ones (How do I decorate a nonworking fireplace? Can I hook up with a mime?), all while wrestling with that simmering, roiling, occasionally boiling feeling that things are decidedly not okay, but we have to keep going, one foot in front of the other, because maybe, just maybe, we can still find the kinds of relationships that sustain a person through anything. Christine Grillo’s Hestia Strikes a Match is an irreverent, incisive, laugh-out-loud interrogation of modern love of all kinds, in all its messy beauty. Equal parts wise and hilarious, it fills the heart, fortifies the spirit, and will surely help to fend off despair. In the face of the everyday wildness of our times, it asks and answers that newly constant question: How do we make a full, wonderfully ordinary life when the whole mad world is clattering down around us? A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586529Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hestia Strikes a Match: A Novel Author: Christine Grillo Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Tom Force, Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hestia Strikes a Match: A Novel Author: Christine Grillo Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Tom Force, Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This program features multicast narration. Christine Grillo's Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war. The year is 2023, and things are bad—bad, but still not as bad as they could be. Hestia Harris is forty-two, abandoned by her husband (he left to fight for the Union cause), and estranged from her parents (they’re leaving for the Confederacy). Yes, the United States has collapsed into a second civil war and again it’s Unionists against Confederates, children against parents, friends against friends. Hestia has left journalism (too much war reporting) for a job at a Baltimore retirement village on the Inner Harbor (lots of security). She’s single and adrift, save for her coworkers and Mildred, an eighty-four-year-old, thrice-happily-married resident who gleefully supports Hestia’s half-hearted but hopeful attempts to find love again in a time of chaos and disunion. She reckons with the big questions (How do we live in the midst of political collapse? How do we love people who believe terrible things?) and the little ones (How do I decorate a nonworking fireplace? Can I hook up with a mime?), all while wrestling with that simmering, roiling, occasionally boiling feeling that things are decidedly not okay, but we have to keep going, one foot in front of the other, because maybe, just maybe, we can still find the kinds of relationships that sustain a person through anything. Christine Grillo’s Hestia Strikes a Match is an irreverent, incisive, laugh-out-loud interrogation of modern love of all kinds, in all its messy beauty. Equal parts wise and hilarious, it fills the heart, fortifies the spirit, and will surely help to fend off despair. In the face of the everyday wildness of our times, it asks and answers that newly constant question: How do we make a full, wonderfully ordinary life when the whole mad world is clattering down around us? A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-happy-family-by-sarah-stovell--65269596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Happy Family Author: Sarah Stovell Narrator: Emily Pennant-Rea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A hilarious drama about family secrets, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty. ‘[A] gripping family tale… Stovell is a thoughtful, wise and witty writer’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, compelling and so on point about family dynamics’ The Sun 'We read this brilliant book in one sitting’ Bella Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in a decade. But having Lizzie, Jess, Owen and the grandchildren under one roof isn’t without its dramas. Lizzie is off the alcohol (although emergency gin doesn’t count), Jess is juggling a toddler and a newborn, but it’s Owen who has the power to throw a grenade into everything. It all stems from an incident that happened years ago. And it involves Nora Skelly – a name you don't mention in front of Minnie. With Nora also back in town, the past is about to come crashing into the present. And what better time to revisit old secrets and resentments than around the family dinner table? * * * What readers are saying about Every Happy Family ‘If you love Liane Moriarty then this is a great book for you…I couldn't stop turning the pages and finished the story in 24 hours.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a fabulous family drama this was… superb, funny, heart wrenching read. It read so easily and I just couldn't put it down.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘On the one hand I wanted to devour in one sitting but on the other I wanted to ration because I knew that once I'd finished I was going to miss these true to life characters being in my life.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute must read if you like some family drama (that's not your own!)’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It’s quietly brilliant. My only complaint is that I didn’t want to leave them all. ’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Praise for Other Parents: ‘Set to be one of the most talked-about books of 2022’ HELLO! ‘Sensitive, sharply observed and often funny’ Adele Parks, Platinum]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577191Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Happy Family Author: Sarah Stovell Narrator: Emily Pennant-Rea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Happy Family Author: Sarah Stovell Narrator: Emily Pennant-Rea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A hilarious drama about family secrets, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty. ‘[A] gripping family tale… Stovell is a thoughtful, wise and witty writer’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, compelling and so on point about family dynamics’ The Sun 'We read this brilliant book in one sitting’ Bella Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in a decade. But having Lizzie, Jess, Owen and the grandchildren under one roof isn’t without its dramas. Lizzie is off the alcohol (although emergency gin doesn’t count), Jess is juggling a toddler and a newborn, but it’s Owen who has the power to throw a grenade into everything. It all stems from an incident that happened years ago. And it involves Nora Skelly – a name you don't mention in front of Minnie. With Nora also back in town, the past is about to come crashing into the present. And what better time to revisit old secrets and resentments than around the family dinner table? * * * What readers are saying about Every Happy Family ‘If you love Liane Moriarty then this is a great book for you…I couldn't stop turning the pages and finished the story in 24 hours.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a fabulous family drama this was… superb, funny, heart wrenching read. It read so easily and I just couldn't put it down.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘On the one hand I wanted to devour in one sitting but on the other I wanted to ration because I knew that once I'd finished I was going to miss these true to life characters being in my life.’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute must read if you like some family drama (that's not your own!)’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It’s quietly brilliant. My only complaint is that I didn’t want to leave them all. ’ Netgalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Praise for Other Parents: ‘Set to be one of the most talked-about books of 2022’ HELLO! ‘Sensitive, sharply observed and often funny’ Adele Parks, Platinum]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-secret-garden-affair-by-erica-james--65269510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Secret Garden Affair Author: Erica James Narrator: Laura Aikman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling ‘captivating’ and ‘a treasure of a read’…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583294Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Secret Garden Affair Author: Erica James Narrator: Laura Aikman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Secret Garden Affair Author: Erica James Narrator: Laura Aikman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling ‘captivating’ and ‘a treasure of a read’…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maybe-next-time-by-cesca-major--65269497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maybe Next Time Author: Cesca Major Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 2024’s most unforgettable romance that will give you ALL the feels! From the queen of the 'what if' love story ‘It's the sort of story which makes you want to say, I love you, to everyone you care about the most in your life,’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dan is Emma’s person. She’s known it since the first time she saw him dressed in lederhosen on the tube. On their fifteen year ‘dateversary’, Emma texts a list of everything she should have told Dan that morning. Tell the kids to remember their homework… And their gloves. Can you defrost some sausages? Emma just forgets to write the most important words of all – I love you – and by the end of the day everything changes. Or does it? Emma is given the chance to rewrite their future – if she can just figure out their past… Escape with the most uplifting and emotional love story of the year. Perfect for fans of The Man Who Didn’t Call and Jojo Moyes! Readers LOVE Maybe Next Time! ‘WOW! WOW! WOW! Powerful and life affirming, So much more than five stars. If there is only one book you read this year, make it this one!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The ending will have you ugly crying… It made me cry so hard I couldn’t actually read’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Take a love story, mix it with a stress dream, add moments that will stop you in your tracks and take your breath away while somersaulting on an emotional rollercoaster… Completely addictive’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Sublime. I was only a quarter of a way through before I decided that it is definitely going down as one of my books of the year!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘Ingeniuous, intriguing and so emotional’ JILL MANSELL ‘Deeply moving, extremely funny, brilliantly knowing and fabulously observed’ DAISY BUCHANAN ‘Heart-warming and life-affirming – a gorgeous read’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘Astonishing’ CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘Addictive, heartbreaking and achingly romantic’ ROSIE WALSH ‘A reminder of just how precious every day can be’ LUCY DIAMOND]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587537Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maybe Next Time Author: Cesca Major Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maybe Next Time Author: Cesca Major Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 2024’s most unforgettable romance that will give you ALL the feels! From the queen of the 'what if' love story ‘It's the sort of story which makes you want to say, I love you, to everyone you care about the most in your life,’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dan is Emma’s person. She’s known it since the first time she saw him dressed in lederhosen on the tube. On their fifteen year ‘dateversary’, Emma texts a list of everything she should have told Dan that morning. Tell the kids to remember their homework… And their gloves. Can you defrost some sausages? Emma just forgets to write the most important words of all – I love you – and by the end of the day everything changes. Or does it? Emma is given the chance to rewrite their future – if she can just figure out their past… Escape with the most uplifting and emotional love story of the year. Perfect for fans of The Man Who Didn’t Call and Jojo Moyes! Readers LOVE Maybe Next Time! ‘WOW! WOW! WOW! Powerful and life affirming, So much more than five stars. If there is only one book you read this year, make it this one!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The ending will have you ugly crying… It made me cry so hard I couldn’t actually read’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Take a love story, mix it with a stress dream, add moments that will stop you in your tracks and take your breath away while somersaulting on an emotional rollercoaster… Completely addictive’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Sublime. I was only a quarter of a way through before I decided that it is definitely going down as one of my books of the year!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘Ingeniuous, intriguing and so emotional’ JILL MANSELL ‘Deeply moving, extremely funny, brilliantly knowing and fabulously observed’ DAISY BUCHANAN ‘Heart-warming and life-affirming – a gorgeous read’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘Astonishing’ CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘Addictive, heartbreaking and achingly romantic’ ROSIE WALSH ‘A reminder of just how precious every day can be’ LUCY DIAMOND]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-women-by-jacqui-rose--65269477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women Author: Jacqui Rose Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Welcome to HMP Ashcroft. An institution run by a corrupt governor whose determination to impose his will at any cost will have far-reaching consequences on all the inmates. Within these walls, friendships are forged that will last beyond a sentence, but some inmates can turn in the blink of an eye, because that’s all part of being locked up. In here you are kept from your loved ones and forced into a surrogate family with women you wouldn’t even look at on the outside, let alone call friends. But at Ashcroft, Alliances can mean everything. Each one of these women has their own story to tell and their own penance to deal with. But whilst they fight for their rights on the inside, who is looking after their family, their friends and children on the outside. Whilst they battle to survive in a closed off world what’s happening in the real world. At Ashcroft there’s always a price to be paid, and for some it’s high, but these women are prepared to pay anyway they can . . . Jacqui Rose is back with another hard-hitting gangland thriller. Now collaborating with Martina Cole on her new novel Loyalty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590251Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women Author: Jacqui Rose Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women Author: Jacqui Rose Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Welcome to HMP Ashcroft. An institution run by a corrupt governor whose determination to impose his will at any cost will have far-reaching consequences on all the inmates. Within these walls, friendships are forged that will last beyond a sentence, but some inmates can turn in the blink of an eye, because that’s all part of being locked up. In here you are kept from your loved ones and forced into a surrogate family with women you wouldn’t even look at on the outside, let alone call friends. But at Ashcroft, Alliances can mean everything. Each one of these women has their own story to tell and their own penance to deal with. But whilst they fight for their rights on the inside, who is looking after their family, their friends and children on the outside. Whilst they battle to survive in a closed off world what’s happening in the real world. At Ashcroft there’s always a price to be paid, and for some it’s high, but these women are prepared to pay anyway they can . . . Jacqui Rose is back with another hard-hitting gangland thriller. Now collaborating with Martina Cole on her new novel Loyalty.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-complicated-matter-by-anne-youngson--65269517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Complicated Matter Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Ana Clements Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A young woman's extraordinary journey of self-discovery and an intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world. I used to believe the world had been created for me; every stone and grain of sand. As I grew older, I began to think of myself as something tacked on to the edge. 1939, London: From McPhail's Passage to Kensington's Grand Palace Hotel, Rose Dunbar is evacuated from her humble home on the Rock of Gibraltar and dropped into a chaotic city of falling bombs, perplexing class rules and bad weather. Despite being 'flagrantly foreign' to the locals, she becomes an efficient go-between for the upper-class ladies helping out with the war effort and her own tribe of noisy displaced families. It is only when she is shifted to the countryside to become secretary to the plain-speaking and sightless Major Inchbold that Rose's dizzying journey to womanhood will become more surreal than ever, as she drinks tea at the vicarage, shields her best friend from abuse and stands up for the lower orders. But Rose's greatest dilemma is yet to come, as she must decide where her home - and her heart - really lies. In Anne Youngson's wry and sublimely understated prose, this unique and beautiful story of love, class and belonging is also a profound and intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world. ******************************* Praise for ANNE YOUNGSON: 'Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.' JOHN BOYNE 'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' DAILY EXPRESS 'Beautiful and affecting' NINA STIBBE ©2023 Anne Youngson (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585083Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Complicated Matter Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Ana Clements Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Complicated Matter Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Ana Clements Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A young woman's extraordinary journey of self-discovery and an intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world. I used to believe the world had been created for me; every stone and grain of sand. As I grew older, I began to think of myself as something tacked on to the edge. 1939, London: From McPhail's Passage to Kensington's Grand Palace Hotel, Rose Dunbar is evacuated from her humble home on the Rock of Gibraltar and dropped into a chaotic city of falling bombs, perplexing class rules and bad weather. Despite being 'flagrantly foreign' to the locals, she becomes an efficient go-between for the upper-class ladies helping out with the war effort and her own tribe of noisy displaced families. It is only when she is shifted to the countryside to become secretary to the plain-speaking and sightless Major Inchbold that Rose's dizzying journey to womanhood will become more surreal than ever, as she drinks tea at the vicarage, shields her best friend from abuse and stands up for the lower orders. But Rose's greatest dilemma is yet to come, as she must decide where her home - and her heart - really lies. In Anne Youngson's wry and sublimely understated prose, this unique and beautiful story of love, class and belonging is also a profound and intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world. ******************************* Praise for ANNE YOUNGSON: 'Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.' JOHN BOYNE 'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' DAILY EXPRESS 'Beautiful and affecting' NINA STIBBE ©2023 Anne Youngson (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-we-were-home-a-novel-by-jennifer-rosner--65269520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once We Were Home: A Novel Author: Jennifer Rosner Narrator: Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This program features a bonus conversation between the author and narrators. From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother’s face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother’s death, Renata’s grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584463Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once We Were Home: A Novel Author: Jennifer Rosner Narrator: Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once We Were Home: A Novel Author: Jennifer Rosner Narrator: Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This program features a bonus conversation between the author and narrators. From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother’s face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother’s death, Renata’s grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-said-he-would-be-late-by-justine-sullivan--65269507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Said He Would Be Late Author: Justine Sullivan Narrator: Kelli Tager Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A fast-paced, twisty psychological debut about the complexities of marriage and new motherhood, told through the frenetic lens of a wife seeking the truth about her husband, at all costs, as the validity of the life she once knew unravels page by page. Liz Bennett knows that she is one of the lucky ones. Wealthy and charming, Arno is a supportive husband to Liz and a doting father to their daughter, Emma. A rising banker at a top firm in the Boston area, he is the picture of perfection, rounding off their idyllic New England life. But when Liz sees a text on Arno's phone with a kissy-face emoji, her anxiety kicks into overdrive and she begins to worry that her luck has run out. Plagued by persistent skepticism and countless sleepless nights, Liz decides she must uncover the truth about her husband—as any wife would. So she takes a deep breath and dives down the rabbit hole. As Liz peels back layers of deceit and tracks down every lead, a frenzy begins to take over her life. Could Arno really be unfaithful? Or is Liz's imagination getting the best of her? When everyone around her is convinced she's become unhinged, she must prove, if only to herself, that a woman's intuition expands beyond a single cryptic text. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584446Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Said He Would Be Late Author: Justine Sullivan Narrator: Kelli Tager Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Said He Would Be Late Author: Justine Sullivan Narrator: Kelli Tager Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A fast-paced, twisty psychological debut about the complexities of marriage and new motherhood, told through the frenetic lens of a wife seeking the truth about her husband, at all costs, as the validity of the life she once knew unravels page by page. Liz Bennett knows that she is one of the lucky ones. Wealthy and charming, Arno is a supportive husband to Liz and a doting father to their daughter, Emma. A rising banker at a top firm in the Boston area, he is the picture of perfection, rounding off their idyllic New England life. But when Liz sees a text on Arno's phone with a kissy-face emoji, her anxiety kicks into overdrive and she begins to worry that her luck has run out. Plagued by persistent skepticism and countless sleepless nights, Liz decides she must uncover the truth about her husband—as any wife would. So she takes a deep breath and dives down the rabbit hole. As Liz peels back layers of deceit and tracks down every lead, a frenzy begins to take over her life. Could Arno really be unfaithful? Or is Liz's imagination getting the best of her? When everyone around her is convinced she's become unhinged, she must prove, if only to herself, that a woman's intuition expands beyond a single cryptic text. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clytemnestra-by-costanza-casati--65269463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clytemnestra Author: Costanza Casati Narrator: Olivia Vinall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best . . . Perfect for fans of ARIADNE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES, this is the extraordinary retelling of history's most infamous heroine. Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent. You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot. You are Clytemnestra. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph, what then? Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For you understood something that the others don't. If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself. A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece and told through the eyes of its greatest heroine, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her. 'Vivid with fury, passion and strength, this is a fabulous myth retelling' Jennifer Saint 'A powerhouse of a novel. Clytemnestra's rage, heartbreak and determination radiate off the page' Elodie Harper 'Rivals House of the Dragon in conspiracies and feminine brutality. An electrifying read' Elizabeth Fremantle 'Redefines the mythical retelling genre with a warrior queen who, instead of enduring suffering, avenges it' Annie Garthwaite ©2023 Costanza Casati (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589478Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clytemnestra Author: Costanza Casati Narrator: Olivia Vinall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clytemnestra Author: Costanza Casati Narrator: Olivia Vinall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best . . . Perfect for fans of ARIADNE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES, this is the extraordinary retelling of history's most infamous heroine. Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent. You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot. You are Clytemnestra. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph, what then? Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For you understood something that the others don't. If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself. A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece and told through the eyes of its greatest heroine, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her. 'Vivid with fury, passion and strength, this is a fabulous myth retelling' Jennifer Saint 'A powerhouse of a novel. Clytemnestra's rage, heartbreak and determination radiate off the page' Elodie Harper 'Rivals House of the Dragon in conspiracies and feminine brutality. An electrifying read' Elizabeth Fremantle 'Redefines the mythical retelling genre with a warrior queen who, instead of enduring suffering, avenges it' Annie Garthwaite ©2023 Costanza Casati (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dog-days-forever-a-novel-by-shannon-richard--65269585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Days Forever: A Novel Author: Shannon Richard Narrator: Fran Jules Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heartfelt, romantic novel inspired by Sweet Home Alabama and perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, and Susan Mallery, in which a young woman who only fosters dogs discovers an abandoned puppy and finally starts to open herself up to love again… Once inseparable as children and romantically entwined as young adults, Caroline Buchanan and Maximillian Abbot are now virtual strangers. It might be Caro’s fault—considering she abruptly ended their engagement—but she had good reasons. After their devastating breakup, she stayed in North Carolina, building a quiet, cozy life, while Max went to New York City. In the fourteen years since, Caro has experienced more than her share of heartache and loss. She rarely lets anyone in, not even the steady stream of rescue dogs she fosters. When Max returns to town for the summer at the behest of his grandmother, Caro must finally face their past because she keeps running into Max, and old feelings come rushing back. Shortly after Max arrives, Caro finds a puppy, alone and shivering in a thunderstorm. She takes the dog in, planning to find her the perfect new family. But at a time when her life is in turmoil, this new furry friend—who she names Frankie—unexpectedly becomes her anchor. As she opens her heart to the sweet, cuddly canine, Caro begins to wonder if she could love Max again, too. Max and Frankie feel like home and she can’t bear to say goodbye to either of them. But secrets, both old and new, are still lingering and Max hasn’t completely forgiven her for breaking his heart all those years ago. Will this be a summer of second chances or are they bound to make the same mistakes twice?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576275Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Days Forever: A Novel Author: Shannon Richard Narrator: Fran Jules Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Days Forever: A Novel Author: Shannon Richard Narrator: Fran Jules Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heartfelt, romantic novel inspired by Sweet Home Alabama and perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, and Susan Mallery, in which a young woman who only fosters dogs discovers an abandoned puppy and finally starts to open herself up to love again… Once inseparable as children and romantically entwined as young adults, Caroline Buchanan and Maximillian Abbot are now virtual strangers. It might be Caro’s fault—considering she abruptly ended their engagement—but she had good reasons. After their devastating breakup, she stayed in North Carolina, building a quiet, cozy life, while Max went to New York City. In the fourteen years since, Caro has experienced more than her share of heartache and loss. She rarely lets anyone in, not even the steady stream of rescue dogs she fosters. When Max returns to town for the summer at the behest of his grandmother, Caro must finally face their past because she keeps running into Max, and old feelings come rushing back. Shortly after Max arrives, Caro finds a puppy, alone and shivering in a thunderstorm. She takes the dog in, planning to find her the perfect new family. But at a time when her life is in turmoil, this new furry friend—who she names Frankie—unexpectedly becomes her anchor. As she opens her heart to the sweet, cuddly canine, Caro begins to wonder if she could love Max again, too. Max and Frankie feel like home and she can’t bear to say goodbye to either of them. But secrets, both old and new, are still lingering and Max hasn’t completely forgiven her for breaking his heart all those years ago. Will this be a summer of second chances or are they bound to make the same mistakes twice?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-exposure-a-novel-by-thien-kim-lam--65269571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full Exposure: A Novel Author: Thien-Kim Lam Narrator: David Lee Huynh, Keylor Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Happy Endings author Thien-Kim Lam is back—with a rom-com set during the divine madness of Mardi Gras as two lovers ask: Can a Big Easy fling become the real thing? Boudoir photographer Josie Parks never ever takes a vacation. But when a client cancels a New Orleans shoot at the last minute, she decides to fly out from her Washington, D.C., studio anyway. Maybe the trip will reawaken her recently stagnant muse. After all, it’s Mardi Gras season… Spencer Pham has come home after twelve soul-sucking years in corporate hell to pursue his passion: making a docu-film on his family’s history as the first Vietnamese Mardi Gras krewe. The last thing he expects is getting whacked in the head by a beautiful woman trying to snag some parade beads. Over some beignets and coffee, Spencer and Josie connect over their artistic pursuits. He offers to show her the real New Orleans, if she’ll help him with the camerawork for his film. Despite Josie’s type-A personality clashing with Spencer’s laissez-faire attitude, they seem to make a great team, and soon, the good times are rolling both on and off camera. But Josie has a life in D.C., and they both have big dreams they’re chasing. When this Big Easy fling starts feeling awfully serious, can they find a way to choose between personal and professional passion? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577576Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full Exposure: A Novel Author: Thien-Kim Lam Narrator: David Lee Huynh, Keylor Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full Exposure: A Novel Author: Thien-Kim Lam Narrator: David Lee Huynh, Keylor Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Happy Endings author Thien-Kim Lam is back—with a rom-com set during the divine madness of Mardi Gras as two lovers ask: Can a Big Easy fling become the real thing? Boudoir photographer Josie Parks never ever takes a vacation. But when a client cancels a New Orleans shoot at the last minute, she decides to fly out from her Washington, D.C., studio anyway. Maybe the trip will reawaken her recently stagnant muse. After all, it’s Mardi Gras season… Spencer Pham has come home after twelve soul-sucking years in corporate hell to pursue his passion: making a docu-film on his family’s history as the first Vietnamese Mardi Gras krewe. The last thing he expects is getting whacked in the head by a beautiful woman trying to snag some parade beads. Over some beignets and coffee, Spencer and Josie connect over their artistic pursuits. He offers to show her the real New Orleans, if she’ll help him with the camerawork for his film. Despite Josie’s type-A personality clashing with Spencer’s laissez-faire attitude, they seem to make a great team, and soon, the good times are rolling both on and off camera. But Josie has a life in D.C., and they both have big dreams they’re chasing. When this Big Easy fling starts feeling awfully serious, can they find a way to choose between personal and professional passion? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/varina-palladino-s-jersey-italian-love-story-a-novel-by-terri-lynne-defino--65269484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jersey—about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend.  Lively widow Varina Paladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Paladinos are embracing the change. What Varina’s not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother’s dismay, is dating. Running Paladino’s Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from killing one another takes up all of Varina’s energy anyway. Sylvia Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the family—Dante, Tommy, and Paulie—are each secretly plotting their own big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop. Three generations of Paladinos butt heads and break one another’s hearts as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jersey—about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend.  Lively widow Varina Paladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Paladinos are embracing the change. What Varina’s not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother’s dismay, is dating. Running Paladino’s Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from killing one another takes up all of Varina’s energy anyway. Sylvia Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the family—Dante, Tommy, and Paulie—are each secretly plotting their own big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop. Three generations of Paladinos butt heads and break one another’s hearts as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-swiss-a-novel-by-jen-beagin--65269513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Swiss: A Novel Author: Jen Beagin Narrator: Matt Pittenger, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Graybill, Joy Osmanski, Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more! “One of the funniest books of the last few years” (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist’s transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she’ll do anything to sustain the relationship… “A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel” (Bustle), Big Swiss is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more—from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580180Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Swiss: A Novel Author: Jen Beagin Narrator: Matt Pittenger, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Graybill, Joy Osmanski, Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Swiss: A Novel Author: Jen Beagin Narrator: Matt Pittenger, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Graybill, Joy Osmanski, Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more! “One of the funniest books of the last few years” (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist’s transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she’ll do anything to sustain the relationship… “A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel” (Bustle), Big Swiss is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more—from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hideaway-at-silver-lake-a-snowflake-sisters-novel-by-jennifer-greene--65269500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hideaway at Silver Lake: A Snowflake Sisters Novel Series: #1 of Snowflake Sisters Author: Jennifer Greene Narrator: Amanda Dolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: If you love Jill Shalvis and Lori Wilde, then you won’t want to miss this new novel—and start of a new series, The Snowflake Sisters—by USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Greene, who returns with a poignantly emotional story about the joys—and frustrations—of family, sisters, and self-discovery. They say there’s no place like home for the holidays...but Poppy McGuire is done with all that! Her sisters are suffocating, and her father hasn’t done anything for himself in years. What she needs is a change—of pace, of heart, of attitude. ...and so she flees to an isolated Wisconsin cabin, determined to get through to a Happy Solo New Year’s. At first, Poppy’s blissful solitude is only interrupted by a few welcome distractions in the form of her hunky, flannel-clad neighbor and his loveable—rather large—dog Bubbles. The weight of responsibilities falls off her shoulders, reigniting a joy in life she’d thought was long gone. And then her sisters track her down—barging in unannounced with their problems and panics and overwhelming need to get Poppy to solve things. But a new year means new changes...it’s time for all these sisters to grow up before their family falls apart. Hideaway at Silver Lake is Jennifer Greene at her best—characters you can’t help but love, a setting you can’t help but pine for, and the happily ever after we all aspire to find. This novel is a like a warm cup of cocoa, perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Jenny Colgan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587369Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hideaway at Silver Lake: A Snowflake Sisters Novel Series: #1 of Snowflake Sisters Author: Jennifer Greene Narrator: Amanda Dolan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hideaway at Silver Lake: A Snowflake Sisters Novel Series: #1 of Snowflake Sisters Author: Jennifer Greene Narrator: Amanda Dolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: If you love Jill Shalvis and Lori Wilde, then you won’t want to miss this new novel—and start of a new series, The Snowflake Sisters—by USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Greene, who returns with a poignantly emotional story about the joys—and frustrations—of family, sisters, and self-discovery. They say there’s no place like home for the holidays...but Poppy McGuire is done with all that! Her sisters are suffocating, and her father hasn’t done anything for himself in years. What she needs is a change—of pace, of heart, of attitude. ...and so she flees to an isolated Wisconsin cabin, determined to get through to a Happy Solo New Year’s. At first, Poppy’s blissful solitude is only interrupted by a few welcome distractions in the form of her hunky, flannel-clad neighbor and his loveable—rather large—dog Bubbles. The weight of responsibilities falls off her shoulders, reigniting a joy in life she’d thought was long gone. And then her sisters track her down—barging in unannounced with their problems and panics and overwhelming need to get Poppy to solve things. But a new year means new changes...it’s time for all these sisters to grow up before their family falls apart. Hideaway at Silver Lake is Jennifer Greene at her best—characters you can’t help but love, a setting you can’t help but pine for, and the happily ever after we all aspire to find. This novel is a like a warm cup of cocoa, perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Jenny Colgan.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/central-places-a-novel-by-delia-cai--65269483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Central Places: A Novel Author: Delia Cai Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK • “A sensitive, sharp-eyed, slyly funny novel of venturing back into the foreign country that is your past—and discovering that you can never really shake the places and people that shaped you.”—Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts   A young woman’s past and present collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents in this vibrant debut from an exciting new voice in fiction. A HARPER’S BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny central Illinois town where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She moved to New York City and became the person she always wanted to be, complete with a high-paying, high-pressure job and a seemingly faultless fiancé. But if she and Manhattan-bred Ben are to build a life together, in the dream home his parents will surely pay for, Audrey can no longer hide him, or the person she’s become, from those she left behind. But returning to Hickory Grove is . . . complicated. Audrey’s relationship with her parents has been soured by years of her mother’s astronomical expectations and slights. The friends she’s shirked for bigger dreams have stayed behind and started families. And then there’s Kyle, the easygoing stoner and her unrequited crush from high school that she finds herself drawn to again. Ben might be a perfect fit for New Audrey, but Kyle was always the only one who truly understood her growing up, and being around him again after all these years has Old Audrey bubbling up to the surface. Over the course of one disastrous week, Audrey’s proximity to her family and to Kyle forces her to confront the past and reexamine her fraught connection to her roots before she undoes everything she's worked toward and everything she's imagined for herself. But is that life really the one she wants?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589926Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Central Places: A Novel Author: Delia Cai Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Central Places: A Novel Author: Delia Cai Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK • “A sensitive, sharp-eyed, slyly funny novel of venturing back into the foreign country that is your past—and discovering that you can never really shake the places and people that shaped you.”—Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts   A young woman’s past and present collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents in this vibrant debut from an exciting new voice in fiction. A HARPER’S BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny central Illinois town where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She moved to New York City and became the person she always wanted to be, complete with a high-paying, high-pressure job and a seemingly faultless fiancé. But if she and Manhattan-bred Ben are to build a life together, in the dream home his parents will surely pay for, Audrey can no longer hide him, or the person she’s become, from those she left behind. But returning to Hickory Grove is . . . complicated. Audrey’s relationship with her parents has been soured by years of her mother’s astronomical expectations and slights. The friends she’s shirked for bigger dreams have stayed behind and started families. And then there’s Kyle, the easygoing stoner and her unrequited crush from high school that she finds herself drawn to again. Ben might be a perfect fit for New Audrey, but Kyle was always the only one who truly understood her growing up, and being around him again after all these years has Old Audrey bubbling up to the surface. Over the course of one disastrous week, Audrey’s proximity to her family and to Kyle forces her to confront the past and reexamine her fraught connection to her roots before she undoes everything she's worked toward and everything she's imagined for herself. But is that life really the one she wants?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-snow-hare-a-novel-by-paula-lichtarowicz--65269461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Hare: A Novel Author: Paula Lichtarowicz Narrator: Rose Ackroyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz), a woman dreams of becoming a doctor until World War II leads her instead into an astonishing love—and a fateful choice. Is it possible to fall in love at the edge of life? Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return, too. Her Polish village, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her entire family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most haunting memory of all: that of an extraordinary new love. Exploring motherhood, marriage, consequences, and our incredible human capacity for hope, The Snow Hare is the story of a woman who dares to love and to dream in the face of impossible odds, and of the peace we each must make with our choices, even long after the years have gone by.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589892Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Hare: A Novel Author: Paula Lichtarowicz Narrator: Rose Ackroyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Hare: A Novel Author: Paula Lichtarowicz Narrator: Rose Ackroyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz), a woman dreams of becoming a doctor until World War II leads her instead into an astonishing love—and a fateful choice. Is it possible to fall in love at the edge of life? Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return, too. Her Polish village, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her entire family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most haunting memory of all: that of an extraordinary new love. Exploring motherhood, marriage, consequences, and our incredible human capacity for hope, The Snow Hare is the story of a woman who dares to love and to dream in the face of impossible odds, and of the peace we each must make with our choices, even long after the years have gone by.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duke-gets-even-a-novel-by-joanna-shupe--65269487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke Gets Even: A Novel Series: #4 of The Fifth Avenue Rebels Author: Joanna Shupe Narrator: Kit Swann, Timothy Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirited heiress and an uptight duke which turns more passionate than either could have imagined.  A rebellious heiress. A duke in dire straits. An anonymous midnight tryst. To escape the shackles of marriage, Nellie Young purposely ruined her reputation a long time ago. Now she dedicates herself to hedonistic pleasures only, like kissing a handsome stranger in the ocean under the moonlight... To save his estate, the proper Duke of Lockwood must marry the perfect bride—wealthy, with an unblemished reputation. While in New York he’s the perfect gentleman, and no one knows he’s suppressing his darkest desires. The last thing he needs is another scandal. Except Nellie sees through Lockwood’s charade, straight to the real man underneath. This uptight duke is far more than he lets on, and she can’t resist him. Their secret affair turns scorching, far more than either expected. And when his beautiful rebel finds an unconventional cause, Lockwood has to decide if he’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589908Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke Gets Even: A Novel Series: #4 of The Fifth Avenue Rebels Author: Joanna Shupe Narrator: Kit Swann, Timothy Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke Gets Even: A Novel Series: #4 of The Fifth Avenue Rebels Author: Joanna Shupe Narrator: Kit Swann, Timothy Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirited heiress and an uptight duke which turns more passionate than either could have imagined.  A rebellious heiress. A duke in dire straits. An anonymous midnight tryst. To escape the shackles of marriage, Nellie Young purposely ruined her reputation a long time ago. Now she dedicates herself to hedonistic pleasures only, like kissing a handsome stranger in the ocean under the moonlight... To save his estate, the proper Duke of Lockwood must marry the perfect bride—wealthy, with an unblemished reputation. While in New York he’s the perfect gentleman, and no one knows he’s suppressing his darkest desires. The last thing he needs is another scandal. Except Nellie sees through Lockwood’s charade, straight to the real man underneath. This uptight duke is far more than he lets on, and she can’t resist him. Their secret affair turns scorching, far more than either expected. And when his beautiful rebel finds an unconventional cause, Lockwood has to decide if he’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep her.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-minuscule-mansion-of-myra-malone-by-audrey-burges--65269485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone Author: Audrey Burges Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand—rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors. Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family’s home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds—big and small—and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588807Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone Author: Audrey Burges Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone Author: Audrey Burges Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand—rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors. Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family’s home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds—big and small—and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daughters-of-victory-a-novel-by-gabriella-saab--65269480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Victory: A Novel Author: Gabriella Saab Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of The Last Checkmate comes a brilliant novel spanning from the Russian Revolution to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union and following two unforgettable women…their fates intertwined by ties of family and interrupted by the tragedy of war. Perfect for readers of Kate Quinn, Pam Jenoff, and Elena Gorokhova. Russia 1917: Beautiful, educated Svetlana Petrova defied her stifling aristocratic family to join a revolution promising freedom. Now, released after years of imprisonment, she discovers her socialist party vying for power against the dictatorial Bolsheviks and her beloved uncle, a champion of her cause, was murdered by a mysterious assassin named Orlova. Her signature? Blinding her victims before she kills them. Svetlana resolves to avenge his death by destroying this vicious opponent, even as she longs to reunite with the daughter she has not seen in years. USSR 1941: Now living in obscurity in a remote village, Svetlana opens her home to Mila Rozovskaya, the eighteen-year-old granddaughter from Leningrad she has never met. She hopes to protect Mila from the oncoming Nazi invasion, but when the enemy occupies the village, Svetlana sees the young woman fall under the spell of the resistance—echoing her once-passionate idealism. As Mila takes up her fight, dangerous secrets and old enemies soon threaten all Svetlana holds dear. To protect her family, she must confront her long-buried past—yet if the truth emerges victorious, it holds the power to save or shatter them. A risk Svetlana has no choice but to take.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588823Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Victory: A Novel Author: Gabriella Saab Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Victory: A Novel Author: Gabriella Saab Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of The Last Checkmate comes a brilliant novel spanning from the Russian Revolution to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union and following two unforgettable women…their fates intertwined by ties of family and interrupted by the tragedy of war. Perfect for readers of Kate Quinn, Pam Jenoff, and Elena Gorokhova. Russia 1917: Beautiful, educated Svetlana Petrova defied her stifling aristocratic family to join a revolution promising freedom. Now, released after years of imprisonment, she discovers her socialist party vying for power against the dictatorial Bolsheviks and her beloved uncle, a champion of her cause, was murdered by a mysterious assassin named Orlova. Her signature? Blinding her victims before she kills them. Svetlana resolves to avenge his death by destroying this vicious opponent, even as she longs to reunite with the daughter she has not seen in years. USSR 1941: Now living in obscurity in a remote village, Svetlana opens her home to Mila Rozovskaya, the eighteen-year-old granddaughter from Leningrad she has never met. She hopes to protect Mila from the oncoming Nazi invasion, but when the enemy occupies the village, Svetlana sees the young woman fall under the spell of the resistance—echoing her once-passionate idealism. As Mila takes up her fight, dangerous secrets and old enemies soon threaten all Svetlana holds dear. To protect her family, she must confront her long-buried past—yet if the truth emerges victorious, it holds the power to save or shatter them. A risk Svetlana has no choice but to take.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-i-know-you-by-austin-siegemund-broka-emily-wibberley--65269474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do I Know You? Author: Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Dan Bittner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of.. Amazon's Best Romances of January · Buzzfeed's Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023 When a couple starts to feel like they’re married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship. Eliza and Graham are anticipating an anything-but-sexy, weeklong getaway to celebrate their five-year anniversary. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the resort prides itself on being a destination for those in love and those looking to find it. For Eliza and Graham, it might as well be a vacation with a roommate.   When a well-meaning guest mistakes Eliza and Graham for being single and introduces them at the hotel bar, they don’t correct him. Suddenly, they’re pretending to be perfect strangers and it’s unexpectedly…fun? Eliza and Graham find themselves flirting like it’s their first date, and waiting with butterflies in their stomach for the other to text back.  Everyone at the retreat can sense the electric chemistry between Eliza and Graham’s alter egos. But when their scintillating game of roleplaying ends, will they still feel the heat?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588808Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do I Know You? Author: Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Dan Bittner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do I Know You? Author: Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Dan Bittner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of.. Amazon's Best Romances of January · Buzzfeed's Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023 When a couple starts to feel like they’re married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship. Eliza and Graham are anticipating an anything-but-sexy, weeklong getaway to celebrate their five-year anniversary. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the resort prides itself on being a destination for those in love and those looking to find it. For Eliza and Graham, it might as well be a vacation with a roommate.   When a well-meaning guest mistakes Eliza and Graham for being single and introduces them at the hotel bar, they don’t correct him. Suddenly, they’re pretending to be perfect strangers and it’s unexpectedly…fun? Eliza and Graham find themselves flirting like it’s their first date, and waiting with butterflies in their stomach for the other to text back.  Everyone at the retreat can sense the electric chemistry between Eliza and Graham’s alter egos. But when their scintillating game of roleplaying ends, will they still feel the heat?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-lessons-in-persuasion-a-school-for-scoundrels-novel-by-megan-frampton--65269448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Lessons in Persuasion: A School for Scoundrels Novel Series: #1 of School for Scoundrels Author: Megan Frampton Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Megan Frampton dazzles in the first book in her new series, A School for Scoundrels. Five gentlemen with unbreakable bonds navigate life—and love—in London. Perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean and anyone who loves BRIDGERTON!  To Lady Wilhelmina Bettesford, the “game” of finding a husband is a competitive sport she wants no part of…until her much-younger step mama forces her to play it. So when her stepmother asks sexy barrister Bram Townsend to pretend to woo the amateur astronomer to boost Wilhelmina’s popularity, it’s up to Wilhelmina to navigate a fake courtship that will keep the family from forcing her into a marriage—any marriage—before she finally receives the inheritance that will allow her to live as she wants. The trouble is every time Bram takes her in his arms she has a most difficult time remembering theirs is an act…the make-believe passion feels very real indeed. Bram Townsend is a man on the way up: living for his books and his beliefs. Squiring Lady Wilhelmina through London’s dusk-to-dawn social whirl is hardly an ordeal—she’s beautiful, bright, and bold, everything he finds tempting in a woman. Their deal means he can meet the “best” people while she keeps her family at bay. The challenge is he quickly finds himself wanting her to say “yes” when she’s so determined to say “no.” She persuaded him to make this impetuous bargain, but how can he convince her to make it real?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589907Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Lessons in Persuasion: A School for Scoundrels Novel Series: #1 of School for Scoundrels Author: Megan Frampton Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Lessons in Persuasion: A School for Scoundrels Novel Series: #1 of School for Scoundrels Author: Megan Frampton Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Megan Frampton dazzles in the first book in her new series, A School for Scoundrels. Five gentlemen with unbreakable bonds navigate life—and love—in London. Perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean and anyone who loves BRIDGERTON!  To Lady Wilhelmina Bettesford, the “game” of finding a husband is a competitive sport she wants no part of…until her much-younger step mama forces her to play it. So when her stepmother asks sexy barrister Bram Townsend to pretend to woo the amateur astronomer to boost Wilhelmina’s popularity, it’s up to Wilhelmina to navigate a fake courtship that will keep the family from forcing her into a marriage—any marriage—before she finally receives the inheritance that will allow her to live as she wants. The trouble is every time Bram takes her in his arms she has a most difficult time remembering theirs is an act…the make-believe passion feels very real indeed. Bram Townsend is a man on the way up: living for his books and his beliefs. Squiring Lady Wilhelmina through London’s dusk-to-dawn social whirl is hardly an ordeal—she’s beautiful, bright, and bold, everything he finds tempting in a woman. Their deal means he can meet the “best” people while she keeps her family at bay. The challenge is he quickly finds himself wanting her to say “yes” when she’s so determined to say “no.” She persuaded him to make this impetuous bargain, but how can he convince her to make it real?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-her-highlander-s-bed-a-novel-by-lynsay-sands--65269437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Highlander's Bed: A Novel Series: #11 of Highland Brides Author: Lynsay Sands Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of Outlander, New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ newest installment of the Highland Brides series brings us a sweeping tale of passion as a laird’s swim in a loch leads to the love of a lifetime. An invigorating swim in the loch was exactly what Calan Campbell, Laird of Kilcairn, needed after defeating his enemies in battle. What he didn’t need was a thief running away with his plaid while he swam. Calan gave chase and managed to catch the lad, only the lad turned out to be a lass, and obviously a lady. Having hit her head when he’d tackled her to the ground, the woman was now unconscious and couldn’t explain how she had ended up bruised and naked in his woods. He’d have to take her back to his castle and tend her wounds to learn that. Kidnapped and forced to wed her clan’s enemy, Allissaid MacFarlane had risked death to escape. But after a struggle over a plaid she tried to “borrow,” she awakens in a strange bed with a strange man seated in a chair beside her. Unsure if he is friend or foe, she claims not to remember her own name or how she’d come to be in the clearing. However, the more time she spends with Calan, the more she falls for this strong, honorable laird. She soon decides she can trust him with her life. . . but can she trust him with her heart?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589911Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Highlander's Bed: A Novel Series: #11 of Highland Brides Author: Lynsay Sands Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Highlander's Bed: A Novel Series: #11 of Highland Brides Author: Lynsay Sands Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of Outlander, New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ newest installment of the Highland Brides series brings us a sweeping tale of passion as a laird’s swim in a loch leads to the love of a lifetime. An invigorating swim in the loch was exactly what Calan Campbell, Laird of Kilcairn, needed after defeating his enemies in battle. What he didn’t need was a thief running away with his plaid while he swam. Calan gave chase and managed to catch the lad, only the lad turned out to be a lass, and obviously a lady. Having hit her head when he’d tackled her to the ground, the woman was now unconscious and couldn’t explain how she had ended up bruised and naked in his woods. He’d have to take her back to his castle and tend her wounds to learn that. Kidnapped and forced to wed her clan’s enemy, Allissaid MacFarlane had risked death to escape. But after a struggle over a plaid she tried to “borrow,” she awakens in a strange bed with a strange man seated in a chair beside her. Unsure if he is friend or foe, she claims not to remember her own name or how she’d come to be in the clearing. However, the more time she spends with Calan, the more she falls for this strong, honorable laird. She soon decides she can trust him with her life. . . but can she trust him with her heart?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-love-by-design-by-elizabeth-everett--65269530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Love by Design Series: #3 of The Secret Scientists of London Author: Elizabeth Everett Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: You couldn’t design a better hero than the very eligible and extremely charming Earl Grantham. Unless, of course, you are Margaret Gault, who wants nothing to do with the man who broke her youthful heart. Widowed and determined, Margaret Gault has returned to Athena’s Retreat and the welcoming arms of her fellow secret scientists with an ambitious plan in mind: to establish England’s first woman-owned engineering firm. But from the moment she sets foot in London her plans are threatened by greedy investors and—at literally every turn—the irritatingly attractive Earl Grantham, a man she can never forgive.   George Willis, the Earl Grantham, is thrilled that the woman he has loved since childhood has returned to London. Not as thrilling, however, is her decision to undertake an engineering commission from his political archnemesis. When Margaret’s future and Grantham’s parliamentary reforms come into conflict, Grantham must use every ounce of charm he possesses—along with his stunning good looks and flawless physique, of course—to win Margaret over to his cause.   Facing obstacles seemingly too large to dismantle, will Grantham and Margaret remain forever disconnected or can they find a way to bridge their differences, rekindle the passion of their youth, and construct a love built to last?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587659Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Love by Design Series: #3 of The Secret Scientists of London Author: Elizabeth Everett Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Love by Design Series: #3 of The Secret Scientists of London Author: Elizabeth Everett Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: You couldn’t design a better hero than the very eligible and extremely charming Earl Grantham. Unless, of course, you are Margaret Gault, who wants nothing to do with the man who broke her youthful heart. Widowed and determined, Margaret Gault has returned to Athena’s Retreat and the welcoming arms of her fellow secret scientists with an ambitious plan in mind: to establish England’s first woman-owned engineering firm. But from the moment she sets foot in London her plans are threatened by greedy investors and—at literally every turn—the irritatingly attractive Earl Grantham, a man she can never forgive.   George Willis, the Earl Grantham, is thrilled that the woman he has loved since childhood has returned to London. Not as thrilling, however, is her decision to undertake an engineering commission from his political archnemesis. When Margaret’s future and Grantham’s parliamentary reforms come into conflict, Grantham must use every ounce of charm he possesses—along with his stunning good looks and flawless physique, of course—to win Margaret over to his cause.   Facing obstacles seemingly too large to dismantle, will Grantham and Margaret remain forever disconnected or can they find a way to bridge their differences, rekindle the passion of their youth, and construct a love built to last?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-backup-plan-a-novel-by-jill-shalvis--65269495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Backup Plan: A Novel Series: #3 of The Sunrise Cove Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming tale of three people who are brought together when they’re bequeathed an old Wild West inn that has the potential to pull their lives apart, but instead turns into the gift of a lifetime. When Alice receives a call about an unexpected windfall, she’s stunned to learn the gift is a falling-apart-at-the-seams old Wild West B&B she once considered home—and she’s inherited it along with two strangers. Except they weren’t always strangers. Once upon a time, they were friends. One is her ex-BFF Lauren. The other is Knox, the only guy to ever break her heart, all while never even knowing she existed. It turns out their lives are unknowingly entangled because they once separately helped the same woman without expecting anything in return. Years later, Alice, Lauren, and Knox are broken in their own way, with their own history—and secrets— causing them to start out on the wrong foot with each other. But according to the will, they must renovate and be partners in the inn for one year or else lose their inheritance. Stuck together, they make a list of rules to keep the peace—rules that end up doing the opposite, but by some miracle they find what they didn’t even know they were looking for—acceptance, true friendship, and in a case (or two!), true love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587365Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Backup Plan: A Novel Series: #3 of The Sunrise Cove Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Backup Plan: A Novel Series: #3 of The Sunrise Cove Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming tale of three people who are brought together when they’re bequeathed an old Wild West inn that has the potential to pull their lives apart, but instead turns into the gift of a lifetime. When Alice receives a call about an unexpected windfall, she’s stunned to learn the gift is a falling-apart-at-the-seams old Wild West B&B she once considered home—and she’s inherited it along with two strangers. Except they weren’t always strangers. Once upon a time, they were friends. One is her ex-BFF Lauren. The other is Knox, the only guy to ever break her heart, all while never even knowing she existed. It turns out their lives are unknowingly entangled because they once separately helped the same woman without expecting anything in return. Years later, Alice, Lauren, and Knox are broken in their own way, with their own history—and secrets— causing them to start out on the wrong foot with each other. But according to the will, they must renovate and be partners in the inn for one year or else lose their inheritance. Stuck together, they make a list of rules to keep the peace—rules that end up doing the opposite, but by some miracle they find what they didn’t even know they were looking for—acceptance, true friendship, and in a case (or two!), true love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/really-good-actually-a-novel-by-monica-heisey--65269493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Really Good, Actually: A Novel Author: Monica Heisey Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Every sentence of Monica Heisey’s writing is a treat. No one makes me laugh like she does.” —Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love Recommended by Los Angeles Times • Washington Post • GQ • Elle • Good Morning America • People • Guardian • The Times • E! News Online • The Globe and Mail • Toronto Star • The Week • New York Post • Shondaland • and many more! A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey Maggie is fine. She’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™. Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and “get back out there” sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call “happiness”. This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction. “A prime example of how a storyteller's voice can pull you right in and keep you clinging to every sentence. . . . This is a book I will give to my closest girlfriends and say, ‘You have to read this.’” — Zibby Owens, GoodMorningAmerica.com “Tremendously funny and thoughtful.” –GQ]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587298Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Really Good, Actually: A Novel Author: Monica Heisey Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Really Good, Actually: A Novel Author: Monica Heisey Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Every sentence of Monica Heisey’s writing is a treat. No one makes me laugh like she does.” —Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love Recommended by Los Angeles Times • Washington Post • GQ • Elle • Good Morning America • People • Guardian • The Times • E! News Online • The Globe and Mail • Toronto Star • The Week • New York Post • Shondaland • and many more! A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey Maggie is fine. She’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™. Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and “get back out there” sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call “happiness”. This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction. “A prime example of how a storyteller's voice can pull you right in and keep you clinging to every sentence. . . . This is a book I will give to my closest girlfriends and say, ‘You have to read this.’” — Zibby Owens, GoodMorningAmerica.com “Tremendously funny and thoughtful.” –GQ]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fraud-squad-by-kyla-zhao--65269481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Squad Author: Kyla Zhao Narrator: Siho Ellsmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A working-class woman who infiltrates Singapore’s high society to fulfill her dreams risks losing everything in the process—including herself—in this propulsive novel by debut author Kyla Zhao.   For as long as she can remember, Samantha Song has dreamed of writing for a high-society magazine—and she’d do anything to get there. But the constant struggle to help her mom make ends meet and her low social status cause her dream to feel like a distant fantasy.   Now Samantha finds herself working at a drab PR firm. Living vicariously through her wealthy coworker and friend, Anya Chen, is the closest she’ll get to her ideal life. Until she meets Timothy Kingston: the disillusioned son of one of Singapore’s elite families—and Samantha’s one chance at infiltrating the high-society world to which she desperately wants to belong.   To Samantha’s surprise, Timothy and Anya both agree to help her make a name for herself on Singapore’s socialite scene. But the borrowed designer clothes and plus-ones to every glamorous event can only get her so far. The rest is on Samantha, and she’s determined to impress the editor in chief of Singapore’s poshest magazine. But the deeper Samantha wades into this fraud, the more she fears being exposed—especially with a mysterious gossip columnist on the prowl for dirt—forcing her to reconcile her pretense with who she really is before she loses it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587862Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Squad Author: Kyla Zhao Narrator: Siho Ellsmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Squad Author: Kyla Zhao Narrator: Siho Ellsmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A working-class woman who infiltrates Singapore’s high society to fulfill her dreams risks losing everything in the process—including herself—in this propulsive novel by debut author Kyla Zhao.   For as long as she can remember, Samantha Song has dreamed of writing for a high-society magazine—and she’d do anything to get there. But the constant struggle to help her mom make ends meet and her low social status cause her dream to feel like a distant fantasy.   Now Samantha finds herself working at a drab PR firm. Living vicariously through her wealthy coworker and friend, Anya Chen, is the closest she’ll get to her ideal life. Until she meets Timothy Kingston: the disillusioned son of one of Singapore’s elite families—and Samantha’s one chance at infiltrating the high-society world to which she desperately wants to belong.   To Samantha’s surprise, Timothy and Anya both agree to help her make a name for herself on Singapore’s socialite scene. But the borrowed designer clothes and plus-ones to every glamorous event can only get her so far. The rest is on Samantha, and she’s determined to impress the editor in chief of Singapore’s poshest magazine. But the deeper Samantha wades into this fraud, the more she fears being exposed—especially with a mysterious gossip columnist on the prowl for dirt—forcing her to reconcile her pretense with who she really is before she loses it all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vintage-contemporaries-a-novel-by-dan-kois--65269478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel Author: Dan Kois Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Vintage Contemporaries is about being young and becoming less young, exploring friendship (sometimes magical, sometimes messy), parenthood (ditto), and how to reconcile youthful ambition and ideals with real life. It’s a warm and big-hearted coming of age story that made me wistful for my own twenties, set in a vividly rendered and long-vanished New York City.”—Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind Slate editor Dan Kois makes his fiction debut with this stunning coming-of-age novel set in New York City, about the joys of unexpected life-altering friendships, the power of finding ourselves in the moment, and the importance of forgiving ourselves when we inevitably mess everything up. It’s 1991. Em moved to New York City for excitement and possibility, but the big city isn’t quite what she thought it would be. Working as a literary agent’s assistant, she’s down to her last nineteen dollars but has made two close friends: Emily, a firebrand theater director living in a Lower East Side squat, and Lucy, a middle-aged novelist and single mom. Em’s life revolves around these two wildly different women and their vividly disparate yet equally assured views of art and the world. But who is Em, and what does she want to become? It's 2004. Em is now Emily, a successful book editor, happily married and barely coping with the challenges of a new baby. And suddenly Lucy and Emily return to her life: Her old friend Lucy's posthumous book needs a publisher, and her ex-friend Emily wants to rekindle their relationship. As they did once before, these two women—one dead, one very alive—force Emily to reckon with her decisions, her failures, and what kind of creative life she wants to lead. A sharp, reflective, and funny story of a young woman coming into herself and struggling to find her place, Vintage Contemporaries is a novel about art, parenthood, loyalty, and fighting for a cause—the times we do the right thing, and the times we fail—set in New York City on both sides of the millennium.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587377Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel Author: Dan Kois Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel Author: Dan Kois Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Vintage Contemporaries is about being young and becoming less young, exploring friendship (sometimes magical, sometimes messy), parenthood (ditto), and how to reconcile youthful ambition and ideals with real life. It’s a warm and big-hearted coming of age story that made me wistful for my own twenties, set in a vividly rendered and long-vanished New York City.”—Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind Slate editor Dan Kois makes his fiction debut with this stunning coming-of-age novel set in New York City, about the joys of unexpected life-altering friendships, the power of finding ourselves in the moment, and the importance of forgiving ourselves when we inevitably mess everything up. It’s 1991. Em moved to New York City for excitement and possibility, but the big city isn’t quite what she thought it would be. Working as a literary agent’s assistant, she’s down to her last nineteen dollars but has made two close friends: Emily, a firebrand theater director living in a Lower East Side squat, and Lucy, a middle-aged novelist and single mom. Em’s life revolves around these two wildly different women and their vividly disparate yet equally assured views of art and the world. But who is Em, and what does she want to become? It's 2004. Em is now Emily, a successful book editor, happily married and barely coping with the challenges of a new baby. And suddenly Lucy and Emily return to her life: Her old friend Lucy's posthumous book needs a publisher, and her ex-friend Emily wants to rekindle their relationship. As they did once before, these two women—one dead, one very alive—force Emily to reckon with her decisions, her failures, and what kind of creative life she wants to lead. A sharp, reflective, and funny story of a young woman coming into herself and struggling to find her place, Vintage Contemporaries is a novel about art, parenthood, loyalty, and fighting for a cause—the times we do the right thing, and the times we fail—set in New York City on both sides of the millennium.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-novel-by-eva-carter--65269462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Novel Author: Eva Carter Narrator: Tom Mccall, Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to choose love, no matter how hard it may be. Gemma thought she had her future all mapped out.  She had a wonderful husband, a cute apartment, and plans to start a family. But just months after their wedding, illness took her husband from her. And now she finds herself trying to think up new dreams, when all she really wants are her old ones back. Across town, Dan’s also rethinking his life. He’s about to meet his twelve-year-old daughter, Casey, for the very first time. She’s tracked him down because she needs a place to stay for the summer while she receives treatment for a brain tumor at the city hospital, and Dan is terrified he won’t be up to the task of taking care of her; after all, he’s structured his entire life so that no one has to rely on him. But when fate (with the help of Gemma’s scruffy terrier, Bear) brings these three strangers together one scorching July morning, there’s an instant connection among them. And it soon becomes clear that this summer could change everything—if only they’ll let it. Will Gemma, Dan, and Casey be brave enough to let love in and build a new life together? Or will they let fear keep everything they’ve ever wanted just out of reach?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587681Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Novel Author: Eva Carter Narrator: Tom Mccall, Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Novel Author: Eva Carter Narrator: Tom Mccall, Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to choose love, no matter how hard it may be. Gemma thought she had her future all mapped out.  She had a wonderful husband, a cute apartment, and plans to start a family. But just months after their wedding, illness took her husband from her. And now she finds herself trying to think up new dreams, when all she really wants are her old ones back. Across town, Dan’s also rethinking his life. He’s about to meet his twelve-year-old daughter, Casey, for the very first time. She’s tracked him down because she needs a place to stay for the summer while she receives treatment for a brain tumor at the city hospital, and Dan is terrified he won’t be up to the task of taking care of her; after all, he’s structured his entire life so that no one has to rely on him. But when fate (with the help of Gemma’s scruffy terrier, Bear) brings these three strangers together one scorching July morning, there’s an instant connection among them. And it soon becomes clear that this summer could change everything—if only they’ll let it. Will Gemma, Dan, and Casey be brave enough to let love in and build a new life together? Or will they let fear keep everything they’ve ever wanted just out of reach?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/independence-a-novel-by-chitra-banerjee-divakaruni--65269454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Independence: A Novel Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Divakaruni tells the story of India’s independence through the eyes of three sisters, each of whom is uniquely different, with her own desires and flaws. I cheered for them and cried with them as they move through the history of their country that is at once devastating, inspiring, and triumphant. You will, too.”— Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author Set during the partition of British India in 1947, a time when neighbor was pitted against neighbor and families were torn apart, award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel brings to life the sweeping story of three sisters caught up in events beyond their control, their unbreakable bond, and their incredible struggle against powerful odds. India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a doctor, though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status. Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals. Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home. As Priya determinedly pursues her career goal, Deepa falls deeply in love with a Muslim, causing her to break with her family. And Jamini attempts to hold her family together, even as she secretly longs for her sister’s fiancè When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic—and dangerous—change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on different paths. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but each other. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni outdoes herself with this deeply moving story of sisterhood and friendship, painting an account of India’s independence simultaneously exhilarating and devastating, that will make any reader—new or old—a devoted fan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588827Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Independence: A Novel Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Independence: A Novel Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Divakaruni tells the story of India’s independence through the eyes of three sisters, each of whom is uniquely different, with her own desires and flaws. I cheered for them and cried with them as they move through the history of their country that is at once devastating, inspiring, and triumphant. You will, too.”— Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author Set during the partition of British India in 1947, a time when neighbor was pitted against neighbor and families were torn apart, award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel brings to life the sweeping story of three sisters caught up in events beyond their control, their unbreakable bond, and their incredible struggle against powerful odds. India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a doctor, though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status. Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals. Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home. As Priya determinedly pursues her career goal, Deepa falls deeply in love with a Muslim, causing her to break with her family. And Jamini attempts to hold her family together, even as she secretly longs for her sister’s fiancè When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic—and dangerous—change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on different paths. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but each other. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni outdoes herself with this deeply moving story of sisterhood and friendship, painting an account of India’s independence simultaneously exhilarating and devastating, that will make any reader—new or old—a devoted fan.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-things-we-do-to-our-friends-by-heather-darwent--65269508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do To Our Friends Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. YOU'D DIE FOR THEM. THEY'D KILL FOR YOU. . . What is the cost of an extraordinary life if others have to pay? Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate - to finally become who she was meant to be. And then she meets Tabitha. Tabitha is charismatic, beautiful and intimidatingly rich. Soon Clare is sucked into her enigmatic circle of friends and their dizzying world of champagne on rooftops and summers in France. Her new life has begun. Then Tabitha reveals the little project they're working on, a project they need Clare's help with. And Clare can't say no. Because they know what she did . . . An intoxicating feminist page-turner with shades of The Secret History and Promising Young Woman, this novel will take you on a journey from Edinburgh's dazzling spires to the dripping staircases and dark alleyways of its underbelly. 'One of the best suspense debuts I've read . . . startlingly lovely, like a fine, dark silk shivering on your skin' Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark © Heather Darwent 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585080Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do To Our Friends Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do To Our Friends Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. YOU'D DIE FOR THEM. THEY'D KILL FOR YOU. . . What is the cost of an extraordinary life if others have to pay? Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate - to finally become who she was meant to be. And then she meets Tabitha. Tabitha is charismatic, beautiful and intimidatingly rich. Soon Clare is sucked into her enigmatic circle of friends and their dizzying world of champagne on rooftops and summers in France. Her new life has begun. Then Tabitha reveals the little project they're working on, a project they need Clare's help with. And Clare can't say no. Because they know what she did . . . An intoxicating feminist page-turner with shades of The Secret History and Promising Young Woman, this novel will take you on a journey from Edinburgh's dazzling spires to the dripping staircases and dark alleyways of its underbelly. 'One of the best suspense debuts I've read . . . startlingly lovely, like a fine, dark silk shivering on your skin' Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark © Heather Darwent 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/now-she-is-witch-myth-making-at-its-best-val-mcdermid-by-kirsty-logan--65269452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now She is Witch: ‘Myth-making at its best‘ Val McDermid Author: Kirsty Logan Narrator: Kirsty Logan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some of what they say about witches is true. She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone in the woods. Her family, her lover, her home - all burned. The world is suspicious of women like her, neither maiden nor mother. But Lux is cunning; she knows how to exploit people's expectations, how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons. Else has not found Lux by accident. She needs her help to seek revenge against the man who wronged her, and together they pursue him north. But on their hunt they will uncover dark secrets that entangle them with dangerous adversaries. From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from the horrors of plague to the relief of healing; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch questions the oppositions that shadow our lives. In rich and immersive prose Kirsty Logan conjures a world of violence and beauty in which women grasp at power through witchcraft and poisons, through sexuality and childbearing, through performance and pretence, and most of all through throwing other women to the wolves. This is a witch story unlike any other. © Kirsty Logan 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590655Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now She is Witch: ‘Myth-making at its best‘ Val McDermid Author: Kirsty Logan Narrator: Kirsty Logan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now She is Witch: ‘Myth-making at its best‘ Val McDermid Author: Kirsty Logan Narrator: Kirsty Logan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some of what they say about witches is true. She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone in the woods. Her family, her lover, her home - all burned. The world is suspicious of women like her, neither maiden nor mother. But Lux is cunning; she knows how to exploit people's expectations, how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons. Else has not found Lux by accident. She needs her help to seek revenge against the man who wronged her, and together they pursue him north. But on their hunt they will uncover dark secrets that entangle them with dangerous adversaries. From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from the horrors of plague to the relief of healing; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch questions the oppositions that shadow our lives. In rich and immersive prose Kirsty Logan conjures a world of violence and beauty in which women grasp at power through witchcraft and poisons, through sexuality and childbearing, through performance and pretence, and most of all through throwing other women to the wolves. This is a witch story unlike any other. © Kirsty Logan 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-world-a-novel-by-laura-zigman--65269505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small World: A Novel Author: Laura Zigman Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “[A] brave and heartfelt book of truths.”—New York Times Book Review (A Group Text Pick and Editors' Choice) A Boston.com Book Club Pick! From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults—and finally reckon with their childhood A year after her divorce, Joyce is settling into being single again. She likes her job archiving family photos and videos, and she’s developed a secret comforting hobby: trolling the neighborhood social networking site, Small World, for posts that help solve life’s easiest problems. When her older sister, Lydia, also divorced, calls to tell her she’s moving back east from Los Angeles after almost thirty years away, Joyce invites Lydia to move into her Cambridge apartment. Temporarily. Just until she finds a place of her own. But their unlikely cohabitation—not helped by annoying new neighbors upstairs—turns out to be the post-divorce rebound relationship Joyce hadn’t planned on. Instead of forging the bond she always dreamed of having with Lydia, their relationship frays. And they rarely discuss the loss of their sister, Eleanor, who was significantly disabled and died when she was only ten years old. When new revelations from their family’s history come to light, will those secrets further split them apart, or course correct their connection for the future? Written with wry humor and keen sensitivity, Small World is a powerful novel of sisterhood and hope—a reminder that sometimes you have to look back in order to move ahead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585153Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small World: A Novel Author: Laura Zigman Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small World: A Novel Author: Laura Zigman Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “[A] brave and heartfelt book of truths.”—New York Times Book Review (A Group Text Pick and Editors' Choice) A Boston.com Book Club Pick! From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults—and finally reckon with their childhood A year after her divorce, Joyce is settling into being single again. She likes her job archiving family photos and videos, and she’s developed a secret comforting hobby: trolling the neighborhood social networking site, Small World, for posts that help solve life’s easiest problems. When her older sister, Lydia, also divorced, calls to tell her she’s moving back east from Los Angeles after almost thirty years away, Joyce invites Lydia to move into her Cambridge apartment. Temporarily. Just until she finds a place of her own. But their unlikely cohabitation—not helped by annoying new neighbors upstairs—turns out to be the post-divorce rebound relationship Joyce hadn’t planned on. Instead of forging the bond she always dreamed of having with Lydia, their relationship frays. And they rarely discuss the loss of their sister, Eleanor, who was significantly disabled and died when she was only ten years old. When new revelations from their family’s history come to light, will those secrets further split them apart, or course correct their connection for the future? Written with wry humor and keen sensitivity, Small World is a powerful novel of sisterhood and hope—a reminder that sometimes you have to look back in order to move ahead.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-things-we-do-to-our-friends-a-novel-by-heather-darwent--65269486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do to Our Friends: A Novel Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • She’s an outsider desperate to belong, but the cost of entry might be her deepest secret in this intoxicating debut about a clique of dangerously ambitious students, “perfect for fans of dark academia stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains” (Cosmopolitan).   “One of the best suspense debuts I’ve read in years . . . Heather Darwent delivers one artful tease after another until you are completely lost in this labyrinth of clever women and obsessive friendship.”—Julia Heaberlin, bestselling author of We Are All the Same in the Dark Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history; the ultimate destination for someone with something to hide. Perfect for Clare, then, who arrives utterly alone and yearning to reinvent herself. And what better place to conceal the secrets of her past than at the university in the heart of the fabled, cobblestoned Old Town? When Clare meets Tabitha, a charismatic, beautiful, and intimidatingly rich girl from her art history class, she knows she’s destined to become friends with her and her exclusive circle: raffish Samuel, shrewd Ava, and pragmatic Imogen. Clare is immediately drawn into their libertine world of sophisticated dinner parties and summers in France. The new life she always envisioned for herself has seemingly begun. Then Tabitha reveals a little project she’s been working on, one that she needs Clare’s help with. Even though it goes against everything Clare has tried to repent for. Even though their intimacy begins to darken into codependence. But as Clare starts to realize just what her friends are capable of, it’s already too late. Because they’ve taken the plunge. They’re so close to attaining everything they want. And there’s no going back. Reimagining the classic themes of obsession and ambition with an original and sinister edge, The Things We Do to Our Friends is a seductive thriller about the toxic battle between those who have and those who covet—between the desire to truly belong and the danger of being truly known.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587674Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do to Our Friends: A Novel Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Do to Our Friends: A Novel Author: Heather Darwent Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • She’s an outsider desperate to belong, but the cost of entry might be her deepest secret in this intoxicating debut about a clique of dangerously ambitious students, “perfect for fans of dark academia stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains” (Cosmopolitan).   “One of the best suspense debuts I’ve read in years . . . Heather Darwent delivers one artful tease after another until you are completely lost in this labyrinth of clever women and obsessive friendship.”—Julia Heaberlin, bestselling author of We Are All the Same in the Dark Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history; the ultimate destination for someone with something to hide. Perfect for Clare, then, who arrives utterly alone and yearning to reinvent herself. And what better place to conceal the secrets of her past than at the university in the heart of the fabled, cobblestoned Old Town? When Clare meets Tabitha, a charismatic, beautiful, and intimidatingly rich girl from her art history class, she knows she’s destined to become friends with her and her exclusive circle: raffish Samuel, shrewd Ava, and pragmatic Imogen. Clare is immediately drawn into their libertine world of sophisticated dinner parties and summers in France. The new life she always envisioned for herself has seemingly begun. Then Tabitha reveals a little project she’s been working on, one that she needs Clare’s help with. Even though it goes against everything Clare has tried to repent for. Even though their intimacy begins to darken into codependence. But as Clare starts to realize just what her friends are capable of, it’s already too late. Because they’ve taken the plunge. They’re so close to attaining everything they want. And there’s no going back. Reimagining the classic themes of obsession and ambition with an original and sinister edge, The Things We Do to Our Friends is a seductive thriller about the toxic battle between those who have and those who covet—between the desire to truly belong and the danger of being truly known.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-three-lives-of-alix-st-pierre-by-natasha-lester--65269464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre Author: Natasha Lester Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestselling author delivers a lavish, unforgettable story of an orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon in Paris.   Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an unforgettable woman. She grew up surrounded by Hollywood glamor, but, as an orphan, never truly felt part of that world. In 1943, with WWII raging and men headed overseas to fight, she lands a publicity job to recruit women into the workforce. Her skills—persuasion, daring, quick-witted under pressure—catch the attention of the U.S. government and she finds herself with an even bigger assignment: sent to Switzerland as a spy. Soon Alix is on the precipice of something big, very big. But how far can she trust her German informant…?   After an Allied victory that didn’t come nearly soon enough, Alix moves to Paris, ready to immerse herself in a new position as director of publicity for the yet-to-be-launched House of Dior. In the glamorous halls of the French fashion house, she can nearly forget everything she lost and the dangerous secret she carries. But when a figure from the war reappears and threatens to destroy her future, Alix realizes that only she can right the wrongs of the past …and finally find justice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589890Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre Author: Natasha Lester Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre Author: Natasha Lester Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestselling author delivers a lavish, unforgettable story of an orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon in Paris.   Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an unforgettable woman. She grew up surrounded by Hollywood glamor, but, as an orphan, never truly felt part of that world. In 1943, with WWII raging and men headed overseas to fight, she lands a publicity job to recruit women into the workforce. Her skills—persuasion, daring, quick-witted under pressure—catch the attention of the U.S. government and she finds herself with an even bigger assignment: sent to Switzerland as a spy. Soon Alix is on the precipice of something big, very big. But how far can she trust her German informant…?   After an Allied victory that didn’t come nearly soon enough, Alix moves to Paris, ready to immerse herself in a new position as director of publicity for the yet-to-be-launched House of Dior. In the glamorous halls of the French fashion house, she can nearly forget everything she lost and the dangerous secret she carries. But when a figure from the war reappears and threatens to destroy her future, Alix realizes that only she can right the wrongs of the past …and finally find justice.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-home-again-by-brenda-jackson--65269589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Home Again Series: #3 of Catalina Cove Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson. When Kaegan Chambray returned to Catalina Cove he knew there’d be no avoiding Bryce Witherspoon. The woman he thought he’d one day marry was, instead, the biggest heartbreak of his life. Despite the animosity between them, staying away from each other is difficult, and when Bryce lets slip a devastating secret, Kaegan must accept he was the one in the wrong all those years ago. But how can you earn forgiveness from someone who won’t forgive? Kaegan knows they both still feel a spark, but it will take more than attraction to convince Bryce. Now he must show her he’s the man who can give her the future they once dreamed of—if only she’d give love a second chance…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576205Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Home Again Series: #3 of Catalina Cove Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Home Again Series: #3 of Catalina Cove Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson. When Kaegan Chambray returned to Catalina Cove he knew there’d be no avoiding Bryce Witherspoon. The woman he thought he’d one day marry was, instead, the biggest heartbreak of his life. Despite the animosity between them, staying away from each other is difficult, and when Bryce lets slip a devastating secret, Kaegan must accept he was the one in the wrong all those years ago. But how can you earn forgiveness from someone who won’t forgive? Kaegan knows they both still feel a spark, but it will take more than attraction to convince Bryce. Now he must show her he’s the man who can give her the future they once dreamed of—if only she’d give love a second chance…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-i-do-by-taylor-jenkins-reid--65269534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584109 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After I Do Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, comes a breath taking novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren's ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for? This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It's about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you've got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game-and searching for a new road to happily ever after.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584109Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584109 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After I Do Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584109 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After I Do Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, comes a breath taking novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren's ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for? This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It's about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you've got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game-and searching for a new road to happily ever after.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forever-interrupted-by-taylor-jenkins-reid--65269522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever, Interrupted Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo "Touching and powerful...Reid masterfully grabs hold of the heartstrings and doesn't let go. A stunning first novel." Publishers Weekly  Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric. Ben cannot even wait twenty-four hours before asking to see her again. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they've eloped. Only nine days later, Ben is out riding his bike when he is hit by a truck and killed on impact. Elsie hears the sirens outside her apartment, but by the time she gets downstairs, he has already been whisked off to the emergency room. At the hospital, she must face Susan, the mother-in-law she has never met-and who doesn't even know Elsie exists. Interweaving Elsie and Ben's charmed romance with Elsie and Susan's healing process, Forever, Interrupted will remind you that there's more than one way to find a happy ending.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584110Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever, Interrupted Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever, Interrupted Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo "Touching and powerful...Reid masterfully grabs hold of the heartstrings and doesn't let go. A stunning first novel." Publishers Weekly  Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric. Ben cannot even wait twenty-four hours before asking to see her again. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they've eloped. Only nine days later, Ben is out riding his bike when he is hit by a truck and killed on impact. Elsie hears the sirens outside her apartment, but by the time she gets downstairs, he has already been whisked off to the emergency room. At the hospital, she must face Susan, the mother-in-law she has never met-and who doesn't even know Elsie exists. Interweaving Elsie and Ben's charmed romance with Elsie and Susan's healing process, Forever, Interrupted will remind you that there's more than one way to find a happy ending.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-should-have-told-me-by-leah-konen--65269521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Should Have Told Me Author: Leah Konen Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new mother chases the secrets her partner left behind after his sudden disappearance in this pulse-pounding domestic thriller from the author of The Perfect Escape. Janie needs a break: her baby won’t sleep, she’s struggling with motherhood, and a secret from her past threatens to tear her new family apart. So when her partner, Max, offers to do their baby’s feedings that night so she can finally get some sleep, she jumps at the chance. But when Janie wakes up at three a.m., her daughter is screaming alone in her bassinet … Max has vanished.   Alone with a newborn and desperate for answers, Janie searches for Max, but the more she learns about the man she loves, the more she wonders how well she knew him at all. When a woman is murdered and Max becomes the prime suspect, Janie must face her partner’s secrets—and her own—if she ever wants her daughter to see her father again.   An endlessly suspenseful and surprising look at both the beauty and darkness of modern motherhood, You Should Have Told Me is a roller-coaster of a thriller with family at its heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587664Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Should Have Told Me Author: Leah Konen Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Should Have Told Me Author: Leah Konen Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new mother chases the secrets her partner left behind after his sudden disappearance in this pulse-pounding domestic thriller from the author of The Perfect Escape. Janie needs a break: her baby won’t sleep, she’s struggling with motherhood, and a secret from her past threatens to tear her new family apart. So when her partner, Max, offers to do their baby’s feedings that night so she can finally get some sleep, she jumps at the chance. But when Janie wakes up at three a.m., her daughter is screaming alone in her bassinet … Max has vanished.   Alone with a newborn and desperate for answers, Janie searches for Max, but the more she learns about the man she loves, the more she wonders how well she knew him at all. When a woman is murdered and Max becomes the prime suspect, Janie must face her partner’s secrets—and her own—if she ever wants her daughter to see her father again.   An endlessly suspenseful and surprising look at both the beauty and darkness of modern motherhood, You Should Have Told Me is a roller-coaster of a thriller with family at its heart.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sam-a-novel-by-allegra-goodman--65269516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sam: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “I’ve been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up.”—Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • What happens to a girl’s sense of joy and belonging—to her belief in herself—as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. A VOGUE AND REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “There is a girl, and her name is Sam.” So begins Allegra Goodman’s moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier—more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn’t fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don’t question the rules. She doesn’t care about jeans or rules. All she wants to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free. As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father’s erratic behavior, but she grieves after he’s gone. And she resists her mother’s attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer. The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587667Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sam: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sam: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “I’ve been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up.”—Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • What happens to a girl’s sense of joy and belonging—to her belief in herself—as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. A VOGUE AND REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “There is a girl, and her name is Sam.” So begins Allegra Goodman’s moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier—more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn’t fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don’t question the rules. She doesn’t care about jeans or rules. All she wants to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free. As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father’s erratic behavior, but she grieves after he’s gone. And she resists her mother’s attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer. The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/queen-of-thieves-a-novel-by-beezy-marsh--65269502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of Thieves: A Novel Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An electrifying historical adventure about a ring of bold and resourceful women thieves in post-World War II London. Gangland was a man’s world. Or so they thought. The women knew different. London, 1946. The city struggles to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Blitz. Food is rationed, good jobs are scarce, and even the most honest families are forced to take a bit of “crooked” just to survive. Alice Diamond, the Queen of Thieves, rules over her all-female gang with a bejeweled fist. Her “hoisters” are expert shoplifters, the scourge of London’s upscale boutiques and departments stores. Their lucrative business stealing and fencing luxury goods always carries the threat of violence; Alice packs a razor, and has been known to use her heavy rows of diamond rings like brass knuckles. Young Nell is a teenager from the slums, hiding a secret pregnancy and facing a desperately uncertain future when Alice takes her under her wing. Before long, Nell is experiencing all the dangers—and glamourous trappings—that comes with this underworld existence. Alice wants Nell to be a useful weapon in her ongoing war against crime boss Billy Sullivan’s gang of rival thieves. But Nell has a hidden agenda of her own, and is not to be underestimated. The more she is manipulated by both Alice and Billy, the more her hunger for revenge grows. As Nell embraces the rich spoils of crime and the seedy underbelly of London, will she manage to carve out her own path to power and riches? Might she even crown herself the Queen of Thieves?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585152Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of Thieves: A Novel Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of Thieves: A Novel Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An electrifying historical adventure about a ring of bold and resourceful women thieves in post-World War II London. Gangland was a man’s world. Or so they thought. The women knew different. London, 1946. The city struggles to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Blitz. Food is rationed, good jobs are scarce, and even the most honest families are forced to take a bit of “crooked” just to survive. Alice Diamond, the Queen of Thieves, rules over her all-female gang with a bejeweled fist. Her “hoisters” are expert shoplifters, the scourge of London’s upscale boutiques and departments stores. Their lucrative business stealing and fencing luxury goods always carries the threat of violence; Alice packs a razor, and has been known to use her heavy rows of diamond rings like brass knuckles. Young Nell is a teenager from the slums, hiding a secret pregnancy and facing a desperately uncertain future when Alice takes her under her wing. Before long, Nell is experiencing all the dangers—and glamourous trappings—that comes with this underworld existence. Alice wants Nell to be a useful weapon in her ongoing war against crime boss Billy Sullivan’s gang of rival thieves. But Nell has a hidden agenda of her own, and is not to be underestimated. The more she is manipulated by both Alice and Billy, the more her hunger for revenge grows. As Nell embraces the rich spoils of crime and the seedy underbelly of London, will she manage to carve out her own path to power and riches? Might she even crown herself the Queen of Thieves?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bandit-queens-a-novel-by-parini-shroff--65269479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bandit Queens: A Novel Author: Parini Shroff Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut. 'A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Shondaland, She Reads, CrimeReads Five years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband. As in, she actually lost him—he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. And it’s a rumor that just won’t die. It turns out that being known as a “self-made” widow comes with some perks. No one messes with her, harasses her, or tries to control (ahem, marry) her. It’s even been good for business; no one dares to not buy her jewelry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because now other women are asking for her “expertise,” making her an unwitting consultant for husband disposal. And not all of them are asking nicely. With Geeta’s dangerous reputation becoming a double-edged sword, she has to find a way to protect the life she’s built—but even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry. What happens next sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything, not just for Geeta, but for all the women in their village. Filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry and witty women, Parini Shroff’s The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor and heart that readers won’t soon forget.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587868Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bandit Queens: A Novel Author: Parini Shroff Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bandit Queens: A Novel Author: Parini Shroff Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut. 'A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Shondaland, She Reads, CrimeReads Five years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband. As in, she actually lost him—he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. And it’s a rumor that just won’t die. It turns out that being known as a “self-made” widow comes with some perks. No one messes with her, harasses her, or tries to control (ahem, marry) her. It’s even been good for business; no one dares to not buy her jewelry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because now other women are asking for her “expertise,” making her an unwitting consultant for husband disposal. And not all of them are asking nicely. With Geeta’s dangerous reputation becoming a double-edged sword, she has to find a way to protect the life she’s built—but even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry. What happens next sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything, not just for Geeta, but for all the women in their village. Filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry and witty women, Parini Shroff’s The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor and heart that readers won’t soon forget.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-in-the-pines-reese-s-book-club-a-novel-by-ana-reyes--65269476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House in the Pines: Reese's Book Club: A Novel Author: Ana Reyes Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 127 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 24 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller! “This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller. . . . It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter—which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick January 2023) Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed. . . . Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer.   Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer—the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey.   At her mother’s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin. . . .   Utterly unique and captivating, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587865Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House in the Pines: Reese's Book Club: A Novel Author: Ana Reyes Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House in the Pines: Reese's Book Club: A Novel Author: Ana Reyes Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 127 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 24 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller! “This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller. . . . It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter—which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick January 2023) Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed. . . . Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer.   Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer—the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey.   At her mother’s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin. . . .   Utterly unique and captivating, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-society-of-salzburg-by-renee-ryan--65269540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Society of Salzburg Author: Renee Ryan Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Widows of Champagne, and inspired by true events, comes a gripping and heartwrenching story of two very different women united to bring light to the darkest days of World War II.   London, 1933   At first glance, Austrian opera singer Elsa Mayer-Braun has little in common with the young English typist she encounters on tour. Yet she and Hattie Featherstone forge an instant connection—and strike a dangerous alliance. Using their friendship as a cover, they form a secret society with a daring goal: to rescue as many Jews as possible from Nazi persecution.   Though the war’s outbreak threatens Elsa and Hattie’s network, their efforts attract the covert attention of the British government, offering more opportunities to thwart the Germans. But Elsa’s growing fame as Hitler’s favorite opera singer, coupled with her secret Jewish ancestry, make her both a weapon and a target—until her future, too, hangs in the balance.   From the glamorous stages of Covent Garden and Salzburg to the horrors of Bergen-Belsen,  two ordinary women swept up by the tide of war discover an extraordinary friendship—and the courage to save countless lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578159Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Society of Salzburg Author: Renee Ryan Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Society of Salzburg Author: Renee Ryan Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Widows of Champagne, and inspired by true events, comes a gripping and heartwrenching story of two very different women united to bring light to the darkest days of World War II.   London, 1933   At first glance, Austrian opera singer Elsa Mayer-Braun has little in common with the young English typist she encounters on tour. Yet she and Hattie Featherstone forge an instant connection—and strike a dangerous alliance. Using their friendship as a cover, they form a secret society with a daring goal: to rescue as many Jews as possible from Nazi persecution.   Though the war’s outbreak threatens Elsa and Hattie’s network, their efforts attract the covert attention of the British government, offering more opportunities to thwart the Germans. But Elsa’s growing fame as Hitler’s favorite opera singer, coupled with her secret Jewish ancestry, make her both a weapon and a target—until her future, too, hangs in the balance.   From the glamorous stages of Covent Garden and Salzburg to the horrors of Bergen-Belsen,  two ordinary women swept up by the tide of war discover an extraordinary friendship—and the courage to save countless lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-virgins-of-venice-a-novel-by-gina-buonaguro--65269537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Virgins of Venice: A Novel Author: Gina Buonaguro Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna. Her hopes are dashed when her father decides her younger sister, Rosa, will marry in a strategic alliance and Justina will be sent to the San Zaccaria convent, in the tradition of aristocratic daughters. Lord Soranzo is not acting only to protect his family. It’s well known that he is in debt to both his trading partners and the most infamous courtesan in the city, La Diamante, and the pressure is closing in. After arriving at the convent, Justina takes solace in her aunt Livia, one of the nuns, and in the growing knowledge that all is not strictly devout at San Zaccaria. Justina is shocked to discover how the women of the convent find their own freedom in what seems to her like a prison. But secrets and scandals breach the convent walls, and Justina learns there may be even worse fates for her than the veil, if La Diamante makes good on her threats. Desperate to protect herself and the ones she loves, Justina turns to Luca for help. She finds she must trust her own heart to make the impossible decisions that may save or ruin them all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578578Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Virgins of Venice: A Novel Author: Gina Buonaguro Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Virgins of Venice: A Novel Author: Gina Buonaguro Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna. Her hopes are dashed when her father decides her younger sister, Rosa, will marry in a strategic alliance and Justina will be sent to the San Zaccaria convent, in the tradition of aristocratic daughters. Lord Soranzo is not acting only to protect his family. It’s well known that he is in debt to both his trading partners and the most infamous courtesan in the city, La Diamante, and the pressure is closing in. After arriving at the convent, Justina takes solace in her aunt Livia, one of the nuns, and in the growing knowledge that all is not strictly devout at San Zaccaria. Justina is shocked to discover how the women of the convent find their own freedom in what seems to her like a prison. But secrets and scandals breach the convent walls, and Justina learns there may be even worse fates for her than the veil, if La Diamante makes good on her threats. Desperate to protect herself and the ones she loves, Justina turns to Luca for help. She finds she must trust her own heart to make the impossible decisions that may save or ruin them all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-save-a-life-by-kristin-harmel--65269465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Save a Life Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Christina Sivrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now on audio for the first time! Groundhog Day meets Grey’s Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amélie, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Sweetness of Forgetting, in which a woman with only a short time to live discovers she can repeat the same day over and over until her life feels complete. When a pediatric oncology nurse receives a devastating prognosis—she has just weeks left to live—she finds unexpected comfort from a patient. Her young friend shares a life- and death-changing secret: it is possible to live the same day over and over again until she’s experienced a truly full life. Thus begins a heartbreaking and joyful journey of love, friendship, and self-discovery, as the brave nurse only truly learns how to live in the face of death. Kristin Harmel, whose work has been called “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), “absorbing…well-paced and warmhearted” (Kirkus Reviews), and “absolutely enthralling” (Fresh Fiction), infuses her poignant, uplifting novella with a dash of magic and a hefty dose of heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588374Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Save a Life Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Christina Sivrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Save a Life Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Christina Sivrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now on audio for the first time! Groundhog Day meets Grey’s Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amélie, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Sweetness of Forgetting, in which a woman with only a short time to live discovers she can repeat the same day over and over until her life feels complete. When a pediatric oncology nurse receives a devastating prognosis—she has just weeks left to live—she finds unexpected comfort from a patient. Her young friend shares a life- and death-changing secret: it is possible to live the same day over and over again until she’s experienced a truly full life. Thus begins a heartbreaking and joyful journey of love, friendship, and self-discovery, as the brave nurse only truly learns how to live in the face of death. Kristin Harmel, whose work has been called “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), “absorbing…well-paced and warmhearted” (Kirkus Reviews), and “absolutely enthralling” (Fresh Fiction), infuses her poignant, uplifting novella with a dash of magic and a hefty dose of heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-key-to-my-heart-a-novel-by-lia-louis--65269579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to My Heart: A Novel Author: Lia Louis Narrator: Victoria Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Goodreads Most Anticipated Romance A heartwarming novel about hope after loss as a young widow receives mysterious messages of love from the “must-buy author” (Jodi Picoult) of Eight Perfect Hours. Sparkly and charming Natalie Fincher has it all—a handsome new husband, a fixer-upper cottage of her dreams, and the opportunity to tour with the musical she’s spent years writing. But when her husband suddenly dies, all her hopes and dreams instantly disappear. Two and a half years later, Natalie is still lost. She works, sleeps (well, as much as the sexually frustrated village foxes will allow), and sees friends just often enough to allay their worries, but her life is empty. And she can only bring herself to play music at a London train station’s public piano where she can be anonymous. She’s lost motivation, faith in love, in happiness…in everything. But when someone begins to mysteriously leave the sheet music for her husband’s favorite songs at the station’s piano, Natalie begins to feel a sense of hope and excitement for the first time. As she investigates just who could be doing this, Natalie finds herself on an unexpected journey toward newfound love for herself, for life, and maybe, for a special someone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576600Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to My Heart: A Novel Author: Lia Louis Narrator: Victoria Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to My Heart: A Novel Author: Lia Louis Narrator: Victoria Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Goodreads Most Anticipated Romance A heartwarming novel about hope after loss as a young widow receives mysterious messages of love from the “must-buy author” (Jodi Picoult) of Eight Perfect Hours. Sparkly and charming Natalie Fincher has it all—a handsome new husband, a fixer-upper cottage of her dreams, and the opportunity to tour with the musical she’s spent years writing. But when her husband suddenly dies, all her hopes and dreams instantly disappear. Two and a half years later, Natalie is still lost. She works, sleeps (well, as much as the sexually frustrated village foxes will allow), and sees friends just often enough to allay their worries, but her life is empty. And she can only bring herself to play music at a London train station’s public piano where she can be anonymous. She’s lost motivation, faith in love, in happiness…in everything. But when someone begins to mysteriously leave the sheet music for her husband’s favorite songs at the station’s piano, Natalie begins to feel a sense of hope and excitement for the first time. As she investigates just who could be doing this, Natalie finds herself on an unexpected journey toward newfound love for herself, for life, and maybe, for a special someone.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-spice-master-at-bistro-exotique-by-samantha-verant--65269560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique Author: Samantha Vérant Narrator: Nikki Massoud Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A talented chef discovers how spices and scents can transport her—and, more importantly, how self-confidence can unlock the greatest magic of all: love—in this perfectly seasoned new novel by Samantha Vérant. Kate Jenkins doesn’t believe in fate. She believes in a clear vision, meticulous planning, and hard work in order to achieve her culinary dreams. On the cusp of opening her own Parisian restaurant, Bistro Exotique, she isn’t even concerned when her standoffish—and annoyingly sexy—neighbor dismisses her as a crazy American tourist or when she meets the wildly eccentric Garrance, the self-proclaimed Spice Master of Paris, who ominously warns her of the previous owner’s failures. Confident and optimistic, Kate keeps calm and cooks on. Until a series of unfortunate events derail her plans and her entire staff quits.   Kate is about to throw in the kitchen towel on her lifelong dream when Garrance offers to use her mastery of scents and spices to help her, but it comes at a price: Kate must work with Garrance’s son, Charles, a world-class chef and total jerk. After Kate hesitantly concedes to the deal, she slowly learns to open her heart and mind to new concepts, not quite sure if the magic she’s experiencing comes from Garrance’s spices, from within herself, or from the growing chemistry with Charles. One thing is certain, though: her kitchen is getting increasingly hot. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of recipes and a readers guide from the book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577594Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique Author: Samantha Vérant Narrator: Nikki Massoud Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique Author: Samantha Vérant Narrator: Nikki Massoud Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A talented chef discovers how spices and scents can transport her—and, more importantly, how self-confidence can unlock the greatest magic of all: love—in this perfectly seasoned new novel by Samantha Vérant. Kate Jenkins doesn’t believe in fate. She believes in a clear vision, meticulous planning, and hard work in order to achieve her culinary dreams. On the cusp of opening her own Parisian restaurant, Bistro Exotique, she isn’t even concerned when her standoffish—and annoyingly sexy—neighbor dismisses her as a crazy American tourist or when she meets the wildly eccentric Garrance, the self-proclaimed Spice Master of Paris, who ominously warns her of the previous owner’s failures. Confident and optimistic, Kate keeps calm and cooks on. Until a series of unfortunate events derail her plans and her entire staff quits.   Kate is about to throw in the kitchen towel on her lifelong dream when Garrance offers to use her mastery of scents and spices to help her, but it comes at a price: Kate must work with Garrance’s son, Charles, a world-class chef and total jerk. After Kate hesitantly concedes to the deal, she slowly learns to open her heart and mind to new concepts, not quite sure if the magic she’s experiencing comes from Garrance’s spices, from within herself, or from the growing chemistry with Charles. One thing is certain, though: her kitchen is getting increasingly hot. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of recipes and a readers guide from the book.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-circus-train-by-amita-parikh--65269559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Circus Train Author: Amita Parikh Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: International Bestseller and #1 LibraryReads Pick Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times. “A powerful reminder that to live is not just to survive, but to be seen and known for ourselves.” —Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan’s Tale When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena—who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio—yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. As World War II escalates around them, their friendship blossoms into something deeper while Alexandre trains as the illusionist’s apprentice. But when Theo and Alexandre are arrested and made to perform in a town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena is separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, Lena must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible—herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577593Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Circus Train Author: Amita Parikh Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Circus Train Author: Amita Parikh Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: International Bestseller and #1 LibraryReads Pick Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times. “A powerful reminder that to live is not just to survive, but to be seen and known for ourselves.” —Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan’s Tale When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena—who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio—yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. As World War II escalates around them, their friendship blossoms into something deeper while Alexandre trains as the illusionist’s apprentice. But when Theo and Alexandre are arrested and made to perform in a town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena is separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, Lena must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible—herself.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reluctant-countess-a-would-be-wallflowers-novel-by-eloisa-james--65269615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Countess: A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel Series: #2 of Would-Be Wallflowers Author: Eloisa James Narrator: Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Would-Be Wallflowers series with an enemies-to-lovers romance between a proper earl and an entirely improper lady—whom he can’t stop thinking about. Giles Renwick, Earl of Lilford, has never made a fool of himself over a woman—until he meets Lady Yasmin Régnier. Yasmin is ineligible for his attentions in every way: not as a wife, certainly not as a mistress (she is a lady!), nor even as a friend, since they vehemently dislike each other.  Her gowns are too low, and her skirts are dampened to cling to admittedly lovely thighs. She loves to gossip—and giggle.  She isn’t dignified, or polite, or even truly British, given that her father’s French ancestry clearly predominated. Not to mention the fact that her mother had been one of Napoleon’s mistresses, a fact she makes no effort to hide. So what—in heaven’s name—possesses him to propose? And what will he do if she says yes?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576859Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Countess: A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel Series: #2 of Would-Be Wallflowers Author: Eloisa James Narrator: Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Countess: A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel Series: #2 of Would-Be Wallflowers Author: Eloisa James Narrator: Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Would-Be Wallflowers series with an enemies-to-lovers romance between a proper earl and an entirely improper lady—whom he can’t stop thinking about. Giles Renwick, Earl of Lilford, has never made a fool of himself over a woman—until he meets Lady Yasmin Régnier. Yasmin is ineligible for his attentions in every way: not as a wife, certainly not as a mistress (she is a lady!), nor even as a friend, since they vehemently dislike each other.  Her gowns are too low, and her skirts are dampened to cling to admittedly lovely thighs. She loves to gossip—and giggle.  She isn’t dignified, or polite, or even truly British, given that her father’s French ancestry clearly predominated. Not to mention the fact that her mother had been one of Napoleon’s mistresses, a fact she makes no effort to hide. So what—in heaven’s name—possesses him to propose? And what will he do if she says yes?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lady-meets-earl-a-love-on-holiday-novel-by-christy-carlyle--65269608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady Meets Earl: A Love on Holiday Novel Series: #2 of Love on Holiday Author: Christy Carlyle Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: USA Today bestselling author Christy Carlyle sweeps readers away on an all-new romantic holiday to the wilds of Scotland where a young woman discovers her vacation home is unexpectedly owned by a strange, devastatingly handsome earl. After a lifetime of living for her friends, family, even strangers, Lady Lucy Westmont knows something must change or she’ll lose herself forever. An invitation to visit her free-spirited and scandalous aunt in the wild Scottish countryside is the perfect opportunity to discover how to live the life she wants. James Pembroke just learned that not only is he the new Earl of Rossbury, he’s also inherited his late uncle’s debts and a manor house deep in Scotland. Already owing money to an unsavory man because of a business deal that went awry, he has no choice but to travel to Scotland to sell the manor. On his way, he finds himself sharing a train car with a rather pretty but wild young woman. When Lucy manages to make it to her aunt’s home, she discovers her aunt is missing and the incredibly rude man who shared her train car is claiming that he owns the house instead. Nevertheless, Lucy is determined to have a true holiday, even if she is accompanied by the man who has upended her plans—and her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576857Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady Meets Earl: A Love on Holiday Novel Series: #2 of Love on Holiday Author: Christy Carlyle Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady Meets Earl: A Love on Holiday Novel Series: #2 of Love on Holiday Author: Christy Carlyle Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: USA Today bestselling author Christy Carlyle sweeps readers away on an all-new romantic holiday to the wilds of Scotland where a young woman discovers her vacation home is unexpectedly owned by a strange, devastatingly handsome earl. After a lifetime of living for her friends, family, even strangers, Lady Lucy Westmont knows something must change or she’ll lose herself forever. An invitation to visit her free-spirited and scandalous aunt in the wild Scottish countryside is the perfect opportunity to discover how to live the life she wants. James Pembroke just learned that not only is he the new Earl of Rossbury, he’s also inherited his late uncle’s debts and a manor house deep in Scotland. Already owing money to an unsavory man because of a business deal that went awry, he has no choice but to travel to Scotland to sell the manor. On his way, he finds himself sharing a train car with a rather pretty but wild young woman. When Lucy manages to make it to her aunt’s home, she discovers her aunt is missing and the incredibly rude man who shared her train car is claiming that he owns the house instead. Nevertheless, Lucy is determined to have a true holiday, even if she is accompanied by the man who has upended her plans—and her heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flirting-with-the-beast-by-jane-porter--65269604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flirting with the Beast Series: #2 of Modern Love Author: Jane Porter Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman expecting to spend the holidays alone finds warmth in the iciest man she knows in this steamy and charming later-in-life romance by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter.   It’s been five years since Andi McDermott lost her husband, and she's finally starting to feel like herself again, ready to live fully—she’s even started dating again. But when her holiday plans with her stepson and his fiancée fall through, she refuses to spend another Christmas alone while everyone is celebrating with their families. Impulsively, she decides to go up to her cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a place she used to love to visit but hadn’t gone to in years, not since the feud started between her husband and their nearest neighbor.   Andi starts to rethink her decision when being alone at the cabin proves to be more challenging than she expected—a heavy snowstorm hits the area, and Andi finds herself trapped there with no one to help except for her neighbor, Wolf Enders. A military vet who lives full-time on Lake Arrowhead, Wolf is as grumpy and intimidating as Andi remembers. But he’s also unexpectedly kind and uncomfortably sexy—his presence reminds Andi that she may be older, but her body still works perfectly fine, thank you very much. But can this good girl tame this sexy beast of a man, and will this snowy fling turn into a love of a lifetime?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577283Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flirting with the Beast Series: #2 of Modern Love Author: Jane Porter Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flirting with the Beast Series: #2 of Modern Love Author: Jane Porter Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman expecting to spend the holidays alone finds warmth in the iciest man she knows in this steamy and charming later-in-life romance by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter.   It’s been five years since Andi McDermott lost her husband, and she's finally starting to feel like herself again, ready to live fully—she’s even started dating again. But when her holiday plans with her stepson and his fiancée fall through, she refuses to spend another Christmas alone while everyone is celebrating with their families. Impulsively, she decides to go up to her cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a place she used to love to visit but hadn’t gone to in years, not since the feud started between her husband and their nearest neighbor.   Andi starts to rethink her decision when being alone at the cabin proves to be more challenging than she expected—a heavy snowstorm hits the area, and Andi finds herself trapped there with no one to help except for her neighbor, Wolf Enders. A military vet who lives full-time on Lake Arrowhead, Wolf is as grumpy and intimidating as Andi remembers. But he’s also unexpectedly kind and uncomfortably sexy—his presence reminds Andi that she may be older, but her body still works perfectly fine, thank you very much. But can this good girl tame this sexy beast of a man, and will this snowy fling turn into a love of a lifetime?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/snowed-in-at-the-ranch-by-raeanne-thayne--65269556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowed in at the Ranch Series: #14 of Logan's Legacy Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After an unbelievable makeover gave her the confidence to strut her stuff at a charity ball, Kate Crosby went from harmless flirt to a bedroom vixen. But she wasn't about to let a single night of oh-so-sultry passion with archenemy Peter Logan become anything more. Of course, she didn't count on seeing their lip-lock featured in the local paper! Finally able to track the mysterious beauty down to a remote cabin, Peter learned the truth about her identity—and that she was going to have his baby. Having been unable to stop thinking about Kate since the moment she walked into his life, he needed to convince her that their one-night stand should become a one-life stand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578581Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowed in at the Ranch Series: #14 of Logan's Legacy Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowed in at the Ranch Series: #14 of Logan's Legacy Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After an unbelievable makeover gave her the confidence to strut her stuff at a charity ball, Kate Crosby went from harmless flirt to a bedroom vixen. But she wasn't about to let a single night of oh-so-sultry passion with archenemy Peter Logan become anything more. Of course, she didn't count on seeing their lip-lock featured in the local paper! Finally able to track the mysterious beauty down to a remote cabin, Peter learned the truth about her identity—and that she was going to have his baby. Having been unable to stop thinking about Kate since the moment she walked into his life, he needed to convince her that their one-night stand should become a one-life stand.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-for-december-by-laura-jane-williams--65269561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for December Author: Laura Jane Williams Narrator: Chris Harper, Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Evie Bird is a romance writer whose latest bestseller is being made into a Christmas movie. Duke Carlisle is a world-famous actor who has landed the role of leading man. When Evie and Duke meet on set, it’s a frosty encounter – even icier than the cobbled Bavarian streets they're filming on. But after images of them arguing leak to the press and put the movie in jeopardy, they are left with no choice but to fake date until the cameras stop rolling. As the pair start to put their differences aside, their feelings gradually begin to thaw… But can sparks ever really fly in a snowstorm? Laura Jane Williams is BACK with the most romantic read of the festive season. If you love Christmas movies like The Holiday and The Christmas Prince, this is the read to warm your heart with this December. Readers love Just for December: ‘This book has all the elements of a fun romcom that I love. It is dual pov, has great characters who love books and movies, and is enemies-to-lovers and fake dating. What more could you ask for?’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a sweet Christmas story…Loved the characters! Five stars.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A five-star read that you need for more than just December! Evie Bird just made me swoon…I felt her in my bones. A must-have Christmas read.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A rom com with a difference…There was so much to love about this book! I absolutely adored the movie magic at Christmas setting…An enjoyable festive Hollywood romance that I’d recommend.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A must-read book!…I simply fell in love with Laura’s writing style. I loved the chemistry between the characters.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Where do I start? I LOVED THIS BOOK! My favourite out of all the books Laura has written so far!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely story.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577568Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for December Author: Laura Jane Williams Narrator: Chris Harper, Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for December Author: Laura Jane Williams Narrator: Chris Harper, Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Evie Bird is a romance writer whose latest bestseller is being made into a Christmas movie. Duke Carlisle is a world-famous actor who has landed the role of leading man. When Evie and Duke meet on set, it’s a frosty encounter – even icier than the cobbled Bavarian streets they're filming on. But after images of them arguing leak to the press and put the movie in jeopardy, they are left with no choice but to fake date until the cameras stop rolling. As the pair start to put their differences aside, their feelings gradually begin to thaw… But can sparks ever really fly in a snowstorm? Laura Jane Williams is BACK with the most romantic read of the festive season. If you love Christmas movies like The Holiday and The Christmas Prince, this is the read to warm your heart with this December. Readers love Just for December: ‘This book has all the elements of a fun romcom that I love. It is dual pov, has great characters who love books and movies, and is enemies-to-lovers and fake dating. What more could you ask for?’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a sweet Christmas story…Loved the characters! Five stars.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A five-star read that you need for more than just December! Evie Bird just made me swoon…I felt her in my bones. A must-have Christmas read.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A rom com with a difference…There was so much to love about this book! I absolutely adored the movie magic at Christmas setting…An enjoyable festive Hollywood romance that I’d recommend.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A must-read book!…I simply fell in love with Laura’s writing style. I loved the chemistry between the characters.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Where do I start? I LOVED THIS BOOK! My favourite out of all the books Laura has written so far!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely story.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-i-never-met-a-novel-by-elle-cook--65269610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man I Never Met: A Novel Author: Elle Cook Narrator: Chase Brown, Fiona Button Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “I love a good will-they-or-won’t-they romance, and this one turned out to be unexpectedly deep, tackling really important issues that impact so many.”—New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin on the TODAY show   Is it possible to love someone you've never met? A young woman finds out in this sweeping love story that begins with a chance wrong number dial. . . . When Hannah picks up a call from an unknown number, she thinks nothing of it—it’s just an easygoing American named Davey who misdialed her while calling into a job interview. And when Hannah wishes him luck after clearing up the confusion, she never actually expects to hear from him again. Then she gets a text saying he got the job and he’ll be moving to London, and she can’t help but smile. Soon their texts become phone calls that turn into video calls, and their friendship becomes a relationship they can’t wait to start in earnest once Davey lands in London in a month’s time. But when Hannah goes to meet him at the airport, Davey isn’t there—and the reason why changes both of their lives in an instant. With their future together suddenly so uncertain, they don’t know what to do but try to move on from each other.  Though their chance at love seems lost forever, neither is never far from the other’s thoughts. Will fate intervene once more to bring the two together, or will Davey always be the man that Hannah never met?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577177Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man I Never Met: A Novel Author: Elle Cook Narrator: Chase Brown, Fiona Button Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man I Never Met: A Novel Author: Elle Cook Narrator: Chase Brown, Fiona Button Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “I love a good will-they-or-won’t-they romance, and this one turned out to be unexpectedly deep, tackling really important issues that impact so many.”—New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin on the TODAY show   Is it possible to love someone you've never met? A young woman finds out in this sweeping love story that begins with a chance wrong number dial. . . . When Hannah picks up a call from an unknown number, she thinks nothing of it—it’s just an easygoing American named Davey who misdialed her while calling into a job interview. And when Hannah wishes him luck after clearing up the confusion, she never actually expects to hear from him again. Then she gets a text saying he got the job and he’ll be moving to London, and she can’t help but smile. Soon their texts become phone calls that turn into video calls, and their friendship becomes a relationship they can’t wait to start in earnest once Davey lands in London in a month’s time. But when Hannah goes to meet him at the airport, Davey isn’t there—and the reason why changes both of their lives in an instant. With their future together suddenly so uncertain, they don’t know what to do but try to move on from each other.  Though their chance at love seems lost forever, neither is never far from the other’s thoughts. Will fate intervene once more to bring the two together, or will Davey always be the man that Hannah never met?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ship-wrecked-a-novel-by-olivia-dade--65269607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship Wrecked: A Novel Series: #3 of Spoiler Alert Author: Olivia Dade Narrator: Kelsey Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again… Maria’s one-night-stand—the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note—just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her. Peter knows this role could finally transform him from a forgettable character actor into a leading man. He also knows a failed relationship with Maria could poison the set, and he won’t sabotage his career for a woman who’s already walked away from him once. Given time, maybe they can be cooperative colleagues or friends—possibly even best friends—but not lovers again. No matter how much he aches for her. For years, they don’t touch off-camera. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. Too bad they still don’t have a future together, since Peter’s going back to Hollywood, while Maria’s returning to her native Sweden. She thinks she needs more than he can give her, but he’s determined to change her mind, and he’s spent the last six years waiting. Watching. Wanting. His shipwrecked Swede doesn’t stand a chance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576280Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship Wrecked: A Novel Series: #3 of Spoiler Alert Author: Olivia Dade Narrator: Kelsey Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship Wrecked: A Novel Series: #3 of Spoiler Alert Author: Olivia Dade Narrator: Kelsey Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again… Maria’s one-night-stand—the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note—just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her. Peter knows this role could finally transform him from a forgettable character actor into a leading man. He also knows a failed relationship with Maria could poison the set, and he won’t sabotage his career for a woman who’s already walked away from him once. Given time, maybe they can be cooperative colleagues or friends—possibly even best friends—but not lovers again. No matter how much he aches for her. For years, they don’t touch off-camera. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. Too bad they still don’t have a future together, since Peter’s going back to Hollywood, while Maria’s returning to her native Sweden. She thinks she needs more than he can give her, but he’s determined to change her mind, and he’s spent the last six years waiting. Watching. Wanting. His shipwrecked Swede doesn’t stand a chance.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-call-of-the-wrens-by-jenni-l-walsh--65269524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Call of the Wrens Author: Jenni L. Walsh Narrator: Amanda Sanfilippo, Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Call of the Wrens introduces the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe carrying secrets on their shoulders. An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. She discovered a chance to belong. As a member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service—the Wrens—Marion gained sisters. She found purpose in her work as a motorcycle dispatch rider assigned to train and deliver carrier pigeons to the front line. And despite the constant threat of danger, she and her childhood friend Eddie began to dream of a future together. Until the battle that changed everything. Now twenty years later, another war has broken out across Europe, calling Marion to return to the fight. Meanwhile others, like twenty-year-old society girl Evelyn Fairchild, hear the call for the first time. For Evelyn, serving in the war is a way to prove herself after a childhood fraught with surgeries and limitations from a disability. The re-formation of the Wrens as World War II rages is the perfect opportunity to make a difference in the world at seventy miles per hour. Told in alternating narratives that converge in a single life-changing moment, The Call of the Wrens is a vivid, emotional saga of love, secrets, and resilience—and the knowledge that the future will always belong to the brave souls who fight for it. - Historical, stand-alone novel - Book length: approximately 94,000 words]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584211Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Call of the Wrens Author: Jenni L. Walsh Narrator: Amanda Sanfilippo, Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Call of the Wrens Author: Jenni L. Walsh Narrator: Amanda Sanfilippo, Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Call of the Wrens introduces the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe carrying secrets on their shoulders. An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. She discovered a chance to belong. As a member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service—the Wrens—Marion gained sisters. She found purpose in her work as a motorcycle dispatch rider assigned to train and deliver carrier pigeons to the front line. And despite the constant threat of danger, she and her childhood friend Eddie began to dream of a future together. Until the battle that changed everything. Now twenty years later, another war has broken out across Europe, calling Marion to return to the fight. Meanwhile others, like twenty-year-old society girl Evelyn Fairchild, hear the call for the first time. For Evelyn, serving in the war is a way to prove herself after a childhood fraught with surgeries and limitations from a disability. The re-formation of the Wrens as World War II rages is the perfect opportunity to make a difference in the world at seventy miles per hour. Told in alternating narratives that converge in a single life-changing moment, The Call of the Wrens is a vivid, emotional saga of love, secrets, and resilience—and the knowledge that the future will always belong to the brave souls who fight for it. - Historical, stand-alone novel - Book length: approximately 94,000 words]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-secret-like-nantucket-by-grace-palmer--65269443https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Secret Like Nantucket Series: #5 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A secret bundle in a dusty corner sends the Benson family reeling. It wasn’t meant to be uncovered. But when her son Brent stumbles across something curious hidden in the workshop, innkeeper Mae Benson must relive events she thought she had left thirty years in the past. Her boyfriend Dominic is doing his best to help. But the arrival of a movie crew on Nantucket to film the adaptation of his latest novel has upended everything at the Sweet Island Inn. And Mae’s children are just as preoccupied. Eliza, eight months pregnant, can’t be reached—and Mae is terrified that something is going wrong with the baby. Holly is dealing with an unexpected house guest with a grim and mysterious past. And Sara is struggling to answer a thorny question: who is stealing from her restaurant? Follow along with the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Benson family in this sweet, wholesome women’s-fiction novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590919Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Secret Like Nantucket Series: #5 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Secret Like Nantucket Series: #5 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A secret bundle in a dusty corner sends the Benson family reeling. It wasn’t meant to be uncovered. But when her son Brent stumbles across something curious hidden in the workshop, innkeeper Mae Benson must relive events she thought she had left thirty years in the past. Her boyfriend Dominic is doing his best to help. But the arrival of a movie crew on Nantucket to film the adaptation of his latest novel has upended everything at the Sweet Island Inn. And Mae’s children are just as preoccupied. Eliza, eight months pregnant, can’t be reached—and Mae is terrified that something is going wrong with the baby. Holly is dealing with an unexpected house guest with a grim and mysterious past. And Sara is struggling to answer a thorny question: who is stealing from her restaurant? Follow along with the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Benson family in this sweet, wholesome women’s-fiction novel.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meredith-alone-by-claire-alexander--65269555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meredith, Alone Author: Claire Alexander Narrator: Freya Mavor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: You’ll be laughing and crying as “the brilliant author of this brilliant book” introduces Meredith, who, after spending three years inside her house, figures out how to rejoin the world one step at a time (Gillian McAllister, author of the Reese’s Book Club pick Wrong Place Wrong Time).  She has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children.  There's her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson poems.  Also keeping her company are treacherous memories of an unstable childhood and a traumatic event that had sent her reeling.   But something's about to change. First, two new friends burst into her life.  Then her long-estranged sister gets in touch.  Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a space to hide.  Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world  is coming to her door...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584130Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meredith, Alone Author: Claire Alexander Narrator: Freya Mavor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meredith, Alone Author: Claire Alexander Narrator: Freya Mavor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: You’ll be laughing and crying as “the brilliant author of this brilliant book” introduces Meredith, who, after spending three years inside her house, figures out how to rejoin the world one step at a time (Gillian McAllister, author of the Reese’s Book Club pick Wrong Place Wrong Time).  She has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children.  There's her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson poems.  Also keeping her company are treacherous memories of an unstable childhood and a traumatic event that had sent her reeling.   But something's about to change. First, two new friends burst into her life.  Then her long-estranged sister gets in touch.  Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a space to hide.  Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world  is coming to her door...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-love-like-nantucket-by-grace-palmer--65269459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Love Like Nantucket Series: #4 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: She built the Sweet Island Inn. But can Toni Benson build a life of happiness for herself? Toni Benson’s life has been a roller coaster. Years ago, the heartbreak caused by a cheating ex-husband left her in tatters. Then she discovered the run-down fixer-upper that would become the Sweet Island Inn. For a while, things were good. But when her brother Henry’s tragic death sends her reeling all over again, she is back to square one. So she sets off on an overseas journey, in hopes of learning from scratch what kind of woman she is meant to be. She wasn’t looking for love. But it found her anyway. Follow Toni’s journey as the Nantucket native navigates an explosive romance, an unbearable tragedy, and the prospect of starting life anew in her late fifties. In the end, only one thing is certain: there is no love like her love for Nantucket. Travel back to the very beginnings of the Sweet Island Inn and follow along with the soaring highs and heartbreaking lows of Aunt Toni’s story in No Love Like Nantucket, the fourth installment of author Grace Palmer’s beloved Sweet Island Inn series.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590918Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Love Like Nantucket Series: #4 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Love Like Nantucket Series: #4 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: She built the Sweet Island Inn. But can Toni Benson build a life of happiness for herself? Toni Benson’s life has been a roller coaster. Years ago, the heartbreak caused by a cheating ex-husband left her in tatters. Then she discovered the run-down fixer-upper that would become the Sweet Island Inn. For a while, things were good. But when her brother Henry’s tragic death sends her reeling all over again, she is back to square one. So she sets off on an overseas journey, in hopes of learning from scratch what kind of woman she is meant to be. She wasn’t looking for love. But it found her anyway. Follow Toni’s journey as the Nantucket native navigates an explosive romance, an unbearable tragedy, and the prospect of starting life anew in her late fifties. In the end, only one thing is certain: there is no love like her love for Nantucket. Travel back to the very beginnings of the Sweet Island Inn and follow along with the soaring highs and heartbreaking lows of Aunt Toni’s story in No Love Like Nantucket, the fourth installment of author Grace Palmer’s beloved Sweet Island Inn series.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bookshop-of-secrets-by-mollie-rushmeyer--65269552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Secrets Author: Mollie Rushmeyer Narrator: Lesa Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future.   Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to Wanishin Falls in search of her family's history already feels too risky. But somewhere in the towering stacks of this dusty old bookshop are the books that hold Hope's last ties to her late mother—and to a rumored family treasure that could help her start over. Only, the bookshop is in shambles, and the elderly owner is in the beginning stages of dementia and can’t remember where the books lie. To find the last links to the loved ones she's lost, Hope must stay and accept help from the townsfolk to locate the treasured volumes. Each secret she uncovers brings her closer to understanding where she came from. But the longer she stays in the quaint town, the more people find their way into the cracks in her heart. And letting them in may be the greatest risk of all…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578160Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Secrets Author: Mollie Rushmeyer Narrator: Lesa Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Secrets Author: Mollie Rushmeyer Narrator: Lesa Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future.   Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to Wanishin Falls in search of her family's history already feels too risky. But somewhere in the towering stacks of this dusty old bookshop are the books that hold Hope's last ties to her late mother—and to a rumored family treasure that could help her start over. Only, the bookshop is in shambles, and the elderly owner is in the beginning stages of dementia and can’t remember where the books lie. To find the last links to the loved ones she's lost, Hope must stay and accept help from the townsfolk to locate the treasured volumes. Each secret she uncovers brings her closer to understanding where she came from. But the longer she stays in the quaint town, the more people find their way into the cracks in her heart. And letting them in may be the greatest risk of all…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fayne-a-novel-by-ann-marie-macdonald--65269492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fayne: A Novel Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald Narrator: Ann-Marie MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTION A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love and identity. In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition. Charlotte, strong and insatiably curious, revels in the moorlands, and has learned the treacherous and healing ways of the bog from the old hired man, Byrn, whose own origins are shrouded in mystery.  Her idyllic existence is shadowed by the magnificent portrait on the landing in Fayne House which depicts her mother, a beautiful Irish-American heiress, holding Charlotte’s brother, Charles Bell. Charlotte has grown up with the knowledge that her mother died in giving birth to her, and that her older brother, Charles, the long-awaited heir, died soon afterwards at the age of two. When Charlotte’s appetite for learning threatens to exceed the bounds of the estate, her father breaks with tradition and hires a tutor to teach his daughter “as you would my son, had I one.” But when Charlotte and her tutor’s explorations of the bog turn up an unexpected artefact, her father announces he has arranged for her to be cured of her condition, and her world is upended. Charlotte’s passion for knowledge and adventure will take her to the bottom of family secrets and to the heart of her own identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589489Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fayne: A Novel Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald Narrator: Ann-Marie MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 54 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fayne: A Novel Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald Narrator: Ann-Marie MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTION A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love and identity. In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition. Charlotte, strong and insatiably curious, revels in the moorlands, and has learned the treacherous and healing ways of the bog from the old hired man, Byrn, whose own origins are shrouded in mystery.  Her idyllic existence is shadowed by the magnificent portrait on the landing in Fayne House which depicts her mother, a beautiful Irish-American heiress, holding Charlotte’s brother, Charles Bell. Charlotte has grown up with the knowledge that her mother died in giving birth to her, and that her older brother, Charles, the long-awaited heir, died soon afterwards at the age of two. When Charlotte’s appetite for learning threatens to exceed the bounds of the estate, her father breaks with tradition and hires a tutor to teach his daughter “as you would my son, had I one.” But when Charlotte and her tutor’s explorations of the bog turn up an unexpected artefact, her father announces he has arranged for her to be cured of her condition, and her world is upended. Charlotte’s passion for knowledge and adventure will take her to the bottom of family secrets and to the heart of her own identity.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-last-gift-a-novel-by-emily-stone--65269591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Last Gift: A Novel Author: Emily Stone Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When a young woman finds herself lost and at a crossroads, one last gift from her brother just might give her another chance at life and at love in this epic holiday romance from the author of Always, in December “Heartbreaking, romantic and full of warmth . . . waterproof mascara recommended!”—Sarah Morgan, author of The Christmas Sisters ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar Sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don’t expect. Cassie and Tom lost their parents at a young age and relied on each other—as well as a community of friends—to cope. They were especially close with Tom’s best friend, Sam, who always made sure that Tom and Cassie were surrounded with love. But, twenty years later, Cassie has lost Tom as well. And in a way, she’s also lost Sam; over the years they’d drifted apart, and now the man she always had a crush on is someone she doesn’t even recognize anymore. She’s never felt more alone. Then Cassie finds an envelope with her name on it, written in Tom’s terrible handwriting, and she knows immediately what it is. It’s the first clue in the Christmas scavenger hunt that Tom made for her every year; he’d promised her for months that this year’s would be the grandest one yet. At first, she’s too scared to open the envelope—what if she can’t figure out the clues without his help? Or what if she does figure them all out and her last connection to Tom is gone? Tom’s present sets Cassie on a heart-wrenching and beautiful journey that will change her life—if she lets it. And as she travels from London to the Welsh mountains to the French countryside, she reconnects with old friends, rekindles a lost love, and, most important, rediscovers herself. But once she’s solved the final clue, will she be brave enough to accept the gift her brother has given her—and the love it’s led her to?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576833Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Last Gift: A Novel Author: Emily Stone Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Last Gift: A Novel Author: Emily Stone Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When a young woman finds herself lost and at a crossroads, one last gift from her brother just might give her another chance at life and at love in this epic holiday romance from the author of Always, in December “Heartbreaking, romantic and full of warmth . . . waterproof mascara recommended!”—Sarah Morgan, author of The Christmas Sisters ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar Sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don’t expect. Cassie and Tom lost their parents at a young age and relied on each other—as well as a community of friends—to cope. They were especially close with Tom’s best friend, Sam, who always made sure that Tom and Cassie were surrounded with love. But, twenty years later, Cassie has lost Tom as well. And in a way, she’s also lost Sam; over the years they’d drifted apart, and now the man she always had a crush on is someone she doesn’t even recognize anymore. She’s never felt more alone. Then Cassie finds an envelope with her name on it, written in Tom’s terrible handwriting, and she knows immediately what it is. It’s the first clue in the Christmas scavenger hunt that Tom made for her every year; he’d promised her for months that this year’s would be the grandest one yet. At first, she’s too scared to open the envelope—what if she can’t figure out the clues without his help? Or what if she does figure them all out and her last connection to Tom is gone? Tom’s present sets Cassie on a heart-wrenching and beautiful journey that will change her life—if she lets it. And as she travels from London to the Welsh mountains to the French countryside, she reconnects with old friends, rekindles a lost love, and, most important, rediscovers herself. But once she’s solved the final clue, will she be brave enough to accept the gift her brother has given her—and the love it’s led her to?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lucy-by-the-sea-by-elizabeth-strout--65269544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucy by the Sea Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea. Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart. © Elizabeth Strout 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578991Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucy by the Sea Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucy by the Sea Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea. Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart. © Elizabeth Strout 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/right-number-wrong-girl-by-emma-hart--65269432https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Right Number, Wrong Girl Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, John Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When your flatmate is the hottest new party planner in the country, three things are bound to happen: 1. You’ll have to take a work call for her while you’re in your underwear. 2. You’ll have to fill in for her after an emergency...and pretend to be her. 3. You will royally mess it up...until a hot future duke steps in to save your bum. Yes, yes, that all sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Until you consider the party being planned is for the Dowager Duchess of Devon’s 80th birthday, and the current duchess is the ultimate type A personality, determined to micromanage the entire thing. I’m a type...XYZ...LMNOP...with zero organizational qualities. When all my planning goes to hell in a handbasket, the only hope I have to pull this thing off is duke-in-waiting Hugo Edwards. He’s the only person who knows who I really am. The success of his grandmother’s party relies on us getting along long enough to make it happen—and keeping our hands off one another. Neither of which are easy to achieve. And when my best friend shows up to take over from me, the fact that I might just be falling for Hugo is the least of my worries...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591433Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Right Number, Wrong Girl Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, John Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Right Number, Wrong Girl Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, John Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When your flatmate is the hottest new party planner in the country, three things are bound to happen: 1. You’ll have to take a work call for her while you’re in your underwear. 2. You’ll have to fill in for her after an emergency...and pretend to be her. 3. You will royally mess it up...until a hot future duke steps in to save your bum. Yes, yes, that all sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Until you consider the party being planned is for the Dowager Duchess of Devon’s 80th birthday, and the current duchess is the ultimate type A personality, determined to micromanage the entire thing. I’m a type...XYZ...LMNOP...with zero organizational qualities. When all my planning goes to hell in a handbasket, the only hope I have to pull this thing off is duke-in-waiting Hugo Edwards. He’s the only person who knows who I really am. The success of his grandmother’s party relies on us getting along long enough to make it happen—and keeping our hands off one another. Neither of which are easy to achieve. And when my best friend shows up to take over from me, the fact that I might just be falling for Hugo is the least of my worries...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-friends-by-daniel-hurst--65269433https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Friends Author: Daniel Hurst Narrator: Jason Munn, Danielle Cohen, Gemma Dawson, Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Becky and Jamie are an ordinary hard-working couple trapped in the daily grind, dreaming of an easier life. On one of their rare vacations, they meet Phil and Mel, a wealthy couple who seem to have it all—they're fun, well-traveled, and very generous with their money. But they are also very very dangerous. Phil and Mel are not who they say they are, and this is no random vacation friendship. They have chosen Jamie and Becky carefully, seducing them with the promise of a lifestyle just like theirs. By the time Jamie and Becky realize what their new friends really want, it’s too late: they’ve lost everything, and now their hopes and dreams lie shattered. The only question now is how far will they go to get even?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591158Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Friends Author: Daniel Hurst Narrator: Jason Munn, Danielle Cohen, Gemma Dawson, Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Friends Author: Daniel Hurst Narrator: Jason Munn, Danielle Cohen, Gemma Dawson, Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Becky and Jamie are an ordinary hard-working couple trapped in the daily grind, dreaming of an easier life. On one of their rare vacations, they meet Phil and Mel, a wealthy couple who seem to have it all—they're fun, well-traveled, and very generous with their money. But they are also very very dangerous. Phil and Mel are not who they say they are, and this is no random vacation friendship. They have chosen Jamie and Becky carefully, seducing them with the promise of a lifestyle just like theirs. By the time Jamie and Becky realize what their new friends really want, it’s too late: they’ve lost everything, and now their hopes and dreams lie shattered. The only question now is how far will they go to get even?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-in-rome-a-novel-by-sarah-adams--65269583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Sarah Adams Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet. “This modern take on the Hepburn classic Roman Holiday is a quick, fun, slow-burn rom-com.”—Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her “princess of pop” image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome . . . Rome, Kentucky, that is.  When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesn’t have the time or patience for celebrity problems. He’s too busy running the pie shop his grandmother left him and reminding his nosy but lovable neighbors to mind their own damn business. Despite his better judgment, he lets her stay in his guest room—but only until her car is fixed—then she’s on her own.  Then Noah starts to see a different side of Rae Rose—she’s Amelia: kindhearted and goofy, yet lonely from years in the public eye. He can’t help but get close to her. Soon she’ll have to return to her glamorous life on tour, but until then, Noah will show Amelia all the charming small-town experiences she’s been missing, and she’ll help him open his heart to more.  Amelia can’t resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually. Look for all of Sarah Adams’s When in Rome books: WHEN IN ROME • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL (Coming Soon!)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576844Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Sarah Adams Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Sarah Adams Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet. “This modern take on the Hepburn classic Roman Holiday is a quick, fun, slow-burn rom-com.”—Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her “princess of pop” image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome . . . Rome, Kentucky, that is.  When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesn’t have the time or patience for celebrity problems. He’s too busy running the pie shop his grandmother left him and reminding his nosy but lovable neighbors to mind their own damn business. Despite his better judgment, he lets her stay in his guest room—but only until her car is fixed—then she’s on her own.  Then Noah starts to see a different side of Rae Rose—she’s Amelia: kindhearted and goofy, yet lonely from years in the public eye. He can’t help but get close to her. Soon she’ll have to return to her glamorous life on tour, but until then, Noah will show Amelia all the charming small-town experiences she’s been missing, and she’ll help him open his heart to more.  Amelia can’t resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually. Look for all of Sarah Adams’s When in Rome books: WHEN IN ROME • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL (Coming Soon!)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stiletto-sisterhood-by-fallon-demornay--65269442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stiletto Sisterhood Author: Fallon Demornay Narrator: Anita Kalathara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When best friends Priya, Isobel, Caitlin, Eshe, and Shayne met, they swore to chase dreams, not drama. Now years later, Priya Seth is determined to win the coveted one-year mentorship with her idol at New York’s hottest law firm. Her rival? Last night’s hookup, Hadrian Marek. Despite having a privileged upper hand, Hadrian is willing to form an alliance. Priya’s only condition? No sex. Isobel Morgan is planning the perfect wedding, fighting to get the promotion she deserves and caring for her dependent father. But when a video of her cheating fiancé goes viral, her world comes crashing down... until she gets an offer that merges her passion for news and activism. The caveat? Long hours and travel away from her father. As these young women discover that achieving dreams is often erratic, and drama is as inevitable as adulting, the foundation of their friendship begins to crack, putting their sisterhood to the test.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591126Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stiletto Sisterhood Author: Fallon Demornay Narrator: Anita Kalathara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stiletto Sisterhood Author: Fallon Demornay Narrator: Anita Kalathara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When best friends Priya, Isobel, Caitlin, Eshe, and Shayne met, they swore to chase dreams, not drama. Now years later, Priya Seth is determined to win the coveted one-year mentorship with her idol at New York’s hottest law firm. Her rival? Last night’s hookup, Hadrian Marek. Despite having a privileged upper hand, Hadrian is willing to form an alliance. Priya’s only condition? No sex. Isobel Morgan is planning the perfect wedding, fighting to get the promotion she deserves and caring for her dependent father. But when a video of her cheating fiancé goes viral, her world comes crashing down... until she gets an offer that merges her passion for news and activism. The caveat? Long hours and travel away from her father. As these young women discover that achieving dreams is often erratic, and drama is as inevitable as adulting, the foundation of their friendship begins to crack, putting their sisterhood to the test.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-wedding-like-nantucket-by-grace-palmer--65269434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wedding Like Nantucket Series: #3 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win? Things are finally looking up for the Benson family. After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp. But with a wedding on the horizon and a successful new restaurant growing faster than anyone ever expected, everyone certainly has their hands full. In fact, it’s starting to cause problems. Little cracks are appearing in the surface. And the historic storm brewing offshore might turn those cracks into craters. Can the Bensons and their loved ones band together in time to make this summer their best yet? Or will jealousy and uncertainty spoil the big day? Welcome back to another summer at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn! It’s the happiest time of the year, so sit down, stay awhile, and fall in love in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590917Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wedding Like Nantucket Series: #3 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wedding Like Nantucket Series: #3 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win? Things are finally looking up for the Benson family. After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp. But with a wedding on the horizon and a successful new restaurant growing faster than anyone ever expected, everyone certainly has their hands full. In fact, it’s starting to cause problems. Little cracks are appearing in the surface. And the historic storm brewing offshore might turn those cracks into craters. Can the Bensons and their loved ones band together in time to make this summer their best yet? Or will jealousy and uncertainty spoil the big day? Welcome back to another summer at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn! It’s the happiest time of the year, so sit down, stay awhile, and fall in love in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deserve-to-die-by-miranda-rijks--65269439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deserve to Die Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Jodie Harris, Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Happily married with two wonderful children, Dom and Stacey are living the dream. He runs a successful design agency; she's finding fame as an author of children’s books. Everything is perfect. But then they meet the mesmerizing Tamara, and their lives are changed forever. Tamara is a woman with a plan. She executes it step by step—patient, systematic, methodical. And as her plan unfolds, Dom and Stacey find their lives slipping out of control, taking them from heaven into the deepest, darkest hell...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591136Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deserve to Die Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Jodie Harris, Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deserve to Die Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Jodie Harris, Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Happily married with two wonderful children, Dom and Stacey are living the dream. He runs a successful design agency; she's finding fame as an author of children’s books. Everything is perfect. But then they meet the mesmerizing Tamara, and their lives are changed forever. Tamara is a woman with a plan. She executes it step by step—patient, systematic, methodical. And as her plan unfolds, Dom and Stacey find their lives slipping out of control, taking them from heaven into the deepest, darkest hell...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-not-nothing-by-courtney-denelle--65269424https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Not Nothing Author: Courtney Denelle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Down-and-out and deteriorating, Rosemary Candwell drifts from anonymous beds and bars in Providence to a homeless shelter hidden among the hedge-rowed avenues of Newport and through the revolving door of service jobs and quick-fix psychiatric care, always grasping for hope, for a solution. She’s desperate to readjust back into a family and a world that has deemed her a crazy bitch living a choice they believe she could simply un-choose at any time. She endures flashbacks, panic attacks, migraines, and nightmares. She can’t sleep, or she sleeps for days; she lashes out at anyone and everyone, especially herself. She abuses over-the-counter cold medicine and guzzles down anything caffeinated just to feel less alone. What if her family is right? What if she is truly broken beyond repair? Drawn from the author’s experience of homelessness and trauma recovery, It’s Not Nothing is a collage of small moments, biting jokes, intrusive memories, and quiet epiphanies meant to reveal a greater truth: resilience never looks the way we expect it to.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591137Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Not Nothing Author: Courtney Denelle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Not Nothing Author: Courtney Denelle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Down-and-out and deteriorating, Rosemary Candwell drifts from anonymous beds and bars in Providence to a homeless shelter hidden among the hedge-rowed avenues of Newport and through the revolving door of service jobs and quick-fix psychiatric care, always grasping for hope, for a solution. She’s desperate to readjust back into a family and a world that has deemed her a crazy bitch living a choice they believe she could simply un-choose at any time. She endures flashbacks, panic attacks, migraines, and nightmares. She can’t sleep, or she sleeps for days; she lashes out at anyone and everyone, especially herself. She abuses over-the-counter cold medicine and guzzles down anything caffeinated just to feel less alone. What if her family is right? What if she is truly broken beyond repair? Drawn from the author’s experience of homelessness and trauma recovery, It’s Not Nothing is a collage of small moments, biting jokes, intrusive memories, and quiet epiphanies meant to reveal a greater truth: resilience never looks the way we expect it to.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forty-elephants-a-novel-by-erin-bledsoe--65269592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forty Elephants: A Novel Author: Erin Bledsoe Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Peaky Blinders meets Ocean’s 8 in The Forty Elephants, an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties London, based on the real-life, all-female gang of the same name who specialized in crime as high art, targeting posh department stores and elites. London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in The Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals. Recruited by the enigmatic Mary Carr, Alice boldly chooses to break her father’s edict against gangs and become part of a group of notorious lady shoplifters, the Forty Elephants. Leaving The Mint behind, she and the other girls steal from the area’s poshest department stores, and for the first time in her life, Alice Diamond tastes success. But it’s not long before she wants more—no matter the cost. And when her past and present collide, there’s no escaping the girl from The Mint. Book discussion questions are available here: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.blackstoneaudio.com/docs/The%20Forty%20Elephants%20Discussion%20Questions.pdf]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576904Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forty Elephants: A Novel Author: Erin Bledsoe Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forty Elephants: A Novel Author: Erin Bledsoe Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Peaky Blinders meets Ocean’s 8 in The Forty Elephants, an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties London, based on the real-life, all-female gang of the same name who specialized in crime as high art, targeting posh department stores and elites. London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in The Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals. Recruited by the enigmatic Mary Carr, Alice boldly chooses to break her father’s edict against gangs and become part of a group of notorious lady shoplifters, the Forty Elephants. Leaving The Mint behind, she and the other girls steal from the area’s poshest department stores, and for the first time in her life, Alice Diamond tastes success. But it’s not long before she wants more—no matter the cost. And when her past and present collide, there’s no escaping the girl from The Mint. Book discussion questions are available here: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.blackstoneaudio.com/docs/The%20Forty%20Elephants%20Discussion%20Questions.pdf]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-by-fern-michaels--65269545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From beloved storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes the second in the Lost and Found series, as siblings Cullen and Luna Bodman uncover the secrets behind a long-lost diary.Every antique tells a story. Cullen and Luna Bodman learned that through their parents’ furniture business. Now, with their restoration shop and café, they often find themselves at the center of those stories, unraveling mysteries for their clients. The old steamer chest that Cullen receives from an anonymous source is fascinating in its own right. But inside, Cullen discovers more—a locked diary accompanied by a letter, asking for the diary to be restored to its rightful owner. Also in the trunk is a wooden box containing ticket stubs and an undated carnival flyer.But everyone isn’t thrilled with Luna’s quest. Her budding relationship with U.S. Marshal Christopher Gaines comes under strain as he tries to talk her out of a wild goose chase. But intuition pushes her on, unveiling a surprising modern-day connection, and leading Cullen and Luna to wonder if the diary’s secrets still hold power today …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579947Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From beloved storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes the second in the Lost and Found series, as siblings Cullen and Luna Bodman uncover the secrets behind a long-lost diary.Every antique tells a story. Cullen and Luna Bodman learned that through their parents’ furniture business. Now, with their restoration shop and café, they often find themselves at the center of those stories, unraveling mysteries for their clients. The old steamer chest that Cullen receives from an anonymous source is fascinating in its own right. But inside, Cullen discovers more—a locked diary accompanied by a letter, asking for the diary to be restored to its rightful owner. Also in the trunk is a wooden box containing ticket stubs and an undated carnival flyer.But everyone isn’t thrilled with Luna’s quest. Her budding relationship with U.S. Marshal Christopher Gaines comes under strain as he tries to talk her out of a wild goose chase. But intuition pushes her on, unveiling a surprising modern-day connection, and leading Cullen and Luna to wonder if the diary’s secrets still hold power today …]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-i-do-over-by-samantha-chase--65269441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The I Do Over Series: #6 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Seventeen years ago, Maddie Christopher told one little white lie, and it has been wreaking havoc on her life ever since. At the time, the lie was worth it—it meant she got to marry the man she loved, however brief a marriage it was—but now she’s ready to finally move on. But in order to do that, she needs to find the man whose heart she broke all those years ago and finally apologize. Knox Channing has everything he could have asked for in life—after a career in the Navy SEALs, he’s now running a thriving security firm with his two best friends. The only thing that would make it better is if he wasn’t the lone single guy in his friend group. But after having his heart broken once, he’s not looking to go back there. Or at least that’s what he thought before Maddie showed up at his office. He swore that he would never let himself fall for anyone again, much less for the woman who already broke his heart. But sometimes you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. Twice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591165Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The I Do Over Series: #6 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The I Do Over Series: #6 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Seventeen years ago, Maddie Christopher told one little white lie, and it has been wreaking havoc on her life ever since. At the time, the lie was worth it—it meant she got to marry the man she loved, however brief a marriage it was—but now she’s ready to finally move on. But in order to do that, she needs to find the man whose heart she broke all those years ago and finally apologize. Knox Channing has everything he could have asked for in life—after a career in the Navy SEALs, he’s now running a thriving security firm with his two best friends. The only thing that would make it better is if he wasn’t the lone single guy in his friend group. But after having his heart broken once, he’s not looking to go back there. Or at least that’s what he thought before Maddie showed up at his office. He swore that he would never let himself fall for anyone again, much less for the woman who already broke his heart. But sometimes you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. Twice.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-husband-s-secret-by-karen-clarke--65269438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Husband’s Secret Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Allie Croker, Olivia Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I was invested in this book from the first page. It literally drew me in immediately and my attention never waned. Classic thriller with a dynamic main character!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ His secret could destroy them, but her truth is even harder to bear… One year ago, my husband Jack left. I’ve longed for the moment he would walk through the door and tell me all he ever wanted was to be with me. Now he’s back, but this isn’t the reunion I had dreamt of… Jack has been in a hit and run accident. He doesn’t remember we aren’t together, has no clue about his other family, and no recollection of the phone call he made before the crash – I made a terrible mistake that I can’t put right. All I can do is get out. Jack is different to the man that walked out and I’m certain he’s hiding something too. But I finally have my husband by my side, and with Jack suffering from amnesia, surely the easiest thing would be to stay quiet… But can you really trust a man who simply vanished from your life? And should he even trust me? From the bestselling author of My Sister’s Child comes a new emotional family drama about love, lies and the lengths that we will go to for the ones we love. Fans of Claire Amarti and Nicole Trope will love this gripping page-turner! Readers LOVE My Husband’s Secret! ‘I was intrigued and glued to my seat until I reached the end of My Husband's Secret. Karen Clarke is a brilliant author, and I am looking forward to reading more of her work in the future.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Honestly a rollercoaster of a story, was not expecting to be sucked in straight away… It was a great read from the first page to the unexpected twist on the last page.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is really well written, it is clever and original and really gripping… I was completely sucked in from the very first moment. Wonderful.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant book. Great plot and a few twists and turns along the way. I read it all one Sunday afternoon. Very gripping.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589663Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Husband’s Secret Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Allie Croker, Olivia Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Husband’s Secret Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Allie Croker, Olivia Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I was invested in this book from the first page. It literally drew me in immediately and my attention never waned. Classic thriller with a dynamic main character!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ His secret could destroy them, but her truth is even harder to bear… One year ago, my husband Jack left. I’ve longed for the moment he would walk through the door and tell me all he ever wanted was to be with me. Now he’s back, but this isn’t the reunion I had dreamt of… Jack has been in a hit and run accident. He doesn’t remember we aren’t together, has no clue about his other family, and no recollection of the phone call he made before the crash – I made a terrible mistake that I can’t put right. All I can do is get out. Jack is different to the man that walked out and I’m certain he’s hiding something too. But I finally have my husband by my side, and with Jack suffering from amnesia, surely the easiest thing would be to stay quiet… But can you really trust a man who simply vanished from your life? And should he even trust me? From the bestselling author of My Sister’s Child comes a new emotional family drama about love, lies and the lengths that we will go to for the ones we love. Fans of Claire Amarti and Nicole Trope will love this gripping page-turner! Readers LOVE My Husband’s Secret! ‘I was intrigued and glued to my seat until I reached the end of My Husband's Secret. Karen Clarke is a brilliant author, and I am looking forward to reading more of her work in the future.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Honestly a rollercoaster of a story, was not expecting to be sucked in straight away… It was a great read from the first page to the unexpected twist on the last page.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is really well written, it is clever and original and really gripping… I was completely sucked in from the very first moment. Wonderful.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant book. Great plot and a few twists and turns along the way. I read it all one Sunday afternoon. Very gripping.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-beach-like-nantucket-by-grace-palmer--65269431https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Beach Like Nantucket Series: #2 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket? Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family’s lives to bits. It’s been almost a year since that fateful day, since they learned that life at the beach isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. They are doing their best to pick up the pieces. Widow Mae Benson is running the Sweet Island Inn. Her daughter Eliza is learning what it means to be a mother. Sara is rediscovering her passion in the wake of heartbreak. Holly is searching for stability in her marriage. And her son Brent is—well, Brent isn’t doing so great. Despite these challenges, they just might make it—if they can stick together. But right when it seems like they’re going to be okay, terrible news strikes. A call from Aunt Toni changes everything. And suddenly, Nantucket doesn’t feel quite like home any more. Come book your stay at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn—where the water is warm, the sun is shining, and everyone welcomes you like family—in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590916Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Beach Like Nantucket Series: #2 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Beach Like Nantucket Series: #2 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket? Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family’s lives to bits. It’s been almost a year since that fateful day, since they learned that life at the beach isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. They are doing their best to pick up the pieces. Widow Mae Benson is running the Sweet Island Inn. Her daughter Eliza is learning what it means to be a mother. Sara is rediscovering her passion in the wake of heartbreak. Holly is searching for stability in her marriage. And her son Brent is—well, Brent isn’t doing so great. Despite these challenges, they just might make it—if they can stick together. But right when it seems like they’re going to be okay, terrible news strikes. A call from Aunt Toni changes everything. And suddenly, Nantucket doesn’t feel quite like home any more. Come book your stay at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn—where the water is warm, the sun is shining, and everyone welcomes you like family—in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-first-date-by-hayley-quinn--65269535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last First Date Author: Hayley Quinn Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I loved this book so much I actually read the whole thing in a day, did not want to put it down! A delightfully well written, funny, romantic and intriguing book.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It’s funny, like I just laughed out loud on the tube funny!!!!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Helen Pines is far from where she thought she would be. Whilst her ex-boyfriend is now engaged, Helen’s ordering Deliveroo for one, dreaming of her last first date. Determined to give online dating a go, she matches with drop-dead gorgeous Brody… One date later, Helen’s heart is still singing. Brody’s sexy, charismatic, and the perfect gentleman. But then she receives an error message on the app… all her contacts have been deleted. With nothing but Brody’s name and job title to go on, Helen is determined to track him down. But despite the initial chemistry, Helen knows surprisingly little about her mystery man… Was it really love-at-first like, or will she find a new love along the way? From international dating expert Hayley Quinn, comes an utterly hilarious, laugh-out-loud romance that will have you grinning from the first page to the last! Fans of Our Stop and Mhairi McFarlane will fall in love with this book. Readers LOVE The Last First Date! ‘Funny, yet so relatable and moving at the same time!! [It] was at times like reading my diary. The thoughts and experiences that the main character, Helen, lives through feel so real and I truly connected with her.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved how real and honest this book felt, Quinn is a promising writer with an ability to make you fall in love with her quirky and imperfect characters. I genuinely laughed out loud multiple times’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is a page turner and a complete escape from reality while making you giggle along the way – perfect read for any occasion!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Feeling down? Pick up this book! I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was such a fun read! I could not help but cheering [Helen] on her journey to love, and personal growth.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Love this book! It represents the reality of many single women in their thirties. Empowering too!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579489Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last First Date Author: Hayley Quinn Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last First Date Author: Hayley Quinn Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I loved this book so much I actually read the whole thing in a day, did not want to put it down! A delightfully well written, funny, romantic and intriguing book.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It’s funny, like I just laughed out loud on the tube funny!!!!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Helen Pines is far from where she thought she would be. Whilst her ex-boyfriend is now engaged, Helen’s ordering Deliveroo for one, dreaming of her last first date. Determined to give online dating a go, she matches with drop-dead gorgeous Brody… One date later, Helen’s heart is still singing. Brody’s sexy, charismatic, and the perfect gentleman. But then she receives an error message on the app… all her contacts have been deleted. With nothing but Brody’s name and job title to go on, Helen is determined to track him down. But despite the initial chemistry, Helen knows surprisingly little about her mystery man… Was it really love-at-first like, or will she find a new love along the way? From international dating expert Hayley Quinn, comes an utterly hilarious, laugh-out-loud romance that will have you grinning from the first page to the last! Fans of Our Stop and Mhairi McFarlane will fall in love with this book. Readers LOVE The Last First Date! ‘Funny, yet so relatable and moving at the same time!! [It] was at times like reading my diary. The thoughts and experiences that the main character, Helen, lives through feel so real and I truly connected with her.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved how real and honest this book felt, Quinn is a promising writer with an ability to make you fall in love with her quirky and imperfect characters. I genuinely laughed out loud multiple times’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is a page turner and a complete escape from reality while making you giggle along the way – perfect read for any occasion!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Feeling down? Pick up this book! I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was such a fun read! I could not help but cheering [Helen] on her journey to love, and personal growth.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Love this book! It represents the reality of many single women in their thirties. Empowering too!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/manmade-constellations-by-misha-lazzara--65269601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Manmade Constellations Author: Misha Lazzara Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A modern-day love story that explores childhood trauma, the boundaries between idealism and self-righteousness, and the heartaches we must confront in order to chart our courses forward. Lo Gunderson feels trapped in her small midwestern hometown until she sees an ad for a free car in the local paper. To maintain her staunch anticapitalist values, she refuses to spend money on what she can find for free, so this car is the perfect ticket out of the town. Though it doesn’t cost any money, it still comes with a price. Blanche Peterson is dying and asks for a single favor—that Lo track down her estranged son, whom Blanche hasn’t seen in over a decade. Before she can decide whether to fulfill Blanche’s dying wish, she needs to get the car started. She’s helped by John Blank, a Southern auto mechanic who moved up north for a fresh start. Despite vastly different backgrounds, they share an electrifying mutual attraction that threatens to upend Lo’s carefully constructed worldview. Meanwhile, Blanche’s son, Jason, finds himself adrift after an argument with his girlfriend. Memories of his negligent mother and the death of his father resurface for the first time in years as he travels across the country searching for what comes next. Manmade Constellations is a smart, magnetic, and emotional novel dedicated to the American landscape, exploring how taking to the open road teaches lessons that can’t be learned at home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576890Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Manmade Constellations Author: Misha Lazzara Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Manmade Constellations Author: Misha Lazzara Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A modern-day love story that explores childhood trauma, the boundaries between idealism and self-righteousness, and the heartaches we must confront in order to chart our courses forward. Lo Gunderson feels trapped in her small midwestern hometown until she sees an ad for a free car in the local paper. To maintain her staunch anticapitalist values, she refuses to spend money on what she can find for free, so this car is the perfect ticket out of the town. Though it doesn’t cost any money, it still comes with a price. Blanche Peterson is dying and asks for a single favor—that Lo track down her estranged son, whom Blanche hasn’t seen in over a decade. Before she can decide whether to fulfill Blanche’s dying wish, she needs to get the car started. She’s helped by John Blank, a Southern auto mechanic who moved up north for a fresh start. Despite vastly different backgrounds, they share an electrifying mutual attraction that threatens to upend Lo’s carefully constructed worldview. Meanwhile, Blanche’s son, Jason, finds himself adrift after an argument with his girlfriend. Memories of his negligent mother and the death of his father resurface for the first time in years as he travels across the country searching for what comes next. Manmade Constellations is a smart, magnetic, and emotional novel dedicated to the American landscape, exploring how taking to the open road teaches lessons that can’t be learned at home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-hundred-other-girls-a-novel-by-iman-hariri-kia--65269470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hundred Other Girls: A Novel Author: Iman Hariri-Kia Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type comes a smart, modern story about the shifting media landscape and one Middle Eastern American writer finding her place in it. How far would you go to keep the job a hundred other girls are ready to take? Noora’s life is a little off track. She’s an aspiring writer and amateur blogger in New York―which is a nice way of saying that she tutors rich Upper East Side kids and is currently crashing on her sister’s couch. But that’s okay. Noora has Leila, who has always been her rock, and now she has another major influence to lean on: Vinyl magazine. The pages of Vinyl practically raised Noora, teaching her everything from how to properly insert a tampon to which political ideology she subscribes to. So when she lands a highly coveted job as assistant to Loretta James, Vinyl’s iconic editor-in-chief, Noora can’t believe her luck. Her only dream is to write for Vinyl, and now with her foot firmly in the door and the Loretta James as her mentor, Noora is finally on the right path … or so she thinks. Loretta is an unhinged nightmare, insecure and desperate to remain relevant in an evolving media landscape she doesn’t understand. Noora’s phone buzzes constantly with Loretta’s bizarre demands, particularly with tasks Loretta hopes will undermine the success of Vinyl’s wunderkind digital director Jade Aki. The reality of Noora’s job is nothing like she expected, and a misguided crush on the hot IT guy only threatens to complicate things even more. But as Loretta and the old-school print team enter into a turf war with Jade and the woke-for-the-wrong-reasons digital team, Noora soon finds herself caught in the middle. And with her dream job on the line, she’ll need to either choose a side or form her own. Clever, incisive, and thoroughly fun, A Hundred Other Girls is an insider’s take on the changing media industry, an ode to sisterhood, and a profound exploration of what it means to chase your dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588011Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hundred Other Girls: A Novel Author: Iman Hariri-Kia Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hundred Other Girls: A Novel Author: Iman Hariri-Kia Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type comes a smart, modern story about the shifting media landscape and one Middle Eastern American writer finding her place in it. How far would you go to keep the job a hundred other girls are ready to take? Noora’s life is a little off track. She’s an aspiring writer and amateur blogger in New York―which is a nice way of saying that she tutors rich Upper East Side kids and is currently crashing on her sister’s couch. But that’s okay. Noora has Leila, who has always been her rock, and now she has another major influence to lean on: Vinyl magazine. The pages of Vinyl practically raised Noora, teaching her everything from how to properly insert a tampon to which political ideology she subscribes to. So when she lands a highly coveted job as assistant to Loretta James, Vinyl’s iconic editor-in-chief, Noora can’t believe her luck. Her only dream is to write for Vinyl, and now with her foot firmly in the door and the Loretta James as her mentor, Noora is finally on the right path … or so she thinks. Loretta is an unhinged nightmare, insecure and desperate to remain relevant in an evolving media landscape she doesn’t understand. Noora’s phone buzzes constantly with Loretta’s bizarre demands, particularly with tasks Loretta hopes will undermine the success of Vinyl’s wunderkind digital director Jade Aki. The reality of Noora’s job is nothing like she expected, and a misguided crush on the hot IT guy only threatens to complicate things even more. But as Loretta and the old-school print team enter into a turf war with Jade and the woke-for-the-wrong-reasons digital team, Noora soon finds herself caught in the middle. And with her dream job on the line, she’ll need to either choose a side or form her own. Clever, incisive, and thoroughly fun, A Hundred Other Girls is an insider’s take on the changing media industry, an ode to sisterhood, and a profound exploration of what it means to chase your dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/force-by-cassandra-robbins--65269445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Force Series: #5 of The Disciples Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Stefanie Kay, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC. First, I humiliated myself by spying on him. Second, I decided to throw caution to the wind and show up at probably the worst possible time. He’s dangerous, demanding, and able to consume me with just one look. He’s also on trial for murder, and no one in his club trusts me. You’d think I’d run. I mean, the cards are stacked against us. But I can’t escape my need, this all-consuming pull I have with him. He may be wrong for me, but he’s the very force that brings me to life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591142Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Force Series: #5 of The Disciples Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Stefanie Kay, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Force Series: #5 of The Disciples Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Stefanie Kay, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC. First, I humiliated myself by spying on him. Second, I decided to throw caution to the wind and show up at probably the worst possible time. He’s dangerous, demanding, and able to consume me with just one look. He’s also on trial for murder, and no one in his club trusts me. You’d think I’d run. I mean, the cards are stacked against us. But I can’t escape my need, this all-consuming pull I have with him. He may be wrong for me, but he’s the very force that brings me to life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-safe-for-work-author-of-the-viral-essay-my-boyfriend-a-writer-broke-up-with-me-because-i-am-a-writer-by-isabel-kaplan--65269538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Safe For Work: Author of the viral essay 'My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I am a writer' Author: Isabel Kaplan Narrator: Stephanie Nemeth Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The compulsively readable debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul - perfect for fans of Sweetbitter, My Dark Vanessa and Exciting Times You are young, ambitious, college-educated and a feminist. Your new job is in television. To climb the ranks, you do whatever it takes: - Pull all-nighters - Lean on your powerful mother's contacts - Stay in shape at cult-like fitness classes - Secretly wear your boss's fitbit to improve his stepcount - and his temper You know the rules of this world. When someone senior tells you how pretty you look, you smile and thank him - and make a mental note never to wear that dress alone with him again. When whispers start to circle that your office might have 'a bit of a rape problem,' and your close friend confesses her own unsettling encounter, you know there is plenty to gain from staying silent, and all too much to lose through speaking out. And of course, you know your own boss is one of the good guys . . . don't you? With blisteringly sharp prose and a darkly humorous voice, Not Safe For Work is an unflinching exploration of the grey area between empowerment and complicity, and a searing, unforgettable portrait of what success costs in a patriarchal world. 'A frank study of the psychological, and at times literal, gymnastics that are required of striving women.' RAVEN LEILANI, bestselling author of Luster 'Frank, funny and unputdownable' CLAIRE MESSUD © Isabel Kaplan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578559Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Safe For Work: Author of the viral essay 'My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I am a writer' Author: Isabel Kaplan Narrator: Stephanie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Safe For Work: Author of the viral essay 'My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I am a writer' Author: Isabel Kaplan Narrator: Stephanie Nemeth Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The compulsively readable debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul - perfect for fans of Sweetbitter, My Dark Vanessa and Exciting Times You are young, ambitious, college-educated and a feminist. Your new job is in television. To climb the ranks, you do whatever it takes: - Pull all-nighters - Lean on your powerful mother's contacts - Stay in shape at cult-like fitness classes - Secretly wear your boss's fitbit to improve his stepcount - and his temper You know the rules of this world. When someone senior tells you how pretty you look, you smile and thank him - and make a mental note never to wear that dress alone with him again. When whispers start to circle that your office might have 'a bit of a rape problem,' and your close friend confesses her own unsettling encounter, you know there is plenty to gain from staying silent, and all too much to lose through speaking out. And of course, you know your own boss is one of the good guys . . . don't you? With blisteringly sharp prose and a darkly humorous voice, Not Safe For Work is an unflinching exploration of the grey area between empowerment and complicity, and a searing, unforgettable portrait of what success costs in a patriarchal world. 'A frank study of the psychological, and at times literal, gymnastics that are required of striving women.' RAVEN LEILANI, bestselling author of Luster 'Frank, funny and unputdownable' CLAIRE MESSUD © Isabel Kaplan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elodie-s-library-of-second-chances-by-rebecca-raisin--65269471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elodie’s Library of Second Chances Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Ruby Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Everyone has a story. You just have to read between the lines… ‘Will make you smile, make you cry, fill you with joy and warm your heart.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Contemporary Romantic Novel Award!*** When Elodie applies for the job of librarian in peaceful Willow Grove, she’s looking forward to a new start. As the daughter of a media empire, her every move has been watched for years, and she longs to work with the thing she loves most: books. It’s a chance to make a real difference too, because she soon realises that there are other people in Willow Grove who might need a fresh start – like the homeless man everyone walks past without seeing, or the divorcée who can’t seem to escape her former husband’s misdeeds. Together with local journalist Finn, Elodie decides these people have stories that need sharing. What if instead of borrowing books readers could ‘borrow’ a person, and hear the life stories of those they’ve overlooked? But Elodie isn’t quite sharing her whole story either. As the story of the library’s new success grows, will her own secret be revealed? An uplifting story about fresh starts, new beginnings and the power of stories, from the bestselling author of Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop! Readers LOVE Elodie’s Library of Second Chances! ‘A feel-good book that I didn't want to end. Five stars!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely delightful… Captivating from start to finish.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another day, another Rebecca Raisin gem to add to my favourites!… I ADORE Rebecca's books.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A charming, positively warm book… A perfect summer read.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Grab yourself a cup of tea, sit down and prepare to be transported to a world of reading bliss.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is a warm blanket and a cup of tea… I am so grateful I read it!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rebecca Raisin does it again!… Just wonderful.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A favourite author of mine!… I always want to jump into her stories and live there!! This book is gorgeous.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587898Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elodie’s Library of Second Chances Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Ruby Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elodie’s Library of Second Chances Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Ruby Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Everyone has a story. You just have to read between the lines… ‘Will make you smile, make you cry, fill you with joy and warm your heart.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Contemporary Romantic Novel Award!*** When Elodie applies for the job of librarian in peaceful Willow Grove, she’s looking forward to a new start. As the daughter of a media empire, her every move has been watched for years, and she longs to work with the thing she loves most: books. It’s a chance to make a real difference too, because she soon realises that there are other people in Willow Grove who might need a fresh start – like the homeless man everyone walks past without seeing, or the divorcée who can’t seem to escape her former husband’s misdeeds. Together with local journalist Finn, Elodie decides these people have stories that need sharing. What if instead of borrowing books readers could ‘borrow’ a person, and hear the life stories of those they’ve overlooked? But Elodie isn’t quite sharing her whole story either. As the story of the library’s new success grows, will her own secret be revealed? An uplifting story about fresh starts, new beginnings and the power of stories, from the bestselling author of Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop! Readers LOVE Elodie’s Library of Second Chances! ‘A feel-good book that I didn't want to end. Five stars!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely delightful… Captivating from start to finish.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another day, another Rebecca Raisin gem to add to my favourites!… I ADORE Rebecca's books.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A charming, positively warm book… A perfect summer read.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Grab yourself a cup of tea, sit down and prepare to be transported to a world of reading bliss.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is a warm blanket and a cup of tea… I am so grateful I read it!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rebecca Raisin does it again!… Just wonderful.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A favourite author of mine!… I always want to jump into her stories and live there!! This book is gorgeous.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-sisters-by-lilian-nattel--65269509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Sisters Author: Lilian Nattel Narrator: Catherine Mcgregor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One sister runs away and the other stays behind. But what happens when the dutiful sister has to impersonate the rebel? In her page-turning exploration of familial loyalty, resentment, secrets, and grief, Lilian Nattel explores the meaning and reach of family bonds. Joan has always done the right thing, both as a palliative care doctor and as a caregiver for her widowed mother, Sheila. Joan’s adventurous sister, Vivien, is a different story. She left home as soon as she was able—running from an insecure childhood troubled by an alcoholic father and a mother who constantly threw away all their possessions in order to buy new ones. Vivien’s rarely been back, working as a nurse in the world’s trouble zones, leaving the heavy burden of family on her sister.   Still, when Vivien learns that their mother is seriously ill, she reaches out to Joan. She's heading for a remote village where Ebola is spreading, and she’s afraid she may die. If she does, she wants Joan to pose as her online so her dying mother won’t have to grieve a daughter. It’s a lie, but it’s the good kind of lie, designed to spare their mother, and so Joan reluctantly agrees, figuring it will never come to that.   But Vivien does die. And even as Joan mourns her sister, she begins to impersonate her online, as promised. It's difficult at first, but to her surprise, posing as Vivien becomes liberating, even addictive. Then she receives a message on her sister's Facebook from a man claiming to be the son Vivien gave up for adoption, and the line between right and wrong, adventure and tragedy, really begins to blur.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584144Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Sisters Author: Lilian Nattel Narrator: Catherine Mcgregor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Sisters Author: Lilian Nattel Narrator: Catherine Mcgregor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One sister runs away and the other stays behind. But what happens when the dutiful sister has to impersonate the rebel? In her page-turning exploration of familial loyalty, resentment, secrets, and grief, Lilian Nattel explores the meaning and reach of family bonds. Joan has always done the right thing, both as a palliative care doctor and as a caregiver for her widowed mother, Sheila. Joan’s adventurous sister, Vivien, is a different story. She left home as soon as she was able—running from an insecure childhood troubled by an alcoholic father and a mother who constantly threw away all their possessions in order to buy new ones. Vivien’s rarely been back, working as a nurse in the world’s trouble zones, leaving the heavy burden of family on her sister.   Still, when Vivien learns that their mother is seriously ill, she reaches out to Joan. She's heading for a remote village where Ebola is spreading, and she’s afraid she may die. If she does, she wants Joan to pose as her online so her dying mother won’t have to grieve a daughter. It’s a lie, but it’s the good kind of lie, designed to spare their mother, and so Joan reluctantly agrees, figuring it will never come to that.   But Vivien does die. And even as Joan mourns her sister, she begins to impersonate her online, as promised. It's difficult at first, but to her surprise, posing as Vivien becomes liberating, even addictive. Then she receives a message on her sister's Facebook from a man claiming to be the son Vivien gave up for adoption, and the line between right and wrong, adventure and tragedy, really begins to blur.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-neighbors-like-this-by-tracy-goodwin--65269427https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Neighbors Like This Author: Tracy Goodwin Narrator: Eva Wilhelm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When divorced mom of two Amelia Marsh relocates to a northern suburb of Houston, all she wants is a bit of normalcy for her children. The last thing she needs is to be the center of community gossip. But when a disagreement between Amelia and the HOA representative over whether or not her children's garden gnome violates the association's rules surfaces, Amelia doesn't back down. HOA President Kyle Sanders would begin to be a good friend?and something more?if Amelia wasn't gearing up for battle with the HOA in her determination to make her house a home and her neighborhood a community...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591423Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Neighbors Like This Author: Tracy Goodwin Narrator: Eva Wilhelm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Neighbors Like This Author: Tracy Goodwin Narrator: Eva Wilhelm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When divorced mom of two Amelia Marsh relocates to a northern suburb of Houston, all she wants is a bit of normalcy for her children. The last thing she needs is to be the center of community gossip. But when a disagreement between Amelia and the HOA representative over whether or not her children's garden gnome violates the association's rules surfaces, Amelia doesn't back down. HOA President Kyle Sanders would begin to be a good friend?and something more?if Amelia wasn't gearing up for battle with the HOA in her determination to make her house a home and her neighborhood a community...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evil-genius-the-novel-and-the-play-by-wilkie-collins--65269547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evil Genius: The Novel and the Play Author: Wilkie Collins Narrator: a full cast, Nan McNamara, Bahni Turpin, Gabrielle De Cuir, Kathe Mazur, Stefan Rudnicki, John Rubinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “In one respect, men are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears.” Paired with Blackstone’s and Skyboat Media’s production of Wilkie Collins’s The Evil Genius, Skyboat Media presents the dramatic adaptation of the novel, also by Wilkie Collins. Although both versions of the story were written at the same time, the play has never before been published and was only ever performed once on the stage. In fact, it is almost entirely unknown and is otherwise unavailable. Miss Sydney Westerfield has been saved from a lonely life of teaching at her aunt’s school and taken into service as a governess for Kitty, daughter of Herbert and Catherine Linley. Kitty simply adores Sydney, and Catherine does as well for the governess’s warmth and kindness as a caretaker and a member of their household. But when Herbert and Sydney fall in love, it is only a matter of time before the truth must come out—helped along, of course, by Catherine’s mother, the fierce gossip and foremost meddler Mrs. Presty. Infidelity, divorce, and child custody are at the forefront of this tale of domestic drama, but Wilkie Collins takes a most modern approach to the view of women in such situations. Not only does Collins offer sympathy—empathy even—for these women that was not at all common at the time, he also remembers to keep a spotlight on young Kitty, whose life will be forever shaped by the affairs of the adults around her. This full-cast recording of both the novel and the play will fully immerse you in a truly forward-thinking portrait of love and betrayal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584594Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evil Genius: The Novel and the Play Author: Wilkie Collins Narrator: a full cast, Nan McNamara, Bahni Turpin, Gabrielle De Cuir, Kathe Mazur,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evil Genius: The Novel and the Play Author: Wilkie Collins Narrator: a full cast, Nan McNamara, Bahni Turpin, Gabrielle De Cuir, Kathe Mazur, Stefan Rudnicki, John Rubinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “In one respect, men are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears.” Paired with Blackstone’s and Skyboat Media’s production of Wilkie Collins’s The Evil Genius, Skyboat Media presents the dramatic adaptation of the novel, also by Wilkie Collins. Although both versions of the story were written at the same time, the play has never before been published and was only ever performed once on the stage. In fact, it is almost entirely unknown and is otherwise unavailable. Miss Sydney Westerfield has been saved from a lonely life of teaching at her aunt’s school and taken into service as a governess for Kitty, daughter of Herbert and Catherine Linley. Kitty simply adores Sydney, and Catherine does as well for the governess’s warmth and kindness as a caretaker and a member of their household. But when Herbert and Sydney fall in love, it is only a matter of time before the truth must come out—helped along, of course, by Catherine’s mother, the fierce gossip and foremost meddler Mrs. Presty. Infidelity, divorce, and child custody are at the forefront of this tale of domestic drama, but Wilkie Collins takes a most modern approach to the view of women in such situations. Not only does Collins offer sympathy—empathy even—for these women that was not at all common at the time, he also remembers to keep a spotlight on young Kitty, whose life will be forever shaped by the affairs of the adults around her. This full-cast recording of both the novel and the play will fully immerse you in a truly forward-thinking portrait of love and betrayal.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-mother-s-gift-by-steffanie-edward--65269518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Gift Author: Steffanie Edward Narrator: Simone Mcintyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When Erica gets a phone call to say her mother, Ione, is ill in St. Lucia, she knows she must go to her. Though the island–the place of her mother’s birth–is somewhere that Erica has never seen as her homeland. Even when the plane touches down in the tropical paradise, with its palm trees swaying in the island breeze, the sound of accents so like her mother’s own calling loud in the air, Erica doesn’t find herself wanting to stay a moment longer than she has to. But stepping into her mother’s house, she is shocked by what she finds. Her mother’s memory is fading, her once-immaculate house is now dirty and messy, and she’s refusing help from anyone but family. And Erica knows she must stay with her, even though it means leaving everything else behind. What she doesn’t know is that–even as her mother’s memories get worse–Ione still has a final gift for her daughter. Because the unspoken secrets of their past are about to emerge, changing everything Erica thought she knew about her mother, her home, and who she really is... This captivating tale of grief, love, and what it means to find home is perfect for fans of Andrea Levy, Jojo Moyes, and Amanda Prowse.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584698Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Gift Author: Steffanie Edward Narrator: Simone Mcintyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Gift Author: Steffanie Edward Narrator: Simone Mcintyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When Erica gets a phone call to say her mother, Ione, is ill in St. Lucia, she knows she must go to her. Though the island–the place of her mother’s birth–is somewhere that Erica has never seen as her homeland. Even when the plane touches down in the tropical paradise, with its palm trees swaying in the island breeze, the sound of accents so like her mother’s own calling loud in the air, Erica doesn’t find herself wanting to stay a moment longer than she has to. But stepping into her mother’s house, she is shocked by what she finds. Her mother’s memory is fading, her once-immaculate house is now dirty and messy, and she’s refusing help from anyone but family. And Erica knows she must stay with her, even though it means leaving everything else behind. What she doesn’t know is that–even as her mother’s memories get worse–Ione still has a final gift for her daughter. Because the unspoken secrets of their past are about to emerge, changing everything Erica thought she knew about her mother, her home, and who she really is... This captivating tale of grief, love, and what it means to find home is perfect for fans of Andrea Levy, Jojo Moyes, and Amanda Prowse.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-everyone-else-by-leslie-hooton--65269457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Everyone Else Author: Leslie Hooton Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Bailey thought she’d gotten her happy ending. She is married to the man she loves, she has started a family, and her design business is flourishing. But when Bailey’s ex-husband, a famous TV chef, is found murdered with her DNA all over his apartment and body, she is suddenly facing murder charges in a high-profile case. Already burdened by the demands and challenges of marriage, motherhood, and her career, Bailey now must do everything she can to prove her innocence. But it’s the ones she thought would surely be on her side—her enigmatic lawyer and her husband—who might be doubting her innocence the most. Alternating between the past and present, After Everyone Else chronicles the grip of the past, the challenges of forgiveness, and the resilient love we save for the person we love after everyone else.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591139Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Everyone Else Author: Leslie Hooton Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Everyone Else Author: Leslie Hooton Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Bailey thought she’d gotten her happy ending. She is married to the man she loves, she has started a family, and her design business is flourishing. But when Bailey’s ex-husband, a famous TV chef, is found murdered with her DNA all over his apartment and body, she is suddenly facing murder charges in a high-profile case. Already burdened by the demands and challenges of marriage, motherhood, and her career, Bailey now must do everything she can to prove her innocence. But it’s the ones she thought would surely be on her side—her enigmatic lawyer and her husband—who might be doubting her innocence the most. Alternating between the past and present, After Everyone Else chronicles the grip of the past, the challenges of forgiveness, and the resilient love we save for the person we love after everyone else.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jock-wanted-by-kate-meader--65269447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jock Wanted Series: #7 of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When the new general manager of the Chicago Rebels tasks Tara Becker with faking it with one of his players to help clean up the naughty jock's act, she's all over it. She'll make that misbehaving hunk of muscle look good and get her dream guy into the bargain. But the path from fake to real is riddled with thorns... New Rebels GM Hale Fitzpatrick thinks ditzy blonde and wannabe WAG Tara is the perfect solution to his PR problem—until she isn't. Soon Fitz realizes that maybe he doesn't have control of the strings after all...especially when he starts to fall for his pretty little puppet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591141Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jock Wanted Series: #7 of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jock Wanted Series: #7 of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When the new general manager of the Chicago Rebels tasks Tara Becker with faking it with one of his players to help clean up the naughty jock's act, she's all over it. She'll make that misbehaving hunk of muscle look good and get her dream guy into the bargain. But the path from fake to real is riddled with thorns... New Rebels GM Hale Fitzpatrick thinks ditzy blonde and wannabe WAG Tara is the perfect solution to his PR problem—until she isn't. Soon Fitz realizes that maybe he doesn't have control of the strings after all...especially when he starts to fall for his pretty little puppet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-parm-no-foul-by-linda-reilly--65269423https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Parm No Foul Series: #2 of Grilled Cheese Mysteries Author: Linda Reilly Narrator: Mia Gaskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious snit. In a confrontation at the Eatery, Menard accused Carly of sabotage and vowed to bring her down. That's when Menard's body is found in his kitchen the morning after the competition, a steak knife sticking out of his heart. But Menard had a slew of enemies, and if Carly doesn't figure out which one is the culprit, she might find herself—or someone she cares about—serving grilled cheese sandwiches under lock and brie!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591440Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Parm No Foul Series: #2 of Grilled Cheese Mysteries Author: Linda Reilly Narrator: Mia Gaskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Parm No Foul Series: #2 of Grilled Cheese Mysteries Author: Linda Reilly Narrator: Mia Gaskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious snit. In a confrontation at the Eatery, Menard accused Carly of sabotage and vowed to bring her down. That's when Menard's body is found in his kitchen the morning after the competition, a steak knife sticking out of his heart. But Menard had a slew of enemies, and if Carly doesn't figure out which one is the culprit, she might find herself—or someone she cares about—serving grilled cheese sandwiches under lock and brie!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-my-child-by-samantha-king--65269469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Child Author: Samantha King Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I couldn't read it quick enough!! What a storyline, with so many twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. Brilliant read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Two mothers. One child. Who do you believe? The playground is the last place I thought I’d see you. It was my Billy’s first day at school. It was supposed to be a happy one. But then you turned up. I remembered you instantly from the hospital wing. Our babies born on the same day. Both premature. Both needing intensive care. While Billy grew stronger day by day, your baby sadly slipped away. But now you’re back with one devastating accusation… Billy isn’t my son at all, he’s yours. And you’ve come to take him away. Family secrets rise to the surface in this utterly gripping and emotional page-turner about motherhood, love, and the lengths we will go to keep our children safe. Not My Child will keep you reading long into the night and is perfect for fans of Linda Green, Susan Lewis and Nicole Trope! Readers LOVE Not My Child! ‘Really well written characters, a plot that unfurled beautifully with twists and turns along the way that kept me guessing. A must read.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Samantha King is brilliant! A fantastically thrilling mystery of love, friendship, sacrifice, loss and deception.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This was my first by this author but definitely won't be my last. I was instantly pulled into the story and couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen… This was an exciting and excellent book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This one is a cannot put down until the end… Don't miss this book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Recommended read, only took me a day. All the twists and turns keep you guessing until the end!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589656Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Child Author: Samantha King Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Child Author: Samantha King Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘I couldn't read it quick enough!! What a storyline, with so many twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. Brilliant read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Two mothers. One child. Who do you believe? The playground is the last place I thought I’d see you. It was my Billy’s first day at school. It was supposed to be a happy one. But then you turned up. I remembered you instantly from the hospital wing. Our babies born on the same day. Both premature. Both needing intensive care. While Billy grew stronger day by day, your baby sadly slipped away. But now you’re back with one devastating accusation… Billy isn’t my son at all, he’s yours. And you’ve come to take him away. Family secrets rise to the surface in this utterly gripping and emotional page-turner about motherhood, love, and the lengths we will go to keep our children safe. Not My Child will keep you reading long into the night and is perfect for fans of Linda Green, Susan Lewis and Nicole Trope! Readers LOVE Not My Child! ‘Really well written characters, a plot that unfurled beautifully with twists and turns along the way that kept me guessing. A must read.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Samantha King is brilliant! A fantastically thrilling mystery of love, friendship, sacrifice, loss and deception.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This was my first by this author but definitely won't be my last. I was instantly pulled into the story and couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen… This was an exciting and excellent book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This one is a cannot put down until the end… Don't miss this book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Recommended read, only took me a day. All the twists and turns keep you guessing until the end!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rookie-rebels-bundle-books-1-3-by-kate-meader--65269435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rookie Rebels Bundle, Books 1-3 Series: Part of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This bundle includes the first three books in the Rookie Rebels series. In the first book of the series, Good Guy, Levi makes his pro-hockey debut. Jordan is a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow. In the second book, Instacrush, Elle's hot hockey player neighbor, Theo, is the most annoying man in the world. But one sexy Santa visit and one dinner later, she's pregnant. In the third book, Man Down, Gunnar has been texting the wife he lost, the one he loved beyond measure, but someone else answers back. Each book is completely standalone and features one primary couple, a guaranteed happily-ever-after, and no cliffhangers!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591159Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rookie Rebels Bundle, Books 1-3 Series: Part of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rookie Rebels Bundle, Books 1-3 Series: Part of Rookie Rebels Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This bundle includes the first three books in the Rookie Rebels series. In the first book of the series, Good Guy, Levi makes his pro-hockey debut. Jordan is a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow. In the second book, Instacrush, Elle's hot hockey player neighbor, Theo, is the most annoying man in the world. But one sexy Santa visit and one dinner later, she's pregnant. In the third book, Man Down, Gunnar has been texting the wife he lost, the one he loved beyond measure, but someone else answers back. Each book is completely standalone and features one primary couple, a guaranteed happily-ever-after, and no cliffhangers!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-she-knew-by-miranda-rijks--65269428https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Knew Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Ella Lynch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Life has been good for Stephanie. Married to college professor, Oliver, with two adorable children, she lives in a lovely house, surrounded by beautiful things. But it hasn’t always been like this. Nine years ago, Stephanie’s flatmate Alison vanished, presumed murdered. It was a horrible time, and Stephanie tries hard not to think about it. But when a TV researcher working on a true-crime series wants to interview her about the case, Stephanie is forced to confront the past and recognize that she has a deep need to answer one burning question—what happened to Alison? It soon becomes clear that someone doesn’t want her digging for the truth—and that they're willing to do anything to conceal a shocking web of lies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591419Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Knew Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Ella Lynch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Knew Author: Miranda Rijks Narrator: Ella Lynch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Life has been good for Stephanie. Married to college professor, Oliver, with two adorable children, she lives in a lovely house, surrounded by beautiful things. But it hasn’t always been like this. Nine years ago, Stephanie’s flatmate Alison vanished, presumed murdered. It was a horrible time, and Stephanie tries hard not to think about it. But when a TV researcher working on a true-crime series wants to interview her about the case, Stephanie is forced to confront the past and recognize that she has a deep need to answer one burning question—what happened to Alison? It soon becomes clear that someone doesn’t want her digging for the truth—and that they're willing to do anything to conceal a shocking web of lies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resilience-after-dark-by-marie-force--65269599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience After Dark Series: #25 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Cindy Lawry needs a new roommate now that her sister has moved in with her fiancé. When she can’t find anyone, she puts up a flyer in the window of the Curl Up & Dye salon where she works as a hair stylist and at other places around town. With the summer season ending, she can’t afford to live alone, and she doesn’t want to move in with her mom and her new husband. So the roommate search is on, but she’s not getting many inquiries. After growing up in an abusive household, she’s anxious about letting a stranger into her home and her life. Jace Carson needs to find a new place to live. The employee housing at the Beachcomer is right out of Animal House, and he’s way past the point in life where living like that is fun. All he wants is a quiet place to be in between working as a bartender at the Beachcomber and visits with his young sons, who live on the island. When he sends a text to the number on the flyer he saw at the grocery store, he doesn’t expect the recipient to be Cindy, the woman he’s been flirting with for weeks at the Beachcomber bar. She comes in and orders water because she suffers from migraines and apologizes for taking up a seat at his bar. He loves having her and her sweet smile at his bar, but he’s not sure that living with her would be such a good idea, especially since all he thinks about every time he sees her is how much he’d like to kiss her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577316Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience After Dark Series: #25 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience After Dark Series: #25 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Cindy Lawry needs a new roommate now that her sister has moved in with her fiancé. When she can’t find anyone, she puts up a flyer in the window of the Curl Up & Dye salon where she works as a hair stylist and at other places around town. With the summer season ending, she can’t afford to live alone, and she doesn’t want to move in with her mom and her new husband. So the roommate search is on, but she’s not getting many inquiries. After growing up in an abusive household, she’s anxious about letting a stranger into her home and her life. Jace Carson needs to find a new place to live. The employee housing at the Beachcomer is right out of Animal House, and he’s way past the point in life where living like that is fun. All he wants is a quiet place to be in between working as a bartender at the Beachcomber and visits with his young sons, who live on the island. When he sends a text to the number on the flyer he saw at the grocery store, he doesn’t expect the recipient to be Cindy, the woman he’s been flirting with for weeks at the Beachcomber bar. She comes in and orders water because she suffers from migraines and apologizes for taking up a seat at his bar. He loves having her and her sweet smile at his bar, but he’s not sure that living with her would be such a good idea, especially since all he thinks about every time he sees her is how much he’d like to kiss her.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-home-like-nantucket-by-grace-palmer--65269458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Home Like Nantucket Series: #1 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Nantucket was her paradise—until reality came barging in. Mae Benson was happy—a beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasn’t ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husband’s life rocks the whole family. And it’s not the only thing stirring up trouble. Mae’s oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiancé she no longer wants to be with. Her daughter Holly is caught in a marriage on the rocks. Headstrong daughter Sara is reeling in the throes of a forbidden work-place romance. And her youngest son, Brent, is drowning in sorrow and guilt after his father’s passing. Take a trip to Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn and follow along as Mae Benson and her children face the hardest summer of their lives. Love, loss, heartbreak, hope—it’s all here and more. Can Mae find a way to bring herself and her family to the light at the end of the tunnel? Or will her grief be too much to overcome?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590915Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Home Like Nantucket Series: #1 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Home Like Nantucket Series: #1 of The Sweet Island Inn Series Author: Grace Palmer Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Nantucket was her paradise—until reality came barging in. Mae Benson was happy—a beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasn’t ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husband’s life rocks the whole family. And it’s not the only thing stirring up trouble. Mae’s oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiancé she no longer wants to be with. Her daughter Holly is caught in a marriage on the rocks. Headstrong daughter Sara is reeling in the throes of a forbidden work-place romance. And her youngest son, Brent, is drowning in sorrow and guilt after his father’s passing. Take a trip to Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn and follow along as Mae Benson and her children face the hardest summer of their lives. Love, loss, heartbreak, hope—it’s all here and more. Can Mae find a way to bring herself and her family to the light at the end of the tunnel? Or will her grief be too much to overcome?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-we-were-stolen-by-brooke-beyfuss--65269426https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After We Were Stolen Author: Brooke Beyfuss Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 170 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 70 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When nineteen-year-old Avery awakens to flames consuming her family's remote compound, she knows it's her only chance to escape her father's grueling survival training, bizarre rules, and gruesome punishments. She and her brother Cole flee the grounds for the first time in their lives, suddenly homeless in a world they know nothing about. After months of hiding out, they are arrested for shoplifting and a shocking discovery is made—Avery and Cole were kidnapped fifteen years earlier, stolen by cult leaders they knew as Mom and Dad. Cole is immediately returned to his birth family, leaving Avery alone and desperate. She is uncertain if her parents survived the fire and is terrified to find out. The loss of Cole and the trauma of her former life threaten to undo her, but when the police investigation reveals there may be more survivors, Avery must uncover the truth about the fire to truly be free. Suspenseful, emotionally charged, and deeply thought-provoking, After We Were Stolen delves into the idea of family—those we're born into and those we make—resilience, and the lengths a cult survivor will go to finally be free of her painful past. Brooke Beyfuss's powerful debut novel sparkles with heart, grit, and extraordinary characters who will stay with you long after the last page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591422Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After We Were Stolen Author: Brooke Beyfuss Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After We Were Stolen Author: Brooke Beyfuss Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 170 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 70 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When nineteen-year-old Avery awakens to flames consuming her family's remote compound, she knows it's her only chance to escape her father's grueling survival training, bizarre rules, and gruesome punishments. She and her brother Cole flee the grounds for the first time in their lives, suddenly homeless in a world they know nothing about. After months of hiding out, they are arrested for shoplifting and a shocking discovery is made—Avery and Cole were kidnapped fifteen years earlier, stolen by cult leaders they knew as Mom and Dad. Cole is immediately returned to his birth family, leaving Avery alone and desperate. She is uncertain if her parents survived the fire and is terrified to find out. The loss of Cole and the trauma of her former life threaten to undo her, but when the police investigation reveals there may be more survivors, Avery must uncover the truth about the fire to truly be free. Suspenseful, emotionally charged, and deeply thought-provoking, After We Were Stolen delves into the idea of family—those we're born into and those we make—resilience, and the lengths a cult survivor will go to finally be free of her painful past. Brooke Beyfuss's powerful debut novel sparkles with heart, grit, and extraordinary characters who will stay with you long after the last page.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beekeeper-at-elderflower-grove-by-jaimie-admans--65269453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove Author: Jaimie Admans Narrator: Emma Noakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘This book really captured my heart and filled it with so much joy, I just couldn't put the book down. I can't wait to get stuck in to more of Jaimie's books.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Her new start is about to bee-gin! Having moved into her mum’s spare room after a disastrous break-up, Kayleigh Harwood is desperate for a fresh start. When she sees an opening for a new beekeeper at Elderflower Grove she jumps at the chance – despite not knowing a thing about bees… The abandoned manor house holds a mystery of its own – the previous owner vanished years ago – and locals have been inventing stories about the manor ever since. Unable to resist the urge to look around, Kayleigh is shocked to find drop-dead-gorgeous gardener Carey living inside! Carey explains that the house and surrounding land is at risk of being demolished, endangering the bees, and he has been staying there to protect it. Convinced the secret of the house holds the key to saving Elderflower Grove’s bees, Kayleigh is prepared to do everything she can to help. But is she ready to find her own happy-ever-after too…? Escape to Elderflower Grove with this heart-warming summer holiday of a book! Fans of Heidi Swain, Trisha Ashley and Tilly Tennant will love this heart-warming read. Readers LOVE The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove! ‘Highly recommend this as a perfect escapist read, once I had started I couldn’t stop and read it in almost one sitting.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thank you Jaimie for another amazing book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Oh wow Jaimie Admans has done it again. I laughed, I cried whilst trying to work out the mysteries within the story.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book! Clear your diary for an afternoon or two in the garden and get reading…’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Jaimie Admans books always manage to grab you from the first page, and this wonderful book is no exception. I was drawn in by the magical, otherworldly atmosphere of the story.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589662Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove Author: Jaimie Admans Narrator: Emma Noakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove Author: Jaimie Admans Narrator: Emma Noakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘This book really captured my heart and filled it with so much joy, I just couldn't put the book down. I can't wait to get stuck in to more of Jaimie's books.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Her new start is about to bee-gin! Having moved into her mum’s spare room after a disastrous break-up, Kayleigh Harwood is desperate for a fresh start. When she sees an opening for a new beekeeper at Elderflower Grove she jumps at the chance – despite not knowing a thing about bees… The abandoned manor house holds a mystery of its own – the previous owner vanished years ago – and locals have been inventing stories about the manor ever since. Unable to resist the urge to look around, Kayleigh is shocked to find drop-dead-gorgeous gardener Carey living inside! Carey explains that the house and surrounding land is at risk of being demolished, endangering the bees, and he has been staying there to protect it. Convinced the secret of the house holds the key to saving Elderflower Grove’s bees, Kayleigh is prepared to do everything she can to help. But is she ready to find her own happy-ever-after too…? Escape to Elderflower Grove with this heart-warming summer holiday of a book! Fans of Heidi Swain, Trisha Ashley and Tilly Tennant will love this heart-warming read. Readers LOVE The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove! ‘Highly recommend this as a perfect escapist read, once I had started I couldn’t stop and read it in almost one sitting.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thank you Jaimie for another amazing book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Oh wow Jaimie Admans has done it again. I laughed, I cried whilst trying to work out the mysteries within the story.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book! Clear your diary for an afternoon or two in the garden and get reading…’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Jaimie Admans books always manage to grab you from the first page, and this wonderful book is no exception. I was drawn in by the magical, otherworldly atmosphere of the story.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-outlaw-by-alex-temblador--65269593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half Outlaw Author: Alex Temblador Narrator: Luzma Ortiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 8 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Looking for the missing half of herself, a woman goes on one last ride with the motorcycle club that raised her, and gets more than she bargained for. After the tragic death of her parents when she was just four years old, Raqi is sent to live with her uncle Dodge in Escondido, California. Taking after her Mexican father, Raqi immediately faces hostility from the members of Dodge’s all-white, 1 percenter motorcycle club, the Lawless, and from her uncle himself. Being raised by a drug addict is no picnic, and Raqi must quickly learn how to survive. She manages to form a few friendships. Still, as soon as she can, she leaves the violence and bigotry behind and doesn’t look back. Years later, Raqi is a successful partner at a law firm in Los Angeles. She gets a call from Billy, the leader of the Lawless. Dodge is dead, and Billy wants her to go on the Grieving Ride, a special ride taken for all deceased members, and one that strictly follows the deceased’s wishes. There is no way Raqi would ever attend, except for one thing: Billy promises to give her the address of her grandfather if she goes on the ride. It’s the address of her father’s father, her Mexican grandfather. Learning for the first time that she has other family and desperate to connect, she agrees. But this will be no ordinary Grieving Ride. Raqi is reacquainted with her old bike and with the various club members. During the cross-country trek, she will learn more about her uncle, and about herself, than she ever imagined possible. Alternating between Raqi’s childhood and a present 90s setting, and accented by moments of magical realism, Half Outlaw is the story of one woman’s quest to find a better future while still wrestling with a tumultuous past. In her first adult novel, Alex Temblador gives readers an immersive look into a dangerous subculture at the end of an era, and a powerful and heartfelt story that explores self-knowledge, acceptance, and the meaning of family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576891Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half Outlaw Author: Alex Temblador Narrator: Luzma Ortiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half Outlaw Author: Alex Temblador Narrator: Luzma Ortiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 8 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Looking for the missing half of herself, a woman goes on one last ride with the motorcycle club that raised her, and gets more than she bargained for. After the tragic death of her parents when she was just four years old, Raqi is sent to live with her uncle Dodge in Escondido, California. Taking after her Mexican father, Raqi immediately faces hostility from the members of Dodge’s all-white, 1 percenter motorcycle club, the Lawless, and from her uncle himself. Being raised by a drug addict is no picnic, and Raqi must quickly learn how to survive. She manages to form a few friendships. Still, as soon as she can, she leaves the violence and bigotry behind and doesn’t look back. Years later, Raqi is a successful partner at a law firm in Los Angeles. She gets a call from Billy, the leader of the Lawless. Dodge is dead, and Billy wants her to go on the Grieving Ride, a special ride taken for all deceased members, and one that strictly follows the deceased’s wishes. There is no way Raqi would ever attend, except for one thing: Billy promises to give her the address of her grandfather if she goes on the ride. It’s the address of her father’s father, her Mexican grandfather. Learning for the first time that she has other family and desperate to connect, she agrees. But this will be no ordinary Grieving Ride. Raqi is reacquainted with her old bike and with the various club members. During the cross-country trek, she will learn more about her uncle, and about herself, than she ever imagined possible. Alternating between Raqi’s childhood and a present 90s setting, and accented by moments of magical realism, Half Outlaw is the story of one woman’s quest to find a better future while still wrestling with a tumultuous past. In her first adult novel, Alex Temblador gives readers an immersive look into a dangerous subculture at the end of an era, and a powerful and heartfelt story that explores self-knowledge, acceptance, and the meaning of family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-house-full-of-windsor-by-kristin-contino--65269503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Windsor Author: Kristin Contino Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Spanning from 1980s London to a present-day reality TV show, A House Full of Windsor explores how one woman’s messy past shapes her family’s future and how long-buried secrets and resentment must come to the surface for them to move on. Debbie Windsor was always fascinated by royalty, but when her marriage fell apart, she turned to collecting to fill the void. Now the house is a royal mess, and Debbie’s health and safety is on the line. Even her etiquette-expert daughter can’t fix this disaster, and when the entire family ends up on a hoarding show, everyone has something at stake.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586926Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Windsor Author: Kristin Contino Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Windsor Author: Kristin Contino Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Spanning from 1980s London to a present-day reality TV show, A House Full of Windsor explores how one woman’s messy past shapes her family’s future and how long-buried secrets and resentment must come to the surface for them to move on. Debbie Windsor was always fascinated by royalty, but when her marriage fell apart, she turned to collecting to fill the void. Now the house is a royal mess, and Debbie’s health and safety is on the line. Even her etiquette-expert daughter can’t fix this disaster, and when the entire family ends up on a hoarding show, everyone has something at stake.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-things-we-lost-by-maggie-giles--65269504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Lost Author: Maggie Giles Narrator: Angie Kane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Maddie Butler has been haunted for fourteen years. After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, she tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done. But now in an unfulfilling marriage, she realizes how much the guilt has led to an unhappy life. When she runs into her ex-boyfriend, the memories come flying back in full force. Burdened with regret and unhappiness, Maddie wonders how her life could have been different. The next morning, she wakes up twenty-six years old and in a completely different life. Her daughters don’t exist, her husband is nowhere to be found, and her friend is still alive, four years after her funeral. As Maddie navigates this new world, she realizes she is the product of her own unhappiness. But is this new do-over exactly what she needs, even if it means never seeing her daughters again?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584704Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Lost Author: Maggie Giles Narrator: Angie Kane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Lost Author: Maggie Giles Narrator: Angie Kane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Maddie Butler has been haunted for fourteen years. After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, she tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done. But now in an unfulfilling marriage, she realizes how much the guilt has led to an unhappy life. When she runs into her ex-boyfriend, the memories come flying back in full force. Burdened with regret and unhappiness, Maddie wonders how her life could have been different. The next morning, she wakes up twenty-six years old and in a completely different life. Her daughters don’t exist, her husband is nowhere to be found, and her friend is still alive, four years after her funeral. As Maddie navigates this new world, she realizes she is the product of her own unhappiness. But is this new do-over exactly what she needs, even if it means never seeing her daughters again?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-maintenance-required-by-marie-renee-lavoie--65269446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Maintenance Required Author: Marie-Renée Lavoie Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It is 1993, the last year of school and Laurie’s final spring before adulthood. She works part time at a restaurant and looks after Cindy, her neglected potty-mouthed little neighbor. Like her mother, Laurie devours books and dreams big. Her father works at a garage, where she constantly struggles to keep her car running. It is here that a budding romance intensifies her understanding of class differences and opens her eyes to a more complicated world. With her big heart, she takes Cindy globe-trotting without even leaving town and learns how to come to terms with circumstances beyond her control.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591437Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Maintenance Required Author: Marie-Renée Lavoie Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Maintenance Required Author: Marie-Renée Lavoie Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It is 1993, the last year of school and Laurie’s final spring before adulthood. She works part time at a restaurant and looks after Cindy, her neglected potty-mouthed little neighbor. Like her mother, Laurie devours books and dreams big. Her father works at a garage, where she constantly struggles to keep her car running. It is here that a budding romance intensifies her understanding of class differences and opens her eyes to a more complicated world. With her big heart, she takes Cindy globe-trotting without even leaving town and learns how to come to terms with circumstances beyond her control.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-little-cornish-house-by-donna-ashcroft--65269430https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Cornish House Author: Donna Ashcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Thirty-year-old Ruby is done with love: no more drama, no more complications, no more men. She’s living life for herself, and that’s the way she likes it. But her whole world is turned upside down when her grandmother calls to say her beloved pottery business is failing, and she might lose her beautiful little Cornish house by the sea. She needs Ruby to come back to Cornwall and save the day... Returning to Indigo Cove stirs up memories Ruby would rather forget, but she’s determined to save her grandmother’s home. As the summer heats up, so does the pressure on Ruby, and she’s in need of a distraction. Although quite literally walking into Gabe Roskilly, the sexy and brooding owner of the local brewery, wasn’t part of her game plan. Ruby tries to ignore her attraction to Gabe, but it’s impossible to avoid the tall, dark, handsome stranger as Gabe is at the center of village life. And when Ruby’s plans for the little Cornish house start to fall apart, she discovers Gabe might be the one person who can help her. Ruby’s promise to stay single is tested to the limit. But are Gabe’s intentions all good, or is Ruby about to get her heart broken again? Can Ruby save her grandmother’s cottage and find true happiness this summer? Or will secrets from the past ruin everything?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591140Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Cornish House Author: Donna Ashcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Cornish House Author: Donna Ashcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Thirty-year-old Ruby is done with love: no more drama, no more complications, no more men. She’s living life for herself, and that’s the way she likes it. But her whole world is turned upside down when her grandmother calls to say her beloved pottery business is failing, and she might lose her beautiful little Cornish house by the sea. She needs Ruby to come back to Cornwall and save the day... Returning to Indigo Cove stirs up memories Ruby would rather forget, but she’s determined to save her grandmother’s home. As the summer heats up, so does the pressure on Ruby, and she’s in need of a distraction. Although quite literally walking into Gabe Roskilly, the sexy and brooding owner of the local brewery, wasn’t part of her game plan. Ruby tries to ignore her attraction to Gabe, but it’s impossible to avoid the tall, dark, handsome stranger as Gabe is at the center of village life. And when Ruby’s plans for the little Cornish house start to fall apart, she discovers Gabe might be the one person who can help her. Ruby’s promise to stay single is tested to the limit. But are Gabe’s intentions all good, or is Ruby about to get her heart broken again? Can Ruby save her grandmother’s cottage and find true happiness this summer? Or will secrets from the past ruin everything?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-accidental-countess-by-emma-hart--65269429https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Countess Series: #3 of The Aristocrat Diaries Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: My name is Evangeline Astley, and the only thing you need to know about me is that I never imagined this was how my life would go. I was supposed to devote all my time to painting gorgeous things to eventually open my own art gallery. Instead, I spent it all trying to sell my art to save my parents’ hotel. Cue the Earl of Anglesey and his not-so-stunning idea. Matthew Bennett needs an heir to the earldom, but for an heir, he needs a wife. And I’m the one the extremely eligible bachelor has chosen. Except I’m just as marriage-phobic as he is, so naturally, I refused—until he gives me an offer that I couldn’t resist. If I agreed to marry him, provide an heir, and divorce him amicably in due course, he would save The Fox and Hound hotel that I love so much. That, ladies and gents, is how I became the Countess of Anglesey. The one thing I didn’t count on? Falling in love with my husband.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591404Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Countess Series: #3 of The Aristocrat Diaries Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Countess Series: #3 of The Aristocrat Diaries Author: Emma Hart Narrator: Shakira Shute, Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: My name is Evangeline Astley, and the only thing you need to know about me is that I never imagined this was how my life would go. I was supposed to devote all my time to painting gorgeous things to eventually open my own art gallery. Instead, I spent it all trying to sell my art to save my parents’ hotel. Cue the Earl of Anglesey and his not-so-stunning idea. Matthew Bennett needs an heir to the earldom, but for an heir, he needs a wife. And I’m the one the extremely eligible bachelor has chosen. Except I’m just as marriage-phobic as he is, so naturally, I refused—until he gives me an offer that I couldn’t resist. If I agreed to marry him, provide an heir, and divorce him amicably in due course, he would save The Fox and Hound hotel that I love so much. That, ladies and gents, is how I became the Countess of Anglesey. The one thing I didn’t count on? Falling in love with my husband.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/up-all-night-with-a-good-duke-by-amy-rose-bennett--65269578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up All Night with a Good Duke Series: #1 of Byronic Book Club Author: Amy Rose Bennett Narrator: Sasha Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Artemis Jones—respectable finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic-romance writer by night—has never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When she’s unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at once—who knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. It’ll all be fine as long as she can avoid her high-handed aunt's schemes to marry her off… Dominic Winters, the widowed Duke of Dartmoor, needs a wife—someone who will provide him with an heir and help him manage his spitfire adolescent daughter. The problem is, Society has dubbed him The Dastardly Duke. Rumors are rife that he murdered his mad wife so his choices for a suitable bride are limited. But then he meets the ravishing and passionate Artemis Jones…who might just be everything he needs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577310Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up All Night with a Good Duke Series: #1 of Byronic Book Club Author: Amy Rose Bennett Narrator: Sasha Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up All Night with a Good Duke Series: #1 of Byronic Book Club Author: Amy Rose Bennett Narrator: Sasha Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Artemis Jones—respectable finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic-romance writer by night—has never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When she’s unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at once—who knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. It’ll all be fine as long as she can avoid her high-handed aunt's schemes to marry her off… Dominic Winters, the widowed Duke of Dartmoor, needs a wife—someone who will provide him with an heir and help him manage his spitfire adolescent daughter. The problem is, Society has dubbed him The Dastardly Duke. Rumors are rife that he murdered his mad wife so his choices for a suitable bride are limited. But then he meets the ravishing and passionate Artemis Jones…who might just be everything he needs.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/restoring-what-was-lost-by-barbara-hinske--65269584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Restoring What Was Lost Series: #7 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This seventh novel in the beloved Rosemont series finds Maggie Martin knee deep in intrigue. The theft of rare books from Highpointe's collection, plus an attempted murder, and a fatal accident in its library are front-page news. Her board of trustees is looking for answers—and a scapegoat. Can she avoid being their target? Sunday Sloan and Josh Newlon's love blossoms until the unexpected derails their happiness. Meanwhile, Cambridge University's rare book librarian travels to Westbury on business and ends up unraveling his own personal secrets. A jeweled brooch discovered in Westbury Animal Hospital's lost and found causes a decades-old cold case to be reopened. Will it also allow David Wheeler to pursue his dreams? Settle in as Maggie and the kind people of Westbury tackle every challenge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578203Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Restoring What Was Lost Series: #7 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Restoring What Was Lost Series: #7 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This seventh novel in the beloved Rosemont series finds Maggie Martin knee deep in intrigue. The theft of rare books from Highpointe's collection, plus an attempted murder, and a fatal accident in its library are front-page news. Her board of trustees is looking for answers—and a scapegoat. Can she avoid being their target? Sunday Sloan and Josh Newlon's love blossoms until the unexpected derails their happiness. Meanwhile, Cambridge University's rare book librarian travels to Westbury on business and ends up unraveling his own personal secrets. A jeweled brooch discovered in Westbury Animal Hospital's lost and found causes a decades-old cold case to be reopened. Will it also allow David Wheeler to pursue his dreams? Settle in as Maggie and the kind people of Westbury tackle every challenge.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nobodies-by-alanna-schubach--65269449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobodies Author: Alanna Schubach Narrator: Carmen Torres Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The story of two young women whose friendship offered—and demanded—more than either should share. For fans of Sally Rooney and Claire North. “Sometimes I wondered if I imagined it,” said Nina. “But deep down I knew I didn’t.” Jess said, “We did too much damage for it not to be real.” Jess and Nina, Nina and Jess … to everyone else they’re typical best friends, sharing closeness and confidences in their own little world. But Nina and Jess have a secret. Simply by touching their foreheads together, they can swap bodies. In Jess’s assertive persona, self-conscious Nina turns bolder, free to say what she’s frightened to voice on her own. Inhabiting Nina, Jess becomes part of the loving, stable family she craves. Now, in crisis after her father’s death, Jess has reentered Nina’s life following a long separation. Once again they switch bodies, and their worlds begin to mesh. Each deceives the other, confesses, is forgiven. But how deeply can you sink into another’s life before there’s nothing left of you? Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, The Nobodies poses questions about the nature of intimacy, the many flavors of betrayal, and the value of female friendships.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589325Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobodies Author: Alanna Schubach Narrator: Carmen Torres Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobodies Author: Alanna Schubach Narrator: Carmen Torres Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The story of two young women whose friendship offered—and demanded—more than either should share. For fans of Sally Rooney and Claire North. “Sometimes I wondered if I imagined it,” said Nina. “But deep down I knew I didn’t.” Jess said, “We did too much damage for it not to be real.” Jess and Nina, Nina and Jess … to everyone else they’re typical best friends, sharing closeness and confidences in their own little world. But Nina and Jess have a secret. Simply by touching their foreheads together, they can swap bodies. In Jess’s assertive persona, self-conscious Nina turns bolder, free to say what she’s frightened to voice on her own. Inhabiting Nina, Jess becomes part of the loving, stable family she craves. Now, in crisis after her father’s death, Jess has reentered Nina’s life following a long separation. Once again they switch bodies, and their worlds begin to mesh. Each deceives the other, confesses, is forgiven. But how deeply can you sink into another’s life before there’s nothing left of you? Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, The Nobodies poses questions about the nature of intimacy, the many flavors of betrayal, and the value of female friendships.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-time-tomorrow-the-tender-and-witty-new-novel-from-the-new-york-times-bestselling-author-of-all-adults-here-by-emma-straub--65269529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Tomorrow: The tender and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about adolescence and middle age, expectation and anticipation, and how we must cherish what we have while there is still time . . . If you could go back, would you do things differently? Alice Stern isn't ready to turn forty. She thought she'd have more time to figure it all out. Above all, she thought she'd have more time with her father, Leonard Stern, an eccentric novelist - but he's lying in a hospital bed and Alice isn't sure if she'll hear his voice again. When she falls asleep outside their old apartment on the night before her birthday, she's surprised to be greeted the next morning by a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for a teenage Alice who, far from clinging to her youth, is hurtling towards adulthood . . . Alice soon discovers how she got back here, to 1996 and her sixteenth birthday, and realises she can keep on coming, whenever she chooses. But faced each time with different versions of her life, and the consequences of her decisions, it's on her not to lose sight of what she wants most: some time back with Leonard . . . With her celebrated humour, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story - about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child. 'I just finished This Time Tomorrow and I'm crying at its message and its honestly and its utter beauty. And now I have to go call my mom' Jodi Picoult 'A gorgeous and witty storyteller' Liane Moriarty 'A master of the domestic ensemble drama' Time © Emma Straub 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583606Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Tomorrow: The tender and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Marin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Tomorrow: The tender and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about adolescence and middle age, expectation and anticipation, and how we must cherish what we have while there is still time . . . If you could go back, would you do things differently? Alice Stern isn't ready to turn forty. She thought she'd have more time to figure it all out. Above all, she thought she'd have more time with her father, Leonard Stern, an eccentric novelist - but he's lying in a hospital bed and Alice isn't sure if she'll hear his voice again. When she falls asleep outside their old apartment on the night before her birthday, she's surprised to be greeted the next morning by a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for a teenage Alice who, far from clinging to her youth, is hurtling towards adulthood . . . Alice soon discovers how she got back here, to 1996 and her sixteenth birthday, and realises she can keep on coming, whenever she chooses. But faced each time with different versions of her life, and the consequences of her decisions, it's on her not to lose sight of what she wants most: some time back with Leonard . . . With her celebrated humour, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story - about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child. 'I just finished This Time Tomorrow and I'm crying at its message and its honestly and its utter beauty. And now I have to go call my mom' Jodi Picoult 'A gorgeous and witty storyteller' Liane Moriarty 'A master of the domestic ensemble drama' Time © Emma Straub 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-ways-to-wear-a-dress-by-gillian-libby--65269586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Four Ways to Wear a Dress Author: Gillian Libby Narrator: Erika Schindele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Millie Ward has been fired—again. She's tired of feeling like a failure, and she refuses to blame her ADHD the way her parents do every time she hits one of life's speed bumps. This time, she's going to let that speed bump actually slow her down, so she jumps at the chance to visit her best friend?and Instagram influencer?Quincy in California. And she wouldn't mind if that invitation also involved getting closer with Quincy's brother, Pete. When her best friends Kate and Bree help her pack, they rediscover the little black dress they shared in college. This dress helped them during first dates, exams, and job interviews?bringing each woman who wore it a bit of luck and confidence. Whatever comes during Millie's next chapter, this dress will help. But Peacock Bay is full of mega influencers who have perfected the look of the surf lifestyle, and a minor misunderstanding has Millie and her magical dress joining their ranks. Now she has to convince her crush Pete Santana that pretending to be her Instagram Husband will help bring new business to his struggling hotel and help her launch her influencer career. But maybe posting all her failures isn't the best way to win Pete's heart, no matter how good it is for his business. When she reveals her biggest screw-up of all?their fake relationship?there's a good chance she could lose not only her new following but Pete as well...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577311Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Four Ways to Wear a Dress Author: Gillian Libby Narrator: Erika Schindele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Four Ways to Wear a Dress Author: Gillian Libby Narrator: Erika Schindele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Millie Ward has been fired—again. She's tired of feeling like a failure, and she refuses to blame her ADHD the way her parents do every time she hits one of life's speed bumps. This time, she's going to let that speed bump actually slow her down, so she jumps at the chance to visit her best friend?and Instagram influencer?Quincy in California. And she wouldn't mind if that invitation also involved getting closer with Quincy's brother, Pete. When her best friends Kate and Bree help her pack, they rediscover the little black dress they shared in college. This dress helped them during first dates, exams, and job interviews?bringing each woman who wore it a bit of luck and confidence. Whatever comes during Millie's next chapter, this dress will help. But Peacock Bay is full of mega influencers who have perfected the look of the surf lifestyle, and a minor misunderstanding has Millie and her magical dress joining their ranks. Now she has to convince her crush Pete Santana that pretending to be her Instagram Husband will help bring new business to his struggling hotel and help her launch her influencer career. But maybe posting all her failures isn't the best way to win Pete's heart, no matter how good it is for his business. When she reveals her biggest screw-up of all?their fake relationship?there's a good chance she could lose not only her new following but Pete as well...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-by-valerie-perrin--65269531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelée Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 1986: Adrien, Etienne, and Nina are ten years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater, move to Paris, and never part. 2017: A car is pulled up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past, reports on the case while also reflecting on the relationship between the three friends, who were unusually close when younger but now no longer speak. As Virginie moves closer to the surprising truth, relationships fray, and others are formed. Valérie Perrin has an unerring gift for delving into life. In Three, she brings listeners along with her through a sequence of heart-wrenching events and revelations that span three decades. Three tells a moving story of love and loss, hope and grief, friendship and adversity, and of time as an ineluctable agent of change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584701Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelée Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelée Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 1986: Adrien, Etienne, and Nina are ten years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater, move to Paris, and never part. 2017: A car is pulled up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past, reports on the case while also reflecting on the relationship between the three friends, who were unusually close when younger but now no longer speak. As Virginie moves closer to the surprising truth, relationships fray, and others are formed. Valérie Perrin has an unerring gift for delving into life. In Three, she brings listeners along with her through a sequence of heart-wrenching events and revelations that span three decades. Three tells a moving story of love and loss, hope and grief, friendship and adversity, and of time as an ineluctable agent of change.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-attraction-distraction-by-jenn-mckinlay--65269444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Attraction Distraction Series: #2 of A Museum of Literature Romance Author: Jenn McKinlay Narrator: Sara Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: There is nothing Sarah Novak loves more than a literary adventure. When the director of the Museum of Literature sends her to an uninhabited island in the Aegean Sea to look for a rare artifact from Ancient Greece, as an expert on the Classics, she's all in. There's only one problem: nine other scholars are also on the hunt for the artifact, one of whom is Irishman Liam Maguire, Sarah's ex and the man she beat out for the curator position at the museum seven years ago. Liam wants to form an alliance, but Sarah refuses. He broke her heart once before; she's not giving him the chance to do it again. When a series of mysterious accidents befall the scholars one by one, Sarah is forced to rethink her position on her sworn enemy, particularly when Liam saves her life. She agrees to team up with the swoony Irishman, knowing full well that finding the treasure will likely cost her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591121Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Attraction Distraction Series: #2 of A Museum of Literature Romance Author: Jenn McKinlay Narrator: Sara Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Attraction Distraction Series: #2 of A Museum of Literature Romance Author: Jenn McKinlay Narrator: Sara Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: There is nothing Sarah Novak loves more than a literary adventure. When the director of the Museum of Literature sends her to an uninhabited island in the Aegean Sea to look for a rare artifact from Ancient Greece, as an expert on the Classics, she's all in. There's only one problem: nine other scholars are also on the hunt for the artifact, one of whom is Irishman Liam Maguire, Sarah's ex and the man she beat out for the curator position at the museum seven years ago. Liam wants to form an alliance, but Sarah refuses. He broke her heart once before; she's not giving him the chance to do it again. When a series of mysterious accidents befall the scholars one by one, Sarah is forced to rethink her position on her sworn enemy, particularly when Liam saves her life. She agrees to team up with the swoony Irishman, knowing full well that finding the treasure will likely cost her heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wisteria-society-of-lady-scoundrels-bridgerton-meets-peaky-blinders-in-this-fantastical-tiktok-sensation-by-india-holton--65269467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels: Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this fantastical TikTok sensation Series: #1 of Dangerous Damsels Author: India Holton Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to a very prestigious circle of women: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady's society - as it's full of pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells. These women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before it's time to sit down for tea. But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightbourne her world is set to change forever. Because he's a paid assassin and she's his next hit. Under the employment of the dastardly Captain Morvath - who wants to rid the world of these Lady Scoundrels - Ned knows he has one job to do. But when he lays eyes on the feisty, beautiful Cecilia he's faced with a conundrum: does he kill her or fall in love with her? Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this swashbuckling tale of scoundrels and society, crime and crumpets. As these enemies turn to allies and might just fall in love along the way . . . © India Holton 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588418Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels: Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this fantastical TikTok sensation Series: #1 of Dangerous Damsels Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels: Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this fantastical TikTok sensation Series: #1 of Dangerous Damsels Author: India Holton Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to a very prestigious circle of women: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady's society - as it's full of pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells. These women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before it's time to sit down for tea. But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightbourne her world is set to change forever. Because he's a paid assassin and she's his next hit. Under the employment of the dastardly Captain Morvath - who wants to rid the world of these Lady Scoundrels - Ned knows he has one job to do. But when he lays eyes on the feisty, beautiful Cecilia he's faced with a conundrum: does he kill her or fall in love with her? Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this swashbuckling tale of scoundrels and society, crime and crumpets. As these enemies turn to allies and might just fall in love along the way . . . © India Holton 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-matters-by-ellie-o-neill--65269542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Matters Author: Ellie O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Contemporary, warm-hearted, funny, poignant and satisfying - for fans of Monica McInerney, Cecelia Ahern and Josephine Moon Sometimes life is entirely different to how you dreamed it would be and sometimes that's okay. For the first time in her seventy-nine years, Evie McCarthy is plagued by the smell of roses. Death is coming for her. Clear as day. She's lucky she has the gift of second sight. It's served her well as Ballyhay's matchmaker, and now she's being forewarned. She just wants enough time to help her daughter and granddaughters realise the important things in life. Her big-hearted granddaughter Rosie is in love again. That one, she falls in love too quickly. And she won't bring him to meet her gran. Rosie's married sister, Molly, with two small boys is sleep-deprived, exhausted and wondering what happened to her life. Motherhood isn't supposed to be like this, is it? Rosie and Molly's mum, Yvonne, is hiding her own devastating secret - she's deeply ashamed and unwilling to face the repercussions of her decisions. Between the jigs and the reels, they pull one another up and over and come to understand that sometimes life doesn't play out how you hoped it would. But it is a good life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583489Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Matters Author: Ellie O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Matters Author: Ellie O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Contemporary, warm-hearted, funny, poignant and satisfying - for fans of Monica McInerney, Cecelia Ahern and Josephine Moon Sometimes life is entirely different to how you dreamed it would be and sometimes that's okay. For the first time in her seventy-nine years, Evie McCarthy is plagued by the smell of roses. Death is coming for her. Clear as day. She's lucky she has the gift of second sight. It's served her well as Ballyhay's matchmaker, and now she's being forewarned. She just wants enough time to help her daughter and granddaughters realise the important things in life. Her big-hearted granddaughter Rosie is in love again. That one, she falls in love too quickly. And she won't bring him to meet her gran. Rosie's married sister, Molly, with two small boys is sleep-deprived, exhausted and wondering what happened to her life. Motherhood isn't supposed to be like this, is it? Rosie and Molly's mum, Yvonne, is hiding her own devastating secret - she's deeply ashamed and unwilling to face the repercussions of her decisions. Between the jigs and the reels, they pull one another up and over and come to understand that sometimes life doesn't play out how you hoped it would. But it is a good life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chimes-from-a-cracked-southern-belle-by-susan-reinhardt--65269581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle Author: Susan Reinhardt Narrator: Jenn Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Most people think the reason Prudy Millings married the best-looking preacher in the Carolinas—who inexplicably turned psychotic and mowed her down with the church van—is that she was raised all wrong. So not true. Prudy's reclamation of her life begins two years after the crime spree that nearly stopped her heart. She packs up her two precocious children and settles in her parents' South Carolina hometown where she deals with a delightful, Proverbs-spewing mama who pretends her grown daughters are virgins. There, in the quirky cocoon of family support, Prudy finds new purpose for herself and her children, discovering joy in places she never expected it: In a nursing home where she tends to the likes of 104-year-old Annie Sue who loves Posh Spice, still drives her ancient Skylark, and has a hankering for cold draft beer. In crashing funerals with her sex-kitten Aunt Weepie who attends funerals just to get the covered-dish meals afterward, even though she has no idea who's in the coffins. As Prudy begins a journey toward recovery and becoming a registered nurse, a dark secret surfaces, one that if handled right, could be her ticket to allowing herself to love again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580289Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle Author: Susan Reinhardt Narrator: Jenn Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle Author: Susan Reinhardt Narrator: Jenn Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Most people think the reason Prudy Millings married the best-looking preacher in the Carolinas—who inexplicably turned psychotic and mowed her down with the church van—is that she was raised all wrong. So not true. Prudy's reclamation of her life begins two years after the crime spree that nearly stopped her heart. She packs up her two precocious children and settles in her parents' South Carolina hometown where she deals with a delightful, Proverbs-spewing mama who pretends her grown daughters are virgins. There, in the quirky cocoon of family support, Prudy finds new purpose for herself and her children, discovering joy in places she never expected it: In a nursing home where she tends to the likes of 104-year-old Annie Sue who loves Posh Spice, still drives her ancient Skylark, and has a hankering for cold draft beer. In crashing funerals with her sex-kitten Aunt Weepie who attends funerals just to get the covered-dish meals afterward, even though she has no idea who's in the coffins. As Prudy begins a journey toward recovery and becoming a registered nurse, a dark secret surfaces, one that if handled right, could be her ticket to allowing herself to love again.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/groomed-to-perfection-by-samantha-chase--65269489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Groomed to Perfection Series: #5 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Shy baker Emilie Michels never thought she’d meet her Prince Charming, especially not at an event she’s working. But when a handsome stranger finds her hiding in a corner and strikes up a conversation, she can’t help but be drawn in. Unfortunately, duty calls and she’s forced to flee, leaving the man of her dreams behind. All she has to remember that night is his first name and the suit jacket he gave her to stay warm. Family has always come first for the Vandergrifts. It doesn’t matter what Cooper might want out of his life, his parents had a plan for him since the day he was born. His mother even has his wedding all planned out, despite the fact that there’s no bride in the picture. But when Cooper walks into the Meet Me at the Altar offices for a cake tasting and finds himself face to face with the woman he met at a party all those months ago, he thinks it might be time to finally have a say in his love life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589644Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Groomed to Perfection Series: #5 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Groomed to Perfection Series: #5 of Meet Me at the Altar Author: Samantha Chase Narrator: Avery Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Shy baker Emilie Michels never thought she’d meet her Prince Charming, especially not at an event she’s working. But when a handsome stranger finds her hiding in a corner and strikes up a conversation, she can’t help but be drawn in. Unfortunately, duty calls and she’s forced to flee, leaving the man of her dreams behind. All she has to remember that night is his first name and the suit jacket he gave her to stay warm. Family has always come first for the Vandergrifts. It doesn’t matter what Cooper might want out of his life, his parents had a plan for him since the day he was born. His mother even has his wedding all planned out, despite the fact that there’s no bride in the picture. But when Cooper walks into the Meet Me at the Altar offices for a cake tasting and finds himself face to face with the woman he met at a party all those months ago, he thinks it might be time to finally have a say in his love life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/royally-tricked-by-misha-bell--65269543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Royally Tricked Author: Misha Bell Narrator: Jason Clarke, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A daredevil prince wants to pay me mega-bucks to train him to hold his breath underwater for 10 minutes? Sign me up. Except I’m a magician, not a stunt consultant. My record-beating dive without air was a trick. Of course, I can’t tell that to my client, the royally hot Anatolio Cezaroff, a.k.a. Tigger. Not if I want to be able to pay my rent. Also, I’m not exactly comfortable around germs. All germs, including those lurking on uber-attractive men. So falling for my gorgeous client is out of the question, and I fully intend to keep my distance. That is, until he offers to train me in bed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586490Thu, 26 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Royally Tricked Author: Misha Bell Narrator: Jason Clarke, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Royally Tricked Author: Misha Bell Narrator: Jason Clarke, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A daredevil prince wants to pay me mega-bucks to train him to hold his breath underwater for 10 minutes? Sign me up. Except I’m a magician, not a stunt consultant. My record-beating dive without air was a trick. Of course, I can’t tell that to my client, the royally hot Anatolio Cezaroff, a.k.a. Tigger. Not if I want to be able to pay my rent. Also, I’m not exactly comfortable around germs. All germs, including those lurking on uber-attractive men. So falling for my gorgeous client is out of the question, and I fully intend to keep my distance. That is, until he offers to train me in bed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-novice-by-ava-lohan--65269501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Novice Author: Ava Lohan Narrator: Bridget Bordeaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I’m a novice about to take my vows. He’s the embodiment of sin—and the new owner of the convent that’s been my home for the past two years. I shouldn’t want him. Yet from the moment he walks into Mother Superior's office and threatens to turn Saint Clare into a luxury hotel, all I can think about are those lush lips, tight muscles, and perfect hair—that and the devil’s bargain he proposes: my body in exchange for the convent. For fourteen days, I’m to be with him at Lust, his exclusive sex club—fourteen days obeying his every command. Whatever I do, I can’t let myself fall in love with him...because Kegan Anderson is a beast, and a beast can never love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586488Thu, 26 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Novice Author: Ava Lohan Narrator: Bridget Bordeaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Novice Author: Ava Lohan Narrator: Bridget Bordeaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I’m a novice about to take my vows. He’s the embodiment of sin—and the new owner of the convent that’s been my home for the past two years. I shouldn’t want him. Yet from the moment he walks into Mother Superior's office and threatens to turn Saint Clare into a luxury hotel, all I can think about are those lush lips, tight muscles, and perfect hair—that and the devil’s bargain he proposes: my body in exchange for the convent. For fourteen days, I’m to be with him at Lust, his exclusive sex club—fourteen days obeying his every command. Whatever I do, I can’t let myself fall in love with him...because Kegan Anderson is a beast, and a beast can never love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shelving-doubts-by-barbara-hinske--65269602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelving Doubts Series: #6 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The gripping sixth book in the bestselling Rosemont series reveals family secrets at every turn and intrigue in the stacks . . . Maggie Martin loves her new job as president of Highpointe College—until she receives a call from librarian Sunday Sloan. Do the dusty shelves of Highpointe's rare book collection conceal their own deadly secrets? Meanwhile, Josh Newlon, Maggie's administrative assistant, receives devastating news about his father. It turns out that his adoptive parents haven't been completely honest with him. As Josh unpeels the layers of his past, he meets an equally wounded Sunday, and the two quickly form a bond. But danger lurking in the library could destroy their chance at happiness. On the other side of town, Frank Haynes is struggling under the pressure of 3,000 hours of community service and a growing fear that his criminal past is hurting his new family. Frank isn't the only one with his hands full. With a colicky baby, a husband working long hours, and an itch to get back to her law practice, Susan Scanlon also needs some help. Will the warmhearted folk of Westbury come to their aid?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578211Tue, 24 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelving Doubts Series: #6 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelving Doubts Series: #6 of Rosemont Author: Barbara Hinske Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The gripping sixth book in the bestselling Rosemont series reveals family secrets at every turn and intrigue in the stacks . . . Maggie Martin loves her new job as president of Highpointe College—until she receives a call from librarian Sunday Sloan. Do the dusty shelves of Highpointe's rare book collection conceal their own deadly secrets? Meanwhile, Josh Newlon, Maggie's administrative assistant, receives devastating news about his father. It turns out that his adoptive parents haven't been completely honest with him. As Josh unpeels the layers of his past, he meets an equally wounded Sunday, and the two quickly form a bond. But danger lurking in the library could destroy their chance at happiness. On the other side of town, Frank Haynes is struggling under the pressure of 3,000 hours of community service and a growing fear that his criminal past is hurting his new family. Frank isn't the only one with his hands full. With a colicky baby, a husband working long hours, and an itch to get back to her law practice, Susan Scanlon also needs some help. Will the warmhearted folk of Westbury come to their aid?]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-sin-miedo-a-las-estrellas-by-chiara-parenti--65269550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sin miedo a las estrellas Author: Chiara Parenti Narrator: Beatriz Melgares Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una historia sobre la importancia de saborear cada momento y de no dejar escapar las oportunidades que te brinda la vida. «¡Haz una cosa que te asuste al menos una vez al día!» Estas son las palabras que Sole encuentra en la carta que Stella, su mejor amiga, le escribió justo antes de irse a París, inmediatamente después de la única pelea de sus vidas y pocos días antes de morir en un atentado. Devastada por la pérdida, Sole decide aceptar el regalo que Stella le dejó junto con la carta: un salto en paracaídas, (a ella, que odia volar y tiene terror a las alturas). Siguiendo su consejo, durante cien días, Sole tratará de vencer todos sus miedos: desde subirse a una montaña rusa, hasta viajar sola a París o atravesar un bosque por la noche bajo un cielo estrellado. O besar al hombre amado. Porque, tal como decía Stella, para vencer el miedo, no hay nada como hacer exactamente lo que temes. También en el amor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578104Thu, 19 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sin miedo a las estrellas Author: Chiara Parenti Narrator: Beatriz Melgares Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sin miedo a las estrellas Author: Chiara Parenti Narrator: Beatriz Melgares Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una historia sobre la importancia de saborear cada momento y de no dejar escapar las oportunidades que te brinda la vida. «¡Haz una cosa que te asuste al menos una vez al día!» Estas son las palabras que Sole encuentra en la carta que Stella, su mejor amiga, le escribió justo antes de irse a París, inmediatamente después de la única pelea de sus vidas y pocos días antes de morir en un atentado. Devastada por la pérdida, Sole decide aceptar el regalo que Stella le dejó junto con la carta: un salto en paracaídas, (a ella, que odia volar y tiene terror a las alturas). Siguiendo su consejo, durante cien días, Sole tratará de vencer todos sus miedos: desde subirse a una montaña rusa, hasta viajar sola a París o atravesar un bosque por la noche bajo un cielo estrellado. O besar al hombre amado. Porque, tal como decía Stella, para vencer el miedo, no hay nada como hacer exactamente lo que temes. También en el amor.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-quien-te-crees-que-eres-by-alice-munro--65269526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ¿Quién te crees que eres? Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Lumen recupera una extraordinaria colección de cuentos de Alice Munro, la autora de Mi vida querida y ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura, donde la escritora explora el vínculo entre dos mujeres y su evolución a lo largo de los años. «¿Cómo lo hará Alice Munro? Lo que consigue parece magia». Sara Mesa «Munro tiene una mente prodigiosa. Es precisa, natural y cuenta como nadie la interioridad y el fluir de vidas enteras en unas pocas páginas». Rodrigo Muñoz Avia «Aprender a sobrevivir, a pesar de la cobardía y la cautela, de los sustos y la aprensión, no es lo mismo que ser desdichado. Y además es interesante». En esta serie de historias entrelazadas, Munro recrea el vínculo entre dos mujeres en el transcurso de casi cuarenta años: la pragmática, desconfiada y a veces un tanto vulgar Flo, y su hijastra, Rose, una chica torpe y tímida pero cuya ambición la empuja a dejar atrás sus raíces y emprender su propio camino. Cuento a cuento, pincelada a pincelada, la gran maestra del relato nos envuelve dentro de una narración que fluye como una novela y a la que consigue dotar de profunda emoción y trascendencia. La crítica ha dicho: «Duro, perspicaz y tremendamente incorrecto». Fran G. Matute, El Cultural «Tras esa apariencia de abuela adorable, se esconde una voz punzante que captura las grietas de la condición humana y su eterna insatisfacción. Munro escribe sobre las cosas que no logra entender. Sobre la disonancia; el malestar profundo que provoca pensar una cosa y hacer la contraria. Sobre la amistad entre mujeres, la relación entre madres e hijas y las vidas no vividas». Dídac Peyret, El Periódico – Abril «[Munro] es de una agudeza impresionante al analizar la naturaleza humana, al evitar el maniqueísmo, al no realizar juicios morales, al plasmarnos la vida con su crudeza, su alegría, sus momentos buenos y malos. Un universo encerrado en unas pocas páginas. [...] Merece la pena. Alice Munro siempre merece la pena». Carmen Peire, InfoLibre «Historias en las que te darás cuenta que aprender a sobrevivir no es lo mismo que ser desdichado». Begoña Alonso, Elle «No acierto a describir con suficiencia la brillantez con la que escribe una historia, y estas historias son joyas increíbles». Javier García Recio, La Opinión de Málaga «Ideal para deleitarse con esta maestra del cuento heredera de Chéjov. Maravillosa la capacidad que posee la autora para darle sentido a las vidas anónimas y heroicas». Diego Gándara, La Razón «Diez historias que pueden leerse de forma lineal, como una novela río, una decena de estampas que conforman un todo y [...] que también admitirían una lectura arbitraria, a saltos, de cuentos independientes en su unicidad, o bien un 'bildungsroman'. [...] Munro en estado puro». Olga Merino, El Periódico «Su exquisita precisión psicológica y sus giros inesperados [...] lo convierten en lo que toda obra debería ser: algo salvaje y misterioso». John Gardner «Me habría gustado escribir cualquier cuento de Alice Munro. Me parece una maestra. Me ha ayudado a escribir sobre la maternidad, la amistad entre mujeres, las relaciones entre madres e hijas». Elvira Lindo, La 2TV «De los pocos escritores (algunos vivos, la mayoría muertos) que tengo en mente cuando digo que la ficción es mi religión». Jonathan Franzen «Brillante y profundo. [...] Su capacidad para analizar sensaciones y pensamientos es casi proustiana». The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580510Thu, 19 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ¿Quién te crees que eres? Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ¿Quién te crees que eres? Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Lumen recupera una extraordinaria colección de cuentos de Alice Munro, la autora de Mi vida querida y ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura, donde la escritora explora el vínculo entre dos mujeres y su evolución a lo largo de los años. «¿Cómo lo hará Alice Munro? Lo que consigue parece magia». Sara Mesa «Munro tiene una mente prodigiosa. Es precisa, natural y cuenta como nadie la interioridad y el fluir de vidas enteras en unas pocas páginas». Rodrigo Muñoz Avia «Aprender a sobrevivir, a pesar de la cobardía y la cautela, de los sustos y la aprensión, no es lo mismo que ser desdichado. Y además es interesante». En esta serie de historias entrelazadas, Munro recrea el vínculo entre dos mujeres en el transcurso de casi cuarenta años: la pragmática, desconfiada y a veces un tanto vulgar Flo, y su hijastra, Rose, una chica torpe y tímida pero cuya ambición la empuja a dejar atrás sus raíces y emprender su propio camino. Cuento a cuento, pincelada a pincelada, la gran maestra del relato nos envuelve dentro de una narración que fluye como una novela y a la que consigue dotar de profunda emoción y trascendencia. La crítica ha dicho: «Duro, perspicaz y tremendamente incorrecto». Fran G. Matute, El Cultural «Tras esa apariencia de abuela adorable, se esconde una voz punzante que captura las grietas de la condición humana y su eterna insatisfacción. Munro escribe sobre las cosas que no logra entender. Sobre la disonancia; el malestar profundo que provoca pensar una cosa y hacer la contraria. Sobre la amistad entre mujeres, la relación entre madres e hijas y las vidas no vividas». Dídac Peyret, El Periódico – Abril «[Munro] es de una agudeza impresionante al analizar la naturaleza humana, al evitar el maniqueísmo, al no realizar juicios morales, al plasmarnos la vida con su crudeza, su alegría, sus momentos buenos y malos. Un universo encerrado en unas pocas páginas. [...] Merece la pena. Alice Munro siempre merece la pena». Carmen Peire, InfoLibre «Historias en las que te darás cuenta que aprender a sobrevivir no es lo mismo que ser desdichado». Begoña Alonso, Elle «No acierto a describir con suficiencia la brillantez con la que escribe una historia, y estas historias son joyas increíbles». Javier García Recio, La Opinión de Málaga «Ideal para deleitarse con esta maestra del cuento heredera de Chéjov. Maravillosa la capacidad que posee la autora para darle sentido a las vidas anónimas y heroicas». Diego Gándara, La Razón «Diez historias que pueden leerse de forma lineal, como una novela río, una decena de estampas que conforman un todo y [...] que también admitirían una lectura arbitraria, a saltos, de cuentos independientes en su unicidad, o bien un 'bildungsroman'. [...] Munro en estado puro». Olga Merino, El Periódico «Su exquisita precisión psicológica y sus giros inesperados [...] lo convierten en lo que toda obra debería ser: algo salvaje y misterioso». John Gardner «Me habría gustado escribir cualquier cuento de Alice Munro. Me parece una maestra. Me ha ayudado a escribir sobre la maternidad, la amistad entre mujeres, las relaciones entre madres e hijas». Elvira Lindo, La 2TV «De los pocos escritores (algunos vivos, la mayoría muertos) que tengo en mente cuando digo que la ficción es mi religión». Jonathan Franzen «Brillante y profundo. [...] Su capacidad para analizar sensaciones y pensamientos es casi proustiana». The New York Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prague-by-maude-veilleux--65269450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prague Author: Maude Veilleux Narrator: Aj Bridel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winter blankets Montreal, while a bookseller and her lover dream of Prague. As the narrator's open marriage becomes the subject of a novel, reality blurs with fiction, and she tries to reconcile the need to create with the desire for love and sex. Written in stark, spare prose, Prague is an introspective and intimate account of the making of a novel from life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591202Sun, 15 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prague Author: Maude Veilleux Narrator: Aj Bridel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prague Author: Maude Veilleux Narrator: Aj Bridel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winter blankets Montreal, while a bookseller and her lover dream of Prague. As the narrator's open marriage becomes the subject of a novel, reality blurs with fiction, and she tries to reconcile the need to create with the desire for love and sex. Written in stark, spare prose, Prague is an introspective and intimate account of the making of a novel from life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-without-leaving-a-novel-by-laurie-colwin--65269590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Without Leaving: A Novel Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Renata Friedman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin, Goodbye Without Leaving explores a woman’s attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her significantly more sedate family life as a wife and mother. As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares is plucked from her too-tame existence when she is invited to tour as the only white backup singer for Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes. The exciting years she spends as a Shakette are a mixed blessing, however, because when she ultimately submits to a conventional life of marriage and children, she finds herself stuck in bittersweet recollections of life on the road. As she grudgingly searches for a path toward happiness that doesn't involve a Day-Glo neon minidress, readers will be enchanted by Geraldine’s attempts to grow up, even though she’s already an adult.   Employing Colwin’s usual dry wit and candor, Goodbye Without Leaving is a classic from the writer hailed as “ingenious, comic, and spirited” by the Boston Globe and “a writer of originality and vision' by the San Francisco Chronicle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576841Tue, 10 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Without Leaving: A Novel Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Renata Friedman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Without Leaving: A Novel Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Renata Friedman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin, Goodbye Without Leaving explores a woman’s attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her significantly more sedate family life as a wife and mother. As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares is plucked from her too-tame existence when she is invited to tour as the only white backup singer for Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes. The exciting years she spends as a Shakette are a mixed blessing, however, because when she ultimately submits to a conventional life of marriage and children, she finds herself stuck in bittersweet recollections of life on the road. As she grudgingly searches for a path toward happiness that doesn't involve a Day-Glo neon minidress, readers will be enchanted by Geraldine’s attempts to grow up, even though she’s already an adult.   Employing Colwin’s usual dry wit and candor, Goodbye Without Leaving is a classic from the writer hailed as “ingenious, comic, and spirited” by the Boston Globe and “a writer of originality and vision' by the San Francisco Chronicle.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unplanned-life-of-josie-hale-the-by-stephanie-eding--65269575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale, The Author: Stephanie Eding Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Pregnant and divorced, Josie Hale seeks comfort in deep-fried food at the county fair where she runs into two old friends from high school: Ben Romero and Kevin Lawrence. After sharing their disappointments in adult life, they devise a life pact to move in together and turn their lives around. Josie finds herself the third wheel in a comedy bromance—much-needed medicine as she deals with a mountain of debt, unemployment, an overbearing mother, and preparing for single parenthood. But stress levels rise when her high-school feelings for Ben resurface. Still, her heart (and belly) is so full, she can't help feeling like she finally found where she belongs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577293Tue, 10 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale, The Author: Stephanie Eding Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale, The Author: Stephanie Eding Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Pregnant and divorced, Josie Hale seeks comfort in deep-fried food at the county fair where she runs into two old friends from high school: Ben Romero and Kevin Lawrence. After sharing their disappointments in adult life, they devise a life pact to move in together and turn their lives around. Josie finds herself the third wheel in a comedy bromance—much-needed medicine as she deals with a mountain of debt, unemployment, an overbearing mother, and preparing for single parenthood. But stress levels rise when her high-school feelings for Ben resurface. Still, her heart (and belly) is so full, she can't help feeling like she finally found where she belongs.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-danza-de-las-sombras-by-alice-munro--65269512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Danza de las sombras Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Estela Fernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ALICE MUNRO INÉDITA El aclamado primer libro de relatos de la Nobel de Literatura, ganador del Governor General’s Award LIBRO DEL AÑO EN EL CULTURAL La magia de Alice Munro, que han invocado tantos escritores y críticos literarios, con la que ha llenado de luz las vidas, los sentimientos y los diálogos más cotidianos, y que ha hecho de ella la mejor cuentista de la literatura contemporánea, ganadora del Nobel y del Booker, ya estaba totalmente afianzada en el primero de sus catorce libros de relatos: Danza de las sombras. Quince historias —algunas de marcado carácter autobiográfico— que revelan los múltiples matices de la naturaleza humana: una joven descubre cuánto ignora sobre su padre cuando lo acompaña a hacer su ruta de reparto como vendedor de la Walker Brothers; una mujer casada regresa a casa tras la muerte de su madre e intenta compensar a su hermana por el tiempo que ha pasado cuidando de aquella; el público de un recital de piano infantil recibe una lección sorprendente cuando una estudiante «singular» transmite una emoción inesperada al interpretar una pieza. Un libro clave en la obra de Munro, inédito hasta hoy en castellano, que obtuvo el Governor General’s Award y la consagró como la gran narradora que estaba destinada a ser. «Ya se aprecian las señas de identidad de su escritura: su querencia por existencias domésticas zarandeadas por lo inesperado, su capacidad para crear personajes complejos, el cuidado que pone en los detalles y esos finales que, aun siendo imprevisibles, siempre resultan verosímiles. Una de las mejores cuentistas contemporáneas». Carolina Alba, La Estación Azul (RTVE) «Los quince relatos que componen el volumen, inéditos hasta ahora en castellano, evocan aquellos de Sherwood Anderson en Winesburg, Ohio o John Steinbeck en Las praderas del cielo en los que la aparente vida placentera de sus personajes oculta una realidad infinitamente más agria». José Antonio Gurpegui, El Cultural «Ya tenía una concepción genial que le permitía transformar e iluminar las historias sobre la vida cotidiana de sus personajes. Su ingenio era vital». Javier García Recio, La Opinión de Málaga «Sus magníficas técnicas narrativas con su oscuridad y desenlaces, esos relatos en los que hasta la respiración queda en suspenso a la espera de la próxima frase, o los personajes corrientes en su superficie que ocultan torrentes inesperados en su interior... puro Munro. Un regalo». Elena Méndez, La Voz de Galicia «En este primerizo Danza de las sombras, la futura Premio Nobel ya mostró sus estudios psicológicos, la discontinuidad argumental y la descripción de urbanizaciones con la delicadeza de Chéjov.» Gonzalo Torné, El Mundo (La Lectura) «Un libro maravilloso con unos cuentos mágicos bellísimos». Núria Espert «Una maestra del relato, Munro. Irrepetible y extraordinaria». Miguel Rojo, El Comercio «¿Cómo lo hará Alice Munro? Lo que consigue parece magia». Sara Mesa, El País «Espléndida creadora de personajes y magnífica descriptora de ambientes, sobre todo rurales». Carlos Bravo Suárez, Diario del Alto Aragón «Munro tiene un talento excepcional para narrar situaciones y sentimientos no muy intensos, que se extienden en el tiempo y además son desdramatizados por la narración retrospectiva, pero conmueven y atrapan». Patricio Pron, Babelia «Uno de los descubrimientos que tengo que agradecer al Nobel: la mejor contadora de relatos. [...] Una vez más, una gozada». Público]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584121Thu, 05 May 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Danza de las sombras Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Estela Fernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Danza de las sombras Author: Alice Munro Narrator: Estela Fernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ALICE MUNRO INÉDITA El aclamado primer libro de relatos de la Nobel de Literatura, ganador del Governor General’s Award LIBRO DEL AÑO EN EL CULTURAL La magia de Alice Munro, que han invocado tantos escritores y críticos literarios, con la que ha llenado de luz las vidas, los sentimientos y los diálogos más cotidianos, y que ha hecho de ella la mejor cuentista de la literatura contemporánea, ganadora del Nobel y del Booker, ya estaba totalmente afianzada en el primero de sus catorce libros de relatos: Danza de las sombras. Quince historias —algunas de marcado carácter autobiográfico— que revelan los múltiples matices de la naturaleza humana: una joven descubre cuánto ignora sobre su padre cuando lo acompaña a hacer su ruta de reparto como vendedor de la Walker Brothers; una mujer casada regresa a casa tras la muerte de su madre e intenta compensar a su hermana por el tiempo que ha pasado cuidando de aquella; el público de un recital de piano infantil recibe una lección sorprendente cuando una estudiante «singular» transmite una emoción inesperada al interpretar una pieza. Un libro clave en la obra de Munro, inédito hasta hoy en castellano, que obtuvo el Governor General’s Award y la consagró como la gran narradora que estaba destinada a ser. «Ya se aprecian las señas de identidad de su escritura: su querencia por existencias domésticas zarandeadas por lo inesperado, su capacidad para crear personajes complejos, el cuidado que pone en los detalles y esos finales que, aun siendo imprevisibles, siempre resultan verosímiles. Una de las mejores cuentistas contemporáneas». Carolina Alba, La Estación Azul (RTVE) «Los quince relatos que componen el volumen, inéditos hasta ahora en castellano, evocan aquellos de Sherwood Anderson en Winesburg, Ohio o John Steinbeck en Las praderas del cielo en los que la aparente vida placentera de sus personajes oculta una realidad infinitamente más agria». José Antonio Gurpegui, El Cultural «Ya tenía una concepción genial que le permitía transformar e iluminar las historias sobre la vida cotidiana de sus personajes. Su ingenio era vital». Javier García Recio, La Opinión de Málaga «Sus magníficas técnicas narrativas con su oscuridad y desenlaces, esos relatos en los que hasta la respiración queda en suspenso a la espera de la próxima frase, o los personajes corrientes en su superficie que ocultan torrentes inesperados en su interior... puro Munro. Un regalo». Elena Méndez, La Voz de Galicia «En este primerizo Danza de las sombras, la futura Premio Nobel ya mostró sus estudios psicológicos, la discontinuidad argumental y la descripción de urbanizaciones con la delicadeza de Chéjov.» Gonzalo Torné, El Mundo (La Lectura) «Un libro maravilloso con unos cuentos mágicos bellísimos». Núria Espert «Una maestra del relato, Munro. Irrepetible y extraordinaria». Miguel Rojo, El Comercio «¿Cómo lo hará Alice Munro? Lo que consigue parece magia». Sara Mesa, El País «Espléndida creadora de personajes y magnífica descriptora de ambientes, sobre todo rurales». Carlos Bravo Suárez, Diario del Alto Aragón «Munro tiene un talento excepcional para narrar situaciones y sentimientos no muy intensos, que se extienden en el tiempo y además son desdramatizados por la narración retrospectiva, pero conmueven y atrapan». Patricio Pron, Babelia «Uno de los descubrimientos que tengo que agradecer al Nobel: la mejor contadora de relatos. [...] Una vez más, una gozada». Público]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-in-valencia-by-annie-perreault--65269482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman in Valencia Author: Annie Perreault Narrator: Helena Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: While on vacation with her family in Valencia, Claire Halde witnesses a shocking event that becomes the catalyst for a protracted downward spiral and a profound personal unravelling as she struggles to come to grips with her role in the incident. This haunting novel, which unfolds across three timelines set in as many decades, takes the reader on a dark journey through the minds of three women whose pasts, presents, and futures are decided by a single encounter on a scorching summer afternoon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587705Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman in Valencia Author: Annie Perreault Narrator: Helena Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman in Valencia Author: Annie Perreault Narrator: Helena Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: While on vacation with her family in Valencia, Claire Halde witnesses a shocking event that becomes the catalyst for a protracted downward spiral and a profound personal unravelling as she struggles to come to grips with her role in the incident. This haunting novel, which unfolds across three timelines set in as many decades, takes the reader on a dark journey through the minds of three women whose pasts, presents, and futures are decided by a single encounter on a scorching summer afternoon.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-secreto-de-las-flores-by-valerie-perrin--65269569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El secreto de las flores Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Rebeca Hernando Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: UNA NOVELA ESPERANZADORA, TIERNA Y EMOTIVA SOBRE LA CAPACIDAD INFINITA DE REDENCIÓN DEL AMOR Más de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos en Francia y 500.000 en Italia Premio Maison de la Presse 2018 · Premio de los lectores 2019 La vida de Violette gira alrededor de su trabajo, un tanto especial: es la encargada del cementerio de un precioso y pequeño pueblo francés. Su café, su conversación y su sonrisa dan alegría al lugar. Ella se asegura de que las tumbas estén siempre limpias, tengan flores frescas y sus visitantes, un hombro sobre el que apoyarse. Todos sus días son similares, hasta que un hombre llama a su puerta con una petición sorprendente que hará que su mundo dé un vuelco. Porque en vidas ajenas Violette acabará descubriendo secretos del pasado que al final cambiarán la suya. El secreto de las flores es una novela valiente y conmovedora que gustará especialmente a los lectores que disfrutaron de Mujeres que compran flores, La elegancia del erizo o Los ojos amarillos de los cocodrilos. «Un maravilloso contraste de risas y lágrimas que acierta de pleno». Lire «Pura felicidad». Elle La crítica ha dicho de El secreto de las flores: «Una novela tierna y conmovedora sobre el amor, la pérdida y la esperanza». Publishers Weekly «Melancólica y exuberante». The Guardian «El secreto de las flores es digna de aplausos entusiastas». La Marseillaise]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578571Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El secreto de las flores Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Rebeca Hernando Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El secreto de las flores Author: Valérie Perrin Narrator: Rebeca Hernando Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: UNA NOVELA ESPERANZADORA, TIERNA Y EMOTIVA SOBRE LA CAPACIDAD INFINITA DE REDENCIÓN DEL AMOR Más de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos en Francia y 500.000 en Italia Premio Maison de la Presse 2018 · Premio de los lectores 2019 La vida de Violette gira alrededor de su trabajo, un tanto especial: es la encargada del cementerio de un precioso y pequeño pueblo francés. Su café, su conversación y su sonrisa dan alegría al lugar. Ella se asegura de que las tumbas estén siempre limpias, tengan flores frescas y sus visitantes, un hombro sobre el que apoyarse. Todos sus días son similares, hasta que un hombre llama a su puerta con una petición sorprendente que hará que su mundo dé un vuelco. Porque en vidas ajenas Violette acabará descubriendo secretos del pasado que al final cambiarán la suya. El secreto de las flores es una novela valiente y conmovedora que gustará especialmente a los lectores que disfrutaron de Mujeres que compran flores, La elegancia del erizo o Los ojos amarillos de los cocodrilos. «Un maravilloso contraste de risas y lágrimas que acierta de pleno». Lire «Pura felicidad». Elle La crítica ha dicho de El secreto de las flores: «Una novela tierna y conmovedora sobre el amor, la pérdida y la esperanza». Publishers Weekly «Melancólica y exuberante». The Guardian «El secreto de las flores es digna de aplausos entusiastas». La Marseillaise]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-a-la-sombra-del-arbol-kauri-trilogia-del-arbol-kauri-2-by-sarah-lark--65269472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - A la sombra del árbol Kauri (Trilogía del árbol Kauri 2) Series: #2 of Trilogía del árbol Kauri Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Un regreso inesperado a Nueva Zelanda marcará el destino de una familia. Segundo volumen de la Trilogía del árbol Kauri de Sarah Lark. Nueva Zelanda, 1875. Lizzie y Michael Drury han cumplido el sueño de tener una granja de ovejas, y ante ellos parece abrirse un futuro prometedor. Pero su vida se descontrola de repente cuando su hija mayor, Matariki, es secuestrada por un líder maorí. Mientras Michael hace todo lo posible por recuperar a su hija, en la familia Burton un acontecimiento sorprendente llena de alegría a Kathleen: su hijo Colin vuelve a Nueva Zelanda. Sin embargo, nadie sospecha las consecuencias de este regreso... Sarah Lark ha seducido a siete millones de lectores en todo el mundo con sus grandes sagas familiares ambientadas en parajes exóticos. Ampliamente imitada, Lark ha sabido crear y consolidar un nuevo género narrativo, el landscape, en que sus heroínas viven unos destinos marcados por la aventura, los viajes, el romanticismo y la historia. Hoy las novelas de Sarah Lark han encontrado a más de un millón y medio de seguidores en castellano, convirtiéndose en un fenómeno global que ya viaja a todos los rincones del planeta.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587892Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - A la sombra del árbol Kauri (Trilogía del árbol Kauri 2) Series: #2 of Trilogía del árbol Kauri Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - A la sombra del árbol Kauri (Trilogía del árbol Kauri 2) Series: #2 of Trilogía del árbol Kauri Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Un regreso inesperado a Nueva Zelanda marcará el destino de una familia. Segundo volumen de la Trilogía del árbol Kauri de Sarah Lark. Nueva Zelanda, 1875. Lizzie y Michael Drury han cumplido el sueño de tener una granja de ovejas, y ante ellos parece abrirse un futuro prometedor. Pero su vida se descontrola de repente cuando su hija mayor, Matariki, es secuestrada por un líder maorí. Mientras Michael hace todo lo posible por recuperar a su hija, en la familia Burton un acontecimiento sorprendente llena de alegría a Kathleen: su hijo Colin vuelve a Nueva Zelanda. Sin embargo, nadie sospecha las consecuencias de este regreso... Sarah Lark ha seducido a siete millones de lectores en todo el mundo con sus grandes sagas familiares ambientadas en parajes exóticos. Ampliamente imitada, Lark ha sabido crear y consolidar un nuevo género narrativo, el landscape, en que sus heroínas viven unos destinos marcados por la aventura, los viajes, el romanticismo y la historia. Hoy las novelas de Sarah Lark han encontrado a más de un millón y medio de seguidores en castellano, convirtiéndose en un fenómeno global que ya viaja a todos los rincones del planeta.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-immeer-by-henriette-vasarhelyi--65269498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - immeer Author: Henriette Vásárhelyi Narrator: Henriette Vásárhelyi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Der erste Roman von Henriette Vásárhelyi beginnt am Meer und endet am und im Meer. Dazwischen erzählt Eva von Jan, dem Geliebten, der tot ist, von Heiner und Jan und der Dreier-WG, von Monn, den sie kennenlernt, weil er Jans Handynummer übernommen hat. Und sie erzählt vom Schmerz, als Jan krank war und starb, und wie sie sich verschanzt in der Wohnung, die an früher erinnert. Eva spricht über ihren Verlust mit sich und mit den Fliegen, nicht aber mit den Menschen, die ihr helfen wollen. immeer wurde 2012 mit dem Studer/Ganz-Preis für das beste unveröffentlichte Prosadebüt ausgezeichnet. Es wurde 2013 im Dörlemann-Verlag veröffentlicht und war 2013 für den Schweizer Buchpreis und den Michael-Kühne-Preis nominiert. »Dieses Buch ist wie ein Faustschlag: brutal und direkt, traurig und trotzig. Henriette Vásárhelyis für den Schweizer Buchpreis nominierter Roman immeer ist ein herausragendes Debüt, bei dessen Lektüre man wie die Hauptfigur Eva den Boden unter den Füßen verliert … Gleichzeitig verwandelt dieser Roman Evas Leiden in brennende, unvergessliche Bilder, ihr Wiederholungszwang in einen literarischen Rhythmus – und lehrt uns Lesende, die Welt anders zu sehen. Was wünscht man sich mehr von Literatur?« Martina Läubli, Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589418Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - immeer Author: Henriette Vásárhelyi Narrator: Henriette Vásárhelyi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - immeer Author: Henriette Vásárhelyi Narrator: Henriette Vásárhelyi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Der erste Roman von Henriette Vásárhelyi beginnt am Meer und endet am und im Meer. Dazwischen erzählt Eva von Jan, dem Geliebten, der tot ist, von Heiner und Jan und der Dreier-WG, von Monn, den sie kennenlernt, weil er Jans Handynummer übernommen hat. Und sie erzählt vom Schmerz, als Jan krank war und starb, und wie sie sich verschanzt in der Wohnung, die an früher erinnert. Eva spricht über ihren Verlust mit sich und mit den Fliegen, nicht aber mit den Menschen, die ihr helfen wollen. immeer wurde 2012 mit dem Studer/Ganz-Preis für das beste unveröffentlichte Prosadebüt ausgezeichnet. Es wurde 2013 im Dörlemann-Verlag veröffentlicht und war 2013 für den Schweizer Buchpreis und den Michael-Kühne-Preis nominiert. »Dieses Buch ist wie ein Faustschlag: brutal und direkt, traurig und trotzig. Henriette Vásárhelyis für den Schweizer Buchpreis nominierter Roman immeer ist ein herausragendes Debüt, bei dessen Lektüre man wie die Hauptfigur Eva den Boden unter den Füßen verliert … Gleichzeitig verwandelt dieser Roman Evas Leiden in brennende, unvergessliche Bilder, ihr Wiederholungszwang in einen literarischen Rhythmus – und lehrt uns Lesende, die Welt anders zu sehen. Was wünscht man sich mehr von Literatur?« Martina Läubli, Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-wrong-number-by-lynn-painter--65269548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wrong Number Author: Lynn Painter Narrator: Callie Dalton, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Bad luck has always followed Olivia. But when a steamy text from a random number turns into the most entertaining relationship of her life, it seems things are looking up... Colin has always considered Olivia his flatmate's annoying little sister. Until she moves in with them, and he realizes she's turned into an altogether sexier distraction... He's determined to keep his distance, but it isn't easy. Especially when he discovers she's the girl he's been secretly messaging. Now, Mr Wrong Number must make a decision. Should he shut down the messages, before things get messy? Or turn up the heat...? © Lynn Painter 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579062Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wrong Number Author: Lynn Painter Narrator: Callie Dalton, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wrong Number Author: Lynn Painter Narrator: Callie Dalton, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Bad luck has always followed Olivia. But when a steamy text from a random number turns into the most entertaining relationship of her life, it seems things are looking up... Colin has always considered Olivia his flatmate's annoying little sister. Until she moves in with them, and he realizes she's turned into an altogether sexier distraction... He's determined to keep his distance, but it isn't easy. Especially when he discovers she's the girl he's been secretly messaging. Now, Mr Wrong Number must make a decision. Should he shut down the messages, before things get messy? Or turn up the heat...? © Lynn Painter 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-many-beats-of-the-heart-by-carrie-cox--65269523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Beats of the Heart Author: Carrie Cox Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Utterly joyous and charming.' BROOKE DAVIS ‘Abundant wit, a keen instinct for the perfect detail and a whole lot of heart.' – Nick Earls ‘I adored Evie Shine and this warm, funny novel, filled with nuggets of wisdom about that most fascinating of landscapes: other people's relationships.' – Kerri Sackville Evie Shine is adrift. After two decades of marriage, her husband has left her. Possibly for another woman. He isn't saying. That Evie has spent her career dissecting relationships and mending broken hearts doesn't help at all – it just makes everything worse. How did she not see this coming? And what's she meant to do now? Her own worst client, Evie ignores all useful advice and chooses platitudes, wine and hangovers over the prospect of moving on. But soon she realises that the beauty of having the rug ripped from under you is getting to see exactly what's underneath. So Many Beats of the Heart is about how the crushing weight of time can take its toll on long-term relationships. It's about love lost, friendships found, losing your bearings and finding a way back to shore.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583101Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Beats of the Heart Author: Carrie Cox Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Beats of the Heart Author: Carrie Cox Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Utterly joyous and charming.' BROOKE DAVIS ‘Abundant wit, a keen instinct for the perfect detail and a whole lot of heart.' – Nick Earls ‘I adored Evie Shine and this warm, funny novel, filled with nuggets of wisdom about that most fascinating of landscapes: other people's relationships.' – Kerri Sackville Evie Shine is adrift. After two decades of marriage, her husband has left her. Possibly for another woman. He isn't saying. That Evie has spent her career dissecting relationships and mending broken hearts doesn't help at all – it just makes everything worse. How did she not see this coming? And what's she meant to do now? Her own worst client, Evie ignores all useful advice and chooses platitudes, wine and hangovers over the prospect of moving on. But soon she realises that the beauty of having the rug ripped from under you is getting to see exactly what's underneath. So Many Beats of the Heart is about how the crushing weight of time can take its toll on long-term relationships. It's about love lost, friendships found, losing your bearings and finding a way back to shore.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-loba-by-orfa-alarcon--65269519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Loba Author: Orfa Alarcón Narrator: Gwendolyne Flores Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Bien fácil distingues al lobo de los coyotes: el lobo es el que mata, el coyote nomás se come las sobras. Una loba que quiere ser libre, ¿podrá sobrevivir sin su manada? Lucy quiere escapar del territorio de su padre, un poderoso y temible político, que es también un prominente capo del crimen organizado en el norte de México. Su intento de escape no tiene un plan bien definido, porlo cual es capturada por Treviño, fiel esbirro del padre. Lucy no desiste, y en su ruta de huida va perdiendo casi todo: su cómoda vida, sus escasos amigos, sus hombres, su guardaespaldas... Todo, excepto su pistola. Pero eso es sólo el inicio: a sus escasos años habrá de conocer la degradación, la muerte, la miseria, quizás el incesto. Tal vez su vaga esperanza de escapar no se concrete. Tal vez su manada es más grande de lo que ella se imagina. Tal vez no hay escape.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584175Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Loba Author: Orfa Alarcón Narrator: Gwendolyne Flores Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Loba Author: Orfa Alarcón Narrator: Gwendolyne Flores Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Bien fácil distingues al lobo de los coyotes: el lobo es el que mata, el coyote nomás se come las sobras. Una loba que quiere ser libre, ¿podrá sobrevivir sin su manada? Lucy quiere escapar del territorio de su padre, un poderoso y temible político, que es también un prominente capo del crimen organizado en el norte de México. Su intento de escape no tiene un plan bien definido, porlo cual es capturada por Treviño, fiel esbirro del padre. Lucy no desiste, y en su ruta de huida va perdiendo casi todo: su cómoda vida, sus escasos amigos, sus hombres, su guardaespaldas... Todo, excepto su pistola. Pero eso es sólo el inicio: a sus escasos años habrá de conocer la degradación, la muerte, la miseria, quizás el incesto. Tal vez su vaga esperanza de escapar no se concrete. Tal vez su manada es más grande de lo que ella se imagina. Tal vez no hay escape.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antiquities-and-other-stories-by-cynthia-ozick--65269588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antiquities and Other Stories Author: Cynthia Ozick Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From one of our most preeminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past and how our experience colors those meanings, now alongside four previously uncollected stories In Antiquities, Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, one of the seven elderly trustees of the now-defunct (for thirty-four years) Temple Academy for Boys, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school, intertwined with the troubling distractions of present events. As he navigates, with faltering recall, between the subtle anti-Semitism that pervaded the school's ethos and his fascination with his own family's heritage--in particular, his illustrious cousin, the renowned archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie--he reconstructs the passions of a childhood encounter with the oddly named Ben-Zion Elefantin, a mystifying older pupil who claims descent from Egypt's Elephantine Island. Included alongside this wondrous tale, touched by unsettling irony and with the elusive flavor of a Kafka parable, are four additional stories in Cynthia Ozick's brilliant, distinctive voice, weaving myth and mania, history and illusion: The Coast of New Zealand, The Bloodline of the Alkanas, Sin, and A Hebrew Sibyl.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576992Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antiquities and Other Stories Author: Cynthia Ozick Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antiquities and Other Stories Author: Cynthia Ozick Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From one of our most preeminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past and how our experience colors those meanings, now alongside four previously uncollected stories In Antiquities, Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, one of the seven elderly trustees of the now-defunct (for thirty-four years) Temple Academy for Boys, is preparing a memoir of his days at the school, intertwined with the troubling distractions of present events. As he navigates, with faltering recall, between the subtle anti-Semitism that pervaded the school's ethos and his fascination with his own family's heritage--in particular, his illustrious cousin, the renowned archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie--he reconstructs the passions of a childhood encounter with the oddly named Ben-Zion Elefantin, a mystifying older pupil who claims descent from Egypt's Elephantine Island. Included alongside this wondrous tale, touched by unsettling irony and with the elusive flavor of a Kafka parable, are four additional stories in Cynthia Ozick's brilliant, distinctive voice, weaving myth and mania, history and illusion: The Coast of New Zealand, The Bloodline of the Alkanas, Sin, and A Hebrew Sibyl.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-violinista-roja-by-reyes-monforte--65269511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La violinista roja Author: Reyes Monforte Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Reyes Monforte regresa con su novela más ambiciosa: la apasionante historia de la española que se convirtió en la espía soviética más importante del siglo XX. La legendaria historia de una valerosa mujer que luchó por sus ideales más allá de la familia, el amor, la amistad y el orden mundial. «Pero ¿quién demonios es esa mujer?» era la pregunta más escuchada en los despachos de la CIA. ¿Quién movía los hilos del espionaje mundial, frustraba operaciones de inteligencia, retorcía voluntades, mudaba de piel, encabezaba misiones imposibles, descubría secretos de Estado y dibujaba en el tablero de la Guerra Fría la amenaza de una Tercera Guerra Mundial? Esa misteriosa mujer era la española África de las Heras, quien se convirtió en la espía soviética más importante del siglo xx. Captada por los servicios secretos de Stalin en Barcelona durante la guerra civil española, formó parte del operativo para asesinar a Trotski en México, luchó contra los nazis ejerciendo de radioperadora —violinista— en Ucrania, protagonizó la trampa de miel más fructífera del KGB al casarse con el escritor anticomunista Felisberto Hernández y crear la mayor red de agentes soviéticos en Sudamérica, dejó su impronta en el espionaje nuclear, en bahía de Cochinos y se relacionó con Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera o Ernest Hemingway, entre otros. Una vida llena de peligro, misterio, glamour y numerosas identidades secretas bajo un mismo alias: Patria. Ni siquiera la relación personal con el asesino de Trotski, Ramón Mercader, la separó de sus objetivos, pero ¿qué precio tuvo que pagar por su lealtad a la URSS y a sí misma? Reyes Monforte relata en La violinista roja la increíble vida de un icono fascinante de nuestra historia; una novela épica, torrencial y ambiciosa en torno a una de las mujeres que forjaron el siglo XX tal y como lo conocemos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583278Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La violinista roja Author: Reyes Monforte Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La violinista roja Author: Reyes Monforte Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Reyes Monforte regresa con su novela más ambiciosa: la apasionante historia de la española que se convirtió en la espía soviética más importante del siglo XX. La legendaria historia de una valerosa mujer que luchó por sus ideales más allá de la familia, el amor, la amistad y el orden mundial. «Pero ¿quién demonios es esa mujer?» era la pregunta más escuchada en los despachos de la CIA. ¿Quién movía los hilos del espionaje mundial, frustraba operaciones de inteligencia, retorcía voluntades, mudaba de piel, encabezaba misiones imposibles, descubría secretos de Estado y dibujaba en el tablero de la Guerra Fría la amenaza de una Tercera Guerra Mundial? Esa misteriosa mujer era la española África de las Heras, quien se convirtió en la espía soviética más importante del siglo xx. Captada por los servicios secretos de Stalin en Barcelona durante la guerra civil española, formó parte del operativo para asesinar a Trotski en México, luchó contra los nazis ejerciendo de radioperadora —violinista— en Ucrania, protagonizó la trampa de miel más fructífera del KGB al casarse con el escritor anticomunista Felisberto Hernández y crear la mayor red de agentes soviéticos en Sudamérica, dejó su impronta en el espionaje nuclear, en bahía de Cochinos y se relacionó con Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera o Ernest Hemingway, entre otros. Una vida llena de peligro, misterio, glamour y numerosas identidades secretas bajo un mismo alias: Patria. Ni siquiera la relación personal con el asesino de Trotski, Ramón Mercader, la separó de sus objetivos, pero ¿qué precio tuvo que pagar por su lealtad a la URSS y a sí misma? Reyes Monforte relata en La violinista roja la increíble vida de un icono fascinante de nuestra historia; una novela épica, torrencial y ambiciosa en torno a una de las mujeres que forjaron el siglo XX tal y como lo conocemos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-cronica-del-desamor-by-rosa-montero--65269605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Crónica del desamor Author: Rosa Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La primera obra de Rosa Montero. El retrato de una generación española. PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2017 Rosa Montero retrata con audacia la historia de Ana, quien deberá cumplir con las exigencias de su trabajo como redactora en una revista, cuidar de su hijo y navegar por la noctámbula vida del convulso Madrid de finales de los setenta. Crónica del desamor es la primera novela de la autora y una obra clave para entender las inquietudes de una generación que se sentía a la vez poderosa y desorientada, y que aún no sabía jugar a manejar su libertad sin herirse. «Una novela estrechamente pegada a una realidad generacional. Un retrato en directo de aquellos años ardientes de la Transición. Tengo la rara sensación de que esta novela la hemos escrito de algún modo entre todos [...], Crónica del desamor nos muestra una instantánea de lo que fuimos.» Rosa Montero ** Premio Leyenda 2019 concedido por la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576553Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Crónica del desamor Author: Rosa Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Crónica del desamor Author: Rosa Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La primera obra de Rosa Montero. El retrato de una generación española. PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2017 Rosa Montero retrata con audacia la historia de Ana, quien deberá cumplir con las exigencias de su trabajo como redactora en una revista, cuidar de su hijo y navegar por la noctámbula vida del convulso Madrid de finales de los setenta. Crónica del desamor es la primera novela de la autora y una obra clave para entender las inquietudes de una generación que se sentía a la vez poderosa y desorientada, y que aún no sabía jugar a manejar su libertad sin herirse. «Una novela estrechamente pegada a una realidad generacional. Un retrato en directo de aquellos años ardientes de la Transición. Tengo la rara sensación de que esta novela la hemos escrito de algún modo entre todos [...], Crónica del desamor nos muestra una instantánea de lo que fuimos.» Rosa Montero ** Premio Leyenda 2019 concedido por la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-deje-su-mensaje-despues-de-la-senal-by-arantza-portabales--65269570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Deje su mensaje después de la señal Author: Arantza Portabales Narrator: Melania Cruz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Si no te atreves a hablarle cara a cara, siempre puedes hacerlo con el contestador. El descubrimiento de una gran escritora, ganadora del Premio La Voz de Galicia de Novela por Entregas, del Premio de Relato Breve de la UNED y del Premio de Microrrelato de Microbiblioteca. GANADORA DEL PREMIO NOVELA EUROPEA CASINO DE SANTIAGO 2021 GANADORA DEL PREMIO MANUEL MURGUÍA DE RELATO ¿Por qué enviar un mensaje de WhatsApp cuando puedes poner tu voz? ¿Por qué poner tu voz si podrías decirlo cara a cara? ¿La distancia física nos vuelve más audaces, más impunes? Incapaces de enfrentarse a sus secretos, a la soledad y a los hombres con los que desearían hablar, las cuatro protagonistas de esta novela coral prefieren dejar sus confesiones en el contestador automático. Marina es abogada especializada en divorcios y desafía el abandono de su marido; Carmela está enferma de cáncer y necesita despedirse de su hijo; Sara es una joven de buena familia a la que la presión de su boda inminente ha llevado al borde del suicidio y a una dudosa terapia psicológica, y Viviana es prostituta en Madrid, aunque su familia cree que trabaja en Ikea. Mensaje a mensaje, sus vidas se van dibujando y ese mismo contestador que recibe sus confidencias trenzará sus historias revelando el enorme poder liberador de la palabra. Mensaje a mensaje, el lector avanza queriendo conocer el final y también descubriéndose a sí mismo con igual voracidad. La revelación de una gran autora con una mirada inteligente, conmovedora y llena de humor sobre el amor, la soledad y la comunicación en los tiempos del móvil. Reseñas: «Quienes la han leído no la pueden olvidar.» Susana Pedreira, Onda Cero «La obra que está arrasando en las librerías.» El Faro de Vigo «Están ausentes el ruido, los egos, las dependencias y las exageraciones o mentiras que pueblan las comunicaciones en las redes; por el contrario, están la vida y la muerte, las relaciones, la independencia. Y, por encima de todo, el miedo al compañero inseparable de la incomunicación: la soledad.» Xesús Fraga, La Voz de Galicia «Portabales da un paso decisivo y expresa una ambición literaria incuestionable. [...] La autora, al estilo de Rayuela, empieza ofreciendo varias posibilidades de lectura. [...] Algunas de las historias son tan terribles que es difícil evitar que un escalofrío te recorra la columna, y así se construyen hilos sutiles que hacen que se establezca una suerte de pacto de sororidad entre las protagonistas.» Ramón Nicolás, La Voz de Galicia «Deje su mensaje después de la señal es una novela coral inmensa, deliciosa [...] el último must de la literatura reciente.» Xurxo Fernández, El Correo Gallego «Una de las claves de su novela es que de cada personaje puedes hacer un retrato psicológico. El lector empatiza enseguida.» Nuria Martínez, La Voz de Galicia «Deje su mensaje después de la señal es una novela que habla de los problemas de nuestra cotidianidad con la comunicación a través de una estructura que puede enganchar hasta a los lectores más perezosos.» Ariana Basciani, The Objective «Un verdadero descubrimiento [...] y una novela estupenda.» Elena Costa, El Cultural de El Mundo «Arantza Portabales pincha tan hondo, tan intensamente que días después de acabar el libro sigo pensando en cada una de sus protagonistas [...]: cuatro mujeres conversando con un contestador automático (cada una con el suyo), la piel a jirones entre monólogos íntimos, a veces devastadores, como la vida misma.» A Golpe de Letra]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577770Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Deje su mensaje después de la señal Author: Arantza Portabales Narrator: Melania Cruz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Deje su mensaje después de la señal Author: Arantza Portabales Narrator: Melania Cruz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Si no te atreves a hablarle cara a cara, siempre puedes hacerlo con el contestador. El descubrimiento de una gran escritora, ganadora del Premio La Voz de Galicia de Novela por Entregas, del Premio de Relato Breve de la UNED y del Premio de Microrrelato de Microbiblioteca. GANADORA DEL PREMIO NOVELA EUROPEA CASINO DE SANTIAGO 2021 GANADORA DEL PREMIO MANUEL MURGUÍA DE RELATO ¿Por qué enviar un mensaje de WhatsApp cuando puedes poner tu voz? ¿Por qué poner tu voz si podrías decirlo cara a cara? ¿La distancia física nos vuelve más audaces, más impunes? Incapaces de enfrentarse a sus secretos, a la soledad y a los hombres con los que desearían hablar, las cuatro protagonistas de esta novela coral prefieren dejar sus confesiones en el contestador automático. Marina es abogada especializada en divorcios y desafía el abandono de su marido; Carmela está enferma de cáncer y necesita despedirse de su hijo; Sara es una joven de buena familia a la que la presión de su boda inminente ha llevado al borde del suicidio y a una dudosa terapia psicológica, y Viviana es prostituta en Madrid, aunque su familia cree que trabaja en Ikea. Mensaje a mensaje, sus vidas se van dibujando y ese mismo contestador que recibe sus confidencias trenzará sus historias revelando el enorme poder liberador de la palabra. Mensaje a mensaje, el lector avanza queriendo conocer el final y también descubriéndose a sí mismo con igual voracidad. La revelación de una gran autora con una mirada inteligente, conmovedora y llena de humor sobre el amor, la soledad y la comunicación en los tiempos del móvil. Reseñas: «Quienes la han leído no la pueden olvidar.» Susana Pedreira, Onda Cero «La obra que está arrasando en las librerías.» El Faro de Vigo «Están ausentes el ruido, los egos, las dependencias y las exageraciones o mentiras que pueblan las comunicaciones en las redes; por el contrario, están la vida y la muerte, las relaciones, la independencia. Y, por encima de todo, el miedo al compañero inseparable de la incomunicación: la soledad.» Xesús Fraga, La Voz de Galicia «Portabales da un paso decisivo y expresa una ambición literaria incuestionable. [...] La autora, al estilo de Rayuela, empieza ofreciendo varias posibilidades de lectura. [...] Algunas de las historias son tan terribles que es difícil evitar que un escalofrío te recorra la columna, y así se construyen hilos sutiles que hacen que se establezca una suerte de pacto de sororidad entre las protagonistas.» Ramón Nicolás, La Voz de Galicia «Deje su mensaje después de la señal es una novela coral inmensa, deliciosa [...] el último must de la literatura reciente.» Xurxo Fernández, El Correo Gallego «Una de las claves de su novela es que de cada personaje puedes hacer un retrato psicológico. El lector empatiza enseguida.» Nuria Martínez, La Voz de Galicia «Deje su mensaje después de la señal es una novela que habla de los problemas de nuestra cotidianidad con la comunicación a través de una estructura que puede enganchar hasta a los lectores más perezosos.» Ariana Basciani, The Objective «Un verdadero descubrimiento [...] y una novela estupenda.» Elena Costa, El Cultural de El Mundo «Arantza Portabales pincha tan hondo, tan intensamente que días después de acabar el libro sigo pensando en cada una de sus protagonistas [...]: cuatro mujeres conversando con un contestador automático (cada una con el suyo), la piel a jirones entre monólogos íntimos, a veces devastadores, como la vida misma.» A Golpe de Letra]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-penelope-y-las-doce-criadas-by-margaret-atwood--65269554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Penélope y las doce criadas Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Marta Poveda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Margaret Atwood reinterpreta la Odisea de Homero para dar voz a su protagonista femenina. Ganadora en dos ocasiones del Premio Booker -en el año 2000 con El asesino ciego y en 2019 con Los testamentos-, un hecho insólito en la historia del máximo galardón literario de las letras anglosajonas, la aclamada autora de El cuento de la criada nos sorprende con una valiente reelaboración del mito de Penélope, esposa de Odiseo y símbolo por excelencia de la fidelidad conyugal a lo largo de los siglos. En el relato homérico, tras la marcha de Odiseo a la guerra de Troya, Penélope se las compone -mientras teje y desteje incansablemente su tapiz- para conservar el reino de Ítaca, criar a su hijo descarriado y mantener a raya a una caterva de pretendientes. Cuando, al cabo de veinte años, Odiseo regresa a casa tras superar un sinfín de contratiempos, enfrentarse a seres monstruosos y acostarse con diosas, mata a los pretendientes de Penélope y, curiosamente, también a doce de sus doncellas. En una espléndida vuelta de tuerca al mito antiguo, Margaret Atwood ha decidido contar su versión de Penélope y sus doce criadas ejecutadas. Sabio, poético y lúdico a un tiempo, el resultado es un retablo deslumbrante y turbador que presenta una dimensión desconocida de la abnegada esposa de Odiseo y ofrece una atrevida interpretación de un antiguo misterio. La crítica ha dicho... «Margaret Atwood toma partido por Penélope con un brío arrollador y explora con ímpetu la verdadera naturaleza del mito.» Mary Beard, The Guardian «Un libro tan poderoso como una maldición.» The Sunday Times «Una obra fabulosa. [...] Decididamente irreverente.» The New York Times «Una perspectiva vigorosa y muy original. [...] Una mezcla fascinante de estilo clásico y contemporáneo.» The Observer «Penélope es una perfecta heroína de Atwood.» The Spectator]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577978Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Penélope y las doce criadas Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Marta Poveda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Penélope y las doce criadas Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Marta Poveda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Margaret Atwood reinterpreta la Odisea de Homero para dar voz a su protagonista femenina. Ganadora en dos ocasiones del Premio Booker -en el año 2000 con El asesino ciego y en 2019 con Los testamentos-, un hecho insólito en la historia del máximo galardón literario de las letras anglosajonas, la aclamada autora de El cuento de la criada nos sorprende con una valiente reelaboración del mito de Penélope, esposa de Odiseo y símbolo por excelencia de la fidelidad conyugal a lo largo de los siglos. En el relato homérico, tras la marcha de Odiseo a la guerra de Troya, Penélope se las compone -mientras teje y desteje incansablemente su tapiz- para conservar el reino de Ítaca, criar a su hijo descarriado y mantener a raya a una caterva de pretendientes. Cuando, al cabo de veinte años, Odiseo regresa a casa tras superar un sinfín de contratiempos, enfrentarse a seres monstruosos y acostarse con diosas, mata a los pretendientes de Penélope y, curiosamente, también a doce de sus doncellas. En una espléndida vuelta de tuerca al mito antiguo, Margaret Atwood ha decidido contar su versión de Penélope y sus doce criadas ejecutadas. Sabio, poético y lúdico a un tiempo, el resultado es un retablo deslumbrante y turbador que presenta una dimensión desconocida de la abnegada esposa de Odiseo y ofrece una atrevida interpretación de un antiguo misterio. La crítica ha dicho... «Margaret Atwood toma partido por Penélope con un brío arrollador y explora con ímpetu la verdadera naturaleza del mito.» Mary Beard, The Guardian «Un libro tan poderoso como una maldición.» The Sunday Times «Una obra fabulosa. [...] Decididamente irreverente.» The New York Times «Una perspectiva vigorosa y muy original. [...] Una mezcla fascinante de estilo clásico y contemporáneo.» The Observer «Penélope es una perfecta heroína de Atwood.» The Spectator]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-dos-chicas-de-shanghai-by-lisa-see--65269553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dos chicas de Shanghai Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta historia nos abre una nueva ventana a un mundo asombroso. Cuajada de detalles históricos y maravillosos personajes, Dos chicas de Shanghai es una novela sobre la complejidad de los sentimientos que anidan en el seno de la familia y marcan el destino de las personas. Hacia el año 1937, Shanghai está considerada el París del continente asiático. En la sofisticada y opulenta ciudad, donde conviven mendigos, millonarios, gángsters, jugadores y artistas, la vida sonríe a las hermanas Pearl y May Chin, hijas de un acaudalado hombre de negocios. De temperamentos casi opuestos, las dos son hermosas y jóvenes y, pese a haber sido criadas en el seno de una familia de valores tradicionales, viven con la sola preocupación de asimilar lo que llega de Occidente. Visten a la última moda y posan para los artistas publicitarios, que ven en el retrato de las hermanas la proyección de los sueños de prosperidad de todo un país. Pero cuando la fortuna familiar sufre un golpe irreversible, el futuro de Pearl y May se tiñe de precariedad e incertidumbre. Con los bombardeos japoneses a las puertas de la ciudad, las hermanas iniciarán un largo viaje que las llevará a California, donde su estrecha relación se pondrá a prueba. Sin embargo, a pesar de los celos y la rivalidad, ambas lucharán por permanecer unidas, a la vez que intentarán hallar fuerzas para salir adelante en unas más que difíciles circunstancias. La crítica ha dicho... «Evocadora, mágica, y absolutamente imposible de olvidar.» The Boston Globe «Un triunfo en todos los niveles, una historia hermosa y conmovedora.» The Washington Post Book Review «Una historia arrolladora [...] repleta de meticuloso y complejo detalle.» The New York Times «Fascinante, una sugerente reflexión sobre lo que significa ser humanos.» People «El impecable argumento y los personajes, ricamente dibujados, arrastran al lector de inmediato a lo largo de veinte años de amor, pérdida, desengaños y alegrías.» Publisher's Weekly «Este libro de colores intensos explora, sobre todo, las dificultades y recompensas de la solidaridad entre hermanas.» Daily Mail «Un elegante y meticuloso estudio de las vidas de dos hermanas irresistibles.» The Miami Herald «Si buscas una de esas lecturas que te transportan a un mundo exótico y desconocido [...] no hallarás mejor novela.» The Dallas Morning News]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578623Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dos chicas de Shanghai Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dos chicas de Shanghai Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta historia nos abre una nueva ventana a un mundo asombroso. Cuajada de detalles históricos y maravillosos personajes, Dos chicas de Shanghai es una novela sobre la complejidad de los sentimientos que anidan en el seno de la familia y marcan el destino de las personas. Hacia el año 1937, Shanghai está considerada el París del continente asiático. En la sofisticada y opulenta ciudad, donde conviven mendigos, millonarios, gángsters, jugadores y artistas, la vida sonríe a las hermanas Pearl y May Chin, hijas de un acaudalado hombre de negocios. De temperamentos casi opuestos, las dos son hermosas y jóvenes y, pese a haber sido criadas en el seno de una familia de valores tradicionales, viven con la sola preocupación de asimilar lo que llega de Occidente. Visten a la última moda y posan para los artistas publicitarios, que ven en el retrato de las hermanas la proyección de los sueños de prosperidad de todo un país. Pero cuando la fortuna familiar sufre un golpe irreversible, el futuro de Pearl y May se tiñe de precariedad e incertidumbre. Con los bombardeos japoneses a las puertas de la ciudad, las hermanas iniciarán un largo viaje que las llevará a California, donde su estrecha relación se pondrá a prueba. Sin embargo, a pesar de los celos y la rivalidad, ambas lucharán por permanecer unidas, a la vez que intentarán hallar fuerzas para salir adelante en unas más que difíciles circunstancias. La crítica ha dicho... «Evocadora, mágica, y absolutamente imposible de olvidar.» The Boston Globe «Un triunfo en todos los niveles, una historia hermosa y conmovedora.» The Washington Post Book Review «Una historia arrolladora [...] repleta de meticuloso y complejo detalle.» The New York Times «Fascinante, una sugerente reflexión sobre lo que significa ser humanos.» People «El impecable argumento y los personajes, ricamente dibujados, arrastran al lector de inmediato a lo largo de veinte años de amor, pérdida, desengaños y alegrías.» Publisher's Weekly «Este libro de colores intensos explora, sobre todo, las dificultades y recompensas de la solidaridad entre hermanas.» Daily Mail «Un elegante y meticuloso estudio de las vidas de dos hermanas irresistibles.» The Miami Herald «Si buscas una de esas lecturas que te transportan a un mundo exótico y desconocido [...] no hallarás mejor novela.» The Dallas Morning News]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-todas-las-horas-del-dia-by-clara-fuertes--65269532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Todas las horas del día Author: Clara Fuertes Narrator: Ana Gracia, Alejandro Saá, Jaime Moreno, Antonio Martínez Asensio, Rebeca Hernando, Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una extraordinaria novela basada en la vida de María Casares, la actriz española de teatro que triunfó en el exilio en Francia: su historia familiar, su carrera artística y su relación con Albert Camus, con el que vivió una apasionada historia de amor. ¿Cuántas veces puede nacer una persona en su vida? 1990. Airas, un joven periodista gallego, recibe su mayor encargo hasta el momento: cubrir la entrega del Gran Premio Nacional de Teatro de Francia a la actriz María Casares. Con más de sesenta años, María, todavía en activo, vive en una gran casa en la campiña francesa, junto a los fantasmas de sus dos grandes amores: Albert Camus, su amante, y André Schlesser «Dadé», su mejor amigo y posterior marido. El acento gallego de Airas y su enorme parecido con Camus llevarán a María a revivir sentimientos que creía olvidados y a reconstruir su historia personal y profesional, desde que abandonó España tras el estallido de la Guerra Civil con catorce años por ser hija de Casares Quiroga hasta que Francia la convirtió en una de las figuras más influyentes de su teatro. Una vida irrepetible marcada por el mar, el exilio, el amor y la soledad. Sensible, nostálgica y exquisitamente narrada, esta novela explora la intimidad de la artista que llevó el acento gallego a lo más alto del arte europeo. En Todas las horas del día, Clara Fuertes recupera y reivindica la voz de una mujer polifacética que convivió con los grandes nombres de su época.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580511Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Todas las horas del día Author: Clara Fuertes Narrator: Ana Gracia, Alejandro Saá, Jaime Moreno, Antonio Martínez Asensio, Rebeca Hernando,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Todas las horas del día Author: Clara Fuertes Narrator: Ana Gracia, Alejandro Saá, Jaime Moreno, Antonio Martínez Asensio, Rebeca Hernando, Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una extraordinaria novela basada en la vida de María Casares, la actriz española de teatro que triunfó en el exilio en Francia: su historia familiar, su carrera artística y su relación con Albert Camus, con el que vivió una apasionada historia de amor. ¿Cuántas veces puede nacer una persona en su vida? 1990. Airas, un joven periodista gallego, recibe su mayor encargo hasta el momento: cubrir la entrega del Gran Premio Nacional de Teatro de Francia a la actriz María Casares. Con más de sesenta años, María, todavía en activo, vive en una gran casa en la campiña francesa, junto a los fantasmas de sus dos grandes amores: Albert Camus, su amante, y André Schlesser «Dadé», su mejor amigo y posterior marido. El acento gallego de Airas y su enorme parecido con Camus llevarán a María a revivir sentimientos que creía olvidados y a reconstruir su historia personal y profesional, desde que abandonó España tras el estallido de la Guerra Civil con catorce años por ser hija de Casares Quiroga hasta que Francia la convirtió en una de las figuras más influyentes de su teatro. Una vida irrepetible marcada por el mar, el exilio, el amor y la soledad. Sensible, nostálgica y exquisitamente narrada, esta novela explora la intimidad de la artista que llevó el acento gallego a lo más alto del arte europeo. En Todas las horas del día, Clara Fuertes recupera y reivindica la voz de una mujer polifacética que convivió con los grandes nombres de su época.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catalan-permagel-by-eva-baltasar--65269528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Catalan] - Permagel Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Aina Clotet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Permagel és aquella part de la terra que no es desglaça mai i és la membrana que revesteix l'heroïna d'aquest llibre. Una manera de preservar la part tovíssima que hi ha dins d'una persona en formació. El món exterior amenaça, cal atrevir-se a sortir de la cel·la familiar, desactivar la mare obsessa de la salut, la germana obsessa de la felicitat, negar-se a pagar el deute del que han invertit en tu: no hi ha res a esperar d'una lesbiana suïcida. Després, reunir forces: no fer res més que follar i llegir. Trobar un lloc on la mentida no sigui necessària, on el glaç s'esquerdi. I començar. 'La força de la por és la suma de cada petit somni reduït a pols', diu l'heroïna, i es posa a caminar sense agafadors. La seva vida lliure, mortalment sorprenent, tiba de banda a banda d'aquesta novel·la com la corda del funambulista a cent metres d'altura. Eva Baltasar la camina amb el desafiament i l'elegància dels escriptors de raça. La voga de la literatura de dones fa tant més oportuna la publicació d'aquest llibre com la veu que el sosté no té res de tòpicament feminista. Poques obres han sabut parlar com aquesta de què significa viure en un cos dotat d'un cony —paraula lícita en una prosa cruament elegant. Més enllà d'una subtil xarxa de relacions entre dones d'una mateixa família i entre dones amants, la gran protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és la vida com a força que assetja i rebenta l'escut que li oposes —el permagel. 'Un fenòmen literari' El periòdico.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582847Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Catalan] - Permagel Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Aina Clotet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Catalan] - Permagel Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Aina Clotet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Permagel és aquella part de la terra que no es desglaça mai i és la membrana que revesteix l'heroïna d'aquest llibre. Una manera de preservar la part tovíssima que hi ha dins d'una persona en formació. El món exterior amenaça, cal atrevir-se a sortir de la cel·la familiar, desactivar la mare obsessa de la salut, la germana obsessa de la felicitat, negar-se a pagar el deute del que han invertit en tu: no hi ha res a esperar d'una lesbiana suïcida. Després, reunir forces: no fer res més que follar i llegir. Trobar un lloc on la mentida no sigui necessària, on el glaç s'esquerdi. I començar. 'La força de la por és la suma de cada petit somni reduït a pols', diu l'heroïna, i es posa a caminar sense agafadors. La seva vida lliure, mortalment sorprenent, tiba de banda a banda d'aquesta novel·la com la corda del funambulista a cent metres d'altura. Eva Baltasar la camina amb el desafiament i l'elegància dels escriptors de raça. La voga de la literatura de dones fa tant més oportuna la publicació d'aquest llibre com la veu que el sosté no té res de tòpicament feminista. Poques obres han sabut parlar com aquesta de què significa viure en un cos dotat d'un cony —paraula lícita en una prosa cruament elegant. Més enllà d'una subtil xarxa de relacions entre dones d'una mateixa família i entre dones amants, la gran protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és la vida com a força que assetja i rebenta l'escut que li oposes —el permagel. 'Un fenòmen literari' El periòdico.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-nur-eine-fellnase-vom-gluck-entfernt-ungekurzt-by-petra-schier--65269577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur eine Fellnase vom Glück entfernt (ungekürzt) Series: #6 of Lichterhaven Author: Petra Schier Narrator: Henriette Schreurs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Mit Vollgas ins Glück Rüde Duke versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Sein Herrchen hat ihn einfach nicht wieder abgeholt aus der Hundepension. Jetzt soll er mit zwei fremden Menschen spazieren gehen, zwischen denen eine komische Spannung herrscht. Das macht ihm Angst – wie so vieles andere auch. Doch je besser Duke Henning und Caroline kennenlernt, desto spannender findet er, was da zwischen ihnen brodelt, und er wünscht sich mit jedem Spaziergang mehr, dass sie drei ein unzertrennliches Team werden.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578031Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur eine Fellnase vom Glück entfernt (ungekürzt) Series: #6 of Lichterhaven Author: Petra Schier Narrator: Henriette Schreurs Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur eine Fellnase vom Glück entfernt (ungekürzt) Series: #6 of Lichterhaven Author: Petra Schier Narrator: Henriette Schreurs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Mit Vollgas ins Glück Rüde Duke versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Sein Herrchen hat ihn einfach nicht wieder abgeholt aus der Hundepension. Jetzt soll er mit zwei fremden Menschen spazieren gehen, zwischen denen eine komische Spannung herrscht. Das macht ihm Angst – wie so vieles andere auch. Doch je besser Duke Henning und Caroline kennenlernt, desto spannender findet er, was da zwischen ihnen brodelt, und er wünscht sich mit jedem Spaziergang mehr, dass sie drei ein unzertrennliches Team werden.]]>185ck,rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-alle-kleinen-tiere-by-anne-goldmann--65269594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Alle kleinen Tiere Author: Anne Goldmann Narrator: Astrid Kohrs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Rita fürchtet sich vor Hunden. Ela fürchtet ihre Alpträume. Marisa fürchtet alles Mögliche, aber am meisten ein Leben ohne Liebe. Und Tom hat Angst, erneut am Pranger zu landen. Vier Menschen, die nicht ganz ins Räderwerk passen, getrieben von Sehnsucht, ertasten sich ihren Weg – bis sie die Bugwelle skrupelloser Akteure erfasst. In Anne Goldmanns neuem Thriller ist die Kälte der Welt zu spüren, doch ihre Figuren glühen vor Leben. Vorbemerkung der Herausgeberin Eine Krise, hatte Ela irgendwo gelesen, wirkt wie eine Lupe. Sie zeigt dir alles mit übergroßer Deutlichkeit. Das Gute wie das Schlechte. Unter der Lupe sind hier vier Menschen, die auf unterschiedliche Art in Krisen geraten, beruflich, rechtlich, wirtschaftlich, sozial. Und mit ihrem Ringen im Alltag vergrößert die Lupe das Leben am Rand und inmitten der Großstadt Wien mit ihren Rhythmen und Gesichtern, ihren Institutionen und Traditionen, ihrem scheinbar anonymen Druck. Anne Goldmann seziert ihre Romanfiguren mit unglaublicher Empathie, legt bloß, was sie aus dem Tritt bringt und wovor sie Panik haben. Sie zeigt Narben, die das Leben in Selbst- und Weltwahrnehmung hinterlassen hat. Diese literarische Autopsie ist liebevoll, ohne Blut und Skalpell, völlig frei von Voyeurismus. Sie fällt kein Urteil über die strampelnden, sich im Hamsterrad der modernen Gesellschaft abrackernden Figuren. Figuren, die mir unter die Haut gehen, weil sie so echt sind, brüchig, unzulänglich, vertraut, lebendig, und so intim. Sodass ich mitfiebere, wenn sie sich verstricken, an ihre Grenzen geraten, in die Enge getrieben von einer feindlichen oder auch nur unachtsamen Umgebung. Anne Goldmanns spezielle Kunst: Die Spannung entsteht nie aus der Frage, wer etwas getan hat, sondern aus der Ungewissheit, was als Nächstes folgt und ob die jeweilige Erzählfigur es schafft, da durchzukommen. Im Wechselspiel des Erzählten zeigt sich nicht Gut oder Böse, sondern die widersprüchliche, akute Wirklichkeit – subjektiv, mehrdeutig und hochgradig spannend. Das ist für mich Thriller. Else Laudan]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578500Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Alle kleinen Tiere Author: Anne Goldmann Narrator: Astrid Kohrs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Alle kleinen Tiere Author: Anne Goldmann Narrator: Astrid Kohrs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Rita fürchtet sich vor Hunden. Ela fürchtet ihre Alpträume. Marisa fürchtet alles Mögliche, aber am meisten ein Leben ohne Liebe. Und Tom hat Angst, erneut am Pranger zu landen. Vier Menschen, die nicht ganz ins Räderwerk passen, getrieben von Sehnsucht, ertasten sich ihren Weg – bis sie die Bugwelle skrupelloser Akteure erfasst. In Anne Goldmanns neuem Thriller ist die Kälte der Welt zu spüren, doch ihre Figuren glühen vor Leben. Vorbemerkung der Herausgeberin Eine Krise, hatte Ela irgendwo gelesen, wirkt wie eine Lupe. Sie zeigt dir alles mit übergroßer Deutlichkeit. Das Gute wie das Schlechte. Unter der Lupe sind hier vier Menschen, die auf unterschiedliche Art in Krisen geraten, beruflich, rechtlich, wirtschaftlich, sozial. Und mit ihrem Ringen im Alltag vergrößert die Lupe das Leben am Rand und inmitten der Großstadt Wien mit ihren Rhythmen und Gesichtern, ihren Institutionen und Traditionen, ihrem scheinbar anonymen Druck. Anne Goldmann seziert ihre Romanfiguren mit unglaublicher Empathie, legt bloß, was sie aus dem Tritt bringt und wovor sie Panik haben. Sie zeigt Narben, die das Leben in Selbst- und Weltwahrnehmung hinterlassen hat. Diese literarische Autopsie ist liebevoll, ohne Blut und Skalpell, völlig frei von Voyeurismus. Sie fällt kein Urteil über die strampelnden, sich im Hamsterrad der modernen Gesellschaft abrackernden Figuren. Figuren, die mir unter die Haut gehen, weil sie so echt sind, brüchig, unzulänglich, vertraut, lebendig, und so intim. Sodass ich mitfiebere, wenn sie sich verstricken, an ihre Grenzen geraten, in die Enge getrieben von einer feindlichen oder auch nur unachtsamen Umgebung. Anne Goldmanns spezielle Kunst: Die Spannung entsteht nie aus der Frage, wer etwas getan hat, sondern aus der Ungewissheit, was als Nächstes folgt und ob die jeweilige Erzählfigur es schafft, da durchzukommen. Im Wechselspiel des Erzählten zeigt sich nicht Gut oder Böse, sondern die widersprüchliche, akute Wirklichkeit – subjektiv, mehrdeutig und hochgradig spannend. Das ist für mich Thriller. Else Laudan]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-me-viene-un-modo-de-tristeza-by-rosa-nissan--65269597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Me viene un modo de tristeza Author: Rosa Nissán Narrator: Yolanda Ponce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Me viene un modo de tristeza es una autobiografía novelada, una serie de recuerdos conmovedores, el texto más íntimo de la escritora Rosa Nissán. Por la autora del bestseller Novia que te vea. Siguiendo el hilo de Novia que te vea e Hijo que te nazca, la autora nos cuenta aquí la historia de Oshinica -una suerte de alter ego-, quien primero cuestiona y luego rechaza las costumbres de su familia y del patriarcado para aprender a despojarse de miedos, de ataduras y convertirse por fin en lo que siempre deseó: una mujer valiente, libre; una escritora con fuerza propia; una 'caballera con armadura'. «Oshinica es un personaje indispensable en la literatura mexicana y en la reivindicación de los derechos de la mujer. Rosa Nissán intenta explicarse el significado de la cultura judía y logra entenderse a sí misma a partir de esa pertenencia.» Elena Poniatowska]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577970Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Me viene un modo de tristeza Author: Rosa Nissán Narrator: Yolanda Ponce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Me viene un modo de tristeza Author: Rosa Nissán Narrator: Yolanda Ponce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Me viene un modo de tristeza es una autobiografía novelada, una serie de recuerdos conmovedores, el texto más íntimo de la escritora Rosa Nissán. Por la autora del bestseller Novia que te vea. Siguiendo el hilo de Novia que te vea e Hijo que te nazca, la autora nos cuenta aquí la historia de Oshinica -una suerte de alter ego-, quien primero cuestiona y luego rechaza las costumbres de su familia y del patriarcado para aprender a despojarse de miedos, de ataduras y convertirse por fin en lo que siempre deseó: una mujer valiente, libre; una escritora con fuerza propia; una 'caballera con armadura'. «Oshinica es un personaje indispensable en la literatura mexicana y en la reivindicación de los derechos de la mujer. Rosa Nissán intenta explicarse el significado de la cultura judía y logra entenderse a sí misma a partir de esa pertenencia.» Elena Poniatowska]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-las-herederas-de-la-singer-by-ana-lena-rivera--65269576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las herederas de la Singer Author: Ana Lena Rivera Narrator: Resu Belmonte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Las herederas de la Singer cuenta la conmovedora historia de las mujeres de una familia ligadas a una máquina de coser que custodió un secreto durante cuatro generaciones. El día que la joven Aurora se vio obligada a trabajar en la mina tras el accidente de su padre, se juró a sí misma hacer lo que fuera necesario para salir de aquel infierno. Un matrimonio sin amor y la máquina de coser Singer de segunda mano que recibe como regalo de bodas le proporcionarán una nueva forma de salir adelante, hasta que un terrible suceso convierte la Singer en la única prueba de la amenaza que la perseguirá toda la vida. Muchos años después, la complicidad que teje con su biznieta Alba desvelará el secreto que ha planeado sobre las mujeres de su familia. La crítica ha dicho: «Una historia ambiciosa y coral que hará las delicias de los seguidores de la autora asturiana». Luis Santillán, Cuadernos del Sur. Diario de Córdoba «Ni esta novela -ni ninguna- es para mujeres. Es para lectores ávidos de una buena trama». Ana Ranera, El Comercio «Una trama familiar que involucra a varias generaciones de mujeres. Ya solo por eso me interesa Las herederas de la Singer, de Ana Lena Rivera». Paloma Abad, Vogue «Una deliciosa novela [...]. Como Fannie Flag en Tomates verdes fritos, la autora rompe la narración temporal e intercala personajes y épocas de forma desordenada para conectar las experiencias de Aurora, Águeda, Ana y Alba. Una vieja máquina de coser, portadora de un terrible secreto que acabará revelándose, será el objeto que conecte a las cuatro protagonistas». Revista ELLE «Ana Lena Rivera exhibe un lenguaje fresco y contemporáneo, además de una gran habilidad a la hora de construir espacios cotidianos». Jurado XXIX Premio Torrente Ballester]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577133Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las herederas de la Singer Author: Ana Lena Rivera Narrator: Resu Belmonte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las herederas de la Singer Author: Ana Lena Rivera Narrator: Resu Belmonte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Las herederas de la Singer cuenta la conmovedora historia de las mujeres de una familia ligadas a una máquina de coser que custodió un secreto durante cuatro generaciones. El día que la joven Aurora se vio obligada a trabajar en la mina tras el accidente de su padre, se juró a sí misma hacer lo que fuera necesario para salir de aquel infierno. Un matrimonio sin amor y la máquina de coser Singer de segunda mano que recibe como regalo de bodas le proporcionarán una nueva forma de salir adelante, hasta que un terrible suceso convierte la Singer en la única prueba de la amenaza que la perseguirá toda la vida. Muchos años después, la complicidad que teje con su biznieta Alba desvelará el secreto que ha planeado sobre las mujeres de su familia. La crítica ha dicho: «Una historia ambiciosa y coral que hará las delicias de los seguidores de la autora asturiana». Luis Santillán, Cuadernos del Sur. Diario de Córdoba «Ni esta novela -ni ninguna- es para mujeres. Es para lectores ávidos de una buena trama». Ana Ranera, El Comercio «Una trama familiar que involucra a varias generaciones de mujeres. Ya solo por eso me interesa Las herederas de la Singer, de Ana Lena Rivera». Paloma Abad, Vogue «Una deliciosa novela [...]. Como Fannie Flag en Tomates verdes fritos, la autora rompe la narración temporal e intercala personajes y épocas de forma desordenada para conectar las experiencias de Aurora, Águeda, Ana y Alba. Una vieja máquina de coser, portadora de un terrible secreto que acabará revelándose, será el objeto que conecte a las cuatro protagonistas». Revista ELLE «Ana Lena Rivera exhibe un lenguaje fresco y contemporáneo, además de una gran habilidad a la hora de construir espacios cotidianos». Jurado XXIX Premio Torrente Ballester]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crossings-3-short-stories-by-kate-mccord--65269539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crossings: 3 Short Stories Author: Kate Mccord Narrator: Kate Mccord Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: March 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Engaging, profound, beautifully narrated, these stories explore the hope and sorrow wrapped in the challenge of finding our way home. Story 1: 'The Long Drive Home' Story 2: 'Crossing Over' Story 3: 'The Farm']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579433Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crossings: 3 Short Stories Author: Kate Mccord Narrator: Kate Mccord Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: March 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crossings: 3 Short Stories Author: Kate Mccord Narrator: Kate Mccord Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: March 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Engaging, profound, beautifully narrated, these stories explore the hope and sorrow wrapped in the challenge of finding our way home. Story 1: 'The Long Drive Home' Story 2: 'Crossing Over' Story 3: 'The Farm']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-verano-otras-latitudes-by-ali-smith--65269587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Verano: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La cuarta novela del Cuarteto estacional del finalista del Premio Man Booker, Ali Smith, es 'un poema en prosa en alabanza de la memoria, el perdón, la broma y aprovechar el momento' (The New York Times)En el presente, Sacha sabe que el mundo está en problemas. Su hermano Robert sólo es un problema. Su madre y su padre están teniendo problemas. Mientras tanto, el mundo está en crisis, y la verdadera debacle ni siquiera ha comenzado todavía. En el pasado, un verano encantador. Un hermano y una hermana diferentes saben que están viviendo en el tiempo prestado.Esta es una historia sobre personas al borde del cambio. Son familia, pero piensan que son extraños. Entonces: ¿Dónde comienza la familia? ¿Y qué tienen en común las personas]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577502Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Verano: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Verano: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La cuarta novela del Cuarteto estacional del finalista del Premio Man Booker, Ali Smith, es 'un poema en prosa en alabanza de la memoria, el perdón, la broma y aprovechar el momento' (The New York Times)En el presente, Sacha sabe que el mundo está en problemas. Su hermano Robert sólo es un problema. Su madre y su padre están teniendo problemas. Mientras tanto, el mundo está en crisis, y la verdadera debacle ni siquiera ha comenzado todavía. En el pasado, un verano encantador. Un hermano y una hermana diferentes saben que están viviendo en el tiempo prestado.Esta es una historia sobre personas al borde del cambio. Son familia, pero piensan que son extraños. Entonces: ¿Dónde comienza la familia? ¿Y qué tienen en común las personas]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-una-mujer-by-sibilla-aleramo--65269572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Una mujer Author: Sibilla Aleramo Narrator: Rosa Vásquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta novela fue publicada por primera vez en 1906, y su repentino éxito dio a conocer al mundo a una autora que a lo largo de su prolífica carrera demostró en numerosas ocasiones un innato talento narrativo y un mordaz compromiso por la causa de la emancipación de la mujer, ambos plasmados con excepcional fuerza en las páginas de este libro. Su carga reivindicativa y su valiente denuncia contra la opresión machista hacen de Una mujer una de las primeras novelas feministas aparecidas en Italia y en Europa, y de su autora una pionera adelantada a su contexto literario y social. Tanto es así que, como destacó certeramente la crítica, tras la publicación de Una mujer «Aleramo dejó de ser solo una escritora para convertirse en una reivindicadora de la igualdad de géneros, en una rebelde». Después de más de un siglo desde su primera publicación, este apasionado retrato autobiográfico de una mujer que lucha por el derecho a vivir en plenitud y libertad se confirma como una lectura actual e imprescindible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577497Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Una mujer Author: Sibilla Aleramo Narrator: Rosa Vásquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Una mujer Author: Sibilla Aleramo Narrator: Rosa Vásquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta novela fue publicada por primera vez en 1906, y su repentino éxito dio a conocer al mundo a una autora que a lo largo de su prolífica carrera demostró en numerosas ocasiones un innato talento narrativo y un mordaz compromiso por la causa de la emancipación de la mujer, ambos plasmados con excepcional fuerza en las páginas de este libro. Su carga reivindicativa y su valiente denuncia contra la opresión machista hacen de Una mujer una de las primeras novelas feministas aparecidas en Italia y en Europa, y de su autora una pionera adelantada a su contexto literario y social. Tanto es así que, como destacó certeramente la crítica, tras la publicación de Una mujer «Aleramo dejó de ser solo una escritora para convertirse en una reivindicadora de la igualdad de géneros, en una rebelde». Después de más de un siglo desde su primera publicación, este apasionado retrato autobiográfico de una mujer que lucha por el derecho a vivir en plenitud y libertad se confirma como una lectura actual e imprescindible.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-primavera-otras-latitudes-by-ali-smith--65269564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Primavera: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Ahora no queremos Información. Lo que queremos es desconcierto. Lo que queremos es repetición. Lo que queremos es repetición. […] Queremos que aquellos a quienes llamamos extranjeros se sientan extranjeros necesitamos que les quede claro que no pueden tener derechos a menos que nosotros lo digamos'. ¿Qué une a Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, el Brexit, el presente, el pasado, un hombre de luto por los tiempos perdidos, una mujer atrapada en los tiempos modernos? La respuesta está en Primavera, una novela luminosa, generosa y llena de esperanza, en la que, al igual que en Otoño e Invierno, la autora escocesa está haciendo algo más que analizar las injusticias de nuestra época: nos ilumina el camino para salir de la pesadilla. En esta tercera entrega de su Cuarteto estacional, Ali Smith nos muestra de nuevo por qué es una de las mejores escritoras del momento.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577495Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Primavera: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Primavera: Otras Latitudes Author: Ali Smith Narrator: Adrianna Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Ahora no queremos Información. Lo que queremos es desconcierto. Lo que queremos es repetición. Lo que queremos es repetición. […] Queremos que aquellos a quienes llamamos extranjeros se sientan extranjeros necesitamos que les quede claro que no pueden tener derechos a menos que nosotros lo digamos'. ¿Qué une a Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, el Brexit, el presente, el pasado, un hombre de luto por los tiempos perdidos, una mujer atrapada en los tiempos modernos? La respuesta está en Primavera, una novela luminosa, generosa y llena de esperanza, en la que, al igual que en Otoño e Invierno, la autora escocesa está haciendo algo más que analizar las injusticias de nuestra época: nos ilumina el camino para salir de la pesadilla. En esta tercera entrega de su Cuarteto estacional, Ali Smith nos muestra de nuevo por qué es una de las mejores escritoras del momento.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dutch-het-leek-schoonheid-beklemmende-roman-over-de-destructieve-kracht-van-schoonheid-genomineerd-voor-de-premio-strega-2021-by-tere--65269551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Dutch] - Het leek schoonheid: Beklemmende roman over de destructieve kracht van schoonheid - Genomineerd voor de Premio Strega 2021 Author: Teresa Ciabatti Narrator: Beatrice Van Der Poel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 11, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Altijd was daar Livia. Begeerd door al haar leeftijdsgenoten, geliefd door iedereen. Zij was - tot ongenoegen van de vertelster, het buitenbeentje, de falende moeder, de wanhopige schrijfster - de belichaming van schoonheid. Tot dat ene tragische moment. Jaren later treedt Livia opnieuw het leven van de vertelster binnen. Ze is slechts een schim van haar jongere zelf, nog altijd gevangen in de geest van een kind. De vertelster wordt gedwongen haar verleden onder ogen te zien en vreest te moeten boeten voor haar jeugdzonden. Vanuit een benauwend perspectief ontvouwt zich een verhaal waarin ze terugkeert naar dat noodlottige moment en ze de waarheid over Livia's 'verdwijning' eindelijk aan het licht brengt. Met Het leek schoonheid neemt Teresa Ciabatti ons mee in een verhaal over het verstrijken van de tijd, boetedoening en de destructieve kracht van schoonheid. 'Teresa Ciabatti vertelt een verhaal met een buitengewoon ritme en een hoog tempo waarin dingen gebeuren die vervolgens nooit gebeurd zijn - en dan toch opnieuw plaatsvinden.' Sandro Veronesi, auteur van o.a. Kalme chaos en De kolibrie]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577759Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Dutch] - Het leek schoonheid: Beklemmende roman over de destructieve kracht van schoonheid - Genomineerd voor de Premio Strega 2021 Author: Teresa...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Dutch] - Het leek schoonheid: Beklemmende roman over de destructieve kracht van schoonheid - Genomineerd voor de Premio Strega 2021 Author: Teresa Ciabatti Narrator: Beatrice Van Der Poel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 11, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Altijd was daar Livia. Begeerd door al haar leeftijdsgenoten, geliefd door iedereen. Zij was - tot ongenoegen van de vertelster, het buitenbeentje, de falende moeder, de wanhopige schrijfster - de belichaming van schoonheid. Tot dat ene tragische moment. Jaren later treedt Livia opnieuw het leven van de vertelster binnen. Ze is slechts een schim van haar jongere zelf, nog altijd gevangen in de geest van een kind. De vertelster wordt gedwongen haar verleden onder ogen te zien en vreest te moeten boeten voor haar jeugdzonden. Vanuit een benauwend perspectief ontvouwt zich een verhaal waarin ze terugkeert naar dat noodlottige moment en ze de waarheid over Livia's 'verdwijning' eindelijk aan het licht brengt. Met Het leek schoonheid neemt Teresa Ciabatti ons mee in een verhaal over het verstrijken van de tijd, boetedoening en de destructieve kracht van schoonheid. 'Teresa Ciabatti vertelt een verhaal met een buitengewoon ritme en een hoog tempo waarin dingen gebeuren die vervolgens nooit gebeurd zijn - en dan toch opnieuw plaatsvinden.' Sandro Veronesi, auteur van o.a. Kalme chaos en De kolibrie]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-vuelo-de-la-cometa-by-laetitia-colombani--65269598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El vuelo de la cometa Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Nahia Laiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Vuelve la autora de La trenza con un inolvidable y reparador encuentro de dos mujeres y una niña en una India agitada. Tras el drama que ha dinamitado su existencia, Léna decide dejarlo todo y emprende un viaje al golfo de Bengala. Perseguida por los fantasmas del pasado, no encuentra un poco de paz hasta que, al amanecer, se acerca a nadar a las aguas del Índico, donde una niña juega con una cometa todas las mañanas. Un día, a punto de ahogarse arrastrada por la corriente, Léna sobrevive milagrosamente gracias al aviso de la pequeña y la intervención de la Red Brigade, un grupo femenino de autodefensa que se entrenaba en las inmediaciones. Agradecida, se pone en contacto con la niña y descubre que trabaja sin descanso en un restaurante. Nunca ha ido a la escuela y se ha encerrado en un mutismo absoluto. ¿Qué esconde su silencio? ¿Cuál es su historia? La crítica ha dicho... «En su tercera novela Laetitia Colombani nos ofrece una historia sobra la emancipación de la mujer a través de la educación». Le Figaro «Su primera novela, La trenza, se ha consolidado como fenómeno literario. [...] El vuelo de la cometa es un hermoso relato feminista sobre la reconstrucción y la generosidad». Le Parisien Presse «El vuelo de la cometa es una historia de encuentro entre tres generaciones de mujeres en la que la solidaridad, la hermandad y el espíritu de resistencia se funden felizmente». ActuaLitté]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576540Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El vuelo de la cometa Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Nahia Laiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El vuelo de la cometa Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Nahia Laiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Vuelve la autora de La trenza con un inolvidable y reparador encuentro de dos mujeres y una niña en una India agitada. Tras el drama que ha dinamitado su existencia, Léna decide dejarlo todo y emprende un viaje al golfo de Bengala. Perseguida por los fantasmas del pasado, no encuentra un poco de paz hasta que, al amanecer, se acerca a nadar a las aguas del Índico, donde una niña juega con una cometa todas las mañanas. Un día, a punto de ahogarse arrastrada por la corriente, Léna sobrevive milagrosamente gracias al aviso de la pequeña y la intervención de la Red Brigade, un grupo femenino de autodefensa que se entrenaba en las inmediaciones. Agradecida, se pone en contacto con la niña y descubre que trabaja sin descanso en un restaurante. Nunca ha ido a la escuela y se ha encerrado en un mutismo absoluto. ¿Qué esconde su silencio? ¿Cuál es su historia? La crítica ha dicho... «En su tercera novela Laetitia Colombani nos ofrece una historia sobra la emancipación de la mujer a través de la educación». Le Figaro «Su primera novela, La trenza, se ha consolidado como fenómeno literario. [...] El vuelo de la cometa es un hermoso relato feminista sobre la reconstrucción y la generosidad». Le Parisien Presse «El vuelo de la cometa es una historia de encuentro entre tres generaciones de mujeres en la que la solidaridad, la hermandad y el espíritu de resistencia se funden felizmente». ActuaLitté]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-reunion-by-natasha-brown--65269612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Reunión Author: Natasha Brown Narrator: Laura Romero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La protagonista y narradora de esta novela, una mujer negra británica, repasa su vida y se prepara para acudir a una fiesta. Es una triunfadora. Lo ha hecho todo bien: tiene un buen trabajo en el sector financiero y la acaban de promocionar; además tiene un novio de familia adinerada cuyos padres son los que han preparado la fiesta en la campiña inglesa. Sin embargo, en esta existencia teóricamente perfecta hay algunas grietas. Y al pasar revista a su vida, como una señora Dalloway o un Colin Smith del siglo XXI, esta joven exitosa, aparentemente tan bien integrada en la clasista sociedad inglesa, se replantea muchas cosas, y se dispone a tomar una decisión que lo cambiará todo... Mientras indaga sobre cómo en lo más profundo de una sociedad supuestamente abierta y multirracial sigue presente el fantasma del colonialismo, Reunión nos cuenta la historia de una mujer que se enfrenta a una decisión trascendental cuando una amenaza a su existencia la lleva a replanteársela entera. Esta ópera prima ha causado sensación en Inglaterra y supone la entrada en escena de una autora de inusitada potencia, capaz de construir un personaje femenino repleto de matices al que capta en un momento decisivo. Y de darle voz, la voz visceral con la que la protagonista monologa tratando de conferirle un sentido a su vida. Una novela tan breve como contundente, que no va a dejar indiferente a nadie. «Además de una inteligente exploración del peaje psicológico provocado por el trauma generacional y la herencia colonial, el libro es también, gracias a su acerado humor, una feroz crítica de los absurdos de la vida contemporánea» (The New Yorker). «Extraordinaria, cada palabra está medida, cada detalle meticulosamente perfilado... Natasha Brown utiliza el lenguaje como arma y da en la diana una y otra vez con devastadora elegancia» (Shabnom Khanom, The Times). «Esta novela tiene la fuerza de una central eléctrica» (Francesca Brown, Stylist). «Un libro breve, pero de un inmenso calado» (Ali Smith). «Una mezcla de La señora Dalloway, de Virginia Woolf, y Ciudadana, de Claudia Rankine... Tan increíblemente refinada como despiadadamente veraz» (Olivia Sudjic). «Una nueva escritora sensacional... La prosa exquisita, audaz estructura y sobria elegancia de Natasha Brown son del todo cautivadoras» (Bernardine Evaristo).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576368Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Reunión Author: Natasha Brown Narrator: Laura Romero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Reunión Author: Natasha Brown Narrator: Laura Romero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La protagonista y narradora de esta novela, una mujer negra británica, repasa su vida y se prepara para acudir a una fiesta. Es una triunfadora. Lo ha hecho todo bien: tiene un buen trabajo en el sector financiero y la acaban de promocionar; además tiene un novio de familia adinerada cuyos padres son los que han preparado la fiesta en la campiña inglesa. Sin embargo, en esta existencia teóricamente perfecta hay algunas grietas. Y al pasar revista a su vida, como una señora Dalloway o un Colin Smith del siglo XXI, esta joven exitosa, aparentemente tan bien integrada en la clasista sociedad inglesa, se replantea muchas cosas, y se dispone a tomar una decisión que lo cambiará todo... Mientras indaga sobre cómo en lo más profundo de una sociedad supuestamente abierta y multirracial sigue presente el fantasma del colonialismo, Reunión nos cuenta la historia de una mujer que se enfrenta a una decisión trascendental cuando una amenaza a su existencia la lleva a replanteársela entera. Esta ópera prima ha causado sensación en Inglaterra y supone la entrada en escena de una autora de inusitada potencia, capaz de construir un personaje femenino repleto de matices al que capta en un momento decisivo. Y de darle voz, la voz visceral con la que la protagonista monologa tratando de conferirle un sentido a su vida. Una novela tan breve como contundente, que no va a dejar indiferente a nadie. «Además de una inteligente exploración del peaje psicológico provocado por el trauma generacional y la herencia colonial, el libro es también, gracias a su acerado humor, una feroz crítica de los absurdos de la vida contemporánea» (The New Yorker). «Extraordinaria, cada palabra está medida, cada detalle meticulosamente perfilado... Natasha Brown utiliza el lenguaje como arma y da en la diana una y otra vez con devastadora elegancia» (Shabnom Khanom, The Times). «Esta novela tiene la fuerza de una central eléctrica» (Francesca Brown, Stylist). «Un libro breve, pero de un inmenso calado» (Ali Smith). «Una mezcla de La señora Dalloway, de Virginia Woolf, y Ciudadana, de Claudia Rankine... Tan increíblemente refinada como despiadadamente veraz» (Olivia Sudjic). «Una nueva escritora sensacional... La prosa exquisita, audaz estructura y sobria elegancia de Natasha Brown son del todo cautivadoras» (Bernardine Evaristo).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-sehnsucht-auf-blauem-papier-by-julia-fischer--65269558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sehnsucht auf blauem Papier Author: Julia Fischer Narrator: Julia Fischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 17, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eine unerwiderte Liebe, die seit 20 Jahren besteht! Milli ist, seit sie denken kann, heimlich in ihren Freund, Paul verliebt. Als Pauls Frau verstirbt, würde Milli am liebsten für ihn da sein, doch Paul zieht sich zurück. Um trotzdem eine Unterstützung für Paul zu sein, schreibt Milli ihm ein Jahr lang jeden Tag einen Brief, der ihn trösten soll. Wird Milli es mit ihren Worten schaffen, ihm näher zu kommen?-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581886Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sehnsucht auf blauem Papier Author: Julia Fischer Narrator: Julia Fischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sehnsucht auf blauem Papier Author: Julia Fischer Narrator: Julia Fischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 17, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eine unerwiderte Liebe, die seit 20 Jahren besteht! Milli ist, seit sie denken kann, heimlich in ihren Freund, Paul verliebt. Als Pauls Frau verstirbt, würde Milli am liebsten für ihn da sein, doch Paul zieht sich zurück. Um trotzdem eine Unterstützung für Paul zu sein, schreibt Milli ihm ein Jahr lang jeden Tag einen Brief, der ihn trösten soll. Wird Milli es mit ihren Worten schaffen, ihm näher zu kommen?-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lolly-willowes-or-the-loving-huntsman-by-sylvia-townsend-warner--65269496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break away from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of twentieth-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587389Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break away from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of twentieth-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coco-at-the-ritz-a-novel-by-gioia-diliberto--65269580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coco at the Ritz: A Novel Author: Gioia Diliberto Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France. Many of the facts are lost to history, partly through Chanel’s own obfuscation, but this much is known: the charges grew out of her wartime romance with a German spy, and one morning two soldiers from the French Forces of the Interior—the loose band of Resistance fighters, soldiers, and private citizens who took up arms in the wake of the Liberation of Paris—led Chanel from her suite at the Ritz Hotel in Paris to an undisclosed location for questioning. What transpired during her interrogation, who was present, and why she was set free when so many other women who’d been involved with German men (willingly or otherwise) had their heads shaved or were imprisoned, remains a mystery. In this brilliantly insightful and compulsively readable novel from the author of I Am Madame X, Gioia Diliberto explores the motivations of this complex woman and portrays the gripping battle of wits that could have been her interrogation. Was Chanel truly a collaborator? Though the Occupation of France offered a stark contrast between good and evil, few people are wholly heroes or villains in wartime. Most citizens, as the writer André Gide noted, were like old shoes floating in murky waters: battered and torn, riding the turbulent flow, just trying to survive. By turns raw and vulnerable, steely and flawed, Chanel emerges from this book as a woman who owns her decisions, no matter the consequences. Rich with history and filled with emotional truths, Coco at the Ritz is a story about the choices one woman made when the stakes were the highest. In today’s world, it is a cautionary tale about the necessity of standing against evil when it’s staring you in the face.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577627Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coco at the Ritz: A Novel Author: Gioia Diliberto Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coco at the Ritz: A Novel Author: Gioia Diliberto Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France. Many of the facts are lost to history, partly through Chanel’s own obfuscation, but this much is known: the charges grew out of her wartime romance with a German spy, and one morning two soldiers from the French Forces of the Interior—the loose band of Resistance fighters, soldiers, and private citizens who took up arms in the wake of the Liberation of Paris—led Chanel from her suite at the Ritz Hotel in Paris to an undisclosed location for questioning. What transpired during her interrogation, who was present, and why she was set free when so many other women who’d been involved with German men (willingly or otherwise) had their heads shaved or were imprisoned, remains a mystery. In this brilliantly insightful and compulsively readable novel from the author of I Am Madame X, Gioia Diliberto explores the motivations of this complex woman and portrays the gripping battle of wits that could have been her interrogation. Was Chanel truly a collaborator? Though the Occupation of France offered a stark contrast between good and evil, few people are wholly heroes or villains in wartime. Most citizens, as the writer André Gide noted, were like old shoes floating in murky waters: battered and torn, riding the turbulent flow, just trying to survive. By turns raw and vulnerable, steely and flawed, Chanel emerges from this book as a woman who owns her decisions, no matter the consequences. Rich with history and filled with emotional truths, Coco at the Ritz is a story about the choices one woman made when the stakes were the highest. In today’s world, it is a cautionary tale about the necessity of standing against evil when it’s staring you in the face.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mouthful-of-air-by-amy-koppelman--65269574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mouthful of Air Author: Amy Koppelman Narrator: Julia Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture starring Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock A Mouthful of Air is a compassionate and wrenching portrait of Julie Davis, a young wife and mother torn between the love she feels for her family and the voice in her head that insists they’d be better off without her. We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son’s first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment—“this tree, that passing car, the pretzel guy up ahead on the corner. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance”—but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle. Within the narrative of A Mouthful of Air is an argument about the nature of depression—its causes, cures, and the price it exacts from its victims. With spare, elegant prose, this brutally honest portrayal of family and self illuminates the power and complexity of the human psyche. Originally published in 2003, A Mouthful of Air now includes an afterword by author Adrienne Miller.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576884Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mouthful of Air Author: Amy Koppelman Narrator: Julia Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mouthful of Air Author: Amy Koppelman Narrator: Julia Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture starring Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock A Mouthful of Air is a compassionate and wrenching portrait of Julie Davis, a young wife and mother torn between the love she feels for her family and the voice in her head that insists they’d be better off without her. We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son’s first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment—“this tree, that passing car, the pretzel guy up ahead on the corner. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance”—but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle. Within the narrative of A Mouthful of Air is an argument about the nature of depression—its causes, cures, and the price it exacts from its victims. With spare, elegant prose, this brutally honest portrayal of family and self illuminates the power and complexity of the human psyche. Originally published in 2003, A Mouthful of Air now includes an afterword by author Adrienne Miller.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-theatergrafin-by-ralf-gunther--65269562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Theatergräfin Author: Ralf Günther Narrator: Horst G. Funke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die spannende Geschichte zweier unterschiedlicher Frauen, die in der patriarchalischen Welt des 19. Jahrhunderts um ihre Selbstbestimmung kämpfen.Die historische Schriftstellerin Ida Gräfin von Hahn-Hahn begibt sich Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf eine Reise durch den Orient und gewinnt dadurch interessante Eindrücke. Als sie erfährt, dass ihr Sohn sich während ihrer Abwesenheit lieber seiner Leidenschaft für das Theater und der ärmlichen Schauspielerin Marie Beeseratz hingibt, anstatt sich um die Familienangelegenheiten zu kümmern, sieht sie sich gezwungen zurückzukehren. Bei der ersten Begegnung mit Maria stellt Ida jedoch fest, dass sie sich ähnlicher sind als gedacht.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579642Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Theatergräfin Author: Ralf Günther Narrator: Horst G. Funke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Theatergräfin Author: Ralf Günther Narrator: Horst G. Funke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die spannende Geschichte zweier unterschiedlicher Frauen, die in der patriarchalischen Welt des 19. Jahrhunderts um ihre Selbstbestimmung kämpfen.Die historische Schriftstellerin Ida Gräfin von Hahn-Hahn begibt sich Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf eine Reise durch den Orient und gewinnt dadurch interessante Eindrücke. Als sie erfährt, dass ihr Sohn sich während ihrer Abwesenheit lieber seiner Leidenschaft für das Theater und der ärmlichen Schauspielerin Marie Beeseratz hingibt, anstatt sich um die Familienangelegenheiten zu kümmern, sieht sie sich gezwungen zurückzukehren. Bei der ersten Begegnung mit Maria stellt Ida jedoch fest, dass sie sich ähnlicher sind als gedacht.-]]>305nthercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-a-matter-of-midlife-and-death-by-robyn-peterman--65269613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s a Matter of Midlife and Death Series: #6 of The Good to the Last Death Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Jessica Almasy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 29, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Midlife is madness—magical, messy, and one freaking crisis after another. With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation. The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father. Candy Vargo has lost her damn mind, and Jennifer thinks we’re all sparkly vampires. I’ve been given an impossible task with catastrophic consequences for failure, but it wouldn’t be my midlife without another crisis. What’s the saying? When in Crazytown, embrace the insanity or go insane. It’s time to lean into the madness. I’m putting down roots, pulling up my big-girl panties, and getting down to business. With one month to succeed, it’s time to grow a bigger pair of lady-balls and play in the big league. The rules are unclear. However, when it’s a matter of midlife and death, I’m making the rules. And I will win.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576887Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s a Matter of Midlife and Death Series: #6 of The Good to the Last Death Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Jessica Almasy Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s a Matter of Midlife and Death Series: #6 of The Good to the Last Death Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Jessica Almasy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 29, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Midlife is madness—magical, messy, and one freaking crisis after another. With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation. The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father. Candy Vargo has lost her damn mind, and Jennifer thinks we’re all sparkly vampires. I’ve been given an impossible task with catastrophic consequences for failure, but it wouldn’t be my midlife without another crisis. What’s the saying? When in Crazytown, embrace the insanity or go insane. It’s time to lean into the madness. I’m putting down roots, pulling up my big-girl panties, and getting down to business. With one month to succeed, it’s time to grow a bigger pair of lady-balls and play in the big league. The rules are unclear. However, when it’s a matter of midlife and death, I’m making the rules. And I will win.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-frau-shibatas-geniale-idee-by-emi-yagi--65269563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Frau Shibatas geniale Idee Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Maren Ulrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Frau Shibata ist vierunddreißig und arbeitet als Angestellte in einer Firma in Tokyo, in der Männer das Sagen haben. Ständig wird sie herumgeschubst, schlecht behandelt und soll Kaffee kochen. Doch dann hat sie eine geniale Idee: Sie behauptet, schwanger zu sein – und plötzlich wird sie rücksichtsvoll behandelt. Doch wie weit lässt sich dieses Spiel treiben? Frau Shibata geht aufs Ganze, stopft sich die Kleidung aus und 'erlebt' die gesamte Schwangerschaft. Bis schließlich unausweichlich der Moment der Wahrheit naht – und die sieht anders aus, als gedacht. Frau Shibatas geniale Idee ist eine kluge, moderne und feministische Antwort auf tief verankerte patriarchalische Strukturen in der japanischen Gesellschaft – und zugleich ein fulminantes Hörvergnügen! -]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581867Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Frau Shibatas geniale Idee Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Maren Ulrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Frau Shibatas geniale Idee Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Maren Ulrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Frau Shibata ist vierunddreißig und arbeitet als Angestellte in einer Firma in Tokyo, in der Männer das Sagen haben. Ständig wird sie herumgeschubst, schlecht behandelt und soll Kaffee kochen. Doch dann hat sie eine geniale Idee: Sie behauptet, schwanger zu sein – und plötzlich wird sie rücksichtsvoll behandelt. Doch wie weit lässt sich dieses Spiel treiben? Frau Shibata geht aufs Ganze, stopft sich die Kleidung aus und 'erlebt' die gesamte Schwangerschaft. Bis schließlich unausweichlich der Moment der Wahrheit naht – und die sieht anders aus, als gedacht. Frau Shibatas geniale Idee ist eine kluge, moderne und feministische Antwort auf tief verankerte patriarchalische Strukturen in der japanischen Gesellschaft – und zugleich ein fulminantes Hörvergnügen! -]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-arztin-von-rugen-by-lena-johannson--65269565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Ärztin von Rügen Author: Lena Johannson Narrator: Melanie Manstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Rügen, 1890: Anne steht ihrem Vater, dem Inselarzt, stets mit Rat und Tat zur Seite. Sie würde selbst gern Ärztin werden, doch kommt aufgrund ihres Geschlechts nicht als Nachfolgerin für die Praxis infrage. Ein Ausweg bietet für Anne jedoch der voraussichtliche Nachfolger ihres Vaters: Dr. Franze. Schnell erkennt die junge Frau jedoch, dass es sich bei ihm nur um einen Stümper und Schwerenöter handelt. Kann Anne ihre Position verteidigen und sich ihren Traum erfüllen? Und wird der charmante und junge Badearzt Bernd Vogel ihr bei ihrem Ziel behilflich sein können?-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579380Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Ärztin von Rügen Author: Lena Johannson Narrator: Melanie Manstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Ärztin von Rügen Author: Lena Johannson Narrator: Melanie Manstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Rügen, 1890: Anne steht ihrem Vater, dem Inselarzt, stets mit Rat und Tat zur Seite. Sie würde selbst gern Ärztin werden, doch kommt aufgrund ihres Geschlechts nicht als Nachfolgerin für die Praxis infrage. Ein Ausweg bietet für Anne jedoch der voraussichtliche Nachfolger ihres Vaters: Dr. Franze. Schnell erkennt die junge Frau jedoch, dass es sich bei ihm nur um einen Stümper und Schwerenöter handelt. Kann Anne ihre Position verteidigen und sich ihren Traum erfüllen? Und wird der charmante und junge Badearzt Bernd Vogel ihr bei ihrem Ziel behilflich sein können?-]]>305gencleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-kleine-cafe-der-buchertraume-ungekurzt-by-lena-hofmeister--65269611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café der Bücherträume (ungekürzt) Author: Lena Hofmeister Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Zauberhafte Blind Dates im kleinen Büchercafé am Waldrand Frederike will sich mit ihrem kleinen Café am Waldesrand einen Traum erfüllen. Nicht nur Wanderer, sondern auch die Leute aus dem Dorf sollen kommen, als sie zu den »Blind Dates mit einem Buch« einlädt. Nur die Vorbesitzerin Gertrude beäugt das Ganze kritisch. Stattdessen begrüßt sie es, dass der romantische, wilde Garten mit zugewachsenem Teich in der Nähe des Cafés einem Neubaukomplex weichen soll. Ausgerechnet dort hat Frederike vor ein paar Wochen den besten Kuss ihres Lebens bekommen. Natürlich ist sie auf der Seite der Protestler ‒ und kann es kaum glauben, als sie erfährt, wer hinter dem Vorhaben steht.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576320Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café der Bücherträume (ungekürzt) Author: Lena Hofmeister Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café der Bücherträume (ungekürzt) Author: Lena Hofmeister Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Zauberhafte Blind Dates im kleinen Büchercafé am Waldrand Frederike will sich mit ihrem kleinen Café am Waldesrand einen Traum erfüllen. Nicht nur Wanderer, sondern auch die Leute aus dem Dorf sollen kommen, als sie zu den »Blind Dates mit einem Buch« einlädt. Nur die Vorbesitzerin Gertrude beäugt das Ganze kritisch. Stattdessen begrüßt sie es, dass der romantische, wilde Garten mit zugewachsenem Teich in der Nähe des Cafés einem Neubaukomplex weichen soll. Ausgerechnet dort hat Frederike vor ein paar Wochen den besten Kuss ihres Lebens bekommen. Natürlich ist sie auf der Seite der Protestler ‒ und kann es kaum glauben, als sie erfährt, wer hinter dem Vorhaben steht.]]>185chertr,rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-gluck-am-ende-der-strasse-by-ulrike-herwig--65269491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Glück am Ende der Straße Author: Ulrike Herwig Narrator: Angelika Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die herzerwärmende Geschichte zweier Frauen, die unterschiedlicher nicht leben könnten. Elli hat schon lange keine feste Bleibe mehr und muss täglich aufs Neue um ein würdevolles Leben auf der Straße kämpfen. Lisa ist eine gut situierte, aber dauergestresste Ehefrau, Mutter dreier Kinder und Teilzeitredakteurin bei einem Lifestyle-Magazin. In einem Park lernt Elli zufällig Lisas Kinder kennen und freundet sich mit ihnen an. Sie hat Zeit und immer ein offenes Ohr. Wie eine Art Ersatzoma hilft sie den dreien heimlich immer wieder in schwierigen Situationen. Und die Kinder verraten ihre neue Freundin nicht. Bis Elli eines Tages selbst dringend Hilfe benötigt ... Das gleichnamige Buch erscheint bei dtv.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588620Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Glück am Ende der Straße Author: Ulrike Herwig Narrator: Angelika Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Glück am Ende der Straße Author: Ulrike Herwig Narrator: Angelika Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die herzerwärmende Geschichte zweier Frauen, die unterschiedlicher nicht leben könnten. Elli hat schon lange keine feste Bleibe mehr und muss täglich aufs Neue um ein würdevolles Leben auf der Straße kämpfen. Lisa ist eine gut situierte, aber dauergestresste Ehefrau, Mutter dreier Kinder und Teilzeitredakteurin bei einem Lifestyle-Magazin. In einem Park lernt Elli zufällig Lisas Kinder kennen und freundet sich mit ihnen an. Sie hat Zeit und immer ein offenes Ohr. Wie eine Art Ersatzoma hilft sie den dreien heimlich immer wieder in schwierigen Situationen. Und die Kinder verraten ihre neue Freundin nicht. Bis Elli eines Tages selbst dringend Hilfe benötigt ... Das gleichnamige Buch erscheint bei dtv.]]>185ckcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/echoes-of-the-heart-by-l-a-casey--65269514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Echoes of the Heart Author: L.A. Casey Narrator: Will Watt, Sienna Frances Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A sizzling second-chance romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L.A. Casey—Frankie pushed her first love away. A decade later, he walks back into her life, but is she prepared to trust again? When rock star Risk Keller shows up in Frankie’s diner with his heart on his sleeve, it turns her world upside down. Letting him go was the hardest thing she ever had to do. For years, his voice has been a reminder of everything she sacrificed, and now it’s time to face the music. For Risk, coming home shows him what he’s always known deep down—every song, every gig, every drink, every girl—it’s always been about Frankie. There’s no denying their intense chemistry. But Risk still has a career that takes him around the world; Frankie still has a sick mother she loves too much to leave. Can they overcome everything in their way to give first love a second chance?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588688Tue, 25 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Echoes of the Heart Author: L.A. Casey Narrator: Will Watt, Sienna Frances Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Echoes of the Heart Author: L.A. Casey Narrator: Will Watt, Sienna Frances Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A sizzling second-chance romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L.A. Casey—Frankie pushed her first love away. A decade later, he walks back into her life, but is she prepared to trust again? When rock star Risk Keller shows up in Frankie’s diner with his heart on his sleeve, it turns her world upside down. Letting him go was the hardest thing she ever had to do. For years, his voice has been a reminder of everything she sacrificed, and now it’s time to face the music. For Risk, coming home shows him what he’s always known deep down—every song, every gig, every drink, every girl—it’s always been about Frankie. There’s no denying their intense chemistry. But Risk still has a career that takes him around the world; Frankie still has a sick mother she loves too much to leave. Can they overcome everything in their way to give first love a second chance?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-make-me-turn-this-life-around-by-camille-pagan--65269460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation—and yes, her life—from going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences. It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive? Sure, Libby’s husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father’s death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she’s the winner of the existential lottery. But when her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in love—and where she decided to fight for her life after her cancer diagnosis. Where better to put their problems into perspective? Then a tropical storm strikes. Libby pretends everything’s fine, even as she fears she’s doomed her family. What she can’t see is that the worst disaster they’ve faced may be the best thing that ever happened to them. But first, they have to get through it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588682Tue, 11 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation—and yes, her life—from going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences. It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive? Sure, Libby’s husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father’s death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she’s the winner of the existential lottery. But when her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in love—and where she decided to fight for her life after her cancer diagnosis. Where better to put their problems into perspective? Then a tropical storm strikes. Libby pretends everything’s fine, even as she fears she’s doomed her family. What she can’t see is that the worst disaster they’ve faced may be the best thing that ever happened to them. But first, they have to get through it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-something-old-by-nick-alexander--65269440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Something Old Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rj Bayley, Emily O'brien, Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Four people looking for love. Four choices that could be the start of everything. At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him. Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most beautiful woman he has ever dated, and the fact that she’s interested in him feels like a dream come true. But new love can be blind, and when the two couples meet, the cracks are easy to see. Will their crossed paths lead the way to happiness? Or are they all destined for heartbreak?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588681Tue, 11 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Something Old Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rj Bayley, Emily O'brien, Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Something Old Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rj Bayley, Emily O'brien, Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Four people looking for love. Four choices that could be the start of everything. At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him. Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most beautiful woman he has ever dated, and the fact that she’s interested in him feels like a dream come true. But new love can be blind, and when the two couples meet, the cracks are easy to see. Will their crossed paths lead the way to happiness? Or are they all destined for heartbreak?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-perfect-things-a-novel-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65269466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Perfect Things: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Ryan Burke, Jess Nahikian, Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heart-stirring novel about the joy that comes from finding love in unexpected places by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author. Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won’t be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she’ll be back the next day. To grieving widower Elliot Colvin, life has lost meaning. Looking for solace, he retreats to the hunting cabin he last visited years ago, before his wife’s illness. What he discovers is not at all what he expected: seven puppies and one determined girl with an indomitable heart. As Abby and Elliot’s friendship deepens, Abby imagines how much better her life—and the puppies’ lives—would be if her mother were married to Elliot instead of her father. But when Abby’s father moves the family hundreds of miles away, Abby and her mother must decide how long they’re willing to defer happiness. Seven Perfect Things is a story about joy, where to find it, how to know it when you see it, and the courage it takes to hang on to it once you have it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588663Tue, 04 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Perfect Things: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Ryan Burke, Jess Nahikian, Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Perfect Things: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Ryan Burke, Jess Nahikian, Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heart-stirring novel about the joy that comes from finding love in unexpected places by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author. Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won’t be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she’ll be back the next day. To grieving widower Elliot Colvin, life has lost meaning. Looking for solace, he retreats to the hunting cabin he last visited years ago, before his wife’s illness. What he discovers is not at all what he expected: seven puppies and one determined girl with an indomitable heart. As Abby and Elliot’s friendship deepens, Abby imagines how much better her life—and the puppies’ lives—would be if her mother were married to Elliot instead of her father. But when Abby’s father moves the family hundreds of miles away, Abby and her mother must decide how long they’re willing to defer happiness. Seven Perfect Things is a story about joy, where to find it, how to know it when you see it, and the courage it takes to hang on to it once you have it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-reunion-a-novel-by-nancy-thayer--65269456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Reunion: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A longtime Nantucket resident is trying to make the best of a lonely summer. Her spirited granddaughter is learning what she wants out of life. Unforgettable surprises await them both in this magical, multigenerational novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. “Readers come to Nancy Thayer novels for the idyllic Nantucket beaches and lifestyle, but they stay for the characters.”—New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe Eleanor Sunderland loves living on Nantucket, in a gorgeous cliffside home that has been in her family for decades. Yet this year she can’t help but feel a bit isolated, even as the island begins to come alive with summer tourists and travelers. Her best friend has skipped town on a last-minute cruise, leaving Eleanor feeling lonely and nostalgic about her family’s weekend trips to the island, made less frequently in the years since her husband’s passing. Now, her money-driven children contact her mostly to complain and to beg her to sell her beloved home for a steep payout. Hoping to kick the season off on a good note, Eleanor decides her seventieth birthday may be the perfect occasion for a much-needed reunion. Fresh off the heels of her college graduation, Eleanor’s dear granddaughter, Ari, has just ended an engagement that felt less like true love and more like a chore. She longs for a change of scenery and to venture far from her parents’ snobbish expectations. Taking advantage of her newfound freedom, she heads to Nantucket to clear her head before graduate school, moving in with her grandmother and taking a job at the local beach camp. As she watches Eleanor begin to form a bond with an old acquaintance, Ari herself becomes completely smitten with a friend’s charming older brother. But just as grandmother and granddaughter fall into a carefree routine, a few shocking discoveries throw them off course, and their ideas of the future seem suddenly uncertain. Eleanor and Ari make exciting connections, old and new, over the course of an unpredictable, life-changing few months, and learn to lean on each other through every new challenge they face in life and love, in this tale filled with Nancy Thayer’s signature Nantucket magic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588658Tue, 04 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Reunion: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Reunion: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A longtime Nantucket resident is trying to make the best of a lonely summer. Her spirited granddaughter is learning what she wants out of life. Unforgettable surprises await them both in this magical, multigenerational novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. “Readers come to Nancy Thayer novels for the idyllic Nantucket beaches and lifestyle, but they stay for the characters.”—New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe Eleanor Sunderland loves living on Nantucket, in a gorgeous cliffside home that has been in her family for decades. Yet this year she can’t help but feel a bit isolated, even as the island begins to come alive with summer tourists and travelers. Her best friend has skipped town on a last-minute cruise, leaving Eleanor feeling lonely and nostalgic about her family’s weekend trips to the island, made less frequently in the years since her husband’s passing. Now, her money-driven children contact her mostly to complain and to beg her to sell her beloved home for a steep payout. Hoping to kick the season off on a good note, Eleanor decides her seventieth birthday may be the perfect occasion for a much-needed reunion. Fresh off the heels of her college graduation, Eleanor’s dear granddaughter, Ari, has just ended an engagement that felt less like true love and more like a chore. She longs for a change of scenery and to venture far from her parents’ snobbish expectations. Taking advantage of her newfound freedom, she heads to Nantucket to clear her head before graduate school, moving in with her grandmother and taking a job at the local beach camp. As she watches Eleanor begin to form a bond with an old acquaintance, Ari herself becomes completely smitten with a friend’s charming older brother. But just as grandmother and granddaughter fall into a carefree routine, a few shocking discoveries throw them off course, and their ideas of the future seem suddenly uncertain. Eleanor and Ari make exciting connections, old and new, over the course of an unpredictable, life-changing few months, and learn to lean on each other through every new challenge they face in life and love, in this tale filled with Nancy Thayer’s signature Nantucket magic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-aftermath-by-gail-schimmel--65269488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath Author: Gail Schimmel Narrator: Ariyan Kassam, Ingeborg Riedmaier, Sarah Zimmerman, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Three women: a mother, a daughter, a friend. Can they save each other from the past? It’s been twenty-six years since the accident, but Helen still lives on autopilot, going through the motions of work and motherhood. Her one wish is for her daughter Julia to settle down with her own family—so Helen can let go. Julia has dealt with her mother’s emotional distance by looking for love in all the wrong places. But when her latest choice drives away her best friend, Claire, Julia realises she’s on her own. Impossibly perfect Claire is so busy caring for everyone—even her cheating ex-husband—that she’s forgotten to look after herself. Reeling from Julia’s betrayal, she doesn’t know who to trust. As their lives unravel, these three women reconnect in unexpected ways. But with a devastating secret still hanging over them, will they ever be able to leave the past behind? Revised edition: Previously published in South Africa as The Accident, this edition of The Aftermath includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588683Sat, 01 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath Author: Gail Schimmel Narrator: Ariyan Kassam, Ingeborg Riedmaier, Sarah Zimmerman, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath Author: Gail Schimmel Narrator: Ariyan Kassam, Ingeborg Riedmaier, Sarah Zimmerman, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Three women: a mother, a daughter, a friend. Can they save each other from the past? It’s been twenty-six years since the accident, but Helen still lives on autopilot, going through the motions of work and motherhood. Her one wish is for her daughter Julia to settle down with her own family—so Helen can let go. Julia has dealt with her mother’s emotional distance by looking for love in all the wrong places. But when her latest choice drives away her best friend, Claire, Julia realises she’s on her own. Impossibly perfect Claire is so busy caring for everyone—even her cheating ex-husband—that she’s forgotten to look after herself. Reeling from Julia’s betrayal, she doesn’t know who to trust. As their lives unravel, these three women reconnect in unexpected ways. But with a devastating secret still hanging over them, will they ever be able to leave the past behind? Revised edition: Previously published in South Africa as The Accident, this edition of The Aftermath includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-invincible-summer-by-mariah-stewart--65269475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Invincible Summer Series: #1 of Wyndham Beach Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An endearing novel of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart. It was a lifetime ago that recently widowed Maggie Flynn was in Wyndham Beach. Now, on the occasion of her fortieth high school reunion, she returns to her hometown on the Massachusetts coast, picking up right where she left off with dear friends Lydia and Emma. But seeing Brett Crawford again stirs other emotions. Once, they were the town’s golden couple destined for one another. He shared Maggie’s dreams—and eventually, a shattering secret that drove them apart. Buying her old family home and resettling in Wyndham Beach means a chance to start over for Maggie and her two daughters, but it also means facing her rekindled feelings for her first love and finally confronting—and embracing—the past in ways she never thought possible. Maggie won’t be alone. With her family and friends around her, she can weather this stormy turning point in her life and open her heart to the future. As for that dream shared and lost years ago? If Maggie can forgive herself, it still might come true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588664Sat, 01 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Invincible Summer Series: #1 of Wyndham Beach Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Invincible Summer Series: #1 of Wyndham Beach Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An endearing novel of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart. It was a lifetime ago that recently widowed Maggie Flynn was in Wyndham Beach. Now, on the occasion of her fortieth high school reunion, she returns to her hometown on the Massachusetts coast, picking up right where she left off with dear friends Lydia and Emma. But seeing Brett Crawford again stirs other emotions. Once, they were the town’s golden couple destined for one another. He shared Maggie’s dreams—and eventually, a shattering secret that drove them apart. Buying her old family home and resettling in Wyndham Beach means a chance to start over for Maggie and her two daughters, but it also means facing her rekindled feelings for her first love and finally confronting—and embracing—the past in ways she never thought possible. Maggie won’t be alone. With her family and friends around her, she can weather this stormy turning point in her life and open her heart to the future. As for that dream shared and lost years ago? If Maggie can forgive herself, it still might come true.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/take-what-you-can-carry-a-novel-by-gian-sardar--65269451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take What You Can Carry: A Novel Author: Gian Sardar Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An aspiring photographer follows her dreams and faces her fears in a poignant novel about finding beauty, promise, and love amid the chaos of war-torn Kurdistan. It’s 1979. Olivia Murray, a secretary at a Los Angeles newspaper, is determined to become a photojournalist and make a difference with her work. When opportunity arrives, she seizes it, accompanying her Kurdish boyfriend, Delan, to northern Iraq for a family wedding, hoping to capture an image that lands her a job in the photo department. More important, though, the trip is a chance to understand Delan’s childhood and bridge the differences of their pasts. Yet when the return home proves less safe than Delan believed, Olivia is confronted with a reality she had not expected, and is awakened to the dangers of a town patrolled by Iraqi military under curfew and constant threat. But in this world torn apart by war, there are intoxicating sights and scents, Delan’s loving family, innocence not yet compromised, and small acts of kindness that flourish unexpectedly. All of it will be tested when Olivia captures a shattering, tragic moment on film, one that upends all their lives and proves that true bravery begins with an open heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588662Sat, 01 May 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take What You Can Carry: A Novel Author: Gian Sardar Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take What You Can Carry: A Novel Author: Gian Sardar Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An aspiring photographer follows her dreams and faces her fears in a poignant novel about finding beauty, promise, and love amid the chaos of war-torn Kurdistan. It’s 1979. Olivia Murray, a secretary at a Los Angeles newspaper, is determined to become a photojournalist and make a difference with her work. When opportunity arrives, she seizes it, accompanying her Kurdish boyfriend, Delan, to northern Iraq for a family wedding, hoping to capture an image that lands her a job in the photo department. More important, though, the trip is a chance to understand Delan’s childhood and bridge the differences of their pasts. Yet when the return home proves less safe than Delan believed, Olivia is confronted with a reality she had not expected, and is awakened to the dangers of a town patrolled by Iraqi military under curfew and constant threat. But in this world torn apart by war, there are intoxicating sights and scents, Delan’s loving family, innocence not yet compromised, and small acts of kindness that flourish unexpectedly. All of it will be tested when Olivia captures a shattering, tragic moment on film, one that upends all their lives and proves that true bravery begins with an open heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reluctantly-home-by-imogen-clark--65269515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reluctantly Home Author: Imogen Clark Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Where the Story Starts comes a tale about dealing with the past—and finally facing the future. Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a tragic accident stops her life in its tracks, and in an instant everything changes. Retreating to her family’s rural farm and the humble origins she has been trying to hide, Pip is haunted by what she has done. When she discovers the diary of actress Evelyn Mountcastle in a box of old books, Pip revels in the opportunity to lose herself in someone else’s life rather than focus on the disaster that is her own. But soon she sees parallels—Evelyn’s life was also beset by tragedy, and, like Pip, she returned to Southwold under a dark cloud. When Pip and Evelyn’s paths cross in real life they slowly begin to reveal the hidden stories that are holding them back. Can they help each other forgive what happened in the past and, perhaps, find happiness in the future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580916Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reluctantly Home Author: Imogen Clark Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reluctantly Home Author: Imogen Clark Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Where the Story Starts comes a tale about dealing with the past—and finally facing the future. Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a tragic accident stops her life in its tracks, and in an instant everything changes. Retreating to her family’s rural farm and the humble origins she has been trying to hide, Pip is haunted by what she has done. When she discovers the diary of actress Evelyn Mountcastle in a box of old books, Pip revels in the opportunity to lose herself in someone else’s life rather than focus on the disaster that is her own. But soon she sees parallels—Evelyn’s life was also beset by tragedy, and, like Pip, she returned to Southwold under a dark cloud. When Pip and Evelyn’s paths cross in real life they slowly begin to reveal the hidden stories that are holding them back. Can they help each other forgive what happened in the past and, perhaps, find happiness in the future?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-inselpfade-zum-gluck-ungekurzt-by-susan-mallery--65269566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inselpfade zum Glück (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] Blackberry Island Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Luise Georgi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Freundinnen helfen einander, Träume wahr zu machen Sophie, Kristine und Heather sind eigentlich nur Cousinen, aber dafür Freundinnen fürs Leben. Nachdem ihr Traum von der eigenen Firma buchstäblich in Flammen aufgegangen ist, kehrt Sophie zurück nach Blackberry Island. Ihre Cousine Kristine hilft ihr beim Neuanfang auf der Insel – und gesteht ihren geheimen Wunsch: eine Bäckerei zu eröffnen. Auch die jüngere Cousine Heather hat Träume, die manchmal so fern erscheinen wie das Festland, das man nur bei gutem Wetter erspäht. Denn was soll man tun, wenn die eigene Familie partout dagegen ist? Was auch geschieht, wenn drei Inselschwestern einander stützen, ist kein Ziel zu weit. »Herrlicher Strandschmöker!« Neues für die Frau über »Meeresrauschen und Inselträume« »Ein unterhaltsamer und humorvoller Blick auf eine junge Frau, die sich zu sehr für andere aufopfert.« Taschenbuch-Magazin über »Meeresrauschen und Inselträume« »In diesem ergreifenden Kleinstadtzauber-Roman führt Mallery auf wunderschöne Weise vor, wie stark Frauenfreundschaft sein kann und wie wichtig es ist, seinen Träumen zu folgen.« Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580479Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inselpfade zum Glück (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] Blackberry Island Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Luise Georgi Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inselpfade zum Glück (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] Blackberry Island Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Luise Georgi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Freundinnen helfen einander, Träume wahr zu machen Sophie, Kristine und Heather sind eigentlich nur Cousinen, aber dafür Freundinnen fürs Leben. Nachdem ihr Traum von der eigenen Firma buchstäblich in Flammen aufgegangen ist, kehrt Sophie zurück nach Blackberry Island. Ihre Cousine Kristine hilft ihr beim Neuanfang auf der Insel – und gesteht ihren geheimen Wunsch: eine Bäckerei zu eröffnen. Auch die jüngere Cousine Heather hat Träume, die manchmal so fern erscheinen wie das Festland, das man nur bei gutem Wetter erspäht. Denn was soll man tun, wenn die eigene Familie partout dagegen ist? Was auch geschieht, wenn drei Inselschwestern einander stützen, ist kein Ziel zu weit. »Herrlicher Strandschmöker!« Neues für die Frau über »Meeresrauschen und Inselträume« »Ein unterhaltsamer und humorvoller Blick auf eine junge Frau, die sich zu sehr für andere aufopfert.« Taschenbuch-Magazin über »Meeresrauschen und Inselträume« »In diesem ergreifenden Kleinstadtzauber-Roman führt Mallery auf wunderschöne Weise vor, wie stark Frauenfreundschaft sein kann und wie wichtig es ist, seinen Träumen zu folgen.« Publishers Weekly]]>185ck,rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-grenzgangerin-aus-liebe-ungekurzt-by-hera-lind--65269549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Grenzgängerin aus Liebe (ungekürzt) Author: Hera Lind Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die junge Sophie aus Weimar ist beeindruckt, als sie Hermann aus dem Westen kennenlernt. Soll sie Karsten, ihren verheirateten Liebhaber und einflussreichen DDR-Funktionär verlassen? Hermann schwärmt von Westdeutschland und verspricht Sophie das Paradies auf Erden. Doch als ihr Ausreiseantrag bewilligt wird, stehen nur seine Eltern am Bahnhof, Hermann selbst ist für Monate beruflich im Ausland. Das hält sie nicht aus, sehnt sich nach Karsten. Erneut überquert sie die Grenze, nicht ahnend, dass sie in eine Falle mit doppeltem Boden geraten ist …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579772Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Grenzgängerin aus Liebe (ungekürzt) Author: Hera Lind Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Grenzgängerin aus Liebe (ungekürzt) Author: Hera Lind Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die junge Sophie aus Weimar ist beeindruckt, als sie Hermann aus dem Westen kennenlernt. Soll sie Karsten, ihren verheirateten Liebhaber und einflussreichen DDR-Funktionär verlassen? Hermann schwärmt von Westdeutschland und verspricht Sophie das Paradies auf Erden. Doch als ihr Ausreiseantrag bewilligt wird, stehen nur seine Eltern am Bahnhof, Hermann selbst ist für Monate beruflich im Ausland. Das hält sie nicht aus, sehnt sich nach Karsten. Erneut überquert sie die Grenze, nicht ahnend, dass sie in eine Falle mit doppeltem Boden geraten ist …]]>305rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-wiedersehen-in-virgin-river-ungekurzt-by-robyn-carr--65269506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen in Virgin River (ungekürzt) Series: #2 of [German Edition] Virgin River Author: Robyn Carr Narrator: Nora Schulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 10, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: John 'Preacher' Middleton genießt die Ruhe in dem friedvollen Virgin River. Plötzlich wird seine Welt auf den Kopf gestellt: Mitten in der Nacht steht eine Frau vor seiner Tür. Ohne zu zögern, kümmert er sich um sie. Denn Paige weckt nicht nur seinen Beschützerinstinkt, sondern ebenso Gefühle, an die Preacher nicht mehr geglaubt hat. Doch Paige kann auch in Virgin River ihre tragische Vergangenheit nicht hinter sich lassen. Wird es Preacher gelingen, ihre verletzte Seele zu heilen? Jetzt als Netflix-Serie]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584907Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen in Virgin River (ungekürzt) Series: #2 of [German Edition] Virgin River Author: Robyn Carr Narrator: Nora Schulte Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen in Virgin River (ungekürzt) Series: #2 of [German Edition] Virgin River Author: Robyn Carr Narrator: Nora Schulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 10, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: John 'Preacher' Middleton genießt die Ruhe in dem friedvollen Virgin River. Plötzlich wird seine Welt auf den Kopf gestellt: Mitten in der Nacht steht eine Frau vor seiner Tür. Ohne zu zögern, kümmert er sich um sie. Denn Paige weckt nicht nur seinen Beschützerinstinkt, sondern ebenso Gefühle, an die Preacher nicht mehr geglaubt hat. Doch Paige kann auch in Virgin River ihre tragische Vergangenheit nicht hinter sich lassen. Wird es Preacher gelingen, ihre verletzte Seele zu heilen? Jetzt als Netflix-Serie]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-and-other-hidden-things-a-novel-by-lea-geller--65269582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth and Other Hidden Things: A Novel Author: Lea Geller Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A freshly funny and heartfelt novel about one woman’s secret life, the stories she tells, and the thrill and notoriety of being noticed. On the same day Bells Walker learns that her IUD has failed, her husband, Harry, is denied tenure at his Manhattan university. So Bells, Harry, their two adolescent children, and her baby bump move to New York’s Hudson Valley, where Harry has landed a job at Dutchess College in the town of Pigkill. When the farm-to-table utopia Bells envisioned is anything but, she turns to the blogosphere. Under the pen name the County Dutchess, she anonymously dishes about life in Pigkill, detailing the activities of hypercompetitive parents and kombucha-drinking hipsters. Suddenly, Bells has a place to say all the things she’s been secretly thinking about being a wife and mother. As Bells turns the focus of her blog on her new neighbors, her readership continues to grow, but her scandalous posts hit closer to home: she puts Harry’s new job in jeopardy, derails her children’s lives, and risks the one real friendship she’s built. When Bells uncovers scandals right under her nose, the Dutchess goes viral, and soon everyone is asking, Who is the County Dutchess? Now Bells has to ask herself if it’s worth losing the people closest to her to finally feel noticed by everyone else.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580922Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth and Other Hidden Things: A Novel Author: Lea Geller Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth and Other Hidden Things: A Novel Author: Lea Geller Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A freshly funny and heartfelt novel about one woman’s secret life, the stories she tells, and the thrill and notoriety of being noticed. On the same day Bells Walker learns that her IUD has failed, her husband, Harry, is denied tenure at his Manhattan university. So Bells, Harry, their two adolescent children, and her baby bump move to New York’s Hudson Valley, where Harry has landed a job at Dutchess College in the town of Pigkill. When the farm-to-table utopia Bells envisioned is anything but, she turns to the blogosphere. Under the pen name the County Dutchess, she anonymously dishes about life in Pigkill, detailing the activities of hypercompetitive parents and kombucha-drinking hipsters. Suddenly, Bells has a place to say all the things she’s been secretly thinking about being a wife and mother. As Bells turns the focus of her blog on her new neighbors, her readership continues to grow, but her scandalous posts hit closer to home: she puts Harry’s new job in jeopardy, derails her children’s lives, and risks the one real friendship she’s built. When Bells uncovers scandals right under her nose, the Dutchess goes viral, and soon everyone is asking, Who is the County Dutchess? Now Bells has to ask herself if it’s worth losing the people closest to her to finally feel noticed by everyone else.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hummingbird-lane-by-carolyn-brown--65269546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hummingbird Lane Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The healing powers of art and friendship work together in this inspiring and heartwarming novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they’ve reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she’s lost herself under the suffocating influence of her controlling and manipulative mother. Sophie, under pressure to prepare for an upcoming gallery show, whisks the fragile Emma away to a small artists’ colony in south Texas. It’s a raw and beautiful landscape where wildflowers bloom—and perhaps Emma can bloom there, too. In the company of such nurturing and creative strangers—especially Josh Corlen, the openhearted manager of the commune—Emma allows herself to breathe again. For Sophie and Emma, it’s the perfect place for reflection and to finally share the secret burdens each has carried. Most of all it’s a chance to rediscover their true selves and to make good on the old promise that their friendship would last forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580929Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hummingbird Lane Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hummingbird Lane Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The healing powers of art and friendship work together in this inspiring and heartwarming novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they’ve reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she’s lost herself under the suffocating influence of her controlling and manipulative mother. Sophie, under pressure to prepare for an upcoming gallery show, whisks the fragile Emma away to a small artists’ colony in south Texas. It’s a raw and beautiful landscape where wildflowers bloom—and perhaps Emma can bloom there, too. In the company of such nurturing and creative strangers—especially Josh Corlen, the openhearted manager of the commune—Emma allows herself to breathe again. For Sophie and Emma, it’s the perfect place for reflection and to finally share the secret burdens each has carried. Most of all it’s a chance to rediscover their true selves and to make good on the old promise that their friendship would last forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-through-the-leaves-a-novel-by-glendy-vanderah--65269557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Through the Leaves: A Novel Author: Glendy Vanderah Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars. One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest. In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction. Convinced she can only do more harm to her family, Ellis leaves her husband and young sons, burying her desperate ache for her children deeper with every step into the mountain wildernesses she treks alone. In a remote area of Washington, a young girl named Raven keeps secrets inside, too. She must never speak to outsiders about how her mother makes miracles spring from the earth, or about her father, whose mysterious presence sometimes frightens her. Raven spends her days learning how to use her rare gifts—and more important, how to hide them. With each lesson comes a warning of what dangers lie in the world beyond her isolated haven. But despite her mother’s cautions, Raven finds herself longing for something more. As Ellis and Raven each confront their powerful longings, their journeys will converge in unexpected and hopeful ways, pulled together by the forces of nature, love, and family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580920Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Through the Leaves: A Novel Author: Glendy Vanderah Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Through the Leaves: A Novel Author: Glendy Vanderah Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars. One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest. In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction. Convinced she can only do more harm to her family, Ellis leaves her husband and young sons, burying her desperate ache for her children deeper with every step into the mountain wildernesses she treks alone. In a remote area of Washington, a young girl named Raven keeps secrets inside, too. She must never speak to outsiders about how her mother makes miracles spring from the earth, or about her father, whose mysterious presence sometimes frightens her. Raven spends her days learning how to use her rare gifts—and more important, how to hide them. With each lesson comes a warning of what dangers lie in the world beyond her isolated haven. But despite her mother’s cautions, Raven finds herself longing for something more. As Ellis and Raven each confront their powerful longings, their journeys will converge in unexpected and hopeful ways, pulled together by the forces of nature, love, and family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-stealers-a-novel-by-jane-healey--65269536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Stealers: A Novel Author: Jane Healey Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls. Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at a private school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her—and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison. But the more Anna learns about the organization’s secret missions, the more she longs to be stationed abroad. Then comes the opportunity: go undercover as a spy in the French Resistance to help steal critical intelligence that could ultimately turn the tide of the war. Dispatched behind enemy lines and in constant danger, Anna is filled with adrenaline, passion, and fear. She’s driven to make a difference—for her country and for herself. Whatever the risk, she’s willing to take it to help liberate France from the shadows of occupation and to free herself from the shadows of her former life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580914Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Stealers: A Novel Author: Jane Healey Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Stealers: A Novel Author: Jane Healey Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls. Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at a private school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her—and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison. But the more Anna learns about the organization’s secret missions, the more she longs to be stationed abroad. Then comes the opportunity: go undercover as a spy in the French Resistance to help steal critical intelligence that could ultimately turn the tide of the war. Dispatched behind enemy lines and in constant danger, Anna is filled with adrenaline, passion, and fear. She’s driven to make a difference—for her country and for herself. Whatever the risk, she’s willing to take it to help liberate France from the shadows of occupation and to free herself from the shadows of her former life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adulting-a-novel-by-liz-talley--65269527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adulting: A Novel Author: Liz Talley Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: USA Today bestselling author Liz Talley’s emotional and heart-lifting novel about facing the past, unconditional love, and a woman on the verge of a breakthrough. After another all-night bender, one more failed stint at rehab, and a parole violation, self-destructive actress Chase London has to deal with her demons. She’s been written off as a Hollywood casualty by almost everyone, including her own mother. But handsome superstar Spencer Rome has her back. So does an uncompromising stranger determined to start Chase at square one and help her pull her future into focus. If Chase is willing. Life coach Olivia Han is devoted to “adulating” boot camp therapy. It’s not just her professional specialty, though—it’s also one way to avoid focusing on building a life of her own. To escape the pressures of Tinseltown, the two women head to Olivia’s cabin in the wilds of Northern California. There they discover a place in need of TLC. As they work together to rehab the once-charming cabin, they create a refuge where Chase can come to terms with her unsettled past, and where Olivia has an unexpected reckoning with her own troubling history. For two women doing damage control, this is a time for second chances—in life, in finding love, in forgiving family, and in an emerging friendship that might be exactly what each of them needs to heal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580917Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adulting: A Novel Author: Liz Talley Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adulting: A Novel Author: Liz Talley Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: USA Today bestselling author Liz Talley’s emotional and heart-lifting novel about facing the past, unconditional love, and a woman on the verge of a breakthrough. After another all-night bender, one more failed stint at rehab, and a parole violation, self-destructive actress Chase London has to deal with her demons. She’s been written off as a Hollywood casualty by almost everyone, including her own mother. But handsome superstar Spencer Rome has her back. So does an uncompromising stranger determined to start Chase at square one and help her pull her future into focus. If Chase is willing. Life coach Olivia Han is devoted to “adulating” boot camp therapy. It’s not just her professional specialty, though—it’s also one way to avoid focusing on building a life of her own. To escape the pressures of Tinseltown, the two women head to Olivia’s cabin in the wilds of Northern California. There they discover a place in need of TLC. As they work together to rehab the once-charming cabin, they create a refuge where Chase can come to terms with her unsettled past, and where Olivia has an unexpected reckoning with her own troubling history. For two women doing damage control, this is a time for second chances—in life, in finding love, in forgiving family, and in an emerging friendship that might be exactly what each of them needs to heal.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-rembrandts-geliebte-ungekurzt-by-simone-van-der-vlugt--65269525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rembrandts Geliebte (ungekürzt) Author: Simone Van Der Vlugt Narrator: Anja Taborsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 31, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Verlassen, verraten, vergessen: Rembrandts Geliebte Aus heiterem Himmel wird Geertje Dircx verhaftet. Die Anklage: Diebstahl, Betrug, Hurerei. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass der Maler Rembrandt van Rijn hinter den Vorwürfen steckt. Den bejubelten Künstler und die wissbegierige Frau aus einfachen Verhältnissen verband lange eine Liebesbeziehung – bis Rembrandt sich einer jüngeren Frau zuwandte und Geertje, die sich trotz zahlreicher Schicksalsschläge stets treu geblieben ist, ihr Leben neu aufbauen musste. Doch auf Drängen des Malers wird sie in einem Schauprozess zu einer unverhältnismäßig hohen Strafe verurteilt: Zwölf Jahre Zuchthaus lautet das Urteil … Der Roman über die Geliebte Rembrandts erzählt das bewegende Schicksal einer Frau, die erst Jahrhunderte nach ihrem Tod langsam rehabilitiert wird. »Eine tragische Geschichte, lebendig erzählt. « De Telegraaf]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582849Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rembrandts Geliebte (ungekürzt) Author: Simone Van Der Vlugt Narrator: Anja Taborsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rembrandts Geliebte (ungekürzt) Author: Simone Van Der Vlugt Narrator: Anja Taborsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 31, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Verlassen, verraten, vergessen: Rembrandts Geliebte Aus heiterem Himmel wird Geertje Dircx verhaftet. Die Anklage: Diebstahl, Betrug, Hurerei. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass der Maler Rembrandt van Rijn hinter den Vorwürfen steckt. Den bejubelten Künstler und die wissbegierige Frau aus einfachen Verhältnissen verband lange eine Liebesbeziehung – bis Rembrandt sich einer jüngeren Frau zuwandte und Geertje, die sich trotz zahlreicher Schicksalsschläge stets treu geblieben ist, ihr Leben neu aufbauen musste. Doch auf Drängen des Malers wird sie in einem Schauprozess zu einer unverhältnismäßig hohen Strafe verurteilt: Zwölf Jahre Zuchthaus lautet das Urteil … Der Roman über die Geliebte Rembrandts erzählt das bewegende Schicksal einer Frau, die erst Jahrhunderte nach ihrem Tod langsam rehabilitiert wird. »Eine tragische Geschichte, lebendig erzählt. « De Telegraaf]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-let-me-go-by-eliza-graham--65269600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Let Me Go Author: Eliza Graham Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A secret family history of love, anguish and betrayal. After her beloved grandmother Rozenn’s death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall—while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn turn her back on her? When she finds an old letter linking her grandmother to Brittany under German occupation, Morane escapes on the trail of her family’s past. In the coastal village where Rozenn lived in 1941, she uncovers a web of shameful secrets that haunted Rozenn to the end of her days. Was it to protect those she loved that a desperate Rozenn made a heartbreaking decision and changed the course of all their lives forever? Morane goes in search of the truth but the truth can be painful. Can she make her peace with the past and repair her relationship with her sister?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576506Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Let Me Go Author: Eliza Graham Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Let Me Go Author: Eliza Graham Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A secret family history of love, anguish and betrayal. After her beloved grandmother Rozenn’s death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall—while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn turn her back on her? When she finds an old letter linking her grandmother to Brittany under German occupation, Morane escapes on the trail of her family’s past. In the coastal village where Rozenn lived in 1941, she uncovers a web of shameful secrets that haunted Rozenn to the end of her days. Was it to protect those she loved that a desperate Rozenn made a heartbreaking decision and changed the course of all their lives forever? Morane goes in search of the truth but the truth can be painful. Can she make her peace with the past and repair her relationship with her sister?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/changing-the-rules-by-catherine-bybee--65269609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing the Rules Series: #1 of Richter Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Lori Prince, Joe Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the steamy first novel in her new adrenaline-fueled Richter series. As an employee of MacBain Security and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman. Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them. Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring targeting young girls. The closer they get to the truth and the closer they get to each other, however, the deadlier their task becomes. As Claire and Cooper risk their lives to bring down their target, will their hearts be the final casualties?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576495Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing the Rules Series: #1 of Richter Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Lori Prince, Joe Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing the Rules Series: #1 of Richter Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Lori Prince, Joe Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the steamy first novel in her new adrenaline-fueled Richter series. As an employee of MacBain Security and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman. Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them. Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring targeting young girls. The closer they get to the truth and the closer they get to each other, however, the deadlier their task becomes. As Claire and Cooper risk their lives to bring down their target, will their hearts be the final casualties?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-haus-des-leuchtturmwarters-ungekurzt-by-kathleen-freitag--65269568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Haus des Leuchtturmwärters (ungekürzt) Author: Kathleen Freitag Narrator: Charlotte Puder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 1962: In einem kleinen Haus am Fuße des Leuchtturms ist Else aufgewachsen. Seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter lebt sie hier allein mit ihrem Vater, der für die Wartung des Leuchtfeuers zuständig ist. Doch je älter sie wird, desto kritischer sieht sie das strenge Regime der DDR und beschließt zu fliehen. 1992: Nach der Wende erinnert sich die Autorin Franzi an ihre wunderschöne Kindheit als Tochter eines Leuchtturmwärters und kehrt zurück an die Ostsee in das Haus am Leuchtturm. Hier hofft sie, Inspiration für ihren neuen Thriller zu finden, doch dann entdeckt sie unter einem losen Dielenbrett ein altes Tagebuch und beginnt zu lesen …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579346Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Haus des Leuchtturmwärters (ungekürzt) Author: Kathleen Freitag Narrator: Charlotte Puder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Haus des Leuchtturmwärters (ungekürzt) Author: Kathleen Freitag Narrator: Charlotte Puder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 1962: In einem kleinen Haus am Fuße des Leuchtturms ist Else aufgewachsen. Seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter lebt sie hier allein mit ihrem Vater, der für die Wartung des Leuchtfeuers zuständig ist. Doch je älter sie wird, desto kritischer sieht sie das strenge Regime der DDR und beschließt zu fliehen. 1992: Nach der Wende erinnert sich die Autorin Franzi an ihre wunderschöne Kindheit als Tochter eines Leuchtturmwärters und kehrt zurück an die Ostsee in das Haus am Leuchtturm. Hier hofft sie, Inspiration für ihren neuen Thriller zu finden, doch dann entdeckt sie unter einem losen Dielenbrett ein altes Tagebuch und beginnt zu lesen …]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-winning-betrayal-by-louise-guy--65269614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winning Betrayal Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Cat Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One lucky day will change two women’s lives—but for better or worse? When an unexpected windfall brings together strangers Shauna and Frankie, one woman is popping champagne corks—but the other just wants to cry. For her part, Shauna is pouring celebratory drinks. Since her heart was broken and her dreams shattered, she’s been ready for a fresh start. Surely she deserves some good luck at last? But Frankie knows what can happen to families when money moves in and is allowed to take over. Fearing she’ll lose the contented—if cash-strapped—life she has built with her husband and their two daughters, she wants to be in control this time. But as money rewrites their life stories and truths emerge among the treasure, both are forced to wonder if their good fortune is just bad luck in disguise… Revised edition: Previously published as Fortunate Friends, this edition of A Winning Betrayal includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576470Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winning Betrayal Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Cat Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winning Betrayal Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Cat Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One lucky day will change two women’s lives—but for better or worse? When an unexpected windfall brings together strangers Shauna and Frankie, one woman is popping champagne corks—but the other just wants to cry. For her part, Shauna is pouring celebratory drinks. Since her heart was broken and her dreams shattered, she’s been ready for a fresh start. Surely she deserves some good luck at last? But Frankie knows what can happen to families when money moves in and is allowed to take over. Fearing she’ll lose the contented—if cash-strapped—life she has built with her husband and their two daughters, she wants to be in control this time. But as money rewrites their life stories and truths emerge among the treasure, both are forced to wonder if their good fortune is just bad luck in disguise… Revised edition: Previously published as Fortunate Friends, this edition of A Winning Betrayal includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-songbook-of-benny-lament-a-novel-by-amy-harmon--65269603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbook of Benny Lament: A Novel Author: Amy Harmon Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble. So he keeps to himself, writing songs for other musicians, avoiding the spotlight…until the night his father brings him to see Esther Mine sing. Esther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage…and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob—and Benny—would rather avoid. It would be easier to walk away. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a sound that fans can’t get enough of. But though America might love the music they make together, some people aren’t ready for Benny Lament and Esther Mine on—or off—the stage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576492Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbook of Benny Lament: A Novel Author: Amy Harmon Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbook of Benny Lament: A Novel Author: Amy Harmon Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble. So he keeps to himself, writing songs for other musicians, avoiding the spotlight…until the night his father brings him to see Esther Mine sing. Esther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage…and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob—and Benny—would rather avoid. It would be easier to walk away. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a sound that fans can’t get enough of. But though America might love the music they make together, some people aren’t ready for Benny Lament and Esther Mine on—or off—the stage.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-alice-fell-a-novel-by-kim-taylor-blakemore--65269606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Alice Fell: A Novel Author: Kim Taylor Blakemore Narrator: Amanda Leigh Cobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical. Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially: an accident. Confidentially: suicide. But Marion believes a third option: murder. Returning to her family home to stay with her brother and his second wife, the recently widowed Marion is expected to quiet her feelings of guilt and grief—to let go of the dead and embrace the living. But that’s not easy in this house full of haunting memories. Just when the search for the truth seems hopeless, a stranger approaches Marion with chilling words: I saw her fall. Now Marion is more determined than ever to find out what happened that night at Brawders, and why. With no one she can trust, Marion may risk her own life to uncover the secrets buried with Alice in the family plot.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576479Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Alice Fell: A Novel Author: Kim Taylor Blakemore Narrator: Amanda Leigh Cobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Alice Fell: A Novel Author: Kim Taylor Blakemore Narrator: Amanda Leigh Cobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical. Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially: an accident. Confidentially: suicide. But Marion believes a third option: murder. Returning to her family home to stay with her brother and his second wife, the recently widowed Marion is expected to quiet her feelings of guilt and grief—to let go of the dead and embrace the living. But that’s not easy in this house full of haunting memories. Just when the search for the truth seems hopeless, a stranger approaches Marion with chilling words: I saw her fall. Now Marion is more determined than ever to find out what happened that night at Brawders, and why. With no one she can trust, Marion may risk her own life to uncover the secrets buried with Alice in the family plot.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-speed-of-light-a-novel-by-elissa-grossell-dickey--65269595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Speed of Light: A Novel Author: Elissa Grossell Dickey Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A compelling and provocative debut novel told in intersecting timelines over a tumultuous, defining year in one woman’s life. Simone is trying her best not to think of what she’s lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She’s just walked away from Connor, “a fixer” but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe place and terrified, Simone listens and pretends this will all be over soon. As she waits for silence, her mind racing, Simone’s past year comes into focus. Falling in love and missing it. Finding strength in family and enduring friendships. Planning for the future, fearing it, and hoping against hope in dark places. Her life has been changing at the speed of light, and each crossroad brought Simone here, to this day, to endure the things she can’t control and to confront those that she can.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576493Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Speed of Light: A Novel Author: Elissa Grossell Dickey Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Speed of Light: A Novel Author: Elissa Grossell Dickey Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A compelling and provocative debut novel told in intersecting timelines over a tumultuous, defining year in one woman’s life. Simone is trying her best not to think of what she’s lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She’s just walked away from Connor, “a fixer” but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe place and terrified, Simone listens and pretends this will all be over soon. As she waits for silence, her mind racing, Simone’s past year comes into focus. Falling in love and missing it. Finding strength in family and enduring friendships. Planning for the future, fearing it, and hoping against hope in dark places. Her life has been changing at the speed of light, and each crossroad brought Simone here, to this day, to endure the things she can’t control and to confront those that she can.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-man-sollte-ofter-mal-ausmisten-ungekurzt-by-monika-bittl--65269567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Man sollte öfter mal ausmisten (ungekürzt) Author: Monika Bittl Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Nach 27 gemeinsamen Jahren ist der Lack eben ab, und es wird Zeit für getrennte Wege – da sind sich Franziska und Bastian einig. Sie wollen eine vollkommen friedliche Scheidung, ganz ohne Streit, nicht so wie andere Paare. Als Oma Mathilde jedoch spitzbekommt, dass die beiden sich trennen wollen, täuscht sie einen Herzanfall vor. Um sie nicht zu stressen, spielen Franziska und Bastian fleißig 'heile Familie'. Wie von Oma und den Enkeln geplant, ist die Schauspielerei aber so anstrengend, dass das Noch-Ehepaar bald streitet, was das Zeug hält. Aber wer sich streitet, liebt sich noch – oder? Ein humorvolles und rasant witziges Hörbuch über Ehe, Liebe und den Wert der Familie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581085Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:20:42 +0000jmurphyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Man sollte öfter mal ausmisten (ungekürzt) Author: Monika Bittl Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Man sollte öfter mal ausmisten (ungekürzt) Author: Monika Bittl Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Nach 27 gemeinsamen Jahren ist der Lack eben ab, und es wird Zeit für getrennte Wege – da sind sich Franziska und Bastian einig. Sie wollen eine vollkommen friedliche Scheidung, ganz ohne Streit, nicht so wie andere Paare. Als Oma Mathilde jedoch spitzbekommt, dass die beiden sich trennen wollen, täuscht sie einen Herzanfall vor. Um sie nicht zu stressen, spielen Franziska und Bastian fleißig 'heile Familie'. Wie von Oma und den Enkeln geplant, ist die Schauspielerei aber so anstrengend, dass das Noch-Ehepaar bald streitet, was das Zeug hält. Aber wer sich streitet, liebt sich noch – oder? Ein humorvolles und rasant witziges Hörbuch über Ehe, Liebe und den Wert der Familie.]]>305rztcleanfull