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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enFictionCopyright jhowardhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d163a121a55f0ffef3b057978187060.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/download-top-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-contemporary-women--6579061Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:05:55 +0000jhowardjhowardfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/592/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Discover the world of audiobooks with over 500,000+ captivating titles, ranging from Action & Adventure, Science...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/592/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Discover the world of audiobooks with over 500,000+ captivating titles, ranging from Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, to Mystery and Romance. You'll get 3 free audiobooks to start your journey. Whether you use an iPhone, iPad, Android, or any other device, you can conveniently enjoy audiobooks. Let captivating stories accompany you every moment! 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/ties-that-bind-by-brenda-jackson--65269879https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ties That Bind Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph and Jenna became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna Haywood that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy Grandmother Julia disapproves of the match and unbeknowst to him, his brother’s seemingly docile fiancee has a few plans of her own that she would like to set in motion. Betrayal and devastation lurks in unexpected places and tests the bond they believed was unbreakable. As they struggle with love and passion, secrets and lies the question is: Is love enough to help them see each other through the storms that await them ahead?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562256Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ties That Bind Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ties That Bind Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph and Jenna became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna Haywood that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy Grandmother Julia disapproves of the match and unbeknowst to him, his brother’s seemingly docile fiancee has a few plans of her own that she would like to set in motion. Betrayal and devastation lurks in unexpected places and tests the bond they believed was unbreakable. As they struggle with love and passion, secrets and lies the question is: Is love enough to help them see each other through the storms that await them ahead?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-sea-by-emma-fedor--65269966https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At Sea Author: Emma Fedor Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: What happens when the man you love most in the world unexpectedly disappears and takes your small child with him? Emma Fedor’s “wonderful, haunting, and original” (Katherine Faulkner, author of Greenwich Park) debut explores the fierceness of first love and how far one woman will go to learn the truth about her family. When Cara and Brendan first meet, she’s fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of her mother, and spending time on Martha’s Vineyard while trying to figure out her next steps. She’s swept away by Brendan’s humor and charm, and intoxicated by his thrilling, dangerous secret: he can breathe underwater. Able to stay beneath the waves for longer than should be possible, Brendan reveals that he is part of a secret experimental unit of the US Special Forces. And Cara, struck by the power of his conviction, by his unstoppable charisma, and by the evidence before her, believes him. Their summer romance turns serious. Then Cara gets pregnant. When their son, Micah, is born, she’s sure their happy ending is underway. Still, she’s thrown by Brendan’s dramatic moods, his unexplained disappearances, and the weight of his secrets. Cara is determined to stay strong for her young family—until he and baby Micah vanish, leaving her desolate and alone and questioning everything she once thought was true. Five years later, Cara is still struggling to move forward, married to another man and trying to rebuild her life, when a local fisherman announces he’s spotted two people—one of them a small child—treading water in Nantucket Sound, far from any vessels and miles from shore. The news rekindles Cara’s never-abandoned hope that her little boy may still be alive. As she fights to untangle delusion from reality, and revisits a past she’s worked hard to reconcile, Cara is determined to learn the truth about her lost love and finally find her son in this “book you won’t be able to put down” (Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556506Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At Sea Author: Emma Fedor Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At Sea Author: Emma Fedor Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: What happens when the man you love most in the world unexpectedly disappears and takes your small child with him? Emma Fedor’s “wonderful, haunting, and original” (Katherine Faulkner, author of Greenwich Park) debut explores the fierceness of first love and how far one woman will go to learn the truth about her family. When Cara and Brendan first meet, she’s fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of her mother, and spending time on Martha’s Vineyard while trying to figure out her next steps. She’s swept away by Brendan’s humor and charm, and intoxicated by his thrilling, dangerous secret: he can breathe underwater. Able to stay beneath the waves for longer than should be possible, Brendan reveals that he is part of a secret experimental unit of the US Special Forces. And Cara, struck by the power of his conviction, by his unstoppable charisma, and by the evidence before her, believes him. Their summer romance turns serious. Then Cara gets pregnant. When their son, Micah, is born, she’s sure their happy ending is underway. Still, she’s thrown by Brendan’s dramatic moods, his unexplained disappearances, and the weight of his secrets. Cara is determined to stay strong for her young family—until he and baby Micah vanish, leaving her desolate and alone and questioning everything she once thought was true. Five years later, Cara is still struggling to move forward, married to another man and trying to rebuild her life, when a local fisherman announces he’s spotted two people—one of them a small child—treading water in Nantucket Sound, far from any vessels and miles from shore. The news rekindles Cara’s never-abandoned hope that her little boy may still be alive. As she fights to untangle delusion from reality, and revisits a past she’s worked hard to reconcile, Cara is determined to learn the truth about her lost love and finally find her son in this “book you won’t be able to put down” (Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becky-by-sarah-may--65269884https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becky Author: Sarah May Narrator: Charly Clive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Spiky, clever, funny' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot'– Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid London' – Sam McAlister, author of Scoops It’s peak 90s London. Shoulder pads are out, crimped hair is in, supermodels are known by their first names, and Becky Sharp will do anything to escape her past. From mingling with tabloid millionaires to trading favours and fortunes with royalty, she will stop at nothing to reach the top of the career ladder at the Mercury newspaper. Landing scoop after scoop, Becky ruthlessly carves a place for herself in a society determined to ignore her. These are the biggest stories and scandals of the decade, and she has something to do with every one of them. But Becky may have more in common with the people she writes about than she thinks – what takes a lifetime to build takes only a moment to destroy . . . 'A Vanity Fair for the mass-media age' - The Guardian]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562336Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becky Author: Sarah May Narrator: Charly Clive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becky Author: Sarah May Narrator: Charly Clive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Spiky, clever, funny' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot'– Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid London' – Sam McAlister, author of Scoops It’s peak 90s London. Shoulder pads are out, crimped hair is in, supermodels are known by their first names, and Becky Sharp will do anything to escape her past. From mingling with tabloid millionaires to trading favours and fortunes with royalty, she will stop at nothing to reach the top of the career ladder at the Mercury newspaper. Landing scoop after scoop, Becky ruthlessly carves a place for herself in a society determined to ignore her. These are the biggest stories and scandals of the decade, and she has something to do with every one of them. But Becky may have more in common with the people she writes about than she thinks – what takes a lifetime to build takes only a moment to destroy . . . 'A Vanity Fair for the mass-media age' - The Guardian]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-back-up-man-the-hilarious-and-heartwarming-brand-new-romcom-perfect-for-fans-of-the-flatshare-by-phoebe-luckhurst--65269848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Back Up Man: The hilarious and heartwarming brand new romcom perfect for fans of The Flatshare Author: Phoebe Luckhurst Narrator: Cathleen Mccarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 19, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. They made a pact to marry at thirty. The problem? Euan's nowhere to be found. Can Anya track down her back up man . . . ? Shortly after her 29th birthday, Anya Mackie finds herself single, homeless and jobless. Well-meaning friends and family rally round, but she's soon stuck in a flatshare with Cold Claire and Weird Richard, and babysitting Glasgow's most unappealing twins. But when Anya stumbles on the pact she made with high school crush, Euan Carrick, where they promised to marry if they were still single at thirty, she thinks it's a lifeline. Until Anya discovers that Euan hasn't been seen for a decade. Grudgingly accepting the help (and car!) of handsome-but-emotionally-unavailable Jamie Kildare - another blast from Anya's past, with his own mysterious reasons for tracking down their old school pal, the pair set off across the country to find Anya's back-up-man. In the age of social media and blue ticks, how could Euan have disappeared? Will he even remember their pact? And are some things just better left in the past . . . ? The Back Up Man is a hilariously romantic tale of mishaps and matrimony, love and long shots, foibles and friendship, that may make you text that old school boyfriend of yours . . . Praise for Phoebe Luckhurst: 'Entertaining, endearing, and truly unique. Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity' Emma Gannon 'The year's most original rom-com' Elle 'Hilarious' Evening Standard 'Nostalgic, pitch perfect' Cressida McLaughlin 'Funny and compelling from page one' Lucy Vine ©2023 Phoebe Luckhurst (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562564Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Back Up Man: The hilarious and heartwarming brand new romcom perfect for fans of The Flatshare Author: Phoebe Luckhurst Narrator: Cathleen Mccarron...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Back Up Man: The hilarious and heartwarming brand new romcom perfect for fans of The Flatshare Author: Phoebe Luckhurst Narrator: Cathleen Mccarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 19, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. They made a pact to marry at thirty. The problem? Euan's nowhere to be found. Can Anya track down her back up man . . . ? Shortly after her 29th birthday, Anya Mackie finds herself single, homeless and jobless. Well-meaning friends and family rally round, but she's soon stuck in a flatshare with Cold Claire and Weird Richard, and babysitting Glasgow's most unappealing twins. But when Anya stumbles on the pact she made with high school crush, Euan Carrick, where they promised to marry if they were still single at thirty, she thinks it's a lifeline. Until Anya discovers that Euan hasn't been seen for a decade. Grudgingly accepting the help (and car!) of handsome-but-emotionally-unavailable Jamie Kildare - another blast from Anya's past, with his own mysterious reasons for tracking down their old school pal, the pair set off across the country to find Anya's back-up-man. In the age of social media and blue ticks, how could Euan have disappeared? Will he even remember their pact? And are some things just better left in the past . . . ? The Back Up Man is a hilariously romantic tale of mishaps and matrimony, love and long shots, foibles and friendship, that may make you text that old school boyfriend of yours . . . Praise for Phoebe Luckhurst: 'Entertaining, endearing, and truly unique. Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity' Emma Gannon 'The year's most original rom-com' Elle 'Hilarious' Evening Standard 'Nostalgic, pitch perfect' Cressida McLaughlin 'Funny and compelling from page one' Lucy Vine ©2023 Phoebe Luckhurst (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-savvy-sistahs-by-brenda-jackson--65269866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savvy Sistahs Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Amber, Carla and Brandy known as the "ABCs" are intelligent businesswomen who met in their business support group "The Savvy Sistahs Who Mean Business" and became the best of friends. They've bonded over lost loves, past hurts, and too many lonely nights. . . Amber Stuart escaped an abusive marriage and now finds peace running her small bookstore. But when a man passes out in her establishment, after eating one of her homemade cookies, she'll do anything to avoid a lawsuit. Raising a two-year-old son on her own and running the computer business she inherited from her father, Carla Osborne doesn't have time for anything else. Then she finds herself the object of a hostile takeover. After a divorce settlement leaves her the sole owner of the St. Laurent Hotel, Brandy Bennett decides to manage her new business full-time, but the challenges are bigger than she expected. Life is dishing it out hard, but these ladies are determined to hold on to each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561311Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savvy Sistahs Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savvy Sistahs Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Amber, Carla and Brandy known as the "ABCs" are intelligent businesswomen who met in their business support group "The Savvy Sistahs Who Mean Business" and became the best of friends. They've bonded over lost loves, past hurts, and too many lonely nights. . . Amber Stuart escaped an abusive marriage and now finds peace running her small bookstore. But when a man passes out in her establishment, after eating one of her homemade cookies, she'll do anything to avoid a lawsuit. Raising a two-year-old son on her own and running the computer business she inherited from her father, Carla Osborne doesn't have time for anything else. Then she finds herself the object of a hostile takeover. After a divorce settlement leaves her the sole owner of the St. Laurent Hotel, Brandy Bennett decides to manage her new business full-time, but the challenges are bigger than she expected. Life is dishing it out hard, but these ladies are determined to hold on to each other.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-would-know-by-amber-garza--65269983https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother Would Know Author: Amber Garza Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours—or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself.” —Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear A mother questions everything she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead. Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house—one rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier—and truth be told, she is a little lonely. With few options, she asks her adult son to move home, but it’s not quite the reunion she hoped for. Hudson is taciturn, moody and frequently gone. The neighbors already hold a grudge against Hudson, and they aren’t happy about his return. When a young woman is found murdered a block away, suspicion falls on him immediately, without a shred of evidence. While Valerie fights to defend her son, she begins to wonder who she really invited into her home. It’s a horrible thing for a mother to even think…but is it possible she’s enabled a monster? A monster she is living with, alone?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553699Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother Would Know Author: Amber Garza Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother Would Know Author: Amber Garza Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours—or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself.” —Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear A mother questions everything she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead. Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house—one rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier—and truth be told, she is a little lonely. With few options, she asks her adult son to move home, but it’s not quite the reunion she hoped for. Hudson is taciturn, moody and frequently gone. The neighbors already hold a grudge against Hudson, and they aren’t happy about his return. When a young woman is found murdered a block away, suspicion falls on him immediately, without a shred of evidence. While Valerie fights to defend her son, she begins to wonder who she really invited into her home. It’s a horrible thing for a mother to even think…but is it possible she’s enabled a monster? A monster she is living with, alone?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-judas-tree-by-amanda-jennings--65269843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Judas Tree Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joe Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Childhood betrayal casts a long shadow… From the author of The Haven and The Cliff House, this is a devastating thriller set in a Cornish boarding school. ‘A gripping page-turner’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party At a bleak boys’ boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when bullying is rife, Will and his best friend, Luke, are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving. Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of a painful childhood come flooding back to haunt them both. Will’s wife, Harmony, is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, and wishes Will would open up about what happened. But as Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband’s past, Luke, and soon all three are caught in a tangled web of guilt and desire . . . From Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House, comes a haunting thriller about betrayal and revenge. Praise for The Judas Tree: ‘That rare thing – a gripping page-turner that’s also emotionally intelligent and very moving. I gulped it down’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party ‘Astonishingly good and utterly haunting’ Oxford Times ‘A beautifully crafted tale. Emotional, dark and so very compelling’ Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time ‘AMAZING. Real and disturbing and brilliant, and so beautifully written. The kind of book you want to TALK about’ Iona Grey, author of The Glittering Hour ‘I LOVED it’ Miranda Dickinson, bestselling author of The Start of Something ‘A beautiful, sharply written novel about how we carry the past with us’ Louise Beech, author of Nothing Else ‘A compelling, moving and captivating book that had me hooked from the first page’ Louise Douglas, bestselling author of The Room in the Attic ‘A powerful story about the shadowlands that can connect people with long-held secrets . . . A really great read’ Claire Dyer, author of The Significant Others of Odie May]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563589Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Judas Tree Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joe Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Judas Tree Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joe Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Childhood betrayal casts a long shadow… From the author of The Haven and The Cliff House, this is a devastating thriller set in a Cornish boarding school. ‘A gripping page-turner’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party At a bleak boys’ boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when bullying is rife, Will and his best friend, Luke, are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving. Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of a painful childhood come flooding back to haunt them both. Will’s wife, Harmony, is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, and wishes Will would open up about what happened. But as Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband’s past, Luke, and soon all three are caught in a tangled web of guilt and desire . . . From Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House, comes a haunting thriller about betrayal and revenge. Praise for The Judas Tree: ‘That rare thing – a gripping page-turner that’s also emotionally intelligent and very moving. I gulped it down’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party ‘Astonishingly good and utterly haunting’ Oxford Times ‘A beautifully crafted tale. Emotional, dark and so very compelling’ Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time ‘AMAZING. Real and disturbing and brilliant, and so beautifully written. The kind of book you want to TALK about’ Iona Grey, author of The Glittering Hour ‘I LOVED it’ Miranda Dickinson, bestselling author of The Start of Something ‘A beautiful, sharply written novel about how we carry the past with us’ Louise Beech, author of Nothing Else ‘A compelling, moving and captivating book that had me hooked from the first page’ Louise Douglas, bestselling author of The Room in the Attic ‘A powerful story about the shadowlands that can connect people with long-held secrets . . . A really great read’ Claire Dyer, author of The Significant Others of Odie May]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/none-of-this-would-have-happened-if-prince-were-alive-a-novel-by-carolyn-prusa--65270010https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive: A Novel Author: Carolyn Prusa Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Maria Semple and Jennifer Weiner, this “laugh-out-loud gem” (Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling) of a debut novel follows Ramona through the forty-eight hours after her life has been upended by the discovery of her husband’s affair and an approaching hurricane. Ramona has a bratty boss, a potty-training toddler, a critical and over-sharing mom, and oops—a cheating husband. That’s how a Category Four hurricane bearing down on her life in Savannah becomes just another item on her to-do list. In the next forty-eight hours she’ll add a neighborhood child and the class guinea pig named Clarence Thomas to her entourage as she struggles to evacuate town. Ignoring the persistent glow of her minivan’s check engine light, Ramona navigates police check points, bathroom emergencies, demands from her boss, and torrential downpours while fielding calls and apology texts from her cheating husband and longing for the days when her life was like a Prince song, full of sexy creativity and joy. Thoroughly entertaining and completely relatable, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive is the “keenly observant, fast-paced” (Amy Poeppel, author of Musical Chairs) story of modern womanhood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552927Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive: A Novel Author: Carolyn Prusa Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive: A Novel Author: Carolyn Prusa Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Maria Semple and Jennifer Weiner, this “laugh-out-loud gem” (Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling) of a debut novel follows Ramona through the forty-eight hours after her life has been upended by the discovery of her husband’s affair and an approaching hurricane. Ramona has a bratty boss, a potty-training toddler, a critical and over-sharing mom, and oops—a cheating husband. That’s how a Category Four hurricane bearing down on her life in Savannah becomes just another item on her to-do list. In the next forty-eight hours she’ll add a neighborhood child and the class guinea pig named Clarence Thomas to her entourage as she struggles to evacuate town. Ignoring the persistent glow of her minivan’s check engine light, Ramona navigates police check points, bathroom emergencies, demands from her boss, and torrential downpours while fielding calls and apology texts from her cheating husband and longing for the days when her life was like a Prince song, full of sexy creativity and joy. Thoroughly entertaining and completely relatable, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive is the “keenly observant, fast-paced” (Amy Poeppel, author of Musical Chairs) story of modern womanhood.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-holiday-by-phillipa-ashley--65269841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Holiday Author: Phillipa Ashley Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire with this perfect, uplifting festive read. ‘Wow, just the most perfect fabulous festive read, heart-warming, charming, a real tonic to add cheer and love to your day!… I really didn’t want it to end’ NetGalley review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563593Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Holiday Author: Phillipa Ashley Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Holiday Author: Phillipa Ashley Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire with this perfect, uplifting festive read. ‘Wow, just the most perfect fabulous festive read, heart-warming, charming, a real tonic to add cheer and love to your day!… I really didn’t want it to end’ NetGalley review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stolen-book-of-evelyn-aubrey-by-serena-burdick--65270014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer’s block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn’s writing talent. When he commits the ultimate betrayal—stealing a draft of her novel and passing it off as his own—Evelyn decides to write her way out of their unhappy marriage. California, 2006. Abigail always wondered about her father, his identity forever lost when her mother unexpectedly died. Or so Abigail thought, until she stumbled upon his photo and a message that her great-great-grandmother was the author Evelyn Aubrey, leading Abigail on a journey to England in search for answers. There, she learns of Evelyn’s shocking disappearance and how London society believed she was murdered. But from what she uncovers about Evelyn, Abigail believes her brilliant great-great-grandmother had another plot up her sleeve. Rich in atmosphere and emotion, The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey tells the story of literary secrets, a family curse and the lengths women will go to take charge of their future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553371Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer’s block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn’s writing talent. When he commits the ultimate betrayal—stealing a draft of her novel and passing it off as his own—Evelyn decides to write her way out of their unhappy marriage. California, 2006. Abigail always wondered about her father, his identity forever lost when her mother unexpectedly died. Or so Abigail thought, until she stumbled upon his photo and a message that her great-great-grandmother was the author Evelyn Aubrey, leading Abigail on a journey to England in search for answers. There, she learns of Evelyn’s shocking disappearance and how London society believed she was murdered. But from what she uncovers about Evelyn, Abigail believes her brilliant great-great-grandmother had another plot up her sleeve. Rich in atmosphere and emotion, The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey tells the story of literary secrets, a family curse and the lengths women will go to take charge of their future.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cat-lady-by-dawn-o-porter--65269915https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cat Lady Author: Dawn O’porter Narrator: Daisy Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER and Richard & Judy summer book club pick* Funny, original, incredibly entertaining – and the perfect gift for the cat ladies in your life! WHAT IF THE LIFE YOU’RE LIVING . . . ISN’T THE ONE YOU WANT? Mia has made all the right choices. She’s married, she has the nice house, the good career. But life isn’t about fitting into a box. And there’s another woman inside her who’s just clawing to get out . . . PRAISE FOR CAT LADY: ‘Even speaking as a dog man, I thought Cat Lady was an absolute joy to read’ Matt Haig ‘My book of the year’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A reminder to live your life your way. Cat or no cat’ Fearne Cotton ‘Really gets the reader to think about what matters in life Unputdownable and completely wonderful!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Witty, thought-provoking and hilarious, Cat Lady is a triumph’ The Unmumsy Mum ‘Dawn O’Porter challenges the stereotypes of the typical ‘cat lady’ with this beautiful and emotional read’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An ode to finding your people and a celebration of the small things that bring us together’ Emma Gannon ‘I absolutely adored this book!’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Funny, heart-wrenching and full of warmth’ Sarah Morgan ‘A beautifully written book that I'd recommend to anyone’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely onion of a book, layered with humour and emotion’ Daisy Haggard ‘A joyous, touching, funny, sharp story – I cannot praise it enough. Purr-fection’ Milly Johnson Dawn O’Porter's book 'Cat Lady' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 24-10-2022.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556086Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cat Lady Author: Dawn O’porter Narrator: Daisy Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 27, 2022 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cat Lady Author: Dawn O’porter Narrator: Daisy Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER and Richard & Judy summer book club pick* Funny, original, incredibly entertaining – and the perfect gift for the cat ladies in your life! WHAT IF THE LIFE YOU’RE LIVING . . . ISN’T THE ONE YOU WANT? Mia has made all the right choices. She’s married, she has the nice house, the good career. But life isn’t about fitting into a box. And there’s another woman inside her who’s just clawing to get out . . . PRAISE FOR CAT LADY: ‘Even speaking as a dog man, I thought Cat Lady was an absolute joy to read’ Matt Haig ‘My book of the year’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A reminder to live your life your way. Cat or no cat’ Fearne Cotton ‘Really gets the reader to think about what matters in life Unputdownable and completely wonderful!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Witty, thought-provoking and hilarious, Cat Lady is a triumph’ The Unmumsy Mum ‘Dawn O’Porter challenges the stereotypes of the typical ‘cat lady’ with this beautiful and emotional read’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An ode to finding your people and a celebration of the small things that bring us together’ Emma Gannon ‘I absolutely adored this book!’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Funny, heart-wrenching and full of warmth’ Sarah Morgan ‘A beautifully written book that I'd recommend to anyone’ Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely onion of a book, layered with humour and emotion’ Daisy Haggard ‘A joyous, touching, funny, sharp story – I cannot praise it enough. Purr-fection’ Milly Johnson Dawn O’Porter's book 'Cat Lady' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 24-10-2022.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-cosmic-kind-of-love-by-samantha-young--65269858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cosmic Kind of Love Author: Samantha Young Narrator: Noah B. Perez, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Amazon's Best Romances of October! Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young. When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration material from the bride of her latest wedding project, the last thing she expects to find is a collection of digital videos from Darcy’s ex-boyfriend. Hallie knows it’s wrong to keep watching these personal videos, but this guy is cute, funny, and an astronaut on the International Space Station to boot. She’s only human. And it’s not long until she starts sending e-mails and video diaries to his discontinued NASA address. Since they’re bouncing back, there’s no way anyone will ever be able to see them...right?   Christopher Ortiz is readjusting to life on earth and being constantly in the shadow of his deceased older brother. When a friend from NASA’s IT department forwards him the e-mails and video messages Hallie has sent, he can’t help but notice how much her sense of humor and pink hair make his heart race.   Separated by screens, Hallie and Chris are falling in love with each other, one transmission at a time. But can they make their star-crossed romance work when they each learn the other’s baggage?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561940Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cosmic Kind of Love Author: Samantha Young Narrator: Noah B. Perez, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cosmic Kind of Love Author: Samantha Young Narrator: Noah B. Perez, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Amazon's Best Romances of October! Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young. When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration material from the bride of her latest wedding project, the last thing she expects to find is a collection of digital videos from Darcy’s ex-boyfriend. Hallie knows it’s wrong to keep watching these personal videos, but this guy is cute, funny, and an astronaut on the International Space Station to boot. She’s only human. And it’s not long until she starts sending e-mails and video diaries to his discontinued NASA address. Since they’re bouncing back, there’s no way anyone will ever be able to see them...right?   Christopher Ortiz is readjusting to life on earth and being constantly in the shadow of his deceased older brother. When a friend from NASA’s IT department forwards him the e-mails and video messages Hallie has sent, he can’t help but notice how much her sense of humor and pink hair make his heart race.   Separated by screens, Hallie and Chris are falling in love with each other, one transmission at a time. But can they make their star-crossed romance work when they each learn the other’s baggage?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-with-the-wartime-midwives-the-perfect-christmas-wartime-story-to-curl-up-with-this-winter-by-daisy-styles--65269863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Wartime Midwives: The perfect Christmas wartime story to curl up with this winter Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming and uplifting new Wartime Midwives novel, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Nancy Revell this holiday season. Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter working alongside the Wartime Midwives. When she discovers that the local primary school is struggling, Libby rallies the midwives to band together and work with the local community. With the help of midwife Ada and teacher Margaret, Libby has a plan to save Christmas. But not everyone likes what Libby is doing, and local landlord Thorpe is hiding something... Praise for Daisy Styles 'An absolute joy to read' Kate Thompson 'Will tug at the heart strings of readers everywhere!' Fiona Ford 'Truly endearing characters' Annie Murray © Daisy Styles 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563637Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Wartime Midwives: The perfect Christmas wartime story to curl up with this winter Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Wartime Midwives: The perfect Christmas wartime story to curl up with this winter Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming and uplifting new Wartime Midwives novel, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Nancy Revell this holiday season. Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter working alongside the Wartime Midwives. When she discovers that the local primary school is struggling, Libby rallies the midwives to band together and work with the local community. With the help of midwife Ada and teacher Margaret, Libby has a plan to save Christmas. But not everyone likes what Libby is doing, and local landlord Thorpe is hiding something... Praise for Daisy Styles 'An absolute joy to read' Kate Thompson 'Will tug at the heart strings of readers everywhere!' Fiona Ford 'Truly endearing characters' Annie Murray © Daisy Styles 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-impatient-a-novel-by-djaili-amadou-amal--65269839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Impatient: A Novel Author: Djaili Amadou Amal Narrator: Liz Femi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against oppressive, long-held cultural traditions—including polygamy and domestic abuse—that define and limit their lives. Three women, three stories, three linked destinies . . . In North Cameroon, well-to-do young Ramla is torn from her true love and wed to a manipulative older man. Safira, her co-wife, juggles envy and empathy for this new bride with disappointment in the husband she desperately loves. Like her older sister, Ramla, Hindou is married off to a man she does not know or want, a distant cousin whose instability and violence terrifies her. From an early age, these women were raised to submit to men, or risk shame and repudiation of themselves and their families. They are advised to have munyal—patience. They are told that their fates are the will of the All-Powerful, and that it is unthinkable—or rather, impossible—to defy tradition. They are reminded of the Fulani proverb which holds, “At the end of patience, there is the sky.” Yet Ramla, Safira, and Hindou are tired of waiting for a happiness that may never come. Their lives are driven by impatience and clouded by the suffering rooted in forced marriage and physical abuse, but it is this oppressive culture that binds them together. In a society that demands female obedience, how will these three impatient women free themselves? Djaïli Amadou Amal makes her literary debut in English with this remarkable novel that breaks taboos as it denounces the cultural mores of Africa's Sahel region. Inspired by the author’s own experiences and written with grace, strength, and veracity, The Impatient is a moving testimony to a shared pain and a call for change—an unflinching depiction of the psychic damage traditions can have on the women who must abide by them and a denunciation of violence against all women and the normalization of domestic abuse—not only in Cameroon but around the globe. Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564531Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Impatient: A Novel Author: Djaili Amadou Amal Narrator: Liz Femi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Impatient: A Novel Author: Djaili Amadou Amal Narrator: Liz Femi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against oppressive, long-held cultural traditions—including polygamy and domestic abuse—that define and limit their lives. Three women, three stories, three linked destinies . . . In North Cameroon, well-to-do young Ramla is torn from her true love and wed to a manipulative older man. Safira, her co-wife, juggles envy and empathy for this new bride with disappointment in the husband she desperately loves. Like her older sister, Ramla, Hindou is married off to a man she does not know or want, a distant cousin whose instability and violence terrifies her. From an early age, these women were raised to submit to men, or risk shame and repudiation of themselves and their families. They are advised to have munyal—patience. They are told that their fates are the will of the All-Powerful, and that it is unthinkable—or rather, impossible—to defy tradition. They are reminded of the Fulani proverb which holds, “At the end of patience, there is the sky.” Yet Ramla, Safira, and Hindou are tired of waiting for a happiness that may never come. Their lives are driven by impatience and clouded by the suffering rooted in forced marriage and physical abuse, but it is this oppressive culture that binds them together. In a society that demands female obedience, how will these three impatient women free themselves? Djaïli Amadou Amal makes her literary debut in English with this remarkable novel that breaks taboos as it denounces the cultural mores of Africa's Sahel region. Inspired by the author’s own experiences and written with grace, strength, and veracity, The Impatient is a moving testimony to a shared pain and a call for change—an unflinching depiction of the psychic damage traditions can have on the women who must abide by them and a denunciation of violence against all women and the normalization of domestic abuse—not only in Cameroon but around the globe. Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-sweet-christmas-by-susan-mallery--65269977https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Sweet Christmas Series: #2 of Wishing Tree Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘This is a book for all Christmas fans. I devoured this book and I adored it. It was like having a comfort blanket around me at all times.’ Amazon reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ It's the most wonderful time of the year… to fall in love Coming home for Christmas Returning to her home town of Wishing Tree is definitely temporary for Camryn. She can’t wait to leave and get back to her ‘real life’. Until she meets Jake. Suddenly Camryn starts to see the town, and it’s Christmas traditions, differently. She thought she’d put her future on hold…but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home. New in town, River is charmed by Wishing Tree’s Christmas traditions and warm-hearted people, especially Dylan Tucker whose snow melting kisses bring her to the brink of love. But Dylan has a secret and River can’t risk falling for him until she uncovers it, even if that means losing him forever. Both women find themselves faced with difficult decisions. But if they are prepared to risk their hearts, they might find they are about to have a Christmas to remember… Another festive romance from the international bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest *** Perfect for fans of: Gilmore Girls]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555852Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Sweet Christmas Series: #2 of Wishing Tree Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Sweet Christmas Series: #2 of Wishing Tree Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘This is a book for all Christmas fans. I devoured this book and I adored it. It was like having a comfort blanket around me at all times.’ Amazon reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ It's the most wonderful time of the year… to fall in love Coming home for Christmas Returning to her home town of Wishing Tree is definitely temporary for Camryn. She can’t wait to leave and get back to her ‘real life’. Until she meets Jake. Suddenly Camryn starts to see the town, and it’s Christmas traditions, differently. She thought she’d put her future on hold…but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home. New in town, River is charmed by Wishing Tree’s Christmas traditions and warm-hearted people, especially Dylan Tucker whose snow melting kisses bring her to the brink of love. But Dylan has a secret and River can’t risk falling for him until she uncovers it, even if that means losing him forever. Both women find themselves faced with difficult decisions. But if they are prepared to risk their hearts, they might find they are about to have a Christmas to remember… Another festive romance from the international bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest *** Perfect for fans of: Gilmore Girls]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spells-for-forgetting-a-novel-by-adrienne-young--65269946https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spells for Forgetting: A Novel Author: Adrienne Young Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, Dawn Harvey, Emily Rankin, Ari Fliakos, Dan Bittner, Mark Deakins, Kirsten Potter, Kimberly Farr, Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Lush with secrets, magic, and a past that won’t stay where it belongs, this novel is (quite fittingly) spellbinding.”—JODI PICOULT, author of Wish You Were Here A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: She Reads Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming. The morning she wakes to find that every single tree on Saoirse has turned color in a single night, August returns for the first time in fourteen years and unearths the past that the town has tried desperately to forget. August knows he is not welcome on Saiorse, not after the night everything changed. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. When he returns to bury his mother’s ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed—Emery. But the town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily’s mysterious death once and for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556143Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spells for Forgetting: A Novel Author: Adrienne Young Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, Dawn Harvey, Emily Rankin, Ari Fliakos, Dan Bittner, Mark...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spells for Forgetting: A Novel Author: Adrienne Young Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, Dawn Harvey, Emily Rankin, Ari Fliakos, Dan Bittner, Mark Deakins, Kirsten Potter, Kimberly Farr, Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Lush with secrets, magic, and a past that won’t stay where it belongs, this novel is (quite fittingly) spellbinding.”—JODI PICOULT, author of Wish You Were Here A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: She Reads Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming. The morning she wakes to find that every single tree on Saoirse has turned color in a single night, August returns for the first time in fourteen years and unearths the past that the town has tried desperately to forget. August knows he is not welcome on Saiorse, not after the night everything changed. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. When he returns to bury his mother’s ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed—Emery. But the town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily’s mysterious death once and for all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-indiscreet-princess-a-novel-of-queen-victoria-s-defiant-daughter-by-georgie-blalock--65269882https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Indiscreet Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter Author: Georgie Blalock Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise’s life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes, Louise vows to escape the stultifying royal court. Blessed with beauty, artistic talent, and a common touch, she creates a life outside the walled-in existence of the palace grounds by attending the National Art Training School—where she shockingly learns to sculpt nude models while falling passionately in love with famed sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. But even as Louise cultivates a life outside the palace, she is constantly reminded that even royal rebels must heed the call of duty—and for a princess that means marriage. Refusing to leave England, she agrees to a match with the Duke of Argyll, and although her heart belongs to another, she is determined to act out her public role perfectly, even if her private life teeters on the brink of scandal. But when a near fatal accident forces Louise back under her mother’s iron rule, she realizes she must choose: give in to the grief of lost love or find the strength to fight for her unconventional life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562546Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Indiscreet Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter Author: Georgie Blalock Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Indiscreet Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter Author: Georgie Blalock Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise’s life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes, Louise vows to escape the stultifying royal court. Blessed with beauty, artistic talent, and a common touch, she creates a life outside the walled-in existence of the palace grounds by attending the National Art Training School—where she shockingly learns to sculpt nude models while falling passionately in love with famed sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. But even as Louise cultivates a life outside the palace, she is constantly reminded that even royal rebels must heed the call of duty—and for a princess that means marriage. Refusing to leave England, she agrees to a match with the Duke of Argyll, and although her heart belongs to another, she is determined to act out her public role perfectly, even if her private life teeters on the brink of scandal. But when a near fatal accident forces Louise back under her mother’s iron rule, she realizes she must choose: give in to the grief of lost love or find the strength to fight for her unconventional life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-a-woman-wants-by-brenda-jackson--65269860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Woman Wants Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a close friend commits suicide, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head to the beach cottage on Hilton Head Island. Determined to heed her advice and make the most of their lives, they make a pact to spend the summer embracing new adventures. They also embrace new men and a new best friend along the way.   Filled with profound passion and sensuality, witty dialogue and richly drawn characters, this is a story of women having fun, embracing life, taking charge, and doing the things they want -and discovering in the process that everyone deserves to kick the routine every once in a while, let their hair down and explore new things. And if the right man comes along, especially one who is willing to make an already hot summer even hotter, then pushing the envelope just might give her life the jolt it needs. Playas Series Book 3]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562254Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Woman Wants Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Woman Wants Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a close friend commits suicide, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head to the beach cottage on Hilton Head Island. Determined to heed her advice and make the most of their lives, they make a pact to spend the summer embracing new adventures. They also embrace new men and a new best friend along the way.   Filled with profound passion and sensuality, witty dialogue and richly drawn characters, this is a story of women having fun, embracing life, taking charge, and doing the things they want -and discovering in the process that everyone deserves to kick the routine every once in a while, let their hair down and explore new things. And if the right man comes along, especially one who is willing to make an already hot summer even hotter, then pushing the envelope just might give her life the jolt it needs. Playas Series Book 3]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-frederick-sisters-are-living-the-dream-a-novel-by-jeannie-zusy--65269990https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream: A Novel Author: Jeannie Zusy Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine meets Early Morning Riser with a dash of Where’d You Go, Bernadette in this “funny and insightful” (Real Simple) novel about one woman whose life is turned upside down when she becomes caregiver to her sister with special needs. Every family has its fault lines, and when Maggie gets a call from the ER in Maryland where her older sister lives, the cracks start to appear. Ginny, her sugar-loving and diabetic older sister with intellectual disabilities, has overdosed on strawberry Jell-O. Maggie knows Ginny really can’t live on her own, so she brings her sister and her occasionally vicious dog to live near her in upstate New York. Their other sister, Betsy, is against the idea but as a professional surfer, she is conveniently thousands of miles away. Thus, Maggie’s life as a caretaker begins. It will take all of her dark humor and patience, already spread thin after a separation, raising two boys, freelancing, an ex who just won’t go away, and starting a dating life, to deal with Ginny’s diapers, sugar addiction, porn habit, and refusal to cooperate. “The Frederick sisters will have you laughing out loud—often through tears—in this roller coaster ride of a novel that explores what it means to be family” (Tracey Lange, New York Times bestselling author).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552934Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream: A Novel Author: Jeannie Zusy Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream: A Novel Author: Jeannie Zusy Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine meets Early Morning Riser with a dash of Where’d You Go, Bernadette in this “funny and insightful” (Real Simple) novel about one woman whose life is turned upside down when she becomes caregiver to her sister with special needs. Every family has its fault lines, and when Maggie gets a call from the ER in Maryland where her older sister lives, the cracks start to appear. Ginny, her sugar-loving and diabetic older sister with intellectual disabilities, has overdosed on strawberry Jell-O. Maggie knows Ginny really can’t live on her own, so she brings her sister and her occasionally vicious dog to live near her in upstate New York. Their other sister, Betsy, is against the idea but as a professional surfer, she is conveniently thousands of miles away. Thus, Maggie’s life as a caretaker begins. It will take all of her dark humor and patience, already spread thin after a separation, raising two boys, freelancing, an ex who just won’t go away, and starting a dating life, to deal with Ginny’s diapers, sugar addiction, porn habit, and refusal to cooperate. “The Frederick sisters will have you laughing out loud—often through tears—in this roller coaster ride of a novel that explores what it means to be family” (Tracey Lange, New York Times bestselling author).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-party-a-novel-by-rita-cameron--65269853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Party: A Novel Author: Rita Cameron Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community—perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes. “The House Party will keep readers on the edge of their seats.”—PopSugar It’s the party of the year. Afterward, nothing will ever be the same. Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered. Those teenagers, two months away from graduating high school, are the “good kids”—the ones on track to go to college and move on to the next stage of their privileged lives. They have grown up in a protected bubble and are accustomed to getting by with just a slap on the wrist. Did they think they could just destroy property without facing punishment? Or was there something deeper, darker, at play that night? As the police close in on a list of suspects, the tight-knit community begins to fray as families attempt to protect themselves. What should have been the party of the year will have repercussions that will put Maja’s marriage to the ultimate test, jeopardize the futures of those “good kids,” and divide the town over questions of privilege and responsibility. An absorbing novel told through shifting perspectives, The House Party explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and marriages can upend when differences in wealth and power are forced to the surface.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563601Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Party: A Novel Author: Rita Cameron Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Party: A Novel Author: Rita Cameron Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community—perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes. “The House Party will keep readers on the edge of their seats.”—PopSugar It’s the party of the year. Afterward, nothing will ever be the same. Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered. Those teenagers, two months away from graduating high school, are the “good kids”—the ones on track to go to college and move on to the next stage of their privileged lives. They have grown up in a protected bubble and are accustomed to getting by with just a slap on the wrist. Did they think they could just destroy property without facing punishment? Or was there something deeper, darker, at play that night? As the police close in on a list of suspects, the tight-knit community begins to fray as families attempt to protect themselves. What should have been the party of the year will have repercussions that will put Maja’s marriage to the ultimate test, jeopardize the futures of those “good kids,” and divide the town over questions of privilege and responsibility. An absorbing novel told through shifting perspectives, The House Party explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and marriages can upend when differences in wealth and power are forced to the surface.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-birdcatcher-by-gayl-jones--65269849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcatcher Author: Gayl Jones Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022 Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.' —Imani Perry Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time in over 20 years, Jones is publishing again. In the wake of her long-awaited fifth novel, Palmares, The Birdcatcher is another singular achievement, a return to the circles of her National Book Award finalist, The Healing. Set primarily on the island of Ibiza, the story is narrated by the writer Amanda Wordlaw, whose closest friend, a gifted sculptor named Catherine Shuger, is repeatedly institutionalized for trying to kill a husband who never leaves her. The three form a quirky triangle on the white-washed island. A study in Black women’s creative expression, and the intensity of their relationships, this work from Jones shows off her range and insight into the vicissitudes of all human nature—rewarding longtime fans and bringing her talent to a new generation of readers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563741Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcatcher Author: Gayl Jones Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcatcher Author: Gayl Jones Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022 Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.' —Imani Perry Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time in over 20 years, Jones is publishing again. In the wake of her long-awaited fifth novel, Palmares, The Birdcatcher is another singular achievement, a return to the circles of her National Book Award finalist, The Healing. Set primarily on the island of Ibiza, the story is narrated by the writer Amanda Wordlaw, whose closest friend, a gifted sculptor named Catherine Shuger, is repeatedly institutionalized for trying to kill a husband who never leaves her. The three form a quirky triangle on the white-washed island. A study in Black women’s creative expression, and the intensity of their relationships, this work from Jones shows off her range and insight into the vicissitudes of all human nature—rewarding longtime fans and bringing her talent to a new generation of readers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jollof-rice-and-other-revolutions-a-novel-in-interlocking-stories-by-omolola-ijeoma-ogunyemi--65269846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories Author: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi Narrator: Liz Femi, Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist ?“Poignant and beautiful. . . . Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi will sweep you away with these subtle yet profound stories. She is a bold and elegant writer, and this debut is such a pleasure.”—Edan Lepucki, author of Woman No. 17 and California Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling novel which explores her homeland’s past, present, and possible future through the interconnected stories of four fearless globe-trotting women. Moving between Nigeria and America, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take to control their destinies. Students at an all-girls boarding school, Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable sisterhood that is tempered during a school rebellion, an uprising with repercussions that will forever reverberate through their lives. The children of well-to-do families, these young women have been raised with a thirst for independence, believing a university education is their right—a legacy of ambition and hope inherited from their foremothers. Leaving school and adolescence behind, the women grapple with the unexpected possibilities—and limitations—of adulthood and the uncertainties of the world within and outside of Nigeria. A trip to Ghana opens Nonso’s eyes to the lasting impact of the transatlantic slave trade, she falls in love with an African American, and makes a new home in the United States. Remi meets Segun, a dynamic man of Nigerian descent from Yonkers whose own traumatic struggles and support gives her the strength to confront painful family wounds. Aisha’s overwhelming sense of guilt haunts her, influencing career and relationship decisions until she sees a chance to save her son’s life and, through her sacrifice, redefine her own. Revolving around loss, belonging, family, friendship, alienation, and silence, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a moving, multifaceted portrait of lives shaped by hope and sorrow—of women who must contend with the ever-present and unsettling notion that moving forward in time isn’t necessarily progress. “I truly loved this linked short story collection. The narrative takes us into the intimate workings of friends and families. Omolola explores their complex lives in astoundingly beautiful language. If, like me, you enjoy stories that take you out of your reading chair to worlds that follow you back to your own, then this is the book for you.”—Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, award-winning author of A Woman of Endurance]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563604Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories Author: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi Narrator: Liz Femi, Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories Author: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi Narrator: Liz Femi, Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist ?“Poignant and beautiful. . . . Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi will sweep you away with these subtle yet profound stories. She is a bold and elegant writer, and this debut is such a pleasure.”—Edan Lepucki, author of Woman No. 17 and California Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling novel which explores her homeland’s past, present, and possible future through the interconnected stories of four fearless globe-trotting women. Moving between Nigeria and America, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take to control their destinies. Students at an all-girls boarding school, Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable sisterhood that is tempered during a school rebellion, an uprising with repercussions that will forever reverberate through their lives. The children of well-to-do families, these young women have been raised with a thirst for independence, believing a university education is their right—a legacy of ambition and hope inherited from their foremothers. Leaving school and adolescence behind, the women grapple with the unexpected possibilities—and limitations—of adulthood and the uncertainties of the world within and outside of Nigeria. A trip to Ghana opens Nonso’s eyes to the lasting impact of the transatlantic slave trade, she falls in love with an African American, and makes a new home in the United States. Remi meets Segun, a dynamic man of Nigerian descent from Yonkers whose own traumatic struggles and support gives her the strength to confront painful family wounds. Aisha’s overwhelming sense of guilt haunts her, influencing career and relationship decisions until she sees a chance to save her son’s life and, through her sacrifice, redefine her own. Revolving around loss, belonging, family, friendship, alienation, and silence, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a moving, multifaceted portrait of lives shaped by hope and sorrow—of women who must contend with the ever-present and unsettling notion that moving forward in time isn’t necessarily progress. “I truly loved this linked short story collection. The narrative takes us into the intimate workings of friends and families. Omolola explores their complex lives in astoundingly beautiful language. If, like me, you enjoy stories that take you out of your reading chair to worlds that follow you back to your own, then this is the book for you.”—Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, award-winning author of A Woman of Endurance]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-mrs-tobias-a-novel-by-sally-koslow--65269838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Mrs. Tobias: A Novel Author: Sally Koslow Narrator: Kendra Hoffman, Callie Beaulieu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read.”—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of It All Comes Down to This A sharply funny and big-hearted multi-generational story about the deeply complicated relationships between mothers- and daughters-in-law, told through three women who marry into the same family, a treat for fans of The Nest and Fleischmann Is in Trouble.  It’s 2015 in New York City, and three women all known as Mrs. Tobias—Veronika, the matriarch, her daughter-in-law Mel, and Mel’s daughter-in-law Birdie—are trying to navigate personal difficulties, some of which are with one another.Veronika and Mel, despite having little in common, are both psychotherapists who are more skilled at helping other people than solving their own problems. Birdie, still dealing with the culture shock of moving to New York City and marrying into the Tobias clan, is pushed to her limit when her husband gets into trouble. No amount of badgering from his steely grandmother, smart-mouthed mother, or disillusioned wife can convince him to own up to what he’s done. Overwhelmed, Birdie bolts—along with the couple’s young daughter—to her Midwestern hometown, hoping that space, warmth and wisdom from her own feisty grandmother will help her find a path forward. And though Birdie begins to find comfort in unexpected places—a local bookstore and the arms of her old boyfriend—her absence stirs up long simmering troubles back home forcing the Tobiases to reconsider their relationships to each other, and ultimately, what it means to be a family. Will the three Tobias-women-by-marriage ever find themselves—and a way back to one another? A timely look at how women hold families together. “With a shrewd eye and a light touch, Sally Koslow weaves a story about three strong women whose memories, dreams, and desires conflict and intersect as they navigate a series of family crises. Warm, witty, and heartfelt, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a cinematic, fast-paced treat.”—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Exiles and Orphan Train ''With razor-sharp prose, witty humor and depth, Sally Koslow’s The Real Mrs. Tobias takes us down the MIL Road . . . the one that should come with a warning. You will laugh, you will cry, you will empathize—and if you happen to be a Daughter-In-Law—you will say, Better her than me. Yet just when you think there is no way back, Koslow's page-turner will prove that while family ties can strangle, they also can keep you bound together through love, loss, secrets, and healing.''—Lisa Barr, author of Woman on Fire]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564562Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Mrs. Tobias: A Novel Author: Sally Koslow Narrator: Kendra Hoffman, Callie Beaulieu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Mrs. Tobias: A Novel Author: Sally Koslow Narrator: Kendra Hoffman, Callie Beaulieu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read.”—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of It All Comes Down to This A sharply funny and big-hearted multi-generational story about the deeply complicated relationships between mothers- and daughters-in-law, told through three women who marry into the same family, a treat for fans of The Nest and Fleischmann Is in Trouble.  It’s 2015 in New York City, and three women all known as Mrs. Tobias—Veronika, the matriarch, her daughter-in-law Mel, and Mel’s daughter-in-law Birdie—are trying to navigate personal difficulties, some of which are with one another.Veronika and Mel, despite having little in common, are both psychotherapists who are more skilled at helping other people than solving their own problems. Birdie, still dealing with the culture shock of moving to New York City and marrying into the Tobias clan, is pushed to her limit when her husband gets into trouble. No amount of badgering from his steely grandmother, smart-mouthed mother, or disillusioned wife can convince him to own up to what he’s done. Overwhelmed, Birdie bolts—along with the couple’s young daughter—to her Midwestern hometown, hoping that space, warmth and wisdom from her own feisty grandmother will help her find a path forward. And though Birdie begins to find comfort in unexpected places—a local bookstore and the arms of her old boyfriend—her absence stirs up long simmering troubles back home forcing the Tobiases to reconsider their relationships to each other, and ultimately, what it means to be a family. Will the three Tobias-women-by-marriage ever find themselves—and a way back to one another? A timely look at how women hold families together. “With a shrewd eye and a light touch, Sally Koslow weaves a story about three strong women whose memories, dreams, and desires conflict and intersect as they navigate a series of family crises. Warm, witty, and heartfelt, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a cinematic, fast-paced treat.”—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Exiles and Orphan Train ''With razor-sharp prose, witty humor and depth, Sally Koslow’s The Real Mrs. Tobias takes us down the MIL Road . . . the one that should come with a warning. You will laugh, you will cry, you will empathize—and if you happen to be a Daughter-In-Law—you will say, Better her than me. Yet just when you think there is no way back, Koslow's page-turner will prove that while family ties can strangle, they also can keep you bound together through love, loss, secrets, and healing.''—Lisa Barr, author of Woman on Fire]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/angelika-frankenstein-makes-her-match-a-novel-by-sally-thorne--65269875https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match: A Novel Author: Sally Thorne Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game Sally Thorne comes something a little unexpected… a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein’s sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man. For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor’s ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own. When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Her resurrected beau (named Will for the moment) has total amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins the investigation into his past, hoping it will bring them closer. But when a second suitor emerges to aid their quest, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory? Or is Will (or whatever his name is!) her dream man, tailored for her in every way? And can he survive what was done to him in the name of science, and love? Filled with carriages, candlesticks, and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season reimagining of the well-known classic that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver! Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562541Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match: A Novel Author: Sally Thorne Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match: A Novel Author: Sally Thorne Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game Sally Thorne comes something a little unexpected… a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein’s sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man. For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor’s ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own. When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Her resurrected beau (named Will for the moment) has total amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins the investigation into his past, hoping it will bring them closer. But when a second suitor emerges to aid their quest, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory? Or is Will (or whatever his name is!) her dream man, tailored for her in every way? And can he survive what was done to him in the name of science, and love? Filled with carriages, candlesticks, and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season reimagining of the well-known classic that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver! Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-means-a-novel-by-amy-fusselman--65269857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Means: A Novel Author: Amy Fusselman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''The Means is such a fast-paced, breezy comedic novel that you may find yourself surprised that Fusselman deftly and directly leads you to existential dilemmas and the absurdity of capitalism and striving for more.'' – The Millions Shelly Means, a stay-at-home mom and disgraced former PTA president, is poised to get the one thing in life she really wants: a beach house in the Hamptons. Surely, once she has her beach house, Shelly will at last feel at peace, in control, and content. It might be a very small house, and it might be in the least-fancy part of the Hamptons, but Shelly is hell-bent on achieving this idea of paradise.  But what should be a simple real estate transaction quickly goes awry as Shelly’s new neighbors disapprove of her proposed shipping container house at the same time that her spouse George’s lucrative work as a VoiceOver artist dries up. When George wants to cancel the beach house, Shelly goes deeper down the rabbit hole of capitalism: it’s an investment property! It's a community! It’s a place for their children to thrive! And, for a woman whose labor has buoyed her family for years, this beach house might just be Shelly’s last stand. The debut novel from “one of our best interrogators of how we live now, and how we should live” (Dave Eggers), The Means is a comedy about the suffering inherent in desire, capitalist delusion, and the value of unpaid labor. ''With its deadpan absurdity, pithy prose and moral je ne sais quoi, Fusselman's latest will appeal to fans of Marcy Dermansky....With its satire of the particular hypocrisy of the Hamptons, including homeowners associations, graft, and garbage and recycling practices, Maria Semple....We may be entering a golden age of the comic novel, surely one of the best possible outcomes of this desperate moment in history.'' – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563599Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Means: A Novel Author: Amy Fusselman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Means: A Novel Author: Amy Fusselman Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''The Means is such a fast-paced, breezy comedic novel that you may find yourself surprised that Fusselman deftly and directly leads you to existential dilemmas and the absurdity of capitalism and striving for more.'' – The Millions Shelly Means, a stay-at-home mom and disgraced former PTA president, is poised to get the one thing in life she really wants: a beach house in the Hamptons. Surely, once she has her beach house, Shelly will at last feel at peace, in control, and content. It might be a very small house, and it might be in the least-fancy part of the Hamptons, but Shelly is hell-bent on achieving this idea of paradise.  But what should be a simple real estate transaction quickly goes awry as Shelly’s new neighbors disapprove of her proposed shipping container house at the same time that her spouse George’s lucrative work as a VoiceOver artist dries up. When George wants to cancel the beach house, Shelly goes deeper down the rabbit hole of capitalism: it’s an investment property! It's a community! It’s a place for their children to thrive! And, for a woman whose labor has buoyed her family for years, this beach house might just be Shelly’s last stand. The debut novel from “one of our best interrogators of how we live now, and how we should live” (Dave Eggers), The Means is a comedy about the suffering inherent in desire, capitalist delusion, and the value of unpaid labor. ''With its deadpan absurdity, pithy prose and moral je ne sais quoi, Fusselman's latest will appeal to fans of Marcy Dermansky....With its satire of the particular hypocrisy of the Hamptons, including homeowners associations, graft, and garbage and recycling practices, Maria Semple....We may be entering a golden age of the comic novel, surely one of the best possible outcomes of this desperate moment in history.'' – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-miracles-the-perfect-heart-warming-summer-read-about-hope-and-friendship-by-anne-booth--65269910https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Miracles: The perfect heart-warming summer read about hope and friendship Series: #1 of The Sisters of Saint Philomena Author: Anne Booth Narrator: Stella Mccusker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent, resulting in a story of friendship, community, faith and love. The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and Cecilia call home is in dire need of repairs and, with no savings and no new recruits, they are facing the prospect of having to sell up and leave behind the friends and neighbours in the parish community that they love. That is, until ninety-year-old Cecilia decides to play the newly launched National Lottery and a series of small miracles begins to unfold. Small Miracles takes the reader on a joyful and uplifting journey as these three unforgettable nuns learn more about life, love and friendship than they could ever have imagined. This is the perfect feel-good read for fans of AJ Pearce, Rachel Joyce, Katie Fforde and Joanna Cannon, as well as Sister Act, Rev and The Vicar of Dibley. It's a story about love in its many guises and how it can heal us. 'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird © Anne Booth 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556430Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Miracles: The perfect heart-warming summer read about hope and friendship Series: #1 of The Sisters of Saint Philomena Author: Anne Booth...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Miracles: The perfect heart-warming summer read about hope and friendship Series: #1 of The Sisters of Saint Philomena Author: Anne Booth Narrator: Stella Mccusker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent, resulting in a story of friendship, community, faith and love. The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and Cecilia call home is in dire need of repairs and, with no savings and no new recruits, they are facing the prospect of having to sell up and leave behind the friends and neighbours in the parish community that they love. That is, until ninety-year-old Cecilia decides to play the newly launched National Lottery and a series of small miracles begins to unfold. Small Miracles takes the reader on a joyful and uplifting journey as these three unforgettable nuns learn more about life, love and friendship than they could ever have imagined. This is the perfect feel-good read for fans of AJ Pearce, Rachel Joyce, Katie Fforde and Joanna Cannon, as well as Sister Act, Rev and The Vicar of Dibley. It's a story about love in its many guises and how it can heal us. 'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird © Anne Booth 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/number-one-fan-by-meg-elison--65269992https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Number One Fan Author: Meg Elison Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Elison’s brutal, incisive novel cuts to the heart of what makes public figures vulnerable and asks us to question our voyeurism." —New York Times Book Review She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all. On her way to a speaking engagement, bestselling novelist Eli Grey gets into a cab and accepts a drink from the driver, trusting that everything is fine. She wakes up chained in the stranger’s basement. With no close family or friends expecting her to check in, Eli knows she needs to save herself. She soon realizes that her abduction wasn’t random, and though she thinks she might recognize her captor, she can’t figure out what he wants. Her only clues are that he’s very familiar with her books and deeply invested in the fantastical world she creates. What follows is a test of wills as Eli pits herself against a man who believes she owes him everything—and is determined to take it from her. Terrifying and timely, set against the backdrop of convention culture and the MeToo reckoning, Number One Fan unflinchingly examines the tension between creator and work, fandom and source material, and the rage of fans who feel they own fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553376Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Number One Fan Author: Meg Elison Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Number One Fan Author: Meg Elison Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Elison’s brutal, incisive novel cuts to the heart of what makes public figures vulnerable and asks us to question our voyeurism." —New York Times Book Review She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all. On her way to a speaking engagement, bestselling novelist Eli Grey gets into a cab and accepts a drink from the driver, trusting that everything is fine. She wakes up chained in the stranger’s basement. With no close family or friends expecting her to check in, Eli knows she needs to save herself. She soon realizes that her abduction wasn’t random, and though she thinks she might recognize her captor, she can’t figure out what he wants. Her only clues are that he’s very familiar with her books and deeply invested in the fantastical world she creates. What follows is a test of wills as Eli pits herself against a man who believes she owes him everything—and is determined to take it from her. Terrifying and timely, set against the backdrop of convention culture and the MeToo reckoning, Number One Fan unflinchingly examines the tension between creator and work, fandom and source material, and the rage of fans who feel they own fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/take-my-husband-by-ellen-meister--65269980https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take My Husband Author: Ellen Meister Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "A page-turner with heart—and much needed laughs.” - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You  Only one thing stands in the way of Laurel Applebaum's happiness…Doug Applebaum. In this darkly comic novel about a wife whose rope is so frayed it's about to snap, Laurel gets a call that her husband has been in an accident. She imagines the worst. But as she is on the way to the ER, another emotion seizes her. Relief. Doug's death could solve all her problems. No more catering to his incessant demands. Then there's the insurance money. Laurel's dreams seem so close. There's just one problem: Doug is very much alive. Now Laurel has to decide if she is going to do something about it. Subversive, irreverent and surprisingly poignant, Take My Husband probes the deep corners of a marriage and emerges to find the light. For anyone who's spent a little too much time with a significant other and thought, One of us has got to go.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553728Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take My Husband Author: Ellen Meister Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take My Husband Author: Ellen Meister Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "A page-turner with heart—and much needed laughs.” - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You  Only one thing stands in the way of Laurel Applebaum's happiness…Doug Applebaum. In this darkly comic novel about a wife whose rope is so frayed it's about to snap, Laurel gets a call that her husband has been in an accident. She imagines the worst. But as she is on the way to the ER, another emotion seizes her. Relief. Doug's death could solve all her problems. No more catering to his incessant demands. Then there's the insurance money. Laurel's dreams seem so close. There's just one problem: Doug is very much alive. Now Laurel has to decide if she is going to do something about it. Subversive, irreverent and surprisingly poignant, Take My Husband probes the deep corners of a marriage and emerges to find the light. For anyone who's spent a little too much time with a significant other and thought, One of us has got to go.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rainshadow-road-a-novel-by-lisa-kleypas--65269890https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rainshadow Road: A Novel Series: #2 of Friday Harbor Series Author: Lisa Kleypas Narrator: Cassandra York Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas continues her beloved Friday Harbor series with a heartwarming tale of second chances and new beginnings. Glass artist Lucy Marinn has just had her heart shattered. She had envisioned a beautiful future in Friday Harbor with her fiancé Kevin. But not only has Kevin dumped her—he’s left her for her sister. Despite his betrayal, Lucy largely blames herself—apparently this was just another wrong move in a series of bad romantic choices. Kevin may not want to marry Lucy, but he still cares for her. He convinces his friend Sam Nolan, who owns a vineyard on San Juan Island, to date Lucy and help her recover from her bitterness. But when Sam and Lucy begin to get serious, Kevin starts having second thoughts. And when Lucy discovers why Sam approached her in the first place, it threatens their budding romance. Can Lucy put her broken heart back together, finally escape old patterns, and discover true love in Friday Harbor?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561315Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rainshadow Road: A Novel Series: #2 of Friday Harbor Series Author: Lisa Kleypas Narrator: Cassandra York Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rainshadow Road: A Novel Series: #2 of Friday Harbor Series Author: Lisa Kleypas Narrator: Cassandra York Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas continues her beloved Friday Harbor series with a heartwarming tale of second chances and new beginnings. Glass artist Lucy Marinn has just had her heart shattered. She had envisioned a beautiful future in Friday Harbor with her fiancé Kevin. But not only has Kevin dumped her—he’s left her for her sister. Despite his betrayal, Lucy largely blames herself—apparently this was just another wrong move in a series of bad romantic choices. Kevin may not want to marry Lucy, but he still cares for her. He convinces his friend Sam Nolan, who owns a vineyard on San Juan Island, to date Lucy and help her recover from her bitterness. But when Sam and Lucy begin to get serious, Kevin starts having second thoughts. And when Lucy discovers why Sam approached her in the first place, it threatens their budding romance. Can Lucy put her broken heart back together, finally escape old patterns, and discover true love in Friday Harbor?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-ticket-by-freya-sampson--65269865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Ticket Author: Freya Sampson Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Amazon’s Best Books of September! Strangers on a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Chance Library. When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.   Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.   More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561938Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Ticket Author: Freya Sampson Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Ticket Author: Freya Sampson Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Amazon’s Best Books of September! Strangers on a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Chance Library. When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.   Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.   More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/would-you-rather-by-allison-ashley--65269991https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Would You Rather Author: Allison Ashley Narrator: Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Pitch-perfect...gives me all the feels, and I love every one of them!"—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis   “Ashley makes favorite rom-com tropes feel new again with a pitch-perfect friends-to-lovers story.”  —Publishers Weekly starred review Would you rather play it safe in the friend zone, or risk it all with a modern marriage of convenience? Noah and Mia have always been best friends, and their friendship is the most important thing to them. Life is going great for Noah and he’s up for a promotion in a job he loves. But Mia’s life is on hold as she awaits a kidney transplant. She’s stuck in a dead-end job and, never wanting to be a burden, has sworn off all romance. So when the chance of a lifetime comes to go back to school and pursue her dream, it’s especially painful to pass up. She can’t quit her job or she’ll lose the medical insurance she so desperately needs. To support her, Noah suggests they get married—in name only—so she can study full-time and still keep the insurance. It’s a risk to both of them, with jobs, health and hearts on the line, and they’ll need to convince suspicious coworkers and nosy roommates that they’re the real deal. But if they can let go of all the baggage holding them back, they might realize that they would rather be together forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553697Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Would You Rather Author: Allison Ashley Narrator: Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Would You Rather Author: Allison Ashley Narrator: Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Pitch-perfect...gives me all the feels, and I love every one of them!"—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis   “Ashley makes favorite rom-com tropes feel new again with a pitch-perfect friends-to-lovers story.”  —Publishers Weekly starred review Would you rather play it safe in the friend zone, or risk it all with a modern marriage of convenience? Noah and Mia have always been best friends, and their friendship is the most important thing to them. Life is going great for Noah and he’s up for a promotion in a job he loves. But Mia’s life is on hold as she awaits a kidney transplant. She’s stuck in a dead-end job and, never wanting to be a burden, has sworn off all romance. So when the chance of a lifetime comes to go back to school and pursue her dream, it’s especially painful to pass up. She can’t quit her job or she’ll lose the medical insurance she so desperately needs. To support her, Noah suggests they get married—in name only—so she can study full-time and still keep the insurance. It’s a risk to both of them, with jobs, health and hearts on the line, and they’ll need to convince suspicious coworkers and nosy roommates that they’re the real deal. But if they can let go of all the baggage holding them back, they might realize that they would rather be together forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/please-join-us-a-novel-by-catherine-mckenzie--65269944https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Join Us: A Novel Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A “propulsive thriller about secret organizations, hidden agendas, and the lengths one woman will go to reclaim her life” (Laura Dave, author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me) from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine McKenzie. At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks in “this brilliant, tangled web of lies, cover ups and deception” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author). Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are about to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm’s senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women’s networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member is a successful professional. It sounds like the perfect solution to help Nicole revive her career. So, despite Dan’s jokes that the group might be a cult, Nicole signs up for their retreat in Colorado. Once there, she meets the other women who will make up her Pride. A CEO, an actress, a finance whiz, a congresswoman: Nicole can’t believe her luck. The founders of Panthera Leo are equally impressive. They explain the group’s core philosophy: they’re a girl’s club in a boy’s club world. Nicole is all in. And when she gets home, she soon sees dividends. Her new network quickly provides her with clients that help her relaunch her career, and a great new apartment too. The favors she must provide in return seem benign. But then she’s called to the congresswoman’s apartment late at night where she’s pressed into helping her cover up a crime. And suddenly, Dan’s concerns that something more sinister is at play seem all too relevant. Is Panthera Leo full of predators? And is Nicole the prey?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552939Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Join Us: A Novel Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Join Us: A Novel Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A “propulsive thriller about secret organizations, hidden agendas, and the lengths one woman will go to reclaim her life” (Laura Dave, author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me) from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine McKenzie. At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks in “this brilliant, tangled web of lies, cover ups and deception” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author). Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are about to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm’s senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women’s networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member is a successful professional. It sounds like the perfect solution to help Nicole revive her career. So, despite Dan’s jokes that the group might be a cult, Nicole signs up for their retreat in Colorado. Once there, she meets the other women who will make up her Pride. A CEO, an actress, a finance whiz, a congresswoman: Nicole can’t believe her luck. The founders of Panthera Leo are equally impressive. They explain the group’s core philosophy: they’re a girl’s club in a boy’s club world. Nicole is all in. And when she gets home, she soon sees dividends. Her new network quickly provides her with clients that help her relaunch her career, and a great new apartment too. The favors she must provide in return seem benign. But then she’s called to the congresswoman’s apartment late at night where she’s pressed into helping her cover up a crime. And suddenly, Dan’s concerns that something more sinister is at play seem all too relevant. Is Panthera Leo full of predators? And is Nicole the prey?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-soldier-s-secret-by-raeanne-thayne-michelle-major--65269899https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Soldier's Secret Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez, Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. A Soldier's Secret by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne To find out who was claiming ownership of the only place he’d ever called home, Harry Maxwell knew he’d have to do some investigating. So the wounded lieutenant changed his name a little. Altered a few facts. All for a good cause—get in, get the truth, get out. But then he met the Bramblebery House heir presumptive, Anna Galvez. An easy connection had Harry questioning his priorities, but he knew he still wanted the house more than ever—though he might be willing to share… FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Suddenly a Father by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major When Millie Spencer first meets Dr. Jake Travers, he's a mess. The handsome single dad desperately needs help with his newfound daughter. Perfect timing: Millie is trying to find her place in the world… Could Crimson, Colorado, be it? Previously published.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560326Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Soldier's Secret Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez, Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Soldier's Secret Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez, Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. A Soldier's Secret by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne To find out who was claiming ownership of the only place he’d ever called home, Harry Maxwell knew he’d have to do some investigating. So the wounded lieutenant changed his name a little. Altered a few facts. All for a good cause—get in, get the truth, get out. But then he met the Bramblebery House heir presumptive, Anna Galvez. An easy connection had Harry questioning his priorities, but he knew he still wanted the house more than ever—though he might be willing to share… FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Suddenly a Father by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major When Millie Spencer first meets Dr. Jake Travers, he's a mess. The handsome single dad desperately needs help with his newfound daughter. Perfect timing: Millie is trying to find her place in the world… Could Crimson, Colorado, be it? Previously published.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rules-at-the-school-by-the-sea-the-second-school-by-the-sea-novel-by-jenny-colgan--65269897https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules at the School by the Sea: The Second School by the Sea Novel Series: #2 of School by the Sea Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls’ boarding school in Cornwall. For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules . . . Maggie Adair’s first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she’s learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls’ boarding school by the sea. Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie’s just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague at the boys’ school down the road. Well, hasn’t she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher’s exercise book and stick to her plan for a small but elegant wedding and settled life of matrimony? Even as Maggie tries to stay within the lines, rules are being broken all around her. Maggie’s boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, Veronica finds herself forced to confront a scandalous secret she thought she’d carefully buried forever. How long will she be able to keep her past under wraps? What does a new year of classes, rules, and camaraderie hold for the students and faculty at Downey House?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559203Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules at the School by the Sea: The Second School by the Sea Novel Series: #2 of School by the Sea Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Jilly Bond Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules at the School by the Sea: The Second School by the Sea Novel Series: #2 of School by the Sea Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls’ boarding school in Cornwall. For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules . . . Maggie Adair’s first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she’s learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls’ boarding school by the sea. Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie’s just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague at the boys’ school down the road. Well, hasn’t she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher’s exercise book and stick to her plan for a small but elegant wedding and settled life of matrimony? Even as Maggie tries to stay within the lines, rules are being broken all around her. Maggie’s boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, Veronica finds herself forced to confront a scandalous secret she thought she’d carefully buried forever. How long will she be able to keep her past under wraps? What does a new year of classes, rules, and camaraderie hold for the students and faculty at Downey House?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-scoundrel-falls-hard-the-duke-hunt-by-sophie-jordan--65269896https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scoundrel Falls Hard: The Duke Hunt Series: #3 of Duke Hunt Author: Sophie Jordan Narrator: Carolyn Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with the enchanting third book in the Duke Hunt series about a marriage of convenience between a fierce female blacksmith and a handsome scoundrel. A devil’s bargain burns the hottest…. For years, fiercely independent Gwen Cully has worked as the village blacksmith, keeping her family’s business going. But when a local rival threatens her livelihood, Gwen has nowhere to turn ... until a devastatingly handsome fugitive takes shelter in her shop and sparks fly.  Unrepentant rogue Kellan Fox’s entire existence has been a dangerous game of deception that leads him into a fight for survival—and straight into the arms of a tall, fiery beauty. When Gwen protects him from an angry mob of villagers, Kellan sees the perfect solution to both their troubles. A marriage—in name only—that will last a single year.  Only a marriage of convenience can’t hide their searing attraction. It glows hotter than Gwen’s forge and reaches deep below the tempting mask Kellan wears for the world. With every sizzling glance and scorching kiss, Gwen surrenders more of herself to the molten passion she finds in Kellan’s strong embrace. But can she ever truly trust her heart to a scoundrel?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559194Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scoundrel Falls Hard: The Duke Hunt Series: #3 of Duke Hunt Author: Sophie Jordan Narrator: Carolyn Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scoundrel Falls Hard: The Duke Hunt Series: #3 of Duke Hunt Author: Sophie Jordan Narrator: Carolyn Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with the enchanting third book in the Duke Hunt series about a marriage of convenience between a fierce female blacksmith and a handsome scoundrel. A devil’s bargain burns the hottest…. For years, fiercely independent Gwen Cully has worked as the village blacksmith, keeping her family’s business going. But when a local rival threatens her livelihood, Gwen has nowhere to turn ... until a devastatingly handsome fugitive takes shelter in her shop and sparks fly.  Unrepentant rogue Kellan Fox’s entire existence has been a dangerous game of deception that leads him into a fight for survival—and straight into the arms of a tall, fiery beauty. When Gwen protects him from an angry mob of villagers, Kellan sees the perfect solution to both their troubles. A marriage—in name only—that will last a single year.  Only a marriage of convenience can’t hide their searing attraction. It glows hotter than Gwen’s forge and reaches deep below the tempting mask Kellan wears for the world. With every sizzling glance and scorching kiss, Gwen surrenders more of herself to the molten passion she finds in Kellan’s strong embrace. But can she ever truly trust her heart to a scoundrel?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-family-by-elysia-whisler--65269979https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Family Series: #3 of Dogwood County Author: Elysia Whisler Narrator: Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Family is a feeling There’s nothing like an important birthday to make a person realize all the things they haven’t accomplished. As Tabitha Steele blows out thirty candles, she makes a wish to take charge of her life. It’s a tall order, considering she doesn’t have much to show for herself since leaving military service. She works at a motorcycle shop but has never even ridden a motorcycle; she’s floundering in massage school; her social life consists of her aunt and her gym buddies; and her closest relationship is with Trinity, the service dog who helps her manage every day. She feels like an imposter in every aspect of her own life. Playful and wild-hearted gym coach Chris Hobbs is Tabitha’s opposite. He likes to keep things fun and temporary, which is why he’s never tried to move the deepening friendship he has with Tabitha into anything more. But he’s the perfect person to help Tabitha discover her strengths. Then the sudden reappearance of his estranged brother forces Chris to face his past and the vulnerable part of himself behind the party-boy persona…and that means letting Tabitha in. As difficult as it is for Tabitha and Chris to leave the old definitions of themselves behind, the journey is better with someone special at their sides, becoming who they’re meant to be, together. "Sweet and sexy, packed with emotions… Romance, rescue dogs, and a side of mystery." —Trish Doller, New York Times bestselling author of Float Plan,on Forever Home Dogwood County Book 1: Rescue You Book 2: Forever Home Book 3: Becoming Family]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553714Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Family Series: #3 of Dogwood County Author: Elysia Whisler Narrator: Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Family Series: #3 of Dogwood County Author: Elysia Whisler Narrator: Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Family is a feeling There’s nothing like an important birthday to make a person realize all the things they haven’t accomplished. As Tabitha Steele blows out thirty candles, she makes a wish to take charge of her life. It’s a tall order, considering she doesn’t have much to show for herself since leaving military service. She works at a motorcycle shop but has never even ridden a motorcycle; she’s floundering in massage school; her social life consists of her aunt and her gym buddies; and her closest relationship is with Trinity, the service dog who helps her manage every day. She feels like an imposter in every aspect of her own life. Playful and wild-hearted gym coach Chris Hobbs is Tabitha’s opposite. He likes to keep things fun and temporary, which is why he’s never tried to move the deepening friendship he has with Tabitha into anything more. But he’s the perfect person to help Tabitha discover her strengths. Then the sudden reappearance of his estranged brother forces Chris to face his past and the vulnerable part of himself behind the party-boy persona…and that means letting Tabitha in. As difficult as it is for Tabitha and Chris to leave the old definitions of themselves behind, the journey is better with someone special at their sides, becoming who they’re meant to be, together. "Sweet and sexy, packed with emotions… Romance, rescue dogs, and a side of mystery." —Trish Doller, New York Times bestselling author of Float Plan,on Forever Home Dogwood County Book 1: Rescue You Book 2: Forever Home Book 3: Becoming Family]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-love-from-wish-co-a-novel-by-minnie-darke--65269970https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Love from Wish & Co.: A Novel Author: Minnie Darke Narrator: Zoe Carides Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give—and give up—in the name of love, from the author of Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song.   Two boxes, both alike in size and shape . . . Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent behind Wish & Co., a boutique store that offers a bespoke gift-buying service to wealthy clients with complicated lives. Brian Charlesworth is Marnie’s most prized customer, and today she’s wrapping the perfect anniversary gift for his wife, Suzanne . . . and a birthday present for his mistress, Leona. What could possibly go wrong?  For years, Marnie’s had her heart set on moving Wish & Co. to the historic shopfront once owned by her grandfather. When the chance to bid for the property unexpectedly arises, Marnie—distracted—makes an uncharacteristic mistake. Soon Brian is in a fight to rescue his marriage, and Marnie is scrabbling to keep her dreams alive. With the situation so complicated, the last thing Marnie needs is to fall for Brian and Suzanne’s gorgeous son, Luke.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553801Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Love from Wish & Co.: A Novel Author: Minnie Darke Narrator: Zoe Carides Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Love from Wish & Co.: A Novel Author: Minnie Darke Narrator: Zoe Carides Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give—and give up—in the name of love, from the author of Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song.   Two boxes, both alike in size and shape . . . Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent behind Wish & Co., a boutique store that offers a bespoke gift-buying service to wealthy clients with complicated lives. Brian Charlesworth is Marnie’s most prized customer, and today she’s wrapping the perfect anniversary gift for his wife, Suzanne . . . and a birthday present for his mistress, Leona. What could possibly go wrong?  For years, Marnie’s had her heart set on moving Wish & Co. to the historic shopfront once owned by her grandfather. When the chance to bid for the property unexpectedly arises, Marnie—distracted—makes an uncharacteristic mistake. Soon Brian is in a fight to rescue his marriage, and Marnie is scrabbling to keep her dreams alive. With the situation so complicated, the last thing Marnie needs is to fall for Brian and Suzanne’s gorgeous son, Luke.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sophie-go-s-lonely-hearts-club-by-roselle-lim--65269953https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club Author: Roselle Lim Narrator: Annie Q Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim. Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud—she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast. In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles upon a secret club within her condo complex: the Old Ducks, seven septuagenarian Chinese bachelors who never found love. Somehow, she convinces them to hire her, but her matchmaking skills are put to the test as she learns the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and love by attempting to make the hardest matches of her life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558707Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club Author: Roselle Lim Narrator: Annie Q Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club Author: Roselle Lim Narrator: Annie Q Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim. Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud—she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast. In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles upon a secret club within her condo complex: the Old Ducks, seven septuagenarian Chinese bachelors who never found love. Somehow, she convinces them to hire her, but her matchmaking skills are put to the test as she learns the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and love by attempting to make the hardest matches of her life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paul-a-novel-by-daisy-lafarge--65269948https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul: A Novel Author: Daisy Lafarge Narrator: Eva Feiler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Editor's Choice 'A magnetic, atmospheric, razor-sharp work.' —Aysegül Savas, author of Walking on the Ceiling and White on White An insightful look at a young woman’s search for meaning, independence, and belonging in the face of a consuming relationship Frances is an English graduate student bruised by a messy breakup. On the spur of the moment, she decides to volunteer at a farm in rural France with the hope that the change of scenery will help clear her head. The farm, curiously named Noa Noa, is owned by Paul, an appealing, enigmatic Frenchman. Frances is charmed by his easygoing ways and by the area itself, both welcome changes from the life she has known. Yet the more time she spends in Paul’s world, the more unmoored she begins to feel. It isn’t long before murmurings about Paul begin to surface and she realizes how ill-equipped she is for the emotional battle of wills that is smoldering around her, one that threatens to silence and engulf her. In Paul, Daisy Lafarge has written a perceptive exploration of the power dynamics between men and women, told in a fresh and exciting new voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558709Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul: A Novel Author: Daisy Lafarge Narrator: Eva Feiler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul: A Novel Author: Daisy Lafarge Narrator: Eva Feiler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Editor's Choice 'A magnetic, atmospheric, razor-sharp work.' —Aysegül Savas, author of Walking on the Ceiling and White on White An insightful look at a young woman’s search for meaning, independence, and belonging in the face of a consuming relationship Frances is an English graduate student bruised by a messy breakup. On the spur of the moment, she decides to volunteer at a farm in rural France with the hope that the change of scenery will help clear her head. The farm, curiously named Noa Noa, is owned by Paul, an appealing, enigmatic Frenchman. Frances is charmed by his easygoing ways and by the area itself, both welcome changes from the life she has known. Yet the more time she spends in Paul’s world, the more unmoored she begins to feel. It isn’t long before murmurings about Paul begin to surface and she realizes how ill-equipped she is for the emotional battle of wills that is smoldering around her, one that threatens to silence and engulf her. In Paul, Daisy Lafarge has written a perceptive exploration of the power dynamics between men and women, told in a fresh and exciting new voice.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/complicit-a-novel-by-winnie-m-li--65269943https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Complicit: A Novel Author: Winnie M Li Narrator: Katie Leung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Like the best filmmakers, Li draws you to the edge of your seat and keeps you there.” —The New York Times Book Review A CRIMEREADS BEST CRIME NOVEL After a long-buried, harrowing incident, a woman whose promising film career was derailed contemplates revenge in this thriller about power, privilege, and justice “that is compelling, courageous, and brutal in the best possible way” (Liz Nugent, author of Little Cruelties). A Hollywood has-been, Sarah Lai’s dreams of success behind the camera have turned to ashes. Now a lecturer at an obscure college, this former producer wants nothing more than to forget those youthful ambitions and push aside any feelings of regret…or guilt. But when a journalist reaches out to her to discuss her own experience working with the celebrated film producer Hugo North, Sarah can no longer keep silent. This is her last chance to tell her side of the story and maybe even exact belated vengeance. As Sarah recounts the industry’s dark and sordid secrets, however, she begins to realize that she has a few sins of her own to confess. Now she must confront her choices and ask herself, just who was complicit? Bold and hypnotic, Complicit transports us “into the film industry’s dark and deep-seated culture of rampant sexism and unbridled male ego…and the terrible cost of staying silent. An utterly compelling read” (Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs. Parrish).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552936Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Complicit: A Novel Author: Winnie M Li Narrator: Katie Leung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Complicit: A Novel Author: Winnie M Li Narrator: Katie Leung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Like the best filmmakers, Li draws you to the edge of your seat and keeps you there.” —The New York Times Book Review A CRIMEREADS BEST CRIME NOVEL After a long-buried, harrowing incident, a woman whose promising film career was derailed contemplates revenge in this thriller about power, privilege, and justice “that is compelling, courageous, and brutal in the best possible way” (Liz Nugent, author of Little Cruelties). A Hollywood has-been, Sarah Lai’s dreams of success behind the camera have turned to ashes. Now a lecturer at an obscure college, this former producer wants nothing more than to forget those youthful ambitions and push aside any feelings of regret…or guilt. But when a journalist reaches out to her to discuss her own experience working with the celebrated film producer Hugo North, Sarah can no longer keep silent. This is her last chance to tell her side of the story and maybe even exact belated vengeance. As Sarah recounts the industry’s dark and sordid secrets, however, she begins to realize that she has a few sins of her own to confess. Now she must confront her choices and ask herself, just who was complicit? Bold and hypnotic, Complicit transports us “into the film industry’s dark and deep-seated culture of rampant sexism and unbridled male ego…and the terrible cost of staying silent. An utterly compelling read” (Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs. Parrish).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/room-and-board-a-novel-by-miriam-parker--65269922https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Room and Board: A Novel Author: Miriam Parker Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A charming and redemptive novel about unexpected second chances, following a publicist who, after the sudden implosion of her career, takes a job as a dorm mom at a Sonoma boarding school that happens to be her alma mater Gillian thought she had everything she ever wanted—as a successful publicist running her own Manhattan firm and working with a high-profile-celebrity clientele, she finally made herself at home among the elite who eluded her throughout her youth. That is, until her career implodes, leaving her jobless, friendless, and with a googleable reputation that follows her everywhere. So, when she receives an offer to become a “dorm mom” at Glen Ellen Academy, the prestigious Sonoma boarding school she attended two decades earlier on scholarship, she leaps at the opportunity for a change of scene—at least until she can figure out how to rehabilitate her career.   But Gillian is surprised to find herself enjoying her new life: her role as a mentor is unexpectedly fulfilling, she finds a community, and most surprisingly of all she runs into an old flame from her own time at school, who is just as dashing now as he was then. However, just as she begins to feel comfortable, a scandal surfaces on campus that threatens to derail everything, and Gillian must figure out how to save her job, her students, her friends, and her new romance before it’s too late.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558708Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Room and Board: A Novel Author: Miriam Parker Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Room and Board: A Novel Author: Miriam Parker Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A charming and redemptive novel about unexpected second chances, following a publicist who, after the sudden implosion of her career, takes a job as a dorm mom at a Sonoma boarding school that happens to be her alma mater Gillian thought she had everything she ever wanted—as a successful publicist running her own Manhattan firm and working with a high-profile-celebrity clientele, she finally made herself at home among the elite who eluded her throughout her youth. That is, until her career implodes, leaving her jobless, friendless, and with a googleable reputation that follows her everywhere. So, when she receives an offer to become a “dorm mom” at Glen Ellen Academy, the prestigious Sonoma boarding school she attended two decades earlier on scholarship, she leaps at the opportunity for a change of scene—at least until she can figure out how to rehabilitate her career.   But Gillian is surprised to find herself enjoying her new life: her role as a mentor is unexpectedly fulfilling, she finds a community, and most surprisingly of all she runs into an old flame from her own time at school, who is just as dashing now as he was then. However, just as she begins to feel comfortable, a scandal surfaces on campus that threatens to derail everything, and Gillian must figure out how to save her job, her students, her friends, and her new romance before it’s too late.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-housekeeper-a-novel-by-joy-fielding--65269916https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Housekeeper: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Finlay Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey calls “an ingenious master of domestic suspense.” ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest In the end, I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who let her in. Jodi Bishop knows success. She’s the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he’s a middling writer who resents his wife’s success. Jodi’s father, Vic, now in his late seventies and retired, is a very controlling man. His wife, Audrey, was herself no shrinking violet. But things changed when Audrey developed Parkinson’s ten years ago and Vic retired to devote himself to her care. But while still reasonably spry and rakishly handsome, Vic is worn down by his wife’s deteriorating condition. Exhausted from trying to balance her career, her family, and her parents’ needs, Jodi starts interviewing housekeepers to help care for Audrey and Vic. She settles on Elyse Woodley, an energetic and attractive widow in her early sixties, who seems perfect for the job. While Vic is initially resistant, he soon warms to Elyse’s sunny personality and engaging ways. And Jodi is pleased to have an ally, someone she can talk to and occasionally even confide in. Until . . . She shuts Jodi out. And Audrey’s condition worsens—rapidly. Who is this woman suddenly wearing her mother’s jewelry? What is she after? And how far will she go to get it?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558715Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Housekeeper: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Finlay Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Housekeeper: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Finlay Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey calls “an ingenious master of domestic suspense.” ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest In the end, I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who let her in. Jodi Bishop knows success. She’s the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he’s a middling writer who resents his wife’s success. Jodi’s father, Vic, now in his late seventies and retired, is a very controlling man. His wife, Audrey, was herself no shrinking violet. But things changed when Audrey developed Parkinson’s ten years ago and Vic retired to devote himself to her care. But while still reasonably spry and rakishly handsome, Vic is worn down by his wife’s deteriorating condition. Exhausted from trying to balance her career, her family, and her parents’ needs, Jodi starts interviewing housekeepers to help care for Audrey and Vic. She settles on Elyse Woodley, an energetic and attractive widow in her early sixties, who seems perfect for the job. While Vic is initially resistant, he soon warms to Elyse’s sunny personality and engaging ways. And Jodi is pleased to have an ally, someone she can talk to and occasionally even confide in. Until . . . She shuts Jodi out. And Audrey’s condition worsens—rapidly. Who is this woman suddenly wearing her mother’s jewelry? What is she after? And how far will she go to get it?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-manhattan-girls-a-novel-of-dorothy-parker-and-her-friends-by-gill-paul--65269895https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends Author: Gill Paul Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It’s a 1920s version of Sex and the City, as Dorothy Parker—one of the wittiest women who ever wielded a pen—and her three friends navigate life, love, and careers in New York City. Perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Renée Rosen. NEW YORK CITY 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. Dorothy Parker: renowned wit, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and more fragile than she seems. Jane Grant: first female reporter for the New York Times, and determined to launch a new magazine she calls The New Yorker. Winifred Lenihan: beautiful and talented Broadway actress, a casting-couch target. And Peggy Leech: magazine assistant by day, brilliant novelist by night.  Their romances flourish and falter while their goals sometimes seem impossible to reach and their friendship deepens against the backdrop of turbulent New York City, where new speakeasies open and close, jazz music flows through the air, and bathtub gin fills their glasses.  They gossip, they comfort each other, and they offer support through the setbacks. But their biggest challenge is keeping their dear friend Dottie safe from herself. In this brilliant new novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of Jackie and Maria and The Secret Wife, readers will fall right into Jazz Age New York and into the inner lives of these groundbreaking, influential women.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557776Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends Author: Gill Paul Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends Author: Gill Paul Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It’s a 1920s version of Sex and the City, as Dorothy Parker—one of the wittiest women who ever wielded a pen—and her three friends navigate life, love, and careers in New York City. Perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Renée Rosen. NEW YORK CITY 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. Dorothy Parker: renowned wit, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and more fragile than she seems. Jane Grant: first female reporter for the New York Times, and determined to launch a new magazine she calls The New Yorker. Winifred Lenihan: beautiful and talented Broadway actress, a casting-couch target. And Peggy Leech: magazine assistant by day, brilliant novelist by night.  Their romances flourish and falter while their goals sometimes seem impossible to reach and their friendship deepens against the backdrop of turbulent New York City, where new speakeasies open and close, jazz music flows through the air, and bathtub gin fills their glasses.  They gossip, they comfort each other, and they offer support through the setbacks. But their biggest challenge is keeping their dear friend Dottie safe from herself. In this brilliant new novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of Jackie and Maria and The Secret Wife, readers will fall right into Jazz Age New York and into the inner lives of these groundbreaking, influential women.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-in-the-time-of-serial-killers-by-alicia-thompson--65269881https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Time of Serial Killers Author: Alicia Thompson Narrator: Lee Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels Ever Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.   PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years.   It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbor, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). It's not long before Phoebe realizes that Sam might be something much scarier—a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armor to reach her vulnerable heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558706Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Time of Serial Killers Author: Alicia Thompson Narrator: Lee Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Time of Serial Killers Author: Alicia Thompson Narrator: Lee Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels Ever Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.   PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years.   It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbor, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). It's not long before Phoebe realizes that Sam might be something much scarier—a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armor to reach her vulnerable heart.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diary-of-a-void-a-hilarious-feminist-read-from-the-new-star-of-japanese-fiction-by-emi-yagi--65269937https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A hilarious, feminist read from the new star of Japanese fiction Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant When thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace - a company that manufactures cardboard tubes - she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups - because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But pregnant Ms Shibata also has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Helped along by towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app on which she can log every stage of her 'pregnancy', she feels prepared to play the game for the long haul. Before long, though, the hoax becomes all-absorbing, and the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. A surreal and wryly humorous cultural critique, Diary of a Void is bound to become a landmark in feminist world literature. © Emi Yagi 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558726Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A hilarious, feminist read from the new star of Japanese fiction Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A hilarious, feminist read from the new star of Japanese fiction Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant When thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace - a company that manufactures cardboard tubes - she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups - because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But pregnant Ms Shibata also has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Helped along by towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app on which she can log every stage of her 'pregnancy', she feels prepared to play the game for the long haul. Before long, though, the hoax becomes all-absorbing, and the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. A surreal and wryly humorous cultural critique, Diary of a Void is bound to become a landmark in feminist world literature. © Emi Yagi 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/such-a-good-mother-a-novel-by-helen-monks-takhar--65270013https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Good Mother: A Novel Author: Helen Monks Takhar Narrator: Helen Monks Takhar, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Some women would do anything for their children. This provocative novel “goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood” (Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look)—from the author of the “addictive” (People) thriller Precious You. “Mothers and hustlers can be a lethal combination—and the perfect recipe to keep you up all night.”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters Rose O’Connell is barely surviving. Her marriage is rocky; her son isn’t fitting in at his new school, the prestigious Woolf Academy; and their tiny apartment in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood can barely contain her family. As she struggles to make ends meet on her junior bank teller wages, Rose finds that life as the only mom in a name tag and uniform at the Woolf’s shiny school gates isn’t easy.  Not so for those in the elite and secretive Circle—a tight-knit group of wealthy mothers, led by the charismatic and glamorous Amala Kaur—who rule the school. When the mysterious death of one of the Circle’s members creates a vacancy, Rose dares to hope she could fill it and transform her life.  Amala’s shocking decision to invite Rose into her clique provokes resentment among the Circle, especially when her fortunes, self-esteem, and status start to soar. But Rose soon realizes the true price of being on the inside. Far from being a dream come true, the Circle proves her worst nightmare. Unlike the woman she replaced, can Rose escape with her life?  Taut, complex, and compulsively readable, Such a Good Mother is a razor-sharp take on the myth of having it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552824Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Good Mother: A Novel Author: Helen Monks Takhar Narrator: Helen Monks Takhar, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Good Mother: A Novel Author: Helen Monks Takhar Narrator: Helen Monks Takhar, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Some women would do anything for their children. This provocative novel “goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood” (Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look)—from the author of the “addictive” (People) thriller Precious You. “Mothers and hustlers can be a lethal combination—and the perfect recipe to keep you up all night.”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters Rose O’Connell is barely surviving. Her marriage is rocky; her son isn’t fitting in at his new school, the prestigious Woolf Academy; and their tiny apartment in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood can barely contain her family. As she struggles to make ends meet on her junior bank teller wages, Rose finds that life as the only mom in a name tag and uniform at the Woolf’s shiny school gates isn’t easy.  Not so for those in the elite and secretive Circle—a tight-knit group of wealthy mothers, led by the charismatic and glamorous Amala Kaur—who rule the school. When the mysterious death of one of the Circle’s members creates a vacancy, Rose dares to hope she could fill it and transform her life.  Amala’s shocking decision to invite Rose into her clique provokes resentment among the Circle, especially when her fortunes, self-esteem, and status start to soar. But Rose soon realizes the true price of being on the inside. Far from being a dream come true, the Circle proves her worst nightmare. Unlike the woman she replaced, can Rose escape with her life?  Taut, complex, and compulsively readable, Such a Good Mother is a razor-sharp take on the myth of having it all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sultana-s-dream-and-padmarag-by-rokeya-hossain--65269959https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sultana's Dream and Padmarag Author: Rokeya Hossain Narrator: Priya Ayyar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of the first science-fiction utopian stories and one of the first feminist utopias by celebrated pioneering feminist, educator, activist, and Bengali writer Rokeya Hossain A Penguin Classics Edition Sultana, a Muslim woman living in colonial India, falls asleep and wakes up in a transformed future world: a utopia in which men rather than women are relegated to the domestic sphere. Women, now free to explore the outside world at will and pursue an education, run a peaceful and just society, using scientific principles to harvest energy from the sun and live in harmony with nature. Sultana’s Dream was published in 1905 in the Indian Ladies Magazine, the first English language periodical edited by, and targeted at, Indian women. Like the periodical, the story broke new ground. As a pioneering work of science fiction and feminist utopian literature at the turn of the century, Sultana’s Dream is strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, war, industrialization, and the exploitation of the natural world, speaking to the concerns of our contemporary world as much as its own. At a time when British colonialism was using the treatment of women in India as justification for colonial intervention there, Hossain’s story, in imagining a world in which men rather than women are kept inside, positions her protest against Islamic patriarchy within a larger feminist vision that takes on Western as well as Islamic forms of gender hierarchy. Her novella Padmarag is similarly utopian in its depiction of a women-run school and welfare center, and is both feminist and anti-colonial in its outlook. In both these works, Hossain seizes the critique of gender roles in India away from Western commentators and turns it against British interference, while also enlarging the critique to take on the problem of gender more broadly.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557894Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sultana's Dream and Padmarag Author: Rokeya Hossain Narrator: Priya Ayyar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sultana's Dream and Padmarag Author: Rokeya Hossain Narrator: Priya Ayyar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of the first science-fiction utopian stories and one of the first feminist utopias by celebrated pioneering feminist, educator, activist, and Bengali writer Rokeya Hossain A Penguin Classics Edition Sultana, a Muslim woman living in colonial India, falls asleep and wakes up in a transformed future world: a utopia in which men rather than women are relegated to the domestic sphere. Women, now free to explore the outside world at will and pursue an education, run a peaceful and just society, using scientific principles to harvest energy from the sun and live in harmony with nature. Sultana’s Dream was published in 1905 in the Indian Ladies Magazine, the first English language periodical edited by, and targeted at, Indian women. Like the periodical, the story broke new ground. As a pioneering work of science fiction and feminist utopian literature at the turn of the century, Sultana’s Dream is strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, war, industrialization, and the exploitation of the natural world, speaking to the concerns of our contemporary world as much as its own. At a time when British colonialism was using the treatment of women in India as justification for colonial intervention there, Hossain’s story, in imagining a world in which men rather than women are kept inside, positions her protest against Islamic patriarchy within a larger feminist vision that takes on Western as well as Islamic forms of gender hierarchy. Her novella Padmarag is similarly utopian in its depiction of a women-run school and welfare center, and is both feminist and anti-colonial in its outlook. In both these works, Hossain seizes the critique of gender roles in India away from Western commentators and turns it against British interference, while also enlarging the critique to take on the problem of gender more broadly.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diary-of-a-void-a-novel-by-emi-yagi--65269932https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A Novel Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary Hub A New York Times Editors’ Choice “One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker “Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane Crosley A woman in Tokyo avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she’s pregnant in this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about the mother of all deceptions, for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that as the only woman at her new workplace—a manufacturer of cardboard tubes—she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can’t clear away her coworkers’ dirty cups—because she’s pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms. Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms. Shibata doesn’t have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata isn’t forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms. Shibata watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. She’s living a year of rest and relaxation, and is finally being treated by her colleagues as more than a hollow core. But she has a ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her “pregnancy,” the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Surreal and absurdist, and with a winning matter-of-factness, a light touch, and a refreshing sensitivity to mental health, Diary of a Void will keep you turning the pages to see just how far Ms. Shibata will carry her deception for the sake of women, and especially working mothers, everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557596Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A Novel Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary of a Void: A Novel Author: Emi Yagi Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary Hub A New York Times Editors’ Choice “One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker “Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane Crosley A woman in Tokyo avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she’s pregnant in this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about the mother of all deceptions, for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that as the only woman at her new workplace—a manufacturer of cardboard tubes—she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can’t clear away her coworkers’ dirty cups—because she’s pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms. Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms. Shibata doesn’t have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata isn’t forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms. Shibata watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. She’s living a year of rest and relaxation, and is finally being treated by her colleagues as more than a hollow core. But she has a ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her “pregnancy,” the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Surreal and absurdist, and with a winning matter-of-factness, a light touch, and a refreshing sensitivity to mental health, Diary of a Void will keep you turning the pages to see just how far Ms. Shibata will carry her deception for the sake of women, and especially working mothers, everywhere.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-sara-a-novel-by-s-c-lalli--65269905https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Sara?: A Novel Author: S.C. Lalli Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Called One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR ''Dynamic women with complicated lives take center stage in this twisty mystery about a rideshare mix-up which results in murder. Lalli is a fresh voice in the thriller genre and a writer to watch!'' —Wendy Walker, internationally bestselling author of Don't Look For Me Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was the real target? Law student Saraswati “Sara” Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but it’s still a struggle. She’s had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn’t expect from “a nice Indian girl.” It seems like an ordinary busy Tuesday night at the local dive bar until her boss demands Sara deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom. The two become fast friends. Why? Because they both have the same name. And despite their different circumstances, the two connect. When they both order rideshares home, they tumble in the back of the cars and head out into the night. But when Sara awakes in her rideshare, she finds she's on the wrong side of town—the rich side—and she realizes: she and Sarah took the wrong cars home. With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to discover police lights flashing and a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah. Was Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri the target? And why would anyone want either of them dead? In this smart, twisty novel about ambition, wealth, and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break out of the expectations placed on them, with devastating results.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557021Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Sara?: A Novel Author: S.C. Lalli Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Sara?: A Novel Author: S.C. Lalli Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Called One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR ''Dynamic women with complicated lives take center stage in this twisty mystery about a rideshare mix-up which results in murder. Lalli is a fresh voice in the thriller genre and a writer to watch!'' —Wendy Walker, internationally bestselling author of Don't Look For Me Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was the real target? Law student Saraswati “Sara” Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but it’s still a struggle. She’s had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn’t expect from “a nice Indian girl.” It seems like an ordinary busy Tuesday night at the local dive bar until her boss demands Sara deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom. The two become fast friends. Why? Because they both have the same name. And despite their different circumstances, the two connect. When they both order rideshares home, they tumble in the back of the cars and head out into the night. But when Sara awakes in her rideshare, she finds she's on the wrong side of town—the rich side—and she realizes: she and Sarah took the wrong cars home. With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to discover police lights flashing and a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah. Was Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri the target? And why would anyone want either of them dead? In this smart, twisty novel about ambition, wealth, and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break out of the expectations placed on them, with devastating results.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-librarian-by-addison-armstrong--65269893https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Librarian Author: Addison Armstrong Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy. Two women. One secret. A truth worth fighting for. 1918. Timid and shy Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own—as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. But when a romance blooms as she secretly participates in a book club for censored books, Emmaline will need to find more courage within herself than she ever thought possible in order to survive.  1976. Kathleen Carre is eager to prove to herself and to her nana that she deserves her acceptance into the first coed class at the United States Naval Academy. But not everyone wants female midshipmen at the Academy, and after tragedy strikes close to home, Kathleen becomes a target. To protect herself, Kathleen must learn to trust others even as she discovers a secret that could be her undoing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559912Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Librarian Author: Addison Armstrong Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Librarian Author: Addison Armstrong Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy. Two women. One secret. A truth worth fighting for. 1918. Timid and shy Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own—as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. But when a romance blooms as she secretly participates in a book club for censored books, Emmaline will need to find more courage within herself than she ever thought possible in order to survive.  1976. Kathleen Carre is eager to prove to herself and to her nana that she deserves her acceptance into the first coed class at the United States Naval Academy. But not everyone wants female midshipmen at the Academy, and after tragedy strikes close to home, Kathleen becomes a target. To protect herself, Kathleen must learn to trust others even as she discovers a secret that could be her undoing.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sister-friends-forever-by-kimberla-lawson-roby--65269850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Stacey Singleton, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This emotional novel from a New York Times bestselling author follows four lifelong friends as each faces a crisis in family, love, and forgiveness.  Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been best friends since they were small children. And as sister friends forever, they have always been there for one another, through good times and bad, no matter what. This year is a crucial turning point for each woman. Serena, still single, is questioning why love hasn’t found her yet. Michelle is engaged and ready to walk down the aisle—until an old flame strolls back into her life. Kenya is happily married, but at the same time, her husband’s ex-wife won’t allow them or their family to live in peace. And Lynette’s divorce from her cheating husband has her nervously dating for the first time in well over a decade. During this difficult period, their friendship will be tested like never before. Yet it is that sisterly love that they will need . . . more than ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562420Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Stacey Singleton, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Stacey Singleton, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This emotional novel from a New York Times bestselling author follows four lifelong friends as each faces a crisis in family, love, and forgiveness.  Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been best friends since they were small children. And as sister friends forever, they have always been there for one another, through good times and bad, no matter what. This year is a crucial turning point for each woman. Serena, still single, is questioning why love hasn’t found her yet. Michelle is engaged and ready to walk down the aisle—until an old flame strolls back into her life. Kenya is happily married, but at the same time, her husband’s ex-wife won’t allow them or their family to live in peace. And Lynette’s divorce from her cheating husband has her nervously dating for the first time in well over a decade. During this difficult period, their friendship will be tested like never before. Yet it is that sisterly love that they will need . . . more than ever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-tidy-ending-a-novel-by-joanna-cannon--65270028https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tidy Ending: A Novel Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Lissa Berry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A darkly funny tale with a gloriously sinister twist.” —The Observer (London) The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a “compellingly creepy” (The Guardian, UK) novel filled with unexpected twists about mysterious murders in a quiet neighborhood. Linda has lived in a quiet neighborhood since fleeing the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is: pushing the vacuum around and cooking fish sticks for dinner, a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy magazines coming through the mail slot addressed to the previous occupant, Rebecca Finch. Linda’s husband Terry isn’t perfect—he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house, and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly normal—until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing. If only Linda could track down and befriend Rebecca, maybe some of that enviable lifestyle would rub off on her and she wouldn’t have to worry about what Terry is up to. But in this “sublimely structured and darkly witty” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) tale, the grass isn’t always greener and you can’t change who you really are. And some secrets can’t stay buried forever…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552910Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tidy Ending: A Novel Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Lissa Berry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tidy Ending: A Novel Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Lissa Berry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A darkly funny tale with a gloriously sinister twist.” —The Observer (London) The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a “compellingly creepy” (The Guardian, UK) novel filled with unexpected twists about mysterious murders in a quiet neighborhood. Linda has lived in a quiet neighborhood since fleeing the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is: pushing the vacuum around and cooking fish sticks for dinner, a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy magazines coming through the mail slot addressed to the previous occupant, Rebecca Finch. Linda’s husband Terry isn’t perfect—he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house, and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly normal—until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing. If only Linda could track down and befriend Rebecca, maybe some of that enviable lifestyle would rub off on her and she wouldn’t have to worry about what Terry is up to. But in this “sublimely structured and darkly witty” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) tale, the grass isn’t always greener and you can’t change who you really are. And some secrets can’t stay buried forever…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-codebreaker-s-secret-by-sara-ackerman--65270009https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Codebreaker's Secret Author: Sara Ackerman Narrator: Jennifer Robideau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A brilliant female codebreaker. An “unbreakable” Japanese naval code. A pilot on a top-secret mission that could change the course of WWII. The Codebreaker's Secret is a dazzling story of love and intrigue set during America’s darkest hour. 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in “the dungeon” at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother’s death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i to cover the grand opening of the glamorous Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Rockefeller's newest and grandest project. When a high-profile guest goes missing, Lu forms an unlikely alliance with an intimidating veteran photographer to unravel the mystery. The two make a shocking discovery that stirs up memories and uncovers an explosive secret from the war days. A secret that only a codebreaker can crack. "Sara Ackerman never disappoints!" ­—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code "Brilliantly written with a mystery that will keep you reading late into the night. . . . A fabulous read that makes me want to drop everything and travel to Hawaii!" —Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London "Beautifully structured and well-told with authentic historical detail . . . another top historical novel by Ackerman." —Booklist (starred)  "Thoughtful, romantic and ultimately hopeful, The Codebreaker's Secret is a riveting story of intrigue and love in wartime"—Shelf Awareness]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553377Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Codebreaker's Secret Author: Sara Ackerman Narrator: Jennifer Robideau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Codebreaker's Secret Author: Sara Ackerman Narrator: Jennifer Robideau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A brilliant female codebreaker. An “unbreakable” Japanese naval code. A pilot on a top-secret mission that could change the course of WWII. The Codebreaker's Secret is a dazzling story of love and intrigue set during America’s darkest hour. 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in “the dungeon” at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother’s death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i to cover the grand opening of the glamorous Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Rockefeller's newest and grandest project. When a high-profile guest goes missing, Lu forms an unlikely alliance with an intimidating veteran photographer to unravel the mystery. The two make a shocking discovery that stirs up memories and uncovers an explosive secret from the war days. A secret that only a codebreaker can crack. "Sara Ackerman never disappoints!" ­—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code "Brilliantly written with a mystery that will keep you reading late into the night. . . . A fabulous read that makes me want to drop everything and travel to Hawaii!" —Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London "Beautifully structured and well-told with authentic historical detail . . . another top historical novel by Ackerman." —Booklist (starred)  "Thoughtful, romantic and ultimately hopeful, The Codebreaker's Secret is a riveting story of intrigue and love in wartime"—Shelf Awareness]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magic-of-lemon-drop-pie-by-rachel-linden--65269981https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Katie Koster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW THE HALLMARK CHANNEL FILM THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS STARRING LYNDSY FONESCA AND IAN HARDING! “Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn’t choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees.   Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family’s struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner’s famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost.     As Lolly’s thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift—three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn’t passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn’t broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556131Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Katie Koster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Katie Koster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW THE HALLMARK CHANNEL FILM THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS STARRING LYNDSY FONESCA AND IAN HARDING! “Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn’t choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees.   Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family’s struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner’s famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost.     As Lolly’s thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift—three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn’t passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn’t broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fixer-upper-by-lauren-forsythe--65269973https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fixer Upper Author: Lauren Forsythe Narrator: Lily Howkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends’ lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame. Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing everything around her: her parents’ marriage, her colleagues’ work problems, and her friends’ love lives are just a few examples. After a chance meeting with an ex who has gone from living in his parents’ basement to being a married project manager in three years, she realizes she’s been fixing her boyfriends, too.... So, Aly decides to put her talents to good use and, alongside two work friends, sets up the Fixer Upper, an exclusive, underground service for women who are tired of unpaid emotional labor. Using little tricks and tips, Aly and her friends get the men to do the work themselves—to get out of the job they hate, sign up for that growth seminar, do more parenting. Before long, a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix up her app developer boyfriend. There’s just one catch—he’s also Aly’s childhood best friend and first love. As Aly tackles her biggest “fixer upper” yet, she’ll have to come to terms with their complicated history and figure out how much to change someone she’d always thought was perfect as he is....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556135Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fixer Upper Author: Lauren Forsythe Narrator: Lily Howkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fixer Upper Author: Lauren Forsythe Narrator: Lily Howkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends’ lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame. Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing everything around her: her parents’ marriage, her colleagues’ work problems, and her friends’ love lives are just a few examples. After a chance meeting with an ex who has gone from living in his parents’ basement to being a married project manager in three years, she realizes she’s been fixing her boyfriends, too.... So, Aly decides to put her talents to good use and, alongside two work friends, sets up the Fixer Upper, an exclusive, underground service for women who are tired of unpaid emotional labor. Using little tricks and tips, Aly and her friends get the men to do the work themselves—to get out of the job they hate, sign up for that growth seminar, do more parenting. Before long, a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix up her app developer boyfriend. There’s just one catch—he’s also Aly’s childhood best friend and first love. As Aly tackles her biggest “fixer upper” yet, she’ll have to come to terms with their complicated history and figure out how much to change someone she’d always thought was perfect as he is....]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mademoiselle-revolution-by-zoe-sivak--65269967https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mademoiselle Revolution Author: Zoe Sivak Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution. Sylvie de Rosiers, as the daughter of a rich planter and an enslaved woman, enjoys the comforts of a lady in 1791 Saint-Domingue society. But while she was born to privilege, she was never fully accepted by island elites. After a violent rebellion begins the Haitian Revolution, Sylvie and her brother leave their family and old lives behind to flee unwittingly into another uprising—in austere and radical Paris. Sylvie quickly becomes enamored with the aims of the Revolution, as well as with the revolutionaries themselves—most notably Maximilien Robespierre and his mistress, Cornélie Duplay.   As a rising leader and abolitionist, Robespierre sees an opportunity to exploit Sylvie’s race and abandonment of her aristocratic roots as an example of his ideals, while the strong-willed Cornélie offers Sylvie safe harbor and guidance in free thought. Sylvie battles with her past complicity in a slave society and her future within this new world order as she finds herself increasingly torn between Robespierre's ideology and Cornélie's love.   When the Reign of Terror descends, Sylvie must decide whether to become an accomplice while a new empire rises on the bones of innocents…or risk losing her head.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556138Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mademoiselle Revolution Author: Zoe Sivak Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mademoiselle Revolution Author: Zoe Sivak Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution. Sylvie de Rosiers, as the daughter of a rich planter and an enslaved woman, enjoys the comforts of a lady in 1791 Saint-Domingue society. But while she was born to privilege, she was never fully accepted by island elites. After a violent rebellion begins the Haitian Revolution, Sylvie and her brother leave their family and old lives behind to flee unwittingly into another uprising—in austere and radical Paris. Sylvie quickly becomes enamored with the aims of the Revolution, as well as with the revolutionaries themselves—most notably Maximilien Robespierre and his mistress, Cornélie Duplay.   As a rising leader and abolitionist, Robespierre sees an opportunity to exploit Sylvie’s race and abandonment of her aristocratic roots as an example of his ideals, while the strong-willed Cornélie offers Sylvie safe harbor and guidance in free thought. Sylvie battles with her past complicity in a slave society and her future within this new world order as she finds herself increasingly torn between Robespierre's ideology and Cornélie's love.   When the Reign of Terror descends, Sylvie must decide whether to become an accomplice while a new empire rises on the bones of innocents…or risk losing her head.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-another-love-song-by-kerry-winfrey--65269965https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Another Love Song Author: Kerry Winfrey Narrator: Justis Bolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at their perfect ending in this charming new romance by Kerry Winfrey, author of Very Sincerely Yours. Once upon a time, Sandy Macintosh thought she would have her happily ever after with her high school sweetheart, Hank Tillman. Sandy wanted to be an artist, Hank was the only boy in town who seemed destined for bigger things, and they both had dreams to escape town together. But when Sandy’s plans fell through, she stayed in their small town in Ohio while Hank went off to Boston to follow his dreams to be a musician, with the promise to stay together. Only that plan fell through, too.   Fifteen years later, Sandy runs a successful greenhouse while helping her parents with their bed and breakfast. Everything is perfect…until Hank rolls back into town, now a famous alt-country singer with a son in tow. She’s happy with the life she’s built by herself, but seeing Hank makes her think about what might have been. There aren’t enough cliché love songs in the world to convince Sandy to give Hank another chance, but when the two of them get thrown together to help organize the town’s annual street fair, she wonders if there could be a new beginning for them or if what they had is just a tired old song of the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556133Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Another Love Song Author: Kerry Winfrey Narrator: Justis Bolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Another Love Song Author: Kerry Winfrey Narrator: Justis Bolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at their perfect ending in this charming new romance by Kerry Winfrey, author of Very Sincerely Yours. Once upon a time, Sandy Macintosh thought she would have her happily ever after with her high school sweetheart, Hank Tillman. Sandy wanted to be an artist, Hank was the only boy in town who seemed destined for bigger things, and they both had dreams to escape town together. But when Sandy’s plans fell through, she stayed in their small town in Ohio while Hank went off to Boston to follow his dreams to be a musician, with the promise to stay together. Only that plan fell through, too.   Fifteen years later, Sandy runs a successful greenhouse while helping her parents with their bed and breakfast. Everything is perfect…until Hank rolls back into town, now a famous alt-country singer with a son in tow. She’s happy with the life she’s built by herself, but seeing Hank makes her think about what might have been. There aren’t enough cliché love songs in the world to convince Sandy to give Hank another chance, but when the two of them get thrown together to help organize the town’s annual street fair, she wonders if there could be a new beginning for them or if what they had is just a tired old song of the past.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-fall-out-of-love-madly-a-novel-by-jana-casale--65269961https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Fall Out of Love Madly: A Novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Imani Jade Powers, Julia Knippen, Sophie Amoss, Karissa Vacker, Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Three relatable thirty somethings drive this ode to womanhood. Learning the hard way to love themselves, the women teach invaluable lessons.”—People “Everyone who loves Sally Rooney should be reading Jana Casale!”—Julie Buntin, author of Marlena   Three women confront the compromises they’ve made to appease the men they love. Joy and Annie are friends and roommates whose thirty-something lives aren’t exactly what they’d imagined. To make ends meet, they decide to rent their extra bedroom to Theo, who charms Joy with his salt-and-pepper hair and adoration of their one-eyed cat. When Annie goes to live with her boyfriend, Theo and Joy settle into a comfortable domesticity. Then Theo brings home Celine, the girlfriend he’s never mentioned, who is possibly the most stunning woman Joy has ever seen. Joy resolves to do whatever it takes to hold on to him, falling ever deeper into an emotional hellscape of her own making. She is too obsessed to realize that Celine’s beauty doesn’t protect her from pain. Haunted by an event from her past, Celine can’t escape her shame and finds herself in an endless cycle of self-sabotage. Annie is baffled by Joy’s senseless devotion to Theo, but she’s consumed by her own obsessions: she can’t stop parsing her commitment-phobic boyfriend’s texts in an exhausting mission to maintain his approval. At work, where she fully embraces her natural assertiveness, Annie is a star. But when an anonymous letter lands on her desk accusing her esteemed and supportive boss of sexual misconduct, she is forced to decide who and what she’s willing to stand up for. Perceptive, mordantly funny, and full of heart, How to Fall Out of Love Madly examines women’s many relationships—with one another, their mothers, their work, men, and themselves—to reveal their underlying power and complexity. It asks, why do so many smart, compassionate, otherwise empowered women tolerate egregious behavior from the men they love? And what will it take for them to reclaim control?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556152Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Fall Out of Love Madly: A Novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Imani Jade Powers, Julia Knippen, Sophie Amoss, Karissa Vacker, Kristen Sieh...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Fall Out of Love Madly: A Novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Imani Jade Powers, Julia Knippen, Sophie Amoss, Karissa Vacker, Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Three relatable thirty somethings drive this ode to womanhood. Learning the hard way to love themselves, the women teach invaluable lessons.”—People “Everyone who loves Sally Rooney should be reading Jana Casale!”—Julie Buntin, author of Marlena   Three women confront the compromises they’ve made to appease the men they love. Joy and Annie are friends and roommates whose thirty-something lives aren’t exactly what they’d imagined. To make ends meet, they decide to rent their extra bedroom to Theo, who charms Joy with his salt-and-pepper hair and adoration of their one-eyed cat. When Annie goes to live with her boyfriend, Theo and Joy settle into a comfortable domesticity. Then Theo brings home Celine, the girlfriend he’s never mentioned, who is possibly the most stunning woman Joy has ever seen. Joy resolves to do whatever it takes to hold on to him, falling ever deeper into an emotional hellscape of her own making. She is too obsessed to realize that Celine’s beauty doesn’t protect her from pain. Haunted by an event from her past, Celine can’t escape her shame and finds herself in an endless cycle of self-sabotage. Annie is baffled by Joy’s senseless devotion to Theo, but she’s consumed by her own obsessions: she can’t stop parsing her commitment-phobic boyfriend’s texts in an exhausting mission to maintain his approval. At work, where she fully embraces her natural assertiveness, Annie is a star. But when an anonymous letter lands on her desk accusing her esteemed and supportive boss of sexual misconduct, she is forced to decide who and what she’s willing to stand up for. Perceptive, mordantly funny, and full of heart, How to Fall Out of Love Madly examines women’s many relationships—with one another, their mothers, their work, men, and themselves—to reveal their underlying power and complexity. It asks, why do so many smart, compassionate, otherwise empowered women tolerate egregious behavior from the men they love? And what will it take for them to reclaim control?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mika-in-real-life-a-novel-by-emiko-jean--65269938https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mika in Real Life: A Novel Author: Emiko Jean Narrator: Sura Siu, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A GOOD MORNING AMERICA and READ WITH MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK! Named a best book by Glamour, Marie Claire, TIME, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more! From New York Times bestselling Emiko Jean, a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love—how we find it, keep it, and how it always returns. One phone call changes everything.  At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki’s life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend might be a hoarder. She’s a perpetual disappointment to her traditional Japanese parents. And, most recently, she’s been fired from her latest dead-end job.   Mika is at her lowest point when she receives a phone call from Penny—the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago. Penny is determined to forge a relationship with her birth mother, and in turn, Mika longs to be someone Penny is proud of. Faced with her own inadequacies, Mika embellishes a fact about her life. What starts as a tiny white lie slowly snowballs into a fully-fledged fake life, one where Mika is mature, put-together, and successful in love and her career.  The details of Mika’s life might be an illusion, but everything she shares with curious, headstrong Penny is real: her hopes, dreams, flaws, and Japanese heritage. The harder-won heart belongs to Thomas Calvin, Penny’s adoptive widower father. What starts as a rocky, contentious relationship slowly blossoms into a friendship and, over time, something more. But can Mika really have it all—love, her daughter, the life she’s always wanted? Or will Mika’s deceptions ultimately catch up to her? In the end, Mika must face the truth—about herself, her family, and her past—and answer the question, just who is Mika in real life?  Perfect for fans of Rebecca Serle and Jojo Moyes, Mika in Real Life is at once a heart-wrenching and uplifting novel that explores the weight of silence, the secrets we keep, and what it means to be a mother.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557026Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mika in Real Life: A Novel Author: Emiko Jean Narrator: Sura Siu, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mika in Real Life: A Novel Author: Emiko Jean Narrator: Sura Siu, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A GOOD MORNING AMERICA and READ WITH MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK! Named a best book by Glamour, Marie Claire, TIME, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more! From New York Times bestselling Emiko Jean, a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love—how we find it, keep it, and how it always returns. One phone call changes everything.  At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki’s life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend might be a hoarder. She’s a perpetual disappointment to her traditional Japanese parents. And, most recently, she’s been fired from her latest dead-end job.   Mika is at her lowest point when she receives a phone call from Penny—the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago. Penny is determined to forge a relationship with her birth mother, and in turn, Mika longs to be someone Penny is proud of. Faced with her own inadequacies, Mika embellishes a fact about her life. What starts as a tiny white lie slowly snowballs into a fully-fledged fake life, one where Mika is mature, put-together, and successful in love and her career.  The details of Mika’s life might be an illusion, but everything she shares with curious, headstrong Penny is real: her hopes, dreams, flaws, and Japanese heritage. The harder-won heart belongs to Thomas Calvin, Penny’s adoptive widower father. What starts as a rocky, contentious relationship slowly blossoms into a friendship and, over time, something more. But can Mika really have it all—love, her daughter, the life she’s always wanted? Or will Mika’s deceptions ultimately catch up to her? In the end, Mika must face the truth—about herself, her family, and her past—and answer the question, just who is Mika in real life?  Perfect for fans of Rebecca Serle and Jojo Moyes, Mika in Real Life is at once a heart-wrenching and uplifting novel that explores the weight of silence, the secrets we keep, and what it means to be a mother.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-proposition-a-novel-by-madeleine-roux--65269911https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Proposition: A Novel Author: Madeleine Roux Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman trapped in a loveless engagement joins forces with a mysterious man bent on vengeance against her fiancé in The Proposition, a lively tale of intrigue, revenge, and romance. What would you propose? Clemency Fry has always been certain that marriage is a ludicrous arrangement—a notion she has believed ever since reading a scandalous feminist treatise as a girl. But her outlook on romance suddenly changes after meeting the handsome Lord Boyle. With the proposition of a different sort of union, one with mutual respect and financial security for her family, Clemency is won over, but when the wedding is set and the plans are in motion, Lord Boyle turns cold and dismissive. Clemency fears the worst has come to fruition; she had been right all along about affairs of the heart. She has fallen into the one trap she swore she never would.  Then Audric Ferrand comes to town seeking revenge against Lord Boyle on behalf of his sister, who also fell for his charm and wealth. Audric sees Clemency’s predicament as the opportunity he needs. He suggests they join forces, a proposition that is risky and outrageous, and could possibly lead to the destruction of both their reputations. Falling in love was never in the bargain, but the season has just begun—and romance is surely in the air.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556144Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Proposition: A Novel Author: Madeleine Roux Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Proposition: A Novel Author: Madeleine Roux Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman trapped in a loveless engagement joins forces with a mysterious man bent on vengeance against her fiancé in The Proposition, a lively tale of intrigue, revenge, and romance. What would you propose? Clemency Fry has always been certain that marriage is a ludicrous arrangement—a notion she has believed ever since reading a scandalous feminist treatise as a girl. But her outlook on romance suddenly changes after meeting the handsome Lord Boyle. With the proposition of a different sort of union, one with mutual respect and financial security for her family, Clemency is won over, but when the wedding is set and the plans are in motion, Lord Boyle turns cold and dismissive. Clemency fears the worst has come to fruition; she had been right all along about affairs of the heart. She has fallen into the one trap she swore she never would.  Then Audric Ferrand comes to town seeking revenge against Lord Boyle on behalf of his sister, who also fell for his charm and wealth. Audric sees Clemency’s predicament as the opportunity he needs. He suggests they join forces, a proposition that is risky and outrageous, and could possibly lead to the destruction of both their reputations. Falling in love was never in the bargain, but the season has just begun—and romance is surely in the air.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alias-emma-a-novel-by-ava-glass--65269908https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alias Emma: A Novel Author: Ava Glass Narrator: Sophie Colquhoun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A thrilling read . . . I could not have loved it more.”—LISA JEWELL “Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” (CrimeReads), a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed? Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: PopSugar, CrimeReads, Library Journal Nothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name.   A newly minted secret agent, Emma's barely graduated from basic training when she gets the call for her first major assignment. Eager to serve her country and prove her worth, she dives in headfirst.   Emma must covertly travel across one of the world’s most watched cities to bring the reluctant—and handsome—son of Russian dissidents into protective custody, so long as the assassins from the Motherland don’t find him first. With London’s famous Ring of Steel hacked by the Russian government, the two must cross the city without being seen by the hundreds of thousands of CCTV cameras that document every inch of the city’s streets, alleys, and gutters.   Buses, subways, cars, and trains are out of the question. Traveling on foot, and operating without phones or bank cards that could reveal their location or identity, they have twelve hours to make it to safety. This will take all of Emma’s skills of disguise and subterfuge. But when Emma’s handler goes dark, there’s no one left to trust. And just one wrong move will get them both killed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556149Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alias Emma: A Novel Author: Ava Glass Narrator: Sophie Colquhoun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alias Emma: A Novel Author: Ava Glass Narrator: Sophie Colquhoun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A thrilling read . . . I could not have loved it more.”—LISA JEWELL “Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” (CrimeReads), a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed? Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: PopSugar, CrimeReads, Library Journal Nothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name.   A newly minted secret agent, Emma's barely graduated from basic training when she gets the call for her first major assignment. Eager to serve her country and prove her worth, she dives in headfirst.   Emma must covertly travel across one of the world’s most watched cities to bring the reluctant—and handsome—son of Russian dissidents into protective custody, so long as the assassins from the Motherland don’t find him first. With London’s famous Ring of Steel hacked by the Russian government, the two must cross the city without being seen by the hundreds of thousands of CCTV cameras that document every inch of the city’s streets, alleys, and gutters.   Buses, subways, cars, and trains are out of the question. Traveling on foot, and operating without phones or bank cards that could reveal their location or identity, they have twelve hours to make it to safety. This will take all of Emma’s skills of disguise and subterfuge. But when Emma’s handler goes dark, there’s no one left to trust. And just one wrong move will get them both killed.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-playa-s-handbook-by-brenda-jackson--65269880https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Playa's Handbook Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: There’s not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa’s Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:   *Never give a woman the key to your apartment. *Playas “have sex”; they don’t “make love.” *Don’t be afraid not to commit, no matter how hot the sex is. *A woman can’t use you if you use her first.   One night, while watching the game and drinking beer, friends Marcus Lowery, Samuel Gunn, and Phillip McKenna all admit to buying Montgomery’s book. Recent divorcees, Phillip and Sam are looking to unleash their hidden playa. And after being a widower for a year, Marcus is ready to cautiously ease back into the dating scene. So, they decide to put the rules to the test. . .and end up going on one of the wildest rides of their lives. Playas Series Book 1]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560328Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Playa's Handbook Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Playa's Handbook Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: There’s not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa’s Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:   *Never give a woman the key to your apartment. *Playas “have sex”; they don’t “make love.” *Don’t be afraid not to commit, no matter how hot the sex is. *A woman can’t use you if you use her first.   One night, while watching the game and drinking beer, friends Marcus Lowery, Samuel Gunn, and Phillip McKenna all admit to buying Montgomery’s book. Recent divorcees, Phillip and Sam are looking to unleash their hidden playa. And after being a widower for a year, Marcus is ready to cautiously ease back into the dating scene. So, they decide to put the rules to the test. . .and end up going on one of the wildest rides of their lives. Playas Series Book 1]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/long-past-summer-by-noue-kirwan--65269861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Past Summer Author: Noué Kirwan Narrator: Nicola Lambo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Kirwan’s excellent debut brings charm, complexity, and plenty of heat…This mature, steamy romance will have readers swooning.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Noué Kirwan’s exquisitely-written debut left me breathless.”—Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook "Long Past Summer is powerful.”—Naima Simone, USA Today bestselling author It's hard to move on from a broken heart—and harder to move on from a broken friendship. Mikaela Marchand is living the polished life she always planned for: a successful New York lawyer, with a promotion in her sights and a devoted boyfriend by her side. She’s come a long way from the meek teen she was growing up in small town Georgia, but the memory of her adolescence isn’t far—in fact, it’s splashed across a massive billboard in Times Square. An old photograph of Mikaela and her former best friend, Julie, has landed on the cover of a high-profile fashion magazine advertised all over the city. And when Julie files a lawsuit, Mikaela is caught in the middle as defense lawyer for the magazine.   Not only will she have to face Julie for the first time in years, Mikaela’s forced to work closely with the photographer in question: the former love of her life--and Julie’s ex-husband--Cameron Murphy. Mikaela needs to win the case to get her promotion--and as a junior partner, she has no margin for error. But unresolved feelings still exist between Cam and Mikaela, and jealousy always made Julie play dirty…   With flashbacks to summers of first loves and fragile friendships, Long Past Summer looks at the delicate and powerful thread that binds and breaks friends and flames.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560319Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Past Summer Author: Noué Kirwan Narrator: Nicola Lambo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Past Summer Author: Noué Kirwan Narrator: Nicola Lambo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Kirwan’s excellent debut brings charm, complexity, and plenty of heat…This mature, steamy romance will have readers swooning.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Noué Kirwan’s exquisitely-written debut left me breathless.”—Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook "Long Past Summer is powerful.”—Naima Simone, USA Today bestselling author It's hard to move on from a broken heart—and harder to move on from a broken friendship. Mikaela Marchand is living the polished life she always planned for: a successful New York lawyer, with a promotion in her sights and a devoted boyfriend by her side. She’s come a long way from the meek teen she was growing up in small town Georgia, but the memory of her adolescence isn’t far—in fact, it’s splashed across a massive billboard in Times Square. An old photograph of Mikaela and her former best friend, Julie, has landed on the cover of a high-profile fashion magazine advertised all over the city. And when Julie files a lawsuit, Mikaela is caught in the middle as defense lawyer for the magazine.   Not only will she have to face Julie for the first time in years, Mikaela’s forced to work closely with the photographer in question: the former love of her life--and Julie’s ex-husband--Cameron Murphy. Mikaela needs to win the case to get her promotion--and as a junior partner, she has no margin for error. But unresolved feelings still exist between Cam and Mikaela, and jealousy always made Julie play dirty…   With flashbacks to summers of first loves and fragile friendships, Long Past Summer looks at the delicate and powerful thread that binds and breaks friends and flames.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wrong-place-wrong-time-a-novel-by-gillian-mcallister--65269847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Author: Gillian Mcallister Narrator: Lesley Sharp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 409 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 99 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “It’s perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family. Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened? It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger. She doesn’t know who the victim is, or why Todd has committed such a devastating act of violence. All she knows is that her life, and Todd’s, have been shattered.  After her son is taken into custody, Jen falls asleep in despair. But when she wakes up…it is yesterday. The murder has not happened yet—and there may be a chance to stop it. Each morning, when Jen wakes, she is further back in the past, first weeks, then years, before the murder. And Jen realizes that somewhere in the past lies the trigger for Todd’s terrible crime…and it is her mission to find it, and prevent it from taking place. Both the story of a mother’s love and the sacrifices she will make for her child, and a thriller with a brilliant twist, Wrong Place Wrong Time is a one-of-a-kind novel that begs to be read in one sitting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564560Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Author: Gillian Mcallister Narrator: Lesley Sharp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Author: Gillian Mcallister Narrator: Lesley Sharp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 409 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 99 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “It’s perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family. Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened? It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger. She doesn’t know who the victim is, or why Todd has committed such a devastating act of violence. All she knows is that her life, and Todd’s, have been shattered.  After her son is taken into custody, Jen falls asleep in despair. But when she wakes up…it is yesterday. The murder has not happened yet—and there may be a chance to stop it. Each morning, when Jen wakes, she is further back in the past, first weeks, then years, before the murder. And Jen realizes that somewhere in the past lies the trigger for Todd’s terrible crime…and it is her mission to find it, and prevent it from taking place. Both the story of a mother’s love and the sacrifices she will make for her child, and a thriller with a brilliant twist, Wrong Place Wrong Time is a one-of-a-kind novel that begs to be read in one sitting.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/delphi-by-clare-pollard--65269955https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delphi Author: Clare Pollard Narrator: Emma Lowndes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I am sick of the future. Up to here with the future. I don't want anything to do with it; don't want it near me.' This is a story about now. It's a story about a woman, and the family she has made for herself. It's about the dramas unfolding on our screens and behind the curtains of our homes in a world more turbulent than any of us could have imagined. But it's also about before. And what comes next. It's about the flames that have burned for centuries beneath the cracks that are opening now. About the Ancient Greeks, who sacrificed and bargained with their Gods; about prophets and oracles, tarot cards and tea leaves, and how time and certainty and, sometimes, those we love can slip away. It's about the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates - and the answers that are coming for us whether we like them or not. Extraordinary, electrifying, irreverent and heartbreaking, Delphi is a mesmerising story of our pasts, our presents and our futures, and how we keep on living in a world that is ever-more uncertain and absurd. 'Sexy, dark and dangerous, disturbed and disturbing in equal measure - I loved it' Anna Hope, author of Expectation © Clare Pollard 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556437Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delphi Author: Clare Pollard Narrator: Emma Lowndes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 28, 2022 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delphi Author: Clare Pollard Narrator: Emma Lowndes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I am sick of the future. Up to here with the future. I don't want anything to do with it; don't want it near me.' This is a story about now. It's a story about a woman, and the family she has made for herself. It's about the dramas unfolding on our screens and behind the curtains of our homes in a world more turbulent than any of us could have imagined. But it's also about before. And what comes next. It's about the flames that have burned for centuries beneath the cracks that are opening now. About the Ancient Greeks, who sacrificed and bargained with their Gods; about prophets and oracles, tarot cards and tea leaves, and how time and certainty and, sometimes, those we love can slip away. It's about the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates - and the answers that are coming for us whether we like them or not. Extraordinary, electrifying, irreverent and heartbreaking, Delphi is a mesmerising story of our pasts, our presents and our futures, and how we keep on living in a world that is ever-more uncertain and absurd. 'Sexy, dark and dangerous, disturbed and disturbing in equal measure - I loved it' Anna Hope, author of Expectation © Clare Pollard 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-to-vanish-by-megan-miranda--65270008https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last to Vanish Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Alex Allwine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.76 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 14 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Visitors come to Cutter’s Pass to disappear into nature…not vanish into thin air. Don’t miss this “eerie thriller [that] can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining” (Booklist) about a disappearing journalist, unsolved mysteries and a mountain town with more secrets than answers, from Reese Witherspoon Book Club selected and New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda. Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself. Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her. Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552885Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last to Vanish Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Alex Allwine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last to Vanish Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Alex Allwine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.76 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 14 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Visitors come to Cutter’s Pass to disappear into nature…not vanish into thin air. Don’t miss this “eerie thriller [that] can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining” (Booklist) about a disappearing journalist, unsolved mysteries and a mountain town with more secrets than answers, from Reese Witherspoon Book Club selected and New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda. Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself. Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her. Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-librarian-spy-a-novel-of-world-war-ii-by-madeline-martin--65270005https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II Author: Madeline Martin Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “Readers will be on the edge of their seats….  A brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.”  –Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them. As the battle in Europe rages, Ava and Elaine find themselves connecting through coded messages and discovering hope in the face of war. “Uplifting, inspiring and suspenseful, this is one to savor!” –Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Riviera House   “Madeline Martin is a fantastic author. The Librarian Spy is a stunning tour de force of historical fiction.” –Karen Robards, author of The Black Swan of Paris Don't miss Madeline Martin's next heartwarming historical novel, The Booklover's Library! Also by Madeline Martin: - The Last Bookshop in London - The Keeper of Hidden Books]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553723Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II Author: Madeline Martin Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II Author: Madeline Martin Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “Readers will be on the edge of their seats….  A brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.”  –Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them. As the battle in Europe rages, Ava and Elaine find themselves connecting through coded messages and discovering hope in the face of war. “Uplifting, inspiring and suspenseful, this is one to savor!” –Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Riviera House   “Madeline Martin is a fantastic author. The Librarian Spy is a stunning tour de force of historical fiction.” –Karen Robards, author of The Black Swan of Paris Don't miss Madeline Martin's next heartwarming historical novel, The Booklover's Library! Also by Madeline Martin: - The Last Bookshop in London - The Keeper of Hidden Books]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-of-it-was-real-by-nan-fischer--65269978https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some of It Was Real Author: Nan Fischer Narrator: Pete Cross, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Fresh, surprising, and compulsively readable.'--New York Times bestselling author Andrea Bartz A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn’t sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that also threaten to tear them apart. Psychic-medium Sylvie Young starts every show with her origin story, telling the audience how she discovered her abilities. But she leaves out a lot—the plane crash that killed her parents, an estranged adoptive family who tend orchards in rainy Oregon, panic attacks, and the fact that her agent insists she research some clients to ensure success. After a catastrophic reporting error, Thomas Holmes’s next story at the L.A. Times may be his last, but he’s got a great personal pitch. “Grief vampires” like Sylvie who prey upon the loved ones of the deceased have bankrupted his mother. He’s dead set on using his last-chance article to expose Sylvie as a conniving fraud and resurrect his career. When Sylvie and Thomas collide, a game of cat and mouse ensues, but the secrets they’re keeping from each other are nothing compared to the mysteries and lies they unearth about Sylvie’s past. Searching for the truth might destroy them both—but it’s the only way to find out what’s real.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555232Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some of It Was Real Author: Nan Fischer Narrator: Pete Cross, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some of It Was Real Author: Nan Fischer Narrator: Pete Cross, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Fresh, surprising, and compulsively readable.'--New York Times bestselling author Andrea Bartz A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn’t sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that also threaten to tear them apart. Psychic-medium Sylvie Young starts every show with her origin story, telling the audience how she discovered her abilities. But she leaves out a lot—the plane crash that killed her parents, an estranged adoptive family who tend orchards in rainy Oregon, panic attacks, and the fact that her agent insists she research some clients to ensure success. After a catastrophic reporting error, Thomas Holmes’s next story at the L.A. Times may be his last, but he’s got a great personal pitch. “Grief vampires” like Sylvie who prey upon the loved ones of the deceased have bankrupted his mother. He’s dead set on using his last-chance article to expose Sylvie as a conniving fraud and resurrect his career. When Sylvie and Thomas collide, a game of cat and mouse ensues, but the secrets they’re keeping from each other are nothing compared to the mysteries and lies they unearth about Sylvie’s past. Searching for the truth might destroy them both—but it’s the only way to find out what’s real.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-duchess-by-midnight-by-charis-michaels--65269974https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duchess by Midnight Series: #3 of Awakened by a Kiss Author: Charis Michaels Narrator: Morag Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''Charis Michaels will make you believe in fairy tales.''— #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels concludes her Awakened by a Kiss series with another enchanting romance, this time telling the real story of Cinderella’s stepsister and the man who can’t help falling in love with her. A Former Ugly Duckling...  Miss Drewsmina “Drew” Trelayne is a former awkward child and one-time wicked stepsister. Raised by a bitter, overbearing mother, Drew is all grown up and has made peace with her orange hair and bean-pole height. Her transformation has inspired her dream of opening a finishing school that emphasizes inner beauty, capability, and confidence. But launching a school costs money so Drew must begin with private clients who pay well and don’t ask many questions.  A Reclusive Duke... Ian Clayblack, the Duke of Lachlan, lives alone on his Dorset estate, forced by scandal into a smuggler’s life. When his estranged sister arrives with her two daughters, he feels obligated to give the girls a proper Season. Venturing back to society could clear his name and provide his vagabond nieces with a better life. Who better to help than the striking Miss Trelayne?  A Midnight Kiss... Affording Drew’s services isn’t a problem for Lachlan, but his growing desire for her is. As his nieces warm to her gentle charm, he is overwhelmed by her unique beauty and open manner. When they’re caught in a scandalous embrace, nothing short of marriage will save all of them from further scandal. Can a marriage made in haste be love’s saving grace? A reimagining of the classic fairytale, Duchess by Midnight puts a fresh spin on the story of the ugly duckling, delivering a charming and romantic tale of love, transformation, and happily ever after.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555085Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duchess by Midnight Series: #3 of Awakened by a Kiss Author: Charis Michaels Narrator: Morag Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duchess by Midnight Series: #3 of Awakened by a Kiss Author: Charis Michaels Narrator: Morag Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''Charis Michaels will make you believe in fairy tales.''— #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels concludes her Awakened by a Kiss series with another enchanting romance, this time telling the real story of Cinderella’s stepsister and the man who can’t help falling in love with her. A Former Ugly Duckling...  Miss Drewsmina “Drew” Trelayne is a former awkward child and one-time wicked stepsister. Raised by a bitter, overbearing mother, Drew is all grown up and has made peace with her orange hair and bean-pole height. Her transformation has inspired her dream of opening a finishing school that emphasizes inner beauty, capability, and confidence. But launching a school costs money so Drew must begin with private clients who pay well and don’t ask many questions.  A Reclusive Duke... Ian Clayblack, the Duke of Lachlan, lives alone on his Dorset estate, forced by scandal into a smuggler’s life. When his estranged sister arrives with her two daughters, he feels obligated to give the girls a proper Season. Venturing back to society could clear his name and provide his vagabond nieces with a better life. Who better to help than the striking Miss Trelayne?  A Midnight Kiss... Affording Drew’s services isn’t a problem for Lachlan, but his growing desire for her is. As his nieces warm to her gentle charm, he is overwhelmed by her unique beauty and open manner. When they’re caught in a scandalous embrace, nothing short of marriage will save all of them from further scandal. Can a marriage made in haste be love’s saving grace? A reimagining of the classic fairytale, Duchess by Midnight puts a fresh spin on the story of the ugly duckling, delivering a charming and romantic tale of love, transformation, and happily ever after.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-return-of-the-duke-once-upon-a-dukedom-by-lorraine-heath--65269969https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return of the Duke: Once Upon a Dukedom Series: #3 of Once Upon a Dukedom Author: Lorraine Heath Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the thrilling third book in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s Once Upon a Dukedom series, the dashing son of a disgraced duke teams up with a sultry beauty to thwart an assassination plot against Queen Victoria. When his father, the Duke of Wolfford, is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, Marcus Stanwick is stripped of everything. Vowing to return honor to his family, he seeks to expose the others involved in the treasonous plot and bring them to justice. His search forces him to turn to a woman he despises for her unforgiveable betrayal—a woman known as the heartless harlot. Harboring secrets, Esme Lancaster has her own reasons for wanting to discover who’s behind the conspiracy that’s still afoot. She doesn’t trust Marcus but can’t deny the handsome devil makes her wonder if she does indeed possess a heart, one he could very easily steal. As their hunt for the truth leads them into danger, Marcus finds Esme isn’t cold and calculating as he’d assumed but fire and brimstone, with courage and determination to match his own. Soon, they’re unable to deny their growing desire for each other. But giving into temptation comes at a cost, and they must decide if love is worth the risk of losing their one chance for redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555086Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return of the Duke: Once Upon a Dukedom Series: #3 of Once Upon a Dukedom Author: Lorraine Heath Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return of the Duke: Once Upon a Dukedom Series: #3 of Once Upon a Dukedom Author: Lorraine Heath Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the thrilling third book in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s Once Upon a Dukedom series, the dashing son of a disgraced duke teams up with a sultry beauty to thwart an assassination plot against Queen Victoria. When his father, the Duke of Wolfford, is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, Marcus Stanwick is stripped of everything. Vowing to return honor to his family, he seeks to expose the others involved in the treasonous plot and bring them to justice. His search forces him to turn to a woman he despises for her unforgiveable betrayal—a woman known as the heartless harlot. Harboring secrets, Esme Lancaster has her own reasons for wanting to discover who’s behind the conspiracy that’s still afoot. She doesn’t trust Marcus but can’t deny the handsome devil makes her wonder if she does indeed possess a heart, one he could very easily steal. As their hunt for the truth leads them into danger, Marcus finds Esme isn’t cold and calculating as he’d assumed but fire and brimstone, with courage and determination to match his own. Soon, they’re unable to deny their growing desire for each other. But giving into temptation comes at a cost, and they must decide if love is worth the risk of losing their one chance for redemption.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-acts-of-defiance-a-novel-of-wwii-and-paris-by-michelle-wright--65269949https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Acts of Defiance: A Novel of WWII and Paris Author: Michelle Wright Narrator: Eloise Mignon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''In Small Acts of Defiance, Michelle Wright paints a beautifully intimate portrait that celebrates the courage and resilience of the human spirit.''— Jane Harper, author of The Survivors A stunning debut WWII novel from award-winning short story writer Michelle Wright, about the small but courageous acts a young woman performs against the growing anti-Jewish measures in Nazi-occupied Paris. “Doing nothing is still a choice. A choice to stand aside and let it happen.” January 1940: After a devastating tragedy, young Australian woman Lucie and her mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and flee to France. There they seek help from the only family they have left, Lucie’s uncle, Gérard. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, the two women find themselves trapped in German-occupied Paris, sharing a cramped apartment with the authoritarian Gérard and his extremist views. Drawing upon her artistic talents, Lucie risks her own safety to engage in small acts of defiance against the occupying Nazi forces and the collaborationist French regime – illustrating pro-resistance tracts and forging identity cards.  Faced with the escalating brutality of anti-Jewish measures, and the indifference of so many of her fellow Parisians, Lucie must decide how far she will go to protect her friends and defend the rights of others before it’s too late.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553375Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Acts of Defiance: A Novel of WWII and Paris Author: Michelle Wright Narrator: Eloise Mignon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Acts of Defiance: A Novel of WWII and Paris Author: Michelle Wright Narrator: Eloise Mignon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''In Small Acts of Defiance, Michelle Wright paints a beautifully intimate portrait that celebrates the courage and resilience of the human spirit.''— Jane Harper, author of The Survivors A stunning debut WWII novel from award-winning short story writer Michelle Wright, about the small but courageous acts a young woman performs against the growing anti-Jewish measures in Nazi-occupied Paris. “Doing nothing is still a choice. A choice to stand aside and let it happen.” January 1940: After a devastating tragedy, young Australian woman Lucie and her mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and flee to France. There they seek help from the only family they have left, Lucie’s uncle, Gérard. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, the two women find themselves trapped in German-occupied Paris, sharing a cramped apartment with the authoritarian Gérard and his extremist views. Drawing upon her artistic talents, Lucie risks her own safety to engage in small acts of defiance against the occupying Nazi forces and the collaborationist French regime – illustrating pro-resistance tracts and forging identity cards.  Faced with the escalating brutality of anti-Jewish measures, and the indifference of so many of her fellow Parisians, Lucie must decide how far she will go to protect her friends and defend the rights of others before it’s too late.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/knot-again-by-kwana-jackson--65269930https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knot Again Series: #2 of Real Men Knit series Author: Kwana Jackson Narrator: N'jameh Camara, Keong Sim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of... USA Today's Best Rom-Coms of July Shondaland's Best Books of July BookRiot's Best Romance Novels of July Sometimes fireman Lucas Strong feels like he can only find any peace and quiet at the local laundromat, where every day is rinse and repeat — until a fateful run-in with his high school crush. Hoping to attract more customers to his family’s knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally became a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is Scrubs—a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas’s soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night interest in knitting, whose mother is his old school crush.   Sydney Harris knows that Harlem is like any other small town, and everyone is probably whispering about how she left such a good man—and a good life—behind to wash and fold laundry by the pound. If only they knew the truth. But Sydney will always put her daughter’s happiness first, even if that means moving back to Harlem and facing her past.   What Sydney never expected was to see Lucas again. A long-forgotten attraction kicks into high gear as Lucas and Sydney start to spend time together at the laundromat, and they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and fragile as a soap bubble.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555209Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knot Again Series: #2 of Real Men Knit series Author: Kwana Jackson Narrator: N'jameh Camara, Keong Sim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knot Again Series: #2 of Real Men Knit series Author: Kwana Jackson Narrator: N'jameh Camara, Keong Sim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One of... USA Today's Best Rom-Coms of July Shondaland's Best Books of July BookRiot's Best Romance Novels of July Sometimes fireman Lucas Strong feels like he can only find any peace and quiet at the local laundromat, where every day is rinse and repeat — until a fateful run-in with his high school crush. Hoping to attract more customers to his family’s knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally became a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is Scrubs—a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas’s soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night interest in knitting, whose mother is his old school crush.   Sydney Harris knows that Harlem is like any other small town, and everyone is probably whispering about how she left such a good man—and a good life—behind to wash and fold laundry by the pound. If only they knew the truth. But Sydney will always put her daughter’s happiness first, even if that means moving back to Harlem and facing her past.   What Sydney never expected was to see Lucas again. A long-forgotten attraction kicks into high gear as Lucas and Sydney start to spend time together at the laundromat, and they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and fragile as a soap bubble.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-guest-by-helen-cooper--65269927https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Guest Author: Helen Cooper Narrator: Sofia Zervudachi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything—and everyone—they love in order to untangle truth from lies in this twisty, captivating read. One year ago, Leah’s feisty 21-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned in the beautiful lake near her family-owned resort in Northern Italy. Now, Leah’s grief has caught up with her, and she decides to return to Lake Garda for the first time since Amy’s death. What she finds upon her arrival shocks her—her sister, brother-in-law, and surviving niece, Olivia, seem to have erased all memories of Amy, and fought to have her death declared an accidental drowning, despite murky circumstances. Leah knows she must look beyond the resort’s beautiful façade and uncover what truly happened to Amy, even if her digging places both her family ties and her very life in danger.   Meanwhile, in Central England, thirtysomething Joanna is recovering from a surprising break-up when she is swept off her feet by a handsome bartender. But when she learns that he is on the run from something in his past, and that their meeting may not have been a coincidence, Joanna realized that he may just a bit too good to be true.   What follows is a propulsive cat-and mouse game set against the Italian lakeside as the two seemingly-unconnected women are caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555237Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Guest Author: Helen Cooper Narrator: Sofia Zervudachi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Guest Author: Helen Cooper Narrator: Sofia Zervudachi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything—and everyone—they love in order to untangle truth from lies in this twisty, captivating read. One year ago, Leah’s feisty 21-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned in the beautiful lake near her family-owned resort in Northern Italy. Now, Leah’s grief has caught up with her, and she decides to return to Lake Garda for the first time since Amy’s death. What she finds upon her arrival shocks her—her sister, brother-in-law, and surviving niece, Olivia, seem to have erased all memories of Amy, and fought to have her death declared an accidental drowning, despite murky circumstances. Leah knows she must look beyond the resort’s beautiful façade and uncover what truly happened to Amy, even if her digging places both her family ties and her very life in danger.   Meanwhile, in Central England, thirtysomething Joanna is recovering from a surprising break-up when she is swept off her feet by a handsome bartender. But when she learns that he is on the run from something in his past, and that their meeting may not have been a coincidence, Joanna realized that he may just a bit too good to be true.   What follows is a propulsive cat-and mouse game set against the Italian lakeside as the two seemingly-unconnected women are caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orphan-girl-a-wwii-novel-of-courage-found-and-a-promise-kept-by-kurt-palka--65269909https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Girl: A WWII Novel of Courage Found and a Promise Kept Author: Kurt Palka Narrator: Amy Matysio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of Kristin Harmel and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls -- the bestselling author of The Piano Maker returns with a vivid, atmospheric, and deeply moving novel set during the final months of the Second World War. NATIONAL BESTSELLER London, 1944/45: Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier. Her father’s murder was never properly investigated and it remains unsolved. Kate’s life is interrupted once more when she wakes up one night to the sound of the air raid alarm and the terror whistles of a bomb’s stabilizers screaming toward the roof of her house. Kate survives, but she is injured. Her house is gone as well, and after her time in the hospital, Claire Giroux, a kind doctor and family friend, invites Kate to live with her as she recuperates. This arrangement works well for them until a few months later when Claire’s husband comes home from the war. Within days the lives of both women are drastically altered, and events are set in motion, both in England and in Canada, that challenge Kate and Claire to their limits. The Orphan Girl is a moving and powerful story about friendship and courage, and about promises made and kept.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557892Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Girl: A WWII Novel of Courage Found and a Promise Kept Author: Kurt Palka Narrator: Amy Matysio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Girl: A WWII Novel of Courage Found and a Promise Kept Author: Kurt Palka Narrator: Amy Matysio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of Kristin Harmel and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls -- the bestselling author of The Piano Maker returns with a vivid, atmospheric, and deeply moving novel set during the final months of the Second World War. NATIONAL BESTSELLER London, 1944/45: Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier. Her father’s murder was never properly investigated and it remains unsolved. Kate’s life is interrupted once more when she wakes up one night to the sound of the air raid alarm and the terror whistles of a bomb’s stabilizers screaming toward the roof of her house. Kate survives, but she is injured. Her house is gone as well, and after her time in the hospital, Claire Giroux, a kind doctor and family friend, invites Kate to live with her as she recuperates. This arrangement works well for them until a few months later when Claire’s husband comes home from the war. Within days the lives of both women are drastically altered, and events are set in motion, both in England and in Canada, that challenge Kate and Claire to their limits. The Orphan Girl is a moving and powerful story about friendship and courage, and about promises made and kept.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-birdcage-by-eve-chase--65270004https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcage Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Taj Atwall, Aurora Dawson-Hunte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past. Some secrets need to be set free… When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago—a summer they're desperate to forget.   But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553796Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcage Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Taj Atwall, Aurora Dawson-Hunte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birdcage Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Taj Atwall, Aurora Dawson-Hunte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past. Some secrets need to be set free… When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago—a summer they're desperate to forget.   But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-force-of-such-beauty-a-novel-by-barbara-bourland--65269952https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force of Such Beauty: A Novel Author: Barbara Bourland Narrator: Tessa Jubber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “This is not your grandma’s fairy tale… Brilliant.” —The Washington Post “The Force of Such Beauty grips with the strength of an Olympian and holds it with the endurance of a marathoner … [to] an ending that actually caught my breath, not once, but twice in quick succession.”—The Associated Press   One sunny afternoon in an idyllic kingdom by the sea, a princess named Caroline pretends to sleep. When her keepers strike up a card game, Caroline sneaks into her maid’s car, turns the key, and drives right out of the palace. Alone for the first time in years, she gets on the next flight—only to land in the waiting arms of her guards. As she’s forcibly escorted back to her marble prison, something in Caroline breaks for good. It’s not her first failed attempt, and it won’t be her last. Caroline suspects that she’ll never escape. But she might find a way to be free.   Barbara Bourland’s stunning third novel, a phantasmagorical fable of love and marriage, is her most ambitious and inventive book to date. Inspired by the alleged escape attempts of real-life princesses, The Force of Such Beauty is both the story of an idealistic young woman trapped by a corrupt promise, and a deeply moving reminder that power structures around the world ultimately rest on the subjugation of women’s bodies.   “A fascinating novel about bodies, the way we use them, and the way we break them. It’s one of several works to come out this year concerned with the appropriation of female beauty by powerful men, and examines a harsh choice in the lives of women dubbed desirable by the patriarchal state: do you participate, or do you say no?…Bourland is skilled at finding the noir in the everyday, and illustrating the mechanisms of control that keep us in our place.”—Crime Reads, Best Books of the Year (So Far)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553795Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force of Such Beauty: A Novel Author: Barbara Bourland Narrator: Tessa Jubber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force of Such Beauty: A Novel Author: Barbara Bourland Narrator: Tessa Jubber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “This is not your grandma’s fairy tale… Brilliant.” —The Washington Post “The Force of Such Beauty grips with the strength of an Olympian and holds it with the endurance of a marathoner … [to] an ending that actually caught my breath, not once, but twice in quick succession.”—The Associated Press   One sunny afternoon in an idyllic kingdom by the sea, a princess named Caroline pretends to sleep. When her keepers strike up a card game, Caroline sneaks into her maid’s car, turns the key, and drives right out of the palace. Alone for the first time in years, she gets on the next flight—only to land in the waiting arms of her guards. As she’s forcibly escorted back to her marble prison, something in Caroline breaks for good. It’s not her first failed attempt, and it won’t be her last. Caroline suspects that she’ll never escape. But she might find a way to be free.   Barbara Bourland’s stunning third novel, a phantasmagorical fable of love and marriage, is her most ambitious and inventive book to date. Inspired by the alleged escape attempts of real-life princesses, The Force of Such Beauty is both the story of an idealistic young woman trapped by a corrupt promise, and a deeply moving reminder that power structures around the world ultimately rest on the subjugation of women’s bodies.   “A fascinating novel about bodies, the way we use them, and the way we break them. It’s one of several works to come out this year concerned with the appropriation of female beauty by powerful men, and examines a harsh choice in the lives of women dubbed desirable by the patriarchal state: do you participate, or do you say no?…Bourland is skilled at finding the noir in the everyday, and illustrating the mechanisms of control that keep us in our place.”—Crime Reads, Best Books of the Year (So Far)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-work-wife-a-novel-by-alison-b-hart--65269950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work Wife: A Novel Author: Alison B. Hart Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “[A] knockout debut…. Vengefully delicious.” —People People Magazine Book of the Week * New York Post Hottest Book of the Season * Newsday Notable Book of Summer * USA Today Book of the Week * Salon Best Book of the Year Three fierce women connected to a billionaire film mogul collide at a Hollywood party in this richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, and privilege. It’s the Hollywood event of the season, and anyone who’s anyone will be enjoying their evening at socialite Holly Stabler’s gorgeous hilltop estate. For personal assistant Zanne Klein, the gala is her chance at a promotion she’s chased for far too long, which means she’ll finally be able to buy a house, pay off her loans, and give her girlfriend the life she deserves. But just when the perfect party seems to be in reach, Phoebe Lee, a talented director who mysteriously disappeared decades before, shows up uninvited—with a dark secret. As the event unfolds and truths are exposed, Zanne, Holly, and Phoebe are set on a collision course that promises to make the night one Hollywood will never forget… “A bold and wholly satisfying novel about power, ambition, and the price women must often pay for their dreams.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow *Don't miss Alison B. Hart's next novel, April May June July, where leading up tp a family wedding, four estranged siblings lives collide after new clues surface about their long-missing father...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553705Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work Wife: A Novel Author: Alison B. Hart Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work Wife: A Novel Author: Alison B. Hart Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “[A] knockout debut…. Vengefully delicious.” —People People Magazine Book of the Week * New York Post Hottest Book of the Season * Newsday Notable Book of Summer * USA Today Book of the Week * Salon Best Book of the Year Three fierce women connected to a billionaire film mogul collide at a Hollywood party in this richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, and privilege. It’s the Hollywood event of the season, and anyone who’s anyone will be enjoying their evening at socialite Holly Stabler’s gorgeous hilltop estate. For personal assistant Zanne Klein, the gala is her chance at a promotion she’s chased for far too long, which means she’ll finally be able to buy a house, pay off her loans, and give her girlfriend the life she deserves. But just when the perfect party seems to be in reach, Phoebe Lee, a talented director who mysteriously disappeared decades before, shows up uninvited—with a dark secret. As the event unfolds and truths are exposed, Zanne, Holly, and Phoebe are set on a collision course that promises to make the night one Hollywood will never forget… “A bold and wholly satisfying novel about power, ambition, and the price women must often pay for their dreams.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow *Don't miss Alison B. Hart's next novel, April May June July, where leading up tp a family wedding, four estranged siblings lives collide after new clues surface about their long-missing father...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/any-other-family-by-eleanor-brown--65270031https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Any Other Family Author: Eleanor Brown Narrator: Jamil Schulze, Thérèse Plummer, Lindsey Dorcus, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Anthony Rey Perez, Brittany Pressley, Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different adoptive mothers who face the impossible question: What makes a family? Though they look like any other family, they aren’t one—not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the heart of the family, the adoptive mothers grapple to define themselves and their new roles. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, crowns herself planner of the group, responsible for endless playdates and holidays, determined to create a perfect happy family. Quiet and steady Ginger, single mother to the eldest daughter, is wary of the way these complicated not-fully-family relationships test her long held boundaries. And Elizabeth, still reeling from rounds of failed IVF, is terrified that her unhappiness after adopting a newborn means she was not meant to be a mother at all. As they set out on their first family vacation, all three are pushed into uncomfortably close quarters. And when they receive a call from their children’s birth mother announcing she is pregnant again, the delicate bonds the women are struggling to form threaten to collapse as they each must consider how a family is found and formed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552810Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Any Other Family Author: Eleanor Brown Narrator: Jamil Schulze, Thérèse Plummer, Lindsey Dorcus, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Anthony Rey Perez, Brittany...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Any Other Family Author: Eleanor Brown Narrator: Jamil Schulze, Thérèse Plummer, Lindsey Dorcus, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Anthony Rey Perez, Brittany Pressley, Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different adoptive mothers who face the impossible question: What makes a family? Though they look like any other family, they aren’t one—not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the heart of the family, the adoptive mothers grapple to define themselves and their new roles. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, crowns herself planner of the group, responsible for endless playdates and holidays, determined to create a perfect happy family. Quiet and steady Ginger, single mother to the eldest daughter, is wary of the way these complicated not-fully-family relationships test her long held boundaries. And Elizabeth, still reeling from rounds of failed IVF, is terrified that her unhappiness after adopting a newborn means she was not meant to be a mother at all. As they set out on their first family vacation, all three are pushed into uncomfortably close quarters. And when they receive a call from their children’s birth mother announcing she is pregnant again, the delicate bonds the women are struggling to form threaten to collapse as they each must consider how a family is found and formed.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lady-s-guide-to-fortune-hunting-a-novel-by-sophie-irwin--65270029https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: A Novel Author: Sophie Irwin Narrator: Eleanor Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Bridgerton fans will swoon over this entertaining romp through Britain’s Regency-era high society.” —People 'A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting is a sharp, modern, and absolutely delicious take on the marriage plot. Sophie Irwin's debut is one of the most fun, romantic books I've read in a long time. I cannot wait to see what she does next.' --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising A whip-smart debut that follows the adventures of an entirely unconventional heroine who throws herself into the London Season to find a wealthy husband.  But the last thing she expects is to find love… Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father’s massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin.    Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home and heads toward the most dangerous battleground in all of England: the London season.     Kitty may be neither accomplished nor especially genteel—but she is utterly single-minded; imbued with cunning and ingenuity, she knows that risk is just part of the game.    The only thing she doesn’t anticipate is Lord Radcliffe. The worldly Radcliffe sees Kitty for the mercenary fortune-hunter that she really is and is determined to scotch her plans at all costs, until their parrying takes a completely different turn…. This is a frothy pleasure, full of brilliant repartee and enticing wit--one that readers will find an irresistible delight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552809Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: A Novel Author: Sophie Irwin Narrator: Eleanor Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: A Novel Author: Sophie Irwin Narrator: Eleanor Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Bridgerton fans will swoon over this entertaining romp through Britain’s Regency-era high society.” —People 'A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting is a sharp, modern, and absolutely delicious take on the marriage plot. Sophie Irwin's debut is one of the most fun, romantic books I've read in a long time. I cannot wait to see what she does next.' --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising A whip-smart debut that follows the adventures of an entirely unconventional heroine who throws herself into the London Season to find a wealthy husband.  But the last thing she expects is to find love… Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father’s massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin.    Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home and heads toward the most dangerous battleground in all of England: the London season.     Kitty may be neither accomplished nor especially genteel—but she is utterly single-minded; imbued with cunning and ingenuity, she knows that risk is just part of the game.    The only thing she doesn’t anticipate is Lord Radcliffe. The worldly Radcliffe sees Kitty for the mercenary fortune-hunter that she really is and is determined to scotch her plans at all costs, until their parrying takes a completely different turn…. This is a frothy pleasure, full of brilliant repartee and enticing wit--one that readers will find an irresistible delight.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-is-yet-to-come-a-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65270024https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Is Yet to Come: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging, in this intimate novel from Debbie Macomber. A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington, is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother. There are plenty of distractions, like her cozy cottage with the slightly nosy landlords next door, and a brewing drama among her students at the local high school. Even having settled quickly into the community, Hope still feels something is still missing. That is, until her landlords convince her to volunteer at their animal shelter. There she meets Shadow, a rescue dog that everyone has given up on. But true to her name, Hope believes he’s worth saving. Like Shadow, shelter volunteer Cade Lincoln Jr. is suffering with injuries most can’t see. A wounded ex-marine, Cade identifies with Shadow, assuming they are both beyond help. Hope senses that what they each need is someone to believe in them, and she has a lot of love to give. As she gains Shadow’s trust, Hope notices Cade begins to open up as well. Finding the courage to be vulnerable again, Cade and Hope take steps toward a relationship, and Hope finally begins to feel at peace in her new home. But Hope’s happiness is put to the test when Cade’s past conflicts resurface, and Hope becomes embroiled in the escalating situation at the high school. Love and compassion are supposed to heal all wounds, but are they enough to help Hope and Cade overcome the pain of their past and the obstacles in the way of a better future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552833Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Is Yet to Come: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Is Yet to Come: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging, in this intimate novel from Debbie Macomber. A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington, is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother. There are plenty of distractions, like her cozy cottage with the slightly nosy landlords next door, and a brewing drama among her students at the local high school. Even having settled quickly into the community, Hope still feels something is still missing. That is, until her landlords convince her to volunteer at their animal shelter. There she meets Shadow, a rescue dog that everyone has given up on. But true to her name, Hope believes he’s worth saving. Like Shadow, shelter volunteer Cade Lincoln Jr. is suffering with injuries most can’t see. A wounded ex-marine, Cade identifies with Shadow, assuming they are both beyond help. Hope senses that what they each need is someone to believe in them, and she has a lot of love to give. As she gains Shadow’s trust, Hope notices Cade begins to open up as well. Finding the courage to be vulnerable again, Cade and Hope take steps toward a relationship, and Hope finally begins to feel at peace in her new home. But Hope’s happiness is put to the test when Cade’s past conflicts resurface, and Hope becomes embroiled in the escalating situation at the high school. Love and compassion are supposed to heal all wounds, but are they enough to help Hope and Cade overcome the pain of their past and the obstacles in the way of a better future?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sirens-muses-a-novel-by-antonia-angress--65270015https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sirens & Muses: A Novel Author: Antonia Angress Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree • “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light.”—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth   FINALIST FOR THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Glamour, PopSugar, Debutiful   It’s 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a thoughtful, observant nineteen-year-old when she transfers to Wrynn as a scholarship student, but she soon finds herself adrift in an environment that prizes novelty over beauty. Complicating matters is Louisa’s unexpected attraction to her charismatic roommate, Karina Piontek, the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors. Gradually, Louisa and Karina are drawn into an intense sensual and artistic relationship, one that forces them to confront their deepest desires and fears. But Karina also can’t shake her fascination with Preston Utley, a senior and anti-capitalist Internet provocateur, who is publicly feuding with visiting professor and political painter Robert Berger—a once-controversial figurehead seeking to regain relevance.       When Preston concocts an explosive hoax, the fates of all four artists are upended as each is unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat New York art world. Now all must struggle to find new identities in art, in society, and among each other. In the process, they must find either their most authentic terms of life—of success, failure, and joy—or risk losing themselves altogether.  With a canny, critical eye, Sirens & Muses overturns notions of class, money, art, youth, and a generation’s fight to own their future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552834Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sirens & Muses: A Novel Author: Antonia Angress Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sirens & Muses: A Novel Author: Antonia Angress Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree • “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light.”—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth   FINALIST FOR THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Glamour, PopSugar, Debutiful   It’s 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a thoughtful, observant nineteen-year-old when she transfers to Wrynn as a scholarship student, but she soon finds herself adrift in an environment that prizes novelty over beauty. Complicating matters is Louisa’s unexpected attraction to her charismatic roommate, Karina Piontek, the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors. Gradually, Louisa and Karina are drawn into an intense sensual and artistic relationship, one that forces them to confront their deepest desires and fears. But Karina also can’t shake her fascination with Preston Utley, a senior and anti-capitalist Internet provocateur, who is publicly feuding with visiting professor and political painter Robert Berger—a once-controversial figurehead seeking to regain relevance.       When Preston concocts an explosive hoax, the fates of all four artists are upended as each is unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat New York art world. Now all must struggle to find new identities in art, in society, and among each other. In the process, they must find either their most authentic terms of life—of success, failure, and joy—or risk losing themselves altogether.  With a canny, critical eye, Sirens & Muses overturns notions of class, money, art, youth, and a generation’s fight to own their future.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bad-thoughts-stories-by-nada-alic--65269954https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Thoughts: Stories Author: Nada Alic Narrator: Nada Alic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating and delightfully deviant debut story collection that, with comedic precision and compulsive irreverence, explores the most surreal and inadmissible fantasies of contemporary women. “Nada Alic’s Bad Thoughts is lit up with the perception, wit, and cunning of Miranda July and Sally Rooney.” —T. Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Nada Alic's women—the perverts, nobodies, reality TV stars, poetic hopefuls, shameless party girls, and self-help addicts of Los Angeles and its environs—are all wrestling with a shared stark reality: the modern world. To cope, they live in their baddest thoughts: the lush, strange landscape of female make-believe. In “Earth to Lydia,” a support group meets to enjoy earthly pleasures after achieving 'too much enlightenment,' engaging in bizarre exercises that escalate to a point of violence and fear. The narrator of 'Ghost Baby'—the spirit of a proto-child assigned to a couple whose chemistry is waning—writhes in disembodied frustration as its parents fail to conceive it. In “Daddy's Girl,” the daughter of Eastern European immigrants tries to connect to her distant and difficult father through the invention of increasingly elaborate home maintenance repairs. And in “The Intruder,” a lonely woman’s break-in fantasy quickly builds to a full-blown obsession, until she finds an unwitting partner with whom to act it out. Though each of Alic’s characters thrive and ache in different circumstances, they all grapple with the most painful equations of modern life: love, trust, power, loneliness, desire, violation, and vengeance. And she conjures them all with a voice that is instantly arresting, unexpectedly hilarious, and absolutely unforgettable.   A VINTAGE ORIGINAL]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552817Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Thoughts: Stories Author: Nada Alic Narrator: Nada Alic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Thoughts: Stories Author: Nada Alic Narrator: Nada Alic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating and delightfully deviant debut story collection that, with comedic precision and compulsive irreverence, explores the most surreal and inadmissible fantasies of contemporary women. “Nada Alic’s Bad Thoughts is lit up with the perception, wit, and cunning of Miranda July and Sally Rooney.” —T. Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Nada Alic's women—the perverts, nobodies, reality TV stars, poetic hopefuls, shameless party girls, and self-help addicts of Los Angeles and its environs—are all wrestling with a shared stark reality: the modern world. To cope, they live in their baddest thoughts: the lush, strange landscape of female make-believe. In “Earth to Lydia,” a support group meets to enjoy earthly pleasures after achieving 'too much enlightenment,' engaging in bizarre exercises that escalate to a point of violence and fear. The narrator of 'Ghost Baby'—the spirit of a proto-child assigned to a couple whose chemistry is waning—writhes in disembodied frustration as its parents fail to conceive it. In “Daddy's Girl,” the daughter of Eastern European immigrants tries to connect to her distant and difficult father through the invention of increasingly elaborate home maintenance repairs. And in “The Intruder,” a lonely woman’s break-in fantasy quickly builds to a full-blown obsession, until she finds an unwitting partner with whom to act it out. Though each of Alic’s characters thrive and ache in different circumstances, they all grapple with the most painful equations of modern life: love, trust, power, loneliness, desire, violation, and vengeance. And she conjures them all with a voice that is instantly arresting, unexpectedly hilarious, and absolutely unforgettable.   A VINTAGE ORIGINAL]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joan-a-novel-of-joan-of-arc-by-katherine-j-chen--65270030https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc Author: Katherine J. Chen Narrator: Hannah Morrish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “This is not your grandmother’s St. Joan. . . . If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight.”—The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD • “It is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time.”—Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall “A secular reimagining and feminist celebration of the life of Joan of Arc that transforms the legendary saint into a flawed yet undeniable young woman.”—USA Today 1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries.  In Katherine J. Chen’s hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. This meticulously researched novel is a sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the French army, where she navigates the perils of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court. Many are threatened by a woman who leads, and Joan draws wrath and suspicion from all corners, while her first taste of fame and glory leaves her vulnerable to her own powerful ambition.  With unforgettably vivid characters, transporting settings, and action-packed storytelling, Joan is a thrilling epic, a triumph of historical fiction, as well as a feminist celebration of one remarkable—and remarkably real—woman who left an indelible mark on history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552837Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc Author: Katherine J. Chen Narrator: Hannah Morrish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc Author: Katherine J. Chen Narrator: Hannah Morrish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “This is not your grandmother’s St. Joan. . . . If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight.”—The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD • “It is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time.”—Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall “A secular reimagining and feminist celebration of the life of Joan of Arc that transforms the legendary saint into a flawed yet undeniable young woman.”—USA Today 1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries.  In Katherine J. Chen’s hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. This meticulously researched novel is a sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the French army, where she navigates the perils of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court. Many are threatened by a woman who leads, and Joan draws wrath and suspicion from all corners, while her first taste of fame and glory leaves her vulnerable to her own powerful ambition.  With unforgettably vivid characters, transporting settings, and action-packed storytelling, Joan is a thrilling epic, a triumph of historical fiction, as well as a feminist celebration of one remarkable—and remarkably real—woman who left an indelible mark on history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-finalists-by-david-bell--65270019https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Finalists Author: David Bell Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The competitive selection process for a prized college scholarship turns deadly in the latest thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship.   Milo—The front-runner Natalia—The brain James—The rule follower Sydney—The athlete Duffy—The cowboy Emily—The social justice warrior   The six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded part of campus.   Once inside, the doors lock behind them. The students are not allowed to leave until they spend eight hours with a college administrator who will do almost anything to keep the school afloat, and Nicholas Hyde, the privileged and notoriously irresponsible heir to the Hyde family fortune. If the students leave before time is up, they’ll be immediately disqualified.   But when one of the six finalists drops dead, the other students fear they’re being picked off one by one. With a violent protest raging outside, and no way to escape, the survivors viciously turn on each other.   The Finalists is a chilling and profound look at the lengths both students and colleges will go to survive in a resource-starved academic world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552812Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Finalists Author: David Bell Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Finalists Author: David Bell Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The competitive selection process for a prized college scholarship turns deadly in the latest thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship.   Milo—The front-runner Natalia—The brain James—The rule follower Sydney—The athlete Duffy—The cowboy Emily—The social justice warrior   The six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded part of campus.   Once inside, the doors lock behind them. The students are not allowed to leave until they spend eight hours with a college administrator who will do almost anything to keep the school afloat, and Nicholas Hyde, the privileged and notoriously irresponsible heir to the Hyde family fortune. If the students leave before time is up, they’ll be immediately disqualified.   But when one of the six finalists drops dead, the other students fear they’re being picked off one by one. With a violent protest raging outside, and no way to escape, the survivors viciously turn on each other.   The Finalists is a chilling and profound look at the lengths both students and colleges will go to survive in a resource-starved academic world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reputation-a-novel-by-sarah-vaughan--65270017https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reputation: A Novel Author: Sarah Vaughan Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Astonishingly timely and clever, utterly gripping.” —Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb.” —Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author The bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal—now a hit Netflix series—returns with a psychological thriller about a politician whose less-than-perfect personal life is thrust into the spotlight when a body is discovered in her home. As a politician, Emma has sacrificed a great deal for her career—including her marriage and her relationship with her daughter, Flora. The glare of the spotlight is unnerving for Emma, particularly when it leads to countless insults, threats, and trolling as she tries to work in the public eye. As a woman, she knows her reputation is worth its weight in gold but as a politician, she discovers it only takes one slip-up to destroy it completely. Fourteen-year-old Flora is learning the same hard lessons at school as she encounters heartless bullying. When another teenager takes her own life, Emma lobbies for a new law to protect women and girls from the effects of online abuse. Now, Emma and Flora find their personal lives uncomfortably intersected…but then the unthinkable happens. A man is found dead in Emma’s home. A man she had every reason to be afraid of and to want gone. Fighting to protect her reputation and determined to protect her family at all costs, Emma is pushed to the limits as the worst happens and her life is torn apart. Another breathless and twisty novel from an absolute “master of suspense” (CrimeReads), Reputation brilliantly illustrates that it isn’t who you are that matters…it’s who people think you are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552905Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reputation: A Novel Author: Sarah Vaughan Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reputation: A Novel Author: Sarah Vaughan Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Astonishingly timely and clever, utterly gripping.” —Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb.” —Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author The bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal—now a hit Netflix series—returns with a psychological thriller about a politician whose less-than-perfect personal life is thrust into the spotlight when a body is discovered in her home. As a politician, Emma has sacrificed a great deal for her career—including her marriage and her relationship with her daughter, Flora. The glare of the spotlight is unnerving for Emma, particularly when it leads to countless insults, threats, and trolling as she tries to work in the public eye. As a woman, she knows her reputation is worth its weight in gold but as a politician, she discovers it only takes one slip-up to destroy it completely. Fourteen-year-old Flora is learning the same hard lessons at school as she encounters heartless bullying. When another teenager takes her own life, Emma lobbies for a new law to protect women and girls from the effects of online abuse. Now, Emma and Flora find their personal lives uncomfortably intersected…but then the unthinkable happens. A man is found dead in Emma’s home. A man she had every reason to be afraid of and to want gone. Fighting to protect her reputation and determined to protect her family at all costs, Emma is pushed to the limits as the worst happens and her life is torn apart. Another breathless and twisty novel from an absolute “master of suspense” (CrimeReads), Reputation brilliantly illustrates that it isn’t who you are that matters…it’s who people think you are.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/human-blues-by-elisa-albert--65269931https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Blues Author: Elisa Albert Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Crackling and bighearted...A powerhouse [that] echoes with the truth that we find harmony when we listen first to ourselves.” —Oprah Daily * “Takes off with magnificent speed and never lets up.” —The New York Times * “Revolutionary.” —NPR’s Morning Edition * A Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A provocative and “darkly funny” (Cosmopolitan) novel about a woman who desperately wants a child but struggles to accept the use of assisted reproductive technology—a “riotous, visceral” (Vanity Fair) send-up of feminism, fame, art, commerce, and autonomy. On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first exciting—and then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous, or did she? Meanwhile, her evolving obsession with another iconic musician, gone too soon, might just help her make sense of things. Told over the course of nine menstrual cycles, this utterly original novel is a “fast, fiery, and often funny” (The Boston Globe) interrogation of our cultural obsession with childbearing. It’s also the story of one fearless woman at the crossroads, ruthlessly questioning what she wants and what she’s willing—or not willing—to do to get it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559028Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Blues Author: Elisa Albert Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Blues Author: Elisa Albert Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Crackling and bighearted...A powerhouse [that] echoes with the truth that we find harmony when we listen first to ourselves.” —Oprah Daily * “Takes off with magnificent speed and never lets up.” —The New York Times * “Revolutionary.” —NPR’s Morning Edition * A Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A provocative and “darkly funny” (Cosmopolitan) novel about a woman who desperately wants a child but struggles to accept the use of assisted reproductive technology—a “riotous, visceral” (Vanity Fair) send-up of feminism, fame, art, commerce, and autonomy. On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first exciting—and then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous, or did she? Meanwhile, her evolving obsession with another iconic musician, gone too soon, might just help her make sense of things. Told over the course of nine menstrual cycles, this utterly original novel is a “fast, fiery, and often funny” (The Boston Globe) interrogation of our cultural obsession with childbearing. It’s also the story of one fearless woman at the crossroads, ruthlessly questioning what she wants and what she’s willing—or not willing—to do to get it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dream-on-by-angie-hockman--65269898https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream On Author: Angie Hockman Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this fresh romantic comedy from the author of Shipped, heralded as an “absolutely sparkling debut” by Entertainment Weekly, a woman wakes up from a car accident with memories of a boyfriend she’s never met...only to run into him a year later. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Rebecca Serle. What would you do if your dream man turned out to be real? When law grad Cass Walker wakes up after surviving a car accident, she is flooded with memories of a man named Devin. The only problem? Devin—as confirmed by family, friends, and doctors—doesn’t exist. Everything about him, from his coffee-brown eyes to the slightly crooked angle of his pinkie to his high-wattage charm, is a figment of Cass’s coma-addled imagination. Still, she can’t get him out of her head. So when she happens upon the real Devin a year later in a Cleveland flower shop, she’s completely shocked. Even more surprising is that Devin actually believes her story, and despite his protective younger brother’s doubts, they soon embark on a real-life romance. With her dream man by her side and a new job at a prestigious law firm, Cass’s future seems perfect. But fate might have other plans... From the beloved author of Shipped comes a magical and witty romantic comedy that explores what happens when our dreams come true—even when they’re not the ones we expect.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560390Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream On Author: Angie Hockman Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream On Author: Angie Hockman Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this fresh romantic comedy from the author of Shipped, heralded as an “absolutely sparkling debut” by Entertainment Weekly, a woman wakes up from a car accident with memories of a boyfriend she’s never met...only to run into him a year later. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Rebecca Serle. What would you do if your dream man turned out to be real? When law grad Cass Walker wakes up after surviving a car accident, she is flooded with memories of a man named Devin. The only problem? Devin—as confirmed by family, friends, and doctors—doesn’t exist. Everything about him, from his coffee-brown eyes to the slightly crooked angle of his pinkie to his high-wattage charm, is a figment of Cass’s coma-addled imagination. Still, she can’t get him out of her head. So when she happens upon the real Devin a year later in a Cleveland flower shop, she’s completely shocked. Even more surprising is that Devin actually believes her story, and despite his protective younger brother’s doubts, they soon embark on a real-life romance. With her dream man by her side and a new job at a prestigious law firm, Cass’s future seems perfect. But fate might have other plans... From the beloved author of Shipped comes a magical and witty romantic comedy that explores what happens when our dreams come true—even when they’re not the ones we expect.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maps-of-our-spectacular-bodies-by-maddie-mortimer--65270023https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Author: Maddie Mortimer Narrator: Lydia Wilson, Tamsin Greig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of 2022 by Time, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal Longlisted for the Booker Prize · Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize · Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize · Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize · Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Prize This lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and death, and a kaleidoscopic journey through one woman’s life—told in part by the malevolent voice of her disease. Lia, her husband Harry, and their beloved daughter, Iris, are a precisely balanced family of three. With Iris struggling to navigate the social tightrope of early adolescence, their tender home is a much-needed refuge. But when a sudden diagnosis threatens to derail each of their lives, the secrets of Lia’s past come rushing into the present, and the world around them begins to transform. Deftly guided through time, we discover the people who shaped Lia’s youth; from her deeply religious mother to her troubled first love. In turn, each will take their place in the shifting landscape of Lia’s body; at the center of which dances a gleeful narrator, learning her life from the inside, growing more emboldened by the day. Pivoting between the domestic and the epic, the comic and the heart-breaking, this astonishing novel unearths the darkness and levity of one woman’s life to symphonic effect.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552935Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Author: Maddie Mortimer Narrator: Lydia Wilson, Tamsin Greig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Author: Maddie Mortimer Narrator: Lydia Wilson, Tamsin Greig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of 2022 by Time, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal Longlisted for the Booker Prize · Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize · Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize · Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize · Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Prize This lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and death, and a kaleidoscopic journey through one woman’s life—told in part by the malevolent voice of her disease. Lia, her husband Harry, and their beloved daughter, Iris, are a precisely balanced family of three. With Iris struggling to navigate the social tightrope of early adolescence, their tender home is a much-needed refuge. But when a sudden diagnosis threatens to derail each of their lives, the secrets of Lia’s past come rushing into the present, and the world around them begins to transform. Deftly guided through time, we discover the people who shaped Lia’s youth; from her deeply religious mother to her troubled first love. In turn, each will take their place in the shifting landscape of Lia’s body; at the center of which dances a gleeful narrator, learning her life from the inside, growing more emboldened by the day. Pivoting between the domestic and the epic, the comic and the heart-breaking, this astonishing novel unearths the darkness and levity of one woman’s life to symphonic effect.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-forever-feeling-security-blanket-by-linda-lael-miller-delores-fossen--65269874https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Forever Feeling & Security Blanket Author: Linda Lael Miller, Delores Fossen Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. That Forever Feeling by #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, previously published as Daring Moves Amanda Scott is wary of love ever since she fell for a married man. Deciding to focus on her career, Amanda dreams of opening up her own bed-and-breakfast on picturesque Vashon Island. But with little money to fund her plans, the goal seems far out of reach. A run-in with widower Jordan Richards troubles Amanda in a different way: she thought she could keep a friendly distance between them but soon finds she's falling again. Painful pasts make it difficult for Jordan and Amanda to believe love is an option for them—could risking a romance be a mistake?  FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Security Blanket by USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen P.I. Quinn "Lucky" Bacelli has finally tracked down Marin Sheppard, a woman who knows more about her missing criminal brother than she admits. Someone is willing to kill Marin and her son to get information, and when Lucky learns of Marin's dangerous past, he offers a pretend engagement as protection. But it's a risky situation and Lucky has everything to lose... Previously published.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560324Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Forever Feeling & Security Blanket Author: Linda Lael Miller, Delores Fossen Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Forever Feeling & Security Blanket Author: Linda Lael Miller, Delores Fossen Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. That Forever Feeling by #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, previously published as Daring Moves Amanda Scott is wary of love ever since she fell for a married man. Deciding to focus on her career, Amanda dreams of opening up her own bed-and-breakfast on picturesque Vashon Island. But with little money to fund her plans, the goal seems far out of reach. A run-in with widower Jordan Richards troubles Amanda in a different way: she thought she could keep a friendly distance between them but soon finds she's falling again. Painful pasts make it difficult for Jordan and Amanda to believe love is an option for them—could risking a romance be a mistake?  FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Security Blanket by USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen P.I. Quinn "Lucky" Bacelli has finally tracked down Marin Sheppard, a woman who knows more about her missing criminal brother than she admits. Someone is willing to kill Marin and her son to get information, and when Lucky learns of Marin's dangerous past, he offers a pretend engagement as protection. But it's a risky situation and Lucky has everything to lose... Previously published.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sweet-revenge-by-camilla-lackberg--65269957https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Revenge Author: Camilla Läckberg Narrator: Sofia Engstrand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Two gripping novellas from the No.1 international bestselling author Women Without Mercy Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders… Truth or Dare Best friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight… To avoid disappointment, please note that these two novellas have been previously published separately]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553981Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Revenge Author: Camilla Läckberg Narrator: Sofia Engstrand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 23, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Revenge Author: Camilla Läckberg Narrator: Sofia Engstrand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 23, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Two gripping novellas from the No.1 international bestselling author Women Without Mercy Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders… Truth or Dare Best friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight… To avoid disappointment, please note that these two novellas have been previously published separately]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-morning-love-a-novel-by-ashley-m-coleman--65269914https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Love: A Novel Author: Ashley M. Coleman Narrator: Angel Pean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of My (Not So) Perfect Life and Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating, a disarmingly fun debut novel follows Carlisa Henton as her life comes undone after a chance meeting with a rising pop star. Carlisa “Carli” Henton is a musician and songwriter hoping to follow in her father’s musical footsteps. But, biding her time until she makes it big in the music industry, she works as a junior account manager at a big-name media company to cover her New York City rent. Carli meticulously balances her work with her musical endeavors as a songwriter—until a chance meeting with rising star Tau Anderson sends her calculated world into a frenzy. Their worlds collide and quickly blur the strict lines Carli has drawn between her business and her personal life, throwing Carli’s reputation—and her burgeoning songwriting career—into question. A smart, timely, energizing romance, Good Morning, Love shows us what the glamorous New York’s music scene is really like and takes us into the lives of a rising but somewhat troubled R&B star and a promising protégé who knows her job better than she knows herself. With fresh and honest prose, Good Morning, Love examines the uncertainty of being a new professional looking to chase a dream while also trying to survive in a world that’s not always kind to ambitious women.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555606Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Love: A Novel Author: Ashley M. Coleman Narrator: Angel Pean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Love: A Novel Author: Ashley M. Coleman Narrator: Angel Pean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of My (Not So) Perfect Life and Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating, a disarmingly fun debut novel follows Carlisa Henton as her life comes undone after a chance meeting with a rising pop star. Carlisa “Carli” Henton is a musician and songwriter hoping to follow in her father’s musical footsteps. But, biding her time until she makes it big in the music industry, she works as a junior account manager at a big-name media company to cover her New York City rent. Carli meticulously balances her work with her musical endeavors as a songwriter—until a chance meeting with rising star Tau Anderson sends her calculated world into a frenzy. Their worlds collide and quickly blur the strict lines Carli has drawn between her business and her personal life, throwing Carli’s reputation—and her burgeoning songwriting career—into question. A smart, timely, energizing romance, Good Morning, Love shows us what the glamorous New York’s music scene is really like and takes us into the lives of a rising but somewhat troubled R&B star and a promising protégé who knows her job better than she knows herself. With fresh and honest prose, Good Morning, Love examines the uncertainty of being a new professional looking to chase a dream while also trying to survive in a world that’s not always kind to ambitious women.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ghost-lover-stories-by-lisa-taddeo--65270022https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Lover: Stories Author: Lisa Taddeo Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Gail Shalan, Carlotta Brentan, Alana Kerr Collins, Imani Jade Powers, Erin Deward, Amanda Dolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Raw and searching...Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique.” —Entertainment Weekly, “The Best New Books of the Month” * “Provocative.” —Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Three Women and “our most eloquent and faithful chronicler of human desire” (Esquire), comes an electrifying collection of nine fearless and ferocious short stories. Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life’s responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it. In these nine riveting stories—which include two Pushcart Prize winners and a finalist for the National Magazine Award—Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love, and the mania of grief. Featuring Taddeo’s arresting prose that continues to thrill her legions of fans, Ghost Lover dares you to look away.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552925Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Lover: Stories Author: Lisa Taddeo Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Gail Shalan, Carlotta Brentan, Alana Kerr Collins, Imani Jade Powers, Erin Deward,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Lover: Stories Author: Lisa Taddeo Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Gail Shalan, Carlotta Brentan, Alana Kerr Collins, Imani Jade Powers, Erin Deward, Amanda Dolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Raw and searching...Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique.” —Entertainment Weekly, “The Best New Books of the Month” * “Provocative.” —Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Three Women and “our most eloquent and faithful chronicler of human desire” (Esquire), comes an electrifying collection of nine fearless and ferocious short stories. Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life’s responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it. In these nine riveting stories—which include two Pushcart Prize winners and a finalist for the National Magazine Award—Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love, and the mania of grief. Featuring Taddeo’s arresting prose that continues to thrill her legions of fans, Ghost Lover dares you to look away.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meant-to-be-mine-a-novel-by-hannah-orenstein--65270007https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meant to Be Mine: A Novel Author: Hannah Orenstein Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “funny, sexy, and absurdly entertaining” (Marie Claire) Playing with Matches, a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love—only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined. What if you knew exactly when you’d meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate—and then Grandpa Ray showed up. Since then, Gloria has accurately predicted the day every single member of the family has met their match. Edie’s day arrives on June 24, 2022, when she’s twenty-nine years old. She has been waiting for it half her life. That morning, she boards an airplane to her twin sister’s surprise engagement, and when a handsome musician sits beside her, she knows it’s meant to be. But fate comes with more complications than Edie expected and she can’t fight the nagging suspicion that her perfect guy doesn’t have perfect timing. After a tragedy and a shocking revelation rock Edie’s carefully constructed world, she’s forced to consider whether love chooses us, as simple as destiny, or if we choose it ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552907Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meant to Be Mine: A Novel Author: Hannah Orenstein Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meant to Be Mine: A Novel Author: Hannah Orenstein Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “funny, sexy, and absurdly entertaining” (Marie Claire) Playing with Matches, a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love—only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined. What if you knew exactly when you’d meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate—and then Grandpa Ray showed up. Since then, Gloria has accurately predicted the day every single member of the family has met their match. Edie’s day arrives on June 24, 2022, when she’s twenty-nine years old. She has been waiting for it half her life. That morning, she boards an airplane to her twin sister’s surprise engagement, and when a handsome musician sits beside her, she knows it’s meant to be. But fate comes with more complications than Edie expected and she can’t fight the nagging suspicion that her perfect guy doesn’t have perfect timing. After a tragedy and a shocking revelation rock Edie’s carefully constructed world, she’s forced to consider whether love chooses us, as simple as destiny, or if we choose it ourselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-happy-for-you-a-novel-by-celia-laskey--65269975https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Happy for You: A Novel Author: Celia Laskey Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: *A PureWow Best Beach Read of Summer 2022* A wedding weekend spirals out of control in this bold, electrifying, hilarious novel about the complexities of female friendship  Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood. When Robin came out, Ellie was there for her. When Ellie's father died, Robin had her back. But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation, which go far beyond champagne toasts and a bouquet toss. But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts.  Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a series of ominous occurrences lead Robin to second-guess her decision. It seems that everyone in the bridal party is out to get her. Perhaps even Ellie herself.  Manically entertaining, viciously funny and eerily campy, So Happy for You is the ultimate send-up to our collective obsession with the wedding industrial complex and a riveting, unexpectedly poignant depiction of friendship in all its messy glory.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553719Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Happy for You: A Novel Author: Celia Laskey Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Happy for You: A Novel Author: Celia Laskey Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: *A PureWow Best Beach Read of Summer 2022* A wedding weekend spirals out of control in this bold, electrifying, hilarious novel about the complexities of female friendship  Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood. When Robin came out, Ellie was there for her. When Ellie's father died, Robin had her back. But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation, which go far beyond champagne toasts and a bouquet toss. But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts.  Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a series of ominous occurrences lead Robin to second-guess her decision. It seems that everyone in the bridal party is out to get her. Perhaps even Ellie herself.  Manically entertaining, viciously funny and eerily campy, So Happy for You is the ultimate send-up to our collective obsession with the wedding industrial complex and a riveting, unexpectedly poignant depiction of friendship in all its messy glory.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-poet-a-propulsive-novel-of-female-empowerment-solidarity-and-revenge-by-louisa-reid--65269929https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge Author: Louisa Reid Narrator: Nadia Clifford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. I believe every word you say. That was always my mistake. Bright, promising Emma is entangled in a toxic romance with her old professor - and she's losing control. Cruel, charming Tom is idolized by his students and peers - confident he holds all the cards. In their small Oxford home, he manipulates and undermines her every thought and act. Soon, he will push her to the limit and she must decide: to remain quiet and submit, or to take her revenge. The Poet is a portrait of a deeply dysfunctional relationship, exploring coercive control, class and privilege. It is also a passionate, page-turning tale of female solidarity and survival. © Louisa Reid 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558729Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge Author: Louisa Reid Narrator: Nadia Clifford Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge Author: Louisa Reid Narrator: Nadia Clifford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. I believe every word you say. That was always my mistake. Bright, promising Emma is entangled in a toxic romance with her old professor - and she's losing control. Cruel, charming Tom is idolized by his students and peers - confident he holds all the cards. In their small Oxford home, he manipulates and undermines her every thought and act. Soon, he will push her to the limit and she must decide: to remain quiet and submit, or to take her revenge. The Poet is a portrait of a deeply dysfunctional relationship, exploring coercive control, class and privilege. It is also a passionate, page-turning tale of female solidarity and survival. © Louisa Reid 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-gin-lane-by-brooke-lea-foster--65270012https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Gin Lane Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Jennifer Aquino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Utterly captivating. What a lovely summer novel!” —Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author “On Gin Lane encapsulates the very best of historical fiction.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young socialite begins to realize that her glamorous summer is giving her everything—except what she really wants—in this new novel from the author of Summer Darlings. Everleigh “Lee” Farrows thinks she finally has life all figured out: a handsome fiancé named Roland, a trust in her name, and a house in Bronxville waiting for her to fill it with three adorable children. That is, until Roland brings her out to the Hamptons for a summer that will change everything. Most women could only dream of the engagement present Roland unexpectedly bestows on Lee—a beachside hotel on the prized Gin Lane—but Lee’s delight is clouded by unpleasant memories of another hotel, the Plaza, where she grew up in the shadow of her mother’s mental illness. Shaking off flashbacks, Lee resolves to dive into an unforgettable summer with poolside Bellinis, daily tennis matches, luncheons with her Manhattan circle, and her beloved camera in tow. But when tragedy strikes on the hotel’s opening weekend, the cracks in Lee’s picture-perfect future slowly begin to reveal themselves, and Lee must look deep within herself to determine if the life she’s always wanted will ever truly be enough. From the regal inns to the farmland, the well-heeled New Yorkers to the Bohemian artists, the East End of Long Island is a hodge-podge of the changing American landscape in the late 1950s—and the perfect place for Lee to discover who she really is.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552932Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Gin Lane Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Jennifer Aquino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Gin Lane Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Jennifer Aquino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Utterly captivating. What a lovely summer novel!” —Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author “On Gin Lane encapsulates the very best of historical fiction.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young socialite begins to realize that her glamorous summer is giving her everything—except what she really wants—in this new novel from the author of Summer Darlings. Everleigh “Lee” Farrows thinks she finally has life all figured out: a handsome fiancé named Roland, a trust in her name, and a house in Bronxville waiting for her to fill it with three adorable children. That is, until Roland brings her out to the Hamptons for a summer that will change everything. Most women could only dream of the engagement present Roland unexpectedly bestows on Lee—a beachside hotel on the prized Gin Lane—but Lee’s delight is clouded by unpleasant memories of another hotel, the Plaza, where she grew up in the shadow of her mother’s mental illness. Shaking off flashbacks, Lee resolves to dive into an unforgettable summer with poolside Bellinis, daily tennis matches, luncheons with her Manhattan circle, and her beloved camera in tow. But when tragedy strikes on the hotel’s opening weekend, the cracks in Lee’s picture-perfect future slowly begin to reveal themselves, and Lee must look deep within herself to determine if the life she’s always wanted will ever truly be enough. From the regal inns to the farmland, the well-heeled New Yorkers to the Bohemian artists, the East End of Long Island is a hodge-podge of the changing American landscape in the late 1950s—and the perfect place for Lee to discover who she really is.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boardwalk-bookshop-by-susan-mallery--65270003https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boardwalk Bookshop Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The instant New York TImes bestseller ‘A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.’ Kirkus Could this be the place to find happy ever after? When Bree, Mikki and Ashley open The Boardwalk Bookshop on the Californian coast it is a dream come true. But while their business is thriving, their personal lives are not. Bree has sworn to protect her heart at all costs, until an unexpected meeting with a bestselling author changes everything. Mikki has never moved on from her divorce, but knows something must change. And Ashley’s wedding fantasy is shattered when she discovers her boyfriend never wants to get married. Every Friday the three friends meet on the beach in front of the bookshop to toast the sunset. Here, as their bond grows closer, they will challenge each other to not only face their fears but fight for what they have always wanted in life, and love. *** The new summer romance from the bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest *** Perfect for fans of: Books about books]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554183Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boardwalk Bookshop Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boardwalk Bookshop Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The instant New York TImes bestseller ‘A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.’ Kirkus Could this be the place to find happy ever after? When Bree, Mikki and Ashley open The Boardwalk Bookshop on the Californian coast it is a dream come true. But while their business is thriving, their personal lives are not. Bree has sworn to protect her heart at all costs, until an unexpected meeting with a bestselling author changes everything. Mikki has never moved on from her divorce, but knows something must change. And Ashley’s wedding fantasy is shattered when she discovers her boyfriend never wants to get married. Every Friday the three friends meet on the beach in front of the bookshop to toast the sunset. Here, as their bond grows closer, they will challenge each other to not only face their fears but fight for what they have always wanted in life, and love. *** The new summer romance from the bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest *** Perfect for fans of: Books about books]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-blown-rose-a-novel-by-leesa-cross-smith--65269956https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half-Blown Rose: A Novel Author: Leesa Cross-Smith Narrator: Mela Lee, Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art, and passion in Paris, from the award-winning author of This Close to Okay.   Vincent, having grown up as the privileged daughter of artists, has a lovely life in many ways. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets of Paris and teaching at the modern art museum; she has a vibrant group of friends; and she’s even caught the eye of a young, charismatic man named Loup. But Vincent is also in Paris to escape a painful betrayal: her husband, Cillian, has published a bestselling book divulging secrets about their marriage and his own past, hinting that when he was a teenager, he may have had a child with a young woman back in Dublin—before he moved to California and never returned.   Now estranged from her husband, Vincent has agreed to see Cillian again at their son’s wedding the following summer, but Loup introduces new complications. Soon they begin an intense affair, and somewhere between dinners made together, cigarettes smoked in the moonlight, hazy evenings in nightclubs, and long, starry walks along the Seine, Vincent feels herself loosening and blossoming.   In a journey that is both transportive and intimate, Half-Blown Rose traverses Paris, art, travel, liminal spaces, and the messy complexities of relationships and romance, with excerpts from Cillian’s novel, playlists, and journal entries woven throughout. As Cillian does all he can to win her back, Vincent must decide what she wants . . . and who she will be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556989Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half-Blown Rose: A Novel Author: Leesa Cross-Smith Narrator: Mela Lee, Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half-Blown Rose: A Novel Author: Leesa Cross-Smith Narrator: Mela Lee, Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art, and passion in Paris, from the award-winning author of This Close to Okay.   Vincent, having grown up as the privileged daughter of artists, has a lovely life in many ways. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets of Paris and teaching at the modern art museum; she has a vibrant group of friends; and she’s even caught the eye of a young, charismatic man named Loup. But Vincent is also in Paris to escape a painful betrayal: her husband, Cillian, has published a bestselling book divulging secrets about their marriage and his own past, hinting that when he was a teenager, he may have had a child with a young woman back in Dublin—before he moved to California and never returned.   Now estranged from her husband, Vincent has agreed to see Cillian again at their son’s wedding the following summer, but Loup introduces new complications. Soon they begin an intense affair, and somewhere between dinners made together, cigarettes smoked in the moonlight, hazy evenings in nightclubs, and long, starry walks along the Seine, Vincent feels herself loosening and blossoming.   In a journey that is both transportive and intimate, Half-Blown Rose traverses Paris, art, travel, liminal spaces, and the messy complexities of relationships and romance, with excerpts from Cillian’s novel, playlists, and journal entries woven throughout. As Cillian does all he can to win her back, Vincent must decide what she wants . . . and who she will be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-foundling-a-novel-by-ann-leary--65269947https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Foundling: A Novel Author: Ann Leary Narrator: Laura Benanti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the “harrowing, gripping, and beautiful” (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author) story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at an institution—based on a shocking and little-known piece of American history. It’s 1927 and eighteen-year-old Mary Engle is hired to work as a secretary at a remote but scenic institution for mentally disabled women called the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age. She’s immediately in awe of her employer—brilliant, genteel Dr. Agnes Vogel. Dr. Vogel had been the only woman in her class in medical school. As a young psychiatrist she was an outspoken crusader for women’s suffrage. Now, at age forty, Dr. Vogel runs one of the largest and most self-sufficient public asylums for women in the country. Mary deeply admires how dedicated the doctor is to the poor and vulnerable women under her care. Soon after she’s hired, Mary learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is one of the inmates. Mary remembers Lillian as a beautiful free spirit with a sometimes-tempestuous side. Could she be mentally disabled? When Lillian begs Mary to help her escape, alleging the asylum is not what it seems, Mary is faced with a terrible choice. Should she trust her troubled friend with whom she shares a dark childhood secret? Mary’s decision triggers a hair-raising sequence of events with life-altering consequences for all. Inspired by a true story about the author’s grandmother, The Foundling is compelling, unsettling, and “a stunning reminder that not much time has passed since everyone claimed to know what was best for a woman—everyone except the woman herself” (Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552922Tue, 31 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Foundling: A Novel Author: Ann Leary Narrator: Laura Benanti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Foundling: A Novel Author: Ann Leary Narrator: Laura Benanti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the “harrowing, gripping, and beautiful” (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author) story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at an institution—based on a shocking and little-known piece of American history. It’s 1927 and eighteen-year-old Mary Engle is hired to work as a secretary at a remote but scenic institution for mentally disabled women called the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age. She’s immediately in awe of her employer—brilliant, genteel Dr. Agnes Vogel. Dr. Vogel had been the only woman in her class in medical school. As a young psychiatrist she was an outspoken crusader for women’s suffrage. Now, at age forty, Dr. Vogel runs one of the largest and most self-sufficient public asylums for women in the country. Mary deeply admires how dedicated the doctor is to the poor and vulnerable women under her care. Soon after she’s hired, Mary learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is one of the inmates. Mary remembers Lillian as a beautiful free spirit with a sometimes-tempestuous side. Could she be mentally disabled? When Lillian begs Mary to help her escape, alleging the asylum is not what it seems, Mary is faced with a terrible choice. Should she trust her troubled friend with whom she shares a dark childhood secret? Mary’s decision triggers a hair-raising sequence of events with life-altering consequences for all. Inspired by a true story about the author’s grandmother, The Foundling is compelling, unsettling, and “a stunning reminder that not much time has passed since everyone claimed to know what was best for a woman—everyone except the woman herself” (Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wildwater-women-by-ellie-wood--65269964https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wildwater Women Author: Ellie Wood Narrator: Sarah Durham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Sometimes the best things in life happen when you dare to get out of your depth. Abby lives and works in the heart of the Lake District. She splits her time between bringing up her daughter, working in the Plum Pie Bakery – and dreaming of the time before her husband, Ben, left. Lori is on holiday from the States, hoping to find her way to the lake that she’s looked at for years in a picture on her wall back home. Rebecca is contemplating taking the plunge too. Despite her immaculate appearance Rebecca is keeping quiet about a childhood trauma which has left her scared of the water. Clarissa is the founder of The Wildwater Women. An all-year-round open-water swimming veteran, and with a fearsome manner, she knows the lakes like no one else and her boundless energy defies her years. Four women, all from very different lives, all with reason to step into the water and wash away their past. But will the friendship they build be enough to keep them afloat when they each must face their fears?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554182Thu, 26 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wildwater Women Author: Ellie Wood Narrator: Sarah Durham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wildwater Women Author: Ellie Wood Narrator: Sarah Durham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Sometimes the best things in life happen when you dare to get out of your depth. Abby lives and works in the heart of the Lake District. She splits her time between bringing up her daughter, working in the Plum Pie Bakery – and dreaming of the time before her husband, Ben, left. Lori is on holiday from the States, hoping to find her way to the lake that she’s looked at for years in a picture on her wall back home. Rebecca is contemplating taking the plunge too. Despite her immaculate appearance Rebecca is keeping quiet about a childhood trauma which has left her scared of the water. Clarissa is the founder of The Wildwater Women. An all-year-round open-water swimming veteran, and with a fearsome manner, she knows the lakes like no one else and her boundless energy defies her years. Four women, all from very different lives, all with reason to step into the water and wash away their past. But will the friendship they build be enough to keep them afloat when they each must face their fears?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-honeymoon-cottage-by-lori-foster--65269984https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honeymoon Cottage Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Marni Penning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Sweet as ice cream on a hot summer day." —Booklist on The Somerset Girls She was fine arranging other people’s weddings… But life had other plans. When it comes to creating the perfect happily-ever-after, Yardley Belanger is a bona fide miracle worker. From bridal bouquets to matching cowboy boots, the quirky wedding planner’s country-chic affairs have caused quite a stir in the small town of Cemetery. But when it comes to her own love life? She’s clueless. Completely clueless. Perhaps it’s for the best. The thirty-one-year-old has poured her heart and soul into her business and doesn’t have time for anything—or anyone—else. And that’s something not even the gorgeous older brother of her newest client can change…right? All Travis Long wanted was to give his little sister, Sheena, the wedding of her dreams. Ever since the tragic death of their parents, he’s done everything he can to make her feel loved and give her everything she needs. Still…a country wedding? In a place called Cemetery? But Yardley seems to know exactly what to do and how to do it—and Travis finds himself falling for her a little more each day. Soon Yardley and Travis find themselves being nudged together by well-meaning locals who want to see the town’s favorite wedding planner get her own happy ending. Don't miss The Love Shack, an all-new heart-stirring romance from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster about Berkley Carr, who, while running her animal haven, must confront her past and the undeniable chemistry she shares with her neighbor in a small town determined to play matchmaker. More charming contemporaries from Lori Foster: - The Little Flower Shop - The Honeymoon Cottage - The Somerset Girls - The Summer of No Attachments - Sisters of Summer's End]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553727Tue, 24 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honeymoon Cottage Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Marni Penning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honeymoon Cottage Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Marni Penning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "Sweet as ice cream on a hot summer day." —Booklist on The Somerset Girls She was fine arranging other people’s weddings… But life had other plans. When it comes to creating the perfect happily-ever-after, Yardley Belanger is a bona fide miracle worker. From bridal bouquets to matching cowboy boots, the quirky wedding planner’s country-chic affairs have caused quite a stir in the small town of Cemetery. But when it comes to her own love life? She’s clueless. Completely clueless. Perhaps it’s for the best. The thirty-one-year-old has poured her heart and soul into her business and doesn’t have time for anything—or anyone—else. And that’s something not even the gorgeous older brother of her newest client can change…right? All Travis Long wanted was to give his little sister, Sheena, the wedding of her dreams. Ever since the tragic death of their parents, he’s done everything he can to make her feel loved and give her everything she needs. Still…a country wedding? In a place called Cemetery? But Yardley seems to know exactly what to do and how to do it—and Travis finds himself falling for her a little more each day. Soon Yardley and Travis find themselves being nudged together by well-meaning locals who want to see the town’s favorite wedding planner get her own happy ending. Don't miss The Love Shack, an all-new heart-stirring romance from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster about Berkley Carr, who, while running her animal haven, must confront her past and the undeniable chemistry she shares with her neighbor in a small town determined to play matchmaker. More charming contemporaries from Lori Foster: - The Little Flower Shop - The Honeymoon Cottage - The Somerset Girls - The Summer of No Attachments - Sisters of Summer's End]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-duke-for-diana-by-sabrina-jeffries--65269872https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duke for Diana Series: #1 of Designing Debutantes Author: Sabrina Jeffries Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A successful debut requires a smashing social event, and in this dazzling new series from New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries, the key ingredient is Elegant Occasions—a talk of the ton trio of creative, enterprising young ladies who’ve rejected working as governesses to become party planners. And if they, and their wealthy clients, happen to find love along the way, it just makes their efforts more rewarding …Self-made civil engineer Geoffrey Brookhouse has unexpectedly inherited the dukedom of Grenwood. But he has a secret that could ruin his family. Hoping to save his timid sister from that fate, he seeks to marry her off to a respectable, protective gentleman. With the London Season imminent, Geoffrey hires Elegant Occasions to orchestrate her debut. Yet Lady Diana Harper, spirited fashion expert, proves more than he bargained for. Suddenly, Geoffrey’s sister is emerging from her shell, and he is beleaguered with social invitations and gossip! Worse, Diana is attempting to transform him into a presentable duke—when all he really wants is to make her his own …Diana doesn’t know what to make of the handsome, disheveled duke. The man bristles at the very idea that his fashion faux pas might spoil his sister’s chances. Yet Geoffrey’s stubbornness simply inspires Diana to ruffle his feathers—by setting him on a course of self-improvement. Although there’s something endearing, even irresistible about his flaws, can a man who hates the ton tolerate a woman who makes her living catering to them? Little does either know that they have more in common than they suspect—and that two can create a society all their own …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563211Tue, 24 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duke for Diana Series: #1 of Designing Debutantes Author: Sabrina Jeffries Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Duke for Diana Series: #1 of Designing Debutantes Author: Sabrina Jeffries Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A successful debut requires a smashing social event, and in this dazzling new series from New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries, the key ingredient is Elegant Occasions—a talk of the ton trio of creative, enterprising young ladies who’ve rejected working as governesses to become party planners. And if they, and their wealthy clients, happen to find love along the way, it just makes their efforts more rewarding …Self-made civil engineer Geoffrey Brookhouse has unexpectedly inherited the dukedom of Grenwood. But he has a secret that could ruin his family. Hoping to save his timid sister from that fate, he seeks to marry her off to a respectable, protective gentleman. With the London Season imminent, Geoffrey hires Elegant Occasions to orchestrate her debut. Yet Lady Diana Harper, spirited fashion expert, proves more than he bargained for. Suddenly, Geoffrey’s sister is emerging from her shell, and he is beleaguered with social invitations and gossip! Worse, Diana is attempting to transform him into a presentable duke—when all he really wants is to make her his own …Diana doesn’t know what to make of the handsome, disheveled duke. The man bristles at the very idea that his fashion faux pas might spoil his sister’s chances. Yet Geoffrey’s stubbornness simply inspires Diana to ruffle his feathers—by setting him on a course of self-improvement. Although there’s something endearing, even irresistible about his flaws, can a man who hates the ton tolerate a woman who makes her living catering to them? Little does either know that they have more in common than they suspect—and that two can create a society all their own …]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/same-time-next-year-by-debbie-macomber--65269856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Same Time, Next Year Series: #6 of The Manning Family Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Return to the Manning Family with book 6 in this fan-favorite series of classic romances, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. James Wilkens was almost a Manning groom—because he almost married one of the Manning sisters. With that broken engagement behind him, he spends New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas…where he meets Summer Lawton. She’s just suffered a painful betrayal, and James promises her that in a year, she’ll be over it. To prove his point, he makes a date to meet her in Vegas Same Time, Next Year. Except it turns out to be more than a date—it’s a wedding!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562268Tue, 24 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Same Time, Next Year Series: #6 of The Manning Family Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Same Time, Next Year Series: #6 of The Manning Family Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Return to the Manning Family with book 6 in this fan-favorite series of classic romances, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. James Wilkens was almost a Manning groom—because he almost married one of the Manning sisters. With that broken engagement behind him, he spends New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas…where he meets Summer Lawton. She’s just suffered a painful betrayal, and James promises her that in a year, she’ll be over it. To prove his point, he makes a date to meet her in Vegas Same Time, Next Year. Except it turns out to be more than a date—it’s a wedding!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/something-wilder-by-christina-lauren--65270027https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wilder Author: Christina Lauren Narrator: Jon Root, Patti Murin, Christina Lauren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness and leave him there. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen. But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs—of Duke’s past and their own—but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the treasure hunt of a lifetime. This page-turning adventure full of second chances, complicated relationships, and the breathtaking beauty of the American Southwest will take you on one wild ride.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552894Tue, 17 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wilder Author: Christina Lauren Narrator: Jon Root, Patti Murin, Christina Lauren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wilder Author: Christina Lauren Narrator: Jon Root, Patti Murin, Christina Lauren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness and leave him there. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen. But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs—of Duke’s past and their own—but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the treasure hunt of a lifetime. This page-turning adventure full of second chances, complicated relationships, and the breathtaking beauty of the American Southwest will take you on one wild ride.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-summers-of-newport-a-novel-by-beatriz-williams-karen-white-lauren-willig--65269989https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Summers of Newport: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig Narrator: Lisa Flanagan, Brittany Pressley, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read.'' — Good Morning America From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White—a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day. “Three stories elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and family lies…This crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the price of one.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) 2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America’s most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America’s gilded class—famous for the lavish “summer cottages” of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, Lucia “Lucky” Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks to her. Two, nobody touches the mansion’s ruined boathouse. 1899: Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado mining heiress whose stepbrother John has poured their new money into buying a place among Newport’s elite. John is determined to see Maybelle married off to a fortune-hunting Italian prince, and Ellen is supposed to polish up the girl for her launch into society. But the deceptively demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and she’s hiding in plain sight at Sprague Hall. 1958: Lucia “Lucky” Sprague has always felt like an outsider at Sprague Hall. When she and her grandmother—the American-born Princess di Conti—fled Mussolini’s Italy, it seemed natural to go back to the imposing Newport house Nana owned but hadn’t seen since her marriage in 1899. Over the years, Lucky's lost her Italian accent and found a place for herself among the yachting set by marrying Stuyvesant Sprague, the alcoholic scion of her Sprague stepfamily. But one fateful night in the mansion’s old boathouse will uncover a devastating truth...and change everything she thought she knew about her past. As the cameras roll on Mansion Makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the Spragues thought would stay hidden forever….]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553374Tue, 17 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Summers of Newport: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig Narrator: Lisa Flanagan, Brittany Pressley, Saskia Maarleveld...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Summers of Newport: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig Narrator: Lisa Flanagan, Brittany Pressley, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read.'' — Good Morning America From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White—a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day. “Three stories elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and family lies…This crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the price of one.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) 2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America’s most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America’s gilded class—famous for the lavish “summer cottages” of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, Lucia “Lucky” Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks to her. Two, nobody touches the mansion’s ruined boathouse. 1899: Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado mining heiress whose stepbrother John has poured their new money into buying a place among Newport’s elite. John is determined to see Maybelle married off to a fortune-hunting Italian prince, and Ellen is supposed to polish up the girl for her launch into society. But the deceptively demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and she’s hiding in plain sight at Sprague Hall. 1958: Lucia “Lucky” Sprague has always felt like an outsider at Sprague Hall. When she and her grandmother—the American-born Princess di Conti—fled Mussolini’s Italy, it seemed natural to go back to the imposing Newport house Nana owned but hadn’t seen since her marriage in 1899. Over the years, Lucky's lost her Italian accent and found a place for herself among the yachting set by marrying Stuyvesant Sprague, the alcoholic scion of her Sprague stepfamily. But one fateful night in the mansion’s old boathouse will uncover a devastating truth...and change everything she thought she knew about her past. As the cameras roll on Mansion Makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the Spragues thought would stay hidden forever….]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/such-big-dreams-a-novel-by-reema-patel--65269917https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such Big Dreams: A Novel Author: Reema Patel Narrator: Lavanya Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A savvy former street child working at a law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this “smart, haunting, and compulsively readable” (Amy Jones, author of We’re All in This Together) debut novel about fortune and survival.   “A heartbreaking yet hopeful story about the resilience of the human spirit in the face of insurmountable odds.”—Etaf Rum, New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man With a sharp wit and sharper tongue, twenty-three-year old Rakhi Kumar is nobody’s fool. Sure, she lives alone in a slum and works as a lowly office assistant for the renowned lawyer, Gauri Verma, who gave her a fresh start. But she’s come a long way from her childhood on the streets of Mumbai. Most important, she’s busy enough to distract herself from the nightmares of a grisly childhood incident that led to the disappearance of her best friend.   Fiercely intelligent, Rakhi could be doing so much more than making chai, but she allows herself to be underestimated by her colleagues at Justice For All, Gauri’s cash-strapped rights law office. These days, it’s becoming harder for Rakhi to keep her head down as Gauri desperately tries to save her organization by recruiting former Bollywood actress and infamous nineties “thong girl,” Rubina Mansoor, to be their celebrity ambassador. But not all money is good money. Convincing Gauri to make increasingly brash moves, Rubina demands an internship for a young family friend, Harvard-bound graduate student, Alex Lalwani-Diamond. An ambitious, naïve rich kid with a savior complex, Alex persuades Rakhi to show him “the real India.” In exchange, he’ll do something to further Rakhi’s dreams, in a transaction that seems harmless, at first.   As old guilt and new aspirations collide, everything Rakhi once knew to be true is set ablaze. And as the stakes mount, she will come face-to-face with the difficult choices and moral compromises one must make in pursuit of self-preservation, and ultimately, survival. Such Big Dreams is a moving, smart, and arrestingly clever look at the cost of reclaiming one’s story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555800Tue, 17 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such Big Dreams: A Novel Author: Reema Patel Narrator: Lavanya Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such Big Dreams: A Novel Author: Reema Patel Narrator: Lavanya Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A savvy former street child working at a law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this “smart, haunting, and compulsively readable” (Amy Jones, author of We’re All in This Together) debut novel about fortune and survival.   “A heartbreaking yet hopeful story about the resilience of the human spirit in the face of insurmountable odds.”—Etaf Rum, New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man With a sharp wit and sharper tongue, twenty-three-year old Rakhi Kumar is nobody’s fool. Sure, she lives alone in a slum and works as a lowly office assistant for the renowned lawyer, Gauri Verma, who gave her a fresh start. But she’s come a long way from her childhood on the streets of Mumbai. Most important, she’s busy enough to distract herself from the nightmares of a grisly childhood incident that led to the disappearance of her best friend.   Fiercely intelligent, Rakhi could be doing so much more than making chai, but she allows herself to be underestimated by her colleagues at Justice For All, Gauri’s cash-strapped rights law office. These days, it’s becoming harder for Rakhi to keep her head down as Gauri desperately tries to save her organization by recruiting former Bollywood actress and infamous nineties “thong girl,” Rubina Mansoor, to be their celebrity ambassador. But not all money is good money. Convincing Gauri to make increasingly brash moves, Rubina demands an internship for a young family friend, Harvard-bound graduate student, Alex Lalwani-Diamond. An ambitious, naïve rich kid with a savior complex, Alex persuades Rakhi to show him “the real India.” In exchange, he’ll do something to further Rakhi’s dreams, in a transaction that seems harmless, at first.   As old guilt and new aspirations collide, everything Rakhi once knew to be true is set ablaze. And as the stakes mount, she will come face-to-face with the difficult choices and moral compromises one must make in pursuit of self-preservation, and ultimately, survival. Such Big Dreams is a moving, smart, and arrestingly clever look at the cost of reclaiming one’s story.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/magpie-by-elizabeth-day--65270025https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magpie Author: Elizabeth Day Narrator: Tanya Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense novel about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. “Great, plain and simple” (Stanley Tucci). Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams. Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn’t seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn’t let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby. Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa’s perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate’s boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake? In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she’s worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self. Jake doesn’t know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose. For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a “tense” (The Guardian), “gorgeous” (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), “completely, terrifyingly brilliant” (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552895Tue, 03 May 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magpie Author: Elizabeth Day Narrator: Tanya Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magpie Author: Elizabeth Day Narrator: Tanya Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense novel about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. “Great, plain and simple” (Stanley Tucci). Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams. Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn’t seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn’t let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby. Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa’s perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate’s boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake? In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she’s worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self. Jake doesn’t know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose. For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a “tense” (The Guardian), “gorgeous” (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), “completely, terrifyingly brilliant” (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-good-thing-from-the-bestselling-author-of-confessions-of-a-40-something-f-k-up-by-alexandra-potter--65269963https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Good Thing: From the bestselling author of Confessions of a 40 something F##k Up Author: Alexandra Potter Narrator: Margaret Cabourn-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One Good Thing is the heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter 'The new Bridget Jones' Celia Walden, Telegraph 'A funny, feisty tale' Mike Gayle 'Assured and accomplished. Pacy, absorbing, witty and tender' Karen Swan In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. But fresh starts are harder than they look and feeling lost and lonely she decides to adopt Harry, an old dog from the local shelter, to keep her company. But Liv soon discovers she isn’t the only one in need of a new beginning. On their daily walks around the village, they meet Valentine, an old man who suffers from loneliness who sits by the window and Stanley, a little boy who is scared of everyone, hides behind the garden gate and Maya, a teenager who is angry at everyone and everything. But slowly things start to change . . . Utterly relatable, hilarious and heart-breakingly honest, this is a novel about friendship, finding happiness and living the life unexpected. And how when everything falls apart, all you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556490Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Good Thing: From the bestselling author of Confessions of a 40 something F##k Up Author: Alexandra Potter Narrator: Margaret Cabourn-Smith Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Good Thing: From the bestselling author of Confessions of a 40 something F##k Up Author: Alexandra Potter Narrator: Margaret Cabourn-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One Good Thing is the heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter 'The new Bridget Jones' Celia Walden, Telegraph 'A funny, feisty tale' Mike Gayle 'Assured and accomplished. Pacy, absorbing, witty and tender' Karen Swan In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. But fresh starts are harder than they look and feeling lost and lonely she decides to adopt Harry, an old dog from the local shelter, to keep her company. But Liv soon discovers she isn’t the only one in need of a new beginning. On their daily walks around the village, they meet Valentine, an old man who suffers from loneliness who sits by the window and Stanley, a little boy who is scared of everyone, hides behind the garden gate and Maya, a teenager who is angry at everyone and everything. But slowly things start to change . . . Utterly relatable, hilarious and heart-breakingly honest, this is a novel about friendship, finding happiness and living the life unexpected. And how when everything falls apart, all you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-for-love-by-jeevani-charika--65269921https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Love Author: Jeevani Charika Narrator: Manjinder Virk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘LOVED it… Romantic, witty, insightful and engaging.’ Sue Moorcroft, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Home in the Sun ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Jane Wenham-Jones Award for Romantic Comedy!*** When Sam’s not working on her fledgling business, she spends her time secretly video-gaming. Her crush is famous gamer Blaze, and she’s thrilled when she’s teamed up with him in a virtual tournament. But what Sam doesn’t know is that Blaze is the alter ego of Luke, her shy colleague – and he has a secret crush too. Luke has a crush on Sam. Sam has a crush on Blaze. How will this game of love play out? A fun, feel-good romance for fans of You’ve Got Mail, Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory and Lindsey Kelk! ‘Fabulous… A perfect lazy Sunday read… Such a treat!’ Sarah Bennett, bestselling author of the Mermaids Point series ‘A sweet, witty story… Delightful.’ Farah Heron, author of Accidentally Engaged Readers LOVE Playing for Love! ‘Incredibly difficult to put down… I loved the characters so much. You need to read this book!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An adorable, uplifting romance… Easily one of the best romances I have read in the past year.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book!!!… I would wholeheartedly recommend.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I devoured this… A light-hearted fun read.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I can't express how much I loved this book… I devoured the story and finished it in a day.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The banter was great. The relationships between the characters were even better. And the romance was fabulous. I couldn't have picked a better book.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant! This is the book I never knew I needed to read!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely loved this book! Stayed up way too late to finish it.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Funny, uplifting, true to life, relatable, and cheerful. If you need cheering up this is the perfect book for you.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Will make you feel warm inside.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559100Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Love Author: Jeevani Charika Narrator: Manjinder Virk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Love Author: Jeevani Charika Narrator: Manjinder Virk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘LOVED it… Romantic, witty, insightful and engaging.’ Sue Moorcroft, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Home in the Sun ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Jane Wenham-Jones Award for Romantic Comedy!*** When Sam’s not working on her fledgling business, she spends her time secretly video-gaming. Her crush is famous gamer Blaze, and she’s thrilled when she’s teamed up with him in a virtual tournament. But what Sam doesn’t know is that Blaze is the alter ego of Luke, her shy colleague – and he has a secret crush too. Luke has a crush on Sam. Sam has a crush on Blaze. How will this game of love play out? A fun, feel-good romance for fans of You’ve Got Mail, Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory and Lindsey Kelk! ‘Fabulous… A perfect lazy Sunday read… Such a treat!’ Sarah Bennett, bestselling author of the Mermaids Point series ‘A sweet, witty story… Delightful.’ Farah Heron, author of Accidentally Engaged Readers LOVE Playing for Love! ‘Incredibly difficult to put down… I loved the characters so much. You need to read this book!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An adorable, uplifting romance… Easily one of the best romances I have read in the past year.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book!!!… I would wholeheartedly recommend.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I devoured this… A light-hearted fun read.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I can't express how much I loved this book… I devoured the story and finished it in a day.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The banter was great. The relationships between the characters were even better. And the romance was fabulous. I couldn't have picked a better book.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant! This is the book I never knew I needed to read!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely loved this book! Stayed up way too late to finish it.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Funny, uplifting, true to life, relatable, and cheerful. If you need cheering up this is the perfect book for you.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Will make you feel warm inside.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/find-your-way-home-by-jackie-ashenden--65269940https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Find Your Way Home Series: #1 of Small Town Dreams Author: Jackie Ashenden Narrator: Summer Morton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brightwater Valley, New Zealand, is beautiful, rugged, and home to those who love adventure. But it's also isolated and on the verge of becoming a ghost town. When the town puts out a call to its sister city of Deep River, Alaska, hoping to entice people to build homes and businesses in Brightwater, ex paratrooper Chase Kelly is all for it. He sees the benefits of building the economy, but only if those who come to Brightwater are ready for its challenges. Former oil executive Isabella Montgomery and her plan to open an art gallery don't seem up to the task. Now Chase is determined to help her learn the ways of his formidable hometown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556613Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Find Your Way Home Series: #1 of Small Town Dreams Author: Jackie Ashenden Narrator: Summer Morton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Find Your Way Home Series: #1 of Small Town Dreams Author: Jackie Ashenden Narrator: Summer Morton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brightwater Valley, New Zealand, is beautiful, rugged, and home to those who love adventure. But it's also isolated and on the verge of becoming a ghost town. When the town puts out a call to its sister city of Deep River, Alaska, hoping to entice people to build homes and businesses in Brightwater, ex paratrooper Chase Kelly is all for it. He sees the benefits of building the economy, but only if those who come to Brightwater are ready for its challenges. Former oil executive Isabella Montgomery and her plan to open an art gallery don't seem up to the task. Now Chase is determined to help her learn the ways of his formidable hometown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/single-bald-female-by-laura-price--65270016https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Single Bald Female Author: Laura Price Narrator: Victoria Blunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Frank, funny and poignant, Single Bald Female by Laura Price is an unforgettable story of love, friendship, and embracing life after a shock diagnosis. 'If you need something funny, moving, heartbreaking and magical, this is the one' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Witty yet devastating' – ES Magazine 'Every word of Single Bald Female rings true' – Lauren Bravo, author of Preloved Jessica Jackson has hit all her personal milestones for turning thirty – the career, the loving boyfriend and a cosy London flat they share with their cat. But a breast cancer diagnosis turns Jess’s world upside down, and her contented life implodes with it. Around her, her friends’ lives continue to follow the script, with the big white weddings and the baby scans. With her own future so uncertain, the only thing Jess is sure of is that she’s being left behind. But then she meets Annabel, an enigmatic twenty-seven year old with incurable cancer. While Annabel may not have long left, she understands much more about living than anyone Jess has ever met. And she’s determined to show Jess how to make every day count . . . 'I read this in a single night - superb!' - Celia Walden, columnist and author of Payday 'Life-affirming and uplifting' – Fabulous Magazine 'Moving and beautiful' – Emma Gannon, author of Olive]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552971Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Single Bald Female Author: Laura Price Narrator: Victoria Blunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Single Bald Female Author: Laura Price Narrator: Victoria Blunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Frank, funny and poignant, Single Bald Female by Laura Price is an unforgettable story of love, friendship, and embracing life after a shock diagnosis. 'If you need something funny, moving, heartbreaking and magical, this is the one' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Witty yet devastating' – ES Magazine 'Every word of Single Bald Female rings true' – Lauren Bravo, author of Preloved Jessica Jackson has hit all her personal milestones for turning thirty – the career, the loving boyfriend and a cosy London flat they share with their cat. But a breast cancer diagnosis turns Jess’s world upside down, and her contented life implodes with it. Around her, her friends’ lives continue to follow the script, with the big white weddings and the baby scans. With her own future so uncertain, the only thing Jess is sure of is that she’s being left behind. But then she meets Annabel, an enigmatic twenty-seven year old with incurable cancer. While Annabel may not have long left, she understands much more about living than anyone Jess has ever met. And she’s determined to show Jess how to make every day count . . . 'I read this in a single night - superb!' - Celia Walden, columnist and author of Payday 'Life-affirming and uplifting' – Fabulous Magazine 'Moving and beautiful' – Emma Gannon, author of Olive]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boss-witch-by-ann-aguirre--65269904https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boss Witch Series: #2 of Fix-It Witches Author: Ann Aguirre Narrator: Ava Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Clementine Waterhouse is a perfectly logical witch. She doesn't tumble headlong into love. Rather she weighs the pros and cons and decides if a relationship is worth pursuing. At least that's always been her modus operandi before. She prefers being the one in charge, always the first to walk away when the time is right. Attraction has never struck her like lightning—until the witch hunter comes to town. Gavin Rhys hates being a witch hunter, but his family honor is on the line, and he needs to prove he's nothing like his grandfather, a traitor who let everyone down. But things in St. Claire aren't what they seem, and Gavin is distracted from the job immediately by a bewitching brunette with a sexy smile and haunting secrets in her eyes. Can the bossiest witch in town find a happy ending with the last person she should ever love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556609Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boss Witch Series: #2 of Fix-It Witches Author: Ann Aguirre Narrator: Ava Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boss Witch Series: #2 of Fix-It Witches Author: Ann Aguirre Narrator: Ava Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Clementine Waterhouse is a perfectly logical witch. She doesn't tumble headlong into love. Rather she weighs the pros and cons and decides if a relationship is worth pursuing. At least that's always been her modus operandi before. She prefers being the one in charge, always the first to walk away when the time is right. Attraction has never struck her like lightning—until the witch hunter comes to town. Gavin Rhys hates being a witch hunter, but his family honor is on the line, and he needs to prove he's nothing like his grandfather, a traitor who let everyone down. But things in St. Claire aren't what they seem, and Gavin is distracted from the job immediately by a bewitching brunette with a sexy smile and haunting secrets in her eyes. Can the bossiest witch in town find a happy ending with the last person she should ever love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shadows-of-berlin-by-david-r-gillham--65269871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadows of Berlin Author: David R. Gillham Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A captivating novel of a Berlin girl on the run from the guilt of her past and the boy from Brooklyn who loves her1955 in New York City: the city of instant coffee, bagels at Katz’s Deli, and ultramodern TVs. But in a certain walk-up in Chelsea, the past is as close as the present. Rashka Morgenstern, now Rachel Perlman, came to Manhattan with her uncle Fritz in a wave of displaced Jews who had managed to survive the horrors of war. She had hoped to find freedom from pain, in New York and in the arms of her new American husband, Aaron.But this child of Berlin cannot outrun her guilt simply by assuming the role of American housewife, not until she can shake off the ghosts of her past. And when Uncle Fritz discovers the most shocking portrait her mother had ever painted, sitting in a dreary midtown pawnshop, Rachel’s memories begin to terrorize her, forcing her to face the choices she made to stay alive—choices that might be her undoing.From the cafés of war-torn Germany to the frantic drumbeat of 1950s Manhattan, Shadows of Berlin dramatically explores survival, guilt, redemption, and the ways in which we attempt to love and forgive across impossible divides.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563215Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadows of Berlin Author: David R. Gillham Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadows of Berlin Author: David R. Gillham Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A captivating novel of a Berlin girl on the run from the guilt of her past and the boy from Brooklyn who loves her1955 in New York City: the city of instant coffee, bagels at Katz’s Deli, and ultramodern TVs. But in a certain walk-up in Chelsea, the past is as close as the present. Rashka Morgenstern, now Rachel Perlman, came to Manhattan with her uncle Fritz in a wave of displaced Jews who had managed to survive the horrors of war. She had hoped to find freedom from pain, in New York and in the arms of her new American husband, Aaron.But this child of Berlin cannot outrun her guilt simply by assuming the role of American housewife, not until she can shake off the ghosts of her past. And when Uncle Fritz discovers the most shocking portrait her mother had ever painted, sitting in a dreary midtown pawnshop, Rachel’s memories begin to terrorize her, forcing her to face the choices she made to stay alive—choices that might be her undoing.From the cafés of war-torn Germany to the frantic drumbeat of 1950s Manhattan, Shadows of Berlin dramatically explores survival, guilt, redemption, and the ways in which we attempt to love and forgive across impossible divides.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-dark-by-jayne-cowie--65269971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Dark Author: Jayne Cowie Narrator: Celine Buckens, Olivia Poulet, Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Curfew law keeps men at home after 7pm. It keeps women safe after dark. It changed things for the better... until now. SARAH Sarah rebuilt her life after her husband was sent to prison. Now he's about to be released, and Sarah isn't expecting a happy reunion given she's the reason he was sent there... CASS Seventeen-year-old Cass disagrees with Curfew. She believes men and women should be equal. And she's determined to prove she's right - whatever the cost. HELEN Helen wants a baby more than anything, so things are moving quickly with her boyfriend. She loves him. But should she trust him? All of these women are in danger. And one will end up dead. Evidence will suggest that she was killed late at night and that she knew her attacker. It couldn't have been a man because a Curfew tag is a solid alibi... Isn't it? © Jayne Cowie 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556433Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Dark Author: Jayne Cowie Narrator: Celine Buckens, Olivia Poulet, Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Dark Author: Jayne Cowie Narrator: Celine Buckens, Olivia Poulet, Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Curfew law keeps men at home after 7pm. It keeps women safe after dark. It changed things for the better... until now. SARAH Sarah rebuilt her life after her husband was sent to prison. Now he's about to be released, and Sarah isn't expecting a happy reunion given she's the reason he was sent there... CASS Seventeen-year-old Cass disagrees with Curfew. She believes men and women should be equal. And she's determined to prove she's right - whatever the cost. HELEN Helen wants a baby more than anything, so things are moving quickly with her boyfriend. She loves him. But should she trust him? All of these women are in danger. And one will end up dead. Evidence will suggest that she was killed late at night and that she knew her attacker. It couldn't have been a man because a Curfew tag is a solid alibi... Isn't it? © Jayne Cowie 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-games-by-liz-mistry--65269877https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Games Series: #4 of Detective Nikki Parekh Author: Liz Mistry Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Loved it, loved it, loved it. This book has such a powerful storyline, you could really imagine it being real.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THREE MURDERS. ONE MISSING BOY. THE GAME IS JUST BEGINNING… When a body is found at the edge of Chellow Dene reservoir Detective Nikki Parekh and DC Sajid Malik are quick to arrive. This is the third murder in the space of a few weeks. Each murder has a completely different MO, but there is one common theme… all the victims are teenagers. The dead boy reminds Nikki of her nephew, and she feels more helpless than ever. But then another boy goes missing. And this time his parents have been sent a threatening package too. The pattern is different again – is the killer just playing a game? Can Nikki find the strength to uncover the shocking truth before the killer strikes again? From the Queen of Northern Noir, comes another absolutely nail-biting crime thriller! Fans of Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney and Elly Griffiths will love this rip-roaring read! Readers LOVE Blood Games! ‘Tense, suspenseful and unpredictable. I couldn’t put this book down, I really enjoyed it.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a gripping read. I could feel my stomach muscles clench as I read, it was so good. Fast-paced right throughout. Best book in the series so far.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gritty and gruesome, the riveting story had me gripped from the first page.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A cracker of a read… I can’t fault this book, series or author – I love her writing style and she certainly knows how to connect with her readers… Roll on book 5 is what I say.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A crime thriller that is page turning, satisfying and will keep you guessing throughout. A brilliant book that was a joy to read.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliantly thought out, well researched plot and a wonderfully entertaining read. Loved it.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, a brilliant read. The best in the series.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a compulsive and dark read, I cannot wait to read more by Liz Mistry.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560483Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Games Series: #4 of Detective Nikki Parekh Author: Liz Mistry Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Games Series: #4 of Detective Nikki Parekh Author: Liz Mistry Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Loved it, loved it, loved it. This book has such a powerful storyline, you could really imagine it being real.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THREE MURDERS. ONE MISSING BOY. THE GAME IS JUST BEGINNING… When a body is found at the edge of Chellow Dene reservoir Detective Nikki Parekh and DC Sajid Malik are quick to arrive. This is the third murder in the space of a few weeks. Each murder has a completely different MO, but there is one common theme… all the victims are teenagers. The dead boy reminds Nikki of her nephew, and she feels more helpless than ever. But then another boy goes missing. And this time his parents have been sent a threatening package too. The pattern is different again – is the killer just playing a game? Can Nikki find the strength to uncover the shocking truth before the killer strikes again? From the Queen of Northern Noir, comes another absolutely nail-biting crime thriller! Fans of Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney and Elly Griffiths will love this rip-roaring read! Readers LOVE Blood Games! ‘Tense, suspenseful and unpredictable. I couldn’t put this book down, I really enjoyed it.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a gripping read. I could feel my stomach muscles clench as I read, it was so good. Fast-paced right throughout. Best book in the series so far.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gritty and gruesome, the riveting story had me gripped from the first page.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A cracker of a read… I can’t fault this book, series or author – I love her writing style and she certainly knows how to connect with her readers… Roll on book 5 is what I say.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A crime thriller that is page turning, satisfying and will keep you guessing throughout. A brilliant book that was a joy to read.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliantly thought out, well researched plot and a wonderfully entertaining read. Loved it.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, a brilliant read. The best in the series.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a compulsive and dark read, I cannot wait to read more by Liz Mistry.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wedding-murders-by-sarah-linley--65269862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Murders Author: Sarah Linley Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for escapist reading – you won’t be able to put it down! You are invited to the wedding of the season… It’s the stuff of fairytales. A celebrity wedding in a grand manor house in the beautiful English countryside. But then one guest goes missing. And another almost dies. Someone at this wedding will do anything to stop their dark secrets from being exposed. You might not live to tell the tale… 'This gripping murder mystery will keep you riveted from start to end. Fans of Lucy Foley and Agatha Christie will love it' Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of Haven’t They Grown 'An intensely compelling, riveting story with a nail-biting climax!' Abby Davies, author of Mother Loves Me 'A fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists and turns' Sophie Flynn, author of All My Lies  ‘A gripping tale with plenty of twists and turns making for a most enjoyable read!’ Roz Watkins, author of The Devil’s Dice]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563792Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Murders Author: Sarah Linley Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Murders Author: Sarah Linley Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for escapist reading – you won’t be able to put it down! You are invited to the wedding of the season… It’s the stuff of fairytales. A celebrity wedding in a grand manor house in the beautiful English countryside. But then one guest goes missing. And another almost dies. Someone at this wedding will do anything to stop their dark secrets from being exposed. You might not live to tell the tale… 'This gripping murder mystery will keep you riveted from start to end. Fans of Lucy Foley and Agatha Christie will love it' Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of Haven’t They Grown 'An intensely compelling, riveting story with a nail-biting climax!' Abby Davies, author of Mother Loves Me 'A fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists and turns' Sophie Flynn, author of All My Lies  ‘A gripping tale with plenty of twists and turns making for a most enjoyable read!’ Roz Watkins, author of The Devil’s Dice]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-grace-s-rainbow-by-carmel-harrington--65269852https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Grace’s Rainbow Author: Carmel Harrington Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today and Irish Times bestselling author of The Moon Over Kilmore Quay comes an emotional and poignant story of love, family and resilience. Meet Grace… When young single mother Grace Devlin is diagnosed with cancer her best chance of survival is to find a bone marrow transplant. Only Grace is adopted and her one previous attempt to connect with her birth mother resulted in bitter disappointment. But with her young son Jack to think about, and the return of his father Liam reminding her of feelings she’d thought she’d buried long ago, Grace refuses to give up hope just yet. With the help of her friends she bravely embarks on a journey of discovery – one that will bring her from her home in vibrant Dublin to the unspoilt beauty of the picturesque Wexford coast where Grace must unravel a web of lies and deceit that has spanned over thirty years. With a wonderful cast of supporting characters and plenty of Irish charm, this unforgettable novel will have you laughing and crying at the turn of a page. It’s time to curl up with Carmel… Carmel Harrington is an exciting new Irish voice in women’s fiction – a must read for fans of Jean Grainger, Maeve Binchy and Jojo Moyes! Readers love Carmel Harrington: “This book. There are no words and five stars seems such a low bar when this book is as shockingly good as it is. I even found myself screaming NO WAY and almost woke my baby just because the twists and turns had me that shocked.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It’s FULL of heart and I’m warning you, it’ll SMASH yours – but put it back together again just before the end.” USA Today bestselling author, Catherine Ryan Howard “An unputdownable journey between New York and Wexford. It is a story about family and identity, about legacy and secrets, and is ultimately a touching love letter to Ireland… She delivers heartache and laughter, and plenty of surprises along the way.” New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor “It’s a BEAUTY!… Quite simply up there with Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn.” No.1 bestselling author, Claudia Carroll]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563797Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Grace’s Rainbow Author: Carmel Harrington Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Grace’s Rainbow Author: Carmel Harrington Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today and Irish Times bestselling author of The Moon Over Kilmore Quay comes an emotional and poignant story of love, family and resilience. Meet Grace… When young single mother Grace Devlin is diagnosed with cancer her best chance of survival is to find a bone marrow transplant. Only Grace is adopted and her one previous attempt to connect with her birth mother resulted in bitter disappointment. But with her young son Jack to think about, and the return of his father Liam reminding her of feelings she’d thought she’d buried long ago, Grace refuses to give up hope just yet. With the help of her friends she bravely embarks on a journey of discovery – one that will bring her from her home in vibrant Dublin to the unspoilt beauty of the picturesque Wexford coast where Grace must unravel a web of lies and deceit that has spanned over thirty years. With a wonderful cast of supporting characters and plenty of Irish charm, this unforgettable novel will have you laughing and crying at the turn of a page. It’s time to curl up with Carmel… Carmel Harrington is an exciting new Irish voice in women’s fiction – a must read for fans of Jean Grainger, Maeve Binchy and Jojo Moyes! Readers love Carmel Harrington: “This book. There are no words and five stars seems such a low bar when this book is as shockingly good as it is. I even found myself screaming NO WAY and almost woke my baby just because the twists and turns had me that shocked.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It’s FULL of heart and I’m warning you, it’ll SMASH yours – but put it back together again just before the end.” USA Today bestselling author, Catherine Ryan Howard “An unputdownable journey between New York and Wexford. It is a story about family and identity, about legacy and secrets, and is ultimately a touching love letter to Ireland… She delivers heartache and laughter, and plenty of surprises along the way.” New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor “It’s a BEAUTY!… Quite simply up there with Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn.” No.1 bestselling author, Claudia Carroll]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-relentless-rake-by-anna-harrington--65269920https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Relentless Rake Series: #4 of Lords of the Armory Author: Anna Harrington Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Notorious rake Alexander Sinclair, Earl of St James, takes pride in displaying his sins. When he's tasked by the Home Office with finding the men who attempted to assassinate the prime minister, his hunt leads him to Olivia Everett, a most proper schoolmistress who wants nothing to do with a profligate nobleman like him. Unknown to her, Olivia's brother Henry has been working with the revolutionary group planning to overthrow the government. Shocked and hoping to save her brother, Olivia agrees to help the persuasive earl. But the closer they get to uncovering the villains, the more Alec and Olivia will need to trust each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556593Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Relentless Rake Series: #4 of Lords of the Armory Author: Anna Harrington Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Relentless Rake Series: #4 of Lords of the Armory Author: Anna Harrington Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Notorious rake Alexander Sinclair, Earl of St James, takes pride in displaying his sins. When he's tasked by the Home Office with finding the men who attempted to assassinate the prime minister, his hunt leads him to Olivia Everett, a most proper schoolmistress who wants nothing to do with a profligate nobleman like him. Unknown to her, Olivia's brother Henry has been working with the revolutionary group planning to overthrow the government. Shocked and hoping to save her brother, Olivia agrees to help the persuasive earl. But the closer they get to uncovering the villains, the more Alec and Olivia will need to trust each other.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forever-yours-by-marci-bolden--65269844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever Yours Series: #6 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Would you give your ex a second chance? Four years after having her heart shattered, Meg Tanaka is finally over her good-for-nothing ex. By focusing on her career and helping her loved ones navigate their lives, Meg has recovered from—or at least buried—the hurt Aiden caused. Unfortunately, her old resentment rushes to the surface the moment she finds out he's back in town. Aiden Howard has made a lot of mistakes in his life, but never one as bad as choosing his medical career over the love of his life. Still unable to get over losing Meg, he's come home with one mission: earning her forgiveness. Despite Aiden's attempts to make amends for the past, Meg is determined not to give him another chance to break her heart. But how can she resist the one man she believes is her forever love? Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563311Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever Yours Series: #6 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever Yours Series: #6 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Would you give your ex a second chance? Four years after having her heart shattered, Meg Tanaka is finally over her good-for-nothing ex. By focusing on her career and helping her loved ones navigate their lives, Meg has recovered from—or at least buried—the hurt Aiden caused. Unfortunately, her old resentment rushes to the surface the moment she finds out he's back in town. Aiden Howard has made a lot of mistakes in his life, but never one as bad as choosing his medical career over the love of his life. Still unable to get over losing Meg, he's come home with one mission: earning her forgiveness. Despite Aiden's attempts to make amends for the past, Meg is determined not to give him another chance to break her heart. But how can she resist the one man she believes is her forever love? Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rise-by-cassandra-robbins--65269889https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise Series: #1 of Rock God Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Sarah Puckett, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I know what I want. So when opportunity knocked, I took it. I grabbed my shot, willing to do anything to make it happen. From the beginning, I knew I was destined to be with the six-foot-four, bourbon-eyed Rock God. Only back in the early days he wasn’t a god. Rhys Granger was my brother’s friend, the boy next door who wrote verses and played his guitar in our garage. He was talented. Exciting. Damaged. The kind of guy who made all the girls cry… Except for me. I thought I was special. Turns out I’m not. And now… I despise him. He’s the lead singer of the Stuffed Muffins, one of the biggest bands in the world, with dark hair, full lips, and a body to die for. Unfortunately, he’s a dick. Not that I care anymore. I have my own career. I’m successful in my own right. So when offered another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I turn it down. But the universe has other plans, and I’m forced back into the savagely glamorous world of rock ‘n’ roll. Thrust into battling his seductive smile, his dangerous kisses, and my own addictive needs. He might be a Rock God, but he’s also a man. And I’m the woman he never saw coming.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560347Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise Series: #1 of Rock God Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Sarah Puckett, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise Series: #1 of Rock God Author: Cassandra Robbins Narrator: Sarah Puckett, Troy Duran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I know what I want. So when opportunity knocked, I took it. I grabbed my shot, willing to do anything to make it happen. From the beginning, I knew I was destined to be with the six-foot-four, bourbon-eyed Rock God. Only back in the early days he wasn’t a god. Rhys Granger was my brother’s friend, the boy next door who wrote verses and played his guitar in our garage. He was talented. Exciting. Damaged. The kind of guy who made all the girls cry… Except for me. I thought I was special. Turns out I’m not. And now… I despise him. He’s the lead singer of the Stuffed Muffins, one of the biggest bands in the world, with dark hair, full lips, and a body to die for. Unfortunately, he’s a dick. Not that I care anymore. I have my own career. I’m successful in my own right. So when offered another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I turn it down. But the universe has other plans, and I’m forced back into the savagely glamorous world of rock ‘n’ roll. Thrust into battling his seductive smile, his dangerous kisses, and my own addictive needs. He might be a Rock God, but he’s also a man. And I’m the woman he never saw coming.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duchess-of-malfi-the-white-devil-2-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-productions-by-john-webster--65269888https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess of Malfi & The White Devil: 2 BBC Radio 4 full-cast productions Author: John Webster Narrator: Shaun Dingwall, Frances De La Tour, Jude Akuwudike, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Pippa Nixon, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Shaun Dooley, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A BBC radio full-cast drama collection of John Webster's twin masterpieces, plus two documentaries examining their importance and enduring popularity One of the great Jacobean playwrights and a contemporary of William Shakespeare, John Webster is best known for his classic revenge tragedies based on real events in Renaissance Italy, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil. Both are included here, along with two insightful programmes putting the plays in their historical context, and probing the life of their mysterious author - a shadowy character about whom very little is known. The Duchess of Malfi - When the young, widowed Duchess dares to defy her brothers and marry again, the corrupt duo begin a chilling campaign to destroy her... Intercut with the music of Jimi Hendrix and Laura Marling, this visceral production moves from gentle romanticism to darkest cruelty. Introduced by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford, and starring Pippa Nixon as the Duchess of Malfi. The White Devil - Set in a murky 1950s underworld of shifting alliances, betrayals and sudden violence, this radical reinterpretation of Webster's bloodthirsty tragedy tells the story of Brachiano, who falls violently in love with the married Vittoria Corombona. Desperate to possess her, he arranges the murder of her husband and his wife - but in doing so, he makes a deadly enemy... Shaun Dingwall stars as Brachiano, with Anna Maxwell Martin as Vittoria. Role Play - Michael Billington talks to acclaimed actresses Eleanor Bron and Juliet Stevenson about The Duchess of Malfi and its relevance today, and discuss their experiences playing the lead role. The Skull Beneath the Skin - Elizabethan scholar and biographer Muriel Bradbrook delves into Webster's life and plays, exploring how his childhood and family background informed his writing. Cast and credits Written by John Webster The Duchess of Malfi The Duchess of Malfi - Pippa Nixon Bosola - Shaun Dooley Antonio - Sandy Grierson Ferdinand - Alexander Cobb Cardinal - Jonathan Keeble Delio/Pilgrim - Kevin Harvey Cariola/Julia - Jenny Platt Silvio/Pilgrim - Rupert Hill Doctor - Lloyd Hutchinson Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith Directed by Pauline Harris Original songs arranged and composed by Jules Maxwell and sung by Shaun Dooley and Jules Maxwell Introduction by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 11 July 2021 The White Devil Flamineo - Patrick Kennedy Vittoria - Anna Maxwell Martin Brachiano - Shaun Dingwall Francisco - Peter Wight Monticelso - Sean Baker Ludovico - Harry Myers Isabella - Christine Kavanagh Gasparo - David Seddon Camillo - Sam Dale Cornelia - Frances de la Tour Marcello - Michael Shelford Giovanni - Lloyd Thomas Hortensio - Tony Bell Zanche - Pippa Bennett Warner Dr Julio - Jude Akuwudike Adapted and directed by Marc Beeby First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 15 August 2010 Role Play Presented by Michael Billington With Eleanor Bron and Juliet Stevenson Produced by Fiona McLean First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 16 July 1997 The Skull Beneath the Skin Presented by Muriel Bradbrook First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 29 October 1980 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558724Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess of Malfi & The White Devil: 2 BBC Radio 4 full-cast productions Author: John Webster Narrator: Shaun Dingwall, Frances De La Tour, Jude...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess of Malfi & The White Devil: 2 BBC Radio 4 full-cast productions Author: John Webster Narrator: Shaun Dingwall, Frances De La Tour, Jude Akuwudike, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Pippa Nixon, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Shaun Dooley, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 10, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A BBC radio full-cast drama collection of John Webster's twin masterpieces, plus two documentaries examining their importance and enduring popularity One of the great Jacobean playwrights and a contemporary of William Shakespeare, John Webster is best known for his classic revenge tragedies based on real events in Renaissance Italy, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil. Both are included here, along with two insightful programmes putting the plays in their historical context, and probing the life of their mysterious author - a shadowy character about whom very little is known. The Duchess of Malfi - When the young, widowed Duchess dares to defy her brothers and marry again, the corrupt duo begin a chilling campaign to destroy her... Intercut with the music of Jimi Hendrix and Laura Marling, this visceral production moves from gentle romanticism to darkest cruelty. Introduced by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford, and starring Pippa Nixon as the Duchess of Malfi. The White Devil - Set in a murky 1950s underworld of shifting alliances, betrayals and sudden violence, this radical reinterpretation of Webster's bloodthirsty tragedy tells the story of Brachiano, who falls violently in love with the married Vittoria Corombona. Desperate to possess her, he arranges the murder of her husband and his wife - but in doing so, he makes a deadly enemy... Shaun Dingwall stars as Brachiano, with Anna Maxwell Martin as Vittoria. Role Play - Michael Billington talks to acclaimed actresses Eleanor Bron and Juliet Stevenson about The Duchess of Malfi and its relevance today, and discuss their experiences playing the lead role. The Skull Beneath the Skin - Elizabethan scholar and biographer Muriel Bradbrook delves into Webster's life and plays, exploring how his childhood and family background informed his writing. Cast and credits Written by John Webster The Duchess of Malfi The Duchess of Malfi - Pippa Nixon Bosola - Shaun Dooley Antonio - Sandy Grierson Ferdinand - Alexander Cobb Cardinal - Jonathan Keeble Delio/Pilgrim - Kevin Harvey Cariola/Julia - Jenny Platt Silvio/Pilgrim - Rupert Hill Doctor - Lloyd Hutchinson Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith Directed by Pauline Harris Original songs arranged and composed by Jules Maxwell and sung by Shaun Dooley and Jules Maxwell Introduction by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 11 July 2021 The White Devil Flamineo - Patrick Kennedy Vittoria - Anna Maxwell Martin Brachiano - Shaun Dingwall Francisco - Peter Wight Monticelso - Sean Baker Ludovico - Harry Myers Isabella - Christine Kavanagh Gasparo - David Seddon Camillo - Sam Dale Cornelia - Frances de la Tour Marcello - Michael Shelford Giovanni - Lloyd Thomas Hortensio - Tony Bell Zanche - Pippa Bennett Warner Dr Julio - Jude Akuwudike Adapted and directed by Marc Beeby First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 15 August 2010 Role Play Presented by Michael Billington With Eleanor Bron and Juliet Stevenson Produced by Fiona McLean First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 16 July 1997 The Skull Beneath the Skin Presented by Muriel Bradbrook First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 29 October 1980 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-old-cafe-by-marci-bolden--65269926https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Old Café Series: #5 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now serving second chances. Jenna Reid purchased the Stonehill Café to prove her ex-husband wrong. Three years later, her building is crumbling, her savings are dwindling, and her pride is more bruised than a bad batch of apples. Pride is something Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Maguire lost long ago and isn't likely to find living in the alley behind the café. While he takes a little time to get on his feet, keeping an eye on the overworked café owner gives him a sense of purpose. He has no intention of drawing attention to himself until he hears her scream. He rushes in to help but rather than confronting danger, he finds Jenna drenched in the aftermath of a plumbing disaster. With her last bit of hope fading, Jenna accepts Daniel's help to fix up her building, but it doesn't take long for them to start trying to fix each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558075Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Old Café Series: #5 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Old Café Series: #5 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Now serving second chances. Jenna Reid purchased the Stonehill Café to prove her ex-husband wrong. Three years later, her building is crumbling, her savings are dwindling, and her pride is more bruised than a bad batch of apples. Pride is something Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Maguire lost long ago and isn't likely to find living in the alley behind the café. While he takes a little time to get on his feet, keeping an eye on the overworked café owner gives him a sense of purpose. He has no intention of drawing attention to himself until he hears her scream. He rushes in to help but rather than confronting danger, he finds Jenna drenched in the aftermath of a plumbing disaster. With her last bit of hope fading, Jenna accepts Daniel's help to fix up her building, but it doesn't take long for them to start trying to fix each other.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-good-girl-s-guide-to-rakes-by-eva-leigh--65269996https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Girl’s Guide To Rakes Series: #1 of Last Chance Scoundrels Author: Eva Leigh Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A society darling A rake never far from scandal A deal that will change everything… ‘Eva Leigh once again displays her literary prowess for creating marvelously memorable characters and crafting sensuality-forward love stories.’ Booklist When Kieran Ransome’s latest antics result in scandal, his father issues an ultimatum: find a respectable wife or inherit nothing. But as one of London’s most notorious scoundrels, Kieran doesn’t know any ladies who fit the bill…or does he? Celeste Kilburn is a society darling, beloved by influential members of the ton. But keeping a spotless reputation leaves little room for adventure and she longs to escape her gilded cage. When Kieran, her brother’s best friend, begs for her help Celeste makes a deal: she will introduce him to the right social circles if he’ll show her the scandalous side of London! Amongst ‘proper’ garden parties and, equally enthralling, wild fêtes and sensual art salons an initial attraction builds to a more tempting desire. But when their midnight exploits are discovered, Celeste’s freedom and reputation are at risk and Kieran must save the woman he loves…respectable or not. ‘Delightful escapist read interwoven with insightful thoughts on the double standards of Regency society.’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553337Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Girl’s Guide To Rakes Series: #1 of Last Chance Scoundrels Author: Eva Leigh Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Girl’s Guide To Rakes Series: #1 of Last Chance Scoundrels Author: Eva Leigh Narrator: Zara Hampton-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A society darling A rake never far from scandal A deal that will change everything… ‘Eva Leigh once again displays her literary prowess for creating marvelously memorable characters and crafting sensuality-forward love stories.’ Booklist When Kieran Ransome’s latest antics result in scandal, his father issues an ultimatum: find a respectable wife or inherit nothing. But as one of London’s most notorious scoundrels, Kieran doesn’t know any ladies who fit the bill…or does he? Celeste Kilburn is a society darling, beloved by influential members of the ton. But keeping a spotless reputation leaves little room for adventure and she longs to escape her gilded cage. When Kieran, her brother’s best friend, begs for her help Celeste makes a deal: she will introduce him to the right social circles if he’ll show her the scandalous side of London! Amongst ‘proper’ garden parties and, equally enthralling, wild fêtes and sensual art salons an initial attraction builds to a more tempting desire. But when their midnight exploits are discovered, Celeste’s freedom and reputation are at risk and Kieran must save the woman he loves…respectable or not. ‘Delightful escapist read interwoven with insightful thoughts on the double standards of Regency society.’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dancing-in-the-moonlight-by-raeanne-thayne-michelle-major--65269987https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing in the Moonlight Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Carly Robins, Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. Dancing in the Moonlight by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne Lieutenant Magdalena Cruz is home, but her return hasn’t gone the way she envisioned. Grappling with her painful past, she only wants to be left alone, but infuriatingly handsome Dr. Jake Dalton—of the enemy Daltons—won’t cooperate. And she needs him to, because the walls around her heart are dangerously close to crumbling every time he comes near. Jake has spent most of his life trying to get closer to Maggie, with little to show for it. But she’s the woman he's always wanted, and no injury in the world could change that. Now if only he could convince her that the woman before him is beautiful, desirable and meant to be his. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Always the Best Man by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major Jase Crenshaw always harbored a crush on his best friend's sister, Emily Whitaker. Back then, she was too good for the kid from the wrong side of the tracks. Now she thinks the upstanding town lawyer and mayoral candidate is too good for her. Can Jase convince the girl of his dreams they're both perfect for each other?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555319Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing in the Moonlight Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Carly Robins, Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing in the Moonlight Author: RaeAnne Thayne, Michelle Major Narrator: Carly Robins, Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. Dancing in the Moonlight by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne Lieutenant Magdalena Cruz is home, but her return hasn’t gone the way she envisioned. Grappling with her painful past, she only wants to be left alone, but infuriatingly handsome Dr. Jake Dalton—of the enemy Daltons—won’t cooperate. And she needs him to, because the walls around her heart are dangerously close to crumbling every time he comes near. Jake has spent most of his life trying to get closer to Maggie, with little to show for it. But she’s the woman he's always wanted, and no injury in the world could change that. Now if only he could convince her that the woman before him is beautiful, desirable and meant to be his. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Always the Best Man by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major Jase Crenshaw always harbored a crush on his best friend's sister, Emily Whitaker. Back then, she was too good for the kid from the wrong side of the tracks. Now she thinks the upstanding town lawyer and mayoral candidate is too good for her. Can Jase convince the girl of his dreams they're both perfect for each other?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beneath-the-stairs-a-novel-by-jennifer-fawcett--65269941https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Stairs: A Novel Author: Jennifer Fawcett Narrator: Carolina Hoyos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this spine-tingling, atmospheric “nail-biter of a novel” (Shelf Awareness), a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at an alleged haunted house—the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago. Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did. Twenty years later, Clare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to lose, Clare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for ruining their lives. A “spellbinding horror story, where the terror comes not from ghosts, but from the haunted places we find within ourselves” (Elizabeth Brundage, author of The Vanishing Point), Beneath the Stairs is perfect for fans of Jennifer McMahon, Simone St. James, and Chris Bohjalian.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556499Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Stairs: A Novel Author: Jennifer Fawcett Narrator: Carolina Hoyos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Stairs: A Novel Author: Jennifer Fawcett Narrator: Carolina Hoyos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this spine-tingling, atmospheric “nail-biter of a novel” (Shelf Awareness), a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at an alleged haunted house—the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago. Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did. Twenty years later, Clare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to lose, Clare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for ruining their lives. A “spellbinding horror story, where the terror comes not from ghosts, but from the haunted places we find within ourselves” (Elizabeth Brundage, author of The Vanishing Point), Beneath the Stairs is perfect for fans of Jennifer McMahon, Simone St. James, and Chris Bohjalian.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jessica-s-wish-by-marci-bolden--65269924https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jessica's Wish Series: #4 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One wish can change everything. This year when Jessica Martinson-Canton blows out eleven candles on her homemade vegan cake, she makes the same wish she's made for as many birthdays as she can remember: she wants a mother. Jessica's father Phil has worked his entire life to create a more stable childhood for his daughter than he had with his unwed teenaged mother. When his wife left him and their newborn daughter in their most vulnerable hour, Phil pledged to give his baby everything. His parents have reunited and are working hard to create a supportive extended family, but rainbow pancakes and princess murals can't heal the dark void left in Phil's heart which he won't even admit is there. Mallory O'Connell leaves her dream job in a big city to return home to help her fiercely independent mother recover from tragedy. After forming a unique bond with Jessica—and a friendship with Jessica's hot father—Mallory finds that in coming back to Stonehill she might just have found a way to make all of her dreams come true. But as their families push Phil and Mallory together, old insecurities and Phil's worst fears threaten to break up the happy trio and catch Jessica in the emotional crossfire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558074Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jessica's Wish Series: #4 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jessica's Wish Series: #4 of Stonehill Author: Marci Bolden Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One wish can change everything. This year when Jessica Martinson-Canton blows out eleven candles on her homemade vegan cake, she makes the same wish she's made for as many birthdays as she can remember: she wants a mother. Jessica's father Phil has worked his entire life to create a more stable childhood for his daughter than he had with his unwed teenaged mother. When his wife left him and their newborn daughter in their most vulnerable hour, Phil pledged to give his baby everything. His parents have reunited and are working hard to create a supportive extended family, but rainbow pancakes and princess murals can't heal the dark void left in Phil's heart which he won't even admit is there. Mallory O'Connell leaves her dream job in a big city to return home to help her fiercely independent mother recover from tragedy. After forming a unique bond with Jessica—and a friendship with Jessica's hot father—Mallory finds that in coming back to Stonehill she might just have found a way to make all of her dreams come true. But as their families push Phil and Mallory together, old insecurities and Phil's worst fears threaten to break up the happy trio and catch Jessica in the emotional crossfire.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-son-of-the-house-by-cheluchi-onyemelukwe-onuobia--65269870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of the House Author: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Narrator: Nene Nwoko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped, held captive, and forced to await their fate together. In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, a housemaid since the age of ten, dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers' endless chores. She is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewelry lovestruck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When a kidnapping forces Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563342Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of the House Author: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Narrator: Nene Nwoko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of the House Author: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Narrator: Nene Nwoko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped, held captive, and forced to await their fate together. In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, a housemaid since the age of ten, dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers' endless chores. She is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewelry lovestruck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When a kidnapping forces Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world. Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-thread-of-fate-by-lyn-liao-butler--65269867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Thread of Fate Author: Lyn Liao Butler Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting from China, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed unexpectedly in an accident. A shell-shocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia’s five-year-old daughter, Angela. With no other family around, Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn’t seen since the child was an infant.  Overwhelmed by her life suddenly being upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when a long-concealed secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam begins to unravel the events of Tony and Mia’s past in China, she discovers the true meaning of love and the threads that bind her to the family she is fated to have.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560095Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Thread of Fate Author: Lyn Liao Butler Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Thread of Fate Author: Lyn Liao Butler Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting from China, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed unexpectedly in an accident. A shell-shocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia’s five-year-old daughter, Angela. With no other family around, Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn’t seen since the child was an infant.  Overwhelmed by her life suddenly being upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when a long-concealed secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam begins to unravel the events of Tony and Mia’s past in China, she discovers the true meaning of love and the threads that bind her to the family she is fated to have.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-we-left-behind-by-tessa-harris--65270006https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light We Left Behind Author: Tessa Harris Narrator: Tor Leijten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘How did I not know anything about this?! A beautifully written book.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ England: 1944 When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to report to Trent Park mansion, she wonders how she will be helping the war effort from a stately home. She soon finds captured Nazi generals are being detained at the house. Bugged with listening devices in every room, it’s up to Maddie to gain the Nazis’ trust and coax them into giving up information. When Max Weitzler, a Jewish refugee, also arrives at Trent Park with the same mission, Maddie finds herself trapped in a dangerous game of chess. The two met in Germany before the war, and Maddie’s heart was his from the moment they locked eyes. But Maddie has finally gained the trust of the Nazi officers at the house, and her love for Max must remain a secret. When the walls have ears, who can you trust? Based on the true events that took place at Trent Park during WWII, this is an emotionally gripping, and heart-breaking novel about love, sacrifice, and betrayal, perfect for fans of The Rose Code and The Lost Girls of Paris. Readers LOVE The Light We Left Behind! ‘I loved everything about this book – it has it all! Well-written, well-paced, fascinating and gripping from the beginning right through to the end.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is story-telling of the highest order, well-paced and compelling… this was a story that swept me away.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful story with a strong and courageous heroine. I couldn’t put this down! Beautiful writing kept me turning the pages.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant, five stars from me.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful read.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An unputdownable book.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I read it so quickly as I couldn’t put it down.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553694Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light We Left Behind Author: Tessa Harris Narrator: Tor Leijten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light We Left Behind Author: Tessa Harris Narrator: Tor Leijten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘How did I not know anything about this?! A beautifully written book.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ England: 1944 When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to report to Trent Park mansion, she wonders how she will be helping the war effort from a stately home. She soon finds captured Nazi generals are being detained at the house. Bugged with listening devices in every room, it’s up to Maddie to gain the Nazis’ trust and coax them into giving up information. When Max Weitzler, a Jewish refugee, also arrives at Trent Park with the same mission, Maddie finds herself trapped in a dangerous game of chess. The two met in Germany before the war, and Maddie’s heart was his from the moment they locked eyes. But Maddie has finally gained the trust of the Nazi officers at the house, and her love for Max must remain a secret. When the walls have ears, who can you trust? Based on the true events that took place at Trent Park during WWII, this is an emotionally gripping, and heart-breaking novel about love, sacrifice, and betrayal, perfect for fans of The Rose Code and The Lost Girls of Paris. Readers LOVE The Light We Left Behind! ‘I loved everything about this book – it has it all! Well-written, well-paced, fascinating and gripping from the beginning right through to the end.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is story-telling of the highest order, well-paced and compelling… this was a story that swept me away.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful story with a strong and courageous heroine. I couldn’t put this down! Beautiful writing kept me turning the pages.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant, five stars from me.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful read.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An unputdownable book.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I read it so quickly as I couldn’t put it down.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-sister-s-child-by-karen-clarke--65269907https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister’s Child Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Rose Robinson, Philip Bretherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Wow! This book cast suspicion on so many characters that I had no idea how it would turn out! The definition of the perfect suspense novel!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I promised her I'd protect him… and I'll do anything to keep him safe.  Five years ago, my sister Rachel left her baby boy on my doorstep. A little bundle wrapped in blankets. I loved him. I cared for him. I called him Noah and raised him as my own. Rachel was full of secrets, and the truth about Noah was one we shared. A secret just between sisters. Now, my sister is dead. The police say it was an accident… But I’m convinced that’s a lie. I owe it to Rachel to uncover the truth… Even if I risk losing the family I’ve fought so hard for. Dark family secrets rise to the surface in this utterly gripping and emotional page-turner! My Sister’s Child will keep you reading long into the night and is perfect for fans of Nicole Trope and Claire Amarti! Readers LOVE My Sister’s Child! ‘A brilliant psychological thriller… the twists that happen will leave you on the edge of your seat.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Very fast paced, had me turning pages as I tore through it… Gave me chills. Solid five.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me hooked right from the start… I honestly cannot recommend this book enough!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An addictive and chilling read… great story, pace and development!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was completely enthralled and the ending wow a huge twist I did not see coming at all!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Karen Clarke is an incredible writer… I had to keep reading as I needed to unravel the story further.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A tense and emotional read, with well-drawn, menacing and intriguing, characters.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556183Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister’s Child Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Rose Robinson, Philip Bretherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister’s Child Author: Karen Clarke Narrator: Rose Robinson, Philip Bretherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Wow! This book cast suspicion on so many characters that I had no idea how it would turn out! The definition of the perfect suspense novel!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I promised her I'd protect him… and I'll do anything to keep him safe.  Five years ago, my sister Rachel left her baby boy on my doorstep. A little bundle wrapped in blankets. I loved him. I cared for him. I called him Noah and raised him as my own. Rachel was full of secrets, and the truth about Noah was one we shared. A secret just between sisters. Now, my sister is dead. The police say it was an accident… But I’m convinced that’s a lie. I owe it to Rachel to uncover the truth… Even if I risk losing the family I’ve fought so hard for. Dark family secrets rise to the surface in this utterly gripping and emotional page-turner! My Sister’s Child will keep you reading long into the night and is perfect for fans of Nicole Trope and Claire Amarti! Readers LOVE My Sister’s Child! ‘A brilliant psychological thriller… the twists that happen will leave you on the edge of your seat.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Very fast paced, had me turning pages as I tore through it… Gave me chills. Solid five.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me hooked right from the start… I honestly cannot recommend this book enough!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An addictive and chilling read… great story, pace and development!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was completely enthralled and the ending wow a huge twist I did not see coming at all!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Karen Clarke is an incredible writer… I had to keep reading as I needed to unravel the story further.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A tense and emotional read, with well-drawn, menacing and intriguing, characters.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-true-loves-by-taylor-jenkins-reid--65270026https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One True Loves Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR FILM From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Named a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle *PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade “No one does life and love better.” InStyle “Earth-shaking…you will flip for this epic love story.” Cosmopolitan In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.     Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness. That is, until Jesse is found. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiance, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants while trying to protect the ones she loves. But who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552870Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One True Loves Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 20, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One True Loves Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR FILM From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Named a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle *PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade “No one does life and love better.” InStyle “Earth-shaking…you will flip for this epic love story.” Cosmopolitan In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.     Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness. That is, until Jesse is found. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiance, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants while trying to protect the ones she loves. But who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hunger-a-novella-and-stories-by-lan-samantha-chang--65269939https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger: A Novella and Stories Author: Lan Samantha Chang Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Not since Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan has a fiction writer explored with such powerful intensity the experience of being Asian American. The characters who inhabit this extraordinary fictional debut are caught between the burden of their past history and the fragility of their unchartered future. Hunger illuminates how first-generation immigrants from China, culturally and emotionally uprooted from their homeland, mistrust connection even as they hunger for attachment—and how the past affects and shapes their children. In luminous prose, these stories of love and loss explore the profound and painful ties between husband and wife, parent and child, sister and sister. The stunning title novella is told by a woman whose love for an exiled musician compels her into a tragic marriage in which her husband's unfulfilled desires nearly destroy their children. In other stories, a ghost seduces a young girl into a flooded river; a mother commands a daughter to avenge her father's death. Lan Samantha Chang weaves the forces of war and magic, food and desire, ghosts and family, into haunting tales. Again and again, Chang asks the question: is love not a kind of burden, stifling and terrifying in the choices and responsibilities it forces on us? And yet we yearn for it, define ourselves by our experience of it, cannot live without it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558003Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger: A Novella and Stories Author: Lan Samantha Chang Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger: A Novella and Stories Author: Lan Samantha Chang Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Not since Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan has a fiction writer explored with such powerful intensity the experience of being Asian American. The characters who inhabit this extraordinary fictional debut are caught between the burden of their past history and the fragility of their unchartered future. Hunger illuminates how first-generation immigrants from China, culturally and emotionally uprooted from their homeland, mistrust connection even as they hunger for attachment—and how the past affects and shapes their children. In luminous prose, these stories of love and loss explore the profound and painful ties between husband and wife, parent and child, sister and sister. The stunning title novella is told by a woman whose love for an exiled musician compels her into a tragic marriage in which her husband's unfulfilled desires nearly destroy their children. In other stories, a ghost seduces a young girl into a flooded river; a mother commands a daughter to avenge her father's death. Lan Samantha Chang weaves the forces of war and magic, food and desire, ghosts and family, into haunting tales. Again and again, Chang asks the question: is love not a kind of burden, stifling and terrifying in the choices and responsibilities it forces on us? And yet we yearn for it, define ourselves by our experience of it, cannot live without it.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/break-of-day-by-andie-j-christopher--65269935https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Break of Day Series: #3 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One Mistake Carla Hernandez needs to drop off the glamorous Miami grid. Her aunt's house in Havana seems the perfect place to get over being dumped by her fiancé—and figure out why she keeps messing up her life. But photojournalist Jonah Kane's unexpected presence is one sizzling mistake she's hungry to make. One Temptation Jonah thought his favorite Cuban refuge would help him get some badly-needed peace. Still, he's ridden out way worse than the tropical storm trapping him with Carla. And he's going to handle this spoiled little princess on his own dominant, seductive terms just until the storm is over. Too bad this sexy wild card only makes him only want more. And more . . . No Restraints Now Carla's back home—but not quite alone. When her baby is born, she's going to raise it on her own, no matter how much she still burns for Jonah. But Jonah can't get over her irrepressible spirit or the passion they shared. And trying to walk away is only making things too hot to resist . . . Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553004Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Break of Day Series: #3 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Break of Day Series: #3 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One Mistake Carla Hernandez needs to drop off the glamorous Miami grid. Her aunt's house in Havana seems the perfect place to get over being dumped by her fiancé—and figure out why she keeps messing up her life. But photojournalist Jonah Kane's unexpected presence is one sizzling mistake she's hungry to make. One Temptation Jonah thought his favorite Cuban refuge would help him get some badly-needed peace. Still, he's ridden out way worse than the tropical storm trapping him with Carla. And he's going to handle this spoiled little princess on his own dominant, seductive terms just until the storm is over. Too bad this sexy wild card only makes him only want more. And more . . . No Restraints Now Carla's back home—but not quite alone. When her baby is born, she's going to raise it on her own, no matter how much she still burns for Jonah. But Jonah can't get over her irrepressible spirit or the passion they shared. And trying to walk away is only making things too hot to resist . . . Contains mature themes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scammer-girl-tech-nically-love-book-two-by-michelle-dayton--65269851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scammer Girl: Tech-nically Love, Book Two Series: #2 of Tech-nically Love Author: Michelle Dayton Narrator: Aven Shore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Technology complicates everything, including love.Five years ago, Jo Harper did a bad thing. Dumped, injured, and in crippling debt, Jo did what any desperate woman with a PhD in psychology and above-average computer skills would: become an elite, undetectable online romance scammer. Now Jo and her team of four young women bring in enough cash to keep them securely afloat. Their targets? Married cheaters.Jamie March, Bay Area royalty known as “The Conscience of Silicon Valley,” hates every aspect of online crime, especially those who defraud people. And when it appears that his brother is the victim of a sophisticated romance scam, he can't stand idly by.What’s weird though, is that when Jo and Jamie meet…they don’t hate one another. Not at all. He makes her laugh and feel alive again. She challenges his intellect like no other. But they can’t trust one another, right? And you can’t fall in love with someone you don’t trust—or can you?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562343Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scammer Girl: Tech-nically Love, Book Two Series: #2 of Tech-nically Love Author: Michelle Dayton Narrator: Aven Shore Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scammer Girl: Tech-nically Love, Book Two Series: #2 of Tech-nically Love Author: Michelle Dayton Narrator: Aven Shore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Technology complicates everything, including love.Five years ago, Jo Harper did a bad thing. Dumped, injured, and in crippling debt, Jo did what any desperate woman with a PhD in psychology and above-average computer skills would: become an elite, undetectable online romance scammer. Now Jo and her team of four young women bring in enough cash to keep them securely afloat. Their targets? Married cheaters.Jamie March, Bay Area royalty known as “The Conscience of Silicon Valley,” hates every aspect of online crime, especially those who defraud people. And when it appears that his brother is the victim of a sophisticated romance scam, he can't stand idly by.What’s weird though, is that when Jo and Jamie meet…they don’t hate one another. Not at all. He makes her laugh and feel alive again. She challenges his intellect like no other. But they can’t trust one another, right? And you can’t fall in love with someone you don’t trust—or can you?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dusk-until-dawn-by-andie-j-christopher--65270018https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dusk Until Dawn Series: #2 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 31, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: No boundaries. Bartender and aspiring painter Maya Pascual loves turning up the heat. And dumping a vodka-and-karma chaser on the man who broke her heart is perfect Bronx girl payback. But how can she resist when Miami playboy prince Javier Hernandez begs to make it up to her . . . No regrets. Between his disastrous personal life and his wealthy family's meddling, Javi needs to get back on track. The only thing that's certain is his passion for Maya. If she'll just let him show her how sorry he is, maybe he can move on and start fresh. But one look in her gorgeous eyes and he knows letting her go will be easier said than done. No rules. Maya agrees to one dinner with Javi. But as their attraction threatens to combust, she wonders if a night of no strings, no repeats surrender is the only way burn off their desire once and for all . . . Unless the light of day reveals it's impossible to let go. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553005Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dusk Until Dawn Series: #2 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dusk Until Dawn Series: #2 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 31, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: No boundaries. Bartender and aspiring painter Maya Pascual loves turning up the heat. And dumping a vodka-and-karma chaser on the man who broke her heart is perfect Bronx girl payback. But how can she resist when Miami playboy prince Javier Hernandez begs to make it up to her . . . No regrets. Between his disastrous personal life and his wealthy family's meddling, Javi needs to get back on track. The only thing that's certain is his passion for Maya. If she'll just let him show her how sorry he is, maybe he can move on and start fresh. But one look in her gorgeous eyes and he knows letting her go will be easier said than done. No rules. Maya agrees to one dinner with Javi. But as their attraction threatens to combust, she wonders if a night of no strings, no repeats surrender is the only way burn off their desire once and for all . . . Unless the light of day reveals it's impossible to let go. Contains mature themes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-midlife-marvels-by-heloise-hull--65270020https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Midlife Marvels Series: #4 of Forty is Fabulous Author: Heloise Hull Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The final book in the Forty Is Fabulous series is here! Drink the wine, eat the bread, and finish the adventure. Mistakes? I've made many. My ex can attest to that, but none bigger than accidentally giving life to the dying god. Now, he's coming, full of vengeance and wrath, determined to destroy me and everything I hold dear. But it's how you end, not how you begin, that matters. I'm determined to fix my mistakes. The only problem? Who can I trust if I can't even trust myself? Turns out, even my body is a lie, and sometimes, it's hard to remember whose side I'm on. All I know for sure is that time is ticking, and while I may be immortal, this world I love is not.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553104Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Midlife Marvels Series: #4 of Forty is Fabulous Author: Heloise Hull Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Midlife Marvels Series: #4 of Forty is Fabulous Author: Heloise Hull Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The final book in the Forty Is Fabulous series is here! Drink the wine, eat the bread, and finish the adventure. Mistakes? I've made many. My ex can attest to that, but none bigger than accidentally giving life to the dying god. Now, he's coming, full of vengeance and wrath, determined to destroy me and everything I hold dear. But it's how you end, not how you begin, that matters. I'm determined to fix my mistakes. The only problem? Who can I trust if I can't even trust myself? Turns out, even my body is a lie, and sometimes, it's hard to remember whose side I'm on. All I know for sure is that time is ticking, and while I may be immortal, this world I love is not.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stroke-of-midnight-by-andie-j-christopher--65269951https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stroke of Midnight Series: #1 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 21, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One night. New Year's Eve in Miami. Even workaholic Alana Hernandez can't resist the call of the city, especially if it will get her little sister off her back. But a night of celebrating turns into a night of mischief when an alluring stranger catches her eye across the dance floor. No names. Former Navy Seal Cole Roberts isn't looking for anything more than a good time in Miami. Since leaving the military and being betrayed by his former fiancée, he's not interested in unnecessary complications. But the moment he sets eyes on the sultry beauty, Cole knows this night will be far from ordinary. No going back. Neither Cole nor Alana are looking for a relationship, so they strike a deal: One night. No names. No repeats. But things get complicated when their night of passion becomes something neither can walk away from. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552991Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stroke of Midnight Series: #1 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stroke of Midnight Series: #1 of One Night in South Beach Author: Andie J. Christopher Narrator: Ramona Master Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 21, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: One night. New Year's Eve in Miami. Even workaholic Alana Hernandez can't resist the call of the city, especially if it will get her little sister off her back. But a night of celebrating turns into a night of mischief when an alluring stranger catches her eye across the dance floor. No names. Former Navy Seal Cole Roberts isn't looking for anything more than a good time in Miami. Since leaving the military and being betrayed by his former fiancée, he's not interested in unnecessary complications. But the moment he sets eyes on the sultry beauty, Cole knows this night will be far from ordinary. No going back. Neither Cole nor Alana are looking for a relationship, so they strike a deal: One night. No names. No repeats. But things get complicated when their night of passion becomes something neither can walk away from. Contains mature themes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-boulder-by-eva-baltasar--65269864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boulder Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: FINALISTA AL PREMIO BOOKER INTERNACIONAL 2023 Después de la exitosa Permafrost, Boulder es la continuación del tríptico donde Eva Baltasar explora la voz, la vida y el cuerpo de tres mujeres. La esperada segunda novela de la escritora y poeta Eva Baltasar llega en traducción de Nicole d'Amonville para los lectores en lengua española. Dos años después de su exitoso debut en catalán con Permagel (Club Editor, 2018), la autora firma una historia tan poética y vibrante como la que la dio a conocer. La protagonista de Boulder se gana la vida como cocinera en un viejo barco mercante. Es la situación perfecta: soledad, una cabina, el océano, algún puerto en el que conocer mujeres y horas para encarar el vacío, para sentir la fuerza de la provisionalidad. Hasta que un día una de ellas consigue que abandone el mar, acceda a vivir entre cuatro paredes y se implique en la gestación asistida y en la educación de un hijo. ¿Qué ha hecho la maternidad con la mujer que en su día conoció en un bar de la Patagonia? ¿Qué hará ella, animal enjaulado en una casa unifamiliar de Reikiavik? Todo ha cambiado excepto su apodo, Boulder: esas enormes piedras aisladas en medio del paisaje, expuestas a todo sin que nadie sepa de dónde vienen ni porque están ahí. La crítica ha dicho... «Boulder es un libro sensual, sexy e intenso. Eva Baltasar condensa las sensaciones y experiencias de una docena de novelas en poco más de cien páginas de vibrante prosa. Una incisiva historia de amor y maternidad queer que disecciona los dilemas de intercambiar independencia por intimidad.» Leïla Slimani, miembro y portavoz del jurado del Premio Booker Internacional 2023 «El estilo de Baltasar es impecable.» Carlos Zanón, El País «Sobrecogedora, intensa, poética.» Laura Ferrero, ABC «Una lucidez fría pero candente, admirable, en su aproximación al detalle.» Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Maneja los sentimientos como material radioactivo, es decir, como algo que nos mata y nos ilumina.» Javier Rodríguez Marcos, Babelia «La suya es una subjetividad poética que mira el mundo y descubre que todo eso que nos contiene puede mirarse por primera vez.» Gabriela Wiener «Describe como no pensabas que pudiera hacerse. Lo supera todo.» Julià Guillamon, La Vanguardia «Baltasar es habilísima. Una Dorothy Parker catalana. Irónica, implacable.» La Repubblica «Baltasar arranca con fuerza.» Clarín]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561914Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boulder Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boulder Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: FINALISTA AL PREMIO BOOKER INTERNACIONAL 2023 Después de la exitosa Permafrost, Boulder es la continuación del tríptico donde Eva Baltasar explora la voz, la vida y el cuerpo de tres mujeres. La esperada segunda novela de la escritora y poeta Eva Baltasar llega en traducción de Nicole d'Amonville para los lectores en lengua española. Dos años después de su exitoso debut en catalán con Permagel (Club Editor, 2018), la autora firma una historia tan poética y vibrante como la que la dio a conocer. La protagonista de Boulder se gana la vida como cocinera en un viejo barco mercante. Es la situación perfecta: soledad, una cabina, el océano, algún puerto en el que conocer mujeres y horas para encarar el vacío, para sentir la fuerza de la provisionalidad. Hasta que un día una de ellas consigue que abandone el mar, acceda a vivir entre cuatro paredes y se implique en la gestación asistida y en la educación de un hijo. ¿Qué ha hecho la maternidad con la mujer que en su día conoció en un bar de la Patagonia? ¿Qué hará ella, animal enjaulado en una casa unifamiliar de Reikiavik? Todo ha cambiado excepto su apodo, Boulder: esas enormes piedras aisladas en medio del paisaje, expuestas a todo sin que nadie sepa de dónde vienen ni porque están ahí. La crítica ha dicho... «Boulder es un libro sensual, sexy e intenso. Eva Baltasar condensa las sensaciones y experiencias de una docena de novelas en poco más de cien páginas de vibrante prosa. Una incisiva historia de amor y maternidad queer que disecciona los dilemas de intercambiar independencia por intimidad.» Leïla Slimani, miembro y portavoz del jurado del Premio Booker Internacional 2023 «El estilo de Baltasar es impecable.» Carlos Zanón, El País «Sobrecogedora, intensa, poética.» Laura Ferrero, ABC «Una lucidez fría pero candente, admirable, en su aproximación al detalle.» Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Maneja los sentimientos como material radioactivo, es decir, como algo que nos mata y nos ilumina.» Javier Rodríguez Marcos, Babelia «La suya es una subjetividad poética que mira el mundo y descubre que todo eso que nos contiene puede mirarse por primera vez.» Gabriela Wiener «Describe como no pensabas que pudiera hacerse. Lo supera todo.» Julià Guillamon, La Vanguardia «Baltasar es habilísima. Una Dorothy Parker catalana. Irónica, implacable.» La Repubblica «Baltasar arranca con fuerza.» Clarín]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-las-vencedoras-by-laetitia-colombani--65269855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las vencedoras Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Lola Sans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Un himno a la solidaridad y a la esperanza donde Colombani da voz a las vencedoras anónimas de la historia. A los cuarenta años, Solène lo ha sacrificado todo por su carrera como abogada: sus sueños, sus amigos y sus amores, hasta que un día se derrumba y se sume en una profunda depresión. Para ayudarla a recuperarse, su médico le aconseja que haga tareas de voluntariado. Poco convencida, Solène encuentra por internet un anuncio que despierta su curiosidad y decide interesarse por él. Enviada a un hogar para mujeres con grave riesgo de exclusión social, tiene problemas para relacionarse con las residentes, que se muestran distantes y esquivas; pero poco a poco irá ganando su confianza y descubrirá hasta qué punto desea estar tan viva como ellas. Un siglo antes, Blanche Peyron libra un combate. Comandante del Ejército de Salvación en Francia, abriga el sueño de ofrecer un techo a todas las excluidas de la sociedad. Con ese fin, en 1925 comienza a recaudar los fondos necesarios para comprar un hotel monumental, y un año después el Palacio de la Mujer abre sus puertas. El Palacio de la Mujer existe y Las vencedoras nos invita a entrar en él para descubrir la dura realidad de sus habitantes. Con el mismo estilo de La trenza, Laetitia Colombani borda un emotivo canto a la fuerza de las mujeres que nos habla de pérdidas y sufrimientos, de bondad y fraternidad, que nos seduce por su empatía y nos acerca vívidamente a la trágica existencia de esas personas invisibles para la sociedad. La crítica ha dicho... «'Una mujer sin hogar es una presa; mientras los hombres se reagrupan, las mujeres prefieren quedarse solas y esconderse, principalmente porque tienen miedo'. De ahí la importancia de un lugar como el descrito en la novela [el Palacio de la Mujer], donde se muestran las interacciones entre las internas que allí viven, para las que la hermandad y la solidaridad son valores fundamentales. Un retrato que Colombani pinta con exquisitez, pero sin caer en la sensiblería ni en escabrosidad alguna. Una auténtica delicia para los sentidos.» Ángeles López, La Razón «Las vencedoras es un relato que nos recuerda que existen los pobres. Y de todos ellos, existen los que son los más marginados y desprotegidos, las mujeres. No era sencillo escribir algo así sin caer en la sensiblería. Colombani hace de su novela la única luz posible al final del túnel.» J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, El Correo «Con un método parecido al de La trenza, Laetitia Colombani entrelaza dos narraciones que confluyen en una historia común: la de dos figuras excepcionales que provocan admiración entre las mujeres corrientes que necesitan identificarse con ellas.» Paris Match «Laetitia Colombani posee la elegancia que confiere la humildad. A pesar del éxito de La trenza, aborda con serenidad la publicación de su segunda novela, en la que el feminismo está en el centro mismo de la narración. [...] Una oda a la fraternidad de las mujeres.» Le Parisien]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562241Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las vencedoras Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Lola Sans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las vencedoras Author: Laetitia Colombani Narrator: Lola Sans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Un himno a la solidaridad y a la esperanza donde Colombani da voz a las vencedoras anónimas de la historia. A los cuarenta años, Solène lo ha sacrificado todo por su carrera como abogada: sus sueños, sus amigos y sus amores, hasta que un día se derrumba y se sume en una profunda depresión. Para ayudarla a recuperarse, su médico le aconseja que haga tareas de voluntariado. Poco convencida, Solène encuentra por internet un anuncio que despierta su curiosidad y decide interesarse por él. Enviada a un hogar para mujeres con grave riesgo de exclusión social, tiene problemas para relacionarse con las residentes, que se muestran distantes y esquivas; pero poco a poco irá ganando su confianza y descubrirá hasta qué punto desea estar tan viva como ellas. Un siglo antes, Blanche Peyron libra un combate. Comandante del Ejército de Salvación en Francia, abriga el sueño de ofrecer un techo a todas las excluidas de la sociedad. Con ese fin, en 1925 comienza a recaudar los fondos necesarios para comprar un hotel monumental, y un año después el Palacio de la Mujer abre sus puertas. El Palacio de la Mujer existe y Las vencedoras nos invita a entrar en él para descubrir la dura realidad de sus habitantes. Con el mismo estilo de La trenza, Laetitia Colombani borda un emotivo canto a la fuerza de las mujeres que nos habla de pérdidas y sufrimientos, de bondad y fraternidad, que nos seduce por su empatía y nos acerca vívidamente a la trágica existencia de esas personas invisibles para la sociedad. La crítica ha dicho... «'Una mujer sin hogar es una presa; mientras los hombres se reagrupan, las mujeres prefieren quedarse solas y esconderse, principalmente porque tienen miedo'. De ahí la importancia de un lugar como el descrito en la novela [el Palacio de la Mujer], donde se muestran las interacciones entre las internas que allí viven, para las que la hermandad y la solidaridad son valores fundamentales. Un retrato que Colombani pinta con exquisitez, pero sin caer en la sensiblería ni en escabrosidad alguna. Una auténtica delicia para los sentidos.» Ángeles López, La Razón «Las vencedoras es un relato que nos recuerda que existen los pobres. Y de todos ellos, existen los que son los más marginados y desprotegidos, las mujeres. No era sencillo escribir algo así sin caer en la sensiblería. Colombani hace de su novela la única luz posible al final del túnel.» J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, El Correo «Con un método parecido al de La trenza, Laetitia Colombani entrelaza dos narraciones que confluyen en una historia común: la de dos figuras excepcionales que provocan admiración entre las mujeres corrientes que necesitan identificarse con ellas.» Paris Match «Laetitia Colombani posee la elegancia que confiere la humildad. A pesar del éxito de La trenza, aborda con serenidad la publicación de su segunda novela, en la que el feminismo está en el centro mismo de la narración. [...] Una oda a la fraternidad de las mujeres.» Le Parisien]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-abanico-de-seda-by-lisa-see--65269854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El abanico de seda Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta novela es una ventana a un mundo asombroso, lejano y desconocido, un retrato vivo de la vida de unas mujeres extraordinarias que dejará en el lector una impresión difícil de olvidar. En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su única vía de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable. El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajó a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonética, para estudiarla en profundidad. Su prolongada estancia le permitió recoger testimonios de mujeres que la conocían, así como de la última hablante de nu shu, la nonagenaria Yang Huanyi. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibió esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve. Como prueba de su buena estrella, la pequeña Lirio Blanco, hija de una humilde familia de campesinos, será hermanada con Flor de Nieve, de muy diferente ascendencia social. En una ceremonia ancestral, ambas se convierten en laotong -«mi otro yo» o «alma gemela»-, un vínculo que perdurará toda la vida. Así pues, a lo largo de los años, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve se comunicarán gracias a ese lenguaje secreto, compartiendo sus más íntimos pensamientos y emociones, y consolándose de las penalidades del matrimonio y la maternidad. El nu shu las mantendrá unidas, hasta que un error de interpretación amenazará con truncar su profunda amistad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562956Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El abanico de seda Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El abanico de seda Author: Lisa See Narrator: Irene Montalà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Esta novela es una ventana a un mundo asombroso, lejano y desconocido, un retrato vivo de la vida de unas mujeres extraordinarias que dejará en el lector una impresión difícil de olvidar. En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su única vía de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable. El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajó a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonética, para estudiarla en profundidad. Su prolongada estancia le permitió recoger testimonios de mujeres que la conocían, así como de la última hablante de nu shu, la nonagenaria Yang Huanyi. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibió esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve. Como prueba de su buena estrella, la pequeña Lirio Blanco, hija de una humilde familia de campesinos, será hermanada con Flor de Nieve, de muy diferente ascendencia social. En una ceremonia ancestral, ambas se convierten en laotong -«mi otro yo» o «alma gemela»-, un vínculo que perdurará toda la vida. Así pues, a lo largo de los años, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve se comunicarán gracias a ese lenguaje secreto, compartiendo sus más íntimos pensamientos y emociones, y consolándose de las penalidades del matrimonio y la maternidad. El nu shu las mantendrá unidas, hasta que un error de interpretación amenazará con truncar su profunda amistad.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cracked-pots-a-novel-by-heather-tucker--65269842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cracked Pots: A Novel Series: #2 of An Ari Appleton Novel Author: Heather Tucker Narrator: Laura Kyswaty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing." - San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's debut, The Clay Girl From the author of the Indie Next List pick The Clay Girl comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of a remarkable young woman unraveling the mystery of a missing friend while struggling to grow past the trauma of her calamitous upbringing. From the waning flower-power '60s in Toronto through her East Coast university years, Ari fights to discover who she is and what it means to be the child of an addicted mother and depraved father. When her friend Natasha, the perfect girl from the nicest family, suddenly vanishes, Ari sets out to find out what has happened to her - are her troubled parents to blame? With wit, tenacity, and the incessant meddling of Jasper - the seahorse in her head - Ari rides turbulent waves of devilry and discovery, calamity and creation, abandonment and atonement on a journey to find her true self, and to find Natasha. Cracked Pots is a story about a girl broken by both cruelty and truth. It is a revelation that destiny is shaped in clay, not stone. It is also a celebration of rising after the blows, gathering the fragments, and piecing together a remarkable life through creativity, kindness, and belonging.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563811Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cracked Pots: A Novel Series: #2 of An Ari Appleton Novel Author: Heather Tucker Narrator: Laura Kyswaty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cracked Pots: A Novel Series: #2 of An Ari Appleton Novel Author: Heather Tucker Narrator: Laura Kyswaty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: "It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing." - San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's debut, The Clay Girl From the author of the Indie Next List pick The Clay Girl comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of a remarkable young woman unraveling the mystery of a missing friend while struggling to grow past the trauma of her calamitous upbringing. From the waning flower-power '60s in Toronto through her East Coast university years, Ari fights to discover who she is and what it means to be the child of an addicted mother and depraved father. When her friend Natasha, the perfect girl from the nicest family, suddenly vanishes, Ari sets out to find out what has happened to her - are her troubled parents to blame? With wit, tenacity, and the incessant meddling of Jasper - the seahorse in her head - Ari rides turbulent waves of devilry and discovery, calamity and creation, abandonment and atonement on a journey to find her true self, and to find Natasha. Cracked Pots is a story about a girl broken by both cruelty and truth. It is a revelation that destiny is shaped in clay, not stone. It is also a celebration of rising after the blows, gathering the fragments, and piecing together a remarkable life through creativity, kindness, and belonging.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/miss-plum-and-miss-penny-by-dorothy-evelyn-smith--65270021https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Plum and Miss Penny Author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 14, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'I do not anticipate for one moment that Miss Plum has been murdered, though I should have some slight sympathy with her assassin if she had.' Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbor who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a neurotic widowed priest with an alienated son. Into this stable life comes Miss Plum, whom Miss Penny saves from drowning herself in a duck pond and takes into her quiet, orderly home. The villagers embrace the perpetually weepy, forlorn young woman—at first. But soon her welcome wears thin. With joyfully dark comedy, hilariously odd locals, and an unexpected reappearance from long-lost George, Dorothy Evelyn Smith brilliantly evokes the havoc wreaked by social niceties, misplaced sympathies, and keeping up appearances—not to mention the urge to defend one's peaceful existence!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553042Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Plum and Miss Penny Author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Plum and Miss Penny Author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 14, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'I do not anticipate for one moment that Miss Plum has been murdered, though I should have some slight sympathy with her assassin if she had.' Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbor who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a neurotic widowed priest with an alienated son. Into this stable life comes Miss Plum, whom Miss Penny saves from drowning herself in a duck pond and takes into her quiet, orderly home. The villagers embrace the perpetually weepy, forlorn young woman—at first. But soon her welcome wears thin. With joyfully dark comedy, hilariously odd locals, and an unexpected reappearance from long-lost George, Dorothy Evelyn Smith brilliantly evokes the havoc wreaked by social niceties, misplaced sympathies, and keeping up appearances—not to mention the urge to defend one's peaceful existence!]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-l-shaped-room-backward-shadow-other-stories-a-bbc-radio-4-drama-collection-by-lynne-reid-banks--65269995https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection Author: Lynne Reid Banks Narrator: John Mcandrew, Lynne Seymour, Manning Wilson, Anne Rosenfeld, Sian Philips, Rachel Atkins, Full Cast, Bill Wallis, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A full-cast adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks' bestselling novel, plus sequel The Backward Shadow and more Award-winning author Lynne Reid Banks is perhaps best known for her classic children's book The Indian in the Cupboard. But it was her groundbreaking debut novel for adults, The L-Shaped Room, that made her name. First published in 1960, it was an instant success, and has been in print ever since. This collection contains both The L-Shaped Room and sequel The Backward Shadow, as well as two stories specially written for BBC radio and a bonus edition of Bookclub. The L-Shaped Room - Jane is young, middle-class, single - and pregnant. Thrown out by her parents, she rents a squalid bedsit, where she struggles to overcome both her own prejudices and those of 1950s society. Starring Lynne Seymour as Jane, with John McAndrew as Toby. The Backward Shadow - Living with her baby in a cottage inherited from her aunt, Jane's quiet life is shaken up by the arrival of her friend Dottie and the reappearance of Toby, the love of her life ... Lynne Seymour stars as Jane, with Rachel Atkins as Dottie. Who Shall I Run To? - Sally recalls how she and ex-husband Jeremy celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Paris. Read by Siân Phillips. Lame Duck - Anne and her artist husband Lionel have three boys, and little time for going out - so they decide to take in a lodger who might be prepared to babysit occasionally. Sadly, things do not work out as planned... Starring Anne Rosenfeld as Anne and Manning Wilson as Lionel. Bookclub: Lynne Reid Banks - Readers talk to the celebrated author about The L-Shaped Room, describing what it means to them and how it has changed their lives. Chaired by James Naughtie. Text copyright © Lynne Reid Banks 1960 (The L-Shaped Room), 1970 (The Backward Shadow), 1978 (Lame Duck), 2005 (Who Shall I Run To?) Cast and credits Written by Lynne Reid Banks The L-Shaped Room Jane - Lynne Seymour Toby - John McAndrew John - Trevor Laird Father - Bill Wallis Doris - Nickie Rainsford Mavis - Marie Gordon Price James - Simon Armstrong Dr Maxwell - John Rowe Jane 2/Dottie - Rachel Atkins Boss - Dave Bond Dr Graham - Richard Mitchley Terry - Robert Bowman Addy - Shirley Dixon Dramatised by Juliet Ace Prioduced and directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 February-5 March 2004 The Backward Shadow Jane - Lynne Seymour Dottie - Rachel Atkins Toby - John McAndrew Henry - Simon Ludders Father/Ted - Don McCorkindale Billy Lee - Lesley Rooney Alan - Keiron Self Mrs Stephens - Manon Edwards Dora - Siriol Jenkins John - Trevor Laird Joanna - Nickie Rainsford Dramatised by Juliet Ace Prioduced and directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 16-27 May 2005 Who Shall I Run To? Read by Siân Phillips Produced by Emma Harding First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 14 August 2005 Lame Duck Cliff - Christopher Guard Anne - Anne Rosenfeld Lionel - Manning Wilson Jamie - Judy Bennett Terry - Delia Morgan Dan - Elizabeth Lindsay Jacky - Karen Archer Mr Brent, a publican - Bruce Beeby Mrs Brent - Jane Knowles Directed by David B Godfrey First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 January 1978 Bookclub: Lynne Reid Banks Presented by James Naughtie With Lynne Reid Banks and a live studio audience Produced by Dymphna Flynn First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 June 2010 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555106Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection Author: Lynne Reid Banks Narrator: John Mcandrew, Lynne Seymour,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection Author: Lynne Reid Banks Narrator: John Mcandrew, Lynne Seymour, Manning Wilson, Anne Rosenfeld, Sian Philips, Rachel Atkins, Full Cast, Bill Wallis, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A full-cast adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks' bestselling novel, plus sequel The Backward Shadow and more Award-winning author Lynne Reid Banks is perhaps best known for her classic children's book The Indian in the Cupboard. But it was her groundbreaking debut novel for adults, The L-Shaped Room, that made her name. First published in 1960, it was an instant success, and has been in print ever since. This collection contains both The L-Shaped Room and sequel The Backward Shadow, as well as two stories specially written for BBC radio and a bonus edition of Bookclub. The L-Shaped Room - Jane is young, middle-class, single - and pregnant. Thrown out by her parents, she rents a squalid bedsit, where she struggles to overcome both her own prejudices and those of 1950s society. Starring Lynne Seymour as Jane, with John McAndrew as Toby. The Backward Shadow - Living with her baby in a cottage inherited from her aunt, Jane's quiet life is shaken up by the arrival of her friend Dottie and the reappearance of Toby, the love of her life ... Lynne Seymour stars as Jane, with Rachel Atkins as Dottie. Who Shall I Run To? - Sally recalls how she and ex-husband Jeremy celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Paris. Read by Siân Phillips. Lame Duck - Anne and her artist husband Lionel have three boys, and little time for going out - so they decide to take in a lodger who might be prepared to babysit occasionally. Sadly, things do not work out as planned... Starring Anne Rosenfeld as Anne and Manning Wilson as Lionel. Bookclub: Lynne Reid Banks - Readers talk to the celebrated author about The L-Shaped Room, describing what it means to them and how it has changed their lives. Chaired by James Naughtie. Text copyright © Lynne Reid Banks 1960 (The L-Shaped Room), 1970 (The Backward Shadow), 1978 (Lame Duck), 2005 (Who Shall I Run To?) Cast and credits Written by Lynne Reid Banks The L-Shaped Room Jane - Lynne Seymour Toby - John McAndrew John - Trevor Laird Father - Bill Wallis Doris - Nickie Rainsford Mavis - Marie Gordon Price James - Simon Armstrong Dr Maxwell - John Rowe Jane 2/Dottie - Rachel Atkins Boss - Dave Bond Dr Graham - Richard Mitchley Terry - Robert Bowman Addy - Shirley Dixon Dramatised by Juliet Ace Prioduced and directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 February-5 March 2004 The Backward Shadow Jane - Lynne Seymour Dottie - Rachel Atkins Toby - John McAndrew Henry - Simon Ludders Father/Ted - Don McCorkindale Billy Lee - Lesley Rooney Alan - Keiron Self Mrs Stephens - Manon Edwards Dora - Siriol Jenkins John - Trevor Laird Joanna - Nickie Rainsford Dramatised by Juliet Ace Prioduced and directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 16-27 May 2005 Who Shall I Run To? Read by Siân Phillips Produced by Emma Harding First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 14 August 2005 Lame Duck Cliff - Christopher Guard Anne - Anne Rosenfeld Lionel - Manning Wilson Jamie - Judy Bennett Terry - Delia Morgan Dan - Elizabeth Lindsay Jacky - Karen Archer Mr Brent, a publican - Bruce Beeby Mrs Brent - Jane Knowles Directed by David B Godfrey First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 January 1978 Bookclub: Lynne Reid Banks Presented by James Naughtie With Lynne Reid Banks and a live studio audience Produced by Dymphna Flynn First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 June 2010 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-angel-tree-by-lucinda-riley--65269934https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Angel Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of the Seven Sisters series, The Angel Tree is Lucinda Riley's compelling mystery of family secrets and forgotten pasts on the sweeping pastures of south-east Wales. Read by the award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) 'Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written and utterly compelling' – Lancashire Evening Post Thirty years have passed since Greta left Marchmont Hall, a grand and beautiful house nestled in the hills of rural Monmouthshire. But, after a tragic accident, more than two decades of her life have disappeared from memory. When she returns to the Hall for Christmas, she has no recollection of her past there. Then, during a walk through the wintry landscape, she stumbles across a grave in the woods. Though the inscription is weathered, the headstone still tells her: a little boy is buried here. The discovery strikes a chord in Greta's mind, igniting a quest to recover her lost memories. A quest that will take her deeper into her own life, and that of her daughter . . . Praise for Lucinda Riley: 'A masterclass in beautiful writing' – The Sun 'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own 'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' – Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party A version of this story has previously been published under the title Not Quite an Angel, under the name Lucinda Edmonds – now extensively rewritten as The Angel Tree.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554781Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Angel Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Angel Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of the Seven Sisters series, The Angel Tree is Lucinda Riley's compelling mystery of family secrets and forgotten pasts on the sweeping pastures of south-east Wales. Read by the award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) 'Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written and utterly compelling' – Lancashire Evening Post Thirty years have passed since Greta left Marchmont Hall, a grand and beautiful house nestled in the hills of rural Monmouthshire. But, after a tragic accident, more than two decades of her life have disappeared from memory. When she returns to the Hall for Christmas, she has no recollection of her past there. Then, during a walk through the wintry landscape, she stumbles across a grave in the woods. Though the inscription is weathered, the headstone still tells her: a little boy is buried here. The discovery strikes a chord in Greta's mind, igniting a quest to recover her lost memories. A quest that will take her deeper into her own life, and that of her daughter . . . Praise for Lucinda Riley: 'A masterclass in beautiful writing' – The Sun 'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own 'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' – Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party A version of this story has previously been published under the title Not Quite an Angel, under the name Lucinda Edmonds – now extensively rewritten as The Angel Tree.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-gorda-no-es-un-insulto-by-luisa-verdee--65269859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 'Gorda' no es un insulto Author: Luisa Verdee Narrator: Andrea Higa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Novela que sigue la historia de una adolescente que comienza a descubrir las exigencias sociales sobre su nuevo cuerpo y se embarca en un viaje de body positive y amor propio. Querían que me odiara. ¿Por qué?, por ser gorda. Soy Ámbar, y este es el viaje desde que mi cuerpo empezó a cambiar en la adolescencia. Te cuento mis momentos más difíciles, los más felices, en los que dudé sobre mi identidad; pero también el momento en el que descubrí los caminos del body positive y el amor propio. Mi familia, amigos, y hasta los vendedores del centro comercial, me empujaban a odiar mi cuerpo por ser 'voluptuosa', pero me resistí, me cuestioné y me propuse vivir gorda, intensa y feliz… aunque lo último me ha sido más difícil. Lo importante es que entendí que 'gorda' no es insulto, sino una palabra más del diccionario.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562298Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 'Gorda' no es un insulto Author: Luisa Verdee Narrator: Andrea Higa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 'Gorda' no es un insulto Author: Luisa Verdee Narrator: Andrea Higa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: December 9, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Novela que sigue la historia de una adolescente que comienza a descubrir las exigencias sociales sobre su nuevo cuerpo y se embarca en un viaje de body positive y amor propio. Querían que me odiara. ¿Por qué?, por ser gorda. Soy Ámbar, y este es el viaje desde que mi cuerpo empezó a cambiar en la adolescencia. Te cuento mis momentos más difíciles, los más felices, en los que dudé sobre mi identidad; pero también el momento en el que descubrí los caminos del body positive y el amor propio. Mi familia, amigos, y hasta los vendedores del centro comercial, me empujaban a odiar mi cuerpo por ser 'voluptuosa', pero me resistí, me cuestioné y me propuse vivir gorda, intensa y feliz… aunque lo último me ha sido más difícil. Lo importante es que entendí que 'gorda' no es insulto, sino una palabra más del diccionario.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-permafrost-by-eva-baltasar--65269894https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Permafrost Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Carla López Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Permafrost es el sorprendente debut de Eva Baltasar, una historia contundente, íntima y carnal de una protagonista con pulsiones suicidas que se protege del exterior pero se entrega con intensidad al sexo con otras mujeres, la literatura y el arte. El permafrost es esa capa de la tierra permanentemente congelada y es también la membrana que cubre a la protagonista de esta novela. Escrita en primera persona, nos presenta a una mujer en etapa de formación que se protege del exterior, que percibe la superficialidad en todo cuanto la rodea y huye de un entorno que nada tiene que ver con su manera de entender la vida: una madre obsesionada con la salud, omnipresente y controladora, y una hermana que afronta su existencia convencional con medicación y un positivismo irritante. La protagonista, que siente pulsiones suicidas, no permite que nadie se le acerque demasiado, pero al mismo tiempo se entrega con intensidad al sexo con otras mujeres, la literatura y el arte. El pulso entre el hedonismo, los placeres más carnales y la muerte es constante en esta novela, así como el tono mordaz de una protagonista que nos gana con su inteligencia y su humor negrísimo desde la primera página. Repleto de imágenes poéticas, contundentes y muy físicas, este carácter tan palpable del texto no es gratuito en una novela que nos habla del cuerpo, del sexo, del yo; una obra aguda y directa que reivindica la libertad femenina en el placer y en la soledad. Eva Baltasar inicia con Permafrost un tríptico de protagonistas femeninas que quiere explorar distintas etapas en la vida de las mujeres. La crítica ha dicho... «Un libro de muchos voltios sobre el yo, el cuerpo, el sexo y la familia, uno de los libros del año. Su fuerza poética, imágenes bestias, la manera tan bien dicha de decirlo fuerte [...] Describe como no pensabas que pudiera hacerse.» La Vanguardia «La suya [la de la protagonista de Permafrost] es una subjetividad poética que mira el mundo y descubre que todo eso que nos contiene puede mirarse por primera vez, que todo eso puede decirse por primera vez.» El Diario «Aborda un tema tan necesario y urgente como es la libertad para vivir la sexualidad femenina en una época de crisis económica. También ahonda en las relaciones familiares, la enfermedad mental y la escritura poética. La protagonista siente pulsiones suicidas, desvela sus pensamientos sobre temas como el lesbianismo, el sexo y la no maternidad [...] seguro que nadie queda indiferente.» The Objective «Una narración bernhardiana y voraz del monólogo interior de una mujer ajena a todo y a todos, extranjera incluso en su propio cuerpo. Pulsiones suicidas, sexo lésbico y arte en un cóctel a piel (fría) y descubierta.» Jorge Morla, El País Semanal «El potente lirismo de una poeta como Eva Baltasar es empleado aquí con fuerza e inteligencia, con el objetivo de expresar esa colisión entre dos mundos: el del fuego que crepita dentro y el del hielo que cubre la superficie de lo que vive ahí fuera.» Zenda Libros «El año pasado arrasó en catalán con su primera novela -es una poeta de larga trayectoria- y este ha empezado a hacerlo en castellano. ¿Sus méritos? Una mezcla explosiva de misantropía y sexo que maneja los sentimientos como material radiactivo, es decir, como algo que nos mata y que nos ilumina.» Javier Rodríguez Marcos, El País «Emerge el lenguaje poético que tanto domina, fluye como un monólogo en voz alta.» El Periódico «Valiente y arriesgada.» El País «Íntimo, bello, irónico y sorprendente.» Núvol «Una escritura ágil y electrizante y una mirada personal cruda y lúcida. Convence.» Diari ARA]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557860Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Permafrost Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Carla López Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Permafrost Author: Eva Baltasar Narrator: Carla López Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 13 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Permafrost es el sorprendente debut de Eva Baltasar, una historia contundente, íntima y carnal de una protagonista con pulsiones suicidas que se protege del exterior pero se entrega con intensidad al sexo con otras mujeres, la literatura y el arte. El permafrost es esa capa de la tierra permanentemente congelada y es también la membrana que cubre a la protagonista de esta novela. Escrita en primera persona, nos presenta a una mujer en etapa de formación que se protege del exterior, que percibe la superficialidad en todo cuanto la rodea y huye de un entorno que nada tiene que ver con su manera de entender la vida: una madre obsesionada con la salud, omnipresente y controladora, y una hermana que afronta su existencia convencional con medicación y un positivismo irritante. La protagonista, que siente pulsiones suicidas, no permite que nadie se le acerque demasiado, pero al mismo tiempo se entrega con intensidad al sexo con otras mujeres, la literatura y el arte. El pulso entre el hedonismo, los placeres más carnales y la muerte es constante en esta novela, así como el tono mordaz de una protagonista que nos gana con su inteligencia y su humor negrísimo desde la primera página. Repleto de imágenes poéticas, contundentes y muy físicas, este carácter tan palpable del texto no es gratuito en una novela que nos habla del cuerpo, del sexo, del yo; una obra aguda y directa que reivindica la libertad femenina en el placer y en la soledad. Eva Baltasar inicia con Permafrost un tríptico de protagonistas femeninas que quiere explorar distintas etapas en la vida de las mujeres. La crítica ha dicho... «Un libro de muchos voltios sobre el yo, el cuerpo, el sexo y la familia, uno de los libros del año. Su fuerza poética, imágenes bestias, la manera tan bien dicha de decirlo fuerte [...] Describe como no pensabas que pudiera hacerse.» La Vanguardia «La suya [la de la protagonista de Permafrost] es una subjetividad poética que mira el mundo y descubre que todo eso que nos contiene puede mirarse por primera vez, que todo eso puede decirse por primera vez.» El Diario «Aborda un tema tan necesario y urgente como es la libertad para vivir la sexualidad femenina en una época de crisis económica. También ahonda en las relaciones familiares, la enfermedad mental y la escritura poética. La protagonista siente pulsiones suicidas, desvela sus pensamientos sobre temas como el lesbianismo, el sexo y la no maternidad [...] seguro que nadie queda indiferente.» The Objective «Una narración bernhardiana y voraz del monólogo interior de una mujer ajena a todo y a todos, extranjera incluso en su propio cuerpo. Pulsiones suicidas, sexo lésbico y arte en un cóctel a piel (fría) y descubierta.» Jorge Morla, El País Semanal «El potente lirismo de una poeta como Eva Baltasar es empleado aquí con fuerza e inteligencia, con el objetivo de expresar esa colisión entre dos mundos: el del fuego que crepita dentro y el del hielo que cubre la superficie de lo que vive ahí fuera.» Zenda Libros «El año pasado arrasó en catalán con su primera novela -es una poeta de larga trayectoria- y este ha empezado a hacerlo en castellano. ¿Sus méritos? Una mezcla explosiva de misantropía y sexo que maneja los sentimientos como material radiactivo, es decir, como algo que nos mata y que nos ilumina.» Javier Rodríguez Marcos, El País «Emerge el lenguaje poético que tanto domina, fluye como un monólogo en voz alta.» El Periódico «Valiente y arriesgada.» El País «Íntimo, bello, irónico y sorprendente.» Núvol «Una escritura ágil y electrizante y una mirada personal cruda y...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-monstruos-marinos-by-chloe-aridjis--65269878https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Monstruos marinos Author: Chloë Aridjis Narrator: Yuliana Díaz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Un trabajo abrasador e hipnótico; sorprendente historia de encantamiento y desilusión.' -Laura Esquivel, autora del bestseller Como agua para chocolate «Aridjis es muy hábil al conjurar ese embeleso adolescente que captura el significado debajo de cada superficie. Como la escritura de Sebald o Cusk, la suya ronda sus propias omisiones... La imagen del naufragio se avecina amenazante para Aridjis; se convierte en una lente muy útil para ver este libro autónomo, inescrutable y extrañamente cautivador como un objeto rescatado que quiere volver al mar.» -Katy Waldman, The New Yorker Una tarde de otoño en la Ciudad de México, Luisa, de diecisiete años, no regresa a casa. En su lugar, aborda un camión a la costa del Pacífico con Tomás, un muchacho al que apenas conoce. Él parece representar todo lo que le falta a su vida: temeridad, impulso e independencia. Y Tomás también puede ayudarla a satisfacer una extraña obsesión: encontrar a la compañía de enanos ucranianos. Según los reportes del periódico, los enanos escaparon recientemente de un circo soviético durante una gira por México. Los imaginados destinos de estos artistas circenses llenan los surrealistas sueños de Luisa cuando se instala en una comunidad playera de Oaxaca. Rodeada de hippies, nudistas, buscadores de tesoros y excéntricos contadores de historias, ella busca a alguien, a quien sea, que le prometa 'sin importar nada, seguirá siendo un misterio'. Todo esto es una misión más fácil de imaginar que de lograr. Mientras pasea por la orilla del mar y visita el bar local, Luisa comienza a desaparecer peligrosamente de las vidas de los desconocidos de Zipolite, la Playa de los muertos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559217Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Monstruos marinos Author: Chloë Aridjis Narrator: Yuliana Díaz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Monstruos marinos Author: Chloë Aridjis Narrator: Yuliana Díaz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Un trabajo abrasador e hipnótico; sorprendente historia de encantamiento y desilusión.' -Laura Esquivel, autora del bestseller Como agua para chocolate «Aridjis es muy hábil al conjurar ese embeleso adolescente que captura el significado debajo de cada superficie. Como la escritura de Sebald o Cusk, la suya ronda sus propias omisiones... La imagen del naufragio se avecina amenazante para Aridjis; se convierte en una lente muy útil para ver este libro autónomo, inescrutable y extrañamente cautivador como un objeto rescatado que quiere volver al mar.» -Katy Waldman, The New Yorker Una tarde de otoño en la Ciudad de México, Luisa, de diecisiete años, no regresa a casa. En su lugar, aborda un camión a la costa del Pacífico con Tomás, un muchacho al que apenas conoce. Él parece representar todo lo que le falta a su vida: temeridad, impulso e independencia. Y Tomás también puede ayudarla a satisfacer una extraña obsesión: encontrar a la compañía de enanos ucranianos. Según los reportes del periódico, los enanos escaparon recientemente de un circo soviético durante una gira por México. Los imaginados destinos de estos artistas circenses llenan los surrealistas sueños de Luisa cuando se instala en una comunidad playera de Oaxaca. Rodeada de hippies, nudistas, buscadores de tesoros y excéntricos contadores de historias, ella busca a alguien, a quien sea, que le prometa 'sin importar nada, seguirá siendo un misterio'. Todo esto es una misión más fácil de imaginar que de lograr. Mientras pasea por la orilla del mar y visita el bar local, Luisa comienza a desaparecer peligrosamente de las vidas de los desconocidos de Zipolite, la Playa de los muertos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-janitor-s-wife-a-psychological-suspense-thriller-full-of-twists-by-l-g-davis--65269885https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Janitor's Wife: A psychological suspense thriller full of twists Author: L.G. Davis Narrator: Tara Novie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A local schoolgirl is murdered. Her husband is behind bars. Did he do it?A year ago, after the devastating loss of their unborn child, Viola and Alex Watson leave Denver and start over in a tranquil town in Tennessee. Viola is pregnant again, but her new life is about to collapse around her. Alex is arrested for the murder of an Aston High schoolgirl who went missing three months ago.   Viola refuses to believe her husband is a murderer. Eventually, the truth will unmask the real killer, and Alex will come back home. But things are not always what they seem. In her search for answers, Viola finds out the hard way that sometimes the truth can only be found in dark places. And once it’s out in the open, it has the power to expose the best-kept secrets and to punish both the innocent and the guilty.  The twists and turns in this gripping psychological suspense will leave you breathless. What readers are saying about The Janitor's Wife."Secrets, lies and betrayal are waiting to be exposed and revealed with each page turned. The suspense is nail-biting. And the twists and turns left me flabbergasted." Hanan “This book kept me hooked trying to figure out who to trust and who was telling the truth and who lies. It kept me guessing right up till the end.” Charlie WLTB Blog "This is a brilliant read. Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start. Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable. Great suspense and action with wonderful world building.." Billie "What another spectacularly written psychological thriller with only the masterful twists, plots and surprises that LG Davis can construe! As usual Davis has another gripping blockbuster on her hands!" Lissa Wells]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560394Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Janitor's Wife: A psychological suspense thriller full of twists Author: L.G. Davis Narrator: Tara Novie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Janitor's Wife: A psychological suspense thriller full of twists Author: L.G. Davis Narrator: Tara Novie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A local schoolgirl is murdered. Her husband is behind bars. Did he do it?A year ago, after the devastating loss of their unborn child, Viola and Alex Watson leave Denver and start over in a tranquil town in Tennessee. Viola is pregnant again, but her new life is about to collapse around her. Alex is arrested for the murder of an Aston High schoolgirl who went missing three months ago.   Viola refuses to believe her husband is a murderer. Eventually, the truth will unmask the real killer, and Alex will come back home. But things are not always what they seem. In her search for answers, Viola finds out the hard way that sometimes the truth can only be found in dark places. And once it’s out in the open, it has the power to expose the best-kept secrets and to punish both the innocent and the guilty.  The twists and turns in this gripping psychological suspense will leave you breathless. What readers are saying about The Janitor's Wife."Secrets, lies and betrayal are waiting to be exposed and revealed with each page turned. The suspense is nail-biting. And the twists and turns left me flabbergasted." Hanan “This book kept me hooked trying to figure out who to trust and who was telling the truth and who lies. It kept me guessing right up till the end.” Charlie WLTB Blog "This is a brilliant read. Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start. Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable. Great suspense and action with wonderful world building.." Billie "What another spectacularly written psychological thriller with only the masterful twists, plots and surprises that LG Davis can construe! As usual Davis has another gripping blockbuster on her hands!" Lissa Wells]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-algo-alrededor-de-tu-cuello-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie--65269942https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo alrededor de tu cuello Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora ganadora del prestigioso premio Orange con su novela Medio sol amarillo, vuelve al territorio de la ficción con este volumen de cuentos, un libro que revela una voz madura crecida en la realidad de un país como Nigeria. Conmovedores y profundos, estos relatos cuentan historias humanamente cercanas y geográficamente remotas: historias de mujeres que sufren lejos de su país de origen, historias de emigrantes que se encuentran a sí mismos en América, la tierra prometida. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora nigeriana, sabe hablar de África alejándose de los titulares manidos sobre ese continente, pero sin dejar de lado la historia de su país. Es una escritora interesada en cómo los asuntos públicos afectan a los individuos, interesada en analizar desde la ficción el choque entre la modernidad y la tradición, las expectativas familiares y los sueños de las nuevas generaciones. Reseñas: «Escuchar los relatos de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie es un verdadero placer; la autora pertenece al reducido grupo de jóvenes escritores cuyo talento y sabiduría les separa de su propia generación debido a su gran madurez narrativa.» Yiyun Li «Algo alrededor de tu cuello, nominada al nominada al premio de relato Frank O'Connor International y al John Llewellyn Rhys, es un libro memorable.» The New York Times «Algo alrededor de tu cuello es una lectura perfecta para los tiempos que corren.» Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556463Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo alrededor de tu cuello Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo alrededor de tu cuello Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora ganadora del prestigioso premio Orange con su novela Medio sol amarillo, vuelve al territorio de la ficción con este volumen de cuentos, un libro que revela una voz madura crecida en la realidad de un país como Nigeria. Conmovedores y profundos, estos relatos cuentan historias humanamente cercanas y geográficamente remotas: historias de mujeres que sufren lejos de su país de origen, historias de emigrantes que se encuentran a sí mismos en América, la tierra prometida. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora nigeriana, sabe hablar de África alejándose de los titulares manidos sobre ese continente, pero sin dejar de lado la historia de su país. Es una escritora interesada en cómo los asuntos públicos afectan a los individuos, interesada en analizar desde la ficción el choque entre la modernidad y la tradición, las expectativas familiares y los sueños de las nuevas generaciones. Reseñas: «Escuchar los relatos de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie es un verdadero placer; la autora pertenece al reducido grupo de jóvenes escritores cuyo talento y sabiduría les separa de su propia generación debido a su gran madurez narrativa.» Yiyun Li «Algo alrededor de tu cuello, nominada al nominada al premio de relato Frank O'Connor International y al John Llewellyn Rhys, es un libro memorable.» The New York Times «Algo alrededor de tu cuello es una lectura perfecta para los tiempos que corren.» Publishers Weekly]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-ano-de-los-delfines-by-sarah-lark--65269906https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año de los delfines Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La nueva novela de la exitosa autora de En el país de la nube blanca. Para ser fiel a ti misma y cumplir tus sueños, a veces es necesario romper con todo aquello que has sido y emprender un largo viaje y convertir en realidad la pasión de toda una vida. La nueva novela de la exitosa escritora Sarah Lark que nos relata la gran aventura vital de Laura, una madre de familia todavía joven, que quiere cumplir su sueño de convertirse en bióloga marina y para ello, no duda en embarcarse en un apasionante viaje desde Alemania hasta el país de la nube blanca para trabajar como guía en una empresa turística especializada en cruceros para atisbar ballenas y delfines.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557632Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año de los delfines Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año de los delfines Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: La nueva novela de la exitosa autora de En el país de la nube blanca. Para ser fiel a ti misma y cumplir tus sueños, a veces es necesario romper con todo aquello que has sido y emprender un largo viaje y convertir en realidad la pasión de toda una vida. La nueva novela de la exitosa escritora Sarah Lark que nos relata la gran aventura vital de Laura, una madre de familia todavía joven, que quiere cumplir su sueño de convertirse en bióloga marina y para ello, no duda en embarcarse en un apasionante viaje desde Alemania hasta el país de la nube blanca para trabajar como guía en una empresa turística especializada en cruceros para atisbar ballenas y delfines.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-medio-sol-amarillo-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie--65269891https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Medio sol amarillo Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Diana ángel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of Winners 25 aniversario del Women's Prize for Fiction Medio sol amarillo es una novela épica y magistral, que cuestiona el colonialismo, las alianzas étnicas y la responsabilidad moral de un conflicto, el de Nigeria, apoyado por las potencias mundiales. Medio sol amarillo recrea un período de la historia contemporánea de África: la lucha de Biafra por conseguir una república independiente de Nigeria, y la consecuente guerra civil que segó la vida de miles de personas. Con gran empatía y la naturalidad de una narradora comprometida, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recrea la vida de tres personajes atrapados en las turbulencias de la década: el joven Ugwu, empleado de la casa de un profesor universitario de ideas revolucionarias; Olanna, la hermosa mujer del profesor, que por amor ha abandonado su privilegiada vida en Lagos para residir en una polvorienta ciudad, y Richard, un joven y tímido inglés que está enamorado de la hermana de Olanna, una mujer misteriosa que renuncia a comprometerse con nadie. A medida que las tropas nigerianas avanzan, los protagonistas de esta historia deben defender sus creencias y reafirmar sus lealtades. Reseñas: «Una novela extraordinaria.» J.M. Coetzee «Una novela importante, con muchos logros a nivel estilístico y una maestría indiscutible a la hora de recrear una guerra. Es una lección de historia en forma de novela, evocativa y absorbente.» Publishers Weekly «Adichie dota a sus personajes de vida y de profundidad en el marco de una guerra cruel. En manos de una escritora de esta talla, se convierte en una lección de historia inolvidable.» The Arizona Republic «Medio sol amarillo es la segunda novela de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, escritora que todavía no tiene treinta años y promete ser una de las grandes. Es difícil resumir todos sus logros en pocas palabras; la prosa es admirable, con una capacidad decimonónica de recrear una historia en todo su esplendor, con inteligencia para manejar el tema de la guerra y el amor sin que la novela se descomponga ni en una sola página. Lo que hace esta escritora es literatura clásica, en el mejor de los sentidos.» Will Blythe, Elle]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558630Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Medio sol amarillo Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Diana ángel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Medio sol amarillo Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Diana ángel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of Winners 25 aniversario del Women's Prize for Fiction Medio sol amarillo es una novela épica y magistral, que cuestiona el colonialismo, las alianzas étnicas y la responsabilidad moral de un conflicto, el de Nigeria, apoyado por las potencias mundiales. Medio sol amarillo recrea un período de la historia contemporánea de África: la lucha de Biafra por conseguir una república independiente de Nigeria, y la consecuente guerra civil que segó la vida de miles de personas. Con gran empatía y la naturalidad de una narradora comprometida, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recrea la vida de tres personajes atrapados en las turbulencias de la década: el joven Ugwu, empleado de la casa de un profesor universitario de ideas revolucionarias; Olanna, la hermosa mujer del profesor, que por amor ha abandonado su privilegiada vida en Lagos para residir en una polvorienta ciudad, y Richard, un joven y tímido inglés que está enamorado de la hermana de Olanna, una mujer misteriosa que renuncia a comprometerse con nadie. A medida que las tropas nigerianas avanzan, los protagonistas de esta historia deben defender sus creencias y reafirmar sus lealtades. Reseñas: «Una novela extraordinaria.» J.M. Coetzee «Una novela importante, con muchos logros a nivel estilístico y una maestría indiscutible a la hora de recrear una guerra. Es una lección de historia en forma de novela, evocativa y absorbente.» Publishers Weekly «Adichie dota a sus personajes de vida y de profundidad en el marco de una guerra cruel. En manos de una escritora de esta talla, se convierte en una lección de historia inolvidable.» The Arizona Republic «Medio sol amarillo es la segunda novela de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, escritora que todavía no tiene treinta años y promete ser una de las grandes. Es difícil resumir todos sus logros en pocas palabras; la prosa es admirable, con una capacidad decimonónica de recrear una historia en todo su esplendor, con inteligencia para manejar el tema de la guerra y el amor sin que la novela se descomponga ni en una sola página. Lo que hace esta escritora es literatura clásica, en el mejor de los sentidos.» Will Blythe, Elle]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-objeto-de-amor-by-edna-o-brien--65269986https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Objeto de amor Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Estos extraordinarios relatos de Edna O'Brien, publicados por primera vez en castellano en una edición a cargo de Marta Orriols, son una muestra brillante de la capacidad de su autora para manejar tramas y para manipular cada palabra con el detalle de una artesana y la delicadeza de una amante. Uno de los 40 libros imprescindibles escritos por mujeres según Elena Ferrante «El amor es como la naturaleza, pero al revés: primero vienen los frutos, luego las flores; al cabo de un tiempo parece marchitarse y finalmente cala hondo, tan hondo que nadie lo ve, y a menudo morimos con ese amor secreto escondido dentro de nosotros.» Edna O'Brien John Banville habla de ella como la maestra de la fragilidad, Philip Roth nos recuerda su precisión casi cruel a la hora de diseccionar sentimientos. Y los dos aciertan. Las mujeres retratadas en estos cuentos tienen el descaro de pedirle al amor mucho más de lo que sería razonable; sin embargo saben recoger con soltura lo que queda de los platos rotos en el suelo de una cocina, y siguen adelante con toda la energía que Edna O´Brien ha puesto en sus palabras y sus gestos. Pocas veces las vemos resignarse a un matrimonio largo, donde los días se parecen unos a otros, a menudo las vemos huyendo de casas, colegios y conventos, pero en su desesperación por una vida más libre sacuden al lector y le interpelan. Es así como la gran autora irlandesa ha creado un mundo donde todo es conocido pero nada se repite, porque bastan un verbo o un adjetivo para que el mundo sea otro. Críticas: «Edna O'Brien escribe las historias más bellas. Ningún escritor o escritora puede compararse a ella, en ningún lugar.» Alice Munro «Edna O'Brien es la escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.» Philip Roth «Las novelas de Edna O'Brien son absolutamente memorables porque su genialidad procede del dolor mismo de la memoria.» John Berger «Edna vive, escribe, piensa, provoca, se atreve, se emociona y crece más que cualquiera que conozca -más que cualquier otro escritor, eso seguro.» Richard Ford «Admiro la inquietud de Edna O'Brien, su valentía y su gran ambición, pero, por encima de todo, me encanta el tono íntimo de sus novelas e historias, la sensación de corrientes y susurros, su interés por los matices. Utiliza el lenguaje sonoramente, la complejidad de su dicción coincide con lo que busca explorar en el carácter, en la percepción y en el acto mismo de experimentar el mundo.» Colm Tóibín «Un tesoro de potencia, inteligencia e ironía.» The New York Times Book Review «Está tan bien escrito que no te decepcionará, busques lo que busques.» Literary Review «Edna O'Brien es, simplemente, una de las mejores escritoras de nuestro tiempo.» John Banville «La literatura de Edna O'Brien está atravesada por una forma piadosa de rencor. [...] O'Brien cierra heridas, pero no hiere.» Ricardo Martínez Llorca, Revista de Letras «Más relatos sobre la mujer. Dolorosos. Con Irlanda como telón de fondo y el catolicismo intolerante de una época ya pasada. Duelen.» El Diario Vasco Sobre la autora: «La mayoría de los escritores nonagenarios, o bien han escrito ya su última novela, o están asentados en una forma y un tono que resultan reconocibles. No es el caso de Edna O'Brien.» Alec Russell, Financial Times «Edna O'Brien mueve montañas tanto líricas como políticas a través de su escritura.» Jurado del premio David Cohen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555833Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Objeto de amor Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Objeto de amor Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Estos extraordinarios relatos de Edna O'Brien, publicados por primera vez en castellano en una edición a cargo de Marta Orriols, son una muestra brillante de la capacidad de su autora para manejar tramas y para manipular cada palabra con el detalle de una artesana y la delicadeza de una amante. Uno de los 40 libros imprescindibles escritos por mujeres según Elena Ferrante «El amor es como la naturaleza, pero al revés: primero vienen los frutos, luego las flores; al cabo de un tiempo parece marchitarse y finalmente cala hondo, tan hondo que nadie lo ve, y a menudo morimos con ese amor secreto escondido dentro de nosotros.» Edna O'Brien John Banville habla de ella como la maestra de la fragilidad, Philip Roth nos recuerda su precisión casi cruel a la hora de diseccionar sentimientos. Y los dos aciertan. Las mujeres retratadas en estos cuentos tienen el descaro de pedirle al amor mucho más de lo que sería razonable; sin embargo saben recoger con soltura lo que queda de los platos rotos en el suelo de una cocina, y siguen adelante con toda la energía que Edna O´Brien ha puesto en sus palabras y sus gestos. Pocas veces las vemos resignarse a un matrimonio largo, donde los días se parecen unos a otros, a menudo las vemos huyendo de casas, colegios y conventos, pero en su desesperación por una vida más libre sacuden al lector y le interpelan. Es así como la gran autora irlandesa ha creado un mundo donde todo es conocido pero nada se repite, porque bastan un verbo o un adjetivo para que el mundo sea otro. Críticas: «Edna O'Brien escribe las historias más bellas. Ningún escritor o escritora puede compararse a ella, en ningún lugar.» Alice Munro «Edna O'Brien es la escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.» Philip Roth «Las novelas de Edna O'Brien son absolutamente memorables porque su genialidad procede del dolor mismo de la memoria.» John Berger «Edna vive, escribe, piensa, provoca, se atreve, se emociona y crece más que cualquiera que conozca -más que cualquier otro escritor, eso seguro.» Richard Ford «Admiro la inquietud de Edna O'Brien, su valentía y su gran ambición, pero, por encima de todo, me encanta el tono íntimo de sus novelas e historias, la sensación de corrientes y susurros, su interés por los matices. Utiliza el lenguaje sonoramente, la complejidad de su dicción coincide con lo que busca explorar en el carácter, en la percepción y en el acto mismo de experimentar el mundo.» Colm Tóibín «Un tesoro de potencia, inteligencia e ironía.» The New York Times Book Review «Está tan bien escrito que no te decepcionará, busques lo que busques.» Literary Review «Edna O'Brien es, simplemente, una de las mejores escritoras de nuestro tiempo.» John Banville «La literatura de Edna O'Brien está atravesada por una forma piadosa de rencor. [...] O'Brien cierra heridas, pero no hiere.» Ricardo Martínez Llorca, Revista de Letras «Más relatos sobre la mujer. Dolorosos. Con Irlanda como telón de fondo y el catolicismo intolerante de una época ya pasada. Duelen.» El Diario Vasco Sobre la autora: «La mayoría de los escritores nonagenarios, o bien han escrito ya su última novela, o están asentados en una forma y un tono que resultan reconocibles. No es el caso de Edna O'Brien.» Alec Russell, Financial Times «Edna O'Brien mueve montañas tanto líricas como políticas a través de su escritura.» Jurado del premio David Cohen]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-chica-by-edna-o-brien--65269962https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La chica Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: UN ACONTECIMIENTO LITERARIO La última novela de la autora de Las chicas de campo, ganadora del premio Especial Femina Extranjero 2019 y el premio David Cohen 2019 por el conjunto de su obra: su novela más ambiciosa, comprometida y estremecedora. «Un libro valiente sobre un espíritu valiente.» J. M. Coetzee «La escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.» Philip Roth «Tiempo atrás fui una niña, pero ya no». Así empieza la nueva y sorprendente novela de Edna O'Brien, quien con más de ochenta años ha encontrado la fuerza y la valentía para viajar a Nigeria y entrevistar a varias de las niñas que fueron víctimas de Boko Haram. Su estremecedor testimonio ha inspirado esta novela al tiempo desgarradora y luminosa: la historia de Maryam, que es secuestrada junto con sus compañeras del colegio, encarcelada, violada y obligada a casarse con un desconocido; que debe huir con su bebé y su amiga hasta llegar fi nalmente a reencontrarse con su madre en la aldea, donde la esperan nuevas desventuras aún más sinuosas. O'Brien nos lleva sin aliento por cada página: ansiamos, sufrimos y nos conmovemos con su heroína, y la prosa es deslumbrante e hipnótica como esa luna que mira Maryam desde su celda, símbolo de la esperanza y la redención a pesar de todo. Pues esta es una historia de superación, de amor, amistad y solidaridad, en la que de un modo u otro podemos ver refl ejadas nuestras propias luchas. La crítica ha dicho: «Una novela dura, escrita casi a latigazos y [...] difícil que conviene leer.» Lourdes Pérez (directora El Diario Vasco) «La mayoría de los buenos escritores prefieren ser considerados no por lo que son sino por lo que escriben. La chica, el asombroso tour de force que O'Brien escribió con ochenta y tantos años, es un salto audaz e imaginativo [...] y una experiencia que te transporta lejos, profundamente empática e iluminadora. ¡Léanla! [...] Es una pura maravilla.» Richard Ford «Sería una ofensa para O'Brien reducir la literatura a un mensaje. La chica es un ejemplo perfecto de lo que debería ser la ficción: un acto de imaginación empática.» Charles Taylor, LA Review of Books «Una nueva novela tan sólida como la carrera dorada de esta enorme autora irlandesa. [...] Con su pluma madura, precisa, hondamente literaria, limpia de sobras y adornos, O'Brien logra introducirnos en el infierno moral con un, sin embargo, suave cartel de bienvenida.» Berna González Harbour, Zenda «Una novela con grandes dosis de dureza, pero imprescindible y, sobre todo, con una mirada repleta de esperanza.» Harper's Bazaar «O'Brien logra inyectar suaves dosis de humanidad con una calidad literaria a prueba de terrorismo.» Berna González Harbour, El País «Un relato estremecedor. [...] Una aventura de amor y solidaridad, de una lucha permanente que busca otorgarle un sentido a la experiencia que les toca vivir.» Diego Gándara, La Razón «La habilidad de O'Brien para habitar mentes de sus personajes y elaborar frases virtuosas hace de esta una lectura inmensamente dolorosa. [...] Es la persona ideal para contarnos esta verdad desgarradora.» Francine Prose, The New York Times «No hay autocompasión en la escritura de O'Brien, solo la secuencia de hechos. Así, sus historias tienen el poder universal propio del mito». Florence Noiville, Le Monde]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556461Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La chica Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La chica Author: Edna O'Brien Narrator: Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: UN ACONTECIMIENTO LITERARIO La última novela de la autora de Las chicas de campo, ganadora del premio Especial Femina Extranjero 2019 y el premio David Cohen 2019 por el conjunto de su obra: su novela más ambiciosa, comprometida y estremecedora. «Un libro valiente sobre un espíritu valiente.» J. M. Coetzee «La escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.» Philip Roth «Tiempo atrás fui una niña, pero ya no». Así empieza la nueva y sorprendente novela de Edna O'Brien, quien con más de ochenta años ha encontrado la fuerza y la valentía para viajar a Nigeria y entrevistar a varias de las niñas que fueron víctimas de Boko Haram. Su estremecedor testimonio ha inspirado esta novela al tiempo desgarradora y luminosa: la historia de Maryam, que es secuestrada junto con sus compañeras del colegio, encarcelada, violada y obligada a casarse con un desconocido; que debe huir con su bebé y su amiga hasta llegar fi nalmente a reencontrarse con su madre en la aldea, donde la esperan nuevas desventuras aún más sinuosas. O'Brien nos lleva sin aliento por cada página: ansiamos, sufrimos y nos conmovemos con su heroína, y la prosa es deslumbrante e hipnótica como esa luna que mira Maryam desde su celda, símbolo de la esperanza y la redención a pesar de todo. Pues esta es una historia de superación, de amor, amistad y solidaridad, en la que de un modo u otro podemos ver refl ejadas nuestras propias luchas. La crítica ha dicho: «Una novela dura, escrita casi a latigazos y [...] difícil que conviene leer.» Lourdes Pérez (directora El Diario Vasco) «La mayoría de los buenos escritores prefieren ser considerados no por lo que son sino por lo que escriben. La chica, el asombroso tour de force que O'Brien escribió con ochenta y tantos años, es un salto audaz e imaginativo [...] y una experiencia que te transporta lejos, profundamente empática e iluminadora. ¡Léanla! [...] Es una pura maravilla.» Richard Ford «Sería una ofensa para O'Brien reducir la literatura a un mensaje. La chica es un ejemplo perfecto de lo que debería ser la ficción: un acto de imaginación empática.» Charles Taylor, LA Review of Books «Una nueva novela tan sólida como la carrera dorada de esta enorme autora irlandesa. [...] Con su pluma madura, precisa, hondamente literaria, limpia de sobras y adornos, O'Brien logra introducirnos en el infierno moral con un, sin embargo, suave cartel de bienvenida.» Berna González Harbour, Zenda «Una novela con grandes dosis de dureza, pero imprescindible y, sobre todo, con una mirada repleta de esperanza.» Harper's Bazaar «O'Brien logra inyectar suaves dosis de humanidad con una calidad literaria a prueba de terrorismo.» Berna González Harbour, El País «Un relato estremecedor. [...] Una aventura de amor y solidaridad, de una lucha permanente que busca otorgarle un sentido a la experiencia que les toca vivir.» Diego Gándara, La Razón «La habilidad de O'Brien para habitar mentes de sus personajes y elaborar frases virtuosas hace de esta una lectura inmensamente dolorosa. [...] Es la persona ideal para contarnos esta verdad desgarradora.» Francine Prose, The New York Times «No hay autocompasión en la escritura de O'Brien, solo la secuencia de hechos. Así, sus historias tienen el poder universal propio del mito». Florence Noiville, Le Monde]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-astrological-guide-for-broken-hearts-a-novel-by-silvia-zucca--65269976https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: A Novel Author: Silvia Zucca Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Frustrated at the path her life has taken, Alice decides to take control of her personal life using astrology as her guide in this quirky, steamy, and hilarious romantic comedy. Alice Bassi is (a little) over thirty, single (not by choice), and she can’t help but feel that she is failing at this whole adulthood thing. She’s stuck in a dead-end job, just found out her ex-boyfriend is engaged to his pregnant girlfriend, and Richard Gere hasn’t shown up with flowers and a limo to save her from it all. On one particularly disastrous morning—when Alice would much rather have stayed home, curled up with her favorite rom-coms—she meets Davide Nardi. Handsome yet indecipherable, Davide would be the leading man of Alice’s dreams—if only he weren’t the “hatchet man” brought in to help streamline production and personnel at the small television network she works for. In the midst of all this, Alice runs into Tio—an actor and astrology expert who is convinced he can turn her life around with a little help from the stars. Skeptical but willing, Alice decides to take Tio’s advice and only date men whose Zodiac signs are compatible with hers. Unfortunately, it turns out that astrological affinity doesn’t always guarantee a perfect match, nor prevent a series of terrible dates, disappointments, and awkward surprises. It also doesn’t keep Davide from becoming more attractive every day. Perfect for fans of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Star-Crossed, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts is a witty, sexy, and relatable portrait of a modern woman’s search for love and a dream job, only to discover that your destiny isn’t always written in the stars.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555315Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: A Novel Author: Silvia Zucca Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: A Novel Author: Silvia Zucca Narrator: Carlotta Brentan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Frustrated at the path her life has taken, Alice decides to take control of her personal life using astrology as her guide in this quirky, steamy, and hilarious romantic comedy. Alice Bassi is (a little) over thirty, single (not by choice), and she can’t help but feel that she is failing at this whole adulthood thing. She’s stuck in a dead-end job, just found out her ex-boyfriend is engaged to his pregnant girlfriend, and Richard Gere hasn’t shown up with flowers and a limo to save her from it all. On one particularly disastrous morning—when Alice would much rather have stayed home, curled up with her favorite rom-coms—she meets Davide Nardi. Handsome yet indecipherable, Davide would be the leading man of Alice’s dreams—if only he weren’t the “hatchet man” brought in to help streamline production and personnel at the small television network she works for. In the midst of all this, Alice runs into Tio—an actor and astrology expert who is convinced he can turn her life around with a little help from the stars. Skeptical but willing, Alice decides to take Tio’s advice and only date men whose Zodiac signs are compatible with hers. Unfortunately, it turns out that astrological affinity doesn’t always guarantee a perfect match, nor prevent a series of terrible dates, disappointments, and awkward surprises. It also doesn’t keep Davide from becoming more attractive every day. Perfect for fans of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Star-Crossed, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts is a witty, sexy, and relatable portrait of a modern woman’s search for love and a dream job, only to discover that your destiny isn’t always written in the stars.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kalyana-by-rajni-mala-khelawan--65269936https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kalyana Author: Rajni Mala Khelawan Narrator: Saara Chaudry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one. Her mother educates Kalyana about her Indian heritage, vividly telling tales of mischievous Krishna and powerful Mother Kali, and recounting her grandparents' migration to the tiny, British colony. While the island nation celebrates its recently granted independence, new stories of the feminist revolution in America are carried over the waves of the Pacific to Kalyana's ears: stories of women who live with men who are not their husbands, who burn their bras, who are free to do as they please. Strange as all this sounds, Kalyana hopes that she will be blessed with a husband who allows her a similar sense of liberty. But nothing prepares her for the trauma of womanhood and the cultural ramifications of silence and shame, as her mother tells her there are some family stories that should never be told.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556635Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kalyana Author: Rajni Mala Khelawan Narrator: Saara Chaudry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 15, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kalyana Author: Rajni Mala Khelawan Narrator: Saara Chaudry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one. Her mother educates Kalyana about her Indian heritage, vividly telling tales of mischievous Krishna and powerful Mother Kali, and recounting her grandparents' migration to the tiny, British colony. While the island nation celebrates its recently granted independence, new stories of the feminist revolution in America are carried over the waves of the Pacific to Kalyana's ears: stories of women who live with men who are not their husbands, who burn their bras, who are free to do as they please. Strange as all this sounds, Kalyana hopes that she will be blessed with a husband who allows her a similar sense of liberty. But nothing prepares her for the trauma of womanhood and the cultural ramifications of silence and shame, as her mother tells her there are some family stories that should never be told.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/australian-christmas-yarns-volume-ii-by-mary-grant-bruce--65269901https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Australian Christmas Yarns: Volume II Author: Mary Grant Bruce Narrator: Denis Daly, Sarah Bacaller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 14, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This collection follows on from Australian Christmas Yarns Volume I and consists of ten stories by notable Australian author Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958). These stories sketch challenges of landscape, relationship, loss and hope. This collection includes: A Coastwise Christmas Santa Claus, Helper Santa Claus, Junior Santa Claus, Mediator The Christmas Cook In Great Waters The Hammock A New Year's Dawn 1 A New Year's Dawn 2 A New Year's Dawn 3 Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958) was an Australian author, many of whose writings focused on iconic Australian life. As well as publishing 37 books, Mary Grant Bruce wrote regularly for Australian newspapers, often for children. Her most well known works are the books in the Billabong series. Visit marygrantbruce.com.au to find out more. Mary Grant Bruce Family Trust (P)2021 Voices of Today]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559302Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Australian Christmas Yarns: Volume II Author: Mary Grant Bruce Narrator: Denis Daly, Sarah Bacaller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Australian Christmas Yarns: Volume II Author: Mary Grant Bruce Narrator: Denis Daly, Sarah Bacaller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 14, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This collection follows on from Australian Christmas Yarns Volume I and consists of ten stories by notable Australian author Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958). These stories sketch challenges of landscape, relationship, loss and hope. This collection includes: A Coastwise Christmas Santa Claus, Helper Santa Claus, Junior Santa Claus, Mediator The Christmas Cook In Great Waters The Hammock A New Year's Dawn 1 A New Year's Dawn 2 A New Year's Dawn 3 Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958) was an Australian author, many of whose writings focused on iconic Australian life. As well as publishing 37 books, Mary Grant Bruce wrote regularly for Australian newspapers, often for children. Her most well known works are the books in the Billabong series. Visit marygrantbruce.com.au to find out more. Mary Grant Bruce Family Trust (P)2021 Voices of Today]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-joyero-de-la-reina-by-nieves-herrero--65269988https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El joyero de la reina Author: Nieves Herrero Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 4, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: EL AMOR PASA, LAS JOYAS PERMANECEN Una gran novela sobre las joyas de las reinas de España que marcaron la dramática vida de Victoria Eugenia y, un siglo después, luce doña Letizia. Las joyas son fieles guardianas no solo del paso del tiempo, sino de los grandes secretos de amor y desamor de quienes las han llevado. Las reinas las han lucido como amuletos y también como signos de poder. En estas páginas se da una visión diferente y original de Victoria Eugenia de Battemberg, la última reina española antes de la Segunda República. Llegó de Inglaterra a España en 1906 para contraer matrimonio con Alfonso XIII, trayendo consigo un aire nuevo a la Corte y suscitando muchas críticas por lo que se consideraban transgresiones. Entre conspiraciones políticas, atentados, desengaños y el exilio, transcurrió su existencia. Mientras su vida se iba desmoronando debido a la enfermedad de la sangre que heredaron algunos de sus hijos y a las constantes infidelidades del rey, su joyero, Ramiro García-Ansorena, le fue enseñando la historia y la vida de las reinas de España a través de sus joyas. También le hizo comprender que los diamantes, las perlas y las piedras preciosas serían su fuerza y su seguridad: «Una joya es lo único que dura para siempre». Su extraordinario collar de brillantes fue creciendo a la par que el desamor del rey hacia ella, ya que él le regalaba joyas para comprar su perdón. Victoria Eugenia, Ena, dejó en su testamento las «joyas de pasar» que hoy están en manos de la reina Letizia. Todas ellas albergan secretos, algunos terribles. Como dice la protagonista: «¿Es cierto que ser reina no da la felicidad».]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555260Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El joyero de la reina Author: Nieves Herrero Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El joyero de la reina Author: Nieves Herrero Narrator: Charo Soria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 4, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: EL AMOR PASA, LAS JOYAS PERMANECEN Una gran novela sobre las joyas de las reinas de España que marcaron la dramática vida de Victoria Eugenia y, un siglo después, luce doña Letizia. Las joyas son fieles guardianas no solo del paso del tiempo, sino de los grandes secretos de amor y desamor de quienes las han llevado. Las reinas las han lucido como amuletos y también como signos de poder. En estas páginas se da una visión diferente y original de Victoria Eugenia de Battemberg, la última reina española antes de la Segunda República. Llegó de Inglaterra a España en 1906 para contraer matrimonio con Alfonso XIII, trayendo consigo un aire nuevo a la Corte y suscitando muchas críticas por lo que se consideraban transgresiones. Entre conspiraciones políticas, atentados, desengaños y el exilio, transcurrió su existencia. Mientras su vida se iba desmoronando debido a la enfermedad de la sangre que heredaron algunos de sus hijos y a las constantes infidelidades del rey, su joyero, Ramiro García-Ansorena, le fue enseñando la historia y la vida de las reinas de España a través de sus joyas. También le hizo comprender que los diamantes, las perlas y las piedras preciosas serían su fuerza y su seguridad: «Una joya es lo único que dura para siempre». Su extraordinario collar de brillantes fue creciendo a la par que el desamor del rey hacia ella, ya que él le regalaba joyas para comprar su perdón. Victoria Eugenia, Ena, dejó en su testamento las «joyas de pasar» que hoy están en manos de la reina Letizia. Todas ellas albergan secretos, algunos terribles. Como dice la protagonista: «¿Es cierto que ser reina no da la felicidad».]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-colour-of-broken-a-dark-secret-a-note-run-by-amelia-grace--65269958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Colour of Broken: A dark secret. A note. Run. Author: Amelia Grace Narrator: Heather Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Colour of Broken A dark secret. A note. Run. The streets of Tarrin woke to a beautiful morn. Flowers for Fleur opened, gifting the township its colourful blooms and magical flower fragrances, convincing people the world was indeed a beautiful place. Except, it was a lie. There was darkness within. A darkness that sought to rise and consume the light of two souls. YOLANDE LAWRENCE-HARRISON was three things. Smart. A synesthete. And a fake florist. She has returned from aerospace engineering to assist her chronically ill grandmother, learning the science of beauty and flower art. But the reality is, Yolande was far from beautiful. She was a psychological mess grappling with anxiety, PTSD, trust issues, deep self-loathing, and hiding a dark secret that she tried to suffocate in the depths of her tragic memories. One day, as Yolande fussed with the fragrant pink roses in the basket of her grandmother’s bicycle at the front of the flower store, trying desperately not to give them the kiss of death, she discovered a messy, handwritten note. She fumed at the pure arrogance of the wording, and after numerous exchanges, became irritated by the persistent, annoying human being, who wouldn’t take no for an answer. When the note writer, Alexander Parker, walked into Flowers for Fleur, Yolande refused to inhale the alluring potion he offered. She could see through his projected perfect façade, and wondered, if she could see through his pretence, could he see through hers? Yolande wanted to run. From everything. But she couldn’t. Her grandmother’s life was fading, and she needed to decide whether to fight her past, ultimately exposing her inner demons, in order to save her grandmother and herself from the same fate. From Book to Screen Awards - longlisted in the Queensland Writers Centre and Screen Queensland’s 'Adaptable - from book to the screen' (2021), for consideration to be created into a TV series or movie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557852Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Colour of Broken: A dark secret. A note. Run. Author: Amelia Grace Narrator: Heather Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Colour of Broken: A dark secret. A note. Run. Author: Amelia Grace Narrator: Heather Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Colour of Broken A dark secret. A note. Run. The streets of Tarrin woke to a beautiful morn. Flowers for Fleur opened, gifting the township its colourful blooms and magical flower fragrances, convincing people the world was indeed a beautiful place. Except, it was a lie. There was darkness within. A darkness that sought to rise and consume the light of two souls. YOLANDE LAWRENCE-HARRISON was three things. Smart. A synesthete. And a fake florist. She has returned from aerospace engineering to assist her chronically ill grandmother, learning the science of beauty and flower art. But the reality is, Yolande was far from beautiful. She was a psychological mess grappling with anxiety, PTSD, trust issues, deep self-loathing, and hiding a dark secret that she tried to suffocate in the depths of her tragic memories. One day, as Yolande fussed with the fragrant pink roses in the basket of her grandmother’s bicycle at the front of the flower store, trying desperately not to give them the kiss of death, she discovered a messy, handwritten note. She fumed at the pure arrogance of the wording, and after numerous exchanges, became irritated by the persistent, annoying human being, who wouldn’t take no for an answer. When the note writer, Alexander Parker, walked into Flowers for Fleur, Yolande refused to inhale the alluring potion he offered. She could see through his projected perfect façade, and wondered, if she could see through his pretence, could he see through hers? Yolande wanted to run. From everything. But she couldn’t. Her grandmother’s life was fading, and she needed to decide whether to fight her past, ultimately exposing her inner demons, in order to save her grandmother and herself from the same fate. From Book to Screen Awards - longlisted in the Queensland Writers Centre and Screen Queensland’s 'Adaptable - from book to the screen' (2021), for consideration to be created into a TV series or movie.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-medallon-de-fuego-by-carla-montero--65269982https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El medallón de fuego Author: Carla Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga, Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una antigua reliquia que marcará el curso de la Historia. Una búsqueda trepidante por toda Europa. Regresan los protagonistas de La Tabla Esmeralda. Madrid, actualidad. Ana García-Brest, experta en arte, recibe la llamada de Martin, el joven y misterioso buscador de tesoros a quien conoció fugazmente durante la búsqueda de El Astrólogo en La Tabla Esmeralda. Han asesinado a un magnate italiano y un poderoso tesoro está en peligro: el Medallón de Hiram, una reliquia mágica que perteneció al arquitecto del templo de Salomón. Nadie conoce el paradero exacto de la pieza y Martin necesita la ayuda de Ana para encontrarla. Ambos emprenderán una trepidante búsqueda por toda Europa enfrentándose a infinidad de peligros, pues muy pronto descubrirán que ellos no son los únicos que desean hacerse con la reliquia. Berlín, 1945. En los estertores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los destinos de cuatro personas están a punto de cruzarse con consecuencias imprevistas para el Medallón de Hiram: un sanguinario nazi que rastrea un Berlín en ruinas con la obsesión de hacerse con el medallón; un joven español, estudiante de arquitectura, que se ve envuelto en una intriga insospechada; un ingeniero alemán que está en el punto de mira del servicio de inteligencia ruso, y una francotiradora del ejército soviético que guarda un importante secreto. ¿Estás preparado para descubrir el secreto del Medallón de Fuego?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554558Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El medallón de fuego Author: Carla Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga, Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El medallón de fuego Author: Carla Montero Narrator: Elsa Veiga, Sol De La Barreda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Una antigua reliquia que marcará el curso de la Historia. Una búsqueda trepidante por toda Europa. Regresan los protagonistas de La Tabla Esmeralda. Madrid, actualidad. Ana García-Brest, experta en arte, recibe la llamada de Martin, el joven y misterioso buscador de tesoros a quien conoció fugazmente durante la búsqueda de El Astrólogo en La Tabla Esmeralda. Han asesinado a un magnate italiano y un poderoso tesoro está en peligro: el Medallón de Hiram, una reliquia mágica que perteneció al arquitecto del templo de Salomón. Nadie conoce el paradero exacto de la pieza y Martin necesita la ayuda de Ana para encontrarla. Ambos emprenderán una trepidante búsqueda por toda Europa enfrentándose a infinidad de peligros, pues muy pronto descubrirán que ellos no son los únicos que desean hacerse con la reliquia. Berlín, 1945. En los estertores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los destinos de cuatro personas están a punto de cruzarse con consecuencias imprevistas para el Medallón de Hiram: un sanguinario nazi que rastrea un Berlín en ruinas con la obsesión de hacerse con el medallón; un joven español, estudiante de arquitectura, que se ve envuelto en una intriga insospechada; un ingeniero alemán que está en el punto de mira del servicio de inteligencia ruso, y una francotiradora del ejército soviético que guarda un importante secreto. ¿Estás preparado para descubrir el secreto del Medallón de Fuego?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outback-secrets-a-bunyip-bay-novel-5-by-rachael-johns--65269985https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outback Secrets (A Bunyip Bay Novel, #5) Series: #5 of Bunyip Bay Author: Rachael Johns Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Keeping secrets comes naturally to him ... but will it ruin his chance at love? Liam Castle knows the secrets of everyone in Bunyip Bay. As the owner of the pub, he's heard it all - from marriage proposals and farming disasters to family rifts and everything in between. The locals love to confide in him, but no one knows he's hiding a tragic past. And he wants to keep it that way. Agricultural pilot Henrietta Forward lives for her job, choosing work over romance. But when an incident in the air brings Henri home to Bunyip Bay earlier than planned, she finds herself questioning everything she believes about herself. But Henri's secret isn't her only problem. Her mother will stop at nothing to have her settled down back in the Bay, and while Henri had always known domesticity wasn't the life for her, now she wonders what her future holds. So when Liam - always the first to lend a hand to those in need - agrees to play along with Henri's scheme to ward off her mother, she has mixed feelings. What happens when a pretend romance starts to feel like the real thing? Will Henri's demons and Liam's traumatic past prove too great a barrier to love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555249Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outback Secrets (A Bunyip Bay Novel, #5) Series: #5 of Bunyip Bay Author: Rachael Johns Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outback Secrets (A Bunyip Bay Novel, #5) Series: #5 of Bunyip Bay Author: Rachael Johns Narrator: Casey Withoos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Keeping secrets comes naturally to him ... but will it ruin his chance at love? Liam Castle knows the secrets of everyone in Bunyip Bay. As the owner of the pub, he's heard it all - from marriage proposals and farming disasters to family rifts and everything in between. The locals love to confide in him, but no one knows he's hiding a tragic past. And he wants to keep it that way. Agricultural pilot Henrietta Forward lives for her job, choosing work over romance. But when an incident in the air brings Henri home to Bunyip Bay earlier than planned, she finds herself questioning everything she believes about herself. But Henri's secret isn't her only problem. Her mother will stop at nothing to have her settled down back in the Bay, and while Henri had always known domesticity wasn't the life for her, now she wonders what her future holds. So when Liam - always the first to lend a hand to those in need - agrees to play along with Henri's scheme to ward off her mother, she has mixed feelings. What happens when a pretend romance starts to feel like the real thing? Will Henri's demons and Liam's traumatic past prove too great a barrier to love?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-wege-des-schicksals-die-senfblutensaga-band-2-ungekurzt-by-clara-langenbach--65269883https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wege des Schicksals - Die Senfblütensaga, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Clara Langenbach Narrator: Oliver Erwin Schönfeld, Sascha Rotermund, Vanida Karun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die historische Hörbuch-Reihe rund um die Anfänge der Senf-Dynastie geht weiter! Metz 1914: Emma hat ihr Studium beendet und will sich in die Arbeit in der Senffabrik stürzen. Doch die Familie Seidel erwartet von ihr, dass sie sich um Hochzeitsvorbereitungen kümmert. Sie versucht alles, um aus der ihr zugedachten Rolle auszubrechen. Als die Spannungen in der Fabrik Carls ganze Aufmerksamkeit fordern, will Emma helfen, wo sie kann. Doch immer mehr drängt sich ihr die Frage auf: Will Carl ihre Hilfe tatsächlich, oder sieht er in ihr nur die künftige Ehefrau und Mutter seiner Kinder? Als auch noch der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, steht plötzlich noch viel mehr auf dem Spiel als ihre gemeinsame Zukunft und der Fortbestand der Fabrik.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559498Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wege des Schicksals - Die Senfblütensaga, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Clara Langenbach Narrator: Oliver Erwin Schönfeld, Sascha Rotermund,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wege des Schicksals - Die Senfblütensaga, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Clara Langenbach Narrator: Oliver Erwin Schönfeld, Sascha Rotermund, Vanida Karun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 27, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Die historische Hörbuch-Reihe rund um die Anfänge der Senf-Dynastie geht weiter! Metz 1914: Emma hat ihr Studium beendet und will sich in die Arbeit in der Senffabrik stürzen. Doch die Familie Seidel erwartet von ihr, dass sie sich um Hochzeitsvorbereitungen kümmert. Sie versucht alles, um aus der ihr zugedachten Rolle auszubrechen. Als die Spannungen in der Fabrik Carls ganze Aufmerksamkeit fordern, will Emma helfen, wo sie kann. Doch immer mehr drängt sich ihr die Frage auf: Will Carl ihre Hilfe tatsächlich, oder sieht er in ihr nur die künftige Ehefrau und Mutter seiner Kinder? Als auch noch der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, steht plötzlich noch viel mehr auf dem Spiel als ihre gemeinsame Zukunft und der Fortbestand der Fabrik.]]>185rzt,tensagacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-rudas-completo-by-carolina-brown--65269960https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Rudas (completo) Author: Carolina Brown Narrator: María José Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Biografía autora Carolina Brown (Santiago,1984) Es licenciada en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica de la Universidad de Chile y comunicadora multimedia de la Universidad del Pacífico, donde también ejerció como profesora de la Facultad de Comunicaciones. Además, posee el Máster en Creación Literaria de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra. El año 2014 ganó el 'Concurso Nacional de Cuento Joven Nicomedes Guzmán' de la Sociedad de Escritores de Chile, y en 2015 fue seleccionada por el Fondo del Libro con la colección de cuentos En el agua. Ha publicado los libros En el agua (2015), El final del sendero (2018), Rudas (2019) y Nostalgia del desierto (2021). Reseña Cuatro historias de mujeres que se enfrentan a la fuerza de la naturaleza como metáfora de lo que implica desafiar reglas tan antiguas que parecen naturales: una chica no debe salir sola de casa, el abuso es una muestra de cariño mal entendida, la familia es el pilar más sólido de la sociedad. Mujeres solitarias y atrevidas que no tienen miedo de mirar de frente al puma en la soledad del bosque. Crítica 'Carolina Brown pone en tela de juicio la famosa 'sensibilidad femenina' y explora sin discreción la venganza como respuesta a la violencia'. Patricia Espinosa, LUN. 'Rompe con los estereotipos. Los suyos son cuatro relatos en donde las protagonistas se hacen cargo de sus vidas con determinación. Y, en algunos casos, con algo parecido a la premeditación y la alevosía'. Marcelo Simonetti, El Mercurio.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556837Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Rudas (completo) Author: Carolina Brown Narrator: María José Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Rudas (completo) Author: Carolina Brown Narrator: María José Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Biografía autora Carolina Brown (Santiago,1984) Es licenciada en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica de la Universidad de Chile y comunicadora multimedia de la Universidad del Pacífico, donde también ejerció como profesora de la Facultad de Comunicaciones. Además, posee el Máster en Creación Literaria de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra. El año 2014 ganó el 'Concurso Nacional de Cuento Joven Nicomedes Guzmán' de la Sociedad de Escritores de Chile, y en 2015 fue seleccionada por el Fondo del Libro con la colección de cuentos En el agua. Ha publicado los libros En el agua (2015), El final del sendero (2018), Rudas (2019) y Nostalgia del desierto (2021). Reseña Cuatro historias de mujeres que se enfrentan a la fuerza de la naturaleza como metáfora de lo que implica desafiar reglas tan antiguas que parecen naturales: una chica no debe salir sola de casa, el abuso es una muestra de cariño mal entendida, la familia es el pilar más sólido de la sociedad. Mujeres solitarias y atrevidas que no tienen miedo de mirar de frente al puma en la soledad del bosque. Crítica 'Carolina Brown pone en tela de juicio la famosa 'sensibilidad femenina' y explora sin discreción la venganza como respuesta a la violencia'. Patricia Espinosa, LUN. 'Rompe con los estereotipos. Los suyos son cuatro relatos en donde las protagonistas se hacen cargo de sus vidas con determinación. Y, en algunos casos, con algo parecido a la premeditación y la alevosía'. Marcelo Simonetti, El Mercurio.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-kleine-cafe-am-meer-ungekurzt-by-anja-saskia-beyer--65269945https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café am Meer (Ungekürzt) Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Barbara Pehlke, Christine Kutschera, Jan Langer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Anja Saskia Beyer über den Traum eines Neuanfangs auf der Sonneninsel Mallorca: einfühlsam und amüsant. Für die hübsche Hannah Blumberg, Assistentin in der Modebranche mit einer Vorliebe für teure Handtaschen, läuft es gerade gar nicht gut: Erst wird ihr Arbeitsvertrag nicht verlängert, und dann macht auch noch ihr Freund mit ihr Schluss. Per Mail. Eins ist klar: Hannah braucht dringend eine bezahlbare Auszeit. Da kommt die Einladung von Freundin Lucia nach Mallorca gerade recht - Lucia hat ein Café mit Meerblick eröffnet und serviert den besten Kaffee der Insel. Sie vermittelt Hannah außerdem einen Job als Mädchen für alles in der Pension von ihrem Freund Sam. Zwischen Bettenbeziehen und Zeit mit der Freundin begibt Hannah sich auf Spurensuche - nach sich selbst, ihrer Kindheit und vielleicht auch dem Sinn des Lebens. Und dann wäre da noch Sam, der unnahbar und anziehend zugleich ist und ihr manchmal den letzten Nerv raubt. Er zeigt Hannah, wie Orangenblütenhonig schmeckt und hört ihr wirklich zu. Doch was verbirgt Sam und was diese Insel?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556825Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café am Meer (Ungekürzt) Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Barbara Pehlke, Christine Kutschera, Jan Langer Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Café am Meer (Ungekürzt) Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Barbara Pehlke, Christine Kutschera, Jan Langer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Anja Saskia Beyer über den Traum eines Neuanfangs auf der Sonneninsel Mallorca: einfühlsam und amüsant. Für die hübsche Hannah Blumberg, Assistentin in der Modebranche mit einer Vorliebe für teure Handtaschen, läuft es gerade gar nicht gut: Erst wird ihr Arbeitsvertrag nicht verlängert, und dann macht auch noch ihr Freund mit ihr Schluss. Per Mail. Eins ist klar: Hannah braucht dringend eine bezahlbare Auszeit. Da kommt die Einladung von Freundin Lucia nach Mallorca gerade recht - Lucia hat ein Café mit Meerblick eröffnet und serviert den besten Kaffee der Insel. Sie vermittelt Hannah außerdem einen Job als Mädchen für alles in der Pension von ihrem Freund Sam. Zwischen Bettenbeziehen und Zeit mit der Freundin begibt Hannah sich auf Spurensuche - nach sich selbst, ihrer Kindheit und vielleicht auch dem Sinn des Lebens. Und dann wäre da noch Sam, der unnahbar und anziehend zugleich ist und ihr manchmal den letzten Nerv raubt. Er zeigt Hannah, wie Orangenblütenhonig schmeckt und hört ihr wirklich zu. Doch was verbirgt Sam und was diese Insel?]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-es-kann-nur-eine-geben-ungekurzt-by-carolin-kebekus-mariella-tripke--65269903https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Es kann nur eine geben (Ungekürzt) Author: Carolin Kebekus, Mariella Tripke Narrator: Carolin Kebekus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eigentlich klingt es ganz leicht: Frau ist begabt und klug, also kann sie es schaffen, ganz nach oben zu kommen. Aber oft genug ist der eine Platz schon besetzt, es scheint nämlich ein höchst dämliches Gesetz zu geben, das lautet: Eine Frau reicht, mehr brauchen wir nicht. Carolin Kebekus - Komikerin, Sängerin, Schauspielerin und Feministin - legt pointiert, unmissverständlich und komisch dar, dass die Zeit überreif ist, alte (Männer-)Gesetze auf den Müll zu werfen. Ein Hörbuch von höchster Wichtigkeit, das aufklärt und gleichzeitig unterhält.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556942Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Es kann nur eine geben (Ungekürzt) Author: Carolin Kebekus, Mariella Tripke Narrator: Carolin Kebekus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Es kann nur eine geben (Ungekürzt) Author: Carolin Kebekus, Mariella Tripke Narrator: Carolin Kebekus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Eigentlich klingt es ganz leicht: Frau ist begabt und klug, also kann sie es schaffen, ganz nach oben zu kommen. Aber oft genug ist der eine Platz schon besetzt, es scheint nämlich ein höchst dämliches Gesetz zu geben, das lautet: Eine Frau reicht, mehr brauchen wir nicht. Carolin Kebekus - Komikerin, Sängerin, Schauspielerin und Feministin - legt pointiert, unmissverständlich und komisch dar, dass die Zeit überreif ist, alte (Männer-)Gesetze auf den Müll zu werfen. Ein Hörbuch von höchster Wichtigkeit, das aufklärt und gleichzeitig unterhält.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-dorfarztin-wege-der-veranderung-eine-frau-geht-ihren-weg-band-2-ungekurzt-by-julie-peters--65269902https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Dorfärztin - Wege der Veränderung - Eine Frau geht ihren Weg, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Julie Peters Narrator: Elke Appelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Unermüdlich kämpft sie für ihre Liebe und ihren großen Traum. Westfalen, 1928: Endlich scheint all das, was sich die junge Ärztin Leni erträumt hat, in Erfüllung zu gehen. Immer mehr Patienten aus dem Dorf strömen in ihre Praxis, und auch ihrem Familienglück steht nichts mehr im Wege, nun da sie ihrer großen Liebe das Jawort gegeben hat. Doch Matthias findet keine Arbeit. Seine einzige Chance scheint ausgerechnet die Kaffeemanufaktur von Lenis Mutter zu sein, mit der sie nach wie vor auf Kriegsfuß steht. Zweifel überkommen Leni, denn was ist, wenn Matthias erneut die Flucht ergreift? Wie damals in Berlin, als er sie mitten in der Nacht allein mit ihrer gemeinsamen Tochter zurückließ ... Der zweite Band um die junge Ärztin Leni, die allen Widerständen zum Trotz Ärztin in der Provinz wird. Von der Autorin des Bestsellers 'Mein wunderbarer Buchladen am Inselweg']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559676Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Dorfärztin - Wege der Veränderung - Eine Frau geht ihren Weg, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Julie Peters Narrator: Elke Appelt Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Dorfärztin - Wege der Veränderung - Eine Frau geht ihren Weg, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Julie Peters Narrator: Elke Appelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Unermüdlich kämpft sie für ihre Liebe und ihren großen Traum. Westfalen, 1928: Endlich scheint all das, was sich die junge Ärztin Leni erträumt hat, in Erfüllung zu gehen. Immer mehr Patienten aus dem Dorf strömen in ihre Praxis, und auch ihrem Familienglück steht nichts mehr im Wege, nun da sie ihrer großen Liebe das Jawort gegeben hat. Doch Matthias findet keine Arbeit. Seine einzige Chance scheint ausgerechnet die Kaffeemanufaktur von Lenis Mutter zu sein, mit der sie nach wie vor auf Kriegsfuß steht. Zweifel überkommen Leni, denn was ist, wenn Matthias erneut die Flucht ergreift? Wie damals in Berlin, als er sie mitten in der Nacht allein mit ihrer gemeinsamen Tochter zurückließ ... Der zweite Band um die junge Ärztin Leni, die allen Widerständen zum Trotz Ärztin in der Provinz wird. Von der Autorin des Bestsellers 'Mein wunderbarer Buchladen am Inselweg']]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-quartet-of-pleasures-by-annabel-joseph--65270011https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Quartet of Pleasures Series: Part of A Quartet of Pleasures Author: Annabel Joseph Narrator: Connor Crais, Ava Lucas, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Definitely Kinky: Ruby's known the guys in her string quartet forever. But after five years, Ethan, the viola player, is still a mystery: quiet, unassuming, and intensely dedicated to the music they create. Who would've thought he'd be the one to tilt her world sideways using only his voice, his fingers, and a bundle of rope? Perfect and Powerful: Ruby can’t stand lead violinist Jonathan most of the time, but she agrees to play his girlfriend at a party so he can fend off a stalker-ish fan. He’s a strict taskmaster during rehearsals and concerts, but he’s an amazing dancer—and an even better kisser—so maybe that’ll all translate into something fun in the bedroom… Play With Me: Steve’s the big-brother type, always has been—tall, blond, fun-loving, faithful, and protective. When Ruby shows up on the wrong night for one of his famed pajama parties, he graciously invites her to stay. Everything’s great—until she gets a little too drunk and professes her horniness for him… repeatedly. Now they have to decide if they want to cross that line... The Full Concerto: The Gold Quartet has been invited to play one of their favorite concertos as guest artists with the noted Berlin Philharmonic, but the concert falls on Ruby’s birthday. To make it up to her, the guys hatch a plan for a celebration she’ll never forget, taking her on a ride of deep, passionate surrender that brings this quartet of sensual stories to a spectacular close.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553291Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Quartet of Pleasures Series: Part of A Quartet of Pleasures Author: Annabel Joseph Narrator: Connor Crais, Ava Lucas, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Quartet of Pleasures Series: Part of A Quartet of Pleasures Author: Annabel Joseph Narrator: Connor Crais, Ava Lucas, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Definitely Kinky: Ruby's known the guys in her string quartet forever. But after five years, Ethan, the viola player, is still a mystery: quiet, unassuming, and intensely dedicated to the music they create. Who would've thought he'd be the one to tilt her world sideways using only his voice, his fingers, and a bundle of rope? Perfect and Powerful: Ruby can’t stand lead violinist Jonathan most of the time, but she agrees to play his girlfriend at a party so he can fend off a stalker-ish fan. He’s a strict taskmaster during rehearsals and concerts, but he’s an amazing dancer—and an even better kisser—so maybe that’ll all translate into something fun in the bedroom… Play With Me: Steve’s the big-brother type, always has been—tall, blond, fun-loving, faithful, and protective. When Ruby shows up on the wrong night for one of his famed pajama parties, he graciously invites her to stay. Everything’s great—until she gets a little too drunk and professes her horniness for him… repeatedly. Now they have to decide if they want to cross that line... The Full Concerto: The Gold Quartet has been invited to play one of their favorite concertos as guest artists with the noted Berlin Philharmonic, but the concert falls on Ruby’s birthday. To make it up to her, the guys hatch a plan for a celebration she’ll never forget, taking her on a ride of deep, passionate surrender that brings this quartet of sensual stories to a spectacular close.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-to-the-riverview-inn-by-molly-o-keefe--65269998https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home to the Riverview Inn Series: #3 of Riverview Inn Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Divorced single-mom Daphne likes her life just the way it is. Her organic farm is booming. Her daughter is sassy and happy, she’s got two good friends in Delia and Alice at The Riverview, and yes, her mother is trying to convince her to get back in the dating pool—but Daphne is not interested. She’s done with drama. But when all the people she loves are affected by the bombshell that gets dropped at The Riverview Inn, she can’t help but get involved. The Mitchell brothers have been torn apart by the surprise arrival of Jonah, a brother they didn’t know they had—and a man Daphne feels an impossible attraction for. Jonah, she realizes, isn’t what he seems. But can she convince everyone at The Riverview Inn of that before everything they’ve all worked for is ruined?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553295Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home to the Riverview Inn Series: #3 of Riverview Inn Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home to the Riverview Inn Series: #3 of Riverview Inn Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Divorced single-mom Daphne likes her life just the way it is. Her organic farm is booming. Her daughter is sassy and happy, she’s got two good friends in Delia and Alice at The Riverview, and yes, her mother is trying to convince her to get back in the dating pool—but Daphne is not interested. She’s done with drama. But when all the people she loves are affected by the bombshell that gets dropped at The Riverview Inn, she can’t help but get involved. The Mitchell brothers have been torn apart by the surprise arrival of Jonah, a brother they didn’t know they had—and a man Daphne feels an impossible attraction for. Jonah, she realizes, isn’t what he seems. But can she convince everyone at The Riverview Inn of that before everything they’ve all worked for is ruined?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/starlight-by-christine-depetrillo--65269876https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starlight Series: #7 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Christine Depetrillo Narrator: Emma Wilder, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: He doesn’t trust women. She only trusts dogs. Why can’t they keep their paws off each other? Darren Reade builds stone walls in Vermont—and around his heart. Women don’t stick around, so it’s better to put up “no trespassing” signs and focus on raising his adopted son. Darren is willing to do whatever it takes to help the boy cope with his mother’s death. But doing it alone is a challenge. Grace Hollings indulges her love of old-school jazz by singing nights at the Speakeasy Taproom and spends her days training service dogs, connecting small humans with smart pooches. Of course she had planned to be married already, but a failed engagement has taught her that dogs make better company than men. One evening, Grace and Darren don’t exchange names, but they do engage in a single night neither of them will forget. Is once all there is? Or can they train their hearts to trust what they’ve built under the starlight?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562582Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starlight Series: #7 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Christine Depetrillo Narrator: Emma Wilder, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starlight Series: #7 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Christine Depetrillo Narrator: Emma Wilder, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: He doesn’t trust women. She only trusts dogs. Why can’t they keep their paws off each other? Darren Reade builds stone walls in Vermont—and around his heart. Women don’t stick around, so it’s better to put up “no trespassing” signs and focus on raising his adopted son. Darren is willing to do whatever it takes to help the boy cope with his mother’s death. But doing it alone is a challenge. Grace Hollings indulges her love of old-school jazz by singing nights at the Speakeasy Taproom and spends her days training service dogs, connecting small humans with smart pooches. Of course she had planned to be married already, but a failed engagement has taught her that dogs make better company than men. One evening, Grace and Darren don’t exchange names, but they do engage in a single night neither of them will forget. Is once all there is? Or can they train their hearts to trust what they’ve built under the starlight?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/safeguard-by-stephanie-rose--65269845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safeguard Series: #9 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Stephanie Rose Narrator: Lessa Lamb, Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Jilted. Living in a glorified closet. The world’s worst bar waitress. I just need to keep a roof over my head and make tuition payments until I can finish graduate school. Then my real life will start. But right now, long nights at the Speakeasy have me burning the candle at both ends and the wax melting all over my fingers. When a bar manager offers me a job taking care of his adorable five-year-old daughter, it seems like the perfect solution. I get a quiet place to study. Matteo gets a reliable sitter. There should be no complications. Except that I like my new boss a little too much. His gorgeous dark eyes humble me, and the long talks we share fill me up inside. I can’t possibly fall for him. But the undeniable pull between us leads to a scorching kiss I can’t ignore or forget, and suddenly I’ve fallen for them both, father and daughter. And now three hearts are at stake.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562583Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safeguard Series: #9 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Stephanie Rose Narrator: Lessa Lamb, Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safeguard Series: #9 of The World of True North: Speakeasy Series Author: Stephanie Rose Narrator: Lessa Lamb, Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Jilted. Living in a glorified closet. The world’s worst bar waitress. I just need to keep a roof over my head and make tuition payments until I can finish graduate school. Then my real life will start. But right now, long nights at the Speakeasy have me burning the candle at both ends and the wax melting all over my fingers. When a bar manager offers me a job taking care of his adorable five-year-old daughter, it seems like the perfect solution. I get a quiet place to study. Matteo gets a reliable sitter. There should be no complications. Except that I like my new boss a little too much. His gorgeous dark eyes humble me, and the long talks we share fill me up inside. I can’t possibly fall for him. But the undeniable pull between us leads to a scorching kiss I can’t ignore or forget, and suddenly I’ve fallen for them both, father and daughter. And now three hearts are at stake.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yellow-wallpaper-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman--65269900https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Wallpaper Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrator: Beata Poźniak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: August 24, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking feminist masterpiece and one of the most exquisite horror stories in American literature. Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper. In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design. With nothing else to occupy her mind, the woman resolves to unlock the mystery of the wallpaper. Her quest, however, leads not to the truth, but into the darkest depths of madness. With masterly use of unreliable storytelling and a scathing indictment of patriarchal medical practices, The Yellow Wallpaper is a true American classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559343Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Wallpaper Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrator: Beata Poźniak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Wallpaper Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrator: Beata Poźniak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: August 24, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking feminist masterpiece and one of the most exquisite horror stories in American literature. Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper. In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design. With nothing else to occupy her mind, the woman resolves to unlock the mystery of the wallpaper. Her quest, however, leads not to the truth, but into the darkest depths of madness. With masterly use of unreliable storytelling and a scathing indictment of patriarchal medical practices, The Yellow Wallpaper is a true American classic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-liar-next-door-by-nicola-marsh--65269923https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liar Next Door Author: Nicola Marsh Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Jesse Vilinsky, Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: We live in a close-knit community. Thirty houses surrounding a square of garden that is perfect for our kids. We congregate here on major holidays, each family bringing a plate and sharing food and conversation. It’s in the garden that I first met her. The woman who would worm her way into my family and piece-by-piece tear it apart … I should have known something was wrong from the very beginning. She seemed perfect in so many ways: she floated through the baby shower, a warm smile on her face, chatting to strangers with ease. At first I thought it was sweet that she offered to help me, that she made an effort to get to know us, that she brought over games and knew Luna’s favorite foods … I had no idea that I couldn’t trust another mother … I should have known that someone would eventually discover the secret in my marriage. Why I never believe a word my husband says—and why he shouldn’t believe me. But how could a woman I only just met be the one to find it out? If I’d known, I’d have called the police sooner. And maybe I’d have prevented that dreadful scene. Every neighbor peering through their curtains as the sirens wailed in our street. I could have protected my family. I could have stopped what happened next …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559061Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liar Next Door Author: Nicola Marsh Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Jesse Vilinsky, Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liar Next Door Author: Nicola Marsh Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Jesse Vilinsky, Sarah Mollo-Christensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 23, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: We live in a close-knit community. Thirty houses surrounding a square of garden that is perfect for our kids. We congregate here on major holidays, each family bringing a plate and sharing food and conversation. It’s in the garden that I first met her. The woman who would worm her way into my family and piece-by-piece tear it apart … I should have known something was wrong from the very beginning. She seemed perfect in so many ways: she floated through the baby shower, a warm smile on her face, chatting to strangers with ease. At first I thought it was sweet that she offered to help me, that she made an effort to get to know us, that she brought over games and knew Luna’s favorite foods … I had no idea that I couldn’t trust another mother … I should have known that someone would eventually discover the secret in my marriage. Why I never believe a word my husband says—and why he shouldn’t believe me. But how could a woman I only just met be the one to find it out? If I’d known, I’d have called the police sooner. And maybe I’d have prevented that dreadful scene. Every neighbor peering through their curtains as the sirens wailed in our street. I could have protected my family. I could have stopped what happened next …]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-may-be-write-my-so-called-mystical-midlife-book-2-by-robyn-peterman--65269887https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You May Be Write: My So-Called Mystical Midlife Book 2 Series: #2 of The My So-Called Mystical Midlife Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Hollis Mccarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: No one in their right freaking mind ever said midlife was magical.Apparently it is.Or at least mine is … Once upon a time there was a paranormal romance author who caught her husband in a compromising position. One divorce later, she’s free and ready to start her new life at forty-two. Right?Wrong. Divorced idiot ex: CheckSaved idiot ex from getting murdered by his new nasty gal pal: CheckIdiot ex accused me of trying to kill him: Umm checkStill seeing my fictional characters: CheckTeeny tiny crush on my lawyer: Check checkTown under siege by dark forces: Of courseCrazy enough to try and stop it: You bet With the darkness on the horizon, I need to clear my name and get to work. Forming a Goodness Army is on the top of the list. Shockingly, my army consists of my wacky tabacky–smoking aunt, my high school counselor who can shift into a house cat, the town gossip who turns invisible after downing five beers, and a few fabulous others with nefarious talents. And of course, a cast of fictional characters … who I created and definitely have an opinion on how I should proceed. What could possibly go wrong? I’m going on pure gut instinct at this point, and I can’t wait to see how the plot turns out. I may be wrong. I may be write. Either way, I’ll just keep turning the pages until I find my happily ever after.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559060Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You May Be Write: My So-Called Mystical Midlife Book 2 Series: #2 of The My So-Called Mystical Midlife Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Hollis...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You May Be Write: My So-Called Mystical Midlife Book 2 Series: #2 of The My So-Called Mystical Midlife Series Author: Robyn Peterman Narrator: Hollis Mccarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: No one in their right freaking mind ever said midlife was magical.Apparently it is.Or at least mine is … Once upon a time there was a paranormal romance author who caught her husband in a compromising position. One divorce later, she’s free and ready to start her new life at forty-two. Right?Wrong. Divorced idiot ex: CheckSaved idiot ex from getting murdered by his new nasty gal pal: CheckIdiot ex accused me of trying to kill him: Umm checkStill seeing my fictional characters: CheckTeeny tiny crush on my lawyer: Check checkTown under siege by dark forces: Of courseCrazy enough to try and stop it: You bet With the darkness on the horizon, I need to clear my name and get to work. Forming a Goodness Army is on the top of the list. Shockingly, my army consists of my wacky tabacky–smoking aunt, my high school counselor who can shift into a house cat, the town gossip who turns invisible after downing five beers, and a few fabulous others with nefarious talents. And of course, a cast of fictional characters … who I created and definitely have an opinion on how I should proceed. What could possibly go wrong? I’m going on pure gut instinct at this point, and I can’t wait to see how the plot turns out. I may be wrong. I may be write. Either way, I’ll just keep turning the pages until I find my happily ever after.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-all-good-faith-a-novel-by-liza-nash-taylor--65269913https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In All Good Faith: A Novel Author: Liza Nash Taylor Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 21 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A riveting new historical fiction novel, In All Good Faith continues the story of May Marshall, the captivating protagonist introduced in Taylor’s acclaimed 2020 debut, Etiquette for Runaways. In the summer of 1932, Americans are coming to realize that the financial crash of 1929 was only the beginning of hard times. May Marshall has returned from Paris to settle at her family home in rural Keswick, Virginia. She struggles to keep her family farm and market afloat through the economic downturn. May finds herself juggling her marriage with a tempting opportunity to revamp the family business to adapt to changing times. In a cold-water West End Boston tenement the fractured Sykes family scrapes by on an itinerant mechanic’s wages and home sewing. Having recently lost her mother, sixteen-year-old Dorrit Sykes questions the religious doctrine she was raised in. Dorrit is reclusive, held back by the anxiety attacks that have plagued her since childhood. Attempting to understand what limits her, she seeks inspiration in Nancy Drew mysteries and finds solace at the Boston Public Library, writing fairy stories for children. The library holds answers to both Dorrit’s exploration of faith and her quest to understand and manage her anxiety. When Dorrit accompanies her father to Washington, DC, in the summer of 1932 to camp out and march with twenty thousand veterans intending to petition President Hoover for early payment of war bonuses, she begins an odyssey that will both traumatize and strengthen her. Along the way she redefines her faith, learning both self-sufficiency and how to accept help. Dorrit’s and May’s lives intersect, and their fates will intertwine in ways that neither could have imagined or expected. Set against a backdrop of true historical events, In All Good Faith tells a story of two women’s unlikely success during the Great Depression.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556726Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In All Good Faith: A Novel Author: Liza Nash Taylor Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In All Good Faith: A Novel Author: Liza Nash Taylor Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 21 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A riveting new historical fiction novel, In All Good Faith continues the story of May Marshall, the captivating protagonist introduced in Taylor’s acclaimed 2020 debut, Etiquette for Runaways. In the summer of 1932, Americans are coming to realize that the financial crash of 1929 was only the beginning of hard times. May Marshall has returned from Paris to settle at her family home in rural Keswick, Virginia. She struggles to keep her family farm and market afloat through the economic downturn. May finds herself juggling her marriage with a tempting opportunity to revamp the family business to adapt to changing times. In a cold-water West End Boston tenement the fractured Sykes family scrapes by on an itinerant mechanic’s wages and home sewing. Having recently lost her mother, sixteen-year-old Dorrit Sykes questions the religious doctrine she was raised in. Dorrit is reclusive, held back by the anxiety attacks that have plagued her since childhood. Attempting to understand what limits her, she seeks inspiration in Nancy Drew mysteries and finds solace at the Boston Public Library, writing fairy stories for children. The library holds answers to both Dorrit’s exploration of faith and her quest to understand and manage her anxiety. When Dorrit accompanies her father to Washington, DC, in the summer of 1932 to camp out and march with twenty thousand veterans intending to petition President Hoover for early payment of war bonuses, she begins an odyssey that will both traumatize and strengthen her. Along the way she redefines her faith, learning both self-sufficiency and how to accept help. Dorrit’s and May’s lives intersect, and their fates will intertwine in ways that neither could have imagined or expected. Set against a backdrop of true historical events, In All Good Faith tells a story of two women’s unlikely success during the Great Depression.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-daydream-cabin-by-carolyn-brown--65269919https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daydream Cabin Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A headstrong woman discovers it’s never too late for change in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s spirited novel about lost hope and second chances. Substitute counselor for wayward teens isn’t how public-school teacher Jayden Bennett planned to spend her summer vacation. However reluctant, she’s hiking up her jeans and heading for remote Piney Wood Academy in north Texas. Two months. Seven days a week. Few amenities. And three troubled girls daring Jayden to make a difference. She understands what she’s up against. She has her own burdens to bear. Jayden’s not in it alone. The devoted elderly couple who run Piney Wood trusts in Jayden’s tough-love approach to get the job done. So does drill instructor Elijah Thomas, whose hardened boot-camp hide conceals a heart broken one too many times. Jayden is making it beat again. For both of them, falling in love is a risk. Because all summers must come to an end. But with each new sunrise on these rustic acres, Jayden discovers that Piney Wood is a last chance for her, too. And with so many lives in turnaround, a new beginning for everyone could be a dream come true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559248Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daydream Cabin Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daydream Cabin Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A headstrong woman discovers it’s never too late for change in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s spirited novel about lost hope and second chances. Substitute counselor for wayward teens isn’t how public-school teacher Jayden Bennett planned to spend her summer vacation. However reluctant, she’s hiking up her jeans and heading for remote Piney Wood Academy in north Texas. Two months. Seven days a week. Few amenities. And three troubled girls daring Jayden to make a difference. She understands what she’s up against. She has her own burdens to bear. Jayden’s not in it alone. The devoted elderly couple who run Piney Wood trusts in Jayden’s tough-love approach to get the job done. So does drill instructor Elijah Thomas, whose hardened boot-camp hide conceals a heart broken one too many times. Jayden is making it beat again. For both of them, falling in love is a risk. Because all summers must come to an end. But with each new sunrise on these rustic acres, Jayden discovers that Piney Wood is a last chance for her, too. And with so many lives in turnaround, a new beginning for everyone could be a dream come true.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/layla-by-colleen-hoover--65269892https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Layla Author: Colleen Hoover Narrator: Brian Pallino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 148 Ratings of Narrator: 3.89 of Total 36 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love. When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla’s behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that’s just one of many inexplicable occurrences. Feeling distant from Layla, Leeds soon finds solace in Willow—another guest of the B&B with whom he forms a connection through their shared concerns. As his curiosity for Willow grows, his decision to help her find answers puts him in direct conflict with Layla’s well-being. Leeds soon realizes he has to make a choice because he can’t help both of them. But if he makes the wrong choice, it could be detrimental for all of them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559246Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Layla Author: Colleen Hoover Narrator: Brian Pallino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Layla Author: Colleen Hoover Narrator: Brian Pallino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 148 Ratings of Narrator: 3.89 of Total 36 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love. When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla’s behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that’s just one of many inexplicable occurrences. Feeling distant from Layla, Leeds soon finds solace in Willow—another guest of the B&B with whom he forms a connection through their shared concerns. As his curiosity for Willow grows, his decision to help her find answers puts him in direct conflict with Layla’s well-being. Leeds soon realizes he has to make a choice because he can’t help both of them. But if he makes the wrong choice, it could be detrimental for all of them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-almond-blossoms-by-anja-saskia-beyer--65269886https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Almond Blossoms Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Love and loss are in the air as the almond blossom falls. Milla has always felt alone in the world. The only child of a distant mother, she has no other family, and even her forthcoming marriage to Paul feels more like settling than true romance. But then a letter arrives, announcing that a Spanish grandmother she knew nothing about has recently died and left her a small shop in Mallorca. Milla is confused and hurt, but determined to uncover the truth. She travels to Palma, where she is enchanted by the beauty of the old town in springtime. At the shop she now owns, she meets Leandro, a handsome local who helps her piece together the story of her grandmother, Abbi. But it’s a story full of unexpected secrets, of hidden love and bitter betrayal, and it challenges everything Milla thought she knew about her family—and herself. Faced with these new truths, Milla has a difficult choice to make. Will she go back to Paul and be the person she was before, or follow her heart on a blossom-strewn island?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559242Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Almond Blossoms Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Almond Blossoms Author: Anja Saskia Beyer Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Love and loss are in the air as the almond blossom falls. Milla has always felt alone in the world. The only child of a distant mother, she has no other family, and even her forthcoming marriage to Paul feels more like settling than true romance. But then a letter arrives, announcing that a Spanish grandmother she knew nothing about has recently died and left her a small shop in Mallorca. Milla is confused and hurt, but determined to uncover the truth. She travels to Palma, where she is enchanted by the beauty of the old town in springtime. At the shop she now owns, she meets Leandro, a handsome local who helps her piece together the story of her grandmother, Abbi. But it’s a story full of unexpected secrets, of hidden love and bitter betrayal, and it challenges everything Milla thought she knew about her family—and herself. Faced with these new truths, Milla has a difficult choice to make. Will she go back to Paul and be the person she was before, or follow her heart on a blossom-strewn island?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-green-by-nick-spalding--65269868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Green Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually comes a laugh-out-loud story about saving your job…and maybe saving the planet in the process. Meet Ellie Cooke. When it comes to all things environmental she’s, well, a bit ‘green’. It’s not that she doesn’t care about things like climate change and plastic pollution, it’s just that life has always got in the way of that sort of thing. But when the PR firm Ellie works for is taken over by keen environmentalist Nolan Reece, it’s clear that if she wants to save her job, she’s going to have to get serious about being green—or face being recycled. Going green is no walk in the park, though. It involves a lot of big changes, tough choices…and at least one case of accidentally showing your knickers off to your boss. Can Ellie do enough to save her job, and maybe do her bit to help save the planet while she’s at it? And what will Nolan think of her, now that she can’t stop thinking about him…?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559256Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Green Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Green Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually comes a laugh-out-loud story about saving your job…and maybe saving the planet in the process. Meet Ellie Cooke. When it comes to all things environmental she’s, well, a bit ‘green’. It’s not that she doesn’t care about things like climate change and plastic pollution, it’s just that life has always got in the way of that sort of thing. But when the PR firm Ellie works for is taken over by keen environmentalist Nolan Reece, it’s clear that if she wants to save her job, she’s going to have to get serious about being green—or face being recycled. Going green is no walk in the park, though. It involves a lot of big changes, tough choices…and at least one case of accidentally showing your knickers off to your boss. Can Ellie do enough to save her job, and maybe do her bit to help save the planet while she’s at it? And what will Nolan think of her, now that she can’t stop thinking about him…?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-last-secret-by-a-r-torre--65269928https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Last Secret Author: A. R. Torre Narrator: Tristan James, Carly Robins, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the neighborhood. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home; social standing; and William, her successful, handsome husband. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Neena Ryder isn’t a fellow lady of leisure. A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal issues, and a husband who hasn’t delivered, she’s anxious to move up in the world. This beautiful new town is a step in the right direction. It’s also making Neena aware of what she doesn’t have. Namely, William. When Neena’s infatuation escalates into obsession, it’s just a matter of eliminating a few obstacles to get the life she wants. The life next door. As Neena’s secret fixation grows, so does her friendship with Cat. But beneath their cordial interactions is a wealth of temptations, secrets, and toxic jealousy. For both women, the desire for a perfect life can turn perfectly dangerous.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559239Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Last Secret Author: A. R. Torre Narrator: Tristan James, Carly Robins, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Last Secret Author: A. R. Torre Narrator: Tristan James, Carly Robins, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the neighborhood. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home; social standing; and William, her successful, handsome husband. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Neena Ryder isn’t a fellow lady of leisure. A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal issues, and a husband who hasn’t delivered, she’s anxious to move up in the world. This beautiful new town is a step in the right direction. It’s also making Neena aware of what she doesn’t have. Namely, William. When Neena’s infatuation escalates into obsession, it’s just a matter of eliminating a few obstacles to get the life she wants. The life next door. As Neena’s secret fixation grows, so does her friendship with Cat. But beneath their cordial interactions is a wealth of temptations, secrets, and toxic jealousy. For both women, the desire for a perfect life can turn perfectly dangerous.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memories-in-the-drift-a-novel-by-melissa-payne--65269925https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories in the Drift: A Novel Author: Melissa Payne Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, returns with another haunting and hopeful novel about redemption, the power of memory, and a woman’s will to reclaim her life. My name is Claire. I’m thirty-six years old. It’s September. I know what I’m doing and why I am here…for now. Ten years ago, Claire Hines lost her unborn child—and her short-term memory—following a heartrending tragedy. With notebooks, calendars, to-do lists, fractured pieces of the past, and her father’s support, Claire makes it through each day, hour by hour, with relative confidence. She also has a close-knit community of friends in the remote Alaskan town where she teaches guitar to the local children. It’s there, in the reminders. As determined as Claire is to regain all that’s disappeared, she’d prefer to live without some memories of her before life—especially those of her mother, Alice, who abandoned her, and Tate, the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart. But when Alice and Tate return from the past, there’ll be so much more for Claire to relive. And to discover for the very first time. Through healing, forgiveness, and second chances, Claire may realize that what’s most important might not be re-creating the person she was, but embracing the possibilities of being the person she is.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559241Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories in the Drift: A Novel Author: Melissa Payne Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories in the Drift: A Novel Author: Melissa Payne Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, returns with another haunting and hopeful novel about redemption, the power of memory, and a woman’s will to reclaim her life. My name is Claire. I’m thirty-six years old. It’s September. I know what I’m doing and why I am here…for now. Ten years ago, Claire Hines lost her unborn child—and her short-term memory—following a heartrending tragedy. With notebooks, calendars, to-do lists, fractured pieces of the past, and her father’s support, Claire makes it through each day, hour by hour, with relative confidence. She also has a close-knit community of friends in the remote Alaskan town where she teaches guitar to the local children. It’s there, in the reminders. As determined as Claire is to regain all that’s disappeared, she’d prefer to live without some memories of her before life—especially those of her mother, Alice, who abandoned her, and Tate, the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart. But when Alice and Tate return from the past, there’ll be so much more for Claire to relive. And to discover for the very first time. Through healing, forgiveness, and second chances, Claire may realize that what’s most important might not be re-creating the person she was, but embracing the possibilities of being the person she is.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/open-house-a-novel-by-katie-sise--65269873https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open House: A Novel Author: Katie Sise Narrator: Lori Prince, Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A missing young woman, ten years gone. A town still held in the grip of an unsolved mystery. A breathtaking novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of We Were Mothers. A decade ago in upstate New York, art student Emma McCullough walked into the woods and was never seen again. It’s a mystery that still haunts her bucolic university town and her broken family, especially her sister, Haley, whose need for closure has become an obsession. But now, finally, the first piece of evidence in the vanishing has been found: Emma’s bracelet, lodged in a frozen piece of earth at the bottom of a gorge. For Emma’s three best college friends, for a beloved former teacher, and for Haley, the chilling trinket is more than a clue in a resurrected cold case. It’s a trigger. Then a woman is attacked during an open house, and the connections between the two crimes, ten winters apart, begin to surface. So do the secrets that run as deep and dark as the currents in this quiet river town.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559235Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open House: A Novel Author: Katie Sise Narrator: Lori Prince, Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/559235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open House: A Novel Author: Katie Sise Narrator: Lori Prince, Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A missing young woman, ten years gone. A town still held in the grip of an unsolved mystery. A breathtaking novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of We Were Mothers. A decade ago in upstate New York, art student Emma McCullough walked into the woods and was never seen again. It’s a mystery that still haunts her bucolic university town and her broken family, especially her sister, Haley, whose need for closure has become an obsession. But now, finally, the first piece of evidence in the vanishing has been found: Emma’s bracelet, lodged in a frozen piece of earth at the bottom of a gorge. For Emma’s three best college friends, for a beloved former teacher, and for Haley, the chilling trinket is more than a clue in a resurrected cold case. It’s a trigger. Then a woman is attacked during an open house, and the connections between the two crimes, ten winters apart, begin to surface. So do the secrets that run as deep and dark as the currents in this quiet river town.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-peculiar-fate-of-holly-banks-a-novel-by-julie-valerie--65270002https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks: A Novel Series: #2 of Village of Primm Author: Julie Valerie Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A wife, mother, and aspiring filmmaker clings to the pursuit of perfection only to have fate play with every plan she’s made in this quirky, contemplative, and empowering novel. Holly Banks is on a desperate mission to have it all, but nothing in life goes according to plan. She’s quickly learning that keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time job, especially when the women of Primm, her new neighborhood, seem to have it together all the time. With her husband’s job in flux, her daughter’s difficulty with learning to read, and her mother’s new zest for dating, Holly’s life is already anything but picture perfect. Then her dog digs up an old artifact in the village center, and the mishap draws the attention of local media. Because of course it would. Holly finds herself at the center of a mystery between two rival towns that, if solved, could change the Village of Primm forever. Attention is the last thing she needs as she’s launching a new business, the village-wide “Parade of Homes” is approaching—though she’s hardly unpacked—and she needs to submit her entry for an upcoming film festival. Can Holly still create her perfect (looking) life? Or is fate about to go off script and give her a story she never could have imagined?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554884Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks: A Novel Series: #2 of Village of Primm Author: Julie Valerie Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks: A Novel Series: #2 of Village of Primm Author: Julie Valerie Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A wife, mother, and aspiring filmmaker clings to the pursuit of perfection only to have fate play with every plan she’s made in this quirky, contemplative, and empowering novel. Holly Banks is on a desperate mission to have it all, but nothing in life goes according to plan. She’s quickly learning that keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time job, especially when the women of Primm, her new neighborhood, seem to have it together all the time. With her husband’s job in flux, her daughter’s difficulty with learning to read, and her mother’s new zest for dating, Holly’s life is already anything but picture perfect. Then her dog digs up an old artifact in the village center, and the mishap draws the attention of local media. Because of course it would. Holly finds herself at the center of a mystery between two rival towns that, if solved, could change the Village of Primm forever. Attention is the last thing she needs as she’s launching a new business, the village-wide “Parade of Homes” is approaching—though she’s hardly unpacked—and she needs to submit her entry for an upcoming film festival. Can Holly still create her perfect (looking) life? Or is fate about to go off script and give her a story she never could have imagined?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-ordinary-life-by-suzanne-redfearn--65270001https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Ordinary Life Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and their three children . . . or that she'd have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when her four-year-old daughter is discovered through a YouTube video and offered a starring role on a television series, it seems like her prayers have been answered. But when the reality of their new life settles in, Faye realizes that fame and fortune don't come without a price. In a world where everyone is an actor and every move is scrutinized by millions, it's impossible to know whom to trust, and Faye finds herself utterly alone in her struggle to save her family. Emotionally riveting and insightful, No Ordinary Life is an unforgettable novel about the preciousness of childhood and the difficult choices a mother needs to make in order to protect this fragile time in her children's lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554922Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Ordinary Life Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Ordinary Life Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and their three children . . . or that she'd have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when her four-year-old daughter is discovered through a YouTube video and offered a starring role on a television series, it seems like her prayers have been answered. But when the reality of their new life settles in, Faye realizes that fame and fortune don't come without a price. In a world where everyone is an actor and every move is scrutinized by millions, it's impossible to know whom to trust, and Faye finds herself utterly alone in her struggle to save her family. Emotionally riveting and insightful, No Ordinary Life is an unforgettable novel about the preciousness of childhood and the difficult choices a mother needs to make in order to protect this fragile time in her children's lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hush-little-baby-by-suzanne-redfearn--65270000https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hush Little Baby Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Nola Zandry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew. Jillian Kane appears to have it all - a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the truth of her abusive marriage in order to protect Addie and Drew, knowing that if she left, Gordon would destroy her and destroy them. When she flees in an act of desperation, her worst nightmare is realized and she finds herself on the run with her two young children, no money, and no plan. With Gordon in hot pursuit, there is only one inescapable certainty: No matter where she goes, he will find her. Kill her. And take her children. A riveting page-turner, Hush Little Baby exposes the shame and terror of domestic violence as well as the disturbing role manipulation and sabotage can play in the high-stakes game of child custody. Suspenseful and unforgettably moving, it's a novel about the unbreakable bonds of family and the astounding, terrifying devotion of a mother's love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554921Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hush Little Baby Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Nola Zandry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hush Little Baby Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Nola Zandry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew. Jillian Kane appears to have it all - a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the truth of her abusive marriage in order to protect Addie and Drew, knowing that if she left, Gordon would destroy her and destroy them. When she flees in an act of desperation, her worst nightmare is realized and she finds herself on the run with her two young children, no money, and no plan. With Gordon in hot pursuit, there is only one inescapable certainty: No matter where she goes, he will find her. Kill her. And take her children. A riveting page-turner, Hush Little Baby exposes the shame and terror of domestic violence as well as the disturbing role manipulation and sabotage can play in the high-stakes game of child custody. Suspenseful and unforgettably moving, it's a novel about the unbreakable bonds of family and the astounding, terrifying devotion of a mother's love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-wings-of-hope-by-ella-zeiss--65269993https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Wings of Hope Author: Ella Zeiss Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: As World War II draws to a close, can two young people find love, hope—and freedom? February 1942: Terrifying reports of the Wehrmacht’s advance across the Soviet Union spread like wildfire, striking new fear into the already oppressed German families living there. Harri Pfeiffer, now sixteen, is summoned to the forced labour camp in Chelyabinsk. With men around him dying by the hundreds, every day is a fight for survival in a world plagued with despair. Three years later, with the war finally over, Yvo Scholz arrives in Chelyabinsk, desperate for news of her brother, who was also last seen being dispatched to the labour camp. Still uncertain of the fate of her father, it takes all Yvo’s unshakeable courage to build a new life for herself while she waits for hope to return. When their paths intersect, Harri and Yvo find a connection they never thought possible. But faced with hostility and discrimination, do they dare to dream they will one day be free—together?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554904Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Wings of Hope Author: Ella Zeiss Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Wings of Hope Author: Ella Zeiss Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: As World War II draws to a close, can two young people find love, hope—and freedom? February 1942: Terrifying reports of the Wehrmacht’s advance across the Soviet Union spread like wildfire, striking new fear into the already oppressed German families living there. Harri Pfeiffer, now sixteen, is summoned to the forced labour camp in Chelyabinsk. With men around him dying by the hundreds, every day is a fight for survival in a world plagued with despair. Three years later, with the war finally over, Yvo Scholz arrives in Chelyabinsk, desperate for news of her brother, who was also last seen being dispatched to the labour camp. Still uncertain of the fate of her father, it takes all Yvo’s unshakeable courage to build a new life for herself while she waits for hope to return. When their paths intersect, Harri and Yvo find a connection they never thought possible. But faced with hostility and discrimination, do they dare to dream they will one day be free—together?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loss-lake-a-novel-by-amber-cowie--65269972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loss Lake: A Novel Author: Amber Cowie Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new town, a new life, and a new home—with an absolutely chilling lakefront view. Two months a widow, Mallory Dent has made the impulsive decision to pack up and move on. In remote McNamara, nestled in the northern mountains, she can escape her grief, guilt, and pain. But the day Mallory arrives, death follows her, lapping just outside her door. A woman’s body is found floating in Loss Lake—and it’s not the first death on these shores. Locals talk about a monster in the depths with an almost disturbing reverence. Sergeant Joel Benson understands Mallory’s unease. Years ago, his own brother was killed in the home Mallory now owns. But that was just a tragic accident. Wasn’t it? The more Mallory investigates, the more fearful she becomes. Maybe there are monsters in McNamara. Maybe some have followed her there. As a winter storm bears down, the refuge Mallory sought has become a trap. It’s time to face her past, the secrets behind the town’s friendly faces, and a reckoning that will shatter the eerie, icy calm of Loss Lake.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554896Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loss Lake: A Novel Author: Amber Cowie Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loss Lake: A Novel Author: Amber Cowie Narrator: Kate Marcin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A new town, a new life, and a new home—with an absolutely chilling lakefront view. Two months a widow, Mallory Dent has made the impulsive decision to pack up and move on. In remote McNamara, nestled in the northern mountains, she can escape her grief, guilt, and pain. But the day Mallory arrives, death follows her, lapping just outside her door. A woman’s body is found floating in Loss Lake—and it’s not the first death on these shores. Locals talk about a monster in the depths with an almost disturbing reverence. Sergeant Joel Benson understands Mallory’s unease. Years ago, his own brother was killed in the home Mallory now owns. But that was just a tragic accident. Wasn’t it? The more Mallory investigates, the more fearful she becomes. Maybe there are monsters in McNamara. Maybe some have followed her there. As a winter storm bears down, the refuge Mallory sought has become a trap. It’s time to face her past, the secrets behind the town’s friendly faces, and a reckoning that will shatter the eerie, icy calm of Loss Lake.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-changes-by-catherine-bybee--65269968https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything Changes Series: #3 of Creek Canyon Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. A woman proving herself in a man’s world finds love in the suspenseful and emotional conclusion to the Creek Canyon series from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee. As the only female civil engineer in her department, Grace Hudson needs space from men. Her last love interest traumatized her in ways she never saw coming; with that behind her, she is determined to focus on her career. Even so, a little flirting with a handsome stranger over coffee can’t hurt, right? In their short interaction, Grace dazzles Dameon Locke. But he’s focused on his newest development project and keeping his company afloat after his biggest investor pulled out. So during the planning huddle with the city board, he’s stunned to find the petite spitfire he met at the coffee shop running the show. Grace can’t ignore Dameon’s charm, but when a disgruntled developer accuses Grace of taking bribes, her world is upended. Worse still, something much more important than her job may be in peril. With her career in shambles and her life in danger, Grace turns to Dameon…but will she risk putting him in danger too?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554898Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything Changes Series: #3 of Creek Canyon Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything Changes Series: #3 of Creek Canyon Author: Catherine Bybee Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. A woman proving herself in a man’s world finds love in the suspenseful and emotional conclusion to the Creek Canyon series from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee. As the only female civil engineer in her department, Grace Hudson needs space from men. Her last love interest traumatized her in ways she never saw coming; with that behind her, she is determined to focus on her career. Even so, a little flirting with a handsome stranger over coffee can’t hurt, right? In their short interaction, Grace dazzles Dameon Locke. But he’s focused on his newest development project and keeping his company afloat after his biggest investor pulled out. So during the planning huddle with the city board, he’s stunned to find the petite spitfire he met at the coffee shop running the show. Grace can’t ignore Dameon’s charm, but when a disgruntled developer accuses Grace of taking bribes, her world is upended. Worse still, something much more important than her job may be in peril. With her career in shambles and her life in danger, Grace turns to Dameon…but will she risk putting him in danger too?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-frenzy-of-sparks-a-novel-by-kristin-fields--65269999https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Frenzy of Sparks: A Novel Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 3, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of A Lily in the Light comes a poignant story of innocence lost and what it means to grow up too fast. It’s 1965, and thirteen-year-old Gia, along with her older brother and cousins, are desperate to escape their sleepy, tree-lined neighborhood where nothing ever happens. The only thing Gia would miss is the surrounding marsh, where she feels at home among sea birds and salt water. But when one of Gia’s cousins brings drugs into their neighborhood, it sets off a chain of events that quickly turn dangerous. Everyone will be caught in the ripples, and some may be swept away entirely. Gia is determined to keep herself and her family afloat while the world is turned upside down around her. Can she find a way to hold on to the life she was so eager to leave behind, or will she have to watch it all disappear beneath the marsh forever? At turns heart-wrenching and hopeful, A Frenzy of Sparks explores a world where survival is the attempt to move forward while leaving pieces of your heart behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554895Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Frenzy of Sparks: A Novel Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Frenzy of Sparks: A Novel Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 3, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the author of A Lily in the Light comes a poignant story of innocence lost and what it means to grow up too fast. It’s 1965, and thirteen-year-old Gia, along with her older brother and cousins, are desperate to escape their sleepy, tree-lined neighborhood where nothing ever happens. The only thing Gia would miss is the surrounding marsh, where she feels at home among sea birds and salt water. But when one of Gia’s cousins brings drugs into their neighborhood, it sets off a chain of events that quickly turn dangerous. Everyone will be caught in the ripples, and some may be swept away entirely. Gia is determined to keep herself and her family afloat while the world is turned upside down around her. Can she find a way to hold on to the life she was so eager to leave behind, or will she have to watch it all disappear beneath the marsh forever? At turns heart-wrenching and hopeful, A Frenzy of Sparks explores a world where survival is the attempt to move forward while leaving pieces of your heart behind.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/perfectly-impossible-a-novel-by-elizabeth-topp--65269997https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfectly Impossible: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Topp Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this witty debut novel, Elizabeth Topp crafts a story that ventures behind the fanciful facade of Park Avenue and into the life of one lovable type A assistant. Anna’s job is simple: prevent the unexpected from happening and do everything better than perfectly. An artist at heart, Anna works a day job as a private assistant for Bambi Von Bizmark, a megarich Upper East Side matriarch who’s about to be honored at the illustrious Opera Ball. Caught between the staid world of great wealth and her unconventional life as an artist, Anna struggles with her true calling. If she’s supposed to be a painter, why is she so much more successful as a personal assistant? When her boyfriend lands a fancy new job, it throws their future as a couple into doubt and intensifies Anna’s identity crisis. All she has to do is ensure everything runs smoothly and hold herself together until the Opera Ball is over. How hard could that be? Featuring a vibrant array of characters from the powerful to the proletarian, Perfectly Impossible offers a glimpse into a world you’ll never want to leave.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554889Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfectly Impossible: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Topp Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfectly Impossible: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Topp Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 1, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this witty debut novel, Elizabeth Topp crafts a story that ventures behind the fanciful facade of Park Avenue and into the life of one lovable type A assistant. Anna’s job is simple: prevent the unexpected from happening and do everything better than perfectly. An artist at heart, Anna works a day job as a private assistant for Bambi Von Bizmark, a megarich Upper East Side matriarch who’s about to be honored at the illustrious Opera Ball. Caught between the staid world of great wealth and her unconventional life as an artist, Anna struggles with her true calling. If she’s supposed to be a painter, why is she so much more successful as a personal assistant? When her boyfriend lands a fancy new job, it throws their future as a couple into doubt and intensifies Anna’s identity crisis. All she has to do is ensure everything runs smoothly and hold herself together until the Opera Ball is over. How hard could that be? Featuring a vibrant array of characters from the powerful to the proletarian, Perfectly Impossible offers a glimpse into a world you’ll never want to leave.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-haunting-of-brynn-wilder-a-novel-by-wendy-webb--65269918https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel Author: Wendy Webb Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Daughters of the Lake comes an enthralling spellbinder of love, death, and a woman on the edge. After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared for by a married couple with a heartbreaking story of their own; LuAnn, the eccentric and lovable owner of the inn; and Dominic, an unsettlingly handsome man inked from head to toe in mesmerizing tattoos. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn’t. Bad dreams and night whispers lure Brynn to a shuttered room at the end of the hall, a room still heavy with a recent death. And now she’s become irresistibly drawn to Dominic—even in the shadow of rumors that wherever he goes, suspicious death follows. In this chilling season of love, transformation, and fear, something is calling for Brynn. To settle her past, she may have no choice but to answer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554894Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel Author: Wendy Webb Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel Author: Wendy Webb Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Daughters of the Lake comes an enthralling spellbinder of love, death, and a woman on the edge. After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared for by a married couple with a heartbreaking story of their own; LuAnn, the eccentric and lovable owner of the inn; and Dominic, an unsettlingly handsome man inked from head to toe in mesmerizing tattoos. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn’t. Bad dreams and night whispers lure Brynn to a shuttered room at the end of the hall, a room still heavy with a recent death. And now she’s become irresistibly drawn to Dominic—even in the shadow of rumors that wherever he goes, suspicious death follows. In this chilling season of love, transformation, and fear, something is calling for Brynn. To settle her past, she may have no choice but to answer.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wesley-yorstead-goes-outside-by-stephanie-harper--65269994https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside Author: Stephanie Harper Narrator: Brian Holden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 26, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When an agoraphobic man develops a relationship with a vivacious grocery delivery woman, the order he prescribes to his apartment, and his world, begins to crumble around him. Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside explores the life of Wesley Yorstead, a thirty-three year old graphic novelist who suffers from a severe case of agoraphobia that has kept him shut inside for over five years. When he meets Happy Lafferty for the first time, delivering groceries on behalf of her father’s neighborhood market, Wesley can’t shake the inherent magnetism between them and seeks to get to know this young woman who invades his space—both physical and mental. As their relationship grows more intimate, the restrictions of his situation become an even greater obstacle. When Happy’s past life catches up to her, Wesley must decide if he can finally leave his apartment to help. A meditation on anxiety, fear, and human connection, Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside asks the reader to consider what our fears take away from our lives, and how we might overcome them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554905Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:20:43 +0000jhowardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside Author: Stephanie Harper Narrator: Brian Holden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside Author: Stephanie Harper Narrator: Brian Holden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 26, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When an agoraphobic man develops a relationship with a vivacious grocery delivery woman, the order he prescribes to his apartment, and his world, begins to crumble around him. Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside explores the life of Wesley Yorstead, a thirty-three year old graphic novelist who suffers from a severe case of agoraphobia that has kept him shut inside for over five years. When he meets Happy Lafferty for the first time, delivering groceries on behalf of her father’s neighborhood market, Wesley can’t shake the inherent magnetism between them and seeks to get to know this young woman who invades his space—both physical and mental. As their relationship grows more intimate, the restrictions of his situation become an even greater obstacle. When Happy’s past life catches up to her, Wesley must decide if he can finally leave his apartment to help. A meditation on anxiety, fear, and human connection, Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside asks the reader to consider what our fears take away from our lives, and how we might overcome them.]]>185cleanfull