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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452673 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Vanished Days: 'An engrossing and deeply romantic novel' RACHEL HOREAuthor: Susanna KearsleyNarrator: Robert Ian MackenzieFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 43 minutesRelease date: April 28, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: ‘Fascinating and immersive… I love a novel that deals with the many ways in which people keep their secrets’ DIANA GABALDON A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution from much-loved, million copy bestselling author Susanna Kearsley Autumn, 1707. Old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are protesting the new Union with England. As the French prepare an invasion to bring the exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, the streets of Edinburgh are filled with discontent. To calm the situation, Queen Anne’s commissioners are settling the losses and wages owed to those Scots involved in the disastrous Darien expedition eight years earlier. When Lily, widow of a Darien sailor, comes forward to collect his wages, her claim is challenged. One of the men assigned to her case has only days to decide if she’s honest. Are his own feelings making him blind to the truth? Or could he be a pawn in an even more treacherous game? A story of intrigue, adventure, endurance, romance…and the courage to hope. ‘A hugely engrossing book and a complete world created’ IAN RANKIN ‘The Vanished Days is an absolute tour de force of historical storytelling, tender and dramatic, gripping and authentic. Kearsley manages effortlessly to balance the epic sweep of the drama with telling moments of gentle characterization, all delivered in pitch-perfect style. I thoroughly enjoyed it: a perfect escape in these dark days’ JANE JOHNSON, author of The Salt Road and The Tenth Gift ‘An engrossing and deeply romantic novel of Scotland’s Jacobite rebellion’ RACHEL HORE ‘This novel tells of a tender love story set amid the Jacobite rebellion. For readers unfamiliar with the twists and turns of this period of Scottish history, author Kearsley provides a helpful map, along with rich details of the protagonists. Courage in this era lies not in acts of heroic daring, but in steadfast pursuit of truth and justice. Perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander’ WOMAN & HOME
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453012 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [German] - Der Turm aus LichtAuthor: Astrid FritzNarrator: Svenja PagesFormat: Abridged AudiobookLength: 21 hours 20 minutesRelease date: December 1, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: 1270: Erwartungsvoll reist Baumeister Gerhard in die aufstrebende Handelsstadt Freiburg, um mit kaum dreißig Jahren die Verantwortung für den bedeutenden Kirchenbau zu übernehmen. Ist er der Aufgabe gewachsen? Ist es der junge Bildhauer Josef, als der Turm immer höher in den Himmel strebt? Wird die Bäckerstochter Thea ihr Glück erringen, das untrennbar mit dem herrischen Grafen Egino und der Bauhütte verbunden ist? Episch und bewegend erzählt Astrid Fritz, wie die Menschen von Freiburg – Herrscher, Kaufleute, Kirchenleute, Baumeister, ihre Familien und die einfachen Leute – im Schatten des Baus lebten und kämpften, bis sich schließlich nach sechzig Jahren vollendet, woran viele nicht mehr geglaubt hatten: das Meisterwerk. Der schönste Turm auf Erden.-
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451795 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Show Girl: A NovelAuthor: Nicola HarrisonNarrator: Imani Jade PowersFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 9 minutesRelease date: August 10, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Nicola Harrison's The Show Girl gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star. It's 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer, it takes every bit of perseverance to finally make it on stage. And once she does, all the glamour and excitement is everything she imagined and more—even worth all the sacrifices she has had to make along the way. Then she meets Archie Carmichael. Handsome, wealthy—the only man she's ever met who seems to accept her modern ways—her independent nature and passion for success. But once she accepts his proposal of marriage he starts to change his tune, and Olive must decide if she is willing to reveal a devastating secret and sacrifice the life she loves for the man she loves. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451811 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Woman of Intelligence: A NovelAuthor: Karin TanabeNarrator: Jennifer Jill ArayaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 30 minutesRelease date: July 20, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.46 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: 'Captivating.'—The Washington Post Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Morning America • BuzzFeed • PopSugar • BookRiot • LifeSavvy • CT Post From 'a master of historical fiction' (NPR), Karin Tanabe's A Woman of Intelligence is an exhilarating tale of post-war New York City, and one remarkable woman’s journey from the United Nations, to the cloistered drawing rooms of Manhattan society, to the secretive ranks of the FBI. A Fifth Avenue address, parties at the Plaza, two healthy sons, and the ideal husband: what looks like a perfect life for Katharina Edgeworth is anything but. It’s 1954, and the post-war American dream has become a nightmare. A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina is the daughter of immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four languages. As a single girl in 1940s Manhattan, she is a translator at the newly formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work and the promise of world peace—and her nights to cocktails and the promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric surgeon and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a gilded cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So when she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as an informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB, she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers, and their lives, Katharina’s secret soon threatens to ruin her. With the fast-paced twists of a classic spy thriller, and a nuanced depiction of female experience, A Woman of Intelligence shimmers with intrigue and desire. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450863 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club): A NovelAuthor: Nathan HarrisNarrator: William DemerittFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 8 minutesRelease date: June 15, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 111 Ratings of Narrator: 4.68 of Total 25Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club Pick In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning “miraculous debut” (Washington Post) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipation Proclamation—seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox. With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terror, as gripping as it is moving, The Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances. One of President Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction Winner of the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award for Fiction Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlisted for the Crook’s Corner Book Prize A Best Book of the Year: Oprah Daily, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Chicago Public Library, BookBrowse, and the Oregonian A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A July 2021 Indie Next Pick
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450896 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Paris ApartmentAuthor: Kelly BowenNarrator: Gemma Dawson, Marisa Calin, Steve West, Polly LeeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 15 minutesRelease date: June 1, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: This heart-wrenching novel about family and war unearths generations of secrets and sacrifices—perfect for fans of The Paris Orphan and The Lost Girls of Paris. 2017, London: When Aurelia Leclaire inherits an opulent Paris apartment, she is shocked to discover her grandmother’s hidden secrets—including a treasure trove of famous art and couture gowns. One obscure painting leads her to Gabriel Seymour, a highly respected art restorer with his own mysterious past. Together they attempt to uncover the truths concealed within the apartment’s walls. Paris, 1942: The Germans may occupy the City of Lights, but glamorous Estelle Allard flourishes in a world separate from the hardships of war. Yet when the Nazis come for her friends, Estelle doesn’t hesitate to help those she holds dear, no matter the cost. As she works against the forces intent on destroying her loved ones, she can’t know that her actions will have ramifications for generations to come. Set seventy-five years apart, against a perilous and a prosperous Paris, both Estelle and Lia must summon hidden courage as they navigate the dangers of a changing world, altering history—and their family’s futures—forever.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454361 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Stars We Share: A NovelAuthor: Rafe PoseyNarrator: Christian CoulsonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 33 minutesRelease date: May 18, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: “Dazzles from start to finish.” —Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones Set against the backdrop of World War II, a sweeping, atmospheric novel of sacrifice, ambition, and commitment, and the secrets we keep from the ones we love It's 1927 when Alec and June meet as children in a tranquil English village. Alec, an orphan, anchors himself in the night sky and longs for adventures. June memorizes maps and railway timetables, imagining a future bright with possibilities. As the years pass, their loves feels inevitable, but soon the Second World War separates them. Alec enlists as a Royal Air Force pilot flying daredevil fighter sorties at night; June finds her calling as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, covert work that will mean keeping her contribution to the war effort a secret from Alec forever. Each is following a dream—but those dreams force them apart for years at a time. Their postwar reunion is bittersweet: Alec, shot down and imprisoned in a series of POW camps, grapples with his injuries and the loss of his RAF career. June, on the other hand, has found her vocation and struggles to follow the expected path to domesticity, as much as she loves Alec. But Alec wants nothing more than to make a life and a family together. With the war behind them, their scars—both visible and unseen—make them strangers to each other. Now each must decide how much to reveal to the other, which dreams can be sacrificed, and which secrets are too big to bear alone. Spanning forty years and shifting from bustling Indian ports to vibrant gardens in Edinburgh to a horse farm in Kenya, The Stars We Share is a poignant, heart-wrenching novel about the decisions and concessions that make a life and a love worth having.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453081 to listen full audiobooks.Title: China: The NovelAuthor: Edward RutherfurdNarrator: Zheng Xi Yong, Daniel York Loh, Andrew WincottFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 34 hours 50 minutesRelease date: May 11, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: The “unparalleled master of the historical saga' (Newsweek) and internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The Novel Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. As always, we are treated to romance and adventure, heroines and scoundrels, grinding struggle and incredible fortunes. China: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. From Shanghai to Nanking to the Great Wall, Rutherfurd chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of empires as the colonial West meets the opulent and complex East in a dramatic struggle between cultures and people. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told, Edward Rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452071 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Most Beautiful Girl in CubaAuthor: Chanel CleetonNarrator: Holly Linneman, Frankie Corzo, Rebecca SolerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 50 minutesRelease date: May 4, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels and Best Beach Reads by Entertainment Weekly ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Travel + Leisure ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ Bustle ∙ SheReads ∙ Brit + Co and more! “An exciting and inspiring read that shows us how womanhood, courage and revolution are three words that often mean the same thing.”―NPR At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's captivating new novel inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman—Evangelina Cisneros—who changed the course of history. A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a job at Hearst's newspaper in 1896, she’s caught in a cutthroat world where one scoop can make or break your career, but it’s a story emerging from Cuba that changes her life. Unjustly imprisoned in a notorious Havana women's jail, eighteen-year-old Evangelina Cisneros dreams of a Cuba free from Spanish oppression. When Hearst learns of her plight and splashes her image on the front page of his paper, proclaiming her, 'The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba,' she becomes a rallying cry for American intervention in the battle for Cuban independence. With the help of Marina Perez, a courier secretly working for the Cuban revolutionaries in Havana, Grace and Hearst's staff attempt to free Evangelina. But when Cuban civilians are forced into reconcentration camps and the explosion of the USS Maine propels the United States and Spain toward war, the three women must risk everything in their fight for freedom.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455203 to listen full audiobooks.Title: More than a DreamSeries: #3 of Return to Red RiverAuthor: Lauraine SnellingNarrator: Stina NielsenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 40 minutesRelease date: April 27, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Thorliff and Elizabeth have given long-held ambitions to God, and everything seems to be falling into place … until tragedy strikes. Thorliff Bjorklund’s dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits his beloved hometown of Blessing, North Dakota. While waiting to hear if any of her applications to medical schools are accepted, Elizabeth Rogers takes a nursing position in Chicago. Then a devastating experience in the hospital ward puts her faith in God and her very life on the line. They followed their hearts and God’s leading—why was it all turning into ashes in the wind?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445616 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Charity GirlAuthor: Georgette HeyerNarrator: Hugh SkinnerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 34 minutesRelease date: April 22, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Charity Steane has nothing in the world but hope. Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, she decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it's just a matter of finding him... And as a 'charity girl', with no dowry and no options, hope can only get her so far. But with the help of the dashing and kind-hearted Desford and his dearest friend Hetta, it seems like Charity's fortunes might be about to change. That is, until the surprise appearance of a long-lost relative throws things into chaos, and suddenly the three friends find themselves surrounded by blackmail and scandal. Will their efforts to do right by each other plunge them all into ruin? 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'I could mainline Heyer's Regency romances until the end of time and still not get bored . . . Georgette Heyer is perfect lockdown escapism' INDIA KNIGHT 'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS © Georgette Heyer 1970 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445610 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Cousin KateAuthor: Georgette HeyerNarrator: Christina ColeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 11 minutesRelease date: April 22, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Kate Malvern never expected to see this kind of splendour again. After her father's death, Kate was left an orphan, striving to make ends meet as a governess until her aunt Minerva rescues her from poverty. Kate hardly knows what to expect at the grand house of Staplewood. Her uncle lives in one wing, while her handsome, moody cousin Torquil occupies another; guests are few and far between, but even family dinners are rigidly formal. And, over it all, Minerva's word is law. But the sudden arrival of cousin Philip throws Minerva's control over the household into doubt, and Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's generosity. She has no-one to confide in but cousin Philip - but for reasons unknown, he seems to have taken an instant dislike to her... Cousin Kate is a rich and classic Georgette Heyer novel, replete with the sparkling humour, memorable characters and intricate plots that have made her the queen of the Regency romance novel. 'Wonderful characters and rapturously romantic' - Katie Fforde © Georgette Heyer 1968 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445607 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Civil ContractAuthor: Georgette HeyerNarrator: Dominic ThorburnFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 8 minutesRelease date: April 22, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a City man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter. For more than fifty years Georgette Heyer brought romance and adventure to a wordwide readership and Civil Contract shows how she continues to be loved today. © Georgette Heyer 1961 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445604 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Foundling: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romanceAuthor: Georgette HeyerNarrator: Peter NobleFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 4 minutesRelease date: April 22, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents, Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware (Gilly for short) has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling form his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit. So when Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he absconds with glee. No sooner has he entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnap and adventure ... For over fifty years, Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical, romantic fiction. The Foundling shows all of her wonderful talents at their best, and how she won a huge audience that continues to this day. © Georgette Heyer 1948 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449842 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Last Night in LondonAuthor: Karen WhiteNarrator: Barrie Kreinik, Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 16 hours 21 minutesRelease date: April 20, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck—she’s getting everything she ever wanted. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever… London, 2019. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own—but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. Maddie finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’s haunting past—a story of friendship, betrayal, and the unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449839 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Are You Enjoying?: StoriesAuthor: Mira SethiNarrator: Mira SethiFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 16 minutesRelease date: April 20, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart. From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in Pakistan with humor, compassion, psychological acuity, and emotional immediacy. Childhood best friends agree to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young woman with an anxiety disorder discovers the numbing pleasures of an illicit love affair. A radicalized student's preparations for his sister's wedding involve beating up the groom. An actress is forced to grow up fast on the set of her first major tv show, where the real intrigue takes place off-screen. Every story bears witness to the all-too-universal desire to be loved, and what happens when this longing gets pushed to its limits. Are You Enjoying? is a free-spirited, confident, indelible introduction to a galvanizing new talent.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449830 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Social GracesAuthor: Renée RosenNarrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Hillary HuberFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 0 minutesRelease date: April 20, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: The USA Today Bestseller! Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Daily ∙ SheReads ∙ Frolic ∙ BookReporter ∙ and more... The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and the Mrs. Astor's notorious battle for control of New York society during the Gilded Age. 1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, women are valued by their pedigree, dowry, and, most importantly, connections. They have few rights and even less independence—what they do have is society. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor—the Mrs. Astor. But times are changing. Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of America's richest families. But what good is dizzying wealth when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva, who knows what it is to have nothing, will do whatever it takes to have everything. Sweeping three decades and based on true events, this is the mesmerizing story of two fascinating, complicated women going head to head, behaving badly, and discovering what’s truly at stake.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449829 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Kew Gardens GirlsAuthor: Posy LovellNarrator: Elizabeth KnoweldenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 27 minutesRelease date: April 20, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A heart-warming novel inspired by real life events, about the brave women during WWI who worked in the historic grounds of London's Kew Gardens. Can the women of Kew keep the gardens alive in the midst of war? London, 1916. England is at war. Desperate to help in whatever way they can, Ivy and Louisa enlist as gardeners at Kew, the Royal Botanic Gardens, taking on the jobs of the men who have gone to fight. Under their care, the gardens begin to flourish and become a safe haven for those seeking solace--but not everyone wants women working at Kew. The pair begin to face challenges on the home front. When a tragedy overseas affects the people closest to them, can the women of Kew pull together to support themselves and their country through the darkest of times?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454314 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights: Penguin Modern ClassicsAuthor: John SteinbeckNarrator: Nezar AlderaziFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 18 minutesRelease date: April 15, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English. © John Steinbeck 1976 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452654 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Railway Girls in LoveSeries: #3 of The railway girls seriesAuthor: Maisie ThomasNarrator: Julia FranklinFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 36 minutesRelease date: April 15, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The brand new Railway Girls novel set in Manchester during WWII. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson. Love is in the air, and together the railway girls can overcome even the hardest of times. Mabel has finally put the past behind her, and her relationship with the dashing Harry is stronger than ever. That is, until an old flame shows up, leaving Mabel questioning her future. Meanwhile Joan has made amends with Bob - if only she could do the same with Gran. And there's still that family mystery she wants answer to, isn't there? As a mother and grandmother, Dot Green has always put her family first. Her job as a parcels porter has brought new purpose to her life, so is it finally time to start following her heart . . . Life as a railway girl is busy but as war rages on and air raids disrupt daily life, the women realise they need each other more than ever, especially when there might be wedding bells on the horizon. Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Gripping and intriguing' 'Great story lines' 'Exceptional story . . . a must-read' 'Poignant' 'Emotional . . . strong women' © Maisie Thomas 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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