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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 Helen Mayerhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ae1de56cd14e2c5a7a685b59ed4b39c0.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-top-rated-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580679Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:35:54 +0000Helen MayerHelen Mayerfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/684/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/684/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+ audiobooks will meet all your needs. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and start your journey of exploration. Easily listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices. Let audiobooks become your reliable companion! 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/the-falling-by-julie-cohen--65309759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Falling Author: Julie Cohen Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn’t even tell the people you love? Honor’s secret threatens to rob her of the independence she’s guarded ferociously for eighty years. Jo’s secret could smash apart the ‘normal’ family life she’s fought so hard to build. Lydia’s secret could bring her love - or the loss of everything that matters to her. One summer’s day, grandmother, mother and daughter’s secrets will collide in a single dramatic moment. Is it too late for second chances? Readers of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell will love this surprising, moving story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252105Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Falling Author: Julie Cohen Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Falling Author: Julie Cohen Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn’t even tell the people you love? Honor’s secret threatens to rob her of the independence she’s guarded ferociously for eighty years. Jo’s secret could smash apart the ‘normal’ family life she’s fought so hard to build. Lydia’s secret could bring her love - or the loss of everything that matters to her. One summer’s day, grandmother, mother and daughter’s secrets will collide in a single dramatic moment. Is it too late for second chances? Readers of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell will love this surprising, moving story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-end-of-the-world-running-club-the-ultimate-race-against-time-post-apocalyptic-thriller-by-adrian-j-walker--65309771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of the World Running Club: The ultimate race against time post-apocalyptic thriller Author: Adrian J Walker Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Do the impossible Or lose your family forever… Edgar Hill, unsympathetic husband and half-hearted father, finds himself in a hopeless situation. Despite all his best efforts, he hasn’t managed to keep his family together. In fact, they are further from him than ever – 550 miles to be precise. And in a world near annihilated by a terrible disaster, leaving the UK harsh and brutal, uncrossable by car or bike, his journey to find his loved ones will be fraught with challenges. His best option is to run. But what if your best isn’t good enough? Includes original music by Adrian J Walker.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251552Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of the World Running Club: The ultimate race against time post-apocalyptic thriller Author: Adrian J Walker Narrator: Jot Davies Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of the World Running Club: The ultimate race against time post-apocalyptic thriller Author: Adrian J Walker Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Do the impossible Or lose your family forever… Edgar Hill, unsympathetic husband and half-hearted father, finds himself in a hopeless situation. Despite all his best efforts, he hasn’t managed to keep his family together. In fact, they are further from him than ever – 550 miles to be precise. And in a world near annihilated by a terrible disaster, leaving the UK harsh and brutal, uncrossable by car or bike, his journey to find his loved ones will be fraught with challenges. His best option is to run. But what if your best isn’t good enough? Includes original music by Adrian J Walker.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/titans-by-leila-meacham--65309736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Titans Author: Leila Meacham Narrator: Casey Holloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes 'epic storytelling that plunges the reader headfirst' into the fate of heiress Samantha Gordon and ranch hand Nathan Holloway as their lives collide in early 1900s Texas. (Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post) Texas in the early 1900s was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256665Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Titans Author: Leila Meacham Narrator: Casey Holloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Titans Author: Leila Meacham Narrator: Casey Holloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes 'epic storytelling that plunges the reader headfirst' into the fate of heiress Samantha Gordon and ranch hand Nathan Holloway as their lives collide in early 1900s Texas. (Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post) Texas in the early 1900s was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-baby-agenda-a-surprise-for-the-sheikh-by-sarah-m-anderson-katherine-garbera--65309726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Baby Agenda & A Surprise for the Sheikh Author: Sarah M. Anderson, Katherine Garbera Narrator: Nina Alvamar, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A nanny. A single father. A love stronger than revenge? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Katherine Garbera!  Ten years ago, someone framed him for murder. Kingsley Buchanan lost everything, including Gabriella de la Cruz. Now the billionaire is back to settle old scores. But he must protect his child. Kingsley needs Gabi—as a nanny for his son.  But Gabi is no longer a naive girl. She's a businesswoman with needs of her own. The only thing that hasn't changed: her hunger for Kingsley. But Gabi won't risk her heart on a man she can't trust—unless she can convince him that love is more powerful than revenge… One night with a sheikh leads to a secret baby surprise!  Billionaire sheikh Rafiq "Rafe" bin Saleed has come to Royal, Texas, to buy the town—and get even with his former best friend. But Rafe's plans are pushed aside for one amazing night with a stranger—and then nearly derailed when he discovers the identity of his mystery woman. For not only is Violet McCallum his enemy's cherished little sister, she's now pregnant with Rafe's child! Rafe knows he has the upper hand; all he has to do is walk away. But there's something about Violet that won't let him leave without her…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257942Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Baby Agenda & A Surprise for the Sheikh Author: Sarah M. Anderson, Katherine Garbera Narrator: Nina Alvamar, Alexander Cendese Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Baby Agenda & A Surprise for the Sheikh Author: Sarah M. Anderson, Katherine Garbera Narrator: Nina Alvamar, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A nanny. A single father. A love stronger than revenge? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Katherine Garbera!  Ten years ago, someone framed him for murder. Kingsley Buchanan lost everything, including Gabriella de la Cruz. Now the billionaire is back to settle old scores. But he must protect his child. Kingsley needs Gabi—as a nanny for his son.  But Gabi is no longer a naive girl. She's a businesswoman with needs of her own. The only thing that hasn't changed: her hunger for Kingsley. But Gabi won't risk her heart on a man she can't trust—unless she can convince him that love is more powerful than revenge… One night with a sheikh leads to a secret baby surprise!  Billionaire sheikh Rafiq "Rafe" bin Saleed has come to Royal, Texas, to buy the town—and get even with his former best friend. But Rafe's plans are pushed aside for one amazing night with a stranger—and then nearly derailed when he discovers the identity of his mystery woman. For not only is Violet McCallum his enemy's cherished little sister, she's now pregnant with Rafe's child! Rafe knows he has the upper hand; all he has to do is walk away. But there's something about Violet that won't let him leave without her…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-summer-before-the-war-a-novel-by-helen-simonson--65309765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Before the War: A Novel Author: Helen Simonson Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington Post The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha’s husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won’t come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin master. When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking—and attractive—than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue her teaching and writing. But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha’s reassurances, the unimaginable is coming. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its inhabitants go to war. Praise for The Summer Before the War “What begins as a study of a small-town society becomes a compelling account of war and its aftermath.”—Woman’s Day “This witty character study of how a small English town reacts to the 1914 arrival of its first female teacher offers gentle humor wrapped in a hauntingly detailed story.”—Good Housekeeping “Perfect for readers in a post–Downton Abbey slump . . . The gently teasing banter between two kindred spirits edging slowly into love is as delicately crafted as a bone-china teacup. . . . More than a high-toned romantic reverie for Anglophiles—though it serves the latter purpose, too.”—The Seattle Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256469Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Before the War: A Novel Author: Helen Simonson Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Before the War: A Novel Author: Helen Simonson Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington Post The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha’s husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won’t come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin master. When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking—and attractive—than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue her teaching and writing. But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha’s reassurances, the unimaginable is coming. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its inhabitants go to war. Praise for The Summer Before the War “What begins as a study of a small-town society becomes a compelling account of war and its aftermath.”—Woman’s Day “This witty character study of how a small English town reacts to the 1914 arrival of its first female teacher offers gentle humor wrapped in a hauntingly detailed story.”—Good Housekeeping “Perfect for readers in a post–Downton Abbey slump . . . The gently teasing banter between two kindred spirits edging slowly into love is as delicately crafted as a bone-china teacup. . . . More than a high-toned romantic reverie for Anglophiles—though it serves the latter purpose, too.”—The Seattle Times]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rush-oh-by-shirley-barrett--65309740https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rush Oh! Author: Shirley Barrett Narrator: Merridy Eastman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales. 1908: It's the year that proves to be life-changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death. But when the handsome John Beck -- a former Methodist preacher turned novice whaler with a mysterious past -- arrives at the Davidson's door pleading to join her father's crews, suddenly Mary's world is upended. As her family struggles to survive the scarcity of whales and the vagaries of weather, and as she navigates sibling rivalries and an all-consuming first love for the newcomer John, nineteen-year-old Mary will soon discover a darker side to these men who hunt the seas, and the truth of her place among them. Swinging from Mary's own hopes and disappointments to the challenges that have beset her family's whaling operation, Rush Oh! is an enchanting blend of fact and fiction that's as much the story of its gutsy narrator's coming-of-age as it is the celebration of an extraordinary episode in history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256944Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rush Oh! Author: Shirley Barrett Narrator: Merridy Eastman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rush Oh! Author: Shirley Barrett Narrator: Merridy Eastman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales. 1908: It's the year that proves to be life-changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death. But when the handsome John Beck -- a former Methodist preacher turned novice whaler with a mysterious past -- arrives at the Davidson's door pleading to join her father's crews, suddenly Mary's world is upended. As her family struggles to survive the scarcity of whales and the vagaries of weather, and as she navigates sibling rivalries and an all-consuming first love for the newcomer John, nineteen-year-old Mary will soon discover a darker side to these men who hunt the seas, and the truth of her place among them. Swinging from Mary's own hopes and disappointments to the challenges that have beset her family's whaling operation, Rush Oh! is an enchanting blend of fact and fiction that's as much the story of its gutsy narrator's coming-of-age as it is the celebration of an extraordinary episode in history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-place-called-winter-by-patrick-gale--65309720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Winter Author: Patrick Gale Narrator: Patrick Gale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it.' -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything. Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness and an evil man of undeniable magnetism that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before. In this exquisite journey of self-discovery, loosely based on a real life family mystery, Patrick Gale has created an epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking. This is a novel of secrets, sexuality and, ultimately, of great love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256941Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Winter Author: Patrick Gale Narrator: Patrick Gale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Winter Author: Patrick Gale Narrator: Patrick Gale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it.' -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything. Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness and an evil man of undeniable magnetism that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before. In this exquisite journey of self-discovery, loosely based on a real life family mystery, Patrick Gale has created an epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking. This is a novel of secrets, sexuality and, ultimately, of great love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-the-edge-of-the-orchard-by-tracy-chevalier--65309777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Edge of the Orchard Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “With impeccable research and flawless prose, Chevalier perfectly conjures the grandeur of the pristine Wild West . . . and the everyday adventurers—male and female—who were bold enough or foolish enough to be drawn to the unknown. She crafts for us an excellent experience.” —USA Today From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, author of A Single Thread, comes a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.   1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Robert’s past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.   Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255952Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Edge of the Orchard Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Edge of the Orchard Author: Tracy Chevalier Narrator: Kirby Heyborne, Cassandra Morris, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “With impeccable research and flawless prose, Chevalier perfectly conjures the grandeur of the pristine Wild West . . . and the everyday adventurers—male and female—who were bold enough or foolish enough to be drawn to the unknown. She crafts for us an excellent experience.” —USA Today From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, author of A Single Thread, comes a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.   1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Robert’s past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.   Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-if-by-sea-by-jacquelyn-mitchard--65309746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two If by Sea Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Jacquelyn Mitchard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the “suspenseful, otherwordly, and nearly impossible to put down” (People) story about an unlikely hero whose life is transformed when he rescues a boy with an extraordinary gift. Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami, former police officer Frank Mercy pulls a little boy from a submerged car. Not quite knowing why, Frank doesn’t turn Ian over to the Red Cross. Instead he makes up a story about where the boy came from and takes him home, where Frank realizes that Ian has an otherworldly gift—an extraordinary ability to transform lives beyond anything he’d ever imagined. Awed and confused, Frank confesses Ian’s secret to Claudia, a beautiful champion rider who is training for the Olympics. They join together to fight the sinister forces gathering to take Ian back. In a final confrontation, Frank and Claudia will risk everything—their love, their family, their very lives—to save this boy they now love as their own son.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256675Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two If by Sea Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two If by Sea Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Jacquelyn Mitchard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the “suspenseful, otherwordly, and nearly impossible to put down” (People) story about an unlikely hero whose life is transformed when he rescues a boy with an extraordinary gift. Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami, former police officer Frank Mercy pulls a little boy from a submerged car. Not quite knowing why, Frank doesn’t turn Ian over to the Red Cross. Instead he makes up a story about where the boy came from and takes him home, where Frank realizes that Ian has an otherworldly gift—an extraordinary ability to transform lives beyond anything he’d ever imagined. Awed and confused, Frank confesses Ian’s secret to Claudia, a beautiful champion rider who is training for the Olympics. They join together to fight the sinister forces gathering to take Ian back. In a final confrontation, Frank and Claudia will risk everything—their love, their family, their very lives—to save this boy they now love as their own son.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/engaged-to-her-ravensdale-enemy-seduced-into-her-boss-s-service-by-melanie-milburne-cathy-williams--65309716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Engaged to Her Ravensdale Enemy & Seduced into Her Boss's Service Author: Melanie Milburne, Cathy Williams Narrator: Tim Campbell, Carolyn Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In bed with her nemesis…  When Jasmine Connolly's third engagement is broken off, she decides to make her man jealous by enlisting the help of her enemy, playboy Jake Ravensdale! Jasmine may never have forgiven him for his rejection years ago, but the heartless lothario is the perfect candidate for her plan.  As tensions build, the line between love and hate increasingly blurs, teetering on the brink of explosion! Jasmine might be wearing Jake's ring, but she can't let go of the hurt he once caused her. Because if she does, what's to stop her from falling prey to the Ravensdale playboy's charms…? This tycoon plays to win!  When widower Stefano Gunn meets trainee lawyer Sunny Porter, he's instantly sure of two things—she's the perfect person to take care of his daughter and is by far the most sinfully seductive woman he's ever seen!  Once Stefano has ruthlessly coaxed Sunny to trade her lawyer's robes for a nanny's apron, he turns his attention to their undeniable attraction. Sunny might be reluctant to breach the barrier between professional and personal, but this billionaire didn't get where he is by running from a challenge. And in this game of seduction, he will win…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256701Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Engaged to Her Ravensdale Enemy & Seduced into Her Boss's Service Author: Melanie Milburne, Cathy Williams Narrator: Tim Campbell, Carolyn Morris...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Engaged to Her Ravensdale Enemy & Seduced into Her Boss's Service Author: Melanie Milburne, Cathy Williams Narrator: Tim Campbell, Carolyn Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In bed with her nemesis…  When Jasmine Connolly's third engagement is broken off, she decides to make her man jealous by enlisting the help of her enemy, playboy Jake Ravensdale! Jasmine may never have forgiven him for his rejection years ago, but the heartless lothario is the perfect candidate for her plan.  As tensions build, the line between love and hate increasingly blurs, teetering on the brink of explosion! Jasmine might be wearing Jake's ring, but she can't let go of the hurt he once caused her. Because if she does, what's to stop her from falling prey to the Ravensdale playboy's charms…? This tycoon plays to win!  When widower Stefano Gunn meets trainee lawyer Sunny Porter, he's instantly sure of two things—she's the perfect person to take care of his daughter and is by far the most sinfully seductive woman he's ever seen!  Once Stefano has ruthlessly coaxed Sunny to trade her lawyer's robes for a nanny's apron, he turns his attention to their undeniable attraction. Sunny might be reluctant to breach the barrier between professional and personal, but this billionaire didn't get where he is by running from a challenge. And in this game of seduction, he will win…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burning-down-the-house-a-novel-by-jane-mendelsohn--65309715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Down the House: A Novel Author: Jane Mendelsohn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “It begins with a child . . .” So opens Jane Mendelsohn’s powerful, riveting new novel. A classic family tale colliding with the twenty-first century, Burning Down the House tells the story of two girls. Neva, from the mountains of Russia, was sold into the sex trade at the age of ten; Poppy is the adopted daughter of Steve, the patriarch of a successful New York real estate clan, the Zanes. She is his sister’s orphaned child. One of these young women will unwittingly help bring down this grand household with the inexorability of Greek tragedy, and the other will summon everything she’s learned and all her strength to try to save its members from themselves.  In cinematic, dazzlingly described scenes, we enter the lavish universe of the Zane family, from a wedding in an English manor house to the trans-global world of luxury hotels and restaurants—from New York to Rome, Istanbul to Laos. As we meet them all—Steve’s second wife, his children from his first marriage, the twins from the second, their friends and household staff—we enter with visceral immediacy an emotional world filled with a dynamic family’s loves, jealousies, and yearnings. In lush, exact prose, Mendelsohn transforms their private stories into a panoramic drama about a family’s struggles to face the challenges of internal rivalry, a tragic love, and a shifting empire. Set against the backdrop of financial crisis, globalization, and human trafficking, the novel finds inextricable connections between the personal and the political. Dramatic, compassionate, and psychologically complex, Burning Down the House is both wrenching and unputdownable, an unforgettable portrayal of a single family caught up in the earthquake that is our contemporary world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259380Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Down the House: A Novel Author: Jane Mendelsohn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burning Down the House: A Novel Author: Jane Mendelsohn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “It begins with a child . . .” So opens Jane Mendelsohn’s powerful, riveting new novel. A classic family tale colliding with the twenty-first century, Burning Down the House tells the story of two girls. Neva, from the mountains of Russia, was sold into the sex trade at the age of ten; Poppy is the adopted daughter of Steve, the patriarch of a successful New York real estate clan, the Zanes. She is his sister’s orphaned child. One of these young women will unwittingly help bring down this grand household with the inexorability of Greek tragedy, and the other will summon everything she’s learned and all her strength to try to save its members from themselves.  In cinematic, dazzlingly described scenes, we enter the lavish universe of the Zane family, from a wedding in an English manor house to the trans-global world of luxury hotels and restaurants—from New York to Rome, Istanbul to Laos. As we meet them all—Steve’s second wife, his children from his first marriage, the twins from the second, their friends and household staff—we enter with visceral immediacy an emotional world filled with a dynamic family’s loves, jealousies, and yearnings. In lush, exact prose, Mendelsohn transforms their private stories into a panoramic drama about a family’s struggles to face the challenges of internal rivalry, a tragic love, and a shifting empire. Set against the backdrop of financial crisis, globalization, and human trafficking, the novel finds inextricable connections between the personal and the political. Dramatic, compassionate, and psychologically complex, Burning Down the House is both wrenching and unputdownable, an unforgettable portrayal of a single family caught up in the earthquake that is our contemporary world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-i-m-gone-a-novel-by-emily-bleeker--65309714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When I'm Gone: A Novel Author: Emily Bleeker Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Dear Luke, First let me say—I love you…I didn’t want to leave you… Luke Richardson has returned home after burying Natalie, his beloved wife of sixteen years, ready to face the hard job of raising their three children alone. But there’s something he’s not prepared for—a blue envelope with his name scrawled across the front in Natalie’s handwriting, waiting for him on the floor of their suburban Michigan home. The letter inside, written on the first day of Natalie’s cancer treatment a year ago, turns out to be the first of many. Luke is convinced they’re genuine, but who is delivering them? As his obsession with the letters grows, Luke uncovers long-buried secrets that make him question everything he knew about his wife and their family. But the revelations also point the way toward a future where love goes on—in written words, in memories, and in the promises it’s never too late to keep.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256985Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When I'm Gone: A Novel Author: Emily Bleeker Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When I'm Gone: A Novel Author: Emily Bleeker Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Dear Luke, First let me say—I love you…I didn’t want to leave you… Luke Richardson has returned home after burying Natalie, his beloved wife of sixteen years, ready to face the hard job of raising their three children alone. But there’s something he’s not prepared for—a blue envelope with his name scrawled across the front in Natalie’s handwriting, waiting for him on the floor of their suburban Michigan home. The letter inside, written on the first day of Natalie’s cancer treatment a year ago, turns out to be the first of many. Luke is convinced they’re genuine, but who is delivering them? As his obsession with the letters grows, Luke uncovers long-buried secrets that make him question everything he knew about his wife and their family. But the revelations also point the way toward a future where love goes on—in written words, in memories, and in the promises it’s never too late to keep.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisi-empress-on-her-own-a-novel-by-allison-pataki--65309778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel Series: #2 of Sisi Author: Allison Pataki Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi, the empress of Austria-Hungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing world “Irresistible—completely impossible to put down . . . Allison Pataki reimagines the reign of the nineteenth-century Princess Diana in this stunning book.”—Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Rebel Queen Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth—fondly known as Sisi—captures the hearts of her people as their “fairy queen,” but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, the halls of the Hofburg Palace buzz not only with imperial waltzes and champagne but with temptations, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue. Feeling stifled by strict protocols and a turbulent marriage, Sisi finds solace at her estate outside Budapest, where she rides her beloved horses and enjoys visits from a man with whom she’s unwittingly become enamored. But tragic news brings the empressout of her fragile seclusion, forcing her to return to her capital and a world of gossip, envy, and sorrow where a dangerous fate lurks in the shadows.   Through love affairs and loss, dedication and defiance, Sisi struggles against conflicting desires: to keep her family together, or to flee amid the collapse of her suffocating marriage and the gathering tumult of the First World War. In an age of crumbling monarchies, the empress fights to assert her right to the throne beside her husband, to win the love of her people and the world, and to save an empire. But in the end, can she save herself? Featuring larger-than-life historic figures such as Bavaria’s “Mad King Ludwig” and the tragic Crown Prince Rudolf, and set against many of Europe’s grandest sites—from Germany’s storied Neuschwanstein Castle to England’s lush shires—Sisi brings to life an extraordinary woman and the romantic, volatile era over which she presided.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256603Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel Series: #2 of Sisi Author: Allison Pataki Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel Series: #2 of Sisi Author: Allison Pataki Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi, the empress of Austria-Hungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing world “Irresistible—completely impossible to put down . . . Allison Pataki reimagines the reign of the nineteenth-century Princess Diana in this stunning book.”—Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Rebel Queen Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth—fondly known as Sisi—captures the hearts of her people as their “fairy queen,” but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, the halls of the Hofburg Palace buzz not only with imperial waltzes and champagne but with temptations, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue. Feeling stifled by strict protocols and a turbulent marriage, Sisi finds solace at her estate outside Budapest, where she rides her beloved horses and enjoys visits from a man with whom she’s unwittingly become enamored. But tragic news brings the empressout of her fragile seclusion, forcing her to return to her capital and a world of gossip, envy, and sorrow where a dangerous fate lurks in the shadows.   Through love affairs and loss, dedication and defiance, Sisi struggles against conflicting desires: to keep her family together, or to flee amid the collapse of her suffocating marriage and the gathering tumult of the First World War. In an age of crumbling monarchies, the empress fights to assert her right to the throne beside her husband, to win the love of her people and the world, and to save an empire. But in the end, can she save herself? Featuring larger-than-life historic figures such as Bavaria’s “Mad King Ludwig” and the tragic Crown Prince Rudolf, and set against many of Europe’s grandest sites—from Germany’s storied Neuschwanstein Castle to England’s lush shires—Sisi brings to life an extraordinary woman and the romantic, volatile era over which she presided.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-things-cease-to-appear-a-novel-by-elizabeth-brundage--65309772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Cease to Appear: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Brundage Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dark, riveting, beautifully written book—by “a brilliant novelist,” according to Richard Bausch—that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder   Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone—for how many hours?—in her room across the hall. He had recently, begrudgingly, taken a position at a nearby private college (far too expensive for local kids to attend) teaching art history, and moved his family into a tight-knit, impoverished town that has lately been discovered by wealthy outsiders in search of a rural idyll.  George is of course the immediate suspect—the question of his guilt echoing in a story shot through with secrets both personal and professional. While his parents rescue him from suspicion, a persistent cop is stymied at every turn in proving Clare a heartless murderer. And three teenage brothers (orphaned by tragic circumstances) find themselves entangled in this mystery, not least because the Clares had moved into their childhood home, a once-thriving dairy farm. The pall of death is ongoing, and relentless; behind one crime there are others, and more than twenty years will pass before a hard kind of justice is finally served.  A rich and complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage, this is also an astute study of the various taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community. Elizabeth Brundage is an essential talent who has given us a true modern classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256468Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Cease to Appear: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Brundage Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Cease to Appear: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Brundage Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dark, riveting, beautifully written book—by “a brilliant novelist,” according to Richard Bausch—that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder   Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone—for how many hours?—in her room across the hall. He had recently, begrudgingly, taken a position at a nearby private college (far too expensive for local kids to attend) teaching art history, and moved his family into a tight-knit, impoverished town that has lately been discovered by wealthy outsiders in search of a rural idyll.  George is of course the immediate suspect—the question of his guilt echoing in a story shot through with secrets both personal and professional. While his parents rescue him from suspicion, a persistent cop is stymied at every turn in proving Clare a heartless murderer. And three teenage brothers (orphaned by tragic circumstances) find themselves entangled in this mystery, not least because the Clares had moved into their childhood home, a once-thriving dairy farm. The pall of death is ongoing, and relentless; behind one crime there are others, and more than twenty years will pass before a hard kind of justice is finally served.  A rich and complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage, this is also an astute study of the various taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community. Elizabeth Brundage is an essential talent who has given us a true modern classic.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/multiple-listings-by-tracy-mcmillan--65309723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Multiple Listings Author: Tracy McMillan Narrator: Pete Simonelli, Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Tracy McMillan, an author who counts both Oprah Winfrey and Tina Fey as fans, Multiple Listings is a comedic family drama focusing on a single mother whose ex-con father is released from prison after seventeen years and unexpectedly moves in with her, her son, and her much younger boyfriend. Nicki Daniels owns a home appraisal business, but real estate is her true passion: she lives for open houses and really knows her way around a floor plan. And especially at this juncture of her life, real estate has come to signify the stability she is trying to build with her teenage son, Cody, and her much younger boyfriend, Jake. She’s finally ready to find the perfect house for the three of them and work on a new business venture with Jake that she thinks will jump-start their lives together. Meanwhile, Ronnie, a longtime inmate at a nearby correctional facility, is getting some good news for once—there was a mistake in his sentencing, and he’s finally eligible to get out of prison. Ronnie decides his best option to avoid homelessness is to move in with his estranged daughter: Nicki. Even though they haven’t spoken in years, her door is always open to him, right? Harkening to the work of bestselling author Maria Semple and imbued with wit and profound insight into relationships, Multiple Listings speaks poignantly—and often hilariously—about the ties that bind families of all types together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256428Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Multiple Listings Author: Tracy McMillan Narrator: Pete Simonelli, Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Multiple Listings Author: Tracy McMillan Narrator: Pete Simonelli, Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Tracy McMillan, an author who counts both Oprah Winfrey and Tina Fey as fans, Multiple Listings is a comedic family drama focusing on a single mother whose ex-con father is released from prison after seventeen years and unexpectedly moves in with her, her son, and her much younger boyfriend. Nicki Daniels owns a home appraisal business, but real estate is her true passion: she lives for open houses and really knows her way around a floor plan. And especially at this juncture of her life, real estate has come to signify the stability she is trying to build with her teenage son, Cody, and her much younger boyfriend, Jake. She’s finally ready to find the perfect house for the three of them and work on a new business venture with Jake that she thinks will jump-start their lives together. Meanwhile, Ronnie, a longtime inmate at a nearby correctional facility, is getting some good news for once—there was a mistake in his sentencing, and he’s finally eligible to get out of prison. Ronnie decides his best option to avoid homelessness is to move in with his estranged daughter: Nicki. Even though they haven’t spoken in years, her door is always open to him, right? Harkening to the work of bestselling author Maria Semple and imbued with wit and profound insight into relationships, Multiple Listings speaks poignantly—and often hilariously—about the ties that bind families of all types together.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/somewhere-out-there-a-novel-by-amy-hatvany--65309779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Out There: A Novel Author: Amy Hatvany Narrator: Rebekkah Ross, Candace Thaxton, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in her gripping, provocative new novel. Natalie Clark knew never to ask her sensitive adoptive mother questions about her past. She doesn’t even know her birth mother’s name—only that the young woman signed parental rights over to the state when Natalie was a baby. Now Natalie’s own daughter must complete a family tree project for school, and Natalie is determined to unearth the truth about her roots. Brooke Walker doesn’t have a family. At least, that’s what she tells herself after being separated from her mother and her little sister at age four. Having grown up in a state facility and countless foster homes, Brooke survives the only way she knows how, by relying on herself. So when she discovers she’s pregnant, Brooke faces a heart-wrenching decision: give up her baby or raise the child completely on her own. Scared and confused, she feels lost until a surprise encounter gives her hope for the future. How do our early experiences—the subtle and the traumatic—define us as adults? How do we build relationships when we’ve been deprived of real connection? Critically acclaimed author Amy Hatvany considers controversial and complicated questions about childhood through the lens of her finely crafted characters in this astute novel about mending wounds by diving into the truth of what first tore us apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256224Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Out There: A Novel Author: Amy Hatvany Narrator: Rebekkah Ross, Candace Thaxton, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Out There: A Novel Author: Amy Hatvany Narrator: Rebekkah Ross, Candace Thaxton, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in her gripping, provocative new novel. Natalie Clark knew never to ask her sensitive adoptive mother questions about her past. She doesn’t even know her birth mother’s name—only that the young woman signed parental rights over to the state when Natalie was a baby. Now Natalie’s own daughter must complete a family tree project for school, and Natalie is determined to unearth the truth about her roots. Brooke Walker doesn’t have a family. At least, that’s what she tells herself after being separated from her mother and her little sister at age four. Having grown up in a state facility and countless foster homes, Brooke survives the only way she knows how, by relying on herself. So when she discovers she’s pregnant, Brooke faces a heart-wrenching decision: give up her baby or raise the child completely on her own. Scared and confused, she feels lost until a surprise encounter gives her hope for the future. How do our early experiences—the subtle and the traumatic—define us as adults? How do we build relationships when we’ve been deprived of real connection? Critically acclaimed author Amy Hatvany considers controversial and complicated questions about childhood through the lens of her finely crafted characters in this astute novel about mending wounds by diving into the truth of what first tore us apart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ceo-s-unexpected-child-the-seal-s-secret-heirs-by-andrea-laurence-kat-cantrell--65309773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The CEO's Unexpected Child & The SEAL's Secret Heirs Author: Andrea Laurence, Kat Cantrell Narrator: Sandra Michelle, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The CEO's Unexpected Child CLAIMING HIS CHILD…AT ANY COST  A shocking fertility clinic mix-up has resulted in Luca Moretti fathering a child with a woman he's never met. There's no way the CEO will walk away from his baby girl. But he has thirty days to convince her distractingly beautiful mother to do exactly what he wants.   Widow Claire Douglas is still reeling from the loss of her husband when she discovers a stranger has fathered her child. And the rich bachelor will stop at nothing to gain joint custody. How can she possibly fight a man with such money and power…and a charm she can't resist? The SEAL's Secret Heirs A SEAL comes home to twins…and faces off with an old flame!  Returning to Royal, Texas, is an emotional minefield for Navy SEAL Kyle Wade. He never felt suited to his rich family's ranching life. But is he suited for fatherhood? He's about to find out—because he's now the guardian to twins. Not only that—his high school sweetheart is the babies' caseworker!  Grace Haines wants what's best for Kyle's kids—even if that means standing in his way. But their chemistry is as explosive as it was years ago, and it might just be time to give this military man a second chance…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256362Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The CEO's Unexpected Child & The SEAL's Secret Heirs Author: Andrea Laurence, Kat Cantrell Narrator: Sandra Michelle, Alexander Cendese Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The CEO's Unexpected Child & The SEAL's Secret Heirs Author: Andrea Laurence, Kat Cantrell Narrator: Sandra Michelle, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The CEO's Unexpected Child CLAIMING HIS CHILD…AT ANY COST  A shocking fertility clinic mix-up has resulted in Luca Moretti fathering a child with a woman he's never met. There's no way the CEO will walk away from his baby girl. But he has thirty days to convince her distractingly beautiful mother to do exactly what he wants.   Widow Claire Douglas is still reeling from the loss of her husband when she discovers a stranger has fathered her child. And the rich bachelor will stop at nothing to gain joint custody. How can she possibly fight a man with such money and power…and a charm she can't resist? The SEAL's Secret Heirs A SEAL comes home to twins…and faces off with an old flame!  Returning to Royal, Texas, is an emotional minefield for Navy SEAL Kyle Wade. He never felt suited to his rich family's ranching life. But is he suited for fatherhood? He's about to find out—because he's now the guardian to twins. Not only that—his high school sweetheart is the babies' caseworker!  Grace Haines wants what's best for Kyle's kids—even if that means standing in his way. But their chemistry is as explosive as it was years ago, and it might just be time to give this military man a second chance…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-few-of-the-girls-stories-by-maeve-binchy--65309734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Few of the Girls: Stories Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Jayne Entwistle, Sile Bermingham, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Maeve Binchy’s earliest writings to the most recent, her work is filled with wisdom and common sense and also a sharp, often witty voice that is insightful and reaches out to her readers around the world and of all ages. Whether it is one of her best-selling novels or a short story, Maeve shows us that times may have changed, but people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friends whose secrets are shared; they go on holidays and celebrate new jobs . . . A Few of the Girls is a glorious collection of the very best of her short story writing, stories that were written over the decades—some published in magazines, others for friends as gifts, many for charity benefits. The stories are all filled with the signature warmth and humor that have always been an essential part of Maeve’s appeal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255529Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Few of the Girls: Stories Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Jayne Entwistle, Sile Bermingham, John Lee Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Few of the Girls: Stories Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Jayne Entwistle, Sile Bermingham, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Maeve Binchy’s earliest writings to the most recent, her work is filled with wisdom and common sense and also a sharp, often witty voice that is insightful and reaches out to her readers around the world and of all ages. Whether it is one of her best-selling novels or a short story, Maeve shows us that times may have changed, but people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friends whose secrets are shared; they go on holidays and celebrate new jobs . . . A Few of the Girls is a glorious collection of the very best of her short story writing, stories that were written over the decades—some published in magazines, others for friends as gifts, many for charity benefits. The stories are all filled with the signature warmth and humor that have always been an essential part of Maeve’s appeal.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-let-my-baby-do-rodeo-a-novel-by-boris-fishman--65309728https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo: A Novel Author: Boris Fishman Narrator: Boris Fishman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The author of the critically admired, award-winning A Replacement Life turns to a different kind of story—an evocative, nuanced portrait of marriage and family, a woman reckoning with what she’s given up to make both work, and the universal question of how we reconcile who we are and whom the world wants us to be. Maya Shulman and Alex Rubin met in 1992, when she was a Ukrainian exchange student with “a devil in [her] head” about becoming a chef instead of a medical worker, and he the coddled son of Russian immigrants wanting to toe the water of a less predictable life. Twenty years later, Maya Rubin is a medical worker in suburban New Jersey, and Alex his father’s second in the family business. The great dislocation of their lives is their eight-year-old son Max—adopted from two teenagers in Montana despite Alex’s view that “adopted children are second-class.” At once a salvation and a mystery to his parents—with whom Max’s biological mother left the child with the cryptic exhortation “don’t let my baby do rodeo”—Max suddenly turns feral, consorting with wild animals, eating grass, and running away to sit face down in a river. Searching for answers, Maya convinces Alex to embark on a cross-country trip to Montana to track down Max’s birth parents—the first drive west of New Jersey of their American lives. But it’s Maya who’s illuminated by the journey, her own erstwhile wildness summoned for a reckoning by the unsparing landscape, with seismic consequences for herself and her family. Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo is a novel about the mystery of inheritance and what exactly it means to belong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255735Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo: A Novel Author: Boris Fishman Narrator: Boris Fishman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo: A Novel Author: Boris Fishman Narrator: Boris Fishman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The author of the critically admired, award-winning A Replacement Life turns to a different kind of story—an evocative, nuanced portrait of marriage and family, a woman reckoning with what she’s given up to make both work, and the universal question of how we reconcile who we are and whom the world wants us to be. Maya Shulman and Alex Rubin met in 1992, when she was a Ukrainian exchange student with “a devil in [her] head” about becoming a chef instead of a medical worker, and he the coddled son of Russian immigrants wanting to toe the water of a less predictable life. Twenty years later, Maya Rubin is a medical worker in suburban New Jersey, and Alex his father’s second in the family business. The great dislocation of their lives is their eight-year-old son Max—adopted from two teenagers in Montana despite Alex’s view that “adopted children are second-class.” At once a salvation and a mystery to his parents—with whom Max’s biological mother left the child with the cryptic exhortation “don’t let my baby do rodeo”—Max suddenly turns feral, consorting with wild animals, eating grass, and running away to sit face down in a river. Searching for answers, Maya convinces Alex to embark on a cross-country trip to Montana to track down Max’s birth parents—the first drive west of New Jersey of their American lives. But it’s Maya who’s illuminated by the journey, her own erstwhile wildness summoned for a reckoning by the unsparing landscape, with seismic consequences for herself and her family. Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo is a novel about the mystery of inheritance and what exactly it means to belong.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-lasting-things-by-david-hopson--65309725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Lasting Things Author: David Hopson Narrator: Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Fisher family of Alluvia, New York, is coming undone. Evelyn spends her days tending to her husband, Henry—an acclaimed and reclusive novelist slowly losing his battle with Alzheimer’s. Their son, Benji, onetime star of an ’80s sitcom called Prodigy, sinks deeper into drunken obscurity, railing against the bit roles he’s forced to take in uncelebrated regional theater. His sister, Claudia, tries her best to shore up her family even as she deals with the consequences of a remarkable, decades-old secret that’s come to light. When the Fishers mistake one of Benji’s drug-induced accidents for a suicidal cry for help, Benji commits to playing a role he hopes will reverse his fortune and stall his family’s decline. Into this mix comes Max Davis, a twentysomething cello virtuoso and real-life prodigy, whose appearance spurs the entire family to examine whether the secrets they thought were holding them all together may actually be what’s tearing them apart. David Hopson’s All the Lasting Things is a beautiful, moving family portrait that explores the legacy we all stand to leave—in our lives, in our work—and asks what those legacies mean in a world where all the lasting things do not last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256128Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Lasting Things Author: David Hopson Narrator: Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Lasting Things Author: David Hopson Narrator: Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Fisher family of Alluvia, New York, is coming undone. Evelyn spends her days tending to her husband, Henry—an acclaimed and reclusive novelist slowly losing his battle with Alzheimer’s. Their son, Benji, onetime star of an ’80s sitcom called Prodigy, sinks deeper into drunken obscurity, railing against the bit roles he’s forced to take in uncelebrated regional theater. His sister, Claudia, tries her best to shore up her family even as she deals with the consequences of a remarkable, decades-old secret that’s come to light. When the Fishers mistake one of Benji’s drug-induced accidents for a suicidal cry for help, Benji commits to playing a role he hopes will reverse his fortune and stall his family’s decline. Into this mix comes Max Davis, a twentysomething cello virtuoso and real-life prodigy, whose appearance spurs the entire family to examine whether the secrets they thought were holding them all together may actually be what’s tearing them apart. David Hopson’s All the Lasting Things is a beautiful, moving family portrait that explores the legacy we all stand to leave—in our lives, in our work—and asks what those legacies mean in a world where all the lasting things do not last.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girls-from-corona-del-mar-by-rufi-thorpe--65309799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls from Corona del Mar Author: Rufi Thorpe Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE Mia and Lorrie Ann are lifelong friends: hard-hearted Mia and untouchably beautiful, kind Lorrie Ann. While Mia struggles with a mother who drinks, a pregnancy at fifteen, and younger brothers she loves but can't quite be good to, Lorrie Ann is luminous, surrounded by her close-knit family, immune to the mistakes that mar her best friend's life. Until a sudden loss catapults Lorrie Ann into tragedy: things fall apart, and then fall apart further – and there is nothing Mia can do to help. And as good, kind, brave Lorrie Ann stops being so good, Mia begins to question just who this woman is and what that question means about them both. A staggeringly arresting, honest novel of love, motherhood, loyalty, and the myth of the perfect friendship that moves us to ask ourselves just how well we know those we love, what we owe our children, and who we are without our friends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252508Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls from Corona del Mar Author: Rufi Thorpe Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls from Corona del Mar Author: Rufi Thorpe Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE Mia and Lorrie Ann are lifelong friends: hard-hearted Mia and untouchably beautiful, kind Lorrie Ann. While Mia struggles with a mother who drinks, a pregnancy at fifteen, and younger brothers she loves but can't quite be good to, Lorrie Ann is luminous, surrounded by her close-knit family, immune to the mistakes that mar her best friend's life. Until a sudden loss catapults Lorrie Ann into tragedy: things fall apart, and then fall apart further – and there is nothing Mia can do to help. And as good, kind, brave Lorrie Ann stops being so good, Mia begins to question just who this woman is and what that question means about them both. A staggeringly arresting, honest novel of love, motherhood, loyalty, and the myth of the perfect friendship that moves us to ask ourselves just how well we know those we love, what we owe our children, and who we are without our friends.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-silk-merchant-s-daughter-by-dinah-jefferies--65309789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silk Merchant's Daughter Author: Dinah Jefferies Narrator: Eliza Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Silk Merchant's Daughter by Dinah Jefferies, read by Eliza Parkes. Dinah Jefferies' stunning new novel is a gripping, unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two worlds... 1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed control of the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule, by any means possible. For the first time, Nicole is awakened to the corruption of colonial rule - and her own family's involvement shocks her to the core... Tran, a notorious Vietnamese insurgent, seems to offer the perfect escape from her troubles, while Mark, a charming American trader, is the man she's always dreamed of. But who can she trust in this world where no one is what they seem? The Silk Merchant's Daughter is a captivating tale of dark secrets, sisterly rivalry and love against the odds, enchantingly set in colonial era Vietnam.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256093Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silk Merchant's Daughter Author: Dinah Jefferies Narrator: Eliza Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silk Merchant's Daughter Author: Dinah Jefferies Narrator: Eliza Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Silk Merchant's Daughter by Dinah Jefferies, read by Eliza Parkes. Dinah Jefferies' stunning new novel is a gripping, unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two worlds... 1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed control of the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule, by any means possible. For the first time, Nicole is awakened to the corruption of colonial rule - and her own family's involvement shocks her to the core... Tran, a notorious Vietnamese insurgent, seems to offer the perfect escape from her troubles, while Mark, a charming American trader, is the man she's always dreamed of. But who can she trust in this world where no one is what they seem? The Silk Merchant's Daughter is a captivating tale of dark secrets, sisterly rivalry and love against the odds, enchantingly set in colonial era Vietnam.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-carpenter-s-daughter-by-gloria-cook--65309730https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Carpenter's Daughter Author: Gloria Cook Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you like Poldark, you'll love Gloria Cook! In the small mining village of Meryen, a dark secret lurks… Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forever when she finds her brother, Toby, dead. And troubles follow when Titus Kivell, the head of a powerful yet belligerent family, puts his son Sol in Toby's place. Despite his wild and formidable nature, Amy is inexplicably drawn to Sol, as he is to her. But will his family ties be the ruin of her? Book One in the Meryen series – a Cornish saga perfect for fans of Poldark, Dilly Court and Val Wood Note: previously published as Keeping Echoes]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256088Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Carpenter's Daughter Author: Gloria Cook Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Carpenter's Daughter Author: Gloria Cook Narrator: Patricia Gallimore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 25, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you like Poldark, you'll love Gloria Cook! In the small mining village of Meryen, a dark secret lurks… Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forever when she finds her brother, Toby, dead. And troubles follow when Titus Kivell, the head of a powerful yet belligerent family, puts his son Sol in Toby's place. Despite his wild and formidable nature, Amy is inexplicably drawn to Sol, as he is to her. But will his family ties be the ruin of her? Book One in the Meryen series – a Cornish saga perfect for fans of Poldark, Dilly Court and Val Wood Note: previously published as Keeping Echoes]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/worth-the-trouble-by-jamie-beck--65309792https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Trouble Series: #2 of St. James Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cover girl Cat St. James’s picture-perfect life is anything but flawless. Luckily, she’s a master of hiding the truth from the camera. Relying on that skill, she conceals her latest secret from her family while attending her brother’s wedding. Her only trouble now is Hank Mitchell—the soft-spoken carpenter she’d once brushed aside. Seeing him at the reception underscores her private heartache and ignites unwelcome longing, which she promptly drowns in champagne. Hank is no stranger to sacrifice, having set aside his own ambitions to take care of his family. One thing he won’t forsake is his pride, which Cat already wounded once. But when the maddening beauty’s reckless behavior forces him to rush to her rescue, he sets in motion a series of events that leads Cat to make a business proposal granting him his dream job. When Cat and Hank mix business with pleasure, promises and secrets unravel, and each must decide if and what they’ll surrender for love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255374Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Trouble Series: #2 of St. James Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Trouble Series: #2 of St. James Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cover girl Cat St. James’s picture-perfect life is anything but flawless. Luckily, she’s a master of hiding the truth from the camera. Relying on that skill, she conceals her latest secret from her family while attending her brother’s wedding. Her only trouble now is Hank Mitchell—the soft-spoken carpenter she’d once brushed aside. Seeing him at the reception underscores her private heartache and ignites unwelcome longing, which she promptly drowns in champagne. Hank is no stranger to sacrifice, having set aside his own ambitions to take care of his family. One thing he won’t forsake is his pride, which Cat already wounded once. But when the maddening beauty’s reckless behavior forces him to rush to her rescue, he sets in motion a series of events that leads Cat to make a business proposal granting him his dream job. When Cat and Hank mix business with pleasure, promises and secrets unravel, and each must decide if and what they’ll surrender for love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/while-the-world-is-still-asleep-by-petra-durst-benning--65309762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Is Still Asleep Series: #1 of The Century Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first in a new series from Petra Durst-Benning, the bestselling author of The Glassblower series. An inspiring historical tale of one woman risking it all for her dreams set in 1890s Berlin. After the tragic death of her little brother, Josephine travels to the Black Forest to heal. There she discovers a feeling of freedom astride a brand-new invention: the bicycle. The very idea of a woman on a bicycle is beyond taboo—it is indecent and even illegal—but Josephine will not be deterred. Back home, Josephine rides under cover of night, while the world is still asleep so as not to provoke a scandal. But Berlin’s streets are dangerous and the winds of change are blowing. Can Josephine’s fighting heart help her overcome the obstacles in her path? Will the passion she feels for this new adventure lead her toward true love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255381Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Is Still Asleep Series: #1 of The Century Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Is Still Asleep Series: #1 of The Century Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first in a new series from Petra Durst-Benning, the bestselling author of The Glassblower series. An inspiring historical tale of one woman risking it all for her dreams set in 1890s Berlin. After the tragic death of her little brother, Josephine travels to the Black Forest to heal. There she discovers a feeling of freedom astride a brand-new invention: the bicycle. The very idea of a woman on a bicycle is beyond taboo—it is indecent and even illegal—but Josephine will not be deterred. Back home, Josephine rides under cover of night, while the world is still asleep so as not to provoke a scandal. But Berlin’s streets are dangerous and the winds of change are blowing. Can Josephine’s fighting heart help her overcome the obstacles in her path? Will the passion she feels for this new adventure lead her toward true love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-girl-s-guide-to-moving-on-a-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65309744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl's Guide to Moving On: A Novel Series: #2 of New Beginnings Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Nancy Linari, Allyson Ryan, Debbie Macomber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the illusion of her perfect life is indelibly shattered. While juggling her young son, a new job, and volunteer work, Nichole meets Rocco, who is the opposite of Jake in nearly every way. Though blunt-spoken and rough around the edges, Rocco proves to be a dedicated father and thoughtful friend. But just as their relationship begins to blossom, Jake wagers everything on winning Nichole back—including their son Owen’s happiness. Somehow, Nichole must find the courage to defy her fears and follow her heart, with far-reaching consequences for them all. Leanne has quietly ignored her husband’s cheating for decades, but is jolted into action by the echo of Nichole’s all-too-familiar crisis. While volunteering as a teacher of English as a second language, Leanne meets Nikolai, a charming, talented baker from Ukraine. Resolved to avoid the heartache and complications of romantic entanglements, Leanne nonetheless finds it difficult to resist Nikolai’s effusive overtures—until an unexpected tragedy tests the very fabric of her commitments. An inspiring novel of friendship, reinvention, and hope, A Girl’s Guide to Moving On affirms the ability of every woman to forge a new path, believe in love, and fearlessly find happiness. Praise for A Girl’s Guide to Moving On “Macomber is a master at pulling heartstrings, and readers will delight in this heartwarming story of friendship, love, and second chances. Leanne, Nichole, Rocco, and Nikolai will renew your faith in love and hope. The perfect read curled up in front of the fire or on a beach, it’s as satisfying as a slice of freshly baked bread—wholesome, pleasantly filling, and delicious.”—Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns   “Beloved author Debbie Macomber reaches new heights in this wise and beautiful novel. It’s the kind of reading experience that comes along only rarely, bearing the hallmarks of a classic. With characters as warm and relatable as your best friends, it’s a novel of connection, exploring life’s unexpected twists and turns—friendship, betrayal, passion, heartbreak, and healing. The timeless wisdom in these pages will stay with you long after the book is closed.”—Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Starlight on Willow Lake]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255521Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl's Guide to Moving On: A Novel Series: #2 of New Beginnings Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Nancy Linari, Allyson Ryan, Debbie Macomber Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl's Guide to Moving On: A Novel Series: #2 of New Beginnings Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Nancy Linari, Allyson Ryan, Debbie Macomber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the illusion of her perfect life is indelibly shattered. While juggling her young son, a new job, and volunteer work, Nichole meets Rocco, who is the opposite of Jake in nearly every way. Though blunt-spoken and rough around the edges, Rocco proves to be a dedicated father and thoughtful friend. But just as their relationship begins to blossom, Jake wagers everything on winning Nichole back—including their son Owen’s happiness. Somehow, Nichole must find the courage to defy her fears and follow her heart, with far-reaching consequences for them all. Leanne has quietly ignored her husband’s cheating for decades, but is jolted into action by the echo of Nichole’s all-too-familiar crisis. While volunteering as a teacher of English as a second language, Leanne meets Nikolai, a charming, talented baker from Ukraine. Resolved to avoid the heartache and complications of romantic entanglements, Leanne nonetheless finds it difficult to resist Nikolai’s effusive overtures—until an unexpected tragedy tests the very fabric of her commitments. An inspiring novel of friendship, reinvention, and hope, A Girl’s Guide to Moving On affirms the ability of every woman to forge a new path, believe in love, and fearlessly find happiness. Praise for A Girl’s Guide to Moving On “Macomber is a master at pulling heartstrings, and readers will delight in this heartwarming story of friendship, love, and second chances. Leanne, Nichole, Rocco, and Nikolai will renew your faith in love and hope. The perfect read curled up in front of the fire or on a beach, it’s as satisfying as a slice of freshly baked bread—wholesome, pleasantly filling, and delicious.”—Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns   “Beloved author Debbie Macomber reaches new heights in this wise and beautiful novel. It’s the kind of reading experience that comes along only rarely, bearing the hallmarks of a classic. With characters as warm and relatable as your best friends, it’s a novel of connection, exploring life’s unexpected twists and turns—friendship, betrayal, passion, heartbreak, and healing. The timeless wisdom in these pages will stay with you long after the book is closed.”—Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Starlight on Willow Lake]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/version-control-a-novel-by-dexter-palmer--65309738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Version Control: A Novel Author: Dexter Palmer Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year One of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the year The acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self.  Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband's decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine. Version Control is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256031Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Version Control: A Novel Author: Dexter Palmer Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 52 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Version Control: A Novel Author: Dexter Palmer Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year One of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the year The acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self.  Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband's decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine. Version Control is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-own-country-a-novel-by-jodi-daynard--65309727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Own Country: A Novel Author: Jodi Daynard Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A love affair tests a new nation’s revolutionary ideals. In 1770s Boston, a prosperous merchant’s daughter, Eliza Boylston, lives a charmed life—until war breaches the walls of the family estate and forces her to live in a world in which wealth can no longer protect her. As the chaos of the Revolutionary War tears her family apart, Eliza finds herself drawn to her uncle’s slave, John Watkins. Their love leads to her exile in Braintree, Massachusetts, home to radicals John and Abigail Adams and Eliza’s midwife sister-in-law, Lizzie Boylston. But even as the uprising takes hold, Eliza can’t help but wonder whether a rebel victory will grant her and John the most basic of American rights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255988Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Own Country: A Novel Author: Jodi Daynard Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Own Country: A Novel Author: Jodi Daynard Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A love affair tests a new nation’s revolutionary ideals. In 1770s Boston, a prosperous merchant’s daughter, Eliza Boylston, lives a charmed life—until war breaches the walls of the family estate and forces her to live in a world in which wealth can no longer protect her. As the chaos of the Revolutionary War tears her family apart, Eliza finds herself drawn to her uncle’s slave, John Watkins. Their love leads to her exile in Braintree, Massachusetts, home to radicals John and Abigail Adams and Eliza’s midwife sister-in-law, Lizzie Boylston. But even as the uprising takes hold, Eliza can’t help but wonder whether a rebel victory will grant her and John the most basic of American rights.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-after-many-days-a-novel-by-jowhor-ile--65309755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And After Many Days: A Novel Author: Jowhor Ile Narrator: Chukwudi Iwuji Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable debut novel about a boy who goes missing, a family that is torn apart, and a nation on the brink      During the rainy season of 1995, in the bustling town of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, one family's life is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of seventeen-year-old Paul Utu, beloved brother and son. As they grapple with the sudden loss of their darling boy, they embark on a painful and moving journey of immense power which changes their lives forever and shatters the fragile ecosystem of their once ordered family. Ajie, the youngest sibling, is burdened with the guilt of having seen Paul last and convinced that his vanished brother was betrayed long ago. But his search for the truth uncovers hidden family secrets and reawakens old, long forgotten ghosts as rumours of police brutality, oil shortages, and frenzied student protests serve as a backdrop to his pursuit.      In a tale that moves seamlessly back and forth through time, Ajie relives a trip to the family's ancestral village where, together, he and his family listen to the myths of how their people settled there, while the villagers argue over the mysterious Company, who found oil on their land and will do anything to guarantee support. As the story builds towards its stunning conclusion, it becomes clear that only once past and present come to a crossroads will Ajie and his family finally find the answers they have been searching for.       And After Many Days introduces Ile's spellbinding ability to tightly weave together personal and political loss until, inevitably, the two threads become nearly indistinguishable. It is a masterful story of childhood, of the delicate, complex balance between the powerful and the powerless, and a searing portrait of a community as the old order gives way to the new.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251998Tue, 16 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And After Many Days: A Novel Author: Jowhor Ile Narrator: Chukwudi Iwuji Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And After Many Days: A Novel Author: Jowhor Ile Narrator: Chukwudi Iwuji Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable debut novel about a boy who goes missing, a family that is torn apart, and a nation on the brink      During the rainy season of 1995, in the bustling town of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, one family's life is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of seventeen-year-old Paul Utu, beloved brother and son. As they grapple with the sudden loss of their darling boy, they embark on a painful and moving journey of immense power which changes their lives forever and shatters the fragile ecosystem of their once ordered family. Ajie, the youngest sibling, is burdened with the guilt of having seen Paul last and convinced that his vanished brother was betrayed long ago. But his search for the truth uncovers hidden family secrets and reawakens old, long forgotten ghosts as rumours of police brutality, oil shortages, and frenzied student protests serve as a backdrop to his pursuit.      In a tale that moves seamlessly back and forth through time, Ajie relives a trip to the family's ancestral village where, together, he and his family listen to the myths of how their people settled there, while the villagers argue over the mysterious Company, who found oil on their land and will do anything to guarantee support. As the story builds towards its stunning conclusion, it becomes clear that only once past and present come to a crossroads will Ajie and his family finally find the answers they have been searching for.       And After Many Days introduces Ile's spellbinding ability to tightly weave together personal and political loss until, inevitably, the two threads become nearly indistinguishable. It is a masterful story of childhood, of the delicate, complex balance between the powerful and the powerless, and a searing portrait of a community as the old order gives way to the new.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-daughters-of-palatine-hill-a-novel-by-phyllis-t-smith--65309719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Palatine Hill: A Novel Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Amy McFadden, Cristina Panfilio, Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two years after Emperor Augustus’s bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion—Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus’s wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents’ enemies. Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women—Livia, Selene, and Julia—navigate the dangerous world of Rome’s ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most intimate decisions in the emperor’s hands. Always suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. For astute Livia, this means unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful husband; for sensual Julia, surrender to an arranged marriage and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh; for orphaned Selene, choosing between loyalty to her family’s killers and her wish for revenge. Can they survive Rome’s deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world’s most powerful empire?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255370Tue, 16 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Palatine Hill: A Novel Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Amy McFadden, Cristina Panfilio, Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Palatine Hill: A Novel Author: Phyllis T. Smith Narrator: Amy McFadden, Cristina Panfilio, Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two years after Emperor Augustus’s bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion—Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus’s wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents’ enemies. Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women—Livia, Selene, and Julia—navigate the dangerous world of Rome’s ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most intimate decisions in the emperor’s hands. Always suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. For astute Livia, this means unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful husband; for sensual Julia, surrender to an arranged marriage and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh; for orphaned Selene, choosing between loyalty to her family’s killers and her wish for revenge. Can they survive Rome’s deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world’s most powerful empire?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-quest-by-susan-krinard--65309833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Quest Series: #5 of Nightsiders Author: Susan Krinard Narrator: Carol Monda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BLOOD ENEMIES, BOUND LOVERS He’d loved a vampire once, only to have her murdered by vengeful Freebloods. Now to save his son, Garret Fox must look to another Freeblood for help. Garret knows the empatic vampire Artemis can't deny his request once she reluctantly drinks his human blood. But although their connection runs deep, their attraction hot, Garret can never forget what Artemis truly is. Sharing Garret’s thoughts and feelings has wreaked havoc on Artemis’s emotions. But when she discovers a malevolent force bent on destroying them, she finds herself drawn even closer to the human. Dare she ever hope to find a home with a man who hates her very kind if they can first survive the evil allied against them?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255498Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Quest Series: #5 of Nightsiders Author: Susan Krinard Narrator: Carol Monda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Quest Series: #5 of Nightsiders Author: Susan Krinard Narrator: Carol Monda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BLOOD ENEMIES, BOUND LOVERS He’d loved a vampire once, only to have her murdered by vengeful Freebloods. Now to save his son, Garret Fox must look to another Freeblood for help. Garret knows the empatic vampire Artemis can't deny his request once she reluctantly drinks his human blood. But although their connection runs deep, their attraction hot, Garret can never forget what Artemis truly is. Sharing Garret’s thoughts and feelings has wreaked havoc on Artemis’s emotions. But when she discovers a malevolent force bent on destroying them, she finds herself drawn even closer to the human. Dare she ever hope to find a home with a man who hates her very kind if they can first survive the evil allied against them?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-rabbit-hall-by-eve-chase--65309758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Rabbit Hall Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Nathalie Buscombe, Katie Scarfe, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “For fans of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, Black Rabbit Hall is an obvious must-read.”—Bookpage   A secret history. A long-ago summer. A house with an untold story.   Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family’s Cornish country house, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one terrible day, it does. More than three decades later, Lorna is determined to be married within the grand, ivy-covered walls of Pencraw Hall, known as Black Rabbit Hall among the locals. But as she’s drawn deeper into the overgrown grounds, she soon finds herself ensnared within the house’s labyrinthine history, overcome with a need for answers about her own past and that of the once-golden family whose memory still haunts the estate. Eve Chase's debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by the dark and tangled secrets of Black Rabbit Hall.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251996Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Rabbit Hall Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Nathalie Buscombe, Katie Scarfe, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Rabbit Hall Author: Eve Chase Narrator: Nathalie Buscombe, Katie Scarfe, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “For fans of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, Black Rabbit Hall is an obvious must-read.”—Bookpage   A secret history. A long-ago summer. A house with an untold story.   Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family’s Cornish country house, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one terrible day, it does. More than three decades later, Lorna is determined to be married within the grand, ivy-covered walls of Pencraw Hall, known as Black Rabbit Hall among the locals. But as she’s drawn deeper into the overgrown grounds, she soon finds herself ensnared within the house’s labyrinthine history, overcome with a need for answers about her own past and that of the once-golden family whose memory still haunts the estate. Eve Chase's debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by the dark and tangled secrets of Black Rabbit Hall.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-name-is-lucy-barton-from-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-of-olive-kitteridge-by-elizabeth-strout--65309735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Lucy Barton: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.61 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audibook edition of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, read by Kimberly Farr. A mother comes to visit her daughter in hospital after having not seen her in many years. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront her past, uncovering long-buried memories of a profoundly impoverished childhood; and her present, as the façade of her new life in New York begins to crumble, awakening her to the reality of her faltering marriage and her unsteady journey towards becoming a writer. From Lucy's hospital bed, we are drawn ever more deeply into the emotional complexity of family life, the inescapable power of the past, and the memories - however painful - that bind a family together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252507Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Lucy Barton: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Lucy Barton: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge Author: Elizabeth Strout Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.61 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audibook edition of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, read by Kimberly Farr. A mother comes to visit her daughter in hospital after having not seen her in many years. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront her past, uncovering long-buried memories of a profoundly impoverished childhood; and her present, as the façade of her new life in New York begins to crumble, awakening her to the reality of her faltering marriage and her unsteady journey towards becoming a writer. From Lucy's hospital bed, we are drawn ever more deeply into the emotional complexity of family life, the inescapable power of the past, and the memories - however painful - that bind a family together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-pregnant-princess-bride-by-catherine-mann-brenda-jackson--65309852https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Pregnant Princess Bride Series: #1 of Forged of Steele Author: Catherine Mann, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Alexander Cendese, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A princess and a Southern billionaire are expecting twins! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann! His focus is on his family’s football dynasty. Louisiana billionaire Gervais Reynaud has no time for romance. But he can’t say no to a tryst with Erika Mitras. True, she’s a princess, but in no way prim…or proper. Their time together is unbelievable…and all too short. When Erika said goodbye, she meant it. But now she must tell Gervais the truth. He’s about to be a father…to royal twins. After leaving her overbearing family, Erika wants nothing from Gervais. But the tempting tycoon just may charm her into a future she desires all too much.   Enjoy a special bonus short story from Brenda Jackson Never Too Late]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252684Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Pregnant Princess Bride Series: #1 of Forged of Steele Author: Catherine Mann, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Alexander Cendese, Adenrele Ojo Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Pregnant Princess Bride Series: #1 of Forged of Steele Author: Catherine Mann, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Alexander Cendese, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A princess and a Southern billionaire are expecting twins! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann! His focus is on his family’s football dynasty. Louisiana billionaire Gervais Reynaud has no time for romance. But he can’t say no to a tryst with Erika Mitras. True, she’s a princess, but in no way prim…or proper. Their time together is unbelievable…and all too short. When Erika said goodbye, she meant it. But now she must tell Gervais the truth. He’s about to be a father…to royal twins. After leaving her overbearing family, Erika wants nothing from Gervais. But the tempting tycoon just may charm her into a future she desires all too much.   Enjoy a special bonus short story from Brenda Jackson Never Too Late]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-forever-family-by-brenda-jackson-sarah-m-anderson--65309743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Forever Family Author: Brenda Jackson, Sarah M. Anderson Narrator: Will Damron, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Found: one baby…and the boss''s future bride?  Tiny and helpless—the abandoned newborn that venture capitalist Marcus Warren finds during a morning run takes him by surprise. So does the sudden longing for his capable assistant, Liberty Reese, who reveals her tender side with the baby.  But Liberty must resist her gorgeous boss''s advances. Her secrets could destroy his trust, her career and the chance to care for the foster child they are both coming to love. Even so, she can''t deny the heat between them—or the fear that her past will end their chance to create a forever family. Enjoy a special bonus short story from Brenda Jackson Never Too Late]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252683Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Forever Family Author: Brenda Jackson, Sarah M. Anderson Narrator: Will Damron, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Forever Family Author: Brenda Jackson, Sarah M. Anderson Narrator: Will Damron, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Found: one baby…and the boss''s future bride?  Tiny and helpless—the abandoned newborn that venture capitalist Marcus Warren finds during a morning run takes him by surprise. So does the sudden longing for his capable assistant, Liberty Reese, who reveals her tender side with the baby.  But Liberty must resist her gorgeous boss''s advances. Her secrets could destroy his trust, her career and the chance to care for the foster child they are both coming to love. Even so, she can''t deny the heat between them—or the fear that her past will end their chance to create a forever family. Enjoy a special bonus short story from Brenda Jackson Never Too Late]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/opening-belle-a-novel-by-maureen-sherry--65309739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Opening Belle: A Novel Author: Maureen Sherry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maureen Sherry’s funny insider novel about a female Wall Street executive also trying to be a mother and a wife is a “compulsively readable…cheeky—and at times, romantic—battle-cry for any woman who’s ever strived to have it all and been told by a man that she couldn’t” (Entertainment Weekly). It’s 2008 and Isabelle, a thirty-something Wall Street executive, appears to have it all: the sprawling Upper West Side apartment; three healthy children; a handsome husband; and a job as managing director at a large investment bank. But her reality is something else. Her work environment resembles a frat party, her husband feels employment is beneath him, and the bulk of childcare logistics still fall in Belle’s already crowded lap. Enter Henry, the former college fiancé she never quite got over; now a hedge fund mogul. He becomes her largest client, and Belle gets to see the life she might have had with him. While Henry campaigns to win Belle back, the sexually harassed women in her office take action to improve their working conditions, and recruit a wary Belle into a secret “glass ceiling club” whose goal is to mellow the cowboy banking culture and get equal pay for their work. All along, Belle can sense the financial markets heading toward their soon-to-be historic crash and that something has to give—and when it does, everything is going to change: her marriage, her career, her bank statement, and her colleagues’ frat boy behavior. Optioned by Reese Witherspoon who called it “smart, biting, and honest,” Opening Belle is “funny, relevant, and often shocking….Even if your own life is far from a fairy tale, it will allow you to laugh, learn, and maybe even lean in—to hug your own family a little closer.” (The Washington Post).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255388Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Opening Belle: A Novel Author: Maureen Sherry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Opening Belle: A Novel Author: Maureen Sherry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maureen Sherry’s funny insider novel about a female Wall Street executive also trying to be a mother and a wife is a “compulsively readable…cheeky—and at times, romantic—battle-cry for any woman who’s ever strived to have it all and been told by a man that she couldn’t” (Entertainment Weekly). It’s 2008 and Isabelle, a thirty-something Wall Street executive, appears to have it all: the sprawling Upper West Side apartment; three healthy children; a handsome husband; and a job as managing director at a large investment bank. But her reality is something else. Her work environment resembles a frat party, her husband feels employment is beneath him, and the bulk of childcare logistics still fall in Belle’s already crowded lap. Enter Henry, the former college fiancé she never quite got over; now a hedge fund mogul. He becomes her largest client, and Belle gets to see the life she might have had with him. While Henry campaigns to win Belle back, the sexually harassed women in her office take action to improve their working conditions, and recruit a wary Belle into a secret “glass ceiling club” whose goal is to mellow the cowboy banking culture and get equal pay for their work. All along, Belle can sense the financial markets heading toward their soon-to-be historic crash and that something has to give—and when it does, everything is going to change: her marriage, her career, her bank statement, and her colleagues’ frat boy behavior. Optioned by Reese Witherspoon who called it “smart, biting, and honest,” Opening Belle is “funny, relevant, and often shocking….Even if your own life is far from a fairy tale, it will allow you to laugh, learn, and maybe even lean in—to hug your own family a little closer.” (The Washington Post).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-frank-with-me-a-novel-by-julia-claiborne-johnson--65309729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Frank With Me: A Novel Author: Julia Claiborne Johnson Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Reclusive literary legend M. M. “Mimi” Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she’s flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies—with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she’s put to work right away—as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric nine-year-old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth-graders. As she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank’s father is, how his gorgeous “piano teacher and itinerant male role model” Xander fits into the Banning family equation—and whether Mimi will ever finish that book. Full of heart and countless “only-in-Hollywood” moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252125Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Frank With Me: A Novel Author: Julia Claiborne Johnson Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Frank With Me: A Novel Author: Julia Claiborne Johnson Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Reclusive literary legend M. M. “Mimi” Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she’s flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies—with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she’s put to work right away—as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric nine-year-old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth-graders. As she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank’s father is, how his gorgeous “piano teacher and itinerant male role model” Xander fits into the Banning family equation—and whether Mimi will ever finish that book. Full of heart and countless “only-in-Hollywood” moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-was-not-the-plan-a-novel-by-cristina-alger--65309721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Was Not the Plan: A Novel Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us comes a “funny, bittersweet, and ultimately uplifting look” (Sarah Pekkanen) at fatherhood, love, and family life. Charlie Goldwyn’s life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Widowerhood at thirty-three and twelve-hour workdays have left a gap in his relationship with his quirky five-year-old son, Caleb, whose obsession with natural disasters and penchant for girls’ clothing have made him something of a loner at his preschool. The only thing Charlie has going for him is his job at a prestigious law firm, where he is finally close to becoming a partner. But when a slight lapse in judgment at an office party leaves him humiliatingly unemployed, stuck at home with Caleb for the summer, and forced to face his own estranged father, Charlie starts to realize that there’s more to fatherhood than financially providing for his son, and more to being a son than overtaking his father’s successes. At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, This Was Not the Plan is a “sparkling and heartfelt” (Bookpage) story about loss and love, parenthood, and friendship, and what true work-life balance means.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255403Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Was Not the Plan: A Novel Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Was Not the Plan: A Novel Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us comes a “funny, bittersweet, and ultimately uplifting look” (Sarah Pekkanen) at fatherhood, love, and family life. Charlie Goldwyn’s life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Widowerhood at thirty-three and twelve-hour workdays have left a gap in his relationship with his quirky five-year-old son, Caleb, whose obsession with natural disasters and penchant for girls’ clothing have made him something of a loner at his preschool. The only thing Charlie has going for him is his job at a prestigious law firm, where he is finally close to becoming a partner. But when a slight lapse in judgment at an office party leaves him humiliatingly unemployed, stuck at home with Caleb for the summer, and forced to face his own estranged father, Charlie starts to realize that there’s more to fatherhood than financially providing for his son, and more to being a son than overtaking his father’s successes. At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, This Was Not the Plan is a “sparkling and heartfelt” (Bookpage) story about loss and love, parenthood, and friendship, and what true work-life balance means.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recipe-for-kisses-by-michelle-major--65309718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Kisses Author: Michelle Major Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Chloe Daniels doesn’t need a man—after escaping a marriage gone bad, she guards her heart as closely as the details of her past. So when hot-tempered celebrity chef Ben “the Beast” Haddox storms into her struggling toy store, Chloe is determined not to be drawn in by his broad shoulders…or baby-blue eyes. In his hometown, Ben’s culinary career is almost as famous as his bad-boy rep. He’s out to prove to naysayers he’s a success by opening a new restaurant—and the only thing standing in his way is Chloe’s store. But before he has a chance to convert her space into his signature eatery, she cooks up a plan to show him that her shop is worth saving. As things start to sizzle between them, Chloe must figure out how to avoid getting burned. Can she trust herself to love again, or has she jumped out of the frying pan and into desire?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255340Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Kisses Author: Michelle Major Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Kisses Author: Michelle Major Narrator: Cristina Panfilio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Chloe Daniels doesn’t need a man—after escaping a marriage gone bad, she guards her heart as closely as the details of her past. So when hot-tempered celebrity chef Ben “the Beast” Haddox storms into her struggling toy store, Chloe is determined not to be drawn in by his broad shoulders…or baby-blue eyes. In his hometown, Ben’s culinary career is almost as famous as his bad-boy rep. He’s out to prove to naysayers he’s a success by opening a new restaurant—and the only thing standing in his way is Chloe’s store. But before he has a chance to convert her space into his signature eatery, she cooks up a plan to show him that her shop is worth saving. As things start to sizzle between them, Chloe must figure out how to avoid getting burned. Can she trust herself to love again, or has she jumped out of the frying pan and into desire?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-more-day-by-kelly-simmons--65309754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More Day Author: Kelly Simmons Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A missing son returns, only to vanish again within 24 hours. Can a secret from his mother's past unlock the mystery of his disappearance? When Carrie Morgan's young son is snatched from the backseat of her car, she prays for one more day with him. Months later, she comes home to find Ben safe and sound in his crib. But the next day he's gone again, and the police suspect her involvement. Carrie is convinced that Ben is dead and that his brief return was a miracle sent to help her move on. Her husband, however, fears that she is descending into madness. Over the course of the next week, more dead people from Carrie's past return, each for their own reason, and all involving a dark secret. Carrie will have to choose between how badly she wants to discover what happened to Ben, and how much of her past to reveal.…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251970Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More Day Author: Kelly Simmons Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More Day Author: Kelly Simmons Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 1, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A missing son returns, only to vanish again within 24 hours. Can a secret from his mother's past unlock the mystery of his disappearance? When Carrie Morgan's young son is snatched from the backseat of her car, she prays for one more day with him. Months later, she comes home to find Ben safe and sound in his crib. But the next day he's gone again, and the police suspect her involvement. Carrie is convinced that Ben is dead and that his brief return was a miracle sent to help her move on. Her husband, however, fears that she is descending into madness. Over the course of the next week, more dead people from Carrie's past return, each for their own reason, and all involving a dark secret. Carrie will have to choose between how badly she wants to discover what happened to Ben, and how much of her past to reveal.…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hundred-year-house-by-rebecca-makkai--65309756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year House Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Jen Tullock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there’s Violet Devohr, Zee’s great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room. Violet’s portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony – and this is exactly the period Zee’s husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track – besides some motivation and self-esteem – is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn’t, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head – that is, if they were to ever uncover them. In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252194Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year House Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Jen Tullock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year House Author: Rebecca Makkai Narrator: Jen Tullock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there’s Violet Devohr, Zee’s great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room. Violet’s portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony – and this is exactly the period Zee’s husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track – besides some motivation and self-esteem – is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn’t, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head – that is, if they were to ever uncover them. In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sweet-memories-of-you-by-ellie-dean--65309751https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Memories of You Series: #10 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN ‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for those I love.’ It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beach View Boarding House – especially when it concerns her younger sister, Doreen. Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late. When Doreen barely survives a traumatic disaster whilst on leave in London, she returns home to Peggy and Cliffehaven in the hope that the love and comfort she will find there can help her recover. However, Eddie continues to be an unsettling reminder of her past - and Doreen’s life is about to change dramatically. A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252510Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Memories of You Series: #10 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Memories of You Series: #10 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN ‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for those I love.’ It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beach View Boarding House – especially when it concerns her younger sister, Doreen. Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late. When Doreen barely survives a traumatic disaster whilst on leave in London, she returns home to Peggy and Cliffehaven in the hope that the love and comfort she will find there can help her recover. However, Eddie continues to be an unsettling reminder of her past - and Doreen’s life is about to change dramatically. A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doorstep-girls-by-val-wood--65309747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doorstep Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can two friends find hope in hard times? Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult. The local cotton mill has provided work for Ruby and Grace since they were nine years old, and now years later both girls find themselves the object of attention from the mill owner's sons. As times grow harder, and money ever scarcer, Grace becomes involved in campaigns against poverty and injustice, while Ruby is tempted into prostitution. The two girls are searching for something that could take them far away . . . But what price will they pay to find it? If you like books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252102Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doorstep Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doorstep Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can two friends find hope in hard times? Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult. The local cotton mill has provided work for Ruby and Grace since they were nine years old, and now years later both girls find themselves the object of attention from the mill owner's sons. As times grow harder, and money ever scarcer, Grace becomes involved in campaigns against poverty and injustice, while Ruby is tempted into prostitution. The two girls are searching for something that could take them far away . . . But what price will they pay to find it? If you like books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-ruthless-proposition-by-natasha-anders--65309749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ruthless Proposition Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All that glitters may lead right to his heart… The last thing Cleopatra Knight expects on her business trip to Tokyo is to fall into bed with her arrogant, irresistibly hot boss, Dante Damaso. It’s a mistake—a steamy, mind-blowingly satisfying mistake. But a few nights of passion with the superwealthy bad boy prove to have long-term effects when Cleo’s world is unexpectedly turned upside down. Dante has cultivated an enviable, jet-setting lifestyle: beautiful women, exotic destinations, and luxury without limits. He’s not looking to be domesticated, and certainly not by his assistant—even though he can’t get her out of his mind. Still, he knows he has both the responsibility and the financial means to help Cleo. Though Cleo has no interest in Dante’s money, her lack of prospects gives her little choice but to accept his help. But living under the same roof, Dante discovers he wants more, and if Cleo lets down her guard, she just might find what her heart’s wanted all along.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251961Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ruthless Proposition Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ruthless Proposition Author: Natasha Anders Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All that glitters may lead right to his heart… The last thing Cleopatra Knight expects on her business trip to Tokyo is to fall into bed with her arrogant, irresistibly hot boss, Dante Damaso. It’s a mistake—a steamy, mind-blowingly satisfying mistake. But a few nights of passion with the superwealthy bad boy prove to have long-term effects when Cleo’s world is unexpectedly turned upside down. Dante has cultivated an enviable, jet-setting lifestyle: beautiful women, exotic destinations, and luxury without limits. He’s not looking to be domesticated, and certainly not by his assistant—even though he can’t get her out of his mind. Still, he knows he has both the responsibility and the financial means to help Cleo. Though Cleo has no interest in Dante’s money, her lack of prospects gives her little choice but to accept his help. But living under the same roof, Dante discovers he wants more, and if Cleo lets down her guard, she just might find what her heart’s wanted all along.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sage-s-eyes-by-v-c-andrews--65309724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sage's Eyes Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From V.C. Andrews, bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic (the first in a series of Lifetime movie events about the Dollanganger family), comes the tale of a young girl kept under the watchful eye of her adoptive parents, as if they fear who—or what—she’ll become… Sixteen-year-old Sage is a lonely child. Her adoptive parents watch her obsessively, as if studying her for warning signs of…something. And maybe they’re right to—even she can’t make sense of the strange things she sees and hears. She possesses knowledge that other teenagers don’t, that her parents and teachers—no adult—could possibly have. So when Sage finally makes a friend who understands her alarming gift, he becomes her confidant, a precarious link to the truth about who she really is. For Sage and the alluring new boy at school share many things in common. Perhaps, they’ll learn, far too many things.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252174Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sage's Eyes Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sage's Eyes Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From V.C. Andrews, bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic (the first in a series of Lifetime movie events about the Dollanganger family), comes the tale of a young girl kept under the watchful eye of her adoptive parents, as if they fear who—or what—she’ll become… Sixteen-year-old Sage is a lonely child. Her adoptive parents watch her obsessively, as if studying her for warning signs of…something. And maybe they’re right to—even she can’t make sense of the strange things she sees and hears. She possesses knowledge that other teenagers don’t, that her parents and teachers—no adult—could possibly have. So when Sage finally makes a friend who understands her alarming gift, he becomes her confidant, a precarious link to the truth about who she really is. For Sage and the alluring new boy at school share many things in common. Perhaps, they’ll learn, far too many things.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blue-a-novel-by-danielle-steel--65309811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 65 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills—until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe.Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident—and wrestling with the lure of death herself—she meets a boy who will cause her life to change forever yet again. Thirteen-year-old Blue Williams has been living on the streets, abandoned by his family, rarely attending school, and utterly alone. Following her instincts, Ginny reaches out to him. Leery of everyone, he runs from her again and again. But he always returns, and each time, their friendship grows.Blue glows with outsized spirit and an irresistible mix of innocence and wisdom beyond his years. Ginny offers him respect as they form an unusual bond and become the family they each lost. But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns of a shocking betrayal that he has been hiding. Is it a wound too deep to heal, or will she be able to fight the battle that will make them both whole again?Blue is #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel at her finest, a probing and emotionally gripping story of dark secrets revealed, second chances, and the power of love and courage to overcome life’s greatest challenges.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251862Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 65 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills—until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe.Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident—and wrestling with the lure of death herself—she meets a boy who will cause her life to change forever yet again. Thirteen-year-old Blue Williams has been living on the streets, abandoned by his family, rarely attending school, and utterly alone. Following her instincts, Ginny reaches out to him. Leery of everyone, he runs from her again and again. But he always returns, and each time, their friendship grows.Blue glows with outsized spirit and an irresistible mix of innocence and wisdom beyond his years. Ginny offers him respect as they form an unusual bond and become the family they each lost. But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns of a shocking betrayal that he has been hiding. Is it a wound too deep to heal, or will she be able to fight the battle that will make them both whole again?Blue is #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel at her finest, a probing and emotionally gripping story of dark secrets revealed, second chances, and the power of love and courage to overcome life’s greatest challenges.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/toward-the-sea-of-freedom-by-sarah-lark--65309780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toward the Sea of Freedom Series: #1 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side. Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and immigrate to New Zealand. Michael is imprisoned for rebellion and exiled to Australia. As time passes and their new lives march on, they long for those stolen moments in the lush green fields of their native land. And they both still dream of escape, with no idea of how close fate will eventually bring them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251856Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toward the Sea of Freedom Series: #1 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toward the Sea of Freedom Series: #1 of The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side. Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and immigrate to New Zealand. Michael is imprisoned for rebellion and exiled to Australia. As time passes and their new lives march on, they long for those stolen moments in the lush green fields of their native land. And they both still dream of escape, with no idea of how close fate will eventually bring them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moonlight-over-paris-a-novel-by-jennifer-robson--65309741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moonlight Over Paris: A Novel Author: Jennifer Robson Narrator: Jane Copland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story from the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over. Spring, 1924 Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris, meet people who know nothing of her past—and pursue her dream of becoming an artist. A few years after the Great War’s end, the City of Light is a bohemian paradise teeming with actors, painters, writers, and a lively coterie of American expatriates who welcome Helena into their romantic and exciting circle. Among them is Sam Howard, an irascible and infuriatingly honest correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Dangerously attractive and deeply scarred by the horror and carnage of the war, Sam is unlike any man she has ever encountered. He calls her Ellie, sees her as no one has before, and offers her a glimpse of a future that is both irresistible and impossible. As Paris rises phoenix-like from the ashes of the Great War, so too does Helena. Though she’s shed her old self, she’s still uncertain of what she will become and where she belongs. But is she strong enough to completely let go of the past and follow her heart, no matter where it leads her? Artfully capturing the Lost Generation and their enchanting city, Moonlight Over Paris is the spellbinding story of one young woman’s journey to find herself, and claim the life—and love—she truly wants.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251662Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moonlight Over Paris: A Novel Author: Jennifer Robson Narrator: Jane Copland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moonlight Over Paris: A Novel Author: Jennifer Robson Narrator: Jane Copland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story from the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over. Spring, 1924 Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris, meet people who know nothing of her past—and pursue her dream of becoming an artist. A few years after the Great War’s end, the City of Light is a bohemian paradise teeming with actors, painters, writers, and a lively coterie of American expatriates who welcome Helena into their romantic and exciting circle. Among them is Sam Howard, an irascible and infuriatingly honest correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Dangerously attractive and deeply scarred by the horror and carnage of the war, Sam is unlike any man she has ever encountered. He calls her Ellie, sees her as no one has before, and offers her a glimpse of a future that is both irresistible and impossible. As Paris rises phoenix-like from the ashes of the Great War, so too does Helena. Though she’s shed her old self, she’s still uncertain of what she will become and where she belongs. But is she strong enough to completely let go of the past and follow her heart, no matter where it leads her? Artfully capturing the Lost Generation and their enchanting city, Moonlight Over Paris is the spellbinding story of one young woman’s journey to find herself, and claim the life—and love—she truly wants.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-was-mine-a-novel-by-helen-klein-ross--65309776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Was Mine: A Novel Author: Helen Klein Ross Narrator: Amanda Carlin, Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A suspenseful, moving look at twisted maternal love and the limits of forgiveness.” —People “Not only a terrific, spellbinding read but a fascinating meditation on the choices we make and the way we love.” —Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author Simply told but deeply affecting, in the bestselling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore—and gets away with it for twenty-one years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: she takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It’s a secret she manages to keep for over two decades—from her daughter, the babysitter who helped raise her, family, coworkers, and friends. When Lucy’s now-grown daughter Mia discovers the devastating truth of her origins, she is overwhelmed by confusion and anger and determines not to speak again to the mother who raised her. She reaches out to her birth mother for a tearful reunion, and Lucy is forced to flee to China to avoid prosecution. What follows is a ripple effect that alters the lives of many and challenges our understanding of the very meaning of motherhood. Author Helen Klein Ross, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, weaves a powerful story of upheaval and resilience told from the alternating perspectives of Lucy, Mia, Mia’s birth mother, and others intimately involved in the kidnapping. What Was Mine is a compelling tale of motherhood and loss, of grief and hope, and the life-shattering effects of a single, irrevocable moment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251648Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Was Mine: A Novel Author: Helen Klein Ross Narrator: Amanda Carlin, Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Was Mine: A Novel Author: Helen Klein Ross Narrator: Amanda Carlin, Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A suspenseful, moving look at twisted maternal love and the limits of forgiveness.” —People “Not only a terrific, spellbinding read but a fascinating meditation on the choices we make and the way we love.” —Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author Simply told but deeply affecting, in the bestselling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore—and gets away with it for twenty-one years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: she takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It’s a secret she manages to keep for over two decades—from her daughter, the babysitter who helped raise her, family, coworkers, and friends. When Lucy’s now-grown daughter Mia discovers the devastating truth of her origins, she is overwhelmed by confusion and anger and determines not to speak again to the mother who raised her. She reaches out to her birth mother for a tearful reunion, and Lucy is forced to flee to China to avoid prosecution. What follows is a ripple effect that alters the lives of many and challenges our understanding of the very meaning of motherhood. Author Helen Klein Ross, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, weaves a powerful story of upheaval and resilience told from the alternating perspectives of Lucy, Mia, Mia’s birth mother, and others intimately involved in the kidnapping. What Was Mine is a compelling tale of motherhood and loss, of grief and hope, and the life-shattering effects of a single, irrevocable moment.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/travelers-rest-a-novel-by-keith-lee-morris--65309774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travelers Rest: A Novel Author: Keith Lee Morris Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A chilling fable about a family marooned in a snowbound town whose grievous history intrudes on the dreamlike present. The Addisons -- Julia and Tonio, ten-year-old Dewey, and derelict Uncle Robbie -- are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet another trip to rehab. When a terrifying blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge in the town at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and eerie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent. Once inside the hotel, the family is separated. As Julia and Tonio drift through the maze of the hotel's spectral interiors, struggling to make sense of the building's alluring powers, Dewey ventures outward to a secret-filled diner across the street. Meanwhile, a desperate Robbie quickly succumbs to his old vices, drifting ever further from the ones who love him most. With each passing hour, dreams and memories blur, tearing a hole in the fabric of our perceived reality and leaving the Addisons in a ceaseless search for one another. At each turn a mysterious force prevents them from reuniting, until at last Julia is faced with an impossible choice. Can this mother save her family from the fate of becoming Souvenirs -- those citizens trapped forever in magnetic Good Night -- or, worse, from disappearing entirely? With the fearsome intensity of a ghost story, the magical spark of a fairy tale, and the emotional depth of the finest family sagas, Keith Lee Morris takes us on a journey beyond the realm of the known. Featuring prose as dizzyingly beautiful as the mystical world Morris creates, Travelers Rest is both a mind-altering meditation on the nature of consciousness and a heartbreaking story of a family on the brink of survival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251739Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travelers Rest: A Novel Author: Keith Lee Morris Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travelers Rest: A Novel Author: Keith Lee Morris Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A chilling fable about a family marooned in a snowbound town whose grievous history intrudes on the dreamlike present. The Addisons -- Julia and Tonio, ten-year-old Dewey, and derelict Uncle Robbie -- are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet another trip to rehab. When a terrifying blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge in the town at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and eerie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent. Once inside the hotel, the family is separated. As Julia and Tonio drift through the maze of the hotel's spectral interiors, struggling to make sense of the building's alluring powers, Dewey ventures outward to a secret-filled diner across the street. Meanwhile, a desperate Robbie quickly succumbs to his old vices, drifting ever further from the ones who love him most. With each passing hour, dreams and memories blur, tearing a hole in the fabric of our perceived reality and leaving the Addisons in a ceaseless search for one another. At each turn a mysterious force prevents them from reuniting, until at last Julia is faced with an impossible choice. Can this mother save her family from the fate of becoming Souvenirs -- those citizens trapped forever in magnetic Good Night -- or, worse, from disappearing entirely? With the fearsome intensity of a ghost story, the magical spark of a fairy tale, and the emotional depth of the finest family sagas, Keith Lee Morris takes us on a journey beyond the realm of the known. Featuring prose as dizzyingly beautiful as the mystical world Morris creates, Travelers Rest is both a mind-altering meditation on the nature of consciousness and a heartbreaking story of a family on the brink of survival.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nanny-makes-three-twin-heirs-to-his-throne-by-cat-schield-olivia-gates--65309760https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nanny Makes Three & Twin Heirs to His Throne Author: Cat Schield, Olivia Gates Narrator: Pj Ochlan, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This rich Texas rancher has his hands full with an abandoned baby…and her irresistible nanny!  Mistaken for the father of his twin brother's child, Liam Wade takes in his fussy infant niece and needs a nanny fast. Hadley Stratton knows all about Liam's reputation with the ladies, and really doesn't believe that the baby isn't his! But as she settles into her role, she begins to see the man beneath the Stetson. And when they're stranded together during a storm, she really gets to know him. Is she just the latest woman to fall for Liam's charms, or are this rich rancher's single days numbered? Is the prince back for his twin babies…but not the love he left behind? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Olivia Gates!  After a passionate affair, Prince Leonid Voronov of Zorya disappears, leaving Kassandra Stavros with beautiful twin girls and a broken heart. Now Leonid is back, determined to be a father…and a king. But is claiming his children only a ploy for the throne? And why is he keeping Kassandra at arm's length when his smoldering gaze still ignites her unstoppable passion?  Kassandra remains Leonid's only desire…and weakness. But he can't let her near, or she'd discover his painful secret. He fears the truth would destroy them both…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251677Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nanny Makes Three & Twin Heirs to His Throne Author: Cat Schield, Olivia Gates Narrator: Pj Ochlan, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nanny Makes Three & Twin Heirs to His Throne Author: Cat Schield, Olivia Gates Narrator: Pj Ochlan, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This rich Texas rancher has his hands full with an abandoned baby…and her irresistible nanny!  Mistaken for the father of his twin brother's child, Liam Wade takes in his fussy infant niece and needs a nanny fast. Hadley Stratton knows all about Liam's reputation with the ladies, and really doesn't believe that the baby isn't his! But as she settles into her role, she begins to see the man beneath the Stetson. And when they're stranded together during a storm, she really gets to know him. Is she just the latest woman to fall for Liam's charms, or are this rich rancher's single days numbered? Is the prince back for his twin babies…but not the love he left behind? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Olivia Gates!  After a passionate affair, Prince Leonid Voronov of Zorya disappears, leaving Kassandra Stavros with beautiful twin girls and a broken heart. Now Leonid is back, determined to be a father…and a king. But is claiming his children only a ploy for the throne? And why is he keeping Kassandra at arm's length when his smoldering gaze still ignites her unstoppable passion?  Kassandra remains Leonid's only desire…and weakness. But he can't let her near, or she'd discover his painful secret. He fears the truth would destroy them both…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/best-friends-forever-by-kimberla-lawson-roby--65309752https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Best Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected. But the situation turns devastating when Celine is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship with Keith deteriorates, Celine worries that she'll be left to navigate the difficult process of cancer treatment alone. But comfort and support come in the form of Celine's best friend, Lauren. They've been attached at the hip since they were children and it is Lauren who's there for Celine in her darkest moments. Now, Celine will be forced to make tough decisions-about her marriage and otherwise-and for the first time in her life, she wants to give up. Lauren vows to help by any means necessary and makes the kind of sacrifice only a best friend can. But will it be too late? 'Roby writes with high-octane levels of emotion. She pushes her characters hard...drawing in readers to be more than bystanders.' -- USA Today]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251262Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Best Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Best Friends Forever Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Maria Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected. But the situation turns devastating when Celine is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship with Keith deteriorates, Celine worries that she'll be left to navigate the difficult process of cancer treatment alone. But comfort and support come in the form of Celine's best friend, Lauren. They've been attached at the hip since they were children and it is Lauren who's there for Celine in her darkest moments. Now, Celine will be forced to make tough decisions-about her marriage and otherwise-and for the first time in her life, she wants to give up. Lauren vows to help by any means necessary and makes the kind of sacrifice only a best friend can. But will it be too late? 'Roby writes with high-octane levels of emotion. She pushes her characters hard...drawing in readers to be more than bystanders.' -- USA Today]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ladies-man-by-susan-mallery--65309732https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ladies' Man Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She''d resolved to ''act more sophisticated'' and ''get out more.'' But the rumpled bedding, the coffee brewed by other hands and The Note reminded Rachel Harper that she''d done something completely out of character. She''d brought a man home from a bar. And apparently made a baby. She''d been nervous to tell Carter Brockett the news. Oh, she felt strangely safe with him despite his dangerous looks. Worse, she liked him. But what must he think of the naive schoolteacher who''d lost control and gotten herself knocked up? After all, the man had a legion of exes who''d been unable to snare a commitment, and here she had a forever-binding one! Then she remembered. He''d lost control, too….]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251430Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ladies' Man Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ladies' Man Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She''d resolved to ''act more sophisticated'' and ''get out more.'' But the rumpled bedding, the coffee brewed by other hands and The Note reminded Rachel Harper that she''d done something completely out of character. She''d brought a man home from a bar. And apparently made a baby. She''d been nervous to tell Carter Brockett the news. Oh, she felt strangely safe with him despite his dangerous looks. Worse, she liked him. But what must he think of the naive schoolteacher who''d lost control and gotten herself knocked up? After all, the man had a legion of exes who''d been unable to snare a commitment, and here she had a forever-binding one! Then she remembered. He''d lost control, too….]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-letters-a-rose-harbor-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65309815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #3 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One love letter can change everything... The new Rose Harbor novel from the international bestselling author of Rose Harbor in Bloom and Blossom Street Brides. Ellie travels to Rose Harbor to meet a man she’s been writing to, but he reveals a secret that makes her question their relationship. Maggie and her husband have grown apart. Can a love letter from long ago help them to find the spark they have lost? And Jo Marie finds the courage to revisit the last letter her husband sent her before he was killed in Afghanistan, and for the first time is able to see the future ahead of her. Once again, the Rose Harbor Inn proves to be a place of comfort and healing as the women find that these letters could change the course of their lives forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250071Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #3 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #3 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One love letter can change everything... The new Rose Harbor novel from the international bestselling author of Rose Harbor in Bloom and Blossom Street Brides. Ellie travels to Rose Harbor to meet a man she’s been writing to, but he reveals a secret that makes her question their relationship. Maggie and her husband have grown apart. Can a love letter from long ago help them to find the spark they have lost? And Jo Marie finds the courage to revisit the last letter her husband sent her before he was killed in Afghanistan, and for the first time is able to see the future ahead of her. Once again, the Rose Harbor Inn proves to be a place of comfort and healing as the women find that these letters could change the course of their lives forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-miracle-a-christmas-novel-miracle-by-debbie-macomber--65309810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Miracle: A Christmas Novel (Miracle) Series: #3 of Miracle Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Elyse Mirto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming new Christmas novel from Debbie Macomber, internationally bestselling author of Rose Harbor in Bloom, Blossom Street Brides and Starry Night. Harry Mills is a guardian angel on a mission: help Addie Folsom to get her life back on track - and help her find love. Creating a happy ending for Addie and her neighbour Erich doesn’t seem like much of a challenge. But soon after arriving in the town of Tacoma, Harry realises he might need some guidance. Addie and Erich can't stand each other; growing up he was popular and outgoing, while she was rebellious and headstrong. Addie would now rather avoid Erich entirely, especially at Christmas. Harry is going to need all the help he can get, and a bit of divine inspiration, to help Addie and Erich find their Christmas miracle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250073Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Miracle: A Christmas Novel (Miracle) Series: #3 of Miracle Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Elyse Mirto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Miracle: A Christmas Novel (Miracle) Series: #3 of Miracle Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Elyse Mirto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming new Christmas novel from Debbie Macomber, internationally bestselling author of Rose Harbor in Bloom, Blossom Street Brides and Starry Night. Harry Mills is a guardian angel on a mission: help Addie Folsom to get her life back on track - and help her find love. Creating a happy ending for Addie and her neighbour Erich doesn’t seem like much of a challenge. But soon after arriving in the town of Tacoma, Harry realises he might need some guidance. Addie and Erich can't stand each other; growing up he was popular and outgoing, while she was rebellious and headstrong. Addie would now rather avoid Erich entirely, especially at Christmas. Harry is going to need all the help he can get, and a bit of divine inspiration, to help Addie and Erich find their Christmas miracle.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blossom-street-brides-a-blossom-street-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65309795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blossom Street Brides: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #13 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: December 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Does a perfect wedding make a happily-ever-after? As three very different women meet in their local knitting store, they find strength in friendship to help them through their problems. Lydia is blissfully happy in her marriage, but worrying about her adoptive daughter and the future of her business. Bethanne is still madly in love with her husband, but their long-distance relationship is becoming difficult to deal with, and her ex-husband is determined to win her back. Lauren has always yearned for marriage and a family of her own, but her long-term boyfriend just won’t commit. Could a whirlwind romance with an unlikely stranger lead to the happily-ever-after she’s always dreamed of? As the three women's lives intersect in unexpected ways, they realise that the best surprises in life and love still lie ahead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251068Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blossom Street Brides: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #13 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blossom Street Brides: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #13 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: December 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Does a perfect wedding make a happily-ever-after? As three very different women meet in their local knitting store, they find strength in friendship to help them through their problems. Lydia is blissfully happy in her marriage, but worrying about her adoptive daughter and the future of her business. Bethanne is still madly in love with her husband, but their long-distance relationship is becoming difficult to deal with, and her ex-husband is determined to win her back. Lauren has always yearned for marriage and a family of her own, but her long-term boyfriend just won’t commit. Could a whirlwind romance with an unlikely stranger lead to the happily-ever-after she’s always dreamed of? As the three women's lives intersect in unexpected ways, they realise that the best surprises in life and love still lie ahead.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-kind-of-wonderful-by-jill-shalvis--65309783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kind of Wonderful Series: #2 of Cedar Ridge Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Lucky Harbor series comes a 'witty, steamy love story' (Robyn Carr) about a headstrong woman who takes 'full advantage of her second chance at life' (Fresh Fiction). UNEXPECTED AND UNDENIABLE . . . Bailey Moore has an agenda: skiing in the Rockies, exploring castles in Europe, ballroom dancing in Argentina. Now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. What she doesn't realize is that item #1 comes with a six-foot-one ski god hot enough to melt a polar ice cap. She doesn't want to miss out on him either, but Hudson Kincaid isn't the type of guy to love and let go. And as gorgeous as Cedar Ridge is, she's not planning to stick around. As head of ski patrol at his family's resort, Hud thinks he's seen it all. But never has he run into someone like Bailey. She might look delicate, but her attitude is all firecracker. And her infectious joy touches something deep within him that he's been missing far too long. Now he'll just have to convince Bailey to take a chance on her biggest adventure yet . . . something rare and all kinds of wonderful. 'Shalvis writes with humor, heart, and sizzling heat!' -- Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author 'Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She's my go-to read for humor and heart.' -- Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author 'Clever, steamy, and fun! Jill Shalvis will make you laugh and fall in love.' -- Rachel Gibson, New York Times bestselling author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250653Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kind of Wonderful Series: #2 of Cedar Ridge Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kind of Wonderful Series: #2 of Cedar Ridge Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Lucky Harbor series comes a 'witty, steamy love story' (Robyn Carr) about a headstrong woman who takes 'full advantage of her second chance at life' (Fresh Fiction). UNEXPECTED AND UNDENIABLE . . . Bailey Moore has an agenda: skiing in the Rockies, exploring castles in Europe, ballroom dancing in Argentina. Now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. What she doesn't realize is that item #1 comes with a six-foot-one ski god hot enough to melt a polar ice cap. She doesn't want to miss out on him either, but Hudson Kincaid isn't the type of guy to love and let go. And as gorgeous as Cedar Ridge is, she's not planning to stick around. As head of ski patrol at his family's resort, Hud thinks he's seen it all. But never has he run into someone like Bailey. She might look delicate, but her attitude is all firecracker. And her infectious joy touches something deep within him that he's been missing far too long. Now he'll just have to convince Bailey to take a chance on her biggest adventure yet . . . something rare and all kinds of wonderful. 'Shalvis writes with humor, heart, and sizzling heat!' -- Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author 'Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She's my go-to read for humor and heart.' -- Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author 'Clever, steamy, and fun! Jill Shalvis will make you laugh and fall in love.' -- Rachel Gibson, New York Times bestselling author]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-half-of-my-heart-by-stephanie-butland--65309768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half Of My Heart Author: Stephanie Butland Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: December 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “It smelled bittersweetly of sourdough, and there was the trace of hot, fresh bread in the air. She took a deep breath and unlocked the door” Fifteen years ago Bettina May’s life’s veered off course in one disastrous night. Still reeling from the shock of losing everything she thought was hers, Bettina opens a bakery in a village and throws herself into the comfort of bread-making. She spends her days kneading dough and measuring ingredients. She meets someone. She begins to heal. Until someone who knows what happens that night walks into Bettina's bakery. In the pause of a heartbeat, fifteen years disappear and Bettina remembers a time she thought was lost for ever . . . Can she ever go back?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251067Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half Of My Heart Author: Stephanie Butland Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half Of My Heart Author: Stephanie Butland Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: December 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “It smelled bittersweetly of sourdough, and there was the trace of hot, fresh bread in the air. She took a deep breath and unlocked the door” Fifteen years ago Bettina May’s life’s veered off course in one disastrous night. Still reeling from the shock of losing everything she thought was hers, Bettina opens a bakery in a village and throws herself into the comfort of bread-making. She spends her days kneading dough and measuring ingredients. She meets someone. She begins to heal. Until someone who knows what happens that night walks into Bettina's bakery. In the pause of a heartbeat, fifteen years disappear and Bettina remembers a time she thought was lost for ever . . . Can she ever go back?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wedding-pearls-by-carolyn-brown--65309791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Pearls Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tessa Wilson’s life is all over the map. She may be clumsy, but this time she’s stumbled into a pickle by choice, not by accident. She’s agreed to take a month-long trip around Texas jammed into a ’59 Cadillac with a drama-loving teenager, two elderly spitfires, and—oh, yes—her biological mama who gave her away at birth. And the ride gets even crazier when hot-as-sin cowboy Branch Thomas crosses into her lane. They don’t call him the sexiest man in the Lone Star State for nothin’. As the miles pass and sparks fly between Tessa and Branch, her grandmother starts dropping hints about family wedding traditions. And as Tessa discovers the power of her budding friendships and the unbreakable strength of her newfound family of strong Texas women, she wonders if she’s also on the road to the biggest adventure of all: true love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250361Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Pearls Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding Pearls Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tessa Wilson’s life is all over the map. She may be clumsy, but this time she’s stumbled into a pickle by choice, not by accident. She’s agreed to take a month-long trip around Texas jammed into a ’59 Cadillac with a drama-loving teenager, two elderly spitfires, and—oh, yes—her biological mama who gave her away at birth. And the ride gets even crazier when hot-as-sin cowboy Branch Thomas crosses into her lane. They don’t call him the sexiest man in the Lone Star State for nothin’. As the miles pass and sparks fly between Tessa and Branch, her grandmother starts dropping hints about family wedding traditions. And as Tessa discovers the power of her budding friendships and the unbreakable strength of her newfound family of strong Texas women, she wonders if she’s also on the road to the biggest adventure of all: true love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ask-him-why-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65309775https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Him Why Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Scott Merriman, Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a stunning, emotional story of a young soldier’s unthinkable act…and the unbreakable bonds between a sister and brother. Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried. How can it be that her courageous big brother has been dishonorably discharged for refusing to go out on duty? Aubrey can’t believe that his hero doesn’t have very good reasons. Yet as the horrifying details of the incident emerge, Joseph disappears. In their attempts to find him, Ruth and Aubrey discover he has a past far darker than either of them could imagine. But even as they learn more about their brother, important questions remain unanswered—why did he betray his unit, his country, and now his family? Joseph’s refusal to speak ignites a fire in young Aubrey that results in a disastrous, and public, act of rebellion. The impact of Joseph’s fateful decision one night in Baghdad will echo for years to come, with his siblings caught between their love for him and the media’s engulfing frenzy of judgment. Will their family ever make their way back to each other and find a way to forgive?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250215Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Him Why Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Scott Merriman, Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Him Why Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Scott Merriman, Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a stunning, emotional story of a young soldier’s unthinkable act…and the unbreakable bonds between a sister and brother. Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried. How can it be that her courageous big brother has been dishonorably discharged for refusing to go out on duty? Aubrey can’t believe that his hero doesn’t have very good reasons. Yet as the horrifying details of the incident emerge, Joseph disappears. In their attempts to find him, Ruth and Aubrey discover he has a past far darker than either of them could imagine. But even as they learn more about their brother, important questions remain unanswered—why did he betray his unit, his country, and now his family? Joseph’s refusal to speak ignites a fire in young Aubrey that results in a disastrous, and public, act of rebellion. The impact of Joseph’s fateful decision one night in Baghdad will echo for years to come, with his siblings caught between their love for him and the media’s engulfing frenzy of judgment. Will their family ever make their way back to each other and find a way to forgive?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shore-by-sara-taylor--65309806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PETERS FRASER & DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place they’ve inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a brave girl’s determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought, these women struggle against domestic violence, savage wilderness, and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of well-being for themselves and for those they love. Their interconnecting stories form a deeply affecting legacy of two island families, illuminating the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all. Dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a richly unique, breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished debut novel by a young writer of astonishing gifts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250072Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PETERS FRASER & DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place they’ve inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a brave girl’s determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought, these women struggle against domestic violence, savage wilderness, and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of well-being for themselves and for those they love. Their interconnecting stories form a deeply affecting legacy of two island families, illuminating the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all. Dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a richly unique, breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished debut novel by a young writer of astonishing gifts.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fraud-by-brad-parks--65309757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Series: #6 of Carter Ross Mysteries Author: Brad Parks Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a rash of carjackings, Newark becomes newsworthy when one such theft ends in the murder of a wealthy banking executive. The affable, wisecracking Ross is assigned the story. To balance his reporting, he finds a Nigerian immigrant of more modest means who was also killed during a recent carjacking. It turns out the two victims knew each other, sharing an unexplained round of golf at a country club shortly before their deaths. When his unborn child is put in harm's way, it becomes more than just a story for Carter. And he'll stop at nothing to rescue the baby - even if it costs him his own life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251074Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Series: #6 of Carter Ross Mysteries Author: Brad Parks Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fraud Series: #6 of Carter Ross Mysteries Author: Brad Parks Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a rash of carjackings, Newark becomes newsworthy when one such theft ends in the murder of a wealthy banking executive. The affable, wisecracking Ross is assigned the story. To balance his reporting, he finds a Nigerian immigrant of more modest means who was also killed during a recent carjacking. It turns out the two victims knew each other, sharing an unexplained round of golf at a country club shortly before their deaths. When his unborn child is put in harm's way, it becomes more than just a story for Carter. And he'll stop at nothing to rescue the baby - even if it costs him his own life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-very-thought-of-you-by-mary-fitzgerald--65309800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Very Thought of You Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: December 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1944: Three girls join a touring variety group and travel through Europe, entertaining the troops as World War II draws to a close In the wake of D-Day three very different women join a touring variety company, performing to factory girls, hospitals and serving troops. Catherine's husband has been reported missing in action and she needs a job to support her mother and daughter. Della, a Liverpudlian show girl, is ambitious for fame and hides her problems behind a devil-may-care attitude. Frances, titled but impoverished, will do anything to keep the family home safe for her brother, a POW in the Far East. Travelling from show to show, the three women form a strong bond. But when they follow the advancing army through France, their friendship deepens as the company is stalked by lies and betrayal, and it’s clear that nobody will come home the same.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249843Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Very Thought of You Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Very Thought of You Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: December 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1944: Three girls join a touring variety group and travel through Europe, entertaining the troops as World War II draws to a close In the wake of D-Day three very different women join a touring variety company, performing to factory girls, hospitals and serving troops. Catherine's husband has been reported missing in action and she needs a job to support her mother and daughter. Della, a Liverpudlian show girl, is ambitious for fame and hides her problems behind a devil-may-care attitude. Frances, titled but impoverished, will do anything to keep the family home safe for her brother, a POW in the Far East. Travelling from show to show, the three women form a strong bond. But when they follow the advancing army through France, their friendship deepens as the company is stalked by lies and betrayal, and it’s clear that nobody will come home the same.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bricking-it-by-nick-spalding--65309804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bricking It Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Napoleon Ryan, Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When siblings Dan and Hayley Daley inherit their late grandmother’s derelict Victorian farmhouse, it seems like a dream come true. All they have to do is fix the place up and sell it for a tidy profit! Except—as anyone who has renovated an old house knows—things are never that easy. The walls are rapidly crumbling around them, the architect is a certified lunatic, the budget is spiraling…and then there’s the disturbingly intelligent cow to worry about. On top of all this, the renovation is being featured on a daytime reality TV show, and as soon as Great Locations presenter Gerard O’Keefe catches sight of Hayley’s first-floor balcony, he’s determined to woo her out of her ban on romance, whether she wants him to or not. Will Dan and Hayley survive and sell up? Or will the whole thing collapse on them like a ton of bricks? From bestselling author Nick Spalding comes a hilarious tale of life, love and dodgy plumbing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250195Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bricking It Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Napoleon Ryan, Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bricking It Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Napoleon Ryan, Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When siblings Dan and Hayley Daley inherit their late grandmother’s derelict Victorian farmhouse, it seems like a dream come true. All they have to do is fix the place up and sell it for a tidy profit! Except—as anyone who has renovated an old house knows—things are never that easy. The walls are rapidly crumbling around them, the architect is a certified lunatic, the budget is spiraling…and then there’s the disturbingly intelligent cow to worry about. On top of all this, the renovation is being featured on a daytime reality TV show, and as soon as Great Locations presenter Gerard O’Keefe catches sight of Hayley’s first-floor balcony, he’s determined to woo her out of her ban on romance, whether she wants him to or not. Will Dan and Hayley survive and sell up? Or will the whole thing collapse on them like a ton of bricks? From bestselling author Nick Spalding comes a hilarious tale of life, love and dodgy plumbing.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-burned-bridges-of-ward-nebraska-by-eileen-curtright--65309785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska Author: Eileen Curtright Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There are no secrets in a small town. For someone like Rebecca, that can get awkward. Rebecca Meer’s hometown of Ward, Nebraska, is small—so small that she can’t even sneak home after a drunken girls’ night without running into at least three people she knows. But she has bigger problems than her reputation. The head doctor at her fertility clinic is losing his mind, and his wild behavior could cost them the business. Her supersuccessful ex-boyfriend has blown back into town and somehow become her son’s fifth-grade teacher—now her son is asking awkward questions about the end of their relationship. Rebecca can’t even run the PTA’s annual food drive without getting mixed up with criminals. In Eileen Curtright’s astute comedy, we see just how far a stressed-out single parent will go to be the “perfect” mother.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250199Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska Author: Eileen Curtright Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska Author: Eileen Curtright Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There are no secrets in a small town. For someone like Rebecca, that can get awkward. Rebecca Meer’s hometown of Ward, Nebraska, is small—so small that she can’t even sneak home after a drunken girls’ night without running into at least three people she knows. But she has bigger problems than her reputation. The head doctor at her fertility clinic is losing his mind, and his wild behavior could cost them the business. Her supersuccessful ex-boyfriend has blown back into town and somehow become her son’s fifth-grade teacher—now her son is asking awkward questions about the end of their relationship. Rebecca can’t even run the PTA’s annual food drive without getting mixed up with criminals. In Eileen Curtright’s astute comedy, we see just how far a stressed-out single parent will go to be the “perfect” mother.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/precious-gifts-a-novel-by-danielle-steel--65309733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Precious Gifts: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sweeping from New York to Los Angeles to Paris, Rome, Venice, and the South of France, Precious Gifts is Danielle Steel at her most acute and affecting, with the story of Veronique Parker and her three very different daughters, who each find their destiny with a late assist from a charming rogue.Paul Parker was the ultimate bon vivant, charismatic but feckless, who left his wealthy wife and three beautiful daughters wounded and wary of men. But after his death, Paul shows surprising insight in the bequests he leaves to each. Knowing that Veronique’s wealth is reserved for emergencies and special cases, so as to build the sense of responsibility he failed to provide, Paul aims to address their daughters’ immediate needs in his will. To Timmie, he bequeaths the necessary funds to open her own facility to serve her homeless and underprivileged clients. To Juliette, enough to hire a staff to manage her bakery, so she can have time to get away, travel and live more fully. And to Joy, the money to hire a talent manager and funds for two years to get her acting career off the ground. But while Paul may have shown his daughters more support and affection in his final will than he ever did in his actual life, he leaves Veronique with a shocking revelation that shatters her remaining illusions about the understanding they had shared: the existence of a now-adult daughter who’d been born three years before their divorce. Yet this too, is a gift, as it propels Veronique to at last forge a life of her own—and to open her heart to the magnetic photographer she meets in the course of her journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250213Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Precious Gifts: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Precious Gifts: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: December 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sweeping from New York to Los Angeles to Paris, Rome, Venice, and the South of France, Precious Gifts is Danielle Steel at her most acute and affecting, with the story of Veronique Parker and her three very different daughters, who each find their destiny with a late assist from a charming rogue.Paul Parker was the ultimate bon vivant, charismatic but feckless, who left his wealthy wife and three beautiful daughters wounded and wary of men. But after his death, Paul shows surprising insight in the bequests he leaves to each. Knowing that Veronique’s wealth is reserved for emergencies and special cases, so as to build the sense of responsibility he failed to provide, Paul aims to address their daughters’ immediate needs in his will. To Timmie, he bequeaths the necessary funds to open her own facility to serve her homeless and underprivileged clients. To Juliette, enough to hire a staff to manage her bakery, so she can have time to get away, travel and live more fully. And to Joy, the money to hire a talent manager and funds for two years to get her acting career off the ground. But while Paul may have shown his daughters more support and affection in his final will than he ever did in his actual life, he leaves Veronique with a shocking revelation that shatters her remaining illusions about the understanding they had shared: the existence of a now-adult daughter who’d been born three years before their divorce. Yet this too, is a gift, as it propels Veronique to at last forge a life of her own—and to open her heart to the magnetic photographer she meets in the course of her journey.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/these-three-words-by-holly-jacobs--65309794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: These Three Words Series: #2 of Words of the Heart Author: Holly Jacobs Narrator: Michelle Bombe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: November 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Starting over is never easy. Addie and Graham “Gray” Grayson should know: they are a couple on the brink. But they weren’t always. Childhood friends who fell in love, they complemented each other perfectly: her sunny, gregarious outlook was an ideal foil for Gray’s quiet, careful personality. But when an unexpected heartbreak sweeps them into grief, they’re forced to question the fraying bonds that once held them so tightly. Just before Addie walks away for good, Gray’s life is suddenly left hanging in the balance—and Addie’s waiting for news at the hospital. But she’s not alone. Through the stories other families share, she remembers what first brought her and Gray together and realizes how much of their connection still remains. Can letting go of the past also mean embracing the future? Perhaps the words they once said to each other can become a bridge that leads them back to love, to hope, and to a second chance that could last a lifetime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249928Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: These Three Words Series: #2 of Words of the Heart Author: Holly Jacobs Narrator: Michelle Bombe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: These Three Words Series: #2 of Words of the Heart Author: Holly Jacobs Narrator: Michelle Bombe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: November 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Starting over is never easy. Addie and Graham “Gray” Grayson should know: they are a couple on the brink. But they weren’t always. Childhood friends who fell in love, they complemented each other perfectly: her sunny, gregarious outlook was an ideal foil for Gray’s quiet, careful personality. But when an unexpected heartbreak sweeps them into grief, they’re forced to question the fraying bonds that once held them so tightly. Just before Addie walks away for good, Gray’s life is suddenly left hanging in the balance—and Addie’s waiting for news at the hospital. But she’s not alone. Through the stories other families share, she remembers what first brought her and Gray together and realizes how much of their connection still remains. Can letting go of the past also mean embracing the future? Perhaps the words they once said to each other can become a bridge that leads them back to love, to hope, and to a second chance that could last a lifetime.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orphan-s-dream-by-dilly-court--65309814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Dream Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming and nostalgic new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beggar Maid. Motherless since she was five, Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly, Mirabel finds herself cast out on the street by her ruthless stepmother. She is taken to a place of refuge by charismatic sea captain, Jack Starke. But the safe haven turns out to be a house of ill-repute. Here she becomes a parlour maid and catches the eye of an elderly, retired army officer, Hubert Kettle. Mirabel has fallen in love with Jack Starke but when she hears that his ship has foundered and all were lost, she has little choice but to accept Hubert’s offer of a home and marriage. Although desperately unhappy, Mirabel is determined to make the best of her life. Until she receives unexpected news and her life is thrown into turmoil once more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248213Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Dream Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Dream Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming and nostalgic new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beggar Maid. Motherless since she was five, Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly, Mirabel finds herself cast out on the street by her ruthless stepmother. She is taken to a place of refuge by charismatic sea captain, Jack Starke. But the safe haven turns out to be a house of ill-repute. Here she becomes a parlour maid and catches the eye of an elderly, retired army officer, Hubert Kettle. Mirabel has fallen in love with Jack Starke but when she hears that his ship has foundered and all were lost, she has little choice but to accept Hubert’s offer of a home and marriage. Although desperately unhappy, Mirabel is determined to make the best of her life. Until she receives unexpected news and her life is thrown into turmoil once more.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noble-house-the-epic-novel-of-modern-hong-kong-by-james-clavell--65309764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble House: The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong Series: #5 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 54 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The epic novel of espionage, betrayal and turbulence in 1960s Hong Kong by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Taking place over the course of an eventful week in 1963 Hong Kong, James Clavell’s Noble House is a masterfully woven novel of true suspense. Ian Dunross, the current tai-pan of the illustrious yet financially troubled Struan empire, is racing to undo the damage his predecessor left behind and to once again stand on stable ground. And he’ll do whatever it takes—including striking a hard-fought deal with an American millionaire. But his rival, Quillan Gornt, has other plans. Suddenly caught in a dubious plot involving Soviet spies, Hong Kong’s criminal underground, and the hostile takeover of his company, Dunross holds nothing back in the fight for the Noble House. Espionage, mayhem, and high-stakes betrayals make Noble House Clavell’s most prolific and imaginatively crafted narrative in the Asian Saga.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249470Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble House: The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong Series: #5 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble House: The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong Series: #5 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 54 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The epic novel of espionage, betrayal and turbulence in 1960s Hong Kong by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Taking place over the course of an eventful week in 1963 Hong Kong, James Clavell’s Noble House is a masterfully woven novel of true suspense. Ian Dunross, the current tai-pan of the illustrious yet financially troubled Struan empire, is racing to undo the damage his predecessor left behind and to once again stand on stable ground. And he’ll do whatever it takes—including striking a hard-fought deal with an American millionaire. But his rival, Quillan Gornt, has other plans. Suddenly caught in a dubious plot involving Soviet spies, Hong Kong’s criminal underground, and the hostile takeover of his company, Dunross holds nothing back in the fight for the Noble House. Espionage, mayhem, and high-stakes betrayals make Noble House Clavell’s most prolific and imaginatively crafted narrative in the Asian Saga.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-by-matt-dunn--65309880https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Author: Matt Dunn Narrator: James Clamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There’s no place like home—except when it’s a faded resort town like Derton-on-Sea. Which is why, eighteen years ago, Josh Peters couldn’t wait to escape the place he thinks of as ‘the last resort’ for the bright lights of London. Now his dad is sick, and his mum needs him, so he’s back, living in his cramped teenage bedroom. But he’s promised himself he won’t be staying for long. With simmering family tensions a little too close for comfort, and amongst the old friends, old enemies, and old flames he left behind, he’s worried that some things may never change. But is Derton the same place he was desperate to leave back then, full of failures and bitter memories, or has it been doing just fine without him? As Josh revisits his past, will he find that the only one who hasn’t moved on is him? His London life is calling him back. But sometimes, home is where the heart is… Home is a funny, bittersweet, heart-warming novel from the bestselling author of A Day at the Office.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248997Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Author: Matt Dunn Narrator: James Clamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Author: Matt Dunn Narrator: James Clamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: There’s no place like home—except when it’s a faded resort town like Derton-on-Sea. Which is why, eighteen years ago, Josh Peters couldn’t wait to escape the place he thinks of as ‘the last resort’ for the bright lights of London. Now his dad is sick, and his mum needs him, so he’s back, living in his cramped teenage bedroom. But he’s promised himself he won’t be staying for long. With simmering family tensions a little too close for comfort, and amongst the old friends, old enemies, and old flames he left behind, he’s worried that some things may never change. But is Derton the same place he was desperate to leave back then, full of failures and bitter memories, or has it been doing just fine without him? As Josh revisits his past, will he find that the only one who hasn’t moved on is him? His London life is calling him back. But sometimes, home is where the heart is… Home is a funny, bittersweet, heart-warming novel from the bestselling author of A Day at the Office.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taltos-by-anne-rice--65309823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taltos Series: #3 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.95 of Total 19 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." --The Washington Post Book World "CAPTIVATING...TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING...THE BEST SHE'S DONE....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters, and he's probably the loneliest, most melancholy creature on earth....Rice keeps the mystic fires burning strong." --The Milwaukee Journal "SPELLBINDING...MYTHICAL...Anne Rice is a pure storyteller." --Cosmopolitan "RICE IS A STYLISH WRITER...What works best throughout the book is the magical collusion of the real and the mythical, the intermingling of the Taltos and witches with ordinary mortals in the present-day world." --New York Newsday "BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN." --Kirkus Reviews (starred) "WHAT CAN I CONFESS? I'M ASHLAR. I'M A TALTOS. It's centuries since I've seen one single other member of my own species. Oh, there have been others. I've heard of them, chased after them, and in some instances almost found them. Mark, I say almost. But not in centuries have I touched my own flesh and blood, as humans are so fond of saying. Never in all this time....[pg. 64] When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos. In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247267Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taltos Series: #3 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taltos Series: #3 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.95 of Total 19 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." --The Washington Post Book World "CAPTIVATING...TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING...THE BEST SHE'S DONE....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters, and he's probably the loneliest, most melancholy creature on earth....Rice keeps the mystic fires burning strong." --The Milwaukee Journal "SPELLBINDING...MYTHICAL...Anne Rice is a pure storyteller." --Cosmopolitan "RICE IS A STYLISH WRITER...What works best throughout the book is the magical collusion of the real and the mythical, the intermingling of the Taltos and witches with ordinary mortals in the present-day world." --New York Newsday "BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN." --Kirkus Reviews (starred) "WHAT CAN I CONFESS? I'M ASHLAR. I'M A TALTOS. It's centuries since I've seen one single other member of my own species. Oh, there have been others. I've heard of them, chased after them, and in some instances almost found them. Mark, I say almost. But not in centuries have I touched my own flesh and blood, as humans are so fond of saying. Never in all this time....[pg. 64] When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos. In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice . . .]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magic-strings-of-frankie-presto-a-novel-by-mitch-albom--65309813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Roger Mcguinn, Kevin O'neill, Ingrid Michaelson, John Pizzarelli, Mike Hodge, Paul Stanley, Tony Chiroldes, Christian Baskous, Adriana Sananes, Robin Miles, Mitch Albom, George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.68 of Total 56 Ratings of Narrator: 4.95 of Total 19 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most critically acclaimed novel yet—a stunningly original tale of love: love between a man and a woman, between an artist and his mentor, and between a musician and his God-given talent. Narrated by the voice of Music itself, the story follows Frankie Presto, a war orphan born in a burning church, through his extraordinary journey around the world. Raised by a blind guitar teacher in Spain and gifted with a talent to change people’s lives—using six mysterious blue strings—Frankie navigates the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from the 1950s jazz scene to the Grand Ole Opry to Elvis mania and Woodstock, all the while searching for his childhood love. As he becomes a famous star, he loses his way, until tragedy steals his ability to play the guitar that had so defined him. Overwhelmed by his loss, Frankie disappears for decades, reemerging late in life for one spectacular yet mystifying farewell. Part love story, part magical mystery, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto is Mitch Albom at his finest, a Forrest Gump-like epic about one man’s journey to discover what truly matters and the power of talent to change our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248520Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Roger Mcguinn, Kevin O'neill, Ingrid Michaelson, John Pizzarelli, Mike...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Roger Mcguinn, Kevin O'neill, Ingrid Michaelson, John Pizzarelli, Mike Hodge, Paul Stanley, Tony Chiroldes, Christian Baskous, Adriana Sananes, Robin Miles, Mitch Albom, George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.68 of Total 56 Ratings of Narrator: 4.95 of Total 19 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most critically acclaimed novel yet—a stunningly original tale of love: love between a man and a woman, between an artist and his mentor, and between a musician and his God-given talent. Narrated by the voice of Music itself, the story follows Frankie Presto, a war orphan born in a burning church, through his extraordinary journey around the world. Raised by a blind guitar teacher in Spain and gifted with a talent to change people’s lives—using six mysterious blue strings—Frankie navigates the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from the 1950s jazz scene to the Grand Ole Opry to Elvis mania and Woodstock, all the while searching for his childhood love. As he becomes a famous star, he loses his way, until tragedy steals his ability to play the guitar that had so defined him. Overwhelmed by his loss, Frankie disappears for decades, reemerging late in life for one spectacular yet mystifying farewell. Part love story, part magical mystery, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto is Mitch Albom at his finest, a Forrest Gump-like epic about one man’s journey to discover what truly matters and the power of talent to change our lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hotels-of-north-america-by-rick-moody--65309808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels of North America Author: Rick Moody Narrator: Jefferson Mays Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed Rick Moody, a darkly comic portrait of a man who comes to life in the most unexpected of ways: through his online reviews. Reginald Edward Morse is one of the top reviewers on RateYourLodging.com, where his many reviews reveal more than just details of hotels around the globe -- they tell his life story. The puzzle of Reginald's life comes together through reviews that comment upon his motivational speaking career, the dissolution of his marriage, the separation from his beloved daughter, and his devotion to an amour known only as 'K.' But when Reginald disappears, we are left with the fragments of a life -- or at least the life he has carefully constructed -- which writer Rick Moody must make sense of. An inventive blurring of the lines between the real and the fabricated, Hotels of North America demonstrates Moody's masterly ability to push the bounds of the novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248193Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels of North America Author: Rick Moody Narrator: Jefferson Mays Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels of North America Author: Rick Moody Narrator: Jefferson Mays Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed Rick Moody, a darkly comic portrait of a man who comes to life in the most unexpected of ways: through his online reviews. Reginald Edward Morse is one of the top reviewers on RateYourLodging.com, where his many reviews reveal more than just details of hotels around the globe -- they tell his life story. The puzzle of Reginald's life comes together through reviews that comment upon his motivational speaking career, the dissolution of his marriage, the separation from his beloved daughter, and his devotion to an amour known only as 'K.' But when Reginald disappears, we are left with the fragments of a life -- or at least the life he has carefully constructed -- which writer Rick Moody must make sense of. An inventive blurring of the lines between the real and the fabricated, Hotels of North America demonstrates Moody's masterly ability to push the bounds of the novel.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lasher-by-anne-rice--65309807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lasher Series: #2 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the day her first Vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers--readers by the hundreds of thousands--have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice.  And with the publication of The Witching Hour, she created for us yet another world and legend, and both the chorus of praise and the multitudes of her readers once more increased. Now, Anne Rice brings us again--even more magically--into the midst of the dynasty of witches she introduced in The Witching Hour. At the center:  the brilliant an beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, and Lasher, the darkly compelling demon whom she finds irresistible and from whose evil spell and vision she must now flee.  She takes with her their terrifying and exquisite child, one of 'a brood of children born knowing, able to stand and talk on the first day.' Rowan's attempt to escape Lasher and his pursuit of her and their child are at the heart of this extraordinary saga.  It is a novel that moves around the globe, backward and forward through time, and between the human and demonic worlds.  Its many voices--of women, of men, of demons and angels, present and past--haunt and enchant us.  With a dreamlike power, the novel draws us through twilight paths, telling a chillingly hypnotic story of occult and spiritual aspirations and passion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247268Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lasher Series: #2 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lasher Series: #2 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the day her first Vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers--readers by the hundreds of thousands--have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice.  And with the publication of The Witching Hour, she created for us yet another world and legend, and both the chorus of praise and the multitudes of her readers once more increased. Now, Anne Rice brings us again--even more magically--into the midst of the dynasty of witches she introduced in The Witching Hour. At the center:  the brilliant an beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, and Lasher, the darkly compelling demon whom she finds irresistible and from whose evil spell and vision she must now flee.  She takes with her their terrifying and exquisite child, one of 'a brood of children born knowing, able to stand and talk on the first day.' Rowan's attempt to escape Lasher and his pursuit of her and their child are at the heart of this extraordinary saga.  It is a novel that moves around the globe, backward and forward through time, and between the human and demonic worlds.  Its many voices--of women, of men, of demons and angels, present and past--haunt and enchant us.  With a dreamlike power, the novel draws us through twilight paths, telling a chillingly hypnotic story of occult and spiritual aspirations and passion.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-of-hidden-flowers-by-jennifer-handford--65309797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Hidden Flowers Author: Jennifer Handford Narrator: Will Damron, Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Book-smart Melissa Fletcher lives a predictable life in her hometown, working behind the scenes for her charismatic father in a financial career that makes perfect sense. But when her dad is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Missy is forced to step up and take over as his primary caregiver and the principal of the firm. After her father’s death, Missy finds a letter from him in which he praises her for being a dutiful daughter but admonishes her for not taking any risks in life. Devastated, Missy packs her suitcase and heads for Italy. There she meets a new friend who proposes a radical idea. Soon, Missy finds herself in impoverished India, signing away her inheritance and betting on a risky plan while rekindling a lost love. The Light of Hidden Flowers is a deeply felt story of accepting who we are while pushing our boundaries to see how much more we can become. It’s a reminder that it’s never too late to pursue our dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248996Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Hidden Flowers Author: Jennifer Handford Narrator: Will Damron, Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Hidden Flowers Author: Jennifer Handford Narrator: Will Damron, Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Book-smart Melissa Fletcher lives a predictable life in her hometown, working behind the scenes for her charismatic father in a financial career that makes perfect sense. But when her dad is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Missy is forced to step up and take over as his primary caregiver and the principal of the firm. After her father’s death, Missy finds a letter from him in which he praises her for being a dutiful daughter but admonishes her for not taking any risks in life. Devastated, Missy packs her suitcase and heads for Italy. There she meets a new friend who proposes a radical idea. Soon, Missy finds herself in impoverished India, signing away her inheritance and betting on a risky plan while rekindling a lost love. The Light of Hidden Flowers is a deeply felt story of accepting who we are while pushing our boundaries to see how much more we can become. It’s a reminder that it’s never too late to pursue our dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-snow-garden-and-other-stories-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-by-rachel-joyce--65309893https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Snow Garden and Other Stories: From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Paul Venables, Rachel Joyce, Niamh Cusack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. The Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son’s Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage. Christmas Day at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth... The Boxing Day Ball: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing? A Snow Garden: Two little boys, dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it. I'll Be Home for Christmas The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas. Trees: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough, now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground … Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year. Seven stories as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247574Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Snow Garden and Other Stories: From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Paul Venables,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Snow Garden and Other Stories: From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Paul Venables, Rachel Joyce, Niamh Cusack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. The Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son’s Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage. Christmas Day at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth... The Boxing Day Ball: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing? A Snow Garden: Two little boys, dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it. I'll Be Home for Christmas The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas. Trees: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough, now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground … Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year. Seven stories as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-girl-lost-a-gripping-and-emotional-historical-novel-from-the-sunday-times-bestseller-by-val-wood--65309851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Girl Lost: A gripping and emotional historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often travelled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her with an unaffectionate mother and only her imagination of a little Dutch girl to keep her company. When tragedy strikes and her father’s ship goes down in a storm, devastation ravages her tiny family. A few years later, Margriet is blossoming into a kind young lady. Keen to escape her mother and strike out on her own, she forms an unlikely friendship with some of the street children who roam the town. As Margriet acts upon her inspiration to help them, will the troubles of her past break her spirit, or will she overcome? If you've liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heart-rending stories of triumph over adversity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248215Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Girl Lost: A gripping and emotional historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Girl Lost: A gripping and emotional historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often travelled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her with an unaffectionate mother and only her imagination of a little Dutch girl to keep her company. When tragedy strikes and her father’s ship goes down in a storm, devastation ravages her tiny family. A few years later, Margriet is blossoming into a kind young lady. Keen to escape her mother and strike out on her own, she forms an unlikely friendship with some of the street children who roam the town. As Margriet acts upon her inspiration to help them, will the troubles of her past break her spirit, or will she overcome? If you've liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heart-rending stories of triumph over adversity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-word-game-by-steena-holmes--65309839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Word Game Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: USA Best Book Award Winner in General Fiction For overprotective parent Alyson Ward, any time her daughter, Lyla, is out of sight is reason to panic. So it’s a big step for her when she lets Lyla attend a sleepover at her cousin’s house. Comforted by the knowledge that her sister, Tricia, is the chaperone, Alyson does the one thing she never thought possible: she lets go and trusts that her daughter will be safe. But Alyson’s sense of peace is short lived. When Lyla comes home the next morning, she reveals something that could tear apart not only their family but also the entire community. Now, Alyson and Tricia must confront their painful shared past as they come together to help a little girl who they fear might be harboring terrible secrets similar to their own. Will the sisters be strong enough to face their demons in order to protect the child, even if it means telling their most private truths?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245232Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Word Game Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Word Game Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: USA Best Book Award Winner in General Fiction For overprotective parent Alyson Ward, any time her daughter, Lyla, is out of sight is reason to panic. So it’s a big step for her when she lets Lyla attend a sleepover at her cousin’s house. Comforted by the knowledge that her sister, Tricia, is the chaperone, Alyson does the one thing she never thought possible: she lets go and trusts that her daughter will be safe. But Alyson’s sense of peace is short lived. When Lyla comes home the next morning, she reveals something that could tear apart not only their family but also the entire community. Now, Alyson and Tricia must confront their painful shared past as they come together to help a little girl who they fear might be harboring terrible secrets similar to their own. Will the sisters be strong enough to face their demons in order to protect the child, even if it means telling their most private truths?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-to-yesterday-shades-of-a-desperado-by-sharon-sala--65309822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way to Yesterday & Shades of a Desperado Author: Sharon Sala Narrator: Nina Alvamar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two paranormal romances from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala The Way to Yesterday What if you could turn back time? Suddenly, Mary O’Rourke can—and so her husband and baby girl are alive and well. Now she has to keep them that way. But is this new life—in which they are the family she’d always hoped they could be—a dream? Mary didn’t care. For six years she’d prayed for a second chance and she isn’t wasting a second of it! Shades of a Desperado Night after night, the visions kept Rachel Brant from sleep—a hard-eyed outlaw straight out of the old West, claiming her as his woman. Though she knew it was madness, she longed for that dream to become reality... Then, in one stunning moment, it was—by a flesh-and-blood man who stirred her soul just as her dream lover had.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247771Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way to Yesterday & Shades of a Desperado Author: Sharon Sala Narrator: Nina Alvamar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way to Yesterday & Shades of a Desperado Author: Sharon Sala Narrator: Nina Alvamar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two paranormal romances from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala The Way to Yesterday What if you could turn back time? Suddenly, Mary O’Rourke can—and so her husband and baby girl are alive and well. Now she has to keep them that way. But is this new life—in which they are the family she’d always hoped they could be—a dream? Mary didn’t care. For six years she’d prayed for a second chance and she isn’t wasting a second of it! Shades of a Desperado Night after night, the visions kept Rachel Brant from sleep—a hard-eyed outlaw straight out of the old West, claiming her as his woman. Though she knew it was madness, she longed for that dream to become reality... Then, in one stunning moment, it was—by a flesh-and-blood man who stirred her soul just as her dream lover had.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breaking-bailey-s-rules-by-janice-maynard-brenda-jackson--65309821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Bailey's Rules Series: #30 of The Westmorelands Author: Janice Maynard, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Elena Wolfe, Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson's novel, a Westmoreland learns that rules are meant to be broken!  Rule number one for Bailey Westmoreland: Never fall for a man who would take her away from her tight-knit family's Colorado home. So why is she following rancher Walker Rafferty all the way to Alaska? Bailey tells herself she owes the sexy loner an apology, and once she gets there, it's only right to stay and help him when he's injured…isn't it? Before long, Bailey realizes home might be where you make it—if Walker is ready to take all she has to offer. Enjoy a special Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies bonus prequel short story from Janice Maynard  Reclaimed by the Rancher]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247769Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Bailey's Rules Series: #30 of The Westmorelands Author: Janice Maynard, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Elena Wolfe, Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Bailey's Rules Series: #30 of The Westmorelands Author: Janice Maynard, Brenda Jackson Narrator: Elena Wolfe, Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson's novel, a Westmoreland learns that rules are meant to be broken!  Rule number one for Bailey Westmoreland: Never fall for a man who would take her away from her tight-knit family's Colorado home. So why is she following rancher Walker Rafferty all the way to Alaska? Bailey tells herself she owes the sexy loner an apology, and once she gets there, it's only right to stay and help him when he's injured…isn't it? Before long, Bailey realizes home might be where you make it—if Walker is ready to take all she has to offer. Enjoy a special Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies bonus prequel short story from Janice Maynard  Reclaimed by the Rancher]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-japanese-lover-by-isabel-allende--65309819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Japanese Lover Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Joanna Gleason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, “a magical and sweeping” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco’s parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family’s Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family—like thousands of other Japanese Americans—are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco’s charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, The Japanese Lover is written with the same keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel The House of the Spirits. The Japanese Lover is a moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245972Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Japanese Lover Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Joanna Gleason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Japanese Lover Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Joanna Gleason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, “a magical and sweeping” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco’s parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family’s Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family—like thousands of other Japanese Americans—are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco’s charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, The Japanese Lover is written with the same keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel The House of the Spirits. The Japanese Lover is a moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-palest-ink-by-kay-bratt--65309854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palest Ink Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A deftly crafted and riveting read from beginning to end.” —Midwest Book Review When two lost souls find love, their devotion may be the ultimate sacrifice. During China’s most chaotic period in history, a revolution creates thousands of innocent victims. Fearful citizens turn against one another and anyone accused of disloyalty to Chairman Mao is at risk of being sentenced to death. When best friends Pony Boy and Benfu get caught in the chaos, they must make heart-wrenching decisions regarding family, friendship, and courage. The prequel to the beloved Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters series, The Palest Ink depicts the trials of two young men—and the women they love—during the tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248160Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palest Ink Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palest Ink Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A deftly crafted and riveting read from beginning to end.” —Midwest Book Review When two lost souls find love, their devotion may be the ultimate sacrifice. During China’s most chaotic period in history, a revolution creates thousands of innocent victims. Fearful citizens turn against one another and anyone accused of disloyalty to Chairman Mao is at risk of being sentenced to death. When best friends Pony Boy and Benfu get caught in the chaos, they must make heart-wrenching decisions regarding family, friendship, and courage. The prequel to the beloved Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters series, The Palest Ink depicts the trials of two young men—and the women they love—during the tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/healing-montana-sky-by-debra-holland--65309829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healing Montana Sky Series: #5 of Montana Sky Author: Debra Holland Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After a grizzly bear kills Antonia Valleau’s trapper husband, she packs her few worldly possessions, leaves her home in the mountains of Montana, and treks to nearby Sweetwater Springs, seeking work to provide for her two young sons. Reeling from the loss of his wife during childbirth, Erik Muth must find a nursing mother for his newborn daughter to survive. For their children’s sake, Erik and Antonia wed, starting a new life together on his farm on the prairie. But it’s no easy union. Antonia misunderstands Erik’s quiet personality. He finds her independence disconcerting. Both hide secrets that challenge their growing intimacy. When Indians steal livestock from farms around Sweetwater Springs to feed their starving tribe, the outraged townsfolk demand retaliation. Erik and Antonia must work together to prevent a massacre. Will a marriage forged in loss blossom into love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245229Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healing Montana Sky Series: #5 of Montana Sky Author: Debra Holland Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healing Montana Sky Series: #5 of Montana Sky Author: Debra Holland Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After a grizzly bear kills Antonia Valleau’s trapper husband, she packs her few worldly possessions, leaves her home in the mountains of Montana, and treks to nearby Sweetwater Springs, seeking work to provide for her two young sons. Reeling from the loss of his wife during childbirth, Erik Muth must find a nursing mother for his newborn daughter to survive. For their children’s sake, Erik and Antonia wed, starting a new life together on his farm on the prairie. But it’s no easy union. Antonia misunderstands Erik’s quiet personality. He finds her independence disconcerting. Both hide secrets that challenge their growing intimacy. When Indians steal livestock from farms around Sweetwater Springs to feed their starving tribe, the outraged townsfolk demand retaliation. Erik and Antonia must work together to prevent a massacre. Will a marriage forged in loss blossom into love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bittersweet-dreams-by-v-c-andrews--65309782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Dreams Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From V.C. Andrews, bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic (the first in a series of Lifetime movie events about the Dollanganger family), comes the tale of a gifted teenager who finds that mastering high school is much easier than mastering her heart. Mayfair Cummings is young, beautiful, and brilliant. But her intelligence makes her the outcast of both the private school she attends and the broken family she hopes to salvage. When she catches the eye of both a popular senior and her handsome English teacher, not even her brilliant mind can help her navigate the explosive new relationships she is forming, or a scandal that is brewing…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247513Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Dreams Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Dreams Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From V.C. Andrews, bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic (the first in a series of Lifetime movie events about the Dollanganger family), comes the tale of a gifted teenager who finds that mastering high school is much easier than mastering her heart. Mayfair Cummings is young, beautiful, and brilliant. But her intelligence makes her the outcast of both the private school she attends and the broken family she hopes to salvage. When she catches the eye of both a popular senior and her handsome English teacher, not even her brilliant mind can help her navigate the explosive new relationships she is forming, or a scandal that is brewing…]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-night-by-jack-sheffield--65309834https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Night Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a church in York, and is actually going to be on television! Helping to keep his excited children, not to mention their parents, under control during these momentous events taxes Jack and his staff to the limit. And at the same time, Jack has his own problems to deal with...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247547Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Night Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Night Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a church in York, and is actually going to be on television! Helping to keep his excited children, not to mention their parents, under control during these momentous events taxes Jack and his staff to the limit. And at the same time, Jack has his own problems to deal with...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shopaholic-to-the-rescue-shopaholic-book-8-by-sophie-kinsella--65309805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shopaholic to the Rescue: (Shopaholic Book 8) Series: #8 of Shopaholic Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To Las Vegas . . . and beyond! Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is on a major rescue mission! Hollywood was full of surprises, and now she's on a road trip to Las Vegas to help her friends and family. She's determined to get to the bottom of why her dad has mysteriously disappeared, help her best friend Suze and even bond with long-time enemy Alicia Bitch Long-legs (maybe...). As Becky discovers just how much her friends and family need help, she comes up with her biggest, boldest, most brilliant plan yet! So can she save the day just when they need her most? Becky is setting out to make things right in this laugh-out-loud, feel-good conclusion to her American adventure that began with SHOPAHOLIC TO THE STARS.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245985Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shopaholic to the Rescue: (Shopaholic Book 8) Series: #8 of Shopaholic Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shopaholic to the Rescue: (Shopaholic Book 8) Series: #8 of Shopaholic Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To Las Vegas . . . and beyond! Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is on a major rescue mission! Hollywood was full of surprises, and now she's on a road trip to Las Vegas to help her friends and family. She's determined to get to the bottom of why her dad has mysteriously disappeared, help her best friend Suze and even bond with long-time enemy Alicia Bitch Long-legs (maybe...). As Becky discovers just how much her friends and family need help, she comes up with her biggest, boldest, most brilliant plan yet! So can she save the day just when they need her most? Becky is setting out to make things right in this laugh-out-loud, feel-good conclusion to her American adventure that began with SHOPAHOLIC TO THE STARS.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/golden-age-by-jane-smiley--65309857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden Age Series: #3 of The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga Author: Jane Smiley Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume, following Some Luck and Early Warning, of her acclaimed American trilogy—a richly absorbing new novel that brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond   A lot can happen in one hundred years, as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as Golden Age, its final installment, opens in 1987, the next generation of Langdons face economic, social, political—and personal—challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before. Michael and Richie, the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes world of government and finance in Washington and New York, but they soon realize that one’s fiercest enemies can be closest to home; Charlie, the charming, recently found scion, struggles with whether he wishes to make a mark on the world; and Guthrie, once poised to take over the Langdons’ Iowa farm, is instead deployed to Iraq, leaving the land—ever the heart of this compelling saga—in the capable hands of his younger sister. Determined to evade disaster, for the planet and her family, Felicity worries that the farm’s once-bountiful soil may be permanently imperiled, by more than the extremes of climate change. And as they enter deeper into the twenty-first century, all the Langdon women—wives, mothers, daughters—find themselves charged with carrying their storied past into an uncertain future. Combining intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, Golden Age brings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of this unforgettable family—and the dynamic times in which they’ve loved, lived, and died: a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of American storytelling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245472Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden Age Series: #3 of The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga Author: Jane Smiley Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden Age Series: #3 of The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga Author: Jane Smiley Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume, following Some Luck and Early Warning, of her acclaimed American trilogy—a richly absorbing new novel that brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond   A lot can happen in one hundred years, as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as Golden Age, its final installment, opens in 1987, the next generation of Langdons face economic, social, political—and personal—challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before. Michael and Richie, the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes world of government and finance in Washington and New York, but they soon realize that one’s fiercest enemies can be closest to home; Charlie, the charming, recently found scion, struggles with whether he wishes to make a mark on the world; and Guthrie, once poised to take over the Langdons’ Iowa farm, is instead deployed to Iraq, leaving the land—ever the heart of this compelling saga—in the capable hands of his younger sister. Determined to evade disaster, for the planet and her family, Felicity worries that the farm’s once-bountiful soil may be permanently imperiled, by more than the extremes of climate change. And as they enter deeper into the twenty-first century, all the Langdon women—wives, mothers, daughters—find themselves charged with carrying their storied past into an uncertain future. Combining intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, Golden Age brings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of this unforgettable family—and the dynamic times in which they’ve loved, lived, and died: a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of American storytelling.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-strangeness-in-my-mind-a-novel-by-orhan-pamuk--65309846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strangeness in My Mind: A novel Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red: a soaring, panoramic new novel—his first since The Museum of Innocence—telling the unforgettable tale of an Istanbul street vendor and the love of his life. Since his boyhood in a poor village in Central Anatolia, Mevlut Karataş has fantasized about what his life would become. Not getting as far in school as he’d hoped, at the age of twelve he comes to Istanbul—“the center of the world”—and is immediately enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He follows his father’s trade, selling boza (a traditional mildly alcoholic Turkish drink) on the street, and hoping to become rich, like other villagers who have settled the desolate hills outside the booming metropolis. But luck never seems to be on Mevlut’s side. As he watches his relations settle down and make their fortunes, he spends three years writing love letters to a girl he saw just once at a wedding, only to elope by mistake with her sister. And though he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have, he stumbles toward middle age in a series of jobs leading nowhere. His sense of missing something leads him sometimes to the politics of his friends and intermittently to the teachings of a charismatic religious guide. But every evening, without fail, Mevlut still wanders the streets of Istanbul, selling boza and wondering at the “strangeness” in his mind, the sensation that makes him feel different from everyone else, until fortune conspires once more to let him understand at last what it is he has always yearned for. Told from different perspectives by a host of beguiling characters, A Strangeness in My Mind is a modern epic of coming of age in a great city, a brilliant tableau of life among the newcomers who have changed the face of Istanbul over the past fifty years. Here is a mesmerizing story of human longing, sure to take its place among Pamuk’s finest achievements.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245845Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strangeness in My Mind: A novel Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 57 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Strangeness in My Mind: A novel Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red: a soaring, panoramic new novel—his first since The Museum of Innocence—telling the unforgettable tale of an Istanbul street vendor and the love of his life. Since his boyhood in a poor village in Central Anatolia, Mevlut Karataş has fantasized about what his life would become. Not getting as far in school as he’d hoped, at the age of twelve he comes to Istanbul—“the center of the world”—and is immediately enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He follows his father’s trade, selling boza (a traditional mildly alcoholic Turkish drink) on the street, and hoping to become rich, like other villagers who have settled the desolate hills outside the booming metropolis. But luck never seems to be on Mevlut’s side. As he watches his relations settle down and make their fortunes, he spends three years writing love letters to a girl he saw just once at a wedding, only to elope by mistake with her sister. And though he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have, he stumbles toward middle age in a series of jobs leading nowhere. His sense of missing something leads him sometimes to the politics of his friends and intermittently to the teachings of a charismatic religious guide. But every evening, without fail, Mevlut still wanders the streets of Istanbul, selling boza and wondering at the “strangeness” in his mind, the sensation that makes him feel different from everyone else, until fortune conspires once more to let him understand at last what it is he has always yearned for. Told from different perspectives by a host of beguiling characters, A Strangeness in My Mind is a modern epic of coming of age in a great city, a brilliant tableau of life among the newcomers who have changed the face of Istanbul over the past fifty years. Here is a mesmerizing story of human longing, sure to take its place among Pamuk’s finest achievements.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beach-colors-a-novel-by-shelley-noble--65309803https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach Colors: A Novel Author: Shelley Noble Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times and USA Today Bestseller While renowned designer Margaux Sullivan was presenting her highly praised collection during New York City's Fashion Week, her husband was cleaning out their bank account. A week after he disappeared, the bank foreclosed on Margaux's apartment and business. Suddenly broke, betrayed, and humiliated, Margaux has nowhere else to turn to but home: the small coastal town of Crescent Cove, Connecticut, where she once knew love, joy, and family before she put them behind her on the climb to fame. When she's stopped for speeding by local interim police chief Nick Prescott, Margaux barely remembers the ''townie'' boy who worshipped her from afar every summer. But Nick is all grown up now, a college professor who gave up his career to care for his orphaned nephew, Connor. Though still vulnerable, Margaux is soon rediscovering the beauty of the shore through young Connor's eyes . . . and, thanks to Nick, finding a forgotten place in her heart that wants to love again. But as she continues to work on a bold new line that will get her back into the game, Margaux realizes that soon she will have to make the most important, most difficult decision of her life. . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245997Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach Colors: A Novel Author: Shelley Noble Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beach Colors: A Novel Author: Shelley Noble Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times and USA Today Bestseller While renowned designer Margaux Sullivan was presenting her highly praised collection during New York City's Fashion Week, her husband was cleaning out their bank account. A week after he disappeared, the bank foreclosed on Margaux's apartment and business. Suddenly broke, betrayed, and humiliated, Margaux has nowhere else to turn to but home: the small coastal town of Crescent Cove, Connecticut, where she once knew love, joy, and family before she put them behind her on the climb to fame. When she's stopped for speeding by local interim police chief Nick Prescott, Margaux barely remembers the ''townie'' boy who worshipped her from afar every summer. But Nick is all grown up now, a college professor who gave up his career to care for his orphaned nephew, Connor. Though still vulnerable, Margaux is soon rediscovering the beauty of the shore through young Connor's eyes . . . and, thanks to Nick, finding a forgotten place in her heart that wants to love again. But as she continues to work on a bold new line that will get her back into the game, Margaux realizes that soon she will have to make the most important, most difficult decision of her life. . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-twisted-road-to-you-by-barbara-longley--65309796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twisted Road to You Series: #4 of Perfect, Indiana Author: Barbara Longley Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Struggling with both PTSD and the trauma of his ex-wife’s infidelity, retired Marine Wesley Holt seeks a simple civilian life. His favorite waitress at the Perfect Diner secretly stirs his heart. Yet Wes—scarred by betrayal and racked by guilt over his fallen comrades in Afghanistan—stays quiet, convinced he can never love again…or be loved. Waitress and single mother Carlie Stewart hides fear behind her smile. Her ex-husband has escaped from prison and wants their son—and revenge. When the fugitive arrives to wreak havoc, Wes insists Carlie and her son stay with him for protection. Finally daring to let her guard down, Carlie divulges her dark past to Wes, and to her surprise, Wes appreciates her strengths and longs to trust her with his tattered heart. The safer they feel with each other, the more trust and passion grow. But can they overcome the demons in their pasts—and the heartbreak they’ve carried into the present—to build a lasting future together?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247320Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twisted Road to You Series: #4 of Perfect, Indiana Author: Barbara Longley Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twisted Road to You Series: #4 of Perfect, Indiana Author: Barbara Longley Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Struggling with both PTSD and the trauma of his ex-wife’s infidelity, retired Marine Wesley Holt seeks a simple civilian life. His favorite waitress at the Perfect Diner secretly stirs his heart. Yet Wes—scarred by betrayal and racked by guilt over his fallen comrades in Afghanistan—stays quiet, convinced he can never love again…or be loved. Waitress and single mother Carlie Stewart hides fear behind her smile. Her ex-husband has escaped from prison and wants their son—and revenge. When the fugitive arrives to wreak havoc, Wes insists Carlie and her son stay with him for protection. Finally daring to let her guard down, Carlie divulges her dark past to Wes, and to her surprise, Wes appreciates her strengths and longs to trust her with his tattered heart. The safer they feel with each other, the more trust and passion grow. But can they overcome the demons in their pasts—and the heartbreak they’ve carried into the present—to build a lasting future together?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-complete-talking-heads-the-classic-bbc-radio-4-monologues-plus-a-woman-of-no-importance-by-alan-bennett--65309840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Complete Talking Heads: The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance Author: Alan Bennett Narrator: Patricia Routledge, Alan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett’s celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain’s best actors The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett’s finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.This collection includes all twelve Talking Heads, plus the precursor of that series, A Woman of No Importance. Beautifully crafted and full of compassion and wry observation, each tale is ripe with the quirky, insightful detail that has become Bennett's trademark. The monologues are:A Woman of No Importance (Patricia Routledge); A Chip in the Sugar (Alan Bennett); A Lady of Letters (Patricia Routledge); Bed Among the Lentils (Anna Massey); Soldiering On (Stephanie Cole); Her Big Chance (Julie Walters); A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (ThoraHird); Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (Patricia Routledge); The Hand of God (Eileen Atkins); Playing Sandwiches (David Haig); The Outside Dog (Julie Walters); Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Penelope Wilton) and Waiting for the Telegram (Thora Hird). Intensely moving, deeply engrossing and highly entertaining, these spellbinding soliloquies are essential listening.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244969Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Complete Talking Heads: The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance Author: Alan Bennett Narrator: Patricia Routledge, Alan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Complete Talking Heads: The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance Author: Alan Bennett Narrator: Patricia Routledge, Alan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett’s celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain’s best actors The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett’s finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.This collection includes all twelve Talking Heads, plus the precursor of that series, A Woman of No Importance. Beautifully crafted and full of compassion and wry observation, each tale is ripe with the quirky, insightful detail that has become Bennett's trademark. The monologues are:A Woman of No Importance (Patricia Routledge); A Chip in the Sugar (Alan Bennett); A Lady of Letters (Patricia Routledge); Bed Among the Lentils (Anna Massey); Soldiering On (Stephanie Cole); Her Big Chance (Julie Walters); A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (ThoraHird); Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (Patricia Routledge); The Hand of God (Eileen Atkins); Playing Sandwiches (David Haig); The Outside Dog (Julie Walters); Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Penelope Wilton) and Waiting for the Telegram (Thora Hird). Intensely moving, deeply engrossing and highly entertaining, these spellbinding soliloquies are essential listening.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-stars-in-the-heavens-a-novel-by-adriana-trigiani--65309867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Stars in the Heavens: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • Publishers Weekly Bestseller  People's Book of the Week Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties, artistry, romance, and adventure. Born in the golden age of Hollywood, All the Stars in the Heavens captures the luster, drama, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system—viewed through the lives of an unforgettable cast of players creating magic on the screen and behind the scenes. In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town's golden age—an era as brutal as it was resplendent—and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. With meticulous, beautiful detail, Trigiani paints a rich, historical landscape of 1930s Los Angeles, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen. The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, she and Loretta encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives. Anchored by Trigiani's masterful storytelling that takes you on a worldwide ride of adventure from Hollywood to the shores of southern Italy, this mesmerizing epic is, at its heart, a luminous tale of the most cherished ties that bind. Brimming with larger-than-life characters both real and fictional—including stars Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel and more—it is it is the unforgettable story of one of cinema's greatest love affairs during the golden age of American movie making. Praise for All the Stars in the Heavens: ''Trigiani spins a tale of star-crossed lovers... A heartwarming tale of women's lives behind the movies.'' - Kirkus Reviews ''A thoroughly entertaining tale that brings Hollywood's golden age alive.'' -People ''A tinsel-trimmed treat for movie buffs and Trigiani fans alike.'' -Library Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245681Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Stars in the Heavens: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Stars in the Heavens: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • Publishers Weekly Bestseller  People's Book of the Week Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties, artistry, romance, and adventure. Born in the golden age of Hollywood, All the Stars in the Heavens captures the luster, drama, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system—viewed through the lives of an unforgettable cast of players creating magic on the screen and behind the scenes. In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town's golden age—an era as brutal as it was resplendent—and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. With meticulous, beautiful detail, Trigiani paints a rich, historical landscape of 1930s Los Angeles, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen. The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, she and Loretta encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives. Anchored by Trigiani's masterful storytelling that takes you on a worldwide ride of adventure from Hollywood to the shores of southern Italy, this mesmerizing epic is, at its heart, a luminous tale of the most cherished ties that bind. Brimming with larger-than-life characters both real and fictional—including stars Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel and more—it is it is the unforgettable story of one of cinema's greatest love affairs during the golden age of American movie making. Praise for All the Stars in the Heavens: ''Trigiani spins a tale of star-crossed lovers... A heartwarming tale of women's lives behind the movies.'' - Kirkus Reviews ''A thoroughly entertaining tale that brings Hollywood's golden age alive.'' -People ''A tinsel-trimmed treat for movie buffs and Trigiani fans alike.'' -Library Journal]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/see-me-by-nicholas-sparks--65309842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Me Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 204 Ratings of Narrator: 4.14 of Total 63 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this suspenseful New York Times bestseller, a chance encounter between a successful lawyer and a rebellious bad boy will change life as they know it forever, as their pasts catch up with them… Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself toward his teaching degree and avoiding everything that proved destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he is looking for is a serious relationship. Maria Sanchez, the hardworking daughter of Mexican immigrants, is the picture of conventional success. With a degree from Duke Law School and a job at a prestigious firm in Wilmington, she is a dark-haired beauty with a seemingly flawless professional track record. And yet Maria has a traumatic history of her own, one that compelled her to return to her hometown and left her questioning so much of what she once believed. A chance encounter on a rain-swept road will alter the course of both Colin and Maria's lives, challenging deeply held assumptions about each other and ultimately, themselves. As love unexpectedly takes hold between them, they dare to envision what a future together could possibly look like . . . until menacing reminders of events in Maria's past begin to surface. Rich in emotion and fueled with suspense, See Me reminds us that love is sometimes forged in the crises that threaten to shatter us . . . and those who see us for who we truly are may not always be easy to recognize.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244602Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Me Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: See Me Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 204 Ratings of Narrator: 4.14 of Total 63 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this suspenseful New York Times bestseller, a chance encounter between a successful lawyer and a rebellious bad boy will change life as they know it forever, as their pasts catch up with them… Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself toward his teaching degree and avoiding everything that proved destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he is looking for is a serious relationship. Maria Sanchez, the hardworking daughter of Mexican immigrants, is the picture of conventional success. With a degree from Duke Law School and a job at a prestigious firm in Wilmington, she is a dark-haired beauty with a seemingly flawless professional track record. And yet Maria has a traumatic history of her own, one that compelled her to return to her hometown and left her questioning so much of what she once believed. A chance encounter on a rain-swept road will alter the course of both Colin and Maria's lives, challenging deeply held assumptions about each other and ultimately, themselves. As love unexpectedly takes hold between them, they dare to envision what a future together could possibly look like . . . until menacing reminders of events in Maria's past begin to surface. Rich in emotion and fueled with suspense, See Me reminds us that love is sometimes forged in the crises that threaten to shatter us . . . and those who see us for who we truly are may not always be easy to recognize.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-witching-hour-by-anne-rice--65309824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witching Hour Series: #1 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 49 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 147 Ratings of Narrator: 4.49 of Total 35 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: '[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror.' —The New York Times Book Review Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women. Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-au-Prince to Civil War New Orleans and back to today, Anne Rice has spun a mesmerizing tale that challenges everything we believe in.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245098Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witching Hour Series: #1 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 49 hours 57...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witching Hour Series: #1 of Lives of Mayfair Witches Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 49 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 147 Ratings of Narrator: 4.49 of Total 35 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: '[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror.' —The New York Times Book Review Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women. Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-au-Prince to Civil War New Orleans and back to today, Anne Rice has spun a mesmerizing tale that challenges everything we believe in.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-stroll-by-elin-hilderbrand--65309781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Stroll Series: #2 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way.' A second Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he writes a holiday letter to friends and family. Though the year has had its share of misfortune and worry, the Quinns have much to celebrate. Kelley, now single, at least is on better terms with his first wife Margaret, who is using her celebrity to lure customers to the inn in record numbers. Their son Kevin has a beautiful new baby, Genevieve, with the Inn's French housekeeper, Isabelle; and their daughter, Ava, is finally dating a nice guy--her devoted colleague, Scott. Now the Quinns are looking forward to celebrating Genevieve's baptism, welcoming Isabelle to the family, and enjoying the cheer of Nantucket's traditional Christmas Stroll. But just when a peaceful family gathering seems within reach, Kelley's estranged second wife, Mitzi, shows up on the island after souring on her relationship with the inn's former Santa Claus. Soon Kelley isn't the only Quinn entertaining a surprise guest from Christmases past as lovers old and new gather beneath the mistletoe. With jealousy, passion, and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, it's going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas miracle to get the Quinns--and the inn--through the holidays intact. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: - Winter Street - Winter Stroll - Winter Storms - Winter Solstice]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243149Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Stroll Series: #2 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Stroll Series: #2 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way.' A second Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he writes a holiday letter to friends and family. Though the year has had its share of misfortune and worry, the Quinns have much to celebrate. Kelley, now single, at least is on better terms with his first wife Margaret, who is using her celebrity to lure customers to the inn in record numbers. Their son Kevin has a beautiful new baby, Genevieve, with the Inn's French housekeeper, Isabelle; and their daughter, Ava, is finally dating a nice guy--her devoted colleague, Scott. Now the Quinns are looking forward to celebrating Genevieve's baptism, welcoming Isabelle to the family, and enjoying the cheer of Nantucket's traditional Christmas Stroll. But just when a peaceful family gathering seems within reach, Kelley's estranged second wife, Mitzi, shows up on the island after souring on her relationship with the inn's former Santa Claus. Soon Kelley isn't the only Quinn entertaining a surprise guest from Christmases past as lovers old and new gather beneath the mistletoe. With jealousy, passion, and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, it's going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas miracle to get the Quinns--and the inn--through the holidays intact. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: - Winter Street - Winter Stroll - Winter Storms - Winter Solstice]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carrying-albert-home-the-somewhat-true-story-of-a-man-his-wife-and-her-alligator-by-homer-hickam--65309770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator Author: Homer Hickam Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie’s dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields, married to Homer. Unfulfilled as a miner’s wife, Elsie was reminded of her carefree days with Buddy every day because of his unusual wedding gift: an alligator named Albert she raised in the only bathroom in the house. When Albert scared Homer by grabbing his pants, he gave Elsie an ultimatum: “Me or that alligator!” After giving it some thought, Elsie concluded there was only one thing to do: Carry Albert home. Carrying Albert Home is the funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1,000-mile adventure. Told with the warmth and down-home charm that made Rocket Boys a beloved bestseller, Homer Hickam’s rollicking tale is ultimately a testament to that strange and marvelous emotion we inadequately call love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245682Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator Author: Homer Hickam Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator Author: Homer Hickam Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie’s dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields, married to Homer. Unfulfilled as a miner’s wife, Elsie was reminded of her carefree days with Buddy every day because of his unusual wedding gift: an alligator named Albert she raised in the only bathroom in the house. When Albert scared Homer by grabbing his pants, he gave Elsie an ultimatum: “Me or that alligator!” After giving it some thought, Elsie concluded there was only one thing to do: Carry Albert home. Carrying Albert Home is the funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1,000-mile adventure. Told with the warmth and down-home charm that made Rocket Boys a beloved bestseller, Homer Hickam’s rollicking tale is ultimately a testament to that strange and marvelous emotion we inadequately call love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-on-the-river-a-captivating-feel-good-read-about-family-secrets-set-in-the-west-country-by-marcia-willett--65309845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer On The River: A captivating feel-good read about family secrets set in the West Country Author: Marcia Willett Narrator: Deidre Rubenstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: October 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Evie loved the house. The bright, sunny rooms looking across the river. The terraced gardens with fruit trees growing against the high stone walls. The scent of lavender at the end of a hot day. It was a family house. As summer beckons, Evie’s family gathers once more at the beautiful old riverside house they all adore. But when Evie discovers a secret that threatens their future, a shadow falls over them all: this summer by the river could be their last together . . . For Charlie, a visit home to see stepmother Evie is an escape from his unhappy marriage in London. Until a chance encounter changes everything: in the space of a moment, he meets a woman by the river, falls in love, and his two worlds collide. As Evie and Charlie struggle to keep their secrets safe, they long for the summer to never end . . . Can the happiness of one summer last for ever? Marcia Willett writes heartwarming and captivating novels set in the West Country - perfect for fans of Erica James, Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245255Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer On The River: A captivating feel-good read about family secrets set in the West Country Author: Marcia Willett Narrator: Deidre Rubenstein...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer On The River: A captivating feel-good read about family secrets set in the West Country Author: Marcia Willett Narrator: Deidre Rubenstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: October 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Evie loved the house. The bright, sunny rooms looking across the river. The terraced gardens with fruit trees growing against the high stone walls. The scent of lavender at the end of a hot day. It was a family house. As summer beckons, Evie’s family gathers once more at the beautiful old riverside house they all adore. But when Evie discovers a secret that threatens their future, a shadow falls over them all: this summer by the river could be their last together . . . For Charlie, a visit home to see stepmother Evie is an escape from his unhappy marriage in London. Until a chance encounter changes everything: in the space of a moment, he meets a woman by the river, falls in love, and his two worlds collide. As Evie and Charlie struggle to keep their secrets safe, they long for the summer to never end . . . Can the happiness of one summer last for ever? Marcia Willett writes heartwarming and captivating novels set in the West Country - perfect for fans of Erica James, Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-daughter-by-elena-ferrante--65309812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Daughter Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An edgy tale of mixed feelings and motherhood by the New York Times bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family in this “arresting” (Publishers Weekly) novel by the author of the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan Novels, which have sold millions of copies and been adapted into an HBO series.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245318Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Daughter Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Daughter Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An edgy tale of mixed feelings and motherhood by the New York Times bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family in this “arresting” (Publishers Weekly) novel by the author of the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan Novels, which have sold millions of copies and been adapted into an HBO series.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/early-one-morning-by-virginia-baily--65309830https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Early One Morning Author: Virginia Baily Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two women's decision to save a child during WWII will have powerful reverberations over the years. Chiara Ravello is about to flee occupied Rome when she locks eyes with a woman being herded on to a truck with her family. Claiming the woman's son, Daniele, as her own nephew, Chiara demands his return; only as the trucks depart does she realize what she has done. She is twenty-seven, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead, and now a child in her charge. Several decades later, Chiara lives alone in Rome, a self-contained woman working as a translator. Always in the background is the shadow of Daniele, whose absence and the havoc he wrought on Chiara's world haunt her. Then she receives a phone call from a teenager claiming to be his daughter, and Chiara knows it is time to face up to the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245149Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Early One Morning Author: Virginia Baily Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Early One Morning Author: Virginia Baily Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two women's decision to save a child during WWII will have powerful reverberations over the years. Chiara Ravello is about to flee occupied Rome when she locks eyes with a woman being herded on to a truck with her family. Claiming the woman's son, Daniele, as her own nephew, Chiara demands his return; only as the trucks depart does she realize what she has done. She is twenty-seven, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead, and now a child in her charge. Several decades later, Chiara lives alone in Rome, a self-contained woman working as a translator. Always in the background is the shadow of Daniele, whose absence and the havoc he wrought on Chiara's world haunt her. Then she receives a phone call from a teenager claiming to be his daughter, and Chiara knows it is time to face up to the past.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mill-girls-of-albion-lane-by-jenny-holmes--65309863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mill Girls of Albion Lane Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On the cobbled streets of Bradford in 1931, Lily Briggs does all she can to keep trouble at bay for her and her family. She works hard at Calvert Mill to make ends meet and take care of her parents and younger siblings. Saturday nights at the dance hall and dressmaking with her two best friends keep Lily upbeat, and now there’s a blossoming romance with childhood friend Harry Bainbridge to put an extra spring in her step, too. But then a run of misfortune threatens Lily’s work, home and personal life, and she has to rely on the community at the mill to rally together for support. With so many others to worry about, will Lily always put them first or can she find her own happy ending? A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that readers of Katie Flynn, Margaret Dickinson and Call the Midwife will adore.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244864Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mill Girls of Albion Lane Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mill Girls of Albion Lane Author: Jenny Holmes Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On the cobbled streets of Bradford in 1931, Lily Briggs does all she can to keep trouble at bay for her and her family. She works hard at Calvert Mill to make ends meet and take care of her parents and younger siblings. Saturday nights at the dance hall and dressmaking with her two best friends keep Lily upbeat, and now there’s a blossoming romance with childhood friend Harry Bainbridge to put an extra spring in her step, too. But then a run of misfortune threatens Lily’s work, home and personal life, and she has to rely on the community at the mill to rally together for support. With so many others to worry about, will Lily always put them first or can she find her own happy ending? A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that readers of Katie Flynn, Margaret Dickinson and Call the Midwife will adore.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fight-for-lizzie-flowers-by-carol-rivers--65309838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fight for Lizzie Flowers Author: Carol Rivers Narrator: Helen Dickens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lizzie Flowers has had a hard life but she is still full of true East End grit. In the bleak years after World War I her family faced desperate times and deep tensions split them apart, but when barrow-boy Danny Flowers asked her to leave for a better life in Australia, she stayed true to her family's roots. She married Danny's brother Frank instead, a decision she came to bitterly regret. It is Frank's death, and her great success running the Flowers greengrocer's, that gives Lizzie independence at last. She has plans to expand the business. She has the East End community around her. And Danny has come back to marry her at last. But as their wedding day dawns, an unwelcome guest arrives and Lizzie's life will never be the same again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244828Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fight for Lizzie Flowers Author: Carol Rivers Narrator: Helen Dickens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fight for Lizzie Flowers Author: Carol Rivers Narrator: Helen Dickens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 24, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lizzie Flowers has had a hard life but she is still full of true East End grit. In the bleak years after World War I her family faced desperate times and deep tensions split them apart, but when barrow-boy Danny Flowers asked her to leave for a better life in Australia, she stayed true to her family's roots. She married Danny's brother Frank instead, a decision she came to bitterly regret. It is Frank's death, and her great success running the Flowers greengrocer's, that gives Lizzie independence at last. She has plans to expand the business. She has the East End community around her. And Danny has come back to marry her at last. But as their wedding day dawns, an unwelcome guest arrives and Lizzie's life will never be the same again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/come-rain-or-come-shine-by-jan-karon--65309843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Rain or Come Shine Series: #13 of A Mitford Novel Author: Jan Karon Narrator: John McDonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Time bestselling author Jan Karon delivers the wedding that millions of Mitford fans have waited for. It’s a June day in the mountains, with more than a few creatures great and small, and you’re invited—because you’re family.   Over the course of ten Mitford novels, fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh, first seen in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot, freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls.   Now, Father Tim Kavanagh’s adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while, maybe he and Lace Harper, his once and future soul mate, should keep their wedding simple.   By the way, it’s a pretty casual affair, so come as you are and remember to bring a tissue or two. After all, what’s a good wedding without a good cry?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242339Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Rain or Come Shine Series: #13 of A Mitford Novel Author: Jan Karon Narrator: John McDonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Rain or Come Shine Series: #13 of A Mitford Novel Author: Jan Karon Narrator: John McDonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Time bestselling author Jan Karon delivers the wedding that millions of Mitford fans have waited for. It’s a June day in the mountains, with more than a few creatures great and small, and you’re invited—because you’re family.   Over the course of ten Mitford novels, fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh, first seen in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot, freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls.   Now, Father Tim Kavanagh’s adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while, maybe he and Lace Harper, his once and future soul mate, should keep their wedding simple.   By the way, it’s a pretty casual affair, so come as you are and remember to bring a tissue or two. After all, what’s a good wedding without a good cry?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-paradise-of-glass-by-petra-durst-benning--65309826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise of Glass Series: #3 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Johanna, the oldest of the three Steinmann sisters, has successfully managed the family glassblowing business since her father’s death, and her sister Marie’s artistic gifts have made their wares unexpectedly famous. But now the livelihood of the town of Lauscha, Germany—known around the world as the “paradise of glass”—is in danger. The local glassworks is about to be sold, and rumor has it the buyer wants to make changes that will challenge glassblowing tradition. Wanda, the daughter of the middle Steinmann sister, is freshly arrived from America and engaged to an ambitious local glassblower. Yet as soon as the bold young woman learns of the impending sale, she decides to do as her mother and aunts did—cast aside her expected role in order to save the day. With the help of a handsome bank clerk, she will take a daring risk with the villagers’ hard-earned money. Just like glass, though, love and commerce are fragile, and what begins as their last hope may just end in shattered dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245441Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise of Glass Series: #3 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise of Glass Series: #3 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Johanna, the oldest of the three Steinmann sisters, has successfully managed the family glassblowing business since her father’s death, and her sister Marie’s artistic gifts have made their wares unexpectedly famous. But now the livelihood of the town of Lauscha, Germany—known around the world as the “paradise of glass”—is in danger. The local glassworks is about to be sold, and rumor has it the buyer wants to make changes that will challenge glassblowing tradition. Wanda, the daughter of the middle Steinmann sister, is freshly arrived from America and engaged to an ambitious local glassblower. Yet as soon as the bold young woman learns of the impending sale, she decides to do as her mother and aunts did—cast aside her expected role in order to save the day. With the help of a handsome bank clerk, she will take a daring risk with the villagers’ hard-earned money. Just like glass, though, love and commerce are fragile, and what begins as their last hope may just end in shattered dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stranded-with-the-boss-by-elizabeth-lane--65309831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stranded with the Boss Series: #72 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Elizabeth Lane Narrator: Hollis McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A single mom—and her twin babies!—are snowbound with the boss. Can they melt his frozen heart?  When Tessa Randall sues CEO Dragan Markovic's company for unfair termination, he insists on hearing her side of the story. But the billionaire known as The Dragon gets more than he bargained for when he's stranded at his snowy Alaskan lodge with Tessa and her twin toddlers. Now the flame-haired beauty wants to uncover his story. How can he tell her that her children remind him of his harrowing past and all that he lost? Or that the sweet family of three is slowly melting The Dragon's frozen heart…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243504Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stranded with the Boss Series: #72 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Elizabeth Lane Narrator: Hollis McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stranded with the Boss Series: #72 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Elizabeth Lane Narrator: Hollis McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A single mom—and her twin babies!—are snowbound with the boss. Can they melt his frozen heart?  When Tessa Randall sues CEO Dragan Markovic's company for unfair termination, he insists on hearing her side of the story. But the billionaire known as The Dragon gets more than he bargained for when he's stranded at his snowy Alaskan lodge with Tessa and her twin toddlers. Now the flame-haired beauty wants to uncover his story. How can he tell her that her children remind him of his harrowing past and all that he lost? Or that the sweet family of three is slowly melting The Dragon's frozen heart…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-comfort-of-favorite-things-by-alison-kent--65309827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Comfort of Favorite Things Series: #5 of A Hope Springs Novel Author: Alison Kent Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dakota and Thea reunite in Hope Springs after a decade apart, their love might pass the test of time… No matter how many years Dakota Keller has spent trying, he can’t outrun his past, so when a private investigator tells him his sister needs him, he travels to the small Texas town of Hope Springs to start a new life with the support of his siblings. When he arrives to do a routine construction job at the town’s new espresso bar, he’s shocked to discover that the owner is Thea Clark—the girl he couldn’t resist in high school and whose memory kept him sane in prison. Recovering from an abusive relationship, Thea decides that her past is off-limits for discussion, even with Dakota. After all, it feels like a lifetime since she last saw him. But when Dakota’s brother’s firm is tapped to renovate the women’s shelter Thea runs out of her home, old feelings quickly reignite. Could a casual affair from high school turn out to be the one connection neither of them can live without?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242936Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Comfort of Favorite Things Series: #5 of A Hope Springs Novel Author: Alison Kent Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Comfort of Favorite Things Series: #5 of A Hope Springs Novel Author: Alison Kent Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dakota and Thea reunite in Hope Springs after a decade apart, their love might pass the test of time… No matter how many years Dakota Keller has spent trying, he can’t outrun his past, so when a private investigator tells him his sister needs him, he travels to the small Texas town of Hope Springs to start a new life with the support of his siblings. When he arrives to do a routine construction job at the town’s new espresso bar, he’s shocked to discover that the owner is Thea Clark—the girl he couldn’t resist in high school and whose memory kept him sane in prison. Recovering from an abusive relationship, Thea decides that her past is off-limits for discussion, even with Dakota. After all, it feels like a lifetime since she last saw him. But when Dakota’s brother’s firm is tapped to renovate the women’s shelter Thea runs out of her home, old feelings quickly reignite. Could a casual affair from high school turn out to be the one connection neither of them can live without?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poland-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65309853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poland: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are at some times fiercely united, at others tragically divided. With an inspiring tradition of resistance to brutal invaders, from the barbarians to the Nazis, and a heritage of pride that burns through eras of romantic passion and courageous solidarity, their common story reaches a breathtaking culmination in the historic showdown between the ruthless Communists and rebellious farmers of the modern age. Like the heroic land that is its subject, Poland teems with vivid events, unforgettable characters, and the unfolding drama of an entire nation.   Praise for Poland   “Engrossing . . . a page-turner in the grand Michener tradition.”—The Washington Post   “A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.”—Chicago Tribune   “Stunning . . . an unmatched overview of Polish history . . . The families themselves come very much alive, and through them, Poland itself.”—USA Today   “A titanic documentary novel.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242338Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poland: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poland: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are at some times fiercely united, at others tragically divided. With an inspiring tradition of resistance to brutal invaders, from the barbarians to the Nazis, and a heritage of pride that burns through eras of romantic passion and courageous solidarity, their common story reaches a breathtaking culmination in the historic showdown between the ruthless Communists and rebellious farmers of the modern age. Like the heroic land that is its subject, Poland teems with vivid events, unforgettable characters, and the unfolding drama of an entire nation.   Praise for Poland   “Engrossing . . . a page-turner in the grand Michener tradition.”—The Washington Post   “A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.”—Chicago Tribune   “Stunning . . . an unmatched overview of Polish history . . . The families themselves come very much alive, and through them, Poland itself.”—USA Today   “A titanic documentary novel.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-had-to-be-love-by-tamra-baumann--65309836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Had to Be Love Series: #2 of An It Had to Be Novel Author: Tamra Baumann Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tara Carter isn’t looking for romance. She’s content seeing patients at her new practice by day, then going home and cuddling with her puppy at night. Her new life in the tiny town of Anderson Butte, Colorado—known by celebrities as the place to lie low—is the perfect respite for a woman with a whopper of a secret. There’s just one problem: the town’s sexy sheriff knows she’s hiding something. Sheriff Ryan Anderson, weary of small-town drama, has sworn off dating locals and thinks a fresh start in a bigger city is in order. However, the more he gets to know Tara, the more his heart tells him that she could be the woman of his dreams. But he wants to get to the bottom of whatever she’s trying so hard to keep under wraps. Can he uncover her secret before it drives them apart forever?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242928Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Had to Be Love Series: #2 of An It Had to Be Novel Author: Tamra Baumann Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Had to Be Love Series: #2 of An It Had to Be Novel Author: Tamra Baumann Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tara Carter isn’t looking for romance. She’s content seeing patients at her new practice by day, then going home and cuddling with her puppy at night. Her new life in the tiny town of Anderson Butte, Colorado—known by celebrities as the place to lie low—is the perfect respite for a woman with a whopper of a secret. There’s just one problem: the town’s sexy sheriff knows she’s hiding something. Sheriff Ryan Anderson, weary of small-town drama, has sworn off dating locals and thinks a fresh start in a bigger city is in order. However, the more he gets to know Tara, the more his heart tells him that she could be the woman of his dreams. But he wants to get to the bottom of whatever she’s trying so hard to keep under wraps. Can he uncover her secret before it drives them apart forever?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boy-who-went-away-a-novel-by-eli-gottlieb--65309818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Went Away: A Novel Author: Eli Gottlieb Narrator: Chris Patton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the American Academy’s Rome Prize for fiction, The Boy Who Went Away is Eli Gottlieb’s tender, harrowing coming-of-age novel. For Denny Graubert, the chaotic summer of 1967—when the screams of napalm bombs on the nightly news drowned the cheers of the All-Star game—brings the painful realization that childhood has passed. While engaging in his favorite domestic spying game, Denny unwittingly discovers the desperate measures his mother will take to save his autistic older brother, Fad, who is lost in the diagnostic Dark Ages of Austism. At the heart of this novel is not only the story of Denny’s coltish entrance to adolescence, but also that of his relationship with Fad, which will be forever changed during the course of that summer. The Boy Who Went Away is the cruelly antic, heartrending story of two childhoods that would, by fall’s arrival, be irretrievably lost.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243119Fri, 04 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Went Away: A Novel Author: Eli Gottlieb Narrator: Chris Patton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Went Away: A Novel Author: Eli Gottlieb Narrator: Chris Patton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the American Academy’s Rome Prize for fiction, The Boy Who Went Away is Eli Gottlieb’s tender, harrowing coming-of-age novel. For Denny Graubert, the chaotic summer of 1967—when the screams of napalm bombs on the nightly news drowned the cheers of the All-Star game—brings the painful realization that childhood has passed. While engaging in his favorite domestic spying game, Denny unwittingly discovers the desperate measures his mother will take to save his autistic older brother, Fad, who is lost in the diagnostic Dark Ages of Austism. At the heart of this novel is not only the story of Denny’s coltish entrance to adolescence, but also that of his relationship with Fad, which will be forever changed during the course of that summer. The Boy Who Went Away is the cruelly antic, heartrending story of two childhoods that would, by fall’s arrival, be irretrievably lost.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/claimed-by-tracy-wolff--65309872https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claimed Series: #1 of The Diamond Tycoons Author: Tracy Wolff Narrator: Lucy Malone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When ex-lovers must work together, sparks reignite! Only from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff!  Diamond tycoon Marc Durand knows not to trust his ex-fiancée, Isabella Moreno. Years ago, her father stole Durand gems…and she lied for him. Marc hasn't forgiven her, but he can't forget her either. So when his company comes under fire, he demands her help. She owes him. And until he uncovers the truth, he wants his enemy by his side—and in his bed…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242556Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claimed Series: #1 of The Diamond Tycoons Author: Tracy Wolff Narrator: Lucy Malone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Claimed Series: #1 of The Diamond Tycoons Author: Tracy Wolff Narrator: Lucy Malone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When ex-lovers must work together, sparks reignite! Only from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff!  Diamond tycoon Marc Durand knows not to trust his ex-fiancée, Isabella Moreno. Years ago, her father stole Durand gems…and she lied for him. Marc hasn't forgiven her, but he can't forget her either. So when his company comes under fire, he demands her help. She owes him. And until he uncovers the truth, he wants his enemy by his side—and in his bed…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raintree-oracle-by-linda-winstead-jones--65309866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raintree: Oracle Author: Linda Winstead Jones Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When prophecies turn deadly, all will be revealed in the final captivating book in the New York Times bestselling Raintree series!  For years, Echo Raintree has battled against the uncontrollable visions of disaster that sweep over her. Now she's determined to vanquish them—and there's only one man who can help her. But not just a man, Ryder Duncan is a fearsome wizard, determined to protect those he loves against all who threaten them…no matter the personal cost.  When Echo arrives in the remote Irish village seeking help, she finds herself drawn into the center of a brewing battle. And as her dreams and her life continue to spin out of her control, so do her feelings for the enigmatic Rye. The closer they become, the more her past, and Rye's dark secret threaten their future, their love—and even her sanity…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242558Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raintree: Oracle Author: Linda Winstead Jones Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raintree: Oracle Author: Linda Winstead Jones Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When prophecies turn deadly, all will be revealed in the final captivating book in the New York Times bestselling Raintree series!  For years, Echo Raintree has battled against the uncontrollable visions of disaster that sweep over her. Now she's determined to vanquish them—and there's only one man who can help her. But not just a man, Ryder Duncan is a fearsome wizard, determined to protect those he loves against all who threaten them…no matter the personal cost.  When Echo arrives in the remote Irish village seeking help, she finds herself drawn into the center of a brewing battle. And as her dreams and her life continue to spin out of her control, so do her feelings for the enigmatic Rye. The closer they become, the more her past, and Rye's dark secret threaten their future, their love—and even her sanity…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maternity-leave-a-novel-by-julie-halpern--65309786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maternity Leave: A Novel Author: Julie Halpern Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Julie Halpern's Maternity Leave tells the profane, profound and just plain funny story of a professional woman who thinks she's ready for a baby but her maternity leave proves otherwise. Thirty six year old Annie Schwartz-Jensen is a middle school teacher on maternity leave-a time she imagined as uninterrupted, blissful bonding with her baby. Instead she is dealing with her body leaking from every possible orifice, a baby who won't sleep, a husband who still wants to have sex with her (is he nuts??), single friends who are clueless, and a mother who picked now to take a vacation. The only people who REALLY understand Annie are the wonderful people she spends sleepless nights with on QVC: Keep those velveteen table runners and non-jiggle stretch pants coming! As Annie navigates life with her new baby, she realizes that not all Mommies are created equal. But she is determined to find her way, love her baby, her husband, herself even if she has to wear nipple protectors for the rest of her child-bearing life. The audiobook includes an interview with the author.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243159Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maternity Leave: A Novel Author: Julie Halpern Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maternity Leave: A Novel Author: Julie Halpern Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Julie Halpern's Maternity Leave tells the profane, profound and just plain funny story of a professional woman who thinks she's ready for a baby but her maternity leave proves otherwise. Thirty six year old Annie Schwartz-Jensen is a middle school teacher on maternity leave-a time she imagined as uninterrupted, blissful bonding with her baby. Instead she is dealing with her body leaking from every possible orifice, a baby who won't sleep, a husband who still wants to have sex with her (is he nuts??), single friends who are clueless, and a mother who picked now to take a vacation. The only people who REALLY understand Annie are the wonderful people she spends sleepless nights with on QVC: Keep those velveteen table runners and non-jiggle stretch pants coming! As Annie navigates life with her new baby, she realizes that not all Mommies are created equal. But she is determined to find her way, love her baby, her husband, herself even if she has to wear nipple protectors for the rest of her child-bearing life. The audiobook includes an interview with the author.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/straight-white-male-by-john-niven--65309844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Straight White Male Author: John Niven Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 20, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex-addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He’s writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society, but also suffering from writers block and unpaid taxes. Then a solution presents itself – Marr is to be the unlikely recipient of the W. F. Bingham Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Modern Literature, an award worth half a million pounds. But it does not come without a price: he must spend a year teaching at the English university where his ex-wife and estranged daughter now reside. As Kennedy acclimatises to the sleepy campus, inspiring revulsion and worship in equal measure, he’s forced to reconsider his precarious lifestyle. Incredible as it may seem, there might actually be a father and a teacher lurking inside this ‘preening, narcissistic, priapic, sociopath’. Or is there… Straight White Male is a no-holds-barred look into the mid-life crisis and the contemporary male sexual psyche. It is a brilliant new satire from one of Britain’s sharpest writers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243206Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Straight White Male Author: John Niven Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 20, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Straight White Male Author: John Niven Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 20, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex-addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He’s writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society, but also suffering from writers block and unpaid taxes. Then a solution presents itself – Marr is to be the unlikely recipient of the W. F. Bingham Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Modern Literature, an award worth half a million pounds. But it does not come without a price: he must spend a year teaching at the English university where his ex-wife and estranged daughter now reside. As Kennedy acclimatises to the sleepy campus, inspiring revulsion and worship in equal measure, he’s forced to reconsider his precarious lifestyle. Incredible as it may seem, there might actually be a father and a teacher lurking inside this ‘preening, narcissistic, priapic, sociopath’. Or is there… Straight White Male is a no-holds-barred look into the mid-life crisis and the contemporary male sexual psyche. It is a brilliant new satire from one of Britain’s sharpest writers.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harriet-wolf-s-seventh-book-of-wonders-a-novel-by-julianna-baggott--65309841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel Author: Julianna Baggott Narrator: Jodi Carlisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A mesmerizing tale of star-crossed love and of the dark secrets in a fracturing family . . . This novel is so full of wonders that it leaves you haunted, amazed, and, like every great read, irrevocably changed.' -- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You The reclusive Harriet Wolf, revered author and family matriarch, has a final confession: a love story. Years after her death, as her family comes together one last time, the mystery of Harriet's life hangs in the balance. Does the truth lie in the rumored final book of the series that made Harriet a world-famous writer, or will her final confession be lost forever? Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders tells the moving story of the unforgettable Wolf women in four distinct voices: the mysterious Harriet, who, until now, has never revealed the secrets of her past; her fiery, overprotective daughter, Eleanor; and her two grown granddaughters -- Tilton, the fragile yet exuberant younger sister, who's become a housebound hermit, and Ruth, the older sister, who ran away at sixteen and never looked back. When Eleanor is hospitalized, Ruth decides it's time to do right by a pact she made with Tilton long ago: to return home and save her sister. Meanwhile, Harriet whispers her true life story to the reader. It's a story that spans the entire twentieth century and is filled with mobsters, outcasts, a lonesome lion, and a home for wayward women. It's also a tribute to her lifelong love of the boy she met at the Maryland School for Feeble-minded Children. Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders, Julianna Baggott's most sweeping and mesmerizing novel yet, offers a profound meditation on motherhood and sisterhood, as well as on the central importance of stories. It is a novel that affords its characters that rare chance we all long for -- the chance to reimagine the stories of our lives while there's still time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242896Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel Author: Julianna Baggott Narrator: Jodi Carlisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel Author: Julianna Baggott Narrator: Jodi Carlisle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A mesmerizing tale of star-crossed love and of the dark secrets in a fracturing family . . . This novel is so full of wonders that it leaves you haunted, amazed, and, like every great read, irrevocably changed.' -- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You The reclusive Harriet Wolf, revered author and family matriarch, has a final confession: a love story. Years after her death, as her family comes together one last time, the mystery of Harriet's life hangs in the balance. Does the truth lie in the rumored final book of the series that made Harriet a world-famous writer, or will her final confession be lost forever? Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders tells the moving story of the unforgettable Wolf women in four distinct voices: the mysterious Harriet, who, until now, has never revealed the secrets of her past; her fiery, overprotective daughter, Eleanor; and her two grown granddaughters -- Tilton, the fragile yet exuberant younger sister, who's become a housebound hermit, and Ruth, the older sister, who ran away at sixteen and never looked back. When Eleanor is hospitalized, Ruth decides it's time to do right by a pact she made with Tilton long ago: to return home and save her sister. Meanwhile, Harriet whispers her true life story to the reader. It's a story that spans the entire twentieth century and is filled with mobsters, outcasts, a lonesome lion, and a home for wayward women. It's also a tribute to her lifelong love of the boy she met at the Maryland School for Feeble-minded Children. Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders, Julianna Baggott's most sweeping and mesmerizing novel yet, offers a profound meditation on motherhood and sisterhood, as well as on the central importance of stories. It is a novel that affords its characters that rare chance we all long for -- the chance to reimagine the stories of our lives while there's still time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sealed-with-a-loving-kiss-by-ellie-dean--65309881https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sealed With a Loving Kiss Series: #9 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart. After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast. Here, she finds work at the Kodak factory, sifting through the Airgraphs which are being sent from all over the world by the men and women in the armed forces, and by their loved ones. All the while she longs for news of her own sweetheart, fighting in Europe. With the help of Peggy Reilly and her family at Beach View Boarding House Mary starts to build a new life for herself. But events that happened eighteen years before still echo, and should a promise Peggy made then be broken, it will have a devastating affect not only on Mary, but them all…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242706Thu, 13 Aug 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sealed With a Loving Kiss Series: #9 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sealed With a Loving Kiss Series: #9 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart. After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast. Here, she finds work at the Kodak factory, sifting through the Airgraphs which are being sent from all over the world by the men and women in the armed forces, and by their loved ones. All the while she longs for news of her own sweetheart, fighting in Europe. With the help of Peggy Reilly and her family at Beach View Boarding House Mary starts to build a new life for herself. But events that happened eighteen years before still echo, and should a promise Peggy made then be broken, it will have a devastating affect not only on Mary, but them all…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breath-eyes-memory-by-edwidge-danticat--65309742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath, Eyes, Memory Author: Edwidge Danticat Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.“Danticat's calm clarity of vision takes on the resonance of folk art. … Extraordinarily successful.”—New York Times Book Review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252991Fri, 24 Jul 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath, Eyes, Memory Author: Edwidge Danticat Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 24, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath, Eyes, Memory Author: Edwidge Danticat Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.“Danticat's calm clarity of vision takes on the resonance of folk art. … Extraordinarily successful.”—New York Times Book Review]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/million-dollar-road-by-amy-conner--65309717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Million Dollar Road Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the heart of Louisiana, Amy Conner's spellbinding new novel tells of a young woman yearning for a better existence-and of the secret longings that will change the lives of all those around her. Eighteen-year-old Lireinne Hooten has always been on the lowest rung of the ladder. Abandoned by her mother, Lireinne lives with her stepfather in an old trailer on Million Dollar Road. Every day she walks the long mile, through a canopy of live oaks, to her job at the world's largest alligator farm. Shy and overweight in high school, Lireinne has become lean and resilient from months of hosing out the huge cement barns. And just like Snowball-the enormous, all-white alligator she feeds illicit treats every day-she's hungry to be free. Lireinne's boss, Con Costello, is powerful, attractive, and used to getting exactly what he desires. Now that he's noticed Lireinne's haunting beauty, he wants her too. But unlike Con's needy second wife, Lizzie, or Emma, his still heartbroken ex, Lireinne isn't interested. Undeterred, Con's growing obsession will upend all their lives-compelling Lizzie to confront the hard truth about her marriage, pushing Emma past her self-imposed isolation and back into the world. And for Lireinne, it will lead to an unexpected chance to redefine herself, far away from her past and from Million Dollar Road. Insightful and atmospheric, Million Dollar Road is a richly observed novel of our most keenly felt appetites-for love, acceptance, and a place to belong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256514Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Million Dollar Road Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Million Dollar Road Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the heart of Louisiana, Amy Conner's spellbinding new novel tells of a young woman yearning for a better existence-and of the secret longings that will change the lives of all those around her. Eighteen-year-old Lireinne Hooten has always been on the lowest rung of the ladder. Abandoned by her mother, Lireinne lives with her stepfather in an old trailer on Million Dollar Road. Every day she walks the long mile, through a canopy of live oaks, to her job at the world's largest alligator farm. Shy and overweight in high school, Lireinne has become lean and resilient from months of hosing out the huge cement barns. And just like Snowball-the enormous, all-white alligator she feeds illicit treats every day-she's hungry to be free. Lireinne's boss, Con Costello, is powerful, attractive, and used to getting exactly what he desires. Now that he's noticed Lireinne's haunting beauty, he wants her too. But unlike Con's needy second wife, Lizzie, or Emma, his still heartbroken ex, Lireinne isn't interested. Undeterred, Con's growing obsession will upend all their lives-compelling Lizzie to confront the hard truth about her marriage, pushing Emma past her self-imposed isolation and back into the world. And for Lireinne, it will lead to an unexpected chance to redefine herself, far away from her past and from Million Dollar Road. Insightful and atmospheric, Million Dollar Road is a richly observed novel of our most keenly felt appetites-for love, acceptance, and a place to belong.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-two-of-us-by-andy-jones--65309817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Two of Us Author: Andy Jones Narrator: Jamie Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you loved One Day and The Rosie Project, you will fall head-over-heels for The Two of Us. Falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next... Fisher and Ivy have been an item for a whole nineteen days. And they just know they are meant to be together. The fact that they know little else about each other is a minor detail. Over the course of twelve months, in which their lives will change forever, Fisher and Ivy discover that falling in love is one thing, but staying there is an entirely different story. The Two of Usis a charming, honest and heart-breaking novel about life, love, and the importance of taking neither one for granted.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244830Thu, 07 May 2015 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Two of Us Author: Andy Jones Narrator: Jamie Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Two of Us Author: Andy Jones Narrator: Jamie Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you loved One Day and The Rosie Project, you will fall head-over-heels for The Two of Us. Falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next... Fisher and Ivy have been an item for a whole nineteen days. And they just know they are meant to be together. The fact that they know little else about each other is a minor detail. Over the course of twelve months, in which their lives will change forever, Fisher and Ivy discover that falling in love is one thing, but staying there is an entirely different story. The Two of Usis a charming, honest and heart-breaking novel about life, love, and the importance of taking neither one for granted.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-of-lies-by-mary-monroe--65309832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family of Lies Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Lisa Smith, Patricia R. Floyd, Ezra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 3.77 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves a stunning portrait of a family immersed in deceit—and the women whose happiness depends on the secrets they keep …After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband. So when her husband’s mistress gets pregnant, Vera figures that a little hush money will ensure her husband’s fortune is hers alone …Unfortunately for Vera, Sarah Cooper is the child Kenneth Lomax always wanted. When the father she never knew shows up at her mother’s funeral to claim her, it’s a fairy tale journey from the ghetto to a mansion on a hill. But Sarah knows that her stepmother is as two-faced as they come. And after losing all the family she’s ever known, she wants a life that’s richer than Vera has planned for her. As Vera and Sarah scheme to get what they want, everyone will be choosing sides, taking chances, and gambling it all to come out on top …“Family of Lies is gritty and raw, trademarks of Monroe’s novels. A riveting story … Monroe’s latest is another page-turner.”—RT Book Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243340Tue, 27 May 2014 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family of Lies Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Lisa Smith, Patricia R. Floyd, Ezra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family of Lies Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Lisa Smith, Patricia R. Floyd, Ezra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 3.77 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves a stunning portrait of a family immersed in deceit—and the women whose happiness depends on the secrets they keep …After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband. So when her husband’s mistress gets pregnant, Vera figures that a little hush money will ensure her husband’s fortune is hers alone …Unfortunately for Vera, Sarah Cooper is the child Kenneth Lomax always wanted. When the father she never knew shows up at her mother’s funeral to claim her, it’s a fairy tale journey from the ghetto to a mansion on a hill. But Sarah knows that her stepmother is as two-faced as they come. And after losing all the family she’s ever known, she wants a life that’s richer than Vera has planned for her. As Vera and Sarah scheme to get what they want, everyone will be choosing sides, taking chances, and gambling it all to come out on top …“Family of Lies is gritty and raw, trademarks of Monroe’s novels. A riveting story … Monroe’s latest is another page-turner.”—RT Book Reviews]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-affair-by-lutishia-lovely--65309745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Affair Series: #1 of Shady Sisters Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Shari Peele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this thrilling new series, acclaimed author Lutishia Lovely dives into the scandalous heart of romantic obsession with a cunning, sexy seductress, and the object of her affections. . . Freelance writer Jacqueline Tate arrives in Los Angeles and soon meets brilliant, award-winning scientist Randall Atwater, the man she's come to cover at a conference on trends and technology. He is everything she's read about--brainy, witty, handsome, and cool. And after a week spent with the most fascinating man she's ever known, there's no way she can give him up. There's just one problem: Randall's wife of twenty years. No matter--men like Randall are few and far between. Jacqueline knows that with a few bold moves, she can win the man she loves. But what happens when her love story is not a love story? 'There's drama, laughter, and little bit of naughtiness. . .An exceptional read.' -- Urban Reviews on All Up In My Business 'The action, dialogue and well-crafted characters are so riveting that they'll make your heart race in anticipation]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249441Tue, 27 May 2014 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Affair Series: #1 of Shady Sisters Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Shari Peele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Affair Series: #1 of Shady Sisters Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Shari Peele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this thrilling new series, acclaimed author Lutishia Lovely dives into the scandalous heart of romantic obsession with a cunning, sexy seductress, and the object of her affections. . . Freelance writer Jacqueline Tate arrives in Los Angeles and soon meets brilliant, award-winning scientist Randall Atwater, the man she's come to cover at a conference on trends and technology. He is everything she's read about--brainy, witty, handsome, and cool. And after a week spent with the most fascinating man she's ever known, there's no way she can give him up. There's just one problem: Randall's wife of twenty years. No matter--men like Randall are few and far between. Jacqueline knows that with a few bold moves, she can win the man she loves. But what happens when her love story is not a love story? 'There's drama, laughter, and little bit of naughtiness. . .An exceptional read.' -- Urban Reviews on All Up In My Business 'The action, dialogue and well-crafted characters are so riveting that they'll make your heart race in anticipation]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-don-t-know-me-by-mary-b-morrison--65309816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Don't Know Me Series: #3 of If I Can't Have You Author: Mary B. Morrison Narrator: Alan Ryder, Diana Luke, Karen Pittman, Ezra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: I'm the woman Madison's husband truly loves. And I'll match her game for game to make him mine. Sindy Singleton isn't about to lose Chicago DuBois to Madison again. But getting him to open his heart once more won't be enough to satisfy her. Enlisting the help of Chicago's worst enemy is the fastest way she knows to expose Madison's most brazen deception yet. But Madison has more than one devastating card to play. . . I don't care what mistakes I've made. I'll do whatever it takes to get my perfect marriage back. If there's one thing Madison has learned from her disastrous bet, it's how to turn catastrophe into opportunity. Playing on Chicago's fatherly instincts will maintain her access to the DuBois fortune--and keep her family's empire successful. Using sweet Sindy's niceness against her will knock her out of the running. And the cherry on top: Madison's got the perfect scheme to finally take care of her ex-lover, her rivals, and the husband she'll never let go. . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246480Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Don't Know Me Series: #3 of If I Can't Have You Author: Mary B. Morrison Narrator: Alan Ryder, Diana Luke, Karen Pittman, Ezra Knight Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Don't Know Me Series: #3 of If I Can't Have You Author: Mary B. Morrison Narrator: Alan Ryder, Diana Luke, Karen Pittman, Ezra Knight Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: I'm the woman Madison's husband truly loves. And I'll match her game for game to make him mine. Sindy Singleton isn't about to lose Chicago DuBois to Madison again. But getting him to open his heart once more won't be enough to satisfy her. Enlisting the help of Chicago's worst enemy is the fastest way she knows to expose Madison's most brazen deception yet. But Madison has more than one devastating card to play. . . I don't care what mistakes I've made. I'll do whatever it takes to get my perfect marriage back. If there's one thing Madison has learned from her disastrous bet, it's how to turn catastrophe into opportunity. Playing on Chicago's fatherly instincts will maintain her access to the DuBois fortune--and keep her family's empire successful. Using sweet Sindy's niceness against her will knock her out of the running. And the cherry on top: Madison's got the perfect scheme to finally take care of her ex-lover, her rivals, and the husband she'll never let go. . .]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mountain-of-light-by-indu-sundaresan--65309901https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of Light Author: Indu Sundaresan Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 8, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the 'Mountain of Light'—the Kohinoor diamond—and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of England—a queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown. The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world's most famous diamonds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244713Tue, 08 Oct 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of Light Author: Indu Sundaresan Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of Light Author: Indu Sundaresan Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 8, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the 'Mountain of Light'—the Kohinoor diamond—and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of England—a queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown. The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world's most famous diamonds.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-given-sacrifice-by-s-m-stirling--65309788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Given Sacrifice Series: #10 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenzie has won the battle that expelled the enemy from the new High Kingdom of Montival. Now he must free the people who live in the state once known as Idaho from occupation by the legions of the Church Universal and Triumphant and pursue them to their lair over the mountains. There he will finally confront the forces behind the Church—the Powers of the Void. Yet even a victory will not end the conflict forever. The Powers of the Void are malevolent and infinitely patient, and the struggle is one that involves the entire world. They threaten Rudi not only in the present, but also in the future represented by his children, Órlaith and John. Rudi knows this. And as his heir Princess Órlaith grows up in the shadow of her famous father, she also realizes that the enemy will do anything to see that she does not live to fulfill her parents' dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256215Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Given Sacrifice Series: #10 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Given Sacrifice Series: #10 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenzie has won the battle that expelled the enemy from the new High Kingdom of Montival. Now he must free the people who live in the state once known as Idaho from occupation by the legions of the Church Universal and Triumphant and pursue them to their lair over the mountains. There he will finally confront the forces behind the Church—the Powers of the Void. Yet even a victory will not end the conflict forever. The Powers of the Void are malevolent and infinitely patient, and the struggle is one that involves the entire world. They threaten Rudi not only in the present, but also in the future represented by his children, Órlaith and John. Rudi knows this. And as his heir Princess Órlaith grows up in the shadow of her famous father, she also realizes that the enemy will do anything to see that she does not live to fulfill her parents' dream.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/annie-by-val-wood--65309875https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Annie Swinburn had killed a man -- the killing was timely and well-deserved, for Francis Morton had been evil in every possible way. But Annie knew that however justified her crime, only the rope and the gibbet awaited her if she remained in the slums of Hull. And so she ran -- up river, along the wild and secretive paths of the great Humber -- a new and unfamiliar territory which was to lead her into a new and unfamiliar life. Her first refuge was with Toby Linton, well-born, estranged from his father and -- with his brother Matt -- earning a dangerous living as a smuggler. Annie led a double life, as a smuggler, and as a pedlar roaming the remote countryside of the Wolds. It was this new existence which led her, once more, into allowing herself to love, in spite of all the things that had gone before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242010Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 11, 2013 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Annie Swinburn had killed a man -- the killing was timely and well-deserved, for Francis Morton had been evil in every possible way. But Annie knew that however justified her crime, only the rope and the gibbet awaited her if she remained in the slums of Hull. And so she ran -- up river, along the wild and secretive paths of the great Humber -- a new and unfamiliar territory which was to lead her into a new and unfamiliar life. Her first refuge was with Toby Linton, well-born, estranged from his father and -- with his brother Matt -- earning a dangerous living as a smuggler. Annie led a double life, as a smuggler, and as a pedlar roaming the remote countryside of the Wolds. It was this new existence which led her, once more, into allowing herself to love, in spite of all the things that had gone before.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-patron-saint-of-lost-dogs-by-nick-trout--65309878https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient—a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws—wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated. With the help of a black Labrador gifted in the art of swallowing underwear, a Persian cat determined to expose her owner's lover as a gold digger, and the allure of a feisty, pretty waitress from the local diner, Cyrus gets caught up in a new community and its endearing residents, both human and animal. Sensing he may have misjudged the past, he begins to realize it's not just his patients that need healing. The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs is a winsome tale of new beginnings, forgiveness, and the joy of finding your way home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247264Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient—a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws—wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated. With the help of a black Labrador gifted in the art of swallowing underwear, a Persian cat determined to expose her owner's lover as a gold digger, and the allure of a feisty, pretty waitress from the local diner, Cyrus gets caught up in a new community and its endearing residents, both human and animal. Sensing he may have misjudged the past, he begins to realize it's not just his patients that need healing. The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs is a winsome tale of new beginnings, forgiveness, and the joy of finding your way home.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boat-girls-an-uplifting-wartime-saga-full-of-friendship-and-romance-by-margaret-mayhew--65309903https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Girls: An uplifting wartime saga full of friendship and romance... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Donna Douglas, a saga full of the romance and drama of World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE BOAT GIRLS! 'I started reading this book last night and I absolutely devoured it, to the point I didn't go to bed until 6am. I could not put it down. It was so unbelievably good.' - 5 STARS 'Once I started it, [I] couldn't put it down' - 5 STARS 'Ended up reading this twice as it was so amazing...'-5 STARS 'Excellent story of the 3 girls and the boaters during the war, makes you feel you are there with them. Highly recommend this book.' - 5 STARS 'Omg this book was everything and more than I expected. My ideal book as I love family saga books. Three girls all from different backgrounds all join forces to work together. Highs and lows of everyday life. Loved, loved, loved it...' - 5 STARS ************************************************ 1943: THREE GIRLS GO THE EXTRA MILE TO DO THEIR BIT FOR THE WAR EFFORT. Frances - her life of seeming privilege has been a lonely one. Brave and strong, stifled by her traditional upbringing, she falls for a most unsuitable man. Prudence - timid and conventional, her horizons have never strayed beyond her job as a bank clerk in Croydon until the war brings her new experiences. Rosalind - a beautiful, flame-haired actress who catches the eye of Frances's stuffy elder brother, the heir to an ancestral mansion. The three become friends when they join the band of women working the canal boats, delivering goods and doing a man's job while the men are away fighting. A tough, unglamorous task - but one which brings them all unexpected rewards.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242027Thu, 30 May 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Girls: An uplifting wartime saga full of friendship and romance... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Girls: An uplifting wartime saga full of friendship and romance... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Donna Douglas, a saga full of the romance and drama of World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE BOAT GIRLS! 'I started reading this book last night and I absolutely devoured it, to the point I didn't go to bed until 6am. I could not put it down. It was so unbelievably good.' - 5 STARS 'Once I started it, [I] couldn't put it down' - 5 STARS 'Ended up reading this twice as it was so amazing...'-5 STARS 'Excellent story of the 3 girls and the boaters during the war, makes you feel you are there with them. Highly recommend this book.' - 5 STARS 'Omg this book was everything and more than I expected. My ideal book as I love family saga books. Three girls all from different backgrounds all join forces to work together. Highs and lows of everyday life. Loved, loved, loved it...' - 5 STARS ************************************************ 1943: THREE GIRLS GO THE EXTRA MILE TO DO THEIR BIT FOR THE WAR EFFORT. Frances - her life of seeming privilege has been a lonely one. Brave and strong, stifled by her traditional upbringing, she falls for a most unsuitable man. Prudence - timid and conventional, her horizons have never strayed beyond her job as a bank clerk in Croydon until the war brings her new experiences. Rosalind - a beautiful, flame-haired actress who catches the eye of Frances's stuffy elder brother, the heir to an ancestral mansion. The three become friends when they join the band of women working the canal boats, delivering goods and doing a man's job while the men are away fighting. A tough, unglamorous task - but one which brings them all unexpected rewards.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stanford-lasses-by-glenice-crossland--65309892https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stanford Lasses Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They loved. They lost. They lived. In the small Yorkshire town of Cottenly - dominated by the steel works and surrounded by beautiful countryside - Isaac Stanford lives with his wife Emily and their three lovely daughters, known locally as the Stanford lasses. Alice, the eldest, lives only for her work as a secretary and chapel on Sunday. Fair and loving Lizzie is content with her job making umbrellas - until she falls in love with George Crossman and all she desires is to be a wife and mother. And headstrong Ruth, the merry one, is intent upon marrying handsome charmer, Walter Wray, despite warnings from friends and family. Already emotionally damaged by a traumatic childhood, Alice struggles to lead a normal life. Poor but happy with her ever increasing family, with the onset of war, Lizzie faces the threat of losing all she holds dear. And Ruth soon realises she has made a terrible mistake in her marriage as she becomes trapped in a life of poverty and violence. As the years pass each sister is forced to confront her greatest challenge ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242041Thu, 30 May 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stanford Lasses Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stanford Lasses Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They loved. They lost. They lived. In the small Yorkshire town of Cottenly - dominated by the steel works and surrounded by beautiful countryside - Isaac Stanford lives with his wife Emily and their three lovely daughters, known locally as the Stanford lasses. Alice, the eldest, lives only for her work as a secretary and chapel on Sunday. Fair and loving Lizzie is content with her job making umbrellas - until she falls in love with George Crossman and all she desires is to be a wife and mother. And headstrong Ruth, the merry one, is intent upon marrying handsome charmer, Walter Wray, despite warnings from friends and family. Already emotionally damaged by a traumatic childhood, Alice struggles to lead a normal life. Poor but happy with her ever increasing family, with the onset of war, Lizzie faces the threat of losing all she holds dear. And Ruth soon realises she has made a terrible mistake in her marriage as she becomes trapped in a life of poverty and violence. As the years pass each sister is forced to confront her greatest challenge ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-side-of-paradise-an-epic-and-moving-love-story-under-the-shadow-of-war-by-margaret-mayhew--65309891https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side Of Paradise: An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE! 'Moving tale of bravery and human endurance...the sounds and smells and life of Singapore come alive in this well-told story' - 5 STARS 'This is an amazing read' - 5 STARS 'Left me craving more, loving the characters, totally absorbed in the detailed descriptions and finding myself recommending her novels over a coffee with friends' - 5 STARS 'Great read!' - 5 STARS 'Really loved this book' - 5 STARS ********************************************** SHE ONLY LIVED FOR PLEASURE... ...until war forced her to find courage she did not know she had, and love where she least expected it. 1941: Britain is in the grip of war; life in the Far East is one of wealth and privilege. In Singapore Susan Roper enjoys dancing, clothes and fast cars, tennis and light flirtations with visiting naval officers - her life is devoted solely to pleasure and dismisses any warnings of danger. Singapore goes on partying, oblivious to the threat of invasion and believing the British flag will, protect them from all enemies. But when Japan invades, Susan finds herself in grave danger. She becomes an ambulance driver and is taken prisoner by the Japanese. Gradually and reluctantly she realises that she will have to face many hardships and witness terrible events, forcing her to acknowledge the truth...But will this new world lead her to a love where she least expects it?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242028Thu, 30 May 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side Of Paradise: An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side Of Paradise: An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Ruth Sillers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 30, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE! 'Moving tale of bravery and human endurance...the sounds and smells and life of Singapore come alive in this well-told story' - 5 STARS 'This is an amazing read' - 5 STARS 'Left me craving more, loving the characters, totally absorbed in the detailed descriptions and finding myself recommending her novels over a coffee with friends' - 5 STARS 'Great read!' - 5 STARS 'Really loved this book' - 5 STARS ********************************************** SHE ONLY LIVED FOR PLEASURE... ...until war forced her to find courage she did not know she had, and love where she least expected it. 1941: Britain is in the grip of war; life in the Far East is one of wealth and privilege. In Singapore Susan Roper enjoys dancing, clothes and fast cars, tennis and light flirtations with visiting naval officers - her life is devoted solely to pleasure and dismisses any warnings of danger. Singapore goes on partying, oblivious to the threat of invasion and believing the British flag will, protect them from all enemies. But when Japan invades, Susan finds herself in grave danger. She becomes an ambulance driver and is taken prisoner by the Japanese. Gradually and reluctantly she realises that she will have to face many hardships and witness terrible events, forcing her to acknowledge the truth...But will this new world lead her to a love where she least expects it?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gypsy-girl-by-val-wood--65309889https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gypsy Girl Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Polly Anna's mother died when she was just three years old, it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with the help of Jonty - a young misfit who soon became her best friend - she managed to escape, running away with the fairground folk. She became a horserider and acrobat, travelling all around the country. Her friends became the circus people, and her home the caravans and travellers' tents. Meanwhile, in a great house in Yorkshire, old Mrs Winthrop has never given up hope of finding her daughter Madeleine, who eloped with a handsome gypsy and was never seen again. When her young neighbour sets out to find Madeleine, he discovers the colourful world of the fairs. And there, in the midst of it all, Polly Anna - once the waif from the workhouse, now a fully-fledged gypsy girl. Previously published as The Romany Girl.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242173Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gypsy Girl Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 11, 2013 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gypsy Girl Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Polly Anna's mother died when she was just three years old, it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with the help of Jonty - a young misfit who soon became her best friend - she managed to escape, running away with the fairground folk. She became a horserider and acrobat, travelling all around the country. Her friends became the circus people, and her home the caravans and travellers' tents. Meanwhile, in a great house in Yorkshire, old Mrs Winthrop has never given up hope of finding her daughter Madeleine, who eloped with a handsome gypsy and was never seen again. When her young neighbour sets out to find Madeleine, he discovers the colourful world of the fairs. And there, in the midst of it all, Polly Anna - once the waif from the workhouse, now a fully-fledged gypsy girl. Previously published as The Romany Girl.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/starting-now-a-blossom-street-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65309870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #12 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For years, Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career - her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: she's been let go and must rebuild her entire life . . . starting now. With no job prospects in sight, Libby reaches out to old friends and spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store. There, she forms a close bond with Lydia, the sweet-natured shop owner, Lydia's spirited teenaged daughter, Casey, and Casey's best friend, Ava, a shy yet troubled girl who will shape Libby's future in surprising and profound ways. As A Good Yarn becomes a second home - and the women a new kind of family - Libby relishes the different person she's become. She even finds time for romance with a charming and handsome doctor who seems to be her perfect match. But just as everything is coming together, Libby must make a choice that could forever change the life she holds so dear. Warmly told and richly textured, Starting Now is filled with the promise of new beginnings and the unending delights of companionship and love. There is a knitting pattern included with this audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242172Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #12 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel Series: #12 of Blossom Street Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 11, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For years, Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career - her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: she's been let go and must rebuild her entire life . . . starting now. With no job prospects in sight, Libby reaches out to old friends and spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store. There, she forms a close bond with Lydia, the sweet-natured shop owner, Lydia's spirited teenaged daughter, Casey, and Casey's best friend, Ava, a shy yet troubled girl who will shape Libby's future in surprising and profound ways. As A Good Yarn becomes a second home - and the women a new kind of family - Libby relishes the different person she's become. She even finds time for romance with a charming and handsome doctor who seems to be her perfect match. But just as everything is coming together, Libby must make a choice that could forever change the life she holds so dear. Warmly told and richly textured, Starting Now is filled with the promise of new beginnings and the unending delights of companionship and love. There is a knitting pattern included with this audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-the-heart-lies-by-ellie-dean--65309859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Lies Series: #4 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house. But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242181Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Lies Series: #4 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Heart Lies Series: #4 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house. But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-joan-by-jennie-rooney--65309888https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Joan Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joan’s voice is almost a whisper. ‘Nobody talked about what they did during the war. We all knew we weren’t allowed to.’ Joan Stanley has a secret. She is a loving mother, a doting grandmother, and leads a quiet, unremarkable life in the suburbs. Then one morning there is a knock on the door, and suddenly the past she has been so keen to hide for the last fifty years threatens to overturn her comfortable world. Cambridge University in 1937 is awash with ideas and idealists, yet unworldly Joan feels better suited to a science lecture and a cup of cocoa. But a chance meeting with the glamorous Russian-born Sonya and her charismatic cousin Leo blurs the edges of the things Joan thought she knew about the world, and about herself. In the post-War world of smoke and mirrors, allegiance is a slippery thing. Working in a government ministry with access to top-secret information, Joan is suddenly faced with the most difficult question of all: what price would you pay to remain true to what you believe? Would you betray your country, your family, even the man you love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242190Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Joan Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 7, 2013 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Joan Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joan’s voice is almost a whisper. ‘Nobody talked about what they did during the war. We all knew we weren’t allowed to.’ Joan Stanley has a secret. She is a loving mother, a doting grandmother, and leads a quiet, unremarkable life in the suburbs. Then one morning there is a knock on the door, and suddenly the past she has been so keen to hide for the last fifty years threatens to overturn her comfortable world. Cambridge University in 1937 is awash with ideas and idealists, yet unworldly Joan feels better suited to a science lecture and a cup of cocoa. But a chance meeting with the glamorous Russian-born Sonya and her charismatic cousin Leo blurs the edges of the things Joan thought she knew about the world, and about herself. In the post-War world of smoke and mirrors, allegiance is a slippery thing. Working in a government ministry with access to top-secret information, Joan is suddenly faced with the most difficult question of all: what price would you pay to remain true to what you believe? Would you betray your country, your family, even the man you love?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unknown-bridesmaid-by-e-m-forster--65309865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Bridesmaid Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Sian Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Julia was eight, she was asked to be a bridesmaid at her beautiful cousin Iris’s wedding. Her mother saw this as a chore – expensive, inconvenient – but Julia was thrilled. When the time came, even the fact that her bridesmaid’s dress didn’t fit, and was plain cream rather than the pink she’d hoped for, couldn’t ruin the day. But after this, things began to go wrong for Julia, starting with an episode involving her cousin’s baby, a pram and a secret trip round the block. A lifetime later, Julia is a child psychologist who every day deals with young girls said to be behaving badly. Some are stealing, some are running away from home, some are terribly untidy, some won’t eat or get out of bed. Julia has a special knack with these girls. She understands which really are troubled, and which are at the mercy of the way they are seen by the adults around them. But one day, Julia’s own troubled past starts to creep into her present. And as she struggles to understand her childhood self, she must confront the possibility that the truth may not be as devastating as she feared.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242195Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Bridesmaid Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Sian Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Bridesmaid Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Sian Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Julia was eight, she was asked to be a bridesmaid at her beautiful cousin Iris’s wedding. Her mother saw this as a chore – expensive, inconvenient – but Julia was thrilled. When the time came, even the fact that her bridesmaid’s dress didn’t fit, and was plain cream rather than the pink she’d hoped for, couldn’t ruin the day. But after this, things began to go wrong for Julia, starting with an episode involving her cousin’s baby, a pram and a secret trip round the block. A lifetime later, Julia is a child psychologist who every day deals with young girls said to be behaving badly. Some are stealing, some are running away from home, some are terribly untidy, some won’t eat or get out of bed. Julia has a special knack with these girls. She understands which really are troubled, and which are at the mercy of the way they are seen by the adults around them. But one day, Julia’s own troubled past starts to creep into her present. And as she struggles to understand her childhood self, she must confront the possibility that the truth may not be as devastating as she feared.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dear-teacher-by-jack-sheffield--65309864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Teacher Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in the small Yorkshire village of Ragley-on-the-Forest, Jack Sheffield returns for his third year as headmaster of the village school. Jack and his staff struggle to keep a semblance of normality throughout the turbulence of the school terms, as once again the official School Log fails to record what is really going on beneath the seemingly quiet routine. Ruby the caretaker discovers her Prince Charming; Vera the school secretary gets to meet her hero, Nicholas Parsons; and Jack, to his astonishment, finds himself having to stand in as a curiously skinny Father Christmas. Jack also finds himself, at last, having to choose between the vivacious sisters Beth and Laura Henderson ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242191Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Teacher Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Teacher Author: Jack Sheffield Narrator: Jack Sheffield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 28, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in the small Yorkshire village of Ragley-on-the-Forest, Jack Sheffield returns for his third year as headmaster of the village school. Jack and his staff struggle to keep a semblance of normality throughout the turbulence of the school terms, as once again the official School Log fails to record what is really going on beneath the seemingly quiet routine. Ruby the caretaker discovers her Prince Charming; Vera the school secretary gets to meet her hero, Nicholas Parsons; and Jack, to his astonishment, finds himself having to stand in as a curiously skinny Father Christmas. Jack also finds himself, at last, having to choose between the vivacious sisters Beth and Laura Henderson ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-all-tarts-are-apple-a-perfectly-feel-good-comic-saga-from-the-east-end-by-pip-granger--65309898https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not All Tarts Are Apple: A perfectly feel-good comic saga from the East End Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A wonderfully warm and charming London saga, set in the Soho of the 1950s. If you like Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, you'll love this! 'She brings the East End to life...' - Barbara Windsor 'A poignant story with a strong authentic backdrop...'-Woman & Home 'I enjoyed this book so much and would recommend it to anyone...' -- ***** Reader review 'Great fun to read, amusing...' -- ***** Reader review ******************************** WINNER OF THE HARRY BOWLING PRIZE FOR FICTION. WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU KNEW COULD BE TAKEN FROM YOU IN A FLASH? Rosie has always lived with her eagle-eyed Auntie Maggie and Uncle Bert in their café in Soho, often visited by her mother - the mysterious, and often drunk, Perfumed Lady. Yet, her mother's family - landed gentry who hail from a country estate near Bath - are desperate to get their hands on Sophie and will stop at nothing - even kidnap- to get her... Will Rosie have to leave the Soho and the neighbours she knows and loves - Great Aunt Dodie, Madame Zelda and Paulette, Sharky, Maltese Joe and the Campini Family who run the delicatessen in Old Compton Street - for good? Rosie's story continues in The Widow Ginger.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242228Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not All Tarts Are Apple: A perfectly feel-good comic saga from the East End Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not All Tarts Are Apple: A perfectly feel-good comic saga from the East End Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A wonderfully warm and charming London saga, set in the Soho of the 1950s. If you like Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, you'll love this! 'She brings the East End to life...' - Barbara Windsor 'A poignant story with a strong authentic backdrop...'-Woman & Home 'I enjoyed this book so much and would recommend it to anyone...' -- ***** Reader review 'Great fun to read, amusing...' -- ***** Reader review ******************************** WINNER OF THE HARRY BOWLING PRIZE FOR FICTION. WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU KNEW COULD BE TAKEN FROM YOU IN A FLASH? Rosie has always lived with her eagle-eyed Auntie Maggie and Uncle Bert in their café in Soho, often visited by her mother - the mysterious, and often drunk, Perfumed Lady. Yet, her mother's family - landed gentry who hail from a country estate near Bath - are desperate to get their hands on Sophie and will stop at nothing - even kidnap- to get her... Will Rosie have to leave the Soho and the neighbours she knows and loves - Great Aunt Dodie, Madame Zelda and Paulette, Sharky, Maltese Joe and the Campini Family who run the delicatessen in Old Compton Street - for good? Rosie's story continues in The Widow Ginger.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-peace-for-the-wicked-the-east-end-is-brought-to-life-in-this-heart-warming-cockney-saga-by-pip-granger--65309887https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Peace For The Wicked: The East-End is brought to life in this heart-warming Cockney saga Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, a feel-good, uplifting and funny saga set in post war London from Sunday Times bestseller Pip Granger. 'A colourful, deeply nostalgic evocation of Soho in the Fifties, drawing heavily on the author's own childhood.' -- CHOICE 'She brings the East End to life' -- BARBARA WINDSOR 'Lovely book - enjoyed it immensely. Very funny and very accurate of London in the 1950s.' -- ***** Reader review 'A brilliant, amusing, unputdownable book.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************** THE WAR MAY BE LONG OVER BUT LIFE IN SOHO IS ANYTHING BUT CALM... 1956: Lizzy is working in Soho when Peace, the daughter of her employer Bandy Bunion's estranged sister, comes to stay. Peace is a beautiful sixteen-year-old part-Chinese girl who has run away from boarding school and who has no intention of going back. Having lost her own daughter - Rosie's best friend - to leukaemia two years previously, she feels a special bond with Peace. She also feels that life has been rather quiet recently; but things are about to change dramatically... When Peace goes missing a second time, and no one knows where she's gone, it looks as though there's only one thing to do. Lizzy asks TC - her new man and a policeman - to help her find Peace, and the first place they must visit is the dock area in Limehouse... No Peace for the Wicked paints a picture of 1950s Soho so authentic you feel as though you are there...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242230Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Peace For The Wicked: The East-End is brought to life in this heart-warming Cockney saga Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Maggie Mash Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Peace For The Wicked: The East-End is brought to life in this heart-warming Cockney saga Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, a feel-good, uplifting and funny saga set in post war London from Sunday Times bestseller Pip Granger. 'A colourful, deeply nostalgic evocation of Soho in the Fifties, drawing heavily on the author's own childhood.' -- CHOICE 'She brings the East End to life' -- BARBARA WINDSOR 'Lovely book - enjoyed it immensely. Very funny and very accurate of London in the 1950s.' -- ***** Reader review 'A brilliant, amusing, unputdownable book.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************** THE WAR MAY BE LONG OVER BUT LIFE IN SOHO IS ANYTHING BUT CALM... 1956: Lizzy is working in Soho when Peace, the daughter of her employer Bandy Bunion's estranged sister, comes to stay. Peace is a beautiful sixteen-year-old part-Chinese girl who has run away from boarding school and who has no intention of going back. Having lost her own daughter - Rosie's best friend - to leukaemia two years previously, she feels a special bond with Peace. She also feels that life has been rather quiet recently; but things are about to change dramatically... When Peace goes missing a second time, and no one knows where she's gone, it looks as though there's only one thing to do. Lizzy asks TC - her new man and a policeman - to help her find Peace, and the first place they must visit is the dock area in Limehouse... No Peace for the Wicked paints a picture of 1950s Soho so authentic you feel as though you are there...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trouble-in-paradise-a-fantastically-funny-and-feel-good-tale-from-the-east-end-by-pip-granger--65309886https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble In Paradise: A fantastically funny and feel-good tale from the East End… Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, a heart-warming saga set in post war London from Sunday Times bestselling author Pip Granger. 'She brings the East End to life...' - Barbara Windsor 'Read it straight through...' - ***** Reader review. 'Love her writing.' - ***** Reader review. *************************** 1945: The end of the war spreads joy through London, but for Zelda Fluck the news isn't all good. The end to hostilities will bring her violent husband Charlie home. It also sets off a chain of events that brings more strife and destruction to the people of Paradise Gardens in Hackney than did the Blitz. That's not all. Zelda's nephew, Tony, is hanging around Brian Hole, a one-boy crime wave and only child of Ma Hole, leader of the local spivs. But Tony can sing - he has, in fact, the voice of an angel - and Zelda's friend, Zinnia knows a voice coach in Soho whose lessons may be able to straighten Tony out. The people Zelda meets there change her life. Will she find a way out of Hackney and her failed marriage? Trouble in Paradise is a prequel to Pip Granger's Rosie novels...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242229Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble In Paradise: A fantastically funny and feel-good tale from the East End… Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble In Paradise: A fantastically funny and feel-good tale from the East End… Author: Pip Granger Narrator: Tanya Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell, a heart-warming saga set in post war London from Sunday Times bestselling author Pip Granger. 'She brings the East End to life...' - Barbara Windsor 'Read it straight through...' - ***** Reader review. 'Love her writing.' - ***** Reader review. *************************** 1945: The end of the war spreads joy through London, but for Zelda Fluck the news isn't all good. The end to hostilities will bring her violent husband Charlie home. It also sets off a chain of events that brings more strife and destruction to the people of Paradise Gardens in Hackney than did the Blitz. That's not all. Zelda's nephew, Tony, is hanging around Brian Hole, a one-boy crime wave and only child of Ma Hole, leader of the local spivs. But Tony can sing - he has, in fact, the voice of an angel - and Zelda's friend, Zinnia knows a voice coach in Soho whose lessons may be able to straighten Tony out. The people Zelda meets there change her life. Will she find a way out of Hackney and her failed marriage? Trouble in Paradise is a prequel to Pip Granger's Rosie novels...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-family-christmas-by-glenice-crossland--65309900https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Family Christmas Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lucy Gabbitas has just left school and is excited about joining her sisters at the local umbrella factory. But then her beloved father dies of lung disease leaving Lucy and her brothers and sisters broken-hearted. With barely enough to make ends meet, the family receive no sympathy from their tyrannical mother, Annie, and their first Christmas without him holds little comfort and joy. Things seem to be looking brighter for Lucy when she meets John Grey and falls in love. That is until Annie becomes seriously ill and dies, and Lucy is forced to put her family first. But despite their continued hardship and despair, Lucy resolves to turn their home into a happy one for her brothers and sisters, and for the family of her own she dearly hopes for. And she is determined to make Christmas a joyous occasion for them all once more...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242218Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Family Christmas Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Family Christmas Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lucy Gabbitas has just left school and is excited about joining her sisters at the local umbrella factory. But then her beloved father dies of lung disease leaving Lucy and her brothers and sisters broken-hearted. With barely enough to make ends meet, the family receive no sympathy from their tyrannical mother, Annie, and their first Christmas without him holds little comfort and joy. Things seem to be looking brighter for Lucy when she meets John Grey and falls in love. That is until Annie becomes seriously ill and dies, and Lucy is forced to put her family first. But despite their continued hardship and despair, Lucy resolves to turn their home into a happy one for her brothers and sisters, and for the family of her own she dearly hopes for. And she is determined to make Christmas a joyous occasion for them all once more...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ever-open-door-by-glenice-crossland--65309890https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever Open Door Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Told with warmth and humour, The Ever Open Door is the story of a hard working, down-to-earth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second World War and its aftermath. Burly steelworker Jim Butler and his wife Sally are quite content in their little house on Potters Row. Jim's only complaint is that Sally is too soft hearted for her own good, always at the beck and call of any neighbour, friend or even stranger. Sally, on the other hand, accuses Jim of being a soft touch for anyone after a drink or two at the Rising Sun. Both accept that neither will ever change and they love each other and their daughter Daisy deeply. Theirs is a close-knit family in a close-knit community where gossip - both good and bad - abounds and neighbour looks out for neighbour and friend for friend. And when Sally's generosity leads to an inheritance it should mean a change of life for the better, instead it brings danger and difficult choices for them all...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242220Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever Open Door Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever Open Door Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Told with warmth and humour, The Ever Open Door is the story of a hard working, down-to-earth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second World War and its aftermath. Burly steelworker Jim Butler and his wife Sally are quite content in their little house on Potters Row. Jim's only complaint is that Sally is too soft hearted for her own good, always at the beck and call of any neighbour, friend or even stranger. Sally, on the other hand, accuses Jim of being a soft touch for anyone after a drink or two at the Rising Sun. Both accept that neither will ever change and they love each other and their daughter Daisy deeply. Theirs is a close-knit family in a close-knit community where gossip - both good and bad - abounds and neighbour looks out for neighbour and friend for friend. And when Sally's generosity leads to an inheritance it should mean a change of life for the better, instead it brings danger and difficult choices for them all...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-past-by-glenice-crossland--65309882https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas Past Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one Sunday in church she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes the daughter the couple were never able to have. With Britain at war, unable to remain idle, Mary finds employment in the local steel works but when her fiancé Tom Downing is killed in action Mary is convinced it is retribution for their night of sin during Tom's Christmas leave. However, Mary grows to love Jack Holmes, a local miner. They marry and move into a humble terrace house with little but their love to keep them going. As the years pass Mary is determined to achieve success for herself and her family. She sets up her own dressmaking business and it seems as if she has finally found peace of mind. But the business starts to dominate her life until tragedy once more threatens to destroy all she most cherishes...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242219Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas Past Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas Past Author: Glenice Crossland Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one Sunday in church she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes the daughter the couple were never able to have. With Britain at war, unable to remain idle, Mary finds employment in the local steel works but when her fiancé Tom Downing is killed in action Mary is convinced it is retribution for their night of sin during Tom's Christmas leave. However, Mary grows to love Jack Holmes, a local miner. They marry and move into a humble terrace house with little but their love to keep them going. As the years pass Mary is determined to achieve success for herself and her family. She sets up her own dressmaking business and it seems as if she has finally found peace of mind. But the business starts to dominate her life until tragedy once more threatens to destroy all she most cherishes...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-twelve-tribes-of-hattie-by-ayana-mathis--65309883https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Author: Ayana Mathis Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 17, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'The opening pages of Ayana's debut took my breath away. I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison.' Oprah Winfrey Fifteen years old and blazing with the hope of a better life, Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Hattie’s is a tale of strength, of resilience and heartbreak that spans six decades. Her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. She keeps the children alive with sheer will and not an ounce of the affection they crave. She knows they don’t think her a kind woman — but how could they understand that all the love she had was used up in feeding them and clothing them. How do you prepare your children for a world you know is cruel? The lives of this unforgettable family form a searing portrait of twentieth century America. From the revivalist tents of Alabama to Vietnam, to the black middle-class enclave in the heart of the city, to a filthy bar in the ghetto, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is an extraordinary, distinctive novel about the guilt, sacrifice, responsibility and heartbreak that are an intrinsic part of ferocious love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242238Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Author: Ayana Mathis Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Author: Ayana Mathis Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 17, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'The opening pages of Ayana's debut took my breath away. I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison.' Oprah Winfrey Fifteen years old and blazing with the hope of a better life, Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Hattie’s is a tale of strength, of resilience and heartbreak that spans six decades. Her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. She keeps the children alive with sheer will and not an ounce of the affection they crave. She knows they don’t think her a kind woman — but how could they understand that all the love she had was used up in feeding them and clothing them. How do you prepare your children for a world you know is cruel? The lives of this unforgettable family form a searing portrait of twentieth century America. From the revivalist tents of Alabama to Vietnam, to the black middle-class enclave in the heart of the city, to a filthy bar in the ghetto, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is an extraordinary, distinctive novel about the guilt, sacrifice, responsibility and heartbreak that are an intrinsic part of ferocious love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kind-of-kin-by-rilla-askew--65309801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kind of Kin Author: Rilla Askew Narrator: Rilla Askew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 8, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage. Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255454Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kind of Kin Author: Rilla Askew Narrator: Rilla Askew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 8, 2013 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kind of Kin Author: Rilla Askew Narrator: Rilla Askew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 8, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage. Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anyone-who-had-a-heart-by-mia-dolan--65309899https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anyone Who Had a Heart Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Even a small town girl can have big dreams... Marcie Brooks has returned to her home town with a baby and a ring on her finger. But for all her grandmother's insistence that she's a young widow, the truth is the only boy Marcie has ever loved tragically died before he could make good his promise to wed her. Sometimes she still feels his presence near her, which is both a comfort and an unnerving sign that she's inherited her grandmother's gifts... However defending herself from unwanted attention has devastating consequences - Marcie has to leave Sheppey in a hurry. The offer of a job in a smart boutique on the Kings Road in London, arranged via her father's dodgy connections, seems to offer an ideal escape. But it doesn't take Marcie long to discover that her new Sicilian bosses have other business interests besides fashion...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242255Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anyone Who Had a Heart Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anyone Who Had a Heart Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Even a small town girl can have big dreams... Marcie Brooks has returned to her home town with a baby and a ring on her finger. But for all her grandmother's insistence that she's a young widow, the truth is the only boy Marcie has ever loved tragically died before he could make good his promise to wed her. Sometimes she still feels his presence near her, which is both a comfort and an unnerving sign that she's inherited her grandmother's gifts... However defending herself from unwanted attention has devastating consequences - Marcie has to leave Sheppey in a hurry. The offer of a job in a smart boutique on the Kings Road in London, arranged via her father's dodgy connections, seems to offer an ideal escape. But it doesn't take Marcie long to discover that her new Sicilian bosses have other business interests besides fashion...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wishing-and-hoping-by-mia-dolan--65309897https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wishing and Hoping Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Life's been hard for Marcie Brooks, but when she marries Michael Jones things start to look up. Not only has he given her daughter, Joanna, his name but they now also have a son. The family's finances are on the up too, with Michael opening his first nightclub. However, when he refuses to do business with Paddy Rafferty, an Irish gangster, Michael soon finds himself on the wrong side of the law. He claims he's being framed for murder and Marcie wants to believe him but she has worries of her own. With her husband in prison, everyone seems to think she needs to sell the club and concentrate on raising her family. But a little voice seems to be telling Marcie she needs to fight for her children's future...And if that means standing up to intimidation, then so be it...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242258Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wishing and Hoping Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wishing and Hoping Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Life's been hard for Marcie Brooks, but when she marries Michael Jones things start to look up. Not only has he given her daughter, Joanna, his name but they now also have a son. The family's finances are on the up too, with Michael opening his first nightclub. However, when he refuses to do business with Paddy Rafferty, an Irish gangster, Michael soon finds himself on the wrong side of the law. He claims he's being framed for murder and Marcie wants to believe him but she has worries of her own. With her husband in prison, everyone seems to think she needs to sell the club and concentrate on raising her family. But a little voice seems to be telling Marcie she needs to fight for her children's future...And if that means standing up to intimidation, then so be it...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poppy-s-war-by-lily-baxter--65309895https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poppy's War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1939: Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset. Tired and frightened, she arrives with nothing but her gas mask and a change of clothes to her name. Billeted at a grand country house, Poppy is received with cold indifference above stairs and gets little better treatment from the servants. Lonely and missing the family she left behind in London, Poppy is devastated when she hears that they have been killed in the Blitz. Circumstances soon force Poppy to move to the suburbs and into the company of strangers once more. Earning a meagre income as a hospital cleaner, as the war continues to rage, Poppy longs to do her duty. And as soon as she is able to, she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe, Poppy battles to survive the day-to-day hardships and dangers of wartime, wondering if she'll ever see him again...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242244Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poppy's War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poppy's War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1939: Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset. Tired and frightened, she arrives with nothing but her gas mask and a change of clothes to her name. Billeted at a grand country house, Poppy is received with cold indifference above stairs and gets little better treatment from the servants. Lonely and missing the family she left behind in London, Poppy is devastated when she hears that they have been killed in the Blitz. Circumstances soon force Poppy to move to the suburbs and into the company of strangers once more. Earning a meagre income as a hospital cleaner, as the war continues to rage, Poppy longs to do her duty. And as soon as she is able to, she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe, Poppy battles to survive the day-to-day hardships and dangers of wartime, wondering if she'll ever see him again...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rock-a-bye-baby-by-mia-dolan--65309879https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock A Bye Baby Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up in a small seaside town, Marcie Brooks dreams of owning a Mary Quant mini-skirt, the Beatles, and escape. Instead she's stuck in a dead-end job selling candy floss to tourists and with a crazy family. Her grandmother sees ghosts, her step-mother is unable to control her growing family and Marcie's father is usually in and out of prison or away 'working' for East End gangsters. Despite it all, Marcie adores her father, but Tony's light fingers and hard man reputation mean most people give the Brooks family a wide birth. Sometimes Marcie even wishes she had a respectable dad like her friend Rita; well-groomed, wealthy by local standards and surprisingly attentive to a teenage girl. But when she discovers Tony may have had something to do with her real mother's death, Marcie finds her friend's father is more than just a shoulder to cry on... Mia Dolan's novels will appeal to all saga readers, especially fans of Katie Flynn .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242256Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock A Bye Baby Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock A Bye Baby Author: Mia Dolan Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Growing up in a small seaside town, Marcie Brooks dreams of owning a Mary Quant mini-skirt, the Beatles, and escape. Instead she's stuck in a dead-end job selling candy floss to tourists and with a crazy family. Her grandmother sees ghosts, her step-mother is unable to control her growing family and Marcie's father is usually in and out of prison or away 'working' for East End gangsters. Despite it all, Marcie adores her father, but Tony's light fingers and hard man reputation mean most people give the Brooks family a wide birth. Sometimes Marcie even wishes she had a respectable dad like her friend Rita; well-groomed, wealthy by local standards and surprisingly attentive to a teenage girl. But when she discovers Tony may have had something to do with her real mother's death, Marcie finds her friend's father is more than just a shoulder to cry on... Mia Dolan's novels will appeal to all saga readers, especially fans of Katie Flynn .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/troubled-waters-a-dramatic-and-page-turning-welsh-saga-from-much-loved-and-bestselling-author-rosie-harris-by-rosie-harris--65309850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Troubled Waters: a dramatic and page-turning Welsh saga from much-loved and bestselling author Rosie Harris Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Siriol Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She looked after them. But who would look after her? When fourteen-year-old Sara Jenkins rescues her baby sister, Myfanwy, from the fire which kills their mother, little does she realise the burden of responsibility she is taking on. Her father, Ifor, is perceived as strict and moral by everyone in the village. But as Sara struggles to look after Myfanwy and their home she discovers the depths of cruelty he is capable of. Then Ifor remarries, and Sara's new stepmother is a hard taskmaster who considers everything Sara does inadequate or wicked. When Sara meets Rhys Edwards, nephew of the owner of the bakery where she works, she falls in love for the first time. Finally, she believes, she has a way to escape her father. Rhys and Sara plan to make a life together in Cardiff - but when tragedy strikes Sara finds herself alone there, pregnant and destitute ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242245Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Troubled Waters: a dramatic and page-turning Welsh saga from much-loved and bestselling author Rosie Harris Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Siriol...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Troubled Waters: a dramatic and page-turning Welsh saga from much-loved and bestselling author Rosie Harris Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Siriol Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She looked after them. But who would look after her? When fourteen-year-old Sara Jenkins rescues her baby sister, Myfanwy, from the fire which kills their mother, little does she realise the burden of responsibility she is taking on. Her father, Ifor, is perceived as strict and moral by everyone in the village. But as Sara struggles to look after Myfanwy and their home she discovers the depths of cruelty he is capable of. Then Ifor remarries, and Sara's new stepmother is a hard taskmaster who considers everything Sara does inadequate or wicked. When Sara meets Rhys Edwards, nephew of the owner of the bakery where she works, she falls in love for the first time. Finally, she believes, she has a way to escape her father. Rhys and Sara plan to make a life together in Cardiff - but when tragedy strikes Sara finds herself alone there, pregnant and destitute ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turn-of-the-tide-an-irresistibly-moving-saga-of-one-girl-s-will-to-survive-by-rosie-harris--65309849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turn Of The Tide: an irresistibly moving saga of one girl’s will to survive… Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Margaret Sircom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let much-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris sweep you away to Liverpool in this captivating and emotionally charged saga. Perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'Enjoyed this book so much could not put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review 'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* SHE MADE A PROMISE, BUT CAN SHE KEEP IT? When Lucy Patterson promises her dying mother that she'll leave the comfortable home they've shared with her mother's employer, Stanley Jones, to go and live with her Aunt Flo on the other side of the Mersey, she has no idea of the terrible consequences. Life with the Flanagans in the slums of Liverpool, and Lucy's new job in a factory, are totally different from the world she has known. Mocked by her cousins and the women she works alongside, and terrified by the brutality of her uncle and the unwelcome attentions of her cousin Frank, Lucy is desperately unhappy. And then one day, the worst happens and Lucy finds herself homeless, friendless and destitute. It seems there's only one person in the world willing to help her. But can she break her promise to her mother? Or should she accept that there's only one place a girl in her situation can go ...?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242246Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turn Of The Tide: an irresistibly moving saga of one girl’s will to survive… Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Margaret Sircom Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turn Of The Tide: an irresistibly moving saga of one girl’s will to survive… Author: Rosie Harris Narrator: Margaret Sircom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let much-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris sweep you away to Liverpool in this captivating and emotionally charged saga. Perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'Enjoyed this book so much could not put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review 'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* SHE MADE A PROMISE, BUT CAN SHE KEEP IT? When Lucy Patterson promises her dying mother that she'll leave the comfortable home they've shared with her mother's employer, Stanley Jones, to go and live with her Aunt Flo on the other side of the Mersey, she has no idea of the terrible consequences. Life with the Flanagans in the slums of Liverpool, and Lucy's new job in a factory, are totally different from the world she has known. Mocked by her cousins and the women she works alongside, and terrified by the brutality of her uncle and the unwelcome attentions of her cousin Frank, Lucy is desperately unhappy. And then one day, the worst happens and Lucy finds herself homeless, friendless and destitute. It seems there's only one person in the world willing to help her. But can she break her promise to her mother? Or should she accept that there's only one place a girl in her situation can go ...?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-should-be-so-lucky-an-uplifting-and-hilarious-novel-from-the-ever-astute-astley-by-judy-astley--65309837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Be So Lucky: an uplifting and hilarious novel from the ever astute Astley Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Viola hasn't had much luck with men. Her first husband, Marco, companion of her youth and father of her only child, left her when he realised he was gay. Her second, Rhys, ended his high-octane, fame-filled life by driving his Porsche into a wall. No wonder her family always believes she needs Looking After, and her friends think she really shouldn't be allowed out on her own... Which is why, at the age of thirty-five, she finds herself shamefully back at home, living with Mum. Viola knows she has to take charge; she needs to get a life, and fast. With a stroppy teenage daughter, a demanding mother, and siblings who want to control her life for her, where is she going to turn?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242243Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Be So Lucky: an uplifting and hilarious novel from the ever astute Astley Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Be So Lucky: an uplifting and hilarious novel from the ever astute Astley Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Viola hasn't had much luck with men. Her first husband, Marco, companion of her youth and father of her only child, left her when he realised he was gay. Her second, Rhys, ended his high-octane, fame-filled life by driving his Porsche into a wall. No wonder her family always believes she needs Looking After, and her friends think she really shouldn't be allowed out on her own... Which is why, at the age of thirty-five, she finds herself shamefully back at home, living with Mum. Viola knows she has to take charge; she needs to get a life, and fast. With a stroppy teenage daughter, a demanding mother, and siblings who want to control her life for her, where is she going to turn?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-promise-by-dilly-court--65309896https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Promise Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be. But despite the threat of being turned out onto the streets by the unscrupulous tallyman and the never-ending struggle just to exist, Hetty is determined her family will never starve or want for a roof over their heads. Longing for something better out of life than the daily grind of making matchboxes for a pittance, she dreams of setting up her own business. With the help of friends she sells hot potatoes on the streets and things begin to look up for them all. But when the tallyman comes calling, they are faced once more with a future full of hardship and despair ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242264Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Promise Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Promise Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be. But despite the threat of being turned out onto the streets by the unscrupulous tallyman and the never-ending struggle just to exist, Hetty is determined her family will never starve or want for a roof over their heads. Longing for something better out of life than the daily grind of making matchboxes for a pittance, she dreams of setting up her own business. With the help of friends she sells hot potatoes on the streets and things begin to look up for them all. But when the tallyman comes calling, they are faced once more with a future full of hardship and despair ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-secret-by-dilly-court--65309894https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child's birth for ever. Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy's care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman's cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242269Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child's birth for ever. Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy's care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman's cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-wish-by-dilly-court--65309884https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Wish Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world. But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242265Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Wish Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Wish Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world. But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ragged-heiress-a-heartwarming-historical-saga-from-sunday-times-bestselling-author-dilly-court-by-dilly-court--65309871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ragged Heiress: A heartwarming historical saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On a bitter winter's day, an unnamed girl lies dangerously ill in hospital. When two coarse, rough-speaking individuals come to claim her, she can remember nothing of the events that brought her to her present state, not even her name. According to the men, she is their young sister, Lucy. As her health improves and her memory gradually returns, she realises she's been kidnapped. But she has no means of escaping the hideous confines of the filthy basement room in which they have imprisoned her in. They are hoping to claim her fortune as a ransom - for she is really Lucetta Froy, the daughter of a prosperous importer. Tragically her parents were drowned on the return voyage from Bali when their ship went down, but Lucetta survived as did the two villains. She is unable to prove her identity, especially when her uncle refuses to recognise her and claims her father's business for himself. But despite being virtually destitute, and her spirit almost broken, Lucetta is determined to reclaim what is rightfully hers...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242268Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ragged Heiress: A heartwarming historical saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ragged Heiress: A heartwarming historical saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On a bitter winter's day, an unnamed girl lies dangerously ill in hospital. When two coarse, rough-speaking individuals come to claim her, she can remember nothing of the events that brought her to her present state, not even her name. According to the men, she is their young sister, Lucy. As her health improves and her memory gradually returns, she realises she's been kidnapped. But she has no means of escaping the hideous confines of the filthy basement room in which they have imprisoned her in. They are hoping to claim her fortune as a ransom - for she is really Lucetta Froy, the daughter of a prosperous importer. Tragically her parents were drowned on the return voyage from Bali when their ship went down, but Lucetta survived as did the two villains. She is unable to prove her identity, especially when her uncle refuses to recognise her and claims her father's business for himself. But despite being virtually destitute, and her spirit almost broken, Lucetta is determined to reclaim what is rightfully hers...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cockney-angel-by-dilly-court--65309869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cockney Angel Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eighteen-year-old Irene Angel lives with her parents in a tiny room above the shop where her crippled mother ekes out a living selling pickles and sauces, whilst her charming but feckless father Billy gambles away what little money they do manage to earn. And it is all Irene can do to keep the family together. Billy's addiction soon leads him into trouble. Despite having been brought up by her father to fear and distrust the police, Irene finds herself forced to collaborate with them to save her father from ruin. But Billy's errant ways finally catch up with him and he is imprisoned in Newgate jail. With her mother away from home, a desperate Irene has little choice but to seek help from Inspector Edward Kent - her sworn enemy. For only she can clear her father's name and unite the family once more ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242266Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cockney Angel Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cockney Angel Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eighteen-year-old Irene Angel lives with her parents in a tiny room above the shop where her crippled mother ekes out a living selling pickles and sauces, whilst her charming but feckless father Billy gambles away what little money they do manage to earn. And it is all Irene can do to keep the family together. Billy's addiction soon leads him into trouble. Despite having been brought up by her father to fear and distrust the police, Irene finds herself forced to collaborate with them to save her father from ruin. But Billy's errant ways finally catch up with him and he is imprisoned in Newgate jail. With her mother away from home, a desperate Irene has little choice but to seek help from Inspector Edward Kent - her sworn enemy. For only she can clear her father's name and unite the family once more ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-constant-heart-by-dilly-court--65309868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Constant Heart Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Despite living by the side of the Thames, with its noise, disease and dirt, eighteen-year-old Rosina May has wanted for little in life. Until her father's feud with a fellow bargeman threatens to destroy everything. To save them all, Rosina agrees to marry Harry, the son of a wealthy merchant. But a chance encounter with a handsome river pirate has turned her head and she longs to meet him again. When her father dies a broken man, Harry goes back on his promise and turns Rosina out onto the streets. She is forced to work the river herself, ferrying rubbish out of London and living rough. In spite of her hardships, she cannot forget her pirate and when tragedy threatens to strike once more she is forced to make a choice. But is she really prepared to risk everything for love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242267Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Constant Heart Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Constant Heart Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Despite living by the side of the Thames, with its noise, disease and dirt, eighteen-year-old Rosina May has wanted for little in life. Until her father's feud with a fellow bargeman threatens to destroy everything. To save them all, Rosina agrees to marry Harry, the son of a wealthy merchant. But a chance encounter with a handsome river pirate has turned her head and she longs to meet him again. When her father dies a broken man, Harry goes back on his promise and turns Rosina out onto the streets. She is forced to work the river herself, ferrying rubbish out of London and living rough. In spite of her hardships, she cannot forget her pirate and when tragedy threatens to strike once more she is forced to make a choice. But is she really prepared to risk everything for love?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-courage-by-dilly-court--65309828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Courage Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help. She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242263Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Courage Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Courage Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help. She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-brothers-by-ben-elton--65309876https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Brothers Author: Ben Elton Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Bestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour. Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice... Which one of them will survive? © Ben Elton 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2012]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242270Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Brothers Author: Ben Elton Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Brothers Author: Ben Elton Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Bestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour. Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice... Which one of them will survive? © Ben Elton 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2012]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-innkeeper-s-daughter-by-val-wood--65309858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innkeeper's Daughter Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Holderness, 1846. For reliable, thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn’t turning out quite as she’d hoped. She lives at the Woodman Inn – an ancient hostelry run by her family in the Yorkshire countryside – surrounded by two older brothers who never pull their weight and a flighty younger sister. When Bella learns not only that her father is seriously ill, but that her mother is expecting a fifth child, her dreams of leaving home to become a schoolteacher are quickly dashed. Times are hard, and when their father dies Bella also has to take on the role of mother to her baby brother. Her days are brightened by the occasional visit from Jamie Lucan – the eighteen-year-old son of a wealthy landowner in a neighbouring coastal village. Also grieving the loss of a parent, Jamie has more in common with Bella than she thinks. When her mother announces out of the blue that she wants to move the family to Hull, Bella is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. They arrive to find that the public house they are now committed to buying is run-down and dilapidated. Could things get any worse? Or could this move turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Bella?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242280Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innkeeper's Daughter Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innkeeper's Daughter Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Holderness, 1846. For reliable, thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn’t turning out quite as she’d hoped. She lives at the Woodman Inn – an ancient hostelry run by her family in the Yorkshire countryside – surrounded by two older brothers who never pull their weight and a flighty younger sister. When Bella learns not only that her father is seriously ill, but that her mother is expecting a fifth child, her dreams of leaving home to become a schoolteacher are quickly dashed. Times are hard, and when their father dies Bella also has to take on the role of mother to her baby brother. Her days are brightened by the occasional visit from Jamie Lucan – the eighteen-year-old son of a wealthy landowner in a neighbouring coastal village. Also grieving the loss of a parent, Jamie has more in common with Bella than she thinks. When her mother announces out of the blue that she wants to move the family to Hull, Bella is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. They arrive to find that the public house they are now committed to buying is run-down and dilapidated. Could things get any worse? Or could this move turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Bella?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-smiling-through-by-ellie-dean--65309860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Smiling Through Series: #3 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work, seventeen-year-old Rita Smith has plenty of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven. Until Italy sides with Germany and Rita's closest friends and neighbours are interned as enemies of the state. As war rages across Europe, Rita is more determined than ever to do her bit for the war effort. Although she is forced to give up her dream of joining the WAAF, she volunteers as a fire warden. When her own home is destroyed Rita vows she will not lose spirit and throws herself into doing her bit for king and country, longing for the day when she is reunited with those she loves best...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242415Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Smiling Through Series: #3 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Smiling Through Series: #3 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work, seventeen-year-old Rita Smith has plenty of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven. Until Italy sides with Germany and Rita's closest friends and neighbours are interned as enemies of the state. As war rages across Europe, Rita is more determined than ever to do her bit for the war effort. Although she is forced to give up her dream of joining the WAAF, she volunteers as a fire warden. When her own home is destroyed Rita vows she will not lose spirit and throws herself into doing her bit for king and country, longing for the day when she is reunited with those she loves best...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lord-of-mountains-by-s-m-stirling--65309787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of Mountains Series: #9 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains and take part in a crowning ceremony—a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land. Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward and lead his forces to the heart of the enemy's territory . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256216Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of Mountains Series: #9 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of Mountains Series: #9 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains and take part in a crowning ceremony—a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land. Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward and lead his forces to the heart of the enemy's territory . . .]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inn-at-rose-harbor-a-rose-harbor-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65309848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 16, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Rose Harbour Inn welcomes you to Cedar Cove… From the minute she sees the Rose Harbour Inn, Jo Marie Barlow knows that this is the place that will help her find the peace she craves. And if the inn can comfort her, surely it can offer the same refuge to her first two guests. Joshua Weaver has come home to care for his ailing stepfather. The two have never seen eye to eye, but a long-lost acquaintance proves to him that forgiveness is not out of reach and love can bloom in the unlikeliest places. Abby Kinkaid left Cedar Cover twenty years ago after a devastating accident. But as she reconnects with family and old friends, she realizes that she needs to let the past go if she is to embrace her future. Includes a PDF of bonus material.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242442Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 16, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Rose Harbour Inn welcomes you to Cedar Cove… From the minute she sees the Rose Harbour Inn, Jo Marie Barlow knows that this is the place that will help her find the peace she craves. And if the inn can comfort her, surely it can offer the same refuge to her first two guests. Joshua Weaver has come home to care for his ailing stepfather. The two have never seen eye to eye, but a long-lost acquaintance proves to him that forgiveness is not out of reach and love can bloom in the unlikeliest places. Abby Kinkaid left Cedar Cover twenty years ago after a devastating accident. But as she reconnects with family and old friends, she realizes that she needs to let the past go if she is to embrace her future. Includes a PDF of bonus material.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-child-of-mine-by-susan-lewis--65309885https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Child of Mine Series: #1 of The No Child of Mine Trilogy Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY *Books two and three - Don't Let Me Go and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW* What if you knew a child was in danger – and no one believed you? Alex Lake’s day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in the little girl's life, but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger. In the end, Alex makes a decision that has consequences that no one, least of all Alex, could have foreseen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242459Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Child of Mine Series: #1 of The No Child of Mine Trilogy Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Child of Mine Series: #1 of The No Child of Mine Trilogy Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY *Books two and three - Don't Let Me Go and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW* What if you knew a child was in danger – and no one believed you? Alex Lake’s day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in the little girl's life, but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger. In the end, Alex makes a decision that has consequences that no one, least of all Alex, could have foreseen.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-between-oceans-by-m-l-stedman--65309855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans Author: M L Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.13 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The crying persisted. The door of the ligthhouse clanged in the distance, and Tom's tall frame appeared on the gallery as he scanned the island with the binoculars. 'Izzy!' he yelled, 'a boat!' He vanished and re-emerged at ground level. 'It's a boat all right,' Tom declared. 'And – oh cripes! There's a bloke, but –' The figure was motionless, yet the cries still rang out. He hoisted out a woollen bundle: a woman's soft lavender cardigan wrapped around a tiny, screaming infant. Tom Sherbourne, released from the horrors of the First World War, is now a lighthouse keeper, cocooned on a remote island with his young wife Izzy, who is content in everything but her failure to have a child. One April morning, a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man - and a crying baby. Safe from the real world, Tom and Izzy break the rules and follow their hearts. It is a decision with devastating consequences. Australian actor NOAH TAYLOR made his name in critically acclaimed films such as The Year My Voice Broke and Shine, and has also appeared in high-profile blockbusters such as the two Lara Croft Tomb Raider films and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He recently starred in the accomplished British comedy Submarine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242484Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans Author: M L Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans Author: M L Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.13 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The crying persisted. The door of the ligthhouse clanged in the distance, and Tom's tall frame appeared on the gallery as he scanned the island with the binoculars. 'Izzy!' he yelled, 'a boat!' He vanished and re-emerged at ground level. 'It's a boat all right,' Tom declared. 'And – oh cripes! There's a bloke, but –' The figure was motionless, yet the cries still rang out. He hoisted out a woollen bundle: a woman's soft lavender cardigan wrapped around a tiny, screaming infant. Tom Sherbourne, released from the horrors of the First World War, is now a lighthouse keeper, cocooned on a remote island with his young wife Izzy, who is content in everything but her failure to have a child. One April morning, a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man - and a crying baby. Safe from the real world, Tom and Izzy break the rules and follow their hearts. It is a decision with devastating consequences. Australian actor NOAH TAYLOR made his name in critically acclaimed films such as The Year My Voice Broke and Shine, and has also appeared in high-profile blockbusters such as the two Lara Croft Tomb Raider films and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He recently starred in the accomplished British comedy Submarine.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beginner-s-goodbye-by-anne-tyler--65309874https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dorothy came back from the dead, Aaron noticed that some people simply ignored the fact; some seemed to have forgotten she had died in the first place; and others just walked straight on by. The accident that killed Dorothy -- involving an oak tree, a sun porch and some elusive biscuits -- leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck. As those around him fuss and flap and bring him casserole after casserole, Aaron ploughs on. He busies himself with work at the family firm, a publisher with a successful line in 'Beginner's Guides' to every stage and aspect of life. But then Dorothy starts to materialize in the oddest places. At first, she only comes for a short while, leaving Aaron longing for more. Gradually she stays for longer, and as they talk they also bicker ... The cracks that start to reappear in their perfectly normal marriage are as well worn and familiar to Aaron as Dorothy herself. As Aaron starts to emerge from his grief, they are also a reassuringly poignant reminder that life may move on, but some things will forever remain the same.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242565Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dorothy came back from the dead, Aaron noticed that some people simply ignored the fact; some seemed to have forgotten she had died in the first place; and others just walked straight on by. The accident that killed Dorothy -- involving an oak tree, a sun porch and some elusive biscuits -- leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck. As those around him fuss and flap and bring him casserole after casserole, Aaron ploughs on. He busies himself with work at the family firm, a publisher with a successful line in 'Beginner's Guides' to every stage and aspect of life. But then Dorothy starts to materialize in the oddest places. At first, she only comes for a short while, leaving Aaron longing for more. Gradually she stays for longer, and as they talk they also bicker ... The cracks that start to reappear in their perfectly normal marriage are as well worn and familiar to Aaron as Dorothy herself. As Aaron starts to emerge from his grief, they are also a reassuringly poignant reminder that life may move on, but some things will forever remain the same.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/losing-you-by-susan-lewis--65309902https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing You Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two lives. Two families. One tragedy. Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her. Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him. Then one fateful night, Oliver makes a decision that tears their worlds apart. Until then Lauren and Oliver had never met, but now they become so closely bound together that their families are forced to confront truths they hoped they'd never have to face, secrets they'd never even imagined...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242571Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing You Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing You Author: Susan Lewis Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two lives. Two families. One tragedy. Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her. Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him. Then one fateful night, Oliver makes a decision that tears their worlds apart. Until then Lauren and Oliver had never met, but now they become so closely bound together that their families are forced to confront truths they hoped they'd never have to face, secrets they'd never even imagined...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-harbour-girl-a-gripping-historical-romance-saga-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-by-val-wood--65309835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harbour Girl: a gripping historical romance saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 19, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Scarborough, 1880. Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack. As she was growing up, Jeannie always expected to marry Ethan, who is loyal and dependable. But then she meets Harry - a stranger who has come to visit from Hull for the day - and she falls for him. He is exciting and irresistible, and seems very keen on her. But he breaks his promise to come back for her, and Jeannie finds herself young, pregnant and feeling very isolated. Jeannie moves to the port town of Hull where her new, difficult life with a child - touched by illness, tragedy and poverty - is often made bearable by the kindness of others. But she finds herself wishing for the simpler times of her past, wondering if she will ever find someone who will truly love her - and if Ethan will ever forgive her... © Val Wood 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2012]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242595Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harbour Girl: a gripping historical romance saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harbour Girl: a gripping historical romance saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 19, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Scarborough, 1880. Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack. As she was growing up, Jeannie always expected to marry Ethan, who is loyal and dependable. But then she meets Harry - a stranger who has come to visit from Hull for the day - and she falls for him. He is exciting and irresistible, and seems very keen on her. But he breaks his promise to come back for her, and Jeannie finds herself young, pregnant and feeling very isolated. Jeannie moves to the port town of Hull where her new, difficult life with a child - touched by illness, tragedy and poverty - is often made bearable by the kindness of others. But she finds herself wishing for the simpler times of her past, wondering if she will ever find someone who will truly love her - and if Ethan will ever forgive her... © Val Wood 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2012]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-ll-be-blue-skies-by-ellie-dean--65309862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There'll Be Blue Skies Series: #1 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 24, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End - but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally - their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House where they're welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way - and to pay for Ernie's expensive medicines - but then Florrie arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie ... A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242604Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There'll Be Blue Skies Series: #1 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There'll Be Blue Skies Series: #1 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 24, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End - but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally - their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House where they're welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way - and to pay for Ernie's expensive medicines - but then Florrie arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie ... A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shadow-tag-a-novel-by-louise-erdrich--65309731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Tag: A Novel Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shadow Tag is a stunning tour-de-force from Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of The Plague of Doves and National Book Award-winner The Round House. When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden where Gil will find it—into a manipulative charade. As Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children, their home becomes a place of increasing violence and secrecy. And Irene drifts into alcoholism, moving ever closer to the ultimate destruction of a relationship filled with shadowy need and strange ironies. Alternating between Irene's twin journals and an unflinching third-person narrative, Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the anatomy of one family's struggle for survival and redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255463Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Tag: A Novel Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Tag: A Novel Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shadow Tag is a stunning tour-de-force from Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of The Plague of Doves and National Book Award-winner The Round House. When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden where Gil will find it—into a manipulative charade. As Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children, their home becomes a place of increasing violence and secrecy. And Irene drifts into alcoholism, moving ever closer to the ultimate destruction of a relationship filled with shadowy need and strange ironies. Alternating between Irene's twin journals and an unflinching third-person narrative, Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the anatomy of one family's struggle for survival and redemption.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sidney-sheldon-s-mistress-of-the-game-by-tilly-bagshawe-sidney-sheldon--65309877https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Author: Tilly Bagshawe, Sidney Sheldon Narrator: Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 4, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “The master of the storytelling game.” —People   Sidney Sheldon’s masterful #1 New York Times bestseller Master of the Game has enthralled millions of readers the world over. Now, at long last, the breathtaking saga of the ambitious and powerful MacGregor/Blackwell family continues in Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game. Author Tilly Bagshawe has picked up the master’s baton and delivered a magnificent tale of determination, greed, and very dark secrets in the distinct Sheldon vein that will mesmerize newcomers and confirmed Sidney Sheldon fans alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247817Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Author: Tilly Bagshawe, Sidney Sheldon Narrator: Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Author: Tilly Bagshawe, Sidney Sheldon Narrator: Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 4, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “The master of the storytelling game.” —People   Sidney Sheldon’s masterful #1 New York Times bestseller Master of the Game has enthralled millions of readers the world over. Now, at long last, the breathtaking saga of the ambitious and powerful MacGregor/Blackwell family continues in Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game. Author Tilly Bagshawe has picked up the master’s baton and delivered a magnificent tale of determination, greed, and very dark secrets in the distinct Sheldon vein that will mesmerize newcomers and confirmed Sidney Sheldon fans alike.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adored-by-tilly-bagshawe--65309790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adored Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 12, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This debut novel by Tilly Bagshawe has earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and is hailed as 'simply intoxicating' by Library Journal. Called an escapist fantasy by the author, Adored is right at home alongside the best fiction from Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins. Bold and beautiful Siena McMahon wants to be a movie star like her grandfather. But her father, a bigshot producer, wants Siena to be a doctor. So Siena sets out on her own in this epic romance filled with glamourous characters and locales.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249592Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adored Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 12, 2008...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adored Author: Tilly Bagshawe Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 12, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This debut novel by Tilly Bagshawe has earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and is hailed as 'simply intoxicating' by Library Journal. Called an escapist fantasy by the author, Adored is right at home alongside the best fiction from Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins. Bold and beautiful Siena McMahon wants to be a movie star like her grandfather. But her father, a bigshot producer, wants Siena to be a doctor. So Siena sets out on her own in this epic romance filled with glamourous characters and locales.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-plague-of-doves-by-louise-erdrich--65309873https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plague of Doves Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney, Peter Francis James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Plague of Doves—the first part of a loose trilogy that includes the National Book Award-winning The Round House and LaRose—is a gripping novel about a long-unsolved crime in a small North Dakota town and how, years later, the consequences are still being felt by the community and a nearby Native American reservation. Though generations have passed, the town of Pluto continues to be haunted by the murder of a farm family. Evelina Harp—part Ojibwe, part white—is an ambitious young girl whose grandfather, a repository of family and tribal history, harbors knowledge of the violent past. And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, who bears witness, understands the weight of historical injustice better than anyone. Through the distinct and winning voices of three unforgettable narrators, the collective stories of two interwoven communities ultimately come together to reveal a final wrenching truth. Bestselling author Louise Erdrich delves into the fraught waters of historical injustice and the impact of secrets kept too long.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247891Tue, 06 May 2008 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plague of Doves Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney, Peter Francis James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plague of Doves Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Kathleen Mcinerney, Peter Francis James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Plague of Doves—the first part of a loose trilogy that includes the National Book Award-winning The Round House and LaRose—is a gripping novel about a long-unsolved crime in a small North Dakota town and how, years later, the consequences are still being felt by the community and a nearby Native American reservation. Though generations have passed, the town of Pluto continues to be haunted by the murder of a farm family. Evelina Harp—part Ojibwe, part white—is an ambitious young girl whose grandfather, a repository of family and tribal history, harbors knowledge of the violent past. And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, who bears witness, understands the weight of historical injustice better than anyone. Through the distinct and winning voices of three unforgettable narrators, the collective stories of two interwoven communities ultimately come together to reveal a final wrenching truth. Bestselling author Louise Erdrich delves into the fraught waters of historical injustice and the impact of secrets kept too long.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-free-life-by-ha-jin--65309793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Free Life Author: Ha Jin Narrator: Jaeson Ma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 30, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meet the Wu family—father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao. They are arranging to fully sever ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, and to begin a new, free life in the United States. At first, their future seems well-assured. But after the fallout from Tiananmen, Nan's disillusionment turns him toward his first love, poetry. Leaving his studies, he takes on a variety of menial jobs as Pingping works for a wealthy widow as a cook and housekeeper. As Pingping and Taotao slowly adjust to American life, Nan still feels a strange attachment to his homeland, though he violently disagrees with Communist policy. But severing all ties—including his love for a woman who rejected him in his youth—proves to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244653Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Free Life Author: Ha Jin Narrator: Jaeson Ma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 30, 2007 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Free Life Author: Ha Jin Narrator: Jaeson Ma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 30, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meet the Wu family—father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao. They are arranging to fully sever ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, and to begin a new, free life in the United States. At first, their future seems well-assured. But after the fallout from Tiananmen, Nan's disillusionment turns him toward his first love, poetry. Leaving his studies, he takes on a variety of menial jobs as Pingping works for a wealthy widow as a cook and housekeeper. As Pingping and Taotao slowly adjust to American life, Nan still feels a strange attachment to his homeland, though he violently disagrees with Communist policy. But severing all ties—including his love for a woman who rejected him in his youth—proves to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-golden-age-by-tahmima-anam--65309820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Age Author: Tahmima Anam Narrator: Madhur Jaffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 8, 2007 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Her children are almost grown, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But no one can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war. And this family's life is about to change forever. Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution, of hope, faith, and unexpected heroism. In the chaos of this era, everyone must make choices. And as she struggles to keep her family safe, Rehana will be forced to face a heartbreaking dilemma.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247910Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Age Author: Tahmima Anam Narrator: Madhur Jaffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 8, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Age Author: Tahmima Anam Narrator: Madhur Jaffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 8, 2007 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Her children are almost grown, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But no one can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war. And this family's life is about to change forever. Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution, of hope, faith, and unexpected heroism. In the chaos of this era, everyone must make choices. And as she struggles to keep her family safe, Rehana will be forced to face a heartbreaking dilemma.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-one-more-day-by-mitch-albom--65309784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For One More Day Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Mitch Albom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 26, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. 'Every family is a ghost story . . .' For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? As a child, Charley 'Chick' Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier--is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. What follows is the one 'ordinary' day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together. Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they'd lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250270Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For One More Day Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Mitch Albom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 26, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For One More Day Author: Mitch Albom Narrator: Mitch Albom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 26, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. 'Every family is a ghost story . . .' For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? As a child, Charley 'Chick' Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier--is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. What follows is the one 'ordinary' day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together. Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they'd lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barchester-towers-by-anthony-trollope--65309769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barchester Towers Series: #2 of The Chronicles of Barsetshire Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This magnificent sequel to The Warden satirizes the struggle for ascendancy among the clergy of a cathedral city as they contend for each newly vacant post within the archdiocese. The contest for power is between Archdeacon Grantly and his followers, who favor high-church tendencies, and the new bishop and his followers, with their distinctly low-church preferences. Speaking loudly and cleverly for the latter is the ambitious Mr. Obadiah Slope, championed by Mrs. Proudie and the newcomers. Each wishes to become the dominant voice in the quiet diocese of Barchester, but their antics, including romantic ones, reveal that their priorities are more social and political than spiritual or moral. Their intrigues and misunderstandings entwine through the lives of many memorable characters and provide a humorous backdrop for an exploration of the clash between old and new ways in Victorian England.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252177Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barchester Towers Series: #2 of The Chronicles of Barsetshire Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barchester Towers Series: #2 of The Chronicles of Barsetshire Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This magnificent sequel to The Warden satirizes the struggle for ascendancy among the clergy of a cathedral city as they contend for each newly vacant post within the archdiocese. The contest for power is between Archdeacon Grantly and his followers, who favor high-church tendencies, and the new bishop and his followers, with their distinctly low-church preferences. Speaking loudly and cleverly for the latter is the ambitious Mr. Obadiah Slope, championed by Mrs. Proudie and the newcomers. Each wishes to become the dominant voice in the quiet diocese of Barchester, but their antics, including romantic ones, reveal that their priorities are more social and political than spiritual or moral. Their intrigues and misunderstandings entwine through the lives of many memorable characters and provide a humorous backdrop for an exploration of the clash between old and new ways in Victorian England.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-christmas-story-the-book-that-inspired-the-hilarious-classic-film-by-jean-shepherd--65309761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film Author: Jean Shepherd Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 26, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”? The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250341Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film Author: Jean Shepherd Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film Author: Jean Shepherd Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 26, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”? The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-of-the-big-time-a-novel-by-adriana-trigiani--65309750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Big Time: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 31, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartfelt novel of the power of love across three generations of an Italian-American family, from the author of the Big Stone Gap series “[An] epic of small-town life . . . A personal saga of American history and a romance woven together with warmth and good humor.”—The Oregonian   In the late 1800s, the residents of a small village in coastal Italy migrated to the promised land of America. They eventually settled in Roseto, Pennsylvania, where they re-created every detail of their former lives, including the centerpiece of Roseto’s colorful old-world tradition: the annual pageant for Our Lady of Mount Caramel—or “the Big Time,” as it’s called by the young women competing to be its Queen.   The industrious Castellucas farm the land outside Roseto. Nella, the middle daughter of five, aspires to a genteel life “in town,” far from the rigors of life on the farm. But her dreams of making her own fortune shift when she meets and falls in love with Renato Lanzaro, a worldly, handsome, devil-may-care poet. When Renato disappears without explanation, Nella is shattered.    Four years later, Renato’s sudden return just before Nella’s wedding to the steadfast Franco Zollerano leaves her shaken. For although Renato has chosen a path very different from Nella’s, they are fated to live and work side by side for the rest of their lives in Roseto, where the past hangs over them like a brewing storm.    Etched in glorious detail in Adriana Trigiani’s trademark style, The Queen of the Big Time is the story of a determined, passionate woman who can never forget her first love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252480Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Big Time: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Big Time: A Novel Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 31, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartfelt novel of the power of love across three generations of an Italian-American family, from the author of the Big Stone Gap series “[An] epic of small-town life . . . A personal saga of American history and a romance woven together with warmth and good humor.”—The Oregonian   In the late 1800s, the residents of a small village in coastal Italy migrated to the promised land of America. They eventually settled in Roseto, Pennsylvania, where they re-created every detail of their former lives, including the centerpiece of Roseto’s colorful old-world tradition: the annual pageant for Our Lady of Mount Caramel—or “the Big Time,” as it’s called by the young women competing to be its Queen.   The industrious Castellucas farm the land outside Roseto. Nella, the middle daughter of five, aspires to a genteel life “in town,” far from the rigors of life on the farm. But her dreams of making her own fortune shift when she meets and falls in love with Renato Lanzaro, a worldly, handsome, devil-may-care poet. When Renato disappears without explanation, Nella is shattered.    Four years later, Renato’s sudden return just before Nella’s wedding to the steadfast Franco Zollerano leaves her shaken. For although Renato has chosen a path very different from Nella’s, they are fated to live and work side by side for the rest of their lives in Roseto, where the past hangs over them like a brewing storm.    Etched in glorious detail in Adriana Trigiani’s trademark style, The Queen of the Big Time is the story of a determined, passionate woman who can never forget her first love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-good-year-by-peter-mayle--65309753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Year Author: Peter Mayle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 4, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his arrival by the landscape, the weather, and the food?not to mention the gorgeous notaire handling the estate and the stunning owner of the local bistro?Max almost forgets about his inherited property. Which might have been a good idea, because the wine produced there is swill. But then why, Max has to wonder, is his caretaker so anxious to acquire the land? When a beautiful young woman from California arrives with what might be a legitimate claim on the estate, and knowledge of vineyards that far outstrips Max’s own, the plot begins its twists and turns into and out of truly wonderful complications and resolutions. This is luscious reading?soothing us with the sensual wonders of Provence while it tells a fascinating tale of the hugely lucrative and competitive boutique-wine trade. It is Peter Mayle’s most satisfying, most delectable novel yet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252442Thu, 04 Mar 2004 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Year Author: Peter Mayle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 4, 2004 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Year Author: Peter Mayle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 4, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his arrival by the landscape, the weather, and the food?not to mention the gorgeous notaire handling the estate and the stunning owner of the local bistro?Max almost forgets about his inherited property. Which might have been a good idea, because the wine produced there is swill. But then why, Max has to wonder, is his caretaker so anxious to acquire the land? When a beautiful young woman from California arrives with what might be a legitimate claim on the estate, and knowledge of vineyards that far outstrips Max’s own, the plot begins its twists and turns into and out of truly wonderful complications and resolutions. This is luscious reading?soothing us with the sensual wonders of Provence while it tells a fascinating tale of the hugely lucrative and competitive boutique-wine trade. It is Peter Mayle’s most satisfying, most delectable novel yet.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-princes-of-ireland-the-dublin-saga-by-edward-rutherfurd--65309767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Series: #1 of The Dublin Saga Author: Edward Rutherfurd Narrator: Richard Matthews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of London and Sarum, a magnificent epic about love and battle, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of eleven centuries.  The Princes of Ireland brilliantly weaves impeccable historical research and mesmerizing storytelling in capturing the essence of a place and its people.   Edward Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. From his first bestseller, Sarum, to the  international sensation London, he has captivated audiences with gripping narratives that follow the fortunes of several fictional families down through the ages. The Princes of Ireland, a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherfurd’s storytelling magic. The saga begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and mighty high kings at Tara, with the tale of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. From that stirring beginning, Rutherfurd takes the reader on a powerfully imagined journey through the centuries. Through the interlocking stories of a memorable cast of characters—druids and chieftains, monks and smugglers, noblewomen and farmwives, merchants and mercenaries, rebels and cowards—we see Ireland through the lens of its greatest city.  While vividly and movingly conveying the passions and struggles that shaped the character of Dublin, Rutherfurd portrays the major events in Irish history: the tribal culture of pagan Ireland; the mission of St. Patrick; the coming of the Vikings and the founding of Dublin; the glories of the great nearby monastery of Glendalough and the making of treasures like the Book of Kells; the extraordinary career of Brian Boru; the trickery of Henry II, which gave England its first foothold in medieval Ireland. The stage is then set for the great conflict between the English kings and the princes of Ireland, and the disastrous Irish invasion of England, which incurred the wrath of Henry VIII, and where this book, the first of the two-part Dublin saga, draws to a close, as the path of Irish history takes a dramatic and irrevocable turn. Rich, colorful, and impeccably researched, The Princes of Ireland is epic entertainment spun by a master.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252383Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Series: #1 of The Dublin Saga Author: Edward Rutherfurd Narrator: Richard Matthews Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Series: #1 of The Dublin Saga Author: Edward Rutherfurd Narrator: Richard Matthews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of London and Sarum, a magnificent epic about love and battle, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of eleven centuries.  The Princes of Ireland brilliantly weaves impeccable historical research and mesmerizing storytelling in capturing the essence of a place and its people.   Edward Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. From his first bestseller, Sarum, to the  international sensation London, he has captivated audiences with gripping narratives that follow the fortunes of several fictional families down through the ages. The Princes of Ireland, a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherfurd’s storytelling magic. The saga begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and mighty high kings at Tara, with the tale of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. From that stirring beginning, Rutherfurd takes the reader on a powerfully imagined journey through the centuries. Through the interlocking stories of a memorable cast of characters—druids and chieftains, monks and smugglers, noblewomen and farmwives, merchants and mercenaries, rebels and cowards—we see Ireland through the lens of its greatest city.  While vividly and movingly conveying the passions and struggles that shaped the character of Dublin, Rutherfurd portrays the major events in Irish history: the tribal culture of pagan Ireland; the mission of St. Patrick; the coming of the Vikings and the founding of Dublin; the glories of the great nearby monastery of Glendalough and the making of treasures like the Book of Kells; the extraordinary career of Brian Boru; the trickery of Henry II, which gave England its first foothold in medieval Ireland. The stage is then set for the great conflict between the English kings and the princes of Ireland, and the disastrous Irish invasion of England, which incurred the wrath of Henry VIII, and where this book, the first of the two-part Dublin saga, draws to a close, as the path of Irish history takes a dramatic and irrevocable turn. Rich, colorful, and impeccably researched, The Princes of Ireland is epic entertainment spun by a master.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-by-toni-morrison--65309737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Toni Morrison Narrator: Toni Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 28, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally acclaimed Nobel laureate comes a richly conceived novel that illuminates the full spectrum of desire. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial. This audacious vision of the nature of love -- its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread -- is rich in characters and striking scenes, and in its profound understanding of how alive the past can be. A major addition to the canon of one of the world’s literary masters. This is coast country, humid and God fearing, where female recklessness runs too deep for short shorts or thongs or cameras. But then or now, decent underwear or none, wild women never could hide their innocence -- a kind of pitty-kitty hopefulness that their prince was on his way. Especially the tough ones with their box cutters and dirty language, or the glossy ones with two-seated cars and a pocketbook full of dope. Even the ones who wear scars like Presidential medals and stockings rolled at their ankles can’t hide the sugar-child, the winsome baby girl curled up somewhere inside, between the ribs, say, or under the heart. -- from Love]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251792Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Toni Morrison Narrator: Toni Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 28, 2003 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Toni Morrison Narrator: Toni Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 28, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally acclaimed Nobel laureate comes a richly conceived novel that illuminates the full spectrum of desire. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial. This audacious vision of the nature of love -- its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread -- is rich in characters and striking scenes, and in its profound understanding of how alive the past can be. A major addition to the canon of one of the world’s literary masters. This is coast country, humid and God fearing, where female recklessness runs too deep for short shorts or thongs or cameras. But then or now, decent underwear or none, wild women never could hide their innocence -- a kind of pitty-kitty hopefulness that their prince was on his way. Especially the tough ones with their box cutters and dirty language, or the glossy ones with two-seated cars and a pocketbook full of dope. Even the ones who wear scars like Presidential medals and stockings rolled at their ankles can’t hide the sugar-child, the winsome baby girl curled up somewhere inside, between the ribs, say, or under the heart. -- from Love]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nobody-s-fool-by-richard-russo--65309809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Fool Series: #1 of North Bath Trilogy Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 12, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls, this slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York—and about Sully, one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years—is a classic American story. 'Remarkable.... A revelation of the human heart.' —The Washington Post Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous. Nobody’s Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith. Look for Everybody’s Fool, available now, and Somebody’s Fool, coming soon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249743Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Fool Series: #1 of North Bath Trilogy Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Fool Series: #1 of North Bath Trilogy Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 12, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls, this slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York—and about Sully, one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years—is a classic American story. 'Remarkable.... A revelation of the human heart.' —The Washington Post Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous. Nobody’s Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith. Look for Everybody’s Fool, available now, and Somebody’s Fool, coming soon.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-mother-s-body-a-novel-by-suzan-lori-parks--65309861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Mother's Body: A Novel Author: Suzan-Lori Parks Narrator: Suzan-Lori Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 6, 2003 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Billy Beede, the teenage daughter of the fast-running, no-account, and six-years-dead Willa Mae, comes home one day to find a fateful letter waiting for her: Willa Mae’s burial spot in LaJunta, Arizona, is about to be plowed up to make way for a supermarket. As Willa Mae’s only daughter, Billy is heiress to her mother’s substantial but unconfirmed fortune—a cache of jewels that Willa Mae’s lover, Dill Smiles, is said to have buried with her. Dirt poor, living in a trailer with her Aunt June and Uncle Roosevelt behind a gas station in a tumbleweedy Texas town, and pregnant with an illegitimate child, Billy knows that treasure could mean salvation. So she steals Dill’s pickup truck and, with her aunt and uncle in tow, heads for Arizona with Dill in hot pursuit. While everyone agrees it’s only polite to speak of getting mother’s body and moving her to a proper resting place, it’s well understood that digging up Willa Mae’s diamonds and pearls will make the whole trip a lot more worthwhile. The enormously accomplished fiction debut from Suzan-Lori Parks, the 2002 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Getting Mother’s Body takes its place in the company of the classic works of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. But when it comes to an ingenious, uproarious knack for depicting the trifling, hard-luck, down-and-out souls who need a little singing and laughing and lying and praying to get through the day, Suzan-Lori Parks shares the stage with no one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244747Tue, 06 May 2003 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Mother's Body: A Novel Author: Suzan-Lori Parks Narrator: Suzan-Lori Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Mother's Body: A Novel Author: Suzan-Lori Parks Narrator: Suzan-Lori Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 6, 2003 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Billy Beede, the teenage daughter of the fast-running, no-account, and six-years-dead Willa Mae, comes home one day to find a fateful letter waiting for her: Willa Mae’s burial spot in LaJunta, Arizona, is about to be plowed up to make way for a supermarket. As Willa Mae’s only daughter, Billy is heiress to her mother’s substantial but unconfirmed fortune—a cache of jewels that Willa Mae’s lover, Dill Smiles, is said to have buried with her. Dirt poor, living in a trailer with her Aunt June and Uncle Roosevelt behind a gas station in a tumbleweedy Texas town, and pregnant with an illegitimate child, Billy knows that treasure could mean salvation. So she steals Dill’s pickup truck and, with her aunt and uncle in tow, heads for Arizona with Dill in hot pursuit. While everyone agrees it’s only polite to speak of getting mother’s body and moving her to a proper resting place, it’s well understood that digging up Willa Mae’s diamonds and pearls will make the whole trip a lot more worthwhile. The enormously accomplished fiction debut from Suzan-Lori Parks, the 2002 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Getting Mother’s Body takes its place in the company of the classic works of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. But when it comes to an ingenious, uproarious knack for depicting the trifling, hard-luck, down-and-out souls who need a little singing and laughing and lying and praying to get through the day, Suzan-Lori Parks shares the stage with no one.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/babyville-a-novel-by-jane-green--65309847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babyville: A Novel Author: Jane Green Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 5, 2003 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On the heels of her three runaway hits, Bookends, Mr. Maybe, and Jemima J, Jane Green delivers a sparkling, sexy tale about the complexities of modern motherly love. Bestselling author Jane Green has won the hearts of thousands of readers with her fresh take on single life and the dating jungle. Now in Babyville, she applies her golden touch to the next phase of a girl’s life, in an irresistible new novel about two young women coping with the chimes of their biological clocks, and one independent glamour-girl who tries to tune hers out. Meet Julia, a wildly successful television producer who appears to have the picture-perfect life. But beneath the surface, things are not as perfect as they seem. Stuck in a loveless relationship with her boyfriend, Mark, Julia thinks a baby is the answer . . . but she may want a baby more than she wants her boyfriend. Will a trip to New York City with a jet-setting friend—and all the glittering energy and eligible men the city brings—help her discover what she really needs? Maeve, on the other hand, is allergic to commitment. A feisty, red-haired, high-power career girl, she cherishes her ability to do just as she pleases and breaks out in a rash every time she passes a stroller. But when her no-strings-attached nightlife leads to an unexpected pregnancy, her reaction may be just as unexpected.And then there’s Samantha—happily married and eager to be the perfect June Cleaveresque mother. But baby George brings only exhaustion, extra pounds, and marital strife to her once tidy life. Is having an affair with a friend’s incredibly sexy husband the answer? By turns witty, rollicking, and tender, Babyville isn’t really a story about babies—it’s about three friends whose lives are suddenly turned upside-down by that life-changing event that hangs over the head of every girl: motherhood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242777Wed, 05 Mar 2003 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babyville: A Novel Author: Jane Green Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 5, 2003...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babyville: A Novel Author: Jane Green Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 5, 2003 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On the heels of her three runaway hits, Bookends, Mr. Maybe, and Jemima J, Jane Green delivers a sparkling, sexy tale about the complexities of modern motherly love. Bestselling author Jane Green has won the hearts of thousands of readers with her fresh take on single life and the dating jungle. Now in Babyville, she applies her golden touch to the next phase of a girl’s life, in an irresistible new novel about two young women coping with the chimes of their biological clocks, and one independent glamour-girl who tries to tune hers out. Meet Julia, a wildly successful television producer who appears to have the picture-perfect life. But beneath the surface, things are not as perfect as they seem. Stuck in a loveless relationship with her boyfriend, Mark, Julia thinks a baby is the answer . . . but she may want a baby more than she wants her boyfriend. Will a trip to New York City with a jet-setting friend—and all the glittering energy and eligible men the city brings—help her discover what she really needs? Maeve, on the other hand, is allergic to commitment. A feisty, red-haired, high-power career girl, she cherishes her ability to do just as she pleases and breaks out in a rash every time she passes a stroller. But when her no-strings-attached nightlife leads to an unexpected pregnancy, her reaction may be just as unexpected.And then there’s Samantha—happily married and eager to be the perfect June Cleaveresque mother. But baby George brings only exhaustion, extra pounds, and marital strife to her once tidy life. Is having an affair with a friend’s incredibly sexy husband the answer? By turns witty, rollicking, and tender, Babyville isn’t really a story about babies—it’s about three friends whose lives are suddenly turned upside-down by that life-changing event that hangs over the head of every girl: motherhood.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/miss-julia-speaks-her-mind-by-ann-b-ross--65309802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind Series: #1 of Miss Julia Author: Ann B. Ross Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 1, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Miss Julia, a recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a youngster in tow and unceremoniously announces that the child is the bastard son of Miss Julia's late husband. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal--and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down. With razor-sharp wit and perfect 'Steel Magnolia' poise, Miss Julia speaks her mind indeed--about a robbery, a kidnapping, and the other disgraceful events precipitated by her husband's death. Fast-paced and charming, with a sure sense of comic drama, a cast of crazy characters, and a strong Southern cadence, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind will delight listeners from start to end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250298Mon, 01 Oct 2001 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind Series: #1 of Miss Julia Author: Ann B. Ross Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind Series: #1 of Miss Julia Author: Ann B. Ross Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 1, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Miss Julia, a recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a youngster in tow and unceremoniously announces that the child is the bastard son of Miss Julia's late husband. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal--and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down. With razor-sharp wit and perfect 'Steel Magnolia' poise, Miss Julia speaks her mind indeed--about a robbery, a kidnapping, and the other disgraceful events precipitated by her husband's death. Fast-paced and charming, with a sure sense of comic drama, a cast of crazy characters, and a strong Southern cadence, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind will delight listeners from start to end.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/circle-of-friends-a-novel-by-maeve-binchy--65309825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Circle of Friends: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents... Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a... Circle Of Friends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249946Tue, 01 Aug 2000 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Circle of Friends: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Circle of Friends: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents... Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a... Circle Of Friends.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-copper-beech-a-novel-by-maeve-binchy--65309856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copper Beech: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Copper Beech is as soothing as a cup of tea.”—People   In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig’s closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realize that not everything in the placid village is what it seems.   Unexpected passions and fears are bringing together many lives, such as the sensitive new priest and Miss Ross, the slight, beautiful schoolteacher . . . Leonora, the privileged daughter of the town’s richest family, and Foxy Dunne, whose father did time in jail . . . and Nessa Ryan, whose parents run Ryan’s Hotel, and two very different young men. For now the secrets in Shancarrig’s shadows are starting to be revealed, from innocent vanities and hidden loves to crimes of the heart . . . and even to murder.   Praise for The Copper Beech   “A book with a difference . . . You’ll take it home to lend to your best friend.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Binchy makes you laugh, cry, and care. Her warmth and sympathy render the daily struggles of ordinary people heroic and turn storytelling into art.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “The Copper Beech finds author Maeve Binchy at her Irish storytelling best!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249799Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copper Beech: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copper Beech: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Copper Beech is as soothing as a cup of tea.”—People   In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig’s closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realize that not everything in the placid village is what it seems.   Unexpected passions and fears are bringing together many lives, such as the sensitive new priest and Miss Ross, the slight, beautiful schoolteacher . . . Leonora, the privileged daughter of the town’s richest family, and Foxy Dunne, whose father did time in jail . . . and Nessa Ryan, whose parents run Ryan’s Hotel, and two very different young men. For now the secrets in Shancarrig’s shadows are starting to be revealed, from innocent vanities and hidden loves to crimes of the heart . . . and even to murder.   Praise for The Copper Beech   “A book with a difference . . . You’ll take it home to lend to your best friend.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Binchy makes you laugh, cry, and care. Her warmth and sympathy render the daily struggles of ordinary people heroic and turn storytelling into art.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “The Copper Beech finds author Maeve Binchy at her Irish storytelling best!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/message-from-nam-by-danielle-steel--65309798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Message from Nam Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a journalist, Paxton Andrews would experience  Vietnam firsthand. We follow her from high school in Savannah to  college in Berkeley and then to work in Saigon. For the soldiers she  knew and met there, Viet Nam would change their  lives in ways they could never have imagined. For the men  in her life, Viet Nam would change their lives in ways hey could not  escape or deny. Peter  Wilson, fresh from law school, was a new recruit  who would confont his fate in Da Nang. Ralph  Johnson, a seasoned AP correspondent, had been in  Saigon since the beginning. He knew Vietnam and the  war inside out. Bill Quinn, captain of the Cu Chi  tunnel rats, was on his fourth tour of duty and it  seemed nothing could touch him. Sergeant Tony  Campobello had come to Vietnam from the streets of  New York to vent a rage that had followed him all the way to Saigon. For seven years  Paxton Andrews would write an acclaimed newspaper  column from the front before finally returning to the  States and then attending the Paris peace talks.  But for her and the men who fought in Viet Nam,  life would never be the same again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249945Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Message from Nam Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Message from Nam Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a journalist, Paxton Andrews would experience  Vietnam firsthand. We follow her from high school in Savannah to  college in Berkeley and then to work in Saigon. For the soldiers she  knew and met there, Viet Nam would change their  lives in ways they could never have imagined. For the men  in her life, Viet Nam would change their lives in ways hey could not  escape or deny. Peter  Wilson, fresh from law school, was a new recruit  who would confont his fate in Da Nang. Ralph  Johnson, a seasoned AP correspondent, had been in  Saigon since the beginning. He knew Vietnam and the  war inside out. Bill Quinn, captain of the Cu Chi  tunnel rats, was on his fourth tour of duty and it  seemed nothing could touch him. Sergeant Tony  Campobello had come to Vietnam from the streets of  New York to vent a rage that had followed him all the way to Saigon. For seven years  Paxton Andrews would write an acclaimed newspaper  column from the front before finally returning to the  States and then attending the Paris peace talks.  But for her and the men who fought in Viet Nam,  life would never be the same again.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/another-song-about-the-king-by-kathryn-stern--65309766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Song About the King Author: Kathryn Stern Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 13, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "You were named for Elvis. . . .  Darlin', did you hear me? You were named for Elvis Presley. Not even your father knows that. Wouldn't you like to share a secret, just you and me?"                 Simone "Mimi" Page once dated Elvis--and will never let her daughter forget it. Though Silvie grew up in the shadow of the King, it was her mother's unfulfilled life that really darkened her childhood. Flamboyant and passionate, with a southerner's flair for colorful stories, Mimi could inspire Silvie like no one else. Nothing is worse than being ordinary were words she pounded daily into young Silvie's mind. But too much success, too much talent, too much Being Somebody--even when that Somebody was her own daughter--could stir up a torrent of envy that Silvie would come to know too well. Determined to escape her mother's long reach, Silvie moves to New York to become an artist--something Mimi has always aspired to be. But even when her career takes off and she meets a wonderful man, Silvie finds her complicated relationship with her mother remains a forceful tide, pulling at her dreams and sense of self. Silvie has nearly given up on reconciling with her past. Then a family crisis draws her back home--and she discovers what Elvis was really all about. . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249763Mon, 13 Mar 2000 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Song About the King Author: Kathryn Stern Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Song About the King Author: Kathryn Stern Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 13, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "You were named for Elvis. . . .  Darlin', did you hear me? You were named for Elvis Presley. Not even your father knows that. Wouldn't you like to share a secret, just you and me?"                 Simone "Mimi" Page once dated Elvis--and will never let her daughter forget it. Though Silvie grew up in the shadow of the King, it was her mother's unfulfilled life that really darkened her childhood. Flamboyant and passionate, with a southerner's flair for colorful stories, Mimi could inspire Silvie like no one else. Nothing is worse than being ordinary were words she pounded daily into young Silvie's mind. But too much success, too much talent, too much Being Somebody--even when that Somebody was her own daughter--could stir up a torrent of envy that Silvie would come to know too well. Determined to escape her mother's long reach, Silvie moves to New York to become an artist--something Mimi has always aspired to be. But even when her career takes off and she meets a wonderful man, Silvie finds her complicated relationship with her mother remains a forceful tide, pulling at her dreams and sense of self. Silvie has nearly given up on reconciling with her past. Then a family crisis draws her back home--and she discovers what Elvis was really all about. . . .]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jewel-by-bret-lott--65309748https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewel Author: Bret Lott Narrator: Celia Weston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252259Mon, 01 Feb 1999 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewel Author: Bret Lott Narrator: Celia Weston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewel Author: Bret Lott Narrator: Celia Weston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mama-flora-s-family-a-novel-by-alex-haley-david-stevens--65309763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Flora's Family: A Novel Author: Alex Haley, David Stevens Narrator: Debbi Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 1, 1998 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Roots and Queen, Mama Flora's Family is a sweeping epic of contemporary American history, culled from the unpublished works of award-winning writer Alex Haley. It is the poignant story of three generations of an African-American family who start out as destitute sharecroppers in Tennessee. Mama Flora is the heart and strength of the family, shepherding her children through hard times after the murder of her husband by white land holders. She has passionate ambitions for her son Willie, but he dashes her dreams by abandoning his church-going roots and moving to Chicago. After fighting in the Second World War, he marries his childhood sweetheart and struggles to build a new urban life for his family. Flora's dreams are realized by Ruthana, her sister's child, whom Mama Flora adopts. Ruthana graduates from college, and as a social worker in Harlem, counsels underprivileged women. Through her love for the radical poet Ben, Ruthana begins to understand her heritage, and after a sojourn in Africa comes to a redemptive understanding of herself. In Chicago, Willie's twin son and daughter embrace Muslim militancy and Black Power, and eventually, drugs on their rocky road through the 1960s. Mama Flora struggles to maintain her family, but she also is caught up in the turbulent times. Mama Flora's Family is an American tale as dramatic and touching as anything Alex Haley ever wrote.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252271Thu, 01 Oct 1998 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Flora's Family: A Novel Author: Alex Haley, David Stevens Narrator: Debbi Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Flora's Family: A Novel Author: Alex Haley, David Stevens Narrator: Debbi Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 1, 1998 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Roots and Queen, Mama Flora's Family is a sweeping epic of contemporary American history, culled from the unpublished works of award-winning writer Alex Haley. It is the poignant story of three generations of an African-American family who start out as destitute sharecroppers in Tennessee. Mama Flora is the heart and strength of the family, shepherding her children through hard times after the murder of her husband by white land holders. She has passionate ambitions for her son Willie, but he dashes her dreams by abandoning his church-going roots and moving to Chicago. After fighting in the Second World War, he marries his childhood sweetheart and struggles to build a new urban life for his family. Flora's dreams are realized by Ruthana, her sister's child, whom Mama Flora adopts. Ruthana graduates from college, and as a social worker in Harlem, counsels underprivileged women. Through her love for the radical poet Ben, Ruthana begins to understand her heritage, and after a sojourn in Africa comes to a redemptive understanding of herself. In Chicago, Willie's twin son and daughter embrace Muslim militancy and Black Power, and eventually, drugs on their rocky road through the 1960s. Mama Flora struggles to maintain her family, but she also is caught up in the turbulent times. Mama Flora's Family is an American tale as dramatic and touching as anything Alex Haley ever wrote.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evening-star-by-larry-mcmurtry--65309722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evening Star Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Dana Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1997 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The earthy humor and the powerful emotional impact that set McMurtry's Terms of Endearment apart from other novels now rise to brilliant new heights with The Evening Star. McMurtry takes us deep into the heart of Texas, and deep into the heart of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Aurora Greenway—along with her family, friends, and lovers—in a tale of affectionate wit, bittersweet tenderness, and the unexpected turns that life can take. This is Larry McMurtry at his very best: warm, compassionate, full of comic invention, an author so attuned to the feelings, needs, and desires of his characters that they possess a reality unique in American fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252236Sat, 01 Feb 1997 07:11:31 +0000Helen MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evening Star Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Dana Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1997...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evening Star Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Dana Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 1997 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The earthy humor and the powerful emotional impact that set McMurtry's Terms of Endearment apart from other novels now rise to brilliant new heights with The Evening Star. McMurtry takes us deep into the heart of Texas, and deep into the heart of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Aurora Greenway—along with her family, friends, and lovers—in a tale of affectionate wit, bittersweet tenderness, and the unexpected turns that life can take. This is Larry McMurtry at his very best: warm, compassionate, full of comic invention, an author so attuned to the feelings, needs, and desires of his characters that they possess a reality unique in American fiction.]]>185cleanfull