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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.]]>enDramaCopyright Dianna Christiansenhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d3719427f8378402efbc24f6a2b9399.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-top-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580467Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:08:42 +0000Dianna ChristiansenDianna Christiansenfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/659/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/659/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! 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/wives-like-us-a-novel-by-plum-sykes--65304423https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wives Like Us: A Novel Author: Plum Sykes Narrator: Annabel Mullion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes.'' —Kevin Kwan Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes the impossibly funny Wives Like Us, the new novel from the best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes and Party Girls Die In Pearls, Plum Sykes. If you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you’ve never visited ‘The Bottoms.’ Welcome to the rose-strewn county of Oxfordshire, and the tony Cotswold villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom, and Monkton Bottom, recently annexed by a glittering new breed of female: the Country Princess.  Following a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds, Tata Hawkins has flounced out of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter, Minty, and Executive Butler Ian Palmer in tow, decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband Bryan a lesson. But things don’t go to plan: Bryan disappears to Venice with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door, is refusing Tata’s overtures at friendship; Tata’s best friends, Sophie Thompson and Fernanda Ovington-Williams, are distracted by their own heartache, and the posh Pennybacker-Hoare sisters are plotting to prevent Tata regaining her crown as Queen of the Bottoms. Worst of all, Ian has nowhere to store his collection of vintage Gucci loafers. Will Tata ever return to the comforts of the Manor? Will Selby find her Prince Charming? Will the Pennybacker-Hoares prevail? With the help of a pig farmer-ess moonlighting as a Personal Assistant, a male model moonlighting as a stable hand and a London barrister moonlighting as a gentleman farmer, can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616332Tue, 14 May 2024 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wives Like Us: A Novel Author: Plum Sykes Narrator: Annabel Mullion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wives Like Us: A Novel Author: Plum Sykes Narrator: Annabel Mullion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes.'' —Kevin Kwan Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes the impossibly funny Wives Like Us, the new novel from the best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes and Party Girls Die In Pearls, Plum Sykes. If you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you’ve never visited ‘The Bottoms.’ Welcome to the rose-strewn county of Oxfordshire, and the tony Cotswold villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom, and Monkton Bottom, recently annexed by a glittering new breed of female: the Country Princess.  Following a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds, Tata Hawkins has flounced out of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter, Minty, and Executive Butler Ian Palmer in tow, decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband Bryan a lesson. But things don’t go to plan: Bryan disappears to Venice with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door, is refusing Tata’s overtures at friendship; Tata’s best friends, Sophie Thompson and Fernanda Ovington-Williams, are distracted by their own heartache, and the posh Pennybacker-Hoare sisters are plotting to prevent Tata regaining her crown as Queen of the Bottoms. Worst of all, Ian has nowhere to store his collection of vintage Gucci loafers. Will Tata ever return to the comforts of the Manor? Will Selby find her Prince Charming? Will the Pennybacker-Hoares prevail? With the help of a pig farmer-ess moonlighting as a Personal Assistant, a male model moonlighting as a stable hand and a London barrister moonlighting as a gentleman farmer, can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mother-act-by-heidi-reimer--65304479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother Act Author: Heidi Reimer Narrator: Beth Hicks, Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Propulsive and affecting.... This is worthy of a standing ovation.' —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead. Sadie Jones, a larger-than-life actress and controversial feminist, never wanted to be a mother. No one feels this more deeply than Jude, the daughter Sadie left behind. While Jude spent her childhood touring with her father’s Shakespearian theater company, desperate for validation from the mother she barely knew, Sadie catapulted to fame on the wings of The Mother Act—a scathing one-woman show about motherhood. Two decades later, Jude is a talented actress in her own right, and her fraught relationship with Sadie has come to a scandalous head. On a December evening in New York City, at the packed premiere of Sadie’s latest play, the two come face-to-face and the intertwined stories of their lives unfold—colorfully and dramatically. What emerges is a picture of two very different women navigating the complicated worlds of career, love, and family, all while grappling with the essential question: can they ever really understand each other? Compelling, insightful, and cleverly conveyed as a play in six acts, The Mother Act is a stylish page-turner that looks at what it means to be a devoted mother and a devoted artist—and whether it is possible to be both.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614649Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother Act Author: Heidi Reimer Narrator: Beth Hicks, Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother Act Author: Heidi Reimer Narrator: Beth Hicks, Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Propulsive and affecting.... This is worthy of a standing ovation.' —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead. Sadie Jones, a larger-than-life actress and controversial feminist, never wanted to be a mother. No one feels this more deeply than Jude, the daughter Sadie left behind. While Jude spent her childhood touring with her father’s Shakespearian theater company, desperate for validation from the mother she barely knew, Sadie catapulted to fame on the wings of The Mother Act—a scathing one-woman show about motherhood. Two decades later, Jude is a talented actress in her own right, and her fraught relationship with Sadie has come to a scandalous head. On a December evening in New York City, at the packed premiere of Sadie’s latest play, the two come face-to-face and the intertwined stories of their lives unfold—colorfully and dramatically. What emerges is a picture of two very different women navigating the complicated worlds of career, love, and family, all while grappling with the essential question: can they ever really understand each other? Compelling, insightful, and cleverly conveyed as a play in six acts, The Mother Act is a stylish page-turner that looks at what it means to be a devoted mother and a devoted artist—and whether it is possible to be both.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-her-own-a-novel-by-lihi-lapid--65304544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Her Own: A Novel Author: Lihi Lapid Narrator: Emily Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 19, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow. ''The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today’s world? On Her Own is a book you will want all the women in your life to read.'' —Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, award-winning author of Waking Lions Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel Aviv apartment in a torn minidress. As her memory starts to resurface—the abusive older man she’s running away from, the crime she witnessed—she knows one thing: she needs to find a place to hide. When one of the building’s tenants, Carmela, a lonely old widow suffering from memory loss, mistakes Nina for her granddaughter she hasn’t seen in years, Nina jumps at the opportunity for a safe haven. Soon, the two strangers become each other’s lifeline as Nina settles into the apartment with sweet, reassuring Carmela. Meanwhile, Irina, a Russian immigrant, is living a parent’s worst nightmare: her only daughter has gone missing. She knows Nina got involved with the wrong men and will do anything to find her. Across the ocean, Itamar feels that something is happening to his mom, Carmela. The guilt over having left Israel for his pursuit of the American dream stirs childhood memories in him and a longing for the family that once was complete. Set between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers. Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612776Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Her Own: A Novel Author: Lihi Lapid Narrator: Emily Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 19, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Her Own: A Novel Author: Lihi Lapid Narrator: Emily Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 19, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow. ''The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today’s world? On Her Own is a book you will want all the women in your life to read.'' —Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, award-winning author of Waking Lions Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel Aviv apartment in a torn minidress. As her memory starts to resurface—the abusive older man she’s running away from, the crime she witnessed—she knows one thing: she needs to find a place to hide. When one of the building’s tenants, Carmela, a lonely old widow suffering from memory loss, mistakes Nina for her granddaughter she hasn’t seen in years, Nina jumps at the opportunity for a safe haven. Soon, the two strangers become each other’s lifeline as Nina settles into the apartment with sweet, reassuring Carmela. Meanwhile, Irina, a Russian immigrant, is living a parent’s worst nightmare: her only daughter has gone missing. She knows Nina got involved with the wrong men and will do anything to find her. Across the ocean, Itamar feels that something is happening to his mom, Carmela. The guilt over having left Israel for his pursuit of the American dream stirs childhood memories in him and a longing for the family that once was complete. Set between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers. Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-sitter-by-elizabeth-drummond--65304547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Sitter Author: Elizabeth Drummond Narrator: Janna Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 23, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Warming and lighthearted… this is a novel that leaves you romanticising crumbling mansions and the brooding bachelors hiding in their mazes’ Megan Clawson, author of Falling Hard for the Royal Guard 'Charming! Small rural town, rolling hills, and an old manor house, all embraced in a grumpy/sunshine romance – all the country comforts you need in a read.’ Pernille Hughes, author of Ten Years 'Elizabeth Drummond knows how to craft the perfect, broody, swoon-worthy hero, Wolfie had my heart at his first glower.’ Camilla Isley, author of Opposites Attract His house. Her rules. But who’s in charge? Pippa Munro had the perfect life plan. What she did not plan, was for her boyfriend to break up with her. Or sell her beloved home. So instead of being blissfully engaged, Pippa finds herself jobless, homeless and single. Wolfie Squires needs someone to look after his family’s ancient house. He’s too busy with his hot shot city job to deal with a country manor several hundred miles away. Enter Pippa Munro, Wolfie’s exact opposite. As tempers fray, ideas clash, and secrets are spilled, Pippa and Wolfie might realise they have the same ambitions for the house, if only they could stop arguing long enough to find out… Readers are loving The House Sitter: ‘The romance was fun and believable… I loved it!’ Joss Wood, author of Confessions of a Christmasholic ‘Cosy and fun… the village vibes and capable heroine are spot on’ Katherine Dyson, author of Lily Bennett’s Bucket List 'I loved the gorgeous descriptions of Yorkshire, and the hero Wolfie is totally dreamy… a fun, escapist book to curl up with’ Emily Kerr, author of Take a Chance on Greece ‘The new Mr Darcy!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A great story that is easy to read and full of love, laughter and tears’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A delightful and captivating read… [a] well-crafted plot, engaging characters, and humorous narrative’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Loved this book so much I didn’t want to put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618176Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Sitter Author: Elizabeth Drummond Narrator: Janna Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Sitter Author: Elizabeth Drummond Narrator: Janna Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 23, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Warming and lighthearted… this is a novel that leaves you romanticising crumbling mansions and the brooding bachelors hiding in their mazes’ Megan Clawson, author of Falling Hard for the Royal Guard 'Charming! Small rural town, rolling hills, and an old manor house, all embraced in a grumpy/sunshine romance – all the country comforts you need in a read.’ Pernille Hughes, author of Ten Years 'Elizabeth Drummond knows how to craft the perfect, broody, swoon-worthy hero, Wolfie had my heart at his first glower.’ Camilla Isley, author of Opposites Attract His house. Her rules. But who’s in charge? Pippa Munro had the perfect life plan. What she did not plan, was for her boyfriend to break up with her. Or sell her beloved home. So instead of being blissfully engaged, Pippa finds herself jobless, homeless and single. Wolfie Squires needs someone to look after his family’s ancient house. He’s too busy with his hot shot city job to deal with a country manor several hundred miles away. Enter Pippa Munro, Wolfie’s exact opposite. As tempers fray, ideas clash, and secrets are spilled, Pippa and Wolfie might realise they have the same ambitions for the house, if only they could stop arguing long enough to find out… Readers are loving The House Sitter: ‘The romance was fun and believable… I loved it!’ Joss Wood, author of Confessions of a Christmasholic ‘Cosy and fun… the village vibes and capable heroine are spot on’ Katherine Dyson, author of Lily Bennett’s Bucket List 'I loved the gorgeous descriptions of Yorkshire, and the hero Wolfie is totally dreamy… a fun, escapist book to curl up with’ Emily Kerr, author of Take a Chance on Greece ‘The new Mr Darcy!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A great story that is easy to read and full of love, laughter and tears’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A delightful and captivating read… [a] well-crafted plot, engaging characters, and humorous narrative’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Loved this book so much I didn’t want to put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hidden-fires-by-sairish-hussain--65304457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Fires Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Krupa Pattani, Raj Ghatak, Amerjit Deu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 18, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How can you live in the present when you’re trying to bury the past? ‘A sweeping tale of resilience’ i News 'An ineffably touching novel by a talented young author' Saga Magazine 'Harrowing yet uplifting…A visceral exploration of family, identity and loss' Sunday Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616769Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Fires Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Krupa Pattani, Raj Ghatak, Amerjit Deu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Fires Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Krupa Pattani, Raj Ghatak, Amerjit Deu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 18, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How can you live in the present when you’re trying to bury the past? ‘A sweeping tale of resilience’ i News 'An ineffably touching novel by a talented young author' Saga Magazine 'Harrowing yet uplifting…A visceral exploration of family, identity and loss' Sunday Post]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rainbow-a-novel-by-yasunari-kawabata--65304448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow: A Novel Author: Yasunari Kawabata Narrator: Ami Okumura Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father’s first child—haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together—seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan’s greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617660Tue, 07 Nov 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow: A Novel Author: Yasunari Kawabata Narrator: Ami Okumura Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow: A Novel Author: Yasunari Kawabata Narrator: Ami Okumura Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father’s first child—haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together—seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan’s greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-blood-by-denene-millner--65304468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Blood Author: Denene Millner Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Tina Lifford, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her. ‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER ‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis THREE WOMEN. ONE BLOOD. A birth mother Grace, growing up in segregated Virginia, is only a teenager when her baby is taken from her in the ultimate act of betrayal. An adoptive mother Lolo, who takes the baby in, has dreamed of having a family her whole life. She will do whatever it takes whatever it takes to keep her dream intact. The daughter to both Pregnant with her first baby, Rae discovers that she is adopted. Now she must face an important reckoning about her two mothers… One Blood is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, secrets and history: a hymn to Black womanhood. ‘Heartbreaking’ KARIN SLAUGHTER ‘Epic’ i PAPER ‘Deeply moving’ PEOPLE magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616356Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Blood Author: Denene Millner Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Tina Lifford, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Blood Author: Denene Millner Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Tina Lifford, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her. ‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER ‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis THREE WOMEN. ONE BLOOD. A birth mother Grace, growing up in segregated Virginia, is only a teenager when her baby is taken from her in the ultimate act of betrayal. An adoptive mother Lolo, who takes the baby in, has dreamed of having a family her whole life. She will do whatever it takes whatever it takes to keep her dream intact. The daughter to both Pregnant with her first baby, Rae discovers that she is adopted. Now she must face an important reckoning about her two mothers… One Blood is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, secrets and history: a hymn to Black womanhood. ‘Heartbreaking’ KARIN SLAUGHTER ‘Epic’ i PAPER ‘Deeply moving’ PEOPLE magazine]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-to-a-southern-wedding-by-synithia-williams--65304476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to a Southern Wedding Series: #1 of Peachtree Cove Author: Synithia Williams Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotional and witty story of love, forgiveness, and second chances as the race to the wedding day begins… It’s been years since Dr. Imani Kemp has returned home to Peachtree Cove, Georgia.  As Tallahassee’s most sought-after OB-GYN, she doesn’t have much time for anything else. But when her mom announces she’s marrying a man she just met on a dating app, Imani knows she has to put a stop to it immediately.  Let her mom be hurt again after the disastrous way her last marriage ended?  Absolutely not. Always her protector, Imani won’t rest until her mom sees reason.  She just never expected sparks to fly with the groom’s son...      After his mother’s tragic death, Cyril Dash and his father relocated to Peachtree Cove to escape the gossip and speculation. Now, in this quirky small town, they’ve made a new life for themselves, and after years of grief, his dad has finally found happiness again.  And Cyril refuses to let Imani threaten that.  The more determined he is to prove the strength of his dad's love, the more drawn he is to this beautiful, complicated woman who's determined to call off the wedding. But when Cyril’s heartbreaking past comes to light, destiny won’t be denied.  Because the secret to this southern wedding is you never know how far you'll go in the name of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616572Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to a Southern Wedding Series: #1 of Peachtree Cove Author: Synithia Williams Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to a Southern Wedding Series: #1 of Peachtree Cove Author: Synithia Williams Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotional and witty story of love, forgiveness, and second chances as the race to the wedding day begins… It’s been years since Dr. Imani Kemp has returned home to Peachtree Cove, Georgia.  As Tallahassee’s most sought-after OB-GYN, she doesn’t have much time for anything else. But when her mom announces she’s marrying a man she just met on a dating app, Imani knows she has to put a stop to it immediately.  Let her mom be hurt again after the disastrous way her last marriage ended?  Absolutely not. Always her protector, Imani won’t rest until her mom sees reason.  She just never expected sparks to fly with the groom’s son...      After his mother’s tragic death, Cyril Dash and his father relocated to Peachtree Cove to escape the gossip and speculation. Now, in this quirky small town, they’ve made a new life for themselves, and after years of grief, his dad has finally found happiness again.  And Cyril refuses to let Imani threaten that.  The more determined he is to prove the strength of his dad's love, the more drawn he is to this beautiful, complicated woman who's determined to call off the wedding. But when Cyril’s heartbreaking past comes to light, destiny won’t be denied.  Because the secret to this southern wedding is you never know how far you'll go in the name of love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-orphan-by-pam-weaver--65304454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Orphan Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 3, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Three sisters torn apart by war. Can fighting for peace bring them together again? December 1941: Evacuated from the threat of German bombs, sisters Amelie and Mireille have grown up under the storm clouds of war. Now they have joined the fight against Hitler, with Amelie training as a nurse to save wounded soldiers, and Mireille enlisted to help the Air Force wage war in the skies over Europe. But as each sister fights for peace, they are still haunted by the memory of their missing sister who was snatched away from them at the beginning of the war. As Mireille is recruited for a special forces role behind enemy lines in France, she puts her life on the line for the Allies. But could she also finally have a chance of reuniting her sisters, once the war is over? A heart-breaking tale of the bond between sisters and the courage of women in wartime. Perfect for fans of Shirley Dickson, Glynis Peters and Pam Jenoff. If you loved The Runaway Orphans by Pam Weaver, then don’t miss this next chapter in the sisters’ story! Readers adore The Lost Orphan: ‘I absolutely loved the first book so I was really looking forward to reading this and I quite literally could not put it down! My heart was in my mouth, both with Mireille in France, and Amelie and her vile partner back home. I was so caught up in all the emotion and sobbed at the end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I enjoyed The Lost Orphan and read it in a day! The characters are brave sisters with a troubled past who are doing their 'bit' in the British war effort. The author has a wonderful sense of plot and place and the story moves right along.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An emotional rollercoaster … Great characters and pacy storylines make this a compelling read.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The sisters have amazing personalities with their strength and determination shining through. As I read of their encounters they felt like old friends who I couldn’t wait to meet with again. This has been an absolutely brilliant novel that I was unable to put down and when I reached the last page I had tears in my eyes.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is a brilliant sequel to The Runaway Orphans. This book is, like the first one, full of twists and turns … Now I have a book hangover and don't know what to follow this with!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An excellent conclusion to the story started in The Runaway Orphans. It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. The characters are so real, I felt as if I knew them and would have felt right at home stepping into Jim and Norah’s kitchen. Pam Weaver is a great storyteller.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616774Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Orphan Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 3, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Orphan Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 3, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Three sisters torn apart by war. Can fighting for peace bring them together again? December 1941: Evacuated from the threat of German bombs, sisters Amelie and Mireille have grown up under the storm clouds of war. Now they have joined the fight against Hitler, with Amelie training as a nurse to save wounded soldiers, and Mireille enlisted to help the Air Force wage war in the skies over Europe. But as each sister fights for peace, they are still haunted by the memory of their missing sister who was snatched away from them at the beginning of the war. As Mireille is recruited for a special forces role behind enemy lines in France, she puts her life on the line for the Allies. But could she also finally have a chance of reuniting her sisters, once the war is over? A heart-breaking tale of the bond between sisters and the courage of women in wartime. Perfect for fans of Shirley Dickson, Glynis Peters and Pam Jenoff. If you loved The Runaway Orphans by Pam Weaver, then don’t miss this next chapter in the sisters’ story! Readers adore The Lost Orphan: ‘I absolutely loved the first book so I was really looking forward to reading this and I quite literally could not put it down! My heart was in my mouth, both with Mireille in France, and Amelie and her vile partner back home. I was so caught up in all the emotion and sobbed at the end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I enjoyed The Lost Orphan and read it in a day! The characters are brave sisters with a troubled past who are doing their 'bit' in the British war effort. The author has a wonderful sense of plot and place and the story moves right along.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An emotional rollercoaster … Great characters and pacy storylines make this a compelling read.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The sisters have amazing personalities with their strength and determination shining through. As I read of their encounters they felt like old friends who I couldn’t wait to meet with again. This has been an absolutely brilliant novel that I was unable to put down and when I reached the last page I had tears in my eyes.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is a brilliant sequel to The Runaway Orphans. This book is, like the first one, full of twists and turns … Now I have a book hangover and don't know what to follow this with!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An excellent conclusion to the story started in The Runaway Orphans. It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. The characters are so real, I felt as if I knew them and would have felt right at home stepping into Jim and Norah’s kitchen. Pam Weaver is a great storyteller.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bakery-in-paris-a-novel-by-aimie-k-runyan--65304483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bakery in Paris: A Novel Author: Aimie K. Runyan Narrator: Caroline Hewitt, Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre.   1870: The Prussians are at the city gates, intent to starve Paris into submission. Lisette Vigneau—headstrong, willful, and often ignored by her wealthy parents—awaits the outcome of the war from her parents’ grand home in the Place Royale in the very heart of the city. When an excursion throws her into the path of a revolutionary National Guardsman, Théodore Fournier, her destiny is forever changed. She gives up her life of luxury to join in the fight for a Paris of the People. She opens a small bakery with the hopes of being a vital boon to the impoverished neighborhood in its hour of need. When the city falls into famine, and then rebellion, her resolve to give up the comforts of her past life is sorely tested. 1946: Nineteen-year-old Micheline Chartier is coping with the loss of her father and the disappearance of her mother during the war. In their absence, she is charged with the raising of her two younger sisters. At the hand of a well-meaning neighbor, Micheline finds herself enrolled in a prestigious baking academy with her entire life mapped out for her. Feeling trapped and desperately unequal to the task of raising two young girls, she becomes obsessed with finding her mother. Her classmate at the academy, Laurent Tanet, may be the only one capable of helping Micheline move on from the past and begin creating a future for herself.  Both women must grapple with loss, learn to accept love, and face impossible choices armed with little more than their courage and a belief that a bit of flour, yeast, sugar, and love can bring about a revolution of their own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616802Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bakery in Paris: A Novel Author: Aimie K. Runyan Narrator: Caroline Hewitt, Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bakery in Paris: A Novel Author: Aimie K. Runyan Narrator: Caroline Hewitt, Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre.   1870: The Prussians are at the city gates, intent to starve Paris into submission. Lisette Vigneau—headstrong, willful, and often ignored by her wealthy parents—awaits the outcome of the war from her parents’ grand home in the Place Royale in the very heart of the city. When an excursion throws her into the path of a revolutionary National Guardsman, Théodore Fournier, her destiny is forever changed. She gives up her life of luxury to join in the fight for a Paris of the People. She opens a small bakery with the hopes of being a vital boon to the impoverished neighborhood in its hour of need. When the city falls into famine, and then rebellion, her resolve to give up the comforts of her past life is sorely tested. 1946: Nineteen-year-old Micheline Chartier is coping with the loss of her father and the disappearance of her mother during the war. In their absence, she is charged with the raising of her two younger sisters. At the hand of a well-meaning neighbor, Micheline finds herself enrolled in a prestigious baking academy with her entire life mapped out for her. Feeling trapped and desperately unequal to the task of raising two young girls, she becomes obsessed with finding her mother. Her classmate at the academy, Laurent Tanet, may be the only one capable of helping Micheline move on from the past and begin creating a future for herself.  Both women must grapple with loss, learn to accept love, and face impossible choices armed with little more than their courage and a belief that a bit of flour, yeast, sugar, and love can bring about a revolution of their own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-runaway-bride-of-blossom-branch-by-janice-maynard--65304517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Bride of Blossom Branch Series: #1 of Blossom Branch Author: Janice Maynard Narrator: Virginia Rose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: " sensual, sassy and emotionally riveting!" —Thoughts of a Blonde She thought she had life all figured out. But perfect doesn’t always mean it’s right… Cate Penland once believed she could have it all—but that was before her fiancé left her at the altar in front of twelve hundred guests. Heartbroken and humiliated, Cate can think of only one thing to do: run. But escape leads right to her nemesis, Prescott “Harry” Harrington III. They're ten years apart and not compatible. He might be lauded in their Atlanta social circles, but she doesn’t like him. He makes her feel prickly and all…something inside. Why is he rescuing her? Putting her up in his penthouse suite, offering a sympathetic ear—suddenly the older, wiser Harry is someone she can lean on… Now Cate isn’t sure what she wants. The life she left behind…or the one she hasn’t quite found yet? The one thing she knows: she’s going home to Blossom Branch. Even if Harry says he’s coming with her. Maybe there, under the peach trees, is where she’ll find out what perfection really means… Bonus novella!  Ten years ago, she’d loved him, but he’d been bound for bigger things. Now small-town girl Laney Marshall has sexy celebrity Brit Sheffield back in her town, in her house—in her bed. Does she want to keep him there this time?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615131Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Bride of Blossom Branch Series: #1 of Blossom Branch Author: Janice Maynard Narrator: Virginia Rose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Bride of Blossom Branch Series: #1 of Blossom Branch Author: Janice Maynard Narrator: Virginia Rose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: " sensual, sassy and emotionally riveting!" —Thoughts of a Blonde She thought she had life all figured out. But perfect doesn’t always mean it’s right… Cate Penland once believed she could have it all—but that was before her fiancé left her at the altar in front of twelve hundred guests. Heartbroken and humiliated, Cate can think of only one thing to do: run. But escape leads right to her nemesis, Prescott “Harry” Harrington III. They're ten years apart and not compatible. He might be lauded in their Atlanta social circles, but she doesn’t like him. He makes her feel prickly and all…something inside. Why is he rescuing her? Putting her up in his penthouse suite, offering a sympathetic ear—suddenly the older, wiser Harry is someone she can lean on… Now Cate isn’t sure what she wants. The life she left behind…or the one she hasn’t quite found yet? The one thing she knows: she’s going home to Blossom Branch. Even if Harry says he’s coming with her. Maybe there, under the peach trees, is where she’ll find out what perfection really means… Bonus novella!  Ten years ago, she’d loved him, but he’d been bound for bigger things. Now small-town girl Laney Marshall has sexy celebrity Brit Sheffield back in her town, in her house—in her bed. Does she want to keep him there this time?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-seven-year-slip-by-ashley-poston--65304474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Year Slip Author: Ashley Poston Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ✨A Novel Love Story, the new magical rom-com from Ashley Poston is available now!✨ ‘This is a beautiful story]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616579Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Year Slip Author: Ashley Poston Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Year Slip Author: Ashley Poston Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ✨A Novel Love Story, the new magical rom-com from Ashley Poston is available now!✨ ‘This is a beautiful story]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop-a-novel-by-satoshi-yagisawa--65304426https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books.  Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he’s been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako’s life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoru’s life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they’ve gained in the bookshop. Translated By Eric Ozawa]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618159Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books.  Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he’s been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako’s life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoru’s life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they’ve gained in the bookshop. Translated By Eric Ozawa]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/willowleaf-lane-by-raeanne-thayne--65304536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willowleaf Lane Series: #5 of Hope's Crossing Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes going back is the best way to start over Candy shop owner Charlotte Caine knows temptation.To reboot her life, shed weight and gain perspective, she’s passing up sweet enticements left and right. But willpower doesn’t come so easily when hell-raiser Spencer Gregory comes back to Hope’s Crossing, bringing with him memories of broken promises and teen angst. A retired pro baseball player on the mend from injury—and a damaging scandal—he’s interested in his own brand of reinvention. Now everything about Spencer’s new-and-improved lifestyle, from his mission to build a rehab facility for injured veterans to his clear devotion to his preteen daughter, Peyton, touches Charlotte’s heart. Holding on to past hurt is her only protection against falling for him—again. But if she takes the risk, will she find in Spencer a hometown heartbreaker, or the hero she’s always wanted?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615130Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willowleaf Lane Series: #5 of Hope's Crossing Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willowleaf Lane Series: #5 of Hope's Crossing Author: RaeAnne Thayne Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes going back is the best way to start over Candy shop owner Charlotte Caine knows temptation.To reboot her life, shed weight and gain perspective, she’s passing up sweet enticements left and right. But willpower doesn’t come so easily when hell-raiser Spencer Gregory comes back to Hope’s Crossing, bringing with him memories of broken promises and teen angst. A retired pro baseball player on the mend from injury—and a damaging scandal—he’s interested in his own brand of reinvention. Now everything about Spencer’s new-and-improved lifestyle, from his mission to build a rehab facility for injured veterans to his clear devotion to his preteen daughter, Peyton, touches Charlotte’s heart. Holding on to past hurt is her only protection against falling for him—again. But if she takes the risk, will she find in Spencer a hometown heartbreaker, or the hero she’s always wanted?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-happiness-plan-by-susan-mallery--65304506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiness Plan Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The new Summer romance from the bestselling author of Home Sweet Christmas Some things shouldn’t be left to chance… For Heather life is pretty perfect. She has a successful business, a cute but contemptuous cat, and best friends Daphne and Tori. Except one thing, the father she never knew. Should she find him, and risk heartache or be content not knowing why he left? When Daphne’s husband accuses her of having an affair her world is rocked. They used to be the closest couple she knew, until she wanted a baby and he wanted to wait. Can they find their way back to one another before it’s too late? Tori is always looking for ‘the one’. But when her apartment floods and she moves in with her best friend she finds that perhaps what she had been searching for was living right next door all the time. Three women search for joy in #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s new story of love, hope and the power of friendship. Readers LOVE Susan Mallery ‘I just loved the whole story, couldn’t put it down.’ ‘This story has everything, romance, humour, family and a moral compass… Brilliant.’ ‘[H]eartwarming and romantic. I devoured it!' 'Susan Mallery has gift for making fictional towns you wish you could live in.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615239Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiness Plan Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiness Plan Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The new Summer romance from the bestselling author of Home Sweet Christmas Some things shouldn’t be left to chance… For Heather life is pretty perfect. She has a successful business, a cute but contemptuous cat, and best friends Daphne and Tori. Except one thing, the father she never knew. Should she find him, and risk heartache or be content not knowing why he left? When Daphne’s husband accuses her of having an affair her world is rocked. They used to be the closest couple she knew, until she wanted a baby and he wanted to wait. Can they find their way back to one another before it’s too late? Tori is always looking for ‘the one’. But when her apartment floods and she moves in with her best friend she finds that perhaps what she had been searching for was living right next door all the time. Three women search for joy in #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s new story of love, hope and the power of friendship. Readers LOVE Susan Mallery ‘I just loved the whole story, couldn’t put it down.’ ‘This story has everything, romance, humour, family and a moral compass… Brilliant.’ ‘[H]eartwarming and romantic. I devoured it!' 'Susan Mallery has gift for making fictional towns you wish you could live in.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-kato-plays-family-a-novel-by-milena-michiko-flasar--65304470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Kato Plays Family: A Novel Author: Milena Michiko Flašar Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Tokyo-born-and-raised multilingual Nishii makes an ideal cipher for the recently retired Mr Katō...'- Booklist Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won’t allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him to join her business Happy Family, where employees act as part-time relatives or acquaintances for clients in need, for whatever reason, if only for a day. At first reluctant, but then intrigued, he takes the job without telling his wife or adult children. Through the many roles he takes on, Mr Katō rediscovers the excitement and spontaneity of life, and re-examines his role in his own family. Using lessons learned with his “play families,” he strives to reconnect with his loved ones, to become the father and husband they deserve, and to live the life he’s always wanted. A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618141Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Kato Plays Family: A Novel Author: Milena Michiko Flašar Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Kato Plays Family: A Novel Author: Milena Michiko Flašar Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Tokyo-born-and-raised multilingual Nishii makes an ideal cipher for the recently retired Mr Katō...'- Booklist Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won’t allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him to join her business Happy Family, where employees act as part-time relatives or acquaintances for clients in need, for whatever reason, if only for a day. At first reluctant, but then intrigued, he takes the job without telling his wife or adult children. Through the many roles he takes on, Mr Katō rediscovers the excitement and spontaneity of life, and re-examines his role in his own family. Using lessons learned with his “play families,” he strives to reconnect with his loved ones, to become the father and husband they deserve, and to live the life he’s always wanted. A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-stay-here-forever-a-novel-by-katherine-lin--65304497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Stay Here Forever: A Novel Author: Katherine Lin Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Named a must-read book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and one of the best books of the year by the New York Post Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney’s wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships. Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress—one of her own colleagues at a prestigious San Francisco law firm. Acting on impulse—or is it grief? rage? Probably all three—Ellie cashes in Ian’s life insurance policy for an extended stay at the luxurious Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Accompanying her is her free-spirited best friend, Mable Chou. Ellie hopes that the five-star resort on the French Riviera, with its stunning clientele and floral-scented cocktails, will be a heady escape from the real world. And at first it is. She and Mable meet an intriguing couple, Fauna and Robbie, and as their poolside chats roll into wine-soaked dinners, the four become increasingly intimate. But the sunlit getaway soon turns into a reckoning for Ellie, as long-simmering tensions and uncomfortable truths swirl to the surface. Taking the reader from San Francisco to the gilded luxury of the south of France, You Can’t Stay Here Forever is a sharply funny and exciting debut that explores the slippery nature of marriage, the push and pull between friends, and the interplay of race and privilege, seen through the eyes of a young Asian American woman.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616338Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Stay Here Forever: A Novel Author: Katherine Lin Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Stay Here Forever: A Novel Author: Katherine Lin Narrator: Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Named a must-read book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and one of the best books of the year by the New York Post Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney’s wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships. Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress—one of her own colleagues at a prestigious San Francisco law firm. Acting on impulse—or is it grief? rage? Probably all three—Ellie cashes in Ian’s life insurance policy for an extended stay at the luxurious Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Accompanying her is her free-spirited best friend, Mable Chou. Ellie hopes that the five-star resort on the French Riviera, with its stunning clientele and floral-scented cocktails, will be a heady escape from the real world. And at first it is. She and Mable meet an intriguing couple, Fauna and Robbie, and as their poolside chats roll into wine-soaked dinners, the four become increasingly intimate. But the sunlit getaway soon turns into a reckoning for Ellie, as long-simmering tensions and uncomfortable truths swirl to the surface. Taking the reader from San Francisco to the gilded luxury of the south of France, You Can’t Stay Here Forever is a sharply funny and exciting debut that explores the slippery nature of marriage, the push and pull between friends, and the interplay of race and privilege, seen through the eyes of a young Asian American woman.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/halcyon-a-novel-by-elliot-ackerman--65304481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Halcyon: A novel Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A daring new novel, at once timely and timeless, set around an American family and the ever-shifting sands of history and memory and legacy that define them (“An expert juggling act.” —Stephen Markley, New York Times Book Review) Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the Virginia estate of renowned lawyer, family patriarch, and World War II hero Robert Ableson. It’s 2004, and Gore is entering his second term as president, when news breaks that scientists have discovered a cure for death. Suddenly, Martin is forced to question everything he thought he understood about the world around him. Who is Ableson, really? Why has Martin been drawn into the Ablesons’ most closely guarded family secrets? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil? From pivotal elections to crumbling marriages, from the Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617668Tue, 23 May 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Halcyon: A novel Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Halcyon: A novel Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A daring new novel, at once timely and timeless, set around an American family and the ever-shifting sands of history and memory and legacy that define them (“An expert juggling act.” —Stephen Markley, New York Times Book Review) Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the Virginia estate of renowned lawyer, family patriarch, and World War II hero Robert Ableson. It’s 2004, and Gore is entering his second term as president, when news breaks that scientists have discovered a cure for death. Suddenly, Martin is forced to question everything he thought he understood about the world around him. Who is Ableson, really? Why has Martin been drawn into the Ablesons’ most closely guarded family secrets? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil? From pivotal elections to crumbling marriages, from the Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-three-of-us-by-ore-agbaje-williams--65304461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three of Us Author: Ore Agbaje-Williams Narrator: T'nia Miller, Tariye Peterside, Jake Fairbrother Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 11, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A good job, a beautiful wife, a big house in a nice neighbourhood; there's really only one thing missing from the picture: a baby. But motherhood is a serious undertaking, especially for a wife who has always valued her selfhood above all else. And there's also a bigger problem: Temi, the wife's best friend who swears she knows her better than her husband. Set over the course of one day, husband, wife and friend toe the lines of compromise and betrayal. Told in three parts, each voice as compelling as the other, three people's lives, and their visions of themselves and each other begin to slowly unravel, ending with a startling discovery which throws everyone's integrity into question. Full of ambiguity, idiosyncratic wit and a healthy dose of wealth and snobbery THE THREE OF US is part-Black suburban millennial comedy of manners, part-domestic noir and is for readers of MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite, SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid, and Sally Rooney. © Ore Agbaje-Williams 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618087Thu, 11 May 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three of Us Author: Ore Agbaje-Williams Narrator: T'nia Miller, Tariye Peterside, Jake Fairbrother Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three of Us Author: Ore Agbaje-Williams Narrator: T'nia Miller, Tariye Peterside, Jake Fairbrother Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 11, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A good job, a beautiful wife, a big house in a nice neighbourhood; there's really only one thing missing from the picture: a baby. But motherhood is a serious undertaking, especially for a wife who has always valued her selfhood above all else. And there's also a bigger problem: Temi, the wife's best friend who swears she knows her better than her husband. Set over the course of one day, husband, wife and friend toe the lines of compromise and betrayal. Told in three parts, each voice as compelling as the other, three people's lives, and their visions of themselves and each other begin to slowly unravel, ending with a startling discovery which throws everyone's integrity into question. Full of ambiguity, idiosyncratic wit and a healthy dose of wealth and snobbery THE THREE OF US is part-Black suburban millennial comedy of manners, part-domestic noir and is for readers of MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite, SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid, and Sally Rooney. © Ore Agbaje-Williams 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-history-of-burning-by-janika-oza--65304434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A History of Burning Author: Janika Oza Narrator: Kp Upadhyayula, Lipica Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An immersive, kaleidoscopic debut for fans of Homegoing and Pachinko: one family's search for a better life through four continents, four generations and a century of change At the turn of the twentieth century Pirbhai, a teenage boy, is taken from his village in India and travels perilously across the sea to labour on the East African railroad for the British. There, he is given a ruthless order. Following it will ensure his survival. But it will also torment him and reverberate across his family's future for decades to come. During the waning days of British colonial rule, and as Uganda moves towards independence and military dictatorship, Pirbhai's children and grandchildren come of age in a divided nation. In 1972, when Idi Amin's brutal regime expels the Ugandan Asians, the family has no choice but to flee. In the chaos, they leave something devastating and unexpected behind. As Pirbhai's grandchildren find their way back to each other in exile in Toronto, a letter arrives that will stoke the flames of the fire that haunts the family. It makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, in order to secure their own place in the world. A History of Burning is an unforgettable tour de force, an intimate family saga of complicity and resistance, about the stories we share, what remains unspoken and the eternal search for home. ©2023 Janika Oza (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617982Thu, 04 May 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A History of Burning Author: Janika Oza Narrator: Kp Upadhyayula, Lipica Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A History of Burning Author: Janika Oza Narrator: Kp Upadhyayula, Lipica Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An immersive, kaleidoscopic debut for fans of Homegoing and Pachinko: one family's search for a better life through four continents, four generations and a century of change At the turn of the twentieth century Pirbhai, a teenage boy, is taken from his village in India and travels perilously across the sea to labour on the East African railroad for the British. There, he is given a ruthless order. Following it will ensure his survival. But it will also torment him and reverberate across his family's future for decades to come. During the waning days of British colonial rule, and as Uganda moves towards independence and military dictatorship, Pirbhai's children and grandchildren come of age in a divided nation. In 1972, when Idi Amin's brutal regime expels the Ugandan Asians, the family has no choice but to flee. In the chaos, they leave something devastating and unexpected behind. As Pirbhai's grandchildren find their way back to each other in exile in Toronto, a letter arrives that will stoke the flames of the fire that haunts the family. It makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, in order to secure their own place in the world. A History of Burning is an unforgettable tour de force, an intimate family saga of complicity and resistance, about the stories we share, what remains unspoken and the eternal search for home. ©2023 Janika Oza (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hula-a-novel-by-jasmin-iolani-hakes--65304489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616351 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hula: A Novel Author: Jasmin Iolani Hakes Narrator: Mapuana Makia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE “Stunning…an intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi’i’s deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.” –Los Angeles Times “A full-throated chant for Hawai'i. . . . It’s impossible to come away unchanged.” —KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN, author of the PEN/Hemingway award-winning Sharks in the Times of Saviors Set in Hilo, Hawai’i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women—a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny. “There’s no running away on an island. Soon enough, you end up where you started.” Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there’s a lot she doesn’t understand. She’s never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose the very thing she was fighting for. Told in part in the collective voice of a community fighting for its survival, Hula is a spellbinding debut that offers a rare glimpse into a forgotten kingdom that still exists in the heart of its people.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616351Tue, 02 May 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616351 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hula: A Novel Author: Jasmin Iolani Hakes Narrator: Mapuana Makia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616351 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hula: A Novel Author: Jasmin Iolani Hakes Narrator: Mapuana Makia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE “Stunning…an intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi’i’s deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.” –Los Angeles Times “A full-throated chant for Hawai'i. . . . It’s impossible to come away unchanged.” —KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN, author of the PEN/Hemingway award-winning Sharks in the Times of Saviors Set in Hilo, Hawai’i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women—a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny. “There’s no running away on an island. Soon enough, you end up where you started.” Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there’s a lot she doesn’t understand. She’s never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose the very thing she was fighting for. Told in part in the collective voice of a community fighting for its survival, Hula is a spellbinding debut that offers a rare glimpse into a forgotten kingdom that still exists in the heart of its people.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-you-hear-about-kitty-karr-a-novel-by-crystal-smith-paul--65304482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel Author: Crystal Smith Paul Narrator: Lynnette Nicholas, Kineta Kunutu, Ariel Blake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.48 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: REESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICK A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could—and between a cheating fiancé and the fallout from a controversial social media post, there are plenty. The truth behind Kitty's ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. John sisters and those closest to them. As Elise digs deeper into Kitty's past, she must also turn the lens upon herself, confronting the gifts and burdens of her own choices and the power that the secrets of the dead hold over the living. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? is a sprawling page-turner set against the backdrop of the Hollywood machine, an insightful and nuanced look at the inheritances of family, race, and gender—and the choices some women make to break free of them. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616816Tue, 02 May 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel Author: Crystal Smith Paul Narrator: Lynnette Nicholas, Kineta Kunutu, Ariel Blake Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel Author: Crystal Smith Paul Narrator: Lynnette Nicholas, Kineta Kunutu, Ariel Blake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.48 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: REESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICK A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could—and between a cheating fiancé and the fallout from a controversial social media post, there are plenty. The truth behind Kitty's ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. John sisters and those closest to them. As Elise digs deeper into Kitty's past, she must also turn the lens upon herself, confronting the gifts and burdens of her own choices and the power that the secrets of the dead hold over the living. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? is a sprawling page-turner set against the backdrop of the Hollywood machine, an insightful and nuanced look at the inheritances of family, race, and gender—and the choices some women make to break free of them. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moorewood-family-rules-a-novel-by-helenkay-dimon--65304523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorewood Family Rules: A Novel Author: HelenKay Dimon Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit. One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had two kids…and kept on conning. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from that meet-cute-gone-wrong marriage. The stable one. The sensible and dependable one. The one who protects and fixes. The one who went to prison to save their sorry butts. Now, thirty-nine months later, she’s out and she’s more than a little pissed. Finally home she finds the scheming clan in full family fleecing mode. They all claim they didn’t really agree to Jillian’s previous go-legit-or-else ultimatum before she went away. They viewed it as a “suggestion” then ignored it. So, business as usual. But Jillian is done with the lies and fakery. She demands the whole messed-up crew clean up its act, and this time she’s not kidding—she has the leverage to make it happen. Problem is, her life is in shambles, but with the help of a great aunt (crooked but loveable), a bodyguard (who is a nice surprise after three years in prison), and a few allies (all working undercover), Jillian starts to put her life back together. She kicks out a few mooching relatives living under her roof, sets limits on everyone’s access to the money, ducks from their various attacks, and sees if that bodyguard is maybe interested in sticking around for a while. For the first time, she’s Jillian Moorewood, her own woman, and she’s ready to figure out who she is.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614325Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorewood Family Rules: A Novel Author: HelenKay Dimon Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorewood Family Rules: A Novel Author: HelenKay Dimon Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit. One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had two kids…and kept on conning. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from that meet-cute-gone-wrong marriage. The stable one. The sensible and dependable one. The one who protects and fixes. The one who went to prison to save their sorry butts. Now, thirty-nine months later, she’s out and she’s more than a little pissed. Finally home she finds the scheming clan in full family fleecing mode. They all claim they didn’t really agree to Jillian’s previous go-legit-or-else ultimatum before she went away. They viewed it as a “suggestion” then ignored it. So, business as usual. But Jillian is done with the lies and fakery. She demands the whole messed-up crew clean up its act, and this time she’s not kidding—she has the leverage to make it happen. Problem is, her life is in shambles, but with the help of a great aunt (crooked but loveable), a bodyguard (who is a nice surprise after three years in prison), and a few allies (all working undercover), Jillian starts to put her life back together. She kicks out a few mooching relatives living under her roof, sets limits on everyone’s access to the money, ducks from their various attacks, and sees if that bodyguard is maybe interested in sticking around for a while. For the first time, she’s Jillian Moorewood, her own woman, and she’s ready to figure out who she is.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-retreat-a-novel-by-zara-raheem--65304522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614321 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Retreat: A Novel Author: Zara Raheem Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Zara Raheem’s newest novel we meet Nadia Abbasi—whose attempts to save her marriage create unexpected complications—and follow her as she navigates the twists and turns of love. Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev, Christina Lauren, and Sara Desai. Nadia Abbasi’s marriage is falling apart. It starts with a gifted Roomba, but when she stumbles upon some questionable photos in her husband Aman’s office, everything makes sense—the late-night texting, the sudden interest in fitness, the new clothes. Aman—the kind, thoughtful man she married—is having an affair. Determined to find out what went wrong in her marriage, Nadia enlists the help of Zeba, the estranged sister she hasn’t seen or spoken to since their mom’s funeral over a year ago. As the two sisters fight to reconcile their past, Nadia realizes her relationship with Aman is not the only one that needs mending. Nevertheless, the plan itself is simple: confront the “other woman” and win back her husband. Her clumsy attempt at sleuthing leads her from yoga studio—Aman’s latest hangout—to a three-day wellness retreat in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. But somewhere in between falling out of tree pose and choking down plant-based meals, Nadia’s plans unravel again when she discovers more than she expected about herself, her husband, and the nature of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614321Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614321 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Retreat: A Novel Author: Zara Raheem Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614321 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Retreat: A Novel Author: Zara Raheem Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Zara Raheem’s newest novel we meet Nadia Abbasi—whose attempts to save her marriage create unexpected complications—and follow her as she navigates the twists and turns of love. Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev, Christina Lauren, and Sara Desai. Nadia Abbasi’s marriage is falling apart. It starts with a gifted Roomba, but when she stumbles upon some questionable photos in her husband Aman’s office, everything makes sense—the late-night texting, the sudden interest in fitness, the new clothes. Aman—the kind, thoughtful man she married—is having an affair. Determined to find out what went wrong in her marriage, Nadia enlists the help of Zeba, the estranged sister she hasn’t seen or spoken to since their mom’s funeral over a year ago. As the two sisters fight to reconcile their past, Nadia realizes her relationship with Aman is not the only one that needs mending. Nevertheless, the plan itself is simple: confront the “other woman” and win back her husband. Her clumsy attempt at sleuthing leads her from yoga studio—Aman’s latest hangout—to a three-day wellness retreat in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. But somewhere in between falling out of tree pose and choking down plant-based meals, Nadia’s plans unravel again when she discovers more than she expected about herself, her husband, and the nature of love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-place-by-emily-henry--65304508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Place Author: Emily Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Two exes. One pact. Could this holiday change everything? Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't. They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). But how can you pretend to be in love with someone - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best? Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry's best novel yet. 'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us 'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail 'Emily Henry never fails to deliver great banter and a romance to swoon over' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six 'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous, to the point that I cannot wait to see what her next title will do to me!' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis 'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant 'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year 'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here 'I don't understand how Emily Henry can KEEP getting better and better when her books are already so good!' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop 'I would follow Emily Henry anywhere' Emma Straub, All Adults Here 'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue 'Emily Henry is now an auto-buy author for me' Red Magazine © Emily Henry 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614914Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Place Author: Emily Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Place Author: Emily Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Two exes. One pact. Could this holiday change everything? Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't. They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). But how can you pretend to be in love with someone - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best? Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry's best novel yet. 'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us 'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail 'Emily Henry never fails to deliver great banter and a romance to swoon over' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six 'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous, to the point that I cannot wait to see what her next title will do to me!' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis 'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant 'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year 'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here 'I don't understand how Emily Henry can KEEP getting better and better when her books are already so good!' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop 'I would follow Emily Henry anywhere' Emma Straub, All Adults Here 'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue 'Emily Henry is now an auto-buy author for me' Red Magazine © Emily Henry 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darkest-hour-by-v-c-andrews--65304469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darkest Hour Series: #5 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up on the thriving plantation called The Meadows, Lillian Booth cherishes the brightest, happiest dreams... Lillian's world is full of grand parties, sunshine, and promises, as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her little sister, Eugenia. No one, not even her cold, stern Papa and her Bible spouting sister Emily, can crush her spirits—until the day Emily reveals the shattering secret at Lillian's birth, a secret Mama sadly cannot deny. Still Lillian refuses to believe Emily's hateful claim that she is evil, a curse...even when sweet, gentle Eugenia loses her fragile hold on life, and Mama retreats further into her fantasies. But when tragedy befalls her best friend, the one boy whose tender heart mirrors her own, Lillian comes to believe Emily's grim words. Meekly, she endures her penance, finding a strange solace in the endless repetition of prayers in a room stripped of all comforts. Lillian's heart is torn anew when, in a drunken haze, Papa subjects her to the most brutal degradation. And when Papa loses The Meadows in a card game, Lillian is faced with a new and terrifying prospect. Arrogant, handsome playboy Bill Cutler will return the plantation—if Lillian will marry him! Now Lillian must leave her girlhood home behind, and make a bold new beginning as the mistress of a hotel called Cutler's Cove...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614346Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darkest Hour Series: #5 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darkest Hour Series: #5 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up on the thriving plantation called The Meadows, Lillian Booth cherishes the brightest, happiest dreams... Lillian's world is full of grand parties, sunshine, and promises, as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her little sister, Eugenia. No one, not even her cold, stern Papa and her Bible spouting sister Emily, can crush her spirits—until the day Emily reveals the shattering secret at Lillian's birth, a secret Mama sadly cannot deny. Still Lillian refuses to believe Emily's hateful claim that she is evil, a curse...even when sweet, gentle Eugenia loses her fragile hold on life, and Mama retreats further into her fantasies. But when tragedy befalls her best friend, the one boy whose tender heart mirrors her own, Lillian comes to believe Emily's grim words. Meekly, she endures her penance, finding a strange solace in the endless repetition of prayers in a room stripped of all comforts. Lillian's heart is torn anew when, in a drunken haze, Papa subjects her to the most brutal degradation. And when Papa loses The Meadows in a card game, Lillian is faced with a new and terrifying prospect. Arrogant, handsome playboy Bill Cutler will return the plantation—if Lillian will marry him! Now Lillian must leave her girlhood home behind, and make a bold new beginning as the mistress of a hotel called Cutler's Cove...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-skin-and-its-girl-a-novel-by-sarah-cypher--65304445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Skin and Its Girl: A Novel Author: Sarah Cypher Narrator: Haneen Arafat Murphy, Victoria Nassif Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great-aunt’s secrets in this “enchanting, memorable” (Bustle) debut, confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage.   “As beautifully detailed as a piece of Palestinian embroidery, this bold, vivid novel will speak to readers across genders, cultures, and identities.”—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Fencing with the King A THEM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns vibrantly, permanently cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis’ centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of their lore, Aunt Nuha, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history, harkening back to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap-makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. Decades later, Betty returns to Aunt Nuha’s gravestone, faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she’s ever known, or should she follow her heart and the woman she loves, perpetuating her family’s cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt’s complex life and struggle with her own sexuality, which Nuha hid to help the family immigrate to the United States. But, as Betty soon discovers, her aunt hid much more than that.   The Skin and Its Girl is a searing, poetic tale about desire and identity, and a provocative exploration of how we let stories divide, unite, and define us—and wield even the power to restore a broken family. Sarah Cypher is that rare debut novelist who writes with the mastery and flair of a seasoned storyteller.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617688Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Skin and Its Girl: A Novel Author: Sarah Cypher Narrator: Haneen Arafat Murphy, Victoria Nassif Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Skin and Its Girl: A Novel Author: Sarah Cypher Narrator: Haneen Arafat Murphy, Victoria Nassif Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great-aunt’s secrets in this “enchanting, memorable” (Bustle) debut, confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage.   “As beautifully detailed as a piece of Palestinian embroidery, this bold, vivid novel will speak to readers across genders, cultures, and identities.”—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Fencing with the King A THEM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns vibrantly, permanently cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis’ centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of their lore, Aunt Nuha, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history, harkening back to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap-makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. Decades later, Betty returns to Aunt Nuha’s gravestone, faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she’s ever known, or should she follow her heart and the woman she loves, perpetuating her family’s cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt’s complex life and struggle with her own sexuality, which Nuha hid to help the family immigrate to the United States. But, as Betty soon discovers, her aunt hid much more than that.   The Skin and Its Girl is a searing, poetic tale about desire and identity, and a provocative exploration of how we let stories divide, unite, and define us—and wield even the power to restore a broken family. Sarah Cypher is that rare debut novelist who writes with the mastery and flair of a seasoned storyteller.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dutch-orphan-a-novel-by-ellen-keith--65304559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dutch Orphan: A Novel Author: Ellen Keith Narrator: Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Dutch Wife comes a riveting novel set during World War II about two sisters, one of whom secretly adopts a Jewish baby and the other who is married to a Nazi sympathizer  Amsterdam, 1941. When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as her Jewish friends are forbidden from performing with her onstage, and the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased. Johanna helps organize the Artists’ Resistance, an underground network that arranges for Jewish musicians to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna is told about a Jewish orphan who is headed for deportation, she does not think twice: she takes the baby in as her own, hiding the truth from everyone, including her sister, Liesbeth.  Meanwhile, Liesbeth de Wit finds herself torn between her sister and her failing marriage. She knows Johanna is an ally of the Resistance, while her husband actively supports the Dutch Fascist Party. As the sisters navigate the ongoing Nazi occupation, they find themselves growing further and further apart. And when another charming member of the Dutch Fascist Party sets his eyes on Liesbeth, her predicament only deepens.  As the war unfolds, secrets continue to grow between the sisters, severing their once-unbreakable bond. Eventually, both women are forced to make a choice that will alter their lives forever: the choice between family and freedom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614328Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dutch Orphan: A Novel Author: Ellen Keith Narrator: Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dutch Orphan: A Novel Author: Ellen Keith Narrator: Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Dutch Wife comes a riveting novel set during World War II about two sisters, one of whom secretly adopts a Jewish baby and the other who is married to a Nazi sympathizer  Amsterdam, 1941. When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as her Jewish friends are forbidden from performing with her onstage, and the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased. Johanna helps organize the Artists’ Resistance, an underground network that arranges for Jewish musicians to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna is told about a Jewish orphan who is headed for deportation, she does not think twice: she takes the baby in as her own, hiding the truth from everyone, including her sister, Liesbeth.  Meanwhile, Liesbeth de Wit finds herself torn between her sister and her failing marriage. She knows Johanna is an ally of the Resistance, while her husband actively supports the Dutch Fascist Party. As the sisters navigate the ongoing Nazi occupation, they find themselves growing further and further apart. And when another charming member of the Dutch Fascist Party sets his eyes on Liesbeth, her predicament only deepens.  As the war unfolds, secrets continue to grow between the sisters, severing their once-unbreakable bond. Eventually, both women are forced to make a choice that will alter their lives forever: the choice between family and freedom.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-animal-a-novel-by-ramona-ausubel--65304458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Animal: A Novel Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Whip-smart and compulsively readable. . . both a wildly entertaining adventure story and a meditation on what it means to love your children—fiercely and imperfectly.”—Oprah Daily “Springs alive to explore questions that stump scientists and families, problems of the head and the heart.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post “A full-hearted portrait of sisterhood, family and the ways we process grief. Charming, wry, and original.” —People TWO SISTERS, ONE MOM, AND ONE WOOLLY SECRET. Teenage sisters Eve and Vera never imagined their summer vacation would be spent in the Arctic, tagging along on their mother’s scientific expedition. But there’s a lot about their lives lately that hasn’t been going as planned, and truth be told, their single mother might not be so happy either. Now in Siberia with a bunch of serious biologists, Eve and Vera are just bored enough to cause trouble. Fooling around in the permafrost, they accidentally discover a perfectly preserved, four-thousand-year-old baby mammoth, and things finally start to get interesting. The discovery sets off a surprising chain of events, leading mother and daughters to go rogue, pinging from the slopes of Siberia to the shores of Iceland to an exotic animal farm in Italy, and resulting in the birth of a creature that could change the world—or at least this family. The Last Animal takes readers on a wild, entertaining, and refreshingly different kind of journey, one that explores the possibilities and perils of the human imagination on a changing planet, what it’s like to be a woman in a field dominated by men, and how a wondrous discovery can best be enjoyed with family. Even teenagers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617639Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Animal: A Novel Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Animal: A Novel Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Whip-smart and compulsively readable. . . both a wildly entertaining adventure story and a meditation on what it means to love your children—fiercely and imperfectly.”—Oprah Daily “Springs alive to explore questions that stump scientists and families, problems of the head and the heart.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post “A full-hearted portrait of sisterhood, family and the ways we process grief. Charming, wry, and original.” —People TWO SISTERS, ONE MOM, AND ONE WOOLLY SECRET. Teenage sisters Eve and Vera never imagined their summer vacation would be spent in the Arctic, tagging along on their mother’s scientific expedition. But there’s a lot about their lives lately that hasn’t been going as planned, and truth be told, their single mother might not be so happy either. Now in Siberia with a bunch of serious biologists, Eve and Vera are just bored enough to cause trouble. Fooling around in the permafrost, they accidentally discover a perfectly preserved, four-thousand-year-old baby mammoth, and things finally start to get interesting. The discovery sets off a surprising chain of events, leading mother and daughters to go rogue, pinging from the slopes of Siberia to the shores of Iceland to an exotic animal farm in Italy, and resulting in the birth of a creature that could change the world—or at least this family. The Last Animal takes readers on a wild, entertaining, and refreshingly different kind of journey, one that explores the possibilities and perils of the human imagination on a changing planet, what it’s like to be a woman in a field dominated by men, and how a wondrous discovery can best be enjoyed with family. Even teenagers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saturday-night-at-the-lakeside-supper-club-a-novel-by-j-ryan-stradal--65304433https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Aspen Vincent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Stradal serves up another saga of food and family, hurt and healing, pitched between cliff-hanger moments. . . that make the pages fly.” —People From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them     Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she’s been holed up for more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for decades, and while Mariel’s grandmother embraced the business, seeing it as a saving grace, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the restaurant, skipping Florence, it created a rift between mother and daughter that never quite healed.     Ned is also an heir—to a chain of home-style diners—and while he doesn't have a head for business, he knows his family's chain could provide a better future than his wife's fading restaurant. In the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, Ned and Mariel lose almost everything they hold dear, and the hard-won victories of each family hang in the balance. With their dreams dashed, can one fractured family find a way to rebuild despite their losses, and will the Lakeside Supper Club be their salvation?     In this colorful, vanishing world of relish trays and brandy Old Fashioneds, J. Ryan Stradal has once again given us a story full of his signature honest, lovable yet fallible Midwestern characters as they grapple with love, loss, and marriage; what we hold onto and what we leave behind; and what our legacy will be when we are gone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617643Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Aspen Vincent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Aspen Vincent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Stradal serves up another saga of food and family, hurt and healing, pitched between cliff-hanger moments. . . that make the pages fly.” —People From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them     Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she’s been holed up for more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for decades, and while Mariel’s grandmother embraced the business, seeing it as a saving grace, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the restaurant, skipping Florence, it created a rift between mother and daughter that never quite healed.     Ned is also an heir—to a chain of home-style diners—and while he doesn't have a head for business, he knows his family's chain could provide a better future than his wife's fading restaurant. In the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, Ned and Mariel lose almost everything they hold dear, and the hard-won victories of each family hang in the balance. With their dreams dashed, can one fractured family find a way to rebuild despite their losses, and will the Lakeside Supper Club be their salvation?     In this colorful, vanishing world of relish trays and brandy Old Fashioneds, J. Ryan Stradal has once again given us a story full of his signature honest, lovable yet fallible Midwestern characters as they grapple with love, loss, and marriage; what we hold onto and what we leave behind; and what our legacy will be when we are gone.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mummy-darlings-a-glorious-guinness-girls-novel-by-emily-hourican--65304431https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mummy Darlings: A Glorious Guinness Girls Novel Author: Emily Hourican Narrator: Roisin Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This stunning novel the from author of The Glorious Guinness Girls follows the three enigmatic Guinness sisters as they take on married life and motherhood at the beginning of the 1930s.  It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London. But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarized, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages. Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected. Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching--even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism. As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realize that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617431Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mummy Darlings: A Glorious Guinness Girls Novel Author: Emily Hourican Narrator: Roisin Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mummy Darlings: A Glorious Guinness Girls Novel Author: Emily Hourican Narrator: Roisin Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This stunning novel the from author of The Glorious Guinness Girls follows the three enigmatic Guinness sisters as they take on married life and motherhood at the beginning of the 1930s.  It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London. But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarized, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages. Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected. Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching--even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism. As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realize that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-sister-the-powerful-new-novel-from-the-author-of-another-life-by-jodie-chapman--65304590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh, Sister: The powerful new novel from the author of Another Life Author: Jodie Chapman Narrator: Susannah Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Isobel and Jen have spent their entire lives following the rules - of their marriages, and their religion. But when Isobel's husband leaves her, and Jen goes through unimaginable trauma, the religion turns its back. Zelda has never done what's expected of her. Living on the outskirts of the community that she, Jen and Isobel were raised in, she's trying to find herself outside of the confines of the world she left behind. As the lives of these women become entangled, they each face an uncertain future. Will they find the courage to move forwards? Or will a lifetime of expectation prove too hard to escape... Praise for Jodie Chapman: 'Beautifully written...I couldn't put it down' EMMA GANNON 'An astounding debut about sibling grief, religion and sliding doors love' PANDORA SYKES 'Deep, rich, thoughtful' Gillian McAllister 'This beautiful tale of love, loss and sacrifice will break your heart...With echoes of David Nicholls' One Day and Sally Rooney's novels, it perfectly captures the agony of falling in love and the razor-sharp reality of pain and loss' DAILY MAIL ©2023 Jodie Chapman (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604573Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh, Sister: The powerful new novel from the author of Another Life Author: Jodie Chapman Narrator: Susannah Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh, Sister: The powerful new novel from the author of Another Life Author: Jodie Chapman Narrator: Susannah Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Isobel and Jen have spent their entire lives following the rules - of their marriages, and their religion. But when Isobel's husband leaves her, and Jen goes through unimaginable trauma, the religion turns its back. Zelda has never done what's expected of her. Living on the outskirts of the community that she, Jen and Isobel were raised in, she's trying to find herself outside of the confines of the world she left behind. As the lives of these women become entangled, they each face an uncertain future. Will they find the courage to move forwards? Or will a lifetime of expectation prove too hard to escape... Praise for Jodie Chapman: 'Beautifully written...I couldn't put it down' EMMA GANNON 'An astounding debut about sibling grief, religion and sliding doors love' PANDORA SYKES 'Deep, rich, thoughtful' Gillian McAllister 'This beautiful tale of love, loss and sacrifice will break your heart...With echoes of David Nicholls' One Day and Sally Rooney's novels, it perfectly captures the agony of falling in love and the razor-sharp reality of pain and loss' DAILY MAIL ©2023 Jodie Chapman (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pineapple-street-by-jenny-jackson--65304562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This unputdownable debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully-guarded Stockton family, has never had to worry about money. Darley followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. And Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can't (and really shouldn't) have, and must confront the kind of person she wants to be. Shot through with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York's one per centers - glittering parties, weekend homes and hungover brunches - Pineapple Street is a scintillating, escapist novel that sparkles with wit and wry humour. Full of recognisable, loveable if fallible characters (and a few appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, the miles between the haves and have-nots and everything in between. © Jenny Jackson 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612279Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This unputdownable debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully-guarded Stockton family, has never had to worry about money. Darley followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. And Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can't (and really shouldn't) have, and must confront the kind of person she wants to be. Shot through with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York's one per centers - glittering parties, weekend homes and hungover brunches - Pineapple Street is a scintillating, escapist novel that sparkles with wit and wry humour. Full of recognisable, loveable if fallible characters (and a few appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, the miles between the haves and have-nots and everything in between. © Jenny Jackson 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hothouse-flower-by-lucinda-riley--65304511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hothouse Flower Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's Hothouse Flower is a moving story of love, heartbreak and, above all, hope. Read by Stephanie Racine (Daisy Darker) Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather. So after tragedy strikes, she finds herself seeking comfort at Wharton and the allure of its hothouse, once home to exotic flowers from all corners of the globe but now lying abandoned. There she meets the new owner, the charming and magnetic Kit Crawford, whose own past is shrouded in sadness and mystery. When Kit finds an old diary, light is finally shed on Wharton Park's past – revealing a century of secrets and heartache, through war-torn Europe and taking them to the vibrant streets of Thailand. Drawn together on this quest, Julia and Kit can but hope to unearth the truth behind the fortunes and failures of the Crawford family . . . 'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' – Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife This title has been published outside the UK under the title The Orchid House.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614939Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hothouse Flower Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hothouse Flower Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's Hothouse Flower is a moving story of love, heartbreak and, above all, hope. Read by Stephanie Racine (Daisy Darker) Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather. So after tragedy strikes, she finds herself seeking comfort at Wharton and the allure of its hothouse, once home to exotic flowers from all corners of the globe but now lying abandoned. There she meets the new owner, the charming and magnetic Kit Crawford, whose own past is shrouded in sadness and mystery. When Kit finds an old diary, light is finally shed on Wharton Park's past – revealing a century of secrets and heartache, through war-torn Europe and taking them to the vibrant streets of Thailand. Drawn together on this quest, Julia and Kit can but hope to unearth the truth behind the fortunes and failures of the Crawford family . . . 'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' – Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife This title has been published outside the UK under the title The Orchid House.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wartime-for-the-chocolate-girls-a-gritty-and-heartwarming-world-war-two-saga-set-in-birmingham-by-annie-murray--65304475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wartime for the Chocolate Girls: A gritty and heartwarming World War Two Saga set in Birmingham Series: #4 of Chocolate Girls Author: Annie Murray Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of Chocolate Girls, The Bells of Bournville Green and Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, Wartime for the Chocolate Girls is a gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . . April 1941. Almost losing her life in a bomb blast while serving in the Women's Volunteer Service has made Ann Gilby take stock of what's really important - her family. With daughter Sheila back home, and Joy still working munitions at the Cadbury factory and engaged to her soldier sweetheart, home life feels more settled too. Ann has even come to an uneasy truce with her husband, Len, despite her recent discovery of his infidelity and the fact that he has fathered a child with another woman. But what Ann has not reckoned with is Marianne, Len’s other woman, turning up on her doorstep - a woman with a mysterious past. Only Ann has secrets of her own and one day soon she knows she will have to tell her youngest child, Martin, who his father really is . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614935Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wartime for the Chocolate Girls: A gritty and heartwarming World War Two Saga set in Birmingham Series: #4 of Chocolate Girls Author: Annie Murray...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wartime for the Chocolate Girls: A gritty and heartwarming World War Two Saga set in Birmingham Series: #4 of Chocolate Girls Author: Annie Murray Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of Chocolate Girls, The Bells of Bournville Green and Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, Wartime for the Chocolate Girls is a gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . . April 1941. Almost losing her life in a bomb blast while serving in the Women's Volunteer Service has made Ann Gilby take stock of what's really important - her family. With daughter Sheila back home, and Joy still working munitions at the Cadbury factory and engaged to her soldier sweetheart, home life feels more settled too. Ann has even come to an uneasy truce with her husband, Len, despite her recent discovery of his infidelity and the fact that he has fathered a child with another woman. But what Ann has not reckoned with is Marianne, Len’s other woman, turning up on her doorstep - a woman with a mysterious past. Only Ann has secrets of her own and one day soon she knows she will have to tell her youngest child, Martin, who his father really is . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-disappeared-stories-by-andrew-porter--65304605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Disappeared: Stories Author: Andrew Porter Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter “What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative—lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need. The Disappeared reaffirms the undeniable artistry of a contemporary master of the form.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604334Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Disappeared: Stories Author: Andrew Porter Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Disappeared: Stories Author: Andrew Porter Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter “What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative—lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need. The Disappeared reaffirms the undeniable artistry of a contemporary master of the form.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moon-over-edisto-by-beth-webb-hart--65304510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon Over Edisto Author: Beth Webb Hart Narrator: Frances Quiles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The past has come knocking on Julia’s door. Can she summon the courage to answer betrayal with love? Once, they were the happiest family under the sun, crabbing and fishing and painting on beautiful Edisto Island in South Carolina’s lowcountry. Then everything went wrong, and twenty years later the Bennett family is still in pieces. Mary Ellen still struggles to understand why her picture-perfect marriage came apart. Daughter Meg keeps a death grip on her own family, controlling her relationships at a distance. And Julia thought she left it all behind. Julia’s best friend, Marney, broke up her parents’ marriage years ago. Now Marney shows up at her Manhattan apartment, asking the impossible—come home to Edisto Island to care for the half-sisters and half-brother she has never known. Marney, recently widowed, has lung cancer. There’s no other family to care for the children while she’s in the hospital following surgery. Julia loathes Marney. But if she doesn’t step in, her own mother—who has never gotten over the divorce—will be called upon to take care of the children. So Julia heads to South Carolina to keep the peace. Julia grudgingly agrees to stay a week caring for her three young half-siblings. But there’s something about Edisto that changes one, and she begins to reconnect with the place and the people that she's been running from her whole adult life. Can Julia and her fractured family somehow manage to come together again under that low-hanging Edisto moon? - Contemporary Southern Christian fiction - Standalone novel - Also by Beth Webb Hart: The Wedding Machine and Love, Charleston]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611843Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon Over Edisto Author: Beth Webb Hart Narrator: Frances Quiles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon Over Edisto Author: Beth Webb Hart Narrator: Frances Quiles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The past has come knocking on Julia’s door. Can she summon the courage to answer betrayal with love? Once, they were the happiest family under the sun, crabbing and fishing and painting on beautiful Edisto Island in South Carolina’s lowcountry. Then everything went wrong, and twenty years later the Bennett family is still in pieces. Mary Ellen still struggles to understand why her picture-perfect marriage came apart. Daughter Meg keeps a death grip on her own family, controlling her relationships at a distance. And Julia thought she left it all behind. Julia’s best friend, Marney, broke up her parents’ marriage years ago. Now Marney shows up at her Manhattan apartment, asking the impossible—come home to Edisto Island to care for the half-sisters and half-brother she has never known. Marney, recently widowed, has lung cancer. There’s no other family to care for the children while she’s in the hospital following surgery. Julia loathes Marney. But if she doesn’t step in, her own mother—who has never gotten over the divorce—will be called upon to take care of the children. So Julia heads to South Carolina to keep the peace. Julia grudgingly agrees to stay a week caring for her three young half-siblings. But there’s something about Edisto that changes one, and she begins to reconnect with the place and the people that she's been running from her whole adult life. Can Julia and her fractured family somehow manage to come together again under that low-hanging Edisto moon? - Contemporary Southern Christian fiction - Standalone novel - Also by Beth Webb Hart: The Wedding Machine and Love, Charleston]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/advika-and-the-hollywood-wives-by-kirthana-ramisetti--65304491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Advika and the Hollywood Wives Author: Kirthana Ramisetti Narrator: Rukhmani K Desai Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Dava Shastri's Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid. At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed screenwriter. To pay the bills and keep her mind off of the recent death of her twin sister, she’s taken to bartending A-list events, including the 2015 Governors Ball, the official afterparty of the Oscars. There, in a cinematic dream come true, she meets the legendary Julian Zelding—a film producer as handsome as Paul Newman and ten times as powerful—fresh off his fifth best picture win. Despite their 41-year age difference, Advika falls helplessly under his spell, and their evening flirtation ignites into a whirlwind courtship and elopement. Advika is enthralled by Julian’s charm and luxurious lifestyle, but while Julian loves to talk about his famous friends and achievements, he smoothly changes the subject whenever his previous relationships come up. Then, a month into their marriage, Julian’s first wife—the famous actress Evie Lockhart—dies, and a tabloid reports a shocking stipulation in her will. A single film reel and $1,000,000 will be bequeathed to “Julian’s latest child bride” on one condition: Advika must divorce him first. Shaken out of her love fog and still-simmering grief over the loss of her sister—and uneasy about Julian’s sudden, inexplicable urge to start a family—Advika decides to investigate him through the eyes and experiences of his exes. From reading his first wife’s biography, to listening to his second wife’s confessional albums, to watching his third wife’s Real Housewives-esque reality show, Advika starts to realize how little she knows about her husband. Realizing she rushed into the marriage for all the wrong reasons, Advika uses the info gleaned from the lives of her husband’s exes to concoct a plan to extricate herself from Julian once and for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617430Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Advika and the Hollywood Wives Author: Kirthana Ramisetti Narrator: Rukhmani K Desai Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Advika and the Hollywood Wives Author: Kirthana Ramisetti Narrator: Rukhmani K Desai Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Dava Shastri's Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid. At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed screenwriter. To pay the bills and keep her mind off of the recent death of her twin sister, she’s taken to bartending A-list events, including the 2015 Governors Ball, the official afterparty of the Oscars. There, in a cinematic dream come true, she meets the legendary Julian Zelding—a film producer as handsome as Paul Newman and ten times as powerful—fresh off his fifth best picture win. Despite their 41-year age difference, Advika falls helplessly under his spell, and their evening flirtation ignites into a whirlwind courtship and elopement. Advika is enthralled by Julian’s charm and luxurious lifestyle, but while Julian loves to talk about his famous friends and achievements, he smoothly changes the subject whenever his previous relationships come up. Then, a month into their marriage, Julian’s first wife—the famous actress Evie Lockhart—dies, and a tabloid reports a shocking stipulation in her will. A single film reel and $1,000,000 will be bequeathed to “Julian’s latest child bride” on one condition: Advika must divorce him first. Shaken out of her love fog and still-simmering grief over the loss of her sister—and uneasy about Julian’s sudden, inexplicable urge to start a family—Advika decides to investigate him through the eyes and experiences of his exes. From reading his first wife’s biography, to listening to his second wife’s confessional albums, to watching his third wife’s Real Housewives-esque reality show, Advika starts to realize how little she knows about her husband. Realizing she rushed into the marriage for all the wrong reasons, Advika uses the info gleaned from the lives of her husband’s exes to concoct a plan to extricate herself from Julian once and for all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-she-feared-by-rick-mofina--65304466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything She Feared Author: Rick Mofina Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "Rick Mofina has penned a creepy, heart-pounding page-turner…. A gripping, chilling thriller from beginning to end." —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest Every mother worries about their child. But Sara Harmon fears hers… When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it. For years, others have tried to unravel this secret. From true-crime podcasters to a haunted journalist searching for a killer who vanished after being released from prison several years ago. And now, with detectives tightening the focus of their investigation, Sara is consumed by her darkest fear—that the babysitter’s death was not an accident.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615110Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything She Feared Author: Rick Mofina Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything She Feared Author: Rick Mofina Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "Rick Mofina has penned a creepy, heart-pounding page-turner…. A gripping, chilling thriller from beginning to end." —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest Every mother worries about their child. But Sara Harmon fears hers… When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it. For years, others have tried to unravel this secret. From true-crime podcasters to a haunted journalist searching for a killer who vanished after being released from prison several years ago. And now, with detectives tightening the focus of their investigation, Sara is consumed by her darkest fear—that the babysitter’s death was not an accident.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-and-other-love-songs-by-anissa-gray--65304443https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Other Love Songs Author: Anissa Gray Narrator: Nicole Lewis, Karen Murray, Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Musical in structure—the octaves rise when the music calls for it; truths are revealed by the invisible beats of this gorgeous, rich story” –Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club Pick) “Riveting, rhythmic, transcendent...a stellar family saga.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone Named a Most Anticipated Book by Time ∙ Essence ∙ Real Simple ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ Atlanta-Journal Constitution ∙ The Root ∙ SheReads ∙ Atlanta Magazine ∙ Zibby Mag   A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. It’s a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together.   But he won’t make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear.   In the days, months, and years to follow, Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known.   In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York, we follow the hopes, triumphs, losses, and secrets that build up and tear apart an American family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617635Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Other Love Songs Author: Anissa Gray Narrator: Nicole Lewis, Karen Murray, Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Other Love Songs Author: Anissa Gray Narrator: Nicole Lewis, Karen Murray, Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Musical in structure—the octaves rise when the music calls for it; truths are revealed by the invisible beats of this gorgeous, rich story” –Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club Pick) “Riveting, rhythmic, transcendent...a stellar family saga.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone Named a Most Anticipated Book by Time ∙ Essence ∙ Real Simple ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ Atlanta-Journal Constitution ∙ The Root ∙ SheReads ∙ Atlanta Magazine ∙ Zibby Mag   A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. It’s a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together.   But he won’t make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear.   In the days, months, and years to follow, Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known.   In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York, we follow the hopes, triumphs, losses, and secrets that build up and tear apart an American family.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-i-wish-i-told-my-mother-the-perfect-mother-daughter-book-club-read-by-susan-dilallo-susan-patterson-james-patterson--65304447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Wish I Told My Mother: The Perfect Mother-Daughter Book Club Read Author: Susan Dilallo, Susan Patterson, James Patterson Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel—perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes—with a giant Pattersonian twist at the end! Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.    Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag.    Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.  “Dr. Liz,” Laurie’s mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of suitcases. When Laurie surprises her mother with a dream vacation, it brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes. So begins Things I Wish I Told My Mother. You will wish this novel never ends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617418Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Wish I Told My Mother: The Perfect Mother-Daughter Book Club Read Author: Susan Dilallo, Susan Patterson, James Patterson Narrator: Ellen...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Wish I Told My Mother: The Perfect Mother-Daughter Book Club Read Author: Susan Dilallo, Susan Patterson, James Patterson Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel—perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes—with a giant Pattersonian twist at the end! Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.    Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag.    Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.  “Dr. Liz,” Laurie’s mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of suitcases. When Laurie surprises her mother with a dream vacation, it brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes. So begins Things I Wish I Told My Mother. You will wish this novel never ends.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-home-for-wayward-girls-a-novel-by-marcia-bradley--65304575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel Author: Marcia Bradley Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the 1990s, a young girl escapes her abusive parents–and the “ranch” they ran for “bad” girls—and becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate. While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to “correct” teen girls’ “bad behavior.” Some new residents arrive with their moms and dads, while other are accompanied by transporters—people paid to forcibly deliver these “problem” teens—girls caught swearing, smoking, drinking, or kissing. Many are failed runaways desperate to leave their controlling and sometimes brutal homes. Few have any idea of the suffering that lies ahead. Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women’s spirits and break their wills. She understands these girls’ pain and shares it. Since childhood she’s been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they’ll need in case they manage to escape. Until the day a horrifying act of violence forces her to make her own terrible choice. Terrified and with no other option, Loretta flees the ranch and hitchhikes across the country, ending up in New York. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604515Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel Author: Marcia Bradley Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel Author: Marcia Bradley Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the 1990s, a young girl escapes her abusive parents–and the “ranch” they ran for “bad” girls—and becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate. While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to “correct” teen girls’ “bad behavior.” Some new residents arrive with their moms and dads, while other are accompanied by transporters—people paid to forcibly deliver these “problem” teens—girls caught swearing, smoking, drinking, or kissing. Many are failed runaways desperate to leave their controlling and sometimes brutal homes. Few have any idea of the suffering that lies ahead. Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women’s spirits and break their wills. She understands these girls’ pain and shares it. Since childhood she’s been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they’ll need in case they manage to escape. Until the day a horrifying act of violence forces her to make her own terrible choice. Terrified and with no other option, Loretta flees the ranch and hitchhikes across the country, ending up in New York. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carmen-and-grace-a-novel-by-melissa-coss-aquino--65304550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carmen and Grace: A Novel Author: Melissa Coss Aquino Narrator: Melanie Mendez, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE  “I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming An emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama about two cousins lured into the underground drug trade at a young age and the inextricable ties that bind them, as one woman seeks power and the other seeks a way out—the debut of a vibrant and stunningly original new voice in fiction. Carmen and Grace have been inseparable since they were little girls—more like sisters than cousins, survivors of a childhood marked by neglect and addiction and a system that never valued them. For too long, all they had was each other. That is, until Doña Durka swept into their lives and changed everything, taking Grace into her home, providing stability and support, and playing an outsize role in Carmen’s upbringing too. Durka is more than a beneficent force in their Bronx neighborhood, though. She’s also the leader of an underground drug empire, a larger-than-life matriarch who understands the vital importance of taking what power she can in a world too often ruled by violent men. So, when Durka dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances, Carmen and Grace’s lives are thrown into chaos. Grace has been primed to take over and has grand plans to expand the business. While Carmen is ready to move on—from the shadow of Durka and her high expectations and, most of all, from always looking over her shoulder in fear. She’s also harboring a secret: she’s pregnant and starting to show, and desperate to build a new life before the baby arrives. But how can Carmen leave the only family she’s ever known—this tight sisterhood of women known as the D. O. D., a group of lost girls turned skilled professionals under Durka’s guiding hand, all bonded in their spirituality and merciless support for one another—especially now, when outside threats are circling, and Grace’s plans are speeding recklessly forward? As tough and tender as its main characters, Carmen and Grace will grab readers from the first page with its raw beauty, depth of feeling, and heart-pounding plot. A moving meditation on the choices of women and the legacy of violence, it’s a devastatingly wise and intimate story about the bonds of female friendship, ambition, and found family. ''Melissa Coss Aquino brilliantly delivers a loving novel with characters you are inspired to ride or die with. . . . If you love reading novels about creative, ambitious, and relentless women who are committed to community and making a way out of no way, read this book!'' — ANGIE CRUZ, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water and Dominicana “Electric, heartrending, and exceptionally tender . . . Every sentence of Melissa Coss Aquino's debut feels acute and deliberate, a shard of glass held up to the light.” — DANYA KUKAFKA, bestselling author of Notes on an Execution]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604511Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carmen and Grace: A Novel Author: Melissa Coss Aquino Narrator: Melanie Mendez, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carmen and Grace: A Novel Author: Melissa Coss Aquino Narrator: Melanie Mendez, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE  “I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming An emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama about two cousins lured into the underground drug trade at a young age and the inextricable ties that bind them, as one woman seeks power and the other seeks a way out—the debut of a vibrant and stunningly original new voice in fiction. Carmen and Grace have been inseparable since they were little girls—more like sisters than cousins, survivors of a childhood marked by neglect and addiction and a system that never valued them. For too long, all they had was each other. That is, until Doña Durka swept into their lives and changed everything, taking Grace into her home, providing stability and support, and playing an outsize role in Carmen’s upbringing too. Durka is more than a beneficent force in their Bronx neighborhood, though. She’s also the leader of an underground drug empire, a larger-than-life matriarch who understands the vital importance of taking what power she can in a world too often ruled by violent men. So, when Durka dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances, Carmen and Grace’s lives are thrown into chaos. Grace has been primed to take over and has grand plans to expand the business. While Carmen is ready to move on—from the shadow of Durka and her high expectations and, most of all, from always looking over her shoulder in fear. She’s also harboring a secret: she’s pregnant and starting to show, and desperate to build a new life before the baby arrives. But how can Carmen leave the only family she’s ever known—this tight sisterhood of women known as the D. O. D., a group of lost girls turned skilled professionals under Durka’s guiding hand, all bonded in their spirituality and merciless support for one another—especially now, when outside threats are circling, and Grace’s plans are speeding recklessly forward? As tough and tender as its main characters, Carmen and Grace will grab readers from the first page with its raw beauty, depth of feeling, and heart-pounding plot. A moving meditation on the choices of women and the legacy of violence, it’s a devastatingly wise and intimate story about the bonds of female friendship, ambition, and found family. ''Melissa Coss Aquino brilliantly delivers a loving novel with characters you are inspired to ride or die with. . . . If you love reading novels about creative, ambitious, and relentless women who are committed to community and making a way out of no way, read this book!'' — ANGIE CRUZ, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water and Dominicana “Electric, heartrending, and exceptionally tender . . . Every sentence of Melissa Coss Aquino's debut feels acute and deliberate, a shard of glass held up to the light.” — DANYA KUKAFKA, bestselling author of Notes on an Execution]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-animals-caught-in-traps-a-novel-by-c-b-bernard--65304462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Animals Caught in Traps: A Novel Author: C. B. Bernard Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For readers of Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone and David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide, C. B. Bernard’s debut novel shows a father and a daughter fighting toward hope through a traumatic past. In the town of Disappointment, Oregon, washed-up boxer Lewis Yaw makes ends meet as a fishing guide. He’s lived a life of violence, but doesn’t understand real strength until he meets Janey, who can see good in even the most damaged things—including him. When she gives birth to their daughter, Grayling, Lewis worries that he’ll mess her up as badly as his father did him. But he also sees a chance to right the wrongs of the past. By high school, Gray has become his apprentice guide, his sparring partner, and his pride and joy. Life in their small town is nothing short of challenging—there’s a marauding bear roaming the streets, a rival guide trying to kill Lewis, and a poacher littering deer carcasses along the river—but he is closer to happiness than he ever thought possible. When tragedy strikes, Lewis can’t break free of his past, leaving Gray to fight to save the only thing she has left: her family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615254Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Animals Caught in Traps: A Novel Author: C. B. Bernard Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Animals Caught in Traps: A Novel Author: C. B. Bernard Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For readers of Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone and David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide, C. B. Bernard’s debut novel shows a father and a daughter fighting toward hope through a traumatic past. In the town of Disappointment, Oregon, washed-up boxer Lewis Yaw makes ends meet as a fishing guide. He’s lived a life of violence, but doesn’t understand real strength until he meets Janey, who can see good in even the most damaged things—including him. When she gives birth to their daughter, Grayling, Lewis worries that he’ll mess her up as badly as his father did him. But he also sees a chance to right the wrongs of the past. By high school, Gray has become his apprentice guide, his sparring partner, and his pride and joy. Life in their small town is nothing short of challenging—there’s a marauding bear roaming the streets, a rival guide trying to kill Lewis, and a poacher littering deer carcasses along the river—but he is closer to happiness than he ever thought possible. When tragedy strikes, Lewis can’t break free of his past, leaving Gray to fight to save the only thing she has left: her family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-society-of-shame-by-jane-roper--65304453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Society of Shame Author: Jane Roper Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR SEMI-FINALIST • In this timely and witty combination of So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Where'd You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician's wife's “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that's both a satire of social media stardom and internet activism, and a tender mother-daughter tale. Kathleen Held’s life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his underwear. But the scandal that emerges is not that Bill, who's running for Senate, is having a painfully cliched affair with one of his young staffers: it's that the eyewitness photographing the scene accidentally captures a period stain on the back of Kathleen’s pants. Overnight, Kathleen finds herself the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered women’s right movement, #YesWeBleed. Humiliated, Kathleen desperately seeks a way to hide from the spotlight. But when she stumbles upon the Society of Shame—led by the infamous author Danica Bellevue—Kathleen finds herself part of a group who are all working to change their lives after their own scandals. Using the teachings of the society, Kathleen channels her newfound fame as a means to reap the benefits of her humiliation and reclaim herself. But as she ascends to celebrity status, Kathleen's growing obsession with maintaining her popularity online threatens her most important relationship IRL: that with her budding activist daughter, Aggie. Hilarious and heartfelt, The Society of Shame is a pitch-perfect romp through politics and the perils of being 'extremely online'—without losing your sanity or your true self.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617661Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Society of Shame Author: Jane Roper Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Society of Shame Author: Jane Roper Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR SEMI-FINALIST • In this timely and witty combination of So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Where'd You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician's wife's “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that's both a satire of social media stardom and internet activism, and a tender mother-daughter tale. Kathleen Held’s life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his underwear. But the scandal that emerges is not that Bill, who's running for Senate, is having a painfully cliched affair with one of his young staffers: it's that the eyewitness photographing the scene accidentally captures a period stain on the back of Kathleen’s pants. Overnight, Kathleen finds herself the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered women’s right movement, #YesWeBleed. Humiliated, Kathleen desperately seeks a way to hide from the spotlight. But when she stumbles upon the Society of Shame—led by the infamous author Danica Bellevue—Kathleen finds herself part of a group who are all working to change their lives after their own scandals. Using the teachings of the society, Kathleen channels her newfound fame as a means to reap the benefits of her humiliation and reclaim herself. But as she ascends to celebrity status, Kathleen's growing obsession with maintaining her popularity online threatens her most important relationship IRL: that with her budding activist daughter, Aggie. Hilarious and heartfelt, The Society of Shame is a pitch-perfect romp through politics and the perils of being 'extremely online'—without losing your sanity or your true self.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hungry-tide-by-amitav-ghosh--65304609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hungry Tide Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A profound and absorbing saga from the Internationally Bestselling and Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer… I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this thrilling to go so far, so fast' The Times January 2001: A small ship, led by wealthy Scotsman Daniel Hamilton, arrives in the Sundarbans, a vast archipelago of islands in the mythical river Ganges, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea. In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland, and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from Hamilton’s point of view, it is only a little less barren than a desert. The eccentric Scotsman and the scientists on board the ship disembark to study this little-known environment, and to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society. Their goal? To create a utopian society, of all races and religions, and conquer the might of the Sundarbans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604085Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hungry Tide Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hungry Tide Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute Release date: March 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A profound and absorbing saga from the Internationally Bestselling and Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer… I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this thrilling to go so far, so fast' The Times January 2001: A small ship, led by wealthy Scotsman Daniel Hamilton, arrives in the Sundarbans, a vast archipelago of islands in the mythical river Ganges, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea. In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland, and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from Hamilton’s point of view, it is only a little less barren than a desert. The eccentric Scotsman and the scientists on board the ship disembark to study this little-known environment, and to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society. Their goal? To create a utopian society, of all races and religions, and conquer the might of the Sundarbans.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mostly-true-story-of-tanner-louise-by-colleen-oakley--65304595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise Author: Colleen Oakley Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader's Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart, humor, and wit from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.   One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one.   The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m.  insisting that they leave town immediately?   Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604274Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise Author: Colleen Oakley Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise Author: Colleen Oakley Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader's Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart, humor, and wit from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.   One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one.   The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m.  insisting that they leave town immediately?   Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rogue-for-the-dutiful-duchess-by-louise-allen--65304582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess Author: Louise Allen Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dramatic Regency romance The scandal of the season Must be stopped! Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the monarchy! Sophie knows she must maintain her distance from Nicholas…only she can’t help but respond to the desire in his eyes. Their mission is treacherous, but will it prove as dangerous as their unexpected attraction?  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615103Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess Author: Louise Allen Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess Author: Louise Allen Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dramatic Regency romance The scandal of the season Must be stopped! Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the monarchy! Sophie knows she must maintain her distance from Nicholas…only she can’t help but respond to the desire in his eyes. Their mission is treacherous, but will it prove as dangerous as their unexpected attraction?  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/midnight-whispers-by-v-c-andrews--65304545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight Whispers Series: #4 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! Christie, Dawn’s daughter, searches for her own happiness and break the cycle of darkness that has plagued her family for generations in this book in the Cutler series from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews. Having grown up surrounded by love and safety, there’s no real reason for Christie Longchamp to feel that a cloud hovers over Cutler’s Cove—a cloud with origins in her family’s troubled history. But when Christie discovers the truth about her uncle’s unbrotherly love for her mother Dawn, she’s desperate to get away. Fleeing to New York City, she finds her real father...a pathetic, helpless has-been. Desperate and heartbroken, she turns to Gavin, her Daddy Jimmy’s young and handsome stepbrother. In his arms, Christie finds a refuge from her painful memories. But all too soon, she is torn from Gavin’s embrace and as black storms of evil gather around her, Christie must do what it takes to defy the curse that has haunted Cutler’s Cove for generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614348Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight Whispers Series: #4 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight Whispers Series: #4 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! Christie, Dawn’s daughter, searches for her own happiness and break the cycle of darkness that has plagued her family for generations in this book in the Cutler series from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews. Having grown up surrounded by love and safety, there’s no real reason for Christie Longchamp to feel that a cloud hovers over Cutler’s Cove—a cloud with origins in her family’s troubled history. But when Christie discovers the truth about her uncle’s unbrotherly love for her mother Dawn, she’s desperate to get away. Fleeing to New York City, she finds her real father...a pathetic, helpless has-been. Desperate and heartbroken, she turns to Gavin, her Daddy Jimmy’s young and handsome stepbrother. In his arms, Christie finds a refuge from her painful memories. But all too soon, she is torn from Gavin’s embrace and as black storms of evil gather around her, Christie must do what it takes to defy the curse that has haunted Cutler’s Cove for generations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rogue-for-the-dutiful-duchess-his-maddening-matchmaker-by-louise-allen-virginia-heath--65304486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess & His Maddening Matchmaker Author: Louise Allen, Virginia Heath Narrator: Helen Keeley, Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess A dramatic Regency romance. The scandal of the season must be stopped! Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the monarchy! Sophie knows she must maintain her distance from Nicholas…only she can’t help but respond to the desire in his eyes. Their mission is treacherous, but will it prove as dangerous as their unexpected attraction?  His Maddening Matchmaker Sparks fly in this witty Regency romance. They say opposites attract… but do they wed? Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family’s fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this “scruffy brute” into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows…but Ned’s doing his best to avoid it!  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615106Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess & His Maddening Matchmaker Author: Louise Allen, Virginia Heath Narrator: Helen Keeley, Karen Cass Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess & His Maddening Matchmaker Author: Louise Allen, Virginia Heath Narrator: Helen Keeley, Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess A dramatic Regency romance. The scandal of the season must be stopped! Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the monarchy! Sophie knows she must maintain her distance from Nicholas…only she can’t help but respond to the desire in his eyes. Their mission is treacherous, but will it prove as dangerous as their unexpected attraction?  His Maddening Matchmaker Sparks fly in this witty Regency romance. They say opposites attract… but do they wed? Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family’s fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this “scruffy brute” into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows…but Ned’s doing his best to avoid it!  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nursery-a-novel-by-szilvia-molnar--65304594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nursery: A Novel Author: Szilvia Molnar Narrator: Malin Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A 'brilliant...essential and surprisingly thrilling book about motherhood' (The New York Times) and the early postpartum days, following a woman struggling with maternal fear and its looming madness and showing how difficult and fragile those days can be—and how vital love is to pull anyone out from the dark “A radical novel...I’m obsessed with this book.” —Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving, carrying, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. Feeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour, Peter, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604340Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nursery: A Novel Author: Szilvia Molnar Narrator: Malin Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nursery: A Novel Author: Szilvia Molnar Narrator: Malin Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A 'brilliant...essential and surprisingly thrilling book about motherhood' (The New York Times) and the early postpartum days, following a woman struggling with maternal fear and its looming madness and showing how difficult and fragile those days can be—and how vital love is to pull anyone out from the dark “A radical novel...I’m obsessed with this book.” —Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving, carrying, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. Feeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour, Peter, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-in-rome-a-novel-by-liam-callanan--65304610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From nationally bestselling, award-winning author Liam Callanan, the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame . . . Claire, fifty-two, desperately desires a fresh start. After decades as a real estate broker specializing in old religious properties, she’s looking for something new. And then, on the eve of her thirtieth college reunion, a call comes from Rome.   It’s from a struggling convent facing a precipitous end, and Claire isn’t so sure she can help out. But once in Rome, she finds a group of funny, fearless nuns in a gorgeous, if crumbling, villa, a city whose colors deepen as she spends miles running its streets, and above all, a chance to reflect. It leads her unexpectedly to wonder: maybe she should stay in Rome. In the convent. Forever.   Her college roommate and business partner has thoughts. So does Claire’s daughter. And so does Marcus, a once-buzzy actor, who’s still as devastatingly handsome as he was when he first fell for Claire at eighteen. He’s come and gone from Claire’s life since college but reappears in Rome just as she’s about to decide what’s next. A look at faith, in oneself as much as a higher power, and love, romantic and familial, lost and found, this is the thoroughly charming story of one woman who sets out to rewrite her past and future, only to be surprised by the plot twists life takes . . . when in Rome.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604262Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From nationally bestselling, award-winning author Liam Callanan, the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame . . . Claire, fifty-two, desperately desires a fresh start. After decades as a real estate broker specializing in old religious properties, she’s looking for something new. And then, on the eve of her thirtieth college reunion, a call comes from Rome.   It’s from a struggling convent facing a precipitous end, and Claire isn’t so sure she can help out. But once in Rome, she finds a group of funny, fearless nuns in a gorgeous, if crumbling, villa, a city whose colors deepen as she spends miles running its streets, and above all, a chance to reflect. It leads her unexpectedly to wonder: maybe she should stay in Rome. In the convent. Forever.   Her college roommate and business partner has thoughts. So does Claire’s daughter. And so does Marcus, a once-buzzy actor, who’s still as devastatingly handsome as he was when he first fell for Claire at eighteen. He’s come and gone from Claire’s life since college but reappears in Rome just as she’s about to decide what’s next. A look at faith, in oneself as much as a higher power, and love, romantic and familial, lost and found, this is the thoroughly charming story of one woman who sets out to rewrite her past and future, only to be surprised by the plot twists life takes . . . when in Rome.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-russian-doll-by-kristen-loesch--65304596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Russian Doll Author: Kristen Loesch Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center. In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land...   ...a young girl lived happily in Moscow with her family: a sister, a father, and an eccentric mother who liked to tell fairy tales and collect porcelain dolls.    One summer night, everything changed, and all that remained of that family were the girl and her mother.   Now, a decade later and studying at Oxford University, Rosie has an English name, a loving fiancé, and a promising future, but all she wants is to understand—and bury—the past. After her mother dies, Rosie returns to Russia, armed with little more than her mother’s strange folklore—and a single key.   What she uncovers is a devastating family history that spans the 1917 Revolution, the siege of Leningrad, Stalin’s purges, and beyond.   At the heart of this saga stands a young noblewoman, Tonya, as pretty as a porcelain doll, whose actions—and love for an idealistic man—will set off a sweeping story that reverberates across the century....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604261Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Russian Doll Author: Kristen Loesch Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Russian Doll Author: Kristen Loesch Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center. In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land...   ...a young girl lived happily in Moscow with her family: a sister, a father, and an eccentric mother who liked to tell fairy tales and collect porcelain dolls.    One summer night, everything changed, and all that remained of that family were the girl and her mother.   Now, a decade later and studying at Oxford University, Rosie has an English name, a loving fiancé, and a promising future, but all she wants is to understand—and bury—the past. After her mother dies, Rosie returns to Russia, armed with little more than her mother’s strange folklore—and a single key.   What she uncovers is a devastating family history that spans the 1917 Revolution, the siege of Leningrad, Stalin’s purges, and beyond.   At the heart of this saga stands a young noblewoman, Tonya, as pretty as a porcelain doll, whose actions—and love for an idealistic man—will set off a sweeping story that reverberates across the century....]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hello-beautiful-oprah-s-book-club-a-novel-by-ann-napolitano--65304485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Maura Tierney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 303 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 96 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole? “Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life’s highs and lows with aching precision.”—The Washington Post ONE OF THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR  A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Post, She Reads, Bookreporter William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most? An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614643Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Maura Tierney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Maura Tierney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 303 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 96 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole? “Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life’s highs and lows with aching precision.”—The Washington Post ONE OF THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR  A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Post, She Reads, Bookreporter William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most? An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sister-effect-by-susan-mallery--65304586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sister Effect Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ,"Mallery beautifully illustrates the power of female friendship and the importance of reaching for one's dreams."—Publishers Weekly Beloved bestselling author Susan Mallery brings readers an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story that explores the nuances of a broken family’s complex emotions as they strive to become whole in this uplifting story of human frailty and resilience. Finley McGowan is determined that the niece she’s raising will always feel loved and wanted. Unlike how she felt after her mom left to pursue a dream of stardom, and when the grandfather who was left to raise them abandoned her and her sister, Sloane, when they needed him most. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrow—nose down, work hard, follow the rules. Sloane went the other way. Now Sloane is back, as beautiful and as damaged as ever…and she wants a relationship with her daughter. She says she’s changed, but Finley’s heart has been burned once too often for her to trust easily. But is her reluctance to forgive really about Sloane or worry over losing what she loves the most? With the help of a man who knows all too well how messy families can be, Finley will learn there’s joy in surrendering and peace in letting go. Don't miss #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's latest masterpiece, For the Love of Summer, a captivating story that weaves together the complexities of family, friendship, and unexpected bonds.   Discover more from Susan Mallery: - For the Love of Summer - Coming June 2024! - The Summer Book Club - The Sister Effect - The Boardwalk Bookshop - The Summer Getaway]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615098Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sister Effect Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sister Effect Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ,"Mallery beautifully illustrates the power of female friendship and the importance of reaching for one's dreams."—Publishers Weekly Beloved bestselling author Susan Mallery brings readers an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story that explores the nuances of a broken family’s complex emotions as they strive to become whole in this uplifting story of human frailty and resilience. Finley McGowan is determined that the niece she’s raising will always feel loved and wanted. Unlike how she felt after her mom left to pursue a dream of stardom, and when the grandfather who was left to raise them abandoned her and her sister, Sloane, when they needed him most. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrow—nose down, work hard, follow the rules. Sloane went the other way. Now Sloane is back, as beautiful and as damaged as ever…and she wants a relationship with her daughter. She says she’s changed, but Finley’s heart has been burned once too often for her to trust easily. But is her reluctance to forgive really about Sloane or worry over losing what she loves the most? With the help of a man who knows all too well how messy families can be, Finley will learn there’s joy in surrendering and peace in letting go. Don't miss #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's latest masterpiece, For the Love of Summer, a captivating story that weaves together the complexities of family, friendship, and unexpected bonds.   Discover more from Susan Mallery: - For the Love of Summer - Coming June 2024! - The Summer Book Club - The Sister Effect - The Boardwalk Bookshop - The Summer Getaway]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happened-to-ruthy-ramirez-by-claire-jimenez--65304577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605364 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez Author: Claire Jimenez Narrator: Claire Jimenez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful novel that's "hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking" (Jamie Ford) about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and sets out to bring her home. Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction · Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize · March Indie Next Pick · Belletrist, Phenomenal, Page & Pairing, and Readers Digest book club pick  The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteen‑year‑old middle child Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left the family scarred and scrambling. One night, twelve years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman's hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left eye is instantly recognizable. Could it be Ruthy, after all this time? The years since Ruthy's disappearance haven't been easy on the Ramirez family. It’s 2008, and their mother, Dolores, still struggles with the loss, Jessica juggles a newborn baby with her hospital job, and Nina, after four successful years at college, has returned home to medical school rejections and is forced to work in the mall folding tiny bedazzled thongs at the lingerie store. After seeing maybe‑Ruthy on their screen, Jessica and Nina hatch a plan to drive to where the show is filmed in search of their long‑lost sister. When Dolores catches wind of their scheme, she insists on joining, along with her pot-stirring holy roller best friend, Irene. What follows is a family road trip and reckoning that will force the Ramirez women to finally face the past and look toward a future—with or without Ruthy in it. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez is a vivid family portrait, in all its shattered reality, exploring the familial bonds between women and cycles of generational violence, colonialism, race, and silence, replete with snark, resentment, tenderness, and, of course, love. A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle • USA Today • Today.com • Ms. Magazine • Good Housekeeping • Bustle • The Week • Goodreads • Bookriot • Pop Culturely • SheReads • Litreactor • Electric Lit • The Mary Sue • People Español • Zibby Mag • Debutiful • Her Campus   Best Books of March by Shondaland • Ms. Magazine • Popsugar • Bookriot • Debutiful • Powell’s Book Blog • TIME 100 must-read book of 2023 • Booklist Top 10 debut of 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605364Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605364 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez Author: Claire Jimenez Narrator: Claire Jimenez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605364 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez Author: Claire Jimenez Narrator: Claire Jimenez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful novel that's "hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking" (Jamie Ford) about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and sets out to bring her home. Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction · Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize · March Indie Next Pick · Belletrist, Phenomenal, Page & Pairing, and Readers Digest book club pick  The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteen‑year‑old middle child Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left the family scarred and scrambling. One night, twelve years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman's hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left eye is instantly recognizable. Could it be Ruthy, after all this time? The years since Ruthy's disappearance haven't been easy on the Ramirez family. It’s 2008, and their mother, Dolores, still struggles with the loss, Jessica juggles a newborn baby with her hospital job, and Nina, after four successful years at college, has returned home to medical school rejections and is forced to work in the mall folding tiny bedazzled thongs at the lingerie store. After seeing maybe‑Ruthy on their screen, Jessica and Nina hatch a plan to drive to where the show is filmed in search of their long‑lost sister. When Dolores catches wind of their scheme, she insists on joining, along with her pot-stirring holy roller best friend, Irene. What follows is a family road trip and reckoning that will force the Ramirez women to finally face the past and look toward a future—with or without Ruthy in it. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez is a vivid family portrait, in all its shattered reality, exploring the familial bonds between women and cycles of generational violence, colonialism, race, and silence, replete with snark, resentment, tenderness, and, of course, love. A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle • USA Today • Today.com • Ms. Magazine • Good Housekeeping • Bustle • The Week • Goodreads • Bookriot • Pop Culturely • SheReads • Litreactor • Electric Lit • The Mary Sue • People Español • Zibby Mag • Debutiful • Her Campus   Best Books of March by Shondaland • Ms. Magazine • Popsugar • Bookriot • Debutiful • Powell’s Book Blog • TIME 100 must-read book of 2023 • Booklist Top 10 debut of 2023]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-by-margaret-atwood--65304569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612793 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Linda Lavin, Dawn Harvey, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Kimberly Farr, Allan Corduner, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together 'If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You’ve been missing out.” —The New York Times Book Review, Rebecca Makkai, best-selling author of The Great Believers Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine—explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect.  The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; “Impatient Griselda” explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and “My Evil Mother” touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love—and what comes after. Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612793Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612793 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Linda Lavin, Dawn Harvey, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Kimberly Farr,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612793 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Linda Lavin, Dawn Harvey, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Kimberly Farr, Allan Corduner, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together 'If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You’ve been missing out.” —The New York Times Book Review, Rebecca Makkai, best-selling author of The Great Believers Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine—explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect.  The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; “Impatient Griselda” explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and “My Evil Mother” touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love—and what comes after. Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pineapple-street-a-gma-book-club-pick-a-novel-by-jenny-jackson--65304568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 84 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 37 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times | Time | NPR | USA Today | Elle | Harper’s Bazaar | Town & Country | Vogue | BBC | POPSUGAR | Goodreads | theSkimm “The season’s first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore.”— The New York Times “A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be.  Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604248Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 84 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 37 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times | Time | NPR | USA Today | Elle | Harper’s Bazaar | Town & Country | Vogue | BBC | POPSUGAR | Goodreads | theSkimm “The season’s first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore.”— The New York Times “A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be.  Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yada-yada-prayer-group-gets-tough-by-neta-jackson--65304529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough Series: #4 of Yada Yada Series Author: Neta Jackson Narrator: Julie Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Prayer is a powerful spiritual weapon. And the Yada Yadas are about to learn just how strong it really is. The women of the Chicago-born Yada Yada Prayer Group have developed a strong sisterly bond. They’ve had a wild year full of joy, sorrow, and a healthy dose of laughter. Lots of laughter. But just when life gets comfortable, things get shaken up. The sisters don’t expect trouble to crop up so soon after the exuberant wedding of Yada Yada member Avis Johnson. But it happens, and sorrow meets their joy head–on. It’s the kind of sorrow that shakes up their whole town, their whole group, their lives. And it’s not just sorrow—it’s fear and hate and a whole lot of tension. A white supremacy hate group targets a local university and viciously attacks Nony’s husband, barely sparing his life. With their loved one balancing between life and death, the mismatched sisters get tough—really tough—and their prayer group becomes much more than just a Bible study. It becomes a lifeline. - Recipes and other resources are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611874Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough Series: #4 of Yada Yada Series Author: Neta Jackson Narrator: Julie Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough Series: #4 of Yada Yada Series Author: Neta Jackson Narrator: Julie Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Prayer is a powerful spiritual weapon. And the Yada Yadas are about to learn just how strong it really is. The women of the Chicago-born Yada Yada Prayer Group have developed a strong sisterly bond. They’ve had a wild year full of joy, sorrow, and a healthy dose of laughter. Lots of laughter. But just when life gets comfortable, things get shaken up. The sisters don’t expect trouble to crop up so soon after the exuberant wedding of Yada Yada member Avis Johnson. But it happens, and sorrow meets their joy head–on. It’s the kind of sorrow that shakes up their whole town, their whole group, their lives. And it’s not just sorrow—it’s fear and hate and a whole lot of tension. A white supremacy hate group targets a local university and viciously attacks Nony’s husband, barely sparing his life. With their loved one balancing between life and death, the mismatched sisters get tough—really tough—and their prayer group becomes much more than just a Bible study. It becomes a lifeline. - Recipes and other resources are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forget-what-you-know-by-christina-dodd--65304503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forget What You Know Author: Christina Dodd Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Extraordinarily entertaining….with a cinematic flair that Hitchcock would envy.” – Booklist, starred review Perfect for fans of Karen Slaughter, Lisa Jewell, and Sandra Brown comes a brand-new heartstoppingly suspenseful thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd... A submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake.  The driver has been shot in the back of the head and no other bodies are found.  Only a legendary sculpture remains inside, and as it rises to the surface, greedy collectors from around the world gather. They'll stop at nothing to gain possession of the priceless artifact. Only one person stands in their way… Zoey Phoenix remembers nothing about her early childhood; her mother’s desire to leave those years behind never worried her…until she’s almost killed in a hit and run and, days later, her mother disappears. Now Zoey fears her family secrets won’t stay buried long.  She has no idea who tried to murder her or why, but she’s determined to unravel the dangerous truths of her past—before they claim her future.     Forget what you know...yet the past remembers. "If Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley are on your Mount Rushmore of suspense writers, Dodd's latest release definitely needs a spot on your shelf."—E! News]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615097Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forget What You Know Author: Christina Dodd Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forget What You Know Author: Christina Dodd Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Extraordinarily entertaining….with a cinematic flair that Hitchcock would envy.” – Booklist, starred review Perfect for fans of Karen Slaughter, Lisa Jewell, and Sandra Brown comes a brand-new heartstoppingly suspenseful thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd... A submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake.  The driver has been shot in the back of the head and no other bodies are found.  Only a legendary sculpture remains inside, and as it rises to the surface, greedy collectors from around the world gather. They'll stop at nothing to gain possession of the priceless artifact. Only one person stands in their way… Zoey Phoenix remembers nothing about her early childhood; her mother’s desire to leave those years behind never worried her…until she’s almost killed in a hit and run and, days later, her mother disappears. Now Zoey fears her family secrets won’t stay buried long.  She has no idea who tried to murder her or why, but she’s determined to unravel the dangerous truths of her past—before they claim her future.     Forget what you know...yet the past remembers. "If Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley are on your Mount Rushmore of suspense writers, Dodd's latest release definitely needs a spot on your shelf."—E! News]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/real-love-a-novel-by-rachel-lindsay--65304452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Real Love: A Novel Author: Rachel Lindsay Narrator: Zonya Love, Rachel Lindsay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That. Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan: to become the youngest-ever female director of her company, marry her college sweetheart, and build a fabulous life in Miami. Seeing as she’s almost near checking every last one of those items off her list, she doesn’t feel the need to go on the nationally beloved reality dating show Real Love. So when she’s offered the chance, she turns it down and tells the producers that her best friend, Delilah, should take part instead. But as she watches Delilah become the lead, fall in love, and change her life, Maya begins to wonder if she’s as happy as she thought—she doesn't have much in the way of a work-life balance, her relationship isn’t quite where she thinks it should be, and very little in her life is sparking joy. When Maya's free-spirited whirlwind of a little sister, Ella, blows into town for a surprise visit, Maya finds herself newly intrigued by Ella’s unrooted existence—and she’s equally intrigued by Ella’s gorgeous friend and fellow world traveler, Kai. At a crossroads with both her professional and personal happiness, Maya will have to decide which path to choose: The Plan she’s worked so hard for, or something new entirely.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616562Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Real Love: A Novel Author: Rachel Lindsay Narrator: Zonya Love, Rachel Lindsay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Real Love: A Novel Author: Rachel Lindsay Narrator: Zonya Love, Rachel Lindsay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That. Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan: to become the youngest-ever female director of her company, marry her college sweetheart, and build a fabulous life in Miami. Seeing as she’s almost near checking every last one of those items off her list, she doesn’t feel the need to go on the nationally beloved reality dating show Real Love. So when she’s offered the chance, she turns it down and tells the producers that her best friend, Delilah, should take part instead. But as she watches Delilah become the lead, fall in love, and change her life, Maya begins to wonder if she’s as happy as she thought—she doesn't have much in the way of a work-life balance, her relationship isn’t quite where she thinks it should be, and very little in her life is sparking joy. When Maya's free-spirited whirlwind of a little sister, Ella, blows into town for a surprise visit, Maya finds herself newly intrigued by Ella’s unrooted existence—and she’s equally intrigued by Ella’s gorgeous friend and fellow world traveler, Kai. At a crossroads with both her professional and personal happiness, Maya will have to decide which path to choose: The Plan she’s worked so hard for, or something new entirely.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twilight-s-child-by-v-c-andrews--65304551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight's Child Series: #3 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! Even as she creates a haven of warmth and love for herself and her young family, a legacy of deceit and betrayal haunts Dawn Longchamp in this entry in the Cutler series from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews. As the new owner of the Cutler’s Cove hotel and with her darling Jimmy and her beautiful daughter Christie, Dawn has everything she could ever hope for—but she can’t seem to quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler’s hateful presence everywhere, as if the old lady is plotting vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is horrified. Her spiteful, jealous sister is far easier to ignore...until the day her childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn’s most cherished, precious dream. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy...for only with his love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614345Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight's Child Series: #3 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight's Child Series: #3 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! Even as she creates a haven of warmth and love for herself and her young family, a legacy of deceit and betrayal haunts Dawn Longchamp in this entry in the Cutler series from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews. As the new owner of the Cutler’s Cove hotel and with her darling Jimmy and her beautiful daughter Christie, Dawn has everything she could ever hope for—but she can’t seem to quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler’s hateful presence everywhere, as if the old lady is plotting vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is horrified. Her spiteful, jealous sister is far easier to ignore...until the day her childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn’s most cherished, precious dream. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy...for only with his love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-candle-women-a-novel-by-diane-marie-brown--65304467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candle Women: A Novel Author: Diane Marie Brown Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.” —Jenna Bush Hager Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they keep for and from each other over one very complicated year Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have always lived together in their quaint California bungalow. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when young Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the family has withheld a crucial secret from Nickie all these years: any person a Montrose woman falls in love with will die. Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as new truths about the curse emerge, they're set on a collision course dating back to 1950s New Orleans’s French Quarter—where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love… “Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.” —Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, a Reese's Book Club Pick “Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.” —Ava DuVernay]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615096Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candle Women: A Novel Author: Diane Marie Brown Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candle Women: A Novel Author: Diane Marie Brown Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.” —Jenna Bush Hager Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they keep for and from each other over one very complicated year Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have always lived together in their quaint California bungalow. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when young Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the family has withheld a crucial secret from Nickie all these years: any person a Montrose woman falls in love with will die. Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as new truths about the curse emerge, they're set on a collision course dating back to 1950s New Orleans’s French Quarter—where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love… “Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.” —Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, a Reese's Book Club Pick “Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.” —Ava DuVernay]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-small-voice-by-santanu-bhattacharya--65304438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Small Voice Author: Santanu Bhattacharya Narrator: Mikhail Sen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller. One Small Voice is the great contemporary middle class Indian novel, showing us ordinary people knocked about by the specific sociopolitical currents of turn-of-the-century India, but also wrestling with universal challenges of family, ambition, friendship and shame' Max Porter, author of The Death of Francis Bacon India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence in which his family are complicit: an act that will alter the course of his life. In the two decades that follow, Shabby must wrestle with the ghosts of his past, the expectations of his family, and the seismic shifts taking place around him as the country enters the new millennium. As an adult in Mumbai, he encounters Syed and Shruti, who, like him, are seeking the freedom to rewrite their stories while navigating the contradictions of modern India. As the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country, their friendship becomes a rock they all cling to. Until one day, Shabby makes a split-second decision that will change everything... Dazzling and deeply moving, One Small Voice is a novel of modern India: of violence and prejudice, friendship and loyalty, community and tradition, and of a young man coming of age in a country on fire. ©2023 Santanu Bhattacharya (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617699Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Small Voice Author: Santanu Bhattacharya Narrator: Mikhail Sen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Small Voice Author: Santanu Bhattacharya Narrator: Mikhail Sen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller. One Small Voice is the great contemporary middle class Indian novel, showing us ordinary people knocked about by the specific sociopolitical currents of turn-of-the-century India, but also wrestling with universal challenges of family, ambition, friendship and shame' Max Porter, author of The Death of Francis Bacon India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence in which his family are complicit: an act that will alter the course of his life. In the two decades that follow, Shabby must wrestle with the ghosts of his past, the expectations of his family, and the seismic shifts taking place around him as the country enters the new millennium. As an adult in Mumbai, he encounters Syed and Shruti, who, like him, are seeking the freedom to rewrite their stories while navigating the contradictions of modern India. As the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country, their friendship becomes a rock they all cling to. Until one day, Shabby makes a split-second decision that will change everything... Dazzling and deeply moving, One Small Voice is a novel of modern India: of violence and prejudice, friendship and loyalty, community and tradition, and of a young man coming of age in a country on fire. ©2023 Santanu Bhattacharya (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wilderness-retreat-by-jennifer-moore--65304565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wilderness Retreat Author: Jennifer Moore Narrator: To Be Announced Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A breathtaking thriller!… Spine tingling.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since Asher was born. The only thing helping her through is an upcoming week-long wilderness retreat in Sweden, a surprise gift from her sister and Asher. The lodge is modern and luxurious – but the surrounding forest is foreboding. Named Dead Man’s Forest after the legend of a local bandit left to die inside a wooden coffin, there are rumours that, on quiet nights, you can still hear the scratching of his fingernails against the lid. When someone begins leaving unsettling notes, and a figure from her past comes back to haunt her, Bella’s unease grows. This certainly isn't the restful retreat she signed up for. And when another guest suddenly disappears, Bella fears she might not make it home alive… Don’t miss this gripping psychological thriller about a blissful holiday that turns into a nightmare, perfect for fans of The Sanatorium and The Guest List. Readers LOVE The Wilderness Retreat! ‘If you are a thriller fan do not miss this book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Immersive. I read it in one sitting… A gripping read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved absolutely everything about this… 100% recommend this book, easily one of the best I’ve read recently.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Dark and fabulous. I couldn’t put it down. Would recommend 110%.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There were multiple twists, I thought I’d figured it out so many times but was so wrong!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Incredible read. I could not put it down… Absolutely gripping.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was questioning the whodunnit until the end! Fab plot twist.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A book that keeps you reading into the night.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, what a compelling read… I couldn’t put it down. I read in a day.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612393Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wilderness Retreat Author: Jennifer Moore Narrator: To Be Announced Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wilderness Retreat Author: Jennifer Moore Narrator: To Be Announced Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A breathtaking thriller!… Spine tingling.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since Asher was born. The only thing helping her through is an upcoming week-long wilderness retreat in Sweden, a surprise gift from her sister and Asher. The lodge is modern and luxurious – but the surrounding forest is foreboding. Named Dead Man’s Forest after the legend of a local bandit left to die inside a wooden coffin, there are rumours that, on quiet nights, you can still hear the scratching of his fingernails against the lid. When someone begins leaving unsettling notes, and a figure from her past comes back to haunt her, Bella’s unease grows. This certainly isn't the restful retreat she signed up for. And when another guest suddenly disappears, Bella fears she might not make it home alive… Don’t miss this gripping psychological thriller about a blissful holiday that turns into a nightmare, perfect for fans of The Sanatorium and The Guest List. Readers LOVE The Wilderness Retreat! ‘If you are a thriller fan do not miss this book.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Immersive. I read it in one sitting… A gripping read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved absolutely everything about this… 100% recommend this book, easily one of the best I’ve read recently.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Dark and fabulous. I couldn’t put it down. Would recommend 110%.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There were multiple twists, I thought I’d figured it out so many times but was so wrong!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Incredible read. I could not put it down… Absolutely gripping.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was questioning the whodunnit until the end! Fab plot twist.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A book that keeps you reading into the night.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, what a compelling read… I couldn’t put it down. I read in a day.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-maddening-matchmaker-by-virginia-heath--65304599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Maddening Matchmaker Series: #2 of A Very Village Scandal Author: Virginia Heath Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sparks fly in this witty Regency romance They say opposites attract… But do they wed? Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family’s fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this “scruffy brute” into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows…but Ned’s doing his best to avoid it!  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. A Very Village Scandal Book 1: The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest Book 2: His Maddening Matchmaker]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615087Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Maddening Matchmaker Series: #2 of A Very Village Scandal Author: Virginia Heath Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Maddening Matchmaker Series: #2 of A Very Village Scandal Author: Virginia Heath Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sparks fly in this witty Regency romance They say opposites attract… But do they wed? Ned Parker has spent years restoring his family’s fortunes, leaving no time for courting. Now childhood friend and self-appointed matchmaker Isobel has decided to transform this “scruffy brute” into an eligible gentleman. Though he has no interest in rejoining society, Ned senses Izzy needs the distraction and reluctantly goes along with her plans. Despite their differing views, a surprising new attraction grows…but Ned’s doing his best to avoid it!  From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. A Very Village Scandal Book 1: The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest Book 2: His Maddening Matchmaker]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-moon-turns-blue-a-novel-by-pamela-terry--65304578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel Author: Pamela Terry Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One woman fights to hold on to her friends, her family, and all that she holds dear as a brewing conflict divides her small-town Georgia community in this powerful novel from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. “This book is a treasure. Pamela Terry writes with a poet’s ear and a wicked sense of comic timing.”—Nationally bestselling author Barbara O’Neal On the morning after Harry Cline’s funeral, a rare ice storm hits the town of Wesleyan, Georgia. The community wakes up to find its controversial statue of Confederate general Henry Benning destroyed—and not by the weather. Half the town had wanted to remove the statue; the other half had wanted to preserve it. Now that the matter has been taken out of their hands, the town’s long-simmering tensions are laid bare.  Without Harry beside her, Marietta is left to question many of her preconceived ideas about her friends and family. Her childhood friend, Butter, has come to her aid in ways Marietta never expected or asked for. Her sister-in-law, Glinda, is behaving completely out of character, and her brother, Macon, the top defense attorney in the Southeast, is determined to find those responsible for the damage to the statue and protect the legacy of Old Man Griffin, the owner of the park where it once stood. Marietta longs to salvage these connections, but the world is changing and the divides can no longer be ignored. With a cast of compassionate, relatable characters, When the Moon Turns Blue is a poignant and timely novel about family, friendship, and what can happen when we discover that we don’t particularly like the people we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604303Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel Author: Pamela Terry Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel Author: Pamela Terry Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One woman fights to hold on to her friends, her family, and all that she holds dear as a brewing conflict divides her small-town Georgia community in this powerful novel from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. “This book is a treasure. Pamela Terry writes with a poet’s ear and a wicked sense of comic timing.”—Nationally bestselling author Barbara O’Neal On the morning after Harry Cline’s funeral, a rare ice storm hits the town of Wesleyan, Georgia. The community wakes up to find its controversial statue of Confederate general Henry Benning destroyed—and not by the weather. Half the town had wanted to remove the statue; the other half had wanted to preserve it. Now that the matter has been taken out of their hands, the town’s long-simmering tensions are laid bare.  Without Harry beside her, Marietta is left to question many of her preconceived ideas about her friends and family. Her childhood friend, Butter, has come to her aid in ways Marietta never expected or asked for. Her sister-in-law, Glinda, is behaving completely out of character, and her brother, Macon, the top defense attorney in the Southeast, is determined to find those responsible for the damage to the statue and protect the legacy of Old Man Griffin, the owner of the park where it once stood. Marietta longs to salvage these connections, but the world is changing and the divides can no longer be ignored. With a cast of compassionate, relatable characters, When the Moon Turns Blue is a poignant and timely novel about family, friendship, and what can happen when we discover that we don’t particularly like the people we love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dangerous-one-by-lori-foster--65304515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous One Series: #1 of Osborn Brothers Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Hang on for this completely unexpected hard-hitting ride!”—Fresh Fiction on No Holding Back Being alone is what he wanted… All he needed was her. Hunter Osborn left his family, his friends and his job as a park ranger after uncovering a disturbing crime scene. Haunted by nightmares and harrowing memories, Hunter relocated to an isolated property near Triple Creek, Colorado, where he lives alone and keeps his interactions with people to a minimum. Still, Hunter can spot trouble from a mile away, and when he encounters Jodi Bentley, he knows she’s trouble of the most tempting kind—even more tempting when she moves into the run-down cabin next door. Jodi is tough as nails, sexy as hell—and clearly struggles with her own traumatic past. Hunter tries to keep his distance, but when Jodi’s life is threatened, he can’t help being drawn out of his own darkness and into hers. Osborn Brothers Book 1: The Dangerous One Book 2: The Fearless One (coming December 2023!)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615094Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous One Series: #1 of Osborn Brothers Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous One Series: #1 of Osborn Brothers Author: Lori Foster Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Hang on for this completely unexpected hard-hitting ride!”—Fresh Fiction on No Holding Back Being alone is what he wanted… All he needed was her. Hunter Osborn left his family, his friends and his job as a park ranger after uncovering a disturbing crime scene. Haunted by nightmares and harrowing memories, Hunter relocated to an isolated property near Triple Creek, Colorado, where he lives alone and keeps his interactions with people to a minimum. Still, Hunter can spot trouble from a mile away, and when he encounters Jodi Bentley, he knows she’s trouble of the most tempting kind—even more tempting when she moves into the run-down cabin next door. Jodi is tough as nails, sexy as hell—and clearly struggles with her own traumatic past. Hunter tries to keep his distance, but when Jodi’s life is threatened, he can’t help being drawn out of his own darkness and into hers. Osborn Brothers Book 1: The Dangerous One Book 2: The Fearless One (coming December 2023!)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wedding-of-the-season-a-novel-by-lauren-edmondson--65304512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding of the Season: A Novel Author: Lauren Edmondson Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Elin Hilderbrand meets Edith Wharton in this delightfully juicy tale. I loved every minute.” —Meg Mitchell Moore, bestselling author of Vacationland It's the wedding of the season and all of Newport is abuzz in this funny, joyous, whip-smart novel about two modern-day society families and the summer wedding that has the whole town talking... Despite its beauty, Newport is a place Cass Coventry would prefer to forget. But after an extended absence, she’s back in her hometown to celebrate her sister’s engagement—even if she’s marrying into the family that famously stole the Gilded Age Coventry mansion out from under them a decade ago. The moment Cass pulls up to the estate, she’s in for one surprise after another. The bride-to-be is hiding a big secret. Her mother has royal-wedding aspirations. And, when the date is set for only three months away, a local gossip blog makes the two families its new favorite subject. It's not long before Cass's weekend in town becomes a full summer of frenzied wedding planning and society drama—but also idyllic sails, starry nights, and a former love. As the grand affair arrives, along with new truths about her family, Cass must finally face her own thorny past in Newport and decide how to honor the Coventry legacy in all its chaotic glory. “A witty, unflinching look at ‘polite society.’ Edmondson is a master of character and setting.” —Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of The Forever Summer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615091Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding of the Season: A Novel Author: Lauren Edmondson Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding of the Season: A Novel Author: Lauren Edmondson Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Elin Hilderbrand meets Edith Wharton in this delightfully juicy tale. I loved every minute.” —Meg Mitchell Moore, bestselling author of Vacationland It's the wedding of the season and all of Newport is abuzz in this funny, joyous, whip-smart novel about two modern-day society families and the summer wedding that has the whole town talking... Despite its beauty, Newport is a place Cass Coventry would prefer to forget. But after an extended absence, she’s back in her hometown to celebrate her sister’s engagement—even if she’s marrying into the family that famously stole the Gilded Age Coventry mansion out from under them a decade ago. The moment Cass pulls up to the estate, she’s in for one surprise after another. The bride-to-be is hiding a big secret. Her mother has royal-wedding aspirations. And, when the date is set for only three months away, a local gossip blog makes the two families its new favorite subject. It's not long before Cass's weekend in town becomes a full summer of frenzied wedding planning and society drama—but also idyllic sails, starry nights, and a former love. As the grand affair arrives, along with new truths about her family, Cass must finally face her own thorny past in Newport and decide how to honor the Coventry legacy in all its chaotic glory. “A witty, unflinching look at ‘polite society.’ Edmondson is a master of character and setting.” —Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of The Forever Summer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-private-lives-of-trees-a-novel-by-alejandro-zambra--65304607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Private Lives of Trees: A Novel Author: Alejandro Zambra Narrator: Gisela Chipe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The second novel by the internationally celebrated writer Alejandro Zambra, a “short and strikingly original” (The New Yorker) book about the stories we spin for ourselves and our loved ones—now reissued by Penguin Veronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man tending to a bonsai tree on the weekends. He is a narrator, an architect, a chronicler of other people's stories. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julián finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life—of their lives together. What combination of desire and coincidence led them here, to this very night? What will the future—and possibly motherless—Daniela think of him and his stories? Why tell stories at all?    The second novel by acclaimed Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, The Private Lives of Trees overflows with his signature wit and his gift for crafting short novels that manage to contain whole worlds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604226Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Private Lives of Trees: A Novel Author: Alejandro Zambra Narrator: Gisela Chipe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Private Lives of Trees: A Novel Author: Alejandro Zambra Narrator: Gisela Chipe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The second novel by the internationally celebrated writer Alejandro Zambra, a “short and strikingly original” (The New Yorker) book about the stories we spin for ourselves and our loved ones—now reissued by Penguin Veronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man tending to a bonsai tree on the weekends. He is a narrator, an architect, a chronicler of other people's stories. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julián finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life—of their lives together. What combination of desire and coincidence led them here, to this very night? What will the future—and possibly motherless—Daniela think of him and his stories? Why tell stories at all?    The second novel by acclaimed Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, The Private Lives of Trees overflows with his signature wit and his gift for crafting short novels that manage to contain whole worlds.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-savage-side-a-novel-by-tiffany-mcdaniel--65304603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Savage Side: A novel Author: Tiffany McDaniel Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Six women—mothers, daughters, sisters—gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally best-selling author of Betty. 'Capture[s] what goes horribly wrong when women don’t fit a customary victim profile...McDaniel artfully evokes each facet of their common humanity, the sinuous landscape, and defiant community in the face of evil.' —Oprah Daily Arcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother’s stories. Together, they disappear into their imaginations and forge a world all their own.  But what the two sisters can’t escape are the generational ghosts that haunt their family. Growing up in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the sisters cling tightly to one another. Years later, Arcade wrestles with the memories of her early life, just as a local woman is discovered drowned in the river. Soon, more bodies are found. As her friends disappear around her, Arcade is forced to reckon with the past while the killer circles closer. Arcade’s promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate and the powerful riptide of the savage side becomes more difficult to survive. Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604301Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Savage Side: A novel Author: Tiffany McDaniel Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 42 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Savage Side: A novel Author: Tiffany McDaniel Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Six women—mothers, daughters, sisters—gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally best-selling author of Betty. 'Capture[s] what goes horribly wrong when women don’t fit a customary victim profile...McDaniel artfully evokes each facet of their common humanity, the sinuous landscape, and defiant community in the face of evil.' —Oprah Daily Arcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother’s stories. Together, they disappear into their imaginations and forge a world all their own.  But what the two sisters can’t escape are the generational ghosts that haunt their family. Growing up in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the sisters cling tightly to one another. Years later, Arcade wrestles with the memories of her early life, just as a local woman is discovered drowned in the river. Soon, more bodies are found. As her friends disappear around her, Arcade is forced to reckon with the past while the killer circles closer. Arcade’s promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate and the powerful riptide of the savage side becomes more difficult to survive. Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/isha-unscripted-by-sajni-patel--65304598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isha, Unscripted Author: Sajni Patel Narrator: Mehr Dudeja Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Unwilling to yield to familial expectations, an aspiring screenwriter attempts to pursue her dreams during an unforgettable night of chaos in this hilarious and heartfelt novel by Sajni Patel. Isha Patel is the black sheep of the family. She doesn’t have a “prestigious” degree or a “real” career, and her parents never fail to remind her. But that’s okay because she commiserates with her cousin, best friend, and fellow outcast, Rohan.   When Isha has a breakthrough getting her script in front of producers, it doesn’t go according to plan. Instead of letting her dreams fall through the cracks, Rohan convinces her to snag a pitch session with an Austinite high-profile celeb: the one and only Matthew McConaughey, who also happened to be her professor at the University of Texas years ago—he has to remember her, right? Chasing Matthew McConaughey isn’t easy. Isha needs a drink or two to muster up courage, and she gets a little help from the cutest bartender she’s ever encountered. But when the search for the esteemed actor turns into a night of hijinks and unexpected—albeit fun—chaos, everything falls apart. Isha’s dreams seem farther than ever, but she soon realizes who she really needs to face and that her future may just be alright, alright, alright.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604229Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isha, Unscripted Author: Sajni Patel Narrator: Mehr Dudeja Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isha, Unscripted Author: Sajni Patel Narrator: Mehr Dudeja Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Unwilling to yield to familial expectations, an aspiring screenwriter attempts to pursue her dreams during an unforgettable night of chaos in this hilarious and heartfelt novel by Sajni Patel. Isha Patel is the black sheep of the family. She doesn’t have a “prestigious” degree or a “real” career, and her parents never fail to remind her. But that’s okay because she commiserates with her cousin, best friend, and fellow outcast, Rohan.   When Isha has a breakthrough getting her script in front of producers, it doesn’t go according to plan. Instead of letting her dreams fall through the cracks, Rohan convinces her to snag a pitch session with an Austinite high-profile celeb: the one and only Matthew McConaughey, who also happened to be her professor at the University of Texas years ago—he has to remember her, right? Chasing Matthew McConaughey isn’t easy. Isha needs a drink or two to muster up courage, and she gets a little help from the cutest bartender she’s ever encountered. But when the search for the esteemed actor turns into a night of hijinks and unexpected—albeit fun—chaos, everything falls apart. Isha’s dreams seem farther than ever, but she soon realizes who she really needs to face and that her future may just be alright, alright, alright.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playhouse-a-novel-by-richard-bausch--65304591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playhouse: A novel Author: Richard Bausch Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (“A master of the novel as well as the story . . . Effortlessly engaging” —Sven Birkerts, The New York Times), a sharp, affecting, masterly new novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear. As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, life for the core members of the company seems to be falling into disarray. Their trusted director has just retired, and theater manager Thaddeus Deerforth—staring down forty and sensing a rift growing slowly between himself and his wife, Gina—dreads the arrival of an imperious, inscrutable visiting director. Claudette, struggling to make ends meet as an actor and destabilized by family troubles, is getting frequent calls from her ex-boyfriend—and also the narcissistic, lecherous television actor who has been recruited to play King Lear in their fall production. Also invited to the cast is Malcolm Ruark, a disgraced TV anchor muddling through the fallout of a scandal involving his underaged niece—and suddenly in an even more precarious situation when the same niece, now eighteen, is cast to play Cordelia. As tensions onstage and off build toward a breaking point, the bonds among the intimately drawn characters are put to extraordinary tests—and the fate of the theater itself may even be on the line. Deftly weaving together the points of view of Thaddeus, Claudette, and Malcolm, and utterly original in its incorporation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama, Playhouse is an unforgettable story of men and women, human frailty, art, and redemption—a work of inimitable imaginative prowess by one of our most renowned storytellers. Cover images: The Storm (detail) by Georges Michel. The Art Institute of Chicago; (theater seats) Paleha/Getty Images]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604296Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playhouse: A novel Author: Richard Bausch Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playhouse: A novel Author: Richard Bausch Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (“A master of the novel as well as the story . . . Effortlessly engaging” —Sven Birkerts, The New York Times), a sharp, affecting, masterly new novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear. As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, life for the core members of the company seems to be falling into disarray. Their trusted director has just retired, and theater manager Thaddeus Deerforth—staring down forty and sensing a rift growing slowly between himself and his wife, Gina—dreads the arrival of an imperious, inscrutable visiting director. Claudette, struggling to make ends meet as an actor and destabilized by family troubles, is getting frequent calls from her ex-boyfriend—and also the narcissistic, lecherous television actor who has been recruited to play King Lear in their fall production. Also invited to the cast is Malcolm Ruark, a disgraced TV anchor muddling through the fallout of a scandal involving his underaged niece—and suddenly in an even more precarious situation when the same niece, now eighteen, is cast to play Cordelia. As tensions onstage and off build toward a breaking point, the bonds among the intimately drawn characters are put to extraordinary tests—and the fate of the theater itself may even be on the line. Deftly weaving together the points of view of Thaddeus, Claudette, and Malcolm, and utterly original in its incorporation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama, Playhouse is an unforgettable story of men and women, human frailty, art, and redemption—a work of inimitable imaginative prowess by one of our most renowned storytellers. Cover images: The Storm (detail) by Georges Michel. The Art Institute of Chicago; (theater seats) Paleha/Getty Images]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-family-morfawitz-by-daniel-h-turtel--65304548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Morfawitz Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel, comes The Family Morfawitz, a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. When Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with her siblings and arrives in New York, she is determined to turn the city into her own Mount Olympus—at any cost. In choosing orphaned concentration camp survivor Zev Kretinberg as her husband and accomplice—ensuring his loyalty with the promise of riches and the burial of a dark past—she begins a ruthless journey toward the upper echelons of Park Avenue synagogue society. Their combined ambition knows no limits, and nothing will stand in the way of their realization of the American ideals of wealth and beauty, even if it means abandoning their son, Hezekial. Decades later, through machinations worthy of his parents, Hezekial becomes entrusted as the family’s chronicler. As he sits with his aging father, transcribing a litany of Zev’s sins—from serving as a kapo at Gusen, to betraying the friends who helped him, to his blood-bound commitment to Hadassah despite numerous affairs and illegitimate children—the younger Morfawitz is faced with a choice: whitewash a lifetime of cruelty, indifference, and lust, or repay his mother at last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611446Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Morfawitz Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Morfawitz Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel, comes The Family Morfawitz, a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. When Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with her siblings and arrives in New York, she is determined to turn the city into her own Mount Olympus—at any cost. In choosing orphaned concentration camp survivor Zev Kretinberg as her husband and accomplice—ensuring his loyalty with the promise of riches and the burial of a dark past—she begins a ruthless journey toward the upper echelons of Park Avenue synagogue society. Their combined ambition knows no limits, and nothing will stand in the way of their realization of the American ideals of wealth and beauty, even if it means abandoning their son, Hezekial. Decades later, through machinations worthy of his parents, Hezekial becomes entrusted as the family’s chronicler. As he sits with his aging father, transcribing a litany of Zev’s sins—from serving as a kapo at Gusen, to betraying the friends who helped him, to his blood-bound commitment to Hadassah despite numerous affairs and illegitimate children—the younger Morfawitz is faced with a choice: whitewash a lifetime of cruelty, indifference, and lust, or repay his mother at last.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-coast-literary-by-ellie-alexander--65304440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Coast Literary Author: Ellie Alexander Narrator: Megan Trout Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When an editing pen has the power not only to change stories but also to change lives Book editor Emily Bryant finds herself unexpectedly in the charming town of Cascata on California’s Lost Coast, holding the keys to her grandmother’s rambling Victorian mansion. While sorting through her grandmother’s things, Emily learns that she must edit old manuscripts to inherit the estate. It’s a strange request from a family member who was basically a stranger. Emily quickly realizes that there’s something different about these manuscripts. Any changes she makes come true. At first, she embraces the gift. She has a chance to help characters find true love or chart a new course for their future. But then things go terribly wrong. Her edits have the opposite effect. The sweet and funky seaside community of Cascata is reeling from the chaos Emily has created. Everything she thought she believed about her family and her past is in jeopardy, and no amount of editing can fix the damage she’s done. Then she finds one last manuscript. If Emily can get this edit right, maybe she’ll have a chance to create a new narrative for herself and everyone around her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618525Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Coast Literary Author: Ellie Alexander Narrator: Megan Trout Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Coast Literary Author: Ellie Alexander Narrator: Megan Trout Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When an editing pen has the power not only to change stories but also to change lives Book editor Emily Bryant finds herself unexpectedly in the charming town of Cascata on California’s Lost Coast, holding the keys to her grandmother’s rambling Victorian mansion. While sorting through her grandmother’s things, Emily learns that she must edit old manuscripts to inherit the estate. It’s a strange request from a family member who was basically a stranger. Emily quickly realizes that there’s something different about these manuscripts. Any changes she makes come true. At first, she embraces the gift. She has a chance to help characters find true love or chart a new course for their future. But then things go terribly wrong. Her edits have the opposite effect. The sweet and funky seaside community of Cascata is reeling from the chaos Emily has created. Everything she thought she believed about her family and her past is in jeopardy, and no amount of editing can fix the damage she’s done. Then she finds one last manuscript. If Emily can get this edit right, maybe she’ll have a chance to create a new narrative for herself and everyone around her.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-napoleon-could-not-do-a-novel-by-dk-nnuro--65304608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Napoleon Could Not Do: A Novel Author: Dk Nnuro Narrator: Ana Hoffman, Kofi Boakye, Adam Lazarre-White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of the Books Barack Obama Is Reading This Summer One of Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 One of Goodreads’ Buzziest Debut Novels of 2023 One of Essence’s 31 Books You Must Read One of the most anticipated books by Town & Country and Elle America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this gripping novel When siblings Jacob and Belinda Nti were growing up in Ghana, their goal was simple: to move to America. For them, the United States was both an opportunity and a struggle, a goal and an obstacle.   Jacob, an awkward computer programmer who still lives with his father, wants a visa so he can move to Virginia to live with his wife—a request that the U.S. government has repeatedly denied. He envies his sister, Belinda, who achieved, as their father put it, “what Napoleon could not do”: she went to college and law school in the United States and even managed to marry Wilder, a wealthy Black businessman from Texas. Wilder’s view of America differs markedly from his wife’s, as he’s spent his life railing against the racism and marginalization that are part of life for every African American living here.   For these three, their desires and ambitions highlight the promise and the disappointment that life in a new country offers. How each character comes to understand this and how each learns from both their dashed hopes and their fulfilled dreams lie at the heart of what makes What Napoleon Could Not Do such a compelling, insightful read.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604222Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Napoleon Could Not Do: A Novel Author: Dk Nnuro Narrator: Ana Hoffman, Kofi Boakye, Adam Lazarre-White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Napoleon Could Not Do: A Novel Author: Dk Nnuro Narrator: Ana Hoffman, Kofi Boakye, Adam Lazarre-White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of the Books Barack Obama Is Reading This Summer One of Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 One of Goodreads’ Buzziest Debut Novels of 2023 One of Essence’s 31 Books You Must Read One of the most anticipated books by Town & Country and Elle America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this gripping novel When siblings Jacob and Belinda Nti were growing up in Ghana, their goal was simple: to move to America. For them, the United States was both an opportunity and a struggle, a goal and an obstacle.   Jacob, an awkward computer programmer who still lives with his father, wants a visa so he can move to Virginia to live with his wife—a request that the U.S. government has repeatedly denied. He envies his sister, Belinda, who achieved, as their father put it, “what Napoleon could not do”: she went to college and law school in the United States and even managed to marry Wilder, a wealthy Black businessman from Texas. Wilder’s view of America differs markedly from his wife’s, as he’s spent his life railing against the racism and marginalization that are part of life for every African American living here.   For these three, their desires and ambitions highlight the promise and the disappointment that life in a new country offers. How each character comes to understand this and how each learns from both their dashed hopes and their fulfilled dreams lie at the heart of what makes What Napoleon Could Not Do such a compelling, insightful read.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-spell-of-good-things-a-novel-by-ayobami-adebayo--65304592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spell of Good Things: A novel Author: Ayobami Adebayo Narrator: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, 'in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (The New York Times). Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola's and Eniola’s lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604288Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spell of Good Things: A novel Author: Ayobami Adebayo Narrator: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spell of Good Things: A novel Author: Ayobami Adebayo Narrator: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, 'in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (The New York Times). Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola's and Eniola’s lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maureen-a-harold-fry-novel-by-rachel-joyce--65304585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Penelope Wilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A touching tale about heartbreak and healing . . . If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryand The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy.”—Good Housekeeping   Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Only she can finish the journey her husband started. Maureen and Harold Fry have settled into a quiet life, but when an unexpected message from the North disturbs their peaceful equilibrium, Maureen realizes that it’s now her turn to make a journey. But she is not like her affable, easygoing husband. By turns outspoken, then vulnerable, she struggles to form bonds with the people she meets—and the landscape she crosses has radically changed. Maureen has no sense of what she will find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she has to get there. A deeply felt, lyrical, and powerful novel, Maureen explores love, loss, and how we come to terms with the past in order to understand ourselves a little better. While this book stands alone, it is also the extraordinarily moving finale to a trilogy that began with the phenomenal bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and continued in The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Like those beloved books, Maureen has all the power and weight of a classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604294Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Penelope Wilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Penelope Wilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A touching tale about heartbreak and healing . . . If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryand The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy.”—Good Housekeeping   Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Only she can finish the journey her husband started. Maureen and Harold Fry have settled into a quiet life, but when an unexpected message from the North disturbs their peaceful equilibrium, Maureen realizes that it’s now her turn to make a journey. But she is not like her affable, easygoing husband. By turns outspoken, then vulnerable, she struggles to form bonds with the people she meets—and the landscape she crosses has radically changed. Maureen has no sense of what she will find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she has to get there. A deeply felt, lyrical, and powerful novel, Maureen explores love, loss, and how we come to terms with the past in order to understand ourselves a little better. While this book stands alone, it is also the extraordinarily moving finale to a trilogy that began with the phenomenal bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and continued in The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Like those beloved books, Maureen has all the power and weight of a classic.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-of-the-morning-by-v-c-andrews--65304507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Morning Series: #2 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! The second in #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrew’s Cutler series follows Dawn as she embarks on a glittering future in New York City, only for tragedy and betrayal to plague her. Dawn can hardly believe she’s a student at one of New York City’s best performing arts schools, on track to achieve her dreams of becoming a professional singer. But she is still haunted by memories of Jimmy, her strong, intense boyfriend, and the love and anguished secrets they share. Then Michael Sutton arrives, a new teacher at the school, a singing star and the most handsome man Dawn has ever seen. Together they create a world of feeling she has never known. In his embrace Dawn awakens to disturbing, unfamiliar desires, and Michael’s promises offer a vision of music and romance forever...until he disappears. Dazed by his cruelty, alone with the bitter fruit of his betrayal, Dawn becomes, once again, a victim of her grandmother’s twisted schemes. Desolate, she clings to the tender hope that Jimmy will return and renew their ultimate dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614347Tue, 31 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Morning Series: #2 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Morning Series: #2 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a Lifetime limited series! The second in #1 New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrew’s Cutler series follows Dawn as she embarks on a glittering future in New York City, only for tragedy and betrayal to plague her. Dawn can hardly believe she’s a student at one of New York City’s best performing arts schools, on track to achieve her dreams of becoming a professional singer. But she is still haunted by memories of Jimmy, her strong, intense boyfriend, and the love and anguished secrets they share. Then Michael Sutton arrives, a new teacher at the school, a singing star and the most handsome man Dawn has ever seen. Together they create a world of feeling she has never known. In his embrace Dawn awakens to disturbing, unfamiliar desires, and Michael’s promises offer a vision of music and romance forever...until he disappears. Dazed by his cruelty, alone with the bitter fruit of his betrayal, Dawn becomes, once again, a victim of her grandmother’s twisted schemes. Desolate, she clings to the tender hope that Jimmy will return and renew their ultimate dream.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-side-of-the-bridge-by-mary-lawson--65304583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Bridge Author: Mary Lawson Narrator: Frank Cox-O'connell, Brendan Mcmurtry-Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE** A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences Arthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart. Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father's farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in their rural community, the fragile balance of the brothers' rivalry is pushed to the edge of catastrophe... 'An enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate' Guardian 'Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town' The Times ©2022 Mary Lawson (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610969Thu, 26 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Bridge Author: Mary Lawson Narrator: Frank Cox-O'connell, Brendan Mcmurtry-Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Bridge Author: Mary Lawson Narrator: Frank Cox-O'connell, Brendan Mcmurtry-Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE** A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences Arthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart. Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father's farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in their rural community, the fragile balance of the brothers' rivalry is pushed to the edge of catastrophe... 'An enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate' Guardian 'Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town' The Times ©2022 Mary Lawson (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chinese-groove-a-novel-by-kathryn-ma--65304464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chinese Groove: A Novel Author: Kathryn Ma Narrator: James Chen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know it yet Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng’s tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the “Chinese groove,” a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders. Upon arrival, Shelley is dismayed to find that his “rich uncle” is in fact his unemployed second cousin once removed and that the grand guest room he’d envisioned is but a scratchy sofa. The indefinite stay he’d planned for? That has a firm two-week expiration date. Even worse, the loving family he hoped would embrace him is in shambles, shattered by a senseless tragedy that has cleaved the family in two. They want nothing to do with this youthful bounder who’s barged into their lives. Ever the optimist, Shelley concocts a plan to resuscitate his American dream by insinuating himself into the family. And, who knows, maybe he’ll even manage to bring them back together in the process.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618774Tue, 24 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chinese Groove: A Novel Author: Kathryn Ma Narrator: James Chen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chinese Groove: A Novel Author: Kathryn Ma Narrator: James Chen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know it yet Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng’s tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the “Chinese groove,” a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders. Upon arrival, Shelley is dismayed to find that his “rich uncle” is in fact his unemployed second cousin once removed and that the grand guest room he’d envisioned is but a scratchy sofa. The indefinite stay he’d planned for? That has a firm two-week expiration date. Even worse, the loving family he hoped would embrace him is in shambles, shattered by a senseless tragedy that has cleaved the family in two. They want nothing to do with this youthful bounder who’s barged into their lives. Ever the optimist, Shelley concocts a plan to resuscitate his American dream by insinuating himself into the family. And, who knows, maybe he’ll even manage to bring them back together in the process.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-and-winding-road-by-marie-force--65304472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Series: #9 of Butler, Vermont Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This is the one you’ve been waiting for… Max Abbott takes center stage in the Butler, Vermont Series finale when the timeline jumps forward five years and finds Max staring down his ten-year high school reunion, with no desire whatsoever to attend. Under pressure from his family to go, he ends up glad to be there when he connects with the only person from high school he wanted to see—his ex-girlfriend, Lexi, who’s been “missing” the last ten years. When Max finds out where Lexi has been—and why—and realizes all the old familiar feelings are still there, he’ll have to decide if he can risk taking a chance on an uncertain situation with her or if he’d rather continue to be alone with his son, Caden. Find out where all the Abbotts and Colemans are and what Fred and Dexter are up to five years later as this beloved series comes to an exciting and heartfelt conclusion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616727Tue, 17 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Series: #9 of Butler, Vermont Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Series: #9 of Butler, Vermont Author: Marie Force Narrator: Avery Caris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This is the one you’ve been waiting for… Max Abbott takes center stage in the Butler, Vermont Series finale when the timeline jumps forward five years and finds Max staring down his ten-year high school reunion, with no desire whatsoever to attend. Under pressure from his family to go, he ends up glad to be there when he connects with the only person from high school he wanted to see—his ex-girlfriend, Lexi, who’s been “missing” the last ten years. When Max finds out where Lexi has been—and why—and realizes all the old familiar feelings are still there, he’ll have to decide if he can risk taking a chance on an uncertain situation with her or if he’d rather continue to be alone with his son, Caden. Find out where all the Abbotts and Colemans are and what Fred and Dexter are up to five years later as this beloved series comes to an exciting and heartfelt conclusion.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-things-that-we-lost-by-jyoti-patel--65304451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things That We Lost Author: Jyoti Patel Narrator: Nikki Patel, Nikesh Patel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *** WINNER OF THE 2021 #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE*** Nik has lots of questions about his late father but knows better than to ask his mother, Avani. It's their unspoken rule. When his grandfather dies, Nik has the opportunity to learn about the man he never met. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life. As the carefully crafted portrait Avani has painted for her son begins to crack, and painful truths emerge, can the two of them find their way back to each other? The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss and the lengths to which we go to protect the ones we love. It is the first work of fiction by Jyoti Patel, winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting new novelists to watch. © 2023 Jyoti Patel (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617694Thu, 12 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things That We Lost Author: Jyoti Patel Narrator: Nikki Patel, Nikesh Patel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things That We Lost Author: Jyoti Patel Narrator: Nikki Patel, Nikesh Patel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *** WINNER OF THE 2021 #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE*** Nik has lots of questions about his late father but knows better than to ask his mother, Avani. It's their unspoken rule. When his grandfather dies, Nik has the opportunity to learn about the man he never met. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life. As the carefully crafted portrait Avani has painted for her son begins to crack, and painful truths emerge, can the two of them find their way back to each other? The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss and the lengths to which we go to protect the ones we love. It is the first work of fiction by Jyoti Patel, winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting new novelists to watch. © 2023 Jyoti Patel (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exes-and-o-s-by-amy-lea--65304459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exes and O's Author: Amy Lea Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *THE NEXT SWOON-WORTHY ROM COM FROM TIK-TOK SENSATION AMY LEA* Romance novel obsessive Tara Chen has had more than her fair share of heartbreak. Nevertheless, she is determined to keep trying and find her perfect match. The only problem? Modern dating apps have killed the classic meet-cute. So, Tara decides to revisit her exes in hopes of securing her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. Firefighter Trevor Metcalfe will be the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. When his new flatmate Tara enlists him to help her reconnect with her exes, he reluctantly agrees. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance? © Amy Lea 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617693Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exes and O's Author: Amy Lea Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exes and O's Author: Amy Lea Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *THE NEXT SWOON-WORTHY ROM COM FROM TIK-TOK SENSATION AMY LEA* Romance novel obsessive Tara Chen has had more than her fair share of heartbreak. Nevertheless, she is determined to keep trying and find her perfect match. The only problem? Modern dating apps have killed the classic meet-cute. So, Tara decides to revisit her exes in hopes of securing her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. Firefighter Trevor Metcalfe will be the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. When his new flatmate Tara enlists him to help her reconnect with her exes, he reluctantly agrees. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance? © Amy Lea 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-miseries-this-is-not-a-story-about-my-childhood-by-kimberly-olson-fakih--65304446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood Author: Kimberly Olson Fakih Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes misery is little, and sometimes it is epic and yawning, capable of swallowing every childhood memory. There are the miseries the Castles will talk about—old family lore about a great great great uncle who was split in two while connecting railroad cars—and the misery none of them will face. There are days at the lake, placid except for inexplicable tension the parents won't address and the three Castle children don't have names for. There are stories about sex and gore at cocktail parties, around bonfires, at sleepovers, in classrooms, and in the newspaper. Everyday growing pains are shadowed by the abduction of a local girl, reports of a massacre of nurses, and the harm done by strangers and by those who are charged to care for children. To survive childhood is to survive all of these miseries and tragedies—because growing up means waking up to a world that can be random and brutal. With some thematic overlap with Rick Moody’s The Ice Storm or what Mad Men would have been like if Sally Draper got to tell her side of the story, Little Miseries is set in Iowa and Minnesota in the 60s and 70s, a time and place when parents didn’t talk much to their children but certainly talked around them—while dipping into whiskey or rum punch, whether on a long drive, on the beach, or in the comfort of their own home. Little Miseries is a tribute to what it means to come into awareness, to be a part of a family unit, and to bear responsibility for those you loved and who have been harmed along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616728Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood Author: Kimberly Olson Fakih Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood Author: Kimberly Olson Fakih Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes misery is little, and sometimes it is epic and yawning, capable of swallowing every childhood memory. There are the miseries the Castles will talk about—old family lore about a great great great uncle who was split in two while connecting railroad cars—and the misery none of them will face. There are days at the lake, placid except for inexplicable tension the parents won't address and the three Castle children don't have names for. There are stories about sex and gore at cocktail parties, around bonfires, at sleepovers, in classrooms, and in the newspaper. Everyday growing pains are shadowed by the abduction of a local girl, reports of a massacre of nurses, and the harm done by strangers and by those who are charged to care for children. To survive childhood is to survive all of these miseries and tragedies—because growing up means waking up to a world that can be random and brutal. With some thematic overlap with Rick Moody’s The Ice Storm or what Mad Men would have been like if Sally Draper got to tell her side of the story, Little Miseries is set in Iowa and Minnesota in the 60s and 70s, a time and place when parents didn’t talk much to their children but certainly talked around them—while dipping into whiskey or rum punch, whether on a long drive, on the beach, or in the comfort of their own home. Little Miseries is a tribute to what it means to come into awareness, to be a part of a family unit, and to bear responsibility for those you loved and who have been harmed along the way.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rose-and-a-promise-the-brand-new-emotional-and-heartwarming-historical-romance-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-by-katie-flynn--65304484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rose and a Promise: The brand new emotional and heartwarming historical romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Katie Flynn Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Liverpool, 1942 Though they may be posted miles apart, Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronger than ever - until Cadi receives a heart-breaking call from Jez's base. Cadi races to be with her beau and at his bedside, they make each other a promise before they say their goodbyes. In her darkest hour, Cadi is comforted by her friends and with their support and guidance she begins to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But Cadi will face more than one unexpected turn along the way. Against the odds, will Cadi be able to keep her promise? WHY READERS LOVE KATIE FLYNN: 'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy' 'Hard to put down' 'Her characters are like old friends' 'Heartwarming romance' ©2023 Katie Flynn (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616431Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rose and a Promise: The brand new emotional and heartwarming historical romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Katie Flynn...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rose and a Promise: The brand new emotional and heartwarming historical romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Katie Flynn Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Liverpool, 1942 Though they may be posted miles apart, Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronger than ever - until Cadi receives a heart-breaking call from Jez's base. Cadi races to be with her beau and at his bedside, they make each other a promise before they say their goodbyes. In her darkest hour, Cadi is comforted by her friends and with their support and guidance she begins to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But Cadi will face more than one unexpected turn along the way. Against the odds, will Cadi be able to keep her promise? WHY READERS LOVE KATIE FLYNN: 'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy' 'Hard to put down' 'Her characters are like old friends' 'Heartwarming romance' ©2023 Katie Flynn (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dawn-by-v-c-andrews--65304546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dawn Series: #1 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) the first book in the captivating Cutler series—soon to be a Lifetime limited series! In her fine new Virginia school, Dawn Longchamp feels happy and safe. But nothing is what it seems... Now Dawn and her older brother Jimmy have a chance for a decent, respectable life, and Dawn’s secret, precious hope to study singing can come true. Philip Cutler, the handsomest boy in school, sets Dawn’s heart on fire. She is deeply devoted to her brooding brother; but with Philip, she imagines a lovely dream of romance... Then Dawn’s mother suddenly dies, and her entire world begins to crumble. After a terrible new shock, she is thrust into a different family and an evil web of unspoken sins. Her sweet innocence lost, humiliated and scorned, Dawn is desperate to find Jimmy again and...strip away the wicked lies that will change all their lives forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614350Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dawn Series: #1 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dawn Series: #1 of Cutler Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) the first book in the captivating Cutler series—soon to be a Lifetime limited series! In her fine new Virginia school, Dawn Longchamp feels happy and safe. But nothing is what it seems... Now Dawn and her older brother Jimmy have a chance for a decent, respectable life, and Dawn’s secret, precious hope to study singing can come true. Philip Cutler, the handsomest boy in school, sets Dawn’s heart on fire. She is deeply devoted to her brooding brother; but with Philip, she imagines a lovely dream of romance... Then Dawn’s mother suddenly dies, and her entire world begins to crumble. After a terrible new shock, she is thrust into a different family and an evil web of unspoken sins. Her sweet innocence lost, humiliated and scorned, Dawn is desperate to find Jimmy again and...strip away the wicked lies that will change all their lives forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-third-wish-by-carolyn-brown--65304463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616718 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Wish Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When she was eight years old, Jessica Graham made three wishes: that she wouldn't always be the tallest kid in the class, that she would find a big conch shell on the beach, and that she would finally meet her father someday. Jessica's wishes never came true, but twenty years later, when she finds her mother's old love letters, she has a chance to make the third wish a reality. Jessica travels to Florida to find her father, but their reunion is interrupted by his arrogant junior business partner, Rocky Rycroft. Indignant, Jessica goes back to Texas and is surprised when Rocky follows her home. He tells her it's because her father wants to learn more about her, but all of her friends insist his interest is more personal than that. Jessica was looking for her father, not love. Could she now possibly have both?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616718Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616718 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Wish Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616718 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Wish Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When she was eight years old, Jessica Graham made three wishes: that she wouldn't always be the tallest kid in the class, that she would find a big conch shell on the beach, and that she would finally meet her father someday. Jessica's wishes never came true, but twenty years later, when she finds her mother's old love letters, she has a chance to make the third wish a reality. Jessica travels to Florida to find her father, but their reunion is interrupted by his arrogant junior business partner, Rocky Rycroft. Indignant, Jessica goes back to Texas and is surprised when Rocky follows her home. He tells her it's because her father wants to learn more about her, but all of her friends insist his interest is more personal than that. Jessica was looking for her father, not love. Could she now possibly have both?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-under-snow-by-jill-bialosky--65304533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Under Snow Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A novel by an acclaimed American poet, House under Snow is a story of mothers and daughters, of sexual identity, and a family slowly disintegrating after the premature death of its patriarch. Anna Crane, soon to be married, reflects back on her childhood in Ohio during the 1960s and ‘70s with her two sisters and her charismatic, self-destructing mother. Evoking the claustrophobia of small-town life, Anna’s first passionate love affair with a troubled boy who works as a groom and trainer at a horse track, and her mother’s endless stream of suitors and a failed marriage, the novel races toward a chilling conclusion when Anna is betrayed by the two most important figures in her young life. An unforgettable tale of the power and vulnerability of sex and family, history and the past, House under Snow is a lyrical and brilliant work of fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613945Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Under Snow Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Under Snow Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A novel by an acclaimed American poet, House under Snow is a story of mothers and daughters, of sexual identity, and a family slowly disintegrating after the premature death of its patriarch. Anna Crane, soon to be married, reflects back on her childhood in Ohio during the 1960s and ‘70s with her two sisters and her charismatic, self-destructing mother. Evoking the claustrophobia of small-town life, Anna’s first passionate love affair with a troubled boy who works as a groom and trainer at a horse track, and her mother’s endless stream of suitors and a failed marriage, the novel races toward a chilling conclusion when Anna is betrayed by the two most important figures in her young life. An unforgettable tale of the power and vulnerability of sex and family, history and the past, House under Snow is a lyrical and brilliant work of fiction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-at-whitefriars-by-elizabeth-camden--65304514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Whitefriars Author: Elizabeth Camden Narrator: Pearl Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 8 minutes Release date: December 8, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mary Beckwith lives in a magnificent English castle during the twilight years of the Gilded Age. With the help of an American millionaire, she has succeeded in renovating her beloved Whitefriars castle into a splendid estate just in time for Christmas. From across the ocean, millionaire Everett Wooten has spent a fortune propping up Whitefriars to add modern conveniences and rebuild crumbling old walls. Even though he’s never met Mary, they have enjoyed a lively business correspondence over the nine years they have been working toward a renovation. Now, he has finally come to see Mary and the castle in person, but nothing is as he was led to believe. Mary and Everett try to find a way forward, but red-blooded American entrepreneurship doesn’t always mingle with blue-blooded English tradition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616712Thu, 08 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Whitefriars Author: Elizabeth Camden Narrator: Pearl Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 8 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Whitefriars Author: Elizabeth Camden Narrator: Pearl Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 8 minutes Release date: December 8, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mary Beckwith lives in a magnificent English castle during the twilight years of the Gilded Age. With the help of an American millionaire, she has succeeded in renovating her beloved Whitefriars castle into a splendid estate just in time for Christmas. From across the ocean, millionaire Everett Wooten has spent a fortune propping up Whitefriars to add modern conveniences and rebuild crumbling old walls. Even though he’s never met Mary, they have enjoyed a lively business correspondence over the nine years they have been working toward a renovation. Now, he has finally come to see Mary and the castle in person, but nothing is as he was led to believe. Mary and Everett try to find a way forward, but red-blooded American entrepreneurship doesn’t always mingle with blue-blooded English tradition.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cottage-in-the-highlands-by-julie-shackman--65304587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cottage in the Highlands Series: #3 of Scottish Escapes Author: Julie Shackman Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A romance like no other . . . this book has it all’ NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliant read and a perfect ending . . . best read of the year’ NetGalley Reviewer The brand new seasonal novel from the author of the bestselling book, A Secret Scottish Escape ‘A charming read full of romance and mystery. Delightful’ Woman’s Weekly When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast. By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature. But her attempts are thwarted by Lily Cruickshank who lives in the cottage next door. Why won’t Lily help Leonie? And who is the mysterious Flynn Talbot, whose letter Leonie finds inside the house? And in uncovering the secrets of the abandoned house, will Leonie open her own heart and let love back into her life? The brand new escapist story from the bestselling author of A Secret Scottish Escape and A Scottish Highland Surprise, for fans of Jo Thomas, Trisha Ashley and Cathy Bramley. Readers can’t get enough of The Cottage in the Highlands ‘Mesmerising, magical and moving’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A really lovely book about friendship, romance and second chances’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fabulous . . . a page-turner of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Has a lot of heart, a story about all the different types of love’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A feel-good story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely read . . . I highly recommend this book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Just the right amount of mystery, a bit of adventure and a slow romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An excellent cosy mystery and romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was transported to the lives of these characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heartwarming and sweet, a story about second chances’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A surprisingly little twist’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605530Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cottage in the Highlands Series: #3 of Scottish Escapes Author: Julie Shackman Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cottage in the Highlands Series: #3 of Scottish Escapes Author: Julie Shackman Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A romance like no other . . . this book has it all’ NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliant read and a perfect ending . . . best read of the year’ NetGalley Reviewer The brand new seasonal novel from the author of the bestselling book, A Secret Scottish Escape ‘A charming read full of romance and mystery. Delightful’ Woman’s Weekly When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast. By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature. But her attempts are thwarted by Lily Cruickshank who lives in the cottage next door. Why won’t Lily help Leonie? And who is the mysterious Flynn Talbot, whose letter Leonie finds inside the house? And in uncovering the secrets of the abandoned house, will Leonie open her own heart and let love back into her life? The brand new escapist story from the bestselling author of A Secret Scottish Escape and A Scottish Highland Surprise, for fans of Jo Thomas, Trisha Ashley and Cathy Bramley. Readers can’t get enough of The Cottage in the Highlands ‘Mesmerising, magical and moving’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A really lovely book about friendship, romance and second chances’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fabulous . . . a page-turner of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Has a lot of heart, a story about all the different types of love’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A feel-good story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A lovely read . . . I highly recommend this book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Just the right amount of mystery, a bit of adventure and a slow romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An excellent cosy mystery and romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was transported to the lives of these characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heartwarming and sweet, a story about second chances’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A surprisingly little twist’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bbc-christmas-collection-30-festive-dramas-and-stories-by-jeremy-front-rachel-joyce-anton-chekhov-elizabeth-gaskell-alexander-mccall--65304480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A BBC Christmas Collection: 30 Festive Dramas and Stories Author: Jeremy Front, Rachel Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Elizabeth Gaskell, Alexander McCall Smith, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Various Narrator: Nikesh Patel, James Fleet, Rebecca Front, Michelle Fairley, Tamsin Grieg, Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Nina Sosanya, Meera Syal, Full Cast, Stephanie Cole, Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A sparkling seasonal anthology of BBC dramas and readings Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an unexpected encounter in a snowstorm and an alternative take on the Nativity, they're sure to get you in the festive mood. Here are modern readings of classics such as Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Tree', Anton Chekhov's 'At Christmas Time', Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Fir Tree', O Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi', Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine' and Leo Tolstoy's 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas'. Alongside them is some superb short fiction by contemporary authors, including Stella Duffy ('South'), Paul McVeigh ('Daddy Christmas'), Laura Barnett ('Survivors'), and nine delightful stories by Alexander McCall Smith. Among the stellar narrators are Don Gilet, Nina Sosanya, Hannah Gordon, Stephanie Cole and Meera Syal. Interspersed with these are a range of spellbinding plays, including Rachel Joyce's poignant Christmas by the Lake; festive action comedy Lena Marsh, Live and Schticking! by Jeremy Front; a very unusual and very dangerous Santa in The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack; and Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips' epistolary animal tale, Some Hay in a Manger, introduced by Stephen Fry. All feature star casts including Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Sam Troughton, Clare Corbett, Tamsin Greig and Joel Fry. Heartwarming and heartfelt, comic and bittersweet, moving and magical, these fantastic, evocative stories are a real Christmas treat. Note: Chapter metadata updated in January 2023. Contents Christmas by the Lake by Rachel Joyce Christmas Short Stories by Alexander McCall Smith: · 'Motordrome' · 'The Revenge, or Otherwise, of Herbie Bontemps' · 'How to Escape in Gaelic' · 'The Colourful Life of Cousin Grace' · 'Good President Wenceslas' The Christmas Present by Ben Crompton Christmas Compass: Series 1: · 'North' by Malachy Tallack · 'South' by Stella Duffy · 'East' by Ruth Thomas · 'West' by Mike McCormack A Time to Dance by Lucy Gannon Christmas Compass: Series 2 by Alexander McCall Smith · 'Winter Journey' · 'In the DRC' · 'Primatologist' · 'On The Island' Midnight at Christmas by Elliott Kerrigan 'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen 'At Christmas Time'by Anton Chekhov 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas' by Leo Tolstoy Some Hay in a Manger by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips 'Daddy Christmas' by Paul McVeigh 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine'by Elizabeth Gaskell The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack 'Survivors' by Laura Barnett Lena Marsh, Live and Shticking!by Jeremy Front 'A Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens 'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry Get Santa by Peter Gibbs 'Home' by Christine Dwyer Hickey © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617692Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A BBC Christmas Collection: 30 Festive Dramas and Stories Author: Jeremy Front, Rachel Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Elizabeth Gaskell, Alexander McCall Smith,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A BBC Christmas Collection: 30 Festive Dramas and Stories Author: Jeremy Front, Rachel Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Elizabeth Gaskell, Alexander McCall Smith, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Various Narrator: Nikesh Patel, James Fleet, Rebecca Front, Michelle Fairley, Tamsin Grieg, Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Nina Sosanya, Meera Syal, Full Cast, Stephanie Cole, Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A sparkling seasonal anthology of BBC dramas and readings Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an unexpected encounter in a snowstorm and an alternative take on the Nativity, they're sure to get you in the festive mood. Here are modern readings of classics such as Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Tree', Anton Chekhov's 'At Christmas Time', Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Fir Tree', O Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi', Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine' and Leo Tolstoy's 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas'. Alongside them is some superb short fiction by contemporary authors, including Stella Duffy ('South'), Paul McVeigh ('Daddy Christmas'), Laura Barnett ('Survivors'), and nine delightful stories by Alexander McCall Smith. Among the stellar narrators are Don Gilet, Nina Sosanya, Hannah Gordon, Stephanie Cole and Meera Syal. Interspersed with these are a range of spellbinding plays, including Rachel Joyce's poignant Christmas by the Lake; festive action comedy Lena Marsh, Live and Schticking! by Jeremy Front; a very unusual and very dangerous Santa in The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack; and Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips' epistolary animal tale, Some Hay in a Manger, introduced by Stephen Fry. All feature star casts including Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Sam Troughton, Clare Corbett, Tamsin Greig and Joel Fry. Heartwarming and heartfelt, comic and bittersweet, moving and magical, these fantastic, evocative stories are a real Christmas treat. Note: Chapter metadata updated in January 2023. Contents Christmas by the Lake by Rachel Joyce Christmas Short Stories by Alexander McCall Smith: · 'Motordrome' · 'The Revenge, or Otherwise, of Herbie Bontemps' · 'How to Escape in Gaelic' · 'The Colourful Life of Cousin Grace' · 'Good President Wenceslas' The Christmas Present by Ben Crompton Christmas Compass: Series 1: · 'North' by Malachy Tallack · 'South' by Stella Duffy · 'East' by Ruth Thomas · 'West' by Mike McCormack A Time to Dance by Lucy Gannon Christmas Compass: Series 2 by Alexander McCall Smith · 'Winter Journey' · 'In the DRC' · 'Primatologist' · 'On The Island' Midnight at Christmas by Elliott Kerrigan 'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen 'At Christmas Time'by Anton Chekhov 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas' by Leo Tolstoy Some Hay in a Manger by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips 'Daddy Christmas' by Paul McVeigh 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine'by Elizabeth Gaskell The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack 'Survivors' by Laura Barnett Lena Marsh, Live and Shticking!by Jeremy Front 'A Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens 'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry Get Santa by Peter Gibbs 'Home' by Christine Dwyer Hickey © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-tiempo-de-familia-by-tania-juste--65304538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Tiempo de familia Author: Tània Juste Narrator: Gloria Tarridas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: En 1898, tras la guerra de Cuba, Bonaventura Giner regresa a la masía familiar del Penedès, decidido a convertir la finca familiar en una gran heredad y a crear una familia numerosa. A través de las vidas de tres generaciones de Giner, amores clandestinos, odios fraternales y crímenes sin resolver, la autora retrata un tiempo y un país y teje una trama tan deslumbrante como las viñas que protagonizan esta saga. Fue merecedora del Premio Néstor Luján de novela histórica, un galardón en lengua catalana que se otorga en memoria del editor, escritor y periodista.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614576Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Tiempo de familia Author: Tània Juste Narrator: Gloria Tarridas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Tiempo de familia Author: Tània Juste Narrator: Gloria Tarridas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: En 1898, tras la guerra de Cuba, Bonaventura Giner regresa a la masía familiar del Penedès, decidido a convertir la finca familiar en una gran heredad y a crear una familia numerosa. A través de las vidas de tres generaciones de Giner, amores clandestinos, odios fraternales y crímenes sin resolver, la autora retrata un tiempo y un país y teje una trama tan deslumbrante como las viñas que protagonizan esta saga. Fue merecedora del Premio Néstor Luján de novela histórica, un galardón en lengua catalana que se otorga en memoria del editor, escritor y periodista.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-library-at-wagtail-ridge-by-janet-gover--65304532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library at Wagtail Ridge Author: Janet Gover Narrator: Annabelle Tudor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An unexpected and unusual inheritance sets a young woman on the road to discover her mother's deepest secret. A charming and heartfelt rural romance perfect for readers of Rachael Johns and Karly Lane. When Lou Taylor inherits a quaint country cottage and a mobile library full of books from her birth mother, she heads to the small town of Wagtail Ridge to learn more about the woman she never knew. Curiously, the last piece of the bequest is a handwritten letter, the first of many Luca left scattered along the library's route in hopes of finally sharing her secrets with the daughter she had to give up. The townspeople of Wagtail Ridge flock around Lou, wanting to share the stories of Luca's life, but she knows she must learn about her birth mother in the way Luca intended. Jake Barnes, her new neighbour, offers to help her follow the trail, but weighing on his conscience is a promise he made to Luca - a secret that now stands between him and the woman who's slowly capturing his heart... As the kilometres fly by, Lou gradually untangles who her mother was and what lay behind the choices she made. At the same time, she finds herself drawing ever closer to kind, handsome Jake. But will it all be enough to keep her in Wagtail Ridge when she has another happy life waiting for her in the city? A captivating story of love, family and belonging from award-winning romance author Janet Gover. WINNER: Romantic Elements RuBY 2023, Romance Writers of Australia PRAISE FOR JANET GOVER: 'Tender, caring and wise, Close to Home is a book to embrace with all your heart.' - Mrs B's Book Reviews 'Like the warmth of a cup of tea and the atmosphere of smells from the cake baking this story will fuse all the senses and bring a smile to the face ... a new dimension to a heartwarming outback tale.' - HappyValley BooksReads]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615073Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library at Wagtail Ridge Author: Janet Gover Narrator: Annabelle Tudor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library at Wagtail Ridge Author: Janet Gover Narrator: Annabelle Tudor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An unexpected and unusual inheritance sets a young woman on the road to discover her mother's deepest secret. A charming and heartfelt rural romance perfect for readers of Rachael Johns and Karly Lane. When Lou Taylor inherits a quaint country cottage and a mobile library full of books from her birth mother, she heads to the small town of Wagtail Ridge to learn more about the woman she never knew. Curiously, the last piece of the bequest is a handwritten letter, the first of many Luca left scattered along the library's route in hopes of finally sharing her secrets with the daughter she had to give up. The townspeople of Wagtail Ridge flock around Lou, wanting to share the stories of Luca's life, but she knows she must learn about her birth mother in the way Luca intended. Jake Barnes, her new neighbour, offers to help her follow the trail, but weighing on his conscience is a promise he made to Luca - a secret that now stands between him and the woman who's slowly capturing his heart... As the kilometres fly by, Lou gradually untangles who her mother was and what lay behind the choices she made. At the same time, she finds herself drawing ever closer to kind, handsome Jake. But will it all be enough to keep her in Wagtail Ridge when she has another happy life waiting for her in the city? A captivating story of love, family and belonging from award-winning romance author Janet Gover. WINNER: Romantic Elements RuBY 2023, Romance Writers of Australia PRAISE FOR JANET GOVER: 'Tender, caring and wise, Close to Home is a book to embrace with all your heart.' - Mrs B's Book Reviews 'Like the warmth of a cup of tea and the atmosphere of smells from the cake baking this story will fuse all the senses and bring a smile to the face ... a new dimension to a heartwarming outback tale.' - HappyValley BooksReads]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/petals-on-the-wind-by-v-c-andrews--65304542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Petals on the Wind Series: #2 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The captivating and unforgettable saga of the Dollanganger family continues in Petals On the Wind, the New York Times bestselling sequel to Flowers in the Attic and the inspiration behind the Lifetime original movie and “tortured love story” (Variety). Forbidden love comes into full bloom. For three years they were kept hidden in the eaves of Foxworth Hall, their existence all but denied by a mother who schemed to inherit a fortune. For three years their fate was in the hands of their righteous, merciless grandmother. They had to stay strong…but in their hopeless world, Cathy and her brother, Christopher, discovered blossoming desires that tumbled into a powerful obsession. Now, with their frail sister, Carrie, they have broken free and scraped together enough for three bus tickets and a chance at a new life. The horrors of the attic are behind them…but they will carry its legacy of dark secrets forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614349Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Petals on the Wind Series: #2 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Petals on the Wind Series: #2 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The captivating and unforgettable saga of the Dollanganger family continues in Petals On the Wind, the New York Times bestselling sequel to Flowers in the Attic and the inspiration behind the Lifetime original movie and “tortured love story” (Variety). Forbidden love comes into full bloom. For three years they were kept hidden in the eaves of Foxworth Hall, their existence all but denied by a mother who schemed to inherit a fortune. For three years their fate was in the hands of their righteous, merciless grandmother. They had to stay strong…but in their hopeless world, Cathy and her brother, Christopher, discovered blossoming desires that tumbled into a powerful obsession. Now, with their frail sister, Carrie, they have broken free and scraped together enough for three bus tickets and a chance at a new life. The horrors of the attic are behind them…but they will carry its legacy of dark secrets forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-s-daughter-an-unputdownable-historical-novel-of-triumph-over-adversity-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-by-val-wood--65304539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one can understand. Some say that she came to the cellar with her mother, but no one knows where the mother is now. Concerned for the child's safety, James is unsure of what to do. Where has the girl's mother disappeared to? And what can be done to help the homeless who have lost the only shelter they knew? A stunning new story of family, love and the importance of kindness, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph 'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph © Val Wood 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640Thu, 24 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one can understand. Some say that she came to the cellar with her mother, but no one knows where the mother is now. Concerned for the child's safety, James is unsure of what to do. Where has the girl's mother disappeared to? And what can be done to help the homeless who have lost the only shelter they knew? A stunning new story of family, love and the importance of kindness, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph 'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph © Val Wood 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rebel-and-the-thief-by-jan-philipp-sendker--65304516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebel and the Thief Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Narrator: Imogen Taylor, Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, a moving tale of forbidden love and extraordinary courage in the face of disaster Eighteen-year-old Niri and his family live a modest but secure life working in the villa of the wealthy Benzes. But when the pandemic comes, they are all let go, and left staring into the abyss of abject poverty. As their situation grows increasingly desperate, the once rule-abiding monastery student decides he won’t wait at the mercy of a corrupt, indifferent government, and rebels against his father’s resigned acceptance. Sneaking through the locked-down city at night, past the military patrols, Niri returns to the villa to take what his family needs to survive. Waiting for him is his childhood friend—and the Benzes’ daughter—Mary, who has a bigger plan that will change their lives forever. A universal story of love across social classes, The Rebel and the Thief poignantly shows how adversity can teach us what matters most: courage to resist, will to change, and unconditional trust in one another.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613949Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebel and the Thief Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Narrator: Imogen Taylor, Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebel and the Thief Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Narrator: Imogen Taylor, Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, a moving tale of forbidden love and extraordinary courage in the face of disaster Eighteen-year-old Niri and his family live a modest but secure life working in the villa of the wealthy Benzes. But when the pandemic comes, they are all let go, and left staring into the abyss of abject poverty. As their situation grows increasingly desperate, the once rule-abiding monastery student decides he won’t wait at the mercy of a corrupt, indifferent government, and rebels against his father’s resigned acceptance. Sneaking through the locked-down city at night, past the military patrols, Niri returns to the villa to take what his family needs to survive. Waiting for him is his childhood friend—and the Benzes’ daughter—Mary, who has a bigger plan that will change their lives forever. A universal story of love across social classes, The Rebel and the Thief poignantly shows how adversity can teach us what matters most: courage to resist, will to change, and unconditional trust in one another.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uninvited-by-jocelyn-dexter--65304435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uninvited Author: Jocelyn Dexter Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown, Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The respectable middle-class Twist family is settling in for their usual Sunday lunch. Husband and wife Roger and Becky are there, along with their daughter, Lucy, and her husband, Frank. But then they're joined by an uninvited guest... His name is John, and he knows everything about them—including their darkest secrets. After he manipulates his way into the house, John soon has them bound at their wrists and ankles. But what is the agenda of this twisted stranger? One by one, their hidden pasts will be revealed, and horrific events will unfold. Bit by bit, the family’s captor will unveil the shocking truth about his motivations. Will any of them survive the nightmare?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616750Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uninvited Author: Jocelyn Dexter Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown, Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uninvited Author: Jocelyn Dexter Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown, Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The respectable middle-class Twist family is settling in for their usual Sunday lunch. Husband and wife Roger and Becky are there, along with their daughter, Lucy, and her husband, Frank. But then they're joined by an uninvited guest... His name is John, and he knows everything about them—including their darkest secrets. After he manipulates his way into the house, John soon has them bound at their wrists and ankles. But what is the agenda of this twisted stranger? One by one, their hidden pasts will be revealed, and horrific events will unfold. Bit by bit, the family’s captor will unveil the shocking truth about his motivations. Will any of them survive the nightmare?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friends-forever-by-sherryl-woods--65304427https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends Forever Series: #5 of Calamity Janes Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Traci Odom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Weary from her high-profile career, Lauren Winters returns to Wyoming to reunite with her old friends, the Calamity Janes, and to start over—incognito—as a horse trainer. Rugged rancher Wade Owens is a refreshing change from Hollywood—he treats her like a real person. But the wrangler has made his distaste for the rich and powerful clear. Can their stormy love endure the maelstrom when Lauren reveals her true identity? This novel was originally published as Wrangling the Redhead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619066Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends Forever Series: #5 of Calamity Janes Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Traci Odom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends Forever Series: #5 of Calamity Janes Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Traci Odom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Weary from her high-profile career, Lauren Winters returns to Wyoming to reunite with her old friends, the Calamity Janes, and to start over—incognito—as a horse trainer. Rugged rancher Wade Owens is a refreshing change from Hollywood—he treats her like a real person. But the wrangler has made his distaste for the rich and powerful clear. Can their stormy love endure the maelstrom when Lauren reveals her true identity? This novel was originally published as Wrangling the Redhead.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/someone-to-hold-by-marie-force--65304567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Someone to Hold Series: #2 of Wild Widows Author: Marie Force Narrator: Addison Barnes, Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Grief brought them together. Will it also tear them apart? Eighteen months after suddenly losing the love of my life, I’m coming out of the fog of early grief and taking a hard look at the rest of my life. With three young children to care for on my own while also managing their grief, I haven’t had a lot of time to ponder what’s next for me. When I think about what I really want, I keep coming back to one thing. Or I should say one person—someone who understands what I’ve been through because he’s been there too, only his losses were far worse than mine. I find myself thinking about him all the time, but is he ready for the things I want? I have no idea, but I’m determined to find out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613498Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Someone to Hold Series: #2 of Wild Widows Author: Marie Force Narrator: Addison Barnes, Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Someone to Hold Series: #2 of Wild Widows Author: Marie Force Narrator: Addison Barnes, Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Grief brought them together. Will it also tear them apart? Eighteen months after suddenly losing the love of my life, I’m coming out of the fog of early grief and taking a hard look at the rest of my life. With three young children to care for on my own while also managing their grief, I haven’t had a lot of time to ponder what’s next for me. When I think about what I really want, I keep coming back to one thing. Or I should say one person—someone who understands what I’ve been through because he’s been there too, only his losses were far worse than mine. I find myself thinking about him all the time, but is he ready for the things I want? I have no idea, but I’m determined to find out.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/today-will-be-different-booktrack-edition-by-maria-semple--65304553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Today Will Be Different: Booktrack Edition Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Today Will Be Different:Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * A brilliant novel and instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action, life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office -- but not Eleanor -- that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. Today Will Be Different is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610991Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Today Will Be Different: Booktrack Edition Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Today Will Be Different: Booktrack Edition Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Today Will Be Different:Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * A brilliant novel and instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action, life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office -- but not Eleanor -- that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. Today Will Be Different is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-be-a-mother-by-emma-robinson--65304424https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be a Mother Author: Emma Robinson Narrator: Shakira Shute, Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Hannah met David, it was love at first sight. They were married quickly, but she knew it was the right choice. They're always laughing, the passion is unmatched, and they want the same things. Most of all, they both want a family. For David, it's doubly important. He tragically lost his first wife, Katherine, several years before. Hannah is, he says, the person who saved him from his grief. Although his friends worried he was moving on too fast, and Hannah sometimes still feels a strange jealousy towards his first wife, deep down she knows she's meant to be his happily-ever-after. Even so, when Hannah discovers she can’t have children, she’s worried it will fracture their relationship. Family is so important to both of them. Surely, she reasons, there must be a way. And then David tells her there is. He never told Hannah because he hoped they’d have a child of their own. But just before Katherine died, she went through fertility treatment. Her eggs—now frozen in a clinic—legally belong to David. Hannah wants nothing more than to be a mother. But even if it means she and David can have the child they’ve always dreamed of, can she really carry Katherine's baby?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619071Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be a Mother Author: Emma Robinson Narrator: Shakira Shute, Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be a Mother Author: Emma Robinson Narrator: Shakira Shute, Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Hannah met David, it was love at first sight. They were married quickly, but she knew it was the right choice. They're always laughing, the passion is unmatched, and they want the same things. Most of all, they both want a family. For David, it's doubly important. He tragically lost his first wife, Katherine, several years before. Hannah is, he says, the person who saved him from his grief. Although his friends worried he was moving on too fast, and Hannah sometimes still feels a strange jealousy towards his first wife, deep down she knows she's meant to be his happily-ever-after. Even so, when Hannah discovers she can’t have children, she’s worried it will fracture their relationship. Family is so important to both of them. Surely, she reasons, there must be a way. And then David tells her there is. He never told Hannah because he hoped they’d have a child of their own. But just before Katherine died, she went through fertility treatment. Her eggs—now frozen in a clinic—legally belong to David. Hannah wants nothing more than to be a mother. But even if it means she and David can have the child they’ve always dreamed of, can she really carry Katherine's baby?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duke-in-question-by-amalie-howard--65304429https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke in Question Series: #2 of Daring Dukes Author: Amalie Howard Narrator: Hedra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lady Bronwyn Chase is far from the paragon of society that her mother expects her to be. That's how she finds herself on her brother's passenger liner bound for America carrying a secret packet of letters that could get her into trouble—the kind of trouble that a duke's sister shouldn't be in, the kind that puts spymaster Valentine Medford, the Duke of Thornbury, on her trail. Serious trouble. But as the duke gets closer to Bronwyn and the secrets she's keeping, he'll have to decide between the mysterious woman who calls to him or his allegiance to the Crown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619063Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke in Question Series: #2 of Daring Dukes Author: Amalie Howard Narrator: Hedra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duke in Question Series: #2 of Daring Dukes Author: Amalie Howard Narrator: Hedra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lady Bronwyn Chase is far from the paragon of society that her mother expects her to be. That's how she finds herself on her brother's passenger liner bound for America carrying a secret packet of letters that could get her into trouble—the kind of trouble that a duke's sister shouldn't be in, the kind that puts spymaster Valentine Medford, the Duke of Thornbury, on her trail. Serious trouble. But as the duke gets closer to Bronwyn and the secrets she's keeping, he'll have to decide between the mysterious woman who calls to him or his allegiance to the Crown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-highland-girls-at-war-by-helen-yendall--65304492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Highland Girls at War Series: #1 of The Highland Girls series Author: Helen Yendall Narrator: Charlie Mudie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can the Highland girls prove everyone wrong? Don’t miss this poignant and heartwarming WW2 novel for fans of Rosie Clarke, Dilly Court and Rosie Archer, from the author of A Wartime Secret. Scotland, 1942. The Lumberjills, the newest recruits in the Women’s Timber Corps, arrive in the Scottish Highlands to a hostile reception from doubtful locals. The young women are determined to prove them wrong and serve their country – but they’re also all looking for something more… Lady Persephone signed up to show everyone she’s more than just a pretty face – but it’ll take more than some charm and her noble credentials to win handsome Sergeant Fraser over. Tall, strong Grace has led a lonely life working on a croft, with just her mother for company. All she wants is to find her place in the world – even if that’s a thousand miles from home. And Irene misses her husband terribly, so until he returns home from the frontline, she’s distracting herself with war work. But one distraction too far leads to devastating consequences… Can the Lumberjills get through their struggles together – even when tragedy strikes? Readers LOVE The Highland Girls at War! ‘I adored it!!… From start to finish, I loved it and couldn’t wait to get back to it whenever I had to rip myself away… It certainly left me wanting more! It was brilliant.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Love this book… The characters came to life as the story unrolled and I was sad the book ended as I felt I knew them and they were my friends too. Recommended to read ASAP.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely loved [it], great book from start to finish.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved this book from start to finish, the characters were so real and I felt like a member of the family.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A compelling, heartwarming tale… Full of laughter, heartache, humour and wistful romance… A story of sisterhood and one I am certain will stay with me forever.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A heart-warming story… Thoroughly enjoyable.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616355Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Highland Girls at War Series: #1 of The Highland Girls series Author: Helen Yendall Narrator: Charlie Mudie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Highland Girls at War Series: #1 of The Highland Girls series Author: Helen Yendall Narrator: Charlie Mudie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can the Highland girls prove everyone wrong? Don’t miss this poignant and heartwarming WW2 novel for fans of Rosie Clarke, Dilly Court and Rosie Archer, from the author of A Wartime Secret. Scotland, 1942. The Lumberjills, the newest recruits in the Women’s Timber Corps, arrive in the Scottish Highlands to a hostile reception from doubtful locals. The young women are determined to prove them wrong and serve their country – but they’re also all looking for something more… Lady Persephone signed up to show everyone she’s more than just a pretty face – but it’ll take more than some charm and her noble credentials to win handsome Sergeant Fraser over. Tall, strong Grace has led a lonely life working on a croft, with just her mother for company. All she wants is to find her place in the world – even if that’s a thousand miles from home. And Irene misses her husband terribly, so until he returns home from the frontline, she’s distracting herself with war work. But one distraction too far leads to devastating consequences… Can the Lumberjills get through their struggles together – even when tragedy strikes? Readers LOVE The Highland Girls at War! ‘I adored it!!… From start to finish, I loved it and couldn’t wait to get back to it whenever I had to rip myself away… It certainly left me wanting more! It was brilliant.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Love this book… The characters came to life as the story unrolled and I was sad the book ended as I felt I knew them and they were my friends too. Recommended to read ASAP.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely loved [it], great book from start to finish.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved this book from start to finish, the characters were so real and I felt like a member of the family.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A compelling, heartwarming tale… Full of laughter, heartache, humour and wistful romance… A story of sisterhood and one I am certain will stay with me forever.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A heart-warming story… Thoroughly enjoyable.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-chances-at-the-house-by-the-creek-by-elizabeth-bromke--65304500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Chances at the House by the Creek Series: #2 of Brambleberry Creek Author: Elizabeth Bromke Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Amber Lee Taylor has lived in the close-knit town of Brambleberry Creek, Kentucky, her whole life; she thought she had everything figured out. But when Amber discovers her long-term fiancée, Grant, has been cheating on her, that perfect future shatters into tiny pieces. Heartbroken, Amber retreats to her family’s crumbling farmhouse in the stunning countryside outside her little town. It’s her favorite place in the world. She loves the old oak beams and the smell of the fire crackling in the grate. But her family say the farm isn’t making enough money, and they need to do something to save it. Determined to forget Grant and save her family home, Amber throws herself into launching a new wine business with her cousins and stumbles across one of her grandfather’s old notebooks. Just as she realizes the size of her project, she discovers a family mystery weaving through her grandfather’s writing, and suddenly everything seems more complicated. But then, she hasn’t thought about Grant in days, and when she bumps into handsome, charming Callum on Main Street, Amber starts to wonder if breaking up with Grant could be the best thing that’s happened to her in years. It feels good to spend time with a guy with such a kind and genuine heart, and as he helps her untangle the notebook’s secrets, she wonders if the key to the mystery might just be the key to saving her beloved farmhouse too...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614877Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Chances at the House by the Creek Series: #2 of Brambleberry Creek Author: Elizabeth Bromke Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Chances at the House by the Creek Series: #2 of Brambleberry Creek Author: Elizabeth Bromke Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Amber Lee Taylor has lived in the close-knit town of Brambleberry Creek, Kentucky, her whole life; she thought she had everything figured out. But when Amber discovers her long-term fiancée, Grant, has been cheating on her, that perfect future shatters into tiny pieces. Heartbroken, Amber retreats to her family’s crumbling farmhouse in the stunning countryside outside her little town. It’s her favorite place in the world. She loves the old oak beams and the smell of the fire crackling in the grate. But her family say the farm isn’t making enough money, and they need to do something to save it. Determined to forget Grant and save her family home, Amber throws herself into launching a new wine business with her cousins and stumbles across one of her grandfather’s old notebooks. Just as she realizes the size of her project, she discovers a family mystery weaving through her grandfather’s writing, and suddenly everything seems more complicated. But then, she hasn’t thought about Grant in days, and when she bumps into handsome, charming Callum on Main Street, Amber starts to wonder if breaking up with Grant could be the best thing that’s happened to her in years. It feels good to spend time with a guy with such a kind and genuine heart, and as he helps her untangle the notebook’s secrets, she wonders if the key to the mystery might just be the key to saving her beloved farmhouse too...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-a-sunburnt-sky-by-lilly-mirren--65304441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Sunburnt Sky Author: Lilly Mirren Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nacha is living a normal life in Old Town, Warsaw, when the Nazis invade Poland. After months of heavy shelling, her family believes things can't possibly get any worse. Then the city falls, and she and her family find themselves faced with a level of antisemitism they've never experienced before. They're locked into a ghetto, and she fears they'll never see freedom again. When the Nazis begin rounding up Jews, Janek, a Polish Catholic teenager, doesn’t let the warnings of executions for those caught helping Jewish people stop him. With his neighbors now living in the ghetto, he resolves to take them food and supplies. It isn’t long before he finds love in the dark shadows of the ghetto walls, and his own commitment to save his neighbors grows.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619075Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Sunburnt Sky Author: Lilly Mirren Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Sunburnt Sky Author: Lilly Mirren Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nacha is living a normal life in Old Town, Warsaw, when the Nazis invade Poland. After months of heavy shelling, her family believes things can't possibly get any worse. Then the city falls, and she and her family find themselves faced with a level of antisemitism they've never experienced before. They're locked into a ghetto, and she fears they'll never see freedom again. When the Nazis begin rounding up Jews, Janek, a Polish Catholic teenager, doesn’t let the warnings of executions for those caught helping Jewish people stop him. With his neighbors now living in the ghetto, he resolves to take them food and supplies. It isn’t long before he finds love in the dark shadows of the ghetto walls, and his own commitment to save his neighbors grows.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lily-s-secret-inheritance-by-kristin-harper--65304449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lily's Secret Inheritance Author: Kristin Harper Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When her estranged aunt Dahlia dies, single mother Lily Lindgren is surprised to inherit the family home and cranberry farm. Returning to Dune Island for the first time since Dahlia admitted to a terrible betrayal that shattered Lily’s trust in her family, she’s ready to sell up and finally create a stable future for her little boy. But her high-school crush and farm manager Jake Benson is determined to stop Lily’s plan… After helping Dahlia turn part of the house into a local produce store, Jake shared her dream of making the cranberry farm a community hub for the island. His stories about Dahlia and how much she had missed Lily all these years make Lily question if she was wrong to never forgive her aunt. And when Jake joins her on long walks over the sand dunes, there’s an undeniable spark…could a move to Dune Island be the key to her and her son’s happiness? But then, clearing out Dahlia’s bedroom, Lily finds an old picture of Dahlia that stops her in her tracks. Just when she was making peace with Dahlia’s memory and learning to trust again, Lily’s heart is shattered to find she was keeping another secret. Can Lily trust Jake to tell her the painful truth—or will she run from Dune Island again for good?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616721Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lily's Secret Inheritance Author: Kristin Harper Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lily's Secret Inheritance Author: Kristin Harper Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When her estranged aunt Dahlia dies, single mother Lily Lindgren is surprised to inherit the family home and cranberry farm. Returning to Dune Island for the first time since Dahlia admitted to a terrible betrayal that shattered Lily’s trust in her family, she’s ready to sell up and finally create a stable future for her little boy. But her high-school crush and farm manager Jake Benson is determined to stop Lily’s plan… After helping Dahlia turn part of the house into a local produce store, Jake shared her dream of making the cranberry farm a community hub for the island. His stories about Dahlia and how much she had missed Lily all these years make Lily question if she was wrong to never forgive her aunt. And when Jake joins her on long walks over the sand dunes, there’s an undeniable spark…could a move to Dune Island be the key to her and her son’s happiness? But then, clearing out Dahlia’s bedroom, Lily finds an old picture of Dahlia that stops her in her tracks. Just when she was making peace with Dahlia’s memory and learning to trust again, Lily’s heart is shattered to find she was keeping another secret. Can Lily trust Jake to tell her the painful truth—or will she run from Dune Island again for good?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cranberry-inn-a-gorgeous-and-feel-good-christmas-romance-by-barbara-josselsohn--65304570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cranberry Inn: A gorgeous and feel good Christmas romance Author: Barbara Josselsohn Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Laurel and her son Simon are planning on a quiet Christmas at home in New York, when she gets a call from her father saying he needs her in Lake Summers in the heart of the Adirondacks. As twinkling lights go up and snowflakes begin to fall, Laurel can’t wait to leave New York behind to help her father run the family business and make snow angels with her son, even if it’s just for Christmas. But when she walks through the door, she’s shocked to find the inn in disrepair, and a letter saying her father will be gone until Christmas Eve… No one in town knows where Laurel’s father is, and she doesn’t know whether to be worried or angry – but she won’t let the inn go under, and nothing will get in the way of the perfect Christmas for her son. Seeing the worn-out wooden bannisters, bare of festive lights, she immediately recruits her childhood friend, brooding local carpenter Joel Hutcherson. They might disagree on whether any walls need to come down, but each rip in the carpet makes Laurel more concerned for her father, and Joel is a welcome distraction. And when he admits that Laurel was his first crush, she realizes she’s falling for him. Amongst her father’s things, Laurel uncovers a card with beautiful, ornate writing and learns why he disappeared. It changes everything. Worse still, she thinks Joel knew the truth all along. A wholesome Christmas romance about fresh starts, the importance of family and learning how to follow your heart. Perfect for fans of Mary Alice Monroe, Rachel Hanna and Carolyn Brown. “Had me hooked from the start… a delightful feel-good holiday story… Enjoy this book curled up with a hot cup of cocoa, you won’t want to put it down.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “As soon as I started to read this heart-warming tale I was quickly immersed… everything I want in a holiday book. It’s romantic, festive, and heart-warming in all the best ways… a slow-burn romance… delightful.” The Bashful Bookworm “A wonderful, magical Christmas book. Reminds me of holiday movies… Warms my heart.” Avid Reader, 5 stars “From the very first page I knew I was in for a treat… A page-turner… An absolute delight… A seasonal love story with a little twist of mystery.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “A lovely holiday romance… emotional… charming… will appeal to readers of contemporary romance, second-chance romance, and small-town romance.” One More Book Barbara Josselsohn is an award-winning journalist and novelist. Her novels center around second chances, family relationships and, of course, romance. She lives just north of New York City.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611917Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cranberry Inn: A gorgeous and feel good Christmas romance Author: Barbara Josselsohn Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cranberry Inn: A gorgeous and feel good Christmas romance Author: Barbara Josselsohn Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Laurel and her son Simon are planning on a quiet Christmas at home in New York, when she gets a call from her father saying he needs her in Lake Summers in the heart of the Adirondacks. As twinkling lights go up and snowflakes begin to fall, Laurel can’t wait to leave New York behind to help her father run the family business and make snow angels with her son, even if it’s just for Christmas. But when she walks through the door, she’s shocked to find the inn in disrepair, and a letter saying her father will be gone until Christmas Eve… No one in town knows where Laurel’s father is, and she doesn’t know whether to be worried or angry – but she won’t let the inn go under, and nothing will get in the way of the perfect Christmas for her son. Seeing the worn-out wooden bannisters, bare of festive lights, she immediately recruits her childhood friend, brooding local carpenter Joel Hutcherson. They might disagree on whether any walls need to come down, but each rip in the carpet makes Laurel more concerned for her father, and Joel is a welcome distraction. And when he admits that Laurel was his first crush, she realizes she’s falling for him. Amongst her father’s things, Laurel uncovers a card with beautiful, ornate writing and learns why he disappeared. It changes everything. Worse still, she thinks Joel knew the truth all along. A wholesome Christmas romance about fresh starts, the importance of family and learning how to follow your heart. Perfect for fans of Mary Alice Monroe, Rachel Hanna and Carolyn Brown. “Had me hooked from the start… a delightful feel-good holiday story… Enjoy this book curled up with a hot cup of cocoa, you won’t want to put it down.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “As soon as I started to read this heart-warming tale I was quickly immersed… everything I want in a holiday book. It’s romantic, festive, and heart-warming in all the best ways… a slow-burn romance… delightful.” The Bashful Bookworm “A wonderful, magical Christmas book. Reminds me of holiday movies… Warms my heart.” Avid Reader, 5 stars “From the very first page I knew I was in for a treat… A page-turner… An absolute delight… A seasonal love story with a little twist of mystery.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “A lovely holiday romance… emotional… charming… will appeal to readers of contemporary romance, second-chance romance, and small-town romance.” One More Book Barbara Josselsohn is an award-winning journalist and novelist. Her novels center around second chances, family relationships and, of course, romance. She lives just north of New York City.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/immortal-crowns-by-j-d-netto--65304566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immortal Crowns Series: #1 of The Echoes of Fallen Stars Author: J.D. Netto Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Five thousand years ago, when mortals were a mere thought in the mind of their creator, Lucifer was cast out of the immortal realm of Valleyner, doomed to spend his days in the Dark Beyond. After Hanell the Creator, known as the Pale Lion, fashioned the mortal world of Thelsten, a secret concealed from mortals brought on grave consequences. In the remote village of Heedeon, Bellwound Throvar and Arnon Helvug are visited by immortals from both shadow and light. A weapon known as the Mezar is found, believed to house the Luciferian Epistle written before he, the Dove, suffered judgement by the Regents—gods of ultimate power and parents to Hanell the Creator. The two boys set out on a journey with a member of the Nephilim, hoping to find answers to their mysterious past. But secrets and lies do not ask for the right time to strike. A dark tale spreads: whispers that the Dove was expelled by the Pale Lion not because of rebellion, but because of their love for one another. While struggling to confess his true feelings for Arnon, Bellwound realizes that love won't be enough to save them from their own doom—not when it's caused by love itself. As they travel across forests, deserts, and seas, they discover that the ploy of the gods will not only change their own world but will also claim lives, crowns, and kingdoms...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613524Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immortal Crowns Series: #1 of The Echoes of Fallen Stars Author: J.D. Netto Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immortal Crowns Series: #1 of The Echoes of Fallen Stars Author: J.D. Netto Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Five thousand years ago, when mortals were a mere thought in the mind of their creator, Lucifer was cast out of the immortal realm of Valleyner, doomed to spend his days in the Dark Beyond. After Hanell the Creator, known as the Pale Lion, fashioned the mortal world of Thelsten, a secret concealed from mortals brought on grave consequences. In the remote village of Heedeon, Bellwound Throvar and Arnon Helvug are visited by immortals from both shadow and light. A weapon known as the Mezar is found, believed to house the Luciferian Epistle written before he, the Dove, suffered judgement by the Regents—gods of ultimate power and parents to Hanell the Creator. The two boys set out on a journey with a member of the Nephilim, hoping to find answers to their mysterious past. But secrets and lies do not ask for the right time to strike. A dark tale spreads: whispers that the Dove was expelled by the Pale Lion not because of rebellion, but because of their love for one another. While struggling to confess his true feelings for Arnon, Bellwound realizes that love won't be enough to save them from their own doom—not when it's caused by love itself. As they travel across forests, deserts, and seas, they discover that the ploy of the gods will not only change their own world but will also claim lives, crowns, and kingdoms...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-dientes-de-leche-by-ignacio-martinez-de-pison--65304526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dientes de leche Author: Ignacio Martínez De Pisón Narrator: Luis Del Amo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: España, 1937. Raffaele Cameroni, un voluntario italiano que lucha en el bando franquista, cae herido en combate. Durante su convalecencia se enamora de una joven enfermera española, con la que se casará y tendrá tres hijos. Raffaele, sin embargo, oculta un secreto que acabará estallando con consecuencias imprevisibles. Con sus dichas y desdichas, con momentos de dolor pero también de humor y, por supuesto, con los inevitables conflictos generacionales, 'Dientes de leche' recorre medio siglo de la historia de la familia Cameroni y ofrece a la vez una crónica indirecta de la vida en España a lo largo del interminable franquismo y los últimos años de la década de los 70.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615044Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dientes de leche Author: Ignacio Martínez De Pisón Narrator: Luis Del Amo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dientes de leche Author: Ignacio Martínez De Pisón Narrator: Luis Del Amo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: España, 1937. Raffaele Cameroni, un voluntario italiano que lucha en el bando franquista, cae herido en combate. Durante su convalecencia se enamora de una joven enfermera española, con la que se casará y tendrá tres hijos. Raffaele, sin embargo, oculta un secreto que acabará estallando con consecuencias imprevisibles. Con sus dichas y desdichas, con momentos de dolor pero también de humor y, por supuesto, con los inevitables conflictos generacionales, 'Dientes de leche' recorre medio siglo de la historia de la familia Cameroni y ofrece a la vez una crónica indirecta de la vida en España a lo largo del interminable franquismo y los últimos años de la década de los 70.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-for-love-by-marie-force--65304554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season for Love Series: #6 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy-free lifestyle. But after meeting Laura McCarthy and helping her land the job as manager of his grandparents' hotel on Gansett Island, he decides there's something to be said about a roof over his head and a warm, sexy woman in his bed. Laura, a newlywed who discovered that her husband never quit dating, came to Gansett for her cousin Janey's wedding, but ended up staying after she met Owen and took on the renovations to the dilapidated Sand & Surf Hotel. As Owen and Laura's attraction simmers during months of close proximity, they form a tight bond that will be tested when her estranged husband refuses to grant her a divorce. As summer turns to autumn and Laura and Owen take baby steps toward love, favorite characters from past Gansett Island stories continue to live their happily ever afters...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614889Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season for Love Series: #6 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season for Love Series: #6 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy-free lifestyle. But after meeting Laura McCarthy and helping her land the job as manager of his grandparents' hotel on Gansett Island, he decides there's something to be said about a roof over his head and a warm, sexy woman in his bed. Laura, a newlywed who discovered that her husband never quit dating, came to Gansett for her cousin Janey's wedding, but ended up staying after she met Owen and took on the renovations to the dilapidated Sand & Surf Hotel. As Owen and Laura's attraction simmers during months of close proximity, they form a tight bond that will be tested when her estranged husband refuses to grant her a divorce. As summer turns to autumn and Laura and Owen take baby steps toward love, favorite characters from past Gansett Island stories continue to live their happily ever afters...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ready-for-love-by-marie-force--65304505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ready for Love Series: #3 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For four of the best summers of his young life, Luke Harris was in love with Sydney Donovan, a wealthy seasonal visitor to Gansett Island. Then Sydney went off to college and never came back. She married another man and had two children, while Luke remained on the island, working at McCarthy's Gansett Marina and wondering what went wrong between him and the only woman he ever loved. Fifteen months after Sydney suffers the tragic loss of her husband and children, she's returned to Gansett to figure out what's next, and that may very well be a rekindled love affair with the one man from her past she’s never forgotten. But is she ready for a second chance at love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614883Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ready for Love Series: #3 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ready for Love Series: #3 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For four of the best summers of his young life, Luke Harris was in love with Sydney Donovan, a wealthy seasonal visitor to Gansett Island. Then Sydney went off to college and never came back. She married another man and had two children, while Luke remained on the island, working at McCarthy's Gansett Marina and wondering what went wrong between him and the only woman he ever loved. Fifteen months after Sydney suffers the tragic loss of her husband and children, she's returned to Gansett to figure out what's next, and that may very well be a rekindled love affair with the one man from her past she’s never forgotten. But is she ready for a second chance at love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fool-for-love-by-marie-force--65304501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool for Love Series: #2 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joe Cantrell, owner of the Gansett Island Ferry Company, has been in love with Janey McCarthy for as long as he can remember. All this time, though, Janey has been dating or engaged to doctor-in-training David Lawrence. When things go horribly wrong between David and Janey, she calls her “fifth brother” Joe, one of the few people in her close circle who lives on the mainland. Janey decides a few days with Joe is just what she needs before she goes home to the island to face her parents and family with the news of her broken engagement. It was bad enough for Joe loving Janey from afar, but having her in his house is pure torture. Will he take advantage of this opportunity to show her what they could have together? And what will Joe’s best friend Mac—who also happens to be Janey’s protective older brother—have to say about it?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614882Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool for Love Series: #2 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool for Love Series: #2 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joe Cantrell, owner of the Gansett Island Ferry Company, has been in love with Janey McCarthy for as long as he can remember. All this time, though, Janey has been dating or engaged to doctor-in-training David Lawrence. When things go horribly wrong between David and Janey, she calls her “fifth brother” Joe, one of the few people in her close circle who lives on the mainland. Janey decides a few days with Joe is just what she needs before she goes home to the island to face her parents and family with the news of her broken engagement. It was bad enough for Joe loving Janey from afar, but having her in his house is pure torture. Will he take advantage of this opportunity to show her what they could have together? And what will Joe’s best friend Mac—who also happens to be Janey’s protective older brother—have to say about it?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hoping-for-love-by-marie-force--65304499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoping for Love Series: #5 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All her life, Grace Ryan has been the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she's tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life with her twenties slipping away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time. When Grace refuses to have sex with the new guy in her life during a boat trip to Gansett Island, she finds herself abandoned without a dollar to her name at McCarthy's Gansett Island Marina. At home for the summer awaiting the launch of his debut CD, music star-in-the-making Evan McCarthy is performing at the Tiki Bar when he notices Grace looking lost in a sea of happy people. Evan comes to her aid and quickly finds himself smitten. But the last thing Grace needs after all she’s been through is a guy who “doesn't do relationships.” Will Evan change his ways to win Grace's heart?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614880Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoping for Love Series: #5 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoping for Love Series: #5 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All her life, Grace Ryan has been the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she's tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life with her twenties slipping away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time. When Grace refuses to have sex with the new guy in her life during a boat trip to Gansett Island, she finds herself abandoned without a dollar to her name at McCarthy's Gansett Island Marina. At home for the summer awaiting the launch of his debut CD, music star-in-the-making Evan McCarthy is performing at the Tiki Bar when he notices Grace looking lost in a sea of happy people. Evan comes to her aid and quickly finds himself smitten. But the last thing Grace needs after all she’s been through is a guy who “doesn't do relationships.” Will Evan change his ways to win Grace's heart?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maid-for-love-by-marie-force--65304495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maid for Love Series: #1 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island, a place that has brought her only bad memories and ugly rumors. Then she’s knocked off her bike on the way to her housekeeping job at McCarthy’s Resort Hotel by Gansett’s “favorite son,” Mac McCarth himself. He’s back in town to help his father with preparations to sell the family resort and has no intentions of staying long. But when he accidentally sends Maddie flying over the handlebars, badly injuring her, he moves in to nurse her back to health and help care for her young son. Soon he realizes his plans for a hit-and-run visit to the island are in serious jeopardy, and he just may be “maid” for love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614874Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maid for Love Series: #1 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maid for Love Series: #1 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island, a place that has brought her only bad memories and ugly rumors. Then she’s knocked off her bike on the way to her housekeeping job at McCarthy’s Resort Hotel by Gansett’s “favorite son,” Mac McCarth himself. He’s back in town to help his father with preparations to sell the family resort and has no intentions of staying long. But when he accidentally sends Maddie flying over the handlebars, badly injuring her, he moves in to nurse her back to health and help care for her young son. Soon he realizes his plans for a hit-and-run visit to the island are in serious jeopardy, and he just may be “maid” for love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/longing-for-love-by-marie-force--65304490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Longing for Love Series: #7 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Series favorite Tiffany Sturgil steals the spotlight in Longing for Love as her new boutique Naughty & Nice opens in downtown Gansett—right in time for the annual spring Race Week festivities. Finally divorced and ready for a new beginning, Tiffany wonders if sexy police chief Blaine Taylor thinks of her as often as she thinks of him since their explosive encounter last fall. Back then, he directed her to call him the second she was officially divorced, but the opening of her store and her unconventional ad campaign have put the island's lingerie queen at odds with the town's top cop. Their clashes make for a steamy build-up that begs for a tension release. Blaine has been burned in the past by love affairs gone wrong, and he's wary about risking too much too soon. But he quickly discovers that Tiffany's sarcastic rejoinders and bitter outer shell hide a badly wounded heart of gold. He also discovers she's a sex-toy fraud and convinces her she can't possibly sell the merchandise without trying it out first... While he finds himself thinking of her all the time, the mayor is after him to curb her sexy advertising, and his mother worries that Blaine has taken on another project that will only break his heart. The McCarthys of Gansett Island take a decidedly erotic turn in this seventh book! If hot, sexy men in uniform cavorting with hot, sexy women who sell sex toys for a living aren't your thing, this book might not be for you!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614887Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Longing for Love Series: #7 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Longing for Love Series: #7 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Series favorite Tiffany Sturgil steals the spotlight in Longing for Love as her new boutique Naughty & Nice opens in downtown Gansett—right in time for the annual spring Race Week festivities. Finally divorced and ready for a new beginning, Tiffany wonders if sexy police chief Blaine Taylor thinks of her as often as she thinks of him since their explosive encounter last fall. Back then, he directed her to call him the second she was officially divorced, but the opening of her store and her unconventional ad campaign have put the island's lingerie queen at odds with the town's top cop. Their clashes make for a steamy build-up that begs for a tension release. Blaine has been burned in the past by love affairs gone wrong, and he's wary about risking too much too soon. But he quickly discovers that Tiffany's sarcastic rejoinders and bitter outer shell hide a badly wounded heart of gold. He also discovers she's a sex-toy fraud and convinces her she can't possibly sell the merchandise without trying it out first... While he finds himself thinking of her all the time, the mayor is after him to curb her sexy advertising, and his mother worries that Blaine has taken on another project that will only break his heart. The McCarthys of Gansett Island take a decidedly erotic turn in this seventh book! If hot, sexy men in uniform cavorting with hot, sexy women who sell sex toys for a living aren't your thing, this book might not be for you!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-bastarda-de-estambul-by-elif-shafak--65304543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La bastarda de Estambul Author: Elif Shafak Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una novela que cabalga entre lo doméstico y lo histórico y que evoca los colores, los aromas y la magia de las calles de Estambul «Esta magnífica novela me llevó a un país lejano, y la realidad era muy distinta cuando volví». The Chicago Tribune Estambul parece un gran barco en ruta incierta, cargado de pasajeros de distintas nacionalidades, lenguas y religiones. Esa es la imagen que acompaña a la joven Armanoush, que viaja desde Arizona para visitar por primera vez la ciudad y descubrir sus orígenes. Lo que aún no sabe es que su familia armenia y la de su padrastro turco estuvieron ligadas en el pasado, y que la vida en común de los dos pueblos fue apacible un día. Muy pronto, Armanoush conocerá a ese clan peculiar, en el que solo hay mujeres porque los hombres tuvieron a bien morir jóvenes o irse lejos para olvidar sus pecados. En el centro del retrato destaca Zeliha, la madre de Asya, que ahora tiene diecinueve años, y pronto será amiga de Armanoush. Completan la foto de familia otras señoras de armas tomar, que pasan el rato cocinando, recordando viejos tiempos y encarándose al futuro de su país, cada cual a su manera. La amistad entre las dos jóvenes acabará desvelando una historia vieja y turbia, una relación que nació y murió en la pura desesperación, pero las damas de la familia sabrán cómo resolver incluso este percance. Sentando a esas maravillosas mujeres de Estambul delante de una mesa llena de platos deliciosos y algo especiados, Elif Shafak cabalga con talento entre lo épico y lo doméstico, contándonos la historia de Europa a través de las mil historias que cada familia guarda en el baúl de los secretos. La crítica ha dicho: «Deliciosa e imaginativa novela. [...] Una Amy Tan que nos llega de Turquía.» USA Today «La voz de Shafak es única en toda la literatura mundial.» Ian McEwan «Shafak es una escritora maravillosa.» Benjamín Prado «La narración de Shafak es siempre ágil, con una notable fuerza visual respecto de la acción que convierte aquella en un extenso guion cinematográfico.» El País «Shafak sabe exactamente cuándo lanzar preguntas sin respuesta, empapar nuestros sentidos, ofrecer reflexiones significativas o metáforas elegantes y, sobre todo, rompernos el corazón.» The Sunday Times «Una de las mejores escritoras contemporáneas.» Hanif Kureishi «Shafak indaga en el papel de la mujer en una sociedad donde la libertad no siempre es un bien común, al alcance de todos.» Culturamas «Elif Shafak puede ser despiadada, lírica, política, íntima». Juan Gabriel Vásquez]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614538Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La bastarda de Estambul Author: Elif Shafak Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La bastarda de Estambul Author: Elif Shafak Narrator: Paula Iwasaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una novela que cabalga entre lo doméstico y lo histórico y que evoca los colores, los aromas y la magia de las calles de Estambul «Esta magnífica novela me llevó a un país lejano, y la realidad era muy distinta cuando volví». The Chicago Tribune Estambul parece un gran barco en ruta incierta, cargado de pasajeros de distintas nacionalidades, lenguas y religiones. Esa es la imagen que acompaña a la joven Armanoush, que viaja desde Arizona para visitar por primera vez la ciudad y descubrir sus orígenes. Lo que aún no sabe es que su familia armenia y la de su padrastro turco estuvieron ligadas en el pasado, y que la vida en común de los dos pueblos fue apacible un día. Muy pronto, Armanoush conocerá a ese clan peculiar, en el que solo hay mujeres porque los hombres tuvieron a bien morir jóvenes o irse lejos para olvidar sus pecados. En el centro del retrato destaca Zeliha, la madre de Asya, que ahora tiene diecinueve años, y pronto será amiga de Armanoush. Completan la foto de familia otras señoras de armas tomar, que pasan el rato cocinando, recordando viejos tiempos y encarándose al futuro de su país, cada cual a su manera. La amistad entre las dos jóvenes acabará desvelando una historia vieja y turbia, una relación que nació y murió en la pura desesperación, pero las damas de la familia sabrán cómo resolver incluso este percance. Sentando a esas maravillosas mujeres de Estambul delante de una mesa llena de platos deliciosos y algo especiados, Elif Shafak cabalga con talento entre lo épico y lo doméstico, contándonos la historia de Europa a través de las mil historias que cada familia guarda en el baúl de los secretos. La crítica ha dicho: «Deliciosa e imaginativa novela. [...] Una Amy Tan que nos llega de Turquía.» USA Today «La voz de Shafak es única en toda la literatura mundial.» Ian McEwan «Shafak es una escritora maravillosa.» Benjamín Prado «La narración de Shafak es siempre ágil, con una notable fuerza visual respecto de la acción que convierte aquella en un extenso guion cinematográfico.» El País «Shafak sabe exactamente cuándo lanzar preguntas sin respuesta, empapar nuestros sentidos, ofrecer reflexiones significativas o metáforas elegantes y, sobre todo, rompernos el corazón.» The Sunday Times «Una de las mejores escritoras contemporáneas.» Hanif Kureishi «Shafak indaga en el papel de la mujer en una sociedad donde la libertad no siempre es un bien común, al alcance de todos.» Culturamas «Elif Shafak puede ser despiadada, lírica, política, íntima». Juan Gabriel Vásquez]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-pureza-by-jonathan-franzen--65304524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pureza Author: Jonathan Franzen Narrator: Irene Serrano Guerrero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: El talento excepcional de Jonathan Franzen, autor de Las correcciones, se pone de manifiesto una vez más en esta trepidante historia cargada de humor y, por momentos,sombría e inquietante. A partir de las vidas entrecruzadas de un puñado de personajes retratados con un grado de realismo que hipnotiza al lector, el relato gira en torno a una joven de nombre dickensiano, Purity «Pip» Tyler, que tras su paso por la universidad se afana en encarrilar su vida acorde con unos principios que considera irrenunciables. Atrapada en una relación malsana con su madre, que nunca ha querido revelarle el nombre de su padre ni por qué se cambió el apellido antes de que ella naciese, Pip sobrevive con trabajos intrascendentes hasta que el encuentro fortuito con una mujer involucrada en el activismo antibelicista se traducirá en unas prácticas en el Sunlight Project, una organización radicada en Bolivia que se dedica a revelar secretos de personas, corporaciones y gobiernos. El fundador y artífice del negocio es Andreas Wolf, un carismático agitador de la ex RDA reciclado durante el caótico período posterior a la caída del Muro de Berlín. El sospechoso interés de Andreas por Pip trastocará sus ideas convencionales sobre el bien y el mal, empujándola hacia un destino que no figuraba ni remotamente en su imaginación. La crítica ha dicho... «Dentro de unas décadas, cuando queramos ver una foto del 2015, volveremos la mirada hacia Pureza.» The Toronto Star «Franzen es el novelista más inteligente de mi generación [...]. Hace ya tiempo que su dominio de la técnica es enorme, pero en Pureza su confianza parece agudizada, tanto en los momentos en que las piezas de sus diferentes relatos encajan nítidamente, como en los retratos psicológicos.» The New Republic «Soberbiamente entretenida, rebosante de escenas y personajes memorables por su viveza, es la obra de un novelista en la cima de su capacidad.» The Times «Pureza es una gran lectura, tan intensa como entretenida, rebosante de alusiones mordaces y proteicas a este planeta desquiciado en el que vivimos a comienzos del siglo XXI.» The Oregonian «Si Las correcciones fue un estallido de talento literario, y Libertad su gloriosa confirmación, Pureza es un sencillo y gozoso recordatorio de la agudeza de su mirada.» Time Magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612381Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pureza Author: Jonathan Franzen Narrator: Irene Serrano Guerrero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pureza Author: Jonathan Franzen Narrator: Irene Serrano Guerrero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: El talento excepcional de Jonathan Franzen, autor de Las correcciones, se pone de manifiesto una vez más en esta trepidante historia cargada de humor y, por momentos,sombría e inquietante. A partir de las vidas entrecruzadas de un puñado de personajes retratados con un grado de realismo que hipnotiza al lector, el relato gira en torno a una joven de nombre dickensiano, Purity «Pip» Tyler, que tras su paso por la universidad se afana en encarrilar su vida acorde con unos principios que considera irrenunciables. Atrapada en una relación malsana con su madre, que nunca ha querido revelarle el nombre de su padre ni por qué se cambió el apellido antes de que ella naciese, Pip sobrevive con trabajos intrascendentes hasta que el encuentro fortuito con una mujer involucrada en el activismo antibelicista se traducirá en unas prácticas en el Sunlight Project, una organización radicada en Bolivia que se dedica a revelar secretos de personas, corporaciones y gobiernos. El fundador y artífice del negocio es Andreas Wolf, un carismático agitador de la ex RDA reciclado durante el caótico período posterior a la caída del Muro de Berlín. El sospechoso interés de Andreas por Pip trastocará sus ideas convencionales sobre el bien y el mal, empujándola hacia un destino que no figuraba ni remotamente en su imaginación. La crítica ha dicho... «Dentro de unas décadas, cuando queramos ver una foto del 2015, volveremos la mirada hacia Pureza.» The Toronto Star «Franzen es el novelista más inteligente de mi generación [...]. Hace ya tiempo que su dominio de la técnica es enorme, pero en Pureza su confianza parece agudizada, tanto en los momentos en que las piezas de sus diferentes relatos encajan nítidamente, como en los retratos psicológicos.» The New Republic «Soberbiamente entretenida, rebosante de escenas y personajes memorables por su viveza, es la obra de un novelista en la cima de su capacidad.» The Times «Pureza es una gran lectura, tan intensa como entretenida, rebosante de alusiones mordaces y proteicas a este planeta desquiciado en el que vivimos a comienzos del siglo XXI.» The Oregonian «Si Las correcciones fue un estallido de talento literario, y Libertad su gloriosa confirmación, Pureza es un sencillo y gozoso recordatorio de la agudeza de su mirada.» Time Magazine]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leaving-eastern-parkway-by-matthew-daub--65304602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving Eastern Parkway Author: Matthew Daub Narrator: Luzer Twersky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brooklyn's Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and everyday life changes forever in the life of Zev Altshul. He is first placed into the care of the closed and close-knit community where he grew up, but soon realizes he can't stay. His saving grace is handball; it's his gift from God, and the one thing he can rely on as he is shuttled, chased, and abandoned by trusted elders, family, and friends. Even as Zev never fully escapes from the guilt of his choices, he sets course across the United States to discover where loyalty really lies and what it means. He seeks out his long-lost sister, only to find himself as unprepared for life outside the Lubavitcher community as he was unwilling to remain. Forced out of his second home, Zev plays handball to support himself in the goyische world, but obligations he doesn't fully understand still tie him to Crown Heights and follow him to Chicago and New Mexico threatening always to return Zev to life among the Lubavitchers. Lyrical, vivid, and thoroughly engaging, this is certainly among the first novels of its kind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613823Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving Eastern Parkway Author: Matthew Daub Narrator: Luzer Twersky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving Eastern Parkway Author: Matthew Daub Narrator: Luzer Twersky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brooklyn's Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and everyday life changes forever in the life of Zev Altshul. He is first placed into the care of the closed and close-knit community where he grew up, but soon realizes he can't stay. His saving grace is handball; it's his gift from God, and the one thing he can rely on as he is shuttled, chased, and abandoned by trusted elders, family, and friends. Even as Zev never fully escapes from the guilt of his choices, he sets course across the United States to discover where loyalty really lies and what it means. He seeks out his long-lost sister, only to find himself as unprepared for life outside the Lubavitcher community as he was unwilling to remain. Forced out of his second home, Zev plays handball to support himself in the goyische world, but obligations he doesn't fully understand still tie him to Crown Heights and follow him to Chicago and New Mexico threatening always to return Zev to life among the Lubavitchers. Lyrical, vivid, and thoroughly engaging, this is certainly among the first novels of its kind.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-ein-alman-feiert-selten-allein-ungekurzt-roman-by-aylin-atmaca--65304525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Alman feiert selten allein (ungekürzt): Roman Author: Aylin Atmaca Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nie waren Klischees wahrer: Wie viel Alman steckt in dir? Zu Weihnachten gehören ein geschmückter Baum, leckeres Essen, Geschenke und die Familie – das ist selbst Elif, die als Kind türkischer Gastarbeitereltern in Deutschland großgeworden ist, klar. Doch wie genau die Deutschen es mit ihren Weihnachtstraditionen und Bräuchen nehmen, wird deutlich, als Elif das erste Weihnachtsfest bei den Eltern ihres Freundes Jonas verbringt. Vom Planungswahnsinn in der Familien-WhatsApp-Gruppe über Diskussionen um nachhaltige Nordmanntannen, bis hin zum Bügeln des Geschenkpapieres aus dem letzten Jahr, bleibt ihr nichts erspart. Und schnell stellt sich die Frage, ob das wirklich noch besinnliches Beisammensein ist, oder schon der nächste Erbschaftsstreit naht.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613984Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Alman feiert selten allein (ungekürzt): Roman Author: Aylin Atmaca Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Alman feiert selten allein (ungekürzt): Roman Author: Aylin Atmaca Narrator: Sandra Voss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nie waren Klischees wahrer: Wie viel Alman steckt in dir? Zu Weihnachten gehören ein geschmückter Baum, leckeres Essen, Geschenke und die Familie – das ist selbst Elif, die als Kind türkischer Gastarbeitereltern in Deutschland großgeworden ist, klar. Doch wie genau die Deutschen es mit ihren Weihnachtstraditionen und Bräuchen nehmen, wird deutlich, als Elif das erste Weihnachtsfest bei den Eltern ihres Freundes Jonas verbringt. Vom Planungswahnsinn in der Familien-WhatsApp-Gruppe über Diskussionen um nachhaltige Nordmanntannen, bis hin zum Bügeln des Geschenkpapieres aus dem letzten Jahr, bleibt ihr nichts erspart. Und schnell stellt sich die Frage, ob das wirklich noch besinnliches Beisammensein ist, oder schon der nächste Erbschaftsstreit naht.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-with-lucy-maud-montgomery-by-l-m-montgomery--65304460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery Author: L.M. Montgomery Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This work is a selection of Christmas stories (or sometimes chapters) of Lucy Maud Montgomery from different sources and different times. The focus is widened a bit to include a few works about Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Day. LMM was a prolific Canadian author in the early 20th century whose works were very popular in her own country as well as the United States, and indeed around the world. Perhaps her most read novel was her first, Anne Of Green Gables.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619357Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery Author: L.M. Montgomery Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery Author: L.M. Montgomery Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This work is a selection of Christmas stories (or sometimes chapters) of Lucy Maud Montgomery from different sources and different times. The focus is widened a bit to include a few works about Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Day. LMM was a prolific Canadian author in the early 20th century whose works were very popular in her own country as well as the United States, and indeed around the world. Perhaps her most read novel was her first, Anne Of Green Gables.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-limited-run-by-karen-mcquestion--65304537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Limited Run Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Limited Run is an incredibly gripping story, with a delicious edge of creepiness. I couldn't stop reading it—easily one of my favorites this year! Another masterpiece from McQuestion! - Freida McFadden, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author When billionaire Felix Worthington invites the five cast members of the TV show A Little Slice of Haven to recreate their roles twenty-five years later, they're initially skeptical. It's an unusual request, even for a self-professed superfan like Felix. For several of them, playing a member of the Barlow family in the small town of Haven in the 1940s was an experience best forgotten. Meri Wetzel, who played a loving wife and mother, has spent the last two decades avoiding her TV husband, Jeff. And the actors who played their children each harbor festering resentments of their own. But living in a recreated version of the town in a warehouse in Montana has its appeal, even knowing they'll be filmed with hidden cameras as they improvise with other actors playing the townspeople. And the clincher? Two million dollars for each of them, provided they stay all ten days and remain in character the entire time. One by one, they set aside their hesitations and agree to the terms. After all, with two million dollars they'd be set for life, and really, what could go wrong?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614536Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Limited Run Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Limited Run Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Limited Run is an incredibly gripping story, with a delicious edge of creepiness. I couldn't stop reading it—easily one of my favorites this year! Another masterpiece from McQuestion! - Freida McFadden, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author When billionaire Felix Worthington invites the five cast members of the TV show A Little Slice of Haven to recreate their roles twenty-five years later, they're initially skeptical. It's an unusual request, even for a self-professed superfan like Felix. For several of them, playing a member of the Barlow family in the small town of Haven in the 1940s was an experience best forgotten. Meri Wetzel, who played a loving wife and mother, has spent the last two decades avoiding her TV husband, Jeff. And the actors who played their children each harbor festering resentments of their own. But living in a recreated version of the town in a warehouse in Montana has its appeal, even knowing they'll be filmed with hidden cameras as they improvise with other actors playing the townspeople. And the clincher? Two million dollars for each of them, provided they stay all ten days and remain in character the entire time. One by one, they set aside their hesitations and agree to the terms. After all, with two million dollars they'd be set for life, and really, what could go wrong?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-sagen-und-helden-des-mittelalters-die-grosse-horbuch-box-by-konrad-von-fussesbrunnen-gottfried-von-strassburg-wolfram-von-eschenb--65304509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters: Die große Hörbuch Box Series: #24 of Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters Author: Konrad Von Fußesbrunnen, Gottfried Von Straßburg, Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Anonymus Narrator: Tim Eriksson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 16, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Für ein jugendliches Publikum erzählt! Magische Geschichten von Rittern, magischen Schwertern, Kämpfern, die auf Schwänen dahinsegeln, Untiere, Liebe, Hass und Rache: Das sind die Stoffe, die diese Werke so unsterblich gemacht haben! Mit dabei: Beowulf, Parzival, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Wieland der Schmied, Siegfried, Walther und Hildegard, Gudrun und Wieland der Schmied.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616488Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters: Die große Hörbuch Box Series: #24 of Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters Author: Konrad Von Fußesbrunnen,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters: Die große Hörbuch Box Series: #24 of Sagen und Helden des Mittelalters Author: Konrad Von Fußesbrunnen, Gottfried Von Straßburg, Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Anonymus Narrator: Tim Eriksson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 16, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Für ein jugendliches Publikum erzählt! Magische Geschichten von Rittern, magischen Schwertern, Kämpfern, die auf Schwänen dahinsegeln, Untiere, Liebe, Hass und Rache: Das sind die Stoffe, die diese Werke so unsterblich gemacht haben! Mit dabei: Beowulf, Parzival, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Wieland der Schmied, Siegfried, Walther und Hildegard, Gudrun und Wieland der Schmied.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deceptions-a-novel-by-jill-bialosky--65304528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deceptions: A Novel Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An explosive tale of art and myth, desire and betrayal, from New York Times best-selling author Jill BialoskySomething terrible has happened and I don’t know what to do. An unnamed narrator’s life is unraveling. Her only child has left home, and her twenty-year marriage is strained. Anticipation about her soon-to-be-released book of poetry looms. She seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As she passes her days teaching at a boys’ prep school, spending her off-hours sequestered in the museum’s austere galleries, she is haunted by memories of a yearlong friendship with a colleague, a fellow poet struggling with his craft. As secret betrayals and deceptions come to light and rage threatens to overwhelm her, the pantheon of gods assume remarkably vivid lives of their own, forcing her to choose between reality and myth in an effort to free herself from the patriarchal constraints of the past and embrace a new vision for her future. The Deceptions is a page-turning and seductively told exploration of female sexuality and ambition as well as a human drama that dares to test the stories we tell ourselves. It is also a brilliant investigation of a life caught between the dueling magnetic poles of privacy and its appropriation in art and literature. Celebrated poet, memoirist, and novelist Jill Bialosky has reached new and daring heights in her boldest work yet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614611Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deceptions: A Novel Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deceptions: A Novel Author: Jill Bialosky Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An explosive tale of art and myth, desire and betrayal, from New York Times best-selling author Jill BialoskySomething terrible has happened and I don’t know what to do. An unnamed narrator’s life is unraveling. Her only child has left home, and her twenty-year marriage is strained. Anticipation about her soon-to-be-released book of poetry looms. She seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As she passes her days teaching at a boys’ prep school, spending her off-hours sequestered in the museum’s austere galleries, she is haunted by memories of a yearlong friendship with a colleague, a fellow poet struggling with his craft. As secret betrayals and deceptions come to light and rage threatens to overwhelm her, the pantheon of gods assume remarkably vivid lives of their own, forcing her to choose between reality and myth in an effort to free herself from the patriarchal constraints of the past and embrace a new vision for her future. The Deceptions is a page-turning and seductively told exploration of female sexuality and ambition as well as a human drama that dares to test the stories we tell ourselves. It is also a brilliant investigation of a life caught between the dueling magnetic poles of privacy and its appropriation in art and literature. Celebrated poet, memoirist, and novelist Jill Bialosky has reached new and daring heights in her boldest work yet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-aldea-debajo-de-la-montana-by-bruno-elias-maduro-rodriguez--65304428https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La aldea debajo de la montaña Author: Bruno Elías Maduro Rodríguez Narrator: Marina Arnaudo, Miguel Ugarte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A veces la gente inventa lugares habitables. Es el caso de la aldea que supieron fundar Mercedes, Luis Mariano y el Viejo Balía. Muchas mujeres y hombres aparecen en los 104 relatos breves que se engarzan en esta novela. El grupo de protagonistas, cada cual con su profundidad psicológica, se enfrenta a las amenazas de los cataclismos naturales y de la violencia política. Inspirada en los acontecimientos que vivieron personas reales, 'La aldea debajo de la montaña' nos muestra lo que puede la literatura cuando juega con otros saberes. Nos sumerge en una ficción entretenida y reflexiva sobre los vínculos humanos, sobre el Caribe colombiano, sobre el paso del tiempo. - Bruno Elías Maduro (Cartagena, 1971) es un escritor, abogado y filósofo colombiano. Publicó libros de cuentos y novelas tales como 'Noticias de Mamatoco' (2013), 'La aldea debajo de la montaña' (2021) y 'Juan Camacho o los relatos de un pescador' (2021). También llevan su firma varios estudios relativos a neuropsicología, filosofía política y pedagogía. Entre ellos cabe destacar 'Filosofía de la educación e interculturalidad indígena' (1995), 'Filosofía de la cognición' (2009) y 'Teoría del poder' (2015). Ha ejercido asimismo la clínica psiquiátrica, y en sus inicios profesionales realizó una importante labor educativa en la Sierra Nevada, fundando varias escuelas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618353Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La aldea debajo de la montaña Author: Bruno Elías Maduro Rodríguez Narrator: Marina Arnaudo, Miguel Ugarte Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La aldea debajo de la montaña Author: Bruno Elías Maduro Rodríguez Narrator: Marina Arnaudo, Miguel Ugarte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A veces la gente inventa lugares habitables. Es el caso de la aldea que supieron fundar Mercedes, Luis Mariano y el Viejo Balía. Muchas mujeres y hombres aparecen en los 104 relatos breves que se engarzan en esta novela. El grupo de protagonistas, cada cual con su profundidad psicológica, se enfrenta a las amenazas de los cataclismos naturales y de la violencia política. Inspirada en los acontecimientos que vivieron personas reales, 'La aldea debajo de la montaña' nos muestra lo que puede la literatura cuando juega con otros saberes. Nos sumerge en una ficción entretenida y reflexiva sobre los vínculos humanos, sobre el Caribe colombiano, sobre el paso del tiempo. - Bruno Elías Maduro (Cartagena, 1971) es un escritor, abogado y filósofo colombiano. Publicó libros de cuentos y novelas tales como 'Noticias de Mamatoco' (2013), 'La aldea debajo de la montaña' (2021) y 'Juan Camacho o los relatos de un pescador' (2021). También llevan su firma varios estudios relativos a neuropsicología, filosofía política y pedagogía. Entre ellos cabe destacar 'Filosofía de la educación e interculturalidad indígena' (1995), 'Filosofía de la cognición' (2009) y 'Teoría del poder' (2015). Ha ejercido asimismo la clínica psiquiátrica, y en sus inicios profesionales realizó una importante labor educativa en la Sierra Nevada, fundando varias escuelas.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-immortal-king-rao-by-vauhini-vara--65304498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortal King Rao Author: Vauhini Vara Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spanning a century, The Immortal King Rao tells an epic story about power, modernity and family lineage, and introduces a bold new voice. Vauhini Vara's lyrical and thought-provoking debut novel begins in India in the 1950s, following a young man born into a Dalit family of coconut farmers in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh. King Rao, as he comes to be known, later moves to the US, where he studies in Seattle, meeting the love of his life and his business partner, the smart and self-assured Margie. King Rao ultimately rises up through Silicon Valley to become the most famous tech CEO in the world and the leader of a powerful, corporate-owned global government. Yet he ultimately ends up living on a remote island off the coast of Washington state, an exile from the world which he has helped build. There, in a beautiful home on an otherwise deserted island, he brings up his brilliant daughter, Athena. Shielded from the world's glances, in many ways she has an idyllic childhood, but she will be forced to reexamine her father's past and take steps to try to decide her own future. She is unlike other girls, and she will find the outside world much more hostile than her father did when he left the coconut grove he called home. A profound and moving novel about technology, consciousness and revolution, The Immortal King Rao asks how we build the worlds in which we live, and whether we ever have the power to leave them? “A brilliant and beautifully written book about capitalism and the patriarchy, about Dalit India and digital America, about power and family and love.” OBSERVER]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615728Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortal King Rao Author: Vauhini Vara Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortal King Rao Author: Vauhini Vara Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spanning a century, The Immortal King Rao tells an epic story about power, modernity and family lineage, and introduces a bold new voice. Vauhini Vara's lyrical and thought-provoking debut novel begins in India in the 1950s, following a young man born into a Dalit family of coconut farmers in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh. King Rao, as he comes to be known, later moves to the US, where he studies in Seattle, meeting the love of his life and his business partner, the smart and self-assured Margie. King Rao ultimately rises up through Silicon Valley to become the most famous tech CEO in the world and the leader of a powerful, corporate-owned global government. Yet he ultimately ends up living on a remote island off the coast of Washington state, an exile from the world which he has helped build. There, in a beautiful home on an otherwise deserted island, he brings up his brilliant daughter, Athena. Shielded from the world's glances, in many ways she has an idyllic childhood, but she will be forced to reexamine her father's past and take steps to try to decide her own future. She is unlike other girls, and she will find the outside world much more hostile than her father did when he left the coconut grove he called home. A profound and moving novel about technology, consciousness and revolution, The Immortal King Rao asks how we build the worlds in which we live, and whether we ever have the power to leave them? “A brilliant and beautifully written book about capitalism and the patriarchy, about Dalit India and digital America, about power and family and love.” OBSERVER]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-fight-by-libby-ashworth--65304473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Fight Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After her husband Jack is transported to Australia as a convict, Hannah and her children are sent to the workhouse. Hearing nothing from Jack and believing he's dead, Hannah reluctantly agrees to marry widower Ellis Duxbury. But her children must remain in the workhouse, and when they are sent away as apprentices, it's up to Hannah to track them down. On Christmas Eve, Hannah is blessed with a miracle when Jack returns to the village. Yet more trouble lies ahead as Hannah is arrested, accused of bigamy and threatened with deportation herself. Having fought so long for her and her children's freedom, Hannah must once more dig deep to keep her family together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617824Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Fight Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Fight Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After her husband Jack is transported to Australia as a convict, Hannah and her children are sent to the workhouse. Hearing nothing from Jack and believing he's dead, Hannah reluctantly agrees to marry widower Ellis Duxbury. But her children must remain in the workhouse, and when they are sent away as apprentices, it's up to Hannah to track them down. On Christmas Eve, Hannah is blessed with a miracle when Jack returns to the village. Yet more trouble lies ahead as Hannah is arrested, accused of bigamy and threatened with deportation herself. Having fought so long for her and her children's freedom, Hannah must once more dig deep to keep her family together.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-potteries-girls-on-the-home-front-by-lynn-johnson--65304455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Potteries Girls on the Home Front Author: Lynn Johnson Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Needing to find a job, Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling, and her dreams of making something of herself seem further out of reach. When Betty is forced to leave after a scandalous incident, she feels that her life is over – until a new job on the trams throws her a lifeline. Meeting fellow tram girls Connie and Jean brings the joy of friendship, even if Betty struggles with having to keep secrets from her new pals. When soldier Duncan Kennedy enters Betty's life, it seems that she may finally find the love she's always wanted. But opening herself up to someone new isn't easy, and when he leaves for the front, she finds herself alone once again. As the Great War rumbles on, Betty's life in the Potteries is full of its battles. . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617833Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Potteries Girls on the Home Front Author: Lynn Johnson Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Potteries Girls on the Home Front Author: Lynn Johnson Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Needing to find a job, Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling, and her dreams of making something of herself seem further out of reach. When Betty is forced to leave after a scandalous incident, she feels that her life is over – until a new job on the trams throws her a lifeline. Meeting fellow tram girls Connie and Jean brings the joy of friendship, even if Betty struggles with having to keep secrets from her new pals. When soldier Duncan Kennedy enters Betty's life, it seems that she may finally find the love she's always wanted. But opening herself up to someone new isn't easy, and when he leaves for the front, she finds herself alone once again. As the Great War rumbles on, Betty's life in the Potteries is full of its battles. . .]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-y-al-polvo-regresaremos-by-ana-lucia-guerrero--65304442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Y al polvo regresaremos Author: Ana Lucía Guerrero Narrator: Karina Castillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Con humor y una escritura ágil, Ana Lucía Guerrero nos hace viajar por el México revolucionario entre refranes, matrimonios concertados y la ruptura de una familia que necesita perdonarse Teresa, la abuela, creció aislada en un orfanato en medio de la Sierra Gorda queretana, y desde pequeña ha visto con vergüenza su facilidad para servir como médium a las almas en pena. A través de ellas recibe la ubicación de un tesoro escondido y una popularidad que atrae a los políticos del momento para que les hable de su suerte. De sus hijos, uno se ordena como sacerdote, mientras otro se une a su primo para armar la Revolución y terminar envuelto en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Su hija Leonor se enamora de “el General”, quien la engatusa para tenerla siempre cerca como amante y marcarle un destino muy distinto al de sus sueños. Y será Alicia, la más pequeña, la de la vida más sencilla, quien hará sentir a Leonor la indulgencia que necesita para librarse de todas sus ataduras.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619389Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Y al polvo regresaremos Author: Ana Lucía Guerrero Narrator: Karina Castillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Y al polvo regresaremos Author: Ana Lucía Guerrero Narrator: Karina Castillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Con humor y una escritura ágil, Ana Lucía Guerrero nos hace viajar por el México revolucionario entre refranes, matrimonios concertados y la ruptura de una familia que necesita perdonarse Teresa, la abuela, creció aislada en un orfanato en medio de la Sierra Gorda queretana, y desde pequeña ha visto con vergüenza su facilidad para servir como médium a las almas en pena. A través de ellas recibe la ubicación de un tesoro escondido y una popularidad que atrae a los políticos del momento para que les hable de su suerte. De sus hijos, uno se ordena como sacerdote, mientras otro se une a su primo para armar la Revolución y terminar envuelto en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Su hija Leonor se enamora de “el General”, quien la engatusa para tenerla siempre cerca como amante y marcarle un destino muy distinto al de sus sueños. Y será Alicia, la más pequeña, la de la vida más sencilla, quien hará sentir a Leonor la indulgencia que necesita para librarse de todas sus ataduras.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-wartime-welcome-at-rookery-house-by-rosie-hendry--65304432https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House Author: Rosie Hendry Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: October 1940. When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Blitz, it propels her to make a life-changing decision to break free of her troubled and unhappy life. She escapes to the Norfolk countryside to start afresh, with a job at the newly opened Great Plumstead Hall hospital, and a wonderful new home at Rookery House. The community of Great Plumstead welcomes evacuees to the village - mothers and children bombed out of their London homes. Sisters Prue and Thea, along with members of The Mother's Day Club, help the new arrivals settle in, while continuing their work for the war effort by holding knitting bees and doing WVS work. But when a patient arrives who knew her in her former life, Evie's newfound freedom and happiness are in danger. Will the secrets of her past be revealed?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617826Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House Author: Rosie Hendry Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House Author: Rosie Hendry Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: October 1940. When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Blitz, it propels her to make a life-changing decision to break free of her troubled and unhappy life. She escapes to the Norfolk countryside to start afresh, with a job at the newly opened Great Plumstead Hall hospital, and a wonderful new home at Rookery House. The community of Great Plumstead welcomes evacuees to the village - mothers and children bombed out of their London homes. Sisters Prue and Thea, along with members of The Mother's Day Club, help the new arrivals settle in, while continuing their work for the war effort by holding knitting bees and doing WVS work. But when a patient arrives who knew her in her former life, Evie's newfound freedom and happiness are in danger. Will the secrets of her past be revealed?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-jenseitsnovelle-by-matthias-politycki--65304456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Jenseitsnovelle Author: Matthias Politycki Narrator: Matthias Politycki, Nina Petri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 31, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Leben von Hinrich Schepp gerät eines Morgens unerwartet aus den Fugen: Er findet seine Ehefrau Doro tot an ihrem Schreibtisch. Während Schepp versucht, diesen für ihn unvorstellbaren Verlust zu verkraften, entdeckt er Doros letztes Werk: ein mit rätselhaften Anmerkungen versehenes Manuskript. Schnell wird klar, dass Doros Zeilen eine tiefere Bedeutung innewohnt... Matthias Politycki schafft mit der 'Jenseitsnovelle' ein mitreißendes Werk über Liebe und Lebenslügen, Trauer und Verlust.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618349Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Jenseitsnovelle Author: Matthias Politycki Narrator: Matthias Politycki, Nina Petri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Jenseitsnovelle Author: Matthias Politycki Narrator: Matthias Politycki, Nina Petri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 31, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Leben von Hinrich Schepp gerät eines Morgens unerwartet aus den Fugen: Er findet seine Ehefrau Doro tot an ihrem Schreibtisch. Während Schepp versucht, diesen für ihn unvorstellbaren Verlust zu verkraften, entdeckt er Doros letztes Werk: ein mit rätselhaften Anmerkungen versehenes Manuskript. Schnell wird klar, dass Doros Zeilen eine tiefere Bedeutung innewohnt... Matthias Politycki schafft mit der 'Jenseitsnovelle' ein mitreißendes Werk über Liebe und Lebenslügen, Trauer und Verlust.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-blessing-by-melody-carlson--65304519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Blessing Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Cecily White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she—or their grandson—exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her relationship with their son? Or could the celebration of the arrival of another unexpected baby nearly two thousand years ago be the answer to her dilemma?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616720Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Blessing Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Cecily White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Blessing Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Cecily White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she—or their grandson—exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her relationship with their son? Or could the celebration of the arrival of another unexpected baby nearly two thousand years ago be the answer to her dilemma?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-agnes-by-marisa-l-dalla-costa--65304520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Author: Marisa L. Dalla Costa Narrator: Mavi Lacovara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: August 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Un diario personal de tapas negras revela la historia de Agnes, una joven italiana que huyó de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en un viaje en barco desde Génova hacia la Argentina. Extrañando a su familia, aún sacudida por los desastres de la guerra, aferrándose a la religión, ella tuvo que ganar fuerza para enfrentarse a los mandatos que pesaban sobre una mujer de su tiempo. No sabía que al hacerlo abría una brecha de libertad para las generaciones siguientes. Esta primera novela de Marisa Della Costa es un éxito de ventas y de crítica en Italia y en varios países hispanohablantes. - Marisa Dalla Costa (Córdoba, 1961) es una escritora argentina. Publicó las novelas 'Agnes', 'El canto del mirlo' y 'La senda'. Desde 1990 vive en Marostica, Italia, en la región del Veneto, lugar que ha inspirado buena parte del ambiente de sus libros. En esa localidad es profesora de español en la Academia de Idiomas 'Córdoba Centre', que fundó y dirige desde 1995. Trabaja asimismo con diversas instituciones nacionales e internacionales en cursos de formación y supervisando artículos para publicaciones latinoamericanas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615547Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Author: Marisa L. Dalla Costa Narrator: Mavi Lacovara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Author: Marisa L. Dalla Costa Narrator: Mavi Lacovara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: August 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Un diario personal de tapas negras revela la historia de Agnes, una joven italiana que huyó de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en un viaje en barco desde Génova hacia la Argentina. Extrañando a su familia, aún sacudida por los desastres de la guerra, aferrándose a la religión, ella tuvo que ganar fuerza para enfrentarse a los mandatos que pesaban sobre una mujer de su tiempo. No sabía que al hacerlo abría una brecha de libertad para las generaciones siguientes. Esta primera novela de Marisa Della Costa es un éxito de ventas y de crítica en Italia y en varios países hispanohablantes. - Marisa Dalla Costa (Córdoba, 1961) es una escritora argentina. Publicó las novelas 'Agnes', 'El canto del mirlo' y 'La senda'. Desde 1990 vive en Marostica, Italia, en la región del Veneto, lugar que ha inspirado buena parte del ambiente de sus libros. En esa localidad es profesora de español en la Academia de Idiomas 'Córdoba Centre', que fundó y dirige desde 1995. Trabaja asimismo con diversas instituciones nacionales e internacionales en cursos de formación y supervisando artículos para publicaciones latinoamericanas.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-rocky-mountain-dream-by-virginia-fox--65304477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rocky Mountain Dream Series: #29 of Rocky Mountain Serie Author: Virginia Fox Narrator: Karoline Mask Von Oppen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maggie Ringo wollte in ihrem Leben nur eins: Der Enge des Kleinstadtlebens entfliehen, die Welt bereisen und entdecken. Über zehn Jahre lang hat sie ein Nomadenleben geführt, bis die nachlassende Gesundheit ihrer Eltern sie nach Hause ruft. Zehn lange Jahre hat Nick Trenton darauf gehofft, dass Maggie zurückkommt. Und jetzt ist sie wieder hier. Für immer. Wird es ihm diesmal gelingen, sie davon zu überzeugen, dass sie eine gemeinsame Zukunft haben? Schritt für Schritt findet Maggie ins Kleinstadtleben zurück und entdeckt, dass nicht alles so schrecklich ist, wie sie es in Erinnerung hat. Während sich eine zarte Romanze zwischen ihr und Nick entspinnt, plant im Stillen jemand ihr baldiges Verschwinden. Und zwar endgültig.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615508Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rocky Mountain Dream Series: #29 of Rocky Mountain Serie Author: Virginia Fox Narrator: Karoline Mask Von Oppen Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rocky Mountain Dream Series: #29 of Rocky Mountain Serie Author: Virginia Fox Narrator: Karoline Mask Von Oppen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maggie Ringo wollte in ihrem Leben nur eins: Der Enge des Kleinstadtlebens entfliehen, die Welt bereisen und entdecken. Über zehn Jahre lang hat sie ein Nomadenleben geführt, bis die nachlassende Gesundheit ihrer Eltern sie nach Hause ruft. Zehn lange Jahre hat Nick Trenton darauf gehofft, dass Maggie zurückkommt. Und jetzt ist sie wieder hier. Für immer. Wird es ihm diesmal gelingen, sie davon zu überzeugen, dass sie eine gemeinsame Zukunft haben? Schritt für Schritt findet Maggie ins Kleinstadtleben zurück und entdeckt, dass nicht alles so schrecklich ist, wie sie es in Erinnerung hat. Während sich eine zarte Romanze zwischen ihr und Nick entspinnt, plant im Stillen jemand ihr baldiges Verschwinden. Und zwar endgültig.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-geranios-en-el-balcon-by-carolina-pobla--65304530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Geranios en el balcón Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una enriquecedora visión de la España del siglo XX gracias a dos personajes de orígenes totalmente opuestos, a los que la casualidad une en Barcelona antes de la Guerra Civil. Rosario y su hermana Remedios dejan Algeciras para trasladarse a Barcelona huyendo de una vida encorsetada y sin futuro. El sueño de Rosario, una joven inquieta y ambiciosa, es convertirse en una cantante de éxito en una ciudad que respira vida y diversión. Una noche conoce a Tobías, un joven ingeniero de buena familia que acaba de regresar de un largo periplo por Norteamérica, y el amor surge de inmediato. Pero los sueños no siempre se hacen realidad, y a veces hay que aprender a sustituirlos por otros.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614010Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Geranios en el balcón Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Geranios en el balcón Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Marta Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una enriquecedora visión de la España del siglo XX gracias a dos personajes de orígenes totalmente opuestos, a los que la casualidad une en Barcelona antes de la Guerra Civil. Rosario y su hermana Remedios dejan Algeciras para trasladarse a Barcelona huyendo de una vida encorsetada y sin futuro. El sueño de Rosario, una joven inquieta y ambiciosa, es convertirse en una cantante de éxito en una ciudad que respira vida y diversión. Una noche conoce a Tobías, un joven ingeniero de buena familia que acaba de regresar de un largo periplo por Norteamérica, y el amor surge de inmediato. Pero los sueños no siempre se hacen realidad, y a veces hay que aprender a sustituirlos por otros.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/falling-for-love-by-marie-force--65304502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Love Series: #4 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury. While all of Grant's focus should be on winning back the love of his life, the pesky marina restaurant manager Stephanie is working her way under his skin—and into his bed. As Tropical Storm Hailey cuts off Gansett Island from the mainland, Grant suspects Stephanie is hiding something big from her past. When he finds out what it is, what will be more important to him? Winning Abby back, or helping Stephanie to right a terrible wrong?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614886Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Love Series: #4 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Love Series: #4 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury. While all of Grant's focus should be on winning back the love of his life, the pesky marina restaurant manager Stephanie is working her way under his skin—and into his bed. As Tropical Storm Hailey cuts off Gansett Island from the mainland, Grant suspects Stephanie is hiding something big from her past. When he finds out what it is, what will be more important to him? Winning Abby back, or helping Stephanie to right a terrible wrong?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-herbstfreundinnen-ungekurzt-by-susan-mallery--65304494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Herbstfreundinnen (ungekürzt) Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Anna-Lena Zühlke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Liebe überstrahlt alles Von außen betrachtet ist ihr Leben perfekt: Sie lebt und leitet eines der angesehendsten Weingüter, ihre Schwägerin ist ihre beste Freundin, ihr Mann begehrt und erfolgreich ... Im Grunde führt sie das Leben, von dem sie immer geträumt hat. Doch Mackenzie Dienes muss sich eingestehen, dass sie und Rhys einfach kein glückliches Paar mehr sind. Als er die Trennung will, ist Mackenzies Schmerz unermesslich. Denn sie sieht sich nicht nur dem Verlust der Beziehung, sondern auch dem ihres Zuhauses und ihrer Familie gegenüber. Seine Schwester Stephanie aber hält zu ihr und macht Mackenzie Mut. Denn manchmal muss man alles loslassen, um das beste Geschenk des Lebens zu erhalten. »Sie werden sicher lachen und weinen und sich über das Happy End freuen.« SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Robyn Carr über Herbstfreundinnen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615235Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Herbstfreundinnen (ungekürzt) Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Anna-Lena Zühlke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Herbstfreundinnen (ungekürzt) Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Anna-Lena Zühlke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Liebe überstrahlt alles Von außen betrachtet ist ihr Leben perfekt: Sie lebt und leitet eines der angesehendsten Weingüter, ihre Schwägerin ist ihre beste Freundin, ihr Mann begehrt und erfolgreich ... Im Grunde führt sie das Leben, von dem sie immer geträumt hat. Doch Mackenzie Dienes muss sich eingestehen, dass sie und Rhys einfach kein glückliches Paar mehr sind. Als er die Trennung will, ist Mackenzies Schmerz unermesslich. Denn sie sieht sich nicht nur dem Verlust der Beziehung, sondern auch dem ihres Zuhauses und ihrer Familie gegenüber. Seine Schwester Stephanie aber hält zu ihr und macht Mackenzie Mut. Denn manchmal muss man alles loslassen, um das beste Geschenk des Lebens zu erhalten. »Sie werden sicher lachen und weinen und sich über das Happy End freuen.« SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Robyn Carr über Herbstfreundinnen]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-new-hope-das-funkeln-der-sehnsucht-ungekurzt-by-rose-bloom--65304450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - New Hope - Das Funkeln der Sehnsucht (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] New Hope Author: Rose Bloom Narrator: Philipp Oehme, Martha Kindermann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Herz macht, was es will … Jackson würde lieber rostige Nägel essen, als noch mal einen Fuß in seine Heimatstadt zu setzen. Er hat sich ein neues Leben fernab von New Hope aufgebaut und geht in seinem Beruf als Unfallchirurg auf. Doch dann vermacht seine schrullige Tante, bei der er aufgewachsen ist, ihm ihre kleine Pension. Fest entschlossen, die Angelegenheit schnell abzuwickeln, fährt er nach Hause. Sofort überfallen ihn Erinnerungen an seine harte Highschoolzeit, an das Gefühl, nirgendwo dazuzugehören – und an seine Jugendliebe Cassie, die ihn tief verletzt hat. Aber ausgerechnet Cassie ist die einzige Maklerin weit und breit, und er braucht ihre Hilfe. Das Gefühlschaos ist vorprogrammiert …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618044Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - New Hope - Das Funkeln der Sehnsucht (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] New Hope Author: Rose Bloom Narrator: Philipp Oehme, Martha...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - New Hope - Das Funkeln der Sehnsucht (ungekürzt) Series: #4 of [German Edition] New Hope Author: Rose Bloom Narrator: Philipp Oehme, Martha Kindermann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Herz macht, was es will … Jackson würde lieber rostige Nägel essen, als noch mal einen Fuß in seine Heimatstadt zu setzen. Er hat sich ein neues Leben fernab von New Hope aufgebaut und geht in seinem Beruf als Unfallchirurg auf. Doch dann vermacht seine schrullige Tante, bei der er aufgewachsen ist, ihm ihre kleine Pension. Fest entschlossen, die Angelegenheit schnell abzuwickeln, fährt er nach Hause. Sofort überfallen ihn Erinnerungen an seine harte Highschoolzeit, an das Gefühl, nirgendwo dazuzugehören – und an seine Jugendliebe Cassie, die ihn tief verletzt hat. Aber ausgerechnet Cassie ist die einzige Maklerin weit und breit, und er braucht ihre Hilfe. Das Gefühlschaos ist vorprogrammiert …]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-u-turn-irgendwann-kommt-jeder-an-by-jo-schuttwolf--65304488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - U-Turn - Irgendwann kommt jeder an Author: Jo Schuttwolf Narrator: Jo Schuttwolf, Klaus Maria Dechant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 20, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Was wäre, wenn … was wäre, wenn das Leben plötzlich aus den Fugen gerät? Wenn eine alltägliche Einkaufsfahrt mit dem Vespa-Roller zu einem turbulenten Roadrip nach Andalusien wird? Das ist die Geschichte von Tom. Dann ist da noch Andy, der sexbesessene Werbetexter, und Juana, die spanische Biologiestudentin. Alle drei werden gehörig vom Schicksal herausgefordert. Und am Ende treffen sie in der Wüste von Tabernas aufeinander. Dort naht die Katastrophe - aber wie so oft im Leben kann man das auch ganz anders sehen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617583Sat, 20 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - U-Turn - Irgendwann kommt jeder an Author: Jo Schuttwolf Narrator: Jo Schuttwolf, Klaus Maria Dechant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - U-Turn - Irgendwann kommt jeder an Author: Jo Schuttwolf Narrator: Jo Schuttwolf, Klaus Maria Dechant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 20, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Was wäre, wenn … was wäre, wenn das Leben plötzlich aus den Fugen gerät? Wenn eine alltägliche Einkaufsfahrt mit dem Vespa-Roller zu einem turbulenten Roadrip nach Andalusien wird? Das ist die Geschichte von Tom. Dann ist da noch Andy, der sexbesessene Werbetexter, und Juana, die spanische Biologiestudentin. Alle drei werden gehörig vom Schicksal herausgefordert. Und am Ende treffen sie in der Wüste von Tabernas aufeinander. Dort naht die Katastrophe - aber wie so oft im Leben kann man das auch ganz anders sehen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-s01-by-balthasar-von-weymarn--65304493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - S01 Author: Balthasar Von Weymarn Narrator: Aliana Schmitz, Anton Ohnesorge, Tim Lauth, Patrick Winczewski, Inko Hartwiger, Frederic Heimann, Matthias Hoff, Björn Boresch, Mario Klischies, Christin Marquitan, Jochim-C. Redeker, Bert Stevens, Holger Umbreit, Ulrike Kapfer, Victoria Frenz, Konrad Bösherz, Florian Hoffmann, Sebastian Kluckert, Stefan Kaminski, Sebastian Fitzner, Henning Schäfer, Dion Jaramillo, Balthasar Von Weymarn, Johannes Quester, Sascha Rotermund, Matti Klemm, Uve Teschner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 19, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Burgundenreich wird von den Römern und Hunnen bedroht. So wagt König Gibica in geheimer Mission, einen Goldtransporter der Römer auszurauben, verschwindet jedoch zusammen mit dem Gold. Sein treuer Vasall Hagen muss die Spuren des Überfalls verwischen, um die Großmacht Rom nicht zu erzürnen. Gibicas Sohn Gundahar, der Thronfolger, ist unsicher, wem er selbst am eigenen Hof trauen kann. Nur auf Hagen ist Verlass, der eine weitere Bedrohung loszuwerden versucht: Siegfried, den vermeintlichen Drachentöter. Aber auch die anderen Mitglieder der Königsfamilie schmieden Pläne, um ihre Schicksale in die eigenen Hände zu nehmen. Eine spannende Neuerzählung der Nibelungen voller Abenteuer, Intrigen, Liebe, Freundschaft und Verrat. Besetzt mit Sprechergrößen wie Victoria Frenz, Uve Teschner, Konrad Bösherz, Sascha Rotermund und Matti Klemm, erzählt 'Der Thron der Nibelungen' von Balthasar von Weymarn, wie sich der Kampf um das historische Reich der Burgunden wirklich ereignet haben könnte.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617045Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - S01 Author: Balthasar Von Weymarn Narrator: Aliana Schmitz, Anton Ohnesorge, Tim Lauth, Patrick Winczewski, Inko Hartwiger, Frederic...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - S01 Author: Balthasar Von Weymarn Narrator: Aliana Schmitz, Anton Ohnesorge, Tim Lauth, Patrick Winczewski, Inko Hartwiger, Frederic Heimann, Matthias Hoff, Björn Boresch, Mario Klischies, Christin Marquitan, Jochim-C. Redeker, Bert Stevens, Holger Umbreit, Ulrike Kapfer, Victoria Frenz, Konrad Bösherz, Florian Hoffmann, Sebastian Kluckert, Stefan Kaminski, Sebastian Fitzner, Henning Schäfer, Dion Jaramillo, Balthasar Von Weymarn, Johannes Quester, Sascha Rotermund, Matti Klemm, Uve Teschner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 19, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Das Burgundenreich wird von den Römern und Hunnen bedroht. So wagt König Gibica in geheimer Mission, einen Goldtransporter der Römer auszurauben, verschwindet jedoch zusammen mit dem Gold. Sein treuer Vasall Hagen muss die Spuren des Überfalls verwischen, um die Großmacht Rom nicht zu erzürnen. Gibicas Sohn Gundahar, der Thronfolger, ist unsicher, wem er selbst am eigenen Hof trauen kann. Nur auf Hagen ist Verlass, der eine weitere Bedrohung loszuwerden versucht: Siegfried, den vermeintlichen Drachentöter. Aber auch die anderen Mitglieder der Königsfamilie schmieden Pläne, um ihre Schicksale in die eigenen Hände zu nehmen. Eine spannende Neuerzählung der Nibelungen voller Abenteuer, Intrigen, Liebe, Freundschaft und Verrat. Besetzt mit Sprechergrößen wie Victoria Frenz, Uve Teschner, Konrad Bösherz, Sascha Rotermund und Matti Klemm, erzählt 'Der Thron der Nibelungen' von Balthasar von Weymarn, wie sich der Kampf um das historische Reich der Burgunden wirklich ereignet haben könnte.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hello-stranger-by-rachel-marks--65304561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello, Stranger Author: Rachel Marks Narrator: Sofia Engstrand, James Meunier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The unpredictible and big-hearted new love story from the author of Until Next Weekend and Saturdays at Noon! From their very first date, Jamie and Lucy know they've met THE ONE. They're as different as night and day. Jamie's a home bird, while Lucy's happiest on holiday. He has a place for everything - she can never find her keys. Yet, somehow, they make each other happier than they ever thought possible. So why does their story start with them saying 'goodbye'? And does this really have to be the end. . . ? Relatable, romantic and heartbreakingly real, HELLO, STRANGER proves that the best love stories often have the most unexpected endings. 'Clever, poignant, and satisfying' Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde 'An eminently real and relatable love story . . . Lucy and Jamie had me at Hello' Julietta Henderson, author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman 'Heartbreakingly tender & poignant. It kept me guessing & hoping until the last page' Sophie Claire, author of A Winter's Dream © Rachel Marks 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610970Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello, Stranger Author: Rachel Marks Narrator: Sofia Engstrand, James Meunier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hello, Stranger Author: Rachel Marks Narrator: Sofia Engstrand, James Meunier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The unpredictible and big-hearted new love story from the author of Until Next Weekend and Saturdays at Noon! From their very first date, Jamie and Lucy know they've met THE ONE. They're as different as night and day. Jamie's a home bird, while Lucy's happiest on holiday. He has a place for everything - she can never find her keys. Yet, somehow, they make each other happier than they ever thought possible. So why does their story start with them saying 'goodbye'? And does this really have to be the end. . . ? Relatable, romantic and heartbreakingly real, HELLO, STRANGER proves that the best love stories often have the most unexpected endings. 'Clever, poignant, and satisfying' Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde 'An eminently real and relatable love story . . . Lucy and Jamie had me at Hello' Julietta Henderson, author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman 'Heartbreakingly tender & poignant. It kept me guessing & hoping until the last page' Sophie Claire, author of A Winter's Dream © Rachel Marks 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-olive-tree-by-lucinda-riley--65304471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Olive Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Harry Whittaker, Lucinda Riley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A summer in Cyprus reveals many secrets in The Olive Tree, the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley, author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series. Read by the author and her son, Harry Whittaker. A magical house. A momentous summer. As a young woman, Helena spent a magical holiday at Pandora, a beautiful house in Cyprus – and fell in love for the first time. Now, twenty-four years later and following the loss of her godfather, she has inherited Pandora. And, though it is a crumbling shadow of its former self, Helena returns with her family to spend the summer there. When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, her past threatens to collide with her present. She knows that the idyllic beauty of Pandora masks a web of secrets that she has kept from her husband and thirteen-year-old son. And that, once its secrets have been revealed, their lives will never be the same . . . 'It will whisk you away to the glorious sunshine of Cyprus . . . refreshingly different' – Daily Express This title has been published outside the UK under the title Helena's Secret.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615767Thu, 04 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Olive Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Harry Whittaker, Lucinda Riley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Olive Tree Author: Lucinda Riley Narrator: Harry Whittaker, Lucinda Riley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A summer in Cyprus reveals many secrets in The Olive Tree, the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley, author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series. Read by the author and her son, Harry Whittaker. A magical house. A momentous summer. As a young woman, Helena spent a magical holiday at Pandora, a beautiful house in Cyprus – and fell in love for the first time. Now, twenty-four years later and following the loss of her godfather, she has inherited Pandora. And, though it is a crumbling shadow of its former self, Helena returns with her family to spend the summer there. When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, her past threatens to collide with her present. She knows that the idyllic beauty of Pandora masks a web of secrets that she has kept from her husband and thirteen-year-old son. And that, once its secrets have been revealed, their lives will never be the same . . . 'It will whisk you away to the glorious sunshine of Cyprus . . . refreshingly different' – Daily Express This title has been published outside the UK under the title Helena's Secret.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moorend-farm-by-gwen-kirkwood--65304556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorend Farm Author: Gwen Kirkwood Narrator: Lesley Mackie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: William and Emma Sinclair have settled into life at Moorend Farm in North Yorkshire and live happily with their growing family, believing they have left the shame of their past behind. William is determined to prove his success to his embittered mother and charts a secure living for his sons to follow in his footsteps and reap the benefits of William and his wife's hard work. When Emma takes Jamie and Meg to visit her parents in Scotland, they receive a warm welcome from all their relations, except 'Grandmother Sinclair'. She sows seeds of doubt in Jamie's mind, telling him he is not a Sinclair. Her animosity, it is revealed, stems from a secret in her own past, which affects the happiness of her eldest daughter, Maggie, who is on the threshold of discovering it is never too late to experience the tenderness of love. Jamie can't forget the old woman's bitter words, and bullies taunt him about his identity throughout his school days. His earlier uncertainties return with far reaching consequences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614014Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorend Farm Author: Gwen Kirkwood Narrator: Lesley Mackie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moorend Farm Author: Gwen Kirkwood Narrator: Lesley Mackie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: William and Emma Sinclair have settled into life at Moorend Farm in North Yorkshire and live happily with their growing family, believing they have left the shame of their past behind. William is determined to prove his success to his embittered mother and charts a secure living for his sons to follow in his footsteps and reap the benefits of William and his wife's hard work. When Emma takes Jamie and Meg to visit her parents in Scotland, they receive a warm welcome from all their relations, except 'Grandmother Sinclair'. She sows seeds of doubt in Jamie's mind, telling him he is not a Sinclair. Her animosity, it is revealed, stems from a secret in her own past, which affects the happiness of her eldest daughter, Maggie, who is on the threshold of discovering it is never too late to experience the tenderness of love. Jamie can't forget the old woman's bitter words, and bullies taunt him about his identity throughout his school days. His earlier uncertainties return with far reaching consequences.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guardian-angel-by-kay-seeley--65304549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian Angel Author: Kay Seeley Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Nell Draper leaves the workhouse to care for the five-year-old son of Lord Eversham, a wealthy landowner, she has no idea of the heartache that lies ahead of her. Robert can't speak. He can't tell her what makes him happy or sad. Nell has to work that out for herself. And not everyone is happy about Robert's existence. Can Nell save him from a desolate future, secure his inheritance and ensure he takes his rightful place in society?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614020Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian Angel Author: Kay Seeley Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian Angel Author: Kay Seeley Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Nell Draper leaves the workhouse to care for the five-year-old son of Lord Eversham, a wealthy landowner, she has no idea of the heartache that lies ahead of her. Robert can't speak. He can't tell her what makes him happy or sad. Nell has to work that out for herself. And not everyone is happy about Robert's existence. Can Nell save him from a desolate future, secure his inheritance and ensure he takes his rightful place in society?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-cielo-a-tiros-by-jorge-franco--65304535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El cielo a tiros Author: Jorge Franco Narrator: Mateo Angarita Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una apasionante novela sobre la generación de hijos de los grandes narcotraficantes colombianos de los años noventa y un fiel retrato de la Medellín de hoy. Larry regresa al país doce años después de la desaparición de su padre, un mafioso muy cercano a Pablo Escobar en los años noventa. Sus restos han sido finalmente hallados en una fosa común y Larry vuelve para recuperarlos y darles sepultura. A su llegada a Medellín lo espera Pedro, su gran amigo de infancia, que se lo llevará directamente desde el aeropuerto a la celebración de la Alborada, una fiesta popular en la que la ciudad pierde el control mientras estalla pólvora durante toda una noche. El encuentro de Larry con su madre, una antigua reina de belleza que pasó de tenerlo todo a no tener nada, y que ahora se halla sumida en la depresión y la drogadicción; los recuerdos de un pasado familiar turbulento y el redescubrimiento de una ciudad en la que aún se perciben los rezagos de la época más oscura de la historia de Colombia, son algunos de los hilos que conectan esta novela en la que el autor -con la maestría narrativa que lo caracteriza- consigue retratar a una generación de hijos del narcotráfico, que terminaron por ser víctimas de sus propios padres.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614416Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El cielo a tiros Author: Jorge Franco Narrator: Mateo Angarita Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El cielo a tiros Author: Jorge Franco Narrator: Mateo Angarita Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una apasionante novela sobre la generación de hijos de los grandes narcotraficantes colombianos de los años noventa y un fiel retrato de la Medellín de hoy. Larry regresa al país doce años después de la desaparición de su padre, un mafioso muy cercano a Pablo Escobar en los años noventa. Sus restos han sido finalmente hallados en una fosa común y Larry vuelve para recuperarlos y darles sepultura. A su llegada a Medellín lo espera Pedro, su gran amigo de infancia, que se lo llevará directamente desde el aeropuerto a la celebración de la Alborada, una fiesta popular en la que la ciudad pierde el control mientras estalla pólvora durante toda una noche. El encuentro de Larry con su madre, una antigua reina de belleza que pasó de tenerlo todo a no tener nada, y que ahora se halla sumida en la depresión y la drogadicción; los recuerdos de un pasado familiar turbulento y el redescubrimiento de una ciudad en la que aún se perciben los rezagos de la época más oscura de la historia de Colombia, son algunos de los hilos que conectan esta novela en la que el autor -con la maestría narrativa que lo caracteriza- consigue retratar a una generación de hijos del narcotráfico, que terminaron por ser víctimas de sus propios padres.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gracie-s-pride-by-lilly-adam--65304518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gracie's Pride Author: Lilly Adam Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1851, Joshua Browning sets off to join the Californian gold rush, leaving his wife and twin sons behind to run Hatherton Farm. Squire Cameron Marshall soon plots a way to regain the few acres of land, which he believes are rightfully his. Gracie Browning soon finds herself at the mercy of the unscrupulous Squire. For the sake of her cherished sons, Gracie is compelled to make some huge sacrifices. With no alternative than to flee from their homeland, a terrible catastrophe inflicts a momentous change to the Browning family. In their search for a new life, Oliver and Archie head towards London. During the journey, Oliver meets a young farm girl, Sally Potts. After suffering from her own personal loss, Sally feels as though the hand of fate has thrown her and Oliver together, but their relationship is soon to be tested on a grand scale.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614030Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gracie's Pride Author: Lilly Adam Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gracie's Pride Author: Lilly Adam Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1851, Joshua Browning sets off to join the Californian gold rush, leaving his wife and twin sons behind to run Hatherton Farm. Squire Cameron Marshall soon plots a way to regain the few acres of land, which he believes are rightfully his. Gracie Browning soon finds herself at the mercy of the unscrupulous Squire. For the sake of her cherished sons, Gracie is compelled to make some huge sacrifices. With no alternative than to flee from their homeland, a terrible catastrophe inflicts a momentous change to the Browning family. In their search for a new life, Oliver and Archie head towards London. During the journey, Oliver meets a young farm girl, Sally Potts. After suffering from her own personal loss, Sally feels as though the hand of fate has thrown her and Oliver together, but their relationship is soon to be tested on a grand scale.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-bittersusse-mandeln-by-hanna-von-feilitzsch--65304504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Bittersüße Mandeln Author: Hanna Von Feilitzsch Narrator: Elisabeth Mell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anna flüchtet während des griechischen Bürgerkriegs mit ihren Kindern aus einem Dorf auf der Peleponnes ins ferne Athen. Sie hat nur einen Gedanken, sie möchte das Überleben ihrer Familie sichern und den Kindern bessere Lebensbedingungen schaffen. Die junge Frau setzt sich in der von Männern dominierten Welt durch und baut in der Hauptstadt ein florierendes Unternehmen auf. Als ihr Mann Manolis Jahre später, gebrochen an Leib und Seele, aus dem Gefangenenlager zurückkehrt, muss sie erkennen, dass sie als Frau kein Mitspracherecht hat. Anna fügt sich in ihr Leben und bleibt bei ihrer Liebe. Ihr Ziel verliert sie jedoch nicht aus den Augen: Ihre Kinder, auch die Töchter, sollen eines Tages ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen können, frei von den von der Gesellschaft auferlegten Zwänge. Doch das hat seinen Preis.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616288Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Bittersüße Mandeln Author: Hanna Von Feilitzsch Narrator: Elisabeth Mell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Bittersüße Mandeln Author: Hanna Von Feilitzsch Narrator: Elisabeth Mell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anna flüchtet während des griechischen Bürgerkriegs mit ihren Kindern aus einem Dorf auf der Peleponnes ins ferne Athen. Sie hat nur einen Gedanken, sie möchte das Überleben ihrer Familie sichern und den Kindern bessere Lebensbedingungen schaffen. Die junge Frau setzt sich in der von Männern dominierten Welt durch und baut in der Hauptstadt ein florierendes Unternehmen auf. Als ihr Mann Manolis Jahre später, gebrochen an Leib und Seele, aus dem Gefangenenlager zurückkehrt, muss sie erkennen, dass sie als Frau kein Mitspracherecht hat. Anna fügt sich in ihr Leben und bleibt bei ihrer Liebe. Ihr Ziel verliert sie jedoch nicht aus den Augen: Ihre Kinder, auch die Töchter, sollen eines Tages ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen können, frei von den von der Gesellschaft auferlegten Zwänge. Doch das hat seinen Preis.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-agnes-grey-by-anne-bronte--65304521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Grey Author: Anne Bronte Narrator: Niloofer Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Agnes vive con su familia de clase media, sus padres y su hermana mayor María. Su padre es clérigo y su madre, que pertenecía a un nivel social superior al de su esposo, es una mujer vital, enérgica y de carácter. Viven felices y en armonía hasta que una inversión fallida hace que la situación económica de la familia se vea seriamente afectada. Tras la oposición familiar inicial, finalmente Agnes logra que se le permita trabajar de institutriz- le gustan los niños y se ve capaz de desempeñar correctamente su trabajo- y se instala con su primera familia, los Bloomfield, que no resultarán lo que ella esperaba y con los que no logra encajar. Luego vendrán los Murray, de mayor rango. Allí conocerá a Edward Weston, cura ayudante del vicario de la localidad. El ostracismo en el que vive con los Murray se hace evidente. Rosalie, la coqueta hija mayor de la familia, no le pondrá las cosas nada fáciles... La vida no parece sonreírle precisamente.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611998Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Grey Author: Anne Bronte Narrator: Niloofer Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Agnes Grey Author: Anne Bronte Narrator: Niloofer Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Agnes vive con su familia de clase media, sus padres y su hermana mayor María. Su padre es clérigo y su madre, que pertenecía a un nivel social superior al de su esposo, es una mujer vital, enérgica y de carácter. Viven felices y en armonía hasta que una inversión fallida hace que la situación económica de la familia se vea seriamente afectada. Tras la oposición familiar inicial, finalmente Agnes logra que se le permita trabajar de institutriz- le gustan los niños y se ve capaz de desempeñar correctamente su trabajo- y se instala con su primera familia, los Bloomfield, que no resultarán lo que ella esperaba y con los que no logra encajar. Luego vendrán los Murray, de mayor rango. Allí conocerá a Edward Weston, cura ayudante del vicario de la localidad. El ostracismo en el que vive con los Murray se hace evidente. Rosalie, la coqueta hija mayor de la familia, no le pondrá las cosas nada fáciles... La vida no parece sonreírle precisamente.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/francie-s-got-a-gun-by-carrie-snyder--65304597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Francie's Got a Gun Author: Carrie Snyder Narrator: Carrie Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ONE OF CBC'S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A suspenseful and poignant tale from an award-winning writer about a girl navigating chaotic family life in a close-knit small town. On a June afternoon in a small city, a wild-eyed girl named Francie dashes down a neighbourhood street, clutching a gun. She doesn’t know exactly what she’s running from, and she doesn’t know what she’s heading towards. All she understands is the need to survive. To save herself, she has no choice but to run—and to save those she loves, she must hold tight to that gun. Swirling around Francie is a chorus of friends, family, and neighbours, each person with a different view of her. As we hear from these voices—Francie’s steadfast best friend, Alice; Alice’s comically unaware mother, Sally, and struggling mathematician father, David; Francie’s distressed and distracted mother, Marietta, and troubled, unwell father, Luce—a fractured portrait emerges of the girl and the village surrounding her. And at last we arrive at a still point in the chaos: a tall tree where Francie takes shelter, and where the meaning of her flight—for herself, and for the people around her—becomes clear. In Francie’s Got a Gun, award-winning writer Carrie Snyder assembles a chorus of unforgettable characters who are both well-intentioned and flawed. At their centre is Francie, a vulnerable, imaginative girl with surprising attachments to each of them. Here is a propulsive, polyphonic, heart-expanding novel—equal parts sorrow and humour, fear and love, anger and kindness—about social breakdown and the quest for connection in a close-knit community.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605384Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Francie's Got a Gun Author: Carrie Snyder Narrator: Carrie Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Francie's Got a Gun Author: Carrie Snyder Narrator: Carrie Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ONE OF CBC'S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A suspenseful and poignant tale from an award-winning writer about a girl navigating chaotic family life in a close-knit small town. On a June afternoon in a small city, a wild-eyed girl named Francie dashes down a neighbourhood street, clutching a gun. She doesn’t know exactly what she’s running from, and she doesn’t know what she’s heading towards. All she understands is the need to survive. To save herself, she has no choice but to run—and to save those she loves, she must hold tight to that gun. Swirling around Francie is a chorus of friends, family, and neighbours, each person with a different view of her. As we hear from these voices—Francie’s steadfast best friend, Alice; Alice’s comically unaware mother, Sally, and struggling mathematician father, David; Francie’s distressed and distracted mother, Marietta, and troubled, unwell father, Luce—a fractured portrait emerges of the girl and the village surrounding her. And at last we arrive at a still point in the chaos: a tall tree where Francie takes shelter, and where the meaning of her flight—for herself, and for the people around her—becomes clear. In Francie’s Got a Gun, award-winning writer Carrie Snyder assembles a chorus of unforgettable characters who are both well-intentioned and flawed. At their centre is Francie, a vulnerable, imaginative girl with surprising attachments to each of them. Here is a propulsive, polyphonic, heart-expanding novel—equal parts sorrow and humour, fear and love, anger and kindness—about social breakdown and the quest for connection in a close-knit community.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-los-juguetes-de-la-guerra-by-carolina-pobla--65304552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los juguetes de la guerra Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Maripaz Valdés Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una tarde de otoño en Barcelona, a Violeta, la madre de la autora, le comunican la muerte de su hermano Víctor. Y con la noticia llega la gran revelación: Víctor era adoptado. En 1942, Elsa, viuda de un aviador de la Luftwaffe y madre de seis hijos, entre ellos Violeta, regresa al pueblo de Baviera en el que pasó los veranos de su infancia. Desea alejar a sus hijos de la guerra, pero a su llegada se encuentra con la mansión familiar reconvertida en hospital militar y tiene que acomodar a su familia en una humilde cabaña en el monte. Mientras a su alrededor el país se desmorona, los niños crecen y viven experiencias que los harán madurar deprisa. Elsa, una madre luchadora y una trabajadora eficiente que utiliza sus conocimientos como comadrona para ayudar en el hospital, también es una mujer joven que, a pesar del caos imperante, vivirá una intensa historia de amor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614009Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los juguetes de la guerra Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Maripaz Valdés Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 45 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los juguetes de la guerra Author: Carolina Pobla Narrator: Maripaz Valdés Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una tarde de otoño en Barcelona, a Violeta, la madre de la autora, le comunican la muerte de su hermano Víctor. Y con la noticia llega la gran revelación: Víctor era adoptado. En 1942, Elsa, viuda de un aviador de la Luftwaffe y madre de seis hijos, entre ellos Violeta, regresa al pueblo de Baviera en el que pasó los veranos de su infancia. Desea alejar a sus hijos de la guerra, pero a su llegada se encuentra con la mansión familiar reconvertida en hospital militar y tiene que acomodar a su familia en una humilde cabaña en el monte. Mientras a su alrededor el país se desmorona, los niños crecen y viven experiencias que los harán madurar deprisa. Elsa, una madre luchadora y una trabajadora eficiente que utiliza sus conocimientos como comadrona para ayudar en el hospital, también es una mujer joven que, a pesar del caos imperante, vivirá una intensa historia de amor.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-madera-de-savia-azul-by-jose-luis-gil-soto--65304601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Madera de savia azul Author: José Luis Gil Soto Narrator: Pablo Martínez Gugel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una gran novela, llena de emociones y aventura, que nos traslada hasta un mundo medieval legendario para mostrarnos las grandes pasiones que, desde el principio de los tiempos, mueven al ser humano. El destino de un niño. Erik tiene apenas cuatro años cuando pierde a su madre en el gran terremoto que destruye Waliria, la capital de Ariok. Su padre, el carpintero Bertrand de Lis, y Astrid, la humilde viuda de un herrero, no pueden imaginar que la catástrofe no solo cambiará sus vidas para siempre, sino que, sin quererlo, les hará dueños de secretos que nunca hubieran querido tener que guardar. El viaje hacia un reino de leyenda. Tras el desastre, y alentado por una profecía, el rey decide emprender con su pueblo un peligroso viaje hasta tierras del sur. Una gran caravana se pone en marcha. La esperanza, el miedo y la ambición viajan con ellos. La búsqueda de un padre. A Bertrand solo le queda su hijo, y su única preocupación es cuidarle, pero un hecho inesperado cambia el rumbo de sus vidas. Así, quien era solo un hombre bueno y sencillo, se convertirá en protagonista de una aventura épica, impulsada por el profundo amor a su hijo y su deseo de volver a reunirse con él. La crítica ha dicho sobre Madera de savia azul... «Una leyenda épica.» La Vanguardia «Las pasiones de siempre como nunca antes las habías leído.» El Periódico «Una historia vital, ágil, apabullante... Te atrapa desde la primera línea. Está llena de páginas magistrales y personajes inolvidables.» El Norte de Castilla «Una gran novela de aventuras... repleta de grandes personajes.» El búho entre libros «Dejad de leer mi reseña y disfrutad de Bertrand, Astrid, Erik y todo el maravilloso elenco de personajes que pueblan esta historia. Mi gran descubrimiento del año.» Escaparate literario «Me ha entusiasmado, me empujaba a continuar leyendo para saber qué era lo próximo que iba a suceder y qué les deparaba el destino a estos grandes personajes.» De lector a lector «¡He disfrutado tanto leyéndolo que aún lo estoy asimilando! Hacía tiempo que no leía algo así.» Locura de libros «Una aventura épica de las que no se olvidan.» Negra y mortal «Un gran relato lleno de hazañas. Con un final sorprendente y muy emotivo. Me ha deslumbrado.» Mi rincón de reseñas]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604423Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Madera de savia azul Author: José Luis Gil Soto Narrator: Pablo Martínez Gugel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Madera de savia azul Author: José Luis Gil Soto Narrator: Pablo Martínez Gugel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una gran novela, llena de emociones y aventura, que nos traslada hasta un mundo medieval legendario para mostrarnos las grandes pasiones que, desde el principio de los tiempos, mueven al ser humano. El destino de un niño. Erik tiene apenas cuatro años cuando pierde a su madre en el gran terremoto que destruye Waliria, la capital de Ariok. Su padre, el carpintero Bertrand de Lis, y Astrid, la humilde viuda de un herrero, no pueden imaginar que la catástrofe no solo cambiará sus vidas para siempre, sino que, sin quererlo, les hará dueños de secretos que nunca hubieran querido tener que guardar. El viaje hacia un reino de leyenda. Tras el desastre, y alentado por una profecía, el rey decide emprender con su pueblo un peligroso viaje hasta tierras del sur. Una gran caravana se pone en marcha. La esperanza, el miedo y la ambición viajan con ellos. La búsqueda de un padre. A Bertrand solo le queda su hijo, y su única preocupación es cuidarle, pero un hecho inesperado cambia el rumbo de sus vidas. Así, quien era solo un hombre bueno y sencillo, se convertirá en protagonista de una aventura épica, impulsada por el profundo amor a su hijo y su deseo de volver a reunirse con él. La crítica ha dicho sobre Madera de savia azul... «Una leyenda épica.» La Vanguardia «Las pasiones de siempre como nunca antes las habías leído.» El Periódico «Una historia vital, ágil, apabullante... Te atrapa desde la primera línea. Está llena de páginas magistrales y personajes inolvidables.» El Norte de Castilla «Una gran novela de aventuras... repleta de grandes personajes.» El búho entre libros «Dejad de leer mi reseña y disfrutad de Bertrand, Astrid, Erik y todo el maravilloso elenco de personajes que pueblan esta historia. Mi gran descubrimiento del año.» Escaparate literario «Me ha entusiasmado, me empujaba a continuar leyendo para saber qué era lo próximo que iba a suceder y qué les deparaba el destino a estos grandes personajes.» De lector a lector «¡He disfrutado tanto leyéndolo que aún lo estoy asimilando! Hacía tiempo que no leía algo así.» Locura de libros «Una aventura épica de las que no se olvidan.» Negra y mortal «Un gran relato lleno de hazañas. Con un final sorprendente y muy emotivo. Me ha deslumbrado.» Mi rincón de reseñas]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-los-aromas-perdidos-la-estacion-de-las-tormentas-2-by-charlotte-link--65304584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los aromas perdidos (La estación de las tormentas 2) Series: #2 of La estación de las tormentas Author: Charlotte Link Narrator: Lara Ullod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pasión, amor, lealtad y traición en la Alemania nazi. Segunda entrega de La estación de las tormentas. Alemania, mayo de 1938. El fantasma del nazismo amenaza Europa pero Felicia, fuerte e inconformista, maneja con decisión el timón de su familia y su empresa. A su hija Belle no le importa la política, solo piensa en su carrera en el cine y en el hombre de sus sueños, con quien espera casarse muy pronto. La ceremonia se celebrará en la casa familiar de Lulinn y asistirá toda la familia salvo su madre, que ha decidido acompañar a su socio judío hasta la frontera. Al poco tiempo Susanne, su otra hija, recibe una propuesta de matrimonio de un joven oficial de las SS. Ninguna de esas tres mujeres imagina el descenso a los infiernos que se avecina. Su país será arrasado y dividido, y el mundo entero librará una lucha feroz por la supervivencia. Cuando por fin llegue la paz, solo los más afortunados reaparecerán entre las ruinas de un paisaje devastado por las bombas. Los aromas perdidos es la apasionante historia de una familia, convertida en un vívido reflejo de acontecimientos que tuvieron en jaque a la humanidad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611977Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los aromas perdidos (La estación de las tormentas 2) Series: #2 of La estación de las tormentas Author: Charlotte Link Narrator: Lara Ullod...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los aromas perdidos (La estación de las tormentas 2) Series: #2 of La estación de las tormentas Author: Charlotte Link Narrator: Lara Ullod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pasión, amor, lealtad y traición en la Alemania nazi. Segunda entrega de La estación de las tormentas. Alemania, mayo de 1938. El fantasma del nazismo amenaza Europa pero Felicia, fuerte e inconformista, maneja con decisión el timón de su familia y su empresa. A su hija Belle no le importa la política, solo piensa en su carrera en el cine y en el hombre de sus sueños, con quien espera casarse muy pronto. La ceremonia se celebrará en la casa familiar de Lulinn y asistirá toda la familia salvo su madre, que ha decidido acompañar a su socio judío hasta la frontera. Al poco tiempo Susanne, su otra hija, recibe una propuesta de matrimonio de un joven oficial de las SS. Ninguna de esas tres mujeres imagina el descenso a los infiernos que se avecina. Su país será arrasado y dividido, y el mundo entero librará una lucha feroz por la supervivencia. Cuando por fin llegue la paz, solo los más afortunados reaparecerán entre las ruinas de un paisaje devastado por las bombas. Los aromas perdidos es la apasionante historia de una familia, convertida en un vívido reflejo de acontecimientos que tuvieron en jaque a la humanidad.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-cambio-de-piel-by-carlos-fuentes--65304579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cambio de piel Author: Carlos Fuentes Narrator: Noé Velázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Un clásico de la actual narrativa en español, por uno de los autores fundamentales de la literatura mexicana contemporánea: Carlos Fuentes. Cuatro personajes que viajan en automóvil de México a Veracruz se ven obligados a pernoctar en Cholula, donde visitan una pirámide que parece ocultar secretos, y donde aflorarán los más oscuros secretos de cada uno... El Domingo de Ramos de 1965 cuatro personajes inician un viaje hacia Veracruz y se detienen en Cholula, ciudad de laspirámides aztecas. En el laberinto de sus galerías se internarán las dos parejas, como en un descenso a los infiernos, que concluirá con una tragedia ritual inesperada. Ficción total en palabras del propio autor, Cambio de piel indaga en el mito del México prehispánico y en el holocausto europeo a través de la memoria de sus protagonistas para decirnos que, en definitiva, todas las violencias son la misma violencia. La crítica ha opinado: 'Cambio de piel (1967) premio Biblioteca Breve, es una de las novelas mejor logradas, posee una estructura de impotencia en la que cuatro personajes viajan en auto desde la Ciudad de México hasta reunirse en un hotel de Cholula y en una pirámide que se derrumba ante ellos. Propuesta abstracta de Carlos Fuentes con personajes intercambiables y decadentes.' -Sergio Martínez Estrada, Animal Político- 'En Cambio de piel Carlos Fuentes despliega con fortuna aquellas características suyas que son las más valiosas: su vitalidad, su talento para la pirotecnia, su ritmo, su lucidez.' -Héctor Manjarrez]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611965Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cambio de piel Author: Carlos Fuentes Narrator: Noé Velázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 14 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cambio de piel Author: Carlos Fuentes Narrator: Noé Velázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Un clásico de la actual narrativa en español, por uno de los autores fundamentales de la literatura mexicana contemporánea: Carlos Fuentes. Cuatro personajes que viajan en automóvil de México a Veracruz se ven obligados a pernoctar en Cholula, donde visitan una pirámide que parece ocultar secretos, y donde aflorarán los más oscuros secretos de cada uno... El Domingo de Ramos de 1965 cuatro personajes inician un viaje hacia Veracruz y se detienen en Cholula, ciudad de laspirámides aztecas. En el laberinto de sus galerías se internarán las dos parejas, como en un descenso a los infiernos, que concluirá con una tragedia ritual inesperada. Ficción total en palabras del propio autor, Cambio de piel indaga en el mito del México prehispánico y en el holocausto europeo a través de la memoria de sus protagonistas para decirnos que, en definitiva, todas las violencias son la misma violencia. La crítica ha opinado: 'Cambio de piel (1967) premio Biblioteca Breve, es una de las novelas mejor logradas, posee una estructura de impotencia en la que cuatro personajes viajan en auto desde la Ciudad de México hasta reunirse en un hotel de Cholula y en una pirámide que se derrumba ante ellos. Propuesta abstracta de Carlos Fuentes con personajes intercambiables y decadentes.' -Sergio Martínez Estrada, Animal Político- 'En Cambio de piel Carlos Fuentes despliega con fortuna aquellas características suyas que son las más valiosas: su vitalidad, su talento para la pirotecnia, su ritmo, su lucidez.' -Héctor Manjarrez]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-wiedersehen-am-potsdamer-platz-ungekurzt-roman-by-alexandra-cedrino--65304560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen am Potsdamer Platz (ungekürzt): Roman Series: #3 of Die Galeristinnen-Trilogie Author: Alexandra Cedrino Narrator: Katja Körber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alice und John haben den Krieg in England überdauert. Doch die Sehnsucht nach der alten Heimat lässt Alice auch nach Jahren nicht los. Als sie 1945 das Angebot erhalten, nach Berlin zurückzureisen, um dort eine amerikanische Sondereinheit, die sogenannten »Monuments Men«, bei der Suche nach geraubten Kunstwerken zu unterstützen, sagen sie zu. Bei ihrer Ankunft wird Alice schmerzlich bewusst, was der Krieg zerstört hat: nicht nur Gebäude und Straßen, sondern auch Vertrauen, Würde und Menschlichkeit. Doch ihre Liebsten sind noch am Leben, und das ist alles, was für Alice zählt. Bis sie erfährt, was die vergangenen Jahre ihrer Familie tatsächlich abverlangt haben – und welch hohen Preis sie zu zahlen bereit waren, um durchzukommen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613332Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen am Potsdamer Platz (ungekürzt): Roman Series: #3 of Die Galeristinnen-Trilogie Author: Alexandra Cedrino Narrator: Katja Körber...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiedersehen am Potsdamer Platz (ungekürzt): Roman Series: #3 of Die Galeristinnen-Trilogie Author: Alexandra Cedrino Narrator: Katja Körber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alice und John haben den Krieg in England überdauert. Doch die Sehnsucht nach der alten Heimat lässt Alice auch nach Jahren nicht los. Als sie 1945 das Angebot erhalten, nach Berlin zurückzureisen, um dort eine amerikanische Sondereinheit, die sogenannten »Monuments Men«, bei der Suche nach geraubten Kunstwerken zu unterstützen, sagen sie zu. Bei ihrer Ankunft wird Alice schmerzlich bewusst, was der Krieg zerstört hat: nicht nur Gebäude und Straßen, sondern auch Vertrauen, Würde und Menschlichkeit. Doch ihre Liebsten sind noch am Leben, und das ist alles, was für Alice zählt. Bis sie erfährt, was die vergangenen Jahre ihrer Familie tatsächlich abverlangt haben – und welch hohen Preis sie zu zahlen bereit waren, um durchzukommen.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alice-by-annemarie-brear--65304593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alice Series: #4 of Marsh Sagas Author: Annemarie Brear Narrator: Charlotte Strevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: London, 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and position, Alice defies convention and created, Sheer, a women's magazine. However, after years of hard work, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Then her brother's best friend Vince reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice as she realises she wants more than just friendship with him. Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince turns his back on the extravagant life. Confused, Alice tries to understand this very different Vince, but it's not until she is confronted by three poor orphans that she recognises what has been missing in her life. But a tragic accident threatens the Alice's happy future. Has she lost her second chance to find love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605433Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alice Series: #4 of Marsh Sagas Author: Annemarie Brear Narrator: Charlotte Strevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alice Series: #4 of Marsh Sagas Author: Annemarie Brear Narrator: Charlotte Strevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: London, 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and position, Alice defies convention and created, Sheer, a women's magazine. However, after years of hard work, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Then her brother's best friend Vince reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice as she realises she wants more than just friendship with him. Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince turns his back on the extravagant life. Confused, Alice tries to understand this very different Vince, but it's not until she is confronted by three poor orphans that she recognises what has been missing in her life. But a tragic accident threatens the Alice's happy future. Has she lost her second chance to find love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trouble-in-the-valleys-by-francesca-capaldi--65304589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble in the Valleys Series: #4 of Wartime in the Valleys Author: Francesca Capaldi Narrator: Deryn Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spring 1919. WW1 might be over, but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the pain of the war that took so many of their men. Polly Smith is trying to survive her own battle at home. After her abusive husband, Gus, was finally jailed, Polly has been raising her two-year-old son alone. But being a single mother isn't easy, and Polly finds it harder still as Gus's criminal activities leave her with a bad reputation. Lonely and struggling for money, Polly retreats as she becomes the subject of cruel gossip. A job offer throws her a lifeline, and as she grows closer to soldier, Henry Austin, it seems that Polly might finally be changing her life - until dark secrets from her past emerge, threatening her new happiness. Can Polly clear her name? Or will the mistakes of the past ruin her future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605439Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble in the Valleys Series: #4 of Wartime in the Valleys Author: Francesca Capaldi Narrator: Deryn Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble in the Valleys Series: #4 of Wartime in the Valleys Author: Francesca Capaldi Narrator: Deryn Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spring 1919. WW1 might be over, but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the pain of the war that took so many of their men. Polly Smith is trying to survive her own battle at home. After her abusive husband, Gus, was finally jailed, Polly has been raising her two-year-old son alone. But being a single mother isn't easy, and Polly finds it harder still as Gus's criminal activities leave her with a bad reputation. Lonely and struggling for money, Polly retreats as she becomes the subject of cruel gossip. A job offer throws her a lifeline, and as she grows closer to soldier, Henry Austin, it seems that Polly might finally be changing her life - until dark secrets from her past emerge, threatening her new happiness. Can Polly clear her name? Or will the mistakes of the past ruin her future?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wyndcross-by-martha-keyes--65304564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wyndcross Series: #1 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kate Matcham needs a fortune or a husband. She wants neither. With a tainted inheritance in the balance, she receives one offer to become a scoundrel's mistress and another offer of a marriage of convenience. Before resigning herself to a choice, she accepts the invitation to visit a childhood friend, considering it a last hurrah before embarking on a bleak future. The visit goes sideways when she falls for the gentleman her friend intends to marry, a man well out of Kate's league - and one who seems to be hiding something. Smuggling has overtaken the county, and it seems that everyone is complicit in the trade that killed her father. One by one, her options dwindle as she struggles against her strengthening feelings for a duplicitous man, a determination not to hurt her friend, and keeping the promise she made long ago: To stand up to the people who killed her father.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613495Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wyndcross Series: #1 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wyndcross Series: #1 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kate Matcham needs a fortune or a husband. She wants neither. With a tainted inheritance in the balance, she receives one offer to become a scoundrel's mistress and another offer of a marriage of convenience. Before resigning herself to a choice, she accepts the invitation to visit a childhood friend, considering it a last hurrah before embarking on a bleak future. The visit goes sideways when she falls for the gentleman her friend intends to marry, a man well out of Kate's league - and one who seems to be hiding something. Smuggling has overtaken the county, and it seems that everyone is complicit in the trade that killed her father. One by one, her options dwindle as she struggles against her strengthening feelings for a duplicitous man, a determination not to hurt her friend, and keeping the promise she made long ago: To stand up to the people who killed her father.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/of-lands-high-and-low-by-martha-keyes--65304558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Lands High and Low Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Carolynne Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 2020 Whitney Award Winner Scotland 1794 For more than twenty years, the Lowland village of Craigmuir has been untouched by smallpox, leaving the people vulnerable to a painful lesson on the price of belonging, belief, and survival. Isla Findlay belongs nowhere. The daughter of a disgraced woman and the Highlander who abandoned them both, she tries to be a dutiful niece to the uncle who has taken her in, blending into the village as best she can. But when a young Highlander's arrival in the area coincides with an outbreak of dreaded smallpox, it stirs up questions about Isla's past and forces a confrontation between the beliefs she holds and the community she wants to belong to. Dr. Graeme MacNeill killed the only patient he ever had: his own father. The only way he can think to atone is to cut all ties from the Lowland world his father hated—including his education as a physician—and embrace the Highland heritage he used to be ashamed of. He travels to Craigmuir to sell the unwanted estate he has inherited from an uncle and return home, but fate—and the red-headed young woman he encounters in the village—have no intention of letting him leave things so easily behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612295Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Lands High and Low Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Carolynne Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Lands High and Low Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Carolynne Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 2020 Whitney Award Winner Scotland 1794 For more than twenty years, the Lowland village of Craigmuir has been untouched by smallpox, leaving the people vulnerable to a painful lesson on the price of belonging, belief, and survival. Isla Findlay belongs nowhere. The daughter of a disgraced woman and the Highlander who abandoned them both, she tries to be a dutiful niece to the uncle who has taken her in, blending into the village as best she can. But when a young Highlander's arrival in the area coincides with an outbreak of dreaded smallpox, it stirs up questions about Isla's past and forces a confrontation between the beliefs she holds and the community she wants to belong to. Dr. Graeme MacNeill killed the only patient he ever had: his own father. The only way he can think to atone is to cut all ties from the Lowland world his father hated—including his education as a physician—and embrace the Highland heritage he used to be ashamed of. He travels to Craigmuir to sell the unwanted estate he has inherited from an uncle and return home, but fate—and the red-headed young woman he encounters in the village—have no intention of letting him leave things so easily behind.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-runaway-family-by-diney-costeloe--65304557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Family Author: Diney Costeloe Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Germany, 1937. Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605443Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Family Author: Diney Costeloe Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Family Author: Diney Costeloe Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Germany, 1937. Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hazelhurst-by-martha-keyes--65304540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hazelhurst Series: #4 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Lucy Morgans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It started as a marriage of convenience, but falling in love has made it anything but convenient. Fresh from the humiliating annulment of the love match she always wanted, Lady Anne Vincent meekly agrees to the marriage of convenience her father has arranged. She feels hopeful that this marriage can be one of cordial indifference, protecting her from the hurt she knows so well. Tobias Cosgrove isn’t meant for marriage, free spirit that he is. And yet, as the only son, marry he must. He is thus relieved when his father reveals his future wife to be the calm, collected Lady Anne Vincent, for he is confident she won’t plague him with neediness or hysterics like so many of the other young women in society. But when Lady Anne's past reappears on their doorstep, she and Tobias are forced to confront whether a marriage of convenience is the type of marriage they wish for after all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612296Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hazelhurst Series: #4 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Lucy Morgans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hazelhurst Series: #4 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Lucy Morgans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It started as a marriage of convenience, but falling in love has made it anything but convenient. Fresh from the humiliating annulment of the love match she always wanted, Lady Anne Vincent meekly agrees to the marriage of convenience her father has arranged. She feels hopeful that this marriage can be one of cordial indifference, protecting her from the hurt she knows so well. Tobias Cosgrove isn’t meant for marriage, free spirit that he is. And yet, as the only son, marry he must. He is thus relieved when his father reveals his future wife to be the calm, collected Lady Anne Vincent, for he is confident she won’t plague him with neediness or hysterics like so many of the other young women in society. But when Lady Anne's past reappears on their doorstep, she and Tobias are forced to confront whether a marriage of convenience is the type of marriage they wish for after all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cecilia-by-martha-keyes--65304531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cecilia Series: #3 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She dreams of marrying a nobleman. Too bad he's only pretending to be one. Cecilia Cosgrove’s beauty opens doors and hearts everywhere she goes. With a marquess courting her, the status and wealth her family is counting on her to obtain is finally within her reach—until she meets Jacques Levesque, the French nobleman who immediately pegs her as affected and superficial. While piqued and offended, Cecilia secretly begins to wonder whether he might not have a point. Poor French émigré Jacques Levesque has been disguised as a French nobleman for almost as long as he can remember, trying his hardest to keep his head down in a society obsessed with rank and high birth. But when Cecilia Cosgrove comes into his life, he finds it hard to maintain his façade—or to want to. While Cecilia struggles between the desire to please others and the wish to pursue her own course, Jacques's interest in her provokes a powerful enemy intent on taking him down. With love, acceptance, and the future on the line for them both, Cecilia and Jacques must decide whether a life lived behind a mask is any life at all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612382Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cecilia Series: #3 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cecilia Series: #3 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She dreams of marrying a nobleman. Too bad he's only pretending to be one. Cecilia Cosgrove’s beauty opens doors and hearts everywhere she goes. With a marquess courting her, the status and wealth her family is counting on her to obtain is finally within her reach—until she meets Jacques Levesque, the French nobleman who immediately pegs her as affected and superficial. While piqued and offended, Cecilia secretly begins to wonder whether he might not have a point. Poor French émigré Jacques Levesque has been disguised as a French nobleman for almost as long as he can remember, trying his hardest to keep his head down in a society obsessed with rank and high birth. But when Cecilia Cosgrove comes into his life, he finds it hard to maintain his façade—or to want to. While Cecilia struggles between the desire to please others and the wish to pursue her own course, Jacques's interest in her provokes a powerful enemy intent on taking him down. With love, acceptance, and the future on the line for them both, Cecilia and Jacques must decide whether a life lived behind a mask is any life at all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/isabel-by-martha-keyes--65304487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isabel Series: #2 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gentleman‘s impulsive wager to marry a stranger. A young woman’s determination not to marry the man she wants. When Isabel Cosgrove is informed by her father that he lost her hand in marriage while playing cards with Charles Galbraith - the gentleman she’s been admiring from a distance for years - she is filled with dismay. How can she agree to wed a man whose reason for marriage is part-revenge, part-indifference? Intent on avoiding a painful union where her regard cannot be returned, she concocts a plan. Charles Galbraith didn’t intend to become engaged as a result of a drunken wager at cards, but after the woman he loves spurns him, what does it matter whom he marries? But even Miss Cosgrove, the fiancée he won by wager, seems intent not to marry him - a fact that both relieves and piques him. She instead suggests a plan that has the potential to temporarily appease her father’s demand of marriage while also winning back the love of the woman Charles truly wants. But when Charles and Isabel are thrown into the midst of a brewing scandal and another man’s potential disinheritance, their plan begins to unravel thread by thread, challenging what Galbraith thinks he wants - and just how much more time with him Isabel’s heart can stand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616308Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isabel Series: #2 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isabel Series: #2 of Families of Dorset Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Eleanor Caudill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gentleman‘s impulsive wager to marry a stranger. A young woman’s determination not to marry the man she wants. When Isabel Cosgrove is informed by her father that he lost her hand in marriage while playing cards with Charles Galbraith - the gentleman she’s been admiring from a distance for years - she is filled with dismay. How can she agree to wed a man whose reason for marriage is part-revenge, part-indifference? Intent on avoiding a painful union where her regard cannot be returned, she concocts a plan. Charles Galbraith didn’t intend to become engaged as a result of a drunken wager at cards, but after the woman he loves spurns him, what does it matter whom he marries? But even Miss Cosgrove, the fiancée he won by wager, seems intent not to marry him - a fact that both relieves and piques him. She instead suggests a plan that has the potential to temporarily appease her father’s demand of marriage while also winning back the love of the woman Charles truly wants. But when Charles and Isabel are thrown into the midst of a brewing scandal and another man’s potential disinheritance, their plan begins to unravel thread by thread, challenging what Galbraith thinks he wants - and just how much more time with him Isabel’s heart can stand.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-sex-life-ungekurzt-by-b-b-easton--65304588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sex/Life (Ungekürzt) Author: B.B. Easton Narrator: Rubina Nath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BB ist frustriert. Denn das Sexleben mit ihrem sehr attraktiven, aber leider wenig einfallsreichen Mann ist nach vielen Jahren Ehe alles andere als aufregend. Der Alltag, der Stress, die Kinder ... Man kennt es. Um wenigstens in der Fantasie ein wenig Prickeln zu erleben, beginnt sie Tagebuch über die erotischen Erlebnisse mit ihren Verflossenen zu führen. Dabei nimmt sie kein Blatt vor den Mund. Was sie nicht weiß: Ihr Ehemann liest heimlich mit, was sie schreibt, und legt sich von da an richtig ins Zeug ... Schonungslos ehrlich, sexy und herrlich komisch]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606882Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sex/Life (Ungekürzt) Author: B.B. Easton Narrator: Rubina Nath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sex/Life (Ungekürzt) Author: B.B. Easton Narrator: Rubina Nath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BB ist frustriert. Denn das Sexleben mit ihrem sehr attraktiven, aber leider wenig einfallsreichen Mann ist nach vielen Jahren Ehe alles andere als aufregend. Der Alltag, der Stress, die Kinder ... Man kennt es. Um wenigstens in der Fantasie ein wenig Prickeln zu erleben, beginnt sie Tagebuch über die erotischen Erlebnisse mit ihren Verflossenen zu führen. Dabei nimmt sie kein Blatt vor den Mund. Was sie nicht weiß: Ihr Ehemann liest heimlich mit, was sie schreibt, und legt sich von da an richtig ins Zeug ... Schonungslos ehrlich, sexy und herrlich komisch]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-morgan-s-hall-herzensland-die-morgan-saga-teil-1-ungekurzt-by-emilia-flynn--65304576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Morgan's Hall - Herzensland - Die Morgan-Saga, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Emilia Flynn Narrator: Felicity Grist Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 24, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Auftakt der spannenden und berührenden Familiensaga 1938: Die Amerikaner John Morgan und Richard Cooper treffen in Wien auf die Halbjüdin Isabelle. Beide verlieben sich in die unbekannte Schönheit. Als Hitler Österreich dem Deutschen Reich einverleibt, schwebt sie von einem Tag auf den anderen in höchster Gefahr, und die beiden Männer verhelfen ihr zur Flucht. Fortan lebt Isabelle von Heimweh geplagt auf Johns Apfelbaumplantage 'Morgan's Hall'. John kettet sie wie sein Eigentum an sich und hofft auf ihre Liebe. Ihr Herz aber gehört nur Richard, der versprochen hatte, sie zu sich zu holen. Wann wird er endlich kommen, um sie aus ihrer Einsamkeit zu befreien?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605786Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Morgan's Hall - Herzensland - Die Morgan-Saga, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Emilia Flynn Narrator: Felicity Grist Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Morgan's Hall - Herzensland - Die Morgan-Saga, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Emilia Flynn Narrator: Felicity Grist Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 24, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Auftakt der spannenden und berührenden Familiensaga 1938: Die Amerikaner John Morgan und Richard Cooper treffen in Wien auf die Halbjüdin Isabelle. Beide verlieben sich in die unbekannte Schönheit. Als Hitler Österreich dem Deutschen Reich einverleibt, schwebt sie von einem Tag auf den anderen in höchster Gefahr, und die beiden Männer verhelfen ihr zur Flucht. Fortan lebt Isabelle von Heimweh geplagt auf Johns Apfelbaumplantage 'Morgan's Hall'. John kettet sie wie sein Eigentum an sich und hofft auf ihre Liebe. Ihr Herz aber gehört nur Richard, der versprochen hatte, sie zu sich zu holen. Wann wird er endlich kommen, um sie aus ihrer Einsamkeit zu befreien?]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-feel-me-forever-now-and-forever-reihe-teil-2-ungekurzt-by-amy-baxter--65304604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Feel me forever - Now and Forever-Reihe, Teil 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Amy Baxter Narrator: Stefan Naas, Corinna Dorenkamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alles, was Megan immer wollte, war eine heile Welt. Als diese in Trümmern vor ihr liegt, nimmt sie all ihren Mut zusammen und macht sich auf den Weg in ein neues Leben. Nate hat sich seinen Erfolg als Schauspielagent hart erarbeitet. Aber er kann die Intrigen und die Oberflächlichkeit der Filmbranche nicht mehr ertragen und kehrt Hollywood kurzentschlossen den Rücken. Als Megan und Nate sich begegnen und spontan zu einem gemeinsamen Roadtrip aufbrechen, ahnen sie nicht, dass sie sich schon kennen. Und dass sich ihr ganzes Leben durch diese Begegnung ändern wird.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606949Fri, 27 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Feel me forever - Now and Forever-Reihe, Teil 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Amy Baxter Narrator: Stefan Naas, Corinna Dorenkamp Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Feel me forever - Now and Forever-Reihe, Teil 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Amy Baxter Narrator: Stefan Naas, Corinna Dorenkamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alles, was Megan immer wollte, war eine heile Welt. Als diese in Trümmern vor ihr liegt, nimmt sie all ihren Mut zusammen und macht sich auf den Weg in ein neues Leben. Nate hat sich seinen Erfolg als Schauspielagent hart erarbeitet. Aber er kann die Intrigen und die Oberflächlichkeit der Filmbranche nicht mehr ertragen und kehrt Hollywood kurzentschlossen den Rücken. Als Megan und Nate sich begegnen und spontan zu einem gemeinsamen Roadtrip aufbrechen, ahnen sie nicht, dass sie sich schon kennen. Und dass sich ihr ganzes Leben durch diese Begegnung ändern wird.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-was-das-schicksal-will-die-dorfschullehrerin-teil-2-gekurzt-by-eva-voller--65304574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Was das Schicksal will - Die Dorfschullehrerin, Teil 2 (Gekürzt) Author: Eva Völler Narrator: Anja Stadlober Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1964: Als Helene das Angebot erhält, an die Schule in Kirchdorf zurückzukehren, geht sie nur zögernd darauf ein, denn sie befürchtet, dass ihre Gefühle für den Landarzt Tobias ihr Leben erneut durcheinanderwirbeln könnten. Doch nicht nur diesem Problem muss sie sich stellen. An der Schule warten ungeahnte Herausforderungen auf Helene, die ihren ganzen Einsatz erfordern. Ihre zwölfjährige Tochter Marie zeigt sich zunehmend dickköpfig, und ihre Freundin Isabella hat eine Beziehung zu einem schwarzen GI, den die Dorfbewohner mit Argwohn betrachten. Die nahe Zonengrenze sorgt für zusätzlichen Zündstoff in dem kleinen Ort. Und dann wird Helene völlig unerwartet von den Schrecken aus ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt. Plötzlich scheint alles auf dem Spiel zu stehen, was sie liebt ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611732Fri, 27 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Was das Schicksal will - Die Dorfschullehrerin, Teil 2 (Gekürzt) Author: Eva Völler Narrator: Anja Stadlober Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Was das Schicksal will - Die Dorfschullehrerin, Teil 2 (Gekürzt) Author: Eva Völler Narrator: Anja Stadlober Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1964: Als Helene das Angebot erhält, an die Schule in Kirchdorf zurückzukehren, geht sie nur zögernd darauf ein, denn sie befürchtet, dass ihre Gefühle für den Landarzt Tobias ihr Leben erneut durcheinanderwirbeln könnten. Doch nicht nur diesem Problem muss sie sich stellen. An der Schule warten ungeahnte Herausforderungen auf Helene, die ihren ganzen Einsatz erfordern. Ihre zwölfjährige Tochter Marie zeigt sich zunehmend dickköpfig, und ihre Freundin Isabella hat eine Beziehung zu einem schwarzen GI, den die Dorfbewohner mit Argwohn betrachten. Die nahe Zonengrenze sorgt für zusätzlichen Zündstoff in dem kleinen Ort. Und dann wird Helene völlig unerwartet von den Schrecken aus ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt. Plötzlich scheint alles auf dem Spiel zu stehen, was sie liebt ...]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-denn-wir-werden-schwestern-bleiben-ungekurzt-by-patricia-kull--65304572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Denn wir werden Schwestern bleiben (Ungekürzt) Author: Patricia Küll Narrator: Sabina Godec Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Caroline, Jule und Marlene stehen am Grab ihrer jüngsten Schwester. Ein tragischer Unfall hat Vivienne mit 44 Jahren aus dem Leben gerissen. Bei der Beerdigung machen sie sich gegenseitig Vorwürfe, dass sie Vivi im Jahr zuvor zu sehr vernachlässigt hätten. Hätte der Unfall verhindert werden können, wenn sie mehr füreinander da gewesen wären? Da tritt plötzlich ein alter Mann zu ihnen ans Grab und beschert ihnen die Chance, das letzte Jahr erneut zu erleben. Sie nehmen die zweite Chance an und stürzen sich in ein gemeinsames, intensives Jahr, das sie als Schwestern auf viele Proben stellt. Schaffen sie es, das Schicksal zu ändern?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611731Fri, 27 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Denn wir werden Schwestern bleiben (Ungekürzt) Author: Patricia Küll Narrator: Sabina Godec Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Denn wir werden Schwestern bleiben (Ungekürzt) Author: Patricia Küll Narrator: Sabina Godec Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Caroline, Jule und Marlene stehen am Grab ihrer jüngsten Schwester. Ein tragischer Unfall hat Vivienne mit 44 Jahren aus dem Leben gerissen. Bei der Beerdigung machen sie sich gegenseitig Vorwürfe, dass sie Vivi im Jahr zuvor zu sehr vernachlässigt hätten. Hätte der Unfall verhindert werden können, wenn sie mehr füreinander da gewesen wären? Da tritt plötzlich ein alter Mann zu ihnen ans Grab und beschert ihnen die Chance, das letzte Jahr erneut zu erleben. Sie nehmen die zweite Chance an und stürzen sich in ein gemeinsames, intensives Jahr, das sie als Schwestern auf viele Proben stellt. Schaffen sie es, das Schicksal zu ändern?]]>185ll,rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-verschlossene-zimmer-schatten-der-vergangenheit-band-1-ungekurzt-by-ella-carey--65304555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das verschlossene Zimmer - Schatten der Vergangenheit, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Ella Carey Narrator: Rebecca Veil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Es war ein ganz normaler Morgen, als das kleine, in Paris abgestempelte Päckchen im Briefkasten ihrer New Yorker Wohnung lag. Es war in braunes Papier eingewickelt und mit einem Seidenband verschnürt. Cat konnte nicht ahnen, dass der darin enthaltene Brief und der alte Messingschlüssel ihr Leben für immer auf den Kopf stellen würden ... Paris, 1940. Das Leben der jungen Isabelle de Florian wird immer gefährlicher. Während die Deutschen Paris einnehmen, versteckt sie sich mit ihrer besten Freundin in ihrer Wohnung. Sie weiß, dass sie sich schnellstens in Sicherheit bringen müssen, denn sonst erwartet sie der sichere Tod. Seit Monaten spielt sie ein gefährliches Spiel und versucht Menschen, die sie liebt, in Sicherheit zu bringen. Nun muss auch sie flüchten. Schließlich gelingt es ihr die Stadt zu verlassen. Sie begibt sich hinaus in die dunkle Nacht ... New York, 2015. Die Fotografin Cat Jordan ist bestürzt, als sie einen Brief erhält, der sie darüber informiert, dass sie die Alleinerbin des Nachlasses von Isabelle de Florian ist. Isabelle war eine Freundin von Cats Großmutter. Beide lebten in Frankreich, bis die Nazi-Besatzung sie zur Flucht zwang. Der Brief enthält nur wenige Details, ist aber in einem Punkt eindeutig: Cat muss persönlich nach Paris kommen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606984Fri, 27 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das verschlossene Zimmer - Schatten der Vergangenheit, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Ella Carey Narrator: Rebecca Veil Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das verschlossene Zimmer - Schatten der Vergangenheit, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Ella Carey Narrator: Rebecca Veil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 27, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Es war ein ganz normaler Morgen, als das kleine, in Paris abgestempelte Päckchen im Briefkasten ihrer New Yorker Wohnung lag. Es war in braunes Papier eingewickelt und mit einem Seidenband verschnürt. Cat konnte nicht ahnen, dass der darin enthaltene Brief und der alte Messingschlüssel ihr Leben für immer auf den Kopf stellen würden ... Paris, 1940. Das Leben der jungen Isabelle de Florian wird immer gefährlicher. Während die Deutschen Paris einnehmen, versteckt sie sich mit ihrer besten Freundin in ihrer Wohnung. Sie weiß, dass sie sich schnellstens in Sicherheit bringen müssen, denn sonst erwartet sie der sichere Tod. Seit Monaten spielt sie ein gefährliches Spiel und versucht Menschen, die sie liebt, in Sicherheit zu bringen. Nun muss auch sie flüchten. Schließlich gelingt es ihr die Stadt zu verlassen. Sie begibt sich hinaus in die dunkle Nacht ... New York, 2015. Die Fotografin Cat Jordan ist bestürzt, als sie einen Brief erhält, der sie darüber informiert, dass sie die Alleinerbin des Nachlasses von Isabelle de Florian ist. Isabelle war eine Freundin von Cats Großmutter. Beide lebten in Frankreich, bis die Nazi-Besatzung sie zur Flucht zwang. Der Brief enthält nur wenige Details, ist aber in einem Punkt eindeutig: Cat muss persönlich nach Paris kommen.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-nachwuchs-in-der-mulberry-lane-die-grosse-mulberry-lane-saga-band-3-ungekurzt-by-rosie-clarke--65304573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nachwuchs in der Mulberry Lane - Die große Mulberry Lane Saga, Band 3 (Ungekürzt) Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Rebecca Madita Hundt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 20, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Der Krieg wütet in London, doch neues Leben bringt Hoffnung und Freude in die Mulberry Lane... 1941, Mulberry Lane, London. Für die Bewohner in der Mulberry Lane brechen harte Zeiten an, denn der Krieg beherrscht die Stadt. Während die Männer weit weg an der Front kämpfen, warten ihre Frauen sehnsüchtig auf Briefe und Nachrichten, um zu wissen, dass es ihnen gut geht. Und es gibt auch Hoffnung: Peggy erwartet Zwillinge und Maureen hat ebenfalls gute Neuigkeiten. Doch dann verläuft Peggys Schwangerschaft nicht wie erwartet und sie ist erneut auf die Hilfe ihrer Freundinnen angewiesen.Als wäre das alles nicht genug, steht eines Tages Helen Barnes vor ihrer Tür und bittet Peggy um Hilfe. Anne Riley lernt durch Zufall den jungen Soldaten Kirk Ross kennen, in den sie sich augenblicklich verliebt. Hat Anne endlich den Mann ihrer Träume getroffen? Währenddessen vermisst die frisch verheiratete Ellie Morris ihren Mann, der im Kriegseinsatz ist. Um sich abzulenken, geht sie abends aus und flirtet mit den Soldaten. Doch dafür muss sie einen bitteren Preis zahlen, der ihr ganzes Leben zu zerstören droht ... Liebe, Tod und Hoffnung - Das Schicksal der Mulberry Lane in den Zeiten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Die große London-Saga für alle Fans von Donna Douglas, Katharina Fuchs und Ulrike Renk. Alle Titel der Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611736Fri, 20 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nachwuchs in der Mulberry Lane - Die große Mulberry Lane Saga, Band 3 (Ungekürzt) Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Rebecca Madita Hundt...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nachwuchs in der Mulberry Lane - Die große Mulberry Lane Saga, Band 3 (Ungekürzt) Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Rebecca Madita Hundt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 20, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Der Krieg wütet in London, doch neues Leben bringt Hoffnung und Freude in die Mulberry Lane... 1941, Mulberry Lane, London. Für die Bewohner in der Mulberry Lane brechen harte Zeiten an, denn der Krieg beherrscht die Stadt. Während die Männer weit weg an der Front kämpfen, warten ihre Frauen sehnsüchtig auf Briefe und Nachrichten, um zu wissen, dass es ihnen gut geht. Und es gibt auch Hoffnung: Peggy erwartet Zwillinge und Maureen hat ebenfalls gute Neuigkeiten. Doch dann verläuft Peggys Schwangerschaft nicht wie erwartet und sie ist erneut auf die Hilfe ihrer Freundinnen angewiesen.Als wäre das alles nicht genug, steht eines Tages Helen Barnes vor ihrer Tür und bittet Peggy um Hilfe. Anne Riley lernt durch Zufall den jungen Soldaten Kirk Ross kennen, in den sie sich augenblicklich verliebt. Hat Anne endlich den Mann ihrer Träume getroffen? Währenddessen vermisst die frisch verheiratete Ellie Morris ihren Mann, der im Kriegseinsatz ist. Um sich abzulenken, geht sie abends aus und flirtet mit den Soldaten. Doch dafür muss sie einen bitteren Preis zahlen, der ihr ganzes Leben zu zerstören droht ... Liebe, Tod und Hoffnung - Das Schicksal der Mulberry Lane in den Zeiten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Die große London-Saga für alle Fans von Donna Douglas, Katharina Fuchs und Ulrike Renk. Alle Titel der Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stone-world-a-novel-by-joel-agee--65304465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stone World: A Novel Author: Joel Agee Narrator: Armando Durán Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the son of acclaimed author James Agee comes a haunting novel depicting an American boy’s childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo. Joel Agee’s hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo. But the emigrés long for home—including Peter’s stepfather, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished arguments among Peter’s parents and their tight group of friends. And slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down—that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, Arón; his father’s friend Sándor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the family’s live-in-maid, who has taught him the consoling mysteries of prayer … Steeped in the magic and myths of childhood—yet haunted by a harsh adult world bedeviled by instability and political turmoil—Joel Agee’s The Stone World is an unforgettable portrait of a family that will inevitably invite comparison with another classic family story, that of his father James Agee’s A Death in the Family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618502Tue, 17 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stone World: A Novel Author: Joel Agee Narrator: Armando Durán Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stone World: A Novel Author: Joel Agee Narrator: Armando Durán Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the son of acclaimed author James Agee comes a haunting novel depicting an American boy’s childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo. Joel Agee’s hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo. But the emigrés long for home—including Peter’s stepfather, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished arguments among Peter’s parents and their tight group of friends. And slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down—that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, Arón; his father’s friend Sándor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the family’s live-in-maid, who has taught him the consoling mysteries of prayer … Steeped in the magic and myths of childhood—yet haunted by a harsh adult world bedeviled by instability and political turmoil—Joel Agee’s The Stone World is an unforgettable portrait of a family that will inevitably invite comparison with another classic family story, that of his father James Agee’s A Death in the Family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gone-but-still-here-a-novel-by-jennifer-dance--65304430https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gone but Still Here: A Novel Author: Jennifer Dance Narrator: Stacey Glemboski, Jane Oppenheimer, Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past―returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story. Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat. Throughout it all, Mary struggles to complete her final book—a memoir, the untold story of the love of her life, who died more than forty years earlier. Her confused and tangled tales span Trinidad, England, and Canada, revealing the secrets of a tragic interracial love story in the 1960s and ’70s. But with her writing skills slipping away, it’s a race against time. Heartwarming, funny, and hopeful, Gone but Still Here is an honest, open look at the struggles of one family as they journey into the unknown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618518Tue, 17 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gone but Still Here: A Novel Author: Jennifer Dance Narrator: Stacey Glemboski, Jane Oppenheimer, Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gone but Still Here: A Novel Author: Jennifer Dance Narrator: Stacey Glemboski, Jane Oppenheimer, Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past―returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story. Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat. Throughout it all, Mary struggles to complete her final book—a memoir, the untold story of the love of her life, who died more than forty years earlier. Her confused and tangled tales span Trinidad, England, and Canada, revealing the secrets of a tragic interracial love story in the 1960s and ’70s. But with her writing skills slipping away, it’s a race against time. Heartwarming, funny, and hopeful, Gone but Still Here is an honest, open look at the struggles of one family as they journey into the unknown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-advent-fangt-im-september-an-by-evelyn-sanders--65304571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Advent fängt im September an Author: Evelyn Sanders Narrator: Doris Wolters Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Die Adventszeit ist ruhig und besinnlich? Von wegen! Evelyn Sanders nimmt in zwölf humorvollen Kurzgeschichten den familiären Vorweihnachtsstress aufs Korn. Und dieser fängt alle Jahre wieder schon im Herbst an! Egal ob es um verliebte Weihnachtsmänner und -frauen, die unendliche Suche nach dem perfekten Geschenk oder das Winterquartier für die Gartenzwerge geht: Die Großfamilie Sanders stolpert von einem Chaos ins nächste. Eine 'Stille Nacht' gibt es mit dieser Familie nicht – dafür jede Menge witziger Geschichten mitten aus dem Leben.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612343Sun, 15 May 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Advent fängt im September an Author: Evelyn Sanders Narrator: Doris Wolters Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Advent fängt im September an Author: Evelyn Sanders Narrator: Doris Wolters Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Die Adventszeit ist ruhig und besinnlich? Von wegen! Evelyn Sanders nimmt in zwölf humorvollen Kurzgeschichten den familiären Vorweihnachtsstress aufs Korn. Und dieser fängt alle Jahre wieder schon im Herbst an! Egal ob es um verliebte Weihnachtsmänner und -frauen, die unendliche Suche nach dem perfekten Geschenk oder das Winterquartier für die Gartenzwerge geht: Die Großfamilie Sanders stolpert von einem Chaos ins nächste. Eine 'Stille Nacht' gibt es mit dieser Familie nicht – dafür jede Menge witziger Geschichten mitten aus dem Leben.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-schneiderei-graf-die-bad-godesberg-familiensaga-schicksalszeiten-teil-1-ungekurzt-by-susanne-kriesmer--65304580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schneiderei Graf - Die Bad Godesberg Familiensaga - Schicksalszeiten, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Susanne Kriesmer Narrator: Jodie Ahlborn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Bad Godesberg, 1958: Die junge Edith Graf arbeitet in der familieneigenen Herrenschneiderei. Dabei wünscht sie sich nichts sehnlicher als eine Anstellung in der großen Schneiderei in Mehlem, wo die feinen Damen der Bonner Republik in edle Stoffe gekleidet werden. Doch Ediths Welt gerät ins Wanken: Gerüchte um eine mögliche Nazi-Vergangenheit ihres Vaters werden laut. Sie beginnt, sich mit der Geschichte ihrer Familie auseinanderzusetzen. Aber auch ihre Liebe zu dem Freigeist Paul vergrößert die Kluft zu ihrer Familie. Wünscht diese sich doch eine Heirat mit dem eher bodenständigen Heinz. Wird Edith dennoch ihren eigenen Weg gehen?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606965Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schneiderei Graf - Die Bad Godesberg Familiensaga - Schicksalszeiten, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Susanne Kriesmer Narrator: Jodie Ahlborn...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schneiderei Graf - Die Bad Godesberg Familiensaga - Schicksalszeiten, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Susanne Kriesmer Narrator: Jodie Ahlborn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 29, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Bad Godesberg, 1958: Die junge Edith Graf arbeitet in der familieneigenen Herrenschneiderei. Dabei wünscht sie sich nichts sehnlicher als eine Anstellung in der großen Schneiderei in Mehlem, wo die feinen Damen der Bonner Republik in edle Stoffe gekleidet werden. Doch Ediths Welt gerät ins Wanken: Gerüchte um eine mögliche Nazi-Vergangenheit ihres Vaters werden laut. Sie beginnt, sich mit der Geschichte ihrer Familie auseinanderzusetzen. Aber auch ihre Liebe zu dem Freigeist Paul vergrößert die Kluft zu ihrer Familie. Wünscht diese sich doch eine Heirat mit dem eher bodenständigen Heinz. Wird Edith dennoch ihren eigenen Weg gehen?]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/em-s-awful-good-fortune-a-novel-by-marcie-maxfield--65304581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Em's Awful Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Marcie Maxfield Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Paris. Tokyo. Shanghai. Seoul. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is part global romp, part dysfunctional marriage. Em is not simply married—it’s more like she’s handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Sure, they might be velvet cuffs, but still … cuffed. What else can she do but stomp her way through global capitals in search of her own identity? Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is a deeply personal, marriage coming-apart-at-the-seams look at the struggle between a woman’s desire for partnership and her need for identity. Fueled by twin demons, love and rage, Em stomps her way around the world coming to terms with the fantasy of having it all: husband, kids, and a career. Em is not just married; it’s more like being handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Her life reads like a fantasy, bouncing between Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul. But—the good fortune is all her husband’s: Em is just the tagalong wife. Maxfield’s compelling, non-linear story explores the expatriate lifestyle through the lens of a crumbling marriage, while at the same time tracing the lasting impact of sexual assault and PTSD. Em’s journey exposes the dark corners of this seemingly privileged world: loneliness, depression, infidelity, and loss of career. An empowering, uncomfortably funny narrative about compromise that every woman should read. As Em begins to value her needs before those of her husband’s career, she stops letting herself be dragged along for the ride—and ultimately emerges triumphant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614497Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Em's Awful Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Marcie Maxfield Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Em's Awful Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Marcie Maxfield Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Paris. Tokyo. Shanghai. Seoul. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is part global romp, part dysfunctional marriage. Em is not simply married—it’s more like she’s handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Sure, they might be velvet cuffs, but still … cuffed. What else can she do but stomp her way through global capitals in search of her own identity? Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is a deeply personal, marriage coming-apart-at-the-seams look at the struggle between a woman’s desire for partnership and her need for identity. Fueled by twin demons, love and rage, Em stomps her way around the world coming to terms with the fantasy of having it all: husband, kids, and a career. Em is not just married; it’s more like being handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Her life reads like a fantasy, bouncing between Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul. But—the good fortune is all her husband’s: Em is just the tagalong wife. Maxfield’s compelling, non-linear story explores the expatriate lifestyle through the lens of a crumbling marriage, while at the same time tracing the lasting impact of sexual assault and PTSD. Em’s journey exposes the dark corners of this seemingly privileged world: loneliness, depression, infidelity, and loss of career. An empowering, uncomfortably funny narrative about compromise that every woman should read. As Em begins to value her needs before those of her husband’s career, she stops letting herself be dragged along for the ride—and ultimately emerges triumphant.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-happily-ever-after-a-novel-by-leslie-a-rasmussen--65304563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Happily Ever After: A Novel Author: Leslie A. Rasmussen Narrator: Tiffany Phillips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After Happily Ever After deals with love, marriage, family, the empty nest, aging parents, and what happens when they all come crashing down at the same time. Maggie Dolin is forty-five and isn’t dealing with getting older very well. Seventeen years ago, she gave up her job in publishing to raise her daughter, Gia—but now her only child is about to leave for college, and Maggie isn’t sure what her new purpose will be. She’s been the caretaker and nurturer for so long that she can’t even remember the last time someone took care of her. She wishes Jim, her husband of nineteen years, would take that role on—but he’s been distracted and disconnected, and she’s convinced he’s hiding something from her. Her self-involved, judgmental mother and resentful brother, meanwhile, are certainly no help, and her father—the only person in her life who’s always been there for her and asked nothing in return—is dealing with increasingly serious health issues, leaving Maggie without her rock. As all these stressors pile on, a chance meeting with a younger man causes Maggie to act in a way that is completely out of character for her. As she gets deeper in, she’s forced to make some big decisions about what she wants and deserves—decisions that could change her life forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611475Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Happily Ever After: A Novel Author: Leslie A. Rasmussen Narrator: Tiffany Phillips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Happily Ever After: A Novel Author: Leslie A. Rasmussen Narrator: Tiffany Phillips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After Happily Ever After deals with love, marriage, family, the empty nest, aging parents, and what happens when they all come crashing down at the same time. Maggie Dolin is forty-five and isn’t dealing with getting older very well. Seventeen years ago, she gave up her job in publishing to raise her daughter, Gia—but now her only child is about to leave for college, and Maggie isn’t sure what her new purpose will be. She’s been the caretaker and nurturer for so long that she can’t even remember the last time someone took care of her. She wishes Jim, her husband of nineteen years, would take that role on—but he’s been distracted and disconnected, and she’s convinced he’s hiding something from her. Her self-involved, judgmental mother and resentful brother, meanwhile, are certainly no help, and her father—the only person in her life who’s always been there for her and asked nothing in return—is dealing with increasingly serious health issues, leaving Maggie without her rock. As all these stressors pile on, a chance meeting with a younger man causes Maggie to act in a way that is completely out of character for her. As she gets deeper in, she’s forced to make some big decisions about what she wants and deserves—decisions that could change her life forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sound-of-wings-a-novel-by-suzanne-simonetti--65304541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sound of Wings: A Novel Author: Suzanne Simonetti Narrator: Kelli Tager, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if a stranger held the secret to your past that would change your life forever? Seventy-year-old Goldie Sparrows faces declining finances, questionable health, and a late husband who torments her from the beyond. She seeks refuge in her butterfly garden, which is filled with voices and memories from long ago. Jocelyn Anderson is a struggling writer who finds escape from her custody battle in the journal of her late mother-in-law. As she gets pulled through the pages of time, Jocelyn discovers her own husband has a hidden history she knows nothing about. Is this secret now Jocelyn’s to keep? Krystal Axelrod is living a life she never dreamed she could have. And yet the demons of a dysfunctional childhood and mean-girl culture from her cheerleading days cast their shadow over her ability to feel whole, capable, and worthy. Does Goldie hold the key to Krystal’s path to freedom? The Sound of Wings is a masterfully crafted tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and the risks we take in the pursuit of justice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611474Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sound of Wings: A Novel Author: Suzanne Simonetti Narrator: Kelli Tager, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sound of Wings: A Novel Author: Suzanne Simonetti Narrator: Kelli Tager, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if a stranger held the secret to your past that would change your life forever? Seventy-year-old Goldie Sparrows faces declining finances, questionable health, and a late husband who torments her from the beyond. She seeks refuge in her butterfly garden, which is filled with voices and memories from long ago. Jocelyn Anderson is a struggling writer who finds escape from her custody battle in the journal of her late mother-in-law. As she gets pulled through the pages of time, Jocelyn discovers her own husband has a hidden history she knows nothing about. Is this secret now Jocelyn’s to keep? Krystal Axelrod is living a life she never dreamed she could have. And yet the demons of a dysfunctional childhood and mean-girl culture from her cheerleading days cast their shadow over her ability to feel whole, capable, and worthy. Does Goldie hold the key to Krystal’s path to freedom? The Sound of Wings is a masterfully crafted tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and the risks we take in the pursuit of justice.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greetings-from-asbury-park-by-daniel-h-turtel--65304527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Asbury Park Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Will Damron, Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel In a small seaside city on the Jersey Shore, three half-siblings confront the death of a distant and bullying patriarch. They now have the chance to imagine new relationships and new futures, ones that would have been near-unthinkable while their father was alive. Caught in their crossfire are the conservative religious communities that border Asbury Park, the longtime locals who have been pushed to the fringe by the shore’s revitalization, and the legendary town upon which the whole world seems to converge. Slowly, however, they come to understand that everything—their future, their happiness—depends on whether they can face themselves. Wise, perceptive, and provocative, Greetings from Asbury Park is a remarkable literary debut in the tradition of great American novels such as Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. It is a deep interrogation of place that depicts flawed characters as they break through to adulthood, truth, and to a moral relationship with the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605545Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Asbury Park Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Will Damron, Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Asbury Park Author: Daniel H. Turtel Narrator: Will Damron, Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel In a small seaside city on the Jersey Shore, three half-siblings confront the death of a distant and bullying patriarch. They now have the chance to imagine new relationships and new futures, ones that would have been near-unthinkable while their father was alive. Caught in their crossfire are the conservative religious communities that border Asbury Park, the longtime locals who have been pushed to the fringe by the shore’s revitalization, and the legendary town upon which the whole world seems to converge. Slowly, however, they come to understand that everything—their future, their happiness—depends on whether they can face themselves. Wise, perceptive, and provocative, Greetings from Asbury Park is a remarkable literary debut in the tradition of great American novels such as Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. It is a deep interrogation of place that depicts flawed characters as they break through to adulthood, truth, and to a moral relationship with the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/other-people-s-things-a-novel-by-kerry-anne-king--65304439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Things: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a witty, magical story about improbable connections, difficult gifts, and the unexpected events that heal us and bring us together. Jailbird. Klepto. Spectacular failure to launch. Nicole Wood’s sticky fingers have earned her many names, but it’s not that she’s stealing—some objects just need to be moved elsewhere, and the universe has chosen her to do it. Still, being a relocator of objects isn’t easy. With her marriage on the rocks, no real-world skills, and the threat of prison hanging over her head, Nicole is determined to change her ways. Things seem to be looking up, thanks to a godsent job with her sister’s housecleaning business—until she encounters a seemingly harmless paperback that insists on moving from one client’s home to another’s. Nicole hopes no one will notice, but the action stirs up long-hidden secrets and triggers a series of fateful events that threatens to destroy the life she’s creating and hurt those closest to her. She’ll need to embrace her unwieldy gift and take a chance on love in order to unravel the mystery and fix what’s gone wrong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619426Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Things: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Things: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a witty, magical story about improbable connections, difficult gifts, and the unexpected events that heal us and bring us together. Jailbird. Klepto. Spectacular failure to launch. Nicole Wood’s sticky fingers have earned her many names, but it’s not that she’s stealing—some objects just need to be moved elsewhere, and the universe has chosen her to do it. Still, being a relocator of objects isn’t easy. With her marriage on the rocks, no real-world skills, and the threat of prison hanging over her head, Nicole is determined to change her ways. Things seem to be looking up, thanks to a godsent job with her sister’s housecleaning business—until she encounters a seemingly harmless paperback that insists on moving from one client’s home to another’s. Nicole hopes no one will notice, but the action stirs up long-hidden secrets and triggers a series of fateful events that threatens to destroy the life she’s creating and hurt those closest to her. She’ll need to embrace her unwieldy gift and take a chance on love in order to unravel the mystery and fix what’s gone wrong.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-happy-accidents-a-novel-by-jamie-beck--65304436https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Accidents: A Novel Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Emily Woo Zeller, Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Three women wake up to the consequences of one impulsive pact in an insightful novel about friendship, love, and fulfillment by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie Beck. While at a casino to celebrate her birthday, Jess Clarke proposes a pact to her reserved sister, Liz, and their childhood friend Chloe: the three women will say yes to any adventure that comes their way. Jess is mourning her recent divorce, so the other two reluctantly agree. Twelve hours later, they awaken to the shocking consequences of their behavior. A viral video throws Liz’s career and reputation into question. A major loss at the craps table rocks the foundation of Chloe’s staid marriage. And Jess’s desperate bid to unblock her artistic creativity results in a life-changing choice. Staring down the crossroads, each woman finds her relationships—with herself, with each other, and with loves both old and new—tested. At every turn, they struggle not to let fear decide their fates. Will they give in, or will their misadventures lead to the greatest fulfillment of all?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619424Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Accidents: A Novel Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Emily Woo Zeller, Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Accidents: A Novel Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Emily Woo Zeller, Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Three women wake up to the consequences of one impulsive pact in an insightful novel about friendship, love, and fulfillment by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie Beck. While at a casino to celebrate her birthday, Jess Clarke proposes a pact to her reserved sister, Liz, and their childhood friend Chloe: the three women will say yes to any adventure that comes their way. Jess is mourning her recent divorce, so the other two reluctantly agree. Twelve hours later, they awaken to the shocking consequences of their behavior. A viral video throws Liz’s career and reputation into question. A major loss at the craps table rocks the foundation of Chloe’s staid marriage. And Jess’s desperate bid to unblock her artistic creativity results in a life-changing choice. Staring down the crossroads, each woman finds her relationships—with herself, with each other, and with loves both old and new—tested. At every turn, they struggle not to let fear decide their fates. Will they give in, or will their misadventures lead to the greatest fulfillment of all?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trail-of-destruction-by-tracy-buchanan--65304425https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trail of Destruction Author: Tracy Buchanan Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this chilling tale from the bestselling author of Wall of Silence, a spark of malice ignites into an inferno of violence. Can one woman uncover the truth before it all goes up in flames? Eager for distraction in the aftermath of her messy divorce, Ellie Mileham dives into moderating the petty squabbles on her local Facebook group. When a prankster starts trolling uptight members, it’s a welcome diversion at first. But then the war of words moves onto the streets of Forest Grove, with threatening letters escalating into violent destruction. It’s suddenly clear there’s something much more dangerous at play. With lives at risk, Ellie delves into the history of Forest Grove and realises the so-called rural paradise has a dark and sinister heart. As she pieces together the puzzle of her own troubled childhood on the edge of the forest, Ellie learns this is not the first time the villagers have been targeted by an anonymous vigilante with an axe to grind… Could the two cases be connected? Ellie is determined to find out. But with everybody watching and nobody quite what they seem, can she uncover the truth before online threats become nightmarish reality?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619430Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trail of Destruction Author: Tracy Buchanan Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trail of Destruction Author: Tracy Buchanan Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this chilling tale from the bestselling author of Wall of Silence, a spark of malice ignites into an inferno of violence. Can one woman uncover the truth before it all goes up in flames? Eager for distraction in the aftermath of her messy divorce, Ellie Mileham dives into moderating the petty squabbles on her local Facebook group. When a prankster starts trolling uptight members, it’s a welcome diversion at first. But then the war of words moves onto the streets of Forest Grove, with threatening letters escalating into violent destruction. It’s suddenly clear there’s something much more dangerous at play. With lives at risk, Ellie delves into the history of Forest Grove and realises the so-called rural paradise has a dark and sinister heart. As she pieces together the puzzle of her own troubled childhood on the edge of the forest, Ellie learns this is not the first time the villagers have been targeted by an anonymous vigilante with an axe to grind… Could the two cases be connected? Ellie is determined to find out. But with everybody watching and nobody quite what they seem, can she uncover the truth before online threats become nightmarish reality?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-world-played-chess-a-novel-by-robert-dugoni--65304421https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Played Chess: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Todd Haberkorn, Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.” —Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer—Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life—dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619423Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Played Chess: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Todd Haberkorn, Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Played Chess: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Todd Haberkorn, Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.” —Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer—Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life—dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/see-jane-snap-by-bethany-crandell--65304437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Jane Snap Author: Bethany Crandell Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Handsome, successful husband. Adorable daughter. Chairwoman of the PTA. Security for her ailing mom. Jane’s got everything life has to offer. Including the lie that could destroy it all. See Jane smile. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to the world like she has a charmed life. Her daughter attends private school. Jane chairs the PTA. Even her marriage to Dan, the handsome, prominent surgeon, is blissfully happy. Her universe is stable, and her future is fixed…just like that smile. Because it’s all a ruse. Unbeknownst to anyone, after eighteen years of marriage, Dan’s revealed that he’s been living a double life and is in love with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep that secret, secret. See Jane lie. With their livelihood on the line, Jane agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan’s deception and the pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something’s got to give. See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully. With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine—for herself—if the facade of stability she’s been protecting is worth the price of her own sanity and happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619421Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Jane Snap Author: Bethany Crandell Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Jane Snap Author: Bethany Crandell Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Handsome, successful husband. Adorable daughter. Chairwoman of the PTA. Security for her ailing mom. Jane’s got everything life has to offer. Including the lie that could destroy it all. See Jane smile. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to the world like she has a charmed life. Her daughter attends private school. Jane chairs the PTA. Even her marriage to Dan, the handsome, prominent surgeon, is blissfully happy. Her universe is stable, and her future is fixed…just like that smile. Because it’s all a ruse. Unbeknownst to anyone, after eighteen years of marriage, Dan’s revealed that he’s been living a double life and is in love with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep that secret, secret. See Jane lie. With their livelihood on the line, Jane agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan’s deception and the pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something’s got to give. See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully. With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine—for herself—if the facade of stability she’s been protecting is worth the price of her own sanity and happiness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paper-doll-lina-a-novel-by-robyn-lucas--65304422https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paper Doll Lina: A Novel Author: Robyn Lucas Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 1, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One rip is all it takes to expose the devastating truth behind a seemingly perfect life. Lina Henry is a wife and mother who likens herself to a pretty paper doll. She lives in a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs. Her husband, David, is a well-to-do investment banker. She’s raised two wonderful teenagers. To the outside world, the Henry family is perfect. What no one knows is that Lina’s paper doll life is being torn apart in a controlling and abusive marriage. When Lina develops an unexpected friendship with another man, and reconnects with her former best friend, she begins navigating a way out of the emotional minefield that is her home. But as David senses his loss of control, he becomes more dangerous, and Lina must do everything in her power to protect herself and her children. In order to take back the happiness she deserves, Lina must first rediscover the strength and the fearlessness of her three-dimensional self.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619419Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paper Doll Lina: A Novel Author: Robyn Lucas Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paper Doll Lina: A Novel Author: Robyn Lucas Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 1, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One rip is all it takes to expose the devastating truth behind a seemingly perfect life. Lina Henry is a wife and mother who likens herself to a pretty paper doll. She lives in a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs. Her husband, David, is a well-to-do investment banker. She’s raised two wonderful teenagers. To the outside world, the Henry family is perfect. What no one knows is that Lina’s paper doll life is being torn apart in a controlling and abusive marriage. When Lina develops an unexpected friendship with another man, and reconnects with her former best friend, she begins navigating a way out of the emotional minefield that is her home. But as David senses his loss of control, he becomes more dangerous, and Lina must do everything in her power to protect herself and her children. In order to take back the happiness she deserves, Lina must first rediscover the strength and the fearlessness of her three-dimensional self.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-last-hope-by-louise-guy--65304478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Last Hope Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Candice Moll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Will new friends almost ruined by their husbands find the strength to fight for each other? Abi’s life has been turned upside down by her husband’s death—in more ways than she could ever have imagined. With his dodgy business dealings now exposed, gone is her glamorous lifestyle and the trust of her family and friends. How could the man who said he loved her have betrayed her so spectacularly? Abi’s new neighbour Lucinda and her four-year-old son Max are struggling to overcome their own betrayal by Max’s violent, vengeful father. The pieces of Lucinda’s life seem finally to be coming together when she is given a new identity and finds an ally in Abi. But an unexpected twist throws both women’s lives into fresh turmoil. Faced with a tougher time than they ever thought possible, Abi and Lucinda turn to each other. It’s an unlikely friendship built on common ground—but is it strong enough to help them rebuild their lives from rock bottom?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614365Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Last Hope Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Candice Moll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Last Hope Author: Louise Guy Narrator: Candice Moll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Will new friends almost ruined by their husbands find the strength to fight for each other? Abi’s life has been turned upside down by her husband’s death—in more ways than she could ever have imagined. With his dodgy business dealings now exposed, gone is her glamorous lifestyle and the trust of her family and friends. How could the man who said he loved her have betrayed her so spectacularly? Abi’s new neighbour Lucinda and her four-year-old son Max are struggling to overcome their own betrayal by Max’s violent, vengeful father. The pieces of Lucinda’s life seem finally to be coming together when she is given a new identity and finds an ally in Abi. But an unexpected twist throws both women’s lives into fresh turmoil. Faced with a tougher time than they ever thought possible, Abi and Lucinda turn to each other. It’s an unlikely friendship built on common ground—but is it strong enough to help them rebuild their lives from rock bottom?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-singing-trees-a-novel-by-boo-walker--65304606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Singing Trees: A Novel Author: Boo Walker Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 3, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young artist forges a path of self-discovery in an enriching novel about forgiving the past and embracing second chances, from the bestselling author of An Unfinished Story. Maine, 1969. After losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Annalisa Mancuso lives with her grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills. Inspired by her mother, whose own artistic dreams disappeared in a damaged marriage, Annalisa is dedicated only to painting. Closed off to love, and driven as much by her innate talent as she is the disillusionment of her past, Annalisa just wants to come into her own. The first step is leaving Payton Mills and everything it represents. The next, the inspiring opportunities in the city of Portland and a thriving New England art scene where Annalisa hopes to find her voice. But she meets Thomas, an Ivy League student whose attentions—and troubled family—upend her pursuits in ways she never imagined possible. As their relationship deepens, Annalisa must balance her dreams against an unexpected love. Until the unraveling of an unforgivable lie. For Annalisa, opening herself up to life and to love is a risk. It might also be the chance she needs to finally become the person and the artist she’s meant to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614383Tue, 03 Aug 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Singing Trees: A Novel Author: Boo Walker Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Singing Trees: A Novel Author: Boo Walker Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 3, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young artist forges a path of self-discovery in an enriching novel about forgiving the past and embracing second chances, from the bestselling author of An Unfinished Story. Maine, 1969. After losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Annalisa Mancuso lives with her grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills. Inspired by her mother, whose own artistic dreams disappeared in a damaged marriage, Annalisa is dedicated only to painting. Closed off to love, and driven as much by her innate talent as she is the disillusionment of her past, Annalisa just wants to come into her own. The first step is leaving Payton Mills and everything it represents. The next, the inspiring opportunities in the city of Portland and a thriving New England art scene where Annalisa hopes to find her voice. But she meets Thomas, an Ivy League student whose attentions—and troubled family—upend her pursuits in ways she never imagined possible. As their relationship deepens, Annalisa must balance her dreams against an unexpected love. Until the unraveling of an unforgivable lie. For Annalisa, opening herself up to life and to love is a risk. It might also be the chance she needs to finally become the person and the artist she’s meant to be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-are-welcome-a-novel-by-liz-parker--65304513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Are Welcome: A Novel Author: Liz Parker Narrator: Dara Rosenberg, Carly Robins, Andrew Eiden, Janet Metzger, David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 1, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A darkly funny novel from a fresh new voice in fiction about brides, lovers, friends, and family, and all the secrets that come with them. Tiny McAllister never thought she’d get married. Not because she didn’t want to, but because she didn’t think girls from Connecticut married other girls. Yet here she is with Caroline, the love of her life, at their destination wedding on the Bermuda coast. In attendance—their respective families and a few choice friends. The conflict-phobic Tiny hopes for a beautiful weekend with her bride-to-be. But as the weekend unfolds, it starts to feel like there’s a skeleton in every closet of the resort. From Tiny’s family members, who find the world is changing at an uncomfortable speed, to Caroline’s parents, who are engaged in conspiratorial whispers, to their friends, who packed secrets of their own—nobody seems entirely forthcoming. Not to mention the conspicuous no-show and a tempting visit from the past. What the celebration really needs now is a monsoon to help stir up all the long-held secrets, simmering discontent, and hidden agendas. All Tiny wanted was to get married, but if she can make it through this squall of a wedding, she might just leave with more than a wife.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614379Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Are Welcome: A Novel Author: Liz Parker Narrator: Dara Rosenberg, Carly Robins, Andrew Eiden, Janet Metzger, David De Vries Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Are Welcome: A Novel Author: Liz Parker Narrator: Dara Rosenberg, Carly Robins, Andrew Eiden, Janet Metzger, David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 1, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A darkly funny novel from a fresh new voice in fiction about brides, lovers, friends, and family, and all the secrets that come with them. Tiny McAllister never thought she’d get married. Not because she didn’t want to, but because she didn’t think girls from Connecticut married other girls. Yet here she is with Caroline, the love of her life, at their destination wedding on the Bermuda coast. In attendance—their respective families and a few choice friends. The conflict-phobic Tiny hopes for a beautiful weekend with her bride-to-be. But as the weekend unfolds, it starts to feel like there’s a skeleton in every closet of the resort. From Tiny’s family members, who find the world is changing at an uncomfortable speed, to Caroline’s parents, who are engaged in conspiratorial whispers, to their friends, who packed secrets of their own—nobody seems entirely forthcoming. Not to mention the conspicuous no-show and a tempting visit from the past. What the celebration really needs now is a monsoon to help stir up all the long-held secrets, simmering discontent, and hidden agendas. All Tiny wanted was to get married, but if she can make it through this squall of a wedding, she might just leave with more than a wife.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-ein-geschenkter-anfang-by-lorraine-fouchet--65304600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein geschenkter Anfang Author: Lorraine Fouchet Narrator: Axel Wostry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 25, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: »Wer auf meiner Beerdigung weint, mit dem rede ich kein Wort mehr«, hat Lou oft gewitzelt. Lou, die auf der kleinen bretonischen Insel ein echter Paradiesvogel war und von allen geliebt wurde. Lou mit ihren Spleens – Champagner, bitte, aber nur von Mercier! – und Macken – sie kochte miserabel, aber mit Liebe –, einem Lachen, das lauter war als das Kreischen der Möwen, und einem Herzen so weit wie das Meer. Nun ist Lou tot – und die Familie droht auseinanderzubrechen. Im Testament bittet sie ihren Mann Jo, ihr einen letzten Wunsch zu erfüllen: Er soll das zerrüttete Verhältnis zu ihren erwachsenen Kindern Cyrian und Sarah wieder kitten und beide glücklich machen. Erst dann darf er Lous letzten Brief lesen – der versiegelt, natürlich in einer Champagnerflasche, auf ihn wartet. Eine Flaschenpost, die das Leben einer ganzen Familie verändert.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604074Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein geschenkter Anfang Author: Lorraine Fouchet Narrator: Axel Wostry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein geschenkter Anfang Author: Lorraine Fouchet Narrator: Axel Wostry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 25, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: »Wer auf meiner Beerdigung weint, mit dem rede ich kein Wort mehr«, hat Lou oft gewitzelt. Lou, die auf der kleinen bretonischen Insel ein echter Paradiesvogel war und von allen geliebt wurde. Lou mit ihren Spleens – Champagner, bitte, aber nur von Mercier! – und Macken – sie kochte miserabel, aber mit Liebe –, einem Lachen, das lauter war als das Kreischen der Möwen, und einem Herzen so weit wie das Meer. Nun ist Lou tot – und die Familie droht auseinanderzubrechen. Im Testament bittet sie ihren Mann Jo, ihr einen letzten Wunsch zu erfüllen: Er soll das zerrüttete Verhältnis zu ihren erwachsenen Kindern Cyrian und Sarah wieder kitten und beide glücklich machen. Erst dann darf er Lous letzten Brief lesen – der versiegelt, natürlich in einer Champagnerflasche, auf ihn wartet. Eine Flaschenpost, die das Leben einer ganzen Familie verändert.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-arrangement-booktrack-edition-a-novel-by-sarah-dunn--65304534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrangement: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunn Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: National Bestseller: A hilarious and emotionally charged novel about a couple who embark on an open marriage-what could possibly go wrong? Lucy and Owen, ambitious, thoroughly-therapized New Yorkers, have taken the plunge, trading in their crazy life in a cramped apartment for Beekman, a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb. They've got a two hundred year-old house, an autistic son obsessed with the Titanic, and 17 chickens, at last count. It's the kind of paradise where stay-at-home moms team up to cook the school's 'hot lunch,' dads grill grass-fed burgers, and, as Lucy observes, 'chopping kale has become a certain kind of American housewife's version of chopping wood.' When friends at a wine-soaked dinner party reveal they've made their marriage open, sensible Lucy balks. There's a part of her, though-the part that worries she's become too comfortable being invisible-that's intrigued. Why not try a short marital experiment? Six months, clear ground rules, zero questions asked. When an affair with a man in the city begins to seem more enticing than the happily-ever-after she's known for the past nine years, Lucy must decide what truly makes her happy-'real life,' or the 'experiment?']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614534Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrangement: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunn Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrangement: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunn Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: National Bestseller: A hilarious and emotionally charged novel about a couple who embark on an open marriage-what could possibly go wrong? Lucy and Owen, ambitious, thoroughly-therapized New Yorkers, have taken the plunge, trading in their crazy life in a cramped apartment for Beekman, a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb. They've got a two hundred year-old house, an autistic son obsessed with the Titanic, and 17 chickens, at last count. It's the kind of paradise where stay-at-home moms team up to cook the school's 'hot lunch,' dads grill grass-fed burgers, and, as Lucy observes, 'chopping kale has become a certain kind of American housewife's version of chopping wood.' When friends at a wine-soaked dinner party reveal they've made their marriage open, sensible Lucy balks. There's a part of her, though-the part that worries she's become too comfortable being invisible-that's intrigued. Why not try a short marital experiment? Six months, clear ground rules, zero questions asked. When an affair with a man in the city begins to seem more enticing than the happily-ever-after she's known for the past nine years, Lucy must decide what truly makes her happy-'real life,' or the 'experiment?']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/then-came-you-by-kate-meader--65304444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You Series: #3 of Laws of Attraction Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Jason Clarke, Pippa Jayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Aubrey Gates is the hottest divorce lawyer in Chicago, a barb-tongued stiletto with legs that go on for miles. When her cool gray eyes meet mine across the battlefield, I want her like I’ve never wanted anyone or anything. Then I remember who she is: the woman who brought me to my knees, the woman who destroyed my faith in relationships, the woman I used to call...wife. And now she needs a favor from me, Grant Lincoln. It seems my ex forgot to mention the demise of our marriage to her dear old grammy, and now we’re both expected to attend her ninetieth birthday party…in Boston. And because it isn’t already awkward enough, Aubrey and I are driving there together from Chicago. That’s more than a thousand miles of tension, heartbreak, and barely concealed lust. A little piece of paper might say we’re over, but this road trip is the true test. I intend to get my wife back...and I won’t stop until “I do.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618094Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You Series: #3 of Laws of Attraction Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Jason Clarke, Pippa Jayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You Series: #3 of Laws of Attraction Author: Kate Meader Narrator: Jason Clarke, Pippa Jayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Aubrey Gates is the hottest divorce lawyer in Chicago, a barb-tongued stiletto with legs that go on for miles. When her cool gray eyes meet mine across the battlefield, I want her like I’ve never wanted anyone or anything. Then I remember who she is: the woman who brought me to my knees, the woman who destroyed my faith in relationships, the woman I used to call...wife. And now she needs a favor from me, Grant Lincoln. It seems my ex forgot to mention the demise of our marriage to her dear old grammy, and now we’re both expected to attend her ninetieth birthday party…in Boston. And because it isn’t already awkward enough, Aubrey and I are driving there together from Chicago. That’s more than a thousand miles of tension, heartbreak, and barely concealed lust. A little piece of paper might say we’re over, but this road trip is the true test. I intend to get my wife back...and I won’t stop until “I do.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girls-on-the-home-front-by-annie-clarke--65304496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls on the Home Front Series: #1 of Factory Girls Author: Annie Clarke Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1941: As war sweeps across Britain and millions of men enlist, women must fight the battle on the home front. Fran always thought she would marry her childhood sweetheart and live in Massingham, the beloved pit village she has always called home. But the opening of a munitions factory in the north-east of England presents a new opportunity. Against her father's wishes and with best friends Sarah and Beth by her side, Fran signs up to join the ranks of women at the factory. It's dangerous work, but the friends discover that their lives are only just beginning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617090Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:11:01 +0000Dianna ChristiansenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls on the Home Front Series: #1 of Factory Girls Author: Annie Clarke Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls on the Home Front Series: #1 of Factory Girls Author: Annie Clarke Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1941: As war sweeps across Britain and millions of men enlist, women must fight the battle on the home front. Fran always thought she would marry her childhood sweetheart and live in Massingham, the beloved pit village she has always called home. But the opening of a munitions factory in the north-east of England presents a new opportunity. Against her father's wishes and with best friends Sarah and Beth by her side, Fran signs up to join the ranks of women at the factory. It's dangerous work, but the friends discover that their lives are only just beginning.]]>185cleanfull