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Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women
by Marcelo Schulist
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/611/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With a library of over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you classics, Romantic Novels, and Mystical Fiction stories. Get 3 free audiobooks to start. Easily listen on iPhone, iPad, Android, and enjoy audiobooks whenever you want. Let the sounds of these wonderful stories accompany you! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to [email protected].
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Christmas at the Vicarage - Rebecca Boxall
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christmas at the Vicarage Author: Rebecca Boxall Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: It’s been fifteen years since Rosamunde last lived at the vicarage in Potter’s Cove, the pretty coastal village where she grew up, experienced her first true love—and a heartbreak that changed her life forever. But now Potter’s Cove is calling her back: it’s time to make peace with the past and go home. Rosamunde’s return to the vicarage in the days before Christmas is a whirlwind of festive cheer and heartwarming reunions with friends, family and her loving father, the vicar. And while seeing the old place after all this time stirs painful memories of long-ago grief, it also reminds her of all the love she left behind. Fifteen years ago she vowed never to let herself be vulnerable again—but now that she’s back she’s not so sure. Is it possible that real happiness could strike more than once? Spanning three decades of family life, Christmas at the Vicarage is a warm, feel-good tale that examines what it means to love and to lose—and to be brave enough to try again. Revised edition: This edition of Christmas at the Vicarage includes editorial revisions.
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The Christmas Star: A Novel by Donna VanLiere
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Star: A Novel Series: #10 of Christmas Hope Series Author: Donna VanLiere Narrator: Donna VanLiere Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Hope series comes another heartwarming, inspirational story for the holidays. Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison volunteers at Glory’s Place, an after school program where she meets seven-year-old Maddie, a precocious young girl who has spent her childhood in foster care. Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. Amy is hesitant – she’s been hurt before, and isn’t sure she’s ready to lose her heart again – but an unexpected surprise makes her reconsider her lonely lifestyle. As Christmas nears and the town is blanketed in snow and beautiful decorations, Maddie and the charming staff at Glory’s Place help Amy to see that romance can be more than heartache and broken promises. In The Christmas Star, Donna VanLiere delivers yet another sweet, joyous story that is sure to capture listeners' hearts.
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The Longest Ride: Booktrack Edition by Nicholas Sparks
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest Ride: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: January LaVoy, Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: The Longest Ride: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the remarkable story of two couples whose lives intersect in profound and surprising ways. Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death -- loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart. *Booktrack editions are essentially a new genre of digital storytelling entertainment. Music and ambient audio are added to complement and enhance the audiobook experience. It is a synchronized movie-style soundtrack that complements the narration of existing audiobooks; the tempo and rhythm of the score harmonize with action, dialogue and the characters' emotional arcs.
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Winter Street: Booktrack Edition by Elin Hilderbrand
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Street: Booktrack Edition Series: #1 of Winter Street Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: - Winter Street - Winter Stroll - Winter Storms - Winter Solstice
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Amy Harmon presents The Smallest Part
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Smallest Part Author: Amy Harmon Narrator: Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: “In the end, only three things matter. How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” —Unknown It was a big lie. The biggest lie she’d ever told. It reverberated through her head as she said it, ringing eerily, and the girl behind her eyes—the girl who knew the truth—screamed, and her scream echoed along with the lie. “Are you in love with Noah, Mercedes?” Cora asked. “I mean...I know you love him. You’ve been friends forever. We all have. But are you in love with him?” If it had been anyone else—anyone—Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too. So Mercedes lied. And with that lie, she lost him. With that lie, she sealed her fate. She was the best friend, the bridesmaid, the godmother, the glue. She was there for the good times and the bad, the ups and the downs, the biggest moments and the smallest parts. And she was there when it all came crashing down. This is the tale of the girl who didn’t get the guy.
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America for Beginners: A Novel by Leah Franqui
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: America for Beginners: A Novel Author: Leah Franqui Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream through meaningful and unlikely friendships forged in unusual circumstances. Pival Sengupta has done something she never expected: she has booked a trip with the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Company. But unlike other upper-class Indians on a foreign holiday, the recently widowed Pival is not interested in sightseeing. She is traveling thousands of miles from Kolkota to New York on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi devastated his very traditional parents when he told them he was gay. Then, Pival’s husband, Ram, told her that their son had died suddenly—heartbreaking news she still refuses to accept. Now, with Ram gone, she is going to America to find Rahi, alive and whole or dead and gone, and come to terms with her own life. Arriving in New York, the tour proves to be more complicated than anticipated. Planned by the company’s indefatigable owner, Ronnie Munshi—a hard-working immigrant and entrepreneur hungry for his own taste of the American dream—it is a work of haphazard improvisation. Pavil’s guide is the company’s new hire, the guileless and wonderfully resourceful Satya, who has been in America for one year—and has never actually left the five boroughs. For modesty’s sake Pival and Satya will be accompanied by Rebecca Elliot, an aspiring young actress. Eager for a paying gig, she’s along for the ride, because how hard can a two-week ''working'' vacation traveling across America be? Slowly making her way from coast to coast with her unlikely companions, Pival finds that her understanding of her son—and her hopes of a reunion with him—are challenged by her growing knowledge of his adoptive country. As the bonds between this odd trio deepens, Pival, Satya, and Rebecca learn to see America—and themselves—in different and profound new ways. A bittersweet and bighearted tale of forgiveness, hope, and acceptance, America for Beginners illuminates the unexpected enchantments life can hold, and reminds us that our most precious connections aren’t always the ones we seek. This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Leah Franqui about America for Beginners.
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The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Season of Silver Linings Series: #3 of A Sweet Lake Novel Author: Christine Nolfi Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: She can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime. When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss. Jada has also begun looking to the future by dating widower Philip Kettering and forging a sudden, sweet bond with his six-year-old daughter. But the past isn’t finished with Jada. When a curious guest checks into the Wayfair, her delving questions stir Jada’s guilt about the heartbreaking events that scarred the town seven years ago. The risks Jada must take by revealing the truth will test every assumption she’s made about the meaning of family and the magic of enduring love.
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The Lost Letters of William Woolf: The most uplifting and charming debut of the year (Written by Helen Cullen)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Letters of William Woolf: The most uplifting and charming debut of the year Author: Helen Cullen Narrator: Helen Cullen, Rupert Penry-Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen, read by Helen Cullen and Rupert Penry Jones. Lost letters have only one hope for survival . . . Inside the Dead Letters Depot in East London, William Woolf is one of thirty letter detectives who spend their days solving mysteries: Missing postcodes, illegible handwriting, rain-smudged ink, lost address labels, torn packages, forgotten street names - they are all the culprits of missed birthdays, broken hearts, unheard confessions, pointless accusations, unpaid bills and unanswered prayers. When William discovers letters addressed simplyto 'My Great Love' his work takes on new meaning. Written by a woman to a soulmate she hasn't met yet, the missives stir William in ways he didn't know were possible, and soon he begins to wonder: Could he be her great love? William must follow the clues in Winter's letters to solve his most important mystery yet: the human heart.
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Susan Mallery - When We Found Home
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Found Home Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Becoming a family will take patience, humor, a little bit of wine and a whole lot of love After life knocked Delaney Holbrook sideways, she didn’t get down—she got busy. She went back to school, determined to reinvent herself. She even swore off men in suits. But then one particular man in one very fine suit proves too tempting to resist—Malcolm Carlesso, CEO of a family-owned food company. Malcolm’s life has been complicated by the arrival of two half sisters he’s never met…and isn’t sure he wants around. How can Delaney trust a man who keeps his own sisters at such a distance? Alone in the world, Callie Smith never expected to find a family. Suddenly she’s living in a house the size of a small country with her stuffy and aloof new brother and streetwise sister, wondering whether this place—and these people—will ever feel like home. Just as she’s beginning to get settled, a new opportunity presents itself, daring her to dream of more…until her past threatens to take it all away. Friends brought together by chance, Delaney and Callie will soon discover the closest families are bonded by choice—not by blood—in this uplifting story from the consistently unputdownable Susan Mallery. Don't miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love. Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery: - The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024! - The Happiness Plan - The Sister Effect - The Boardwalk Bookshop - The Summer Getaway
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Susie Orman Schnall presents The Subway Girls: A Novel
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Subway Girls: A Novel Author: Susie Orman Schnall Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: From Susie Orman Schnall, author of The Balance Project, comes a dual-timeline audiobook featuring a 1949 Miss Subways contestant and a modern-day advertising executive whose careers and lives intersect. In 1949, dutiful and ambitious Charlotte's dream of a career in advertising is shattered when her father demands she help out with the family business. Meanwhile, Charlotte is swept into the glamorous world of the Miss Subways beauty contest, which promises irresistible opportunities with its Park Avenue luster and local fame status. But when her new friend—the intriguing and gorgeous fellow-participant Rose—does something unforgivable, Charlotte must make a heart-wrenching decision that will change the lives of those around her forever. Nearly 70 years later, outspoken advertising executive Olivia is pitching the NYC subways account in a last ditch effort to save her job at an advertising agency. When the charismatic boss she’s secretly in love with pits her against her misogynistic nemesis, Olivia’s urgent search for the winning strategy leads her to the historic Miss Subways campaign. As the pitch date closes in on her, Olivia finds herself dealing with a broken heart, an unlikely new love interest, and an unexpected personal connection to Miss Subways that could save her job—and her future. The Subway Girls is the charming story of two strong women, a generation apart, who find themselves up against the same eternal struggle to find an impossible balance between love, happiness, and ambition. Praise for The Subway Girls: 'Schnall has written a book that is smart and timely...Feels perfect for fans of Beatriz Williams and Liza Klaussmann.' —Taylor Jenkins Reid, acclaimed author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 'A fast-paced, clever novel filled with romantic possibilities, high-stakes decisions, and harsh realities. Perfect for fans of Fiona Davis’s The Dollhouse, this engrossing tale highlights the role that ambition, sexism, and true love will forever play in women’s lives.' —Amy Poeppel, author of Small Admissions
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Danielle Steel presents The Good Fight
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Fight Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping chronicle of a young woman discovering a passion for justice and of the unsung heroes she encounters on her quest to fight the good fight. The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, Meredith soaks up the conflict between good and evil as it plays out in real time. When her family returns to the United States, she begins blazing her own trail, swimming against the tides, spurred on by her freethinking liberal grandfather, determined to become a lawyer despite her traditional, conservative father's objections. She forges a lifelong friendship with a young German Jewish woman whose family died in the concentration camps. And while her grandfather rises to the Supreme Court, Meredith enlists in the most pressing causes of her time, fighting for civil rights and an end to the Vietnam War. From the bright morning of JFK's inauguration, through the tumultuous years that follow as America hurtles toward the twin assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, Meredith joins the vanguard of a new generation of women, breaking boundaries socially, politically, and professionally. But when the violence of the era strikes too close to home, her once tightly knit family must survive a devastating loss, and rethink their own values and traditions in light of the times. Encompassing the remarkable people Meredith meets, the historic events she witnesses, and the sacrifices she must make, this is the story of a woman changing her world as she herself is changed by it. Beautifully told, brimming with unforgettable moments and characters, The Good Fight is an inspiring, uplifting novel with resonance for our own times.
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Clock Dance: A novel by Anne Tyler
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clock Dance: A novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.51 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London) A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread. Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.
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Orchid and the Wasp: A Novel by Caoilinn Hughes
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Orchid and the Wasp: A Novel Author: Caoilinn Hughes Narrator: Caoilinn Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “A gem of a novel.”—Elle “A winning debut.”—The New Yorker “Caoilinn Hughes is a massive talent.”—Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See WINNER OF THE COLLYER BRISTOW PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEARST BIG BOOK AWARDS • LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 An unforgettable young woman navigates Dublin, London and New York, striving to build a life raft for her loved-ones amidst economic and familial collapse. In this dazzlingly original debut novel, award-winning Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes introduces a heroine of mythic proportions in the form of one Gael Foess. A tough, thoughtful, and savvy opportunist, Gael is determined to live life on her own terms. Raised in Dublin by single-minded, careerist parents, Gael learns early how a person’s ambitions and ideals can be compromised— and she refuses to let her vulnerable, unwell younger brother, Guthrie, suffer such sacrifices. When Gael’s financier father walks out on them during the economic crash of 2008, her family fractures. Her mother, a once-formidable orchestral conductor, becomes a shadow. And a fateful incident prevents Guthrie from finishing high school. Determined not to let her loved-ones fall victim to circumstance, Gael leaves Dublin for the coke-dusted social clubs of London and Manhattan’s gallery scene, always working an angle, but beginning to become a stranger to those who love her. Written in electric, heart-stopping prose, Orchid & the Wasp is a novel about gigantic ambitions and hard-won truths, chewing through sexuality, class, and politics, and crackling with joyful, anarchic fury. It challenges bootstraps morality with questions of what we owe one another and what we earn. A first novel of astonishing talent, Orchid & the Wasp announces Caoilinn Hughes as one of the most exciting literary writers working today.
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Tending Roses -- Lisa Wingate
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tending Roses Series: #1 of Tending Roses Author: Lisa Wingate Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother’s Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. The family has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who’s become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows such a change would break her grandmother’s heart. Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers her grandma’s journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it is full of stories that celebrate the importance of family, friendship, and faith. Stories that make Kate see her life—and her grandmother—in a completely new way....
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Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Town Rumors Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a funny heartache of a novel about overcoming the past, confronting the future, and defying all expectations. Everyone is talking about Jennie Sue Baker and the mess she made of her life in New York. The former high school queen bee—and wealthy darling of Bloom, Texas—has returned home after all these years, riding on a common bus and bearing two bounced alimony checks. In a town that thrives on gossip, Jennie’s fall from grace has shamed her mother, set the town buzzing, and caused old, jealous enemies to whisper in delight. They say she’s taken a job as a housekeeper, gotten a garage apartment, and might be crushing on Rick Lawson, a simple farmer with modest dreams. As romance starts to bud, Jennie relishes what it means to follow her heart, find real new friends, and finally be herself—regardless of all the lying town chatter. But fate has another twist in store. Rumor has it that Jennie now stands to lose what matters most…unless she can convince Rick of one true thing—and that’s love.
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The Banker's Wife by Cristina Alger
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Banker's Wife Author: Cristina Alger Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller 'Immersive, satisfying, tense--and timely: This is probably happening for real right now.'--Lee Child 'First-rate...Slick, heart-hammering entertainment.'--The New York Times Book Review On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate search for answers, she determines that Matthew's death was no accident, and that she is now in the crosshairs of his powerful enemies. Meanwhile, ambitious society journalist Marina Tourneau has finally landed at the top. Now that she's engaged to Grant Ellis, she will stop writing about powerful families and finally be a part of one. Her entry into the upper echelons of New York's social scene is more appealing than any article could ever be, but, after the death of her mentor, she agrees to dig into one more story. While looking into Swiss United, Marina uncovers information that implicates some of the most powerful men in the financial world, including a few who are too close to home. The story could also be the answer to Annabel's heartbreaking search--if Marina chooses to publish it. The Banker's Wife is both a high-stakes thriller and an inside look at the personal lives in the intriguing world of finance, introducing Cristina Alger as a powerful new voice in the genre.
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The Last Time I Lied: A Novel by Riley Sager
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Time I Lied: A Novel Author: Riley Sager Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 74 Ratings of Narrator: 4.79 of Total 24 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: In the latest thriller from the bestselling author of Final Girls, a young woman returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there fifteen years ago. Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she--or anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips. Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings--massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. When the paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor. Seeing an opportunity to find out what really happened to her friends all those years ago, Emma agrees. Familiar faces, unchanged cabins, and the same dark lake haunt Nightingale, even though the camp is opening its doors for the first time since the disappearances. Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, but soon discovers a security camera--the only one on the property--pointed directly at its door. Then cryptic clues that Vivian left behind about the camp's twisted origins begin surfacing. As she digs deeper, Emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing mysterious threats in the present. And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale and what really happened to those girls, the more she realizes that closure could come at a deadly price.
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Father Unknown - Lesley Pearse
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Unknown Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Lucinda Dryzek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Father Unknown by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucinda Dryzek. Orphaned, lost. Who is she really? One young woman's search across the globe for a past - and a future . . . Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . . Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about her real mother. However, when Daisy drops everything to go in search of her roots, she uncovers a harrowing story of greed, misery and corruption. She also risks hurting her adored Dad, the only true family she has left. Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? And more importantly, who is the real Daisy?
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When You Knew [Written by Jamie Beck]
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333494 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When You Knew Series: #3 of The Cabots Author: Jamie Beck Narrator: Siiri Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: An unlikely couple must decide what truly defines family. Gentry Cabot’s rebellious life comes to a screeching halt when a one-night stand leads to a sobering new reality: motherhood. Exhausted and overwhelmed, the former wild child struggles to raise an infant on her own. After a lifetime of feeling like the odd Cabot out, Gentry knows that what her son needs most is family. For his sake, she plans to rebuild bridges with them, but first she needs a little help on the home front. Humanitarian worker Ian Crawford has devoted his life to service. Forced to temporarily return stateside, he’s eager to head back to Haiti to expand the nonprofit he just founded in his late father’s honor. He can’t do that without money, so when Gentry offers a hefty paycheck for a short-term gig as a live-in nanny, he can’t afford to say no. Ian expects to deal with a barrage of privileged problems. What he doesn’t expect is how quickly being a makeshift father transforms him. Despite his growing attachment to Gentry and her child, Ian still has his dreams, and Gentry wants a full-time dad for her son. When the baby’s father reenters the picture, will Gentry and Ian embrace the family they’ve formed or end up worlds apart?
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All We Ever Wanted: A Novel by Emily Giffin
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All We Ever Wanted: A Novel Author: Emily Giffin Narrator: Milton Bagby, Dorothy Dillingham Blue, Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 223 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 39 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this riveting novel from the #1 bestselling author of Something Borrowed and First Comes Love, three very different people must choose between their families and their most deeply held values. . . . “An unpredictable page-turner that unfolds in the voices of three superbly distinct characters.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • “A gripping, thought-provoking journey.”—Jodi Picoult NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THESKIMM Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville’s most prestigious private school. Amid so much wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn’t always fit in—and her overprotective father doesn’t help—but in most ways, she’s a typical teenaged girl, happy and thriving. Then, one photograph, snapped in a drunken moment at a party, changes everything. As the image spreads like wildfire, the Windsor community is instantly polarized, buzzing with controversy and assigning blame. At the heart of the lies and scandal, Tom, Nina, and Lyla are forced together—all questioning their closest relationships, asking themselves who they really are, and searching for the courage to live a life of true meaning. Praise for All We Ever Wanted “Page-turning . . . Timely and thought-provoking, it’s Giffin’s best yet.”—People “Giffin’s novel has style and substance . . . . Truly excellent.'—The Washington Post “If you’re looking for a book club selection, All We Ever Wanted is bound to spark meaningful and meaty discussions.”—The Augusta Chronicle “A page-turning exploration of wealth and privilege.”—Entertainment Weekly
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Lady Be Good: A Novel by Amber Brock
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334807 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady Be Good: A Novel Author: Amber Brock Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Set in the 1950s, Lady Be Good marks Amber Brock's mesmerizing return, sweeping readers into the world of the mischievous, status-obsessed daughter of a hotel magnate and the electric nightlife of three iconic cities: New York, Miami, and Havana. Kitty Tessler is the winsome and clever only child of self-made hotel and nightclub tycoon Nicolas Tessler. Kitty may not have the same pedigree as the tennis club set she admires, but she still sees herself as every inch the socialite--spending her days perfecting her 'look' and her nights charming all the blue-blooded boys who frequent her father's clubs. It seems like the fun will never end until Kitty's father issues a terrible ultimatum: she may no longer date the idle rich. Instead, Kitty must marry Andre, her father's second-in-command, and take her place as the First Lady of his hotel empire. Kitty is forced to come up with a wily and elaborate plan to protect her own lofty ideas for the future, as well as to save her best friend, Henrietta Bancroft, from a doomed engagement; Kitty will steal Henrietta's fiancé, a fabulously wealthy but terribly unkind man from a powerful family--thereby delivering the one-two punch of securing her now-fragile place on the social ladder and keeping her friend from a miserable marriage. Then Kitty meets Max, a member of a band visiting New York from her father's Miami club, and her plans take a turn. Smitten, but still eager to convince her father of her commitment to Andre, Kitty and Hen follow Max, Andre, and the rest of the band back down to Miami--and later to Cuba. As Kitty spends more time with Max, she begins waking up to the beauty--and the injustice--of the world beyond her small, privileged corner of Manhattan. And when her well-intended yet manipulative efforts backfire, Kitty is forced to reconsider her choices and her future before she loses everyone she loves.
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Boardwalk Summer: A Novel by Meredith Jaeger
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boardwalk Summer: A Novel Author: Meredith Jaeger Narrator: Marisol Ramirez, Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: In this new novel from the author of The Dressmaker’s Dowry, two young women two generations apart discover the joy and heartbreak of following their dreams. Aspiring Hollywood actress Violet makes a shocking choice in 1940, and seventy years later, Mari sets out to discover what happened on that long ago summer. Santa Cruz, Summer 1940: When auburn-haired Violet Harcourt is crowned Miss California on the boardwalk of her hometown, she knows she is one step closer to her cherished dream: a Hollywood screen test. But Violet’s victory comes with a price—discord in her seemingly perfect marriage—and she grapples with how much more she is willing to pay. Summer 2007: Single mother Marisol Cruz lives with her parents in the charming beach cottage that belonged to her grandfather, Ricardo, once a famed performer on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Drawn to the town’s local history and the quaint gazebo where her grandparents danced beneath the stars, Mari sells raffle tickets at the Beach Boardwalk Centennial Celebration, and meets Jason, a California transplant from Chicago. When Mari discovers the obituary of Violet Harcourt, a beauty queen who died too young, she and Jason are sent on a journey together that will uncover her grandfather’s lifelong secret—his connection to Violet—a story of tragedy and courage that will forever transform them.
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Listen to Heaven Adjacent by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Adjacent Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde is heartfelt and perceptive in this bittersweet story about slowing down and discovering what can be gained when leaving everything behind. Roseanna Chaldecott spent her life as a high-powered lawyer in Manhattan. But when her best friend and law partner dies suddenly, something snaps. Unsure of her future, Roseanna heads upstate on one tank of gas and with no plans to return. In the foothills of the Adirondacks, Roseanna discovers the perfect hideout in a ramshackle farm. Its seventy-six acres are rich with possibilities and full of surprises, including a mother and daughter squatting on the property. Although company is the last thing Roseanna wants, she reluctantly lets them stay. Roseanna and the young girl begin sculpting junk found around the farm into zoo animals, drawing more newcomers—including her estranged son, Lance. He pleads with Roseanna to return to the city, but she’s finally discovered where she belongs. It may not provide the solitude she originally sought, but her heart has found room for much more.
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Christina Henry's The Mermaid
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mermaid Author: Christina Henry Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea, only to become the star attraction of history's greatest showman. Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.
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Rainy Day Friends: A Novel by Jill Shalvis
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rainy Day Friends: A Novel Series: #2 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Following the USA Today bestselling author of Lost and Found Sisters comes Jill Shalvis' moving story of heart, loss, betrayal, and friendship. Six months after Lanie Jacobs’ husband’s death, it’s hard to imagine anything could deepen her sense of pain and loss. But then Lanie discovers she isn’t the only one grieving his sudden passing. A serial adulterer, he left behind several other women who, like Lanie, each believe she was his legally wedded wife. Rocked by the infidelity, Lanie is left to grapple with searing questions. How could she be so wrong about a man she thought she knew better than anyone? Will she ever be able to trust another person? Can she even trust herself? Desperate to make a fresh start, Lanie impulsively takes a job at the family-run Capriotti Winery. At first, she feels like an outsider among the boisterous Capriottis. With no real family of her own, she’s bewildered by how quickly they all take her under their wing and make her feel like she belongs. Especially Mark Capriotti, a gruffly handsome Air Force veteran turned deputy sheriff who manages to wind his way into Lanie’s cold, broken heart—along with the rest of the clan. Everything is finally going well for her, but the arrival of River Brown changes all that. The fresh-faced twenty-one-year old seems as sweet as they come…until her dark secrets come to light—secrets that could destroy the new life Lanie’s only just begun to build.
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The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Couple Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 246 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 40 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, comes a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love...if they don't kill us first. *New York Times bestseller* It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect. Featuring beloved characters from The Castaways, Beautiful Day, and A Summer Affair, The Perfect Couple proves once again that Elin Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer beach read.
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Elizabeth Fremantle - The Poison Bed: 'Gone Girl meets The Miniaturist'
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Poison Bed: 'Gone Girl meets The Miniaturist' Author: Elizabeth Fremantle Narrator: Perdita Weeks, Ross Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Poison Bed by E C Fremantle, read by Ross Anderson and Perdita Weeks. A Marriage. A Murder. One of them did it. Which of them will die for it? In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the Jacobean court when a celebrated couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom. Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the murder. The king suspects them both, though it is his secret at stake. Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose? And who is willing to commit murder? 'A Jacobean GONE GIRL Dark and deeply satisfying, THE POISON BED is a tale of monstrous intrigue and murder' M J Carter 'Deliciously sinister. A toxic blend of glamour, intrigue and ambition' Andrew Taylor 'A thoroughly compelling tale of sexually-charged intrigue and murder. Once started, impossible to put down' Minette Walters
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Enjoy The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel from Rosalind Brackenbury
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel Author: Rosalind Brackenbury Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: What do you do when you’ve lost the love of your life? Seb Fowler has arrived in Paris to research his literary idol, Henri Fournier. It begins with an interview granted by a woman whose affair with the celebrated writer trails back to World War I. The enchanting Pauline is fragile, but her memories are alive—those of an illicit passion, of the chances she took and never regretted, and of the twists of fate that defined her unforgettable love story. Through Pauline’s love letters, her secrets, and a lost Fournier manuscript, Seb will come to learn so much more—about Pauline, Henri, and himself. For Seb, every moment of Pauline’s past proves to be more inspiring than he could have imagined. She’s given him the courage to grab hold of whatever life offers, to cherish each risk, and to pursue love in his life. Intimately epic, The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier spans generations to explore every beautiful mystery of falling in love, being in love, and losing a love—and, most important, daring to love again and discovering just how resilient the human heart can be.
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More Than Words: A Love Story - Mia Sheridan
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Than Words: A Love Story Series: #3 of Where Love Meets Destiny Author: Mia Sheridan Narrator: Jean-Paul Mordrake, Chelsea Hatfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of Archer’s Voice comes a second chance, childhood friends to lovers romance between a famous musician and the only woman he’s ever loved, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. The moment eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell met Callen Hayes, she knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her—Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word. Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked deep inside, trapped behind his own inner demons. It's only when he withdraws to France to drink his way through the darkness that Callen stumbles into the one person who makes the music return. Jessica. His Jessie. And she still tastes of fresh, sweet innocence . . . even as she sets his blood on fire. But they don't belong in each other's worlds anymore. There are too many mistakes. Too many secrets. Too many lies. All they have is that instinctive longing, that need—and something that looks dangerously like love.
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Audiobook: The Real Michael Swann: A Novel by Bryan Reardon
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Michael Swann: A Novel Author: Bryan Reardon Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: “A twisting, heart-wrenching journey into a marriage, a gripping thriller . . . Reardon grabs his readers on page one, then deftly ratchets up the suspense until the breathless ending.”—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author Julia Swann, mother of two young boys, is on the phone with her husband, Michael, when the call abruptly cuts out. It isn’t until later in the evening when she discovers that something terrible has happened at Penn Station, where Michael was waiting for a train home. Julia races to New York City to look for Michael, her panicked searching interwoven with memories of meeting and falling in love with the husband she’s now desperate to find. When someone finds a flyer she’s posted and tells her they may have seen her husband, her prayers seem to be answered. Yet as she tries to find him, her calls go unanswered. Did Michael survive? If so, why hasn’t he contacted her? Was he—or is he still—the man she fell in love with? Part family drama, part tragic love story, The Real Michael Swann is a deftly plotted suspense novel with an unflinching portrait of a marriage at its heart, challenging us to confront the unthinkable—both in our country and in our own homes. “Reardon masterfully delivers an intimate, heartbreaking portrayal of a family whose love, trust, and loyalty for each other is put to the ultimate test.”—Rhiannon Navin, author of Only Child
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays (By Amy Meyerson)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookshop of Yesterdays Author: Amy Meyerson Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.13 of Total 8 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear about him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt. When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books—now as its owner—she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store’s shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy’s last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy’s past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda’s mother has kept hidden—and the terrible secret that tore her family apart. Bighearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It’s a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.
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Ricki Schultz's Switch and Bait
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switch and Bait Author: Ricki Schultz Narrator: Ava Erickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: In this charming, sexy, and 'laugh-out-loud' (USA Today) funny romantic comedy, an online dating ghostwriter's life gets hilariously complicated when she recognizes one of her clients' matches--her ex!--and finds herself forced to flirt with him again, on someone else's behalf... We switch. I bait. Let me help you snag a date. All through college, Blanche Carter was known as the love doctor in her sorority. Now she's parlayed her talent into a unique consulting business: she runs the online dating profiles of Washington D.C.'s most eligible women. Armed with a battalion of rules, Blanche expertly helps her clients optimize their profiles and ace that first date. But although she'll happily message handsome strangers (and fend off dick pics) for other ladies, Blanche's most important rule is the one she has for herself: no relationships. She's seen too much heartbreak to believe in real love anymore. When a former fling pops up among the matches for one of her favorite clients, Blanche gamely messages him on her behalf. Blanche is definitely over him, and this is how she'll prove it. But if she doesn't watch out, Blanche might end up not only screwing over a client--and possibly tanking her entire business--but breaking her rule about love as well . . . Ricki Schultz's trademark irreverent humor and wry insight into the absurdities of modern dating are both outrageously funny and genuinely moving in her unforgettable new novel. 'A wry, audacious romance that is perfect for our contemporary moment...[with] sparkling, irreverent banter that is so good you might be tempted to steal it for your own online dating one-liners.' -- Entertainment Weekly 'Funny, sexy and unexpectedly touching...An often-hilarious and surprisingly endearing read, perfect for beach season!' -- RT Book Reviews 'Romantic and funny...a great summer read.' -- BookTrib 'Ricki Schultz's relatable novel will have readers LOLing.' -- US Weekly on Mr. Right-Swipe 'A brilliantly funny debut novel about a 21st century girl searching for her happily ever after.' -- Bustle on Mr. Right-Swipe 'Breezy, brazen...a fun beach read.' -- Seattle Times on Mr. Right-Swipe 'This book gave me my absolute favorite feeling: laughing out loud alone in a room, chased immediately by the swoons.' -- Christina Lauren on Mr. Right-Swipe
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Little Big Love by Katy Regan
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Big Love Author: Katy Regan Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: One of Real Simple's Best Books of 2018 Liam Jones was the love of Juliet’s life. He was her brother’s best friend, then her best friend, then the father of her little boy. In those shining weeks after Zac was born, she had never been happier and neither had Liam. And then one night, Liam disappeared without a trace. Ten-year-old Zac Hutchinson collects facts: octopuses have three hearts, Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth. But no one will tell him what happened to his father and where he went. When Juliet, inadvertently admits that his father is the only man she's ever loved, Zac decides he is going to find him and deliver his mom the happily ever after she deserves. But Liam left for a reason, and as Zac searches for clues of his father, Juliet begins to rebuild what shattered so many years ago. An unforgettable, heart-stopping story of the secrets we keep and of love in all of its many forms.
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All That's Left of Me: A Novel by Janis Thomas
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That's Left of Me: A Novel Author: Janis Thomas Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of What Remains True comes an emotionally captivating novel about a woman who wishes away her troubles but doesn’t anticipate the cost. I wish… It starts with a simple wish, and Emma Davies hardly notices when it comes true. She’s too preoccupied with a life she isn’t happy in—the spark in her marriage has fizzled, her career is headed nowhere and her boss is a misogynist. Her teenage daughter has grown distant, and her heart breaks daily for her teenage son with cerebral palsy. But soon Emma discovers her wishes are coming true, and she realizes that she has been given the power to change her life. Either that, or she’s going insane. Emma begins testing her newfound gift, making calculated wishes and learning one important rule—once granted, they cannot be undone. Over time, she grows bolder as she builds up to the one wish she both fears and desperately longs to make. But when Emma finally gets everything she’s asked for, will it be worth the price?
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The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A Novel by Terri-Lynne DeFino
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334038 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them. Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life to excess—lovers, alcohol, parties, and literary rivalries. But now he's come to the Bar Harbor Home for the Elderly to spend the remainder of his days among kindred spirits: the publishing industry's nearly gone but never forgotten greats. Only now, at the end of his life, does he comprehend the price of appeasing every desire, and the consequences of forsaking love to pursue greatness. For Alfonse has an unshakeable case of writer's block that distresses him much more than his precarious health. Set on the water in one of New England's most beautiful locales, the Bar Harbor Home was established specifically for elderly writers needing a place to live out their golden years—or final days—in understated luxury and surrounded by congenial literary company. A faithful staff of nurses and orderlies surround the writers, and are drawn into their orbit, as they are forced to reckon with their own life stories. Among them are Cecibel Bringer, a young woman who knows first-hand the cost of chasing excess. A terrible accident destroyed her face and her sister in a split-second decision that Cecibel can never forgive, though she has tried to forget. Living quietly as an orderly, refusing to risk again the cost of love, Cecibel never anticipated the impact of meeting her favorite writer, Alfonse Carducci—or the effect he would have on her existence. In Cecibel, Alfonse finds a muse who returns him to the passion he thought he lost. As the words flow from him, weaving a tale taken up by the other residents of the Pen, Cecibel is reawakened to the idea of love and forgiveness. As the edges between story and reality blur, a world within a world is created. It’s a place where the old are made young, the damaged are made whole, and anything is possible….
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Convenience Store Woman Author: Sayaka Murata Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world. So when she takes a job in a convenience store while at the university, they are delighted. For her part, she finds a predictable world in the convenience store, mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say, and she copies her coworkers’ style of dress and speech patterns so that she can play the part of a normal person. However, eighteen years later, at age thirty-six, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only a few friends. She feels comfortable in her life but is aware that she is not living up to society’s expectations, causing her family to worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the store, he will upset Keiko’s contented stasis―but will it be for the better? Sayaka Murata brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store that is so much a part of life in Japan. With some laugh-out-loud moments prompted by the disconnect between Keiko’s thoughts and those of the people around her, she provides a sharp look at Japanese society and the pressure to conform, as well as penetrating insights into the female mind. Convenience Store Woman is a fresh, charming portrait of an unforgettable heroine that recalls Banana Yoshimoto, Han Kang, and Amélie.
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Stand & Deliver | Rhenna Morgan
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand & Deliver Series: #5 of Men of Haven Author: Rhenna Morgan Narrator: John Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Mystery Publisher's Summary: “Author Rhenna Morgan has hit another one out of the park as readers are given another intimate glimpse into the Men of Haven, a brotherhood where the men and the women they love protect and care for each other above everyone else.”—RT Book Reviews Come hell or high water, the Men of Haven always ride or die for one of their own. Security expert Beckett Tate has met his match in colleague Gia Sinclair. He longs to run his hands over each and every one of her lush curves. She’s wicked smart and wicked hot. He’s given her time to get used to the idea of “them,” but her time is up and he’s ready to go all in on claiming what’s his. Despite her love of all things girlie, Gia’s no typical Southern belle. She’s built her skills and reputation in a field normally dominated by men, and now she has a kick-ass career she loves. She certainly doesn’t need a man to take care of her—especially not one who’s pure alpha. Still, Beckett’s the one man who can satisfy the desires she’s hidden under her tough exterior, and she’s hooked. Letting Beckett take the lead in the bedroom comes naturally to Gia—not constantly proving herself to him professionally is more of a struggle. And when someone attacks her character and career, Gia and Beckett will have to find a balance: her willingness to let go just a little, with his trust in her abilities and his deep, primal need to protect his woman. The Men of Haven: fierce passion, unyielding loyalty. Especially when it comes to their women. Men of Haven Book 1: Rough & Tumble Book 2: Wild & Sweet Book 3: Claim & Protect Book 4: Tempted & Taken Book 5: Stand & Deliver Book 6: Down & Dirty Book 7: Trusted & True Also by Rhenna Morgan: NOLA Knights Book 1: His to Defend Book 2: Hers to Tame Book 3: Mine to Keep
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The Female Persuasion - Meg Wolitzer
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Female Persuasion Author: Meg Wolitzer Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sleep Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, read by Rebecca Lowman. ‘Greer didn’t really know why Faith took an interest. But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.’ Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others. Hearing Faith speak for the first time, in a crowded campus chapel, Greer – misunderstood yet full of longing for an ambition that she can’t quite place – feels herself changed. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites her to make something out of this new sense of purpose, with a career opportunity that leads her down the most exciting and rewarding path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time, and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light. ** The New York Times Bestseller ** ** BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime ** 'The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary' Jeffrey Eugenides
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Enjoy The Kiss Quotient from Helen Hoang
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kiss Quotient Author: Helen Hoang Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 285 Ratings of Narrator: 4.26 of Total 70 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases—a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with as well as way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn’t help that she has Asperger’s and that French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. She decides that she needs lots of practice—with a professional—which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese-Swedish stunner can’t afford to turn down Stella’s offer, and he agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position... Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses but also to crave all of the other things he’s making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges convinces Stella that love is the best kind of logic.
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Lark Song by Jane Bailey
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lark Song Author: Jane Bailey Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They want to move on—but one terrible truth could shatter it all. As a widowed mother of three, new love seems impossible for Freya—until she meets Duncan, and suddenly she feels alive again. But there are secrets afflicting Freya’s family, some more sinister than others, that could destroy their relationship before it has a chance to flourish. While Freya’s older children are less than welcoming, six-year-old Sophie helps Duncan find his place in the family—but even Sophie harbours fears that threaten to overshadow any chance of a new start. The past is hard to leave behind when pictures of Freya’s idolised late husband hang in every room, and the more Duncan tries to find the source of Sophie’s anxiety, the more he is convinced that Reuben was not the perfect husband and father Freya remembers. Tormented by concern and his own insecurity, Duncan begins an obsessive investigation into the dead man’s past. But when his good intentions lead him in too deep, he risks destroying everything he has built with Freya—and the whole family’s second chance at happiness.
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The Ever After: A Novel by Sarah Pekkanen
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ever After: A Novel Author: Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn’t hold back…Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story’s depth.” —Booklist “In her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of her marriage.” —Library Journal (starred review) In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course—and whether it is worth saving. Josie and Frank Moore are happy…at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy—she’s lucky. Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call—and sees nine words that shatter her world. Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret. With her “conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters” (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis—and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she’s hiding from herself.
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Social Creature: A Novel by Tara Isabella Burton
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Social Creature: A Novel Author: Tara Isabella Burton Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: One of the Best Books of the Year: Janet Maslin, The New York Times Vulture NPR 'Social Creature is a wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith, Gillian Flynn).' —Janet Maslin, The New York Times For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, splashed with all the glitz and glitter of New York City. They go through both bottles of champagne right there on the High Line, with nothing but the stars over them... They drink and Lavinia tells Louise about all the places they will go together, when they finish their stories, when they are both great writers-to Paris and to Rome and to Trieste... Lavinia will never go. She is going to die soon. Louise has nothing. Lavinia has everything. After a chance encounter, the two spiral into an intimate, intense, and possibly toxic friendship. A Talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, this seductive story takes a classic tale of obsession and makes it irresistibly new.
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When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Life Gives You Lululemons Author: Lauren Weisberger Narrator: Laura Benanti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 165 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 26 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “The Devil Wears Prada’s Emily Charlton gets the spin-off she deserves” (Cosmopolitan) in the months-long New York Times bestseller from Lauren Weisberger in which three women team up to bring a bad man down in the tony suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut. Welcome to Greenwich, Connecticut, where the lawns and the women are perfectly manicured, the Tito’s and sodas are extra strong, and everyone has something to say about the infamous new neighbor. Let’s be clear: Emily Charlton does not do the suburbs. After leaving Miranda Priestly, she’s been working in Hollywood as an image consultant to the stars, but recently, Emily’s lost a few clients. She’s hopeless with social media. The new guard is nipping at her heels. She needs a big opportunity, and she needs it now. When Karolina Hartwell, a gorgeous former supermodel, is arrested, her fall from grace is merciless. Her senator-husband leaves her, her Beltway friends disappear, and the tabloids pounce. In Karolina, Emily finds her comeback opportunity. But she quickly learns Greenwich is a world apart and that this comeback needs a team approach. So it is that Emily, the scorned Karolina, and their mutual friend Miriam, a powerful attorney turned stay-at-home mom, band together to navigate the social land mines of suburban Greenwich and win back the hearts of the American public. Along the way, an unexpected ally emerges in one Miranda Priestly. With her signature wit, Lauren Weisberger offers an alluring look into a sexy, over-the-top world—and proves it’s style and substance together that gets the job done. “A delicious sequel to The Devil Wears Prada…exploring what it’s like to be a woman buffeted by conflicting messages about career, relationships, and motherhood” (The Washington Post), When Life Gives You Lululemons is “amazing novel about…truth, lies and how everyone is a little bit insecure” (Associated Press). “Fast-paced, funny, and gossipy, this is the must-have accessory for your beach bag” (PopSugar).
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Florida by Lauren Groff
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Florida Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Lauren Groff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The universally-acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds In Lauren Groff’s Florida, the hot sun shines, but a wild darkness lurks. Florida is a 'superlative' book (Boston Globe), 'gorgeously weird and limber' (New Yorker), 'frequently funny' (San Francisco Chronicle), 'brooding, inventive and often moving' (NPR Fresh Air) -- as Groff is recognized as 'Florida's unofficial poet laureate, as Joan Didion was for California.' (Washington Post) 'Groff's gifts as a writer just keep soaring higher and higher.” – NPR’s Fresh Air In her thrilling new book, Lauren Groff brings the reader into a physical world that is at once domestic and wild—a place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther, or by a sexual secret. Among those navigating this place are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character—a steely and conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida—its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind—becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury—the moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.
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The Lost Family: A Novel by Jenna Blum
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Family: A Novel Author: Jenna Blum Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us creates a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II in this emotionally charged, beautifully rendered story that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. In 1965 Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha’s to savor its brisket bourguignon and impeccable service and to admire its dashing owner and head chef Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But Peter does not care for the parade of eligible women who come to the restaurant hoping to catch his eye. He has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha’s consumes him, as does his terrible guilt over surviving the horrors of the Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha—the restaurant’s namesake—and two young daughters perished. Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming young model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter’s guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the horror of the past. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, June, and their daughter Elsbeth, transforming them in shocking, heartbreaking, and unexpected ways. Jenna Blum artfully brings to the page a husband devastated by a grief he cannot name, a frustrated wife struggling to compete with a ghost she cannot banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of both her own family and another lost before she was born. Spanning three cinematic decades, The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love.
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Matchmaking for Beginners: A Novel | Maddie Dawson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330730 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Matchmaking for Beginners: A Novel Author: Maddie Dawson Narrator: Amy McFadden, Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. “A delightful, light-as-air romance that successfully straddles the line between sweet and smart without ever being silly…The novel is simply captivating from beginning to end.” —Associated Press Marnie MacGraw wants an ordinary life—a husband, kids, and a minivan in the suburbs. Now that she’s marrying the man of her dreams, she’s sure this is the life she’ll get. Then Marnie meets Blix Holliday, her fiancé’s irascible matchmaking great-aunt who’s dying, and everything changes—just as Blix told her it would. When her marriage ends after two miserable weeks, Marnie is understandably shocked. She’s even more astonished to find that she’s inherited Blix’s Brooklyn brownstone along with all of Blix’s unfinished “projects”: the heartbroken, oddball friends and neighbors running from happiness. Marnie doesn’t believe she’s anything special, but Blix somehow knew she was the perfect person to follow in her matchmaker footsteps. And Blix was also right about some things Marnie must learn the hard way: love is hard to recognize, and the ones who push love away often are the ones who need it most.
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The Nine-Chambered Heart | Janice Pariat
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nine-Chambered Heart Author: Janice Pariat Narrator: Lara Sawalha, William Hope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Young Writer Award and the Crossword Book Award for Fiction Shortlisted for The Hindu Prize for Literature 2015 ‘Explores with sharp beauty the mystery at the centre of loving anyone’ Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure How does the world see you? Nine characters illuminate an unknowable woman. From the school art teacher who sees a spark of talent in her, to the man whose fleeting passion with her could change his life, to the female student whose friendship turns into love. Deeply affecting and luminous, this kaleidoscopic novella explores the nature of intimacy and how each connection you make forms who you are.
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Audiobook: Mogul by Katy Evans
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mogul Author: Katy Evans Narrator: Sebastian York, Grace Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: A brand new contemporary romance from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Katy Evans. He’s my most delicious secret. The hot Suit I had a one-night stand with one evening. I didn’t know anything about him, not even his name. Only that we shared a taxi, and he was staying at the hotel where I worked. We met in room 1103. Where he commanded not only my body but my soul. The next day he was gone and I only had a memory of him. I could still taste his kisses, feel his demanding touch. I searched for him for months. Daydreaming about him. Wondering if I’d ever find him. Until the day I find myself staring face to face with his jeweled black eyes again. He says let's keep it casual, and my heart knows that falling for this workaholic in a three-thousand-dollar suit is off the table. Because he has a secret. One that’s a deal breaker for me. My Suit has a name. Ian Ford. And this is our story. *Mogul contains characters from Tycoon, but is written as a standalone.
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The Summer I Met Jack: A Novel (Authored by Michelle Gable)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer I Met Jack: A Novel Author: Michelle Gable Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this scintillating audiobook from New York Times bestselling author Michelle Gable, listeners are asked to imagine the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark - and the child they may have had. In 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are soon engaged, but his domineering father forbids the marriage. And so, Alicia trades Hyannisport for Hollywood, and eventually Rome. She dates famous actors and athletes and royalty, including Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas, and Katharine Hepburn, all the while staying close with Jack. A decade after they meet, on the eve of Jack’s inauguration as the thirty-fifth President of the United States, the two must confront what they mean to each other. The Summer I Met Jack is based on the fascinating real life of Alicia Corning Clark, a woman who J. Edgar Hoover insisted was paid by the Kennedys to keep quiet, not only about her romance with Jack Kennedy, but also a baby they may have had together.
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Shelter in Place - Nora Roberts
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shelter in Place Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 528 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 101 Genres: Mystery Publisher's Summary: From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art. But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.
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