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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 Brook Bednarhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b25fc7b64358bc1f1d44c807f721510d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/enjoy-amazing-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580575Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:25:43 +0000Brook BednarBrook Bednarfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/679/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/679/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-the-dream-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Dream Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes the continuing story of indomitable heroine, Emma Harte Emma Harte is now eighty years old and ready to hand over the reins of the vast business empire she has created. To her favourite grandchild, Paula McGill Fairley, Emma bequeaths her mighty retailing empire with these heartfelt words: ‘I charge you to hold my dream.’ A towering international success, this is the powerfully moving tale of one woman’s determination to ‘hold the dream’ which was entrusted to her, and in so doing find the happiness and passion which is her legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393963Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Dream Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Dream Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes the continuing story of indomitable heroine, Emma Harte Emma Harte is now eighty years old and ready to hand over the reins of the vast business empire she has created. To her favourite grandchild, Paula McGill Fairley, Emma bequeaths her mighty retailing empire with these heartfelt words: ‘I charge you to hold my dream.’ A towering international success, this is the powerfully moving tale of one woman’s determination to ‘hold the dream’ which was entrusted to her, and in so doing find the happiness and passion which is her legacy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beach-house-reunion-by-mary-alice-monroe--65308711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach House Reunion Series: #5 of The Beach House Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) tale of new beginnings, resilience, and one family’s enduring love. Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Comforting in its familiarity, it is still rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara let go of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new career and love. Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate with an uncertain future, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement and expectations, and heads to her aunt’s beach house. On the island, she is free to join the turtle team, learn to surf, and fall in love. Remembering the lessons of her beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original “turtle lady,” Linnea rediscovers a meaningful purpose to her life and finds the courage she needs to break from tradition. In “this tender and openhearted novel of familial expectations, new boundaries, and the power of forgiveness” (Booklist), three generations of the Rutledge family gather together to find the strength, love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns and to forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325391Tue, 22 May 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach House Reunion Series: #5 of The Beach House Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach House Reunion Series: #5 of The Beach House Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) tale of new beginnings, resilience, and one family’s enduring love. Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Comforting in its familiarity, it is still rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara let go of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new career and love. Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate with an uncertain future, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement and expectations, and heads to her aunt’s beach house. On the island, she is free to join the turtle team, learn to surf, and fall in love. Remembering the lessons of her beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original “turtle lady,” Linnea rediscovers a meaningful purpose to her life and finds the courage she needs to break from tradition. In “this tender and openhearted novel of familial expectations, new boundaries, and the power of forgiveness” (Booklist), three generations of the Rutledge family gather together to find the strength, love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns and to forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/certain-women-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Certain Women: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him: King David. Comparing his own life to that of the biblical ruler, David recalls his own numerous wives and children, forcing his daughter Emma to confront the memories of her family’s unconventional past. As David’s loved ones gather to say goodbye to their patriarch, Certain Women masterfully links past and present in an emotional story rich in dramatic tradition, showcasing the struggles—both ordinary and extraordinary—of family life. From the renowned author of A Wrinkle in Time, Certain Women is a wise and “memorable work” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320895Tue, 15 May 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Certain Women: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Certain Women: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him: King David. Comparing his own life to that of the biblical ruler, David recalls his own numerous wives and children, forcing his daughter Emma to confront the memories of her family’s unconventional past. As David’s loved ones gather to say goodbye to their patriarch, Certain Women masterfully links past and present in an emotional story rich in dramatic tradition, showcasing the struggles—both ordinary and extraordinary—of family life. From the renowned author of A Wrinkle in Time, Certain Women is a wise and “memorable work” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sister-in-my-house-a-novel-by-linda-olsson--65308695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister in My House: A Novel Author: Linda Olsson Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of Astrid & Veronika, a lyrical novel of two sisters bound together by a tragic moment from their past.          Maria and Emma have not seen each other since their mother’s funeral two years ago. But now, Emma has come to visit Maria at her house in Spain, an unsettling intrusion on Maria’s quiet and solitary life. Over six days in the seaside town, the sisters cautiously recount the years of their separate adult lives. Their walks through the quiet town and evening talks on the terrace reveal almost more than Maria can deal with, until finally, the sisters confront their unspeakable family history. A Sister in My House is a compelling drama of grief and betrayal, but ultimately it is a story of hope and forgiveness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329009Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister in My House: A Novel Author: Linda Olsson Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister in My House: A Novel Author: Linda Olsson Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of Astrid & Veronika, a lyrical novel of two sisters bound together by a tragic moment from their past.          Maria and Emma have not seen each other since their mother’s funeral two years ago. But now, Emma has come to visit Maria at her house in Spain, an unsettling intrusion on Maria’s quiet and solitary life. Over six days in the seaside town, the sisters cautiously recount the years of their separate adult lives. Their walks through the quiet town and evening talks on the terrace reveal almost more than Maria can deal with, until finally, the sisters confront their unspeakable family history. A Sister in My House is a compelling drama of grief and betrayal, but ultimately it is a story of hope and forgiveness.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-man-by-natasha-anders--65308670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Man Series: #2 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It has all the makings of a picture-perfect wedding. There’s just one detail that could have used a little more planning… Hulking ex–rugby player Spencer Carlisle has crushed on Daffodil McGregor since high school. On the field he knew the moves. Off, he was a clueless clod who never gained an advantage. Rejected and rebuffed, his infatuation finally cooled—like ice. Now, it’s impossible not to feel the chill—since he’s the best man and she’s the maid of honor at their siblings’ wedding. For the sake of harmony, they’re calling a truce. Daff has her reasons for being a cynic when it comes to romance. And twice as many for not letting on that she finds Spencer attractive—although she’d rather gnaw off her thumb than admit it. Still, there’s more to the sweet and sexy lug than meets the eye. Maybe he is the one who can heal her emotional scars. Maybe he’ll give her a second chance. Because Spencer could be Daff’s own best man—if it’s not too late to come to terms with the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329036Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Man Series: #2 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Man Series: #2 of Alpha Men Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Ingeborg Riedmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It has all the makings of a picture-perfect wedding. There’s just one detail that could have used a little more planning… Hulking ex–rugby player Spencer Carlisle has crushed on Daffodil McGregor since high school. On the field he knew the moves. Off, he was a clueless clod who never gained an advantage. Rejected and rebuffed, his infatuation finally cooled—like ice. Now, it’s impossible not to feel the chill—since he’s the best man and she’s the maid of honor at their siblings’ wedding. For the sake of harmony, they’re calling a truce. Daff has her reasons for being a cynic when it comes to romance. And twice as many for not letting on that she finds Spencer attractive—although she’d rather gnaw off her thumb than admit it. Still, there’s more to the sweet and sexy lug than meets the eye. Maybe he is the one who can heal her emotional scars. Maybe he’ll give her a second chance. Because Spencer could be Daff’s own best man—if it’s not too late to come to terms with the past.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-light-is-like-water-by-molly-mccloskey--65308697https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Light Is Like Water Author: Molly McCloskey Narrator: katie beudert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of When Light is Like Water by Molly McCloskey, read by Katie Beudert. 'There are few things on earth smaller than this country.' Alice, a young American on her travels, arrives in the west of Ireland with no plans and no strong attachments - except to her beloved mother, who raised her on her own. She falls in love with an Irishman, marries him, and settles down in a place whose codes she struggles to crack. And then, in the course of a single hot summer, she embarks on an affair that breaks her marriage and sets her life on a new course. Years later, in the aftermath of her mother's death, Alice finds herself back in Ireland and contemplating the forces that led her to put down roots and then tear them up again. What drew her to her husband, and what pulled her away? And how do we know when we've found our place in the world? When Light is Like Water is at once a gripping story of passion and ambivalence and a profound meditation on the things that matter most: the definition of love, the value of family and the meaning of home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324606Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Light Is Like Water Author: Molly McCloskey Narrator: katie beudert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Light Is Like Water Author: Molly McCloskey Narrator: katie beudert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of When Light is Like Water by Molly McCloskey, read by Katie Beudert. 'There are few things on earth smaller than this country.' Alice, a young American on her travels, arrives in the west of Ireland with no plans and no strong attachments - except to her beloved mother, who raised her on her own. She falls in love with an Irishman, marries him, and settles down in a place whose codes she struggles to crack. And then, in the course of a single hot summer, she embarks on an affair that breaks her marriage and sets her life on a new course. Years later, in the aftermath of her mother's death, Alice finds herself back in Ireland and contemplating the forces that led her to put down roots and then tear them up again. What drew her to her husband, and what pulled her away? And how do we know when we've found our place in the world? When Light is Like Water is at once a gripping story of passion and ambivalence and a profound meditation on the things that matter most: the definition of love, the value of family and the meaning of home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-own-the-sky-by-luke-allnutt--65308676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Own the Sky Author: Luke Allnutt Narrator: Will M. Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A triumphant story about love, loss and finding hope—against all odds “We looked down at the cliff jutting into the sea, a rubber boat full of kids going under the arch, and then you started running and jumping through the grass, dodging the rabbit holes, shouting at the top of your voice, so I started chasing you, trying to catch you, and we were laughing so hard as we ran and ran, kicking up rainbow showers in the leaves.” Rob Coates feels like he’s won the lottery of life. There is Anna, his incredible wife, their London town house and, most precious of all, Jack, their son, who makes every day an extraordinary adventure. But when a devastating illness befalls his family, Rob’s world begins to unravel. Suddenly finding himself alone, Rob seeks solace in photographing the skyscrapers and clifftops he and his son Jack used to visit. And just when it seems that all hope is lost, Rob embarks on the most unforgettable of journeys to find his way back to life, and forgiveness. We Own the Sky is a tender, heartrending, but ultimately life-affirming novel that will resonate deeply with anyone who has suffered loss or experienced great love. With stunning eloquence and acumen, Luke Allnutt has penned a soaring debut and a true testament to the power of love, showing how even the most thoroughly broken heart can learn to beat again. “A breathtaking read that describes perfectly the joy and pain that comes with loving fully and all the compassion and forgiveness it requires. Brimming with hope to the very end.” —Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus “Anyone who wishes David Nicholls would write faster needs to grab this with both hands. It’s a truly stunning achievement.” —Jill Mansell, Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329059Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Own the Sky Author: Luke Allnutt Narrator: Will M. Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Own the Sky Author: Luke Allnutt Narrator: Will M. Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A triumphant story about love, loss and finding hope—against all odds “We looked down at the cliff jutting into the sea, a rubber boat full of kids going under the arch, and then you started running and jumping through the grass, dodging the rabbit holes, shouting at the top of your voice, so I started chasing you, trying to catch you, and we were laughing so hard as we ran and ran, kicking up rainbow showers in the leaves.” Rob Coates feels like he’s won the lottery of life. There is Anna, his incredible wife, their London town house and, most precious of all, Jack, their son, who makes every day an extraordinary adventure. But when a devastating illness befalls his family, Rob’s world begins to unravel. Suddenly finding himself alone, Rob seeks solace in photographing the skyscrapers and clifftops he and his son Jack used to visit. And just when it seems that all hope is lost, Rob embarks on the most unforgettable of journeys to find his way back to life, and forgiveness. We Own the Sky is a tender, heartrending, but ultimately life-affirming novel that will resonate deeply with anyone who has suffered loss or experienced great love. With stunning eloquence and acumen, Luke Allnutt has penned a soaring debut and a true testament to the power of love, showing how even the most thoroughly broken heart can learn to beat again. “A breathtaking read that describes perfectly the joy and pain that comes with loving fully and all the compassion and forgiveness it requires. Brimming with hope to the very end.” —Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus “Anyone who wishes David Nicholls would write faster needs to grab this with both hands. It’s a truly stunning achievement.” —Jill Mansell, Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-waters-the-wild-a-novel-by-desales-harrison--65308661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waters & The Wild: A Novel Author: Desales Harrison Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Haunted by a past crime and a past lover, a psychoanalyst tries to protect his daughter from his mistakes—but at what cost? “This dazzling gothic-tinged thriller takes us deep into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and deceptions.”—Dan Chaon, New York Times bestselling author of Ill Will   Daniel Abend is a single parent in New York City, with a successful therapy practice and a comfortable life: an apartment on the Upper West Side, a teenage daughter, a peaceful daily routine. When one of his patients commits suicide, it is a tragedy, but one easily explained: The young woman suffered from depression and drug addiction. But soon after, Daniel receives an ominous note that makes him question the circumstances surrounding his patient’s death. He is provided with a provocative series of clues—a mysterious key, a cryptic poem, a photograph with a chilling message. A few days later, his daughter abruptly disappears. Daniel is swept into an increasingly desperate search for his daughter, and for the truth—a search that stretches back decades, to when he was a young man living in Paris, falling in love with a woman who would ultimately upend his life. As he is tormented by a steady flow of anonymous letters, Daniel recognizes that he must confront the secrets of his past: There is a debt to be paid, an account to be settled. Advance praise for The Waters & The Wild “Elegant, elegiac, enigmatic: three words to describe The Waters & The Wild. DeSales Harrison crafts a series of intricate psychological layers that blur the lines between what is past and present, real and unreal. This is a compelling debut that is equal parts character study and literary labyrinth.”—Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Last Bookaneer  “A cryptic, beguiling puzzle-box of a book, The Waters & The Wild is chilling in its acuity and deep in its sorrows—a mesmeric exploration of guilt in the vein of Vertigo or The Secret History, with the frantic nightmare-logic of a thriller.”—David Gilbert, author of & Sons]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329013Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waters & The Wild: A Novel Author: Desales Harrison Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waters & The Wild: A Novel Author: Desales Harrison Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Haunted by a past crime and a past lover, a psychoanalyst tries to protect his daughter from his mistakes—but at what cost? “This dazzling gothic-tinged thriller takes us deep into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and deceptions.”—Dan Chaon, New York Times bestselling author of Ill Will   Daniel Abend is a single parent in New York City, with a successful therapy practice and a comfortable life: an apartment on the Upper West Side, a teenage daughter, a peaceful daily routine. When one of his patients commits suicide, it is a tragedy, but one easily explained: The young woman suffered from depression and drug addiction. But soon after, Daniel receives an ominous note that makes him question the circumstances surrounding his patient’s death. He is provided with a provocative series of clues—a mysterious key, a cryptic poem, a photograph with a chilling message. A few days later, his daughter abruptly disappears. Daniel is swept into an increasingly desperate search for his daughter, and for the truth—a search that stretches back decades, to when he was a young man living in Paris, falling in love with a woman who would ultimately upend his life. As he is tormented by a steady flow of anonymous letters, Daniel recognizes that he must confront the secrets of his past: There is a debt to be paid, an account to be settled. Advance praise for The Waters & The Wild “Elegant, elegiac, enigmatic: three words to describe The Waters & The Wild. DeSales Harrison crafts a series of intricate psychological layers that blur the lines between what is past and present, real and unreal. This is a compelling debut that is equal parts character study and literary labyrinth.”—Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Last Bookaneer  “A cryptic, beguiling puzzle-box of a book, The Waters & The Wild is chilling in its acuity and deep in its sorrows—a mesmeric exploration of guilt in the vein of Vertigo or The Secret History, with the frantic nightmare-logic of a thriller.”—David Gilbert, author of & Sons]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/claim-me-cowboy-by-maisey-yates--65308657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claim Me, Cowboy Series: #4 of Copper Ridge: Desire Author: Maisey Yates Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Wanted: fake fiancée for a wealthy rancher Benefits: all your dreams come true #1 Rule: don’t fall in love The woman on his doorstep is brash, independent and holding a baby! His father won’t approve, which makes her perfect for Joshua Grayson’s scheme. He’ll pretend he’s marrying unsuitable Danielle Kelly to keep his father from meddling. He won’t be tempted to touch her, to claim her…or to fall in love. New York Times bestselling author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329060Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claim Me, Cowboy Series: #4 of Copper Ridge: Desire Author: Maisey Yates Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claim Me, Cowboy Series: #4 of Copper Ridge: Desire Author: Maisey Yates Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Wanted: fake fiancée for a wealthy rancher Benefits: all your dreams come true #1 Rule: don’t fall in love The woman on his doorstep is brash, independent and holding a baby! His father won’t approve, which makes her perfect for Joshua Grayson’s scheme. He’ll pretend he’s marrying unsuitable Danielle Kelly to keep his father from meddling. He won’t be tempted to touch her, to claim her…or to fall in love. New York Times bestselling author]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forgotten-ones-a-novel-by-steena-holmes--65308656https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Ones: A Novel Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Angela Dawe, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A spellbinding novel about an unspeakable secret that could destroy a family, from the New York Times bestselling author of Finding Emma. Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to explain away bad dreams. But weekly visits to her mother still fill Elle with a paralyzing fear she can’t explain. It’s just another of so many unanswered questions she grew up with in a family estranged by silence and secrets. Elle’s world turns upside down when she receives a deathbed request from her grandfather, a man she was told had died years ago. Racked by grief, regrets, and a haunted conscience, he has a tale of his own to tell Elle: about her mother, an imaginary friend, and two strangers who came to the house one night and never left. As Elle’s past unfolds, so does the truth—if she can believe it. She must face the reasons for her inexplicable dread. As dark as they are, Elle must listen—before her grandfather’s death buries the family’s secrets forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329299Sun, 01 Apr 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Ones: A Novel Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Angela Dawe, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Ones: A Novel Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Angela Dawe, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A spellbinding novel about an unspeakable secret that could destroy a family, from the New York Times bestselling author of Finding Emma. Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to explain away bad dreams. But weekly visits to her mother still fill Elle with a paralyzing fear she can’t explain. It’s just another of so many unanswered questions she grew up with in a family estranged by silence and secrets. Elle’s world turns upside down when she receives a deathbed request from her grandfather, a man she was told had died years ago. Racked by grief, regrets, and a haunted conscience, he has a tale of his own to tell Elle: about her mother, an imaginary friend, and two strangers who came to the house one night and never left. As Elle’s past unfolds, so does the truth—if she can believe it. She must face the reasons for her inexplicable dread. As dark as they are, Elle must listen—before her grandfather’s death buries the family’s secrets forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-summer-of-new-beginnings-by-bette-lee-crosby--65308712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer of New Beginnings Author: Bette Lee Crosby Narrator: Shannon McManus, Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One family learns that love is the greatest miracle of all—from USA Today bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby. Aspiring journalist Meghan Briggs has always been the responsible one in the family. So when her father passes away unexpectedly, leaving behind his at-risk business, she steps up to save his legacy—even if that means putting her own dreams on hold. Tracy couldn’t be more different from her sister. She’s always been the rebellious type, without much direction in life. But in the wake of her latest romantic disaster, she finds herself moving back home as a single mother. As Tracy experiences the difficulties of new motherhood, Meghan faces her own struggle: trying not to fall for the stray puppy she rescued. This is no time for attachments—not to the adorable “Sox,” whose owner is bound to turn up any day, and certainly not to the handsome new vet in town. But as the summer unfolds, she discovers that, like Sox, she may need rescuing, too. As both sisters navigate unexpected challenges and exciting new relationships, they’ll find that putting the past to rest can make way for beautiful new beginnings.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328832Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer of New Beginnings Author: Bette Lee Crosby Narrator: Shannon McManus, Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer of New Beginnings Author: Bette Lee Crosby Narrator: Shannon McManus, Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One family learns that love is the greatest miracle of all—from USA Today bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby. Aspiring journalist Meghan Briggs has always been the responsible one in the family. So when her father passes away unexpectedly, leaving behind his at-risk business, she steps up to save his legacy—even if that means putting her own dreams on hold. Tracy couldn’t be more different from her sister. She’s always been the rebellious type, without much direction in life. But in the wake of her latest romantic disaster, she finds herself moving back home as a single mother. As Tracy experiences the difficulties of new motherhood, Meghan faces her own struggle: trying not to fall for the stray puppy she rescued. This is no time for attachments—not to the adorable “Sox,” whose owner is bound to turn up any day, and certainly not to the handsome new vet in town. But as the summer unfolds, she discovers that, like Sox, she may need rescuing, too. As both sisters navigate unexpected challenges and exciting new relationships, they’ll find that putting the past to rest can make way for beautiful new beginnings.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/perfect-strangers-by-erin-knight--65308684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Strangers Author: Erin Knight Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A very cleverly woven story… You'll finish this, wondering – who do I REALLY know?’ Teresa Driscoll Discover the gripping new novel about powerful secrets and big lies, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Tracy Buchanan Everyone is allowed their secrets…aren’t they? Isobel arrives in the quiet Cornish town of Fallenbay determined to find peace – and answers – after her most intimate secrets have been splashed across the internet. Cleo thinks she’s happy running a small coastal café but has no idea of the trouble her children are getting themselves mixed up in. Sarah has finally put her horrible ex behind her and found the man of her dreams. Or has she? All three women have no idea how powerful their darkest secrets can be, and how they will change the town of Fallenbay forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328411Thu, 22 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Strangers Author: Erin Knight Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Strangers Author: Erin Knight Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A very cleverly woven story… You'll finish this, wondering – who do I REALLY know?’ Teresa Driscoll Discover the gripping new novel about powerful secrets and big lies, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Tracy Buchanan Everyone is allowed their secrets…aren’t they? Isobel arrives in the quiet Cornish town of Fallenbay determined to find peace – and answers – after her most intimate secrets have been splashed across the internet. Cleo thinks she’s happy running a small coastal café but has no idea of the trouble her children are getting themselves mixed up in. Sarah has finally put her horrible ex behind her and found the man of her dreams. Or has she? All three women have no idea how powerful their darkest secrets can be, and how they will change the town of Fallenbay forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stray-city-a-novel-by-chelsey-johnson--65308700https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are. All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . . Twenty-four-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby. A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build. A thoroughly modern and original anti-romantic comedy, Stray City is an unabashedly entertaining literary debut about the families we’re born into and the families we choose, about finding yourself by breaking the rules, and making bad decisions for all the right reasons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are. All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . . Twenty-four-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby. A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build. A thoroughly modern and original anti-romantic comedy, Stray City is an unabashedly entertaining literary debut about the families we’re born into and the families we choose, about finding yourself by breaking the rules, and making bad decisions for all the right reasons.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-this-man-by-jodi-ellen-malpas--65308682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With This Man Series: #4 of This Man Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas Narrator: Jack George, Edita Brychta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jesse Ward is back in the newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling This Man series! 'The raw emotion and vulnerability is breathtaking.' -- RT Book Reviews 'Super steamy, emotionally intense' -- Library Journal Life is good for Jesse 'The Lord' Ward. Perfect, actually. He still has the charm, he's in great shape, and he still reduces his wife, Ava, to a pool of desire with a mere look. He's in full control, just how he likes it. But Jesse's perfect world falls apart when a terrible accident lands Ava in the hospital with a life-threatening head injury. Devastated and angry, he feels like his entire existence hangs in the balance. He cannot survive without this woman's love. So when she finally comes around, his shaking world begins to level out. But his nightmare doesn't end there. It's only just begun. Because his wife can't remember the last sixteen years of her life. That's all of him. All of their time together. He is a stranger to her. Now Jesse must do whatever it takes to find her memories . . . and help her fall madly, passionately in love with him all over again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328867Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With This Man Series: #4 of This Man Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas Narrator: Jack George, Edita Brychta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With This Man Series: #4 of This Man Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas Narrator: Jack George, Edita Brychta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jesse Ward is back in the newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling This Man series! 'The raw emotion and vulnerability is breathtaking.' -- RT Book Reviews 'Super steamy, emotionally intense' -- Library Journal Life is good for Jesse 'The Lord' Ward. Perfect, actually. He still has the charm, he's in great shape, and he still reduces his wife, Ava, to a pool of desire with a mere look. He's in full control, just how he likes it. But Jesse's perfect world falls apart when a terrible accident lands Ava in the hospital with a life-threatening head injury. Devastated and angry, he feels like his entire existence hangs in the balance. He cannot survive without this woman's love. So when she finally comes around, his shaking world begins to level out. But his nightmare doesn't end there. It's only just begun. Because his wife can't remember the last sixteen years of her life. That's all of him. All of their time together. He is a stranger to her. Now Jesse must do whatever it takes to find her memories . . . and help her fall madly, passionately in love with him all over again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-brightest-sun-by-adrienne-benson--65308674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Sun Author: Adrienne Benson Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An illuminating debut following three women in sub-Saharan Africa as they search for home and family Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother, in spite of her own grim childhood. Jane, a lonely expat wife, follows her husband to the tropics and learns just how fragile life is. Simi, a barren Maasai woman, must confront her infertility in a society in which females are valued by their reproductive roles. In this affecting debut novel, these three very different women grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. In beautiful, evocative prose, Adrienne Benson brings to life the striking Kenyan terrain as these women’s lives intertwine in unexpected ways. As they face their own challenges and heartbreaks, they find strength traversing the arid landscapes of tenuous human connection. With gripping poignancy, The Brightest Sun explores the heartbreak of loss, the struggle to find a sense of belonging and the surprising ways we find our family and home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325617Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Sun Author: Adrienne Benson Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Sun Author: Adrienne Benson Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An illuminating debut following three women in sub-Saharan Africa as they search for home and family Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother, in spite of her own grim childhood. Jane, a lonely expat wife, follows her husband to the tropics and learns just how fragile life is. Simi, a barren Maasai woman, must confront her infertility in a society in which females are valued by their reproductive roles. In this affecting debut novel, these three very different women grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. In beautiful, evocative prose, Adrienne Benson brings to life the striking Kenyan terrain as these women’s lives intertwine in unexpected ways. As they face their own challenges and heartbreaks, they find strength traversing the arid landscapes of tenuous human connection. With gripping poignancy, The Brightest Sun explores the heartbreak of loss, the struggle to find a sense of belonging and the surprising ways we find our family and home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-fun-of-the-fair-by-lynda-page--65308699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Fun of the Fair Author: Lynda Page Narrator: Becky Hindley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's the 1950s and Grundy's Travelling Fair arrives in town. When night falls, the local town is drawn to the Fair. But when the fairgoers head home, the Grundys are left behind. Hours are long and the work back-breaking. But family and friends hold things together. Gemma married into the lifestyle, her reliable husband Solomon making the work worthwhile. Solly's Dad Samson is still the boss, but his other son, known as Sonny, is getting a reputation...Times are changing. Can the family – and the fair – survive?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328851Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Fun of the Fair Author: Lynda Page Narrator: Becky Hindley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Fun of the Fair Author: Lynda Page Narrator: Becky Hindley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's the 1950s and Grundy's Travelling Fair arrives in town. When night falls, the local town is drawn to the Fair. But when the fairgoers head home, the Grundys are left behind. Hours are long and the work back-breaking. But family and friends hold things together. Gemma married into the lifestyle, her reliable husband Solomon making the work worthwhile. Solly's Dad Samson is still the boss, but his other son, known as Sonny, is getting a reputation...Times are changing. Can the family – and the fair – survive?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-little-antique-shop-under-the-eiffel-tower-by-rebecca-raisin--65308665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower Series: #2 of The Little Paris Collection Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’Oh, how I loved this book!’ – Reviewed the Book Escape to Paris this summer and prepare to be swept off your feet… Anouk LaRue used to be a romantic, but since she had her heart well and truly broken her love life has dissolved into nothing more than daydreams of the perfect man. Retreating to her extraordinary Little Antique Shop has always been a way to escape, because who could feel alone in a shop bursting with memories and beautiful objects… Until Tristan Black appears at an auction and throws her ordered world into a spin. Following your heart is a little like getting lost in Paris – sometimes confusing and always exciting! Except learning to trust her instincts is not something Anouk is ready to do when it comes to romance, but the city of love has other ideas…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328405Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower Series: #2 of The Little Paris Collection Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Sally Scott Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower Series: #2 of The Little Paris Collection Author: Rebecca Raisin Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’Oh, how I loved this book!’ – Reviewed the Book Escape to Paris this summer and prepare to be swept off your feet… Anouk LaRue used to be a romantic, but since she had her heart well and truly broken her love life has dissolved into nothing more than daydreams of the perfect man. Retreating to her extraordinary Little Antique Shop has always been a way to escape, because who could feel alone in a shop bursting with memories and beautiful objects… Until Tristan Black appears at an auction and throws her ordered world into a spin. Following your heart is a little like getting lost in Paris – sometimes confusing and always exciting! Except learning to trust her instincts is not something Anouk is ready to do when it comes to romance, but the city of love has other ideas…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-reckoning-a-novel-by-linda-spalding--65308680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Reckoning: A Novel Author: Linda Spalding Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It’s 1855, and the Dickinson farm, in the bottom corner of Virginia, is already in debt when a Northern abolitionist arrives and creates havoc among the slaves. Determined to find his mother and daughter, who are already free in Canada, Bry is the first slave to flee, and his escape inspires a dozen others. Soon, the farm, owned by one brother and managed by another, is forfeited to the bank. One of the brothers, who is also a circuit-riding preacher, gathers his flock into a wagon train to find a new life in the west. But John Dickinson has a dangerous secret that compels him to abandon the group at the last minute, and his wife, two daughters, and thirteen-year-old son, Martin, now face life on the trail and an unknown future alone. After a fateful encounter along the way, Martin and Bry will hatch a plot to get Bry safely to Canada, but each member of the family will be changed, tormented, excited, and exposed by the journey. Linda Spalding brings an astonishing empathy to the telling of the fate of each of the travelers and to their shifting inner lives—compoundedof grief, fear, anger, and hope. Rich in character and incident, A Reckoning brilliantly-creates an America that was: the undefiled beauty of its lands and the grand mix of settlers and Native Americans; blacks and whites; riverboat captains, small businessmen, and people leaving one life behind for another they can only just begin to see. It moves with irresistible force toward an ending at once cataclysmic, inevitable, and profound.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325043Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Reckoning: A Novel Author: Linda Spalding Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Reckoning: A Novel Author: Linda Spalding Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It’s 1855, and the Dickinson farm, in the bottom corner of Virginia, is already in debt when a Northern abolitionist arrives and creates havoc among the slaves. Determined to find his mother and daughter, who are already free in Canada, Bry is the first slave to flee, and his escape inspires a dozen others. Soon, the farm, owned by one brother and managed by another, is forfeited to the bank. One of the brothers, who is also a circuit-riding preacher, gathers his flock into a wagon train to find a new life in the west. But John Dickinson has a dangerous secret that compels him to abandon the group at the last minute, and his wife, two daughters, and thirteen-year-old son, Martin, now face life on the trail and an unknown future alone. After a fateful encounter along the way, Martin and Bry will hatch a plot to get Bry safely to Canada, but each member of the family will be changed, tormented, excited, and exposed by the journey. Linda Spalding brings an astonishing empathy to the telling of the fate of each of the travelers and to their shifting inner lives—compoundedof grief, fear, anger, and hope. Rich in character and incident, A Reckoning brilliantly-creates an America that was: the undefiled beauty of its lands and the grand mix of settlers and Native Americans; blacks and whites; riverboat captains, small businessmen, and people leaving one life behind for another they can only just begin to see. It moves with irresistible force toward an ending at once cataclysmic, inevitable, and profound.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feast-days-by-ian-mackenzie--65308667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feast Days Author: Ian MacKenzie Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Intelligent and deeply felt, Feast Days follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to São Paulo -- a South American megacity that impresses and unsettles, conceals and erupts. Here in her new home, she reckons with the twenty-first century as she encounters crime, protests, refugees gentrification, and the collision of art and commerce, while confronting the crisis slowly building inside her own marriage. In stylish prose and with piercing wit, Ian MacKenzie tells the story of Emma, a young woman who has moved from New York to Brazil just as massive demonstrations against the government are breaking out across the country amid growing economic inequality. Emma has come to Brazil for her husband's career, with no job prospects of her own, a weak grasp of the language, and a deep ambivalence about having a child. Her early days in Sao Paulo are listless but privileged; she dines at high-end restaurants, tutors wealthy Brazilians in English, and observes the city she now calls home. But when Emma volunteers at a local church to assist refugees and grows more deeply connected to the people she meets in the course of her days, she finds herself unable to resist the tug of Sao Paulo's political and social unrest. As the country moves seemingly closer to a breaking point, so does Emma's marriage, as she and her husband can no longer ignore the silent, tectonic shifts beneath the surface of their relationship. Feast Days is a sharply observed story of expatriate life, as well as a meditation on the hidden costs of modern living and how easily our belief systems can collapse around us. 'Devastating, funny and wise, it's among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad.'-Garth Greenwell]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328993Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feast Days Author: Ian MacKenzie Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feast Days Author: Ian MacKenzie Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Intelligent and deeply felt, Feast Days follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to São Paulo -- a South American megacity that impresses and unsettles, conceals and erupts. Here in her new home, she reckons with the twenty-first century as she encounters crime, protests, refugees gentrification, and the collision of art and commerce, while confronting the crisis slowly building inside her own marriage. In stylish prose and with piercing wit, Ian MacKenzie tells the story of Emma, a young woman who has moved from New York to Brazil just as massive demonstrations against the government are breaking out across the country amid growing economic inequality. Emma has come to Brazil for her husband's career, with no job prospects of her own, a weak grasp of the language, and a deep ambivalence about having a child. Her early days in Sao Paulo are listless but privileged; she dines at high-end restaurants, tutors wealthy Brazilians in English, and observes the city she now calls home. But when Emma volunteers at a local church to assist refugees and grows more deeply connected to the people she meets in the course of her days, she finds herself unable to resist the tug of Sao Paulo's political and social unrest. As the country moves seemingly closer to a breaking point, so does Emma's marriage, as she and her husband can no longer ignore the silent, tectonic shifts beneath the surface of their relationship. Feast Days is a sharply observed story of expatriate life, as well as a meditation on the hidden costs of modern living and how easily our belief systems can collapse around us. 'Devastating, funny and wise, it's among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad.'-Garth Greenwell]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shipyard-girls-at-war-shipyard-girls-2-by-nancy-revell--65308732https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shipyard Girls at War: Shipyard Girls 2 Series: #2 of The Shipyard Girls Series Author: Nancy Revell Narrator: Janine Birkett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shipyard Girls at War by Nancy Revell, read by Janine Birkett. 1941: it takes strength to work on the docks, but the war demands all hands on deck and the women are doing their best to fill the gap. Rosie is flourishing in her role as head-welder while still keeping her double life a secret. But a dashing detective is forcing Rosie to choose between love and her duty. Gloria is hiding her own little secret – one that if found out, could not only threaten her job, but her life. And the shipyards are proving tougher than Polly ever imagined, while she waits for her man to return home safely. Join the shipyard girls as they journey through the hardships of life, love and war. 'I had read The Shipyard Girls and enjoyed it tremendously, so much so that I bought Nancy’s second book. Strong characters and an absorbing story-line. Can't wait to read her third novel.' Rosie Archer, author of The Gunpowder and Glory Girls 'The Shipyard Girls is just wonderful. Heartfelt, pacy and gutsy, I adore it already and will no doubt be devouring the rest of the series with just as much enthusiasm.' Fiona Ford, author The Spark Girl 'A riveting read is just what this is in more ways than one.' The Northern Echo]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323774Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shipyard Girls at War: Shipyard Girls 2 Series: #2 of The Shipyard Girls Series Author: Nancy Revell Narrator: Janine Birkett Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shipyard Girls at War: Shipyard Girls 2 Series: #2 of The Shipyard Girls Series Author: Nancy Revell Narrator: Janine Birkett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shipyard Girls at War by Nancy Revell, read by Janine Birkett. 1941: it takes strength to work on the docks, but the war demands all hands on deck and the women are doing their best to fill the gap. Rosie is flourishing in her role as head-welder while still keeping her double life a secret. But a dashing detective is forcing Rosie to choose between love and her duty. Gloria is hiding her own little secret – one that if found out, could not only threaten her job, but her life. And the shipyards are proving tougher than Polly ever imagined, while she waits for her man to return home safely. Join the shipyard girls as they journey through the hardships of life, love and war. 'I had read The Shipyard Girls and enjoyed it tremendously, so much so that I bought Nancy’s second book. Strong characters and an absorbing story-line. Can't wait to read her third novel.' Rosie Archer, author of The Gunpowder and Glory Girls 'The Shipyard Girls is just wonderful. Heartfelt, pacy and gutsy, I adore it already and will no doubt be devouring the rest of the series with just as much enthusiasm.' Fiona Ford, author The Spark Girl 'A riveting read is just what this is in more ways than one.' The Northern Echo]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-friendly-ones-by-philip-hensher--65308691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Friendly Ones Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Chetan Pathak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things history will do at the bidding of love On a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a family barbecue. They are in the house in Sheffield that will do for the rest of their lives. In the garden next door is a retired doctor, whose four children have long since left home. When the shadow of death passes over Nazia and Sharif’s party, Doctor Spinster’s actions are going to bring the two families together, for decades to come. The Friendly Ones is about two families. In it, people with very different histories can fit together, and redeem each other. One is a large and loosely connected family who have come to England from the subcontinent in fits and starts, brought to England by education, and economic possibilities. Or driven away from their native country by war, murder, crime and brutal oppression – things their new neighbours know nothing about. At the heart of their story is betrayal and public shame. The secret wound that overshadows the Spinsters, their neighbours next door, is of a different kind: Leo, the eldest son, running away from Oxford University aged eighteen. How do you put these things right, in England, now? Spanning decades and with a big and beautifully drawn cast of characters all making their different ways towards lives that make sense, The Friendly Ones, Philip Hensher’s moving and timely new novel, shows what a nation is made of; how the legacies of our history can be mastered by the decision to know something about people who are not like us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328391Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Friendly Ones Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Chetan Pathak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Friendly Ones Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Chetan Pathak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things history will do at the bidding of love On a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a family barbecue. They are in the house in Sheffield that will do for the rest of their lives. In the garden next door is a retired doctor, whose four children have long since left home. When the shadow of death passes over Nazia and Sharif’s party, Doctor Spinster’s actions are going to bring the two families together, for decades to come. The Friendly Ones is about two families. In it, people with very different histories can fit together, and redeem each other. One is a large and loosely connected family who have come to England from the subcontinent in fits and starts, brought to England by education, and economic possibilities. Or driven away from their native country by war, murder, crime and brutal oppression – things their new neighbours know nothing about. At the heart of their story is betrayal and public shame. The secret wound that overshadows the Spinsters, their neighbours next door, is of a different kind: Leo, the eldest son, running away from Oxford University aged eighteen. How do you put these things right, in England, now? Spanning decades and with a big and beautifully drawn cast of characters all making their different ways towards lives that make sense, The Friendly Ones, Philip Hensher’s moving and timely new novel, shows what a nation is made of; how the legacies of our history can be mastered by the decision to know something about people who are not like us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flower-seller-by-linda-finlay--65308689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Seller Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court A charming and evocative tale of family and fortune from the queen of West Country saga, Linda Finlay. Isabella Carrington has been brought up in a life of privilege in London. Her life seems perfect, until her father suddenly announces bankruptcy. To save Isabella from destitution he sends her to stay with family she has never met, far away on a violet farm deep in Devon. Isabella is horrified to find her uncle expects her to work for her keep, packing up the flowers and selling them in the nearby market. However she soon discovers that life on a violet farm may not be so bad, especially when she meets handsome local farmer Felix Furneaux… Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn. Praise for Linda Finlay: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court 'Warm and atmospheric, you can practically taste the sea breeze' The Express]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328430Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Seller Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flower Seller Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court A charming and evocative tale of family and fortune from the queen of West Country saga, Linda Finlay. Isabella Carrington has been brought up in a life of privilege in London. Her life seems perfect, until her father suddenly announces bankruptcy. To save Isabella from destitution he sends her to stay with family she has never met, far away on a violet farm deep in Devon. Isabella is horrified to find her uncle expects her to work for her keep, packing up the flowers and selling them in the nearby market. However she soon discovers that life on a violet farm may not be so bad, especially when she meets handsome local farmer Felix Furneaux… Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn. Praise for Linda Finlay: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court 'Warm and atmospheric, you can practically taste the sea breeze' The Express]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-hopes-and-dreams-the-absorbing-and-delightful-rom-com-from-the-sunday-times-bestseller-by-trisha-ashley--65308664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hopes and Dreams: The absorbing and delightful rom-com from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House of Hope and Dreams by Trisha Ashley, read by Julia Franklin. From the Sunday Times bestselling Trisha Ashley, this novel will more than satisfy romantic comedy fans. And it also contains recipes! When Carey Revell unexpectedly becomes the heir to Mossby, his family’s ancestral home, it’s rather a mixed blessing. The house is large but rundown and comes with a pair of resentful relatives who can’t be asked to leave. Still, newly dumped by his girlfriend and also from his job as a TV interior designer, Carey needs somewhere to lick his wounds. And Mossby would be perfect for a renovation show. He already knows someone who could restore the stained glass windows in the older part of the house… Angel Arrowsmith has spent the last ten years happily working and living with her artist mentor and partner. But suddenly bereaved, she finds herself heartbroken, without a home or a livelihood. Life will never be the same again – until old friend Carey Revell comes to the rescue. They move in to Mossby with high hopes. But the house has a secret at its heart: an old legend concerning one of the famous windows. Will all their dreams for happiness be shattered? Or can Carey and Angel find a way to make this house a home? Heart-warming, witty and quirkily original, Trisha Ashley's THE HOUSE OF HOPES AND DREAMS will delight both old fans and new listeners alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328807Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hopes and Dreams: The absorbing and delightful rom-com from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Franklin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hopes and Dreams: The absorbing and delightful rom-com from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House of Hope and Dreams by Trisha Ashley, read by Julia Franklin. From the Sunday Times bestselling Trisha Ashley, this novel will more than satisfy romantic comedy fans. And it also contains recipes! When Carey Revell unexpectedly becomes the heir to Mossby, his family’s ancestral home, it’s rather a mixed blessing. The house is large but rundown and comes with a pair of resentful relatives who can’t be asked to leave. Still, newly dumped by his girlfriend and also from his job as a TV interior designer, Carey needs somewhere to lick his wounds. And Mossby would be perfect for a renovation show. He already knows someone who could restore the stained glass windows in the older part of the house… Angel Arrowsmith has spent the last ten years happily working and living with her artist mentor and partner. But suddenly bereaved, she finds herself heartbroken, without a home or a livelihood. Life will never be the same again – until old friend Carey Revell comes to the rescue. They move in to Mossby with high hopes. But the house has a secret at its heart: an old legend concerning one of the famous windows. Will all their dreams for happiness be shattered? Or can Carey and Angel find a way to make this house a home? Heart-warming, witty and quirkily original, Trisha Ashley's THE HOUSE OF HOPES AND DREAMS will delight both old fans and new listeners alike.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/awayland-stories-by-ramona-ausubel--65308717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Awayland: Stories Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An inventive story collection that spans the globe as it explores love, childhood, and parenthood with an electric mix of humor and emotion. Acclaimed for the grace, wit, and magic of her novels, Ramona Ausubel introduces us to a geography both fantastic and familiar in eleven new stories, some of them previously published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. Elegantly structured, these stories span the globe and beyond, from small-town America and sunny Caribbean islands to the Arctic Ocean and the very gates of Heaven itself. And though some of the stories are steeped in mythology, they remain grounded in universal experiences: loss of identity, leaving home, parenthood, joy, and longing. Crisscrossing the pages of Awayland are travelers and expats, shadows and ghosts. A girl watches as her homesick mother slowly dissolves into literal mist. The mayor of a small Midwestern town offers a strange prize, for stranger reasons, to the parents of any baby born on Lenin's birthday. A chef bound for Mars begins an even more treacherous journey much closer to home. And a lonely heart searches for love online--never mind that he's a Cyclops. With her signature tenderness, Ramona Ausubel applies a mapmaker's eye to landscapes both real and imagined, all the while providing a keen guide to the wild, uncharted terrain of the human heart. Audiobook Table of Contents: 'You Can Find Love Now,' read by Kirby Heyborne with Emily Rankin 'Fresh Water From the Sea,' read by Rebecca Lowman 'Template for a Proclamation to Save the Species,' read by Danny Campbell 'Mother Land,' read by Cassandra Campbell 'Departure Lounge,' read by Kate Rudd 'Remedy,' read by Karissa Vacker 'Club Zeus,' read by Macleod Andrews 'High Desert,' read by Amanda Carlin 'Heaven,' read by Vikas Adam 'The Animal Mummies Wish to Thank the Following,' read by Bruce Mann 'Do Not Save the Ferocious, Save the Tender,' read by Mark Bramhall]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324798Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Awayland: Stories Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Awayland: Stories Author: Ramona Ausubel Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An inventive story collection that spans the globe as it explores love, childhood, and parenthood with an electric mix of humor and emotion. Acclaimed for the grace, wit, and magic of her novels, Ramona Ausubel introduces us to a geography both fantastic and familiar in eleven new stories, some of them previously published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. Elegantly structured, these stories span the globe and beyond, from small-town America and sunny Caribbean islands to the Arctic Ocean and the very gates of Heaven itself. And though some of the stories are steeped in mythology, they remain grounded in universal experiences: loss of identity, leaving home, parenthood, joy, and longing. Crisscrossing the pages of Awayland are travelers and expats, shadows and ghosts. A girl watches as her homesick mother slowly dissolves into literal mist. The mayor of a small Midwestern town offers a strange prize, for stranger reasons, to the parents of any baby born on Lenin's birthday. A chef bound for Mars begins an even more treacherous journey much closer to home. And a lonely heart searches for love online--never mind that he's a Cyclops. With her signature tenderness, Ramona Ausubel applies a mapmaker's eye to landscapes both real and imagined, all the while providing a keen guide to the wild, uncharted terrain of the human heart. Audiobook Table of Contents: 'You Can Find Love Now,' read by Kirby Heyborne with Emily Rankin 'Fresh Water From the Sea,' read by Rebecca Lowman 'Template for a Proclamation to Save the Species,' read by Danny Campbell 'Mother Land,' read by Cassandra Campbell 'Departure Lounge,' read by Kate Rudd 'Remedy,' read by Karissa Vacker 'Club Zeus,' read by Macleod Andrews 'High Desert,' read by Amanda Carlin 'Heaven,' read by Vikas Adam 'The Animal Mummies Wish to Thank the Following,' read by Bruce Mann 'Do Not Save the Ferocious, Save the Tender,' read by Mark Bramhall]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-ll-be-your-blue-sky-a-novel-by-marisa-de-los-santos--65308704https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Your Blue Sky: A Novel Author: Marisa De los Santos Narrator: Erin Bennett, Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer. On the weekend of her wedding, Clare Hobbes meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. During the course of a single conversation, Edith gives Clare the courage to do what she should have done months earlier: break off her engagement to her charming—yet overly possessive—fiancé. Three weeks later, Clare learns that Edith has died—and has given her another gift. Nestled in crepe myrtle and hydrangea and perched at the marshy edge of a bay in a small seaside town in Delaware, Blue Sky House now belongs to Clare. Though the former guest house has been empty for years, Clare feels a deep connection to Edith inside its walls, which are decorated with old photographs taken by Edith and her beloved husband, Joseph. Exploring the house, Clare finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. Edith, it seems, was no ordinary woman—and Blue Sky House no ordinary place. With the help of her mother, Viviana, her surrogate mother, Cornelia Brown, and her former boyfriend and best friend, Dev Tremain, Clare begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky House—a decades-old mystery more complex and tangled than she could have imagined. As she peels back the layers of Edith’s life, Clare discovers a story of dark secrets, passionate love, heartbreaking sacrifice, and incredible courage. She also makes startling discoveries about herself: where she’s come from, where she’s going, and what—and who—she loves. Shifting between the 1950s and the present and told in the alternating voices of Edith and Clare, I’ll Be Your Blue Sky is vintage Marisa de los Santos—an emotionally evocative novel that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart and illuminates the tender connections that bind our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325193Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Your Blue Sky: A Novel Author: Marisa De los Santos Narrator: Erin Bennett, Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Your Blue Sky: A Novel Author: Marisa De los Santos Narrator: Erin Bennett, Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer. On the weekend of her wedding, Clare Hobbes meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. During the course of a single conversation, Edith gives Clare the courage to do what she should have done months earlier: break off her engagement to her charming—yet overly possessive—fiancé. Three weeks later, Clare learns that Edith has died—and has given her another gift. Nestled in crepe myrtle and hydrangea and perched at the marshy edge of a bay in a small seaside town in Delaware, Blue Sky House now belongs to Clare. Though the former guest house has been empty for years, Clare feels a deep connection to Edith inside its walls, which are decorated with old photographs taken by Edith and her beloved husband, Joseph. Exploring the house, Clare finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. Edith, it seems, was no ordinary woman—and Blue Sky House no ordinary place. With the help of her mother, Viviana, her surrogate mother, Cornelia Brown, and her former boyfriend and best friend, Dev Tremain, Clare begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky House—a decades-old mystery more complex and tangled than she could have imagined. As she peels back the layers of Edith’s life, Clare discovers a story of dark secrets, passionate love, heartbreaking sacrifice, and incredible courage. She also makes startling discoveries about herself: where she’s come from, where she’s going, and what—and who—she loves. Shifting between the 1950s and the present and told in the alternating voices of Edith and Clare, I’ll Be Your Blue Sky is vintage Marisa de los Santos—an emotionally evocative novel that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart and illuminates the tender connections that bind our lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gun-love-a-novel-by-jennifer-clement--65308673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gun Love: A Novel Author: Jennifer Clement Narrator: Imani Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “Fortified with wit and tenderness . . . Gun Love potently illuminates a puzzled land.”—O: The Oprah Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME • SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection to each other. All around them, Florida is populated with gun owners--those hunting alligators for sport, those who want to protect their families, and those who create a sense of danger.  Written in a gorgeous lyric all its own, Gun Love is the story of a tough but optimistic young woman growing up in contemporary America, in the midst of its harrowing love affair with firearms.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328356Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gun Love: A Novel Author: Jennifer Clement Narrator: Imani Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gun Love: A Novel Author: Jennifer Clement Narrator: Imani Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “Fortified with wit and tenderness . . . Gun Love potently illuminates a puzzled land.”—O: The Oprah Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME • SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection to each other. All around them, Florida is populated with gun owners--those hunting alligators for sport, those who want to protect their families, and those who create a sense of danger.  Written in a gorgeous lyric all its own, Gun Love is the story of a tough but optimistic young woman growing up in contemporary America, in the midst of its harrowing love affair with firearms.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sea-of-memories-by-fiona-valpy--65308808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sea of Memories Author: Fiona Valpy Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Kendra first visits her ailing grandmother, Ella has only one request: that Kendra write her story down, before she forgets… In 1937, seventeen-year-old Ella’s life changes forever when she is sent to spend the summer on the beautiful Île de Ré and meets the charismatic, creative Christophe. They spend the summer together, exploring the island’s sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters, and, for the first time in her life, Ella feels truly free. But the outbreak of war casts everything in a new light. Ella is forced to return to Scotland, where she volunteers for the war effort alongside the dashing Angus. In this new world, Ella feels herself drifting further and further from who she was on the Île de Ré. Can she ever find her way back? And does she want to? From the windswept Île de Ré to the rugged hills of Scotland, Sea of Memories is a spellbinding journey about the power of memory, love and second chances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322630Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sea of Memories Author: Fiona Valpy Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sea of Memories Author: Fiona Valpy Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Kendra first visits her ailing grandmother, Ella has only one request: that Kendra write her story down, before she forgets… In 1937, seventeen-year-old Ella’s life changes forever when she is sent to spend the summer on the beautiful Île de Ré and meets the charismatic, creative Christophe. They spend the summer together, exploring the island’s sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters, and, for the first time in her life, Ella feels truly free. But the outbreak of war casts everything in a new light. Ella is forced to return to Scotland, where she volunteers for the war effort alongside the dashing Angus. In this new world, Ella feels herself drifting further and further from who she was on the Île de Ré. Can she ever find her way back? And does she want to? From the windswept Île de Ré to the rugged hills of Scotland, Sea of Memories is a spellbinding journey about the power of memory, love and second chances.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-bright-beauty-by-emily-cavanagh--65308737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright Beauty Author: Emily Cavanagh Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A long-buried secret changes everything two sisters thought they knew about each other. Franci and Lottie may be identical twins, but that’s where the similarities end. Franci has always been the stable one, while Lottie has bipolar disorder, constantly battling depression and mania. After years of taking care of her sister, Franci moves across the country to build a life for herself. Now, all the two share is distance. But when Lottie gets in an accident, Franci reluctantly steps back into her familiar role as protector. She returns to find her sister’s life in complete disarray and makes a shocking discovery: Lottie has an infant daughter she never told Franci about. Although Franci swore she wouldn’t get sucked back in, she can’t leave the baby alone in Lottie’s care. As Lottie further unravels, a secret is revealed that she has kept since childhood—one that has the power to reframe the sisters’ entire relationship, forcing Franci to ask herself if the secret was too much for Lottie to bear. Was the accident really an accident, and who has been protecting whom all these years?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323161Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright Beauty Author: Emily Cavanagh Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright Beauty Author: Emily Cavanagh Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A long-buried secret changes everything two sisters thought they knew about each other. Franci and Lottie may be identical twins, but that’s where the similarities end. Franci has always been the stable one, while Lottie has bipolar disorder, constantly battling depression and mania. After years of taking care of her sister, Franci moves across the country to build a life for herself. Now, all the two share is distance. But when Lottie gets in an accident, Franci reluctantly steps back into her familiar role as protector. She returns to find her sister’s life in complete disarray and makes a shocking discovery: Lottie has an infant daughter she never told Franci about. Although Franci swore she wouldn’t get sucked back in, she can’t leave the baby alone in Lottie’s care. As Lottie further unravels, a secret is revealed that she has kept since childhood—one that has the power to reframe the sisters’ entire relationship, forcing Franci to ask herself if the secret was too much for Lottie to bear. Was the accident really an accident, and who has been protecting whom all these years?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-we-belong-by-lynn-austin--65308693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where We Belong Author: Lynn Austin Narrator: Mary Beth Light Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sisters Rebecca and Flora Hawes are not typical Victorian ladies. Their love of adventure and their desire to use their God-given talents has brought them to the Sinai Desert, on a quest to find an important biblical manuscript. As the journey becomes more dangerous and uncertain, they sift through memories of their past, recalling the events that shaped them and the circumstances that brought them to this time and place.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328342Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where We Belong Author: Lynn Austin Narrator: Mary Beth Light Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where We Belong Author: Lynn Austin Narrator: Mary Beth Light Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sisters Rebecca and Flora Hawes are not typical Victorian ladies. Their love of adventure and their desire to use their God-given talents has brought them to the Sinai Desert, on a quest to find an important biblical manuscript. As the journey becomes more dangerous and uncertain, they sift through memories of their past, recalling the events that shaped them and the circumstances that brought them to this time and place.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-she-left-behind-by-jane-kirkpatrick--65308690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All She Left Behind Author: Jane Kirkpatrick Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. Jennie cares for an elderly woman using skills she's developed on her own. When her patient dies, Jennie discovers that her heart has become entangled with the woman's widowed husband, a man many years her senior. Their unlikely romance may lead her to her ultimate goal, but the road will be winding and the way forward will not always be clear.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328343Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All She Left Behind Author: Jane Kirkpatrick Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All She Left Behind Author: Jane Kirkpatrick Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. Jennie cares for an elderly woman using skills she's developed on her own. When her patient dies, Jennie discovers that her heart has become entangled with the woman's widowed husband, a man many years her senior. Their unlikely romance may lead her to her ultimate goal, but the road will be winding and the way forward will not always be clear.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unexpected-blessings-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308666https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unexpected Blessings Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The great-grandaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance and Emma’s Secret, follow in her legendary footsteps… The great-grandaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE and EMMA'S SECRET, follow in her legendary footsteps… Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-grandaughter, is trying to integrate into the powerful Harte family. She is caught between her estranged parents, her new family, and new love. Meanwhile a dangerous enemy hovers in the background. Tessa Longden, Evan's cousin, is battling her husband for custody of their daughter, Adele. When Adele suddenly goes missing, Tessa seeks her sister Linnet's help. Linnet O'Neill, the most brilliant businesswoman of the four great-granddaughters, shows that she is the natural heir to her mother, Paula. But her glittering future at the helm of the vast Harte empire means many sacrifices. India Standish, the traditionalist in the family, falls in love with a famous British artist from a working-class background. Madly in love, India is determined to marry him. When Evan discovers letters from Emma Harte to her grandmother, the story is swept back to the 1950s. In the post-war boom years Emma builds her business empire, using a combination of determination and sheer nerve, and she embarks on a relationship with a handsome acquaintance from the war years. But it is the revelations in Emma's letters to her grandmother that give Evan a new perspective and help to set her free from her own past. This latest dramatic story in the on-going saga of an extraordinary family dynasty is full of love, passion and jealousy and is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her inimitable best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328386Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unexpected Blessings Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unexpected Blessings Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The great-grandaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance and Emma’s Secret, follow in her legendary footsteps… The great-grandaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE and EMMA'S SECRET, follow in her legendary footsteps… Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-grandaughter, is trying to integrate into the powerful Harte family. She is caught between her estranged parents, her new family, and new love. Meanwhile a dangerous enemy hovers in the background. Tessa Longden, Evan's cousin, is battling her husband for custody of their daughter, Adele. When Adele suddenly goes missing, Tessa seeks her sister Linnet's help. Linnet O'Neill, the most brilliant businesswoman of the four great-granddaughters, shows that she is the natural heir to her mother, Paula. But her glittering future at the helm of the vast Harte empire means many sacrifices. India Standish, the traditionalist in the family, falls in love with a famous British artist from a working-class background. Madly in love, India is determined to marry him. When Evan discovers letters from Emma Harte to her grandmother, the story is swept back to the 1950s. In the post-war boom years Emma builds her business empire, using a combination of determination and sheer nerve, and she embarks on a relationship with a handsome acquaintance from the war years. But it is the revelations in Emma's letters to her grandmother that give Evan a new perspective and help to set her free from her own past. This latest dramatic story in the on-going saga of an extraordinary family dynasty is full of love, passion and jealousy and is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her inimitable best.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-name-is-venus-black-a-novel-by-heather-lloyd--65308716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.”—Kirkus Reviews “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.”—Booklist Venus Black is a straitlaced A student fascinated by the study of astronomy—until the night she commits a shocking crime that tears her family apart and ignites a media firestorm. Venus refuses to talk about what happened or why, except to blame her mother. Adding to the mystery, Venus’s developmentally challenged younger brother, Leo, goes missing.   More than five years later, Venus is released from prison with a suitcase of used clothes, a fake identity, and a determination to escape her painful past. Estranged from her mother, and with her beloved brother still missing, she sets out to make a fresh start in Seattle, skittish and alone. But as new people enter her orbit—including a romantic interest and a young girl who seems like a mirror image of her former lost self—old wounds resurface, and Venus realizes that she can’t find a future while she’s running from her past.   In this gripping story, debut novelist Heather Lloyd brilliantly captures ordinary lives thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Told through a constellation of captivating voices, My Name Is Venus Black explores the fluidity of right and wrong, the pain of betrayal, and the meaning of love and family. Praise for My Name Is Venus Black   “Fans of realistic coming-of-age fiction will enjoy Lloyd’s fast-paced first novel for the freshly drawn original characters, compelling story line, and beautiful tribute to the healing power of love. It’s bound to have crossover appeal to older YA readers.”—Library Journal   “A dark but ultimately uplifting story about family, love, and forgiveness, and how to find your place in the world, My Name Is Venus Black is a powerful debut novel from a fresh voice in fiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.”—Kirkus Reviews “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.”—Booklist Venus Black is a straitlaced A student fascinated by the study of astronomy—until the night she commits a shocking crime that tears her family apart and ignites a media firestorm. Venus refuses to talk about what happened or why, except to blame her mother. Adding to the mystery, Venus’s developmentally challenged younger brother, Leo, goes missing.   More than five years later, Venus is released from prison with a suitcase of used clothes, a fake identity, and a determination to escape her painful past. Estranged from her mother, and with her beloved brother still missing, she sets out to make a fresh start in Seattle, skittish and alone. But as new people enter her orbit—including a romantic interest and a young girl who seems like a mirror image of her former lost self—old wounds resurface, and Venus realizes that she can’t find a future while she’s running from her past.   In this gripping story, debut novelist Heather Lloyd brilliantly captures ordinary lives thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Told through a constellation of captivating voices, My Name Is Venus Black explores the fluidity of right and wrong, the pain of betrayal, and the meaning of love and family. Praise for My Name Is Venus Black   “Fans of realistic coming-of-age fiction will enjoy Lloyd’s fast-paced first novel for the freshly drawn original characters, compelling story line, and beautiful tribute to the healing power of love. It’s bound to have crossover appeal to older YA readers.”—Library Journal   “A dark but ultimately uplifting story about family, love, and forgiveness, and how to find your place in the world, My Name Is Venus Black is a powerful debut novel from a fresh voice in fiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sometimes-sisters-by-carolyn-brown--65308708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sometimes Sisters Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A bittersweet inheritance reunites three estranged sisters in a novel of family, trust, and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. When they were growing up, Dana, Harper, and Tawny thought of themselves as “sometimes sisters.” They connected only during the summer month they’d all spend at their grandmother’s rustic lakeside resort in north Texas. But secrets started building, and ten years have passed since they’ve all been together—in fact, they’ve rarely spoken, and it broke their grandmother’s heart. Now she’s gone, leaving Annie’s Place to her granddaughters—twelve cabins, a small house, a café, a convenience store, and a lot of family memories. It’s where Dana, Harper, and Tawny once shared so many good times. They’ve returned, sharing only hidden regrets, a guarded mistrust, and haunting guilt. But now, in this healing summer place, the secrets that once drove them apart could bring them back together—especially when they discover that their grandmother may have been hiding something, too… To overcome the past and find future happiness, these “sometimes sisters” have one more chance to realize they are always family. An Amazon Charts bestseller.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325153Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sometimes Sisters Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sometimes Sisters Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A bittersweet inheritance reunites three estranged sisters in a novel of family, trust, and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. When they were growing up, Dana, Harper, and Tawny thought of themselves as “sometimes sisters.” They connected only during the summer month they’d all spend at their grandmother’s rustic lakeside resort in north Texas. But secrets started building, and ten years have passed since they’ve all been together—in fact, they’ve rarely spoken, and it broke their grandmother’s heart. Now she’s gone, leaving Annie’s Place to her granddaughters—twelve cabins, a small house, a café, a convenience store, and a lot of family memories. It’s where Dana, Harper, and Tawny once shared so many good times. They’ve returned, sharing only hidden regrets, a guarded mistrust, and haunting guilt. But now, in this healing summer place, the secrets that once drove them apart could bring them back together—especially when they discover that their grandmother may have been hiding something, too… To overcome the past and find future happiness, these “sometimes sisters” have one more chance to realize they are always family. An Amazon Charts bestseller.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-sisters-by-robin-oliveira--65308701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Sisters Author: Robin Oliveira Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Stunning. . . Oliveira writes with feeling.” —The New York Times Book Review “[An] engrossing story. . . that feels utterly timely.” —People, “The Best New Books” New York, 1879: An epic blizzard descends on Albany, devastating the city. When the snow finally settles, two newly orphaned girls are missing. Determined not to give up hope, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former Civil War surgeon, searches for the two sisters. When what happened to them is finally revealed, Dr. Sutter must fight the most powerful of Albany's citizens, risking personal and public danger as she seeks to protect the fragile, putting at risk loves and lives in her quest to right unimaginable wrongs. As contemporary as it is historic, Winter Sisters is part gripping thriller, part family saga, and ultimately a story of trauma and resilience that explores the tremendous good and unspeakable evil of which humans are capable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325482Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Sisters Author: Robin Oliveira Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Sisters Author: Robin Oliveira Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Stunning. . . Oliveira writes with feeling.” —The New York Times Book Review “[An] engrossing story. . . that feels utterly timely.” —People, “The Best New Books” New York, 1879: An epic blizzard descends on Albany, devastating the city. When the snow finally settles, two newly orphaned girls are missing. Determined not to give up hope, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former Civil War surgeon, searches for the two sisters. When what happened to them is finally revealed, Dr. Sutter must fight the most powerful of Albany's citizens, risking personal and public danger as she seeks to protect the fragile, putting at risk loves and lives in her quest to right unimaginable wrongs. As contemporary as it is historic, Winter Sisters is part gripping thriller, part family saga, and ultimately a story of trauma and resilience that explores the tremendous good and unspeakable evil of which humans are capable.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bad-daughter-a-novel-by-joy-fielding--65308671https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Daughter: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets, from the author of Someone Is Watching and See Jane Run. There was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, almost none of them complimentary. Serves you damn right, she thought.   A voice mail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin’s heart racing and her mind spiraling in a full-blown panic attack. Melanie’s message is dire: Their father, his second wife, and his twelve-year-old stepdaughter have been shot—likely in a home invasion—and lie in the hospital in critical condition.             It’s been more than five years since Robin turned her back on her father when he married her best friend. Five years since she said goodbye to her hometown of Red Bluff, California, and became a therapist. More than two years since Robin and Melanie have spoken. Yet even with all that distance and time and acrimony, the past is always with Robin. Now she must return to the family she left behind. As she attempts to mend fences while her father clings to life, Robin begins to wonder if there is more to the tragedy than a botched burglary attempt. It seems that everyone—Robin’s mercurial sister, her less-than-communicative nephew, her absent brother, and even Tara, her father’s wife—has something to hide. And someone may have put them all in grave danger. New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding has written a gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets. The Bad Daughter explores the deadly differences between the lies we want to believe and the truths we wish not to know.   Praise for The Bad Daughter “So expert is [Joy] Fielding at seeding clues that readers will never see the final plot twist coming. The acutely portrayed family dynamics lend pathos and a certain schadenfreudian frisson to the proceedings. An author who knows her way around suburban angst.”—Kirkus Reviews   “Fielding, a sure hand at psychological suspense, amps up tension nicely here as the narrative reaches a high-energy conclusion.”—Booklist   “[Keeps] the reader turning the pages until the bombshell final shocker.”—Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328541Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Daughter: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Daughter: A Novel Author: Joy Fielding Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets, from the author of Someone Is Watching and See Jane Run. There was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, almost none of them complimentary. Serves you damn right, she thought.   A voice mail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin’s heart racing and her mind spiraling in a full-blown panic attack. Melanie’s message is dire: Their father, his second wife, and his twelve-year-old stepdaughter have been shot—likely in a home invasion—and lie in the hospital in critical condition.             It’s been more than five years since Robin turned her back on her father when he married her best friend. Five years since she said goodbye to her hometown of Red Bluff, California, and became a therapist. More than two years since Robin and Melanie have spoken. Yet even with all that distance and time and acrimony, the past is always with Robin. Now she must return to the family she left behind. As she attempts to mend fences while her father clings to life, Robin begins to wonder if there is more to the tragedy than a botched burglary attempt. It seems that everyone—Robin’s mercurial sister, her less-than-communicative nephew, her absent brother, and even Tara, her father’s wife—has something to hide. And someone may have put them all in grave danger. New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding has written a gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets. The Bad Daughter explores the deadly differences between the lies we want to believe and the truths we wish not to know.   Praise for The Bad Daughter “So expert is [Joy] Fielding at seeding clues that readers will never see the final plot twist coming. The acutely portrayed family dynamics lend pathos and a certain schadenfreudian frisson to the proceedings. An author who knows her way around suburban angst.”—Kirkus Reviews   “Fielding, a sure hand at psychological suspense, amps up tension nicely here as the narrative reaches a high-energy conclusion.”—Booklist   “[Keeps] the reader turning the pages until the bombshell final shocker.”—Publishers Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties-a-novel-by-camille-pagan--65308663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties: A Novel Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough. At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, she’s also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable fears: falling air conditioners, the IRS, identity theft, skydiving, and airbag recalls. But never once did Maggie worry that her husband of nearly thirty years would leave her. On the day Adam walks out the door, everything that makes Maggie secure goes with him. Only then does she realize that while she’s been busy caring for everyone else, she’s become invisible to the world—and to herself. Maggie cautiously begins to rebuild her life with a trip to Rome, a new career, and even a rebound romance. But when a fresh crisis strikes and an uncertain future looms, she must decide: How much will she risk to remain the woman she’s just become?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329041Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties: A Novel Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties: A Novel Author: Camille Pagán Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough. At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, she’s also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable fears: falling air conditioners, the IRS, identity theft, skydiving, and airbag recalls. But never once did Maggie worry that her husband of nearly thirty years would leave her. On the day Adam walks out the door, everything that makes Maggie secure goes with him. Only then does she realize that while she’s been busy caring for everyone else, she’s become invisible to the world—and to herself. Maggie cautiously begins to rebuild her life with a trip to Rome, a new career, and even a rebound romance. But when a fresh crisis strikes and an uncertain future looms, she must decide: How much will she risk to remain the woman she’s just become?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heart-of-the-garden-by-victoria-connelly--65308862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/318010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Garden Author: Victoria Connelly Narrator: Jan Cramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Morton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall’s part-time gardener, who is forbidden to tend to anything except the magnificent maze or to meet his enigmatic employer. When Emilia dies, Cape and Anne Marie are astonished to find themselves among an unlikely group of villagers named in her strange will. Morton Hall, including its dazzling art collection and once glorious grounds, can belong to the community forever, but only if they work together to bring the garden back to life within a single year. As they try to put their differences aside to restore the tangled grounds, long-buried secrets are unearthed. Can the past be forgiven as hope and new love begin to bloom?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/318010Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/318010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Garden Author: Victoria Connelly Narrator: Jan Cramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/318010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Garden Author: Victoria Connelly Narrator: Jan Cramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Morton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall’s part-time gardener, who is forbidden to tend to anything except the magnificent maze or to meet his enigmatic employer. When Emilia dies, Cape and Anne Marie are astonished to find themselves among an unlikely group of villagers named in her strange will. Morton Hall, including its dazzling art collection and once glorious grounds, can belong to the community forever, but only if they work together to bring the garden back to life within a single year. As they try to put their differences aside to restore the tangled grounds, long-buried secrets are unearthed. Can the past be forgiven as hope and new love begin to bloom?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-good-brother-by-tyler-keevil--65308692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Good Brother Author: Tyler Keevil Narrator: Robert G. Slade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018 'A great, gripping story, ferociously well-written, with characters that live and breathe' STEF PENNEY, bestselling author of Under a Pole Star Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim senses trouble. Jake is a drifter, a dreamer, an ex-con, and now he needs help in repaying a debt to the notorious Delaney gang. So begins an epic, unpredictable odyssey across land and sea as the brothers journey down to the Delaney’s ranch in the U.S., chased by customs officials, freak storms and the gnawing feeling that their luck is about to run out. But while they may be able to outrun the law, there’s no escaping the ghosts of their tragic family past and neither is prepared for who and what awaits at the other end…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328373Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Good Brother Author: Tyler Keevil Narrator: Robert G. Slade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: February 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Good Brother Author: Tyler Keevil Narrator: Robert G. Slade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018 'A great, gripping story, ferociously well-written, with characters that live and breathe' STEF PENNEY, bestselling author of Under a Pole Star Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim senses trouble. Jake is a drifter, a dreamer, an ex-con, and now he needs help in repaying a debt to the notorious Delaney gang. So begins an epic, unpredictable odyssey across land and sea as the brothers journey down to the Delaney’s ranch in the U.S., chased by customs officials, freak storms and the gnawing feeling that their luck is about to run out. But while they may be able to outrun the law, there’s no escaping the ghosts of their tragic family past and neither is prepared for who and what awaits at the other end…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spring-at-lavender-bay-by-sarah-bennett--65308679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spring at Lavender Bay Series: #1 of Lavender Bay Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly Cove A season for change…? Beth Reynolds loved growing up close to Eleanor’s Emporium – a bric-a-brac shop full of wonders on Lavender Bay. Devastated to learn that Eleanor has died, she returns home from London immediately and is shocked to discover that the elderly lady has left the shop to her! Vowing to restore it to its former glory, she only intends to stay until the end of the season. Although the longer she spends in the colourful seaside town, the more she falls back in love with everything she left behind…and quite possibly, with her best friend Eliza’s older brother, local chef Sam Barnes! Why didn’t she notice he was quite this gorgeous before? And will their spring fling be enough to convince her to stay? Don’t miss Spring at Lavender Bay, the first book in the enchanting Lavender Bay trilogy! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Rachael Lucas and Hilary Boyd. Book 1: Spring at Lavender Bay Book 2: Summer at Lavender Bay Book 3: Snowflakes at Lavender Bay Readers love Sarah Bennett: “Love this first book of a new series by Sarah Bennett” “Read and loved this book, with characters who seem to be real with hopes and frailties” “I can't wait for the next two books. A beautiful read.” “a gorgeous and compelling tale of love, friendship and renewal that will put at smile on your face” “This is a must read” “Sarah Bennett, once again gives her readers a series that is sure to be a winner”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328379Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spring at Lavender Bay Series: #1 of Lavender Bay Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spring at Lavender Bay Series: #1 of Lavender Bay Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly Cove A season for change…? Beth Reynolds loved growing up close to Eleanor’s Emporium – a bric-a-brac shop full of wonders on Lavender Bay. Devastated to learn that Eleanor has died, she returns home from London immediately and is shocked to discover that the elderly lady has left the shop to her! Vowing to restore it to its former glory, she only intends to stay until the end of the season. Although the longer she spends in the colourful seaside town, the more she falls back in love with everything she left behind…and quite possibly, with her best friend Eliza’s older brother, local chef Sam Barnes! Why didn’t she notice he was quite this gorgeous before? And will their spring fling be enough to convince her to stay? Don’t miss Spring at Lavender Bay, the first book in the enchanting Lavender Bay trilogy! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Rachael Lucas and Hilary Boyd. Book 1: Spring at Lavender Bay Book 2: Summer at Lavender Bay Book 3: Snowflakes at Lavender Bay Readers love Sarah Bennett: “Love this first book of a new series by Sarah Bennett” “Read and loved this book, with characters who seem to be real with hopes and frailties” “I can't wait for the next two books. A beautiful read.” “a gorgeous and compelling tale of love, friendship and renewal that will put at smile on your face” “This is a must read” “Sarah Bennett, once again gives her readers a series that is sure to be a winner”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosie-coloured-glasses-by-brianna-wolfson--65308675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Little Miss Sunshine meets About a Boy in this piercingly bittersweet novel which shows how the most meaningful love can last a lifetime. Willow’s mother Rosie isn’t like the other mums. She’s wears every colour of the rainbow, has midnight feasts, and sends Willow to school covered in paint. Meanwhile, Rex is the sort of father who checks Willow’s homework, has a rule for everything, and would never dream of playing in the dirt. Now Rosie and Rex live in different places, Willow knows her mum needs her even more. But Rosie’s multi-coloured way of looking at the world can be overwhelming. These days, it feels like Rosie is spinning off her axis – and taking Willow with her. As if, one day, Rosie might disappear for good. And what would happen to Willow then?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Little Miss Sunshine meets About a Boy in this piercingly bittersweet novel which shows how the most meaningful love can last a lifetime. Willow’s mother Rosie isn’t like the other mums. She’s wears every colour of the rainbow, has midnight feasts, and sends Willow to school covered in paint. Meanwhile, Rex is the sort of father who checks Willow’s homework, has a rule for everything, and would never dream of playing in the dirt. Now Rosie and Rex live in different places, Willow knows her mum needs her even more. But Rosie’s multi-coloured way of looking at the world can be overwhelming. These days, it feels like Rosie is spinning off her axis – and taking Willow with her. As if, one day, Rosie might disappear for good. And what would happen to Willow then?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-home-by-fern-britton--65308672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Home Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes an epic tale. Three generations of women, their lives, their loves and their longing to come home to Cornwall. ‘A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement’ Fanny Blake, Woman & Home Three women. A lifetime of secrets. The only place to be is home. Ella comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart after the death of her beloved grandmother, Adela. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, but she also opens a treasure trove of secrets. Twenty years ago Ella’s mother Sennen ran away from Cornwall. Sennen had been a young single mum and, unable to cope, had left their children with her mother Adela…and a part of her with them. She’s spent the years since hiding from her past, hiding from herself. Now it’s time to come back to Cornwall. To face her mistakes. To pray for forgiveness. And to hope for a future with her long-lost daughter and son. Will she be welcomed back with open hearts? They say home is where the heart is. It’s time to come home… Pendruggan: A Cornish village with secrets at its heart]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328374Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Home Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Home Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes an epic tale. Three generations of women, their lives, their loves and their longing to come home to Cornwall. ‘A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement’ Fanny Blake, Woman & Home Three women. A lifetime of secrets. The only place to be is home. Ella comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart after the death of her beloved grandmother, Adela. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, but she also opens a treasure trove of secrets. Twenty years ago Ella’s mother Sennen ran away from Cornwall. Sennen had been a young single mum and, unable to cope, had left their children with her mother Adela…and a part of her with them. She’s spent the years since hiding from her past, hiding from herself. Now it’s time to come back to Cornwall. To face her mistakes. To pray for forgiveness. And to hope for a future with her long-lost daughter and son. Will she be welcomed back with open hearts? They say home is where the heart is. It’s time to come home… Pendruggan: A Cornish village with secrets at its heart]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-s-day-by-pam-weaver--65308659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother’s Day Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Previously published as ‘For Better For Worse’ A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee. July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking to the future. Recently married to Henry, and with a baby on the way, she and her new husband are happily settled in the seaside town of Worthing. But a knock at the door brings Annie’s world crashing down. On her doorstep stands Sarah and her two young children. As they talk, Sarah reveals that she is Henry’s wife – and she has been searching for him since he walked out on their family a year ago. Struggling to believe what she’s hearing, Annie is forced to accept the truth when Henry is arrested for bigamy. Alone, with no one to support her, and with the baby due to arrive imminently, Annie must look to the most unlikely of places to find support in her darkest hour…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328428Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother’s Day Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother’s Day Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Previously published as ‘For Better For Worse’ A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee. July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking to the future. Recently married to Henry, and with a baby on the way, she and her new husband are happily settled in the seaside town of Worthing. But a knock at the door brings Annie’s world crashing down. On her doorstep stands Sarah and her two young children. As they talk, Sarah reveals that she is Henry’s wife – and she has been searching for him since he walked out on their family a year ago. Struggling to believe what she’s hearing, Annie is forced to accept the truth when Henry is arrested for bigamy. Alone, with no one to support her, and with the baby due to arrive imminently, Annie must look to the most unlikely of places to find support in her darkest hour…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-live-coal-in-the-sea-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65308861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Live Coal in the Sea: A Novel Series: #2 of Camilla Series Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A family’s deepest secrets are exposed in this “haunting domestic drama” from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Publishers Weekly). When her teenage granddaughter comes to her with a troubling question, Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she’s long kept hidden. Forced to relive her past, she relates a complex saga involving her beautiful, adulterous mother, her troubled son, and the difficult choices that have affected three generations of her family. As she goes through the difficult process of revealing her secrets, Camilla also lets go of the burden of lies she’s told. A testament to the power of acceptance and forgiveness, A Live Coal in the Sea is ultimately an exploration of the lengths to which people will go for love—and the things they’ll do to protect family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313656Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Live Coal in the Sea: A Novel Series: #2 of Camilla Series Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Live Coal in the Sea: A Novel Series: #2 of Camilla Series Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A family’s deepest secrets are exposed in this “haunting domestic drama” from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Publishers Weekly). When her teenage granddaughter comes to her with a troubling question, Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she’s long kept hidden. Forced to relive her past, she relates a complex saga involving her beautiful, adulterous mother, her troubled son, and the difficult choices that have affected three generations of her family. As she goes through the difficult process of revealing her secrets, Camilla also lets go of the burden of lies she’s told. A testament to the power of acceptance and forgiveness, A Live Coal in the Sea is ultimately an exploration of the lengths to which people will go for love—and the things they’ll do to protect family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stage-four-a-novel-by-sander-kollaard--65308771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stage Four: A Novel Author: Sander Kollaard Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: February 20, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning Dutch author comes a heartbreaking and poetic novel about a couple’s lasting love and their dedication to living out their dream. Dutch couple Sarie and Barend Vervoort celebrate their retirement by buying a camper van and hitting the road. Their intention is to drive around Europe, fulfilling Sarie’s wanderlust and returning to some of the places they traveled together when they first met, in 1968. But then Sarie falls seriously ill—diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The tragic discovery forces them to completely redefine their trip. Bravely, they hold on to what has bound them together from the beginning: the wish to live fulfilling lives, based on a great love. As Sarie decides to squarely face what is coming, Barend protects her physically, emotionally, and mentally by enabling this last, unbearably intimate trip as they retrace the entirety of their life—from its beginnings to its inevitable end. A novel of an extraordinary journey, Stage Four explores the beautiful and painful devotion that comes from love, unexpected deliverance, and directing a life slowly slipping away.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323164Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stage Four: A Novel Author: Sander Kollaard Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: February 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stage Four: A Novel Author: Sander Kollaard Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: February 20, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning Dutch author comes a heartbreaking and poetic novel about a couple’s lasting love and their dedication to living out their dream. Dutch couple Sarie and Barend Vervoort celebrate their retirement by buying a camper van and hitting the road. Their intention is to drive around Europe, fulfilling Sarie’s wanderlust and returning to some of the places they traveled together when they first met, in 1968. But then Sarie falls seriously ill—diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The tragic discovery forces them to completely redefine their trip. Bravely, they hold on to what has bound them together from the beginning: the wish to live fulfilling lives, based on a great love. As Sarie decides to squarely face what is coming, Barend protects her physically, emotionally, and mentally by enabling this last, unbearably intimate trip as they retrace the entirety of their life—from its beginnings to its inevitable end. A novel of an extraordinary journey, Stage Four explores the beautiful and painful devotion that comes from love, unexpected deliverance, and directing a life slowly slipping away.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-a-kiss-and-a-prayer-by-ellie-dean--65308749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With a Kiss and a Prayer Series: #14 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of With a Kiss and a Prayer by Ellie Dean, read by Julie Maisey. Cliffehaven, May 1944 The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the planes continue to roar above the town and there is still no news of the long-awaited Allied invasion into France. There seems to be no end in sight of this war which has scattered her family and brought conflict right to the door of Beach View Boarding House, but Peggy cannot work miracles and the toll of the war is beginning to weigh on her slender shoulders. Meanwhile, Ron Reilly has landed himself in hot water with his sweetheart, Rosie – and this time, his Irish charm will not be enough to get him out of trouble. The war has forever changed the lives of Peggy’s loved ones, but with the promise of an Allied invasion comes the hope that her beloved husband and family will at last be coming home. It will take an enormous amount of spirit to keep that hope alive and bring harmony back to Beach View. FIND LOVE. FIND HOPE. FIND CLIFFEHAVEN. With a Kiss and a Prayer is set almost exclusively in Cliffehaven in the heart of Ellie Dean's world: the Beach View Boarding House.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324249Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With a Kiss and a Prayer Series: #14 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With a Kiss and a Prayer Series: #14 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of With a Kiss and a Prayer by Ellie Dean, read by Julie Maisey. Cliffehaven, May 1944 The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the planes continue to roar above the town and there is still no news of the long-awaited Allied invasion into France. There seems to be no end in sight of this war which has scattered her family and brought conflict right to the door of Beach View Boarding House, but Peggy cannot work miracles and the toll of the war is beginning to weigh on her slender shoulders. Meanwhile, Ron Reilly has landed himself in hot water with his sweetheart, Rosie – and this time, his Irish charm will not be enough to get him out of trouble. The war has forever changed the lives of Peggy’s loved ones, but with the promise of an Allied invasion comes the hope that her beloved husband and family will at last be coming home. It will take an enormous amount of spirit to keep that hope alive and bring harmony back to Beach View. FIND LOVE. FIND HOPE. FIND CLIFFEHAVEN. With a Kiss and a Prayer is set almost exclusively in Cliffehaven in the heart of Ellie Dean's world: the Beach View Boarding House.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mrs-a-novel-by-caitlin-macy--65308735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs.: A Novel Author: Caitlin Macy Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the well-heeled milieu of New York's Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman no one can stop talking about. Despite a shadowy past, Philippa has somehow married the scion of the last family-held investment bank in the city. And although her wealth and connections put her in the center of this world, she refuses to conform to its gossip-fueled culture. Then, into her precariously balanced life, come two women: Gwen Hogan, a childhood acquaintance who uncovers an explosive secret about Philippa's single days, and Minnie Curtis, a newcomer whose vast fortune and frank revelations about a penurious upbringing in Spanish Harlem put everyone on alert. When Gwen's husband, a heavy-drinking, obsessive prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office, stumbles over the connection between Philippa's past and the criminal investigation he is pursuing at all costs, this insulated society is forced to confront the rot at its core and the price it has paid to survive into the new millennium. Macy has written a modern-day House of Mirth, not for the age of railroads and steel but of hedge funds and overnight fortunes, of scorched-earth successes and abiding moral failures. A brilliant portrait of love, betrayal, fate and chance, Mrs. marries razor-sharp social critique and page-turning propulsion into an unforgettable tapestry of the way we live in the 21st Century. 'Mrs. could be the next Big Little Lies.'-EW 'Macy skewers power parents in this entertaining, sharp-eyed portrayal of privilege and it's price'-People Magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324410Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs.: A Novel Author: Caitlin Macy Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs.: A Novel Author: Caitlin Macy Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the well-heeled milieu of New York's Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman no one can stop talking about. Despite a shadowy past, Philippa has somehow married the scion of the last family-held investment bank in the city. And although her wealth and connections put her in the center of this world, she refuses to conform to its gossip-fueled culture. Then, into her precariously balanced life, come two women: Gwen Hogan, a childhood acquaintance who uncovers an explosive secret about Philippa's single days, and Minnie Curtis, a newcomer whose vast fortune and frank revelations about a penurious upbringing in Spanish Harlem put everyone on alert. When Gwen's husband, a heavy-drinking, obsessive prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office, stumbles over the connection between Philippa's past and the criminal investigation he is pursuing at all costs, this insulated society is forced to confront the rot at its core and the price it has paid to survive into the new millennium. Macy has written a modern-day House of Mirth, not for the age of railroads and steel but of hedge funds and overnight fortunes, of scorched-earth successes and abiding moral failures. A brilliant portrait of love, betrayal, fate and chance, Mrs. marries razor-sharp social critique and page-turning propulsion into an unforgettable tapestry of the way we live in the 21st Century. 'Mrs. could be the next Big Little Lies.'-EW 'Macy skewers power parents in this entertaining, sharp-eyed portrayal of privilege and it's price'-People Magazine]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-of-hearts-by-kimmery-martin--65308726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Hearts Author: Kimmery Martin Narrator: Shannon McManus, Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful debut novel, praised by The New York Times, Bustle, and Hypable, that pulses with humor and empathy as it explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness.... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--throughout a tragic chain of events during her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her. Nick's unexpected reappearance at a time of new professional crisis shocks both women into a deeper look at the difficult choices they made at the beginning of their careers. As it becomes evident that Emma must have known more than she revealed about circumstances that nearly derailed both their lives, Zadie starts to question everything she thought she knew about her closest friend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324704Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Hearts Author: Kimmery Martin Narrator: Shannon McManus, Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Hearts Author: Kimmery Martin Narrator: Shannon McManus, Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful debut novel, praised by The New York Times, Bustle, and Hypable, that pulses with humor and empathy as it explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness.... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--throughout a tragic chain of events during her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her. Nick's unexpected reappearance at a time of new professional crisis shocks both women into a deeper look at the difficult choices they made at the beginning of their careers. As it becomes evident that Emma must have known more than she revealed about circumstances that nearly derailed both their lives, Zadie starts to question everything she thought she knew about her closest friend.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-time-to-blink-by-dina-silver--65308713https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Time To Blink Author: Dina Silver Narrator: Siiri Scott, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A profoundly moving story of impossible risks and love without boundaries. Told from alternating points of view—that of a daughter whose past is a mystery, and that of a mother with painful secrets to share. Catherine Clarke defied her family’s expectations when she married Gabriel, a handsome Lebanese businessman. After moving to Gabriel’s homeland and welcoming a baby daughter, Catherine knew she had to acclimate herself to the strange new world. Yet both her husband and her surroundings became more volatile and threatening than she could have ever imagined. When Gabriel forbids her to return to the States, Catherine devises a plan to deceive him, but she vastly underestimates how far he will go to punish her. And after her daughter, Ann Marie, is abducted and taken deep into the mountains of Beirut—protected by family, culture, and law—the only thing on Catherine’s side is the fierceness of a mother’s love. She’s prepared to move heaven and earth to find her child.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325155Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Time To Blink Author: Dina Silver Narrator: Siiri Scott, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Time To Blink Author: Dina Silver Narrator: Siiri Scott, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A profoundly moving story of impossible risks and love without boundaries. Told from alternating points of view—that of a daughter whose past is a mystery, and that of a mother with painful secrets to share. Catherine Clarke defied her family’s expectations when she married Gabriel, a handsome Lebanese businessman. After moving to Gabriel’s homeland and welcoming a baby daughter, Catherine knew she had to acclimate herself to the strange new world. Yet both her husband and her surroundings became more volatile and threatening than she could have ever imagined. When Gabriel forbids her to return to the States, Catherine devises a plan to deceive him, but she vastly underestimates how far he will go to punish her. And after her daughter, Ann Marie, is abducted and taken deep into the mountains of Beirut—protected by family, culture, and law—the only thing on Catherine’s side is the fierceness of a mother’s love. She’s prepared to move heaven and earth to find her child.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-our-lives-by-helen-warner--65308763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Our Lives Author: Helen Warner Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A fascinating exploration of friendship. Compelling, twisty, emotional and believable – I loved it.’ Sarah Morgan Four friends. Twenty years. One powerful secret. Everyone remembers where they were on 31st August 1997, the day Princess Diana died. Sophie, Emily, Amy and Melissa certainly do -– a beautiful cottage in Southwold, at the start of an annual tradition to have a weekend away together. Every year since, the four best friends have come back together. But over time the changes in their lives have led them down very different paths. And it’s when those paths collide that the secrets they’ve been keeping come tumbling out. One Day meets Big Little Lies in this unputdownable read about four friends, one long-buried secret and the histories we all share..]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324235Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Our Lives Author: Helen Warner Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Our Lives Author: Helen Warner Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A fascinating exploration of friendship. Compelling, twisty, emotional and believable – I loved it.’ Sarah Morgan Four friends. Twenty years. One powerful secret. Everyone remembers where they were on 31st August 1997, the day Princess Diana died. Sophie, Emily, Amy and Melissa certainly do -– a beautiful cottage in Southwold, at the start of an annual tradition to have a weekend away together. Every year since, the four best friends have come back together. But over time the changes in their lives have led them down very different paths. And it’s when those paths collide that the secrets they’ve been keeping come tumbling out. One Day meets Big Little Lies in this unputdownable read about four friends, one long-buried secret and the histories we all share..]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emma-in-the-night-by-wendy-walker--65308760https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma in the Night Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Julia Whelan, Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’A brilliant read’ B A Paris Two sisters go missing. Only one returns. Getting people to believe you is easy. If you tell them what they want to hear. When my sister and I disappeared three years ago, they found Emma’s car at the beach. Some people believed she had gone there to find a party or meet a friend who never showed. They believed that she’d gone for a swim. They believed that she’d drowned. Maybe by accident. Maybe a suicide. Everyone believed Emma was dead. As for me, well – now I’m back to tell our story. You’ll have to see if you believe it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324348Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma in the Night Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Julia Whelan, Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma in the Night Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Julia Whelan, Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ’A brilliant read’ B A Paris Two sisters go missing. Only one returns. Getting people to believe you is easy. If you tell them what they want to hear. When my sister and I disappeared three years ago, they found Emma’s car at the beach. Some people believed she had gone there to find a party or meet a friend who never showed. They believed that she’d gone for a swim. They believed that she’d drowned. Maybe by accident. Maybe a suicide. Everyone believed Emma was dead. As for me, well – now I’m back to tell our story. You’ll have to see if you believe it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/asymmetry-a-novel-by-lisa-halliday--65308729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asymmetry: A Novel Author: Lisa Halliday Narrator: Aden Hakimi, Fiona Hardingham, Candace Thaxton, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A TIME and NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK of the YEAR * New York Times Notable Book and Times Critic’s Top Book of 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub* NPR * O, The Oprah Magazine * Shelf Awareness The bestselling and critically acclaimed debut novel by Lisa Halliday, hailed as “extraordinary” by The New York Times, “a brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war” by The Wall Street Journal, and “a literary phenomenon” by The New Yorker. Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, “Folly,” tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War, “Folly” also suggests an aspiring novelist’s coming-of-age. By contrast, “Madness” is narrated by Amar, an Iraqi-American man who, on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is detained by immigration officers and spends the last weekend of 2008 in a holding room in Heathrow. These two seemingly disparate stories gain resonance as their perspectives interact and overlap, with yet new implications for their relationship revealed in an unexpected coda. A stunning debut from a rising literary star, Asymmetry is “a transgressive roman a clef, a novel of ideas, and a politically engaged work of metafiction” (The New York Times Book Review), and a “masterpiece” in the original sense of the word” (The Atlantic). Lisa Halliday’s novel will captivate any reader with while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323890Tue, 06 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asymmetry: A Novel Author: Lisa Halliday Narrator: Aden Hakimi, Fiona Hardingham, Candace Thaxton, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asymmetry: A Novel Author: Lisa Halliday Narrator: Aden Hakimi, Fiona Hardingham, Candace Thaxton, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A TIME and NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK of the YEAR * New York Times Notable Book and Times Critic’s Top Book of 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub* NPR * O, The Oprah Magazine * Shelf Awareness The bestselling and critically acclaimed debut novel by Lisa Halliday, hailed as “extraordinary” by The New York Times, “a brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war” by The Wall Street Journal, and “a literary phenomenon” by The New Yorker. Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, “Folly,” tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War, “Folly” also suggests an aspiring novelist’s coming-of-age. By contrast, “Madness” is narrated by Amar, an Iraqi-American man who, on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is detained by immigration officers and spends the last weekend of 2008 in a holding room in Heathrow. These two seemingly disparate stories gain resonance as their perspectives interact and overlap, with yet new implications for their relationship revealed in an unexpected coda. A stunning debut from a rising literary star, Asymmetry is “a transgressive roman a clef, a novel of ideas, and a politically engaged work of metafiction” (The New York Times Book Review), and a “masterpiece” in the original sense of the word” (The Atlantic). Lisa Halliday’s novel will captivate any reader with while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-years-by-virginia-woolf--65308724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Years Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Finty Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Written in 1937, The Years was the most popular of Virginia Woolf's novels during her lifetime. It explores a rich variety of themes such as sex, feminism, family life, education, and politics in English society from 1800 to the 1930s, as they affect one large upper-class London family. The principal theme of this ambitious book is time, threading together three generations of the Pargiter family. The story begins on a day in 1880 in the household of Colonel Abel Pargiter, his dying wife, and their seven children, and it ends in the 1930s with a brilliantly depicted party at which the Pargiters, young and old, pass in review. Important events—births, deaths, marriages, wars—occur in the wings; it is the commonplace moments that are captured here in a sequence of perfectly drawn scenes. As the Pargiters move from the oppressive confines of the Victorian home of the 1880s to the 1930s, they are weighed down by the pressures of war, capitalism, empire, and the rise of Fascism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323540Tue, 06 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Years Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Finty Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Years Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Finty Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Written in 1937, The Years was the most popular of Virginia Woolf's novels during her lifetime. It explores a rich variety of themes such as sex, feminism, family life, education, and politics in English society from 1800 to the 1930s, as they affect one large upper-class London family. The principal theme of this ambitious book is time, threading together three generations of the Pargiter family. The story begins on a day in 1880 in the household of Colonel Abel Pargiter, his dying wife, and their seven children, and it ends in the 1930s with a brilliantly depicted party at which the Pargiters, young and old, pass in review. Important events—births, deaths, marriages, wars—occur in the wings; it is the commonplace moments that are captured here in a sequence of perfectly drawn scenes. As the Pargiters move from the oppressive confines of the Victorian home of the 1880s to the 1930s, they are weighed down by the pressures of war, capitalism, empire, and the rise of Fascism.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-child-a-novel-by-rhiannon-navin--65308710https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Child: A novel Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Only Child triumphs. Zach, at only 6 years old, understands more about the human heart than the broken adults around him. His hope and optimism as he sets out to execute his plan will have every reader cheering him on, and believing in happy endings even in the face of such tragedy. . . . Navin manages to make Zach’s voice heartbreakingly believable.”—Ann Hood, The Washington Post “Perfect for fans of Room… a heartbreaking but important novel.” —Real Simple    Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts and the quietest voices speak the loudest.   Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224Tue, 06 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Child: A novel Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Child: A novel Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Only Child triumphs. Zach, at only 6 years old, understands more about the human heart than the broken adults around him. His hope and optimism as he sets out to execute his plan will have every reader cheering him on, and believing in happy endings even in the face of such tragedy. . . . Navin manages to make Zach’s voice heartbreakingly believable.”—Ann Hood, The Washington Post “Perfect for fans of Room… a heartbreaking but important novel.” —Real Simple    Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts and the quietest voices speak the loudest.   Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-neighbors-a-novel-by-joanne-serling--65308707https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Neighbors: A Novel Author: Joanne Serling Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A searing portrait of suburbia, friendship, and family strained by a devotion to false appearances. In an idyllic suburb, four young families quickly form a neighborhood clique, their friendships based on little more than the ages of their children and a shared sense of camaraderie. When one of the couples, Paige and Gene Edwards, adopt a four-year-old girl from Russia, the group's loyalty and morality is soon called into question. Are the Edwards unkind to their new daughter? Or is she a difficult child with hidden destructive tendencies? As the seams of the group friendship slowly unravel, neighbor Nicole Westerhof finds herself drawn further into the life of the adopted girl, forcing Nicole to re-examine the deceptive nature of her own family ties, and her complicity in the events unfolding around her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324327Tue, 06 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Neighbors: A Novel Author: Joanne Serling Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Neighbors: A Novel Author: Joanne Serling Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A searing portrait of suburbia, friendship, and family strained by a devotion to false appearances. In an idyllic suburb, four young families quickly form a neighborhood clique, their friendships based on little more than the ages of their children and a shared sense of camaraderie. When one of the couples, Paige and Gene Edwards, adopt a four-year-old girl from Russia, the group's loyalty and morality is soon called into question. Are the Edwards unkind to their new daughter? Or is she a difficult child with hidden destructive tendencies? As the seams of the group friendship slowly unravel, neighbor Nicole Westerhof finds herself drawn further into the life of the adopted girl, forcing Nicole to re-examine the deceptive nature of her own family ties, and her complicity in the events unfolding around her.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-at-butterfly-cove-by-sarah-bennett--65308721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Butterfly Cove Series: #3 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All she wants for Christmas…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324353Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Butterfly Cove Series: #3 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at Butterfly Cove Series: #3 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All she wants for Christmas…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wedding-bells-at-butterfly-cove-by-sarah-bennett--65308720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding Bells at Butterfly Cove Series: #2 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley A second chance by the sea? When Kiki Jackson’s marriage falls to pieces, there’s only one place that she knows she can escape to – her sister’s little guesthouse in Butterfly Cove. But she’s worried that turning up on bride-to-be Mia’s doorstep, especially with her two adorable children in tow, will spoil her sister’s imminent wedding plans! Luckily, handsome neighbour Aaron Spenser offers to share his new cottage with Kiki until she’s back on her feet. And as the wedding draws closer, Kiki realises that Butterfly Cove may be offering her little family more than just a new home… Maybe this is where her new life begins…? An uplifting and heartwarming read, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Rachael Lucas and Hilary Boyd. Praise for Sarah Bennett’s Butterfly Cove series: ‘A delightful and engaging read. An emotional journey I’ll never forget.’ Urban Book Reviews ‘A sweet, feel-good contemporary romance…definitely sigh-worthy!’ My Humble Opinion ‘I am already looking forward to my next trip to Butterfly Cove!’ Rachel’s Random Reads (top 1,000 Amazon reviewer) ‘Let Butterfly Cove work its magic! Sarah Bennett has stepped firmly into my auto-buy box.’ Claire Robinson (Top Ten GoodReads Reviewer)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324354Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding Bells at Butterfly Cove Series: #2 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding Bells at Butterfly Cove Series: #2 of Butterfly Cove Author: Sarah Bennett Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley A second chance by the sea? When Kiki Jackson’s marriage falls to pieces, there’s only one place that she knows she can escape to – her sister’s little guesthouse in Butterfly Cove. But she’s worried that turning up on bride-to-be Mia’s doorstep, especially with her two adorable children in tow, will spoil her sister’s imminent wedding plans! Luckily, handsome neighbour Aaron Spenser offers to share his new cottage with Kiki until she’s back on her feet. And as the wedding draws closer, Kiki realises that Butterfly Cove may be offering her little family more than just a new home… Maybe this is where her new life begins…? An uplifting and heartwarming read, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Rachael Lucas and Hilary Boyd. Praise for Sarah Bennett’s Butterfly Cove series: ‘A delightful and engaging read. An emotional journey I’ll never forget.’ Urban Book Reviews ‘A sweet, feel-good contemporary romance…definitely sigh-worthy!’ My Humble Opinion ‘I am already looking forward to my next trip to Butterfly Cove!’ Rachel’s Random Reads (top 1,000 Amazon reviewer) ‘Let Butterfly Cove work its magic! Sarah Bennett has stepped firmly into my auto-buy box.’ Claire Robinson (Top Ten GoodReads Reviewer)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-midwives-of-raglan-road-by-jenny-holmes--65308781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midwives of Raglan Road Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Midwives of Raglan Road by Jenny Holmes, read by Anne Dover. Summer, 1936. Newly trained midwife Hazel Price returns to the Yorkshire streets of her childhood, only to find that her modern methods and 'stuck-up' ways bring her into conflict with her family and other formidable residents of Raglan Road. Determined Hazel battles on, assisting with home deliveries and supporting the local GP. The days are long and hard but Hazel brings knowledge and compassion to the work she loves. Then tragedy strikes and accusations fly on Raglan Road. Will Hazel's reputation survive? And what of John Moxon, the man she is beginning to fall for - whose side will he take in the war between the old ways and the new? A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that readers of Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas and Call the Midwife will adore.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323628Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midwives of Raglan Road Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midwives of Raglan Road Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Midwives of Raglan Road by Jenny Holmes, read by Anne Dover. Summer, 1936. Newly trained midwife Hazel Price returns to the Yorkshire streets of her childhood, only to find that her modern methods and 'stuck-up' ways bring her into conflict with her family and other formidable residents of Raglan Road. Determined Hazel battles on, assisting with home deliveries and supporting the local GP. The days are long and hard but Hazel brings knowledge and compassion to the work she loves. Then tragedy strikes and accusations fly on Raglan Road. Will Hazel's reputation survive? And what of John Moxon, the man she is beginning to fall for - whose side will he take in the war between the old ways and the new? A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that readers of Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas and Call the Midwife will adore.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-streetcar-named-desire-a-bbc-radio-full-cast-dramatisation-by-tennessee-williams--65308734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Streetcar Named Desire: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: Tennessee Williams Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Matthew Needham, Leila Arias, Georgie Glenn, Tom Forrister, Anne-Marie Duff, David Sturzaker, Pippa Bennett-Warner, John Dougall, John Heffernan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne-Marie Duff stars as Blanche DuBois in BBC Radio 3’s landmark production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece Tennessee Williams's iconic play tells the story of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly on the doorstep of her sister Stella and her explosive brother-in-law Stanley. Over the course of one hot and steamy New Orleans summer, Blanche's fragile façade slowly crumbles, wreaking havoc on Stella and Stanley's already turbulent relationship… Embodying the turmoil and drama of a changing nation, A Streetcar Named Desire strips Williams's tortured characters of their illusions, leaving a wake of destruction in their path. Tennessee Williams's 1947 drama is one of the most loved and well-known stage plays of the 20th century. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1948, and the 1951 film adaptation picked up four Oscars. In this compelling radio dramatisation, Blanche is played by Olivier Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff, with a stellar cast including Matthew Needham as Stanley and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Stella. Cast: Blanche: Anne-Marie Duff Stella: Pippa Bennett-Warner Stanley: Matthew Needham Mitch: John Heffernan Steve: David Sturzaker Eunice: Sarah Ridgeway Pablo: John Dougal Mexican Woman: Leila Arias Collector: Tom Forrister Nurse: Georgie Glen Dramatised by Sarah Churchwell Produced and directed by Sasha Yevtushenko]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323634Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Streetcar Named Desire: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: Tennessee Williams Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Matthew Needham, Leila Arias,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Streetcar Named Desire: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation Author: Tennessee Williams Narrator: Sarah Ridgeway, Matthew Needham, Leila Arias, Georgie Glenn, Tom Forrister, Anne-Marie Duff, David Sturzaker, Pippa Bennett-Warner, John Dougall, John Heffernan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne-Marie Duff stars as Blanche DuBois in BBC Radio 3’s landmark production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece Tennessee Williams's iconic play tells the story of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly on the doorstep of her sister Stella and her explosive brother-in-law Stanley. Over the course of one hot and steamy New Orleans summer, Blanche's fragile façade slowly crumbles, wreaking havoc on Stella and Stanley's already turbulent relationship… Embodying the turmoil and drama of a changing nation, A Streetcar Named Desire strips Williams's tortured characters of their illusions, leaving a wake of destruction in their path. Tennessee Williams's 1947 drama is one of the most loved and well-known stage plays of the 20th century. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1948, and the 1951 film adaptation picked up four Oscars. In this compelling radio dramatisation, Blanche is played by Olivier Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff, with a stellar cast including Matthew Needham as Stanley and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Stella. Cast: Blanche: Anne-Marie Duff Stella: Pippa Bennett-Warner Stanley: Matthew Needham Mitch: John Heffernan Steve: David Sturzaker Eunice: Sarah Ridgeway Pablo: John Dougal Mexican Woman: Leila Arias Collector: Tom Forrister Nurse: Georgie Glen Dramatised by Sarah Churchwell Produced and directed by Sasha Yevtushenko]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-with-the-bomb-girls-by-daisy-styles--65308688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's Christmas time with our favourite Bomb Girls at the Phoenix Munitions Factory . . . with trouble ahead can their wishes still come true? The festive season is approaching and the Bomb Girls are determined to make this a year to remember. With Myrtle's health in decline, Edna's love life beginning to take flight and a shy new arrival in their midst, life is never quiet in Pendle. But Gladys, back from performing for the troops, is sullen and sad and her friends are sure she is hiding something. What happened while Gladys was away? And will the Bomb Girls be able to provide a wonderful Christmas all round? Fans of Lesley Pearse, Maggie Hope, Dilly Court and Donna Douglas will love Daisy Styles' mesmerising novels. Praise for the author: “An absolute joy.” KATE THOMPSON, author of The Wedding Girls.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324639Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas With The Bomb Girls Author: Daisy Styles Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's Christmas time with our favourite Bomb Girls at the Phoenix Munitions Factory . . . with trouble ahead can their wishes still come true? The festive season is approaching and the Bomb Girls are determined to make this a year to remember. With Myrtle's health in decline, Edna's love life beginning to take flight and a shy new arrival in their midst, life is never quiet in Pendle. But Gladys, back from performing for the troops, is sullen and sad and her friends are sure she is hiding something. What happened while Gladys was away? And will the Bomb Girls be able to provide a wonderful Christmas all round? Fans of Lesley Pearse, Maggie Hope, Dilly Court and Donna Douglas will love Daisy Styles' mesmerising novels. Praise for the author: “An absolute joy.” KATE THOMPSON, author of The Wedding Girls.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-ll-stay-by-karen-day--65308782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There are some decisions you can never unmake. You can only atone for them - or try to. During her senior year of college, Clare Michaels takes a spring break trip to Florida with three other girls, including her best friend, Lee. She's hoping for adventure and a few stories to share back at school. Instead, a string of bad choices leads to a horrific encounter, and Lee offers herself up so that Clare can escape. In the weeks and months that follow that fateful incident, Lee, once so dynamic and ambitious, flounders and withdraws. Clare was the only person to whom she'd ever confided about her troubled past. For Clare, that role felt like an honor-until it became a burden. Now she's trying to make amends for her momentary selfishness by taking care of Lee. Years pass, circumstances change, and contact between Clare and Lee ebbs and flows, but the events of that night in Florida are impossible to escape. They keep dragging Clare back, forcing her to confront what really happened and her part in it...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There are some decisions you can never unmake. You can only atone for them - or try to. During her senior year of college, Clare Michaels takes a spring break trip to Florida with three other girls, including her best friend, Lee. She's hoping for adventure and a few stories to share back at school. Instead, a string of bad choices leads to a horrific encounter, and Lee offers herself up so that Clare can escape. In the weeks and months that follow that fateful incident, Lee, once so dynamic and ambitious, flounders and withdraws. Clare was the only person to whom she'd ever confided about her troubled past. For Clare, that role felt like an honor-until it became a burden. Now she's trying to make amends for her momentary selfishness by taking care of Lee. Years pass, circumstances change, and contact between Clare and Lee ebbs and flows, but the events of that night in Florida are impossible to escape. They keep dragging Clare back, forcing her to confront what really happened and her part in it...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-sinful-touch-by-candace-camp--65308775https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Sinful Touch Series: #5 of The Mad Morelands Author: Candace Camp Narrator: Will Thorne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A lost identity. A dangerous mystery. And a deep love that can conquer it all. When a mysterious gentleman arrives on his doorstep, Alexander Moreland is astonished to discover that the stranger is not a gentleman at all, but a beautiful young woman disguised as a man, and in great need of assistance. The woman remembers nothing except her own name, Sabrina, and has only the contents of her pockets as clues to her identity: a handkerchief, a pocket watch, a leather pouch, a torn scrap of paper and a gold ring. Sabrina is certain that she is on the run from someone, or something—how else to explain the bruises on her face and the pervasive sense of dread she feels? She’s also certain that she trusts Alex to help her, and she can’t deny the sparks that fly between them. As they race through the English countryside, Sabrina and Alex must solve the mystery of Sabrina’s past—before whatever she’s running from catches up to them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323754Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Sinful Touch Series: #5 of The Mad Morelands Author: Candace Camp Narrator: Will Thorne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Sinful Touch Series: #5 of The Mad Morelands Author: Candace Camp Narrator: Will Thorne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A lost identity. A dangerous mystery. And a deep love that can conquer it all. When a mysterious gentleman arrives on his doorstep, Alexander Moreland is astonished to discover that the stranger is not a gentleman at all, but a beautiful young woman disguised as a man, and in great need of assistance. The woman remembers nothing except her own name, Sabrina, and has only the contents of her pockets as clues to her identity: a handkerchief, a pocket watch, a leather pouch, a torn scrap of paper and a gold ring. Sabrina is certain that she is on the run from someone, or something—how else to explain the bruises on her face and the pervasive sense of dread she feels? She’s also certain that she trusts Alex to help her, and she can’t deny the sparks that fly between them. As they race through the English countryside, Sabrina and Alex must solve the mystery of Sabrina’s past—before whatever she’s running from catches up to them.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lord-of-california-a-novel-by-andrew-valencia--65308759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of California: A Novel Author: Andrew Valencia Narrator: Kyla Garcia, Andrew Eiden, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in a future where the United States has dissolved and California is its own independent republic, Lord of California follows the struggles of the Temple family as they work at running a farm on a nationalized land parcel in the central San Joaquin Valley. When the family patriarch, Elliot, dies, it’s revealed that he had been keeping five separate families, and in the aftermath of their discovery, his widows and children must come together to keep from losing all they have. But their livelihood is threatened when Elliot’s estranged son tries to blackmail them, unleashing a series of violent confrontations between different factions of the family. A sparse family drama reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy, combined with the intimate first-person narratives of Kazuo Ishiguro, Lord of California is a powerful debut novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323533Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of California: A Novel Author: Andrew Valencia Narrator: Kyla Garcia, Andrew Eiden, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of California: A Novel Author: Andrew Valencia Narrator: Kyla Garcia, Andrew Eiden, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in a future where the United States has dissolved and California is its own independent republic, Lord of California follows the struggles of the Temple family as they work at running a farm on a nationalized land parcel in the central San Joaquin Valley. When the family patriarch, Elliot, dies, it’s revealed that he had been keeping five separate families, and in the aftermath of their discovery, his widows and children must come together to keep from losing all they have. But their livelihood is threatened when Elliot’s estranged son tries to blackmail them, unleashing a series of violent confrontations between different factions of the family. A sparse family drama reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy, combined with the intimate first-person narratives of Kazuo Ishiguro, Lord of California is a powerful debut novel.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-of-secrets-a-novel-by-v-c-andrews--65308736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Secrets: A Novel Series: #1 of House of Secrets Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 11 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes a shivery gothic tale of romance, class divisions, and the secrets that haunt families for generations. Ever since Fern could remember, she and her mother have lived as servants in Wyndemere House, the old gothic mansion of the Davenport family. She may have been a servant, but Fern developed a sweet friendship with Dr. Davenport’s son, Ryder, and she was even allowed free range of the estate. But Dr. Davenport has remarried and his new wife has very different ideas about a servant’s place. Now Fern and her mother are subject to cruel punishments, harsh conditions, and aren’t even allowed to use the front door. Yet, for all her wrath, the cruel woman cannot break the mysterious bond between Ryder and Fern. And when Ryder invites Fern to join his friends at prom, there’s nothing Mrs. Davenport can do to stop them nor can she continue to guard the secret that haunts the women of Wyndemere—but there’s nothing she won’t try. After all, reputation is everything.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323483Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Secrets: A Novel Series: #1 of House of Secrets Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Secrets: A Novel Series: #1 of House of Secrets Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 11 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes a shivery gothic tale of romance, class divisions, and the secrets that haunt families for generations. Ever since Fern could remember, she and her mother have lived as servants in Wyndemere House, the old gothic mansion of the Davenport family. She may have been a servant, but Fern developed a sweet friendship with Dr. Davenport’s son, Ryder, and she was even allowed free range of the estate. But Dr. Davenport has remarried and his new wife has very different ideas about a servant’s place. Now Fern and her mother are subject to cruel punishments, harsh conditions, and aren’t even allowed to use the front door. Yet, for all her wrath, the cruel woman cannot break the mysterious bond between Ryder and Fern. And when Ryder invites Fern to join his friends at prom, there’s nothing Mrs. Davenport can do to stop them nor can she continue to guard the secret that haunts the women of Wyndemere—but there’s nothing she won’t try. After all, reputation is everything.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/still-me-a-novel-by-jojo-moyes--65308723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Me: A Novel Series: #3 of Me Before You Trilogy Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Anna Acton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 277 Ratings of Narrator: 4.94 of Total 48 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life. As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue where she works and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heart—wherever that may lead? Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she discovers who she is and who she was always meant to be—and learns to live boldly in her brave new world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323509Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Me: A Novel Series: #3 of Me Before You Trilogy Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Anna Acton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Me: A Novel Series: #3 of Me Before You Trilogy Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Anna Acton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 277 Ratings of Narrator: 4.94 of Total 48 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life. As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue where she works and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heart—wherever that may lead? Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she discovers who she is and who she was always meant to be—and learns to live boldly in her brave new world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/need-to-know-you-won-t-be-able-to-put-it-down-shari-lapena-author-of-the-couple-next-door-by-karen-cleveland--65308799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need To Know: 'You won't be able to put it down!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR Author: Karen Cleveland Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Need to Know by Karen Cleveland, read by Mia Barron. PERFECT HUSBAND. PERFECT FATHER. PERFECT LIAR? Vivian Miller is a CIA analyst assigned to uncover Russian sleeper cells in the USA. After accessing the computer of a potential Russian spy, she stumbles on a secret dossier of deep-cover agents living in her own country. Five seemingly normal people living in plain sight. A few clicks later, everything that matters to Vivian is threatened - her job, her husband, even her four children . . . Vivian has vowed to defend her country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But now she's facing impossible choices. Torn between loyalty and betrayal, allegiance and treason, love and suspicion, who can she trust? Will her next move be the right one? ‘You'll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us, skipping lunch, losing sleep, turning pages until the end.’ JOHN GRISHAM ‘Karen Cleveland is the real deal – an exciting new voice in thrillers.’ PATRICIA CORNWELL ‘Prediction: if you read chapter one, you’ll read chapter two. If you read chapter two, you’ll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow. This is that kind of book. Superb.’ LEE CHILD ‘Hold on tight! What a story, brilliantly told. A gripping espionage thriller with real psychological depth. More modern than tomorrow.’ TERRY HAYES ‘I raced through this gripping tale of domesticity and deceit. Cleveland deliciously ratchets up the tension at every turn . . . you won’t be able to put it down until the final, stunning page!’ SHARI LAPENA ‘Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful, Need to Know hums with authentic detail, crisp storytelling, and characters that will long stay in your thoughts.’ J. P. DELANEY]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322777Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need To Know: 'You won't be able to put it down!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR Author: Karen Cleveland Narrator: Mia Barron Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need To Know: 'You won't be able to put it down!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR Author: Karen Cleveland Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Need to Know by Karen Cleveland, read by Mia Barron. PERFECT HUSBAND. PERFECT FATHER. PERFECT LIAR? Vivian Miller is a CIA analyst assigned to uncover Russian sleeper cells in the USA. After accessing the computer of a potential Russian spy, she stumbles on a secret dossier of deep-cover agents living in her own country. Five seemingly normal people living in plain sight. A few clicks later, everything that matters to Vivian is threatened - her job, her husband, even her four children . . . Vivian has vowed to defend her country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But now she's facing impossible choices. Torn between loyalty and betrayal, allegiance and treason, love and suspicion, who can she trust? Will her next move be the right one? ‘You'll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us, skipping lunch, losing sleep, turning pages until the end.’ JOHN GRISHAM ‘Karen Cleveland is the real deal – an exciting new voice in thrillers.’ PATRICIA CORNWELL ‘Prediction: if you read chapter one, you’ll read chapter two. If you read chapter two, you’ll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow. This is that kind of book. Superb.’ LEE CHILD ‘Hold on tight! What a story, brilliantly told. A gripping espionage thriller with real psychological depth. More modern than tomorrow.’ TERRY HAYES ‘I raced through this gripping tale of domesticity and deceit. Cleveland deliciously ratchets up the tension at every turn . . . you won’t be able to put it down until the final, stunning page!’ SHARI LAPENA ‘Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful, Need to Know hums with authentic detail, crisp storytelling, and characters that will long stay in your thoughts.’ J. P. DELANEY]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-the-home-fires-burning-part-four-a-soldier-returns-by-s-block--65308780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Four - A Soldier Returns... Series: #4 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden's greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat doesn't know who to turn to; and for newlyweds Teresa and Nick, the plane crash on their wedding day may just be the start of their troubles. Meanwhile, the life of the Campbell family will never be the same following a devastating tragedy…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323015Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Four - A Soldier Returns... Series: #4 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Four - A Soldier Returns... Series: #4 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden's greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat doesn't know who to turn to; and for newlyweds Teresa and Nick, the plane crash on their wedding day may just be the start of their troubles. Meanwhile, the life of the Campbell family will never be the same following a devastating tragedy…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-the-home-fires-burning-the-complete-novel-by-s-block--65308773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - The Complete Novel Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden's greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat doesn't know who to turn to; and for newlyweds Teresa and Nick, the plane crash on their wedding day may just be the start of their troubles. Meanwhile, the life of the Campbell family will never be the same following a devastating tragedy…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323016Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - The Complete Novel Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - The Complete Novel Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden's greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat doesn't know who to turn to; and for newlyweds Teresa and Nick, the plane crash on their wedding day may just be the start of their troubles. Meanwhile, the life of the Campbell family will never be the same following a devastating tragedy…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gingerbread-girl-a-heartwarming-tale-of-wartime-london-by-sheila-newberry--65308725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gingerbread Girl: A heartwarming tale of wartime London Author: Sheila Newberry Narrator: Cindy Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: While in hospital, seven-year-old Cora Kelly is excited to receive a visit from her mother, who brings a gift of a gingerbread man. Little does Cora know that this will be the last time she sees her. When tragedy strikes, she moves to London with her new guardian, Eliza. As war approaches and the past comes knocking, everything changes again. Is Cora destined to repeat her parents' mistakes?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324777Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gingerbread Girl: A heartwarming tale of wartime London Author: Sheila Newberry Narrator: Cindy Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gingerbread Girl: A heartwarming tale of wartime London Author: Sheila Newberry Narrator: Cindy Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: While in hospital, seven-year-old Cora Kelly is excited to receive a visit from her mother, who brings a gift of a gingerbread man. Little does Cora know that this will be the last time she sees her. When tragedy strikes, she moves to London with her new guardian, Eliza. As war approaches and the past comes knocking, everything changes again. Is Cora destined to repeat her parents' mistakes?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sewing-machine-by-natalie-fergie--65308719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sewing Machine Author: Natalie Fergie Narrator: Ruth Urquhart, Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred unpicks the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324776Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sewing Machine Author: Natalie Fergie Narrator: Ruth Urquhart, Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sewing Machine Author: Natalie Fergie Narrator: Ruth Urquhart, Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred unpicks the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-yellow-mocker-calls-by-lila-m-beckham--65308715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Yellow Mocker Calls Series: #1 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the South Carolina Hills, along the Savannah River Watershed, in the fall of 1829, fourteen-year-old, three-quarter Cherokee, Sahani, whose Christian name is Charity, sets out on a journey with her eighty-three-year-old maternal, white grandfather to Fort Charlotte, for what she thinks is a trip to trade the pelts he has accumulated in order to replenish their supplies. However, Charity soon discovers that her grandfather's objective in making this trip is to get her married off and settled somewhere. Since her beloved grandmother's passing several months earlier, her grandfather has worried about what would become of Charity should he, too, pass away. And, given his advanced age, he somehow senses that time is near; he does not want to die and leave young Charity alone and desolate. He and his wife reared Charity after her mother and father both died in a yellow fever epidemic when she was three years old. As they travel to Fort Charlotte, her grandfather tells her that before going to Fort Charlotte they will be making an overnight stop at his friend's house. And, that a year or so earlier, he and his long-time friend, Eli Gulledge, talked about what would happen to Charity should both he and his wife pass away and have arranged for Charity and Eli's son Henry to meet before that time comes to see if they will take a liking to one another. When Charity, who has never met Eli or his family, hears that, she threatens to act rude in order to make them not like her so that she can go back home with him, but her grandfather tells her that she cannot go back home with him and assures her that if young Henry doesn't take a liking to her, he is sure that some young buck down in Fort Charlotte will be looking for a wife. Faced with the stark realization that her life is changing and she has no control of that change, many thoughts run through young Charity's mind—she even contemplates running away, but doesn't want to leave her grandfather alone. When her grandfather suddenly passes away that night at Eli's house, that threat never comes to fruition. Young, Charity is forced to abide by her grandfather's wishes and stay there with Eli's family . . . Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324098Wed, 24 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Yellow Mocker Calls Series: #1 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Yellow Mocker Calls Series: #1 of Two Feather's Legacy Author: Lila M. Beckham Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 24, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the South Carolina Hills, along the Savannah River Watershed, in the fall of 1829, fourteen-year-old, three-quarter Cherokee, Sahani, whose Christian name is Charity, sets out on a journey with her eighty-three-year-old maternal, white grandfather to Fort Charlotte, for what she thinks is a trip to trade the pelts he has accumulated in order to replenish their supplies. However, Charity soon discovers that her grandfather's objective in making this trip is to get her married off and settled somewhere. Since her beloved grandmother's passing several months earlier, her grandfather has worried about what would become of Charity should he, too, pass away. And, given his advanced age, he somehow senses that time is near; he does not want to die and leave young Charity alone and desolate. He and his wife reared Charity after her mother and father both died in a yellow fever epidemic when she was three years old. As they travel to Fort Charlotte, her grandfather tells her that before going to Fort Charlotte they will be making an overnight stop at his friend's house. And, that a year or so earlier, he and his long-time friend, Eli Gulledge, talked about what would happen to Charity should both he and his wife pass away and have arranged for Charity and Eli's son Henry to meet before that time comes to see if they will take a liking to one another. When Charity, who has never met Eli or his family, hears that, she threatens to act rude in order to make them not like her so that she can go back home with him, but her grandfather tells her that she cannot go back home with him and assures her that if young Henry doesn't take a liking to her, he is sure that some young buck down in Fort Charlotte will be looking for a wife. Faced with the stark realization that her life is changing and she has no control of that change, many thoughts run through young Charity's mind—she even contemplates running away, but doesn't want to leave her grandfather alone. When her grandfather suddenly passes away that night at Eli's house, that threat never comes to fruition. Young, Charity is forced to abide by her grandfather's wishes and stay there with Eli's family . . . Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-last-love-story-by-falguni-kothari--65308753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Last Love Story Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: January 23, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''At once heartbreaking, delightful, and completely unexpected. A must-read!'' —Sonali Dev, award-winning author of The Bollywood Bride “Promise me you’ll learn to cuss, learn to love again. Live again. Promise me you won’t give up on each other.” Simi Desai is thirty years old and her husband is dying of cancer. He has two last wishes in his final months: first, that she’ll have his baby so that a piece of him lives on, and second, that she’ll reconcile with her old flame, who just happens to be their mutual best friend. And so over the course of their last summer together, Simi’s husband plans a series of big and small adventures for this unlikely trio, designed to help them say goodbye to each other and prove to Simi that it’s okay to move on without him—and even find love again. Beautiful and poignant, Falguni Kothari’s My Last Love Story will pull your heartstrings as only unforgettable love stories can.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323240Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Last Love Story Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: January 23, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Last Love Story Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: January 23, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''At once heartbreaking, delightful, and completely unexpected. A must-read!'' —Sonali Dev, award-winning author of The Bollywood Bride “Promise me you’ll learn to cuss, learn to love again. Live again. Promise me you won’t give up on each other.” Simi Desai is thirty years old and her husband is dying of cancer. He has two last wishes in his final months: first, that she’ll have his baby so that a piece of him lives on, and second, that she’ll reconcile with her old flame, who just happens to be their mutual best friend. And so over the course of their last summer together, Simi’s husband plans a series of big and small adventures for this unlikely trio, designed to help them say goodbye to each other and prove to Simi that it’s okay to move on without him—and even find love again. Beautiful and poignant, Falguni Kothari’s My Last Love Story will pull your heartstrings as only unforgettable love stories can.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisters-like-us-by-susan-mallery--65308739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters Like Us Series: #4 of Mischief Bay Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence… Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom for her most daunting challenge—motherhood. She didn't inherit the nurturing gene like Harper and is in deep denial that a baby is coming. Worse, her mother will be horrified to learn that Stacey's husband plans to be a stay-at-home dad…assuming Stacey can first find the courage to tell Mom she's already six months pregnant. Separately they may be a mess, but together Harper and Stacey can survive anything—their indomitable mother, overwhelming maternity stores and ex’s weddings. Sisters Like Us is a delightful look at sisters, mothers and daughters in today’s fast-paced world, told with Susan Mallery’s trademark warmth and humor. Don't miss The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery where one woman discovers the beauty in chaos in a poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold family together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323458Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters Like Us Series: #4 of Mischief Bay Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters Like Us Series: #4 of Mischief Bay Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence… Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom for her most daunting challenge—motherhood. She didn't inherit the nurturing gene like Harper and is in deep denial that a baby is coming. Worse, her mother will be horrified to learn that Stacey's husband plans to be a stay-at-home dad…assuming Stacey can first find the courage to tell Mom she's already six months pregnant. Separately they may be a mess, but together Harper and Stacey can survive anything—their indomitable mother, overwhelming maternity stores and ex’s weddings. Sisters Like Us is a delightful look at sisters, mothers and daughters in today’s fast-paced world, told with Susan Mallery’s trademark warmth and humor. Don't miss The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery where one woman discovers the beauty in chaos in a poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold family together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brass-a-novel-by-xhenet-aliu--65308728https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass: A Novel Author: XHENET ALIU Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A fierce, big-hearted, unflinching debut”* novel about mothers and daughters, haves and have-nots, and the stark realities behind the American Dream *Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere WINNER OF THE GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND REAL SIMPLE A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly and naïve, a married man who left Albania to chase his dreams—and wound up working as a line cook in Waterbury, Connecticut. Back when the brass mills were still open, this bustling factory town drew one wave of immigrants after another. Now it’s the place they can’t seem to leave. Elsie, herself the granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants, falls in love quickly, but when she learns that she’s pregnant, Elsie can’t help wondering where Bashkim’s heart really lies, and what he’ll do about the wife he left behind. Seventeen years later, headstrong and independent Luljeta receives a rejection letter from NYU and her first-ever suspension from school on the same day. Instead of striking out on her own in Manhattan, she’s stuck in Connecticut with her mother, Elsie—a fate she refuses to accept. Wondering if the key to her future is unlocking the secrets of the past, Lulu decides to find out what exactly her mother has been hiding about the father she never knew. As she soon discovers, the truth is closer than she ever imagined. Told in equally gripping parallel narratives with biting wit and grace, Brass announces a fearless new voice with a timely, tender, and quintessentially American story. Praise for Brass “Lustrous . . . a tale alive with humor and gumption, of the knotty, needy bond between a mother and daughter . . . [Brass] marks the arrival of a writer whose work will stand the test of time.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “An exceptional debut novel, one that plumbs the notion of the American Dream while escaping the clichés that pursuit almost always brings with it . . . [Xhenet] Aliu delivers a living, breathing portrait of places left behind.”—The Boston Globe “The writing blazes on the page. . . . So much about the book is also extraordinarily timely, especially when it focuses on class and culture, and what they really mean.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Aliu is witty and unsparing in her depiction of the town and its inhabitants, illustrating the granular realities of the struggle for class mobility.”—The New Yorker]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324226Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass: A Novel Author: XHENET ALIU Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass: A Novel Author: XHENET ALIU Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A fierce, big-hearted, unflinching debut”* novel about mothers and daughters, haves and have-nots, and the stark realities behind the American Dream *Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere WINNER OF THE GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND REAL SIMPLE A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly and naïve, a married man who left Albania to chase his dreams—and wound up working as a line cook in Waterbury, Connecticut. Back when the brass mills were still open, this bustling factory town drew one wave of immigrants after another. Now it’s the place they can’t seem to leave. Elsie, herself the granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants, falls in love quickly, but when she learns that she’s pregnant, Elsie can’t help wondering where Bashkim’s heart really lies, and what he’ll do about the wife he left behind. Seventeen years later, headstrong and independent Luljeta receives a rejection letter from NYU and her first-ever suspension from school on the same day. Instead of striking out on her own in Manhattan, she’s stuck in Connecticut with her mother, Elsie—a fate she refuses to accept. Wondering if the key to her future is unlocking the secrets of the past, Lulu decides to find out what exactly her mother has been hiding about the father she never knew. As she soon discovers, the truth is closer than she ever imagined. Told in equally gripping parallel narratives with biting wit and grace, Brass announces a fearless new voice with a timely, tender, and quintessentially American story. Praise for Brass “Lustrous . . . a tale alive with humor and gumption, of the knotty, needy bond between a mother and daughter . . . [Brass] marks the arrival of a writer whose work will stand the test of time.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “An exceptional debut novel, one that plumbs the notion of the American Dream while escaping the clichés that pursuit almost always brings with it . . . [Xhenet] Aliu delivers a living, breathing portrait of places left behind.”—The Boston Globe “The writing blazes on the page. . . . So much about the book is also extraordinarily timely, especially when it focuses on class and culture, and what they really mean.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Aliu is witty and unsparing in her depiction of the town and its inhabitants, illustrating the granular realities of the struggle for class mobility.”—The New Yorker]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-clocks-a-novel-by-leni-zumas--65308767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Clocks: A Novel Author: Leni Zumas Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. Five women. One question. What is a woman for? In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom. Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivv?r, a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. Susan is a frustrated mother of two, trapped in a crumbling marriage. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro's best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. And Gin is the gifted, forest-dwelling herbalist, or 'mender,' who brings all their fates together when she's arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt. Red Clocks is at once a riveting drama, whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy, and a shattering novel of ideas. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles, Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience, evoking The Handmaid's Tale for a new millennium. This is a story of resilience, transformation, and hope in tumultuous -- even frightening -- times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323369Tue, 16 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Clocks: A Novel Author: Leni Zumas Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 16, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Clocks: A Novel Author: Leni Zumas Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. Five women. One question. What is a woman for? In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom. Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivv?r, a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. Susan is a frustrated mother of two, trapped in a crumbling marriage. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro's best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. And Gin is the gifted, forest-dwelling herbalist, or 'mender,' who brings all their fates together when she's arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt. Red Clocks is at once a riveting drama, whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy, and a shattering novel of ideas. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles, Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience, evoking The Handmaid's Tale for a new millennium. This is a story of resilience, transformation, and hope in tumultuous -- even frightening -- times.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hattie-s-home-by-mary-gibson--65308772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hattie's Home Author: Mary Gibson Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hattie finds herself relegated to the factory floor on her return from the war. Her work mates are unforgiving at Hattie's attempt to raise herself up and she is soon ostracised. After journeying to Australia to marry her husband, Clara is betrayed and returns penniless, homeless and trying to raise a child alone. Lou's daughter and parents are killed by a bomb blast. By day, she works at the factory, by night she roams the bombsites half mad with grief. These women forge a bond that will ultimately allow them to find hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323077Fri, 12 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hattie's Home Author: Mary Gibson Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 12, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hattie's Home Author: Mary Gibson Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hattie finds herself relegated to the factory floor on her return from the war. Her work mates are unforgiving at Hattie's attempt to raise herself up and she is soon ostracised. After journeying to Australia to marry her husband, Clara is betrayed and returns penniless, homeless and trying to raise a child alone. Lou's daughter and parents are killed by a bomb blast. By day, she works at the factory, by night she roams the bombsites half mad with grief. These women forge a bond that will ultimately allow them to find hope.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/faking-friends-the-sunday-times-bestseller-from-the-author-of-worst-idea-ever-by-jane-fallon--65308800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faking Friends: The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Worst Idea Ever Author: Jane Fallon Narrator: Sally Scott, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Faking Friends by Jane Fallon, read by Sally Scott and Kristin Atherton. Best friend. Soulmate. Confidante. Backstabber. Amy thought she knew who Melissa was - then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé. When her career begins to unravel, she pays a surprise trip home to London. Her boyfriend Jack is out, but another woman has been making herself at home . . . And that Other Woman is Melissa. Amy has lost her job, her fiancé and her home in one disastrous weekend - but instead of falling apart she's determined to get her own back. Piecing her life back together won't be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320898Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faking Friends: The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Worst Idea Ever Author: Jane Fallon Narrator: Sally Scott, Kristin Atherton Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faking Friends: The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Worst Idea Ever Author: Jane Fallon Narrator: Sally Scott, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Faking Friends by Jane Fallon, read by Sally Scott and Kristin Atherton. Best friend. Soulmate. Confidante. Backstabber. Amy thought she knew who Melissa was - then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé. When her career begins to unravel, she pays a surprise trip home to London. Her boyfriend Jack is out, but another woman has been making herself at home . . . And that Other Woman is Melissa. Amy has lost her job, her fiancé and her home in one disastrous weekend - but instead of falling apart she's determined to get her own back. Piecing her life back together won't be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-river-maid-by-dilly-court--65308785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The River Maid Series: #1 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court London, 1854: twenty-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father’s beck and call. Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the Thames, a man who ends up renting a room in Essie’s house, identifying himself only as ‘Raven’. When curiosity gets the better of her, Essie follows him and unwittingly becomes involved in something far greater than she could ever have guessed. Finding herself on a ship bound for the penal colonies in Australia with Raven and his cousin Alice, this is only the start of a remarkable journey taking her to the other side of the world and back again…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322278Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The River Maid Series: #1 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The River Maid Series: #1 of The River Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court London, 1854: twenty-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father’s beck and call. Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the Thames, a man who ends up renting a room in Essie’s house, identifying himself only as ‘Raven’. When curiosity gets the better of her, Essie follows him and unwittingly becomes involved in something far greater than she could ever have guessed. Finding herself on a ship bound for the penal colonies in Australia with Raven and his cousin Alice, this is only the start of a remarkable journey taking her to the other side of the world and back again…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-of-crime-by-kimberley-chambers--65308686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Crime Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes crime does pay, but at what price? **The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller** Some people are made for a life of crime Dragged up on a council estate, Jason Rampling was determined to change his lot. Jason’s a chancer, shameless with his good looks and his gift for earning a few quid. Life is easy when the money rolls in. Some people are ruined by it Melissa thought she’d struck gold marrying Jason. Being on his arm meant she was finally a someone. But there’s no glamour in waiting for your husband to come home, or waiting for a knock on the door. Melissa made her bed the day she made her vows – will she lie in it without a fight? Some would kill for it After a stretch inside Jason wants to pull off just one last job, the biggest of all, it could solve all of their problems. But this is a game that could cost them everything . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328369Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Crime Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Crime Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes crime does pay, but at what price? **The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller** Some people are made for a life of crime Dragged up on a council estate, Jason Rampling was determined to change his lot. Jason’s a chancer, shameless with his good looks and his gift for earning a few quid. Life is easy when the money rolls in. Some people are ruined by it Melissa thought she’d struck gold marrying Jason. Being on his arm meant she was finally a someone. But there’s no glamour in waiting for your husband to come home, or waiting for a knock on the door. Melissa made her bed the day she made her vows – will she lie in it without a fight? Some would kill for it After a stretch inside Jason wants to pull off just one last job, the biggest of all, it could solve all of their problems. But this is a game that could cost them everything . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hearts-of-resistance-by-soraya-m-lane--65308677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hearts of Resistance Author: Soraya M. Lane Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, three women must come together to fight for freedom, for the men they love—and for each other. When Hazel is given the chance to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, she seizes the opportunity to do more for the British war effort than file paperwork. Alongside her childhood friend, French-born Rose, she quickly rises up the ranks of the freedom fighters. For Rose, the Resistance is a link to her late husband, and a way to move forward without him. What starts out as helping downed airmen becomes a bigger cause when they meet Sophia, a German escapee and fierce critic of Hitler who is wanted by the Gestapo. Together the three women form a bond that will last a lifetime. But amid the turmoil and tragedy of warfare, all three risk losing everything—and everyone—they hold dear. Will their united front be strong enough to see them through?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325293Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hearts of Resistance Author: Soraya M. Lane Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hearts of Resistance Author: Soraya M. Lane Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, three women must come together to fight for freedom, for the men they love—and for each other. When Hazel is given the chance to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, she seizes the opportunity to do more for the British war effort than file paperwork. Alongside her childhood friend, French-born Rose, she quickly rises up the ranks of the freedom fighters. For Rose, the Resistance is a link to her late husband, and a way to move forward without him. What starts out as helping downed airmen becomes a bigger cause when they meet Sophia, a German escapee and fierce critic of Hitler who is wanted by the Gestapo. Together the three women form a bond that will last a lifetime. But amid the turmoil and tragedy of warfare, all three risk losing everything—and everyone—they hold dear. Will their united front be strong enough to see them through?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heart-spring-mountain-a-novel-by-robin-macarthur--65308795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heart Spring Mountain: A Novel Author: Robin MacArthur Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret. It’s August 2011, and Tropical Storm Irene has just wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying homes. One thousand miles away—while tending bar in New Orleans—Vale receives a call and is told that her mother, Bonnie, has disappeared. Despite a years-long estrangement from Bonnie, Vale drops everything and returns home to look for her. Though the hometown Vale comes back to is not the one she left eight years earlier, she finds herself falling back into the lives of the family she thought she’d long since left behind. As Vale begins her search, the narrative opens up and pitches back and forth in time to follow three generations of women—a farming widow, a back-to-the-land dreamer, and an owl-loving hermit—as they seek love, bear children, and absorb losses. All the while, Vale’s search has her unwittingly careening toward a family origin secret more stunning than she ever imagined. Written with a striking sense of place, Heart Spring Mountain is an arresting novel about returning home, finding hope in the dark, and of the power of the land—and the stories it harbors—to connect and to heal. It’s also an absorbing exploration of the small fractures that can make families break-and the lasting ties that bind them together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320962Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heart Spring Mountain: A Novel Author: Robin MacArthur Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heart Spring Mountain: A Novel Author: Robin MacArthur Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret. It’s August 2011, and Tropical Storm Irene has just wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying homes. One thousand miles away—while tending bar in New Orleans—Vale receives a call and is told that her mother, Bonnie, has disappeared. Despite a years-long estrangement from Bonnie, Vale drops everything and returns home to look for her. Though the hometown Vale comes back to is not the one she left eight years earlier, she finds herself falling back into the lives of the family she thought she’d long since left behind. As Vale begins her search, the narrative opens up and pitches back and forth in time to follow three generations of women—a farming widow, a back-to-the-land dreamer, and an owl-loving hermit—as they seek love, bear children, and absorb losses. All the while, Vale’s search has her unwittingly careening toward a family origin secret more stunning than she ever imagined. Written with a striking sense of place, Heart Spring Mountain is an arresting novel about returning home, finding hope in the dark, and of the power of the land—and the stories it harbors—to connect and to heal. It’s also an absorbing exploration of the small fractures that can make families break-and the lasting ties that bind them together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-immortalists-by-chloe-benjamin--65308779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Narrator: Maggie Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 112 Ratings of Narrator: 4.12 of Total 25 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Marie Claire • New York Public Library • LibraryReads • The Skimm • Lit Hub • Lit Reactor  AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A captivating family saga.”—The New York Times Book Review “This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.”—People Magazine (Book of the Week) If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322542Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Narrator: Maggie Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Narrator: Maggie Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 112 Ratings of Narrator: 4.12 of Total 25 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Marie Claire • New York Public Library • LibraryReads • The Skimm • Lit Hub • Lit Reactor  AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A captivating family saga.”—The New York Times Book Review “This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.”—People Magazine (Book of the Week) If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-days-when-birds-come-back-by-deborah-reed--65308778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days When Birds Come Back Author: Deborah Reed Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June is in transition, reeling from her divorce, trying to stay sober, and faced with a completely stalled career. She returns to the beautiful Oregon coast where she grew up and must decide what to do with her late and much-loved grandparents’ charming cedar-shingled home, a place haunted by memories of her childhood. Jameson comes highly recommended to renovate the old house to sell, and from their first contact, his curiosity is piqued by June. He too is unmoored as he struggles to redefine his marriage in the aftermath of tragic loss, and over the course of the summer, his conversations with June about the house quickly turn to the personal—of secrets hidden in walls and of stories from the past half-told. Sensing connection, June and Jameson can’t seem to stop circling each other, shying away from hurt. But what can the future hold as long as they are gripped so firmly by the past? Brimming with empathy, The Days When Birds Come Back, like the house itself, is a graceful testament to endurance, rebuilding, and the possibilities of coming home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322316Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days When Birds Come Back Author: Deborah Reed Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days When Birds Come Back Author: Deborah Reed Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June is in transition, reeling from her divorce, trying to stay sober, and faced with a completely stalled career. She returns to the beautiful Oregon coast where she grew up and must decide what to do with her late and much-loved grandparents’ charming cedar-shingled home, a place haunted by memories of her childhood. Jameson comes highly recommended to renovate the old house to sell, and from their first contact, his curiosity is piqued by June. He too is unmoored as he struggles to redefine his marriage in the aftermath of tragic loss, and over the course of the summer, his conversations with June about the house quickly turn to the personal—of secrets hidden in walls and of stories from the past half-told. Sensing connection, June and Jameson can’t seem to stop circling each other, shying away from hurt. But what can the future hold as long as they are gripped so firmly by the past? Brimming with empathy, The Days When Birds Come Back, like the house itself, is a graceful testament to endurance, rebuilding, and the possibilities of coming home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-couldn-t-love-you-more-by-jillian-medoff--65308766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Couldn't Love You More Author: Jillian Medoff Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this heartwrenching novel, a woman must come to terms with a decision no parent should ever have to make: which child can she save?  Eliot Gordon would do anything for her family. A 38-year-old working mother, she lives an ordinary but fulfilling life in suburban Atlanta with her partner, Grant Delaney, and their three daughters. The two older girls are actually Eliot's stepdaughters, a distinction she is reluctant to make as she valiantly attempts to maintain a safe, happy household . . . Then Finn Montgomery, Eliot's long-lost first love, appears, triggering a shocking chain of events that culminates in a split-second decision that will haunt her beloved family forever. How Eliot survives -- and what she loses in the process -- is a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved a child. With hilarious honesty, emotional depth, and a knockout twist, I Couldn't Love You More illuminates the unbreakable bonds of family and reveals the lengths people will go to save one another, even if we can't save ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323502Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Couldn't Love You More Author: Jillian Medoff Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Couldn't Love You More Author: Jillian Medoff Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this heartwrenching novel, a woman must come to terms with a decision no parent should ever have to make: which child can she save?  Eliot Gordon would do anything for her family. A 38-year-old working mother, she lives an ordinary but fulfilling life in suburban Atlanta with her partner, Grant Delaney, and their three daughters. The two older girls are actually Eliot's stepdaughters, a distinction she is reluctant to make as she valiantly attempts to maintain a safe, happy household . . . Then Finn Montgomery, Eliot's long-lost first love, appears, triggering a shocking chain of events that culminates in a split-second decision that will haunt her beloved family forever. How Eliot survives -- and what she loses in the process -- is a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved a child. With hilarious honesty, emotional depth, and a knockout twist, I Couldn't Love You More illuminates the unbreakable bonds of family and reveals the lengths people will go to save one another, even if we can't save ourselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-afterlives-a-novel-by-thomas-pierce--65308764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Afterlives: A Novel Author: Thomas Pierce Narrator: Thomas Pierce, Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Ridiculously good” (The New York Times) author Thomas Pierce's debut novel is a funny, poignant love story that answers the question: What happens after we die? (Lots of stuff, it turns out). Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what--if anything--awaits us on the other side.  Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322543Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Afterlives: A Novel Author: Thomas Pierce Narrator: Thomas Pierce, Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Afterlives: A Novel Author: Thomas Pierce Narrator: Thomas Pierce, Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Ridiculously good” (The New York Times) author Thomas Pierce's debut novel is a funny, poignant love story that answers the question: What happens after we die? (Lots of stuff, it turns out). Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what--if anything--awaits us on the other side.  Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peculiar-ground-a-novel-by-lucy-hughes-hallett--65308742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peculiar Ground: A Novel Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Narrator: Maggie Ollershaw, Jake Curran, Peter Noble, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Leighton Pugh, Adjoa Andoh, Juanita McMahon, Rachel Atkins, Anna Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''Unlike anything I’ve read. With its broad scope and its intimacy and exactness, it cuts through the apparatus of life to the vivid moment. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. It’s wonderful.''—Tessa Hadley The Costa Award-winning author of The Pike makes her literary fiction debut with an extraordinary historical novel in the spirit of Wolf Hall and Atonement—a great English country house novel, spanning three centuries, that explores surprisingly timely themes of immigration and exclusion. It is the seventeenth century and a wall is being raised around Wychwood, transforming the great house and its park into a private realm of ornamental lakes, grandiose gardens, and majestic avenues designed by Mr. Norris, a visionary landscaper. In this enclosed world everyone has something to hide after decades of civil war. Dissenters shelter in the woods, lovers rendezvous in secret enclaves, and outsiders—migrants fleeing the plague—find no mercy. Three centuries later, far away in Berlin, another wall is raised, while at Wychwood, an erotic entanglement over one sticky, languorous weekend in 1961 is overshadowed by news of historic change. Young Nell, whose father manages the estate, grows up amid dramatic upheavals as the great house is invaded: a pop festival by the lake, a television crew in the dining room, a Great Storm brewing. In 1989, as the Cold War peters out, a threat from a different kind of conflict reaches Wychwood’s walls. Lucy Hughes-Hallett conjures an intricately structured, captivating story that explores the lives of game keepers and witches, agitators and aristocrats; the exuberance of young love and the pathos of aging; and the way those who try to wall others out risk finding themselves walled in. With poignancy and grace, she illuminates a place where past and present are inextricably linked by stories, legends, and history—and by one patch of peculiar ground.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320963Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peculiar Ground: A Novel Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Narrator: Maggie Ollershaw, Jake Curran, Peter Noble, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Leighton Pugh, Adjoa...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peculiar Ground: A Novel Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Narrator: Maggie Ollershaw, Jake Curran, Peter Noble, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Leighton Pugh, Adjoa Andoh, Juanita McMahon, Rachel Atkins, Anna Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''Unlike anything I’ve read. With its broad scope and its intimacy and exactness, it cuts through the apparatus of life to the vivid moment. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. It’s wonderful.''—Tessa Hadley The Costa Award-winning author of The Pike makes her literary fiction debut with an extraordinary historical novel in the spirit of Wolf Hall and Atonement—a great English country house novel, spanning three centuries, that explores surprisingly timely themes of immigration and exclusion. It is the seventeenth century and a wall is being raised around Wychwood, transforming the great house and its park into a private realm of ornamental lakes, grandiose gardens, and majestic avenues designed by Mr. Norris, a visionary landscaper. In this enclosed world everyone has something to hide after decades of civil war. Dissenters shelter in the woods, lovers rendezvous in secret enclaves, and outsiders—migrants fleeing the plague—find no mercy. Three centuries later, far away in Berlin, another wall is raised, while at Wychwood, an erotic entanglement over one sticky, languorous weekend in 1961 is overshadowed by news of historic change. Young Nell, whose father manages the estate, grows up amid dramatic upheavals as the great house is invaded: a pop festival by the lake, a television crew in the dining room, a Great Storm brewing. In 1989, as the Cold War peters out, a threat from a different kind of conflict reaches Wychwood’s walls. Lucy Hughes-Hallett conjures an intricately structured, captivating story that explores the lives of game keepers and witches, agitators and aristocrats; the exuberance of young love and the pathos of aging; and the way those who try to wall others out risk finding themselves walled in. With poignancy and grace, she illuminates a place where past and present are inextricably linked by stories, legends, and history—and by one patch of peculiar ground.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emma-s-secret-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma’s Secret Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 4, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… At the centre of this sweeping saga stands Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma and the guardian of her vast business empire. Paula believes that all that Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface sibling rivalry and discontent are beginning to flare. Into this volatile mix walks Evan Hughes, a young American fashion designer. On her deathbed, Evan's grandmother told her to find Emma Harte. But Emma has been dead for thirty years; and Evan bears an uncanny resemblance to Paula O'Neill. Troubled by Evan's presence, Paula turns to Emma's recently discovered war-time diaries to find the truth… The decades fall away. It is London during The Blitz and Emma Harte comes vividly back to life. Working hard under war-time conditions, she is also holding her family together as bombs drop, sirens wail and her sons go off to war. As she struggles to cope, the indomitability, will power and strength that have forged Emma into the woman she is all come to the fore. As the pages unfurl, Paula discovers the secret Emma Harte took to the grave to protect others. Emma's Secret is vintage Barbara Taylor Bradford. Emotion, drama, intrigue and passion fill the pages in a spellbinding novel which only she could write.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322259Thu, 04 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma’s Secret Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emma’s Secret Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Bea Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 4, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… At the centre of this sweeping saga stands Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma and the guardian of her vast business empire. Paula believes that all that Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface sibling rivalry and discontent are beginning to flare. Into this volatile mix walks Evan Hughes, a young American fashion designer. On her deathbed, Evan's grandmother told her to find Emma Harte. But Emma has been dead for thirty years; and Evan bears an uncanny resemblance to Paula O'Neill. Troubled by Evan's presence, Paula turns to Emma's recently discovered war-time diaries to find the truth… The decades fall away. It is London during The Blitz and Emma Harte comes vividly back to life. Working hard under war-time conditions, she is also holding her family together as bombs drop, sirens wail and her sons go off to war. As she struggles to cope, the indomitability, will power and strength that have forged Emma into the woman she is all come to the fore. As the pages unfurl, Paula discovers the secret Emma Harte took to the grave to protect others. Emma's Secret is vintage Barbara Taylor Bradford. Emotion, drama, intrigue and passion fill the pages in a spellbinding novel which only she could write.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-only-for-one-night-by-reshonda-tate-billingsley-victoria-christopher-murray--65308822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only For One Night Author: Reshonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her husband is a workaholic, more concerned with his family's financial situation than emotional stability, and he doesn't understand why his wife is unhappy. He doesn't understand why the house and the credit cards and the fabulousness of what he's given her isn't enough. So when Angelique meets someone new, she does something she never thought she'd do-she has an affair. It's addictive, and Angelique wants more and more, but is she willing to give up everything she has for this fantasy come true?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320809Mon, 01 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only For One Night Author: Reshonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only For One Night Author: Reshonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Her husband is a workaholic, more concerned with his family's financial situation than emotional stability, and he doesn't understand why his wife is unhappy. He doesn't understand why the house and the credit cards and the fabulousness of what he's given her isn't enough. So when Angelique meets someone new, she does something she never thought she'd do-she has an affair. It's addictive, and Angelique wants more and more, but is she willing to give up everything she has for this fantasy come true?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/something-noble-by-william-kowalski--65308709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Noble Series: Part of Rapid Reads Author: William Kowalski Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Linda is a young, hardworking single mom struggling to get by from paycheck to paycheck. When she learns that her son Dre needs a kidney transplant, her family's already precarious financial situation takes a turn for the worst. Then she discovers that the only one who can help Dre is his half-brother LeVon, a drug-dealing gangbanger who thinks only of himself. Somehow Linda must get through to LeVon in order to save her son. Though she is deathly afraid of LeVon and the world he lives in, Linda knows she must conquer her fear and meet him on his own turf if she is to have any hope of success. Linda is finally able to teach LeVon the value of doing something noble with his life. And to her surprise, she learns she has room in her heart for one more kid, a boy from the streets who never had a chance. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325096Mon, 01 Jan 2018 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Noble Series: Part of Rapid Reads Author: William Kowalski Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Noble Series: Part of Rapid Reads Author: William Kowalski Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Linda is a young, hardworking single mom struggling to get by from paycheck to paycheck. When she learns that her son Dre needs a kidney transplant, her family's already precarious financial situation takes a turn for the worst. Then she discovers that the only one who can help Dre is his half-brother LeVon, a drug-dealing gangbanger who thinks only of himself. Somehow Linda must get through to LeVon in order to save her son. Though she is deathly afraid of LeVon and the world he lives in, Linda knows she must conquer her fear and meet him on his own turf if she is to have any hope of success. Linda is finally able to teach LeVon the value of doing something noble with his life. And to her surprise, she learns she has room in her heart for one more kid, a boy from the streets who never had a chance. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-liverpool-girls-by-pam-howes--65308738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liverpool Girls Series: #3 of Mersey Author: Pam Howes Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sisters Carol and Jackie haven't had the easiest of childhoods, but as they grow up and begin their own lives, both hope for happier times ahead. Stylish Carol works in Lewis' department store, while Jackie dreams of a career on the stage. But the sisters are heartbroken when they discover they have been dating the same man and an unexpected pregnancy causes a rift between them. As the sisters' troubles spiral, will their sisterly bond be destroyed forever?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323022Thu, 14 Dec 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liverpool Girls Series: #3 of Mersey Author: Pam Howes Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liverpool Girls Series: #3 of Mersey Author: Pam Howes Narrator: Georgia Maguire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sisters Carol and Jackie haven't had the easiest of childhoods, but as they grow up and begin their own lives, both hope for happier times ahead. Stylish Carol works in Lewis' department store, while Jackie dreams of a career on the stage. But the sisters are heartbroken when they discover they have been dating the same man and an unexpected pregnancy causes a rift between them. As the sisters' troubles spiral, will their sisterly bond be destroyed forever?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-the-home-fires-burning-part-three-strangers-amongst-us-by-s-block--65308733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Three - Strangers Amongst Us Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strive to protect the Home Front. When a plane crashes in the village, every one of their lives will change forever. The women of Great Paxford are no strangers to hardship and the extraordinary power of what women can achieve when they work together. Can Frances, Sarah, Pat, Steph and the women of the WI survive their greatest challenge yet?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322991Thu, 14 Dec 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Three - Strangers Amongst Us Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Three - Strangers Amongst Us Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strive to protect the Home Front. When a plane crashes in the village, every one of their lives will change forever. The women of Great Paxford are no strangers to hardship and the extraordinary power of what women can achieve when they work together. Can Frances, Sarah, Pat, Steph and the women of the WI survive their greatest challenge yet?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-orphan-in-the-snow-by-molly-green--65308731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan in the Snow Author: Molly Green Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: December 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnado’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan in the Snow is the perfect heartwarming saga to curl up with this winter. LIVERPOOL, 1941 Haunted by the death of her sister, June Lavender takes a job at a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage. June couldn’t save Clara from their father’s violence, but perhaps she can help children whose lives have been torn apart by war. A WORLD AT WAR When June bumps into Flight Lieutenant Murray Andrews on the bombed streets of Liverpool, the attraction is instant. But how can they think of love when war is tearing the world apart? A FIGHT FOR HOPE As winter closes in, and the war rages on, can June find the strength and courage to make a better life for herself and the children? 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/323251Thu, 07 Dec 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan in the Snow Author: Molly Green Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: December 7, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan in the Snow Author: Molly Green Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: December 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnado’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan in the Snow is the perfect heartwarming saga to curl up with this winter. LIVERPOOL, 1941 Haunted by the death of her sister, June Lavender takes a job at a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage. June couldn’t save Clara from their father’s violence, but perhaps she can help children whose lives have been torn apart by war. A WORLD AT WAR When June bumps into Flight Lieutenant Murray Andrews on the bombed streets of Liverpool, the attraction is instant. But how can they think of love when war is tearing the world apart? A FIGHT FOR HOPE As winter closes in, and the war rages on, can June find the strength and courage to make a better life for herself and the children? 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-summer-house-party-by-caro-fraser--65308786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer House Party Author: Caro Fraser Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dan Ranscombe is clever and good-looking, but he resents the wealth and easy savoir faire of fellow guest, Paul Latimer. Surely a shrewd girl like Meg Slater would see through that, wouldn't she? And what about Diana, Paul's beautiful sister; Charles Asher, the Jewish outsider; Madeleine, the children's nanny; and artist Henry Haddon? As these guests gather at a country house party, none has any inkling that the choices they make will have fateful consequences, lasting through the war and beyond.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323040Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer House Party Author: Caro Fraser Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer House Party Author: Caro Fraser Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dan Ranscombe is clever and good-looking, but he resents the wealth and easy savoir faire of fellow guest, Paul Latimer. Surely a shrewd girl like Meg Slater would see through that, wouldn't she? And what about Diana, Paul's beautiful sister; Charles Asher, the Jewish outsider; Madeleine, the children's nanny; and artist Henry Haddon? As these guests gather at a country house party, none has any inkling that the choices they make will have fateful consequences, lasting through the war and beyond.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-the-home-fires-burning-part-two-a-woman-s-work-by-s-block--65308803https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Two - A Woman's Work... Series: #2 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 23, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strive to protect the Home Front. When a plane crashes in the village, every one of their lives will change forever. The women of Great Paxford are no strangers to hardship and the extraordinary power of what women can achieve when they work together. Can Frances, Sarah, Pat, Steph and the women of the WI survive their greatest challenge yet?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322989Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Two - A Woman's Work... Series: #2 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Two - A Woman's Work... Series: #2 of Keep the Home Fires Burning Author: S. Block Narrator: Leanne Best Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 23, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strive to protect the Home Front. When a plane crashes in the village, every one of their lives will change forever. The women of Great Paxford are no strangers to hardship and the extraordinary power of what women can achieve when they work together. Can Frances, Sarah, Pat, Steph and the women of the WI survive their greatest challenge yet?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-broken-things-by-nicole-baart--65308829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Broken Things Author: Nicole Baart Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 244 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 65 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An engrossing and suspenseful novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Amy Hatvany about an affluent suburban family whose carefully constructed facade starts to come apart with the unexpected arrival of an endangered young girl.I have something for you. When Quinn Cruz receives that cryptic text message from her older sister Nora, she doesn’t think much of it. They haven’t seen each other in nearly a year and thanks to Nora’s fierce aloofness, their relationship consists mostly of infrequent phone calls and an occasional email or text. But when a haunted Nora shows up at the lake near Quinn's house just hours later, a chain reaction is set into motion that will change both of their lives forever.Nora’s “something” is more shocking than Quinn could have ever imagined: a little girl, cowering, wide-eyed, and tight-lipped. Nora hands her over to Quinn with instructions to keep her safe, and not to utter a word about the child to anyone, especially not their buttoned-up mother who seems determined to pretend everything is perfect. But before Quinn can ask even one of the million questions swirling around her head, Nora disappears, and Quinn finds herself the unlikely caretaker of a girl introduced simply as Lucy.While Quinn struggles to honor her sister’s desperate request and care for the lost, scared Lucy, she fears that Nora may have gotten involved in something way over her head—something that will threaten them all. But Quinn’s worries are nothing compared to the firestorm that Nora is facing. It’s a matter of life and death, of family and freedom, and ultimately, about the lengths a woman will go to protect the ones she loves.“If you liked Big Little Lies, you’ll want to crack open this new novel by Nicole Baart.”—Southern Living]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321193Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Broken Things Author: Nicole Baart Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Broken Things Author: Nicole Baart Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 244 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 65 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An engrossing and suspenseful novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Amy Hatvany about an affluent suburban family whose carefully constructed facade starts to come apart with the unexpected arrival of an endangered young girl.I have something for you. When Quinn Cruz receives that cryptic text message from her older sister Nora, she doesn’t think much of it. They haven’t seen each other in nearly a year and thanks to Nora’s fierce aloofness, their relationship consists mostly of infrequent phone calls and an occasional email or text. But when a haunted Nora shows up at the lake near Quinn's house just hours later, a chain reaction is set into motion that will change both of their lives forever.Nora’s “something” is more shocking than Quinn could have ever imagined: a little girl, cowering, wide-eyed, and tight-lipped. Nora hands her over to Quinn with instructions to keep her safe, and not to utter a word about the child to anyone, especially not their buttoned-up mother who seems determined to pretend everything is perfect. But before Quinn can ask even one of the million questions swirling around her head, Nora disappears, and Quinn finds herself the unlikely caretaker of a girl introduced simply as Lucy.While Quinn struggles to honor her sister’s desperate request and care for the lost, scared Lucy, she fears that Nora may have gotten involved in something way over her head—something that will threaten them all. But Quinn’s worries are nothing compared to the firestorm that Nora is facing. It’s a matter of life and death, of family and freedom, and ultimately, about the lengths a woman will go to protect the ones she loves.“If you liked Big Little Lies, you’ll want to crack open this new novel by Nicole Baart.”—Southern Living]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prodigal-return-by-jean-reinhardt--65308868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prodigal Return Series: #5 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's the 1880s, and James and Mary McGrother's family has been divided by emigration, like many of their neighbors in the village of Blackrock in county Louth. The couple who survived the Great Hunger have had to watch more than half their family leave the parish. The responsibility to care for one another extends beyond blood or marriage ties for the McGrother family in New York, when a young Irishman goes missing in America. Back in Ireland, at a time when James and Mary least expect it, a family member returns—but not everyone is pleased with the reunion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314753Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prodigal Return Series: #5 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prodigal Return Series: #5 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's the 1880s, and James and Mary McGrother's family has been divided by emigration, like many of their neighbors in the village of Blackrock in county Louth. The couple who survived the Great Hunger have had to watch more than half their family leave the parish. The responsibility to care for one another extends beyond blood or marriage ties for the McGrother family in New York, when a young Irishman goes missing in America. Back in Ireland, at a time when James and Mary least expect it, a family member returns—but not everyone is pleased with the reunion.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hazards-of-good-breeding-by-jessica-shattuck--65308838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hazards of Good Breeding Author: Jessica Shattuck Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This 'richly appointed and generously portrayed' (Kirkus Reviews) debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face to face with an America much larger than the one it was born in. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of the Boston deb parties, golf club luaus, and WASP weddings that she grew up with. But when she reluctantly returns home after her college graduation, she finds that not everything is quite as predictable, or protected, as she had imagined. Her father, the eccentric, puritanical Jack Dunlap, is carrying on stoically after the breakup of his marriage, but he can't stop thinking of Rosita, the family housekeeper he fired almost six months ago. Caroline's little brother, Eliot, is working on a giant papier-mâché diorama of their town—or is he hatching a plan of larger proportions? As the real reason for Rosita's departure is revealed, the novel culminates in a series of events that assault the fragile, sheltered, and arguably obsolete world of the Dunlaps. Opening a window into a family's repressed desires and fears, The Hazards of Good Breeding is a startlingly perceptive comedy of manners that heralds a new writer of dazzling talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315307Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hazards of Good Breeding Author: Jessica Shattuck Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hazards of Good Breeding Author: Jessica Shattuck Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This 'richly appointed and generously portrayed' (Kirkus Reviews) debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face to face with an America much larger than the one it was born in. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of the Boston deb parties, golf club luaus, and WASP weddings that she grew up with. But when she reluctantly returns home after her college graduation, she finds that not everything is quite as predictable, or protected, as she had imagined. Her father, the eccentric, puritanical Jack Dunlap, is carrying on stoically after the breakup of his marriage, but he can't stop thinking of Rosita, the family housekeeper he fired almost six months ago. Caroline's little brother, Eliot, is working on a giant papier-mâché diorama of their town—or is he hatching a plan of larger proportions? As the real reason for Rosita's departure is revealed, the novel culminates in a series of events that assault the fragile, sheltered, and arguably obsolete world of the Dunlaps. Opening a window into a family's repressed desires and fears, The Hazards of Good Breeding is a startlingly perceptive comedy of manners that heralds a new writer of dazzling talent.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rose-poe-by-jack-todd--65308832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose & Poe Author: Jack Todd Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in mythical Belle Coeur County in a time not too far from our own, Rose & Poe gloriously re-imagines Shakespeare's The Tempest from the point of view of Caliban and his mother. Rose and her giant, simple son, Poe, live quietly on the fringes of their town—tending their goats and working at odd jobs. Prosper Thorne, banished from his big-city law practice and worrying about his fading memory, obsessively watches over his beloved daughter Miranda. When Poe erupts from the forest one day carrying Miranda's bruised and bloody body, he is arrested, despite his protestations of get help-get help-get help. Overnight, Rose and Poe find themselves pariahs in the county where they have lived all their lives. In the face of bitter hatred and threats from her neighbors, the implacable Rose devotes all her strength to proving Poe's innocence and saving him from prison or worse. Rose & Poe is a tale of a mother's boundless love for an apparently unlovable child, and a stunning fable for our own troubled times. It will stick in your memory like sweet wild honey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315292Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose & Poe Author: Jack Todd Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose & Poe Author: Jack Todd Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in mythical Belle Coeur County in a time not too far from our own, Rose & Poe gloriously re-imagines Shakespeare's The Tempest from the point of view of Caliban and his mother. Rose and her giant, simple son, Poe, live quietly on the fringes of their town—tending their goats and working at odd jobs. Prosper Thorne, banished from his big-city law practice and worrying about his fading memory, obsessively watches over his beloved daughter Miranda. When Poe erupts from the forest one day carrying Miranda's bruised and bloody body, he is arrested, despite his protestations of get help-get help-get help. Overnight, Rose and Poe find themselves pariahs in the county where they have lived all their lives. In the face of bitter hatred and threats from her neighbors, the implacable Rose devotes all her strength to proving Poe's innocence and saving him from prison or worse. Rose & Poe is a tale of a mother's boundless love for an apparently unlovable child, and a stunning fable for our own troubled times. It will stick in your memory like sweet wild honey.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-floating-world-a-novel-by-c-morgan-babst--65308811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floating World: A Novel Author: C. Morgan Babst Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, The Floating World takes listeners into the heart of Hurricane Katrina with the story of the Boisdorés, whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundation of New Orleans. Though the storm is fast approaching the Louisiana coast, Cora, the family's fragile elder daughter, refuses to leave the city, forcing her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from a freed slave who became one of the city's preeminent furniture makers, and his white “Uptown” wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic—the victim or perpetrator of some violence mysterious even to herself. This mystery is at the center of C. Morgan Babst's haunting, lyrical novel. Cora's sister, Del, returns to New Orleans from the life she has tried to build in New York City to find her hometown in ruins and her family deeply alienated from one another. As Del attempts to figure out what happened to her sister, she must also reckon with the racial history of the city, and the trauma of destruction that was not, in fact, some random act of God, but an avoidable tragedy visited upon New Orleans's most helpless and forgotten citizens.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315430Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floating World: A Novel Author: C. Morgan Babst Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floating World: A Novel Author: C. Morgan Babst Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, The Floating World takes listeners into the heart of Hurricane Katrina with the story of the Boisdorés, whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundation of New Orleans. Though the storm is fast approaching the Louisiana coast, Cora, the family's fragile elder daughter, refuses to leave the city, forcing her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from a freed slave who became one of the city's preeminent furniture makers, and his white “Uptown” wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic—the victim or perpetrator of some violence mysterious even to herself. This mystery is at the center of C. Morgan Babst's haunting, lyrical novel. Cora's sister, Del, returns to New Orleans from the life she has tried to build in New York City to find her hometown in ruins and her family deeply alienated from one another. As Del attempts to figure out what happened to her sister, she must also reckon with the racial history of the city, and the trauma of destruction that was not, in fact, some random act of God, but an avoidable tragedy visited upon New Orleans's most helpless and forgotten citizens.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-darkest-sunrise-by-aly-martinez--65308865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Sunrise Author: Aly Martinez Narrator: Nelson Hobbs, Kasha Kensington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Whoever coined that phrase is a bald-faced liar. Words are often the sharpest weapon of all, triggering some of the most powerful emotions a human can experience. “You're pregnant.” “It's a boy.” “Your son needs a heart transplant.” Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Lies. Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun. Two words—that was all it took to extinguish the sun from my sky. “He's gone.” For ten years, the darkness consumed me. In the end, it was four deep, gravelly words that gave me hope of another sunrise. “Hi. I'm Porter Reese.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315275Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Sunrise Author: Aly Martinez Narrator: Nelson Hobbs, Kasha Kensington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Sunrise Author: Aly Martinez Narrator: Nelson Hobbs, Kasha Kensington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Whoever coined that phrase is a bald-faced liar. Words are often the sharpest weapon of all, triggering some of the most powerful emotions a human can experience. “You're pregnant.” “It's a boy.” “Your son needs a heart transplant.” Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Lies. Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun. Two words—that was all it took to extinguish the sun from my sky. “He's gone.” For ten years, the darkness consumed me. In the end, it was four deep, gravelly words that gave me hope of another sunrise. “Hi. I'm Porter Reese.”]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-floors-up-by-eshkol-nevo--65308847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Floors Up Author: Eshkol Nevo Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this bestselling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis. On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter's safety led him to lose control and put his marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as 'the widow,' whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family, if only to bring some emotional excitement into her life. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn't what he seems.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315426Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Floors Up Author: Eshkol Nevo Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Floors Up Author: Eshkol Nevo Narrator: Deepti Gupta, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this bestselling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis. On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter's safety led him to lose control and put his marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as 'the widow,' whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family, if only to bring some emotional excitement into her life. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn't what he seems.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-legacy-of-secrets-by-jean-reinhardt--65308816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legacy of Secrets Series: #4 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As the past catches up with Catherine, one of her sisters becomes a thorn in her side. To make life even more stressful for her, the young woman finds herself torn between two of the people she loves most in the world. As her husband, Patrick, does his best to provide for his young family, Catherine fears he is keeping secrets from her, possibly even more hurtful than the one she has concealed in her heart. While Patrick yearns for social change and a better future for his children, his wife is more concerned about the past and what damage it might cause.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314752Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legacy of Secrets Series: #4 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legacy of Secrets Series: #4 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As the past catches up with Catherine, one of her sisters becomes a thorn in her side. To make life even more stressful for her, the young woman finds herself torn between two of the people she loves most in the world. As her husband, Patrick, does his best to provide for his young family, Catherine fears he is keeping secrets from her, possibly even more hurtful than the one she has concealed in her heart. While Patrick yearns for social change and a better future for his children, his wife is more concerned about the past and what damage it might cause.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/switched-by-n-r-walker--65308827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched Author: N.R. Walker Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Israel Ingham's life has never been easy. He grew up in a house devoid of love and warmth. Nothing he ever did was good enough. The fact Israel is gay just added to the long list of his father's disappointments. Then a letter from Eastport Children's Hospital changes everything. A discovery is made, one of gross human error. Twenty-six years ago two baby boys were switched at birth and sent home with the wrong families. Sam, Israel's best friend, has been his only source of love and support. With Sam beside him every step of the way, Israel decides to meet his birth mother and her son, the man who lived the life Israel should have. Israel and Sam become closer than ever, amidst the tumultuous emotions of meeting his birth family, and Sam finds himself questioning his feelings toward his best friend. As Israel embraces new possibilities, he needs to dissect his painful relationship with his parents in order to salvage what's left. Because sometimes it takes proof you're not actually family to become one. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315222Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched Author: N.R. Walker Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched Author: N.R. Walker Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Israel Ingham's life has never been easy. He grew up in a house devoid of love and warmth. Nothing he ever did was good enough. The fact Israel is gay just added to the long list of his father's disappointments. Then a letter from Eastport Children's Hospital changes everything. A discovery is made, one of gross human error. Twenty-six years ago two baby boys were switched at birth and sent home with the wrong families. Sam, Israel's best friend, has been his only source of love and support. With Sam beside him every step of the way, Israel decides to meet his birth mother and her son, the man who lived the life Israel should have. Israel and Sam become closer than ever, amidst the tumultuous emotions of meeting his birth family, and Sam finds himself questioning his feelings toward his best friend. As Israel embraces new possibilities, he needs to dissect his painful relationship with his parents in order to salvage what's left. Because sometimes it takes proof you're not actually family to become one. Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/across-the-china-sea-a-novel-by-gaute-heivoll--65308770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Across the China Sea: A Novel Author: Gaute Heivoll Narrator: Alex Bloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the waning days of the German occupation of Norway, Karin and her husband move from Oslo to a tiny village in the south with their young son, the narrator. There they aim to live out their dream of caring for those who can't look after themselves. They have spent months building a modest house with rooms for patients, and it's soon filled with three adult men who are psychologically unstable—including Karin's uncle Josef, who suffered a head injury in a carriage accident—and five siblings whose parents have been declared unfit, and who are the subjects of much conversation in the village. This small and idiosyncratic community persists for nearly three decades. After his parents' deaths, the son returns to clean out this unusual home. The objects of his childhood retain a talisman-like power over him, and key objects—including an orange crate where he and his sister slept as infants, Josef's medal of honor, his mother's beloved piano, and many others—unlock vivid memories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316220Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Across the China Sea: A Novel Author: Gaute Heivoll Narrator: Alex Bloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Across the China Sea: A Novel Author: Gaute Heivoll Narrator: Alex Bloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the waning days of the German occupation of Norway, Karin and her husband move from Oslo to a tiny village in the south with their young son, the narrator. There they aim to live out their dream of caring for those who can't look after themselves. They have spent months building a modest house with rooms for patients, and it's soon filled with three adult men who are psychologically unstable—including Karin's uncle Josef, who suffered a head injury in a carriage accident—and five siblings whose parents have been declared unfit, and who are the subjects of much conversation in the village. This small and idiosyncratic community persists for nearly three decades. After his parents' deaths, the son returns to clean out this unusual home. The objects of his childhood retain a talisman-like power over him, and key objects—including an orange crate where he and his sister slept as infants, Josef's medal of honor, his mother's beloved piano, and many others—unlock vivid memories.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-turning-of-the-tide-by-jean-reinhardt--65308814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Turning of the Tide Series: #3 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The mid-1800s is a time of great change for James McGrother and his family. Friendship and loyalty draw the Irish fisherman into a world he would rather stay away from. Choices must be made that could bring the wrath of an old enemy upon James's head. How many fresh starts should a person have to make in their lifetime? Why is it that just when you think your boat has reached the shore, the tide turns and sweeps you back out to a stormy sea? As these questions torment James McGrother, two members of his young family must deal with distressing events that will change their lives forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314751Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Turning of the Tide Series: #3 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Turning of the Tide Series: #3 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The mid-1800s is a time of great change for James McGrother and his family. Friendship and loyalty draw the Irish fisherman into a world he would rather stay away from. Choices must be made that could bring the wrath of an old enemy upon James's head. How many fresh starts should a person have to make in their lifetime? Why is it that just when you think your boat has reached the shore, the tide turns and sweeps you back out to a stormy sea? As these questions torment James McGrother, two members of his young family must deal with distressing events that will change their lives forever.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-accidental-salvation-of-gracie-lee-by-talya-tate-boerner--65308833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee Author: Talya Tate Boerner Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten-year-old Gracie Lee knows a few things. She knows which trees are best for climbing. She knows how to walk through the hallway without making a sound on the hardwood floor. She knows if Daddy's crop gets one more drop of rain, the whole family will pay the price. There are plenty of things Gracie doesn't know. These things keep her awake at night. Gracie longs for something bigger and grander and truer, and feels certain there is more to life beyond school and dull church sermons. She worries about the soldiers in Vietnam and wonders what it must be like to have been born Lisa Marie Presley from Tennessee instead of Gracie Lee Abbott from Arkansas. Mostly, she wishes her Daddy wasn't so mean. Gracie's unchecked imagination leads to adventure, and adventure leads to trouble. She confides in unexpected characters and seeks solace in a mysterious gray house beyond the cotton field. When Gracie faces a difficult family situation, she must make a life-altering decision, one that will test the very essence of her character.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315699Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee Author: Talya Tate Boerner Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee Author: Talya Tate Boerner Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten-year-old Gracie Lee knows a few things. She knows which trees are best for climbing. She knows how to walk through the hallway without making a sound on the hardwood floor. She knows if Daddy's crop gets one more drop of rain, the whole family will pay the price. There are plenty of things Gracie doesn't know. These things keep her awake at night. Gracie longs for something bigger and grander and truer, and feels certain there is more to life beyond school and dull church sermons. She worries about the soldiers in Vietnam and wonders what it must be like to have been born Lisa Marie Presley from Tennessee instead of Gracie Lee Abbott from Arkansas. Mostly, she wishes her Daddy wasn't so mean. Gracie's unchecked imagination leads to adventure, and adventure leads to trouble. She confides in unexpected characters and seeks solace in a mysterious gray house beyond the cotton field. When Gracie faces a difficult family situation, she must make a life-altering decision, one that will test the very essence of her character.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-days-of-cafe-leila-a-novel-by-donia-bijan--65308793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Days of Café Leila: A Novel Author: Donia Bijan Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Café Leila, the restaurant her family has been running for three generations. Iran may have changed, but Café Leila, still run by Zod, has stayed blessedly the same—it is a refuge of laughter and solace for its makeshift family of staff and regulars. As Noor revisits her Persian childhood, she must rethink who she is—a mother, a daughter, a woman estranged from her marriage and from her life in California. And together, she and Lily get swept up in the beauty and brutality of Tehran.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315682Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Days of Café Leila: A Novel Author: Donia Bijan Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Days of Café Leila: A Novel Author: Donia Bijan Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Café Leila, the restaurant her family has been running for three generations. Iran may have changed, but Café Leila, still run by Zod, has stayed blessedly the same—it is a refuge of laughter and solace for its makeshift family of staff and regulars. As Noor revisits her Persian childhood, she must rethink who she is—a mother, a daughter, a woman estranged from her marriage and from her life in California. And together, she and Lily get swept up in the beauty and brutality of Tehran.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-year-of-broken-promises-by-jean-reinhardt--65308869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Year of Broken Promises Series: #2 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Year of Broken Promises continues the story of James and Mary McGrother, a young Irish fisherman and his wife, who were the main characters in A Pocket Full of Shells. Even with the famine years behind them, tragedy and hardship does not stop. Promises made in good faith are broken, along with the hearts of those making them. A solicitor, a constable, and a secretive organization all play a part in determining the fate of a young couple whose only desire is to provide for their family and live a simple life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314750Tue, 25 Jul 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Year of Broken Promises Series: #2 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Year of Broken Promises Series: #2 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Year of Broken Promises continues the story of James and Mary McGrother, a young Irish fisherman and his wife, who were the main characters in A Pocket Full of Shells. Even with the famine years behind them, tragedy and hardship does not stop. Promises made in good faith are broken, along with the hearts of those making them. A solicitor, a constable, and a secretive organization all play a part in determining the fate of a young couple whose only desire is to provide for their family and live a simple life.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-like-you-just-fine-when-you-re-not-around-by-ann-garvin--65308817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around Author: Ann Garvin Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everything is falling apart in psychologist Tig Monahan's life. Her mother's dementia is wearing her out; her boyfriend takes off for Hawaii without her; and her sister inexplicably disappears, leaving her newborn behind. When a therapy session goes horribly wrong, Tig finds herself unemployed and part of the sandwich generation trying to take care of everyone and failing miserably. Just when she thinks she can redefine herself on the radio as an arbiter of fairness, she discovers a family secret that nobody saw coming. It will take everything plus a sense of humor to see her way clear to a better life, but none of that will happen if she can't let go of her past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316044Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around Author: Ann Garvin Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around Author: Ann Garvin Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everything is falling apart in psychologist Tig Monahan's life. Her mother's dementia is wearing her out; her boyfriend takes off for Hawaii without her; and her sister inexplicably disappears, leaving her newborn behind. When a therapy session goes horribly wrong, Tig finds herself unemployed and part of the sandwich generation trying to take care of everyone and failing miserably. Just when she thinks she can redefine herself on the radio as an arbiter of fairness, she discovers a family secret that nobody saw coming. It will take everything plus a sense of humor to see her way clear to a better life, but none of that will happen if she can't let go of her past.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moving-forward-sideways-like-a-crab-by-shani-mootoo--65308747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab Author: Shani Mootoo Narrator: Graham Rowat, Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young man travels to Trinidad to reconnect with a transgender parent, uncovering the complex realities of love and family. Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents separated, and his mother, Sid, vanished entirely from his life. It is not until he is a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnects with his beloved lost parent, only to find, to his shock and dismay, that the woman he knew as 'Sid' in Toronto has become an elegant man named Sydney living in his native Trinidad. For nine years, Jonathan has paid regular visits to Sydney on his island retreat, trying with quiet desperation to rediscover the parent he adored inside this familiar stranger, and to overcome his lingering confusion and anger at the choices Sydney has made. At the novel's opening, Jonathan is summoned urgently to Trinidad where Sydney, now aged and dying, seems at last to offer him the gift he longs for: a winding story that moves forward sideways as it reveals the truths of Sydney's life. But when and where the story will end is up to Jonathan, and it is he who must decide what to do with Sydney's haunting legacy of love, loss, and acceptance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322005Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab Author: Shani Mootoo Narrator: Graham Rowat, Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab Author: Shani Mootoo Narrator: Graham Rowat, Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young man travels to Trinidad to reconnect with a transgender parent, uncovering the complex realities of love and family. Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents separated, and his mother, Sid, vanished entirely from his life. It is not until he is a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnects with his beloved lost parent, only to find, to his shock and dismay, that the woman he knew as 'Sid' in Toronto has become an elegant man named Sydney living in his native Trinidad. For nine years, Jonathan has paid regular visits to Sydney on his island retreat, trying with quiet desperation to rediscover the parent he adored inside this familiar stranger, and to overcome his lingering confusion and anger at the choices Sydney has made. At the novel's opening, Jonathan is summoned urgently to Trinidad where Sydney, now aged and dying, seems at last to offer him the gift he longs for: a winding story that moves forward sideways as it reveals the truths of Sydney's life. But when and where the story will end is up to Jonathan, and it is he who must decide what to do with Sydney's haunting legacy of love, loss, and acceptance.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-pocket-full-of-shells-by-jean-reinhardt--65308870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pocket Full of Shells Series: #1 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1846 a baby girl is born to a young Irish fisherman and his wife. It is the second year of the Great Hunger and the young couple choose to remain in Ireland, while family and friends are leaving. Their story takes place in the fishing village of Blackrock, Dundalk, but with the cities of Liverpool and Sunderland playing a critical part in their lives. Is their love for each other and their homeland enough to sustain them, or will they be forced to join the one and a half million who emigrate? This is the story of a young man's love for his wife and child and the struggle to provide for his family in one of the darkest periods of Ireland's history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314749Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pocket Full of Shells Series: #1 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pocket Full of Shells Series: #1 of Irish Family Saga Author: Jean Reinhardt Narrator: Michael Healy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1846 a baby girl is born to a young Irish fisherman and his wife. It is the second year of the Great Hunger and the young couple choose to remain in Ireland, while family and friends are leaving. Their story takes place in the fishing village of Blackrock, Dundalk, but with the cities of Liverpool and Sunderland playing a critical part in their lives. Is their love for each other and their homeland enough to sustain them, or will they be forced to join the one and a half million who emigrate? This is the story of a young man's love for his wife and child and the struggle to provide for his family in one of the darkest periods of Ireland's history.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lake-and-the-lost-girl-by-jacquelyn-vincenta--65308791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake and the Lost Girl Author: Jacquelyn Vincenta Narrator: Christina Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An intricately plotted debut about love, obsession, and the destruction of a family from the inside out It's 1999 in White Hill, Michigan, and Lydia Carroll's husband is in love with a dead woman. English Professor Frank Carroll has invested years searching for the lost works of local poet Mary Stone Walker, whose mysterious disappearance in 1939 is only rivaled by the beautiful words she left behind. When Frank's single-minded pursuit for Mary's lost poems puts his family in jeopardy, Lydia throws herself into the mystery, hoping to solve it and bring peace back to her home. But as Lydia begins investigating, her son takes action with a plan of his own.one that will bring the family to a breaking point and change Lydia's destiny forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322049Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake and the Lost Girl Author: Jacquelyn Vincenta Narrator: Christina Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake and the Lost Girl Author: Jacquelyn Vincenta Narrator: Christina Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An intricately plotted debut about love, obsession, and the destruction of a family from the inside out It's 1999 in White Hill, Michigan, and Lydia Carroll's husband is in love with a dead woman. English Professor Frank Carroll has invested years searching for the lost works of local poet Mary Stone Walker, whose mysterious disappearance in 1939 is only rivaled by the beautiful words she left behind. When Frank's single-minded pursuit for Mary's lost poems puts his family in jeopardy, Lydia throws herself into the mystery, hoping to solve it and bring peace back to her home. But as Lydia begins investigating, her son takes action with a plan of his own.one that will bring the family to a breaking point and change Lydia's destiny forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/practicing-normal-by-cara-sue-achterberg--65308790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Practicing Normal Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Charles Constant, Andi Arndt, Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The houses in Pine Estates are beautiful McMansions filled with high-achieving parents, children on the fast track to top colleges, all of the comforts of modern living, and the best security systems money can buy. Welcome to normal upper-middle-class suburbia. The Turners know in their hearts that they're anything but normal. Jenna is a high-schooler dressed in black who is fascinated with breaking into her neighbors' homes, security systems be damned. Everett genuinely believes he loves his wife . . . He just loves having a continuing stream of mistresses more. JT is a genius kid with Asperger's who moves from one obsession to the next. And Kate tries to manage her family, manage her mother (who lives down the street), and avoid wondering why her life is passing her by. And now everything is changing for them. Jenna suddenly finds herself in a boy-next-door romance she never could have predicted. Everett's secrets are beginning to unravel on him. JT is getting his first taste of success at navigating the world. And Kate is facing truths about her husband, her mother, and her father that she might have preferred not to face.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315619Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Practicing Normal Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Charles Constant, Andi Arndt, Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Practicing Normal Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Charles Constant, Andi Arndt, Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The houses in Pine Estates are beautiful McMansions filled with high-achieving parents, children on the fast track to top colleges, all of the comforts of modern living, and the best security systems money can buy. Welcome to normal upper-middle-class suburbia. The Turners know in their hearts that they're anything but normal. Jenna is a high-schooler dressed in black who is fascinated with breaking into her neighbors' homes, security systems be damned. Everett genuinely believes he loves his wife . . . He just loves having a continuing stream of mistresses more. JT is a genius kid with Asperger's who moves from one obsession to the next. And Kate tries to manage her family, manage her mother (who lives down the street), and avoid wondering why her life is passing her by. And now everything is changing for them. Jenna suddenly finds herself in a boy-next-door romance she never could have predicted. Everett's secrets are beginning to unravel on him. JT is getting his first taste of success at navigating the world. And Kate is facing truths about her husband, her mother, and her father that she might have preferred not to face.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-of-southern-girls-by-haley-harrigan--65308744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Southern Girls Author: Haley Harrigan Narrator: Liv Anderson, Jeanine Bartel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this powerful, affecting debut, a young woman uncovers devastating secrets about the friend she thinks she killed Ten years ago, Julie Portland accidentally killed her best friend, Reba. What's worse is she got away with it. Consumed by guilt, she left the small town of Lawrence Mill, Mississippi, and swore nothing would ever drag her back. Now, raising her daughter and struggling to make ends meet in Manhattan, Julie still can't forget the ghost of a girl with golden hair and a dangerous secret. When August, Reba's first love, begs Julie to come home to find the diary that Reba kept all those years ago, Julie's past comes creeping back to haunt her. That diary could expose the shameful memories Julie has been running from, but it could also unearth the hidden truths that Reba left buried.and reveal that Julie isn't the only one who feels responsible for Reba's death.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322050Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Southern Girls Author: Haley Harrigan Narrator: Liv Anderson, Jeanine Bartel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Southern Girls Author: Haley Harrigan Narrator: Liv Anderson, Jeanine Bartel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this powerful, affecting debut, a young woman uncovers devastating secrets about the friend she thinks she killed Ten years ago, Julie Portland accidentally killed her best friend, Reba. What's worse is she got away with it. Consumed by guilt, she left the small town of Lawrence Mill, Mississippi, and swore nothing would ever drag her back. Now, raising her daughter and struggling to make ends meet in Manhattan, Julie still can't forget the ghost of a girl with golden hair and a dangerous secret. When August, Reba's first love, begs Julie to come home to find the diary that Reba kept all those years ago, Julie's past comes creeping back to haunt her. That diary could expose the shameful memories Julie has been running from, but it could also unearth the hidden truths that Reba left buried.and reveal that Julie isn't the only one who feels responsible for Reba's death.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/standard-deviation-by-katherine-heiny--65308746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Standard Deviation Author: Katherine Heiny Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It’s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious’ Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home ‘Standard Deviation is a marvel’ Kate Atkinson ‘Addictive reading’ Mail on Sunday ‘A comic masterpiece’ Observer A divinely funny novel about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight and heartache of raising children, and the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken. Graham Cavanaugh’s second wife, Audra, is everything his first wife was not. She considers herself privileged to live in the age of the hair towel, talks non-stop through her epidural, labour and delivery, invites the doorman to move in and the eccentric members of their son’s Origami Club to Thanksgiving. She is charming and spontaneous and fun but life with her can be exhausting. In the midst of the day-to-day difficulties and delights of marriage and raising a child with Asperger’s, his first wife, Elspeth, reenters Graham’s life. Former spouses are hard to categorize – are they friends, enemies, old flames, or just people who know you really, really well? Graham starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did he make the right choice? Is there a right choice?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320719Tue, 23 May 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Standard Deviation Author: Katherine Heiny Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Standard Deviation Author: Katherine Heiny Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It’s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious’ Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home ‘Standard Deviation is a marvel’ Kate Atkinson ‘Addictive reading’ Mail on Sunday ‘A comic masterpiece’ Observer A divinely funny novel about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight and heartache of raising children, and the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken. Graham Cavanaugh’s second wife, Audra, is everything his first wife was not. She considers herself privileged to live in the age of the hair towel, talks non-stop through her epidural, labour and delivery, invites the doorman to move in and the eccentric members of their son’s Origami Club to Thanksgiving. She is charming and spontaneous and fun but life with her can be exhausting. In the midst of the day-to-day difficulties and delights of marriage and raising a child with Asperger’s, his first wife, Elspeth, reenters Graham’s life. Former spouses are hard to categorize – are they friends, enemies, old flames, or just people who know you really, really well? Graham starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did he make the right choice? Is there a right choice?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-for-the-holidays-by-sue-moorcroft--65308783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for the Holidays Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Effortlessly engaging…a magical must!’ Heat The #1 bestselling author returns for summer! Grab your sun hat, a cool glass of wine, and the only book you need on holiday… In theory, nothing could be better than a summer spent basking in the French sun. That is, until you add in three teenagers, two love interests, one divorcing couple, and a very unexpected pregnancy. Admittedly, this isn’t exactly the relaxing holiday Leah Beaumont was hoping for – but it’s the one she’s got. With her sister Michele’s family falling apart at the seams, it’s up to Leah to pick up the pieces and try to hold them all together. But with a handsome helicopter pilot staying next door, Leah can’t help but think she might have a few distractions of her own to deal with… A glorious summer read, for you to devour in one sitting – perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Harriet Evans and Trisha Ashley.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320712Thu, 18 May 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for the Holidays Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just for the Holidays Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Effortlessly engaging…a magical must!’ Heat The #1 bestselling author returns for summer! Grab your sun hat, a cool glass of wine, and the only book you need on holiday… In theory, nothing could be better than a summer spent basking in the French sun. That is, until you add in three teenagers, two love interests, one divorcing couple, and a very unexpected pregnancy. Admittedly, this isn’t exactly the relaxing holiday Leah Beaumont was hoping for – but it’s the one she’s got. With her sister Michele’s family falling apart at the seams, it’s up to Leah to pick up the pieces and try to hold them all together. But with a handsome helicopter pilot staying next door, Leah can’t help but think she might have a few distractions of her own to deal with… A glorious summer read, for you to devour in one sitting – perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Harriet Evans and Trisha Ashley.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lilli-de-jong-a-novel-by-janet-benton--65308871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lilli de Jong: A Novel Author: Janet Benton Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a charity for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overpowers her heart. Mothers in her position have no sensible alternative to giving up their children, but Lilli can’t bear such an outcome. Determined to chart a path toward an independent life, Lilli braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive. Confiding their story to her diary as it unfolds, Lilli takes readers from an impoverished charity to a wealthy family's home to the perilous streets of a burgeoning American city. Lilli de Jong is at once a historical saga, an intimate romance, and a lasting testament to the work of mothers. 'So little is permissible for a woman,' writes Lilli, 'yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315674Tue, 16 May 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lilli de Jong: A Novel Author: Janet Benton Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lilli de Jong: A Novel Author: Janet Benton Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a charity for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overpowers her heart. Mothers in her position have no sensible alternative to giving up their children, but Lilli can’t bear such an outcome. Determined to chart a path toward an independent life, Lilli braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive. Confiding their story to her diary as it unfolds, Lilli takes readers from an impoverished charity to a wealthy family's home to the perilous streets of a burgeoning American city. Lilli de Jong is at once a historical saga, an intimate romance, and a lasting testament to the work of mothers. 'So little is permissible for a woman,' writes Lilli, 'yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-perfectly-good-family-by-lionel-shriver--65308831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Perfectly Good Family Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Following the success of We Need to Talk About Kevin this is a stunning examination of inheritance, literal and psychological: what we take from our parents, what we discard, and what we are stuck with, like it or not. After having escaped for years to London, Corlis McCrea returns to the grand Reconstruction mansion where she grew up in North Carolina, now willed to the three grown children following the death of their parents. All three want the house. Fiscal necessity dictates that two must buy a third out. Just as she was torn as a girl, the sister must choose between her decent younger brother and the renegade eldest—the black sheep who covets his legacy in order to destroy it. The adult siblings re-enact the deep enmities and loyalties of childhood, as each bids for a bigger slice of the pie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320707Thu, 04 May 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Perfectly Good Family Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Perfectly Good Family Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Following the success of We Need to Talk About Kevin this is a stunning examination of inheritance, literal and psychological: what we take from our parents, what we discard, and what we are stuck with, like it or not. After having escaped for years to London, Corlis McCrea returns to the grand Reconstruction mansion where she grew up in North Carolina, now willed to the three grown children following the death of their parents. All three want the house. Fiscal necessity dictates that two must buy a third out. Just as she was torn as a girl, the sister must choose between her decent younger brother and the renegade eldest—the black sheep who covets his legacy in order to destroy it. The adult siblings re-enact the deep enmities and loyalties of childhood, as each bids for a bigger slice of the pie.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-legend-a-novel-by-nadeem-aslam--65308768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Legend: A Novel Author: Nadeem Aslam Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud—a fellow architect—is caught in the cross fire and dies before she can confess her greatest secret to him. Now under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minaret of the local mosque, and, in a country where even the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. When the loudspeakers reveal a forbidden romance between a Muslim cleric's daughter and Nargis's Christian neighbor, Nargis finds herself trapped in the center of the chaos tearing their community apart. In his characteristically luminous prose, Nadeem Aslam has given us a lionhearted novel that reflects Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror, a story of corruption, resilience, and the disguises that are sometimes necessary for survival—a revelatory portrait of the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317949Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Legend: A Novel Author: Nadeem Aslam Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Legend: A Novel Author: Nadeem Aslam Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud—a fellow architect—is caught in the cross fire and dies before she can confess her greatest secret to him. Now under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minaret of the local mosque, and, in a country where even the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. When the loudspeakers reveal a forbidden romance between a Muslim cleric's daughter and Nargis's Christian neighbor, Nargis finds herself trapped in the center of the chaos tearing their community apart. In his characteristically luminous prose, Nadeem Aslam has given us a lionhearted novel that reflects Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror, a story of corruption, resilience, and the disguises that are sometimes necessary for survival—a revelatory portrait of the human spirit.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-in-a-blue-moon-lodge-a-novel-by-lorna-landvik--65308754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Blue Moon Lodge: A Novel Author: Lorna Landvik Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences, and her getaway turns out to be more of a retreat from her daily life than she ever imagined. But Nora is the do-or-die-trying daughter of Patty Jane, who now must embrace the House of Curl's slogan: 'Expect the Unexpected.' With her trademark wit and warmth, Lorna Landvik follows Nora and an ever-growing cast of characters between city and wooded retreat, Minnesota and Norway, a past that's secret and a future that's promising, but uncertain. Responding to a mysterious letter with a Norwegian postmark, Nora's grandmother Ione travels to her native land to tend to a dying cousin and her husband—two people who played a painful, pivotal role in her past. Nora accompanies her and is surprised by her grandmother's long-ago love story—but even more surprised by the beginning of her own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317984Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Blue Moon Lodge: A Novel Author: Lorna Landvik Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Blue Moon Lodge: A Novel Author: Lorna Landvik Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences, and her getaway turns out to be more of a retreat from her daily life than she ever imagined. But Nora is the do-or-die-trying daughter of Patty Jane, who now must embrace the House of Curl's slogan: 'Expect the Unexpected.' With her trademark wit and warmth, Lorna Landvik follows Nora and an ever-growing cast of characters between city and wooded retreat, Minnesota and Norway, a past that's secret and a future that's promising, but uncertain. Responding to a mysterious letter with a Norwegian postmark, Nora's grandmother Ione travels to her native land to tend to a dying cousin and her husband—two people who played a painful, pivotal role in her past. Nora accompanies her and is surprised by her grandmother's long-ago love story—but even more surprised by the beginning of her own.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-betrayer-by-kimberley-chambers--65308784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you can’t trust your family… A family at war. A mother who comes out fighting… Maureen Hutton’s life has never been easy. Married to an alcoholic and stuck on a council estate in East London, she scrimps and saves to bring up her three children alone. Murder, the underworld, drug addiction – over four decades, Maureen sticks by her blood through thick and thin. But then the unforgivable happens. Maureen is told a terrible secret which threatens to rip her family apart. She can’t say anything. She is too frightened of causing a bloodbath. The only thing Maureen can do is to get rid of the betrayer, before it is too late.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320672Thu, 13 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you can’t trust your family… A family at war. A mother who comes out fighting… Maureen Hutton’s life has never been easy. Married to an alcoholic and stuck on a council estate in East London, she scrimps and saves to bring up her three children alone. Murder, the underworld, drug addiction – over four decades, Maureen sticks by her blood through thick and thin. But then the unforgivable happens. Maureen is told a terrible secret which threatens to rip her family apart. She can’t say anything. She is too frightened of causing a bloodbath. The only thing Maureen can do is to get rid of the betrayer, before it is too late.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/born-evil-by-kimberley-chambers--65308745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Evil Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: He’s her son, but he’s no good. How far will she go for him? Not all sons make their mother proud… June Dawson has come a long way from her rough East End background. She now lives in a nice little cul-de-sac in Rainham with her ultra-respectable husband and a lovely social life. But her world collapses when daughter Debbie announces that she is pregnant by her low-life drug addict boyfriend, Billy McDaid. June feels as though she is being sucked back into the world of villains and thugs she thought she had escaped forever. But worse is yet to come. The baby – doted on by his violent and feckless dad – grows into the child from hell. He is mean, sadistic and out of control. Suddenly, the family is not just in crisis. It is in meltdown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320671Thu, 13 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Evil Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Evil Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: He’s her son, but he’s no good. How far will she go for him? Not all sons make their mother proud… June Dawson has come a long way from her rough East End background. She now lives in a nice little cul-de-sac in Rainham with her ultra-respectable husband and a lovely social life. But her world collapses when daughter Debbie announces that she is pregnant by her low-life drug addict boyfriend, Billy McDaid. June feels as though she is being sucked back into the world of villains and thugs she thought she had escaped forever. But worse is yet to come. The baby – doted on by his violent and feckless dad – grows into the child from hell. He is mean, sadistic and out of control. Suddenly, the family is not just in crisis. It is in meltdown.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mersey-daughter-by-annie-groves--65308819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mersey Daughter Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The brand new Wartime drama novel from bestselling author Annie Groves, perfect for fans of Christmas on the Mersey and Child of the Mersey. Rita Kennedy has finally seen through her good-for-nothing husband, Charlie. Now he’s gone AWOL with his fancy woman and left her at the mercy of the local gossips. Her future is full of uncertainty and the only thing that keeps her going is knowing that her children are safe from the Luftwaffe – and the letters that she receives from Jack Callaghan, her childhood sweetheart – but a life together can is just a distant fantasy. Meanwhile, Kitty Callaghan has joined the WRENS and it’s opened up a whole new world. But despite finding romance with a handsome doctor, she still can’t forget Frank Feeny, the brave officer from Empire Street who still inhabits her dreams. As the bombs rain down on Liverpool, Rita and Kitty must face heartache and sorrow as they pray for the sun to shine on the Mersey once again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320745Thu, 06 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mersey Daughter Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mersey Daughter Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The brand new Wartime drama novel from bestselling author Annie Groves, perfect for fans of Christmas on the Mersey and Child of the Mersey. Rita Kennedy has finally seen through her good-for-nothing husband, Charlie. Now he’s gone AWOL with his fancy woman and left her at the mercy of the local gossips. Her future is full of uncertainty and the only thing that keeps her going is knowing that her children are safe from the Luftwaffe – and the letters that she receives from Jack Callaghan, her childhood sweetheart – but a life together can is just a distant fantasy. Meanwhile, Kitty Callaghan has joined the WRENS and it’s opened up a whole new world. But despite finding romance with a handsome doctor, she still can’t forget Frank Feeny, the brave officer from Empire Street who still inhabits her dreams. As the bombs rain down on Liverpool, Rita and Kitty must face heartache and sorrow as they pray for the sun to shine on the Mersey once again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-choir-on-hope-street-by-annie-lyons--65308797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Choir on Hope Street Author: Annie Lyons Narrator: Ellie Heydon, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘It was an ABSOLUTE gem of a book and I LOVED every minute of this fantastic story!’ - Christie Barlow, author of ‘Evie’s Year of Taking Chances’ The best things in life happen when you least expect them Nat’s husband has just said the six words no one wants to hear – ‘I don’t love you any more’. Caroline’s estranged mother has to move into her house turning her perfectly ordered world upside down. Living on the same street these two women couldn’t be more different. Until the beloved local community centre is threatened with closure. And when the only way to save it is to form a community choir – none of the Hope Street residents, least of all Nat and Caroline, expect the results… This spring, hope is coming!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320662Thu, 06 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Choir on Hope Street Author: Annie Lyons Narrator: Ellie Heydon, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Choir on Hope Street Author: Annie Lyons Narrator: Ellie Heydon, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘It was an ABSOLUTE gem of a book and I LOVED every minute of this fantastic story!’ - Christie Barlow, author of ‘Evie’s Year of Taking Chances’ The best things in life happen when you least expect them Nat’s husband has just said the six words no one wants to hear – ‘I don’t love you any more’. Caroline’s estranged mother has to move into her house turning her perfectly ordered world upside down. Living on the same street these two women couldn’t be more different. Until the beloved local community centre is threatened with closure. And when the only way to save it is to form a community choir – none of the Hope Street residents, least of all Nat and Caroline, expect the results… This spring, hope is coming!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reservoir-13-winner-of-the-2017-costa-novel-award-by-jon-mcgregor--65308741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reservoir 13: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD Author: Jon McGregor Narrator: Matt Bates Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN FT BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss. Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger’s tragedy refuse to subside. WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ‘A rare and dazzling feat of art’ George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo ‘McGregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation’ Sarah Hall, author of The Wolf Border ‘Reservoir 13 is quite extraordinary – the way it’s structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which Jon McGregor lets the characters breathe and age’ Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320656Thu, 06 Apr 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reservoir 13: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD Author: Jon McGregor Narrator: Matt Bates Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reservoir 13: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD Author: Jon McGregor Narrator: Matt Bates Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN FT BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss. Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger’s tragedy refuse to subside. WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ‘A rare and dazzling feat of art’ George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo ‘McGregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation’ Sarah Hall, author of The Wolf Border ‘Reservoir 13 is quite extraordinary – the way it’s structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which Jon McGregor lets the characters breathe and age’ Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girls-weekend-by-cara-sue-achterberg--65308806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls' Weekend Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls weekend away, they can't bring themselves to return to lives that don't seem to fit anymore. Harried Dani can't explain why she feels so discontented until she meets a young gallery owner who inspires her to rediscover the art that once made her happy. Dependable Meg faces up to a grief that threatens to swallow her whole and confronts a marriage built on expectations. Flamboyant Charlotte, frustrated with her stagnated life and marriage, pursues a playboy Irish singer and beachside business opportunities. All three of these women thought they would be different. None of them thought they'd be facing down forty and still wondering when life starts. What they do when they realize where they're headed is both inspiring and wildly entertaining. Girls' Weekend is a fun, yet poignant romp through the universal search of who we are, why we love, and what makes us happy by an author who is quickly emerging as one of our most incisive storytellers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317521Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls' Weekend Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls' Weekend Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls weekend away, they can't bring themselves to return to lives that don't seem to fit anymore. Harried Dani can't explain why she feels so discontented until she meets a young gallery owner who inspires her to rediscover the art that once made her happy. Dependable Meg faces up to a grief that threatens to swallow her whole and confronts a marriage built on expectations. Flamboyant Charlotte, frustrated with her stagnated life and marriage, pursues a playboy Irish singer and beachside business opportunities. All three of these women thought they would be different. None of them thought they'd be facing down forty and still wondering when life starts. What they do when they realize where they're headed is both inspiring and wildly entertaining. Girls' Weekend is a fun, yet poignant romp through the universal search of who we are, why we love, and what makes us happy by an author who is quickly emerging as one of our most incisive storytellers.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mulberry-moon-by-catherine-anderson--65308788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mulberry Moon Series: #3 of Mystic Creek Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of New Leaf returns to Mystic Creek, Oregon, where a wounded heart finds a place to call home. After a career on the rodeo circuit, Ben Sterling longs to settle down on his farm and start a family like his brothers. He's searched all over for the woman of his dreams. Yet the only one to spark his interest is the new owner of the local cafe. Getting her attention, however, won't be easy. Sissy Sue Bentley has worked hard to make it on her own, and she doesn't need another man in her life. From her alcoholic father to the men she's dated, who were after only one thing, they are nothing but trouble. Except Ben keeps showing up whenever she really needs help. Sissy struggles to deny her growing feelings for him-but soon Ben's tender concern has her hoping for a happier future. Then her past comes barreling back into her life, and it will take more than the love in Ben's heart to hold them together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321775Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mulberry Moon Series: #3 of Mystic Creek Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mulberry Moon Series: #3 of Mystic Creek Author: Catherine Anderson Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of New Leaf returns to Mystic Creek, Oregon, where a wounded heart finds a place to call home. After a career on the rodeo circuit, Ben Sterling longs to settle down on his farm and start a family like his brothers. He's searched all over for the woman of his dreams. Yet the only one to spark his interest is the new owner of the local cafe. Getting her attention, however, won't be easy. Sissy Sue Bentley has worked hard to make it on her own, and she doesn't need another man in her life. From her alcoholic father to the men she's dated, who were after only one thing, they are nothing but trouble. Except Ben keeps showing up whenever she really needs help. Sissy struggles to deny her growing feelings for him-but soon Ben's tender concern has her hoping for a happier future. Then her past comes barreling back into her life, and it will take more than the love in Ben's heart to hold them together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/history-of-wolves-by-emily-fridlund--65308743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Wolves Author: Emily Fridlund Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 3, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'So delicately calibrated and precisely beautiful that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What powerful tension and depth this provides!'-Aimee Bender Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outlander at school, Linda is drawn to the enigmatic, attractive Lily and new history teacher Mr. Grierson. When Mr. Grierson is charged with possessing child pornography, the implications of his arrest deeply affect Linda as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires and craving to belong. And then the young Gardner family moves in across the lake and Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy, Paul. It seems that her life finally has purpose but with this new sense of belonging she is also drawn into secrets she doesn't understand. Over the course of a few days, Linda makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life. As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do-and fail to do-for the people they love. Winner of the McGinnis-Ritchie award for its first chapter, Emily Fridlund's propulsive and gorgeously written History of Wolves introduces a new writer of enormous range and talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321780Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Wolves Author: Emily Fridlund Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 3, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Wolves Author: Emily Fridlund Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 3, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'So delicately calibrated and precisely beautiful that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What powerful tension and depth this provides!'-Aimee Bender Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outlander at school, Linda is drawn to the enigmatic, attractive Lily and new history teacher Mr. Grierson. When Mr. Grierson is charged with possessing child pornography, the implications of his arrest deeply affect Linda as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires and craving to belong. And then the young Gardner family moves in across the lake and Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy, Paul. It seems that her life finally has purpose but with this new sense of belonging she is also drawn into secrets she doesn't understand. Over the course of a few days, Linda makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life. As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do-and fail to do-for the people they love. Winner of the McGinnis-Ritchie award for its first chapter, Emily Fridlund's propulsive and gorgeously written History of Wolves introduces a new writer of enormous range and talent.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-mother-s-ring-a-holocaust-historical-novel-by-dana-fitzwater-cornell--65308866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Ring: A Holocaust Historical Novel Author: Dana Fitzwater Cornell Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Holocaust didn't really end in 1945. Not for everyone. Even after the war, survivors' lives were influenced by their terrifying experiences. Some of them were never able to retell their stories—for others, it took decades. In My Mother's Ring: A Holocaust Historical Novel, Henryk Frankowski feels compelled to pen his memoir and finally share his poignant story from his hospital bed as he lay dying. His carefree childhood as a Jewish boy in Warsaw, Poland, is never far from his mind as he recalls the tumultuous world he endured during the Holocaust. Henryk speaks uninhibitedly about the intense bond he has with his family, particularly his adoration for his nurturing mother. Ultimately, the Frankowskis' lives are broken apart as World War II ignites and the Nazis storm across Europe, imprisoning and killing millions. As senseless restrictions are implemented, living conditions are compressed, circumstances turn dire, and callous disregard for human life runs rampant, Henryk must find the resilience to carry on. All the while, he dreams of a family reunion in Warsaw . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315123Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Ring: A Holocaust Historical Novel Author: Dana Fitzwater Cornell Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Mother's Ring: A Holocaust Historical Novel Author: Dana Fitzwater Cornell Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Holocaust didn't really end in 1945. Not for everyone. Even after the war, survivors' lives were influenced by their terrifying experiences. Some of them were never able to retell their stories—for others, it took decades. In My Mother's Ring: A Holocaust Historical Novel, Henryk Frankowski feels compelled to pen his memoir and finally share his poignant story from his hospital bed as he lay dying. His carefree childhood as a Jewish boy in Warsaw, Poland, is never far from his mind as he recalls the tumultuous world he endured during the Holocaust. Henryk speaks uninhibitedly about the intense bond he has with his family, particularly his adoration for his nurturing mother. Ultimately, the Frankowskis' lives are broken apart as World War II ignites and the Nazis storm across Europe, imprisoning and killing millions. As senseless restrictions are implemented, living conditions are compressed, circumstances turn dire, and callous disregard for human life runs rampant, Henryk must find the resilience to carry on. All the while, he dreams of a family reunion in Warsaw . . .]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cruel-beautiful-world-by-caroline-leavitt--65308820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cruel Beautiful World Author: Caroline Leavitt Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Caroline Leavitt is at her mesmerizing best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family. It's 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away with a much older man to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have vicious repercussions for both her and her older sister, Charlotte. As Lucy's default caretaker for most of their lives, Charlotte's youth has been marked by the burden of responsibility, but never more so than when Lucy's dream of a rural paradise turns into a nightmare. Cruel Beautiful World examines the intricate, infinitesimal distance between seduction and love, loyalty and duty, and explores what happens when you're responsible for things you cannot make right.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315374Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cruel Beautiful World Author: Caroline Leavitt Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cruel Beautiful World Author: Caroline Leavitt Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Caroline Leavitt is at her mesmerizing best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family. It's 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away with a much older man to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have vicious repercussions for both her and her older sister, Charlotte. As Lucy's default caretaker for most of their lives, Charlotte's youth has been marked by the burden of responsibility, but never more so than when Lucy's dream of a rural paradise turns into a nightmare. Cruel Beautiful World examines the intricate, infinitesimal distance between seduction and love, loyalty and duty, and explores what happens when you're responsible for things you cannot make right.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leave-me-by-gayle-forman--65308802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Me Author: Gayle Forman Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for anyone who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention, here is Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who’s so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn’t even realize that she’s had a heart attack.Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable—she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we’re going we see our lives from a different perspective. Far from the demands of family and career and with the help of liberating new friendships, Maribeth is finally able to own up to the secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.Gayle Forman is a dazzling observer of human nature. Her trademark sensitivity and humor abound as she confronts the ambivalence and complexities of modern motherhood head-on and shows us that sometimes you need to leave home in order to find it again. With bighearted characters—husbands, wives, friends, andlovers—who stumble and soar, grow and forgive, Leave Me is about facing the fears we’re all running from.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321593Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Me Author: Gayle Forman Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Me Author: Gayle Forman Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for anyone who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention, here is Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who’s so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn’t even realize that she’s had a heart attack.Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable—she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we’re going we see our lives from a different perspective. Far from the demands of family and career and with the help of liberating new friendships, Maribeth is finally able to own up to the secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.Gayle Forman is a dazzling observer of human nature. Her trademark sensitivity and humor abound as she confronts the ambivalence and complexities of modern motherhood head-on and shows us that sometimes you need to leave home in order to find it again. With bighearted characters—husbands, wives, friends, andlovers—who stumble and soar, grow and forgive, Leave Me is about facing the fears we’re all running from.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/steptoe-son-the-bbc-radio-collection-series-1-2-21-episodes-of-the-classic-bbc-radio-sitcom-by-ray-galton-alan-simpson--65308714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Steptoe & Son: The BBC Radio Collection: Series 1 & 2: 21 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson Narrator: Wilfred Brambell, Harry H. Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Series 1 and 2 of the classic radio sitcom starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfred Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series. Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series' popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded several episodes for BBC radio. Here, collected together for the first time, are all 21 episodes from the first and second radio series, scripted by Hancock's Half Hour creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and adapted by Gale Pedrick. Among the classic comic incidents in these timeless episodes, Albert's 65th birthday turns into a disaster; Harold finds love with a French girl; Albert is upset by Harold's plans for a proper bathroom; and the duo get an irresistible offer. Plus, Albert and Harold's creditors arrive seeking payment; two coffins lead to a burst of superstition; Harold regrets taking Albert to the cinema; and Albert disrupts Harold's Labour Party meeting. The episodes included are The Offer; The Bird; Sixty-Five Today; The Stepmother; The Economist; Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat; The Diploma; Steptoe à la Cart; The Holiday; The Bath; The Lead Man Cometh; A Musical Evening; The Bonds That Bind Us; The Siege of Steptoe Street; Pilgrim's Progress; The Wooden Overcoats; Sunday for Seven Days; The Piano; My Old Man's a Tory; Homes Fit for Heroes; Crossed Swords. Also included are two bonus features: a short 1966 Steptoe & Son sketch from The Ken Dodd Show and a selection of trailers prepared for overseas broadcast.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324005Thu, 04 Aug 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Steptoe & Son: The BBC Radio Collection: Series 1 & 2: 21 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Steptoe & Son: The BBC Radio Collection: Series 1 & 2: 21 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson Narrator: Wilfred Brambell, Harry H. Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Series 1 and 2 of the classic radio sitcom starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfred Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series. Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series' popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded several episodes for BBC radio. Here, collected together for the first time, are all 21 episodes from the first and second radio series, scripted by Hancock's Half Hour creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and adapted by Gale Pedrick. Among the classic comic incidents in these timeless episodes, Albert's 65th birthday turns into a disaster; Harold finds love with a French girl; Albert is upset by Harold's plans for a proper bathroom; and the duo get an irresistible offer. Plus, Albert and Harold's creditors arrive seeking payment; two coffins lead to a burst of superstition; Harold regrets taking Albert to the cinema; and Albert disrupts Harold's Labour Party meeting. The episodes included are The Offer; The Bird; Sixty-Five Today; The Stepmother; The Economist; Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat; The Diploma; Steptoe à la Cart; The Holiday; The Bath; The Lead Man Cometh; A Musical Evening; The Bonds That Bind Us; The Siege of Steptoe Street; Pilgrim's Progress; The Wooden Overcoats; Sunday for Seven Days; The Piano; My Old Man's a Tory; Homes Fit for Heroes; Crossed Swords. Also included are two bonus features: a short 1966 Steptoe & Son sketch from The Ken Dodd Show and a selection of trailers prepared for overseas broadcast.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-road-home-by-danny-johnson--65308805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s. At eight years old, Raeford 'Junebug' Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. After the sudden death of his parents, he goes to live with his grandparents on a farm surrounded by tobacco fields and lonesome woods. There he meets Fancy Stroud and her twin brother, Lightning, the children of black sharecroppers on a neighboring farm. As years pass, the friendship between Junebug and bright, compassionate Fancy takes on a deeper intensity. Junebug, aware of all the ways in which he and Fancy are more alike than different, habitually bucks against the casual bigotry that surrounds them--dangerous in a community ruled by the Klan. On the brink of adulthood, Junebug is drawn into a moneymaking scheme that goes awry--and leaves him with a dark secret he must keep from those he loves. And as Fancy, tired of saying yes'um and living scared, tries to find her place in the world, Junebug embarks on a journey that will take him through loss and war toward a hard-won understanding. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s. At eight years old, Raeford 'Junebug' Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. After the sudden death of his parents, he goes to live with his grandparents on a farm surrounded by tobacco fields and lonesome woods. There he meets Fancy Stroud and her twin brother, Lightning, the children of black sharecroppers on a neighboring farm. As years pass, the friendship between Junebug and bright, compassionate Fancy takes on a deeper intensity. Junebug, aware of all the ways in which he and Fancy are more alike than different, habitually bucks against the casual bigotry that surrounds them--dangerous in a community ruled by the Klan. On the brink of adulthood, Junebug is drawn into a moneymaking scheme that goes awry--and leaves him with a dark secret he must keep from those he loves. And as Fancy, tired of saying yes'um and living scared, tries to find her place in the world, Junebug embarks on a journey that will take him through loss and war toward a hard-won understanding. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-must-be-the-place-by-maggie-o-farrell--65308756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Must Be the Place Author: Maggie O'Farrell Narrator: Graham Rowat, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The dazzling new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex-film star given to shooting at anyone who ventures up their driveway. He is also about to find out something about a woman he lost touch with twenty years ago, and this discovery will send him off-course, far away from wife and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back? THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses continents and time zones, giving voice to a diverse and complex cast of characters. At its heart, it is an extraordinary portrait of a marriage, the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart. Maggie O'Farrell's seventh novel is a dazzling, intimate epic about who we leave behind and who we become as we search for our place in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321600Tue, 19 Jul 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Must Be the Place Author: Maggie O'Farrell Narrator: Graham Rowat, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Must Be the Place Author: Maggie O'Farrell Narrator: Graham Rowat, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The dazzling new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex-film star given to shooting at anyone who ventures up their driveway. He is also about to find out something about a woman he lost touch with twenty years ago, and this discovery will send him off-course, far away from wife and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back? THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses continents and time zones, giving voice to a diverse and complex cast of characters. At its heart, it is an extraordinary portrait of a marriage, the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart. Maggie O'Farrell's seventh novel is a dazzling, intimate epic about who we leave behind and who we become as we search for our place in the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-waiting-is-long-by-barbara-j-taylor--65308774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Waiting Is Long Author: Barbara J. Taylor Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All Waiting Is Long tells the stories of the Morgan sisters, a study in contrasts. In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister Lily from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her longtime sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum's physician, Dr. Peters, is involved in eugenics and experimenting on the girls with various sterilization techniques. Five years later, Lily and Violet are back home in Scranton, one married, one about to be, each finding her own way in a place where a woman's worth is tied to her virtue. Against the backdrop of the sweeping eugenics movement and rogue coal mine strikes, the Morgan sisters must choose between duty and desire. Either way, they risk losing their marriages and each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316705Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Waiting Is Long Author: Barbara J. Taylor Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 12, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Waiting Is Long Author: Barbara J. Taylor Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All Waiting Is Long tells the stories of the Morgan sisters, a study in contrasts. In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister Lily from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her longtime sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum's physician, Dr. Peters, is involved in eugenics and experimenting on the girls with various sterilization techniques. Five years later, Lily and Violet are back home in Scranton, one married, one about to be, each finding her own way in a place where a woman's worth is tied to her virtue. Against the backdrop of the sweeping eugenics movement and rogue coal mine strikes, the Morgan sisters must choose between duty and desire. Either way, they risk losing their marriages and each other.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-letter-from-america-by-geraldine-o-neill--65308755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Letter From America Author: Geraldine O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Late 1960s, Tullamore, County Offaly: Life is full of exciting possibilities for Fiona Tracey as she prepares to leave Ireland to work for a wealthy family in New York. Then, a sudden tragedy forces Fiona to postpone her departure. As her mother sinks into illness and depression, Fiona's responsibilities mount, and she uncovers information which explodes old family secrets…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322973Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Letter From America Author: Geraldine O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Letter From America Author: Geraldine O'Neill Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Late 1960s, Tullamore, County Offaly: Life is full of exciting possibilities for Fiona Tracey as she prepares to leave Ireland to work for a wealthy family in New York. Then, a sudden tragedy forces Fiona to postpone her departure. As her mother sinks into illness and depression, Fiona's responsibilities mount, and she uncovers information which explodes old family secrets…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-good-as-gone-by-larry-watson--65308813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Good As Gone Author: Larry Watson Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The American West is bestselling author Larry Watson's forte, and in this, his tenth novel, he has created his most vivid, genuine antihero yet in Calvin Sidey, a man stuck in a myth. Calvin Sidey, steely, hardened, with his own personal code, is one of the last cowboys. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father and grandfather, Calvin nevertheless agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's house in the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which ultimatums are issued and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic; he's a wild card. At the same time, his old-school ways exert a powerful effect on those around him, from the widowed neighbor, Beverly Lodge, who feels herself falling for him and wants to be part of his life, to his grandchildren. Ann and Will see in their grandfather a man who brings a sudden, if shocking, order to their lives, as Calvin terrorizes those who have often terrorized them. With the crisp, restrained prose for which Larry Watson is revered, As Good as Gone is a story of a man increasingly at odds with the world. This is Larry Watson at his best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321473Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Good As Gone Author: Larry Watson Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Good As Gone Author: Larry Watson Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The American West is bestselling author Larry Watson's forte, and in this, his tenth novel, he has created his most vivid, genuine antihero yet in Calvin Sidey, a man stuck in a myth. Calvin Sidey, steely, hardened, with his own personal code, is one of the last cowboys. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father and grandfather, Calvin nevertheless agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's house in the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which ultimatums are issued and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic; he's a wild card. At the same time, his old-school ways exert a powerful effect on those around him, from the widowed neighbor, Beverly Lodge, who feels herself falling for him and wants to be part of his life, to his grandchildren. Ann and Will see in their grandfather a man who brings a sudden, if shocking, order to their lives, as Calvin terrorizes those who have often terrorized them. With the crisp, restrained prose for which Larry Watson is revered, As Good as Gone is a story of a man increasingly at odds with the world. This is Larry Watson at his best.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodnight-beautiful-women-by-anna-noyes--65308761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321453 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodnight, Beautiful Women Author: Anna Noyes Narrator: Eva Kaminsky, Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An electrifying debut by sensational new literary talent, Anna Noyes, Goodnight, Beautiful Women surveys the residents of small New England coastal towns in tales that probe boundaries of familial intimacy, coming-of-age sexuality, desirous girlhood, and lost love. Moving along the Maine Coast and beyond, the interconnected stories in Goodnight, Beautiful Women bring us into the sultry, mysterious inner lives of New England women and girls as they navigate the dangers and struggles of their outer worlds. With novelistic breadth and a quicksilver emotional intelligence, Noyes explores the ruptures and vicissitudes of growing up and growing old, and shines a light on our most uncomfortable impulses while masterfully charting the depths of our murky desires. A woman watches her husband throw one by one their earthly possessions into the local quarry, before vanishing himself; two girls from very different social classes find themselves deep in the throes of a punishing affair; a motherless teenager is sexually awakened in the aftermath of a local trauma; and a woman's guilt from a childhood lie about her intellectually disabled cousin reverberates into her married years. Dark and brilliant, rhythmic and lucid, Goodnight, Beautiful Women marks the arrival of a fearless and unique new young voice in American fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321453Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321453 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodnight, Beautiful Women Author: Anna Noyes Narrator: Eva Kaminsky, Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321453 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodnight, Beautiful Women Author: Anna Noyes Narrator: Eva Kaminsky, Alyssa Bresnahan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An electrifying debut by sensational new literary talent, Anna Noyes, Goodnight, Beautiful Women surveys the residents of small New England coastal towns in tales that probe boundaries of familial intimacy, coming-of-age sexuality, desirous girlhood, and lost love. Moving along the Maine Coast and beyond, the interconnected stories in Goodnight, Beautiful Women bring us into the sultry, mysterious inner lives of New England women and girls as they navigate the dangers and struggles of their outer worlds. With novelistic breadth and a quicksilver emotional intelligence, Noyes explores the ruptures and vicissitudes of growing up and growing old, and shines a light on our most uncomfortable impulses while masterfully charting the depths of our murky desires. A woman watches her husband throw one by one their earthly possessions into the local quarry, before vanishing himself; two girls from very different social classes find themselves deep in the throes of a punishing affair; a motherless teenager is sexually awakened in the aftermath of a local trauma; and a woman's guilt from a childhood lie about her intellectually disabled cousin reverberates into her married years. Dark and brilliant, rhythmic and lucid, Goodnight, Beautiful Women marks the arrival of a fearless and unique new young voice in American fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/even-in-paradise-by-elizabeth-nunez--65308765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Even in Paradise Author: Elizabeth Nunez Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Peter Ducksworth, a Trinidadian widower of English ancestry, retires to Barbados, believing he will find an earthly paradise there. He decides to divide his land among his three daughters while he is alive, his intention not unlike that of King Lear's who hoped, 'That future strife / May be prevented now.' But Lear made the fatal mistake of confusing flattery with love, and so does Ducksworth. Feeling snubbed by his youngest daughter, Ducksworth decides that only after he dies will she receive her portion of the land. In the meantime, he gives his two older daughters their portions, ironically setting in motion the very strife he hoped to prevent. Beautifully written in elegant prose, this is a novel about greed, resentment, jealousy, betrayal, and romantic love, through which Nunez weaves themes of racism and classism in the postcolonial world of the Caribbean, giving us a diverse cast of characters of African, Indian, Chinese, Syrian/Lebanese, and English ancestry.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321338Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Even in Paradise Author: Elizabeth Nunez Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Even in Paradise Author: Elizabeth Nunez Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Peter Ducksworth, a Trinidadian widower of English ancestry, retires to Barbados, believing he will find an earthly paradise there. He decides to divide his land among his three daughters while he is alive, his intention not unlike that of King Lear's who hoped, 'That future strife / May be prevented now.' But Lear made the fatal mistake of confusing flattery with love, and so does Ducksworth. Feeling snubbed by his youngest daughter, Ducksworth decides that only after he dies will she receive her portion of the land. In the meantime, he gives his two older daughters their portions, ironically setting in motion the very strife he hoped to prevent. Beautifully written in elegant prose, this is a novel about greed, resentment, jealousy, betrayal, and romantic love, through which Nunez weaves themes of racism and classism in the postcolonial world of the Caribbean, giving us a diverse cast of characters of African, Indian, Chinese, Syrian/Lebanese, and English ancestry.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-love-can-break-your-heart-by-ed-tarkington--65308864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ed Tarkington's debut novel draws you into a small-town American Gothic story of coming-of-age, brotherhood, and family fealty, first love, scandal, and murder. In Virginia in the 1930s, 6-year-old Rocky lives in awe of Paul, his juvenile delinquent older brother, until Paul disappears with his delicate girlfriend Leigh. Nine years later we find a teenage Rocky discovering first love (and first sex) with the neighbors' daughter, trying to come into his own, discovering his own talents, when Leigh returns, more unstable than ever and full of secrets. Eventually, when their elderly father falls ill, Paul returns to find a town -- and a family -- that cannot trust him. Just as the brothers begin to reclaim what was lost, a brutal murder threatens everything.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ed Tarkington's debut novel draws you into a small-town American Gothic story of coming-of-age, brotherhood, and family fealty, first love, scandal, and murder. In Virginia in the 1930s, 6-year-old Rocky lives in awe of Paul, his juvenile delinquent older brother, until Paul disappears with his delicate girlfriend Leigh. Nine years later we find a teenage Rocky discovering first love (and first sex) with the neighbors' daughter, trying to come into his own, discovering his own talents, when Leigh returns, more unstable than ever and full of secrets. Eventually, when their elderly father falls ill, Paul returns to find a town -- and a family -- that cannot trust him. Just as the brothers begin to reclaim what was lost, a brutal murder threatens everything.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/child-of-the-mersey-by-annie-groves--65308809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Child of the Mersey Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Noreen Leighton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again. Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her headstrong brothers. Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother-in-law, is desperate for their own home. Perhaps that will help them get their marriage back on the rails again? For the two women and others like them on Liverpool’s dockside and across the whole country, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family and friends to help them see this through.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313649Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Child of the Mersey Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Noreen Leighton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Child of the Mersey Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Noreen Leighton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again. Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her headstrong brothers. Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother-in-law, is desperate for their own home. Perhaps that will help them get their marriage back on the rails again? For the two women and others like them on Liverpool’s dockside and across the whole country, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family and friends to help them see this through.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-better-for-worse-by-pam-weaver--65308794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For Better For Worse Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee. July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking to the future. Recently married to Henry, and with a baby on the way, she and her new husband are happily settled in the seaside town of Worthing. But a knock at the door brings Annie’s world crashing down. On her doorstep stands Sarah and her two young children. As they talk, Sarah reveals that she is Henry’s wife – and she has been searching for him since he walked out on their family a year ago. Struggling to believe what she’s hearing, Annie is forced to accept the truth when Henry is arrested for bigamy. Alone, with no one to support her, and with the baby due to arrive imminently, Annie must look to the most unlikely of places to find support in her darkest hour…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315610Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For Better For Worse Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For Better For Worse Author: Pam Weaver Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee. July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking to the future. Recently married to Henry, and with a baby on the way, she and her new husband are happily settled in the seaside town of Worthing. But a knock at the door brings Annie’s world crashing down. On her doorstep stands Sarah and her two young children. As they talk, Sarah reveals that she is Henry’s wife – and she has been searching for him since he walked out on their family a year ago. Struggling to believe what she’s hearing, Annie is forced to accept the truth when Henry is arrested for bigamy. Alone, with no one to support her, and with the baby due to arrive imminently, Annie must look to the most unlikely of places to find support in her darkest hour…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-strong-hand-to-hold-by-anne-bennett--65308867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strong Hand to Hold Author: Anne Bennett Narrator: Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in a time of war, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves. Jenny O’Leary is devastated one morning in 1940 when she receives a telegram giving her the dreadful news that one of her brothers has been killed in action. Grief threatens to engulf her, but as an ARP warden, tending to Birmingham’s injured after the nightly raids, she is well-used to the suffering that thousands are enduring every day. Linda Prosser is just twelve years old and desperately close to her mother and two tiny brothers. As the bombs drop around them one fateful night, Linda takes a risk which has disastrous consequences. Terrified, and buried beneath a mass of debris after her home takes a direct hit, it is Jenny who crawls through the wreckage of the house to rescue her. So begins a friendship which is last through the years. But when Linda falls in love with a man that Jenny despises, she is faced with sacrificing her future happiness for the friend who has given her everything…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315612Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strong Hand to Hold Author: Anne Bennett Narrator: Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strong Hand to Hold Author: Anne Bennett Narrator: Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in a time of war, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves. Jenny O’Leary is devastated one morning in 1940 when she receives a telegram giving her the dreadful news that one of her brothers has been killed in action. Grief threatens to engulf her, but as an ARP warden, tending to Birmingham’s injured after the nightly raids, she is well-used to the suffering that thousands are enduring every day. Linda Prosser is just twelve years old and desperately close to her mother and two tiny brothers. As the bombs drop around them one fateful night, Linda takes a risk which has disastrous consequences. Terrified, and buried beneath a mass of debris after her home takes a direct hit, it is Jenny who crawls through the wreckage of the house to rescue her. So begins a friendship which is last through the years. But when Linda falls in love with a man that Jenny despises, she is faced with sacrificing her future happiness for the friend who has given her everything…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-darkest-hour-by-barbara-erskine--65308863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Hour Author: Barbara Erskine Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. In the summer of 1940, eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England: the Battle for Britain has just begun. But Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has a glittering career as an artist ahead of her but seems only to be fascinated in sketching portraits of him… Seventy years later, recently widowed art historian Lucy is putting the pieces of her life back together, and to do that she needs to uncover the mystery surrounding a painting in her home. As Lucy ties up the loose ends of one lifetime, she stirs up a hornet’s nest of history in another. Suddenly, Lucy finds herself in danger from people past and present who have no intention of letting an untold truth ever surface. Some stories are buried in the darkness forever. Some are just waiting to be told… Readers LOVE Barbara Erskine: ‘Atmospheric’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Enthralling’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Spellbinding’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another fabulous read from the mistress of the genre’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Immensely and deeply immersive fiction’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved every minute’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An exceptional writer of great books’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘You can rely on this author to keep you wanting more’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A joy to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Captivating and engrossing’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315535Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Hour Author: Barbara Erskine Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Hour Author: Barbara Erskine Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. In the summer of 1940, eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England: the Battle for Britain has just begun. But Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has a glittering career as an artist ahead of her but seems only to be fascinated in sketching portraits of him… Seventy years later, recently widowed art historian Lucy is putting the pieces of her life back together, and to do that she needs to uncover the mystery surrounding a painting in her home. As Lucy ties up the loose ends of one lifetime, she stirs up a hornet’s nest of history in another. Suddenly, Lucy finds herself in danger from people past and present who have no intention of letting an untold truth ever surface. Some stories are buried in the darkness forever. Some are just waiting to be told… Readers LOVE Barbara Erskine: ‘Atmospheric’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Enthralling’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Spellbinding’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another fabulous read from the mistress of the genre’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Immensely and deeply immersive fiction’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved every minute’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An exceptional writer of great books’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘You can rely on this author to keep you wanting more’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A joy to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Captivating and engrossing’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inheritance-by-tilly-bagshawe--65308824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance Series: #1 of Swell Valley Series Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Scarlett Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute Release date: June 19, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Tilly Bagshawe’s Swell Valley, where the scandal is in a class of its own. Tatiana Flint-Hamilton’s gilded cage is torn away when her estranged father dies. As the beloved family estate slips through Tati’s fingers, the portraits of her ancestors look down disapprovingly. The new Lord of the Manor is just as ruthless as Tati. The old-world status of Furlings is everything the wealthy, self-made Brett Cranley has ever wanted. Luckily his wife Angela is the perfect homemaker, happy to fall into line with whatever Brett desires. Along with her two children, Furlings soon becomes Angela’s lifeline, a place she can finally belong. And one she’s not going to give up easily. Losing everything has made Tati realise that her rightful inheritance is all that she now lives for… and she will do anything to get it back. But the fate of Furlings lies in the hands of the villagers. Let the Fittlescombe fireworks begin!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315569Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance Series: #1 of Swell Valley Series Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Scarlett Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inheritance Series: #1 of Swell Valley Series Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Scarlett Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 1 minute Release date: June 19, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Tilly Bagshawe’s Swell Valley, where the scandal is in a class of its own. Tatiana Flint-Hamilton’s gilded cage is torn away when her estranged father dies. As the beloved family estate slips through Tati’s fingers, the portraits of her ancestors look down disapprovingly. The new Lord of the Manor is just as ruthless as Tati. The old-world status of Furlings is everything the wealthy, self-made Brett Cranley has ever wanted. Luckily his wife Angela is the perfect homemaker, happy to fall into line with whatever Brett desires. Along with her two children, Furlings soon becomes Angela’s lifeline, a place she can finally belong. And one she’s not going to give up easily. Losing everything has made Tati realise that her rightful inheritance is all that she now lives for… and she will do anything to get it back. But the fate of Furlings lies in the hands of the villagers. Let the Fittlescombe fireworks begin!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/astonish-me-by-maggie-shipstead--65308798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Astonish Me Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 8, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle ‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ THE TIMES ‘A bravura display of high-performance art’ GUARDIAN ‘Brims with emotion … an accomplished novel embracing both domestic drama and the competitive quest for perfection’ SUNDAY TIMES Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows. After her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to quit ballet and make a new life for herself. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet… From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes an exquisitely written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. ‘Cleverly constructed with some elegant pirouettes of its own’ DAILY MAIL ‘A gripping mix of family drama and insight into the world of ballet’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Shipstead is a gifted writer who examines families and relationships in a poignant, insightful way’ STYLIST ‘A dazzling story rooted in the competitive world of dance’ WOMAN & HOME ‘So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette ‘I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in’ Jeffrey Eugenides]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315599Thu, 08 May 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Astonish Me Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 8, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Astonish Me Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 8, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle ‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ THE TIMES ‘A bravura display of high-performance art’ GUARDIAN ‘Brims with emotion … an accomplished novel embracing both domestic drama and the competitive quest for perfection’ SUNDAY TIMES Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows. After her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to quit ballet and make a new life for herself. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet… From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes an exquisitely written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. ‘Cleverly constructed with some elegant pirouettes of its own’ DAILY MAIL ‘A gripping mix of family drama and insight into the world of ballet’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Shipstead is a gifted writer who examines families and relationships in a poignant, insightful way’ STYLIST ‘A dazzling story rooted in the competitive world of dance’ WOMAN & HOME ‘So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette ‘I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in’ Jeffrey Eugenides]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burning-bright-by-tracy-chevalier--65308853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Bright Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Emilia Fox Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderful new novel from the much loved author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels. Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's new novel ‘Burning Bright’ sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. They are leaving behind a terrible loss, a blow that only a completely new life may soften. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the increasingly bloody French Revolution, a surprising bond forms between Jem, the youngest Kellaway boy, and streetwise Londoner Maggie Butterfield. Their friendship takes a dramatic turn when they become entangled in the life of their neighbour, the printer, poet and radical, William Blake. He is a guiding spirit as Jem and Maggie navigate the unpredictable, exhilarating passage from innocence to experience. Their journey inspires one of Blake's most entrancing works. Georgian London is recreated as vividly in Burning Bright as 17th-century Delft was in Tracy Chevalier's bestselling masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315725Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Bright Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Emilia Fox Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2014 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Bright Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Emilia Fox Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderful new novel from the much loved author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels. Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's new novel ‘Burning Bright’ sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. They are leaving behind a terrible loss, a blow that only a completely new life may soften. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the increasingly bloody French Revolution, a surprising bond forms between Jem, the youngest Kellaway boy, and streetwise Londoner Maggie Butterfield. Their friendship takes a dramatic turn when they become entangled in the life of their neighbour, the printer, poet and radical, William Blake. He is a guiding spirit as Jem and Maggie navigate the unpredictable, exhilarating passage from innocence to experience. Their journey inspires one of Blake's most entrancing works. Georgian London is recreated as vividly in Burning Bright as 17th-century Delft was in Tracy Chevalier's bestselling masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/east-end-angel-by-kay-brellend--65308851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East End Angel Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two sisters living in London’s tough East End … will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive? Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, dedicating her life to helping others – and Jennifer is a prostitute. Leaving home age 15, Jennifer must learn to live on her wits in London’s notorious East End. Soon, however, she is battling drink and drugs, and is pregnant with a child. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save the day. Kathy continues to tend to the poor of the East End and help her sister – and she of all people knows that the society that Jennifer keeps is damaging her. Despite her best intentions, however, she begins to fall for an East End wide boy. She knows that he is no good, but her heart will not listen to her head – and what’s more, he has promised to change for her …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315913Thu, 20 Mar 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East End Angel Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East End Angel Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two sisters living in London’s tough East End … will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive? Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, dedicating her life to helping others – and Jennifer is a prostitute. Leaving home age 15, Jennifer must learn to live on her wits in London’s notorious East End. Soon, however, she is battling drink and drugs, and is pregnant with a child. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save the day. Kathy continues to tend to the poor of the East End and help her sister – and she of all people knows that the society that Jennifer keeps is damaging her. Despite her best intentions, however, she begins to fall for an East End wide boy. She knows that he is no good, but her heart will not listen to her head – and what’s more, he has promised to change for her …]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-runaway-woman-by-josephine-cox--65308857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Woman Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: No-one thought she had the courage… Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy’s life is like any other, but at the centre of her family there is a big empty hole where all the love and warmth should be. Over the years, her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy’s self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths, and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of the family, it’s a wake-up call for Lucy. Everyone has taken a little piece of her, and she isn’t sure who she is anymore. So when Lucy faces a betrayal from those she loves deepest, she knows that it’s time to make a choice. Is she brave enough to find herself again?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315784Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Woman Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 13, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Runaway Woman Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: No-one thought she had the courage… Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy’s life is like any other, but at the centre of her family there is a big empty hole where all the love and warmth should be. Over the years, her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy’s self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths, and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of the family, it’s a wake-up call for Lucy. Everyone has taken a little piece of her, and she isn’t sure who she is anymore. So when Lucy faces a betrayal from those she loves deepest, she knows that it’s time to make a choice. Is she brave enough to find herself again?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cavendon-hall-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cavendon Hall Series: #1 of Cavendon Chronicles Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Anna Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BTB at her superb best. A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1. Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them One stately home: Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales A society beauty: Lady Daphne Ingham is the most beautiful of the Earl’s daugthers. Being presented at Court and then a glittering marriage is her destiny. But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes her future forever, and puts the House of Ingham at risk. Life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it – Royal Ascot, supper dances, grouse season feasts – is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315792Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cavendon Hall Series: #1 of Cavendon Chronicles Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Anna Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cavendon Hall Series: #1 of Cavendon Chronicles Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Anna Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BTB at her superb best. A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1. Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them One stately home: Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales A society beauty: Lady Daphne Ingham is the most beautiful of the Earl’s daugthers. Being presented at Court and then a glittering marriage is her destiny. But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes her future forever, and puts the House of Ingham at risk. Life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it – Royal Ascot, supper dances, grouse season feasts – is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/payback-by-kimberley-chambers--65308852https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Payback Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family. They're supposed to watch your back. Not stab you in it When the enemy is one of your own, the payback is twice as hard. The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End, and their motto is ‘what goes around, comes around’. In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny’s cousin’s death comes to light, it rocks the Butlers to the core. One by one, Vinny’s friends and family are turning against him… Then, the unimaginable happens – Vinny’s little daughter Molly goes missing. She’s the one chink of light in all their lives, and the one they’d commit murders to bring back. But is it already too late for that? Is this PAYBACK? The Butlers are back in this gripping, compulsive sequel to THE TRAP.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315795Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Payback Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Payback Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family. They're supposed to watch your back. Not stab you in it When the enemy is one of your own, the payback is twice as hard. The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End, and their motto is ‘what goes around, comes around’. In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny’s cousin’s death comes to light, it rocks the Butlers to the core. One by one, Vinny’s friends and family are turning against him… Then, the unimaginable happens – Vinny’s little daughter Molly goes missing. She’s the one chink of light in all their lives, and the one they’d commit murders to bring back. But is it already too late for that? Is this PAYBACK? The Butlers are back in this gripping, compulsive sequel to THE TRAP.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-moving-finger-by-agatha-christie--65308844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moving Finger Series: #4 of Marple Author: Agatha Christie Narrator: Richard E. Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspects Nothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock. Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear. They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’. As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover who is writing these letters – before anyone else is hurt. Never underestimate Miss Marple ‘Miss Marple is one of the most subversive, the most original, most distinctive characters in fiction. Often underestimated and overlooked, she always triumphs in the end.’ Kate Mosse ‘Beyond all doubt the puzzle in The Moving Finger is fit for experts.’ The Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316130Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moving Finger Series: #4 of Marple Author: Agatha Christie Narrator: Richard E. Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moving Finger Series: #4 of Marple Author: Agatha Christie Narrator: Richard E. Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspects Nothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock. Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear. They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’. As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover who is writing these letters – before anyone else is hurt. Never underestimate Miss Marple ‘Miss Marple is one of the most subversive, the most original, most distinctive characters in fiction. Often underestimated and overlooked, she always triumphs in the end.’ Kate Mosse ‘Beyond all doubt the puzzle in The Moving Finger is fit for experts.’ The Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sense-sensibility-by-joanna-trollope--65308812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sense & Sensibility Series: #1 of Austen Project Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Rachael Stirling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 24, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility will launch The Austen Project and be one of the most talked about books of 2013. ‘It’s hugely exciting to attempt the reworking of one of the best novels written by one of our greatest novelists. This is a project which requires consummate respect above all else; not an emulation, but a tribute.’ Joanna Trollope The Austen Project is a major new series of six novels teaming up authors of global literary significance with Jane Austen’s six complete works. The pairing of Joanna Trollope and Jane Austen received global coverage, from the NEW YORK TIMES to the TIMES OF INDIA. The Austen Project continues with Val McDermid’s reworking of Northanger Abbey in Spring 2014 and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Pride and Prejudice in Autumn 2014.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316145Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sense & Sensibility Series: #1 of Austen Project Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Rachael Stirling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sense & Sensibility Series: #1 of Austen Project Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Rachael Stirling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 24, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility will launch The Austen Project and be one of the most talked about books of 2013. ‘It’s hugely exciting to attempt the reworking of one of the best novels written by one of our greatest novelists. This is a project which requires consummate respect above all else; not an emulation, but a tribute.’ Joanna Trollope The Austen Project is a major new series of six novels teaming up authors of global literary significance with Jane Austen’s six complete works. The pairing of Joanna Trollope and Jane Austen received global coverage, from the NEW YORK TIMES to the TIMES OF INDIA. The Austen Project continues with Val McDermid’s reworking of Northanger Abbey in Spring 2014 and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Pride and Prejudice in Autumn 2014.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seating-arrangements-by-maggie-shipstead--65308858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 4, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and 2012 L.A. Times First Novel Prize The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full of lobster and champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust seep through the cracks in the revelry. Winn Van Meter, father-of-the-bride, has spent his life following the rules of the east coast upper crust, but now, just shy of his sixtieth birthday, he must finally confront his failings, his desires, and his own humanity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319513Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 4, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and 2012 L.A. Times First Novel Prize The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full of lobster and champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust seep through the cracks in the revelry. Winn Van Meter, father-of-the-bride, has spent his life following the rules of the east coast upper crust, but now, just shy of his sixtieth birthday, he must finally confront his failings, his desires, and his own humanity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dot-by-araminta-hall--65308789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dot Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Claire Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: May 23, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The remarkable new novel from the bestselling author of Everything and Nothing ‘An emotionally compelling and deeply moving novel – I loved it’ Daisy Goodwin In a higgledy-piggledy house with turrets and tunnels towering over the sleepy Welsh village of Druith, two girls play hide and seek. They don’t see its grandeur or the secrets locked behind doors they cannot open. They see lots of brilliant places to hide. Squeezed under her mother’s bed, pulse racing with the thrill of a new hiding place Dot sees something else: a long-forgotten photograph of a man, his hair blowing in the breeze. Dot stares so long at the photograph the image begins to disintegrate before her eyes, and as the image fades it is replaced with one thought: ‘I think it’s definitely him.’ DOT is the story of one little girl and how her one small action changes the lives of those around her for ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319612Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dot Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Claire Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: May 23, 2013 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dot Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Claire Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: May 23, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The remarkable new novel from the bestselling author of Everything and Nothing ‘An emotionally compelling and deeply moving novel – I loved it’ Daisy Goodwin In a higgledy-piggledy house with turrets and tunnels towering over the sleepy Welsh village of Druith, two girls play hide and seek. They don’t see its grandeur or the secrets locked behind doors they cannot open. They see lots of brilliant places to hide. Squeezed under her mother’s bed, pulse racing with the thrill of a new hiding place Dot sees something else: a long-forgotten photograph of a man, his hair blowing in the breeze. Dot stares so long at the photograph the image begins to disintegrate before her eyes, and as the image fades it is replaced with one thought: ‘I think it’s definitely him.’ DOT is the story of one little girl and how her one small action changes the lives of those around her for ever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-brother-by-lionel-shriver--65308815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Brother Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Alice Rosengard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 16, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A gutsy, heartfelt novel’ Sunday Times ‘[Shriver’s] best novel yet’ Independent on Sunday ‘A surprising sledgehammer of a novel’ The Times ‘Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger… glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose’ Guardian ‘Lionel Shriver's Big Brother has the muscle to overpower its readers. It is a conversation piece of impressive heft’ New York Times ‘Shriver is wonderful at the things she is always wonderful at. Pace and plot. . . . Psychology’ Independent ‘The latest compelling, humane and bleakly comic novel from the author of We Need to Talk about Kevin’ Evening Standard ‘Her best work… presents characters so fully formed that they inhabit her ideas rather than trumpet them’ New Republic When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn’t recognize him. The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? Soon Edison’s slovenly habits, appalling diet, and know-it-all monologues are driving Pandora and her fitness-freak husband Fletcher insane. After the brother-in-law has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it’s him or me. Rich with Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: why we overeat and whether extreme diets ever really work. It asks just how much sacrifice we’ll make to save single members of our families, and whether it’s ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319617Thu, 16 May 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Brother Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Alice Rosengard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 16, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Brother Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Alice Rosengard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 16, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘A gutsy, heartfelt novel’ Sunday Times ‘[Shriver’s] best novel yet’ Independent on Sunday ‘A surprising sledgehammer of a novel’ The Times ‘Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger… glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose’ Guardian ‘Lionel Shriver's Big Brother has the muscle to overpower its readers. It is a conversation piece of impressive heft’ New York Times ‘Shriver is wonderful at the things she is always wonderful at. Pace and plot. . . . Psychology’ Independent ‘The latest compelling, humane and bleakly comic novel from the author of We Need to Talk about Kevin’ Evening Standard ‘Her best work… presents characters so fully formed that they inhabit her ideas rather than trumpet them’ New Republic When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn’t recognize him. The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? Soon Edison’s slovenly habits, appalling diet, and know-it-all monologues are driving Pandora and her fitness-freak husband Fletcher insane. After the brother-in-law has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it’s him or me. Rich with Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: why we overeat and whether extreme diets ever really work. It asks just how much sacrifice we’ll make to save single members of our families, and whether it’s ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-campbell-road-girls-by-kay-brellend--65308859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Campbell Road Girls Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: April 25, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Gritty and gripping saga set on one of London’s most notorious streets, from the author of The Street and Coronation Day. She’s a good girl – in a bad world… Lucy Keiver has come back from service in the country to London’s notorious Campbell Road. She’s there to care for her mum, the forthright and feisty but much loved Matilda, recovering after a savage attack almost left her for dead. Despite the depression affecting the country, Lucy is lucky to find a job as a Lady’s maid. But when she is unfairly dismissed, Lucy is forced to take a job in a rather unsavoury nightclub – something nice girls just don’t do. Meanwhile, for the Finch family up the road, their father Eddie’s criminal dealings are about to land them all in hot water, especially his attractive daughters, Kathy and Jennifer. When Lucy realizes that there is something rotten going on at the heart of the club, she is soon caught up in London’s criminal underbelly. Can she trust the handsome stranger who offers her protection? Because when times are tough, some people will do anything to get by…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319622Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Campbell Road Girls Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: April 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Campbell Road Girls Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: April 25, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Gritty and gripping saga set on one of London’s most notorious streets, from the author of The Street and Coronation Day. She’s a good girl – in a bad world… Lucy Keiver has come back from service in the country to London’s notorious Campbell Road. She’s there to care for her mum, the forthright and feisty but much loved Matilda, recovering after a savage attack almost left her for dead. Despite the depression affecting the country, Lucy is lucky to find a job as a Lady’s maid. But when she is unfairly dismissed, Lucy is forced to take a job in a rather unsavoury nightclub – something nice girls just don’t do. Meanwhile, for the Finch family up the road, their father Eddie’s criminal dealings are about to land them all in hot water, especially his attractive daughters, Kathy and Jennifer. When Lucy realizes that there is something rotten going on at the heart of the club, she is soon caught up in London’s criminal underbelly. Can she trust the handsome stranger who offers her protection? Because when times are tough, some people will do anything to get by…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-from-the-past-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets from the Past Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Alexandra Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A glittering new novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession and redemption from the master storyteller. Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a talented war photographer who has followed in her famous father’s footsteps. But when he dies unexpectedly, she steps away from the war zone to reassess her life. Drawn to writing her father’s own story, Serena approaches Harry Redford, his best friend and front line colleague. Harry has a request of his own. He wants her to go take care of Zachary North, her former lover, who has come out of Afghanistan suffering from mental and physical exhaustion. Serena and Zac inevitably rekindle their passion – and together tackle her father’s huge legacy of iconic photographs. But one collection about Venice has never been seen before. It is among these images that Serena stumbles across photos that turn her world upside down. In search of the truth about her father, her family and her own life, Serena begins a desperate quest to uncover a story from decades earlier. Moving from her family’s home in the hills above Nice to the canals and romance of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya, Secrets from the Past is a moving and emotional story of secrets, survival and love in its many guises.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319678Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets from the Past Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Alexandra Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets from the Past Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Alexandra Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A glittering new novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession and redemption from the master storyteller. Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a talented war photographer who has followed in her famous father’s footsteps. But when he dies unexpectedly, she steps away from the war zone to reassess her life. Drawn to writing her father’s own story, Serena approaches Harry Redford, his best friend and front line colleague. Harry has a request of his own. He wants her to go take care of Zachary North, her former lover, who has come out of Afghanistan suffering from mental and physical exhaustion. Serena and Zac inevitably rekindle their passion – and together tackle her father’s huge legacy of iconic photographs. But one collection about Venice has never been seen before. It is among these images that Serena stumbles across photos that turn her world upside down. In search of the truth about her father, her family and her own life, Serena begins a desperate quest to uncover a story from decades earlier. Moving from her family’s home in the hills above Nice to the canals and romance of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya, Secrets from the Past is a moving and emotional story of secrets, survival and love in its many guises.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trap-by-kimberley-chambers--65308860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trap Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. The Butlers are the kings of the East End. Vinny and Roy Butler are the apple of their mum’s eye and although Queenie knows they can play dirty, when it comes to family they look after business and make her proud. Nothing and no one can bring the Butler’s down. But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person and his cards are marked. And with the brothers joined at the hip, Roy may just be in the firing line too… One bloody night sets Vinny on the path of desperate vengeance, but will the Butlers emerge stronger than ever, or is the East End code of honour as good as dead? The first book in the Butler family saga. The series continues with Payback, The Wronged and Tainted Love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319689Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trap Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trap Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. The Butlers are the kings of the East End. Vinny and Roy Butler are the apple of their mum’s eye and although Queenie knows they can play dirty, when it comes to family they look after business and make her proud. Nothing and no one can bring the Butler’s down. But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person and his cards are marked. And with the brothers joined at the hip, Roy may just be in the firing line too… One bloody night sets Vinny on the path of desperate vengeance, but will the Butlers emerge stronger than ever, or is the East End code of honour as good as dead? The first book in the Butler family saga. The series continues with Payback, The Wronged and Tainted Love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-had-me-at-hello-by-mhairi-mcfarlane--65308787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Had Me At Hello Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Julie Hesmondhalgh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 31, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling comedy from #1 bestseller Mhairi McFarlane ‘Think of the great duos of history. We're just like them.’ ‘You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?’ ‘I think you’ve missed the point, Rachel.’ Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend. Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’. ‘Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe … a total gem’ Marian Keyes ‘The funniest, most romantic book I've read since One Day’ Lisa Jewell]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319694Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Had Me At Hello Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Julie Hesmondhalgh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Had Me At Hello Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Julie Hesmondhalgh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 31, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling comedy from #1 bestseller Mhairi McFarlane ‘Think of the great duos of history. We're just like them.’ ‘You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?’ ‘I think you’ve missed the point, Rachel.’ Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend. Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’. ‘Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe … a total gem’ Marian Keyes ‘The funniest, most romantic book I've read since One Day’ Lisa Jewell]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-and-nothing-by-araminta-hall--65308855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything and Nothing Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Amy Elton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping psychological suspense read A family near breaking point hire a nanny with secrets of her own in this gripping novel from an exciting talent. Cupboards were sticky from spilt jam and honey, and the oven smoked when you turned it on because of the fat that had built up over the years. Agatha would never, ever let her future home end up like this. She would never leave it every day like Ruth did. She would never put her trust in strangers. Ruth and Christian are – just – holding their marriage together, after Christian's disastrous affair a year ago. But chaos beckons, and when the family are suddenly left without any childcare, Agatha comes into their lives to solve all their problems. But Agatha is not as perfect as she seems and her love for the children masks a deeper secret. Everything and Nothing is a stunningly assured debut, superbly evoking an atmosphere of inexorable and sinister menace that builds to a mesmerising climax in a story that is, at its heart, about thwarted and damaged love. –––––––––––––––- ‘An assured debut takes the Mary Poppins myth and turns it into a menacing tale of the enemy invited in… I suspect that this will be the first of what promises to be a new genre: the nanny chiller’ Sunday Times ‘Chilling and suspenseful’ The Sun ‘An unsettling, menacing read’ Grazia ‘A suspenseful and emotive examination of a family in meltdown…Hall’s tale is told assuredly and touches on the darkness, tensions and unhappiness behind the facade of daily family life. It’s a skilfully executed debut novel that nestles perfectly alongside the dark, nuanced psychological thrills of Daphne du Maurier and Sophie Hannah’ Waterstones Books Quarterly ‘Everything and Nothing is a beautifully written, completely gripping novel that plays on the unsettling notion that sometimes the least safe place is your very own home' Emily Mortimer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319697Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything and Nothing Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Amy Elton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 17, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything and Nothing Author: Araminta Hall Narrator: Amy Elton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping psychological suspense read A family near breaking point hire a nanny with secrets of her own in this gripping novel from an exciting talent. Cupboards were sticky from spilt jam and honey, and the oven smoked when you turned it on because of the fat that had built up over the years. Agatha would never, ever let her future home end up like this. She would never leave it every day like Ruth did. She would never put her trust in strangers. Ruth and Christian are – just – holding their marriage together, after Christian's disastrous affair a year ago. But chaos beckons, and when the family are suddenly left without any childcare, Agatha comes into their lives to solve all their problems. But Agatha is not as perfect as she seems and her love for the children masks a deeper secret. Everything and Nothing is a stunningly assured debut, superbly evoking an atmosphere of inexorable and sinister menace that builds to a mesmerising climax in a story that is, at its heart, about thwarted and damaged love. –––––––––––––––- ‘An assured debut takes the Mary Poppins myth and turns it into a menacing tale of the enemy invited in… I suspect that this will be the first of what promises to be a new genre: the nanny chiller’ Sunday Times ‘Chilling and suspenseful’ The Sun ‘An unsettling, menacing read’ Grazia ‘A suspenseful and emotive examination of a family in meltdown…Hall’s tale is told assuredly and touches on the darkness, tensions and unhappiness behind the facade of daily family life. It’s a skilfully executed debut novel that nestles perfectly alongside the dark, nuanced psychological thrills of Daphne du Maurier and Sophie Hannah’ Waterstones Books Quarterly ‘Everything and Nothing is a beautifully written, completely gripping novel that plays on the unsettling notion that sometimes the least safe place is your very own home' Emily Mortimer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/past-secrets-by-cathy-kelly--65308776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Past Secrets Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Niamh Cusack Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The warm and moving new novel from the No. 1 Bestselling author of Always and Forever. Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it… Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, there are lots of secrets. There’s the one that hard-working single mother, Faye, hides from her teenage daughter, Amber. And there’s the one that thirty-year-old Maggie hides from herself. When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and when Maggie ends up back home looking after her sick mother, their secrets begin to bubble over. The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is their friend Christie. Wise and kind, she can see into other people’s hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, the secrets she’s hidden from her beloved husband and grown up sons suddenly reappear. When the past comes alive for Maggie, Faye and Christie, they finally have to face it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319745Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Past Secrets Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Niamh Cusack Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Past Secrets Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Niamh Cusack Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The warm and moving new novel from the No. 1 Bestselling author of Always and Forever. Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it… Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, there are lots of secrets. There’s the one that hard-working single mother, Faye, hides from her teenage daughter, Amber. And there’s the one that thirty-year-old Maggie hides from herself. When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and when Maggie ends up back home looking after her sick mother, their secrets begin to bubble over. The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is their friend Christie. Wise and kind, she can see into other people’s hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, the secrets she’s hidden from her beloved husband and grown up sons suddenly reappear. When the past comes alive for Maggie, Faye and Christie, they finally have to face it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-own-rules-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Own Rules Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance A forgotten past hides the key to the future. Meredith Stratton, at forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter’s engagement. At this seemingly happy time in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms, and, desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy Meredith peels back the layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful creation – herself. Determined to get well, Meredith traces her roots back to another country where she learns about childhood experiences that dramatically changed her life. What she discovers is not only the key to the past but to her future happiness and fulfilment as a woman. Moving from the Connecticut countryside, the busy streets and suites of London, Paris and New York, to the pastoral beauty of a château in the Loire, Her Own Rules is an exciting and suspenseful novel about secrets, survival, redemption and love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319759Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Own Rules Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Own Rules Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance A forgotten past hides the key to the future. Meredith Stratton, at forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter’s engagement. At this seemingly happy time in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms, and, desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy Meredith peels back the layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful creation – herself. Determined to get well, Meredith traces her roots back to another country where she learns about childhood experiences that dramatically changed her life. What she discovers is not only the key to the past but to her future happiness and fulfilment as a woman. Moving from the Connecticut countryside, the busy streets and suites of London, Paris and New York, to the pastoral beauty of a château in the Loire, Her Own Rules is an exciting and suspenseful novel about secrets, survival, redemption and love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/angel-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A captivating story of family and friends, innocence and corruption. Four friends swore eternal friendship when all they had was each other. Now their dazzling careers, their seemingly successful lives, are to be disrupted by a devastating singer – and by the shadow of their past. Rosie Madigan is the angel… an award-winning costume-designer, she is blessed with worldly goods yet troubled by personal commitments. Gavin Ambrose is the Hollywood megastar: talented and idolized, true love has eluded him. Nell Jeffrey is the glamorous head of an international PR company: her secret love for Rosie’s brother Kevin pierces her usual shrewdness. Kevin Madigan, undercover cop, inhabits a world of danger from which he tries to shelter his friends – but evil has a way of spreading. Angel is the stunning novel of family and friends, of love and loss, of innocence and corruption: it will captivate you from the first page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319756Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A captivating story of family and friends, innocence and corruption. Four friends swore eternal friendship when all they had was each other. Now their dazzling careers, their seemingly successful lives, are to be disrupted by a devastating singer – and by the shadow of their past. Rosie Madigan is the angel… an award-winning costume-designer, she is blessed with worldly goods yet troubled by personal commitments. Gavin Ambrose is the Hollywood megastar: talented and idolized, true love has eluded him. Nell Jeffrey is the glamorous head of an international PR company: her secret love for Rosie’s brother Kevin pierces her usual shrewdness. Kevin Madigan, undercover cop, inhabits a world of danger from which he tries to shelter his friends – but evil has a way of spreading. Angel is the stunning novel of family and friends, of love and loss, of innocence and corruption: it will captivate you from the first page.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-to-gain-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65308777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything to Gain Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman of Substance Mallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear. Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of her spirit. Returning to Connecticut, Mal opens a cafe and shop selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly successful venture. But there remains in her life an aching void, a grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can assuage. Then she meets Richard Markson, and once more, Mal’s life has come to a crossroads. It is he who shows her that she has everything to gain – but only if she has the courage to take it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319757Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything to Gain Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything to Gain Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Diana Quick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 25, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman of Substance Mallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear. Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of her spirit. Returning to Connecticut, Mal opens a cafe and shop selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly successful venture. But there remains in her life an aching void, a grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can assuage. Then she meets Richard Markson, and once more, Mal’s life has come to a crossroads. It is he who shows her that she has everything to gain – but only if she has the courage to take it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chocolate-shoes-and-wedding-blues-by-trisha-ashley--65308848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 23, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A hilarious, heart-warming read from the bestselling author of The Christmas Invitation… When Tansy Poole inherits a run-down shoe shop tucked away in the village of Sticklepond, ‘Cinderella’s Slippers’ is born – providing the footwear to make any fairytale wedding come true… Carrying everything a bride would want to walk down the aisle in, Tansy’s shop soon expands to carry shoe-themed wedding favours, bridesmaid gifts and even delicious chocolate shoes. It’s the dream destination for any shoe-lover! If only everything in her personal life could be as heavenly – but with a fiancé trying to make her fit into a size 8 wedding dress, not to mention the recent discovery of disturbing family revelations, Tansy takes refuge in the shop’s success. But one man isn’t thrilled by the stream of customers hot-footing it to Cinderella’s Slippers… Actor Ivo Hawksley, resident of the cottage next to the shop, is troubled by a dark secret in his past and has come to Sticklepond to nurse his own broken heart. However, Ivo realises that he and Tansy have a link in their past and soon, they both find out how secrets shared can make a very strong bond indeed… ‘Full of down-to-earth humour’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality – one of the best writers around!’ Katie Fforde ‘Packed with romance, chocolate and fun, this indulgent read is simply too delicious to put down’ Closer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319795Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 23, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A hilarious, heart-warming read from the bestselling author of The Christmas Invitation… When Tansy Poole inherits a run-down shoe shop tucked away in the village of Sticklepond, ‘Cinderella’s Slippers’ is born – providing the footwear to make any fairytale wedding come true… Carrying everything a bride would want to walk down the aisle in, Tansy’s shop soon expands to carry shoe-themed wedding favours, bridesmaid gifts and even delicious chocolate shoes. It’s the dream destination for any shoe-lover! If only everything in her personal life could be as heavenly – but with a fiancé trying to make her fit into a size 8 wedding dress, not to mention the recent discovery of disturbing family revelations, Tansy takes refuge in the shop’s success. But one man isn’t thrilled by the stream of customers hot-footing it to Cinderella’s Slippers… Actor Ivo Hawksley, resident of the cottage next to the shop, is troubled by a dark secret in his past and has come to Sticklepond to nurse his own broken heart. However, Ivo realises that he and Tansy have a link in their past and soon, they both find out how secrets shared can make a very strong bond indeed… ‘Full of down-to-earth humour’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality – one of the best writers around!’ Katie Fforde ‘Packed with romance, chocolate and fun, this indulgent read is simply too delicious to put down’ Closer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-schemer-by-kimberley-chambers--65308845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Schemer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. It’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch’s life is dull. She is desperate to escape the run-down, pokey council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go. When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick tongue soon have her head over heels in love. Finally Stephanie feels like her dreary life is on the up. But too young to control their fate, Stephanie and Barry are torn apart when he is whisked away to Spain by his family. Lonely and heartbroken Stephanie turns to Barry’s childhood friend Wayne for comfort, and their friendship soon blossoms into romance, leaving Barry fuming and promising revenge… Ten years later Barry returns to England. Within one month Stephanie's happy world with Wayne is turned upside down. People immediately start to point the finger of accusation at Barry, but is he the one to blame? Or, should Stephanie look elsewhere to find the schemer who has ruined her life?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319832Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Schemer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Schemer Author: Kimberley Chambers Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. It’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch’s life is dull. She is desperate to escape the run-down, pokey council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go. When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick tongue soon have her head over heels in love. Finally Stephanie feels like her dreary life is on the up. But too young to control their fate, Stephanie and Barry are torn apart when he is whisked away to Spain by his family. Lonely and heartbroken Stephanie turns to Barry’s childhood friend Wayne for comfort, and their friendship soon blossoms into romance, leaving Barry fuming and promising revenge… Ten years later Barry returns to England. Within one month Stephanie's happy world with Wayne is turned upside down. People immediately start to point the finger of accusation at Barry, but is he the one to blame? Or, should Stephanie look elsewhere to find the schemer who has ruined her life?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rumours-by-freya-north--65308818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rumours Author: Freya North Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everybody’s talking – but what’s really going on? Rumour has it that Stella Hutton landed her new job thanks to family connections. She’s guarded about her past and private about her new life. Over in Long Dansbury, there’s always a rumour circulating about Xander – but the eligible bachelor shrugs off village gossip. Then a rumour starts that Longbridge Hall is up for sale. Home to the eccentric Fortescues, it has dominated Long Dansbury lives for centuries. Stella is summoned to sell the estate. But Xander grew up there. His secrets and memories are not for sale. He’ll do anything to stand in Stella’s way. Anything but fall in love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319831Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rumours Author: Freya North Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rumours Author: Freya North Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Everybody’s talking – but what’s really going on? Rumour has it that Stella Hutton landed her new job thanks to family connections. She’s guarded about her past and private about her new life. Over in Long Dansbury, there’s always a rumour circulating about Xander – but the eligible bachelor shrugs off village gossip. Then a rumour starts that Longbridge Hall is up for sale. Home to the eccentric Fortescues, it has dominated Long Dansbury lives for centuries. Stella is summoned to sell the estate. But Xander grew up there. His secrets and memories are not for sale. He’ll do anything to stand in Stella’s way. Anything but fall in love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coronation-day-by-kay-brellend--65308849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coronation Day Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gritty and compelling family drama from the author of The Street. Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale. It’s going to be a right old knee’s up… The residents of the tough streets around Islington are heartbroken at the death of George the VI but having a young Queen on the throne isn’t the only change that they can expect. The toughest street in London, Campbell Road, is due for demolition. One of the last residents remaining, Matilda Kiever, born and bred on the street, remembers many things about the past, not least what really happened to Christopher Wild’s mum, Pamela. Christopher thought she was dead, but it turns out she is very much alive. But before he can get to the bottom of things, trouble starts to brew on Campbell Road when, after months of tension between Stephen’s building firm and the local Irish Navvies, his father is injured and the finger of blame is squarely pointed at the Irish. Meanwhile, Coronation Day is just around the corner and the street will be having the biggest party it has ever seen. But Christopher is about to get drawn into one hell of a ding dong – and Campbell Road is going to have one last knees up that no one will ever forget.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319848Thu, 24 May 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coronation Day Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coronation Day Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A gritty and compelling family drama from the author of The Street. Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale. It’s going to be a right old knee’s up… The residents of the tough streets around Islington are heartbroken at the death of George the VI but having a young Queen on the throne isn’t the only change that they can expect. The toughest street in London, Campbell Road, is due for demolition. One of the last residents remaining, Matilda Kiever, born and bred on the street, remembers many things about the past, not least what really happened to Christopher Wild’s mum, Pamela. Christopher thought she was dead, but it turns out she is very much alive. But before he can get to the bottom of things, trouble starts to brew on Campbell Road when, after months of tension between Stephen’s building firm and the local Irish Navvies, his father is injured and the finger of blame is squarely pointed at the Irish. Meanwhile, Coronation Day is just around the corner and the street will be having the biggest party it has ever seen. But Christopher is about to get drawn into one hell of a ding dong – and Campbell Road is going to have one last knees up that no one will ever forget.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bring-up-the-bodies-by-hilary-mantel--65308843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring up the Bodies Series: #2 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Julian Rhind Tutt Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a major TV series Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’ Daily Mail ‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’ Independent on Sunday With this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319849Thu, 10 May 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring up the Bodies Series: #2 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Julian Rhind Tutt Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring up the Bodies Series: #2 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Julian Rhind Tutt Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a major TV series Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’ Daily Mail ‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’ Independent on Sunday With this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-sweet-valentine-by-annie-groves--65308842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sweet Valentine Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Sue Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 2, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine’s day approaches, in 1941 wartime London ‘Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war…’ Tilly is passionately in love with the dashing American journalist, Drew. But he is harbouring a secret that threatens their burgeoning love. At the same time, Dulcie’s brother Rick walks back into her life, the man who she longed for all those years ago… Agnes is comforted by the loving arms of her caring train driver fiancé Ted. And Sally could not be happier with her talented surgeon boyfriend at her side, especially since he’s risked his life to visit her at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. For Tilly’s mother, Olive, the cold heart that had been frozen since her partner died, is beginning to thaw. But the man she pines for is betrothed to another. The net curtains on the well-to-do Article Row have been twitching, and prying eyes have seen the way she’s been looking at Sergeant Dawson… When the clock strikes midnight at the Hammersmith Palais, three couples stare deeply into their lovers’ eyes. The confident and stunningly beautiful East Ender, Dulcie, is left alone once more, abandoned by her boyfriend at this most precious of precious moments. But the women of No. 13 Article Row know that joy is short lived in the London of 1941. It’s a treacherous place, especially for the tender-hearted. As Valentine’s Day approaches, the perils of war threaten life as they know it and all matters of the heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319988Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sweet Valentine Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Sue Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 2, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sweet Valentine Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Sue Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 2, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine’s day approaches, in 1941 wartime London ‘Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war…’ Tilly is passionately in love with the dashing American journalist, Drew. But he is harbouring a secret that threatens their burgeoning love. At the same time, Dulcie’s brother Rick walks back into her life, the man who she longed for all those years ago… Agnes is comforted by the loving arms of her caring train driver fiancé Ted. And Sally could not be happier with her talented surgeon boyfriend at her side, especially since he’s risked his life to visit her at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. For Tilly’s mother, Olive, the cold heart that had been frozen since her partner died, is beginning to thaw. But the man she pines for is betrothed to another. The net curtains on the well-to-do Article Row have been twitching, and prying eyes have seen the way she’s been looking at Sergeant Dawson… When the clock strikes midnight at the Hammersmith Palais, three couples stare deeply into their lovers’ eyes. The confident and stunningly beautiful East Ender, Dulcie, is left alone once more, abandoned by her boyfriend at this most precious of precious moments. But the women of No. 13 Article Row know that joy is short lived in the London of 1941. It’s a treacherous place, especially for the tender-hearted. As Valentine’s Day approaches, the perils of war threaten life as they know it and all matters of the heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-family-by-kay-brellend--65308751https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The follow-up novel to the hugely successful debut THE STREET In this dank corner of town, you have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer – even if those enemies are your family. Jimmy Wild saunters around the streets of Campbell Road, and among the people he used to terrorise. Even though the years have passed, he’s still a tyrant. The sight of his lanky frame is enough to terrify the inhabitants of this close-knit community, who reside in this villainous corner of London. Jimmy’s beautiful step-daughter Faye and his downtrodden wife Edie eek out a meagre existence for their family, having left behind their lives in Kent. What devastating act was so bad that it drove them away from the place they called home to this hovel of a house in Campbell Road? Robert and Steven Wild thought they’d moved on. It was hard enough coming to terms with the death of their mother – and now their abusive father, presumed dead, has returned. One thing you can bet on, Jimmy Wild’s not returned to start playing happy families… How can young Faye make a life for herself and carve a future for young siblings? Who is this aged woman that Jimmy Wild has come back to see? And can a romance between Faye and Rob blossom amidst a family at War?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320009Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 5, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The follow-up novel to the hugely successful debut THE STREET In this dank corner of town, you have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer – even if those enemies are your family. Jimmy Wild saunters around the streets of Campbell Road, and among the people he used to terrorise. Even though the years have passed, he’s still a tyrant. The sight of his lanky frame is enough to terrify the inhabitants of this close-knit community, who reside in this villainous corner of London. Jimmy’s beautiful step-daughter Faye and his downtrodden wife Edie eek out a meagre existence for their family, having left behind their lives in Kent. What devastating act was so bad that it drove them away from the place they called home to this hovel of a house in Campbell Road? Robert and Steven Wild thought they’d moved on. It was hard enough coming to terms with the death of their mother – and now their abusive father, presumed dead, has returned. One thing you can bet on, Jimmy Wild’s not returned to start playing happy families… How can young Faye make a life for herself and carve a future for young siblings? Who is this aged woman that Jimmy Wild has come back to see? And can a romance between Faye and Rob blossom amidst a family at War?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-s-greetings-by-alan-ayckbourn--65308769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season's Greetings Author: Alan Ayckbourn Narrator: Phil Daniels, Bill Nighy, Full Cast, John L. Sessions, Frances Barber, Geoffrey Palmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: August 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Christmas is the season of good cheer and harmony among men, but things are not working out quite that way in the Bunker household. As a motley collection of friends and relatives fill the house with their own wishes, dreams and attitudes, the stage is set for seasonal disharmony and romantic intrigue. It’s Christmas Eve and while Belinda is rushing around decorating the tree and seeing to all the guests and their needs, Eddie and Pattie are having a serious bust-up. Added to all of this, Bernard is conducting a chaotic rehearsal of his annual gift for the children - a puppet show of The Three Little Pigs - as his wife, Phyllis gets quietly sloshed in the kitchen on the cooking wine. Then something disastrous occurs...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323986Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season's Greetings Author: Alan Ayckbourn Narrator: Phil Daniels, Bill Nighy, Full Cast, John L. Sessions, Frances Barber, Geoffrey Palmer Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Season's Greetings Author: Alan Ayckbourn Narrator: Phil Daniels, Bill Nighy, Full Cast, John L. Sessions, Frances Barber, Geoffrey Palmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: August 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Christmas is the season of good cheer and harmony among men, but things are not working out quite that way in the Bunker household. As a motley collection of friends and relatives fill the house with their own wishes, dreams and attitudes, the stage is set for seasonal disharmony and romantic intrigue. It’s Christmas Eve and while Belinda is rushing around decorating the tree and seeing to all the guests and their needs, Eddie and Pattie are having a serious bust-up. Added to all of this, Bernard is conducting a chaotic rehearsal of his annual gift for the children - a puppet show of The Three Little Pigs - as his wife, Phyllis gets quietly sloshed in the kitchen on the cooking wine. Then something disastrous occurs...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-holiday-by-penny-smith--65308826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Holiday Author: Penny Smith Narrator: Beth Cordingly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The riotously funny, and startlingly true, new novel from Penny Smith.The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith. Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She's toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. Toying with getting a job. Toying with getting a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23 year old Lucy, who takes after her father. Pompous, is how Miranda describes it. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.) Her son, Sam, is taking an extended gap year. He's 21 and been backpacking since he left school at 18 with a clutch of A levels. Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors… similar types to her ex-husband, Nigel. Nigel – just saying his name makes her wince. How on earth could she have ever married Nigel, let alone have sex with him? It must have been the pheromones, or the hormones – possibly just the fact that she could not be bothered to get a job and her parents were having a go at her. Every new date ends in disaster now. So, one summer's day, Miranda decides to go and help clean out a local canal, where she falls for Alex, a dreadlocked eco-warrior, and things start to get complicated…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320224Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Holiday Author: Penny Smith Narrator: Beth Cordingly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2, 2011 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Holiday Author: Penny Smith Narrator: Beth Cordingly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The riotously funny, and startlingly true, new novel from Penny Smith.The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith. Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She's toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. Toying with getting a job. Toying with getting a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23 year old Lucy, who takes after her father. Pompous, is how Miranda describes it. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.) Her son, Sam, is taking an extended gap year. He's 21 and been backpacking since he left school at 18 with a clutch of A levels. Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors… similar types to her ex-husband, Nigel. Nigel – just saying his name makes her wince. How on earth could she have ever married Nigel, let alone have sex with him? It must have been the pheromones, or the hormones – possibly just the fact that she could not be bothered to get a job and her parents were having a go at her. Every new date ends in disaster now. So, one summer's day, Miranda decides to go and help clean out a local canal, where she falls for Alex, a dreadlocked eco-warrior, and things start to get complicated…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chances-by-freya-north--65308841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chances Author: Freya North Narrator: Helen Longworth Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The stunning new summer besteller from Freya North. Vita’s nursing a broken heart. Oliver’s heart belongs to the past. They should be perfect for each other. But will they chance it? Vita's gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she's not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex. Active and outdoorsy Oliver runs his tree-surgery business as calmly as his home – but his love life is intensely private. When Vita and Oliver’s paths cross at a pear tree, there’s a chance of something blossoming. As spring turns into summer, both Vita and Oliver are given choices and chances. But will they take them – or walk away?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320249Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chances Author: Freya North Narrator: Helen Longworth Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chances Author: Freya North Narrator: Helen Longworth Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The stunning new summer besteller from Freya North. Vita’s nursing a broken heart. Oliver’s heart belongs to the past. They should be perfect for each other. But will they chance it? Vita's gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she's not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex. Active and outdoorsy Oliver runs his tree-surgery business as calmly as his home – but his love life is intensely private. When Vita and Oliver’s paths cross at a pear tree, there’s a chance of something blossoming. As spring turns into summer, both Vita and Oliver are given choices and chances. But will they take them – or walk away?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tree-of-hands-by-ruth-rendell--65308807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tree of Hands Author: Ruth Rendell Narrator: Isla Blair Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 25, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the writer of the Wexford novels and read by Isla Blair. Once, when Benet was about fourteen, they had been in a train together, alone in the carriage, and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. Threatened her with it, rather. Benet had been wondering why her mother had brought such a large handbag with her, a red one that didn’t go with the clothes she was wearing. Mopsa had shouted and laughed and said wild things and then she had put the knife back in her bag. But Benet had been very frightened by then. She lost her head and pulled the emergency handle that Mopsa had called the “communication cord”. The train stopped and there had been trouble for everyone involved and her father had been angry and grimly sad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320556Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tree of Hands Author: Ruth Rendell Narrator: Isla Blair Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 25, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tree of Hands Author: Ruth Rendell Narrator: Isla Blair Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 25, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the writer of the Wexford novels and read by Isla Blair. Once, when Benet was about fourteen, they had been in a train together, alone in the carriage, and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. Threatened her with it, rather. Benet had been wondering why her mother had brought such a large handbag with her, a red one that didn’t go with the clothes she was wearing. Mopsa had shouted and laughed and said wild things and then she had put the knife back in her bag. But Benet had been very frightened by then. She lost her head and pulled the emergency handle that Mopsa had called the “communication cord”. The train stopped and there had been trouble for everyone involved and her father had been angry and grimly sad.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-lighthouse-by-virginia-woolf--65308825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny, and bitterness. Its use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence, and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny, and bitterness. Its use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence, and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chocolate-wishes-by-trisha-ashley--65308834https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Wishes Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 2, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Life is sweet for chocolate maker Chloe Lyon… Business is booming at her artisan chocolate-makers 'Chocolate Wishes' in the picture-perfect Lancashire village of Sticklepond – not least because all of Chloe's sweet treats contain an inspirational prediction for each customer. If only her own life was as easy to read in the cards, perhaps Chloe could have foreseen being jilted at the altar… But Chloe has long put thoughts of love behind her – after all, life is busy enough, especially as she tries to sort out her friends' tangled love lives and the village welcomes its new vicar, Raffy Sinclair. However, the village rumour mill goes into overdrive when it is revealed that Raffy is the distinctly unorthodox ex-front man of rock band 'Dark Angels' – and also happens to be Chloe's first love, who left her broken-hearted… Whilst Chloe tries to ignore this blast from her past, will she discover that wishes can come true when you least expect it…? A charming novel for chocoholics everywhere, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320606Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Wishes Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chocolate Wishes Author: Trisha Ashley Narrator: Julia Rounthwaite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 2, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Life is sweet for chocolate maker Chloe Lyon… Business is booming at her artisan chocolate-makers 'Chocolate Wishes' in the picture-perfect Lancashire village of Sticklepond – not least because all of Chloe's sweet treats contain an inspirational prediction for each customer. If only her own life was as easy to read in the cards, perhaps Chloe could have foreseen being jilted at the altar… But Chloe has long put thoughts of love behind her – after all, life is busy enough, especially as she tries to sort out her friends' tangled love lives and the village welcomes its new vicar, Raffy Sinclair. However, the village rumour mill goes into overdrive when it is revealed that Raffy is the distinctly unorthodox ex-front man of rock band 'Dark Angels' – and also happens to be Chloe's first love, who left her broken-hearted… Whilst Chloe tries to ignore this blast from her past, will she discover that wishes can come true when you least expect it…? A charming novel for chocoholics everywhere, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-lights-go-on-again-by-annie-groves--65308801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Lights Go On Again Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Vicky Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 5, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tide is turning, but on the home front, the battle is far from over for the Campions… Autumn 1944, the allies are invading Italy. At home in Britain, along with everyone else, the Campion family are doing their bit – working tirelessly in the hope that the end of the war is now in sight. Lou, separated from her twin Sasha, is spreading her wings quite literally in her new role as a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying new planes to RAF bases. However, while there, she is confronted with a man from her past – Kieron Mallory. Sasha, newly engaged to Bobby, is filled with increasing fear, both for Bobby and about the terror that engulfs her whenever she thinks about being trapped in the bomb shaft that nearly took her life. Emily, newly widowed loves living in Whitchurch with Tommy, her adopted son, her pride and joy. But a chance sighting of Tommy turns Emily's world upside down and reawakens for Fran all the pain of her past. Back in London Katie hopes that she is finally over Luke until a surprise letter from him arrives. But can they ever build a friendship on the ashes of their love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320617Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Lights Go On Again Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Vicky Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Lights Go On Again Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Vicky Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 5, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tide is turning, but on the home front, the battle is far from over for the Campions… Autumn 1944, the allies are invading Italy. At home in Britain, along with everyone else, the Campion family are doing their bit – working tirelessly in the hope that the end of the war is now in sight. Lou, separated from her twin Sasha, is spreading her wings quite literally in her new role as a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying new planes to RAF bases. However, while there, she is confronted with a man from her past – Kieron Mallory. Sasha, newly engaged to Bobby, is filled with increasing fear, both for Bobby and about the terror that engulfs her whenever she thinks about being trapped in the bomb shaft that nearly took her life. Emily, newly widowed loves living in Whitchurch with Tommy, her adopted son, her pride and joy. But a chance sighting of Tommy turns Emily's world upside down and reawakens for Fran all the pain of her past. Back in London Katie hopes that she is finally over Luke until a surprise letter from him arrives. But can they ever build a friendship on the ashes of their love?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-the-heart-is-by-annie-groves--65308856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Is Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Christine Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 18, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A fabulous drama of the Campion family, struggling to stay together as World War Two rages over Liverpool Lou Campion has joined the WAAFs, against the wishes of her parents and twin sister Sasha. Lou's always been a rebel, but now finds that if she wants to succeed she'll have to follow extremely strict rules. Can she do this or will it all end in deep disgrace? Tragedy haunts the other members of the family, as Katie's plans for the future are dashed, Fran's young husband is close to death and Bella's impossible passion has to remain a close secret. Yet even in the darkest hour there is hope. The Campions find that they have a hero in their midst and while their city is crumbling, their pride is intact.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319561Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Is Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Christine Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Is Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Christine Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 18, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A fabulous drama of the Campion family, struggling to stay together as World War Two rages over Liverpool Lou Campion has joined the WAAFs, against the wishes of her parents and twin sister Sasha. Lou's always been a rebel, but now finds that if she wants to succeed she'll have to follow extremely strict rules. Can she do this or will it all end in deep disgrace? Tragedy haunts the other members of the family, as Katie's plans for the future are dashed, Fran's young husband is close to death and Bella's impossible passion has to remain a close secret. Yet even in the darkest hour there is hope. The Campions find that they have a hero in their midst and while their city is crumbling, their pride is intact.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel--65308804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wolf Hall Series: #1 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Dan Stevens Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 6, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a major TV series Winner of the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the the Orange Prize Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award `Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good' Daily Mail ‘Our most brilliant English writer’ Guardian England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319594Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wolf Hall Series: #1 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Dan Stevens Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wolf Hall Series: #1 of The Wolf Hall Trilogy Author: Hilary Mantel Narrator: Dan Stevens Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 6, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a major TV series Winner of the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the the Orange Prize Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award `Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good' Daily Mail ‘Our most brilliant English writer’ Guardian England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-tomorrow-by-cecelia-ahern--65308792https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Tomorrow Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Ali Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today. Tamara’s childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin. When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. She needs a distraction. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. With some help, Tamara finally manages to open the book. What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its core. Told in Cecelia’s imitable style, The Girl of Tomorrow is a mesmerising and magical story for this autumn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319596Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Tomorrow Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Ali Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Tomorrow Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Ali Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today. Tamara’s childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin. When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. She needs a distraction. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. With some help, Tamara finally manages to open the book. What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its core. Told in Cecelia’s imitable style, The Girl of Tomorrow is a mesmerising and magical story for this autumn.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-by-freya-north--65308836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Freya North Narrator: Kate Rawson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 30, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: We all have our secrets. It’s just some are bigger than others… Joe has a beautiful house, a great job, no commitments – and he likes it like that. All he needs is a quiet house-sitter for his rambling old place by the sea. When Tess turns up on his doorstep, he’s not sure she’s right for the job. Where has she come from in such a hurry? Her past is a blank and she’s something of an enigma. But there’s something about her – even though sparks fly every time they meet. And it looks as though she’s here to stay…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319912Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Freya North Narrator: Kate Rawson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 30, 2009 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets Author: Freya North Narrator: Kate Rawson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 30, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: We all have our secrets. It’s just some are bigger than others… Joe has a beautiful house, a great job, no commitments – and he likes it like that. All he needs is a quiet house-sitter for his rambling old place by the sea. When Tess turns up on his doorstep, he’s not sure she’s right for the job. Where has she come from in such a hurry? Her past is a blank and she’s something of an enigma. But there’s something about her – even though sparks fly every time they meet. And it looks as though she’s here to stay…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-in-a-lifetime-by-cathy-kelly--65308796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Lifetime Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Jacqueline Tong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new novel from the worldwide bestselling author. Kenny's Department Store, with its handsome Edwardian façade, is the jewel in Ardagh town's crown. TV presenter Ingrid Fitzgerald has watched her husband David, Kenny's charismatic owner, pour his heart and soul into the family store, making it the epitome of boutique chic. She's juggled family life and her glittering career admirably. Now, as their children fly the nest, Ingrid discovers a secret that will shake her world to its very foundations. Natalie Flynn shares a flat with Ingrid's daughter, Molly. As love blossoms in her life, motherless Natalie starts to ask questions she has never dared to before. But will they help her make sense of her life and who she really is? Charlie Fallon is a passionate and motivated Kenny's employee who adores her husband and son, but her eccentric mother seems bent on wrecking her life. Now it's time to fight for her own happiness. Free spirit, Star Bluestone, who handcrafts fabulous tapestries for Kenny's, is the woman with the knowledge to help them all. Star knows from experience that the important things in life must be nurtured and treasured. She harbours many secrets and understands that the chance for real joy comes only once in a lifetime… Warm, captivating storytelling from the heart – treat yourself to some Cathy Kelly time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319922Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Lifetime Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Jacqueline Tong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 5, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once In A Lifetime Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Jacqueline Tong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new novel from the worldwide bestselling author. Kenny's Department Store, with its handsome Edwardian façade, is the jewel in Ardagh town's crown. TV presenter Ingrid Fitzgerald has watched her husband David, Kenny's charismatic owner, pour his heart and soul into the family store, making it the epitome of boutique chic. She's juggled family life and her glittering career admirably. Now, as their children fly the nest, Ingrid discovers a secret that will shake her world to its very foundations. Natalie Flynn shares a flat with Ingrid's daughter, Molly. As love blossoms in her life, motherless Natalie starts to ask questions she has never dared to before. But will they help her make sense of her life and who she really is? Charlie Fallon is a passionate and motivated Kenny's employee who adores her husband and son, but her eccentric mother seems bent on wrecking her life. Now it's time to fight for her own happiness. Free spirit, Star Bluestone, who handcrafts fabulous tapestries for Kenny's, is the woman with the knowledge to help them all. Star knows from experience that the important things in life must be nurtured and treasured. She harbours many secrets and understands that the chance for real joy comes only once in a lifetime… Warm, captivating storytelling from the heart – treat yourself to some Cathy Kelly time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daughters-of-liverpool-by-annie-groves--65308762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Liverpool Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Maggie Ollerenshaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 5, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Evocative and heartrending saga of Liverpool during World War Two, from the author of AS TIME GOES BY – rising star Annie Groves Katie’s full of trepidation as she arrives in Liverpool. It’s her first posting and her work will be so secret that she can’t even speak about it to the family she’s billeted with. She makes it clear that she’s here to do her bit for the war effort, not to flirt with the many servicemen based at the nearby barracks. Which is just fine with Luke, son of the household and battle-scarred veteran of Dunkirk. He’s had his heart broken already by a flighty nurse. His mother can’t help worry about him – but she’s got more than enough on her plate with her youngest children, the teenage twins, who don’t see why a war should stop them having fun and achieving their ambition to go on the stage. Then the bombs begin to rain in Liverpool in earnest and everyone, from oldest to youngest, must realise what matters most in life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319925Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Liverpool Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Maggie Ollerenshaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Liverpool Author: Annie Groves Narrator: Maggie Ollerenshaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 5, 2009 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Evocative and heartrending saga of Liverpool during World War Two, from the author of AS TIME GOES BY – rising star Annie Groves Katie’s full of trepidation as she arrives in Liverpool. It’s her first posting and her work will be so secret that she can’t even speak about it to the family she’s billeted with. She makes it clear that she’s here to do her bit for the war effort, not to flirt with the many servicemen based at the nearby barracks. Which is just fine with Luke, son of the household and battle-scarred veteran of Dunkirk. He’s had his heart broken already by a flighty nurse. His mother can’t help worry about him – but she’s got more than enough on her plate with her youngest children, the teenage twins, who don’t see why a war should stop them having fun and achieving their ambition to go on the stage. Then the bombs begin to rain in Liverpool in earnest and everyone, from oldest to youngest, must realise what matters most in life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-zahir-by-paulo-coelho--65308828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Zahir Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified – and increasingly fascinated – by her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts. His search for her – and for the truth of his own life – takes him from France to Spain, Croatia and, eventually, the bleakly beautiful landscape of Central Asia. More than that, it takes him from the safety of his world to a totally unknown path, searching for a new understanding of the nature of love and the power of destiny. With The Zahir, Paulo Coelho demonstrates not just his powerful and captivating storytelling, but also his extraordinary insight into what it is to be a human being in a world full of possibility. In Arabic Zahir means 'visible, present and unable to go unnoticed.' It refers to something or someone that ends up being the only thing we can think of. This state of 'possession' can be understood as saintliness or insanity, with a fine line between the two.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319928Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Zahir Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 5, 2009 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Zahir Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified – and increasingly fascinated – by her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts. His search for her – and for the truth of his own life – takes him from France to Spain, Croatia and, eventually, the bleakly beautiful landscape of Central Asia. More than that, it takes him from the safety of his world to a totally unknown path, searching for a new understanding of the nature of love and the power of destiny. With The Zahir, Paulo Coelho demonstrates not just his powerful and captivating storytelling, but also his extraordinary insight into what it is to be a human being in a world full of possibility. In Arabic Zahir means 'visible, present and unable to go unnoticed.' It refers to something or someone that ends up being the only thing we can think of. This state of 'possession' can be understood as saintliness or insanity, with a fine line between the two.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mistakes-in-the-background-by-laura-dockrill--65308840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008. Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill … I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really. But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least). I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum. I don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap. But this is much more than a diary.This is my map.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008. Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill … I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really. But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least). I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum. I don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap. But this is much more than a diary.This is my map.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-journey-by-josephine-cox--65308839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 19, 2007 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Read by Carole Boyd. The new bestseller from the country’s number one storyteller is a deeply moving and powerful tale of love and courage and a sacrifice no man should be asked to make. The story begins in 1952 when three strangers meet in a churchyard. One is a local farmer, Ben Morris, walking through the churchyard from his farmhouse. The other two – Lucy and Eileen Baker – are mother and daughter, bringing flowers to lay at the resting place of a man by the name of Barney Davidson. There is an air of mystery about them which greatly intrigues Ben. When the older woman stumbles, Ben offers to help. The offer is refused but in that moment of contact with the younger of the two women, he finds himself oddly drawn to her. When a handbag is found, Ben is nominated to return it to an address found inside. He goes to an old Edwardian house which is rumoured to have been a place of ill-repute many years ago. For reasons unknown, this rumour is vigorously denied by an elder who has lived in the hamlet of Salford all her life. When Ben returns with the handbag and is invited into the house, he is caught up in something that will change his life forever. When the old woman is taken ill, and haunted by what happened long ago in her youth, she finally confesses the truth to Ben and her daughter Eileen. What she has to say shocks and amazes Ben, so much so that he can't get it out of his mind. The extraordinary events that follow keep Ben and Eileen at the centre. As the story unfolds, the years fall away. Unsuspecting people are drawn together from both sides of the Atlantic. At long last the real truth about Barney Davidson is known. He was indeed a man amongst men. What he did changed all their lives in ways that could never have been imagined.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320091Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 19, 2007 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 19, 2007 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Read by Carole Boyd. The new bestseller from the country’s number one storyteller is a deeply moving and powerful tale of love and courage and a sacrifice no man should be asked to make. The story begins in 1952 when three strangers meet in a churchyard. One is a local farmer, Ben Morris, walking through the churchyard from his farmhouse. The other two – Lucy and Eileen Baker – are mother and daughter, bringing flowers to lay at the resting place of a man by the name of Barney Davidson. There is an air of mystery about them which greatly intrigues Ben. When the older woman stumbles, Ben offers to help. The offer is refused but in that moment of contact with the younger of the two women, he finds himself oddly drawn to her. When a handbag is found, Ben is nominated to return it to an address found inside. He goes to an old Edwardian house which is rumoured to have been a place of ill-repute many years ago. For reasons unknown, this rumour is vigorously denied by an elder who has lived in the hamlet of Salford all her life. When Ben returns with the handbag and is invited into the house, he is caught up in something that will change his life forever. When the old woman is taken ill, and haunted by what happened long ago in her youth, she finally confesses the truth to Ben and her daughter Eileen. What she has to say shocks and amazes Ben, so much so that he can't get it out of his mind. The extraordinary events that follow keep Ben and Eileen at the centre. As the story unfolds, the years fall away. Unsuspecting people are drawn together from both sides of the Atlantic. At long last the real truth about Barney Davidson is known. He was indeed a man amongst men. What he did changed all their lives in ways that could never have been imagined.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/man-and-wife-by-tony-parsons--65308750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Man and Wife Author: Tony Parsons Narrator: James Frain Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 15, 2005 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Harry Silver returns to face life in the “blended family.” A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own Man and Wife is a novel about love and marriage – about why we fall in love and why we marry; about why we stay and why we go. Harry Silver is a man coming to terms with a divorce and a new marriage. He has to juggle with time and relationships, with his wife and his ex-wife, his son and his stepdaughter, his own work and his wife's fast-growing career. Meanwhile his mother, who stood so steadfastly by his father until he died, is not getting any younger or stronger herself. In fact, everything in Harry's life seems complicated. And when he meets a woman in a million, it gets even more so… Man and Wife stands on its own as a brilliant novel about families in the new century, written with all the humour, passion and superb storytelling that have made Tony Parsons a favourite author in over thirty countries.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320421Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Man and Wife Author: Tony Parsons Narrator: James Frain Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 15, 2005 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Man and Wife Author: Tony Parsons Narrator: James Frain Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 15, 2005 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Harry Silver returns to face life in the “blended family.” A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own Man and Wife is a novel about love and marriage – about why we fall in love and why we marry; about why we stay and why we go. Harry Silver is a man coming to terms with a divorce and a new marriage. He has to juggle with time and relationships, with his wife and his ex-wife, his son and his stepdaughter, his own work and his wife's fast-growing career. Meanwhile his mother, who stood so steadfastly by his father until he died, is not getting any younger or stronger herself. In fact, everything in Harry's life seems complicated. And when he meets a woman in a million, it gets even more so… Man and Wife stands on its own as a brilliant novel about families in the new century, written with all the humour, passion and superb storytelling that have made Tony Parsons a favourite author in over thirty countries.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/baker-towers-by-jennifer-haigh--65308698https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baker Towers Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 4, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a stunning follow-up to her bestselling debut, Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh returns with Baker Towers, a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II. Born and raised on Bakerton's Polish Hill, the five Novak children come of age during wartime, a thrilling era when the world seems on the verge of changing forever. The oldest, Georgie, serves on a minesweeper in the South Pacific and glimpses life beyond Bakerton, a promising future he is determined to secure at all costs. His sister Dorothy takes a job in Washington, D.C., and finds she is unprepared for city life. Brilliant Joyce becomes the family's keystone, bitterly aware of the opportunities she might have had elsewhere. Sandy sails through life on his looks and charm, and Lucy, the volatile baby, devours the family's attention and develops a bottomless appetite for love. Baker Towers is a family saga and a love story, a hymn to a time and place long gone, to America's industrial past and the men and women we now call the Greatest Generation. This is a feat of imagination from an extraordinary new voice in American fiction, a writer of enormous power and skill. Performed by Anna Fields]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328881Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baker Towers Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 4, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baker Towers Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 4, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a stunning follow-up to her bestselling debut, Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh returns with Baker Towers, a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II. Born and raised on Bakerton's Polish Hill, the five Novak children come of age during wartime, a thrilling era when the world seems on the verge of changing forever. The oldest, Georgie, serves on a minesweeper in the South Pacific and glimpses life beyond Bakerton, a promising future he is determined to secure at all costs. His sister Dorothy takes a job in Washington, D.C., and finds she is unprepared for city life. Brilliant Joyce becomes the family's keystone, bitterly aware of the opportunities she might have had elsewhere. Sandy sails through life on his looks and charm, and Lucy, the volatile baby, devours the family's attention and develops a bottomless appetite for love. Baker Towers is a family saga and a love story, a hymn to a time and place long gone, to America's industrial past and the men and women we now call the Greatest Generation. This is a feat of imagination from an extraordinary new voice in American fiction, a writer of enormous power and skill. Performed by Anna Fields]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eventide-by-kent-haruf--65308740https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eventide Series: #2 of Plainsong Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: George Hearn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority. When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from their ranch to begin college, an emptiness opens before them—and for many other townspeople it also promises to be a long, hard winter. A young boy living alone with his grandfather helps out a neighbor whose husband, off in Alaska, suddenly isn’t coming home, leaving her to raise their two daughters. At school the children of a disabled couple suffer indignities that their parents know all too well in their own lives, with only a social worker to look after them and a violent relative to endanger them further. But in a small town a great many people encounter one another frequently, often surprisingly, and destinies soon become entwined—for good and for ill—as they confront events that sorely test the limits of their resilience and means, with no refuge available except what their own character and that of others afford them. Spring eventually does reach across the land, and how the people of Eventide get there makes for an engrossing, profoundly moving novel rich in the wisdom, humor, and humanity for which Kent Haruf is justly acclaimed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322540Tue, 04 May 2004 07:11:25 +0000Brook BednarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eventide Series: #2 of Plainsong Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: George Hearn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eventide Series: #2 of Plainsong Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: George Hearn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority. When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from their ranch to begin college, an emptiness opens before them—and for many other townspeople it also promises to be a long, hard winter. A young boy living alone with his grandfather helps out a neighbor whose husband, off in Alaska, suddenly isn’t coming home, leaving her to raise their two daughters. At school the children of a disabled couple suffer indignities that their parents know all too well in their own lives, with only a social worker to look after them and a violent relative to endanger them further. But in a small town a great many people encounter one another frequently, often surprisingly, and destinies soon become entwined—for good and for ill—as they confront events that sorely test the limits of their resilience and means, with no refuge available except what their own character and that of others afford them. Spring eventually does reach across the land, and how the people of Eventide get there makes for an engrossing, profoundly moving novel rich in the wisdom, humor, and humanity for which Kent Haruf is justly acclaimed.]]>605cleanfull