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    The All Her Secrets by Jane Shemilt

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The All Her Secrets Author: Jane Shemilt Narrator: Amalia Vitale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Patient comes another powerful novel about betrayal, family and the secrets of the past. ‘Jane Shemilt is a mistress at skilfully weaving seemingly perfect family lives with deadly secrets from the past in stunning locations.’ Jane Corry PAXOS, GREECE A young girl meets two boys on the beach one hot summer night. Her life will never be the same again. LONDON, ENGLAND Julia is the perfect spouse, mother, cook, cleaner and speech writer to her husband, James. But behind it all is a stifled woman trapped in a gilded cage. When she meets Laurel, a therapist who promises fulfilment, Julia opens herself up to the hope of a different future. BOUND BY THE PAST But what happened in Greece all those years ago that binds these two women together? And will uncovering the truth destroy everything… or set them free? THE QUEEN OF THE WHAT-IF NOVEL IS BACK WITH A TENSE, EMOTIONAL READ THAT WILL MAKE YOU QUESTION EVERYTHING… Netgalley readers LOVE All Her Secrets: ‘Jane is one of my favourite authors and this book is another masterpiece’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘10/10 ALL HER SECRETS is a triumph!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripping, riveting and hard to put down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A must read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A NAME TO WATCH. Don't think twice. Order your copy today’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Ideal summer read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An amazing rollercoaster ride of a story … Brilliantly done’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A thoughtful and often hard-hitting book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a great story. I loved it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PRAISE FOR ALL HER SECRETS: ‘A persuasive and fast- paced thriller with a deeply satisfying conclusion’ CHARLOTTE PHILBY ‘An unforgettable, tense, emotionally charged an beautifully written tale . . . The perfect summer read’ CLAIRE DOUGLAS ‘An all-consuming thriller rich with dread, tension and twists’ ABIGAIL DEAN ‘Jane Shemilt is a mistress at skilfully weaving seemingly perfect family lives with deadly secrets from the past in stunning locations’ JANE CORRY ‘What a beautiful, fantastic book. I absolutely loved it and did not want to let the characters go. Gorgeous and thrilling. What more could you want?’ EMMA CURTIS ‘Vividly drawn locations curl at the edges as Shemilt unpicks privilege to reveal desperation, dishonesty and darkness’ GILLY MACMILLAN ‘Combines devastating mystery with a beautifully evoked Greek setting . . . I could not put this superb thriller down’ CHRIS EWAN ‘All Her Secrets hooked me in from the first page’ PHILLIPA EAST ‘Excellent . . . A classy thriller that’s dark and gripping but ultimately redemptive and oh so satisfying’ EMYLIA HALL ‘A sunlit story pierced with shadows. Haunting and brilliant’ FREYA BERRY

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    Her, Too: A Novel by Bonnie Kistler

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her, Too: A Novel Author: Bonnie Kistler Narrator: Susan Dalian, Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Defending an accused rapist, a high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her client . . . a discovery that propels her on a quest for justice and revenge in this addictively readable thriller from the author of The Cage. Kelly McCann is a fighter. She’s fought to build a successful legal career, fought for the special needs of her family, and tirelessly fought for her clients. Her specialty is defending men accused of sex crimes––falsely accused, she always maintains. Her detractors call her a traitor to her gender, but she doesn't care. Badass and brilliant, Kelly simply loves to win, and as the story opens, she's done it again, securing an acquittal for a renowned scientist accused of sexually assaulting his female employees.    But the thrill of her victory is short-lived. That very night she, too, falls victim of a brutal sexual assault. And almost as horrific as the attack is the fact that she can't tell anyone it happened—not without destroying her career in the process.  Kelly has never backed down from a fight and she’s not about to start pulling her punches now. Joining forces with her rapist's other victims, the shrewd lawyer plans to turn the tables on him. It’s not only about justice—these wronged women are out for revenge.   But someone, it seems, is out for them, and one by one, they find themselves facing even greater danger. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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    An Italian Island Summer by Sue Moorcroft

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Italian Island Summer Author: Sue Moorcroft Narrator: Antonia Whillans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: ‘Sue Moorcroft delivers great stories time after time.’ – MILLY JOHNSON ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ – KATIE FFORDE Will one summer in Sicily change her life for ever? After her marriage falls apart, Ursula Quinn is offered the chance to spend the summer working at a hotel on a beautiful island off the coast of Sicily, Italy. Excited by a new adventure, she sets off at once. At Residenza dei Tringali, Ursula receives a warm welcome from everyone except Alfio, son of the Tringali family. He gave up his life in Barcelona to help his mother Agata with the ailing business, and is frustrated with Ursula’s interference – and she in turn is less than impressed with his attitude. As they spend more time together, though, they begin to see each other in a different light. But what with Ursula’s ex-husband on her tail, family secrets surfacing and an unexpected offer that makes Alfio question his whole life, there’s plenty to distract them from one another. Can she face her past and he his future, and together make the most of their Sicilian summer? Readers LOVE Sue Moorcroft’s gorgeous summer novels! ‘Unputdownable… A perfect summer holiday read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I was transported and I couldn’t put it down.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Perfect summer escapism…love, laughter, friendship, relationships, gorgeous food and heavenly summer days!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great, uplifting romance!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I felt like I was sat reading this in the glorious sunshine’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Uplifting and light-hearted…I read it in one sitting.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The perfect escapism between the pages of a book.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Glorious! Escape from your armchair to sunny climes.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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    All the Pretty Places: A Novel of the Gilded Age by Joy Callaway

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Pretty Places: A Novel of the Gilded Age Author: Joy Callaway Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A timeless and powerful novel of a daring woman who must decide if she will risk everything to follow her passion and find her voice.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author From the moment she was born, the transforming beauty of her family’s nurseries has arrested her heart. From the moment she knew love, her heart belonged with his. Now she’s at risk of losing them both. Rye, New York, 1893. Sadie Fremd’s dreams hinge on her family’s nursery, which has been the supplier of choice for respected landscape architects on the East Coast for decades. Now her small town is in a panic as the economy plummets into a depression, and Sadie’s father is pressuring her to secure her future by marrying a wealthy man among her peerage—but Sadie has never been one to play it safe. Besides, her heart is already spoken for. Rather than seek potential suitors, Sadie pursues new business from her father’s most reliable and wealthy clients of the Gilded Age in an attempt to bolster the floundering nursery. But the more time Sadie spends in the secluded gardens of the elite, the more she notices the hopelessness in the eyes of those outside the mansions. The poor, the grieving, the weary. The people with no access to the restorative beauty of nature. Sadie has always wanted her father to pass his business to her instead of to one of her brothers, but he seems oblivious to her desire and talent—and now to her passion for providing natural beauty to those who can’t afford it. When former employee, Sam, shows up unexpectedly, Sadie wonders if their love can be rekindled or if his presence will simply be another reminder of a life she longs for and cannot have. Joy Callaway illuminates the life of her great-great-grandmother in this captivating story about a daring woman following her passion and finding her voice, while exploring natural beauty and its effect in the lives of those who need it most. - Historical Gilded Age novel about an early American landscape nursery - Stand-alone novel - Also by Joy Callaway: The Grand Design, The Fifth Avenue Artists Society, and Secret Sisters

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    Silver Alert by Lee Smith

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Alert Author: Lee Smith Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging follows an elderly man who heads off on a joyride with a new young friend—who may have some secrets of her own. A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly—at any age. Aging Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan’s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee’s gig with Susan—and her grand plans for her own life—start to unravel as well. So much had seemed as if it could change for Renee, who is not the happy, uncomplicated young girl she pretends to be. She is actually named Dee Dee, and she’s fleeing a dark past. And Herb can’t just let go of all that he has ever had. So, he suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche. And the two take off north out of Key West, soon setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up. In this buoyant novel, the masterful Smith asks: What do we deserve? And how do we make it our own? Sometimes, you just have to seize the wheel. Fans of Smith’s many books in her storied, bestselling career won’t want to miss her newest novel. And readers of novels like Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes will adore Silver Alert.

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    The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thick and the Lean Author: Chana Porter Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kamali Minter, Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In Lambda Award finalist Chana Porter’s “decadent and richly imagined” (Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine) novel, an aspiring chef, a cyberthief, and a kitchen maid each break free of a society that wants to constrain them. In the quaint religious town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatirc Bolano is hungry. She craves the forbidden: butter, flambé, marzipan. As Seagate takes increasingly extreme measures to regulate every calorie its citizens consume, Beatrice must make a choice: give up her passion for cooking or leave the only community she has known. Elsewhere, Reiko Rimando has left her modest roots for a college tech scholarship in the big city. A flawless student, she is set up for success…until her school pulls her funding, leaving her to face either a mountain of debt or a humiliating return home. But Reiko is done being at the mercy of the system. She forges a third path—outside the law. With the guidance of a mysterious cookbook written by a kitchen maid centuries ago, Beatrice and Reiko each grasp for a life of freedom—something more easily imagined than achieved in a world dominated by catastrophic corporate greed. A startling fable of the entwined perils of capitalism, body politics, and the stigmas women face for appetites of every kind, Chana Porter’s profound new novel explores the reclamation of pleasure as a revolutionary act.

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    Old Flame by Molly Prentiss

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Flame Author: Molly Prentiss Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This “enthralling” (The New York Times Book Review) and “introspective, energetic novel” (Booklist) explores what it means to be a woman in her many forms—daughter, friend, partner, lover, and mother—from the acclaimed author of Tuesday Nights in 1980. Emily writes for women’s catalogs for a living, but she’d rather be writing books. She has a handsome photographer boyfriend, but she actively wonders how and when they will eventually hurt each other. Her best work friend was abruptly laid off. When her world is further upended by an unplanned pregnancy, Emily is forced to make tough decisions that will change her life forever. What will she sacrifice from her old life to make room for a new one? What fires will she be forced to extinguish, and which will keep burning? Old Flame is an essential, “warmhearted, and luminous page-turner about desire, time, love, parenthood, work, and art in women’s lives” (Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates).

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    Pride by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pride Series: #5 of Seven Deadly Sins Author: Victoria Christopher Murray Narrator: Lacy Laurel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired four Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable novel following mortgage broker Journee Alexander as she tries to escape the secrets of her past without losing all she has worked to build in the present. Journee Alexander grew up believing that the only person she could depend on was herself. After being abandoned by her mother, burning bridges with friends, and narrowly escaping bad business dealings with her first mentor, her trust is hard to earn and harder to keep. But she has overcome all of that and now, as a successful mortgage broker at the top of her game in Houston’s booming real estate market, she has every reason to be proud of her accomplishments. She achieved this massive success on her own—there’s no need to put her trust in anyone else. But when Journee starts receiving cryptic text messages from an unknown number threatening to destroy everything she has worked to build, she is out of her depth for the first time. Forced to consider accepting help from someone, Journee turns to the first man she loved, the one who got away. But old habits are hard to break and after trusting only her own instincts for so long, can she put her pride aside and accept advice from an old flame? Or should she put her trust in a brand-new love who is in sync with all that she wants to do? Journee is forced to confront the secrets of her past, the old hurts that never seem to heal, and the fact that sometimes a meteoric rise is just the first step in a devastating fall that will change her life forever.

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    Enjoy Well Behaved Women from Caroline Lamond

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well Behaved Women Author: Caroline Lamond Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘An engaging portrait of an indomitable woman at the heart of Golden Age Hollywood’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Manhattan Girls ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was hooked from the first page… it had what I was looking for in the Golden Age of Hollywood’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Really reminded me of City of Girls, the lifestyle, the glamour but also the tenderness… Wonderful!’ NetGalley reviewer For fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and City of Girls. ‘You’re young and beautiful. The world is your oyster – it’s up to you to find your pearl’ When Maybelle Crabtree, a God-fearing farm girl from Kentucky, has a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger, her life changes forever. With an invitation to join the infamous Alla Nazimova and her Sewing Circle, Maybelle’s eyes are opened to a life of decadence and glamour. Able to freely discover her own sexuality, Maybelle embraces all that Hollywood has to offer in the hedonist roaring twenties. But both Maybelle and Alla have secrets that threaten to bring their gilded lives crashing down. Hearts will be broken, careers destroyed and friendships shattered because what happens behind closed doors, doesn’t stay hidden forever… TW: This book contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence, domestic abuse and abortion. Readers have been swept away by Well Behaved Women: ‘An enticing parallel portrait, of women endeavouring to be heard in a glittering but masculine era’ Mandy Robotham, international bestselling author ‘An extraordinary story’ Georgia Kaufmann, author of The Dressmaker of Paris ‘Emotional and poignant… beautifully written and so evocative. A truly fantastic read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Excellent… I was totally involved in the story, the characters and their lives’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Eye-opening… a trip back in time’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A thoroughly engaging read with fascinating queer women against the backdrop of the Hollywood age. Bravo!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was not fully prepared to completely fall in love with this book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Beautifully crafted, richly detailed with captivating characters’ ’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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    A Kiss in the Moonlight: A Gambler’s Daughters Novel by Cathy Maxwell

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Kiss in the Moonlight: A Gambler’s Daughters Novel Series: #1 of The Gambler’s Daughters Author: Cathy Maxwell Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell begins a spectacular new series, the Gambler’s Daughters. Three aristocratic sisters must use their wits and wiles to make their ways in Regency London...only to learn the path to making a brilliant society marriage isn’t easy—especially when Love gets in the way! To Marry a Duke… Once there were three Irish sisters—Gwendolyn, Dara, and Elise—who had to fend for themselves when their gambler of a father disappeared, leaving them with an unscrupulous cousin. Dara hatches a daring plan: they gamble what little they own to finance a London season. Her goal: to use their looks and their wits to find a duke to marry for each sister! It seems her crazy plot might work when the sisters are declared the “Incomparables” of the Season. Dukes and lords line up at their door, but bold women and scandal always go hand in hand. Particularly when Dara’s plans are challenged by the likes of Michael Brogan, who provokes Dara as much as he tempts her. The handsome, clever, and rising politician is definitely not a duke, but he’s determined to teach her about ambition, men, and, above all, love, making Dara wonder if her plans are about to change.

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    Ada's Room: A Novel by Sharon Dodua Otoo

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ada's Room: A Novel Author: Sharon Dodua Otoo Narrator: Debbie Korley, Cyril Nri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A kaleidoscopic novel spanning generations and continents, that reveals the connections between four women in their struggle for survival. A woman in 15th century West Africa named Ada buries her child and confronts a Portuguese enslaver. A woman in Victorian England named Ada Lovelace, a mathematical genius and computer programming pioneer, tries to hide her affair with Charles Dickens from her husband. A woman named Ada, imprisoned in a concentration camp at Mittelbau-Dora in 1945, will survive one more day in enforced prostitution. Connected by an unknown but sentient spirit, and a bracelet of fertility beads that each Ada encounters at a pivotal moment in her life, these women share a name and a purpose. As their interwoven narratives converge on a modern day Ada, a young Ghanaian woman who finds herself pregnant, alone, in Berlin, searching for a home before her baby arrives, their shared spirit will find a way to help her break the vicious cycle of injustice. This novel is a feat of imagination and breaks down simplistic notions of history as a straight line; one woman’s experience matters to another’s 400 years later, on a different continent. In this deeply moving, at times mordantly funny, ultimately hopeful book, there is a connection between all those fighting for love, for family, for justice, for a home.

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    Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loyalty Author: Lisa Scottoline Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini, Lisa Scottoline Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline presents Loyalty, an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. Loyalty can save a soul—or destroy one.     Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life—and even the history of Sicily—forever.     Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is tantamount to a calling. He’s a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the boy and punish the kidnapper, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined.     Meanwhile, Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. And Alfredo D’Antonio is a reclusive goatherd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew. How the lives of these unforgettable characters collide makes Loyalty an epic tale of good versus evil, as the story twists and turns to its monumental showdown.     Readers will be transported to the dramatic and ruggedly beautiful island of Sicily, the jewel of the Mediterranean, where lush lemon groves and mouth-watering cuisine contrast with a turbulent history of colonization and corruption. Scottoline brings her decades of thriller writing to historical fiction, creating in Loyalty a singular novel that no reader will be able to put down.

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    The Wedding at Moonglow Bay: A Novel (Written by Lori Wilde)

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wedding at Moonglow Bay: A Novel Series: #4 of Moonglow Cove Author: Lori Wilde Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A wedding brings a shocking surprise in New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde’s newest Moonglow Cove novel. Perfect for fans of Susan Wiggs, Jill Shalvis, and Robyn Carr. It wasn’t the wedding night she’d expected! When Samantha said “I do” to Luca Ginelli, she knew she’d found a reliable soulmate—a strong, sexy man who’d stand beside her through thick and thin. And so she’d started her wedding day filled with joyful expectation, only to have her dreams shattered when the man she married years before shocking, unexpectedly, reappears, insisting she was still his wife! Seven years before, Luca’s brother, Nick, had stubbornly set off in a sailing adventure, ignoring the pleas of his young bride and all common sense. He’d disappeared without a trace; everyone thought he was dead—but now he’s expecting to pick up where they’d left off. He’d once been Samantha’s “lightning strike,”—the person you know is the one from the moment you first see them. But seven years is a long time and so much has changed. Now Samantha is faced with an impossible choice and no matter which decision she makes, it threatens to shred the very fabric of the one thing she holds most dear—family.

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    Jane & Edward: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Eyre by Melodie Edwards

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jane & Edward: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Eyre Author: Melodie Edwards Narrator: Cherlanda Estrada Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: This powerful reimagining of Jane Eyre, set in a modern-day law firm, is full of romance and hope as it follows the echoing heartbeats of the classic story. A former foster kid, Jane has led a solitary life as a waitress in the suburbs, working hard to get by. Tired of years of barely scraping together a living, Jane takes classes to become a legal assistant and shortly after graduating accepts a job offer at a distinguished law firm in downtown Toronto. Everyone at the firm thinks she is destined for failure because her boss is the notoriously difficult Edward Rosen, the majority stakeholder of Rosen, Haythe & Thornfield LLP. But Jane has known far worse trials and refuses to back down when economic freedom is so close at hand.   Edward has never been able to keep an assistant—he’s too loud, too messy, too ill-tempered. There’s something about the quietly competent, delightfully sharp-witted Jane that intrigues him though. As their orbits overlap, their feelings begin to develop—first comes fondness and then something more. But when Edward’s secrets put Jane’s independence in jeopardy, she must face long-ignored ghosts from her past and decide if opening her heart is a risk worth taking.

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    The Nursery: A Novel by Szilvia Molnar

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nursery: A Novel Author: Szilvia Molnar Narrator: Malin Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A 'brilliant...essential and surprisingly thrilling book about motherhood' (The New York Times) and the early postpartum days, following a woman struggling with maternal fear and its looming madness and showing how difficult and fragile those days can be—and how vital love is to pull anyone out from the dark “A radical novel...I’m obsessed with this book.” —Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving, carrying, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. Feeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour, Peter, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression.

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    The Fake: A Novel by Zoe Whittall

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fake: A Novel Author: Zoe Whittall Narrator: Reena Dutt, Steve Campbell, Emma Galvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A scammer as alluring as she is elusive irrevocably upends the lives of two strangers in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Best Kind of People. “The genius of Zoe Whittall’s writing is her clear-eyed understanding of human nature, which she lays on the page in beautiful, startling, frank detail. I inhaled The Fake as fast as I could—and haven’t stopped thinking about it since.”—Marissa Stapley, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky AN AUTOSTRADDLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR After the death of her wife, Shelby is suffering from prolonged grief. She’s increasingly isolated, irritated by her family’s stoicism and her friends’ reliance on the toxic positivity of self-help culture. Then, in a grief support group, she meets Cammie, who gives her permission to express her most hopeless, hideous feelings. Cammie is charismatic and unlike anyone Shelby has ever met. She’s also recovering from cancer and going through several other calamities. Shelby puts all her energy into helping Cammie thrive—until her intuition tells her that something isn’t right. Gibson is fresh from divorce, almost forty, and deeply depressed. Then he falls in love with Cammie. Not only is he having the best sex of his life with a woman so attractive he’s stunned she even glanced his way, but he feels truly known for the first time in his life. But Gibson’s friends are wary of Cammie, and eventually he, too, has to admit that all the drama in Cammie’s life can feel a bit over the top. When Gibson and Shelby meet, they realize Cammie’s stories don’t always add up. In fact, they’re far from the truth. But what kind of a person would lie about having cancer? And what does it say about Shelby and Gibson that they fell for it? From the author of The Best Kind of People and The Spectacular comes a sharp, emotional novel about lies, liars, and the people who love them.

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    Earth's the Right Place for Love: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Earth's the Right Place for Love: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Elizabeth Berg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in The Story of Arthur Truluv. “A poignant tale of love, grief, and the resiliency of the human spirit.”—Kirkus Reviews A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Nola McCollum is the most desirable girl in Arthur Moses’s class, and he is thrilled when they become friends. But Arthur wants far more than friendship. Unfortunately, Nola has a crush on the wrong Moses—Arthur’s older brother, Frank, who is busy pursuing his own love interest and avoiding the boys’ father, a war veteran with a drinking problem and a penchant for starting fights. When a sudden tragedy rocks the family’s world, Arthur struggles to come to terms with his grief. In the end, it is nature that helps him to understand how to go beyond loss and create a life of forgiveness and empathy. But what can he do about Nola, who seems confused about what she wants in life and only half aware of the one who loves her most? Full of unforgettable characters and written with Elizabeth Berg’s characteristic warmth, humor, and insight into people, Earth’s the Right Place for Love is about the power of kindness, character, and family, and how love can grow when you least expect it.

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    American Mermaid: A Novel by Julia Langbein

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Mermaid: A Novel Author: Julia Langbein Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • 'Sublime.' —New York Times Book Review 'Brilliantly sharp, funny, and thought-provoking, the gripping story of a woman trying to find her way in our chaotic world.' —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist, eco-warrior novel American Mermaid becomes a best-seller. But when Hollywood insists she convert her fierce, androgynous protagonist into to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen. Is Penelope losing her mind, or has her fictional mermaid come to life, enacting revenge against society’s limited view of what a woman can and should be?   American Mermaid follows a young woman braving the casual slights and cruel calculations of a winner-take-all society and discovering a beating heart in her own fiction: a new kind of hero who fights to keep her voice and choose her place. A hilarious story about deep things, American Mermaid asks how far we’ll go to protect the parts of ourselves that are not for sale.

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    The Sisterhood: Big Brother is watching. But they won't see her coming. by Katherine Bradley

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sisterhood: Big Brother is watching. But they won't see her coming. Author: Katherine Bradley Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 16, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE, THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. ‘Frightening and timely, Bradley’s The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If you thought it ended with Orwell, think again . . .' CHRISTINA DALCHER Vox meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this feminist reimagining of 1984   In Oceania, whoever you are, Big Brother is always watching you and trust is a luxury that no one has. Julia is the seemingly perfect example of what women in Oceania should be: dutiful, useful, subservient, meek. But Julia hides a secret. A secret that would lead to her death if it is discovered. For Julia is part of the underground movement called The Sisterhood, whose main goal is to find members of The Brotherhood, the anti-Party vigilante group, and help them to overthrow Big Brother. Only then can everyone be truly free.   When Julia thinks she’s found a potential member of The Brotherhood, it seems like their goal might finally be in their grasp. But as she gets closer to Winston Smith, Julia’s past starts to catch up with her and we soon realise that she has many more secrets than we’d first imagined – and that overthrowing Big Brother might cost her everything – but if you have nothing left to lose then you don’t mind playing the game . . .   This is a story about love, about family, about being a woman, a mother, a sister, a friend and ultimately about what you would sacrifice for the greater good.   'Fast-paced and suspenseful . . . The Sisterhood's greatest gift, however, may be in its message of hope, capable of surmounting even the most formidable of odds and the most uncertain of futures' KATHERINE J. CHEN, author of Joan 'A gut-wrenching, heart-breaking journey through the looking glass of 1984. Compulsively written, Julia’s is a story begging to be told' FREYA BERRY, author of The Dictator's Wife 'A shockingly relevant take on a classic' CLAIRE MCGOWAN, author of This Could Be Us  'A dazzling retelling of the classic dystopian novel, which raises profound questions about how society works, and whether or not woman have political agency. I found it memorable, deeply moving, and at times, terrifying' KATE RHODES, author of the Ben Kitto series 'Katherine Bradley has delivered a worthy counterpart to George Orwell's 1984 in this chilling, taut book. It's as claustrophobic as it needs to be; particularly frightening as one looks around and sees that we are voluntarily moving towards Orwell's nightmare. It is nothing short of a triumph' MARA TIMON, author of City of Spies  ‘In this highly original take on Orwell’s 1984– the Big Brother of all dystopian classics – Bradley weaves a complex and engaging plot around the idea of a female resistance to oppressive overlords. Oppressive and creepy, but with real heart’ A. K. TURNER, author of Body Language

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    The Love Wager by Lynn Painter

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love Wager Author: Lynn Painter Narrator: Kristen Dimercurio, Zachary Webber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number. Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of.  After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realize they’re each other’s perfect wing-person in their searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same restaurant so that if things don’t go well, the two of them can get tacos afterward.  Spoiler: they get a lot of tacos together.  Discouraged by the lack of prospects, Jack and Hallie make a wager to see who can find true love first, but when they agree to be fake dates for a weekend wedding, all bets are off. As they pretend to be a couple, lines become blurred and they both struggle to remember why the other was a bad idea to begin with.

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    The Fun Widow's Book Tour: A Novel by Zoe Fishman

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fun Widow's Book Tour: A Novel Author: Zoe Fishman Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the intersection of art and grief after the tragic loss of her own husband in 2017. Mia used to be fun. She was the class clown; a member of the mile high club; the mom who made her sons giggle with her bad British accent and well-placed tickles. But three years after the death of her husband, there’s no time for that. She’s the only parent they have. Now, her memoir is out and she has to promote it. But how to sell herself when her heart is still broken? And so her three best friends—Chelsea, Rachel and George—organize her book tour in their respective hometowns. With her father Ira on deck for the boys, Mia sets off on a week-long journey to San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta: her hometown. Although, Mia’s not just going for herself. Armed with her trademark agenda, she plans to fix her friends’ lives as a means of repayment for all they’ve done. And reluctantly visit Judy, her new stepmother, because she has to—not because she wants to. But even the best agenda is often rendered useless by reality, and Mia realizes that the stories she’s been telling herself are just that. Stories. If she can rewrite who she is now by revisiting who she was then, maybe she can reignite the flame in all of them.

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    When in Rome: A Novel by Liam Callanan

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When in Rome: A Novel Author: Liam Callanan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From nationally bestselling, award-winning author Liam Callanan, the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame . . . Claire, fifty-two, desperately desires a fresh start. After decades as a real estate broker specializing in old religious properties, she’s looking for something new. And then, on the eve of her thirtieth college reunion, a call comes from Rome.   It’s from a struggling convent facing a precipitous end, and Claire isn’t so sure she can help out. But once in Rome, she finds a group of funny, fearless nuns in a gorgeous, if crumbling, villa, a city whose colors deepen as she spends miles running its streets, and above all, a chance to reflect. It leads her unexpectedly to wonder: maybe she should stay in Rome. In the convent. Forever.   Her college roommate and business partner has thoughts. So does Claire’s daughter. And so does Marcus, a once-buzzy actor, who’s still as devastatingly handsome as he was when he first fell for Claire at eighteen. He’s come and gone from Claire’s life since college but reappears in Rome just as she’s about to decide what’s next. A look at faith, in oneself as much as a higher power, and love, romantic and familial, lost and found, this is the thoroughly charming story of one woman who sets out to rewrite her past and future, only to be surprised by the plot twists life takes . . . when in Rome.

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    Daughters of Nantucket: A Novel by Julie Gerstenblatt

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Nantucket: A Novel Author: Julie Gerstenblatt Narrator: Keylor Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Gerstenblatt's distinctive tale, a triumph in storytelling, celebrates the courage and tenacity of women.” —Booklist, starred review Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear… Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea, often for years at a time, women here know a rare independence—and the challenges that go with it. Eliza Macy is struggling to conceal her financial trouble as she waits for her whaling captain husband to return from a voyage. In desperation, she turns against her progressive ideals and targets Meg Wright, a pregnant free Black woman trying to relocate her store to Main Street. Meanwhile, astronomer Maria Mitchell loves running Nantucket’s Atheneum and spending her nights observing the stars, yet she fears revealing the secret wishes of her heart. On a sweltering July night, a massive fire breaks out in town, quickly kindled by the densely packed wooden buildings. With everything they possess now threatened, these three very different women are forced to reevaluate their priorities and decide what to save, what to let go and what kind of life to rebuild from the ashes of the past. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. "A memorable story of friendship and courage." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris

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    The Dog of the North: A Novel by Elizabeth Mckenzie

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dog of the North: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Mckenzie Narrator: Katherine Littrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction * “I’m in love with a grieving misfit driving around with a donkey-shaped piñata in an old van held together by duct tape…the great miracle of McKenzie’s writing… is how she manages to transform misery into gentle humor…darkly hilarious.” —The Washington Post “An addictive read with an ultimately hopeful core that recalls Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Murata, Richard Brautigan, and Miranda July” – Sanjena Sathian, author of Gold Diggers Penny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she’s quit her job. Her mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what’s possible when all else fails.   Elizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award–nominated author of The Portable Veblen, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start. There will be a road trip in the Dog of the North, an old van with gingham curtains, a piñata, and stiff brakes. There will be injury and peril. There will be a dog named Kweecoats and two brothers who may share a toupee. There will be questions: Why is a detective investigating her grandmother. What is “the Scintillator”? And can Penny recognize a good thing when it finally comes her way?   This slyly humorous, thoroughly winsome novel finds the purpose in life’s curveballs, insisting that even when we are painfully warped by those we love most, we can be brought closer to our truest selves.

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    The Dance Tree: A Novel by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dance Tree: A Novel Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Narrator: Ruta Gedmintas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''If some prose sings, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s truly dances. Although set in the early sixteenth century, The Dance Tree addresses issues of the utmost importance today—the subjection of women, class inequality, the dangers of religious fundamentalism. Ultimately, however, the book’s wisdom, compassion, and beauty transcend historical boundaries: this is a timeless novel.''—Hernan Diaz, author of In the Distance and Trust “An intriguing, haunting novel pulsing with raw, beautiful emotion. Kiran Millwood-Hargrave effortlessly intertwines the stories of women tenderly and sympathetically, creating a novel in which female courage and resilience shines brightly against a brilliantly evoked backdrop of claustrophobic horror.”—Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a spellbinding tale of fear, transformation, courage, and love in sixteenth-century France. Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and when hundreds of other women join her, the men running the city declare a state of emergency and hire musicians to play the Devil out of the mob. Outside the city, pregnant Lisbet lives with her husband and mother-in-law, tending the bees that are the family’s livelihood. Though Lisbet is removed from the frenzy of the dancing plague afflicting the city’s women, her own quiet life is upended by the arrival of her sister-in-law. Nethe has been away for seven years, serving a penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, Lisbet becomes caught in a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion. Like the women of Strasbourg, she too, is dancing to a dangerous tune. . . . Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by true events, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge.

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    Take What You Need: A Novel by Idra Novey

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take What You Need: A Novel Author: Idra Novey Narrator: Idra Novey, Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, NPR, The Guardian Author Pick, and Today Longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize “A heart-rending book, but also a beautiful celebration of ‘the glorious pleasure of erecting something new,’ be it a work of art or a human connection.”—The Wall Street Journal From “one of the finest and bravest novelists at work today,” (Vulture) award-winning writer Idra Novey has conjured a novel of “astonishing and singular” honesty (Rumaan Alam) with two determined, unforgettable female voices. Set in the Allegheny Mountains of Appalachia, Take What You Need traces the parallel lives of Jean and her beloved but estranged stepdaughter, Leah, who’s sought a clean break from her rural childhood. In Leah’s urban life with her young family, she’s revealed little about Jean, how much she misses her stepmother’s hard-won insights and joyful lack of inhibition. But with Jean’s death, Leah must return to sort through what’s been left behind.  What Leah discovers is staggering: Jean has filled her ramshackle house with giant sculptures she’s welded from scraps of the area’s industrial history. There’s also a young man now living in the house who played an unknown role in Jean’s last years and in her art.  With great verve and humor, Idra Novey zeros in on the joys and difficulty of family, the ease with which we let distance mute conflict, and the power we can draw from creative pursuits. Take What You Need explores the continuing mystery of the people we love most with passionate and resonance, this novel illuminating can be built from what others have discarded—art, unexpected friendship, a new contentment of self. This is Idra Novey at her very best.

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    Maybe Next Time: A Novel by Cesca Major

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maybe Next Time: A Novel Author: Cesca Major Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK  A heartwarming and emotionally poignant time-loop novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate.  It is an ordinary Monday and harried London literary agent Emma is flying out of the door as usual. Preoccupied with work and her ever growing to-do list, she fails to notice her lovely husband Dan seems bereft, her son can barely meet her eye, and her daughter won’t go near her. Even the dog seems sad.  She is far too busy, buried deep in her phone; social media alerts pinging; clients messaging with “emergencies”; keeping track of a dozen WhatsApp groups about the kids’ sports, school, playdates, all of it. Her whole day is frantic—what else is new—and as she rushes back through the door for dinner, Dan is still upset. They fight, and he walks out, desolate, dragging their poor dog around the block. Just as she realizes it is their anniversary and she has forgotten, again, she hears the screech of brakes. Dan is dead. The next day Emma wakes up… and Dan is alive. And it’s Monday again. And again.  And again. Emma tries desperately to change the course of fate by doing different things each time she wakes up: leaving WhatsApp, telling her boss where to get off, writing to Dan, listening to her kids, reaching out to forgotten friends, getting drunk and buying out Prada. But will Emma have the chance to find herself again, remember what she likes about her job, reconnect with her children, love her husband? Will this be enough to change the fate they seem destined for? A moving “What if” story of what it is to be a woman in the modern world—never feeling we’re getting it quite right—about learning to slow down and appreciate life that is sure to resonate with women’s fiction readers.

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    Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) by Jenny Jackson

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) Author: Jenny Jackson Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 84 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 37 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times | Time | NPR | USA Today | Elle | Harper’s Bazaar | Town & Country | Vogue | BBC | POPSUGAR | Goodreads | theSkimm “The season’s first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore.”— The New York Times “A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be.  Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.

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    Now You See Us: A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now You See Us: A Novel Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal Narrator: Angela Lin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reese’s Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes a wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own. “Tender and heartfelt, Now You See us also manages to be laugh-out-loud funny. An uplifting story of courage and hope that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.”—Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee ''A truly irresistible read. Intricately plotted, propulsive, and provocative, NOW YOU SEE US showcases an author at the peak of her talents.''--Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers—part of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers. Corazon: A veteran domestic worker, Cora had retired back to the Philippines for good, but she has returned to Singapore under mysterious circumstances. Now she’s keeping a secret from her wealthy employer, who is planning an extravagant wedding for her socialite daughter. Donita: Barely out of her teens, this is Donita’s first time in Singapore, and she’s had the bad luck to be hired by the notoriously fussy Mrs. Fann. Brazen and exuberant, Donita’s thrown herself into a love affair with an Indian migrant worker. Angel: Working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly employer, Angel is feeling blue after a recent breakup with the woman she loves. She’s alarmed when her employer’s son suddenly brings in a new nurse who may be a valuable ally...or meant to replace her. Then an explosive news story shatters Singapore’s famous tranquility—and sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. The three women don’t know the accused well, but she could be any of them; every worker knows stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn’t commit. Shocked into action, Donita, Corazon, and Angel will use their considerable moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened on the day Flordeliza’s employer was murdered. After all, no one knows the secrets of Singapore’s families like the women who work in their homes…

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    The Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Portrait of a Duchess Series: #2 of Society of Sirens Author: Scarlett Peckham Narrator: Simone Mcintyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The scandalous women of the SOCIETY OF SIRENS are back with an explosive secret…their ranks include a duchess in disguise Once upon a time she married in secret… An activist painter of radicals and harlots, Cornelia Ludgate dismisses love and marriage as threats to freedom. But when an inheritance gives her the chance to fund the cause of women’s rights—on the condition she must wed—she is forced to reveal a secret: she’s already married. To a man she hasn’t seen for twenty years. Oh…and her husband is a duke. A horse breeder with a clandestine taste for revolution, Rafe Goodwood never expected to become a duke. But now that the title is his, he is plotting to shock the ruling class with ambitions of reform—and reveal the infamous Cornelia is his duchess. That just presents one problem: he must not fall in love with her—again. Now they must resist the temptation to rekindle an affair... Although determined not to sacrifice her principles for passion, Cornelia is still drawn to the man whose very being threatens her independence. Hurt too many times, Rafe can’t risk love again—especially with the woman who once shattered his heart. But a conspiracy to upend the inequalities of the aristocracy bring Cornelia and Rafe closer, forcing them to finally decide what—and who—they hold dear.

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    The Sharing Economy by Sophie Berrebi

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sharing Economy Author: Sophie Berrebi Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Three Women meets Crudo: a frank and fresh literary debut about the dawn of dating apps in Amsterdam. ‘Sexual infidelity is unavoidable, for whatever reasons, in long monogamous relationships, so why not give the other sexual freedom, as a gesture of love, of communication maybe?’ Amsterdam in 2014 is an historic city situated at the heart of the future. One of the biggest hubs for internet traffic in the world, it has become a favourite testing-ground for the new internet platforms that form the vanguard of what has been coined ‘the sharing economy’. Gabrielle Bloom is a woman in her mid-40s, working as an exhibition curator. She is happily married to Anton and loves her son Victor. They have a circle of sophisticated friends and enjoy the life of two successful and respectable professionals living in one of the world’s most beautiful and culturally rich cities. There is, though, one crucial difference between their relationship and those of their friends. Gabrielle and Anton enjoy an open marriage. When Gabrielle is introduced, during a visit to a feminist art collective, to a new dating app that has recently launched in the city, fresh horizons open up. With an almost unlimited number of potential partners suddenly available to her, she quickly develops a taste for the thrill of a brief sexual encounter. Moving from one assignation to the next, things at first seem exhilarating and uncomplicated. But the human heart has not evolved at the same rate as the silicon chip and when attachments start to form things rapidly become less simple. Set during one intense and transformative year, and suffused with art, sex and philosophy, The Sharing Economy is at once a uniquely radical reappraisal of the way we view relationships and a tender and moving depiction of the many ways in which the human heart is capable of love.

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    If I Let You Go: The Heartbreaking, Shocking Richard and Judy Book Club Pick by Charlotte Levin

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Let You Go: The Heartbreaking, Shocking Richard and Judy Book Club Pick Author: Charlotte Levin Narrator: Maxine Peake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Richard and Judy Book Club pick, If I Let You Go is a darkly comic tale of searing loss, coercive control and the consequences of taking the wrong path. 'Simultaneously tragic and uplifting . . . Charlotte Levin is SUCH a clever writer' - Ruth Jones, author of Love Untold Every morning, Janet Brown goes to work cleaning offices. It calms her – cleanliness, neatness. All the things she’s unable to do with her soul can be achieved with a damp cloth and a splash of bleach. However the guilt she still carries, about a devastating loss that happened eleven years ago, cannot be erased. When Janet finds herself involved in a train crash, she recognizes her chance to do what she couldn’t all those years ago. And she makes a decision. As news spreads of Janet’s actions, her story inspires everyone around her and, for the first time, her life has purpose. Her future is filled with hope. But Janet's story isn't quite what it seems. And, as events spiral out of control, she soon discovers that coming clean isn't an option. Because if Janet washes away the lies, what long-buried truths will she finally have to face? If I Let You Go by Charlotte Levin is a deeply moving and compelling portrayal of a woman coming to terms with loss.

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    The Woman Who Climbed Trees: A Novel by Smriti Ravindra

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Climbed Trees: A Novel Author: Smriti Ravindra Narrator: Deepa Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman’s coming-of-age... This is electrifying.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “Is this a ghost story?” Meena asked the barber’s wife who told the tale. “I don’t want to hear scary stories one night before I marry.”  “Not all ghost stories are scary,” said the barber’s wife, laughing at Meena. “Besides, we have a long time before us, and stories are little baskets to carry time away in.” Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women’s lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another. When she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. The Woman Who Climbed Trees follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives.

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    Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stars in an Italian Sky Author: Jill Santopolo Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a sweeping story of two star-crossed lovers in post-World War II Italy, and a blossoming relationship generations later that will reveal a long-buried family secret. Genoa, Italy, 1946. Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love at twenty-one the moment they set eyes on each other. The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor, they belong to opposing worlds. Despite this, the undeniable spark between them quickly burns into a deep and passionate relationship spent exploring each other’s minds, bodies and their city, as well as Vincenzo’s family’s sprawling vineyard, Villa Della Rosa—until shifts in political power force them each to choose a side and commit what the other believes is a betrayal, shattering the bright future they dreamed of together. New York, 2017. Cassandra and Luca are in love. Although neither quite fits with the other's family, Cass and Luca have always felt like a perfect match for each other. But when Luca, an artist, convinces his grandfather and Cass’s grandmother to pose for a painting, past and present collide and reveal a secret that changes everything.

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    The Queen of Dirt Island: A Novel by Donal Ryan

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Dirt Island: A Novel Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Emma Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” –Maggie O'Farrell 'This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family.' –Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spin   From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldn’t always think it. You’d have to know them to know that—in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes—their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.   Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. It’s a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn’t. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together.

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    When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel by Pamela Terry

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel Author: Pamela Terry Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One woman fights to hold on to her friends, her family, and all that she holds dear as a brewing conflict divides her small-town Georgia community in this powerful novel from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. “This book is a treasure. Pamela Terry writes with a poet’s ear and a wicked sense of comic timing.”—Nationally bestselling author Barbara O’Neal On the morning after Harry Cline’s funeral, a rare ice storm hits the town of Wesleyan, Georgia. The community wakes up to find its controversial statue of Confederate general Henry Benning destroyed—and not by the weather. Half the town had wanted to remove the statue; the other half had wanted to preserve it. Now that the matter has been taken out of their hands, the town’s long-simmering tensions are laid bare.  Without Harry beside her, Marietta is left to question many of her preconceived ideas about her friends and family. Her childhood friend, Butter, has come to her aid in ways Marietta never expected or asked for. Her sister-in-law, Glinda, is behaving completely out of character, and her brother, Macon, the top defense attorney in the Southeast, is determined to find those responsible for the damage to the statue and protect the legacy of Old Man Griffin, the owner of the park where it once stood. Marietta longs to salvage these connections, but the world is changing and the divides can no longer be ignored. With a cast of compassionate, relatable characters, When the Moon Turns Blue is a poignant and timely novel about family, friendship, and what can happen when we discover that we don’t particularly like the people we love.

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    The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Wartime Library Author: Kate Thompson Narrator: Sarah Durham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London.  London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her, Clara has risked everything she holds dear to turn the Bethnal Green tube station into the country’s only underground library. Down here, a secret community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theater—offering shelter, solace, and escape from the bombs that fall upon their city.           Along with her glamorous best friend and assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women's determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive.

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    The Porcelain Moon: A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love by Janie Chang

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/595316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Porcelain Moon: A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Katharine Chin, Saskia Maarleveld, James Chen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women—one Chinese, one French—whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequences. “East meets West in World War I France. In The Porcelain Moon, Janie Chang exhibits her signature trademarks—lyrical prose, deftly drawn characters, and skillful excavation of little-known history—to give us a rare jewel in a sea of wartime fiction!” — Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps in the French countryside. In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage, and to end a love affair that can no longer continue. When Camille offers Pauline a room for her stay, the two women become friends. But it’s not long before Pauline uncovers a perilous secret that Camille has been hiding from her. As their dangerous situation escalates, the two women are forced to make a terrible decision that will bind them together for the rest of their lives. Set against the little-known history of the 140,000 Chinese workers brought to Europe as non-combatant labor during WWI, The Porcelain Moon is a tale of forbidden love, identity and belonging, and what we are willing to risk for freedom. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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    The Shadow of Perseus: A Novel by Claire Heywood

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shadow of Perseus: A Novel Author: Claire Heywood Narrator: Olivia Darnley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version—his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa; and his wife, Andromeda—but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all. Danae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village. It’s a harsh new world for a young woman who grew up as a coddled princess, and forging a new life for herself and for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she’s ever done. Medusa: As a member of a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, known as the Gorgons, Medusa has eschewed all contact with the outside world. That is, until the day she finds an injured boy named Perseus in the forest. Andromeda: When a harsh sandstorm threatens to destroy her nomadic desert tribe’s way of life, Andromeda knows that a sacrifice will be required to appease the gods and end the storm. But when a forceful young Perseus interferes, Andromeda’s life is set on an entirely new path.   As Perseus becomes increasingly obsessed with the promise of his own destiny, his heroic journey casts a shadow of violence and destruction across all three women’s lives. But even as he tries to silence them, the women may find that reclaiming their voices is their only hope for lifting themselves into a better future.

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    Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Must Love Books Author: Shauna Robinson Narrator: Tyra Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ‘A heartfelt and exciting debut . . . a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself’ Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Meet Nora Hughes – the overworked, underpaid, last bookish assistant standing. At least for now. When Nora landed an editorial assistant role at Parsons Press she thought it would be The Dream Job. But after five years of admin and taking lunch orders, Nora has come to the conclusion: Dream Jobs do not exist. With her life spiralling and unable to afford her rent, Nora does the only thing she can think of and starts freelancing for a rival publisher. But when Andrew Santos, a bestselling author (who also happens to be quite attractive), is thrown into Nora’s life, she must decide where her loyalties lie, and whether she’s ready to choose herself and her future over her job… Your next book club read touching on mental health, happiness and the ups and downs of being a young woman trying to figure it all out. Praise for Must Love Books: ‘It was really nice to be able to identify with the character’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘A good storyline and entertaining’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘An enjoyable read’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘An easy and relatable read’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘A book for book lovers . . . it’s impossible not to root for Nora! Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties ‘It’s refreshing to read a book about publishing with a half-Black heroine who’s wryly aware of the way she stands out in a very White field’ Kirkus Reviews ‘With emotional honesty and a surprising wit that I found addictive, Robinson’s debut is everything a book-about-books fan wants’ Kelly Harms, bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler ‘Get comfy because you won’t be able to put this book down’ Sajni Patel, award-winning author of The Trouble with Hating You *An Amazon Editors’ pick in Best Romance*

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    Black Wolf: A Novel - Kathleen Kent

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Wolf: A Novel Author: Kathleen Kent Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A dazzling spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary facial recognition powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the Soviet Union—and the path of a killer who shouldn’t exist. ​ It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents—none of whom know she is playing two roles. To the prying eyes of the KGB, she is merely a secretary; to her CIA minders, she is the only one who can stop the flow of nuclear weapons from the crumbling Soviet Union into the Middle East. For Mel has a secret; she is a “super recognizer,” someone who never forgets a face. But no training could prepare her for the reality of life undercover, and for the streets of Minsk, where women have been disappearing. Soviet law enforcement is firm: murder is a capitalist disease. But could a serial killer be at work? Especially if he knew no one was watching? As Mel searches for answers, she catches the eye of an entirely different kind of threat: the elusive and petrifying “Black Wolf,” head of the KGB. Filled with insider details from the author’s own time working under the direction of the U.S. Department of Defense, Black Wolf is a riveting new spy thriller from an Edgar-nominated crime writer, and a biting exploration of the divide between two nations, two masterminds, and two roles played by a woman pushed to her breaking point, where she’ll learn that you can only ever trust one person: yourself.

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    Dream Lake: A Novel by Lisa Kleypas

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream Lake: A Novel Series: #4 of Friday Harbor Series Author: Lisa Kleypas Narrator: Emma Wilder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas returns to Friday Harbor with this story of two broken hearts who come together—with a little help—to make each other whole… The youngest of the Nolan brothers, Alex still bears the scars of being raised by alcoholic parents, and when his own marriage fails—as he knew it would—he sinks deeper into a whiskey bottle. His brother Sam hopes to pull him out with a project to remodel a house for a friend of his girlfriend Lucy. And Alex has another ally—the ghost of a World War II pilot, who may be a booze-induced hallucination or may be exactly the spirit he needs to guide him. Zoë Hoffman is no stranger to heartache—after her own parents abandoned her, the only family member who showed her love was her grandmother. Even after her husband’s betrayal, Zoe hasn’t given up on love. A chef at a local B&B, her dream is to give her grandmother, who’s suffering from dementia, the gift of restoring her beautiful home by the lake. When she meets a handsome but brooding carpenter named Alex, she sees beneath his wounded exterior to the man he could be. As for Alex, he may be seeing a ghost, but in Zoë’s kind eyes, he’s also starting to get a vision of a future in which love might have a place after all…

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    Just My Type by Falon Ballard

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just My Type Author: Falon Ballard Narrator: Tegan Ashton Cohan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: To win the job of her dreams, a relationship-prone journalist needs to learn how to stay single in this heartwarming and hilarious new romantic comedy from the beloved author of Lease on Love. Lana Parker is an expert girlfriend. After a disastrous breakup with her high school boyfriend, she's bounced from long-term relationship to long-term relationhip and even works as the dating and relationships columnist for one of Los Angeles's trendiest websites. But when Lana suddenly finds herself single, she's ready to take a break, both personally and professionally.  That is, until her high school ex, Seth Carson, takes an assignment at Lana's site. Having spent years traveling the world as a freelance journalist, Seth's finally ready to put down roots. Seth and Lana's chemistry is just as combative—and undeniable—as ever and quickly leads to a competition that could shape both of their careers. Pitted against each other by Lana's boss, they are each tasked with writing an article series that goes against their usual dating type: Lana needs to write about being single and staying single, while Seth must learn to settle down and become boyfriend material. Whoever's series is most popular wins a highly coveted dream job. But when the two square off, it's not only their careers on the line—it’s also their hearts.

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    A Spell of Good Things: A novel by Ayobami Adebayo

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spell of Good Things: A novel Author: Ayobami Adebayo Narrator: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, 'in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (The New York Times). Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola's and Eniola’s lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

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    Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel by Rachel Joyce

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Penelope Wilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A touching tale about heartbreak and healing . . . If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryand The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy.”—Good Housekeeping   Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Only she can finish the journey her husband started. Maureen and Harold Fry have settled into a quiet life, but when an unexpected message from the North disturbs their peaceful equilibrium, Maureen realizes that it’s now her turn to make a journey. But she is not like her affable, easygoing husband. By turns outspoken, then vulnerable, she struggles to form bonds with the people she meets—and the landscape she crosses has radically changed. Maureen has no sense of what she will find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she has to get there. A deeply felt, lyrical, and powerful novel, Maureen explores love, loss, and how we come to terms with the past in order to understand ourselves a little better. While this book stands alone, it is also the extraordinarily moving finale to a trilogy that began with the phenomenal bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and continued in The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Like those beloved books, Maureen has all the power and weight of a classic.

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    Looking for Jane: A Novel by Heather Marshall

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for Jane: A Novel Author: Heather Marshall Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This “clever and satisfying” (Associated Press) #1 international bestseller for fans of Kristin Hannah and Jennifer Chiaverini follows three women who are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose—inspired by true stories. 2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession, she is determined to find the intended recipient. Her search takes her back to the 1970s when a group of daring women operated an illegal underground abortion network in Toronto known only by its whispered code name: Jane. 1971: As a teenager, Dr. Evelyn Taylor was sent to a home for “fallen” women where she was forced to give up her baby for adoption—a trauma she has never recovered from. Despite the constant threat of arrest, she joins the Jane Network as an abortion provider, determined to give other women the choice she never had. 1980: After discovering a shocking secret about her family, twenty-year-old Nancy Mitchell begins to question everything she has ever known. When she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she feels like she has no one to turn to for help. Grappling with her decision, she locates “Jane” and finds a place of her own alongside Dr. Taylor within the network’s ranks, but she can never escape the lies that haunt her. Looking for Jane is “a searing, important, beautifully written novel about the choices we all make and where they lead us—as well as a wise and timely reminder of the difficult road women had to walk not so long ago” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author).

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    The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Eve Author: Sadeqa Johnson Narrator: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis, Sadeqa Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 187 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 67 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Amazing…I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book.” —Reese Witherspoon “A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese’s Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William’s family and grant her the life she’s been searching for. But having a baby—and fitting in—is easier said than done. With their stories colliding in the most unexpected of ways, Ruby and Eleanor will both make decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives.

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    The Sweet Spot: A Novel (By Amy Poeppel)

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweet Spot: A Novel Author: Amy Poeppel Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker, Jackie Sanders, Daniel Henning, Aden Hakimi, Stephen Graybill, Billie Fulford-Brown, Carly Robins, Nancy Linari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Amy Poeppel brings her signature “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between. In the heart of Greenwich Village, three women form an accidental sorority when a baby—belonging to exactly none of them—lands on their collective doorstep. Lauren and her family—lucky bastards—have been granted the use of a spectacular brownstone, teeming with history and dizzyingly unattractive 70s wallpaper. Adding to the home’s bohemian, grungy splendor is the bar occupying the basement, a (mostly) beloved dive called The Sweet Spot. Within days of moving in, Lauren discovers that she has already made an enemy in the neighborhood by inadvertently sparking the divorce of a couple she has never actually met. Melinda’s husband of thirty years has dumped her for a young celebrity entrepreneur named Felicity, and, to Melinda’s horror, the lovebirds are soon to become parents. In her incandescent rage, Melinda wreaks havoc wherever she can, including in Felicity’s Soho boutique, where she has a fit of epic proportions, which happens to be caught on film.​ Olivia—the industrious twenty-something behind the counter, who has big dreams and bigger debt—gets caught in the crossfire. In an effort to diffuse Melinda’s temper, Olivia has a tantrum of her own and gets unceremoniously canned, thanks to TikTok. When Melinda’s ex follows his lover across the country, leaving their squalling baby behind, the three women rise to the occasion in order to forgive, to forget, to Ferberize, and to track down the wayward parents. But can their little village find a way toward the happily ever afters they all desire? Welcome to The Sweet Spot.

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    Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Months and a Day Author: Louisa Young Narrator: Isabel Adomakoh Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: A poignant, modern love story about a young widow and widower and the two ghosts that bring them together because although love changes form, it never dies. “Heart-stoppingly romantic.”—The Express (UK) Two couples. Four unfinished lives. A love that transcends space and time. Rasmus and Jay, Róisín and Nico: two couples, strangers to each other. Two beautiful, ordinary love stories, cut short. Both in their thirties and too young to be widowed, Róisín swears she still feels Nico beside her in bed and Rasmus hears Jay as he writes songs at the piano. Jay and Nico don’t even believe in ghosts, yet here they still are. Still in love with Rasmus and Róisín. And maddeningly powerless. Until Jay has an idea that Nico wants no part of—bringing Róisín and Rasmus together. It’s crazy enough that it just might work, but playing matchmaker to the living is no easy feat and one that will require all four of them to discover the meaning of love after loss, and the importance of fighting for happiness against all odds. Moving and thought-provoking, playful and bittersweet, Twelve Months and a Day asks what is love? And what are we to do with it?

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    River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick by Eleanor Shearer

    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick Author: Eleanor Shearer Narrator: Eleanor Shearer, Debra Michaels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother’s gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a “celebration of motherhood and female resilience” (The Observer). Named One of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • A Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist “A powerful novel that explores how freedom and family are truly defined”—Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian   Her search begins with an ending.… The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs.   Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children—the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children...and her freedom.

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