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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Island Compromise: A Novel Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner Narrator: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • New York Magazine’s Beach Read Book Club Pick • Belletrist Book Club Pick A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus Reviews “Joins the pantheon of great American novels.”—Los Angeles Times “Exuberant and absorbing . . . a big old-fashioned social novel.”—The Atlantic “Were we gangsters? No. But did we know how to start a fire?” In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse, and the family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the saga of the American dream, comforted in the realization that though their money may have been what endangered them, it is also what assured them their safety. But now, nearly forty years later, it’s clear that perhaps nobody ever got over anything, after all. Carl has spent the ensuing years secretly seeking closure to the matter of his kidnapping, while his wife, Ruth, has spent her potential protecting her husband’s emotional health. Their three grown children aren’t doing much better: Nathan’s chronic fear won’t allow him to advance at his law firm; Beamer, a Hollywood screenwriter, will consume anything—substance, foodstuff, women—in order to numb his own perpetual terror; and Jenny has spent her life so bent on proving that she’s not a product of her family’s pathology that she has come to define it. As they hover at the delicate precipice of a different kind of survival, they learn that the family fortune has dwindled to just about nothing, and they must face desperate questions about how much their wealth has played a part in both their lives’ successes and failures. Long Island Compromise spans the entirety of one family’s history, winding through decades and generations, all the way to the outrageous present, and confronting the mainstays of American Jewish life: tradition, the pursuit of success, the terror of history, fear of the future, old wives’ tales, evil eyes, ambition, achievement, boredom, dybbuks, inheritance, pyramid schemes, right-wing capitalists, beta-blockers, psychics, and the mostly unspoken love and shared experience that unite a family forever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Veiled Throne Series: #3 of The Dandelion Dynasty Author: Ken Liu Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 38 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR). Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people. Beset by adversity, Théra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable? In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift. Here, parents and children, teachers and students, Empress and Pékyu, all nurture the seeds of plans that will take years to bloom. Will tradition yield to new justifications for power? Everywhere, the spirit of innovation dances like dandelion seeds on the wind, and the commoners, the forgotten, the ignored begin to engineer new solutions for a new age. Ken Liu returns to the series that draws from a tradition of the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance on the Three Kingdoms and builds a new tale unsurpassed in its scope and ambition.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Shining Life: a powerful novel about treasuring life Author: Harriet Kline Narrator: Olivia Darnley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 1, 2021 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. For Rich, life is golden. He fizzes with happiness and love. But Rich has an incurable brain tumour. After Rich dies, his wife Ruth can't see how to how to keep living, and their young son Ollie is intent on working out the meaning of life. Because everything happens for a reason. Doesn't it? Rich leaves behind a family without a father, a husband, a son and a best friend. And he also leaves behind a present for each of them. But while Ollie tries to understand the message within each present, Ruth finds herself adrift. The grief that is threatening to drown her has also unearthed long buried pain. Pain she has to face if she is to have any chance of moving on... Harriet Kline weaves together the voices of a grieving family and paints an achingly beautiful picture of love in all its forms: absent, lost and, ultimately, regained. © Harriet Kline 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Scenes Author: Bridget Morrissey Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: A BuzzFeed Best Book of June   'A heart-stirring, tear-inducing read you won’t want to put down.”—Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read   Acting like she's in love with her handsome nightmare of a co-star—in a movie directed and produced by her complicated Hollywood royalty family—is Sloane's job. But what happens when the lines between script and reality get blurred? Out-of-work actress Sloane Ford is in desperate need of something to do after losing her steady TV gig. When her famous family ropes her into working as a producer on their World War II-era romance, they neglect to mention that the film will be headlined by Joseph Donovan, her least favorite former co-star of all time. The roguish actor made her life a living hell the last time they worked together, using his movie star good looks and Irish charm to cover for his erratic professional behavior. On their new film set, he promises he's different now, but Sloane is far from convinced. As filming gets underway, it becomes clear that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. When the lead actress is abruptly fired, Sloane agrees to step in and take over the role, and she starts to remember why she fell in love with acting in the first place. On camera, she and Joseph share an electric chemistry. Off camera, they've been honing their characters and, much to Sloane's surprise, growing closer. But playing the role of a woman in love with Joseph Donovan is a dangerous business, and the more time they spend together, the less Sloane can tell what's real between them, and what's just for show.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving the Day (Quick Reads 2021) Author: Katie Fforde Narrator: Rebecca Lacey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: May 27, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. She has only one chance to turn her life around... Allie is bored with her job and starting to wonder whether she even likes her boyfriend, Ryan. The high point in her day is passing a café on her walk home from work. It is the sort of place where she'd really like to work. Then one day she sees as advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can land her dream job, Allie knows she must achieve two things: 1. Learn to cook 2. End her relationship with Ryan, especially as through the window of the café, she spies a waiter who looks much more like her type of man. And when she learns that the café is in danger of closing, Allie knows she must do her very best to save the day ... 'Modern-day Austen. Great fun' Red 'Warm, brilliant and full of love' Heat 'Deliciously enjoyable' Woman and Home © Katie Fforde 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams: A novel Author: Richard Flanagan Narrator: Essie Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning author comes a dazzling novel of family, love and love's disappointments Anna's aged mother is dying. Condemned by her children's pity to living, subjected to increasingly desperate medical interventions, she turns her focus to her hospital window, through which she escapes into visions of horror and delight. When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her, others are similarly vanishing, yet no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into an eerily beautiful story of grief and possibility, of loss and love and orange-bellied parrots.   Hailed on publication in Australia as Richard Flanagan's greatest novel yet, The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is a rising ember storm illuminating what remains when the inferno beckons: one part elegy, one part dream, one part hope.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China: The Novel Author: Edward Rutherfurd Narrator: Zheng Xi Yong, Daniel York Loh, Andrew Wincott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The “unparalleled master of the historical saga' (Newsweek) and internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The Novel Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. As always, we are treated to romance and adventure, heroines and scoundrels, grinding struggle and incredible fortunes. China: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. From Shanghai to Nanking to the Great Wall, Rutherfurd chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of empires as the colonial West meets the opulent and complex East in a dramatic struggle between cultures and people. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told, Edward Rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions From The Quilting Circle Author: Maisey Yates Narrator: Samantha Cook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: It takes secrets of the heart to unlock their future The Ashwood sisters have never had anything in common. Except their ability to keep secrets. But when their grandmother dies they must all return to their hometown to clear her estate… and face up to the reasons they all left. Lark has been running away from her past for years. But now finally she must face up to the secret she's been hiding…and the man she's never stopped loving? Hannah spent her whole childhood dreaming of escaping and she plans to leave as soon as she can. Until she comes face to face with the only man who's ever been able to distract her… Avery has built the perfect life in her hometown. But can she carry on paying the price of perfection? Or will the support of her sisters help her find a different version of perfect? The Ashwood family must learn to heal. But first they must learn to trust each other like never before…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olympus, Texas: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel Author: Stacey Swann Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A bighearted novel with technicolor characters, plenty of Texas swagger, and a powder keg of a plot in which marriages struggle, rivalries flare, and secrets explode, all with a clever wink toward classical mythology. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe: 'The Iliad meets Friday Night Lights in this muscular, captivating debut' (Oprah Daily). The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down. An expansive tour de force, Olympus, Texas cleverly weaves elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity. After all, at some point, don't we all wonder: What good is this destructive force we call love?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things We Lost to the Water: A novel Author: Eric Nguyen Narrator: Quyen Ngo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A captivating novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped. This stunning debut is 'vast in scale and ambition, while luscious and inviting … in its intimacy” (The New York Times Book Review). When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and worried about her husband, Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle in to life in America, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father. But with time, Huong realizes she will never see her husband again. While she attempts to come to terms with this loss, her sons, Tuan and Binh, grow up in their absent father's shadow, haunted by a man and a country trapped in their memories and imaginations. As they push forward, the three adapt to life in America in different ways: Huong gets involved with a Vietnamese car salesman who is also new in town; Tuan tries to connect with his heritage by joining a local Vietnamese gang; and Binh, now going by Ben, embraces his adopted homeland and his burgeoning sexuality. Their search for identity--as individuals and as a family--threatens to tear them apart, un­til disaster strikes the city they now call home and they are suddenly forced to find a new way to come together and honor the ties that bind them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ends of the Earth: 2022’s most unforgettable love story Author: Abbie Greaves Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The breathtaking new novel from the author of The Silent Treatment - for fans of Jojo Moyes, Joanna Cannon and Ruth Jones. Mary O'Connor has been keeping a vigil for her first love for the past seven years. Every evening without fail, Mary arrives at Ealing Broadway station and sets herself up among the commuters. In her hands Mary holds a sign which bears the words: 'Come Home Jim.' Call her mad, call her a nuisance, call her a drain on society - Mary isn't going anywhere. That is, until an unexpected call turns her world on its head. In spite of all her efforts, Mary can no longer find the strength to hold herself together. She must finally face what happened all those years ago, and answer the question - where on earth is Jim? 'A remarkable tale of love and loss and finding something different' KATIE FFORDE 'Tender and intriguing, this page-turning story of loss and longing will twist your heart' RACHEL HORE 'Mary and Jim's story will draw you in, keep you guessing and stir up every available emotion. A truly enthralling, moving read - I loved it' HOLLY MILLER © Abbie Greaves 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Music of Bees: A Novel Author: Eileen Garvin Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A Good Morning America BUZZ PICK | A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick | IndieNext Pick | LibraryReads Pick | Recommended by People ∙ The Washington Post ∙ Woman's World ∙ NY Post ∙ BookRiot ∙ Bookish ∙ Christian Science Monitor ∙ Nerd Daily ∙ The Tempest ∙ Midwestness ∙ The Coil ∙ Read It Forward ∙ and more! “An exquisite debut that combines a moving tale of friendship with a fascinating primer on bees.”--People “This heartwarming, uplifting story will make you want to call your own friends, not to mention grab some honey.”--Good Housekeeping Three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life's curveballs, are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing--and maybe even a second chance--just when they least expect it. Forty-four-year-old Alice Holtzman is stuck in a dead-end job, bereft of family, and now reeling from the unexpected death of her husband. Alice has begun having panic attacks whenever she thinks about how her life hasn't turned out the way she dreamed. Even the beloved honeybees she raises in her spare time aren't helping her feel better these days. In the grip of a panic attack, she nearly collides with Jake--a troubled, paraplegic teenager with the tallest mohawk in Hood River County--while carrying 120,000 honeybees in the back of her pickup truck. Charmed by Jake's sincere interest in her bees and seeking to rescue him from his toxic home life, Alice surprises herself by inviting Jake to her farm. And then there's Harry, a twenty-four-year-old with debilitating social anxiety who is desperate for work. When he applies to Alice's ad for part-time farm help, he's shocked to find himself hired. As an unexpected friendship blossoms among Alice, Jake, and Harry, a nefarious pesticide company moves to town, threatening the local honeybee population and illuminating deep-seated corruption in the community. The unlikely trio must unite for the sake of the bees--and in the process, they just might forge a new future for themselves. Beautifully moving, warm, and uplifting, The Music of Bees is about the power of friendship, compassion in the face of loss, and finding the courage to start over (at any age) when things don't turn out the way you expect. “A hopeful, uplifting story about the power of chosen family and newfound home and beginning again . . . but it’s the bees, with all their wonder and intricacy and intrigue, that make this story sing.” --Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is 'Eileen Garvin's debut novel is uplifting, funny, bold, and inspirational. The Music of Bees sings!' --Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road To Rose Bend Series: #1 of Rose Bend Author: Naima Simone Narrator: Mari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Home is where the heart is Sydney Collins left the town of Rose Bend eight years ago, grieving her sister’s death—and heartbroken over her parents’ rejection. But now she’s back—newly divorced and pregnant—ready to face her fears and make a home for her child in the community she once knew. The last thing she needs is trouble. Except trouble just walked in the door. Widower Cole Dennison is still grieving the loss of his wife and child. But after a chance run-in with Sydney, Cole finds himself drawn to her optimistic view of life. Yet when Sydney’s past threatens to upend everything she’s rebuilt, both find that a little trouble will take them where they never expected to go…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kindred Spirits Supper Club Author: Amy E. Reichert Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Jobless and forced home to Wisconsin, journalist Sabrina Monroe can tolerate reunions with frenemies and kisses from old boyfriends, but not the literal ghosts that greet her in this heartwarming tale of the power of love and connection from acclaimed author Amy E. Reichert. For Sabrina Monroe, moving back home to the Wisconsin Dells--the self-described Waterpark Capital of the World--means returning to the Monroe family curse: the women in her family can see spirits who come to them for help with unfinished business. But Sabrina's always redirected the needy spirits to her mom, who's much better suited for the job. The one exception has always been Molly, a bubbly rom-com loving ghost, who stuck by Sabrina's side all through her lonely childhood. Her personal life starts looking up when Ray, the new local restaurateur, invites Sabrina to his supper club, where he flirts with her over his famous Brandy Old-Fashioneds. He's charming and handsome, but Sabrina tells herself she doesn't have time for romance--she needs to focus on finding a job. Except the longer she's in the Dells, the harder it is to resist her feelings for Ray. Who can turn down a cute guy with a fondness for rescue dogs and an obsession with perfecting his fried cheese curds recipe?  When the Dells starts to feel like home for the first time and with Ray in her corner, Sabrina begins to realize that she can make a difference and help others wherever she is.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl on the Platform Author: Bryony Pearce Narrator: Nneka Okoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A missing child. A single witness. I am the girl on the platform. When new mother Bridget catches her train home from London, she witnesses something terrible: a young girl is taken from the platform, right before her eyes. No one knows where I am. But no one is reported missing and with Bridget the only witness, she is written off as an attention seeker. Nobody believes her – not even her own husband. Can you find me?  But Bridget knows what she saw, and becomes consumed with finding the little girl. Only she can save the child’s life… but could delving into the mystery cost Bridget her own? A dark and absorbing thriller with the impact of memorable series like Broadchurch or The Missing, perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and Erin Kinsley’s Found. Readers love The Girl on the Platform: ‘Such an accomplished thriller debut; I felt I was living Bridget’s nightmare alongside her. Twisty, emotionally charged and with an ending I didn’t see coming!’ Jackie Kabler, bestselling author of The Perfect Couple 'Bryony Pearce's compelling narrative pulls the reader through to the final heart pounding and haunting conclusion. A magnificent debut! ' Samantha Lee Howe, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Stranger in Our Bed ‘Dark, twisty and highly entertaining’ Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood ‘The Girl on the Platform carries a creeping dark narrative that leaves you feeling unsettled yet desperate to know more’ Caroline Mitchell, bestselling author of The Perfect Mother

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Steel Girls Series: #1 of The Steel Girls Author: Michelle Rawlins Narrator: Laura Brydon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When war breaks out, friendship will see them through ‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’, Nancy Revell,Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls series Sheffield, 1939. With war declared, these brave women will step up and do their bit for their country Housewife Nancy never dreamed that she’d end up in Vickers steelworks factory but when husband Bert is called up to serve, she needs to put food on the table for her two young children. Betty’s sweetheart William has joined the RAF Reserves so she can’t sit around and do nothing – even if it means giving up her ambitions to study law at night school. Young Patty is relishing the excitement the war brings. But this shop-girl is going to have to grow up quickly, especially now she’s undertaking such back-breaking and dangerous work in the factory. The Steel Girls start off as strangers but quickly forge an unbreakable bond of friendship as these feisty factory sisters vow to keep the foundry fires burning during wartime. ‘Hardship, courage and hope on the Home Front’ Kate Thompson, bestselling author of Secrets of the Lavender Girls ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Readers LOVE The Steel Girls! ‘Enjoyed this lovely story from the first page’ ‘I’d love to read more about these inspirational ladies’ ‘A heartwarming story’ ‘The bravery of these women was deeply moving, I loved it!’ ‘I was so engrossed from the start’ ‘A really entertaining, feel-good and heartwarming read’

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Unbelievable: A Novel Author: Maria Kuznetsova Narrator: Masha King, Julia Emelin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An overwhelmed new mom discovers unexpected parallels between life in twenty-first-century America and her grandmother’s account of their family’s escape from the Nazis in this sharp, heartfelt novel. “A fresh perspective—one that’s both haunting and hilarious—on dual-timeline war stories, a feat that only a writer of Kuznetsova’s caliber could pull off.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine—tired of everything really, except for her beloved granddaughter, Natasha. Natasha is tired as well, but that’s because she just had a baby, and she’s struggling to balance her roles as a new mother, a wife, a struggling actress, and a host to her husband’s slacker best friend, Stas, who has been staying with them in their cramped one-bedroom apartment in upper Manhattan. When Natasha asks Larissa to tell the story of her family’s Soviet wartime escape from the Nazis in Kiev, she reluctantly agrees. Maybe Natasha is just looking for distraction from her own life, but Larissa is desperate to make her happy, even though telling the story makes her heart ache. Larissa recounts the nearly three-year period when she fled with her self-absorbed sister, parents, and grandmother to a factory town in the Ural Mountains where they faced starvation, a cholera outbreak, a tragic suicide, and where she was torn in her affections for two brothers from a wealthy family. But neither Larissa nor Natasha can anticipate how loudly these lessons of the past will echo in their present moments. Something Unbelievable explores with piercing wit and tender feeling just how much our circumstances shape our lives and what we pass on to the younger generations, willingly or not.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Island House: A Novel Author: Andrea Lee Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From National Book Award–nominated writer Andrea Lee comes Red Island House, a travel epic that opens a window on the mysterious African island of Madagascar, and on the dangers of life and love in paradise, as seen through the eyes of a Black American heroine. “People do mysterious things when they think they have found paradise,” reflects Shay, the heroine of Red Island House. When Shay, an intrepid Black American professor, marries Senna, a brash Italian businessman, she doesn’t imagine that her life’s greatest adventure will carry her far beyond their home in Milan: to an idyllic stretch of beach in Madagascar where Senna builds a flamboyant vacation villa. Before she knows it, she becomes the reluctant mistress of a sprawling household, caught between her privileged American upbringing and her connection to the continent of her ancestors. So begins Shay’s journey into the heart of a remote African country. Can she keep her identity and her marriage intact amid the wild beauty and the lingering colonial sins of this mysterious world that both captivates and destroys foreigners? A mesmerizing, powerful tale of travel and self-discovery that evokes Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, Red Island House showcases an extraordinary literary voice and gorgeously depicts a lush and unknown world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dating Plan Author: Sara Desai Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Marie Claire Book Club Pick! Even with a step-by-step plan, these fake fiancés might accidentally fall for each other in this hilarious, heartfelt romantic comedy from the author of The Marriage Game. Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. With her life all planned out, and no interest in love, the one thing she can't give her family is the marriage they expect. Left with few options, she asks her childhood crush to be her decoy fiancé. Liam Murphy is a venture capitalist with something to prove. When he learns that his inheritance is contingent on being married, he realizes his best friend's little sister has the perfect solution to his problem. A marriage of convenience will get Daisy's matchmaking relatives off her back and fulfill the terms of his late grandfather's will. If only he hadn’t broken her tender teenage heart nine years ago… Sparks fly when Daisy and Liam go on a series of dates to legitimize their fake relationship. Too late, they realize that very little is convenient about their arrangement. History and chemistry aren't about to follow the rules of this engagement.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Return Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A compelling family drama from the nation’s favourite storyteller. Florence Stanville is a woman with a past. When she moves to Guisethorpe on the east coast of England, the townsfolk are intrigued by the glamorous and mysterious stranger, with her flame-red hair and abrupt manners. Florence doesn’t care about the gossips – she’s drawn to the peaceful seaside town by the pull of her childhood, when she lived for a brief but happy time with her beloved late mother. The riddle of those days remains and now Florence can only snatch at half-remembered memories and shadowy figures in her dreams. As Florence is reluctantly drawn into the lives of her new neighbours, the layers of her own life are revealed, though it’s clear not everyone wishes her well. Far from finding peace, Florence has found instead turmoil and secrets. Can she put the pieces of her past together, or will it remain a closed book forever…?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas Series: #4 of A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure Author: James Haley Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Captain Bliven Putnam returns in an exhilarating new adventure, embedding himself within a top-secret mission during the Texas Revolution that puts everything at risk. Having spent the past few years on missions in the Caribbean, Captain Bliven Putnam is all but ready to retire and settle down at home in Connecticut with his wife, Clarity. But as the Texas Revolution ignites and tensions in the Gulf of Mexico rise, Putnam is sent orders for a secret cruise that could decide the fate of their rebellion. American settlers in Texas have revolted against an increasingly tyrannical Mexican government. While the Texians have a small army under the command of Sam Houston, their navy is practically nonexistent, an insurmountable and dangerous disadvantage as the Mexican invasion is supplied by sea. Unable to risk American neutrality, United States President Andrew Jackson hand-selects Putnam to lead a secret mission that might turn the tide: In Putnam's aging sloop-of-war Rappahannock, disguised with the Republic of Texas flag, he must venture into the waters of the Gulf and intercept the Mexican armaments, not just fighting the Mexican Navy but incurring the wrath of the American shippers and insurance companies who favor Mexico. Reunited with his old friend Sam Bandy, Putnam teams up with Sam Houston to run the operation, all while the bloodiest battles of the Revolution rage.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Eggs: A Novel Author: Rebecca Hardiman Narrator: Siobhan Waring, Gary Furlong, Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Feel-Good Book by The Washington Post When a home aide arrives to assist a rambunctious family at a crossroads, simmering tensions boil over in this “witty, exuberant debut” (People) that is an “absolute delight from start to finish” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author)—perfect for fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Evvie Drake Starts Over. When Kevin Gogarty’s eighty-three-year-old mother is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker to keep an eye on her. Kevin, recently unemployed, is already at his wits’ end tending to a full house while his wife travels to exotic locales for work, leaving him solo with his sulky, misbehaved teenaged daughter. Into the Gogarty fray steps Sylvia, the upbeat home aide, who appears at first to be their saving grace—until she catapults the Gogarty clan into their greatest crisis yet. “Bracing, hilarious, warm” (Judy Blundell, New York Times bestselling author), Good Eggs is an irresistibly charming study in self-determination; the notion that it’s never too late to start living; and the unique redemption that family, despite its maddening flaws, can offer.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Infinite Country: A Novel Author: Patricia Engel Narrator: Inés Del Castillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.87 of Total 47 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2021 NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD, LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL, A 2022 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST, AND A NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS “BIG READS” SELECTION “A profound, beautiful novel.” —People * “Poignant.” —BuzzFeed * “A breathtaking story of the unimaginable prices paid for a better life.” —Esquire This “heartbreaking portrait of a family dealing with the realities of migration and separation” (Time) is “a sweeping love story and tragic drama [and] an authentic vision of what the American Dream looks like in a nationalistic country” (Elle). I often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family. How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro’s deportation and the family’s splintering—the costs they’ve all been living with ever since. Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, gives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. Rich with Bogotá urban life, steeped in Andean myth, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America, Infinite Country “is as much an all-American story as it is a global one” (Booklist, starred review).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oslo, Maine Author: Marcia Butler Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moose walks into a rural Maine town called Oslo. Pierre Roy, a brilliant twelve-year-old, loses his memory in an accident. Three families are changed for worse and better as they grapple with trauma, marriage, ambition, and their fraught relationship with the natural world. Oslo, Maine inspects the strengths and limitations of seven average yet extraordinary people as they reckon with their considerable collective failure around Pierre's accident. Alliances unravel. Long held secrets are exposed. And throughout, the ever-present moose is the linchpin that drives this richly drawn story, filled with heartbreak and hope, to its unexpected conclusion.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gin Palace Girl Author: Gracie Hart Narrator: Colleen Prendergast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 25, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Can she escape her past? After being orphaned as a child, Mary is taken in by her mother's friend - and ex-prostitute - Nell and raised as her own. But when Nell dies her step-father takes too much of an interest in Mary and she is forced to leave home, landing a job as a bar maid. Only Whitelocks is no spit and sawdust pub but a new gin palace in the centre of Leeds. Mary thinks she's landed on her feet. More so when she catches the eye of William Winn, the charming owner of a glamorous new hotel. But Mary is the daughter of a music hall singer and the adopted child of a prostitute. Will she ever be good enough for a man like William? © Gracie Hart 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mission House Author: Carys Davies Narrator: James Langton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times (London) Novel of the Year “Luminous…a writer to watch—and to savor.” —Oprah Daily From the award-winning author of West and The Redemption of Galen Pike, a “sublime” (The Toronto Star) and propulsive novel that follows an Englishman seeking refuge in a remote hill town in India who gets caught in the crossfire of local tensions. In this “jewel of a novel” (The Observer), Hilary Byrd flees his demons and the dark undercurrents of contemporary life in England for a former British hill station in south India. Charmed by the foreignness of his new surroundings and by the familiarity of everything the British have left behind, he finds solace in life’s simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town with his driver Jamshed and staying in a mission house beside the local presbytery where, after a chance meeting, the Padre and his adoptive daughter Priscilla take Hilary under their wing. The Padre is concerned for Priscilla’s future, and as Hilary’s friendship with the young woman grows, he begins to wonder whether his purpose lies in this new relationship. But religious tensions are brewing and the mission house may not be the safe haven it seems. A “skillful drama of well-meant misunderstandings and cultural divisions” (The Wall Street Journal), The Mission House boldly and imaginatively explores postcolonial ideas in a world fractured between faith and nonbelief, young and old, imperial past and nationalistic present. Tenderly subversive and meticulously crafted, it is a deeply human story of the wonders and terrors of connection in a modern world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan’s Dream Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: The compelling new book from the author of The Girl in the Ragged Shawl and The Orphans of Halfpenny Street Danny gets a terrible start in life and runs away from his drunken father when he thrashes him to within an inch of his life. But life on the streets is no better and he falls into the clutches of evil men, finding that being big and strong for his age is no protection from the people who want to do him harm. Help comes in the form of Constable Jones, who is determined to help out the children who need it, and new friends Ron and Cassie, who are also runaways. Can Danny’s dream of a loving home ever be a reality?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Space Hopper: 'Charming and powerful' Marjan Kamali Author: Helen Fisher Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: This is a story about taking a leap of faith And believing the unbelievable   They say those we love never truly leave us, and I’ve found that to be true. But not in the way you might expect. In fact, none of this is what you’d expect.   I’ve been visiting my mother who died when I was eight. And I’m talking about flesh and blood, tea-and-biscuits-on-the-table visiting here.   Right now, you probably think I’m going mad.  Let me explain…   Although Faye is happy with her life, the loss of her mother as a child weighs on her mind even more now that she is a mother herself. So she is amazed when, in an extraordinary turn of events, she finds herself back in her childhood home in the 1970s.  Faced with the chance to finally seek answers to her questions – but away from her own family – how much is she willing to give up for another moment with her mother?     For fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife comes an original and heartwarming story about bittersweet memories, how the past shapes the future, and a love so strong it makes you do things that are slightly bonkers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lone Stars Author: Justin Deabler Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner is a new dad wrestling with a question his husband posed:What will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they’re gone? To find the answers, Julian must piece together the trails of his parents’lives and the ways that they shaped his own—going back in time to Eisenhower’s immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War,crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, and the disorienting polarization of Obama’s second term. In the answers lies hope. The hope that Julian, like the generations who came before him, will somehow learn how to be a good parent. And the hope that byuncloseting ourselves—as immigrants, smart women, gay people—we will find power in empathy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Umbrella Lady Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Emily Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An abandoned young girl finds herself at the mercy of a mysterious woman who is not quite what she seems in this atmospheric and unputdownable novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic—now a popular Lifetime movie. Left on a train platform in an unfamiliar village, little Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope even as the hours pass and the station grows dark. When a strange old woman with a large umbrella approaches and inquiries about her situation, Saffron doesn’t immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but with the chances of her father returning growing ever slimmer, she agrees to rest at the old woman’s house. Her stay was supposed to be for a few minutes, hours at most, but soon, Saffron soon realizes she has been confined to a house of dark secrets and is now at the mercy of the enigmatic Umbrella Lady. One minute grandmotherly and the next wickedly cruel, she shears Saffron’s hair, burns all the clothes she had in her suitcase, and pretends that the photo of a young girl hanging on her bedroom wall is no one in particular. When strange letters arrive from Saffron’s father, claiming that he will send for her shortly, hope returns to her young heart. But Saffron soon discovers that those who claim to love you will often hurt you the most.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bright Ray of Darkness: A novel Author: Ethan Hawke Narrator: Ethan Hawke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes—a 'witty, wise, and heartfelt novel' (Washington Post) about art and love, fame and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/writer/director. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theater, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before. Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying—and narcissistic—Falstaff's of all time. Searing, raw, and utterly transfixing, A Bright Ray of Darkness is a novel about shame and beauty and faith, and the moral power of art.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/458628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flywheel Author: Eric Wilson Narrator: Arthur Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the makers of Overcomer and Fireproof comes a novel that asks: what’s the most important thing in your life?  Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was—the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son. He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn’t until God slowly unraveled everything that he saw how empty his life had become. Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son. In a world filled with cheap imitations that distract us from God’s higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life.  - Full-length inspirational contemporary read - Novelization of the Kendrick brothers’ film Flywheel

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/458627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facing the Giants: novelization by Eric Wilson Author: Eric Wilson Narrator: Arthur Elliot, Mckenzie Fetters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: From the makers of Overcomer and Fireproof comes the inspirational novelization of the runaway hit movie Facing the Giants.  It’s been six years without a winning season, and Coach Grant Taylor’s job is on the line. Unless the Shiloh Christian Eagles turn things around—and fast—he’s history. Unfortunately, their leading scorer has just left for a rival school and the team has lost its drive. The pressure is on, and the stakes are high. On the home front, things aren’t much better for Grant. His house is falling apart. His old clunker of a car keeps dying, and the coach and his wife have been unsuccessful in their attempts to start a family. But God is on the move—in many ways. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. When faced with unbelievable odds, Grant and his Shiloh Eagles must rise above their fear and step up to their greatest test of strength and courage.  - Full-length inspirational contemporary read - Novelization of the Kendrick brothers’ film Facing the Giants

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Peace Series: #3 of Bluebird Bay Author: Christine Gael, Denise Grover Swank Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Stephanie Ketterman has been doing her level-best to find a new normal since her beloved husband's tragic death two years ago, but it's been a real struggle. After nearly three decades of wedded bliss with Paul, filling the gaping hole he left behind seems impossible. How can she look forward to her future when her heart is firmly stuck in the past? But when she begins to find evidence of secret trysts and cryptic notes written shortly before his death, she's forced to re-examine everything. What if perfect wasn't so perfect after all?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bicycle Built for Sue Author: Daisy Tate Narrator: Laura Brydon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Funny… inspiring… I loved it’ Milly Johnson ‘I love the fabulous friendships’ Jo Thomas ’Wonderfully uplifting’ Alex Brown Getting on her bike will change everything… Sue Young has never asked for much apart from a quiet life. She’s always been happy with her call centre job and dinner on the table at six o clock; that was until a tragedy tore her tranquility into little shreds. With her life in tatters, Sue is persuaded to join a charity cycle ride led by Morning TV’s Kath Fuller, who is having a crisis of her own, and Sue’s self-appointed support crew are struggling with their own issues. Pensioner Flo Wilson is refusing to grow old, gracefully or otherwise, and a teen goth Raven Chakrabarti, is determined to dodge the path her family have mapped out for her. Can the foursome cycle through saddle sores and chaffed thighs to a brighter future, or will pushing themselves to the limit prove harder than they thought?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Smuggler’s Wife Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 31, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The brand new novel from bestselling author Evie Grace, set amongst the Napoleonic Wars in the 1800s. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. KENT 1815 Her heart led her to him, but will loyalty be enough to make her stay . . . When the beautiful but naïve Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey, son of a rival smuggling family and owner of a local tavern, her sisters try to intervene. But as tensions grow, there is another suitor also hoping to win her hand in marriage, the dashing and more favourable Albert Enderby, a young lieutenant in the Revenue. Grace is unwittingly drawn back into the world of smuggling that her sisters fought hard to leave behind, and as violence erupts, she finds herself unable to stand by, knowing the rival gangs will kill anyone who stands in their way. When her husband becomes involved, Grace is forced to make a difficult decision - turn him in and risk her life, or stay loyal and risk the lives of those she loves . . . © Evie Grace 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Home Series: #2 of Bluebird Bay Author: Denise Grover Swank, Christine Gael Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 29, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anna Sullivan has spent the last thirty years traveling solo around the world as a nature photographer, and she's loved every minute of it. But suddenly, the nights seem long and lonely, and she looks forward to her trips away from Bluebird, Maine and her sisters, Cee-cee and Steph, less and less. When a cruel twist of fate brings her back home, Anna reevaluates everything in her life. Can she find happiness in the town she's spent a lifetime running away from?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liverpool Loyalty Series: #4 of Bad Blood Author: Caz Finlay Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 18, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘Caz Finlay has delivered a belter’Gemma Rogers 'Caz Finlay has delivered a belter … The Carter Family will never be the same after this epic roller coaster ride. With the family dynamics torn apart, I was on the edge of my seat until the final page' Gemma Rogers Keep your friends close… When Grace Carter's boys are arrested for murder, she's forced to call on her most trusted and loyal connections to keep the boys out of prison. She'll even ask for help from those she would usually avoid like the plague… But your enemies closer! DI Leigh Moss has the power to save Grace's boys, but she's determined to bring Grace and the Carter clan down once and for all. Leigh might owe Grace her life, but her loyalty now lies with her job and protecting the streets of Liverpool. Until Leigh needs Grace's help, too. There is a battle coming to Liverpool and only the most loyal will survive. Readers love Liverpool Loyalty: ‘Omg what a book. I couldnt put it down. BRILLIANT’ Michelle ‘Absolutely PHENOMENAL!!!!!…The ending leaves me absolutely craving the next one’ Brid ‘Oh my Caz has bloody done it again!! AMAZING!’ Lucy ‘This is some of the best gangland books I have read in a long time…Gritty gangland drama you will not be able to put down’ Maggie ‘Another stonker of a read…Caz Finlay has developed a knack of making me hold my breath, bite my nails and fall off the edge of my seat while reading…​I need more and I need it now!’ Victoria ‘A thrilling page turner…this series has definitely been my favourite of 2020’ Elaine

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disoriental Author: Négar Djavadi Narrator: Siiri Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: National Book Award Finalist: 'A multigenerational epic of the Sadr family's life in Iran and their eventual exile . . . Full of surprises' (The Globe and Mail). Winner of the 2019 Albertine Prize and Lambda Literary Award Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself, as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them. It is Kimiâ herself—punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a Scheherazade of our time, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own 'disorientalization'—who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel, recipient of numerous literary honors.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/458685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Doors Down: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama Author: Annie Mccartney Narrator: Sean Rafferty, Gerry Anderson, Eddie Mcllwaine, Stella Mccusker, Frances Tomelty, Full Cast, Gerard Murphy, Marcella Riordan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: All three series of the BBC radio sitcom about the people of Marlborough Road, Belfast The bohemian inhabitants of Marlborough Road lead lives of barely-contained chaos, full of demands, distractions and domestic dramas. Fortunately, they have one person they can count on when things go wrong - Sally, their cleaning lady-cum-therapist. When highly-strung Clare at Number 25 gets in a flap over a dinner guest, or needs a babysitter for her free-range children, Sally steps in. Saffron, the multi-tasking New Age mum at Number 27, would be lost without Sally, and two doors down at Number 29, Miss Edith Black relies on Sally's help when it comes to sorting out authentic Victorian railings for her lodging house (and dealing with her eccentric lodgers, Ulster-Scots poet Victor McVitie and handsome opera star Fintan Fanning). Reliable and unflappable, Sally is always there to keep everything in order in this Belfast street. But what will happen to the residents if she decides to leave them? Written by bestselling novelist and playwright Annie McCartney, this sparkling comedy series stars Frances Tomelty and Stella McCusker as Sally, with guest stars including Gerry Anderson, Sean Rafferty and Eddie McIlwaine as themselves. Production credits Written by Annie McCartney Produced and directed by Tanya Nash Production credits Written by Annie McCartney Produced and directed by Tanya Nash First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 16 February-9 March 2001 (Series 1), 26 July-16 August 2002 (Series 2), 19 September-10 October 2003 (Series 3) Cast Sally - Frances Tomelty/Stella McCusker Clare - Marcella Riordan Fintan - Gerard Murphy Evie - Katy Gleadhill Anna - Bethan Lloyd Simon - Patrick Gleadhill/Lloyd Houston Trevor - Gerard McSorley/Des McAleer Miss Black - Roma Tomelty Victor - Alan McKee Saffron - Ali White Tony - Robert Patterson Layla - Emily Walmsley/Eadaoin Hegarty Ben - Joel McElnay/Conor Hinds Sam - Alfie Lloyd Fidelma - Aine McCartney Anna/Posy - Hannah R Gordon Anashuya - Laura Hughes Rory - Richard Clements Gervase - James Greene Student - Raymond Lau With Gerry Anderson, Sean Rafferty and Eddie McIlwaine as themselves

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Taste of Sugar Author: Marisel Vera Narrator: Kyla García Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 2.47 of Total 17 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart-wrenching novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of other puertorriqueños, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii—another US territory—where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. Writing in the tradition of great Latin American storytelling, Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar is an unforgettable novel of love and endurance, and a timeless portrait of the reasons we leave home.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Tomorrow Series: #1 of Bluebird Bay Author: Denise Grover Swank, Christine Gael Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Celia Burrows thought she had it all—a handsome husband, two successful children, and a gorgeous beach house on the Northern coast of Maine. But her perfect life cracks apart when her husband of thirty years informs her that he's leaving. In a note. And since problems come in threes, her adult children reveal they’ve both been struggling with issues of their own. Before the separation, Celia was the main caretaker for her elderly father, but as her sisters step up to help in the wake of her troubles, neither of them takes to the role. Being tethered in Bluebird Bay is a nightmare for Anna, the youngest, whose passion for travel photography has taken her around the world. And Stephanie has struggled ever since her husband died in a freak boating accident a couple of years ago. As Celia begins to come to terms with her own shocking loss, she's surprised to feel a giddy sense of freedom. For thirty years, she's buried her own dreams in support of her husband's vision. But that was the past. It's time to pick herself up, dust herself off, and create a better, more fulfilling tomorrow. Now, if only she can convince the people she loves to do the same . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight's Whisperer Author: Tom Lowe Narrator: Alex Knox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 30, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2021 Western Writers of America's Spur Awards Before he died, Ty McGill's grandfather left him with a skill few people have, an uncanny ability to calm and train problem horses. But after three tours of duty in the Middle East, Ty returns home to West Texas with his own deep problems. He's faced with challenges that start with his former fiancée and continue through a futile job search that leads him to Midnight, a horse with the reputation as a man killer. No one can break the fierce black stallion. Ty, like his grandfather, doesn't break horses. He can look a horse in the eye and see things most people never see. In the eyes of Midnight, he sees people problems—troubles that begin with Midnight's owner, the man who married his ex-fiancée. And now Ty must learn that to go home again is to understand that nothing will ever be the same. But to find real love, you often have to go back to the place where it was lost. For Ty, he learns that some things should be left alone while others are worth fighting for. The challenge is knowing the difference.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother and Baby Home: A warm-hearted new novel from the Queen of Family Saga Author: Sheila Everett, Sheila Newberry Narrator: Debra Michaels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A charming new saga by Sheila Newberry, author of The Nursemaid's Secret and The Winter Baby, set in post-war London. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife. Sunny grew in the mother and baby home on Grove Lane, London. The daughter of a wartime nurse and a Polish pilot, she was abandoned by her mother shortly after her birth and taken in by Nan, the warm and gentle proprietor of the home. Never having known her parents, Sunny has always felt like she doesn't quite fit in, but now at sixteen-years-old, she is ready to find her place in the world. Heading out to start her first job, she finally feels she has some idea of who she wants to be. As 1950s post-war London is changing at a rapid pace, so is Sunny. And when someone from her past returns, Sunny has some tough decisions to make. Decisions that could affect the rest of her life . . . This audiobook is brought to you by Memory Lane, a community for lovers of heart-warming and moving stories about women's lives, featuring wartime, family and romance, and home to the very best saga writing. Join us today at memorylane.club. Praise for Sheila Newberry 'The Forget-Me-Not Girl is a drama-packed and emotional saga full of nostalgia, warmth and charm.' The Lancashire Post 'So gloriously nostalgic . . . a perfect example of her talent.' Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool 'Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen.' Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Book of the Little Axe Author: Lauren Francis-Sharma Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: In Trinidad, in 1796, teenage Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against typical female roles and behavior. Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason she should learn to cook and keep house—it is obvious her talents lie in running the farm she expects to be her birthright, despite her two older siblings. But as her homeland goes from Spanish to British rule, it becomes increasingly unclear whether its free black property owners—Rosa's family among them—will be allowed to keep their assets, their land, and ultimately, their freedom. By 1830, Rosa is living among the Crow Nation in Bighorn, Wyoming, with her husband, Edward Rose and family. Her son Victor has reached the age where he should seek his vision and become a man. But his path is blocked by secrets Rosa has kept hidden from him. So Rosa sets out to take him on a journey to where his story began and, in turn, retraces her own roots, those of a girl who forged her own way from the middle of the ocean to the grassy hills of a far-away land.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fireflies in the Field Series: #3 of Birch Harbor Saga Author: Elizabeth Bromke Narrator: Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Birch Harbor, Michigan, four sisters are ready to start fresh . . . as soon as they settle the secrets of their past. On the verge of divorce, Megan Hannigan needs a distraction. So, she turns to the sunny tract of farmland left in her mother's will. It's the perfect locale for a budding business, but locals disagree. Only a third party can help navigate this pesky small-town grudge or else Megan's career plan is dead in the water. Meanwhile, Megan's oldest sister, Kate, hosts a grand opening for her newly renovated Heirloom Inn. Everything is going smoothly until her high school sweetheart reveals a disastrous confession. Amelia and her new flame are working to bring a local monument back to life. They figured the mysteries of the past were dead and buried, until Amelia accidentally discovers more information. Claire, a teacher, capitalizes on summer break by working on her new cottage and lounging near the water. But then her principal makes a midsummer request . . . and a new revelation shocks the shoreline and changes everything.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harpy Author: Megan Hunter Narrator: Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.62 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lucy works from home but devotes her life to the children, to their finely tuned routine, and to the house itself, which comforts her like an old, sly friend. But then a man calls one afternoon with ashattering message: his wife has been having an affair with Lucy’s husband, Jake, and he wants her to know. The revelation marks a turning point: Lucy and Jake decide to stay together but, in a special arrangement designed to even the score and save their marriage, she will hurt him three times. Jake will notknow when the hurt is coming, nor what form it will take.As the couple submit to a delicate game of crime and punishment, Lucy herself begins to change, surrendering to a transformation of both mind and body from which there is no return. Told in dazzling, musical prose, The Harpy is a dark, staggering fairy tale, at once mythical and otherworldly, and fiercely contemporary. It is a novel of love, marriage and its failures, ofpower and revenge, of metamorphosis and renewal.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tenth Gift Author: Jane Johnson Narrator: Susan Duerden, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: His parting gift to her was a new beginning... Julia Lovat walks away from her seven-year affair with Michael with a broken heart and his final gift to her – an antique book full of secrets. The book is the diary of Catherine Treganna, who was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Morocco four hundred years ago. When Julia travels to Morocco to discover Cat's fate, she is quickly lost in an exotic and vibrant land. Her guide is Idriss, a man so charismatic and beguiling that their meeting feels like destiny. And so, in the heat and dust, two love stories, separated by four centuries, entwine and blossom... The Tenth Gift is an enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it. 2020 Head of Zeus

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Threads: A Depression Era Tale Author: Charlotte Whitney Narrator: Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's a boring, hardscrabble life for three sisters growing up on a Michigan farm in the throes of the Great Depression. But, when young Nellie, digging for pirate treasure, discovers the tiny blue-black hand of a dead baby, rumors begin to fly. Narrated by Nellie and her two older sisters, the story follows the girls as they encounter a patchwork of threatening circumstances and take it upon themselves to solve the mystery.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever Across the Marsh Author: Jeff Pearson Narrator: Joe Hempel, Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: Unfazed by chaos and bad luck, Melvin Scott knows, 'Some things a man must do himself. No matter how dumb that man is.' His wife disagrees. In debt over his head, he learns that a penny will grow to over $10,000,000 in thirty days if it doubles every day. He realizes that other things can grow that fast too. Bacteria. Disease. Cures. Almost anything. Scott finds hope and the adventures begin. The book opens with Scott believing he has found a formula for becoming a millionaire, perhaps in less than thirty days. There is a problem. Scott lives in total chaos with his wife and young children in a house that is falling apart. This is all on top of leaving the military to start over again. What follows is a roller coaster ride of misadventures—both serious and hilarious. Scott's search for riches comes to a head when he meets a professional treasure hunter from Key West who has located one of Blackbeard's sunken ships in the marsh outside of Savannah, Georgia. Racing to join the treasure hunter, Scott stops in his tracks when he encounters the one person in the world who could keep him from finding the treasure.