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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 Aletha O'Keefehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/26ff9784f1539e283d73f30c55822240.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/download-incredible-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580529Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:14:06 +0000Aletha O'KeefeAletha O'Keefefeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/678/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Discover the world of audiobooks with over 500,000+ captivating titles, ranging from Action & Adventure, Science...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/678/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Discover the world of audiobooks with over 500,000+ captivating titles, ranging from Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, to Mystery and Romance. You'll get 3 free audiobooks to start your journey. Whether you use an iPhone, iPad, Android, or any other device, you can conveniently enjoy audiobooks. Let captivating stories accompany you every moment! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boy-swallows-universe-a-novel-by-trent-dalton--65308394https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 123 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 33 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix original series starring Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Phoebe Tonkin! “Hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli’s remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what’s possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous.” —Washington Post ''The best book I read this decade.'' —Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be. Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother. Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected suburb populated by Polish and Vietnamese refugees, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path—most notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane’s legendary drug dealer. But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doom—all before starting high school. Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novels you will experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460Tue, 02 Apr 2019 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 123 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 33 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix original series starring Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Phoebe Tonkin! “Hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli’s remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what’s possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous.” —Washington Post ''The best book I read this decade.'' —Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be. Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother. Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected suburb populated by Polish and Vietnamese refugees, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path—most notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane’s legendary drug dealer. But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doom—all before starting high school. Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novels you will experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-at-the-vicarage-by-rebecca-boxall--65308463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at the Vicarage Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It’s been fifteen years since Rosamunde last lived at the vicarage in Potter’s Cove, the pretty coastal village where she grew up, experienced her first true love—and a heartbreak that changed her life forever. But now Potter’s Cove is calling her back: it’s time to make peace with the past and go home. Rosamunde’s return to the vicarage in the days before Christmas is a whirlwind of festive cheer and heartwarming reunions with friends, family and her loving father, the vicar. And while seeing the old place after all this time stirs painful memories of long-ago grief, it also reminds her of all the love she left behind. Fifteen years ago she vowed never to let herself be vulnerable again—but now that she’s back she’s not so sure. Is it possible that real happiness could strike more than once? Spanning three decades of family life, Christmas at the Vicarage is a warm, feel-good tale that examines what it means to love and to lose—and to be brave enough to try again. Revised edition: This edition of Christmas at the Vicarage includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334139Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at the Vicarage Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at the Vicarage Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It’s been fifteen years since Rosamunde last lived at the vicarage in Potter’s Cove, the pretty coastal village where she grew up, experienced her first true love—and a heartbreak that changed her life forever. But now Potter’s Cove is calling her back: it’s time to make peace with the past and go home. Rosamunde’s return to the vicarage in the days before Christmas is a whirlwind of festive cheer and heartwarming reunions with friends, family and her loving father, the vicar. And while seeing the old place after all this time stirs painful memories of long-ago grief, it also reminds her of all the love she left behind. Fifteen years ago she vowed never to let herself be vulnerable again—but now that she’s back she’s not so sure. Is it possible that real happiness could strike more than once? Spanning three decades of family life, Christmas at the Vicarage is a warm, feel-good tale that examines what it means to love and to lose—and to be brave enough to try again. Revised edition: This edition of Christmas at the Vicarage includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-for-winter-by-rebecca-boxall--65308401https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home for Winter Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Serena Meadows and her twin sister, Luna, are identical in appearance—but the similarity ends there. Luna always had a mean streak and, as a teenager, her selfishness culminated in an almighty betrayal from which Serena thought she’d never recover. Years later the twins are reunited by tragedy and Luna is a changed woman. The arrogance and spite of her youth are gone and, at a time when Serena really needs support, Luna sets aside her own life to come to the rescue. But her generosity is not what it seems and before long she does something so devastating that her past conduct pales into insignificance. Distraught once more, Serena and her vicar boyfriend, Will, move to a country parish for a fresh start, but Luna casts a long shadow over their dream of a happy family life. Serena wants nothing to do with her sister, but while Luna has the upper hand, it’s impossible for her to move on. These twins, torn apart by bad blood, discover that you can’t choose your relatives—and sometimes you can’t escape them either.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336780Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home for Winter Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home for Winter Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Serena Meadows and her twin sister, Luna, are identical in appearance—but the similarity ends there. Luna always had a mean streak and, as a teenager, her selfishness culminated in an almighty betrayal from which Serena thought she’d never recover. Years later the twins are reunited by tragedy and Luna is a changed woman. The arrogance and spite of her youth are gone and, at a time when Serena really needs support, Luna sets aside her own life to come to the rescue. But her generosity is not what it seems and before long she does something so devastating that her past conduct pales into insignificance. Distraught once more, Serena and her vicar boyfriend, Will, move to a country parish for a fresh start, but Luna casts a long shadow over their dream of a happy family life. Serena wants nothing to do with her sister, but while Luna has the upper hand, it’s impossible for her to move on. These twins, torn apart by bad blood, discover that you can’t choose your relatives—and sometimes you can’t escape them either.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-in-the-ragged-shawl-by-cathy-sharp--65308413https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Ragged Shawl Series: #1 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 18, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Heartbreaking and uplifting, the story of the workhouse orphan, Eliza, will touch your heart… Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother’s shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At eleven years-old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings. Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy, Joe, arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope that another life is waiting for her outside. When she is sold into service, Eliza is relieved to be out of the workhouse and hopes her fortunes are changing for the better, but cruelty and unkindness are everywhere and her salvation could become her ruin…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339537Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Ragged Shawl Series: #1 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Ragged Shawl Series: #1 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 18, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Heartbreaking and uplifting, the story of the workhouse orphan, Eliza, will touch your heart… Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother’s shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At eleven years-old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings. Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy, Joe, arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope that another life is waiting for her outside. When she is sold into service, Eliza is relieved to be out of the workhouse and hopes her fortunes are changing for the better, but cruelty and unkindness are everywhere and her salvation could become her ruin…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-your-hands-by-ines-pedrosa--65308408https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Your Hands Author: Inês Pedrosa Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel spanning three generations of women united in their struggle for independence and fulfillment against oppression. Told from three different perspectives, this sweeping saga begins in 1935 Portugal, in the grip of Salazar’s authoritarian regime, where upper-class Jenny enters into an uncommon marriage with the beguiling António. Keeping up appearances, they host salons for the political and cultural elite. In private, Jenny, António, and his lover, Pedro, share a guarded triangle, build a profound relationship, and together raise a daughter born under the auspices of rebellion. Thirty years later, their daughter, Camila, a photojournalist who has captured the revolutionary fervor and tragic loss of her family—and country—reminisces about a long-lost love in Southeast Africa. This memory shapes the future of her daughter, Natália, a successful architect, who begins an impassioned quest of her own. As she navigates Portugal’s complex past, Natália will discover herself in the two women whose mysteries and intimate intrigues have come to define her. Through revealing journals, snapshots of a turbulent era, and private letters, the lives of three generations of women unfold, embracing all that has separated them and all that binds them—their strength, their secrets, and their search for love through the currents of change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336796Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Your Hands Author: Inês Pedrosa Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Your Hands Author: Inês Pedrosa Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel spanning three generations of women united in their struggle for independence and fulfillment against oppression. Told from three different perspectives, this sweeping saga begins in 1935 Portugal, in the grip of Salazar’s authoritarian regime, where upper-class Jenny enters into an uncommon marriage with the beguiling António. Keeping up appearances, they host salons for the political and cultural elite. In private, Jenny, António, and his lover, Pedro, share a guarded triangle, build a profound relationship, and together raise a daughter born under the auspices of rebellion. Thirty years later, their daughter, Camila, a photojournalist who has captured the revolutionary fervor and tragic loss of her family—and country—reminisces about a long-lost love in Southeast Africa. This memory shapes the future of her daughter, Natália, a successful architect, who begins an impassioned quest of her own. As she navigates Portugal’s complex past, Natália will discover herself in the two women whose mysteries and intimate intrigues have come to define her. Through revealing journals, snapshots of a turbulent era, and private letters, the lives of three generations of women unfold, embracing all that has separated them and all that binds them—their strength, their secrets, and their search for love through the currents of change.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-invited-her-in-by-adele-parks--65308433https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Invited Her In Author: Adele Parks Narrator: Joanne Froggatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I invited her in… and she took everything’ A gripping story of friendship and betrayal from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author, Adele Parks… ‘Really REALLY good … absolutely brilliant’ Marian Keyes, No.1 bestselling author of Grown Ups When Mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn’t hesitate to invite her to stay. Mel and Abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs and lows of student life, until Mel’s unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studies. Now, seventeen years later, Mel and Abi’s lives couldn’t be more different. Mel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husband, Ben. Now they share gorgeous girls and have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children. Abi, meanwhile, followed her lover to LA for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity and indulgence. Everything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her. Seventeen years wasted, and nothing to show for it. So what Abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, and to have some time to heal. And what better place than Mel’s house, with her lovely kids, and supportive husband… This dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can’t have, jealousy and revenge from Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks. Praise for I Invited Her In: ‘Really REALLY good… absolutely brilliant’ Marian Keyes ‘Packed with secrets, scandal and suspense, this is Adele Parks at her absolute best’ Heat ‘Wow! What a read. Intense, clever and masterful’ Lisa Jewell 'Original and compelling. I read it in one sitting’ Jane Fallon ‘Fabulously gripping. Superb’ Ruth Jones ‘Weaving together the emotions and ties that bind female friends with a cracking paced twist of a tale’ Stylist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336622Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Invited Her In Author: Adele Parks Narrator: Joanne Froggatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Invited Her In Author: Adele Parks Narrator: Joanne Froggatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I invited her in… and she took everything’ A gripping story of friendship and betrayal from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author, Adele Parks… ‘Really REALLY good … absolutely brilliant’ Marian Keyes, No.1 bestselling author of Grown Ups When Mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn’t hesitate to invite her to stay. Mel and Abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs and lows of student life, until Mel’s unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studies. Now, seventeen years later, Mel and Abi’s lives couldn’t be more different. Mel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husband, Ben. Now they share gorgeous girls and have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children. Abi, meanwhile, followed her lover to LA for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity and indulgence. Everything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her. Seventeen years wasted, and nothing to show for it. So what Abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, and to have some time to heal. And what better place than Mel’s house, with her lovely kids, and supportive husband… This dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can’t have, jealousy and revenge from Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks. Praise for I Invited Her In: ‘Really REALLY good… absolutely brilliant’ Marian Keyes ‘Packed with secrets, scandal and suspense, this is Adele Parks at her absolute best’ Heat ‘Wow! What a read. Intense, clever and masterful’ Lisa Jewell 'Original and compelling. I read it in one sitting’ Jane Fallon ‘Fabulously gripping. Superb’ Ruth Jones ‘Weaving together the emotions and ties that bind female friends with a cracking paced twist of a tale’ Stylist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-street-booktrack-edition-by-elin-hilderbrand--65308484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Street: Booktrack Edition Series: #1 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: - Winter Street - Winter Stroll - Winter Storms - Winter Solstice]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333836Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Street: Booktrack Edition Series: #1 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Street: Booktrack Edition Series: #1 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: - Winter Street - Winter Stroll - Winter Storms - Winter Solstice]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wrong-man-by-natasha-anders--65308440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Man Series: #3 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: No commitments. No expectations. No way this could possibly go wrong…right? Former special-ops soldier Sam Brand is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is to unbutton the buttoned-down, sweet, and shy Dahlia McGregor. He’s hot to find her wild side. She’s eager to let him explore it. So he makes his proposition—no strings, no hurt feelings, and no promises—save for one: she’ll have the time of her life. After a broken engagement, Lia’s looking to someday find the right man and settle down. That’s some day. Now it’s all about the night. A hot, meaningless fling with a magnificently weathered blue-eyed stud like Sam couldn’t hurt: he’s sexy, and sure he’s arrogant, but best of all, he’s here. In other words, he’s perfect…for now. But when Sam is wounded in the line of duty and left in Lia’s tender loving care, all bets are off. Because the more time they spend together, the more it becomes clear: this “one night” deal is getting steamier and lasting longer than they counted on. It started as a fun little game. Is it possible they could be playing for keeps?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336781Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Man Series: #3 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Man Series: #3 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: No commitments. No expectations. No way this could possibly go wrong…right? Former special-ops soldier Sam Brand is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is to unbutton the buttoned-down, sweet, and shy Dahlia McGregor. He’s hot to find her wild side. She’s eager to let him explore it. So he makes his proposition—no strings, no hurt feelings, and no promises—save for one: she’ll have the time of her life. After a broken engagement, Lia’s looking to someday find the right man and settle down. That’s some day. Now it’s all about the night. A hot, meaningless fling with a magnificently weathered blue-eyed stud like Sam couldn’t hurt: he’s sexy, and sure he’s arrogant, but best of all, he’s here. In other words, he’s perfect…for now. But when Sam is wounded in the line of duty and left in Lia’s tender loving care, all bets are off. Because the more time they spend together, the more it becomes clear: this “one night” deal is getting steamier and lasting longer than they counted on. It started as a fun little game. Is it possible they could be playing for keeps?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flight-of-a-maori-goddess-by-sarah-lark--65308415https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flight of a Maori Goddess Series: #3 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sarah Lark’s epic Sea of Freedom trilogy reaches its sweeping conclusion in a story of courage, strength, and sisterhood. The dawning twentieth century brings change to New Zealand—and new opportunities for any woman bold enough to grasp them. Atamarie Turei, whose mother fought for suffrage, has enrolled as the first female student at the Canterbury College of Engineering. On a surveying trip she meets Richard Pearse, who shares her passion for aviation. Being part Maori, part white, and thoroughly independent, Atamarie is soon vilified by Richard’s conservative farm community, forcing her to navigate the next step in a liberating life. Roberta Fence, Atamarie’s best friend, has just graduated from college. Obsessed with charismatic, womanizing doctor Kevin Drury, Roberta follows him to South Africa, where their work together in the brutal Boer concentration camps will change her—but not define her. Soon, Atamarie and Roberta will discover that destiny lies closer to home. There, each woman forges a path through star-crossed love, family upheaval, and a shifting social landscape. And by reconciling ambition with the spirituality of her ancestors, Atamarie endeavors to make her dreams take flight at last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336768Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flight of a Maori Goddess Series: #3 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flight of a Maori Goddess Series: #3 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sarah Lark’s epic Sea of Freedom trilogy reaches its sweeping conclusion in a story of courage, strength, and sisterhood. The dawning twentieth century brings change to New Zealand—and new opportunities for any woman bold enough to grasp them. Atamarie Turei, whose mother fought for suffrage, has enrolled as the first female student at the Canterbury College of Engineering. On a surveying trip she meets Richard Pearse, who shares her passion for aviation. Being part Maori, part white, and thoroughly independent, Atamarie is soon vilified by Richard’s conservative farm community, forcing her to navigate the next step in a liberating life. Roberta Fence, Atamarie’s best friend, has just graduated from college. Obsessed with charismatic, womanizing doctor Kevin Drury, Roberta follows him to South Africa, where their work together in the brutal Boer concentration camps will change her—but not define her. Soon, Atamarie and Roberta will discover that destiny lies closer to home. There, each woman forges a path through star-crossed love, family upheaval, and a shifting social landscape. And by reconciling ambition with the spirituality of her ancestors, Atamarie endeavors to make her dreams take flight at last.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-curve-in-the-road-by-julianne-maclean--65308418https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curve in the Road Author: Julianne MacLean Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes a suspenseful, emotionally charged novel that explores the secrets and hidden truths within a seemingly perfect marriage. Abbie MacIntyre is living the dream in the picturesque Nova Scotia town she calls home. She is a successful surgeon, is married to a handsome cardiologist, and has a model teenage son who is only months away from going off to college. But then one fateful night, everything changes. When a drunk driver hits her car, Abbie is rushed to the hospital. She survives, but the accident forces unimaginable secrets out into the open and plagues Abbie with nightmares so vivid that she starts to question her grip on reality. Her perfect life begins to crack, and those cracks threaten to shatter her world completely. The search for answers will test her strength in every way—as a wife, a career woman, and a mother—but it may also open the door for Abbie to move forward, beyond anger and heartbreak, to find out what she is truly made of. In learning to heal and trust again, she may just find new hope in the spaces left behind. Book club discussion questions are included in the book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336777Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curve in the Road Author: Julianne MacLean Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curve in the Road Author: Julianne MacLean Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes a suspenseful, emotionally charged novel that explores the secrets and hidden truths within a seemingly perfect marriage. Abbie MacIntyre is living the dream in the picturesque Nova Scotia town she calls home. She is a successful surgeon, is married to a handsome cardiologist, and has a model teenage son who is only months away from going off to college. But then one fateful night, everything changes. When a drunk driver hits her car, Abbie is rushed to the hospital. She survives, but the accident forces unimaginable secrets out into the open and plagues Abbie with nightmares so vivid that she starts to question her grip on reality. Her perfect life begins to crack, and those cracks threaten to shatter her world completely. The search for answers will test her strength in every way—as a wife, a career woman, and a mother—but it may also open the door for Abbie to move forward, beyond anger and heartbreak, to find out what she is truly made of. In learning to heal and trust again, she may just find new hope in the spaces left behind. Book club discussion questions are included in the book.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forgotten-guide-to-happiness-by-sophie-jenkins--65308448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Guide to Happiness Author: Sophie Jenkins Narrator: Beth Chalmers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’WONDERFULLY UPLIFTING’ Trisha Ashley Sometimes, happiness can be found where you least expect it… 'Absolutely and completely adorable, this all embracing story will break, mend, and fill hearts with warmth, humour and love' LOVEREADING Twenty-eight-year-old Lana Green has never been good at making friends. She’s perfectly happy to be left alone with her books. Or at least, that’s what she tells herself. Nancy Ellis Hall was once a celebrated writer. Now eighty, she lives alone in her North London house, and thinks she’s doing just fine. But dementia is loosening Nancy’s grip on the world. When Lana and Nancy become unconventional house mates, their lives will change in ways they never expected. But can an unusual friendship rescue two women who don’t realise they need to be saved? An irresistible story of love, memory and the power of friendship that readers of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Lido will adore. Readers love The Forgotten Guide to Happiness ‘A warm, beautiful read … tender and inspiring’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘A truly delightful story about love, friendship and figuring out what matters the most. It wraps itself around you like a warm, comforting blanket and it made me chuckle, a little emotional at times but in the end, pretty happy’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘I wholeheartedly recommend this book to other readers. I can’t wait to see what comes next from this fantastic author. 5* out of 5*’ The Ginger Book Geek ‘An enchanting, thought-provoking read which left me with a massive smile on my face’ The Writing Garnet ‘Oh boy did this novel warm my heart from the top of my head to the tips of my toes … a different kind of love story and will definitely make you think about life, love, friendship, and what really matters in this world’ Goodreads reviewer ‘Endowed with one of the perfect endings, this uplifting book will make you happy irrespective of whether you forgot the feeling or not’ Goodreads reviewer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336619Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Guide to Happiness Author: Sophie Jenkins Narrator: Beth Chalmers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Guide to Happiness Author: Sophie Jenkins Narrator: Beth Chalmers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’WONDERFULLY UPLIFTING’ Trisha Ashley Sometimes, happiness can be found where you least expect it… 'Absolutely and completely adorable, this all embracing story will break, mend, and fill hearts with warmth, humour and love' LOVEREADING Twenty-eight-year-old Lana Green has never been good at making friends. She’s perfectly happy to be left alone with her books. Or at least, that’s what she tells herself. Nancy Ellis Hall was once a celebrated writer. Now eighty, she lives alone in her North London house, and thinks she’s doing just fine. But dementia is loosening Nancy’s grip on the world. When Lana and Nancy become unconventional house mates, their lives will change in ways they never expected. But can an unusual friendship rescue two women who don’t realise they need to be saved? An irresistible story of love, memory and the power of friendship that readers of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Lido will adore. Readers love The Forgotten Guide to Happiness ‘A warm, beautiful read … tender and inspiring’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘A truly delightful story about love, friendship and figuring out what matters the most. It wraps itself around you like a warm, comforting blanket and it made me chuckle, a little emotional at times but in the end, pretty happy’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘I wholeheartedly recommend this book to other readers. I can’t wait to see what comes next from this fantastic author. 5* out of 5*’ The Ginger Book Geek ‘An enchanting, thought-provoking read which left me with a massive smile on my face’ The Writing Garnet ‘Oh boy did this novel warm my heart from the top of my head to the tips of my toes … a different kind of love story and will definitely make you think about life, love, friendship, and what really matters in this world’ Goodreads reviewer ‘Endowed with one of the perfect endings, this uplifting book will make you happy irrespective of whether you forgot the feeling or not’ Goodreads reviewer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-leave-me-a-novel-by-crystal-hana-kim--65308414https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Leave Me: A Novel Author: Crystal Hana Kim Narrator: Keong Sim, Greta Jung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''If You Leave Me is graced with truly wonderful writing; great poise, lyricism, intelligence, and an utterly engrossing portrayal of life.''—Richard Ford ''An unforgettable story of family, love, and war set against the violent emergence of modern Korea.''—Gary Shteyngart ''A gripping, heartrending tale of the birth of modern Korea filtered through the prism of an intimate love story. In fresh, often astonishing prose, Kim brings her characters to life: complicated, flawed, and hard not to fall in love with. A strikingly original work.''—Jessica Shattuck An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they’re forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today. When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home, sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee, along with her widowed mother and ailing brother, is forced to flee to a refugee camp along the coast. For a few hours each night, she escapes her family’s makeshift home and tragic circumstances with her childhood friend, Kyunghwan. Focused on finishing school, Kyunghwan doesn’t realize his older and wealthier cousin, Jisoo, has his sights set on the beautiful and spirited Haemi—and is determined to marry her before joining the fight. But as Haemi becomes a wife, then a mother, her decision to forsake the boy she always loved for the security of her family sets off a dramatic saga that will have profound effects for generations to come. Richly told and deeply moving, If You Leave Me is a stunning portrait of war and refugee life, a passionate and timeless romance, and a heartrending exploration of one woman’s longing for autonomy in a rapidly changing world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335747Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Leave Me: A Novel Author: Crystal Hana Kim Narrator: Keong Sim, Greta Jung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Leave Me: A Novel Author: Crystal Hana Kim Narrator: Keong Sim, Greta Jung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''If You Leave Me is graced with truly wonderful writing; great poise, lyricism, intelligence, and an utterly engrossing portrayal of life.''—Richard Ford ''An unforgettable story of family, love, and war set against the violent emergence of modern Korea.''—Gary Shteyngart ''A gripping, heartrending tale of the birth of modern Korea filtered through the prism of an intimate love story. In fresh, often astonishing prose, Kim brings her characters to life: complicated, flawed, and hard not to fall in love with. A strikingly original work.''—Jessica Shattuck An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they’re forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today. When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home, sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee, along with her widowed mother and ailing brother, is forced to flee to a refugee camp along the coast. For a few hours each night, she escapes her family’s makeshift home and tragic circumstances with her childhood friend, Kyunghwan. Focused on finishing school, Kyunghwan doesn’t realize his older and wealthier cousin, Jisoo, has his sights set on the beautiful and spirited Haemi—and is determined to marry her before joining the fight. But as Haemi becomes a wife, then a mother, her decision to forsake the boy she always loved for the security of her family sets off a dramatic saga that will have profound effects for generations to come. Richly told and deeply moving, If You Leave Me is a stunning portrait of war and refugee life, a passionate and timeless romance, and a heartrending exploration of one woman’s longing for autonomy in a rapidly changing world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whisper-me-this-a-novel-by-kerry-anne-king--65308431https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whisper Me This: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller, a devastating secret is revealed, and a family must finally come to terms with the past. Single mother Maisey Addington has always fallen short of her own mother’s expectations—never married, a bit adrift, wasting her high IQ on dead-end jobs. The only thing Maisey’s sure she’s gotten right is her relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter, Elle…until a phone call blows apart the precarious balance of their lives. Maisey’s mother is in a coma, and her aging father faces charges of abuse and neglect. Back at her childhood home, Maisey must make a heartrending life-or-death decision. Her confused father has destroyed family records, including her mother’s final wishes. Searching for answers, Maisey uncovers one unspeakable secret after another when she stumbles upon a shattering truth: a twin sister named Marley. Maisey’s obsession with solving the mystery of her sister forces her to examine her darkest memories and triggers a custody battle with Elle’s father. Will Maisey’s love for her daughter be strong enough to break a cycle of abuse and create a new beginning for them all?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336454Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whisper Me This: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whisper Me This: A Novel Author: Kerry Anne King Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller, a devastating secret is revealed, and a family must finally come to terms with the past. Single mother Maisey Addington has always fallen short of her own mother’s expectations—never married, a bit adrift, wasting her high IQ on dead-end jobs. The only thing Maisey’s sure she’s gotten right is her relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter, Elle…until a phone call blows apart the precarious balance of their lives. Maisey’s mother is in a coma, and her aging father faces charges of abuse and neglect. Back at her childhood home, Maisey must make a heartrending life-or-death decision. Her confused father has destroyed family records, including her mother’s final wishes. Searching for answers, Maisey uncovers one unspeakable secret after another when she stumbles upon a shattering truth: a twin sister named Marley. Maisey’s obsession with solving the mystery of her sister forces her to examine her darkest memories and triggers a custody battle with Elle’s father. Will Maisey’s love for her daughter be strong enough to break a cycle of abuse and create a new beginning for them all?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evacuee-summer-by-katie-king--65308411https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evacuee Summer Author: Katie King Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Far from home, an adventure they’ll never forget… ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman June 1940. Evacuee twins Connie and Jessie are reminded every day of the differences between a Yorkshire summer and what they had previously known in London’s Bermondsey. Life at Tall Trees vicarage, Harrogate, is full of adventure, with the arrival of a mischievous pony called Milburn who soon sets about showing who’s boss. But Auntie Peggy is bracing herself for bad news – since the birth of their beautiful baby Holly, something has been very wrong between her and husband Bill and an unexpected visitor soon makes clear exactly what that is… In this heartwarming tale of evacuees far from home, Katie King returns with a novel full of nostalgia and delight. What readers are saying about Katie King: 'Can't wait for another book, lovely characters and storyline' 'Five Stars' 'Loved it' 'A lovely story with strong characters that I loved from start to finish' 'I am looking forward to more books in this series']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339539Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evacuee Summer Author: Katie King Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 26, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evacuee Summer Author: Katie King Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Far from home, an adventure they’ll never forget… ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman June 1940. Evacuee twins Connie and Jessie are reminded every day of the differences between a Yorkshire summer and what they had previously known in London’s Bermondsey. Life at Tall Trees vicarage, Harrogate, is full of adventure, with the arrival of a mischievous pony called Milburn who soon sets about showing who’s boss. But Auntie Peggy is bracing herself for bad news – since the birth of their beautiful baby Holly, something has been very wrong between her and husband Bill and an unexpected visitor soon makes clear exactly what that is… In this heartwarming tale of evacuees far from home, Katie King returns with a novel full of nostalgia and delight. What readers are saying about Katie King: 'Can't wait for another book, lovely characters and storyline' 'Five Stars' 'Loved it' 'A lovely story with strong characters that I loved from start to finish' 'I am looking forward to more books in this series']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-for-beginners-a-novel-by-leah-franqui--65308486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: America for Beginners: A Novel Author: Leah Franqui Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream through meaningful and unlikely friendships forged in unusual circumstances. Pival Sengupta has done something she never expected: she has booked a trip with the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Company. But unlike other upper-class Indians on a foreign holiday, the recently widowed Pival is not interested in sightseeing. She is traveling thousands of miles from Kolkota to New York on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi devastated his very traditional parents when he told them he was gay. Then, Pival’s husband, Ram, told her that their son had died suddenly—heartbreaking news she still refuses to accept. Now, with Ram gone, she is going to America to find Rahi, alive and whole or dead and gone, and come to terms with her own life. Arriving in New York, the tour proves to be more complicated than anticipated. Planned by the company’s indefatigable owner, Ronnie Munshi—a hard-working immigrant and entrepreneur hungry for his own taste of the American dream—it is a work of haphazard improvisation. Pavil’s guide is the company’s new hire, the guileless and wonderfully resourceful Satya, who has been in America for one year—and has never actually left the five boroughs. For modesty’s sake Pival and Satya will be accompanied by Rebecca Elliot, an aspiring young actress. Eager for a paying gig, she’s along for the ride, because how hard can a two-week ''working'' vacation traveling across America be? Slowly making her way from coast to coast with her unlikely companions, Pival finds that her understanding of her son—and her hopes of a reunion with him—are challenged by her growing knowledge of his adoptive country. As the bonds between this odd trio deepens, Pival, Satya, and Rebecca learn to see America—and themselves—in different and profound new ways. A bittersweet and bighearted tale of forgiveness, hope, and acceptance, America for Beginners illuminates the unexpected enchantments life can hold, and reminds us that our most precious connections aren’t always the ones we seek. This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Leah Franqui about America for Beginners.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333472Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: America for Beginners: A Novel Author: Leah Franqui Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: America for Beginners: A Novel Author: Leah Franqui Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream through meaningful and unlikely friendships forged in unusual circumstances. Pival Sengupta has done something she never expected: she has booked a trip with the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Company. But unlike other upper-class Indians on a foreign holiday, the recently widowed Pival is not interested in sightseeing. She is traveling thousands of miles from Kolkota to New York on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi devastated his very traditional parents when he told them he was gay. Then, Pival’s husband, Ram, told her that their son had died suddenly—heartbreaking news she still refuses to accept. Now, with Ram gone, she is going to America to find Rahi, alive and whole or dead and gone, and come to terms with her own life. Arriving in New York, the tour proves to be more complicated than anticipated. Planned by the company’s indefatigable owner, Ronnie Munshi—a hard-working immigrant and entrepreneur hungry for his own taste of the American dream—it is a work of haphazard improvisation. Pavil’s guide is the company’s new hire, the guileless and wonderfully resourceful Satya, who has been in America for one year—and has never actually left the five boroughs. For modesty’s sake Pival and Satya will be accompanied by Rebecca Elliot, an aspiring young actress. Eager for a paying gig, she’s along for the ride, because how hard can a two-week ''working'' vacation traveling across America be? Slowly making her way from coast to coast with her unlikely companions, Pival finds that her understanding of her son—and her hopes of a reunion with him—are challenged by her growing knowledge of his adoptive country. As the bonds between this odd trio deepens, Pival, Satya, and Rebecca learn to see America—and themselves—in different and profound new ways. A bittersweet and bighearted tale of forgiveness, hope, and acceptance, America for Beginners illuminates the unexpected enchantments life can hold, and reminds us that our most precious connections aren’t always the ones we seek. This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Leah Franqui about America for Beginners.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-space-between-by-dete-meserve--65308460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Space Between Author: Dete Meserve Narrator: Laurel Schroeder, Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The truth isn’t what it seems in this stirring novel of suspense. After presenting a major scientific breakthrough to a rapt audience across the country, renowned astronomer Sarah Mayfield returns home to a disturbing discovery. Her husband, Ben, a Los Angeles restaurateur, has disappeared, leaving behind an unexplained bank deposit of a million dollars, a loaded Glock in the nightstand, and a video security system that’s been wiped clean. The only answers their son, Zack, can offer are the last words his father said to him: keep the doors locked and set the alarm. Sarah’s marriage was more troubled than anyone suspected, but now she is afraid that her husband’s recent past could be darker than she dares to admit. Suspecting that nothing about Ben’s vanishing is what it seems, Sarah must delve into the space between old memories, newfound fears, and misleading clues to piece together the mystery of her husband’s disappearance—and find what she hopes in her heart is the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334848Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Space Between Author: Dete Meserve Narrator: Laurel Schroeder, Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Space Between Author: Dete Meserve Narrator: Laurel Schroeder, Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The truth isn’t what it seems in this stirring novel of suspense. After presenting a major scientific breakthrough to a rapt audience across the country, renowned astronomer Sarah Mayfield returns home to a disturbing discovery. Her husband, Ben, a Los Angeles restaurateur, has disappeared, leaving behind an unexplained bank deposit of a million dollars, a loaded Glock in the nightstand, and a video security system that’s been wiped clean. The only answers their son, Zack, can offer are the last words his father said to him: keep the doors locked and set the alarm. Sarah’s marriage was more troubled than anyone suspected, but now she is afraid that her husband’s recent past could be darker than she dares to admit. Suspecting that nothing about Ben’s vanishing is what it seems, Sarah must delve into the space between old memories, newfound fears, and misleading clues to piece together the mystery of her husband’s disappearance—and find what she hopes in her heart is the truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shattered-mirror-by-sarah-price--65308427https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattered Mirror Author: Sarah Price Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful novel of addiction, hope, and renewal from Sarah Price, the bestselling author of Heavenly Blues. In any upscale suburban town, silence and shame blanket the hard truths. But college professor Kelly Martin can no longer deny the reality she lives every day: substance abuse is tearing her family apart. First, her ex-husband’s drinking destroyed their marriage. Now their seventeen-year-old son, Zach, is caught in the grip of drug addiction, fueled by a known drug dealer walking the halls of his high school. Kelly has two choices: watch helplessly and simply try to bear it or fight to save her son, who’s at the edge of suicidal depression. When she encounters shocking disinterest, even hostility, from her ex-husband, her sister, her mother, and her former social circle, Kelly quickly realizes that she’s alone on this painful and frightening journey. But the race to rescue her child becomes an awakening for Kelly as she comes to understand the keys to her own heart and happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336778Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattered Mirror Author: Sarah Price Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattered Mirror Author: Sarah Price Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful novel of addiction, hope, and renewal from Sarah Price, the bestselling author of Heavenly Blues. In any upscale suburban town, silence and shame blanket the hard truths. But college professor Kelly Martin can no longer deny the reality she lives every day: substance abuse is tearing her family apart. First, her ex-husband’s drinking destroyed their marriage. Now their seventeen-year-old son, Zach, is caught in the grip of drug addiction, fueled by a known drug dealer walking the halls of his high school. Kelly has two choices: watch helplessly and simply try to bear it or fight to save her son, who’s at the edge of suicidal depression. When she encounters shocking disinterest, even hostility, from her ex-husband, her sister, her mother, and her former social circle, Kelly quickly realizes that she’s alone on this painful and frightening journey. But the race to rescue her child becomes an awakening for Kelly as she comes to understand the keys to her own heart and happiness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-season-of-silver-linings-by-christine-nolfi--65308437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Season of Silver Linings Series: #3 of A Sweet Lake Novel Author: Christine Nolfi Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime. When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss. Jada has also begun looking to the future by dating widower Philip Kettering and forging a sudden, sweet bond with his six-year-old daughter. But the past isn’t finished with Jada. When a curious guest checks into the Wayfair, her delving questions stir Jada’s guilt about the heartbreaking events that scarred the town seven years ago. The risks Jada must take by revealing the truth will test every assumption she’s made about the meaning of family and the magic of enduring love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334853Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Season of Silver Linings Series: #3 of A Sweet Lake Novel Author: Christine Nolfi Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Season of Silver Linings Series: #3 of A Sweet Lake Novel Author: Christine Nolfi Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime. When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss. Jada has also begun looking to the future by dating widower Philip Kettering and forging a sudden, sweet bond with his six-year-old daughter. But the past isn’t finished with Jada. When a curious guest checks into the Wayfair, her delving questions stir Jada’s guilt about the heartbreaking events that scarred the town seven years ago. The risks Jada must take by revealing the truth will test every assumption she’s made about the meaning of family and the magic of enduring love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cottage-by-the-sea-a-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65308420https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cottage by the Sea: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 149 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A seaside town helps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in an uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. “Romantic, warm, and a breeze to read—one of Macomber’s best.”—Kirkus Reviews Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager.     Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart—and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive, prickly landlord Annie is determined to befriend; and Britt, a teenager with a terrible secret. But it is Keaton to whom Annie feels most drawn. His quiet, peaceful nature offers her both comfort and reprieve from her grief, and the two begin to grow closer. Then events threaten to undo the idyll Annie has come to enjoy. And when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in her lap, she is torn between the excitement of a new journey toward success and the safe and secure arms of the haven—and the man—she’s come to call home. In this heartwarming tale, Annie finds that the surest way to fix what is damaged within is to help others rise above their pain and find a way to heal. Praise for Cottage by the Sea “Macomber never disappoints. Tears and laughter abound in this story of loss and healing that will wrap you up and pull you in; readers will finish it in one sitting.”—Library Journal (starred review)   “Macomber’s story of tragedy and triumph is emotionally engaging from the outset and ends with a satisfying conclusion. Readers will be most taken by the characters, particularly Annie, a heartwarming lead who bolsters the novel.”—Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337049Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cottage by the Sea: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cottage by the Sea: A Novel Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 149 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A seaside town helps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in an uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. “Romantic, warm, and a breeze to read—one of Macomber’s best.”—Kirkus Reviews Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager.     Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart—and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive, prickly landlord Annie is determined to befriend; and Britt, a teenager with a terrible secret. But it is Keaton to whom Annie feels most drawn. His quiet, peaceful nature offers her both comfort and reprieve from her grief, and the two begin to grow closer. Then events threaten to undo the idyll Annie has come to enjoy. And when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in her lap, she is torn between the excitement of a new journey toward success and the safe and secure arms of the haven—and the man—she’s come to call home. In this heartwarming tale, Annie finds that the surest way to fix what is damaged within is to help others rise above their pain and find a way to heal. Praise for Cottage by the Sea “Macomber never disappoints. Tears and laughter abound in this story of loss and healing that will wrap you up and pull you in; readers will finish it in one sitting.”—Library Journal (starred review)   “Macomber’s story of tragedy and triumph is emotionally engaging from the outset and ends with a satisfying conclusion. Readers will be most taken by the characters, particularly Annie, a heartwarming lead who bolsters the novel.”—Publishers Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-inheriting-secrets-a-novel-by-barbara-o-neal--65308388https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Inheriting Secrets: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco and crosses the pond to unravel the mystery of a lifetime. One glance at the breathtaking Rosemere Priory and Olivia understands why the manor, magnificent even in disrepair, was the subject of her mother’s exquisite paintings. What she doesn’t understand is why her mother never mentioned it to her. As Olivia begins digging into her mother’s past, she discovers that the peeling wallpaper, debris-laden halls, and ceiling-high Elizabethan windows covered in lush green vines hide unimaginable secrets. Although personal problems and her life back home beckon, Olivia finds herself falling for the charming English village and its residents. But before she can decide what Rosemere’s and her own future hold, Olivia must first untangle the secrets of her past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337358Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Inheriting Secrets: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Inheriting Secrets: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco and crosses the pond to unravel the mystery of a lifetime. One glance at the breathtaking Rosemere Priory and Olivia understands why the manor, magnificent even in disrepair, was the subject of her mother’s exquisite paintings. What she doesn’t understand is why her mother never mentioned it to her. As Olivia begins digging into her mother’s past, she discovers that the peeling wallpaper, debris-laden halls, and ceiling-high Elizabethan windows covered in lush green vines hide unimaginable secrets. Although personal problems and her life back home beckon, Olivia finds herself falling for the charming English village and its residents. But before she can decide what Rosemere’s and her own future hold, Olivia must first untangle the secrets of her past.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-memories-of-us-by-vanessa-carnevale--65308422https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memories of Us Author: Vanessa Carnevale Narrator: Sarah Kants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A beautifully written, incredibly evocative tale. The Memories of Us will remind you that love never fails and that there's real power in chasing your dreams. I loved this uniquely vivid story, and you will too’ Kelly Rimmer, author of Before I Let You Go One moment can change your life When Gracie Ashcroft wakes after a crash with severe amnesia, she must choose whether to live a life through other people’s memories or to start a new life all her own. Discovering her late mother left her an old flower farm, Gracie leaves her fiancé, best friend and the home full of forgotten memories behind, hoping to learn who she is now. Torn between wishing she could remember and afraid of losing what she now has, Gracie starts to wonder: if you had your time over, would you live the same life twice? The feel-good and sweeping love story that fans of Harriet Evans, Lucy Dillon and Ruth Hogan will love What readers are saying about The Memories of Us 'A great holiday read' NetGalley Reviewer ‘I was swept away by this book’ Netgalley Reviewer ‘A lovely story about finding a second chance where you least expect it’ Netgalley Reviewer ‘Carnevale's writing is effortless and sharp and her dialogue crisp. She's a master of creating emotionally compelling characters and crafting a sweeping love story that the reader remembers long after they turn the last page. It's a beautiful story that you won't forget’ Chicklit Club]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336621Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memories of Us Author: Vanessa Carnevale Narrator: Sarah Kants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memories of Us Author: Vanessa Carnevale Narrator: Sarah Kants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A beautifully written, incredibly evocative tale. The Memories of Us will remind you that love never fails and that there's real power in chasing your dreams. I loved this uniquely vivid story, and you will too’ Kelly Rimmer, author of Before I Let You Go One moment can change your life When Gracie Ashcroft wakes after a crash with severe amnesia, she must choose whether to live a life through other people’s memories or to start a new life all her own. Discovering her late mother left her an old flower farm, Gracie leaves her fiancé, best friend and the home full of forgotten memories behind, hoping to learn who she is now. Torn between wishing she could remember and afraid of losing what she now has, Gracie starts to wonder: if you had your time over, would you live the same life twice? The feel-good and sweeping love story that fans of Harriet Evans, Lucy Dillon and Ruth Hogan will love What readers are saying about The Memories of Us 'A great holiday read' NetGalley Reviewer ‘I was swept away by this book’ Netgalley Reviewer ‘A lovely story about finding a second chance where you least expect it’ Netgalley Reviewer ‘Carnevale's writing is effortless and sharp and her dialogue crisp. She's a master of creating emotionally compelling characters and crafting a sweeping love story that the reader remembers long after they turn the last page. It's a beautiful story that you won't forget’ Chicklit Club]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-mummy-swears-by-gill-sims--65308402https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Mummy Swears Author: Gill Sims Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The hilarious second novel, and Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller, from author of the smash hit Why Mummy Drinks. Monday, 25 July The first day of the holidays. I suppose it could’ve been worse. I brightly announced that perhaps it might be a lovely idea to go to a stately home and learn about some history. As soon as we got there I remembered why I don’t use the flipping National Trust membership – because National Trust properties are full of very precious and breakable items, and very precious and breakable items don’t really mix with children, especially not small boys. Where I had envisaged childish faces glowing with wonder as they took in the treasures of our nation’s illustrious past, we instead had me shouting ‘Don’t touch, DON’T TOUCH, FFS DON’T TOUCH!” while stoutly shod pensioners tutted disapprovingly and drafted angry letters to the Daily Mail in their heads. How many more days of the holiday are there? Welcome to Mummy’s world… The Boy Child Peter is connected to his iPad by an umbilical cord, The Girl Child Jane is desperate to make her fortune as an Instagram lifestyle influencer, while Daddy is constantly off on exotic business trips… Mummy’s marriage is feeling the strain, her kids are running wild and the house is steadily developing a forest of mould. Only Judgy, the Proud and Noble Terrier, remains loyal as always. Mummy has also found herself a new challenge, working for a hot new tech start-up. But not only is she worrying if, at forty-two, she could actually get up off a bean bag with dignity, she’s also somehow (accidentally) rebranded herself as a single party girl who works hard, plays hard and doesn’t have to run out when the nanny calls in sick. Can Mummy keep up the facade while keeping her family afloat? Can she really get away with wearing ‘comfy trousers’ to work? And, more importantly, can she find the time to pour herself a large G+T? Probably effing not.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339528Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Mummy Swears Author: Gill Sims Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Mummy Swears Author: Gill Sims Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The hilarious second novel, and Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller, from author of the smash hit Why Mummy Drinks. Monday, 25 July The first day of the holidays. I suppose it could’ve been worse. I brightly announced that perhaps it might be a lovely idea to go to a stately home and learn about some history. As soon as we got there I remembered why I don’t use the flipping National Trust membership – because National Trust properties are full of very precious and breakable items, and very precious and breakable items don’t really mix with children, especially not small boys. Where I had envisaged childish faces glowing with wonder as they took in the treasures of our nation’s illustrious past, we instead had me shouting ‘Don’t touch, DON’T TOUCH, FFS DON’T TOUCH!” while stoutly shod pensioners tutted disapprovingly and drafted angry letters to the Daily Mail in their heads. How many more days of the holiday are there? Welcome to Mummy’s world… The Boy Child Peter is connected to his iPad by an umbilical cord, The Girl Child Jane is desperate to make her fortune as an Instagram lifestyle influencer, while Daddy is constantly off on exotic business trips… Mummy’s marriage is feeling the strain, her kids are running wild and the house is steadily developing a forest of mould. Only Judgy, the Proud and Noble Terrier, remains loyal as always. Mummy has also found herself a new challenge, working for a hot new tech start-up. But not only is she worrying if, at forty-two, she could actually get up off a bean bag with dignity, she’s also somehow (accidentally) rebranded herself as a single party girl who works hard, plays hard and doesn’t have to run out when the nanny calls in sick. Can Mummy keep up the facade while keeping her family afloat? Can she really get away with wearing ‘comfy trousers’ to work? And, more importantly, can she find the time to pour herself a large G+T? Probably effing not.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-we-found-home-by-susan-mallery--65308509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Found Home Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Becoming a family will take patience, humor, a little bit of wine and a whole lot of love After life knocked Delaney Holbrook sideways, she didn’t get down—she got busy. She went back to school, determined to reinvent herself. She even swore off men in suits. But then one particular man in one very fine suit proves too tempting to resist—Malcolm Carlesso, CEO of a family-owned food company. Malcolm’s life has been complicated by the arrival of two half sisters he’s never met…and isn’t sure he wants around. How can Delaney trust a man who keeps his own sisters at such a distance? Alone in the world, Callie Smith never expected to find a family. Suddenly she’s living in a house the size of a small country with her stuffy and aloof new brother and streetwise sister, wondering whether this place—and these people—will ever feel like home. Just as she’s beginning to get settled, a new opportunity presents itself, daring her to dream of more…until her past threatens to take it all away. Friends brought together by chance, Delaney and Callie will soon discover the closest families are bonded by choice—not by blood—in this uplifting story from the consistently unputdownable Susan Mallery. Don't miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love.   Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery: - The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024! - The Happiness Plan - The Sister Effect - The Boardwalk Bookshop - The Summer Getaway]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329996Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Found Home Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Found Home Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Becoming a family will take patience, humor, a little bit of wine and a whole lot of love After life knocked Delaney Holbrook sideways, she didn’t get down—she got busy. She went back to school, determined to reinvent herself. She even swore off men in suits. But then one particular man in one very fine suit proves too tempting to resist—Malcolm Carlesso, CEO of a family-owned food company. Malcolm’s life has been complicated by the arrival of two half sisters he’s never met…and isn’t sure he wants around. How can Delaney trust a man who keeps his own sisters at such a distance? Alone in the world, Callie Smith never expected to find a family. Suddenly she’s living in a house the size of a small country with her stuffy and aloof new brother and streetwise sister, wondering whether this place—and these people—will ever feel like home. Just as she’s beginning to get settled, a new opportunity presents itself, daring her to dream of more…until her past threatens to take it all away. Friends brought together by chance, Delaney and Callie will soon discover the closest families are bonded by choice—not by blood—in this uplifting story from the consistently unputdownable Susan Mallery. Don't miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love.   Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery: - The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024! - The Happiness Plan - The Sister Effect - The Boardwalk Bookshop - The Summer Getaway]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clock-dance-a-novel-by-anne-tyler--65308441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clock Dance: A novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.51 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London) A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread. Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335691Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clock Dance: A novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clock Dance: A novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.51 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London) A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread. Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-queen-of-crocker-county-by-elizabeth-leiknes--65308387https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Queen of Crocker County Author: Elizabeth Leiknes Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There's no place like home-especially when home is Crocker County, Iowa. Jane Willow may have moved to Los Angeles to become a famous film critic, but when a family tragedy prompts her return to Crocker County, Iowa, for the first time in eighteen years, she is forced to confront everything she left behind-including her local fame for the 1993 Corn Queen crowning fiasco. Before Jane can escape her past a second time, disaster strikes, and she will have to find a way to right her mistakes and save herself from her regrets. An unflinching love letter to the Midwest that unfolds through a celebration of movies, this ferociously endearing novel brings home the saving grace of second chances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339576Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Queen of Crocker County Author: Elizabeth Leiknes Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Queen of Crocker County Author: Elizabeth Leiknes Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There's no place like home-especially when home is Crocker County, Iowa. Jane Willow may have moved to Los Angeles to become a famous film critic, but when a family tragedy prompts her return to Crocker County, Iowa, for the first time in eighteen years, she is forced to confront everything she left behind-including her local fame for the 1993 Corn Queen crowning fiasco. Before Jane can escape her past a second time, disaster strikes, and she will have to find a way to right her mistakes and save herself from her regrets. An unflinching love letter to the Midwest that unfolds through a celebration of movies, this ferociously endearing novel brings home the saving grace of second chances.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-there-by-tommy-orange--65308532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There There Author: Tommy Orange Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Darrell Dennis, Kyla Garcia, Alma Cuervo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of There There by Tommy Orange, read by Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo and Kyla Garcia. Jacquie Red Feather and her sister Opal grew up together, relying on each other during their unsettled childhood. As adults they were driven apart, but Jacquie is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. That’s why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle's death. Edwin is looking for his true father. Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance. All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet understand. All of them are there for the cultural celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there. And Tony has come to the Powwow with darker intentions. 'There There is a propulsive, groundbreaking novel, polyphonic and multigenerational, weaving together an array of contemporary Native American voices into a singularly dynamic and original meta-narrative about violence and recovery, about family and loss, about identity and power.' Derek Palacio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332071Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There There Author: Tommy Orange Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Darrell Dennis, Kyla Garcia, Alma Cuervo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There There Author: Tommy Orange Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Darrell Dennis, Kyla Garcia, Alma Cuervo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of There There by Tommy Orange, read by Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo and Kyla Garcia. Jacquie Red Feather and her sister Opal grew up together, relying on each other during their unsettled childhood. As adults they were driven apart, but Jacquie is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. That’s why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle's death. Edwin is looking for his true father. Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance. All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet understand. All of them are there for the cultural celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there. And Tony has come to the Powwow with darker intentions. 'There There is a propulsive, groundbreaking novel, polyphonic and multigenerational, weaving together an array of contemporary Native American voices into a singularly dynamic and original meta-narrative about violence and recovery, about family and loss, about identity and power.' Derek Palacio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-much-life-left-over-by-louis-de-bernieres--65308407https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Much Life Left Over Author: Louis De Bernières Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernières, read by Avita Jay and David Sibley. A sweeping, heartbreaking novel following Daniel in his troubled marriage with Rosie as they navigate the unsettled time between the World Wars. Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn. By turns humorous and tragic, gripping and touching, So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique and captivating characters as they navigate the extraordinary interwar years both in England and abroad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337027Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Much Life Left Over Author: Louis De Bernières Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Much Life Left Over Author: Louis De Bernières Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernières, read by Avita Jay and David Sibley. A sweeping, heartbreaking novel following Daniel in his troubled marriage with Rosie as they navigate the unsettled time between the World Wars. Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn. By turns humorous and tragic, gripping and touching, So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique and captivating characters as they navigate the extraordinary interwar years both in England and abroad.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tending-roses-by-lisa-wingate--65308480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tending Roses Series: #1 of Tending Roses Author: Lisa Wingate Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother’s Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. The family has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who’s become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows such a change would break her grandmother’s heart.   Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers her grandma’s journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it is full of stories that celebrate the importance of family, friendship, and faith. Stories that make Kate see her life—and her grandmother—in a completely new way....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334456Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tending Roses Series: #1 of Tending Roses Author: Lisa Wingate Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tending Roses Series: #1 of Tending Roses Author: Lisa Wingate Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother’s Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. The family has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who’s become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows such a change would break her grandmother’s heart.   Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers her grandma’s journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it is full of stories that celebrate the importance of family, friendship, and faith. Stories that make Kate see her life—and her grandmother—in a completely new way....]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-we-give-a-novel-by-kerry-lonsdale--65308464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Give: A Novel Series: #3 of Everything Author: Kerry Lonsdale Narrator: Amy Landon, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. From the author of Everything We Keep comes the final novel in the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling Everything Series. Brimming with suspense, mystery, and romance, Everything We Give brings to a powerful close the gripping series of love, lies, and the secrets families keep. Award-winning photographer Ian Collins made only one mistake in life, but it cost his mother her freedom and destroyed their family, leaving Ian to practically raise himself. For years he’s been estranged from his father, and his mother has lived off the grid. For just as long, he has searched for her. Now, Ian seemingly has it all—national recognition for his photographs; his loving wife, Aimee; and their adoring daughter, Caty. Only two things elude him: a feature in National Geographic and finding his mother. When the prized magazine offers him his dream project on the same day that Aimee’s ex-fiancé, James, returns bearing a message for Ian but putting a strain on his marriage, Ian must make a choice: chase after a coveted assignment or reconnect with a mysterious woman who might hold the key to putting his past to rest. But the stakes are high, because Ian could lose the one thing he holds most dear: his family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334116Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Give: A Novel Series: #3 of Everything Author: Kerry Lonsdale Narrator: Amy Landon, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Give: A Novel Series: #3 of Everything Author: Kerry Lonsdale Narrator: Amy Landon, Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. From the author of Everything We Keep comes the final novel in the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling Everything Series. Brimming with suspense, mystery, and romance, Everything We Give brings to a powerful close the gripping series of love, lies, and the secrets families keep. Award-winning photographer Ian Collins made only one mistake in life, but it cost his mother her freedom and destroyed their family, leaving Ian to practically raise himself. For years he’s been estranged from his father, and his mother has lived off the grid. For just as long, he has searched for her. Now, Ian seemingly has it all—national recognition for his photographs; his loving wife, Aimee; and their adoring daughter, Caty. Only two things elude him: a feature in National Geographic and finding his mother. When the prized magazine offers him his dream project on the same day that Aimee’s ex-fiancé, James, returns bearing a message for Ian but putting a strain on his marriage, Ian must make a choice: chase after a coveted assignment or reconnect with a mysterious woman who might hold the key to putting his past to rest. But the stakes are high, because Ian could lose the one thing he holds most dear: his family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-banker-s-wife-by-cristina-alger--65308442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Banker's Wife Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller 'Immersive, satisfying, tense--and timely: This is probably happening for real right now.'--Lee Child 'First-rate...Slick, heart-hammering entertainment.'--The New York Times Book Review On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate search for answers, she determines that Matthew's death was no accident, and that she is now in the crosshairs of his powerful enemies. Meanwhile, ambitious society journalist Marina Tourneau has finally landed at the top. Now that she's engaged to Grant Ellis, she will stop writing about powerful families and finally be a part of one. Her entry into the upper echelons of New York's social scene is more appealing than any article could ever be, but, after the death of her mentor, she agrees to dig into one more story. While looking into Swiss United, Marina uncovers information that implicates some of the most powerful men in the financial world, including a few who are too close to home. The story could also be the answer to Annabel's heartbreaking search--if Marina chooses to publish it. The Banker's Wife is both a high-stakes thriller and an inside look at the personal lives in the intriguing world of finance, introducing Cristina Alger as a powerful new voice in the genre.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334810Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Banker's Wife Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Banker's Wife Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller 'Immersive, satisfying, tense--and timely: This is probably happening for real right now.'--Lee Child 'First-rate...Slick, heart-hammering entertainment.'--The New York Times Book Review On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate search for answers, she determines that Matthew's death was no accident, and that she is now in the crosshairs of his powerful enemies. Meanwhile, ambitious society journalist Marina Tourneau has finally landed at the top. Now that she's engaged to Grant Ellis, she will stop writing about powerful families and finally be a part of one. Her entry into the upper echelons of New York's social scene is more appealing than any article could ever be, but, after the death of her mentor, she agrees to dig into one more story. While looking into Swiss United, Marina uncovers information that implicates some of the most powerful men in the financial world, including a few who are too close to home. The story could also be the answer to Annabel's heartbreaking search--if Marina chooses to publish it. The Banker's Wife is both a high-stakes thriller and an inside look at the personal lives in the intriguing world of finance, introducing Cristina Alger as a powerful new voice in the genre.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dying-of-the-light-a-novel-by-robert-goolrick--65308395https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dying of the Light: A Novel Author: Robert Goolrick Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling A Reliable Wife comes a dramatic, passionate tale of a glamorous Southern debutante who marries for money and ultimately suffers for love—a southern gothic as written by Dominick Dunne. It begins with a house and ends in ashes . . . Diana Cooke was ''born with the century'' and came of age just after World War I. The daughter of Virginia gentry, she knew early that her parents had only one asset, besides her famous beauty: their stately house, Saratoga, the largest in the commonwealth, which has hosted the crème of society and Hollywood royalty. Though they are land-rich, the Cookes do not have the means to sustain the estate. Without a wealthy husband, Diana will lose the mansion that has been the heart and soul of her family for five generations. The mysterious Captain Copperton is an outsider with no bloodline but plenty of cash. Seeing the ravishing nineteen-year-old Diana for the first time, he’s determined to have her. Diana knows that marrying him would make the Cookes solvent and ensure that Saratoga will always be theirs. Yet Copperton is cruel as well as vulgar; while she admires his money, she cannot abide him. Carrying the weight of Saratoga and generations of Cookes on her shoulders, she ultimately succumbs to duty, sacrificing everything, including love. Luckily for Diana, fate intervenes. Her union with Copperton is brief and gives her a son she adores. But when her handsome, charming Ashton, now grown, returns to Saratoga with his college roommate, the real scandal and tragedy begins. Reveling in the secrets, mores, and society of twentieth-century genteel Southern life, The Dying of the Light is a romance, a melodrama, and a cautionary tale told with the grandeur and sweep of an epic Hollywood classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339545Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dying of the Light: A Novel Author: Robert Goolrick Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dying of the Light: A Novel Author: Robert Goolrick Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling A Reliable Wife comes a dramatic, passionate tale of a glamorous Southern debutante who marries for money and ultimately suffers for love—a southern gothic as written by Dominick Dunne. It begins with a house and ends in ashes . . . Diana Cooke was ''born with the century'' and came of age just after World War I. The daughter of Virginia gentry, she knew early that her parents had only one asset, besides her famous beauty: their stately house, Saratoga, the largest in the commonwealth, which has hosted the crème of society and Hollywood royalty. Though they are land-rich, the Cookes do not have the means to sustain the estate. Without a wealthy husband, Diana will lose the mansion that has been the heart and soul of her family for five generations. The mysterious Captain Copperton is an outsider with no bloodline but plenty of cash. Seeing the ravishing nineteen-year-old Diana for the first time, he’s determined to have her. Diana knows that marrying him would make the Cookes solvent and ensure that Saratoga will always be theirs. Yet Copperton is cruel as well as vulgar; while she admires his money, she cannot abide him. Carrying the weight of Saratoga and generations of Cookes on her shoulders, she ultimately succumbs to duty, sacrificing everything, including love. Luckily for Diana, fate intervenes. Her union with Copperton is brief and gives her a son she adores. But when her handsome, charming Ashton, now grown, returns to Saratoga with his college roommate, the real scandal and tragedy begins. Reveling in the secrets, mores, and society of twentieth-century genteel Southern life, The Dying of the Light is a romance, a melodrama, and a cautionary tale told with the grandeur and sweep of an epic Hollywood classic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/father-unknown-by-lesley-pearse--65308473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Unknown Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucinda Dryzek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Father Unknown by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucinda Dryzek. Orphaned, lost. Who is she really? One young woman's search across the globe for a past - and a future . . . Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . . Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about her real mother. However, when Daisy drops everything to go in search of her roots, she uncovers a harrowing story of greed, misery and corruption. She also risks hurting her adored Dad, the only true family she has left. Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? And more importantly, who is the real Daisy?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334794Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Unknown Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucinda Dryzek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Unknown Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucinda Dryzek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Father Unknown by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucinda Dryzek. Orphaned, lost. Who is she really? One young woman's search across the globe for a past - and a future . . . Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . . Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about her real mother. However, when Daisy drops everything to go in search of her roots, she uncovers a harrowing story of greed, misery and corruption. She also risks hurting her adored Dad, the only true family she has left. Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? And more importantly, who is the real Daisy?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lesser-evil-by-lesley-pearse--65308398https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lesser Evil Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse. She defied her parents to marry for love . . . Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours. But it is the Muckles, at number 11, who are the street's focus. Rumours of criminal depravity and shocking behaviour are rife. So when Fifi steps in to help their youngest child, she risks the wrath of this frightening family. Suddenly, not only her marriage and her family but the lives of all the inhabitants of Dale Street are at the mercy of the immoral Muckles . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339840Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lesser Evil Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lesser Evil Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse. She defied her parents to marry for love . . . Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours. But it is the Muckles, at number 11, who are the street's focus. Rumours of criminal depravity and shocking behaviour are rife. So when Fifi steps in to help their youngest child, she risks the wrath of this frightening family. Suddenly, not only her marriage and her family but the lives of all the inhabitants of Dale Street are at the mercy of the immoral Muckles . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hope-by-lesley-pearse--65308393https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucy Brownhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Hope by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucy Brownhill. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother . . . Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village. There, her true identity a secret, she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family. But the day comes when Hope must pay her way. What could be more natural than being taken into service by the Harveys? However when she sees something she should not, she is threatened and blackmailed into leaving her beloved Rentons forever. Destitute on the streets of an unfriendly city, Hope's courage and kindness are recognized by a doctor. A talent for healing sees her taken on as nurse and destined for the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But will Hope ever come home and uncover the true story of her birth? 'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339839Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucy Brownhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucy Brownhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Hope by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucy Brownhill. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother . . . Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village. There, her true identity a secret, she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family. But the day comes when Hope must pay her way. What could be more natural than being taken into service by the Harveys? However when she sees something she should not, she is threatened and blackmailed into leaving her beloved Rentons forever. Destitute on the streets of an unfriendly city, Hope's courage and kindness are recognized by a doctor. A talent for healing sees her taken on as nurse and destined for the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But will Hope ever come home and uncover the true story of her birth? 'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-by-lesley-pearse--65308389https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sophie Ablett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Secrets by Lesley Pearse, read by Sophie Ablett. Without her mother she is alone in the world . . . Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . . Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill. Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is nursed back to health. Can she now dream of a new life? But what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339843Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sophie Ablett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sophie Ablett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Secrets by Lesley Pearse, read by Sophie Ablett. Without her mother she is alone in the world . . . Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . . Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill. Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is nursed back to health. Can she now dream of a new life? But what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bomb-girl-brides-is-all-really-fair-in-love-and-war-the-gloriously-heartwarming-wartime-spirit-saga-by-daisy-styles--65308386https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bomb Girl Brides: Is all really fair in love and war? The gloriously heartwarming, wartime spirit saga Series: #4 of The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Bomb Girl Brides by Daisy Styles, read by Anne Dover. The life of a Bomb Girl isn't usually glamourous. But Maggie is getting married, so she is going to make sure her wedding day is - even if she does have to spend every other day slaving on the factory floor. This blasted factory was not what Julia had in mind either. She had always dreamed of attending Oxford University rather than getting her hands dirty and the easy laughter of the other women intimidate her terribly. But they are all here together in this munitions factory in a Lancashire mill town, sharing firsts, pitching in and getting on. These Bomb Girls are going to do their best at work, and in love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339850Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bomb Girl Brides: Is all really fair in love and war? The gloriously heartwarming, wartime spirit saga Series: #4 of The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bomb Girl Brides: Is all really fair in love and war? The gloriously heartwarming, wartime spirit saga Series: #4 of The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Bomb Girl Brides by Daisy Styles, read by Anne Dover. The life of a Bomb Girl isn't usually glamourous. But Maggie is getting married, so she is going to make sure her wedding day is - even if she does have to spend every other day slaving on the factory floor. This blasted factory was not what Julia had in mind either. She had always dreamed of attending Oxford University rather than getting her hands dirty and the easy laughter of the other women intimidate her terribly. But they are all here together in this munitions factory in a Lancashire mill town, sharing firsts, pitching in and getting on. These Bomb Girls are going to do their best at work, and in love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secrets-between-us-a-novel-by-thrity-umrigar--65308447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Between Us: A Novel Author: Thrity Umrigar Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel. “The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai.”—Salman Rushdie Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar’s beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel—a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India. Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima’s only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya. Bhima’s fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own. A dazzling story of strength, friendship, and second chances, The Secrets Between Us is a powerful and perceptive novel that brilliantly evokes the complexities of life in modern India and the harsh realities faced by women born without privilege as they struggle to survive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335763Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Between Us: A Novel Author: Thrity Umrigar Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Between Us: A Novel Author: Thrity Umrigar Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel. “The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai.”—Salman Rushdie Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar’s beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel—a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India. Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima’s only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya. Bhima’s fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own. A dazzling story of strength, friendship, and second chances, The Secrets Between Us is a powerful and perceptive novel that brilliantly evokes the complexities of life in modern India and the harsh realities faced by women born without privilege as they struggle to survive.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heaven-adjacent-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65308518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Adjacent Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde is heartfelt and perceptive in this bittersweet story about slowing down and discovering what can be gained when leaving everything behind. Roseanna Chaldecott spent her life as a high-powered lawyer in Manhattan. But when her best friend and law partner dies suddenly, something snaps. Unsure of her future, Roseanna heads upstate on one tank of gas and with no plans to return. In the foothills of the Adirondacks, Roseanna discovers the perfect hideout in a ramshackle farm. Its seventy-six acres are rich with possibilities and full of surprises, including a mother and daughter squatting on the property. Although company is the last thing Roseanna wants, she reluctantly lets them stay. Roseanna and the young girl begin sculpting junk found around the farm into zoo animals, drawing more newcomers—including her estranged son, Lance. He pleads with Roseanna to return to the city, but she’s finally discovered where she belongs. It may not provide the solitude she originally sought, but her heart has found room for much more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332156Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Adjacent Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Adjacent Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde is heartfelt and perceptive in this bittersweet story about slowing down and discovering what can be gained when leaving everything behind. Roseanna Chaldecott spent her life as a high-powered lawyer in Manhattan. But when her best friend and law partner dies suddenly, something snaps. Unsure of her future, Roseanna heads upstate on one tank of gas and with no plans to return. In the foothills of the Adirondacks, Roseanna discovers the perfect hideout in a ramshackle farm. Its seventy-six acres are rich with possibilities and full of surprises, including a mother and daughter squatting on the property. Although company is the last thing Roseanna wants, she reluctantly lets them stay. Roseanna and the young girl begin sculpting junk found around the farm into zoo animals, drawing more newcomers—including her estranged son, Lance. He pleads with Roseanna to return to the city, but she’s finally discovered where she belongs. It may not provide the solitude she originally sought, but her heart has found room for much more.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-melody-a-novel-by-jim-crace--65308487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melody: A Novel Author: Jim Crace Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his tiny Mediterranean town for his music, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days. Then one night, Busi is viciously attacked by an intruder in his own courtyard—bitten and scratched. He insists his assailant was neither man nor animal. Soon, Busi’s account of what happened is being embellished to fan the flames of old rumor—of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest. It is also used to spark new controversy, inspiring claims that something must finally be done about the town’s poor, whose numbers have been growing. In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, while bearing witness to a community in the throes of great change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334192Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melody: A Novel Author: Jim Crace Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melody: A Novel Author: Jim Crace Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his tiny Mediterranean town for his music, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days. Then one night, Busi is viciously attacked by an intruder in his own courtyard—bitten and scratched. He insists his assailant was neither man nor animal. Soon, Busi’s account of what happened is being embellished to fan the flames of old rumor—of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest. It is also used to spark new controversy, inspiring claims that something must finally be done about the town’s poor, whose numbers have been growing. In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, while bearing witness to a community in the throes of great change.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-couple-by-elin-hilderbrand--65308470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Couple Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 246 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 40 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, comes a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love...if they don't kill us first. *New York Times bestseller* It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect. Featuring beloved characters from The Castaways, Beautiful Day, and A Summer Affair, The Perfect Couple proves once again that Elin Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer beach read.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333014Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Couple Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Couple Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 246 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 40 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, comes a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love...if they don't kill us first. *New York Times bestseller* It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect. Featuring beloved characters from The Castaways, Beautiful Day, and A Summer Affair, The Perfect Couple proves once again that Elin Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer beach read.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-begin-our-ascent-by-joe-mungo-reed--65308469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Begin Our Ascent Author: Joe Mungo Reed Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Exceptional...fast and smart, funny and sad, this is an outstanding sports novel, and Joe Mungo Reed is an author to watch” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He’s a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse, but not yet a star. She’s a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They’ve just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them—if only they can reach out and grab it. But as Liz’s research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, and the young family is brought ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we’re striving for? And what is it worth? “Joe Mungo Reed’s unforgettable debut novel introduces us to a powerful new literary voice—as riveting as Don DeLillo’s or Toni Morrison’s” (Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club). We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Throughout, we’re drawn inside the cycling world and treated to the brilliant literary sports-writing of modern classics like The Art of Fielding or End Zone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334823Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Begin Our Ascent Author: Joe Mungo Reed Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Begin Our Ascent Author: Joe Mungo Reed Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Exceptional...fast and smart, funny and sad, this is an outstanding sports novel, and Joe Mungo Reed is an author to watch” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He’s a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse, but not yet a star. She’s a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They’ve just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them—if only they can reach out and grab it. But as Liz’s research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, and the young family is brought ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we’re striving for? And what is it worth? “Joe Mungo Reed’s unforgettable debut novel introduces us to a powerful new literary voice—as riveting as Don DeLillo’s or Toni Morrison’s” (Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club). We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Throughout, we’re drawn inside the cycling world and treated to the brilliant literary sports-writing of modern classics like The Art of Fielding or End Zone.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/left-a-love-story-by-mary-hogan--65308426https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left: A Love Story Author: Mary Hogan Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this beautifully crafted novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world on New York City’s Upper West Side as she slowly loses her once whip-smart husband to dementia—perfect for fans of Still Alice. When life falls apart, a little fantasy goes a long way… It started as a dream vacation in Spain, with Fay and Paul Agarra enjoying all the delights of a European holiday. A respected New York City judge, Paul has always been the man Fay can rely on, no matter what. When he inexplicably disappears from a Barcelona street corner, Fay knows something is terribly wrong. Once reunited, Paul shrugs off the episode as a simple misunderstanding—but Fay suspects her almost perfect life has taken a dark and sudden turn. Soon there are more signs that Paul is beginning to change. Bouts of forgetfulness lead to mistakes in the courtroom. Simple tasks cause unexplainable outbursts of anger. Fay’s worst suspicions are realized when she learns her husband—her rock, her love, her everything—is succumbing to the ravages of dementia.  As her husband transforms before her very eyes, Fay copes with her fears by retreating into a fantasy life filled with promise instead of pain. In Fay’s invented world, she imagines herself living a glamorous life free from heartache, with a handsome neighbor she barely knows rescuing her from a future she can’t accept.  Poignant and beautifully crafted, Left is an unforgettable tale about life’s aching uncertainties—and a woman who discovers that somewhere between hope and reality, an unexpected future will find its way forward.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335714Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left: A Love Story Author: Mary Hogan Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left: A Love Story Author: Mary Hogan Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this beautifully crafted novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world on New York City’s Upper West Side as she slowly loses her once whip-smart husband to dementia—perfect for fans of Still Alice. When life falls apart, a little fantasy goes a long way… It started as a dream vacation in Spain, with Fay and Paul Agarra enjoying all the delights of a European holiday. A respected New York City judge, Paul has always been the man Fay can rely on, no matter what. When he inexplicably disappears from a Barcelona street corner, Fay knows something is terribly wrong. Once reunited, Paul shrugs off the episode as a simple misunderstanding—but Fay suspects her almost perfect life has taken a dark and sudden turn. Soon there are more signs that Paul is beginning to change. Bouts of forgetfulness lead to mistakes in the courtroom. Simple tasks cause unexplainable outbursts of anger. Fay’s worst suspicions are realized when she learns her husband—her rock, her love, her everything—is succumbing to the ravages of dementia.  As her husband transforms before her very eyes, Fay copes with her fears by retreating into a fantasy life filled with promise instead of pain. In Fay’s invented world, she imagines herself living a glamorous life free from heartache, with a handsome neighbor she barely knows rescuing her from a future she can’t accept.  Poignant and beautifully crafted, Left is an unforgettable tale about life’s aching uncertainties—and a woman who discovers that somewhere between hope and reality, an unexpected future will find its way forward.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-the-machine-goodnight-a-novel-by-katie-williams--65308421https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Machine Goodnight: A Novel Author: Katie Williams Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Jorjeana Marie, Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Imaginative, engaging, emotionally resonant...this novel is itself a receipe for contentment.' —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Smart and inventive, an emotional page-turner that considers the elusive definition of happiness.  Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion?  Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of 'pursuit of happiness.' As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhett--but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her job--not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either.  Told from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, Tell the Machine Goodnight delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about relationships and the ways that they can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes and technology. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.   Read by Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, and Alex McKenna, with Jorjeana Marie, Arthur Morey, and Cassandra Morris]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337054Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Machine Goodnight: A Novel Author: Katie Williams Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Jorjeana Marie, Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Machine Goodnight: A Novel Author: Katie Williams Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Jorjeana Marie, Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Imaginative, engaging, emotionally resonant...this novel is itself a receipe for contentment.' —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Smart and inventive, an emotional page-turner that considers the elusive definition of happiness.  Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion?  Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of 'pursuit of happiness.' As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhett--but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her job--not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either.  Told from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, Tell the Machine Goodnight delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about relationships and the ways that they can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes and technology. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.   Read by Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, and Alex McKenna, with Jorjeana Marie, Arthur Morey, and Cassandra Morris]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dependents-by-katharine-dion--65308403https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dependents Author: Katharine Dion Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of TIME magazine's best summer reads, a 'wise' (Entertainment Weekly) and 'resplendent' (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut that follows a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. After the sudden death of his wife, Maida, Gene is haunted by the fear that their marriage was not all it appeared to be. Alongside Ed and Gayle Donnelly, friends since college days, he tries to resurrect happy memories of the times the two couples shared, raising their children in a small New Hampshire town and vacationing together at a lake house every summer. Meanwhile, his daughter, Dary, challenges not only his happy version of the past but also his view of Maida. As a long-standing rift between them deepens, Gene starts to understand how unknown his daughter is to him -- and how enigmatic his wife was as well. And a lingering suspicion seizes his mind that could upend everything he thought he knew. Katharine Dion's assured debut moves seamlessly between Gene's present-day journey and the long history of a marriage and friendship. Rich and wonderfully alive, The Dependents is the most moving kind of drama, an intimate glance into the expanse of family life and the way we must all eventually bridge the chasm between what we want to believe and what we know to be true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337110Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dependents Author: Katharine Dion Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dependents Author: Katharine Dion Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of TIME magazine's best summer reads, a 'wise' (Entertainment Weekly) and 'resplendent' (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut that follows a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. After the sudden death of his wife, Maida, Gene is haunted by the fear that their marriage was not all it appeared to be. Alongside Ed and Gayle Donnelly, friends since college days, he tries to resurrect happy memories of the times the two couples shared, raising their children in a small New Hampshire town and vacationing together at a lake house every summer. Meanwhile, his daughter, Dary, challenges not only his happy version of the past but also his view of Maida. As a long-standing rift between them deepens, Gene starts to understand how unknown his daughter is to him -- and how enigmatic his wife was as well. And a lingering suspicion seizes his mind that could upend everything he thought he knew. Katharine Dion's assured debut moves seamlessly between Gene's present-day journey and the long history of a marriage and friendship. Rich and wonderfully alive, The Dependents is the most moving kind of drama, an intimate glance into the expanse of family life and the way we must all eventually bridge the chasm between what we want to believe and what we know to be true.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-believers-by-rebecca-makkai--65308390https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Believers Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 69 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER ALA CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A page turner . . . An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis.” —The New York Times Book Review A dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico’s funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico’s little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. Named a Best Book of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Seattle Times, Bustle, Newsday, AM New York, BookPage, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lit Hub, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library and Chicago Public Library]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337056Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Believers Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Believers Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 69 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER ALA CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A page turner . . . An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis.” —The New York Times Book Review A dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico’s funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico’s little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. Named a Best Book of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Seattle Times, Bustle, Newsday, AM New York, BookPage, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lit Hub, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library and Chicago Public Library]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lemonade-year-a-novel-by-amy-willoughby-burle--65308405https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lemonade Year: A Novel Author: Amy Willoughby-Burle Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Love. Loss. And second chances. Nina’s once-sweet life has unexpectedly turned sour. Her marriage is over, her job is in jeopardy, and her teenage daughter is slipping away from her. Then her father dies and issues with Nina’s mother come to a head; her estranged brother, Ray, comes home; and her sister, Lola, is tempted to blow a big family secret out of the water. They say the truth will set you free, but first it will make a huge mess of things. All Nina’s got left is her final photography assignment shooting images for the book 32 Ways to Make Lemonade. Well, that and the attention of a younger man, but Oliver’s on-again-off-again romantic interest in her ebbs and flows so much she is seasick. And then Jack, her ex-husband, shows up, wanting to get back together. As Nina struggles to find a way through her complicated relationships and to uncover her true path, she discovers just how valuable a second chance at life and happiness can be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339496Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lemonade Year: A Novel Author: Amy Willoughby-Burle Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lemonade Year: A Novel Author: Amy Willoughby-Burle Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Love. Loss. And second chances. Nina’s once-sweet life has unexpectedly turned sour. Her marriage is over, her job is in jeopardy, and her teenage daughter is slipping away from her. Then her father dies and issues with Nina’s mother come to a head; her estranged brother, Ray, comes home; and her sister, Lola, is tempted to blow a big family secret out of the water. They say the truth will set you free, but first it will make a huge mess of things. All Nina’s got left is her final photography assignment shooting images for the book 32 Ways to Make Lemonade. Well, that and the attention of a younger man, but Oliver’s on-again-off-again romantic interest in her ebbs and flows so much she is seasick. And then Jack, her ex-husband, shows up, wanting to get back together. As Nina struggles to find a way through her complicated relationships and to uncover her true path, she discovers just how valuable a second chance at life and happiness can be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-place-for-us-by-fatima-farheen-mirza--65308468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, read by Deepti Gupta and Sunil Malhotra. A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter’s wedding. But as Hadia’s marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away? A Place for Us tells the story of one family, but all family life is here. Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices their children have made, while Hadia, Huda and Amar must reconcile their present culture with their parents’ world, treading a path between old and new. And they must all learn how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals. This is a novel for our times: a deeply moving examination of love, identity and belonging that turns our preconceptions over one by one. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent. 'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza’s heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book' Sarah Jessica Parker 'Beautiful, intimate, tender. So vividly told the characters live and breathe' Rachel Joyce 'A brilliant, highly readable contemporary tale of identity and belonging' Elle]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334798Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, read by Deepti Gupta and Sunil Malhotra. A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter’s wedding. But as Hadia’s marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away? A Place for Us tells the story of one family, but all family life is here. Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices their children have made, while Hadia, Huda and Amar must reconcile their present culture with their parents’ world, treading a path between old and new. And they must all learn how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals. This is a novel for our times: a deeply moving examination of love, identity and belonging that turns our preconceptions over one by one. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent. 'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza’s heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book' Sarah Jessica Parker 'Beautiful, intimate, tender. So vividly told the characters live and breathe' Rachel Joyce 'A brilliant, highly readable contemporary tale of identity and belonging' Elle]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-summer-maiden-by-dilly-court--65308449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Maiden Series: #2 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The second book in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court 1873. When Carrie Manning’s father dies her mother, Esther, is heartbroken. Essie leaves London to convalesce with her good friend Lady Alice, and it is down to Carrie to look after her family and take charge of the shipping company that her father has left behind. But the company is in dire straits, forcing Carrie seek work as a companion to Maria Colville. When Carrie and Maria try to track down Maria’s mother, they have no idea of the secrets that they will discover. Secrets that link the Colvilles, the Mannings and figures from the past who return to England. Carrie’s journey is as unpredictable as the waters that link the rival shipping companies, but will her determination be enough to preserve the legacy of her family’s name?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336611Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Maiden Series: #2 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Maiden Series: #2 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The second book in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court 1873. When Carrie Manning’s father dies her mother, Esther, is heartbroken. Essie leaves London to convalesce with her good friend Lady Alice, and it is down to Carrie to look after her family and take charge of the shipping company that her father has left behind. But the company is in dire straits, forcing Carrie seek work as a companion to Maria Colville. When Carrie and Maria try to track down Maria’s mother, they have no idea of the secrets that they will discover. Secrets that link the Colvilles, the Mannings and figures from the past who return to England. Carrie’s journey is as unpredictable as the waters that link the rival shipping companies, but will her determination be enough to preserve the legacy of her family’s name?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-keep-a-secret-by-sarah-morgan--65308425https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Keep A Secret Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pre-order your copy of Sarah Morgan’s new novel The Summer Swap now – coming May 2024! ‘I absolutely loved this book . . . I was captivated until the end’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘From the start of the book I was hooked, gently pulled into the lives of Nancy, Lauren and Jenna and their complicated history’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If I could rate higher I would. As always Sarah's books are outstanding. It had such a great feel-good vibe to the story . . . Can't wait for the next one’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fantastic story. So many layers to it and not at all what I expected. Brilliantly written and scorching’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * This summer one family will discover that together, they can do anything. Matriarch Nancy knows she hasn't been the best mother but how can she ever tell her daughters the reason why? Lauren and Jenna are as close as two sisters can be and they made a pact years ago to keep a devastating secret from their mother – but is it time to come clean? Lauren's teenage daughter Mackenzie masks her own pain by keeping her mother at a distance. Her mother, aunt and grandmother keep trying to reach her but will it take a stranger to show her the true meaning of family? When life changes in an instant, the Stewart women are thrown together for a summer and suddenly they must relearn how to be a family. And whilst unravelling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, it could also be their finest moment . . . * * * * Praise for How to Keep a Secret: ‘Joyful, uplifting and overflowing with love’ Cathy Bramley ‘Comfort reading at its best’ Veronica Henry ‘A warm, wonderful rich story told with care and skill that broke my heart and then put it back together again’ Alex Brown ‘A master storyteller’ Laura Jane Williams ‘I loved every sparkly, big-hearted, warm-hug moment’ Miranda Dickinson ‘A delightful escape’ Woman & Home]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336589Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Keep A Secret Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Keep A Secret Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pre-order your copy of Sarah Morgan’s new novel The Summer Swap now – coming May 2024! ‘I absolutely loved this book . . . I was captivated until the end’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘From the start of the book I was hooked, gently pulled into the lives of Nancy, Lauren and Jenna and their complicated history’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If I could rate higher I would. As always Sarah's books are outstanding. It had such a great feel-good vibe to the story . . . Can't wait for the next one’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fantastic story. So many layers to it and not at all what I expected. Brilliantly written and scorching’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * This summer one family will discover that together, they can do anything. Matriarch Nancy knows she hasn't been the best mother but how can she ever tell her daughters the reason why? Lauren and Jenna are as close as two sisters can be and they made a pact years ago to keep a devastating secret from their mother – but is it time to come clean? Lauren's teenage daughter Mackenzie masks her own pain by keeping her mother at a distance. Her mother, aunt and grandmother keep trying to reach her but will it take a stranger to show her the true meaning of family? When life changes in an instant, the Stewart women are thrown together for a summer and suddenly they must relearn how to be a family. And whilst unravelling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, it could also be their finest moment . . . * * * * Praise for How to Keep a Secret: ‘Joyful, uplifting and overflowing with love’ Cathy Bramley ‘Comfort reading at its best’ Veronica Henry ‘A warm, wonderful rich story told with care and skill that broke my heart and then put it back together again’ Alex Brown ‘A master storyteller’ Laura Jane Williams ‘I loved every sparkly, big-hearted, warm-hug moment’ Miranda Dickinson ‘A delightful escape’ Woman & Home]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-trouble-by-joseph-o-neill--65308404https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Trouble Author: Joseph O’neill Narrator: Danny Cambell, Robbie Daymond, Mike Chamberlain, Mark Deakins, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Back at dinner, somebody said that the goose thinks it’s a dog. No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t think it’s a dog. The goose doesn’t think. The goose just is. And what the goose is is goose. But goose is not goose, Robert thinks. Even the goose isn’t goose. In Good Trouble, the first story collection from Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland, characters are forced to discover exactly who they are, and who they can never quite be. There’s Rob, who swears he is a dependable member of society, but can’t scrape together a character reference to prove that’s the case. And Jayne, who has no choice but to investigate a strange noise downstairs while her husband lies glued to the bed with fear. A mother tries to find where she fits into her son’s new life of semi-soft rind-washed cheeses, and a poet tries to fathom what makes a poet. Do you even have to write poetry? Packed with O’Neill’s trademark acerbic humour, Good Trouble explores the maddening and secretly political space between thoughts and deeds, between men and women, between goose and not-goose.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336584Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Trouble Author: Joseph O’neill Narrator: Danny Cambell, Robbie Daymond, Mike Chamberlain, Mark Deakins, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Trouble Author: Joseph O’neill Narrator: Danny Cambell, Robbie Daymond, Mike Chamberlain, Mark Deakins, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Back at dinner, somebody said that the goose thinks it’s a dog. No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t think it’s a dog. The goose doesn’t think. The goose just is. And what the goose is is goose. But goose is not goose, Robert thinks. Even the goose isn’t goose. In Good Trouble, the first story collection from Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland, characters are forced to discover exactly who they are, and who they can never quite be. There’s Rob, who swears he is a dependable member of society, but can’t scrape together a character reference to prove that’s the case. And Jayne, who has no choice but to investigate a strange noise downstairs while her husband lies glued to the bed with fear. A mother tries to find where she fits into her son’s new life of semi-soft rind-washed cheeses, and a poet tries to fathom what makes a poet. Do you even have to write poetry? Packed with O’Neill’s trademark acerbic humour, Good Trouble explores the maddening and secretly political space between thoughts and deeds, between men and women, between goose and not-goose.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-that-s-left-of-me-a-novel-by-janis-thomas--65308564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That's Left of Me: A Novel Author: Janis Thomas Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of What Remains True comes an emotionally captivating novel about a woman who wishes away her troubles but doesn’t anticipate the cost. I wish… It starts with a simple wish, and Emma Davies hardly notices when it comes true. She’s too preoccupied with a life she isn’t happy in—the spark in her marriage has fizzled, her career is headed nowhere and her boss is a misogynist. Her teenage daughter has grown distant, and her heart breaks daily for her teenage son with cerebral palsy. But soon Emma discovers her wishes are coming true, and she realizes that she has been given the power to change her life. Either that, or she’s going insane. Emma begins testing her newfound gift, making calculated wishes and learning one important rule—once granted, they cannot be undone. Over time, she grows bolder as she builds up to the one wish she both fears and desperately longs to make. But when Emma finally gets everything she’s asked for, will it be worth the price?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330223Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That's Left of Me: A Novel Author: Janis Thomas Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That's Left of Me: A Novel Author: Janis Thomas Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of What Remains True comes an emotionally captivating novel about a woman who wishes away her troubles but doesn’t anticipate the cost. I wish… It starts with a simple wish, and Emma Davies hardly notices when it comes true. She’s too preoccupied with a life she isn’t happy in—the spark in her marriage has fizzled, her career is headed nowhere and her boss is a misogynist. Her teenage daughter has grown distant, and her heart breaks daily for her teenage son with cerebral palsy. But soon Emma discovers her wishes are coming true, and she realizes that she has been given the power to change her life. Either that, or she’s going insane. Emma begins testing her newfound gift, making calculated wishes and learning one important rule—once granted, they cannot be undone. Over time, she grows bolder as she builds up to the one wish she both fears and desperately longs to make. But when Emma finally gets everything she’s asked for, will it be worth the price?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bookshop-of-yesterdays-by-amy-meyerson--65308512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Yesterdays Author: Amy Meyerson Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.13 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear about him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt. When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books—now as its owner—she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store’s shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy’s last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy’s past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda’s mother has kept hidden—and the terrible secret that tore her family apart. Bighearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It’s a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333160Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Yesterdays Author: Amy Meyerson Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Yesterdays Author: Amy Meyerson Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.13 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear about him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt. When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books—now as its owner—she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store’s shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy’s last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy’s past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda’s mother has kept hidden—and the terrible secret that tore her family apart. Bighearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It’s a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wedding-booktrack-edition-by-nicholas-sparks--65308492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Tom Wopat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this stunning New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to Noah and Allie's legendary romance.After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him...all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333826Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Tom Wopat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Tom Wopat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this stunning New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to Noah and Allie's legendary romance.After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him...all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-place-for-us-a-novel-by-fatima-farheen-mirza--65308471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us: A Novel Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “5 UNDER 35” NOMINEE • NEW YORK’S “ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK” PICK Named One of the Best Books of the Year: Washington Post • NPR • People • Refinery29 • Parade • BuzzFeed “Mirza writes with a mercy that encompasses all things.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post   Hailed as “a book for our times” (Christiane Amanpour), A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belonging. As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia: their headstrong, eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister’s footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride. What secrets and betrayals have caused this close-knit family to fracture? Can Amar find his way back to the people who know and love him best? A Place for Us takes us back to the beginning of this family’s life: from the bonds that bring them together, to the differences that pull them apart. All the joy and struggle of family life is here, from Rafiq and Layla’s own arrival in America from India, to the years in which their children—each in their own way—tread between two cultures, seeking to find their place in the world, as well as a path home. A Place for Us is a book for our times: an astonishingly tender-hearted novel of identity and belonging, and a resonant portrait of what it means to be an American family today. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334804Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us: A Novel Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place for Us: A Novel Author: Fatima Farheen Mirza Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “5 UNDER 35” NOMINEE • NEW YORK’S “ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK” PICK Named One of the Best Books of the Year: Washington Post • NPR • People • Refinery29 • Parade • BuzzFeed “Mirza writes with a mercy that encompasses all things.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post   Hailed as “a book for our times” (Christiane Amanpour), A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belonging. As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia: their headstrong, eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister’s footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride. What secrets and betrayals have caused this close-knit family to fracture? Can Amar find his way back to the people who know and love him best? A Place for Us takes us back to the beginning of this family’s life: from the bonds that bring them together, to the differences that pull them apart. All the joy and struggle of family life is here, from Rafiq and Layla’s own arrival in America from India, to the years in which their children—each in their own way—tread between two cultures, seeking to find their place in the world, as well as a path home. A Place for Us is a book for our times: an astonishingly tender-hearted novel of identity and belonging, and a resonant portrait of what it means to be an American family today. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-madonna-of-the-mountains-a-novel-by-elise-valmorbida--65308456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Madonna of the Mountains: A Novel Author: Elise Valmorbida Narrator: Cecilia Gragnani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A riveting adventure for the soul . . . just the kind of evocative historical fiction I love.”—Sara Gruen, author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants An epic, inspiring novel about one woman’s survival in the hardscrabble Italian countryside and her determination to protect her family throughout the Second World War—by any means possible Maria Vittoria is twenty-five when her father brings home the man who will become her husband. It is 1923 in the austere Italian mountain village where her family has lived for generations, and the man she sees is tall and handsome and has survived the First World War without any noticeable scars. Taking just the linens she has sewn that make up her dowry and a statue of the Madonna that sits by her bedside, Maria leaves the only life she has ever known to begin a family. But her future will not be what she imagines. The Madonna of the Mountains follows Maria over the next three decades, as she moves to the town where she and her husband become shopkeepers, through the birth of their five children, through the hardships and cruelties of the National Fascist Party Rule and the Second World War. Struggling with the cost of survival at a time when food is scarce and allegiances are questioned, Maria trusts no one and fears everyone—her Fascist cousin, the madwoman from her childhood, her watchful neighbors, the Nazis and the Partisans who show up hungry at her door. As Maria’s children grow up and her marriage endures its own hardships, she must hold her family together with resilience, love, and faith, until she makes a fateful decision that will change the course of all their lives. A sweeping saga about womanhood, loyalty, war, religion, family, food, motherhood, and marriage, The Madonna of the Mountains is a poignant look at the span of one woman’s life as the rules change and her world becomes unrecognizable. In depicting the great cost of war and the ineluctable power of time on a life, Elise Valmorbida has created an unforgettable portrait of a woman navigating both the unforeseen and the inevitable. Advance praise for Madonna of the Mountains “The moral and ethical questions raised propel the story beyond the particulars into the universal.”—Kirkus Reviews “It is a bewitching but entirely unsentimental portrait of one woman’s attempt to keep her family safe in turbulent times.”—The Times (UK), Book of the Month “A solid choice for readers who appreciate layered family sagas.”—Library Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334313Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Madonna of the Mountains: A Novel Author: Elise Valmorbida Narrator: Cecilia Gragnani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Madonna of the Mountains: A Novel Author: Elise Valmorbida Narrator: Cecilia Gragnani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A riveting adventure for the soul . . . just the kind of evocative historical fiction I love.”—Sara Gruen, author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants An epic, inspiring novel about one woman’s survival in the hardscrabble Italian countryside and her determination to protect her family throughout the Second World War—by any means possible Maria Vittoria is twenty-five when her father brings home the man who will become her husband. It is 1923 in the austere Italian mountain village where her family has lived for generations, and the man she sees is tall and handsome and has survived the First World War without any noticeable scars. Taking just the linens she has sewn that make up her dowry and a statue of the Madonna that sits by her bedside, Maria leaves the only life she has ever known to begin a family. But her future will not be what she imagines. The Madonna of the Mountains follows Maria over the next three decades, as she moves to the town where she and her husband become shopkeepers, through the birth of their five children, through the hardships and cruelties of the National Fascist Party Rule and the Second World War. Struggling with the cost of survival at a time when food is scarce and allegiances are questioned, Maria trusts no one and fears everyone—her Fascist cousin, the madwoman from her childhood, her watchful neighbors, the Nazis and the Partisans who show up hungry at her door. As Maria’s children grow up and her marriage endures its own hardships, she must hold her family together with resilience, love, and faith, until she makes a fateful decision that will change the course of all their lives. A sweeping saga about womanhood, loyalty, war, religion, family, food, motherhood, and marriage, The Madonna of the Mountains is a poignant look at the span of one woman’s life as the rules change and her world becomes unrecognizable. In depicting the great cost of war and the ineluctable power of time on a life, Elise Valmorbida has created an unforgettable portrait of a woman navigating both the unforeseen and the inevitable. Advance praise for Madonna of the Mountains “The moral and ethical questions raised propel the story beyond the particulars into the universal.”—Kirkus Reviews “It is a bewitching but entirely unsentimental portrait of one woman’s attempt to keep her family safe in turbulent times.”—The Times (UK), Book of the Month “A solid choice for readers who appreciate layered family sagas.”—Library Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-big-love-by-katy-regan--65308451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Big Love Author: Katy Regan Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of Real Simple's Best Books of 2018 Liam Jones was the love of Juliet’s life. He was her brother’s best friend, then her best friend, then the father of her little boy. In those shining weeks after Zac was born, she had never been happier and neither had Liam.   And then one night, Liam disappeared without a trace.   Ten-year-old Zac Hutchinson collects facts: octopuses have three hearts, Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth. But no one will tell him what happened to his father and where he went.   When Juliet, inadvertently admits that his father is the only man she's ever loved, Zac decides he is going to find him and deliver his mom the happily ever after she deserves. But Liam left for a reason, and as Zac searches for clues of his father, Juliet begins to rebuild what shattered so many years ago.   An unforgettable, heart-stopping story of the secrets we keep and of love in all of its many forms.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335682Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Big Love Author: Katy Regan Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Big Love Author: Katy Regan Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of Real Simple's Best Books of 2018 Liam Jones was the love of Juliet’s life. He was her brother’s best friend, then her best friend, then the father of her little boy. In those shining weeks after Zac was born, she had never been happier and neither had Liam.   And then one night, Liam disappeared without a trace.   Ten-year-old Zac Hutchinson collects facts: octopuses have three hearts, Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth. But no one will tell him what happened to his father and where he went.   When Juliet, inadvertently admits that his father is the only man she's ever loved, Zac decides he is going to find him and deliver his mom the happily ever after she deserves. But Liam left for a reason, and as Zac searches for clues of his father, Juliet begins to rebuild what shattered so many years ago.   An unforgettable, heart-stopping story of the secrets we keep and of love in all of its many forms.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-essie-a-novel-by-meghan-maclean-weir--65308446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Essie: A novel Author: Meghan MacLean Weir Narrator: Erin Spencer, Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD 'Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely.'—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant  A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart. Esther Ann Hicks--Essie--is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage--and a ratings-blockbuster wedding? Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own to protect. As the newly formed couple attempt to sell their fabricated love story to the media--through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell--Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Who can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334314Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Essie: A novel Author: Meghan MacLean Weir Narrator: Erin Spencer, Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Essie: A novel Author: Meghan MacLean Weir Narrator: Erin Spencer, Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD 'Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely.'—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant  A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart. Esther Ann Hicks--Essie--is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage--and a ratings-blockbuster wedding? Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own to protect. As the newly formed couple attempt to sell their fabricated love story to the media--through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell--Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Who can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-than-words-a-love-story-by-mia-sheridan--65308444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Than Words: A Love Story Series: #3 of Where Love Meets Destiny Author: Mia Sheridan Narrator: Jean-Paul Mordrake, Chelsea Hatfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of Archer’s Voice comes a second chance, childhood friends to lovers romance between a famous musician and the only woman he’s ever loved, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. The moment eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell met Callen Hayes, she knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her—Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word. Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked deep inside, trapped behind his own inner demons. It's only when he withdraws to France to drink his way through the darkness that Callen stumbles into the one person who makes the music return. Jessica. His Jessie. And she still tastes of fresh, sweet innocence . . . even as she sets his blood on fire. But they don't belong in each other's worlds anymore. There are too many mistakes. Too many secrets. Too many lies. All they have is that instinctive longing, that need—and something that looks dangerously like love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334528Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Than Words: A Love Story Series: #3 of Where Love Meets Destiny Author: Mia Sheridan Narrator: Jean-Paul Mordrake, Chelsea Hatfield Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Than Words: A Love Story Series: #3 of Where Love Meets Destiny Author: Mia Sheridan Narrator: Jean-Paul Mordrake, Chelsea Hatfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of Archer’s Voice comes a second chance, childhood friends to lovers romance between a famous musician and the only woman he’s ever loved, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. The moment eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell met Callen Hayes, she knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her—Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word. Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked deep inside, trapped behind his own inner demons. It's only when he withdraws to France to drink his way through the darkness that Callen stumbles into the one person who makes the music return. Jessica. His Jessie. And she still tastes of fresh, sweet innocence . . . even as she sets his blood on fire. But they don't belong in each other's worlds anymore. There are too many mistakes. Too many secrets. Too many lies. All they have is that instinctive longing, that need—and something that looks dangerously like love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-love-letters-of-henri-fournier-a-novel-by-rosalind-brackenbury--65308438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel Author: Rosalind Brackenbury Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What do you do when you’ve lost the love of your life? Seb Fowler has arrived in Paris to research his literary idol, Henri Fournier. It begins with an interview granted by a woman whose affair with the celebrated writer trails back to World War I. The enchanting Pauline is fragile, but her memories are alive—those of an illicit passion, of the chances she took and never regretted, and of the twists of fate that defined her unforgettable love story. Through Pauline’s love letters, her secrets, and a lost Fournier manuscript, Seb will come to learn so much more—about Pauline, Henri, and himself. For Seb, every moment of Pauline’s past proves to be more inspiring than he could have imagined. She’s given him the courage to grab hold of whatever life offers, to cherish each risk, and to pursue love in his life. Intimately epic, The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier spans generations to explore every beautiful mystery of falling in love, being in love, and losing a love—and, most important, daring to love again and discovering just how resilient the human heart can be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333189Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel Author: Rosalind Brackenbury Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel Author: Rosalind Brackenbury Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What do you do when you’ve lost the love of your life? Seb Fowler has arrived in Paris to research his literary idol, Henri Fournier. It begins with an interview granted by a woman whose affair with the celebrated writer trails back to World War I. The enchanting Pauline is fragile, but her memories are alive—those of an illicit passion, of the chances she took and never regretted, and of the twists of fate that defined her unforgettable love story. Through Pauline’s love letters, her secrets, and a lost Fournier manuscript, Seb will come to learn so much more—about Pauline, Henri, and himself. For Seb, every moment of Pauline’s past proves to be more inspiring than he could have imagined. She’s given him the courage to grab hold of whatever life offers, to cherish each risk, and to pursue love in his life. Intimately epic, The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier spans generations to explore every beautiful mystery of falling in love, being in love, and losing a love—and, most important, daring to love again and discovering just how resilient the human heart can be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lark-song-by-jane-bailey--65308526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lark Song Author: Jane Bailey Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They want to move on—but one terrible truth could shatter it all. As a widowed mother of three, new love seems impossible for Freya—until she meets Duncan, and suddenly she feels alive again. But there are secrets afflicting Freya’s family, some more sinister than others, that could destroy their relationship before it has a chance to flourish. While Freya’s older children are less than welcoming, six-year-old Sophie helps Duncan find his place in the family—but even Sophie harbours fears that threaten to overshadow any chance of a new start. The past is hard to leave behind when pictures of Freya’s idolised late husband hang in every room, and the more Duncan tries to find the source of Sophie’s anxiety, the more he is convinced that Reuben was not the perfect husband and father Freya remembers. Tormented by concern and his own insecurity, Duncan begins an obsessive investigation into the dead man’s past. But when his good intentions lead him in too deep, he risks destroying everything he has built with Freya—and the whole family’s second chance at happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332131Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lark Song Author: Jane Bailey Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lark Song Author: Jane Bailey Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They want to move on—but one terrible truth could shatter it all. As a widowed mother of three, new love seems impossible for Freya—until she meets Duncan, and suddenly she feels alive again. But there are secrets afflicting Freya’s family, some more sinister than others, that could destroy their relationship before it has a chance to flourish. While Freya’s older children are less than welcoming, six-year-old Sophie helps Duncan find his place in the family—but even Sophie harbours fears that threaten to overshadow any chance of a new start. The past is hard to leave behind when pictures of Freya’s idolised late husband hang in every room, and the more Duncan tries to find the source of Sophie’s anxiety, the more he is convinced that Reuben was not the perfect husband and father Freya remembers. Tormented by concern and his own insecurity, Duncan begins an obsessive investigation into the dead man’s past. But when his good intentions lead him in too deep, he risks destroying everything he has built with Freya—and the whole family’s second chance at happiness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreams-of-falling-by-karen-white--65308519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Falling Author: Karen White Narrator: Susan Larkin, Shannon McManus, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of PureWow's 'Best Beach Reads of Summer 2018' New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women's fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret. On the banks of the North Santee River stands a moss-draped oak that was once entrusted with the dreams of three young girls. Into the tree's trunk, they placed their greatest hopes, written on ribbons, for safekeeping—including the most important one: Friends forever, come what may. But life can waylay the best of intentions.... Nine years ago, a humiliated Larkin Lanier fled Georgetown, South Carolina, knowing she could never go back. But when she finds out that her mother has disappeared, she realizes she has no choice but to return to the place she both loves and dreads—and to the family and friends who never stopped wishing for her to come home. Ivy, Larkin's mother, is discovered badly injured and unconscious in the burned-out wreckage of her ancestral plantation home. No one knows why Ivy was there, but as Larkin digs for answers, she uncovers secrets kept for nearly fifty years—whispers of love, sacrifice, and betrayal—that lead back to three girls on the brink of womanhood who found their friendship tested in the most heartbreaking ways.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333337Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Falling Author: Karen White Narrator: Susan Larkin, Shannon McManus, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Falling Author: Karen White Narrator: Susan Larkin, Shannon McManus, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of PureWow's 'Best Beach Reads of Summer 2018' New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women's fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret. On the banks of the North Santee River stands a moss-draped oak that was once entrusted with the dreams of three young girls. Into the tree's trunk, they placed their greatest hopes, written on ribbons, for safekeeping—including the most important one: Friends forever, come what may. But life can waylay the best of intentions.... Nine years ago, a humiliated Larkin Lanier fled Georgetown, South Carolina, knowing she could never go back. But when she finds out that her mother has disappeared, she realizes she has no choice but to return to the place she both loves and dreads—and to the family and friends who never stopped wishing for her to come home. Ivy, Larkin's mother, is discovered badly injured and unconscious in the burned-out wreckage of her ancestral plantation home. No one knows why Ivy was there, but as Larkin digs for answers, she uncovers secrets kept for nearly fifty years—whispers of love, sacrifice, and betrayal—that lead back to three girls on the brink of womanhood who found their friendship tested in the most heartbreaking ways.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ever-after-a-novel-by-sarah-pekkanen--65308489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever After: A Novel Author: Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn’t hold back…Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story’s depth.” —Booklist “In her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of her marriage.” —Library Journal (starred review) In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course—and whether it is worth saving. Josie and Frank Moore are happy…at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy—she’s lucky. Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call—and sees nine words that shatter her world. Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret. With her “conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters” (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis—and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she’s hiding from herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334174Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever After: A Novel Author: Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever After: A Novel Author: Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn’t hold back…Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story’s depth.” —Booklist “In her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of her marriage.” —Library Journal (starred review) In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course—and whether it is worth saving. Josie and Frank Moore are happy…at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy—she’s lucky. Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call—and sees nine words that shatter her world. Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret. With her “conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters” (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis—and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she’s hiding from herself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-of-awe-stories-by-a-m-homes--65308485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days of Awe: Stories Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “With dark humor and sharp dialogue, Homes plumbs the depths of everyday American anxieties.” —Time A razor-sharp story collection from the 'furiously good' A.M. Homes, author of the forthcoming novel The Unfolding (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time). With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. In 'A Prize for Every Player,' a man is nominated to run for president by the customers of a big box store, while he and his family do their weekly shopping. At a conference on genocide(s) in the title story, old friends rediscover themselves and one another - finding spiritual and physical comfort in ancient traditions. And in 'Hello Everybody' and 'She Got Away,' Homes revisits a Los Angeles family obsessed with the surfaces and frightened of what lives below. In the nearly three decades since her seminal debut collection The Safety of Objects, Homes has been celebrated by readers and critics alike as one of our boldest and most original writers, acclaimed for her psychological accuracy and 'satire so close to the truth it's terrifying' (Ali Smith). Her first book since the Women's Prize-winning May We Be Forgiven, Days of Awe is a major new addition to her body of visionary, fearless, outrageously funny work.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333950Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days of Awe: Stories Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days of Awe: Stories Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “With dark humor and sharp dialogue, Homes plumbs the depths of everyday American anxieties.” —Time A razor-sharp story collection from the 'furiously good' A.M. Homes, author of the forthcoming novel The Unfolding (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time). With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. In 'A Prize for Every Player,' a man is nominated to run for president by the customers of a big box store, while he and his family do their weekly shopping. At a conference on genocide(s) in the title story, old friends rediscover themselves and one another - finding spiritual and physical comfort in ancient traditions. And in 'Hello Everybody' and 'She Got Away,' Homes revisits a Los Angeles family obsessed with the surfaces and frightened of what lives below. In the nearly three decades since her seminal debut collection The Safety of Objects, Homes has been celebrated by readers and critics alike as one of our boldest and most original writers, acclaimed for her psychological accuracy and 'satire so close to the truth it's terrifying' (Ali Smith). Her first book since the Women's Prize-winning May We Be Forgiven, Days of Awe is a major new addition to her body of visionary, fearless, outrageously funny work.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/say-that-again-by-n-gemini-sasson--65308465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say That Again Series: #2 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Kyle Mccarley, Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A little girl's love. A dog's courage. Echo's life hasn't been easy so far. Mistreated by one owner after another, he'd rather just learn to get by on his own. Still, he longs for his 'forever home'. Not until he meets young Hannah McHugh does he learn to trust again. Hannah not only understands him—she hears him. Before the accident, Hannah already knew she was different from other kids. Now, animals are speaking to her—and no one believes her. Even her own father, Hunter, tells her she should keep it to herself. Then, the reclusive Heck Menendez moves in next door.When Hannah and Echo disappear, rumors run wild about old Heck. Hunter wants to trust his gut, but time is ticking away. Say That Again is the story of a gifted autistic girl and the recycled dog that connects her to the world around her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335635Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say That Again Series: #2 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Kyle Mccarley, Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say That Again Series: #2 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Kyle Mccarley, Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A little girl's love. A dog's courage. Echo's life hasn't been easy so far. Mistreated by one owner after another, he'd rather just learn to get by on his own. Still, he longs for his 'forever home'. Not until he meets young Hannah McHugh does he learn to trust again. Hannah not only understands him—she hears him. Before the accident, Hannah already knew she was different from other kids. Now, animals are speaking to her—and no one believes her. Even her own father, Hunter, tells her she should keep it to herself. Then, the reclusive Heck Menendez moves in next door.When Hannah and Echo disappear, rumors run wild about old Heck. Hunter wants to trust his gut, but time is ticking away. Say That Again is the story of a gifted autistic girl and the recycled dog that connects her to the world around her.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sweet-and-low-stories-by-nick-white--65308453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet and Low: Stories Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF SUMMER 2018 BY O Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, The Millions, Southern Living, POPSUGAR, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Review of Books Praised by the Washington Post as 'Tennessee Williams . . . transposed to the twenty-first-century South,' Nick White returns with a stunning short-story collection that tackles issues of masculinity, identity, and place, with a sharp eye for social commentary and a singular handling of character. At first glance, the stories in Sweet and Low seem grounded in the everyday: they paint pictures of idyllic Southern landscapes, characters fulfilling their roles as students, wives, boyfriends, sons. But they are not what they seem. In these stories, Nick White deconstructs the core qualities of Southern fiction, exposing deeply flawed and fascinating characters--promiscuous academics, aging podcasters, woodpecker assassins, and lawnmower enthusiasts, among others--all on wildly compelling quests. From finding an elusive bear to locating a prized timepiece to making love on the grave of an iconic writer, each story is a thrilling adventure with unexpected turns. White's honest and provocative prose will jolt readers awake with its urgency.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334189Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet and Low: Stories Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet and Low: Stories Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF SUMMER 2018 BY O Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, The Millions, Southern Living, POPSUGAR, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Review of Books Praised by the Washington Post as 'Tennessee Williams . . . transposed to the twenty-first-century South,' Nick White returns with a stunning short-story collection that tackles issues of masculinity, identity, and place, with a sharp eye for social commentary and a singular handling of character. At first glance, the stories in Sweet and Low seem grounded in the everyday: they paint pictures of idyllic Southern landscapes, characters fulfilling their roles as students, wives, boyfriends, sons. But they are not what they seem. In these stories, Nick White deconstructs the core qualities of Southern fiction, exposing deeply flawed and fascinating characters--promiscuous academics, aging podcasters, woodpecker assassins, and lawnmower enthusiasts, among others--all on wildly compelling quests. From finding an elusive bear to locating a prized timepiece to making love on the grave of an iconic writer, each story is a thrilling adventure with unexpected turns. White's honest and provocative prose will jolt readers awake with its urgency.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-tentacion-de-ser-felices-by-lorenzo-marone--65308406https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - tentación de ser felices Author: Lorenzo Marone Narrator: Joan Mora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cesare Annunziata un personaje irreverente, enojón y ocurrente de setenta y siete años, viudo y padre de dos hijos adultos. Hace un balance de su vida y se da cuenta que ha desperdiciado grandes momentos por no saber elegir en los momentos más importantes. Su existencia podría seguir su rumbo hasta su previsible y universal final entre vasos de vino con Marino, el viejecito neurótico de la segunda planta; las charlas no deseadas con Eleonora, la loca de los gatos del vecindario; y fogonazos de pasión carnal con Rossana. Pero un día llega a su edificio la joven y enigmática Emma, casada con un individuo siniestro con el que no parece tener nada en común. Cesare no tarda en darse cuenta de que en esa pareja hay algo que no funciona, y sin duda no se implicaría si no fuera por la silenciosa llamada de socorro que lanzan los tristes ojos de Emma…Los secretos que Cesare descubre sobre su vecina, pero sobre todo sobre sí mismo, conformarán la trama de esta novela formidable, capaz de dibujar un personaje en el que conviven, en alegre contradicción, el cinismo más feroz y la más profunda humanidad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336835Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - tentación de ser felices Author: Lorenzo Marone Narrator: Joan Mora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - tentación de ser felices Author: Lorenzo Marone Narrator: Joan Mora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cesare Annunziata un personaje irreverente, enojón y ocurrente de setenta y siete años, viudo y padre de dos hijos adultos. Hace un balance de su vida y se da cuenta que ha desperdiciado grandes momentos por no saber elegir en los momentos más importantes. Su existencia podría seguir su rumbo hasta su previsible y universal final entre vasos de vino con Marino, el viejecito neurótico de la segunda planta; las charlas no deseadas con Eleonora, la loca de los gatos del vecindario; y fogonazos de pasión carnal con Rossana. Pero un día llega a su edificio la joven y enigmática Emma, casada con un individuo siniestro con el que no parece tener nada en común. Cesare no tarda en darse cuenta de que en esa pareja hay algo que no funciona, y sin duda no se implicaría si no fuera por la silenciosa llamada de socorro que lanzan los tristes ojos de Emma…Los secretos que Cesare descubre sobre su vecina, pero sobre todo sobre sí mismo, conformarán la trama de esta novela formidable, capaz de dibujar un personaje en el que conviven, en alegre contradicción, el cinismo más feroz y la más profunda humanidad.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-unsuitable-woman-by-kat-gordon--65308482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife ‘Gloriously dark’ Liza Klaussman ‘Evocative’ i newsaper ‘Seductive’ Anna Hope ‘Rich’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ Emma Chapman Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring. When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Croÿ, he is welcomed into her inner circle – the Happy Valley set – rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles. Yet behind Sylvie’s intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenya’s future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman – before it is too late. First published as The Hunters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536Thu, 31 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife ‘Gloriously dark’ Liza Klaussman ‘Evocative’ i newsaper ‘Seductive’ Anna Hope ‘Rich’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ Emma Chapman Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring. When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Croÿ, he is welcomed into her inner circle – the Happy Valley set – rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles. Yet behind Sylvie’s intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenya’s future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman – before it is too late. First published as The Hunters.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-twist-of-fate-by-joanna-rees--65308481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Twist of Fate Author: Joanna Rees Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Romy and Thea, two beautiful baby girls, their futures sealed with the flip of a coin. One will enter a life of privilege, surrounded by only the best money can buy. The other will fight for survival in an orphanage, against an evil regime that seeks only to exploit her. Throughout the years their paths will cross, neither knowing who the other one is, their lives overflowing with secrets, blackmail and murder. From the snow covered forests of Eastern Europe to the glistening white beaches of the Caribbean. From the gutters of London's Soho to the towering skyscrapers of New York, A twist of fate tore them apart, only their strength and determination can reunite them...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333937Thu, 31 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Twist of Fate Author: Joanna Rees Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Twist of Fate Author: Joanna Rees Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Romy and Thea, two beautiful baby girls, their futures sealed with the flip of a coin. One will enter a life of privilege, surrounded by only the best money can buy. The other will fight for survival in an orphanage, against an evil regime that seeks only to exploit her. Throughout the years their paths will cross, neither knowing who the other one is, their lives overflowing with secrets, blackmail and murder. From the snow covered forests of Eastern Europe to the glistening white beaches of the Caribbean. From the gutters of London's Soho to the towering skyscrapers of New York, A twist of fate tore them apart, only their strength and determination can reunite them...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-district-nurses-of-victory-walk-by-annie-groves--65308477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The District Nurses of Victory Walk Series: #1 of The District Nurse Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse, but her journey has been far from easy. Her parents think that she should settle down and get married, but she has already had her heart broken once and isn’t about to make the same mistake again. Alice and her best friend Edith are based in the East End but before they’ve even got their smart new uniforms on, war breaks out and Hitler’s bombs are raining down on London. Alice must learn to keep calm and carry on as she tends to London’s sick and injured, all the time facing her own heartache and misfortune while keeping up the Spirit of the Blitz…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334567Thu, 31 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The District Nurses of Victory Walk Series: #1 of The District Nurse Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The District Nurses of Victory Walk Series: #1 of The District Nurse Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Alex Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse, but her journey has been far from easy. Her parents think that she should settle down and get married, but she has already had her heart broken once and isn’t about to make the same mistake again. Alice and her best friend Edith are based in the East End but before they’ve even got their smart new uniforms on, war breaks out and Hitler’s bombs are raining down on London. Alice must learn to keep calm and carry on as she tends to London’s sick and injured, all the time facing her own heartache and misfortune while keeping up the Spirit of the Blitz…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/consequences-of-war-by-betty-burton--65308466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Consequences of War Author: Betty Burton Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everyone remembered the summer of '39 as golden and strange. Golden because it was the driest on record; strange because people were burrowing holes and roofing them with iron. Waiting for the bombs… In the Hampshire town of Markham, Georgia Kennedy wakes on her husband's last day in Civvy Street and feels elated. Conventionally married to the pompous Hugh, she discovers liberation during the war. Like other women, she embraces the camaraderie previously held back by gender and class. For Georgia, for rich, spoiled Eve, for salt-of-the-earth Dolly, life will never be the same again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333933Thu, 31 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Consequences of War Author: Betty Burton Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Consequences of War Author: Betty Burton Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everyone remembered the summer of '39 as golden and strange. Golden because it was the driest on record; strange because people were burrowing holes and roofing them with iron. Waiting for the bombs… In the Hampshire town of Markham, Georgia Kennedy wakes on her husband's last day in Civvy Street and feels elated. Conventionally married to the pompous Hugh, she discovers liberation during the war. Like other women, she embraces the camaraderie previously held back by gender and class. For Georgia, for rich, spoiled Eve, for salt-of-the-earth Dolly, life will never be the same again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-little-lights-by-jamie-mcguire--65308521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship…and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret that Catherine has buried could destroy whatever chance of happiness they have left.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138Tue, 29 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship…and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret that Catherine has buried could destroy whatever chance of happiness they have left.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shelter-in-place-by-nora-roberts--65308500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelter in Place Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 531 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 101 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art. But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334177Tue, 29 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelter in Place Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelter in Place Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 531 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 101 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art. But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-widow-s-watcher-by-eliza-maxwell--65308490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow's Watcher Author: Eliza Maxwell Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them… Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars Jorgensen is an unlikely savior. But when a stranger walks onto the ice of a frozen Minnesota lake, her intentions are brutally clear, and the old man isn’t about to let her follow through. Jenna Shaw didn’t ask for Lars’s help, nor does she want it. After he pulls her from the brink, however, Jenna finds her desire to give up challenged by their unlikely friendship. In Jenna, Lars recognizes his last chance for redemption. And in her quest to solve the mysteries of Lars’s past and bring him closure, Jenna may find the way out of her own darkness. But the truth that waits threatens to shatter it all. When secrets are surrendered and lies are laid bare, Jenna and Lars may find that accepting the past isn’t their greatest challenge. Can they afford the heartbreaking price of forgiveness?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332137Tue, 29 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow's Watcher Author: Eliza Maxwell Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow's Watcher Author: Eliza Maxwell Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them… Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars Jorgensen is an unlikely savior. But when a stranger walks onto the ice of a frozen Minnesota lake, her intentions are brutally clear, and the old man isn’t about to let her follow through. Jenna Shaw didn’t ask for Lars’s help, nor does she want it. After he pulls her from the brink, however, Jenna finds her desire to give up challenged by their unlikely friendship. In Jenna, Lars recognizes his last chance for redemption. And in her quest to solve the mysteries of Lars’s past and bring him closure, Jenna may find the way out of her own darkness. But the truth that waits threatens to shatter it all. When secrets are surrendered and lies are laid bare, Jenna and Lars may find that accepting the past isn’t their greatest challenge. Can they afford the heartbreaking price of forgiveness?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inheritance-an-inlet-beach-novel-by-heidi-hostetter--65308458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance: An Inlet Beach Novel Author: Heidi Hostetter Narrator: Emily Beresford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When three sisters arrive to claim the oldest house in town for themselves, you can bet the residents of this tiny beach community will have something to say about it. For the sisters, it started a letter stating they've inherited a dilapidated beach house from a relative they don't remember. Complications arise when each sister wants something different from their unexpected gain. Plus, they haven't spoken to each other in more than a dozen years. The Inheritance is a story filled with the quirkiness of a small town, the craziness of an imperfect family, and the hope of a second chance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335564Tue, 29 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance: An Inlet Beach Novel Author: Heidi Hostetter Narrator: Emily Beresford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance: An Inlet Beach Novel Author: Heidi Hostetter Narrator: Emily Beresford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When three sisters arrive to claim the oldest house in town for themselves, you can bet the residents of this tiny beach community will have something to say about it. For the sisters, it started a letter stating they've inherited a dilapidated beach house from a relative they don't remember. Complications arise when each sister wants something different from their unexpected gain. Plus, they haven't spoken to each other in more than a dozen years. The Inheritance is a story filled with the quirkiness of a small town, the craziness of an imperfect family, and the hope of a second chance.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tall-dark-and-cajun-by-sandra-hill--65308410https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tall, Dark, and Cajun Author: Sandra Hill Narrator: Vanessa Edwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hot, Bothered, and In Over Her Head! After finally dumping her no-good fiancé, decorator Rachel Fortier hightails it out of D.C. straight for Cajun country. But her grandma's Louisiana bayou cabin on stilts isn't quite the grand estate she imagined. Throw in a pet alligator named Useless and Remy LeDeux, the smoldering-eyed pilot angling for her family's property, and Rachel's in for a passel of trouble-especially since their chemistry is hotter than the Atchafalaya Swamp in July. With his Tante Lulu itching to marry him off and Rachel's rifle-toting grandma ready to shoot Remy the second he sets foot on her land, the sexiest bad boy this side of the Mason-Dixon Line will need a special kind of voodoo to convince Rachel she was born for the bayou. Cajun Series:Tall, Dark, and CajunThe Cajun CowboyThe Red-Hot Cajun]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336460Tue, 29 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tall, Dark, and Cajun Author: Sandra Hill Narrator: Vanessa Edwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tall, Dark, and Cajun Author: Sandra Hill Narrator: Vanessa Edwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hot, Bothered, and In Over Her Head! After finally dumping her no-good fiancé, decorator Rachel Fortier hightails it out of D.C. straight for Cajun country. But her grandma's Louisiana bayou cabin on stilts isn't quite the grand estate she imagined. Throw in a pet alligator named Useless and Remy LeDeux, the smoldering-eyed pilot angling for her family's property, and Rachel's in for a passel of trouble-especially since their chemistry is hotter than the Atchafalaya Swamp in July. With his Tante Lulu itching to marry him off and Rachel's rifle-toting grandma ready to shoot Remy the second he sets foot on her land, the sexiest bad boy this side of the Mason-Dixon Line will need a special kind of voodoo to convince Rachel she was born for the bayou. Cajun Series:Tall, Dark, and CajunThe Cajun CowboyThe Red-Hot Cajun]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-stories-by-william-trevor--65308499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stories Author: William Trevor Narrator: Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Hogan, Niamh Cusack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Last Stories by William Trevor, read by Niamh Cusack, Stephen Hogan and Tara Fitzgerald. In this final collection of ten exquisite, perceptive and profound stories, William Trevor probes into the depths of the human spirit. Here we encounter a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she believed dead is alive and well; and a piano-teacher who accepts her pupil's theft in exchange for his beautiful music. These gorgeous stories - the last that Trevor wrote before his death - affirm his place as one of the world's greatest storytellers. 'What a writer he was; he could flip over a sentence so gently, and show the underbelly in a heartbeat. His work is always quietly compassionate' Elizabeth Strout 'Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling' Hilary Mantel 'He is one of the great short-story writers, at his best the equal of Chekhov' John Banville]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332058Thu, 24 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stories Author: William Trevor Narrator: Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Hogan, Niamh Cusack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stories Author: William Trevor Narrator: Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Hogan, Niamh Cusack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Last Stories by William Trevor, read by Niamh Cusack, Stephen Hogan and Tara Fitzgerald. In this final collection of ten exquisite, perceptive and profound stories, William Trevor probes into the depths of the human spirit. Here we encounter a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she believed dead is alive and well; and a piano-teacher who accepts her pupil's theft in exchange for his beautiful music. These gorgeous stories - the last that Trevor wrote before his death - affirm his place as one of the world's greatest storytellers. 'What a writer he was; he could flip over a sentence so gently, and show the underbelly in a heartbeat. His work is always quietly compassionate' Elizabeth Strout 'Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling' Hilary Mantel 'He is one of the great short-story writers, at his best the equal of Chekhov' John Banville]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-en-el-pais-de-la-nube-blanca-trilogia-de-la-nube-blanca-1-by-sarah-lark--65308483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - En el país de la nube blanca (Trilogía de la Nube Blanca 1) Series: #1 of Trilogía de la Nube Blanca Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Escucha esta inolvidable saga familiar en el exótico marco de Nueva Zelanda. Londres, 1852: dos chicas emprenden la travesía en barco hacia Nueva Zelanda. Para ellas significa el comienzo de una nueva vida como futuras esposas de unos hombres a quienes no conocen. Gwyneira, de origen noble, está prometida al hijo de un magnate de la lana, mientras que Helen, institutriz de profesión, ha respondido a la solicitud de matrimonio de un granjero. Ambas deberán seguir su destino en una tierra a la que se compara con el paraíso. Pero ¿hallarán el amor y la felicidad en el extremo opuesto del mundo? En el país de la nube blanca, el debut más exitoso de los últimos años en Alemania, a través de un fenómeno de boca a boca sin precedentes, es una novela cautivante sobre el amor y el odio, la confianza y la enemistad, y sobre dos familias cuyo sino está unido de forma indisoluble. Una epopeya fascinante, recomendada por la crítica y los libreros, disponible ahora en formato audiolibro.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334505Thu, 24 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - En el país de la nube blanca (Trilogía de la Nube Blanca 1) Series: #1 of Trilogía de la Nube Blanca Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - En el país de la nube blanca (Trilogía de la Nube Blanca 1) Series: #1 of Trilogía de la Nube Blanca Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Laura Monedero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Escucha esta inolvidable saga familiar en el exótico marco de Nueva Zelanda. Londres, 1852: dos chicas emprenden la travesía en barco hacia Nueva Zelanda. Para ellas significa el comienzo de una nueva vida como futuras esposas de unos hombres a quienes no conocen. Gwyneira, de origen noble, está prometida al hijo de un magnate de la lana, mientras que Helen, institutriz de profesión, ha respondido a la solicitud de matrimonio de un granjero. Ambas deberán seguir su destino en una tierra a la que se compara con el paraíso. Pero ¿hallarán el amor y la felicidad en el extremo opuesto del mundo? En el país de la nube blanca, el debut más exitoso de los últimos años en Alemania, a través de un fenómeno de boca a boca sin precedentes, es una novela cautivante sobre el amor y el odio, la confianza y la enemistad, y sobre dos familias cuyo sino está unido de forma indisoluble. Una epopeya fascinante, recomendada por la crítica y los libreros, disponible ahora en formato audiolibro.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beloved-hope-by-tracie-peterson--65308478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beloved Hope Author: Tracie Peterson Narrator: Stephanie Cozart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace is shattered when those responsible for the massacre are captured and put on trial. She is asked to testify against them, but she's not sure she can bear to relive the events of those horrific days. As Hope struggles to free herself from the pain of her past, Lance Kenner, an Army lieutenant, brings an unexpected ray of light into her life. But what will Lance think of her if he learns the truth behind her anguish? And what secrets lie in his past?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334492Thu, 24 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beloved Hope Author: Tracie Peterson Narrator: Stephanie Cozart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beloved Hope Author: Tracie Peterson Narrator: Stephanie Cozart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace is shattered when those responsible for the massacre are captured and put on trial. She is asked to testify against them, but she's not sure she can bear to relive the events of those horrific days. As Hope struggles to free herself from the pain of her past, Lance Kenner, an Army lieutenant, brings an unexpected ray of light into her life. But what will Lance think of her if he learns the truth behind her anguish? And what secrets lie in his past?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-far-she-s-come-a-novel-by-holly-brown--65308590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Far She's Come: A Novel Author: Holly Brown Narrator: Arielle DeLisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed author of Don’t Try to Find Me and This is Not Over comes the unforgettable, harrowing story of a young broadcast journalist who discovers a mysterious diary from a female broadcaster in 1991 featuring startling—and frightening—parallels to her own life. You might be wondering what a diary from 1991 has to do with you. You're about to find out. Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it… Twenty-four-year-old Cheyenne Florian has just received her dream job offer. On the strength of a few vlogs, she’s recruited to be the new correspondent on the recently hatched Independent News Network, INN. With the slogan “Because independent thinking is the only way out,” INN has branded itself as innovative. Yet once Cheyenne joins the INN team, she finds age-old dynamics in play. Some of the female staff resent her meteoric rise, while a number of the men are only too happy to welcome her. Then there’s the diary left for her anonymously, written in 1991 by a female broadcaster named Elyse Rohrbach. The mysterious diary is accompanied by a note, urging Cheyenne to learn from the past. She wants to believe it’s intended as inspiration and friendly advice, or at most, a warning. But as disturbing—and increasingly dangerous—parallels begin to emerge, she starts to wonder if something more sinister is at work. It’s almost as if someone is engineering the similarities in Cheyenne’s life to match those from Elyse’s past, like she’s a pawn in a very twisted game. But Cheyenne is determined to rewrite the rules and play her own game. Though they’re separated by more than twenty-five years, Elyse and Cheyenne are forced to learn the same lesson: Nothing is more threatening than a woman who doesn’t yet know her own power…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329759Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Far She's Come: A Novel Author: Holly Brown Narrator: Arielle DeLisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Far She's Come: A Novel Author: Holly Brown Narrator: Arielle DeLisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed author of Don’t Try to Find Me and This is Not Over comes the unforgettable, harrowing story of a young broadcast journalist who discovers a mysterious diary from a female broadcaster in 1991 featuring startling—and frightening—parallels to her own life. You might be wondering what a diary from 1991 has to do with you. You're about to find out. Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it… Twenty-four-year-old Cheyenne Florian has just received her dream job offer. On the strength of a few vlogs, she’s recruited to be the new correspondent on the recently hatched Independent News Network, INN. With the slogan “Because independent thinking is the only way out,” INN has branded itself as innovative. Yet once Cheyenne joins the INN team, she finds age-old dynamics in play. Some of the female staff resent her meteoric rise, while a number of the men are only too happy to welcome her. Then there’s the diary left for her anonymously, written in 1991 by a female broadcaster named Elyse Rohrbach. The mysterious diary is accompanied by a note, urging Cheyenne to learn from the past. She wants to believe it’s intended as inspiration and friendly advice, or at most, a warning. But as disturbing—and increasingly dangerous—parallels begin to emerge, she starts to wonder if something more sinister is at work. It’s almost as if someone is engineering the similarities in Cheyenne’s life to match those from Elyse’s past, like she’s a pawn in a very twisted game. But Cheyenne is determined to rewrite the rules and play her own game. Though they’re separated by more than twenty-five years, Elyse and Cheyenne are forced to learn the same lesson: Nothing is more threatening than a woman who doesn’t yet know her own power…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/campaign-widows-by-aimee-agresti--65308581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaign Widows Author: Aimee Agresti Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cady Davenport is living the American dream… At least she’s supposed to be. She’s in a new city, with a new job and even a new fiancé. But when her husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own—and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined. Until she finds herself thrust straight into the heart of the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group—a fabulous Georgetown doyenne; a speechwriter turned mommy blogger; an artsy website editor; and a First Lady Hopeful who’s not convinced she wants the job. But they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season. Cady is unsure of her place in their illustrious group, but with the pressures of the unprecedented election mounting, the widows’ worlds keep turning—faster than ever—as they hold down the fort while running companies, raising babies, racking up page views and even reinventing themselves. And their friendship might be just what Cady needs to find the strength to pursue her own happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329974Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaign Widows Author: Aimee Agresti Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaign Widows Author: Aimee Agresti Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cady Davenport is living the American dream… At least she’s supposed to be. She’s in a new city, with a new job and even a new fiancé. But when her husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own—and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined. Until she finds herself thrust straight into the heart of the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group—a fabulous Georgetown doyenne; a speechwriter turned mommy blogger; an artsy website editor; and a First Lady Hopeful who’s not convinced she wants the job. But they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season. Cady is unsure of her place in their illustrious group, but with the pressures of the unprecedented election mounting, the widows’ worlds keep turning—faster than ever—as they hold down the fort while running companies, raising babies, racking up page views and even reinventing themselves. And their friendship might be just what Cady needs to find the strength to pursue her own happiness.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-endless-beach-a-novel-by-jenny-colgan--65308549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Endless Beach: A Novel Series: #2 of Mure Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and The Cafe by the Sea comes another enchanting, unforgettable novel of a woman who makes a fresh start on the beautiful Scottish Island of Mure—only to discover life has more surprises in store for her. When Flora MacKenzie traded her glum career in London for the remote Scottish island of Mure, she never dreamed that Joel—her difficult, adorable boss—would follow. Yet now, not only has Flora been reunited with her family and opened a charming café by the sea, but she and Joel are taking their first faltering steps into romance. With Joel away on business in New York, Flora is preparing for the next stage in her life. And that would be…? Love? She’s feeling it. Security? In Joel’s arms, sure. Marriage? Not open to discussion. In the meanwhile, Flora is finding pleasure in a magnificent sight: whales breaking waves off the beaches of Mure. But it also signals something less joyful. According to local superstition, it’s an omen—and a warning that Flora’s future could be as fleeting as the sea-spray… A bracing season on the shore sets the stage for Jenny Colgan’s delightful novel that’s as funny, heartwarming, and unpredictable as love itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329760Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Endless Beach: A Novel Series: #2 of Mure Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Endless Beach: A Novel Series: #2 of Mure Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Sarah Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and The Cafe by the Sea comes another enchanting, unforgettable novel of a woman who makes a fresh start on the beautiful Scottish Island of Mure—only to discover life has more surprises in store for her. When Flora MacKenzie traded her glum career in London for the remote Scottish island of Mure, she never dreamed that Joel—her difficult, adorable boss—would follow. Yet now, not only has Flora been reunited with her family and opened a charming café by the sea, but she and Joel are taking their first faltering steps into romance. With Joel away on business in New York, Flora is preparing for the next stage in her life. And that would be…? Love? She’s feeling it. Security? In Joel’s arms, sure. Marriage? Not open to discussion. In the meanwhile, Flora is finding pleasure in a magnificent sight: whales breaking waves off the beaches of Mure. But it also signals something less joyful. According to local superstition, it’s an omen—and a warning that Flora’s future could be as fleeting as the sea-spray… A bracing season on the shore sets the stage for Jenny Colgan’s delightful novel that’s as funny, heartwarming, and unpredictable as love itself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girls-of-the-great-war-by-freda-lightfoot--65308545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls of the Great War Author: Freda Lightfoot Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She wanted a new life. Now she’s risking it to save others. Cecily Hanson longs to live life on her own terms—to leave the shadow of her overbearing mother and marry her childhood sweetheart once he returns from the Great War. But when her fiancé is lost at sea, this future is shattered. Looking for meaning again, she decides to perform for the troops in France. Life on the front line is both rewarding and terrifying, and Cecily soon finds herself more involved—and more in danger—than she ever thought possible. And her family has followed her to France. Her sister, Merryn, has fallen for a young drummer whose charm hides a dark side, while their mother, Queenie—a faded star of the stage tormented by her own secret heartache—seems set on a path of self-destruction. As the war draws to a close and their hopes turn once again to the future, Cecily and Merryn are more determined than ever to unravel the truth about their mother’s past: what has she been hiding from them—and why?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331027Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls of the Great War Author: Freda Lightfoot Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls of the Great War Author: Freda Lightfoot Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She wanted a new life. Now she’s risking it to save others. Cecily Hanson longs to live life on her own terms—to leave the shadow of her overbearing mother and marry her childhood sweetheart once he returns from the Great War. But when her fiancé is lost at sea, this future is shattered. Looking for meaning again, she decides to perform for the troops in France. Life on the front line is both rewarding and terrifying, and Cecily soon finds herself more involved—and more in danger—than she ever thought possible. And her family has followed her to France. Her sister, Merryn, has fallen for a young drummer whose charm hides a dark side, while their mother, Queenie—a faded star of the stage tormented by her own secret heartache—seems set on a path of self-destruction. As the war draws to a close and their hopes turn once again to the future, Cecily and Merryn are more determined than ever to unravel the truth about their mother’s past: what has she been hiding from them—and why?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unworthy-a-novel-by-antonio-monda--65308529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unworthy: A Novel Author: Antonio Monda Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Abram Singer is a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a dark secret. Against the backdrop of gritty 1970s New York, in a simple, straightforward style, he tells us his story. The son of an absent Jewish father and a devout Italian mother, Abram was drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary, eventually becoming a parish priest in Manhattan. His sincerest wish is to do God’s work, but he is not without human failings: he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a secret lover named Lisa. But when an anonymous letter arrives threatening to expose his liaison, he is forced to decide whether the risks of his sin have become too great. Riveting and powerfully intimate, Unworthy unflinchingly explores the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity—and gives us a timeless portrait of a man trying to make his way in America’s greatest city.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332600Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unworthy: A Novel Author: Antonio Monda Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unworthy: A Novel Author: Antonio Monda Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Abram Singer is a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a dark secret. Against the backdrop of gritty 1970s New York, in a simple, straightforward style, he tells us his story. The son of an absent Jewish father and a devout Italian mother, Abram was drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary, eventually becoming a parish priest in Manhattan. His sincerest wish is to do God’s work, but he is not without human failings: he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a secret lover named Lisa. But when an anonymous letter arrives threatening to expose his liaison, he is forced to decide whether the risks of his sin have become too great. Riveting and powerfully intimate, Unworthy unflinchingly explores the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity—and gives us a timeless portrait of a man trying to make his way in America’s greatest city.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-high-season-a-novel-by-judy-blundell--65308524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Season: A Novel Author: Judy Blundell Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A mesmerizing, head-spinning—and sometimes madcap-hilarious—take of have and have-nots.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS • “In the smart, breezy, sweet spot between Meg Wolitzer and Elin Hilderbrand.”—Entertainment Weekly No matter what the world throws her way, at least Ruthie Beamish has the house. Located by the sea in a quiet Long Island village, the house is her nest egg—the retirement account shared with her ex-husband, Mike, and the college fund for their teenage daughter, Jem. The catch? To afford the house, Ruthie must let it go during the best part of the year. It’s Memorial Day weekend and the start of what Jem calls “the summer bummer”: the family’s annual exodus to make way for renters. This year, the Hamptons set has arrived. Adeline Clay is elegant and connected—and will never need to worry about money. Before long, she demonstrates an uncanny ability to help herself to Ruthie’s life. Is Adeline just being her fabulous self, or is she out to take what she wants? When an eccentric billionaire, his wayward daughter, a coterie of social climbers, and Ruthie’s old flame are thrown into the mix, the entire town finds itself on the verge of tumultuous change. But as Ruthie loses her grasp on her job, her home, and her family, she discovers a new talent for pushing back. By the end of one unhinged, unforgettable summer, nothing will be the same—least of all Ruthie. Praise for The High Season “Blundell knows the territory. . . . Her account of Ruthie’s coming to grips with a career, a daughter and a community in flux is as touching as it is convincing.”—The Wall Street Journal “A huge page-turner . . . so compelling . . . a classic beach read, but very smart, very intelligently written.”—Us Weekly, Emily Giffin’s Summer Reading Recommendations “An acid-laced domestic drama set during one golden summer on the moneyed, beachy North Fork of Long Island.”—The New York Times “Judy Blundell wields words like an oyster knife in this shimmering story of art, money, and celebrity.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Before the War “A wry, often hilarious story of a woman trying to keep it together when everything is going so, so wrong.”—Real Simple]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332121Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Season: A Novel Author: Judy Blundell Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Season: A Novel Author: Judy Blundell Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A mesmerizing, head-spinning—and sometimes madcap-hilarious—take of have and have-nots.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS • “In the smart, breezy, sweet spot between Meg Wolitzer and Elin Hilderbrand.”—Entertainment Weekly No matter what the world throws her way, at least Ruthie Beamish has the house. Located by the sea in a quiet Long Island village, the house is her nest egg—the retirement account shared with her ex-husband, Mike, and the college fund for their teenage daughter, Jem. The catch? To afford the house, Ruthie must let it go during the best part of the year. It’s Memorial Day weekend and the start of what Jem calls “the summer bummer”: the family’s annual exodus to make way for renters. This year, the Hamptons set has arrived. Adeline Clay is elegant and connected—and will never need to worry about money. Before long, she demonstrates an uncanny ability to help herself to Ruthie’s life. Is Adeline just being her fabulous self, or is she out to take what she wants? When an eccentric billionaire, his wayward daughter, a coterie of social climbers, and Ruthie’s old flame are thrown into the mix, the entire town finds itself on the verge of tumultuous change. But as Ruthie loses her grasp on her job, her home, and her family, she discovers a new talent for pushing back. By the end of one unhinged, unforgettable summer, nothing will be the same—least of all Ruthie. Praise for The High Season “Blundell knows the territory. . . . Her account of Ruthie’s coming to grips with a career, a daughter and a community in flux is as touching as it is convincing.”—The Wall Street Journal “A huge page-turner . . . so compelling . . . a classic beach read, but very smart, very intelligently written.”—Us Weekly, Emily Giffin’s Summer Reading Recommendations “An acid-laced domestic drama set during one golden summer on the moneyed, beachy North Fork of Long Island.”—The New York Times “Judy Blundell wields words like an oyster knife in this shimmering story of art, money, and celebrity.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Before the War “A wry, often hilarious story of a woman trying to keep it together when everything is going so, so wrong.”—Real Simple]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-hope-begins-by-catherine-west--65308523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Hope Begins Author: Catherine West Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes we’re allowed to glimpse the beauty within the brokenness . . . Savannah Barrington has always found solace at her parents’ lake house in the Berkshires, and it’s the place that she runs to when her husband of over twenty years leaves her. Though her world is shaken, and the future uncertain, she finds hope through an old woman’s wisdom, a little girl’s laughter, and a man who’s willing to risk his own heart to prove to Savannah that she is worthy of love. But soon Savannah is given a challenge she can’t run away from: Forgiving the unforgivable. Amidst the ancient gardens and musty bookstores of the small town she’s sought refuge in, she must reconcile with the grief that haunts her, the God pursuing her, and the wounds of the past that might be healed after all. Where Hope Begins is the story of grace in the midst of brokenness, pointing us to the miracles that await when we look beyond our own expectations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333204Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Hope Begins Author: Catherine West Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Hope Begins Author: Catherine West Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes we’re allowed to glimpse the beauty within the brokenness . . . Savannah Barrington has always found solace at her parents’ lake house in the Berkshires, and it’s the place that she runs to when her husband of over twenty years leaves her. Though her world is shaken, and the future uncertain, she finds hope through an old woman’s wisdom, a little girl’s laughter, and a man who’s willing to risk his own heart to prove to Savannah that she is worthy of love. But soon Savannah is given a challenge she can’t run away from: Forgiving the unforgivable. Amidst the ancient gardens and musty bookstores of the small town she’s sought refuge in, she must reconcile with the grief that haunts her, the God pursuing her, and the wounds of the past that might be healed after all. Where Hope Begins is the story of grace in the midst of brokenness, pointing us to the miracles that await when we look beyond our own expectations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-disasters-by-randall-klein--65308504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Disasters Author: Randall Klein Narrator: Mark Deakins, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping novel about two young married couples--expectant parents and new friends--whose lives collide in a pile-up of deceits and indiscretions It was the exhilaration of new parenthood that first united Michael and Paul, outside the Brooklyn hospital where their wives, Rebecca and Jenny, had exiled them from the delivery room. For Paul, though, tragedy swiftly followed that euphoria. Hoping to speed his and Jenny's recovery, he turns to Michael for a favor, unwittingly kindling the spark of connection between these couples into the affair that will blow them apart. One year later, on the same morning that the catastrophes of their personal lives come to an explosive head, a mysterious crisis in Midtown Manhattan all but shuts down the city, leaving both men stranded--Michael at the northernmost tip of the island and Paul in a dark subway tunnel under the East River. Each must make the arduous trek home through record-breaking heat, nervously eyeing the thin plume of smoke above the skyline, though it's their private turmoils that loom largest. Told in the alternating voices of these charismatic but deeply flawed men, Little Disasters deftly cuts between the suspense of the citywide disaster and the history of secrets, lies, and losses that has brought these four intertwined lives to the brink. Smart, unsparing, and bitingly funny, Randall Klein's debut is an engrossing story of the bonds of love and family--and our unending urges to test them, even when we need them most.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333948Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Disasters Author: Randall Klein Narrator: Mark Deakins, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Disasters Author: Randall Klein Narrator: Mark Deakins, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping novel about two young married couples--expectant parents and new friends--whose lives collide in a pile-up of deceits and indiscretions It was the exhilaration of new parenthood that first united Michael and Paul, outside the Brooklyn hospital where their wives, Rebecca and Jenny, had exiled them from the delivery room. For Paul, though, tragedy swiftly followed that euphoria. Hoping to speed his and Jenny's recovery, he turns to Michael for a favor, unwittingly kindling the spark of connection between these couples into the affair that will blow them apart. One year later, on the same morning that the catastrophes of their personal lives come to an explosive head, a mysterious crisis in Midtown Manhattan all but shuts down the city, leaving both men stranded--Michael at the northernmost tip of the island and Paul in a dark subway tunnel under the East River. Each must make the arduous trek home through record-breaking heat, nervously eyeing the thin plume of smoke above the skyline, though it's their private turmoils that loom largest. Told in the alternating voices of these charismatic but deeply flawed men, Little Disasters deftly cuts between the suspense of the citywide disaster and the history of secrets, lies, and losses that has brought these four intertwined lives to the brink. Smart, unsparing, and bitingly funny, Randall Klein's debut is an engrossing story of the bonds of love and family--and our unending urges to test them, even when we need them most.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-testament-of-loki-by-joanne-m-harris--65308455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Testament of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the sequel to The Gospel of Loki, Loki’s adventures continue when he finds a way out of the end of the world and plans to restart the power of the Norse gods. The end of the world—also known as Ragnarok to the Norse gods—has occurred, and Loki has been trapped in a seemingly endless purgatory, in torture, until he finds a way to escape. It seems that he still exists in the minds of humanity and uses that as a way to our time. Back in the ninth world (Earth), Loki finds himself sharing the mind of a teenage girl named Jumps, who is a bit of a mess. She’s also not happy about Loki sneaking his way into her mind since she was originally calling on Thor. Worse, her friends have also been co-opted by the gods: Odin, Jump’s one-eyed best friend in a wheelchair, and Freya, the pretty one. Thor escapes the netherworld as well and shares the mind of a dog, and he finds that it suits him. Odin has a plan to bring back the Norse gods ascendancy, but Loki has his own ideas on how things can go—and nothing goes according to plan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334418Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Testament of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Testament of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the sequel to The Gospel of Loki, Loki’s adventures continue when he finds a way out of the end of the world and plans to restart the power of the Norse gods. The end of the world—also known as Ragnarok to the Norse gods—has occurred, and Loki has been trapped in a seemingly endless purgatory, in torture, until he finds a way to escape. It seems that he still exists in the minds of humanity and uses that as a way to our time. Back in the ninth world (Earth), Loki finds himself sharing the mind of a teenage girl named Jumps, who is a bit of a mess. She’s also not happy about Loki sneaking his way into her mind since she was originally calling on Thor. Worse, her friends have also been co-opted by the gods: Odin, Jump’s one-eyed best friend in a wheelchair, and Freya, the pretty one. Thor escapes the netherworld as well and shares the mind of a dog, and he finds that it suits him. Odin has a plan to bring back the Norse gods ascendancy, but Loki has his own ideas on how things can go—and nothing goes according to plan.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happiest-days-by-jack-sheffield--65308516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happiest Days Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Happiest Days, written and read by Jack Sheffield. It’s 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth rollercoaster year as headteacher. It’s the year of Margaret Thatcher’s third election victory, Dynasty and shoulder pads, Neighbours and a Transformer for Christmas. And at Ragley-on-the-Forest School, a year of surprises is in store. Ruby the Caretaker find happiness at last, Vera the Secretary makes an important decision, a new teacher is appointed and a disaster threatens the school. Meanwhile Jack receives unexpected news, and is faced with the biggest decision of his career . . . Praise for Jack Sheffield: 'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh 'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express 'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school' Choice 'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332031Thu, 17 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happiest Days Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happiest Days Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Happiest Days, written and read by Jack Sheffield. It’s 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth rollercoaster year as headteacher. It’s the year of Margaret Thatcher’s third election victory, Dynasty and shoulder pads, Neighbours and a Transformer for Christmas. And at Ragley-on-the-Forest School, a year of surprises is in store. Ruby the Caretaker find happiness at last, Vera the Secretary makes an important decision, a new teacher is appointed and a disaster threatens the school. Meanwhile Jack receives unexpected news, and is faced with the biggest decision of his career . . . Praise for Jack Sheffield: 'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh 'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express 'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school' Choice 'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darling-by-rachel-edwards--65308495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darling Author: Rachel Edwards Narrator: Adele Oni, Jaimi Barbakoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A teenage girl clashes with her new stepmother in this debut thriller with an unforgettable twist ‘A pile-up of devastating plot twists’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other ‘Dark, deep, thought-provoking. Go and read it!’ Adele Parks ‘Similar in spirit to We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Sunday Times ‘Genuinely unputdownable’ Clare Fisher, author of All the Good Things ‘Sure to be a reading group favourite’ Metro ‘Stunning’ Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request ‘The twists and turns left me reeling’ Eleanor Wasserberg, author of Foxlowe I knew she was trouble from the moment I saw her. I felt it as she stood in the doorway that day: disaster. Not just because she was so different, that skin and that hair, as different from me as it’s possible to be. There was something wrong about her. Wrong for us. It was never going to work. Now she is dead and only I am left to love him. She is dead, and it’s all my fault.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334203Thu, 17 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darling Author: Rachel Edwards Narrator: Adele Oni, Jaimi Barbakoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darling Author: Rachel Edwards Narrator: Adele Oni, Jaimi Barbakoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A teenage girl clashes with her new stepmother in this debut thriller with an unforgettable twist ‘A pile-up of devastating plot twists’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other ‘Dark, deep, thought-provoking. Go and read it!’ Adele Parks ‘Similar in spirit to We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Sunday Times ‘Genuinely unputdownable’ Clare Fisher, author of All the Good Things ‘Sure to be a reading group favourite’ Metro ‘Stunning’ Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request ‘The twists and turns left me reeling’ Eleanor Wasserberg, author of Foxlowe I knew she was trouble from the moment I saw her. I felt it as she stood in the doorway that day: disaster. Not just because she was so different, that skin and that hair, as different from me as it’s possible to be. There was something wrong about her. Wrong for us. It was never going to work. Now she is dead and only I am left to love him. She is dead, and it’s all my fault.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wish-by-alex-brown--65308494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish Author: Alex Brown Narrator: Claire Trusson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The touching and emotional new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of The Great Christmas Knit-Off and The Secret of Orchard Cottage Sam Morgan knows he messed up with his wife Chrissie and daughter Holly – he wasn’t there when they needed him most, but now he’ll do anything to put his family back together again. Until then, he's back living in the picture-postcard village of Tindledale. Jude Darling is coming home for good this time. She's taking over the antique shop in Tindledale, the place where she grew up and she's going to make sure she's there for her friend, Chrissie, and Goddaughter, Holly. They certainly need her right now. As for Holly, there's only one thing she wants and it's not the sort of thing you can buy in a shop. She might be thirteen years old, but Holly still believes in wishes, and perhaps if she wishes hard enough, this one might come true…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334198Thu, 17 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish Author: Alex Brown Narrator: Claire Trusson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish Author: Alex Brown Narrator: Claire Trusson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The touching and emotional new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of The Great Christmas Knit-Off and The Secret of Orchard Cottage Sam Morgan knows he messed up with his wife Chrissie and daughter Holly – he wasn’t there when they needed him most, but now he’ll do anything to put his family back together again. Until then, he's back living in the picture-postcard village of Tindledale. Jude Darling is coming home for good this time. She's taking over the antique shop in Tindledale, the place where she grew up and she's going to make sure she's there for her friend, Chrissie, and Goddaughter, Holly. They certainly need her right now. As for Holly, there's only one thing she wants and it's not the sort of thing you can buy in a shop. She might be thirteen years old, but Holly still believes in wishes, and perhaps if she wishes hard enough, this one might come true…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-summer-in-italy-by-sue-moorcroft--65308461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334201 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer in Italy Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie Fforde When Sofia Bianchi’s father Aldo dies, it makes her stop and look at things afresh. Having been his carer for so many years, she knows it’s time for her to live her own life – and to fulfil some promises she made to Aldo in his final days. So there’s nothing for it but to escape to Italy’s Umbrian mountains where, tucked away in a sleepy Italian village, lie plenty of family secrets waiting to be discovered. There, Sofia also finds Amy who is desperately trying to find her way in life after discovering her dad isn’t her biological father. Sofia sets about helping Amy through this difficult time, but it’s the handsome Levi who proves to be the biggest distraction for Sofia, as her new life starts to take off…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334201Thu, 17 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334201 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer in Italy Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334201 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer in Italy Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Helen Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie Fforde When Sofia Bianchi’s father Aldo dies, it makes her stop and look at things afresh. Having been his carer for so many years, she knows it’s time for her to live her own life – and to fulfil some promises she made to Aldo in his final days. So there’s nothing for it but to escape to Italy’s Umbrian mountains where, tucked away in a sleepy Italian village, lie plenty of family secrets waiting to be discovered. There, Sofia also finds Amy who is desperately trying to find her way in life after discovering her dad isn’t her biological father. Sofia sets about helping Amy through this difficult time, but it’s the handsome Levi who proves to be the biggest distraction for Sofia, as her new life starts to take off…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ilsa-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A novel about the darker side of love by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time and the Crosswicks Journals. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa’s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. This rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L’Engle’s later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children’s classics as well as her candid personal memoirs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A novel about the darker side of love by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time and the Crosswicks Journals. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa’s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. This rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L’Engle’s later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children’s classics as well as her candid personal memoirs.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-small-rain-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Small Rain: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “An unusual and beautiful book,” the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times). At only ten years old, Katherine Forrester has already experienced her fair share of upheaval. It has been three years since she last saw her mother, a concert pianist whose career was cut short by a terrible accident. After a brief reunion, tragedy strikes once more, forcing Katherine from the familiarity of New York City to a foreign Swiss boarding school. Far from home, she struggles with the challenges of growing up. Stifled by her daily routine and the pettiness of her classmates, Katherine’s piano lessons with a gifted young teacher provide an anchor in the storm. After graduation, she follows in her mother’s footsteps, pursuing a career as a pianist in Greenwich Village. There, she must learn to reconcile her blossoming relationship with her fiancé with the one consistent and dominant force in her life: music. Inspired by the author’s time living among artists, The Small Rain follows Katherine’s journey from a distraught girl to an exuberant and talented woman with the breadth and poignancy that defines Madeleine L’Engle’s signature style.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329919Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Small Rain: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Small Rain: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “An unusual and beautiful book,” the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times). At only ten years old, Katherine Forrester has already experienced her fair share of upheaval. It has been three years since she last saw her mother, a concert pianist whose career was cut short by a terrible accident. After a brief reunion, tragedy strikes once more, forcing Katherine from the familiarity of New York City to a foreign Swiss boarding school. Far from home, she struggles with the challenges of growing up. Stifled by her daily routine and the pettiness of her classmates, Katherine’s piano lessons with a gifted young teacher provide an anchor in the storm. After graduation, she follows in her mother’s footsteps, pursuing a career as a pianist in Greenwich Village. There, she must learn to reconcile her blossoming relationship with her fiancé with the one consistent and dominant force in her life: music. Inspired by the author’s time living among artists, The Small Rain follows Katherine’s journey from a distraught girl to an exuberant and talented woman with the breadth and poignancy that defines Madeleine L’Engle’s signature style.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-lies-below-a-novel-by-barbara-taylor-sissel--65308566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Lies Below: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Sissel Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers… Gilly O’Connell’s nightmares aren’t just bad dreams; they’re glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband’s murder, she buries the guilt and pain of the unsolved crime in the only way she knows how—she runs from it. Three years later, after overcoming a battle with addiction and starting over in a small Texas town, Gilly dares to believe the worst is over. That is, until another crime rips her heart open: the abduction of a three-year-old girl. Gilly knows more about it than anyone… She’s dreaming again. Gilly is convinced that if she tells the police she dreamed of the kidnapping before it happened, there’s no way they’ll believe her. But when she finally gets the courage to come forward with what she saw, people don’t see her as crazy—they see her as a suspect. Now, in order to help a desperate single father save his child, Gilly must first clear her own name. But as the nightmares of the past catch up to her, Gilly’s only chance for salvation might be the dreams she’s spent so long trying to ignore.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329513Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Lies Below: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Sissel Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Lies Below: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Sissel Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers… Gilly O’Connell’s nightmares aren’t just bad dreams; they’re glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband’s murder, she buries the guilt and pain of the unsolved crime in the only way she knows how—she runs from it. Three years later, after overcoming a battle with addiction and starting over in a small Texas town, Gilly dares to believe the worst is over. That is, until another crime rips her heart open: the abduction of a three-year-old girl. Gilly knows more about it than anyone… She’s dreaming again. Gilly is convinced that if she tells the police she dreamed of the kidnapping before it happened, there’s no way they’ll believe her. But when she finally gets the courage to come forward with what she saw, people don’t see her as crazy—they see her as a suspect. Now, in order to help a desperate single father save his child, Gilly must first clear her own name. But as the nightmares of the past catch up to her, Gilly’s only chance for salvation might be the dreams she’s spent so long trying to ignore.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-this-for-me-a-novel-by-eliza-kennedy--65308561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do This For Me: A Novel Author: Eliza Kennedy Narrator: Eliza Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A high-powered attorney dives into the politics of sex, the perils of desire, and why men and women treat each other the way they do.  Raney Moore has it all figured out. An ambitious young partner at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, she’s got a dream job, a loving (and famous) husband, and amazing twin daughters. Her world is full, busy, perfectly scripted. Or so she thinks. One sunny fall day, a bombshell phone call throws Raney’s well-ordered existence into chaos, and in a fit of rage, she diabolically, hilariously burns everything down. Once the flames subside, she finds herself asking some difficult questions: Who am I? What just happened? Am I ever going to find my way back to normal?  Assisted by enterprising paralegals, flirtatious clientele, one dear friend and an unforgettable therapist, Raney thinks the answers are close at hand, only to find life spiraling utterly out of control. Uproarious, incisive and poignant, Do This For Me introduces a brilliant, off-kilter heroine on a quest to understand sex, fight workplace inequality, and solve the mystery of herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331334Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do This For Me: A Novel Author: Eliza Kennedy Narrator: Eliza Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do This For Me: A Novel Author: Eliza Kennedy Narrator: Eliza Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A high-powered attorney dives into the politics of sex, the perils of desire, and why men and women treat each other the way they do.  Raney Moore has it all figured out. An ambitious young partner at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, she’s got a dream job, a loving (and famous) husband, and amazing twin daughters. Her world is full, busy, perfectly scripted. Or so she thinks. One sunny fall day, a bombshell phone call throws Raney’s well-ordered existence into chaos, and in a fit of rage, she diabolically, hilariously burns everything down. Once the flames subside, she finds herself asking some difficult questions: Who am I? What just happened? Am I ever going to find my way back to normal?  Assisted by enterprising paralegals, flirtatious clientele, one dear friend and an unforgettable therapist, Raney thinks the answers are close at hand, only to find life spiraling utterly out of control. Uproarious, incisive and poignant, Do This For Me introduces a brilliant, off-kilter heroine on a quest to understand sex, fight workplace inequality, and solve the mystery of herself.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tin-man-a-novel-by-sarah-winman--65308552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Man: A Novel Author: Sarah Winman Narrator: Sarah Winman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award Finalist for the 2019 Indies Choice Book Award: Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Finalist for the 2019 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that.      Ellis and Michael are twelve when they first become friends, and for a long time it is just the two of them, cycling the streets of Oxford, teaching themselves how to swim, discovering poetry, and dodging the fists of overbearing fathers. And then one day this closest of friendships grows into something more.      But then we fast-forward a decade or so, to find that Ellis is married to Annie, and Michael is nowhere in sight. Which leads to the question, what happened in the years between?      With beautiful prose and characters that are so real they jump off the page, Tin Man is a love letter to human kindness and friendship, and to loss and living.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331324Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Man: A Novel Author: Sarah Winman Narrator: Sarah Winman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Man: A Novel Author: Sarah Winman Narrator: Sarah Winman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award Finalist for the 2019 Indies Choice Book Award: Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Finalist for the 2019 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that.      Ellis and Michael are twelve when they first become friends, and for a long time it is just the two of them, cycling the streets of Oxford, teaching themselves how to swim, discovering poetry, and dodging the fists of overbearing fathers. And then one day this closest of friendships grows into something more.      But then we fast-forward a decade or so, to find that Ellis is married to Annie, and Michael is nowhere in sight. Which leads to the question, what happened in the years between?      With beautiful prose and characters that are so real they jump off the page, Tin Man is a love letter to human kindness and friendship, and to loss and living.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sugarhouse-blues-by-mariah-stewart--65308531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sugarhouse Blues Series: #2 of The Hudson Sisters Series Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes more 'catnip for women's fiction fans' (Booklist) in the second novel of the Hudson Sisters series. Allie, Des, and Cara, each having her own reasons for wanting a share of their father's estate, meet in the grand Victorian home in which he grew up, only to be greeted by another secret he purposely hid from them: his sister Bonnie. The women reluctantly band together to take on Fritz's challenge, working with a local contractor to begin the renovations financed by an account Fritz had set up for the task. While the restoration appears to go smoothly at first, it soon becomes apparent that the work will be more extensive than originally thought, and Des, elected to handle the money, needs to find ways to stretch out the remaining savings while searching for new sources of funding. As strangers linked only by their DNA try to become a family, the Hudson sisters also try to come to terms with the father they only thought they knew. In the process, each woman discovers her own capacity for understanding, forgiveness, love, and the true meaning of family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331930Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sugarhouse Blues Series: #2 of The Hudson Sisters Series Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sugarhouse Blues Series: #2 of The Hudson Sisters Series Author: Mariah Stewart Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes more 'catnip for women's fiction fans' (Booklist) in the second novel of the Hudson Sisters series. Allie, Des, and Cara, each having her own reasons for wanting a share of their father's estate, meet in the grand Victorian home in which he grew up, only to be greeted by another secret he purposely hid from them: his sister Bonnie. The women reluctantly band together to take on Fritz's challenge, working with a local contractor to begin the renovations financed by an account Fritz had set up for the task. While the restoration appears to go smoothly at first, it soon becomes apparent that the work will be more extensive than originally thought, and Des, elected to handle the money, needs to find ways to stretch out the remaining savings while searching for new sources of funding. As strangers linked only by their DNA try to become a family, the Hudson sisters also try to come to terms with the father they only thought they knew. In the process, each woman discovers her own capacity for understanding, forgiveness, love, and the true meaning of family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crossing-a-novel-by-jason-mott--65308513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing: A Novel Author: Jason Mott Narrator: Amy Landon, Adam Verner, John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Returned comes a high-concept dystopian novel that imagines a world at war and two siblings who are forced on the run, challenged to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and each other. Stay and die or run and survive. Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on for the cure. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: stay and accept their fate of almost certain death or run. Virginia and Tommy flee into the dark night. Armed with only a pistol and their fierce will to survive, the twins set forth in search of a new beginning. Encountering a colorful cast of characters along the way, Tommy and Virginia must navigate the dangers and wonders of this changed world as they try to outrun the demons of their past. With deft imagination and breathless prose, The Crossing is a riveting tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and the burdens we carry with us into the darkness of the unknown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332843Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing: A Novel Author: Jason Mott Narrator: Amy Landon, Adam Verner, John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing: A Novel Author: Jason Mott Narrator: Amy Landon, Adam Verner, John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Returned comes a high-concept dystopian novel that imagines a world at war and two siblings who are forced on the run, challenged to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and each other. Stay and die or run and survive. Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on for the cure. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: stay and accept their fate of almost certain death or run. Virginia and Tommy flee into the dark night. Armed with only a pistol and their fierce will to survive, the twins set forth in search of a new beginning. Encountering a colorful cast of characters along the way, Tommy and Virginia must navigate the dangers and wonders of this changed world as they try to outrun the demons of their past. With deft imagination and breathless prose, The Crossing is a riveting tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and the burdens we carry with us into the darkness of the unknown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-things-we-need-to-say-by-rachel-burton--65308476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Need to Say Author: Rachel Burton Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 11, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Utterly spectacular. For me, The Things we Need to Say is a real-life love story and one that will stay with me for a long time.’ Laurie Ellingham, author of One Endless Summer Sometimes the things we never say are the most important. Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Until everything changed. Now Fran needs to find her way again and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her just that. Leaving behind a broken marriage, she has some very important decisions to make. Will needs his wife, he needs her to open up to him if they’re to ever return to the way things once were. But he may have damaged any possibility he had of mending their relationship and now Fran is in Spain and Will is alone. As both Fran and Will begin to let go of a life that could have been, fate may just find a way of bringing them back together. Perfect for fans of Katie Marsh, Amanda Prowse and Sheila O’Flanagan From the best-selling author of The Many Colours of Us comes an emotional story of grief, relationships and ultimately hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333959Fri, 11 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Need to Say Author: Rachel Burton Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Things We Need to Say Author: Rachel Burton Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 11, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Utterly spectacular. For me, The Things we Need to Say is a real-life love story and one that will stay with me for a long time.’ Laurie Ellingham, author of One Endless Summer Sometimes the things we never say are the most important. Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Until everything changed. Now Fran needs to find her way again and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her just that. Leaving behind a broken marriage, she has some very important decisions to make. Will needs his wife, he needs her to open up to him if they’re to ever return to the way things once were. But he may have damaged any possibility he had of mending their relationship and now Fran is in Spain and Will is alone. As both Fran and Will begin to let go of a life that could have been, fate may just find a way of bringing them back together. Perfect for fans of Katie Marsh, Amanda Prowse and Sheila O’Flanagan From the best-selling author of The Many Colours of Us comes an emotional story of grief, relationships and ultimately hope.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-honorable-seduction-by-brenda-jackson--65308574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Honorable Seduction Series: #3 of The Westmoreland Legacy Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: James Cavenaugh, James Fouhey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestselling Author This navy SEAL is on a top-secret mission of seduction… David Holloway is used to hard assignments. Now he faces his most difficult yet: cozying up to the soft curves of Swan Jamison. He wants to know the island beauty…in every way. But romancing Swan as part of his SEAL team’s mission tests his honor, even as his feelings become increasingly real. Soon he must make a choice: duty…or desire? A Westmoreland Legacy Novel RT Top Pick of the Month! “Having a relationship begin with a lie is a risky gamble, but Brenda Jackson not only makes this trope believable, she does so with expert writing and a network of evocative characters readers can rally behind.” — RT Book Reviews on AN HONORABLE SEDUCTION]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330775Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Honorable Seduction Series: #3 of The Westmoreland Legacy Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: James Cavenaugh, James Fouhey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Honorable Seduction Series: #3 of The Westmoreland Legacy Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: James Cavenaugh, James Fouhey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestselling Author This navy SEAL is on a top-secret mission of seduction… David Holloway is used to hard assignments. Now he faces his most difficult yet: cozying up to the soft curves of Swan Jamison. He wants to know the island beauty…in every way. But romancing Swan as part of his SEAL team’s mission tests his honor, even as his feelings become increasingly real. Soon he must make a choice: duty…or desire? A Westmoreland Legacy Novel RT Top Pick of the Month! “Having a relationship begin with a lie is a risky gamble, but Brenda Jackson not only makes this trope believable, she does so with expert writing and a network of evocative characters readers can rally behind.” — RT Book Reviews on AN HONORABLE SEDUCTION]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orphan-daughter-by-cari-noga--65308555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Daughter Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Frankie Corzo, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss, as well as her guilt over her adult son’s imperfect upbringing, Jane is her own worst enemy, content to focus on her small Michigan farm. Now, confronted with a traumatized eleven-year-old, the prickly empty nester is thrust into motherhood again, unsure she’ll do any better this time. City girl Lucy is bewildered by aloof Aunt Jane and a new life in rural Michigan. The debilitating phobia Lucy has developed since her parents’ deaths keeps her stuck in this place that’s nothing like home. She secretly plots to run away to live with other relatives. Jane and Lucy must decide if they’ll both endure yet another loss—each other—or if their paths will lead them to forge a new family together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330480Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Daughter Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Frankie Corzo, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan Daughter Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Frankie Corzo, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss, as well as her guilt over her adult son’s imperfect upbringing, Jane is her own worst enemy, content to focus on her small Michigan farm. Now, confronted with a traumatized eleven-year-old, the prickly empty nester is thrust into motherhood again, unsure she’ll do any better this time. City girl Lucy is bewildered by aloof Aunt Jane and a new life in rural Michigan. The debilitating phobia Lucy has developed since her parents’ deaths keeps her stuck in this place that’s nothing like home. She secretly plots to run away to live with other relatives. Jane and Lucy must decide if they’ll both endure yet another loss—each other—or if their paths will lead them to forge a new family together.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shadow-child-by-rahna-reiko-rizzuto--65308496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Child Author: Rahna Reiko Rizzuto Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of Tayari Jones and Ruth Ozeki, from National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Rizzuto comes a haunting and suspenseful literary tale set in 1970s New York City and World War II-era Japan, about three strong women, the dangerous ties of family and identity, and the long shadow our histories can cast. Twin sisters Hana and Kei grew up in a tiny Hawaiian town in the 1950s and 1960s, so close they shared the same nickname. Raised in dreamlike isolation by their loving but unstable mother, they were fatherless, mixed-race, and utterly inseparable, devoted to one another. But when their cherished threesome with Mama is broken, and then further shattered by a violent, nearly fatal betrayal that neither young woman can forgive, it seems their bond may be severed forever--until, six years later, Kei arrives on Hana's lonely Manhattan doorstep with a secret that will change everything. Told in interwoven narratives that glide seamlessly between the gritty streets of New York, the lush and dangerous landscape of Hawaii, and the horrors of the Japanese internment camps and the bombing of Hiroshima, Shadow Child is set against an epic sweep of history. Volcanos, tsunamis, abandonment, racism, and war form the urgent, unforgettable backdrop of this intimate, evocative, and deeply moving story of motherhood, sisterhood, and second chances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333013Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Child Author: Rahna Reiko Rizzuto Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Child Author: Rahna Reiko Rizzuto Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of Tayari Jones and Ruth Ozeki, from National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Rizzuto comes a haunting and suspenseful literary tale set in 1970s New York City and World War II-era Japan, about three strong women, the dangerous ties of family and identity, and the long shadow our histories can cast. Twin sisters Hana and Kei grew up in a tiny Hawaiian town in the 1950s and 1960s, so close they shared the same nickname. Raised in dreamlike isolation by their loving but unstable mother, they were fatherless, mixed-race, and utterly inseparable, devoted to one another. But when their cherished threesome with Mama is broken, and then further shattered by a violent, nearly fatal betrayal that neither young woman can forgive, it seems their bond may be severed forever--until, six years later, Kei arrives on Hana's lonely Manhattan doorstep with a secret that will change everything. Told in interwoven narratives that glide seamlessly between the gritty streets of New York, the lush and dangerous landscape of Hawaii, and the horrors of the Japanese internment camps and the bombing of Hiroshima, Shadow Child is set against an epic sweep of history. Volcanos, tsunamis, abandonment, racism, and war form the urgent, unforgettable backdrop of this intimate, evocative, and deeply moving story of motherhood, sisterhood, and second chances.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-one-ever-asked-a-novel-by-katie-ganshert--65308467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No One Ever Asked: A Novel Author: Katie Ganshert Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district—and in their lives. WINNER OF THE CHRISTY AWARD® When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray--the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser--faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones--the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as 'this' or 'that', when such complexity exists in each person?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333161Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No One Ever Asked: A Novel Author: Katie Ganshert Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No One Ever Asked: A Novel Author: Katie Ganshert Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district—and in their lives. WINNER OF THE CHRISTY AWARD® When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray--the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser--faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones--the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as 'this' or 'that', when such complexity exists in each person?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-life-by-steve-toutonghi--65308457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Side Life Author: Steve Toutonghi Narrator: T. Ryder Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dazzling, paranoid literary sci-fi for fans of Blake Crouch and Philip K. Dick: Vin, a down-on-his-luck young tech entrepreneur forced out of the software company he started, takes a job house-sitting an ultra-modern Seattle mansion whose owner has gone missing. There he discovers a secret basement lab with an array of computers and three large, smooth caskets. Inside one he finds a woman in a state of suspended animation. There is also a dog-eared notebook filled with circuit diagrams, beautiful and intricate drawings of body parts, and pages of code. When Vin decides to climb into one of the caskets to see what happens, his reality begins to unravel, and he finds himself on a terrifying journey that asks fundamental questions about reality, free will, and the meaning of a human life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332306Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Side Life Author: Steve Toutonghi Narrator: T. Ryder Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Side Life Author: Steve Toutonghi Narrator: T. Ryder Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dazzling, paranoid literary sci-fi for fans of Blake Crouch and Philip K. Dick: Vin, a down-on-his-luck young tech entrepreneur forced out of the software company he started, takes a job house-sitting an ultra-modern Seattle mansion whose owner has gone missing. There he discovers a secret basement lab with an array of computers and three large, smooth caskets. Inside one he finds a woman in a state of suspended animation. There is also a dog-eared notebook filled with circuit diagrams, beautiful and intricate drawings of body parts, and pages of code. When Vin decides to climb into one of the caskets to see what happens, his reality begins to unravel, and he finds himself on a terrifying journey that asks fundamental questions about reality, free will, and the meaning of a human life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-think-it-i-ll-say-it-ten-scorching-stories-of-self-deception-by-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-by-curtis-sittenfeld--65308539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Think It, I'll Say It: Ten scorching stories of self-deception by the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Emily Rankin, Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld, read by Emily Rankin and Mark Deakins. In ‘The World Has Many Butterflies’, a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I’ll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he's thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. ‘The Nominee’ sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In ‘Gender Studies’, a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves. Sharp and tender, funny and wise, this collection shows Sittenfeld’s knack for creating real, believable characters, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit. *'Do-Over, one of the stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld,is shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award* ‘Most people I know who have read anything by Curtis Sittenfeld would read anything else the woman wrote, me included’ The Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331966Thu, 03 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Think It, I'll Say It: Ten scorching stories of self-deception by the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Emily...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Think It, I'll Say It: Ten scorching stories of self-deception by the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Emily Rankin, Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld, read by Emily Rankin and Mark Deakins. In ‘The World Has Many Butterflies’, a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I’ll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he's thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. ‘The Nominee’ sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In ‘Gender Studies’, a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves. Sharp and tender, funny and wise, this collection shows Sittenfeld’s knack for creating real, believable characters, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit. *'Do-Over, one of the stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld,is shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award* ‘Most people I know who have read anything by Curtis Sittenfeld would read anything else the woman wrote, me included’ The Times]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-is-rich-by-matthew-klam--65308514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who is Rich? Author: Matthew Klam Narrator: David Costabile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Who is Rich? Is a tantalizing novel – acute and smart and stark, but mostly it’s unrelentingly funny about a large number of very inappropriate things. It’s one of those rare books: you open it, then you’re up all night. I was‘ Richard Ford Every summer, a once-sort-of famous cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind to teach a class at a week-long arts conference in a charming New England beachside town. It’s a place where drum circles happen on the beach at midnight, clothing optional. Rich finds himself worrying about his family’s nights without him, his back taxes, his stuttering career and his own very real desire for love and human contact. One of the attendees this year is a forty-one-year-old painting student named Amy O’Donnell. Amy is a mother of three, unhappily married to a brutish Wall Street titan who commutes to work via helicopter. Rich and Amy met at the conference a year ago, shared a moment of passion, then spent the winter exchanging inappropriate texts and emails and counting the days until they could see each other again. Now they’re back. Who Is Rich? is a warped and exhilarating tale of love and lust, a study in midlife alienation, erotic pleasure, envy, and bitterness in the new gilded age that goes far beyond humour and satire to address deeper questions: of family, monogamy, the intoxicating beauty of children and the challenging interdependence of two soulful, sensitive creatures in a confusing domestic alliance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332952Thu, 03 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who is Rich? Author: Matthew Klam Narrator: David Costabile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who is Rich? Author: Matthew Klam Narrator: David Costabile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Who is Rich? Is a tantalizing novel – acute and smart and stark, but mostly it’s unrelentingly funny about a large number of very inappropriate things. It’s one of those rare books: you open it, then you’re up all night. I was‘ Richard Ford Every summer, a once-sort-of famous cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind to teach a class at a week-long arts conference in a charming New England beachside town. It’s a place where drum circles happen on the beach at midnight, clothing optional. Rich finds himself worrying about his family’s nights without him, his back taxes, his stuttering career and his own very real desire for love and human contact. One of the attendees this year is a forty-one-year-old painting student named Amy O’Donnell. Amy is a mother of three, unhappily married to a brutish Wall Street titan who commutes to work via helicopter. Rich and Amy met at the conference a year ago, shared a moment of passion, then spent the winter exchanging inappropriate texts and emails and counting the days until they could see each other again. Now they’re back. Who Is Rich? is a warped and exhilarating tale of love and lust, a study in midlife alienation, erotic pleasure, envy, and bitterness in the new gilded age that goes far beyond humour and satire to address deeper questions: of family, monogamy, the intoxicating beauty of children and the challenging interdependence of two soulful, sensitive creatures in a confusing domestic alliance.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-orphan-s-war-by-molly-green--65308510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s War Author: Molly Green Narrator: Julie Masey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front. LIVERPOOL, 1940 When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s Hospital. A BROKEN HEART Maxine takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake might not be all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine returns to Liverpool heartbroken and surrounded by the threat of scandal. A BRAVE SPIRIT When offered a job at a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage, Maxine hopes this is the second chance she has been looking for. And one little boy in particular helps her to realise that she needs the orphans just as much as they need her… A gripping story of love, friendship and hope in the darkest of places. Molly Green is an exciting new voice in saga fiction, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332961Thu, 03 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s War Author: Molly Green Narrator: Julie Masey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s War Author: Molly Green Narrator: Julie Masey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front. LIVERPOOL, 1940 When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s Hospital. A BROKEN HEART Maxine takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake might not be all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine returns to Liverpool heartbroken and surrounded by the threat of scandal. A BRAVE SPIRIT When offered a job at a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage, Maxine hopes this is the second chance she has been looking for. And one little boy in particular helps her to realise that she needs the orphans just as much as they need her… A gripping story of love, friendship and hope in the darkest of places. Molly Green is an exciting new voice in saga fiction, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-of-beauty-by-camille-di-maio--65308579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Beauty Author: Camille Di Maio Narrator: Meredith Starkman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station. Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened up Vera’s life to unexpected possibilities. Angelo’s new wife, Pearl, the wealthy daughter of a clothing manufacturer, has defied her family’s expectations by devoting herself to the suffrage movement. In Pearl, Vera finds an unexpected dear friend…and a stirring new cause of her own. But when Pearl’s selfless work pulls her farther from Angelo and their son, the life Vera craved is suddenly within her reach—if her conscience will allow her to take it. Her choice will define not only her future but also that of her daughter, Alice. Vera and Alice—a generation and a world apart—are bound by the same passionate drive to fulfill their dreams. As first mother and then daughter come of age in a city that is changing as rapidly as its skyline, they’ll each discover that love is the only constant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330731Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Beauty Author: Camille Di Maio Narrator: Meredith Starkman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Beauty Author: Camille Di Maio Narrator: Meredith Starkman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station. Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened up Vera’s life to unexpected possibilities. Angelo’s new wife, Pearl, the wealthy daughter of a clothing manufacturer, has defied her family’s expectations by devoting herself to the suffrage movement. In Pearl, Vera finds an unexpected dear friend…and a stirring new cause of her own. But when Pearl’s selfless work pulls her farther from Angelo and their son, the life Vera craved is suddenly within her reach—if her conscience will allow her to take it. Her choice will define not only her future but also that of her daughter, Alice. Vera and Alice—a generation and a world apart—are bound by the same passionate drive to fulfill their dreams. As first mother and then daughter come of age in a city that is changing as rapidly as its skyline, they’ll each discover that love is the only constant.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-never-comes-by-barbara-davis--65308543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Never Comes Author: Barbara Davis Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts most-read and most-sold book. Author Barbara Davis deftly explores an emotionally charged landscape of pain, loss, and despair—and the risk one woman will take in the hope of loving again. As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow—until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen’s wasn’t the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again. Desperate for answers, she’s shattered to learn that Stephen and his mistress had a child—a little girl named Iris, who now lives in poverty with her ailing great-grandmother. The thought of Iris abandoned to the foster care system—as Christy-Lynn once was—is unbearable. But she’s spent her whole life running—determined never to be hurt again. Will she finally stand still long enough to open herself up to forgiveness and love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329519Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Never Comes Author: Barbara Davis Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Never Comes Author: Barbara Davis Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts most-read and most-sold book. Author Barbara Davis deftly explores an emotionally charged landscape of pain, loss, and despair—and the risk one woman will take in the hope of loving again. As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow—until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen’s wasn’t the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again. Desperate for answers, she’s shattered to learn that Stephen and his mistress had a child—a little girl named Iris, who now lives in poverty with her ailing great-grandmother. The thought of Iris abandoned to the foster care system—as Christy-Lynn once was—is unbearable. But she’s spent her whole life running—determined never to be hurt again. Will she finally stand still long enough to open herself up to forgiveness and love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-that-follows-by-meg-little-reilly--65308542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything That Follows Author: Meg Little Reilly Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha’s Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is. Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident? The result of an unwanted advance? His body disappears quickly, silently, into the dark water. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they find themselves deep in a moral morass with huge implications as they struggle to move forward and live with their dark secret.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331667Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything That Follows Author: Meg Little Reilly Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything That Follows Author: Meg Little Reilly Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha’s Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is. Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident? The result of an unwanted advance? His body disappears quickly, silently, into the dark water. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they find themselves deep in a moral morass with huge implications as they struggle to move forward and live with their dark secret.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cactus-by-sarah-haywood--65308536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cactus Author: Sarah Haywood Narrator: Katherine Manners Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller “Fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will love The Cactus.” —Red magazine An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green is like a cactus: you can't get too close. She likes things perfectly ordered and predictable. No surprises. But suddenly confronted with the loss of her mother and the unexpected news that she is about to become a mother herself, Susan’s greatest fear is realized. She is losing control. Enter Rob, the dubious but well-meaning friend of her lazy brother. As Susan’s due date draws near and her world falls further into a tailspin, Susan finds an unlikely ally in Rob. She might have a chance at finding real love and learning to love herself, if only she can figure out how to let go. "I found myself laughing out loud." —Reese Witherspoon]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329955Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cactus Author: Sarah Haywood Narrator: Katherine Manners Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cactus Author: Sarah Haywood Narrator: Katherine Manners Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller “Fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will love The Cactus.” —Red magazine An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green is like a cactus: you can't get too close. She likes things perfectly ordered and predictable. No surprises. But suddenly confronted with the loss of her mother and the unexpected news that she is about to become a mother herself, Susan’s greatest fear is realized. She is losing control. Enter Rob, the dubious but well-meaning friend of her lazy brother. As Susan’s due date draws near and her world falls further into a tailspin, Susan finds an unlikely ally in Rob. She might have a chance at finding real love and learning to love herself, if only she can figure out how to let go. "I found myself laughing out loud." —Reese Witherspoon]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kitchen-boy-a-novel-of-the-last-tsar-by-robert-alexander--65308535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar Series: #1 of A Romanov Novel Author: Robert Alexander Narrator: Allen Lewis Rickman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov as seen through the eyes of their young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to be the last living witness to the Romanovs’ brutal murders and sets down the dark secrets of his past with the imperial family. Does he hold the key to the many questions surrounding the family’s murder? Historically vivid and compelling, The Kitchen Boy is also a touching portrait of a loving family that was in many ways similar, yet so different, from any other. 'Ingenious...Keeps readers guessing through the final pages.' —USA Today]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331750Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar Series: #1 of A Romanov Novel Author: Robert Alexander Narrator: Allen Lewis Rickman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar Series: #1 of A Romanov Novel Author: Robert Alexander Narrator: Allen Lewis Rickman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov as seen through the eyes of their young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to be the last living witness to the Romanovs’ brutal murders and sets down the dark secrets of his past with the imperial family. Does he hold the key to the many questions surrounding the family’s murder? Historically vivid and compelling, The Kitchen Boy is also a touching portrait of a loving family that was in many ways similar, yet so different, from any other. 'Ingenious...Keeps readers guessing through the final pages.' —USA Today]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-good-luck-sister-a-wildstone-novella-by-jill-shalvis--65308525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Luck Sister: A Wildstone Novella Series: #1.5 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This summer, romance blooms again in Wildstone! After a difficult few years, Tilly Adams is ready for life to start going right. Though she has a case of first-day nerves teaching art at the local community college, she knows it isn’t anything a few snuggles from her rescue puppy won’t cure. Until she sees Dylan Scott again, her one-time BFF and first love sitting in the front row. Dylan knows he should’ve left well enough alone, but when he sees Tilly living her dream, he can’t help but make contact. Ten years ago, he left Wildstone and everything in it behind, including Tilly. He had his reasons, but now he wants her back in his life, anyway he can get her. When Tilly agrees to design the logo for Dylan’s new helicopter touring company, it’s business only . . . until she finds herself falling into his arms once again. Can she possibly open her heart back up to the only man who’s ever broken it? But soon they’re both realizing the truth—love always deserves a second chance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329751Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Luck Sister: A Wildstone Novella Series: #1.5 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Luck Sister: A Wildstone Novella Series: #1.5 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This summer, romance blooms again in Wildstone! After a difficult few years, Tilly Adams is ready for life to start going right. Though she has a case of first-day nerves teaching art at the local community college, she knows it isn’t anything a few snuggles from her rescue puppy won’t cure. Until she sees Dylan Scott again, her one-time BFF and first love sitting in the front row. Dylan knows he should’ve left well enough alone, but when he sees Tilly living her dream, he can’t help but make contact. Ten years ago, he left Wildstone and everything in it behind, including Tilly. He had his reasons, but now he wants her back in his life, anyway he can get her. When Tilly agrees to design the logo for Dylan’s new helicopter touring company, it’s business only . . . until she finds herself falling into his arms once again. Can she possibly open her heart back up to the only man who’s ever broken it? But soon they’re both realizing the truth—love always deserves a second chance.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-me-everything-a-novel-by-catherine-isaac--65308517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Me Everything: A Novel Author: Catherine Isaac Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the French countryside on an idyllic summer vacation, a delicious, tender novel about finding every bit of joy in life no matter what's thrown at us Sick of his lies, cheating ways, and complete lack of interest in fatherhood, Jessica left her boyfriend, Adam, only months after she gave birth to their son--and never looked back. Adam moved to France to follow his dream, unencumbered by a serious relationship and the child he never wanted. Ten years later, Susan, Jess's mother, lies in a nursing home, battling a debilitating disease. Susan forces Jess to recognize what she's always refused to acknowledge: that William needs his father in his life.  So, Jess and ten-year-old William set off to spend the summer at Château de Roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the Dordogne, where Adam runs a beautiful hotel. There, Jess has a mission: to make Adam fall in love with his own son. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, You Me Everything is a novel about one woman's fierce determination to grab hold of the family she has, and a romantic story about finding love even under the most unexpected circumstances. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331778Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Me Everything: A Novel Author: Catherine Isaac Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Me Everything: A Novel Author: Catherine Isaac Narrator: Tania Rodrigues Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the French countryside on an idyllic summer vacation, a delicious, tender novel about finding every bit of joy in life no matter what's thrown at us Sick of his lies, cheating ways, and complete lack of interest in fatherhood, Jessica left her boyfriend, Adam, only months after she gave birth to their son--and never looked back. Adam moved to France to follow his dream, unencumbered by a serious relationship and the child he never wanted. Ten years later, Susan, Jess's mother, lies in a nursing home, battling a debilitating disease. Susan forces Jess to recognize what she's always refused to acknowledge: that William needs his father in his life.  So, Jess and ten-year-old William set off to spend the summer at Château de Roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the Dordogne, where Adam runs a beautiful hotel. There, Jess has a mission: to make Adam fall in love with his own son. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, You Me Everything is a novel about one woman's fierce determination to grab hold of the family she has, and a romantic story about finding love even under the most unexpected circumstances. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/limelight-a-novel-by-amy-poeppel--65308501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Limelight: A Novel Author: Amy Poeppel Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a smart and funny novel by the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) Small Admissions, a family’s move to New York City brings surprises and humor. Allison Brinkley—wife, mother, and former unflappable optimist—discovers that her decision to pack up and move her family from suburban Dallas to the glittery chaos of Manhattan may have been more complicated than she and her husband initially thought. New York is more unruly and bewildering than she expected, defying the notions she developed from romantic movies and a memorable childhood visit. After a humiliating call from the principal’s office and the loss of the job she was counting on, Allison begins to accept that New York may not suit her after all. When she has a fender-bender, witnessed by a flock of mothers at her son’s new school, she is led to the penthouse apartment of a luxurious Central Park West building and encounters a spoiled, hungover, unsupervised teenager who looks familiar. It doesn’t take long to recognize him as Carter Reid—a famous pop star who has been cast in a new Broadway musical. Through this brush with stardom, Allison embraces a unique and unexpected opportunity that helps her find her way in the heart of Manhattan. “A tribute to Broadway, teen celebrity life, and a mother who has now seen it all, this work is tough love at its finest and a great read for those wanting a ride on the wild side” (Booklist, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331942Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Limelight: A Novel Author: Amy Poeppel Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Limelight: A Novel Author: Amy Poeppel Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a smart and funny novel by the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) Small Admissions, a family’s move to New York City brings surprises and humor. Allison Brinkley—wife, mother, and former unflappable optimist—discovers that her decision to pack up and move her family from suburban Dallas to the glittery chaos of Manhattan may have been more complicated than she and her husband initially thought. New York is more unruly and bewildering than she expected, defying the notions she developed from romantic movies and a memorable childhood visit. After a humiliating call from the principal’s office and the loss of the job she was counting on, Allison begins to accept that New York may not suit her after all. When she has a fender-bender, witnessed by a flock of mothers at her son’s new school, she is led to the penthouse apartment of a luxurious Central Park West building and encounters a spoiled, hungover, unsupervised teenager who looks familiar. It doesn’t take long to recognize him as Carter Reid—a famous pop star who has been cast in a new Broadway musical. Through this brush with stardom, Allison embraces a unique and unexpected opportunity that helps her find her way in the heart of Manhattan. “A tribute to Broadway, teen celebrity life, and a mother who has now seen it all, this work is tough love at its finest and a great read for those wanting a ride on the wild side” (Booklist, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/players-by-don-delillo--65308491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Players Author: Don DeLillo Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Players, DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their “ideal” life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory 'satisfaction' than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple...and still they remain untouched, “players” indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create. Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renowned today. “The wit, elegance, and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions” (The New York Times Book Review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332907Tue, 01 May 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Players Author: Don DeLillo Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Players Author: Don DeLillo Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Players, DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their “ideal” life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory 'satisfaction' than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple...and still they remain untouched, “players” indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create. Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renowned today. “The wit, elegance, and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions” (The New York Times Book Review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keeping-my-sisters-secrets-by-beezy-marsh--65308553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeping My Sisters' Secrets Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eva, Peggy and Kathleen were sisters, living in a terraced house on a rough street. As they grew up, they dreamed of escaping their violent father. Peggy was a studious girl who became a Communist. Beautiful Kathleen married an abusive man and later - during the Second World War - fell in love with a GI. Feisty Eva became a thief as a child so she could help their mother put food on the table - and never lost her rebellious streak, or her desire to protect her family. As the years pass the sisters all lived close together, supporting each other through hard times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331661Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeping My Sisters' Secrets Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeping My Sisters' Secrets Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eva, Peggy and Kathleen were sisters, living in a terraced house on a rough street. As they grew up, they dreamed of escaping their violent father. Peggy was a studious girl who became a Communist. Beautiful Kathleen married an abusive man and later - during the Second World War - fell in love with a GI. Feisty Eva became a thief as a child so she could help their mother put food on the table - and never lost her rebellious streak, or her desire to protect her family. As the years pass the sisters all lived close together, supporting each other through hard times.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/king-of-ashes-by-raymond-e-feist--65308522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King of Ashes Series: #1 of The Firemane Saga Author: Raymond E. Feist Narrator: David Thorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first volume in legendary master and New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s epic heroic fantasy series, The Firemane Saga – an electrifying tale of two young men whose choices will determine a world’s destiny. The world of Garn once boasted five great kingdoms, until the King of Ithrace was defeated and every member of his family executed by Lodavico, the ruthless King of Sandura, a man with ambitions to rule the world. Ithrace's ruling family were the legendary Firemanes, and represented a great danger to the other kings. Now four great kingdoms remain, on the brink of war. But rumour has it that the newborn son of the last king of Ithrace survived, carried off during battle and sequestered by the Quelli Nacosti, a secret society whose members are trained to infiltrate and spy upon the rich and powerful throughout Garn. Terrified that this may be true, and that the child will grow to maturity with bloody revenge in his heart, the four kings have placed a huge bounty on the child's head. In the small village of Oncon, Declan is apprenticed to a master blacksmith, learning the secrets of producing the mythical king's steel. Oncon is situated in the Covenant, a neutral region lying between two warring kingdoms. Since the Covenant was declared, the region has existed in peace, until violence explodes as slavers descend upon the village to capture young men to press as soldiers for Sandura. Declan must escape, to take his priceless knowledge to Baron Daylon Dumarch, ruler of Marquensas, perhaps the only man who can defeat Lodavico of Sandura, who has now allied himself with the fanatical Church of the One, which is marching across the continent, imposing its extreme form of religion upon the population and burning unbelievers as they go. Meanwhile, on the island of Coaltachin, the secret domain of the Quelli Nacosti, three friends are being schooled in the deadly arts of espionage and assassination: Donte, son of one of the most powerful masters of the order; Hava, a serious girl with fighting abilities that can set any opponent on their back; and Hatu, a strange, conflicted lad in whom fury and calm war constantly, whose hair is a bright and fiery shade of red…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332498Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King of Ashes Series: #1 of The Firemane Saga Author: Raymond E. Feist Narrator: David Thorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King of Ashes Series: #1 of The Firemane Saga Author: Raymond E. Feist Narrator: David Thorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first volume in legendary master and New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s epic heroic fantasy series, The Firemane Saga – an electrifying tale of two young men whose choices will determine a world’s destiny. The world of Garn once boasted five great kingdoms, until the King of Ithrace was defeated and every member of his family executed by Lodavico, the ruthless King of Sandura, a man with ambitions to rule the world. Ithrace's ruling family were the legendary Firemanes, and represented a great danger to the other kings. Now four great kingdoms remain, on the brink of war. But rumour has it that the newborn son of the last king of Ithrace survived, carried off during battle and sequestered by the Quelli Nacosti, a secret society whose members are trained to infiltrate and spy upon the rich and powerful throughout Garn. Terrified that this may be true, and that the child will grow to maturity with bloody revenge in his heart, the four kings have placed a huge bounty on the child's head. In the small village of Oncon, Declan is apprenticed to a master blacksmith, learning the secrets of producing the mythical king's steel. Oncon is situated in the Covenant, a neutral region lying between two warring kingdoms. Since the Covenant was declared, the region has existed in peace, until violence explodes as slavers descend upon the village to capture young men to press as soldiers for Sandura. Declan must escape, to take his priceless knowledge to Baron Daylon Dumarch, ruler of Marquensas, perhaps the only man who can defeat Lodavico of Sandura, who has now allied himself with the fanatical Church of the One, which is marching across the continent, imposing its extreme form of religion upon the population and burning unbelievers as they go. Meanwhile, on the island of Coaltachin, the secret domain of the Quelli Nacosti, three friends are being schooled in the deadly arts of espionage and assassination: Donte, son of one of the most powerful masters of the order; Hava, a serious girl with fighting abilities that can set any opponent on their back; and Hatu, a strange, conflicted lad in whom fury and calm war constantly, whose hair is a bright and fiery shade of red…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-swap-by-rebecca-fleet--65308479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Swap Author: Rebecca Fleet Narrator: Kirsty Dillon, Sian Brooke, Josh Dylan, Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet, read by Sian Brooke, Adam James, Josh Dylan and Kirsty Dillon. ‘No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After the difficulties of the past few years, they’ve worked hard to rebuild their marriage for their son’s sake; now they want to reconnect as a couple. On arrival, they find a house that is stark and sinister in its emptiness – it’s hard to imagine what kind of person lives here. Then, gradually, Caroline begins to uncover some signs of life – signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music in the CD player might seem innocent to her husband but to her they are anything but. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone she used to know; someone she’s desperate to leave in her past. But that person is now in her home – and they want to make sure she’ll never forget . . . ‘Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing that you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it’s beautifully written too. I loved this book.’ Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait ‘I read The House Swap in one breathless sitting. Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said ‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332042Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Swap Author: Rebecca Fleet Narrator: Kirsty Dillon, Sian Brooke, Josh Dylan, Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Swap Author: Rebecca Fleet Narrator: Kirsty Dillon, Sian Brooke, Josh Dylan, Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet, read by Sian Brooke, Adam James, Josh Dylan and Kirsty Dillon. ‘No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After the difficulties of the past few years, they’ve worked hard to rebuild their marriage for their son’s sake; now they want to reconnect as a couple. On arrival, they find a house that is stark and sinister in its emptiness – it’s hard to imagine what kind of person lives here. Then, gradually, Caroline begins to uncover some signs of life – signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music in the CD player might seem innocent to her husband but to her they are anything but. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone she used to know; someone she’s desperate to leave in her past. But that person is now in her home – and they want to make sure she’ll never forget . . . ‘Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing that you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it’s beautifully written too. I loved this book.’ Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait ‘I read The House Swap in one breathless sitting. Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said ‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-husband-hour-by-jamie-brenner--65308576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Husband Hour Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind. Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny. Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family's old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she's forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour to talk about her husband. One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331080Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Husband Hour Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Husband Hour Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind. Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny. Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family's old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she's forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour to talk about her husband. One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flower-shop-by-petra-durst-benning--65308573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Shop Series: #2 of The Seed Traders' Saga Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Petra Durst-Benning’s Seed Traders’ Saga continues, as a young woman in nineteenth-century Baden-Baden risks everything to pursue her dream of becoming a florist. Twenty-year-old Flora Kerner has arrived in Baden-Baden, the “Summer Capital of Europe.” Having spurned the family seed trade, Flora has instead chosen to accept a floristry apprenticeship in the famed German spa town. She is a quick study in the art of flower arranging, but progress is slower in matters of the heart. As her magnificent displays and keen eye soon reverse the fortunes of her mentor’s shop, she attracts the notice of princesses and other royal clientele. Flora’s found her passion—or at least she hopes she has. But as her new life begins to blossom, does she dare risk everything to discover where her true heart lies?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329524Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Shop Series: #2 of The Seed Traders' Saga Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Shop Series: #2 of The Seed Traders' Saga Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Petra Durst-Benning’s Seed Traders’ Saga continues, as a young woman in nineteenth-century Baden-Baden risks everything to pursue her dream of becoming a florist. Twenty-year-old Flora Kerner has arrived in Baden-Baden, the “Summer Capital of Europe.” Having spurned the family seed trade, Flora has instead chosen to accept a floristry apprenticeship in the famed German spa town. She is a quick study in the art of flower arranging, but progress is slower in matters of the heart. As her magnificent displays and keen eye soon reverse the fortunes of her mentor’s shop, she attracts the notice of princesses and other royal clientele. Flora’s found her passion—or at least she hopes she has. But as her new life begins to blossom, does she dare risk everything to discover where her true heart lies?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-extraordinary-life-of-sam-hell-a-novel-by-robert-dugoni--65308572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 243 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 65 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.” Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother’s devout faith, his father’s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design—especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he’d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open—bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters. Winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe Award.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 243 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 65 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.” Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother’s devout faith, his father’s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design—especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he’d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open—bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters. Winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe Award.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-teeth-a-novel-by-zadie-smith--65308538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Teeth: A Novel Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Arya Sagar, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Lenny Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The blockbuster debut novel from “a preternaturally gifted” writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence. One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Zadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own. At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith.  “[White Teeth] is, like the London it portrays, a restless hybrid of voices, tones, and textures…with a raucous energy and confidence.” —The New York Times Book Review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331763Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Teeth: A Novel Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Arya Sagar, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Lenny Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Teeth: A Novel Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Arya Sagar, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Lenny Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The blockbuster debut novel from “a preternaturally gifted” writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence. One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Zadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own. At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith.  “[White Teeth] is, like the London it portrays, a restless hybrid of voices, tones, and textures…with a raucous energy and confidence.” —The New York Times Book Review]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-orphan-s-courage-by-cathy-sharp--65308557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s Courage Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street St Saviours children’s home in London’s East End has provided a safe refuge for local children for decades and Sister Beatrice and her team are as busy as ever. New staff member Jinny is glad to escape the lewd advances of her drunken and slovenly mother’s rotten boyfriends, but can she prove she isn’t a chip off the old block? As ever, the staff are tested when orphaned brother and sister Andy and Beth are brought to the home – they are clearly terrified of something, and Andy refuses to be sent home, but can Sister Beatrice get to the bottom of their story before they are returned to their stepfather? It’s all in a day’s work for the home – but things are about to change forever – will they be ready to face the future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331653Thu, 19 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s Courage Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s Courage Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street St Saviours children’s home in London’s East End has provided a safe refuge for local children for decades and Sister Beatrice and her team are as busy as ever. New staff member Jinny is glad to escape the lewd advances of her drunken and slovenly mother’s rotten boyfriends, but can she prove she isn’t a chip off the old block? As ever, the staff are tested when orphaned brother and sister Andy and Beth are brought to the home – they are clearly terrified of something, and Andy refuses to be sent home, but can Sister Beatrice get to the bottom of their story before they are returned to their stepfather? It’s all in a day’s work for the home – but things are about to change forever – will they be ready to face the future?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guilt-by-damian-lynch-amanda-robson--65308528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guilt Author: Damian Lynch, Amanda Robson Narrator: Emma Carter, Darren Benedict, Katie Scarfe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Another brilliant read from Amanda Robson. A dark, addictive and compelling page turner!’ BA Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors From the No.1 bestselling author of Obsession Your sister. Her secret. The betrayal. There is no bond greater than blood… When the body of a woman is found stabbed to death, the blame falls to her twin sister. But who killed who? And which one is now the woman behind bars? Zara and Miranda have always supported each other. But then Zara meets Seb, and everything changes. Handsome, charismatic and dangerous, Seb threatens to tear the sisters’ lives apart – but is he really the one to blame? Or are deeper resentments simmering beneath the surface that the sisters must face up to? As the sisters’ relationship is stretched to the brink, a traumatic incident in Seb’s past begins to rear its head and soon all three are locked in a psychological battle that will leave someone dead. The question is, who? Claustrophobic and compelling, Amanda Robson is back in a knock-out thriller perfect for fans of BA Paris and Louise Candlish. If you love this, don’t miss Amanda Robson’s next book My Darling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331644Thu, 19 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guilt Author: Damian Lynch, Amanda Robson Narrator: Emma Carter, Darren Benedict, Katie Scarfe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guilt Author: Damian Lynch, Amanda Robson Narrator: Emma Carter, Darren Benedict, Katie Scarfe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Another brilliant read from Amanda Robson. A dark, addictive and compelling page turner!’ BA Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors From the No.1 bestselling author of Obsession Your sister. Her secret. The betrayal. There is no bond greater than blood… When the body of a woman is found stabbed to death, the blame falls to her twin sister. But who killed who? And which one is now the woman behind bars? Zara and Miranda have always supported each other. But then Zara meets Seb, and everything changes. Handsome, charismatic and dangerous, Seb threatens to tear the sisters’ lives apart – but is he really the one to blame? Or are deeper resentments simmering beneath the surface that the sisters must face up to? As the sisters’ relationship is stretched to the brink, a traumatic incident in Seb’s past begins to rear its head and soon all three are locked in a psychological battle that will leave someone dead. The question is, who? Claustrophobic and compelling, Amanda Robson is back in a knock-out thriller perfect for fans of BA Paris and Louise Candlish. If you love this, don’t miss Amanda Robson’s next book My Darling.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/she-s-not-there-by-tamsin-grey--65308503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She’s Not There Author: Tamsin Grey Narrator: Michael Oku Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A wonderful, artfully addictive novel' IAN MCEWAN When Jonah and Raff wake up on Monday, their mother Lucy isn’t there. Although he’s only nine, Jonah knows enough about the world to keep her absence a secret. If anyone found out she’d left them alone, who knows what could happen to him and his little brother? As the days go on, he puzzles over the clues left behind: who sent Lucy flowers? Why is her phone in a plant pot? Why are all her shoes still there? And who in their neighbourhood might know more about Lucy than he does?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331648Thu, 19 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She’s Not There Author: Tamsin Grey Narrator: Michael Oku Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She’s Not There Author: Tamsin Grey Narrator: Michael Oku Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A wonderful, artfully addictive novel' IAN MCEWAN When Jonah and Raff wake up on Monday, their mother Lucy isn’t there. Although he’s only nine, Jonah knows enough about the world to keep her absence a secret. If anyone found out she’d left them alone, who knows what could happen to him and his little brother? As the days go on, he puzzles over the clues left behind: who sent Lucy flowers? Why is her phone in a plant pot? Why are all her shoes still there? And who in their neighbourhood might know more about Lucy than he does?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beneath-the-kauri-tree-by-sarah-lark--65308589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Kauri Tree Series: #2 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Toward the Sea of Freedom comes a novel of the triumphs, tragedies, and courage of two women bravely changing the tide of history… As the nineteenth century draws to a close, the struggle for women’s suffrage has finally reached New Zealand. But when the tide of change rolls in, it threatens to engulf two young women from very different backgrounds, who are coming of age amid the tumult. Torn between the two worlds that make up her heritage, Matariki Drury is the daughter of a successful white businesswoman and a descendant of Maori royalty. Scarred by poverty and hoping to make a new life for herself in this strange and forbidding land, Violet Paisley is the middle child of a poor Welsh coal-mining family. Drawn together by their shared commitment to social change, and tested by traumas that neither of them could foresee, these two independent-minded women will find themselves thrust onto the front lines of the fight for equal rights and racial justice. To win their place in this world, they must learn to rise above their personal pain and choose a path of reconciliation rather than retribution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329308Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Kauri Tree Series: #2 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beneath the Kauri Tree Series: #2 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Toward the Sea of Freedom comes a novel of the triumphs, tragedies, and courage of two women bravely changing the tide of history… As the nineteenth century draws to a close, the struggle for women’s suffrage has finally reached New Zealand. But when the tide of change rolls in, it threatens to engulf two young women from very different backgrounds, who are coming of age amid the tumult. Torn between the two worlds that make up her heritage, Matariki Drury is the daughter of a successful white businesswoman and a descendant of Maori royalty. Scarred by poverty and hoping to make a new life for herself in this strange and forbidding land, Violet Paisley is the middle child of a poor Welsh coal-mining family. Drawn together by their shared commitment to social change, and tested by traumas that neither of them could foresee, these two independent-minded women will find themselves thrust onto the front lines of the fight for equal rights and racial justice. To win their place in this world, they must learn to rise above their personal pain and choose a path of reconciliation rather than retribution.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/somebody-s-daughter-by-rochelle-b-weinstein--65308585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somebody's Daughter Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes an emotional novel for mothers, daughters, and anyone who has ever felt imperfect. Emma and Bobby Ross enjoy a charmed life on the shores of Miami Beach. They are a model family with a successful business, an uncomplicated marriage, and two blessedly typical twin daughters, Zoe and Lily. They are established members of a tight-knit community. Then, on the night of the girls’ fifteenth birthday party, they learn of Zoe’s heartbreaking mistake—a private and humiliating indiscretion that goes viral and thrusts her and her family into the center of a shocking public scandal. As the family’s core is shattered by disgrace, judgment, and retribution, the fallout takes its toll. But for Emma, the shame runs deeper. Her daughter’s reckless behavior has stirred memories of her own secrets that could break a marriage and family forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329529Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somebody's Daughter Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somebody's Daughter Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes an emotional novel for mothers, daughters, and anyone who has ever felt imperfect. Emma and Bobby Ross enjoy a charmed life on the shores of Miami Beach. They are a model family with a successful business, an uncomplicated marriage, and two blessedly typical twin daughters, Zoe and Lily. They are established members of a tight-knit community. Then, on the night of the girls’ fifteenth birthday party, they learn of Zoe’s heartbreaking mistake—a private and humiliating indiscretion that goes viral and thrusts her and her family into the center of a shocking public scandal. As the family’s core is shattered by disgrace, judgment, and retribution, the fallout takes its toll. But for Emma, the shame runs deeper. Her daughter’s reckless behavior has stirred memories of her own secrets that could break a marriage and family forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-we-had-known-by-elise-juska--65308577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Had Known Author: Elise Juska Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A literary tour de force from the acclaimed author of The Blessings-a riveting novel about one of the most urgent crises of our time. One August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunman had been a student of hers: Nathan Dugan was an awkward, complicated young man whose quiet presence in her classroom had faded from her memory-but not, it seems, the memories of his classmates. When a viral blog post hints at the existence of a dark, violence-tinged essay Nathan had written during Maggie's freshman comp seminar, Maggie soon finds herself at the center of a heated national controversy. Could the overlooked essay have offered critical red flags that might have warned of, or even prevented, the murders to come? As the media storm grows around her, Maggie makes a series of desperate choices that threaten to destroy not just the personal and professional lives she's worked so hard to build, but-more important-the happiness and safety of her sensitive daughter, Anna. Engrossing and provocative, combining sharp plot twists with Juska's award-winning, trademark literary sophistication, If We Had Known is at once an unforgettable mother-daughter journey, an exquisite portrait of a community in turmoil, and a harrowing examination of ethical and moral responsibility in a dangerously interconnected digital world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330148Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Had Known Author: Elise Juska Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Had Known Author: Elise Juska Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A literary tour de force from the acclaimed author of The Blessings-a riveting novel about one of the most urgent crises of our time. One August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunman had been a student of hers: Nathan Dugan was an awkward, complicated young man whose quiet presence in her classroom had faded from her memory-but not, it seems, the memories of his classmates. When a viral blog post hints at the existence of a dark, violence-tinged essay Nathan had written during Maggie's freshman comp seminar, Maggie soon finds herself at the center of a heated national controversy. Could the overlooked essay have offered critical red flags that might have warned of, or even prevented, the murders to come? As the media storm grows around her, Maggie makes a series of desperate choices that threaten to destroy not just the personal and professional lives she's worked so hard to build, but-more important-the happiness and safety of her sensitive daughter, Anna. Engrossing and provocative, combining sharp plot twists with Juska's award-winning, trademark literary sophistication, If We Had Known is at once an unforgettable mother-daughter journey, an exquisite portrait of a community in turmoil, and a harrowing examination of ethical and moral responsibility in a dangerously interconnected digital world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-home-for-unwanted-girls-the-heart-wrenching-gripping-story-of-a-mother-daughter-bond-that-could-not-be-broken-inspired-by-true-event--65308568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Unwanted Girls: The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken - inspired by true events Author: Joanna Goodman Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit—the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other. In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility—much like Maggie Hughes’ parents. Maggie’s English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don’t include marriage to the poor French boy on the next farm over. But Maggie’s heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life ‘back on track’. Elodie is raised in Quebec’s impoverished orphanage system. It’s a precarious enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Bright and determined, Elodie withstands abysmal treatment at the nuns’ hands, finally earning her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving world. Maggie, married to a businessman eager to start a family, cannot forget the daughter she was forced to abandon, and a chance reconnection with Gabriel spurs a wrenching choice. As time passes, the stories of Maggie and Elodie intertwine but never touch, until Maggie realizes she must take what she wants from life and go in search of her long-lost daughter, finally reclaiming the truth that has been denied them both.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329927Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Unwanted Girls: The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken - inspired by true events Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home for Unwanted Girls: The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken - inspired by true events Author: Joanna Goodman Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit—the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other. In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility—much like Maggie Hughes’ parents. Maggie’s English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don’t include marriage to the poor French boy on the next farm over. But Maggie’s heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life ‘back on track’. Elodie is raised in Quebec’s impoverished orphanage system. It’s a precarious enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Bright and determined, Elodie withstands abysmal treatment at the nuns’ hands, finally earning her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving world. Maggie, married to a businessman eager to start a family, cannot forget the daughter she was forced to abandon, and a chance reconnection with Gabriel spurs a wrenching choice. As time passes, the stories of Maggie and Elodie intertwine but never touch, until Maggie realizes she must take what she wants from life and go in search of her long-lost daughter, finally reclaiming the truth that has been denied them both.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-other-weekend-by-zulema-renee-summerfield--65308520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Other Weekend Author: Zulema Renee Summerfield Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A debut novel about an imaginative girl in the year following her parents' divorce, and what happens when her creeping premonition that something terrible will happen comes true in the most unexpected of ways. The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. Every Other Weekend drops us into the sun-scorched suburbs of southern California, amid Bret Michaels mania and Cold War hysteria, with Nenny, a wildly precocious, nervous nelly of an eight-year-old, as our guide to the newly rearranged life she finds herself leading after her parents split. Nenny and her mother and two brothers have just moved in with her new stepfather and his two kids. Her old life replaced by this new configuration, Nenny's natural anxieties intensify, and both real and imagined dangers entwine: earthquakes and home invasions, ghosts of her stepfather's days in Vietnam, Gorbachev knocking down the door of her third grade class and recruiting them all into the Red Army. Knock-kneed and a little stormy-eyed, she is far too small for the thoughts that haunt her, yet her fears are not entirely unfounded. Indeed, tragedy does come, but it comes at her sideways, in a way she never had imagined. With an irresistible voice, Summerfield has managed to tap the very truth of what it is to have been a child of her generation, bottle it, and serve it up in devastating, hilarious, heartfelt doses. Every Other Weekend beautifully and unsettlingly captures the terrible wisdom that children often possess, as well as the surprising ways in which families fracture and reform.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332512Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Other Weekend Author: Zulema Renee Summerfield Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Other Weekend Author: Zulema Renee Summerfield Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A debut novel about an imaginative girl in the year following her parents' divorce, and what happens when her creeping premonition that something terrible will happen comes true in the most unexpected of ways. The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. Every Other Weekend drops us into the sun-scorched suburbs of southern California, amid Bret Michaels mania and Cold War hysteria, with Nenny, a wildly precocious, nervous nelly of an eight-year-old, as our guide to the newly rearranged life she finds herself leading after her parents split. Nenny and her mother and two brothers have just moved in with her new stepfather and his two kids. Her old life replaced by this new configuration, Nenny's natural anxieties intensify, and both real and imagined dangers entwine: earthquakes and home invasions, ghosts of her stepfather's days in Vietnam, Gorbachev knocking down the door of her third grade class and recruiting them all into the Red Army. Knock-kneed and a little stormy-eyed, she is far too small for the thoughts that haunt her, yet her fears are not entirely unfounded. Indeed, tragedy does come, but it comes at her sideways, in a way she never had imagined. With an irresistible voice, Summerfield has managed to tap the very truth of what it is to have been a child of her generation, bottle it, and serve it up in devastating, hilarious, heartfelt doses. Every Other Weekend beautifully and unsettlingly captures the terrible wisdom that children often possess, as well as the surprising ways in which families fracture and reform.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pause-to-rewind-by-aimee-alexander--65308505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pause to Rewind Author: Aimee Alexander Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A story of love, tough choices, and the triumph of the human heart. Jenny Dempsey's little boy, Charlie, is starting school. The world is opening up for mother and child. Then fate steps in. When Charlie becomes seriously ill, single mom Jenny is forced to confront her past and all that she has turned from. She will do anything for Charlie . . . but will it be enough?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331596Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pause to Rewind Author: Aimee Alexander Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pause to Rewind Author: Aimee Alexander Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A story of love, tough choices, and the triumph of the human heart. Jenny Dempsey's little boy, Charlie, is starting school. The world is opening up for mother and child. Then fate steps in. When Charlie becomes seriously ill, single mom Jenny is forced to confront her past and all that she has turned from. She will do anything for Charlie . . . but will it be enough?]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magnificent-esme-wells-a-novel-by-adrienne-sharp--65308571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days. Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time crook with dreams of making it big with Bugsy Siegel. Devoted to her daddy, Esme is often his ''date'' at the racetrack, where she amiably fetches the hot dogs while keeping an eye to the ground for any cast-off tickets that may be winners. In awe of her mother, Dina Wells, Esme is more than happy to be the foil who gets the beautiful Dina into meetings and screen tests with some of Hollywood’s greats. When Ike gets an opportunity to move to Vegas—and, in what could at last be his big break, to help the man she knows as ''Benny'' open the Flamingo Hotel—life takes an unexpected turn for Esme. A stunner like her mother, the young girl catches the attention of Nate Stein, one of the Strip’s most powerful men. Narrated by the twenty-year-old Esme, The Magnificent Esme Wells moves between pre–WWII Hollywood and postwar Las Vegas—a golden age when Jewish gangsters and movie moguls were often indistinguishable in looks and behavior. Esme’s voice—sharp, observant, and with a quiet, mordant wit—chronicles the rise and fall and further fall of her complicated parents, as well as her own painful reckoning with love and life. A coming-of-age story with a tinge of noir, and a tale that illuminates the promise and perils of the American dream and its dreamers, The Magnificent Esme Wells is immersive, moving, and compelling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days. Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time crook with dreams of making it big with Bugsy Siegel. Devoted to her daddy, Esme is often his ''date'' at the racetrack, where she amiably fetches the hot dogs while keeping an eye to the ground for any cast-off tickets that may be winners. In awe of her mother, Dina Wells, Esme is more than happy to be the foil who gets the beautiful Dina into meetings and screen tests with some of Hollywood’s greats. When Ike gets an opportunity to move to Vegas—and, in what could at last be his big break, to help the man she knows as ''Benny'' open the Flamingo Hotel—life takes an unexpected turn for Esme. A stunner like her mother, the young girl catches the attention of Nate Stein, one of the Strip’s most powerful men. Narrated by the twenty-year-old Esme, The Magnificent Esme Wells moves between pre–WWII Hollywood and postwar Las Vegas—a golden age when Jewish gangsters and movie moguls were often indistinguishable in looks and behavior. Esme’s voice—sharp, observant, and with a quiet, mordant wit—chronicles the rise and fall and further fall of her complicated parents, as well as her own painful reckoning with love and life. A coming-of-age story with a tinge of noir, and a tale that illuminates the promise and perils of the American dream and its dreamers, The Magnificent Esme Wells is immersive, moving, and compelling.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-and-other-catastrophes-by-alexandra-borowitz--65308570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family and Other Catastrophes Author: Alexandra Borowitz Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A delightfully quirky debut about family bonds and the chaos that ensues when nature and lack of nurture collide. Emily Glass knows she’s neurotic. But she’s got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she’ll soon call husband—assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly dysfunctional family. Emily’s therapist mother, Marla, who’s been diagnosing her children since they were in diapers, sees their homecoming as the perfect opportunity for long-overdue family therapy sessions. Less enthused are Emily and her two siblings: ardently feminist older sister Lauren, who doesn’t think the wedding party should have defined gender roles, and recently divorced brother Jason, whose overzealous return to singlehood is only tempered by his puzzling friendship with David’s Renaissance Faire—enthusiast brother. As the week comes to a tumultuous head, Emily wants nothing more than to get married and get as far away from her crazy relatives as possible. But that’s easier said than done when Marla’s meddling breathes new life into old secrets. After all, the ties that bind family together may bend, but they aren’t so easily broken. Laugh-out-loud funny and endearingly raw, Family and Other Catastrophes is as entertaining as your favorite sitcom and introduces Alexandra Borowitz as an outstanding new voice in humorous fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329925Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family and Other Catastrophes Author: Alexandra Borowitz Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family and Other Catastrophes Author: Alexandra Borowitz Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A delightfully quirky debut about family bonds and the chaos that ensues when nature and lack of nurture collide. Emily Glass knows she’s neurotic. But she’s got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she’ll soon call husband—assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly dysfunctional family. Emily’s therapist mother, Marla, who’s been diagnosing her children since they were in diapers, sees their homecoming as the perfect opportunity for long-overdue family therapy sessions. Less enthused are Emily and her two siblings: ardently feminist older sister Lauren, who doesn’t think the wedding party should have defined gender roles, and recently divorced brother Jason, whose overzealous return to singlehood is only tempered by his puzzling friendship with David’s Renaissance Faire—enthusiast brother. As the week comes to a tumultuous head, Emily wants nothing more than to get married and get as far away from her crazy relatives as possible. But that’s easier said than done when Marla’s meddling breathes new life into old secrets. After all, the ties that bind family together may bend, but they aren’t so easily broken. Laugh-out-loud funny and endearingly raw, Family and Other Catastrophes is as entertaining as your favorite sitcom and introduces Alexandra Borowitz as an outstanding new voice in humorous fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-elephant-keeper-s-daughter-by-julia-drosten--65308567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Keeper's Daughter Author: Julia Drosten Narrator: Deepa Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman trapped between the expectations of her family and the desire to live free. Ceylon, 1803. In the royal city of Kandy, a daughter is born to the king’s elephant keeper—an esteemed position in the court reserved only for males. To ensure the line of succession, Phera’s parents raise her as a boy. As she bonds with her elephant companion, Siddhi, Phera grows into a confident, fiercely independent woman torn between the expectations of her family and her desire to live life on her own terms. Only when British colonists invade is she allowed to live her true identity, but when the conquerors commit unspeakable violence against her people, Phera must add survival to the list of freedoms for which she’s willing to fight. Possessed by thoughts of revenge yet drawn into an unexpected romance with a kindly British physician, the elephant keeper’s daughter faces a choice: Love or hatred? Forgiveness or retribution?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329542Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Keeper's Daughter Author: Julia Drosten Narrator: Deepa Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Keeper's Daughter Author: Julia Drosten Narrator: Deepa Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman trapped between the expectations of her family and the desire to live free. Ceylon, 1803. In the royal city of Kandy, a daughter is born to the king’s elephant keeper—an esteemed position in the court reserved only for males. To ensure the line of succession, Phera’s parents raise her as a boy. As she bonds with her elephant companion, Siddhi, Phera grows into a confident, fiercely independent woman torn between the expectations of her family and her desire to live life on her own terms. Only when British colonists invade is she allowed to live her true identity, but when the conquerors commit unspeakable violence against her people, Phera must add survival to the list of freedoms for which she’s willing to fight. Possessed by thoughts of revenge yet drawn into an unexpected romance with a kindly British physician, the elephant keeper’s daughter faces a choice: Love or hatred? Forgiveness or retribution?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/go-ask-fannie-by-elisabeth-hyde--65308560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Ask Fannie Author: Elisabeth Hyde Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Fiction 'All the feels of a This Is Us episode.' --Booklist When Murray Blaire invites his three grown children to his New Hampshire farm for a few days, he makes it clear he expects them to keep things pleasant. The rest of his agenda--using Ruth and George to convince their younger sister, Lizzie, to break up with her much older boyfriend--that he chooses to keep private. But Ruth and George arrive bickering, with old scores to settle. And, in a classic Blaire move, Lizzie derails everything when she turns up late, cradling a damaged family cookbook, and talking about possible criminal charges against her. This is not the first time the Blaire family has been thrown into chaos. In fact, that cookbook, an old edition of Fannie Farmer, is the last remaining artifact from a time when they were a family of six, not four, with a father running for Congress and a mother building a private life of her own. The now-obscured notes written in its pages provide tantalizing clues to their mother's ambitions and the mysterious choices she once made, choices her children have always sought without success to understand. Until this weekend. As the Blaire siblings piece together their mother's story, they come to realize not just what they've lost, but how they can find their way back to each other. In this way, celebrated author Elisabeth Hyde reminds readers that family survival isn't about simply setting aside old rivalries, but preserving the love that's written between the lines.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330519Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Ask Fannie Author: Elisabeth Hyde Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Ask Fannie Author: Elisabeth Hyde Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Fiction 'All the feels of a This Is Us episode.' --Booklist When Murray Blaire invites his three grown children to his New Hampshire farm for a few days, he makes it clear he expects them to keep things pleasant. The rest of his agenda--using Ruth and George to convince their younger sister, Lizzie, to break up with her much older boyfriend--that he chooses to keep private. But Ruth and George arrive bickering, with old scores to settle. And, in a classic Blaire move, Lizzie derails everything when she turns up late, cradling a damaged family cookbook, and talking about possible criminal charges against her. This is not the first time the Blaire family has been thrown into chaos. In fact, that cookbook, an old edition of Fannie Farmer, is the last remaining artifact from a time when they were a family of six, not four, with a father running for Congress and a mother building a private life of her own. The now-obscured notes written in its pages provide tantalizing clues to their mother's ambitions and the mysterious choices she once made, choices her children have always sought without success to understand. Until this weekend. As the Blaire siblings piece together their mother's story, they come to realize not just what they've lost, but how they can find their way back to each other. In this way, celebrated author Elisabeth Hyde reminds readers that family survival isn't about simply setting aside old rivalries, but preserving the love that's written between the lines.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flying-at-night-by-rebecca-l-brown--65308556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying at Night Author: Rebecca L. Brown Narrator: Rebecca L. Brown, Kivlighan De Montebello, Cassandra Campbell, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotionally charged debut novel of a family on the brink--an autistic child, his determined mother, and her distant father--who learn that when your world changes, you find out who you really are. . . . While she was growing up, Piper's father, Lance 'the Silver Eagle' Whitman, became a national hero piloting a plane through an emergency landing. But at home, he was a controlling and overbearing presence in her life, raining emotional and verbal abuse upon the entire family. It's no surprise, then, that as an adult, Piper has poured all of her energy into creating a warm and loving home for her own family, while catering to her son Fred's ever-growing idiosyncrasies. Then Lance has a heart attack, leaving him with a brain injury--and dependent upon Piper for his care--just before tests confirm Piper's suspicions that Fred is on the autism spectrum. A powerful and extraordinary novel, Flying at Night gives voice to Fred, trying to find his place in a world that doesn't quite understand him; to Lance, who's lost what made him the man he was, for better and worse; and to Piper, who, while desperately trying to navigate the shifting landscape around her, watches as her son and father start to connect--in the most miraculous ways. . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330213Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying at Night Author: Rebecca L. Brown Narrator: Rebecca L. Brown, Kivlighan De Montebello, Cassandra Campbell, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying at Night Author: Rebecca L. Brown Narrator: Rebecca L. Brown, Kivlighan De Montebello, Cassandra Campbell, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotionally charged debut novel of a family on the brink--an autistic child, his determined mother, and her distant father--who learn that when your world changes, you find out who you really are. . . . While she was growing up, Piper's father, Lance 'the Silver Eagle' Whitman, became a national hero piloting a plane through an emergency landing. But at home, he was a controlling and overbearing presence in her life, raining emotional and verbal abuse upon the entire family. It's no surprise, then, that as an adult, Piper has poured all of her energy into creating a warm and loving home for her own family, while catering to her son Fred's ever-growing idiosyncrasies. Then Lance has a heart attack, leaving him with a brain injury--and dependent upon Piper for his care--just before tests confirm Piper's suspicions that Fred is on the autism spectrum. A powerful and extraordinary novel, Flying at Night gives voice to Fred, trying to find his place in a world that doesn't quite understand him; to Lance, who's lost what made him the man he was, for better and worse; and to Piper, who, while desperately trying to navigate the shifting landscape around her, watches as her son and father start to connect--in the most miraculous ways. . . .]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-greener-by-ruth-jones--65308548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Greener Author: Ruth Jones Narrator: Sharon Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PICKED FOR THE ZOE BALL TV BOOK CLUB The past has a habit of tracking us down. And tripping us up. When Kate was twenty-two, she had an intense and passionate affair with a married man, Callum, which ended in heartbreak. Kate thought she'd never get over it. Seventeen years later, life has moved on - Kate, now a successful actress, is living in London, married to Matt and mother to little Tallulah. Meanwhile Callum and his wife Belinda are happy together, living in Edinburgh and watching their kids grow up. The past, it would seem, is well and truly behind them all. But then Kate meets Callum again. And they are faced with a choice: to walk away from each other . . . or to risk finding out what might have been. Second chances are a rare gift in life. But that doesn't mean they should always be taken . . . In her unmissable debut, actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones shows us the dangers of trying to recapture that which was once lost and failing to realise the beauty of what we already have. 'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.' Jojo Moyes Praise for Ruth Jones: 'I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read.' Jane Fallon 'Heart-rending, provocative and astutely written, Never Greener is a love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. Ruth's characters will stay with me for a long time.' Cathy Bramley 'Easy to read and full of laughter - and truth.' Daily Mail © Ruth Jones 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331067Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Greener Author: Ruth Jones Narrator: Sharon Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Greener Author: Ruth Jones Narrator: Sharon Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PICKED FOR THE ZOE BALL TV BOOK CLUB The past has a habit of tracking us down. And tripping us up. When Kate was twenty-two, she had an intense and passionate affair with a married man, Callum, which ended in heartbreak. Kate thought she'd never get over it. Seventeen years later, life has moved on - Kate, now a successful actress, is living in London, married to Matt and mother to little Tallulah. Meanwhile Callum and his wife Belinda are happy together, living in Edinburgh and watching their kids grow up. The past, it would seem, is well and truly behind them all. But then Kate meets Callum again. And they are faced with a choice: to walk away from each other . . . or to risk finding out what might have been. Second chances are a rare gift in life. But that doesn't mean they should always be taken . . . In her unmissable debut, actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones shows us the dangers of trying to recapture that which was once lost and failing to realise the beauty of what we already have. 'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.' Jojo Moyes Praise for Ruth Jones: 'I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read.' Jane Fallon 'Heart-rending, provocative and astutely written, Never Greener is a love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. Ruth's characters will stay with me for a long time.' Cathy Bramley 'Easy to read and full of laughter - and truth.' Daily Mail © Ruth Jones 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-daughter-s-courage-by-kitty-neale--65308534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Courage Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her strength is all she has left… When Dorothy meets Robbie, she falls for him quickly and it’s not long before the pair are engaged. But then an unexpected pregnancy puts everything at risk, and Dorothy is left alone – with Robbie nowhere to be seen. Heartbroken, Dorothy picks up the pieces of her life as a working girl in Battersea helping to support her mother and father. But before long, things start to become difficult. Her father’s health is worsening, money is tight and worst of all, Robbie hasn’t come back for her. Can Dorothy find a way back to happiness in the face of real adversity? Will she have the courage to make it on her own – or is someone else waiting in the wings to save her? Gritty and moving, this is the perfect read for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331568Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Courage Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Courage Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her strength is all she has left… When Dorothy meets Robbie, she falls for him quickly and it’s not long before the pair are engaged. But then an unexpected pregnancy puts everything at risk, and Dorothy is left alone – with Robbie nowhere to be seen. Heartbroken, Dorothy picks up the pieces of her life as a working girl in Battersea helping to support her mother and father. But before long, things start to become difficult. Her father’s health is worsening, money is tight and worst of all, Robbie hasn’t come back for her. Can Dorothy find a way back to happiness in the face of real adversity? Will she have the courage to make it on her own – or is someone else waiting in the wings to save her? Gritty and moving, this is the perfect read for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-still-dream-by-james-smythe--65308498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Still Dream Author: James Smythe Narrator: Jennifer Saayeng, Sarah Ovens, John Moraitis, Christopher Ragland, Oliver Hembrough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ Guardian In 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence. Now she and her creation are at the forefront of the new wave of technology, and Laura must decide whether or not to reveal Organon’s full potential to the world. If it falls into the wrong hands, its power could be abused. Will Organon save humanity, or lead it to extinction? I Still Dream is a powerful tale of love, loss and hope; a frightening, heartbreakingly human look at who we are now – and who we can be, if we only allow ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331555Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Still Dream Author: James Smythe Narrator: Jennifer Saayeng, Sarah Ovens, John Moraitis, Christopher Ragland, Oliver Hembrough Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Still Dream Author: James Smythe Narrator: Jennifer Saayeng, Sarah Ovens, John Moraitis, Christopher Ragland, Oliver Hembrough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ Guardian In 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence. Now she and her creation are at the forefront of the new wave of technology, and Laura must decide whether or not to reveal Organon’s full potential to the world. If it falls into the wrong hands, its power could be abused. Will Organon save humanity, or lead it to extinction? I Still Dream is a powerful tale of love, loss and hope; a frightening, heartbreakingly human look at who we are now – and who we can be, if we only allow ourselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paris-by-the-book-a-novel-by-liam-callanan--65308562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris by the Book: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Kim Bubbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge . . . and that he had set in Paris. The Eady girls follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. Leah finds herself accepting the offer on the spot. As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including Madeline and The Red Balloon, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family--and the Paris she thought she knew. Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331105Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris by the Book: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Kim Bubbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris by the Book: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Kim Bubbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge . . . and that he had set in Paris. The Eady girls follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. Leah finds herself accepting the offer on the spot. As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including Madeline and The Red Balloon, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family--and the Paris she thought she knew. Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-to-southern-charm-by-kristy-woodson-harvey--65308533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to Southern Charm Series: #2 of The Peachtree Bluff Series Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Narrator: Candace Thaxton, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A 2018 Spring Okra Pick USA TODAY Happy Ever After’s Best Women’s Fiction Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018 Deep South Magazine’s Summer Reading List Raleigh News & Observer's “The Best Reads of Summer” Charlotte Observer’s “Summer’s Best Books” New York Live’s “Ashley’s A-List” Pick Leaving fans “practically [begging] for a sequel” (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not only the way they see themselves, but also how they fit together as a family. After finding out her military husband is missing in action, middle sister Sloane’s world crumbles as her worst nightmare comes true. She can barely climb out of bed, much less summon the strength to be the parent her children deserve. Her mother, Ansley, provides a much-needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own aging mother, her daughters, and her grandchildren, Ansley’s private worry is that secrets from her past will come to light. But when Sloane’s sisters, Caroline and Emerson, remind Sloane that no matter what, she promised her husband she would carry on for their young sons, Sloane finds the support and courage she needs to chase her biggest dreams—and face her deepest fears. Taking a cue from her middle daughter, Ansley takes her own leap of faith and realizes that, after all this time, she might finally be able to have it all. Harvey’s signature warmth and wit make this a charming and poignant story of first loves, missed opportunities, and second chances and proves that she is 'the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329711Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to Southern Charm Series: #2 of The Peachtree Bluff Series Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Narrator: Candace Thaxton, Janet Metzger Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret to Southern Charm Series: #2 of The Peachtree Bluff Series Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Narrator: Candace Thaxton, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A 2018 Spring Okra Pick USA TODAY Happy Ever After’s Best Women’s Fiction Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018 Deep South Magazine’s Summer Reading List Raleigh News & Observer's “The Best Reads of Summer” Charlotte Observer’s “Summer’s Best Books” New York Live’s “Ashley’s A-List” Pick Leaving fans “practically [begging] for a sequel” (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not only the way they see themselves, but also how they fit together as a family. After finding out her military husband is missing in action, middle sister Sloane’s world crumbles as her worst nightmare comes true. She can barely climb out of bed, much less summon the strength to be the parent her children deserve. Her mother, Ansley, provides a much-needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own aging mother, her daughters, and her grandchildren, Ansley’s private worry is that secrets from her past will come to light. But when Sloane’s sisters, Caroline and Emerson, remind Sloane that no matter what, she promised her husband she would carry on for their young sons, Sloane finds the support and courage she needs to chase her biggest dreams—and face her deepest fears. Taking a cue from her middle daughter, Ansley takes her own leap of faith and realizes that, after all this time, she might finally be able to have it all. Harvey’s signature warmth and wit make this a charming and poignant story of first loves, missed opportunities, and second chances and proves that she is 'the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/other-people-s-houses-by-abbi-waxman--65308506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Houses Author: Abbi Waxman Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything. At any given moment in other people's houses, you can find...repressed hopes and dreams...moments of unexpected joy...someone making love on the floor to a man who is most definitely not her husband... *record scratch* As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this... After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than done when Anne's husband throws her out a couple of days later. The repercussions of the affair reverberate through the four carpool families--and Frances finds herself navigating a moral minefield that could make or break a marriage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330838Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Houses Author: Abbi Waxman Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Other People's Houses Author: Abbi Waxman Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything. At any given moment in other people's houses, you can find...repressed hopes and dreams...moments of unexpected joy...someone making love on the floor to a man who is most definitely not her husband... *record scratch* As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this... After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than done when Anne's husband throws her out a couple of days later. The repercussions of the affair reverberate through the four carpool families--and Frances finds herself navigating a moral minefield that could make or break a marriage.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-child-by-ann-troup--65308546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Child Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mandy Miller disappeared from Hallow’s End when she was just 3 years old. She was never found. ‘The Lost Child is complex, mysterious and highly compelling reading.’ – Reviewed the Book Thirty years on, Elaine Ellis is carrying her mother’s ashes back to Hallow’s End to scatter them in the place that she once called home. Elaine has never been there, but it’s the only place Jean talked about while she was growing up – so it seems as good a place as any. As Elaine settles into her holiday cottage in the peaceful Devonshire village, she gets to know the locals; family she never knew she had, eccentric and old-fashioned gentry, and new friends where she would least expect them. But she is intrigued by the tale of the missing girl that the village still carries at its heart, and which somehow continues to overshadow them all. Little does she know how much more involved in the mystery she will become… For fans of K.L Slater, Diane Chamberlain and C.L. Taylor What readers are saying about The Lost Child ‘atmospheric, haunting and quite dark’ – Book boodle ‘An unusual, beautifully written mystery.’ – The Disorganised Author ‘A fabulous book that gripped me and left me wanting more!’ – Compelling Reads ‘You won't spot the twists and turns coming and they will keep you on the edge of your seat!! You just won't want to put this book down until you find out what happens at the end!’ – Becky Lock]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331566Sun, 01 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Child Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Child Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mandy Miller disappeared from Hallow’s End when she was just 3 years old. She was never found. ‘The Lost Child is complex, mysterious and highly compelling reading.’ – Reviewed the Book Thirty years on, Elaine Ellis is carrying her mother’s ashes back to Hallow’s End to scatter them in the place that she once called home. Elaine has never been there, but it’s the only place Jean talked about while she was growing up – so it seems as good a place as any. As Elaine settles into her holiday cottage in the peaceful Devonshire village, she gets to know the locals; family she never knew she had, eccentric and old-fashioned gentry, and new friends where she would least expect them. But she is intrigued by the tale of the missing girl that the village still carries at its heart, and which somehow continues to overshadow them all. Little does she know how much more involved in the mystery she will become… For fans of K.L Slater, Diane Chamberlain and C.L. Taylor What readers are saying about The Lost Child ‘atmospheric, haunting and quite dark’ – Book boodle ‘An unusual, beautifully written mystery.’ – The Disorganised Author ‘A fabulous book that gripped me and left me wanting more!’ – Compelling Reads ‘You won't spot the twists and turns coming and they will keep you on the edge of your seat!! You just won't want to put this book down until you find out what happens at the end!’ – Becky Lock]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-mother-the-liar-by-ann-troup--65308544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother, The Liar Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Every family has a secret… When Rachel Porter’s estranged mother dies, she returns to her family home filled with dread about having to face her past, and the people who populated it. Little does she know that there are dead bodies waiting to be discovered, and a lifetime of secrets are about to unravel. Secrets kept by her mother, the liar. From the author of The Lost Child, and The Forgotten Room. Perfect for fans of The Secret Mother and Linda Green.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331565Sun, 01 Apr 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother, The Liar Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother, The Liar Author: Ann Troup Narrator: Jenny Bede Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Every family has a secret… When Rachel Porter’s estranged mother dies, she returns to her family home filled with dread about having to face her past, and the people who populated it. Little does she know that there are dead bodies waiting to be discovered, and a lifetime of secrets are about to unravel. Secrets kept by her mother, the liar. From the author of The Lost Child, and The Forgotten Room. Perfect for fans of The Secret Mother and Linda Green.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/say-no-more-by-n-gemini-sasson--65308565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say No More Series: #1 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cam McHugh died in a tragic farming accident. He has a message for his son and only his dog can hear him. Halo is no ordinary dog. Not only can she see ghosts, she can talk to them, too. If only she could tell Hunter that death doesn't mean an end to being around the ones we love, maybe she could help him find his voice again. Unfortunately, she may never have the chance. Dognapped by the man who threatens to destroy the only family she has ever known, Halo must escape and find her way home—hundreds of miles away. Halo's story is for those who want to believe there are places such as Heaven and the Rainbow Bridge, and that angels are always watching over us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331430Fri, 30 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say No More Series: #1 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Say No More Series: #1 of Faderville Novels Author: N. Gemini Sasson Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cam McHugh died in a tragic farming accident. He has a message for his son and only his dog can hear him. Halo is no ordinary dog. Not only can she see ghosts, she can talk to them, too. If only she could tell Hunter that death doesn't mean an end to being around the ones we love, maybe she could help him find his voice again. Unfortunately, she may never have the chance. Dognapped by the man who threatens to destroy the only family she has ever known, Halo must escape and find her way home—hundreds of miles away. Halo's story is for those who want to believe there are places such as Heaven and the Rainbow Bridge, and that angels are always watching over us.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trick-to-time-by-kit-de-waal--65308511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick to Time Author: Kit De Waal Narrator: Fiona Shaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal, read by Fiona Shaw. Mona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in 1970s Birmingham, she meets William, a charming Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. They embark upon a passionate affair, a whirlwind marriage - before a sudden tragedy tears them apart. Decades later, Mona pieces together the memories of the years that separate them. But can she ever learn to love again? The Trick to Time is an unforgettable tale of grief, longing, and a love that lasts a lifetime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332648Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick to Time Author: Kit De Waal Narrator: Fiona Shaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick to Time Author: Kit De Waal Narrator: Fiona Shaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal, read by Fiona Shaw. Mona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in 1970s Birmingham, she meets William, a charming Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. They embark upon a passionate affair, a whirlwind marriage - before a sudden tragedy tears them apart. Decades later, Mona pieces together the memories of the years that separate them. But can she ever learn to love again? The Trick to Time is an unforgettable tale of grief, longing, and a love that lasts a lifetime.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-winter-s-love-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter's Love: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A lonely woman is torn between the bonds of family and the potential of new love in this moving novel from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. Caught somewhere between love, hate, and indifference, Emily Bowen’s marriage is hanging on by a thread. After being let go from his job, her husband pulled away from her, and the distance continues to grow during their family’s sabbatical in Switzerland. With their relationship as cold as the wind baying outside, Emily finds unexpected warmth in a man from her past. As she contemplates seizing the connection she’s been craving, Emily must decide if she’s willing to sacrifice the life she’s built for an unseen future. Poignant and powerful, this is a timeless tale of the turmoil that comes with falling in—and out—of love, and “a convincing story of mixed loyalties and divided affections” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329917Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter's Love: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter's Love: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A lonely woman is torn between the bonds of family and the potential of new love in this moving novel from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. Caught somewhere between love, hate, and indifference, Emily Bowen’s marriage is hanging on by a thread. After being let go from his job, her husband pulled away from her, and the distance continues to grow during their family’s sabbatical in Switzerland. With their relationship as cold as the wind baying outside, Emily finds unexpected warmth in a man from her past. As she contemplates seizing the connection she’s been craving, Emily must decide if she’s willing to sacrifice the life she’s built for an unseen future. Poignant and powerful, this is a timeless tale of the turmoil that comes with falling in—and out—of love, and “a convincing story of mixed loyalties and divided affections” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-severed-wasp-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Severed Wasp: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A retired musician returns to performing in this “soul-satisfying” novel from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Norman Lear). Now in her seventies, Katherine Vigneras, née Forrester, has returned to New York City after a successful career touring as a concert pianist in Europe. Much has changed for Katherine: She is widowed and retired, and has lived through the harrowing years of World War II. But when she encounters an old face from her youth in Greenwich Village, Katherine finds herself agreeing to perform at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an endeavor that proves to be unexpectedly rewarding—and challenging. Touching and thought-provoking, A Severed Wasp explores the ebbs and flows in the life of an artist, and continues the story of the singular character who began Madeleine L’Engle’s accomplished career as a writer in her debut novel, The Small Rain.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329918Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Severed Wasp: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 52 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Severed Wasp: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A retired musician returns to performing in this “soul-satisfying” novel from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Norman Lear). Now in her seventies, Katherine Vigneras, née Forrester, has returned to New York City after a successful career touring as a concert pianist in Europe. Much has changed for Katherine: She is widowed and retired, and has lived through the harrowing years of World War II. But when she encounters an old face from her youth in Greenwich Village, Katherine finds herself agreeing to perform at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an endeavor that proves to be unexpectedly rewarding—and challenging. Touching and thought-provoking, A Severed Wasp explores the ebbs and flows in the life of an artist, and continues the story of the singular character who began Madeleine L’Engle’s accomplished career as a writer in her debut novel, The Small Rain.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-room-on-rue-amelie-by-kristin-harmel--65308537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Room on Rue Amélie Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwine—perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this is “an emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love” (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author). When Ruby first marries the dashing Frenchman she meets in a coffee shop, she pictures a life strolling arm in arm along French boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But it’s 1938, and war is looming on the horizon. Unfortunately, her marriage soon grows cold and bitter, her husband Marcel, distant and secretive—all while the Germans flood into Paris, their sinister swastika flags waving in the breeze. When Marcel is killed, Ruby discovers the secret he’d been hiding—he was a member of the French resistance—and now she is determined to take his place. She becomes involved in hiding Allied soldiers—including a charming RAF pilot—who have landed in enemy territory. But her skills are ultimately put to the test when she begins concealing her twelve-year-old Jewish neighbor, Charlotte, whose family was rounded up by the Gestapo. Ruby and Charlotte become a little family, but as the German net grows tighter around Paris, and the Americans debate entering the combat, the danger increases. No one is safe. “Set against all the danger and drama of WWII Paris, this heartfelt novel will keep you turning the pages until the very last word” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329557Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Room on Rue Amélie Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Room on Rue Amélie Author: Kristin Harmel Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwine—perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this is “an emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love” (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author). When Ruby first marries the dashing Frenchman she meets in a coffee shop, she pictures a life strolling arm in arm along French boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But it’s 1938, and war is looming on the horizon. Unfortunately, her marriage soon grows cold and bitter, her husband Marcel, distant and secretive—all while the Germans flood into Paris, their sinister swastika flags waving in the breeze. When Marcel is killed, Ruby discovers the secret he’d been hiding—he was a member of the French resistance—and now she is determined to take his place. She becomes involved in hiding Allied soldiers—including a charming RAF pilot—who have landed in enemy territory. But her skills are ultimately put to the test when she begins concealing her twelve-year-old Jewish neighbor, Charlotte, whose family was rounded up by the Gestapo. Ruby and Charlotte become a little family, but as the German net grows tighter around Paris, and the Americans debate entering the combat, the danger increases. No one is safe. “Set against all the danger and drama of WWII Paris, this heartfelt novel will keep you turning the pages until the very last word” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wideness-of-the-sea-by-katie-curtis--65308502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wideness of the Sea Author: Katie Curtis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anna Goodrich is a twenty-eight-year-old artist in New York City, out on a Friday night in the city when she gets the call that her uncle has suddenly died. When she returns home to mid-coast Maine for his funeral, she faces all that she left behind when she left seven years earlier. The pain of her own mother's death, the fractured relationships with her father, and her first love. The life she had built for herself in New York—the art world, her boyfriend, her roommate who is also her best friend—allowed her to forget the grief and hurt she had left behind in Maine. But when her uncle leaves her a surprising inheritance, if forces her to face them, and the parts of her self she's buried. As she searches for answers about herself, and where she belongs, she discovers how people and places shape us, and how understanding, forgiveness, and grace have the power to transform us and the people we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330390Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wideness of the Sea Author: Katie Curtis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wideness of the Sea Author: Katie Curtis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anna Goodrich is a twenty-eight-year-old artist in New York City, out on a Friday night in the city when she gets the call that her uncle has suddenly died. When she returns home to mid-coast Maine for his funeral, she faces all that she left behind when she left seven years earlier. The pain of her own mother's death, the fractured relationships with her father, and her first love. The life she had built for herself in New York—the art world, her boyfriend, her roommate who is also her best friend—allowed her to forget the grief and hurt she had left behind in Maine. But when her uncle leaves her a surprising inheritance, if forces her to face them, and the parts of her self she's buried. As she searches for answers about herself, and where she belongs, she discovers how people and places shape us, and how understanding, forgiveness, and grace have the power to transform us and the people we love.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alternate-side-a-novel-by-anna-quindlen--65308587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alternate Side: A Novel Author: Anna Quindlen Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Captures the angst and anxiety of modern life with . . . astute observations about interactions between the haves and have-nots, and the realities of life among the long-married.”—USA Today A provocative novel that explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miller’s Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs. Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life—except when there’s a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora’s dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one another’s children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the block’s small parking lot. Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable dead-end block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at Nora’s job, and especially in her marriage. Praise for Alternate Side “[Anna] Quindlen’s quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.”—Booklist (starred review) “Exquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude that’s awfully hard to achieve.”—The New York Times Book Review “An exceptional depiction of complex characters—particularly their weaknesses and uncertainties—and the intricacies of close relationships . . . Quindlen’s provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.”—Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329510Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alternate Side: A Novel Author: Anna Quindlen Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alternate Side: A Novel Author: Anna Quindlen Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Captures the angst and anxiety of modern life with . . . astute observations about interactions between the haves and have-nots, and the realities of life among the long-married.”—USA Today A provocative novel that explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miller’s Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs. Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life—except when there’s a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora’s dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one another’s children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the block’s small parking lot. Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable dead-end block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at Nora’s job, and especially in her marriage. Praise for Alternate Side “[Anna] Quindlen’s quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.”—Booklist (starred review) “Exquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude that’s awfully hard to achieve.”—The New York Times Book Review “An exceptional depiction of complex characters—particularly their weaknesses and uncertainties—and the intricacies of close relationships . . . Quindlen’s provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.”—Publishers Weekly]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bury-what-we-cannot-take-a-novel-by-kirstin-chen--65308582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bury What We Cannot Take: A Novel Author: Kirstin Chen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Complex and rich, Chen’s story serves as a fascinating window into a unique period of history and the plight of one displaced family.” —Harper’s Bazaar The day nine-year-old San San and her twelve-year-old brother, Ah Liam, discover their grandmother taking a hammer to a framed portrait of Chairman Mao is the day that forever changes their lives. To prove his loyalty to the Party, Ah Liam reports his grandmother to the authorities. But his belief in doing the right thing sets in motion a terrible chain of events. Now they must flee their home on Drum Wave Islet, which sits just a few hundred meters across the channel from mainland China. But when their mother goes to procure visas for safe passage to Hong Kong, the government will only issue them on the condition that she leave behind one of her children as proof of the family’s intention to return. Against the backdrop of early Maoist China, this captivating and emotional tale follows a brother, a sister, a father, and a mother as they grapple with their agonizing decision, its far-reaching consequences, and their hope for redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329787Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bury What We Cannot Take: A Novel Author: Kirstin Chen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bury What We Cannot Take: A Novel Author: Kirstin Chen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Complex and rich, Chen’s story serves as a fascinating window into a unique period of history and the plight of one displaced family.” —Harper’s Bazaar The day nine-year-old San San and her twelve-year-old brother, Ah Liam, discover their grandmother taking a hammer to a framed portrait of Chairman Mao is the day that forever changes their lives. To prove his loyalty to the Party, Ah Liam reports his grandmother to the authorities. But his belief in doing the right thing sets in motion a terrible chain of events. Now they must flee their home on Drum Wave Islet, which sits just a few hundred meters across the channel from mainland China. But when their mother goes to procure visas for safe passage to Hong Kong, the government will only issue them on the condition that she leave behind one of her children as proof of the family’s intention to return. Against the backdrop of early Maoist China, this captivating and emotional tale follows a brother, a sister, a father, and a mother as they grapple with their agonizing decision, its far-reaching consequences, and their hope for redemption.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-die-but-once-by-jacqueline-winspear--65308551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Die But Once Series: #14 of Maisie Dobbs Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spring, 1940: With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a 'hush-hush' government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, so the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330433Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Die But Once Series: #14 of Maisie Dobbs Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Die But Once Series: #14 of Maisie Dobbs Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Spring, 1940: With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a 'hush-hush' government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, so the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-italian-teacher-by-tom-rachman--65308550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Italian Teacher Author: Tom Rachman Narrator: Sam Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “An exotic touch of intrigue arises in THE ITALIAN TEACHER . . . deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post   A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy, by the bestselling author of The Imperfectionists. Conceived while his father, Bear, cavorted around Rome in the 1950s, Pinch learns quickly that Bear's genius trumps all. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy of his father's attention--first trying to be a painter himself; then resolving to write his father's biography; eventually settling, disillusioned, into a job as an Italian teacher in London. But when Bear dies, Pinch hatches a scheme to secure his father's legacy--and make his own mark on the world. With his signature humanity and humor, Tom Rachman examines a life lived in the shadow of greatness, cementing his place among his generation's most exciting literary voices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330230Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Italian Teacher Author: Tom Rachman Narrator: Sam Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Italian Teacher Author: Tom Rachman Narrator: Sam Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “An exotic touch of intrigue arises in THE ITALIAN TEACHER . . . deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post   A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy, by the bestselling author of The Imperfectionists. Conceived while his father, Bear, cavorted around Rome in the 1950s, Pinch learns quickly that Bear's genius trumps all. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy of his father's attention--first trying to be a painter himself; then resolving to write his father's biography; eventually settling, disillusioned, into a job as an Italian teacher in London. But when Bear dies, Pinch hatches a scheme to secure his father's legacy--and make his own mark on the world. With his signature humanity and humor, Tom Rachman examines a life lived in the shadow of greatness, cementing his place among his generation's most exciting literary voices.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everyone-knows-you-go-home-by-natalia-sylvester--65308588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everyone Knows You Go Home Author: Natalia Sylvester Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An International Latino Book Award winner. “Everyone Knows You Go Home is prescient, tackling issues of family division, the arduous journey of crossing from one country into the next, and the sacrifices we make in exchange for a better future.” —Houston Chronicle The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s already dead—an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar’s family—especially his wife, Elda—to let him redeem himself. Isabel and Martin settle into married life in a Texas border town, and Omar returns each year on the celebratory Day of the Dead. Every year Isabel listens, but to the aggrieved Martin and Elda, Omar’s spirit remains invisible. Through his visits, Isabel gains insight into not just the truth about his disappearance and her husband’s childhood but also the ways grief can eat away at love. When Martin’s teenage nephew crosses the Mexican border and takes refuge in Isabel and Martin’s home, questions about past and future homes, borders, and belonging arise that may finally lead to forgiveness—and alter all their lives forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329490Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everyone Knows You Go Home Author: Natalia Sylvester Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everyone Knows You Go Home Author: Natalia Sylvester Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An International Latino Book Award winner. “Everyone Knows You Go Home is prescient, tackling issues of family division, the arduous journey of crossing from one country into the next, and the sacrifices we make in exchange for a better future.” —Houston Chronicle The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s already dead—an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar’s family—especially his wife, Elda—to let him redeem himself. Isabel and Martin settle into married life in a Texas border town, and Omar returns each year on the celebratory Day of the Dead. Every year Isabel listens, but to the aggrieved Martin and Elda, Omar’s spirit remains invisible. Through his visits, Isabel gains insight into not just the truth about his disappearance and her husband’s childhood but also the ways grief can eat away at love. When Martin’s teenage nephew crosses the Mexican border and takes refuge in Isabel and Martin’s home, questions about past and future homes, borders, and belonging arise that may finally lead to forgiveness—and alter all their lives forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beachcomber-by-ines-thorn--65308583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beachcomber Series: #2 of The Island of Sylt Author: Ines Thorn Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the second epic novel of The Island of Sylt trilogy by bestselling author Ines Thorn, a young woman must fight to clear her family’s name in order to claim her true love. The Island of Sylt, 1711 It’s the age of whaling and beachcombing, and life is hard on Sylt—especially for women forced to get by on their own. Ever since the death of her parents, Jordis has lived with her grandmother in the village of Rantum. The two of them survive by beachcombing and by secret fortune-telling, using the oracle runes that are a crucial part of the ancient Norse religion. Under the local minister’s skeptical eye, Jordis befriends his daughter, Inga. Jordis confides her love for the young blacksmith, Arjen, to her new friend, only to discover that Inga, too, hopes that Arjen will propose to her. The competition shatters the girls’ friendship and puts their families at odds. When a cross falls from the ceiling in the church and a powerful storm hits the island, the minister immediately accuses the “guilty”: Jordis and her grandmother, whom he believes to be witches. Jordis survives near the harsh North Sea by recovering and finding value in what was lost. But can she recover her reputation and find the value in her own life?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329491Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beachcomber Series: #2 of The Island of Sylt Author: Ines Thorn Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beachcomber Series: #2 of The Island of Sylt Author: Ines Thorn Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the second epic novel of The Island of Sylt trilogy by bestselling author Ines Thorn, a young woman must fight to clear her family’s name in order to claim her true love. The Island of Sylt, 1711 It’s the age of whaling and beachcombing, and life is hard on Sylt—especially for women forced to get by on their own. Ever since the death of her parents, Jordis has lived with her grandmother in the village of Rantum. The two of them survive by beachcombing and by secret fortune-telling, using the oracle runes that are a crucial part of the ancient Norse religion. Under the local minister’s skeptical eye, Jordis befriends his daughter, Inga. Jordis confides her love for the young blacksmith, Arjen, to her new friend, only to discover that Inga, too, hopes that Arjen will propose to her. The competition shatters the girls’ friendship and puts their families at odds. When a cross falls from the ceiling in the church and a powerful storm hits the island, the minister immediately accuses the “guilty”: Jordis and her grandmother, whom he believes to be witches. Jordis survives near the harsh North Sea by recovering and finding value in what was lost. But can she recover her reputation and find the value in her own life?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emmy-s-journey-a-novel-by-lila-m-beckham--65308580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emmy's Journey: A Novel Series: #2 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 1865, Emmaline Gulledge is eleven years old and stubborn as a mule. Determined to do exactly what she sets her mind to, she explores the mountains and valleys around her home with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a keen eye that misses nothing. When her mother dies, Emmaline, Emmy for short, is thrust into the mystical, spiritual world of her mother's native peoples, the Tsalagi, better known as the Cherokee. Given the power of observation and shape shifting by her immortal great-great-grandfather Two Feathers, who is the keeper of the Sacred Fire’s Ashes, Emmy is told that she must carry on her mother's duties and is charged with the task of becoming the family 'Ka no he ha Ka no Ge sdi,' the Storyteller. She is supposed to remember and pass down her family's history and tell about their ancestors. As Emmy grows older and matures, her explorations become more advanced. She discovers a hidden path that takes her beyond an ancient willow tree to a layer of the world that at first seems much like her own, but she soon discovers that it is quite different . . . When she stays longer than allowed a mortal, she discovers that her grandfather can travel between space and time and communicate with all peoples between the layers of her world. Emmy's Journey is a voyage through time and into the mysterious spiritual and mystical realms of the Cherokees, and a world that most never know exists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329685Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emmy's Journey: A Novel Series: #2 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emmy's Journey: A Novel Series: #2 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 1865, Emmaline Gulledge is eleven years old and stubborn as a mule. Determined to do exactly what she sets her mind to, she explores the mountains and valleys around her home with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a keen eye that misses nothing. When her mother dies, Emmaline, Emmy for short, is thrust into the mystical, spiritual world of her mother's native peoples, the Tsalagi, better known as the Cherokee. Given the power of observation and shape shifting by her immortal great-great-grandfather Two Feathers, who is the keeper of the Sacred Fire’s Ashes, Emmy is told that she must carry on her mother's duties and is charged with the task of becoming the family 'Ka no he ha Ka no Ge sdi,' the Storyteller. She is supposed to remember and pass down her family's history and tell about their ancestors. As Emmy grows older and matures, her explorations become more advanced. She discovers a hidden path that takes her beyond an ancient willow tree to a layer of the world that at first seems much like her own, but she soon discovers that it is quite different . . . When she stays longer than allowed a mortal, she discovers that her grandfather can travel between space and time and communicate with all peoples between the layers of her world. Emmy's Journey is a voyage through time and into the mysterious spiritual and mystical realms of the Cherokees, and a world that most never know exists.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mercy-dogs-by-tyler-dilts--65308559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Dogs Author: Tyler Dilts Narrator: Tyler Dilts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How can a shattered ex-cop follow the rules when he’s no longer sure of them? For sixteen years, Ben Shepard loyally served the Long Beach Police Department. Then he took a bullet to the head, and his life was shattered. No one expects much of anything from him anymore—except his father, an old man receding into a fog of his own. And except maybe his tenant, Grace, who’s been a warm and friendly constant in his and his father’s bleak lives. Until the day she vanishes. After an official investigation stalls, Ben moves forward on his own. But stepping into Grace’s past—and all she was hiding—is a dangerous move for a man who can’t trust his memories from one day to the next. The deeper he gets, the more he has to question whether he’s being driven by the gut instincts of a suspicious former cop or by paranoia. Recognizing what’s real can save Grace’s life. If only he can trust himself to do it…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329485Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Dogs Author: Tyler Dilts Narrator: Tyler Dilts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Dogs Author: Tyler Dilts Narrator: Tyler Dilts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How can a shattered ex-cop follow the rules when he’s no longer sure of them? For sixteen years, Ben Shepard loyally served the Long Beach Police Department. Then he took a bullet to the head, and his life was shattered. No one expects much of anything from him anymore—except his father, an old man receding into a fog of his own. And except maybe his tenant, Grace, who’s been a warm and friendly constant in his and his father’s bleak lives. Until the day she vanishes. After an official investigation stalls, Ben moves forward on his own. But stepping into Grace’s past—and all she was hiding—is a dangerous move for a man who can’t trust his memories from one day to the next. The deeper he gets, the more he has to question whether he’s being driven by the gut instincts of a suspicious former cop or by paranoia. Recognizing what’s real can save Grace’s life. If only he can trust himself to do it…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memento-park-a-novel-by-mark-sarvas--65308554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memento Park: A Novel Author: Mark Sarvas Narrator: David LeDoux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him After receiving an unexpected call from the Australian consulate, Matt Santos becomes aware of a painting that he believes was looted from his family in Hungary during the Second World War. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained relationship with his harshly judgmental father, uncover his family history, and restore his connection to his own Judaism. Along the way to illuminating the mysteries of his past, Matt is torn between his doting girlfriend, Tracy, and his alluring attorney, Rachel, with whom he travels to Budapest to unearth the truth about the painting and, in turn, his family. As his journey progresses, Matt’s revelations are accompanied by equally consuming and imaginative meditations on the painting and the painter at the center of his personal drama, Budapest Street Scene by Ervin Kálmán. By the time Memento Park reaches its conclusion, Matt’s narrative is as much about family history and father-son dynamics as it is about the nature of art itself, and the infinite ways we come to understand ourselves through it. Of all the questions asked by Mark Sarvas’s Memento Park—about family and identity, about art and history—a central, unanswerable predicament lingers: How do we move forward when the past looms unreasonably large?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329633Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memento Park: A Novel Author: Mark Sarvas Narrator: David LeDoux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memento Park: A Novel Author: Mark Sarvas Narrator: David LeDoux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him After receiving an unexpected call from the Australian consulate, Matt Santos becomes aware of a painting that he believes was looted from his family in Hungary during the Second World War. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained relationship with his harshly judgmental father, uncover his family history, and restore his connection to his own Judaism. Along the way to illuminating the mysteries of his past, Matt is torn between his doting girlfriend, Tracy, and his alluring attorney, Rachel, with whom he travels to Budapest to unearth the truth about the painting and, in turn, his family. As his journey progresses, Matt’s revelations are accompanied by equally consuming and imaginative meditations on the painting and the painter at the center of his personal drama, Budapest Street Scene by Ervin Kálmán. By the time Memento Park reaches its conclusion, Matt’s narrative is as much about family history and father-son dynamics as it is about the nature of art itself, and the infinite ways we come to understand ourselves through it. Of all the questions asked by Mark Sarvas’s Memento Park—about family and identity, about art and history—a central, unanswerable predicament lingers: How do we move forward when the past looms unreasonably large?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-a-heart-by-karen-mcquestion--65308527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes to put them back together again. At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don’t ever cause trouble. He’ll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he’s only a child, Logan already knows too much—has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he’s been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone with no home of his own, Logan looks for a safe place to hide. Relying on his instincts and the kindness of strangers, the boy manages to touch the lives of everyone he meets. But his innocent heart cannot survive in the adult world without the most basic human need of all: love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes to put them back together again. At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don’t ever cause trouble. He’ll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he’s only a child, Logan already knows too much—has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he’s been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone with no home of his own, Logan looks for a safe place to hide. Relying on his instincts and the kindness of strangers, the boy manages to touch the lives of everyone he meets. But his innocent heart cannot survive in the adult world without the most basic human need of all: love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/panorama-by-steve-kistulentz--65308547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panorama Author: Steve Kistulentz Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year's Day he is scheduled to be a guest on a prominent morning talk show. As he awaits the broadcast, the network interrupts with news that a jet airliner has crashed in Dallas and that everyone aboard has perished. Within an hour, amateur videotape surfaces of the plane's last moments, transforming the crash into a living image: familiar, constant, and horrifying. Richard learns that his sister, Mary Beth, was aboard the doomed flight, leaving behind her six-year-old son, Gabriel. Richard is the boy's only living relative. When he is given an opportunity to bring Gabriel home, it may be that the loss of his sister will provide him with the second chapter he never knew he wanted. In this powerful debut, Steve Kistulentz captures the sprawl of contemporary America -- its culture, its values, the workaday existence of its people -- with kaleidoscopic sweep and controlled intensity. Yet within the expansive scope of Panorama lies an intimate portrait of human loss rendered with precision, humanity, and humor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331131Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panorama Author: Steve Kistulentz Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panorama Author: Steve Kistulentz Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year's Day he is scheduled to be a guest on a prominent morning talk show. As he awaits the broadcast, the network interrupts with news that a jet airliner has crashed in Dallas and that everyone aboard has perished. Within an hour, amateur videotape surfaces of the plane's last moments, transforming the crash into a living image: familiar, constant, and horrifying. Richard learns that his sister, Mary Beth, was aboard the doomed flight, leaving behind her six-year-old son, Gabriel. Richard is the boy's only living relative. When he is given an opportunity to bring Gabriel home, it may be that the loss of his sister will provide him with the second chapter he never knew he wanted. In this powerful debut, Steve Kistulentz captures the sprawl of contemporary America -- its culture, its values, the workaday existence of its people -- with kaleidoscopic sweep and controlled intensity. Yet within the expansive scope of Panorama lies an intimate portrait of human loss rendered with precision, humanity, and humor.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-broken-angels-by-luis-alberto-urrea--65308541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Broken Angels Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Luis Alberto Urrea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this 'raucous, moving, and necessary' story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. 'All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.' In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. 'Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining.' -- New York Times Book Review'Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend.' -- San Francisco Chronicle'An immensely charming and moving tale.' -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331132Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Broken Angels Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Luis Alberto Urrea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Broken Angels Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Luis Alberto Urrea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this 'raucous, moving, and necessary' story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. 'All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.' In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. 'Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining.' -- New York Times Book Review'Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend.' -- San Francisco Chronicle'An immensely charming and moving tale.' -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/husbands-and-other-sharp-objects-a-novel-by-marilyn-simon-rothstein--65308530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects: A Novel Author: Marilyn Simon Rothstein Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming, hilarious novel for anyone who has ever had a family, from the author of Lift and Separate. After a lifetime of marriage, Marcy Hammer is ready to get herself unhitched—just as everyone else in her life is looking for a commitment. Her new boyfriend, Jon, wants to get serious, and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Harvey, is desperate to get back together. When her headstrong daughter announces a secret engagement to Harvey’s attorney, Marcy finds herself planning her daughter’s wedding as she plans her own divorce. Now with two huge events on the horizon, the indomitable Marcy soon realizes that there’s nothing like a wedding to bring out the worst in everybody. From petty skirmishes over an ever-growing guest list to awkward confrontations with her sticky-fingered new in-laws, pulling off the wedding is going to be a challenge; seeing her divorce through is going to be a trial. And trying to make everyone happy might prove to be impossible—because in the end, Marcy alone must make a choice between something old and something new.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329479Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects: A Novel Author: Marilyn Simon Rothstein Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects: A Novel Author: Marilyn Simon Rothstein Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming, hilarious novel for anyone who has ever had a family, from the author of Lift and Separate. After a lifetime of marriage, Marcy Hammer is ready to get herself unhitched—just as everyone else in her life is looking for a commitment. Her new boyfriend, Jon, wants to get serious, and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Harvey, is desperate to get back together. When her headstrong daughter announces a secret engagement to Harvey’s attorney, Marcy finds herself planning her daughter’s wedding as she plans her own divorce. Now with two huge events on the horizon, the indomitable Marcy soon realizes that there’s nothing like a wedding to bring out the worst in everybody. From petty skirmishes over an ever-growing guest list to awkward confrontations with her sticky-fingered new in-laws, pulling off the wedding is going to be a challenge; seeing her divorce through is going to be a trial. And trying to make everyone happy might prove to be impossible—because in the end, Marcy alone must make a choice between something old and something new.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silver-bay-by-jojo-moyes--65308435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Bay Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Nicolette Mckenzie, Stan Pretty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Liza McCullen will never escape her past, but the unspoilt beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the safety she craves for her young daughter, Hannah… Until Mike Dormer arrives and the peace of Silver Bay is shattered. The mild-mannered Englishman could destroy everything Liza has worked so hard to protect: not only the family business and the bay that harbours her beloved whales, but also her conviction that she will never love again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336441Thu, 14 Dec 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Bay Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Nicolette Mckenzie, Stan Pretty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Bay Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Nicolette Mckenzie, Stan Pretty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Liza McCullen will never escape her past, but the unspoilt beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the safety she craves for her young daughter, Hannah… Until Mike Dormer arrives and the peace of Silver Bay is shattered. The mild-mannered Englishman could destroy everything Liza has worked so hard to protect: not only the family business and the bay that harbours her beloved whales, but also her conviction that she will never love again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mercy-street-by-tess-evans--65308515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Street Author: Tess Evans Narrator: Michael Veitch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A tender, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans. A delightful, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans, MERCY STREET tells the heartwarming story of curmudgeonly pensioner George, who, since his wife's death three years ago, is living a life that is no more than the sum of his 'worn-out, washed out days'.    While his marriage to Pen was a happy one, they never had children, so his life has narrowed to trips to the shop, occasional visits from his bossy sister Shirl and afternoons in the pub with his old mate Redgum.     But one day, everything changes when Angie, a nineteen-year-old single mother, unexpectedly saves his life.  George grudgingly acknowledges his debt to her, and later, when Angie asks for a favour, he has no choice but to agree.  Gradually George's life begins to blossom, until Angie's fecklessness unexpectedly sets him on the wrong side of the law.  It takes all of his love and courage, and friends both old and new, for George to deal with a very unexpected turn of events.   A novel about mistakes, accidental families, and the transformative power of love, from the bestselling author of BOOK OF LOST THREADS, Tess Evans.   'Mercy Street will touch your heart, make you smile, and even cause you to shed a tear...' Better Reading]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332826Mon, 20 Nov 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Street Author: Tess Evans Narrator: Michael Veitch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 20, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercy Street Author: Tess Evans Narrator: Michael Veitch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A tender, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans. A delightful, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans, MERCY STREET tells the heartwarming story of curmudgeonly pensioner George, who, since his wife's death three years ago, is living a life that is no more than the sum of his 'worn-out, washed out days'.    While his marriage to Pen was a happy one, they never had children, so his life has narrowed to trips to the shop, occasional visits from his bossy sister Shirl and afternoons in the pub with his old mate Redgum.     But one day, everything changes when Angie, a nineteen-year-old single mother, unexpectedly saves his life.  George grudgingly acknowledges his debt to her, and later, when Angie asks for a favour, he has no choice but to agree.  Gradually George's life begins to blossom, until Angie's fecklessness unexpectedly sets him on the wrong side of the law.  It takes all of his love and courage, and friends both old and new, for George to deal with a very unexpected turn of events.   A novel about mistakes, accidental families, and the transformative power of love, from the bestselling author of BOOK OF LOST THREADS, Tess Evans.   'Mercy Street will touch your heart, make you smile, and even cause you to shed a tear...' Better Reading]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-on-coronation-street-by-maggie-sullivan--65308563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas on Coronation Street Series: #1 of Coronation Street Author: Maggie Sullivan Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A wonderful Christmas gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in Wartime. Elsie Grimshaw lives in one of the worst streets in Weatherfield and is desperate to escape from life at home with a brutal father and the drudgery of working at the local mill. Grabbing at the slim chances that come her way, Elsie emerges from the heartbreak of first love and her marriage to bad boy, Arnold Tanner at only sixteen years old, if not much older, then certainly wiser. Going under her married name of Elsie Tanner, she and Arnold move in to No.11 Coronation Street in 1939 as war breaks out. Her cheeky self-confidence immediately puts her at loggerheads with local busy-body Ena Sharples and Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return. As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler’s Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember – for all of the right reasons…As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler’s Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember – for all of the right reasons…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330510Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas on Coronation Street Series: #1 of Coronation Street Author: Maggie Sullivan Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas on Coronation Street Series: #1 of Coronation Street Author: Maggie Sullivan Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A wonderful Christmas gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in Wartime. Elsie Grimshaw lives in one of the worst streets in Weatherfield and is desperate to escape from life at home with a brutal father and the drudgery of working at the local mill. Grabbing at the slim chances that come her way, Elsie emerges from the heartbreak of first love and her marriage to bad boy, Arnold Tanner at only sixteen years old, if not much older, then certainly wiser. Going under her married name of Elsie Tanner, she and Arnold move in to No.11 Coronation Street in 1939 as war breaks out. Her cheeky self-confidence immediately puts her at loggerheads with local busy-body Ena Sharples and Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return. As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler’s Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember – for all of the right reasons…As Christmas approaches, the residents of Coronation Street must put their petty squabbles aside if they are to survive the worst that Hitler’s Luftwaffe can throw at them. And as the Manchester Blitz grips their home town of Weatherfield, the residents must pull together to make this a Christmas to remember – for all of the right reasons…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alfie-the-holiday-cat-by-rachel-wells--65308459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfie the Holiday Cat Series: #4 of Alfie series Author: Rachel Wells Narrator: Edward Killingback Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a fourth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – this time taking them a long way from home… Alfie and George just can’t seem to keep out of trouble. So when they hear that their owners have got a new holiday home, they can’t wait to visit it and enjoy some new adventures. But when they arrive, they don’t find the comfort they’re used to. Crumbling walls, peeling paint, dripping ceilings…this little Cornish cottage is clearly on its last legs. Family and friends rally round to try and save the cottage – but it soon becomes clear that the locals don’t want them there at all. It’s up to Alfie and George to make sure their family is welcomed into the village – that’s if they can keep out of the way of the nastiest cat they’ve ever encountered…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336572Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfie the Holiday Cat Series: #4 of Alfie series Author: Rachel Wells Narrator: Edward Killingback Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfie the Holiday Cat Series: #4 of Alfie series Author: Rachel Wells Narrator: Edward Killingback Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a fourth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – this time taking them a long way from home… Alfie and George just can’t seem to keep out of trouble. So when they hear that their owners have got a new holiday home, they can’t wait to visit it and enjoy some new adventures. But when they arrive, they don’t find the comfort they’re used to. Crumbling walls, peeling paint, dripping ceilings…this little Cornish cottage is clearly on its last legs. Family and friends rally round to try and save the cottage – but it soon becomes clear that the locals don’t want them there at all. It’s up to Alfie and George to make sure their family is welcomed into the village – that’s if they can keep out of the way of the nastiest cat they’ve ever encountered…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mistletoe-seller-by-dilly-court--65308450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistletoe Seller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming historical novel from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court It’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . . Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home. But fate deals a cruel blow and she’s torn from the only family she has ever known, and thrown onto the cobbles of Covent Garden to fend for herself. With winter closing in, Angel scratches a living selling mistletoe to the City gentlemen who pass through the market, hoping they will take pity on her as she shivers in the snow. The only way she can survive is to make her own luck. She will never sell the one treasure that could feed her for a month, the gold and ruby ring that was hidden in her swaddling – it could hold the key to the secrets of her past . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336587Thu, 02 Nov 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistletoe Seller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistletoe Seller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming historical novel from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court It’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . . Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home. But fate deals a cruel blow and she’s torn from the only family she has ever known, and thrown onto the cobbles of Covent Garden to fend for herself. With winter closing in, Angel scratches a living selling mistletoe to the City gentlemen who pass through the market, hoping they will take pity on her as she shivers in the snow. The only way she can survive is to make her own luck. She will never sell the one treasure that could feed her for a month, the gold and ruby ring that was hidden in her swaddling – it could hold the key to the secrets of her past . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-little-village-christmas-by-sue-moorcroft--65308432https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Village Christmas Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Claire Fraenkel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie Fforde The #1 bestseller returns with an irresistibly festive tale that you won’t be able to put down! Alexia Kennedy – interior decorator extraordinaire – has been tasked with giving the little village of Middledip the community café it’s always dreamed of. After months of fundraising, the villagers can’t wait to see work get started – but disaster strikes when every last penny is stolen. With Middledip up in arms at how this could have happened, Alexia feels ready to admit defeat. But help comes in an unlikely form when woodsman, Ben Hardaker and his rescue owl Barney, arrive on the scene. Another lost soul who’s hit rock bottom, Ben and Alexia make an unlikely partnership. However, they soon realise that a little sprinkling of Christmas magic might just help to bring this village – and their lives – together again… Readers love The Little Village Christmas… ‘Left me with a warm and fuzzy festive feeling’ the Bookbag ‘The Little Village Christmas is Sue Moorcroft at her very best, with exceptional plotting, wonderful settings and vibrant, flawed and believable characters whom I’d love to meet in real life’ Linda’s Bookbag ‘A beautifully written and planned out book, which should be high on your list of Christmas reading. I can’t recommend it highly enough’ Novel Kicks ‘Sue Moorcroft is wonderfully skilled at exploring relationships between characters and resolving issues where nothing is black and white, letting readers get to know and love even minor characters in the story’ My Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336571Thu, 02 Nov 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Village Christmas Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Claire Fraenkel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Village Christmas Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Claire Fraenkel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie Fforde The #1 bestseller returns with an irresistibly festive tale that you won’t be able to put down! Alexia Kennedy – interior decorator extraordinaire – has been tasked with giving the little village of Middledip the community café it’s always dreamed of. After months of fundraising, the villagers can’t wait to see work get started – but disaster strikes when every last penny is stolen. With Middledip up in arms at how this could have happened, Alexia feels ready to admit defeat. But help comes in an unlikely form when woodsman, Ben Hardaker and his rescue owl Barney, arrive on the scene. Another lost soul who’s hit rock bottom, Ben and Alexia make an unlikely partnership. However, they soon realise that a little sprinkling of Christmas magic might just help to bring this village – and their lives – together again… Readers love The Little Village Christmas… ‘Left me with a warm and fuzzy festive feeling’ the Bookbag ‘The Little Village Christmas is Sue Moorcroft at her very best, with exceptional plotting, wonderful settings and vibrant, flawed and believable characters whom I’d love to meet in real life’ Linda’s Bookbag ‘A beautifully written and planned out book, which should be high on your list of Christmas reading. I can’t recommend it highly enough’ Novel Kicks ‘Sue Moorcroft is wonderfully skilled at exploring relationships between characters and resolving issues where nothing is black and white, letting readers get to know and love even minor characters in the story’ My Weekly]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forsytes-the-complete-series-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-dramatisation-by-john-galsworthy--65308586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsytes: The Complete Series: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert, Jessica Raine, Juliet Aubrey, Joseph Millson, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels. An irresistible family saga of love, money and betrayal, The Forsytes: The Complete Series encompasses four acclaimed BBC Radio 4 productions of Galsworthy’s perennially popular epic, spanning 50 years from 1886 to 1936. The Forsytes sees wealthy Soames Forsyte questioning his relationship with his beautiful wife Irene. As evidence of her betrayal emerges, the family is torn apart and scandal unleashed. In The Forsytes Continues, it is 1920 and Soames would do anything for his sparkling daughter, Fleur. But when she falls in love with the wrong man, how can he stop history repeating itself? The Forsytes Returns picks up Fleur’s story four years later, as she vows to put her past behind her and settle down. But those around her are intent on stirring up trouble. The Forsytes Concludes introduces young Dinny Cherrell, Fleur’s cousin. Unbeknown to both, their lives will be paralleled in ways neither could have predicted... Starring Jessica Raine, with a cast including Joseph Millson, Juliet Aubrey, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert and Sarah Ridgeway, this compelling drama delves behind the Edwardian façade to reveal Galsworthy's wonderful wit, observation and insight into human nature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330551Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsytes: The Complete Series: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsytes: The Complete Series: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert, Jessica Raine, Juliet Aubrey, Joseph Millson, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels. An irresistible family saga of love, money and betrayal, The Forsytes: The Complete Series encompasses four acclaimed BBC Radio 4 productions of Galsworthy’s perennially popular epic, spanning 50 years from 1886 to 1936. The Forsytes sees wealthy Soames Forsyte questioning his relationship with his beautiful wife Irene. As evidence of her betrayal emerges, the family is torn apart and scandal unleashed. In The Forsytes Continues, it is 1920 and Soames would do anything for his sparkling daughter, Fleur. But when she falls in love with the wrong man, how can he stop history repeating itself? The Forsytes Returns picks up Fleur’s story four years later, as she vows to put her past behind her and settle down. But those around her are intent on stirring up trouble. The Forsytes Concludes introduces young Dinny Cherrell, Fleur’s cousin. Unbeknown to both, their lives will be paralleled in ways neither could have predicted... Starring Jessica Raine, with a cast including Joseph Millson, Juliet Aubrey, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert and Sarah Ridgeway, this compelling drama delves behind the Edwardian façade to reveal Galsworthy's wonderful wit, observation and insight into human nature.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blue-diary-by-alice-hoffman--65308472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Diary Author: Alice Hoffman Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alice Hoffman, the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, asks how we can find the courage to face the unthinkable in this compelling New York Times Notable Book. When Ethan Ford fails to show up for work on a brilliant summer morning, none of his neighbors would guess that for more than thirteen years, he has been running from his past. His true nature has been locked away, as hidden as his real identity. But sometimes locks spring open, and the devastating truths of Ethan Ford’s history shatter the small-town peace of Monroe, affecting family and friends alike. Now, the police are at the door. Ethan Ford’s life as an irreproachable family man and heroic volunteer fireman has come to an end—and Jorie Ford’s life is coming apart. Some of the residents of Monroe are rallying behind Ethan. But others, including his wife and son, are wondering what remains true when so much is shown to be false—and how capable we really are of change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335418Tue, 16 May 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Diary Author: Alice Hoffman Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Diary Author: Alice Hoffman Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Alice Hoffman, the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, asks how we can find the courage to face the unthinkable in this compelling New York Times Notable Book. When Ethan Ford fails to show up for work on a brilliant summer morning, none of his neighbors would guess that for more than thirteen years, he has been running from his past. His true nature has been locked away, as hidden as his real identity. But sometimes locks spring open, and the devastating truths of Ethan Ford’s history shatter the small-town peace of Monroe, affecting family and friends alike. Now, the police are at the door. Ethan Ford’s life as an irreproachable family man and heroic volunteer fireman has come to an end—and Jorie Ford’s life is coming apart. Some of the residents of Monroe are rallying behind Ethan. But others, including his wife and son, are wondering what remains true when so much is shown to be false—and how capable we really are of change.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-place-like-home-a-novel-by-barbara-o-neal--65308430https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Place Like Home: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Kristine Thatcher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids. Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting. At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back. Now she’s raising a teenage son alone and is a loving caretaker to her one true friend when she receives a surprising inheritance: her aunt’s Pueblo farm and one hundred acres of land. After decades, it’s time for Jewel to reconnect with everyone and everything she left behind. Her seventeen-year-old son, Shane, is finally meeting his relatives. Jewel’s soulmate, Michael, has a serene haven for his final days. And Jewel’s welcome back is one of a strong community embracing rich Sicilian traditions, three ebullient sisters preparing for a summer wedding, and a tearful and anxious mother with open arms. But for Jewel, it also means facing her father, who has never forgiven his favorite child for betraying him. And he may never forgive her. As Jewel’s emotional journey begins, an estranged visitor turns her life around again and could heal her wary heart in ways she never expected. Revised edition: This edition of No Place Like Home includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335355Tue, 16 May 2017 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Place Like Home: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Kristine Thatcher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Place Like Home: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Kristine Thatcher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids. Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting. At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back. Now she’s raising a teenage son alone and is a loving caretaker to her one true friend when she receives a surprising inheritance: her aunt’s Pueblo farm and one hundred acres of land. After decades, it’s time for Jewel to reconnect with everyone and everything she left behind. Her seventeen-year-old son, Shane, is finally meeting his relatives. Jewel’s soulmate, Michael, has a serene haven for his final days. And Jewel’s welcome back is one of a strong community embracing rich Sicilian traditions, three ebullient sisters preparing for a summer wedding, and a tearful and anxious mother with open arms. But for Jewel, it also means facing her father, who has never forgiven his favorite child for betraying him. And he may never forgive her. As Jewel’s emotional journey begins, an estranged visitor turns her life around again and could heal her wary heart in ways she never expected. Revised edition: This edition of No Place Like Home includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gifted-child-by-penny-kline--65308578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gifted Child Author: Penny Kline Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Kristen’s partner William is murdered in a mugging gone wrong, she tries to pick up the pieces for the sake of her young stepson Theo. But when Theo’s biological mother Ros demands that he go to live with her, Kristen’s world is torn apart again. The police think that William was killed by an elusive criminal known as ‘the dog man’ – but Kristen has reason to believe that Ros, a woman with an unstable past, is behind the killing. Soon, Kristen realizes that William’s life wasn’t all it had seemed. Everyone she encounters has something to hide, and not everyone is who they appear to be. Maybe Kristen needs to watch for danger in the places she’d least expect.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330743Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gifted Child Author: Penny Kline Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gifted Child Author: Penny Kline Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Kristen’s partner William is murdered in a mugging gone wrong, she tries to pick up the pieces for the sake of her young stepson Theo. But when Theo’s biological mother Ros demands that he go to live with her, Kristen’s world is torn apart again. The police think that William was killed by an elusive criminal known as ‘the dog man’ – but Kristen has reason to believe that Ros, a woman with an unstable past, is behind the killing. Soon, Kristen realizes that William’s life wasn’t all it had seemed. Everyone she encounters has something to hide, and not everyone is who they appear to be. Maybe Kristen needs to watch for danger in the places she’d least expect.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-archers-the-death-of-grace-archer-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-dramatisation-by-the-archers--65308508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Archers: The Death of Grace Archer: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: The Archers Narrator: Ysanne Churchman, Simon Russell Beale, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The legendary demise of Phil Archer’s first wife is recalled in these archive editions of the much-loved BBC radio serial, plus a unique behind-the-scenes drama about Grace’s death. The Archers is the longest-running radio drama in the world, and in 1955 the death of Grace Archer became one of the most notorious – and controversial – events in the history of the show. Over 20 million people tuned in to hear the shocking storyline, and the BBC switchboard was jammed with thousands of calls from distraught listeners. This Archers retrospective includes the omnibus edition from September 1955, featuring the fateful night of Grace's demise, and two editions of Vintage Archers from 1986 and 1987 in which the residents of Ambridge – including Jill, Walter, Tom, Shula and Christine – gather at Christmas and remember events of the past. Finally, in the 2015 radio play Dead Girls Tell No Tales, the real-life circumstances of Grace's departure from the serial are dramatised by long-term Archers writer Joanna Toye. With a star cast including Eleanor Tomlinson, Simon Russell Beale, Ysanne Churchman, Jon Culshaw, Pam Ferris and Miles Jupp, it delves deep into The Archers' archives to reveal the truth about why Grace had to die. Duration: 3 hours approx.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330707Thu, 13 Oct 2016 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Archers: The Death of Grace Archer: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: The Archers Narrator: Ysanne Churchman, Simon Russell Beale, Full...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Archers: The Death of Grace Archer: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: The Archers Narrator: Ysanne Churchman, Simon Russell Beale, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The legendary demise of Phil Archer’s first wife is recalled in these archive editions of the much-loved BBC radio serial, plus a unique behind-the-scenes drama about Grace’s death. The Archers is the longest-running radio drama in the world, and in 1955 the death of Grace Archer became one of the most notorious – and controversial – events in the history of the show. Over 20 million people tuned in to hear the shocking storyline, and the BBC switchboard was jammed with thousands of calls from distraught listeners. This Archers retrospective includes the omnibus edition from September 1955, featuring the fateful night of Grace's demise, and two editions of Vintage Archers from 1986 and 1987 in which the residents of Ambridge – including Jill, Walter, Tom, Shula and Christine – gather at Christmas and remember events of the past. Finally, in the 2015 radio play Dead Girls Tell No Tales, the real-life circumstances of Grace's departure from the serial are dramatised by long-term Archers writer Joanna Toye. With a star cast including Eleanor Tomlinson, Simon Russell Beale, Ysanne Churchman, Jon Culshaw, Pam Ferris and Miles Jupp, it delves deep into The Archers' archives to reveal the truth about why Grace had to die. Duration: 3 hours approx.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-painter-s-daughter-by-julie-klassen--65308397https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Painter's Daughter Author: Julie Klassen Narrator: James Gillies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sophie Dupont assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. In private, she paints the Devon coast, popular with artists - including handsome Wesley Overtree. Captain Stephen Overtree is accustomed to taking on his brother Wesley's responsibilities. However, Stephen is stunned to learn Wesley has sailed for Italy and left his host's daughter in serious trouble. Stephen feels duty-bound to act and so proposes to Sophie to save her from scandal. However, Sophie finds herself torn between her first love and this brooding man she barely knows.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336426Thu, 01 Sep 2016 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Painter's Daughter Author: Julie Klassen Narrator: James Gillies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 4 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Painter's Daughter Author: Julie Klassen Narrator: James Gillies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sophie Dupont assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. In private, she paints the Devon coast, popular with artists - including handsome Wesley Overtree. Captain Stephen Overtree is accustomed to taking on his brother Wesley's responsibilities. However, Stephen is stunned to learn Wesley has sailed for Italy and left his host's daughter in serious trouble. Stephen feels duty-bound to act and so proposes to Sophie to save her from scandal. However, Sophie finds herself torn between her first love and this brooding man she barely knows.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-tongue-by-demetria-martinez--65308488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother Tongue Author: Demetria Martinez Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1988, poet, journalist and activist Demetria Martinez was indicted on charges of conspiracy for helping Salvadorans escape their country. After she was acquitted, she began writing Mother Tongue. The result is the powerful story of a young woman's efforts to help a people who were routinely 'disappeared' by their government. A nameless El Salvadoran man, fleeing torture and imprisonment, arrives in the United States-his only hope for asylum. The American woman who has volunteered to help him is searching for something to add meaning to her life. When these two lonely people meet, their haunting relationship fulfills their hearts' desires, but it also gives life to their darkest dreams. Mother Tongue won the Western State Book Award for fiction in 1994. Reviewers from coast to coast, including Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Bloomsbury Review, and The Washington Post Book World have praised Martinez's novel for its astonishing imagery and poetic force.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333558Fri, 08 Apr 2016 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother Tongue Author: Demetria Martinez Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 8, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother Tongue Author: Demetria Martinez Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1988, poet, journalist and activist Demetria Martinez was indicted on charges of conspiracy for helping Salvadorans escape their country. After she was acquitted, she began writing Mother Tongue. The result is the powerful story of a young woman's efforts to help a people who were routinely 'disappeared' by their government. A nameless El Salvadoran man, fleeing torture and imprisonment, arrives in the United States-his only hope for asylum. The American woman who has volunteered to help him is searching for something to add meaning to her life. When these two lonely people meet, their haunting relationship fulfills their hearts' desires, but it also gives life to their darkest dreams. Mother Tongue won the Western State Book Award for fiction in 1994. Reviewers from coast to coast, including Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Bloomsbury Review, and The Washington Post Book World have praised Martinez's novel for its astonishing imagery and poetic force.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-capture-the-castle-a-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-dramatisation-by-dodie-smith--65308558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Capture the Castle: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: Dodie Smith Narrator: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with writer's block, spends his time reading detective stories; her bohemian stepmother Topaz is an artist's model, and her beautiful older sister Rose is determined to escape the poverty of their existence – ideally by marriage to a rich man. Intelligent and observant, Cassandra chronicles the eccentricities of her relations in her journal, in a bid to capture her family and their lives at the castle. When two rich American brothers, Simon and Neil Cotton, arrive unexpectedly, the family's isolation is disrupted. Rose accepts a marriage proposal from Simon, and as she is whisked off to a world of wealth in London, Cassandra is left to deal with the increasingly bizarre behaviour of her father – as well as her own feelings for Simon... Dodie Smith's charming, funny and poignant love story is a classic of 20th-Century English literature and this sparkling adaptation, starring Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger, will enchant and delight. Duration: 2 hours]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331279Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Capture the Castle: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: Dodie Smith Narrator: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Capture the Castle: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: Dodie Smith Narrator: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with writer's block, spends his time reading detective stories; her bohemian stepmother Topaz is an artist's model, and her beautiful older sister Rose is determined to escape the poverty of their existence – ideally by marriage to a rich man. Intelligent and observant, Cassandra chronicles the eccentricities of her relations in her journal, in a bid to capture her family and their lives at the castle. When two rich American brothers, Simon and Neil Cotton, arrive unexpectedly, the family's isolation is disrupted. Rose accepts a marriage proposal from Simon, and as she is whisked off to a world of wealth in London, Cassandra is left to deal with the increasingly bizarre behaviour of her father – as well as her own feelings for Simon... Dodie Smith's charming, funny and poignant love story is a classic of 20th-Century English literature and this sparkling adaptation, starring Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger, will enchant and delight. Duration: 2 hours]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hamlet-a-bbc-radio-full-cast-dramatisation-by-william-shakespeare--65308493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hamlet: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Jamie Parker, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jamie Parker stars as the Prince of Denmark in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast production. At the Castle of Elsinore in Denmark, the court is uneasy. The king of Denmark has recently died and the throne has been claimed by the king's brother, Claudius. Prince Hamlet, still in mourning for his father, distrusts Claudius and believes that what has happened at the court 'cannot come to good’. The ghost of his father has told him he was murdered by Claudius. Can it be true? He arranges for a troupe of players to emulate such a murder before the court, in the hope that the truth will out. As circumstances play out, and Hamlet is variously counselled and challenged by the King and Queen, Laertes, Polonius, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fabric of the court starts to unravel. Soon Hamlet’s indecision leads to a series of tragic events - and to what end?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332029Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hamlet: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Jamie Parker, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hamlet: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Jamie Parker, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jamie Parker stars as the Prince of Denmark in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast production. At the Castle of Elsinore in Denmark, the court is uneasy. The king of Denmark has recently died and the throne has been claimed by the king's brother, Claudius. Prince Hamlet, still in mourning for his father, distrusts Claudius and believes that what has happened at the court 'cannot come to good’. The ghost of his father has told him he was murdered by Claudius. Can it be true? He arranges for a troupe of players to emulate such a murder before the court, in the hope that the truth will out. As circumstances play out, and Hamlet is variously counselled and challenged by the King and Queen, Laertes, Polonius, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fabric of the court starts to unravel. Soon Hamlet’s indecision leads to a series of tragic events - and to what end?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-place-i-belong-by-nancy-herkness--65308462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Place I Belong Series: #3 of A Whisper Horse Novel Author: Nancy Herkness Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: RITA Finalist for Contemporary Romance Long Book Buyers Best “Top Pick” Award Winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance Nancy Herkness invites readers back to Sanctuary, West Virginia, in Book Three of the award-winning Whisper Horse series. Fleeing professional scandal and a broken engagement, veterinarian Hannah Linden abandons Chicago for the mountain town of Sanctuary, West Virginia, hoping to put her troubles with men and the media behind her. But when she encounters world-famous chef Adam Bosch, she finds herself increasingly drawn to the charming but darkly complex man and his troubled teenage son, Matt. Adam, a recovering alcoholic, fears he can never be a worthy father to the surly, distant boy he has just come to know, and enlists Hannah’s help in his struggle to connect with his son. Hoping to coax Matt out of his shell, Hannah introduces the boy to an ailing brown pony who has the power to change his view of the world. But can the determined little whisper horse prove to Hannah, Adam, and Matt that they were meant to be a family?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334902Tue, 03 Jun 2014 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Place I Belong Series: #3 of A Whisper Horse Novel Author: Nancy Herkness Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Place I Belong Series: #3 of A Whisper Horse Novel Author: Nancy Herkness Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: RITA Finalist for Contemporary Romance Long Book Buyers Best “Top Pick” Award Winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance Nancy Herkness invites readers back to Sanctuary, West Virginia, in Book Three of the award-winning Whisper Horse series. Fleeing professional scandal and a broken engagement, veterinarian Hannah Linden abandons Chicago for the mountain town of Sanctuary, West Virginia, hoping to put her troubles with men and the media behind her. But when she encounters world-famous chef Adam Bosch, she finds herself increasingly drawn to the charming but darkly complex man and his troubled teenage son, Matt. Adam, a recovering alcoholic, fears he can never be a worthy father to the surly, distant boy he has just come to know, and enlists Hannah’s help in his struggle to connect with his son. Hoping to coax Matt out of his shell, Hannah introduces the boy to an ailing brown pony who has the power to change his view of the world. But can the determined little whisper horse prove to Hannah, Adam, and Matt that they were meant to be a family?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-livia-by-phyllis-t-smith--65308445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I am Livia Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her life would be marked by scandal and suspicion, worship and adoration… At the tender age of fourteen, Livia Drusilla overhears her father and fellow aristocrats plotting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Proving herself an astute confidante, she becomes her father’s chief political asset—and reluctantly enters into an advantageous marriage to a prominent military officer. Her mother tells her, “It is possible for a woman to influence public affairs,” reminding Livia that—while she possesses a keen sense for the machinations of the Roman senate—she must also remain patient and practical. But patience and practicality disappear from Livia’s mind when she meets Caesar’s heir, Octavianus. At only eighteen, he displays both power and modesty. A young wife by that point, Livia finds herself drawn to the golden-haired boy. In time, his fortunes will rise as Livia’s family faces terrible danger. But her sharp intellect—and her heart—will lead Livia to make an unbelievable choice: one that will give her greater sway over Rome than she could have ever foreseen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335154Thu, 01 May 2014 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I am Livia Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I am Livia Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her life would be marked by scandal and suspicion, worship and adoration… At the tender age of fourteen, Livia Drusilla overhears her father and fellow aristocrats plotting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Proving herself an astute confidante, she becomes her father’s chief political asset—and reluctantly enters into an advantageous marriage to a prominent military officer. Her mother tells her, “It is possible for a woman to influence public affairs,” reminding Livia that—while she possesses a keen sense for the machinations of the Roman senate—she must also remain patient and practical. But patience and practicality disappear from Livia’s mind when she meets Caesar’s heir, Octavianus. At only eighteen, he displays both power and modesty. A young wife by that point, Livia finds herself drawn to the golden-haired boy. In time, his fortunes will rise as Livia’s family faces terrible danger. But her sharp intellect—and her heart—will lead Livia to make an unbelievable choice: one that will give her greater sway over Rome than she could have ever foreseen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-of-everything-a-novel-by-barbara-o-neal--65308474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of Everything: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this spectacular novel, Barbara O’Neal delivers a generous helping of the best in life–family, food, and love–in the story of a woman’s search for the one thing worth more than anything. At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals to “fall in love and have a family.” A self-described rolling stone, Tessa leads hiking tours for adventurous vacationers–it’s a job that’s taken her around the world but never a step closer to home. Then a freak injury during a trip already marred by tragedy forces her to begin her greatest adventure of all. Located high in the New Mexico mountains, Las Ladronas has become a magnet for the very wealthy and very hip, but once upon a time it was the setting of a childhood trauma Tessa can only half remember. Now, as she rediscovers both her old hometown and her past, Tessa is drawn to search-and-rescue worker Vince Grasso. The handsome widower isn’t her type. No more inclined to settle down than Tessa, Vince is the father of three, including an eight-year-old girl as lost as Tessa herself. But Tessa and Vince are both drawn to the town’s most beloved eatery–100 Breakfasts–and to each other. For Tessa, the restaurant is not only the key to the mystery that has haunted her life but a chance to find the home and the family she’s never known.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334913Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of Everything: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of Everything: A Novel Author: Barbara O'Neal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this spectacular novel, Barbara O’Neal delivers a generous helping of the best in life–family, food, and love–in the story of a woman’s search for the one thing worth more than anything. At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals to “fall in love and have a family.” A self-described rolling stone, Tessa leads hiking tours for adventurous vacationers–it’s a job that’s taken her around the world but never a step closer to home. Then a freak injury during a trip already marred by tragedy forces her to begin her greatest adventure of all. Located high in the New Mexico mountains, Las Ladronas has become a magnet for the very wealthy and very hip, but once upon a time it was the setting of a childhood trauma Tessa can only half remember. Now, as she rediscovers both her old hometown and her past, Tessa is drawn to search-and-rescue worker Vince Grasso. The handsome widower isn’t her type. No more inclined to settle down than Tessa, Vince is the father of three, including an eight-year-old girl as lost as Tessa herself. But Tessa and Vince are both drawn to the town’s most beloved eatery–100 Breakfasts–and to each other. For Tessa, the restaurant is not only the key to the mystery that has haunted her life but a chance to find the home and the family she’s never known.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tidal-shift-by-dora-heldt--65308452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tidal Shift Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To Christine, her Aunt Inge and Uncle Walter are reliable fixtures in the family, dependable and destined to be together forever. So when she spies Inge in the company of a man who is most certainly not her husband, life as Christine knows it takes a turn for the unexpected. Suddenly, what began as a blissful vacation with her gorgeous boyfriend on her native island of Sylt has morphed into a family drama of epic proportions—and a rude wake-up call for Christine. Because compared to the newfound passion with which sixtysomething Inge is tackling each day, Christine’s supposedly fabulous life seems downright dull. Christine decides it’s time to make some drastic changes…but will she ruin the great life she already has in the process?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335151Tue, 28 May 2013 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tidal Shift Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tidal Shift Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To Christine, her Aunt Inge and Uncle Walter are reliable fixtures in the family, dependable and destined to be together forever. So when she spies Inge in the company of a man who is most certainly not her husband, life as Christine knows it takes a turn for the unexpected. Suddenly, what began as a blissful vacation with her gorgeous boyfriend on her native island of Sylt has morphed into a family drama of epic proportions—and a rude wake-up call for Christine. Because compared to the newfound passion with which sixtysomething Inge is tackling each day, Christine’s supposedly fabulous life seems downright dull. Christine decides it’s time to make some drastic changes…but will she ruin the great life she already has in the process?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mckettricks-of-texas-garrett-by-linda-lael-miller--65308429https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women—that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A city boy, Garrett doesn't think he has the land in his blood, but a scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas. Here he meets his former high school nemesis, Julie Remington. Good thing they have nothing in common…except their undeniable attraction and a future brighter than the Texas sun.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336440Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women—that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A city boy, Garrett doesn't think he has the land in his blood, but a scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas. Here he meets his former high school nemesis, Julie Remington. Good thing they have nothing in common…except their undeniable attraction and a future brighter than the Texas sun.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-chain-by-margaret-james--65308423https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Chain Author: Margaret James Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1931 is the year that changes everything for Daisy Denham. Her family has not long swapped life in India for Dorset, England when she uncovers an old secret. At the same time, she meets Ewan Fraser - a handsome dreamer who wants nothing more than to entertain the world and for Daisy to play his leading lady. Ewan offers love, and a chance to escape with a touring theatre company. As Ewan and Daisy grow closer, he gives her a golden chain and Daisy gives him a promise - she will always keep him in her heart. But can first love last forever?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336439Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Chain Author: Margaret James Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 1, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Chain Author: Margaret James Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1931 is the year that changes everything for Daisy Denham. Her family has not long swapped life in India for Dorset, England when she uncovers an old secret. At the same time, she meets Ewan Fraser - a handsome dreamer who wants nothing more than to entertain the world and for Daisy to play his leading lady. Ewan offers love, and a chance to escape with a touring theatre company. As Ewan and Daisy grow closer, he gives her a golden chain and Daisy gives him a promise - she will always keep him in her heart. But can first love last forever?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/here-to-stay-by-catherine-anderson--65308428https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here to Stay Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mandy Pajeck had a tough childhood. Now 28, she feels responsible for the accident that took her younger brother's sight. But his complete reliance on her care is making them both miserable. When she meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guide horse, she thinks she's found the ticket to her brother's happiness-and maybe her own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336437Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here to Stay Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here to Stay Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mandy Pajeck had a tough childhood. Now 28, she feels responsible for the accident that took her younger brother's sight. But his complete reliance on her care is making them both miserable. When she meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guide horse, she thinks she's found the ticket to her brother's happiness-and maybe her own.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ruby-by-meg-henderson--65308434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruby Author: Meg Henderson Narrator: Barbara Rafferty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The MacLeans live in a close-knit community in Glasgow at the start of the Second World War. When Ruby MacLean is seventeen, she falls pregnant and is forced to marry Gerry Reilly. As their daughter is born, Gerry heads off to war, leaving Ruby to cope alone. Many years later, now retired, Ruby looks back at her family history and uncovers a tale of lies that she could never have suspected...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336436Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruby Author: Meg Henderson Narrator: Barbara Rafferty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 1, 2010 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruby Author: Meg Henderson Narrator: Barbara Rafferty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The MacLeans live in a close-knit community in Glasgow at the start of the Second World War. When Ruby MacLean is seventeen, she falls pregnant and is forced to marry Gerry Reilly. As their daughter is born, Gerry heads off to war, leaving Ruby to cope alone. Many years later, now retired, Ruby looks back at her family history and uncovers a tale of lies that she could never have suspected...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-we-say-goodbye-by-louise-candlish--65308439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before We Say Goodbye Author: Louise Candlish Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the family you love the most is not your own? When Olivia's mother dies, she leaves behind an apology Olivia could never have expected. Years ago, Maggie did everything in her power to end a love affair between the teenage Olivia and her stepbrother-to-be Richie. Now, over twenty years later, Olivia has a letter that contains his address - and her mother's blessing to seek him out. 'Follow your heart,' Maggie writes, 'and put right my mistake.' It sounds like nothing more than a dying woman's fantasy; certainly not an instruction for a grown woman with a husband she loves, two sons in their teens and an established life in the same London suburb she grew up in herself. This is where Olivia belongs, isn't it? But, tormented by the memories her mother's letter stirs, she makes the decision to travel to the small coastal town where Richie lives with his young daughter Wren. Rediscovering her first love and falling for him a second time, Olivia realises that this is the life she had always imagined for herself, the one she has wanted all along. But where does that put the family she has left behind? ‘If you love Jodi Picoult s writing, you'll love this.' Essentials]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336434Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before We Say Goodbye Author: Louise Candlish Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before We Say Goodbye Author: Louise Candlish Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the family you love the most is not your own? When Olivia's mother dies, she leaves behind an apology Olivia could never have expected. Years ago, Maggie did everything in her power to end a love affair between the teenage Olivia and her stepbrother-to-be Richie. Now, over twenty years later, Olivia has a letter that contains his address - and her mother's blessing to seek him out. 'Follow your heart,' Maggie writes, 'and put right my mistake.' It sounds like nothing more than a dying woman's fantasy; certainly not an instruction for a grown woman with a husband she loves, two sons in their teens and an established life in the same London suburb she grew up in herself. This is where Olivia belongs, isn't it? But, tormented by the memories her mother's letter stirs, she makes the decision to travel to the small coastal town where Richie lives with his young daughter Wren. Rediscovering her first love and falling for him a second time, Olivia realises that this is the life she had always imagined for herself, the one she has wanted all along. But where does that put the family she has left behind? ‘If you love Jodi Picoult s writing, you'll love this.' Essentials]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-hidden-life-by-adele-geras--65308436https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hidden Life Author: Adèle Geras Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 1, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Constance Barrington dies, she leaves behind a wealthy estate and a complex family network. But when the whole family gathers to hear her last will and testament, they are in for a terrible shock. Constance - possessed of a long memory and a spiteful disposition - altered her will shortly before her death. The new provisions are far from fair; some benefit hugely and others hardly at all. Constance's granddaughter, Louise, is bequeathed the copyright for her late grandfather's novels (barely remembered, long-since out of print and valuable only as a reminder of the man she loved). It is a paltry inheritance and one that comes to symbolise the inequity at the heart of the Barrington family. Soon, old family feuds and long-hidden resentments come to the surface - and with them, secrets start to emerge. But it is through Louise's inheritance - those dusty, long-forgotten books - that the most explosive secret of all will come to light, bringing with it a very different future for her and the rest of the family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336428Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hidden Life Author: Adèle Geras Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 1, 2009 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hidden Life Author: Adèle Geras Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 1, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Constance Barrington dies, she leaves behind a wealthy estate and a complex family network. But when the whole family gathers to hear her last will and testament, they are in for a terrible shock. Constance - possessed of a long memory and a spiteful disposition - altered her will shortly before her death. The new provisions are far from fair; some benefit hugely and others hardly at all. Constance's granddaughter, Louise, is bequeathed the copyright for her late grandfather's novels (barely remembered, long-since out of print and valuable only as a reminder of the man she loved). It is a paltry inheritance and one that comes to symbolise the inequity at the heart of the Barrington family. Soon, old family feuds and long-hidden resentments come to the surface - and with them, secrets start to emerge. But it is through Louise's inheritance - those dusty, long-forgotten books - that the most explosive secret of all will come to light, bringing with it a very different future for her and the rest of the family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-unglued-by-rebeca-seitz--65308399https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Unglued Author: Rebeca Seitz Narrator: Brooke Sanford Heldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 1, 2008 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Coming Unglued is the second book in the SISTERS, INK series of novels written by, for, and about, scrapbookers. This book focuses on Kendra. Her flamboyant lifestyle makes great pictures for scrapping – and a great cover for the loneliness she feels. But as Kendra's dating antics spiral out of control, they have an affect on Sisters, Ink and her journalism career. Because no one can be objective when they're falling in love with the subject of a scandalous story right? And in a town as small as Stars Hill, there's no hiding something this big.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339721Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:11:24 +0000Aletha O'KeefePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Unglued Author: Rebeca Seitz Narrator: Brooke Sanford Heldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Unglued Author: Rebeca Seitz Narrator: Brooke Sanford Heldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 1, 2008 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Coming Unglued is the second book in the SISTERS, INK series of novels written by, for, and about, scrapbookers. This book focuses on Kendra. Her flamboyant lifestyle makes great pictures for scrapping – and a great cover for the loneliness she feels. But as Kendra's dating antics spiral out of control, they have an affect on Sisters, Ink and her journalism career. Because no one can be objective when they're falling in love with the subject of a scandalous story right? And in a town as small as Stars Hill, there's no hiding something this big.]]>305cleanfull