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The Snow Angel
- By: Dilly Court
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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As snow falls outside Abbotsford vicarage on Christmas Eve, Rose Northwood finds a child lying destitute in the manger of the town's nativity display. Reminded of her younger brother, who died at Christmastime, she is determined to nurse the young boy back to health. But the child has lost his memory and can't recall where he came from…
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Excellent
- By Faye E. on 25-10-24
By: Dilly Court
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The Winter Runaway
- Runaways, Book 1
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Tammy and her mother, Grace, are desperate to escape Tammy’s violent bully of a father. But when an unforeseen tragedy strikes, mother and daughter must flee Scotland in the dead of night. To survive the severest of penalties, they leave behind everything they know and love – including one another. Under new identities, Tammy and Grace must start afresh. Tammy joins the services and there she meets a dashing officer who begins to break her guard down. But can the course of love ever run smooth with Tammy unable to reveal her true self?
By: Katie Flynn
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High Wages
- By: Dorothy Whipple, Jane Brocket - foreword
- Narrated by: Sara Poyzer
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Jane Carter sees an advertisement for a live-in shop assistant and jumps at the chance to leave her old life behind. After Chadwick the draper takes her on, Jane learns all there is to know about fabrics and dressmaking. She proves a talented saleswoman and befriends Maggie and Lily, the other employees. The girls struggle under exploitative conditions: meagre pay; tiny portions of food; the boss cheating them out of commissions. When the young man Maggie is seeing falls in love with Jane, a bitter falling-out results in Maggie threatening to leave Chadwick’s.
By: Dorothy Whipple, and others
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Take This Woman
- By: Josephine Cox
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
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Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour 14-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life. Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one. Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk's cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle's furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.
By: Josephine Cox
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Darcy and Elizabeth's Dreams of Redemption
- By: Melissa Anne
- Narrated by: Harry Frost, Elizabeth Grace
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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After leaving Netherfield, Fitzwilliam Darcy hopes to escape the memory of Elizabeth Bennet. Yet, he cannot escape her in his dreams, where she angrily rejects his suit. As these dreams seem partially prophetic, Darcy begins to reconsider his actions in Hertfordshire. Unbeknownst to him, Elizabeth is experiencing similar dreams, seeing a different side of Darcy than the haughty demeanor he initially displayed. When they meet again in Kent, their reunion is unexpectedly amiable especially as they come to realize they shared a dream of the future.
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4,5 Stars
- By Bubbi on 25-10-24
By: Melissa Anne
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Murder at Melrose Court
- Heathcliff Lennox, Book 1
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep—why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated....
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The Snow Angel
- By: Dilly Court
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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As snow falls outside Abbotsford vicarage on Christmas Eve, Rose Northwood finds a child lying destitute in the manger of the town's nativity display. Reminded of her younger brother, who died at Christmastime, she is determined to nurse the young boy back to health. But the child has lost his memory and can't recall where he came from…
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Excellent
- By Faye E. on 25-10-24
By: Dilly Court
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The Winter Runaway
- Runaways, Book 1
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Tammy and her mother, Grace, are desperate to escape Tammy’s violent bully of a father. But when an unforeseen tragedy strikes, mother and daughter must flee Scotland in the dead of night. To survive the severest of penalties, they leave behind everything they know and love – including one another. Under new identities, Tammy and Grace must start afresh. Tammy joins the services and there she meets a dashing officer who begins to break her guard down. But can the course of love ever run smooth with Tammy unable to reveal her true self?
By: Katie Flynn
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High Wages
- By: Dorothy Whipple, Jane Brocket - foreword
- Narrated by: Sara Poyzer
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Carter sees an advertisement for a live-in shop assistant and jumps at the chance to leave her old life behind. After Chadwick the draper takes her on, Jane learns all there is to know about fabrics and dressmaking. She proves a talented saleswoman and befriends Maggie and Lily, the other employees. The girls struggle under exploitative conditions: meagre pay; tiny portions of food; the boss cheating them out of commissions. When the young man Maggie is seeing falls in love with Jane, a bitter falling-out results in Maggie threatening to leave Chadwick’s.
By: Dorothy Whipple, and others
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Take This Woman
- By: Josephine Cox
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
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Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour 14-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life. Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one. Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk's cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle's furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.
By: Josephine Cox
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Darcy and Elizabeth's Dreams of Redemption
- By: Melissa Anne
- Narrated by: Harry Frost, Elizabeth Grace
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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After leaving Netherfield, Fitzwilliam Darcy hopes to escape the memory of Elizabeth Bennet. Yet, he cannot escape her in his dreams, where she angrily rejects his suit. As these dreams seem partially prophetic, Darcy begins to reconsider his actions in Hertfordshire. Unbeknownst to him, Elizabeth is experiencing similar dreams, seeing a different side of Darcy than the haughty demeanor he initially displayed. When they meet again in Kent, their reunion is unexpectedly amiable especially as they come to realize they shared a dream of the future.
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4,5 Stars
- By Bubbi on 25-10-24
By: Melissa Anne
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Murder at Melrose Court
- Heathcliff Lennox, Book 1
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep—why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated....
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Such Happy Manners
- Pride and Prejudice Variations, Book 1
- By: Clarissa Joy Thomas
- Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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How would the story of Pride and Prejudice be altered if Mr. Wickham had been a good man? Instead of becoming a scoundrel who regularly attempts to elope with teenage girls, Mr. Wickham studies the law as he originally told Mr. Darcy when he gave up the value of the living. After finishing his studies, Mr. Wickham finds work in Meryton with Mr. Phillips, a local solicitor and the Bennets's uncle.
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Loved It❣️
- By CherieLeee on 16-10-24
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Bendigo Shafter
- Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man.
By: Louis L'Amour
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La Valse des âmes
- By: Bernard Werber
- Narrated by: Ariane Brousse
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
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Partez pour un voyage inoubliable et plongez dans un grand roman d’aventure et d’amour où les livres, les bibliothèques et la connaissance sont les clés de la sauvegarde de l’humanité.
By: Bernard Werber
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Rebellion
- Chronicles of the Black Lion, Book 1
- By: Richard Cullen
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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King Richard the Lionheart is dead, and his brother, John Lackland, sits uneasily upon the throne of England. Across the sea, Prince Louis, heir to the powerful King Philip Augustus of France, looks to King John’s crown with a covetous eye. But King John must be wary of rebellion, as well as invasion, for even his own barons would see their king unseated, and the French pretender put in his place. Thrust amid this tumult is young Estienne Wace, orphan squire to Earl William Marshal – the greatest knight to ever serve the kings of England.
By: Richard Cullen
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The Baronet's Tale: Anthony Part I
- A Jacobite Chronicles Story, Book 5
- By: Julia Brannan
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony, Will Watt, Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
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France 1734. Alex has only one wish to live with his clan in his beloved Scotland, and one day to lead them as chieftain. But recognising his abilities, his father has more ambitious plans for him, and sends him to study in Paris, hoping that one day he will be able to make the MacGregors legal again. Homesick and unhappy, Alex tries to make the most of his time abroad, eager to please his father and make him proud.
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Beginning of a Saga.
- By Sandra Meggison on 29-10-24
By: Julia Brannan
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The Wolf of Mayfair
- By: Christi Caldwell
- Narrated by: Paula Nederhorst, Will Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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I don’t want visitors. But when the butler says the caller is a she, I spring to attention. The night just got a lot more interesting. Turns out the recently orphaned Helia Wallace has come to see my mother, her godmother, for help with a dastardly, dowry-chasing cousin. A likely story. But there’s a snowstorm brewing, and she begs me to let her stay the night. I reluctantly agree. It’s her reputation at stake, not mine.
By: Christi Caldwell
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La isla de la Mujer Dormida [The Island of the Sleeping Woman]
- By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Narrated by: Víctor Clavijo
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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Abril de 1937. Mientras en España transcurre la guerra civil, el marino mercante Miguel Jordán Kyriazis es enviado por el bando sublevado para atacar de modo clandestino el tráfico naval que desde la Unión Soviética transporta ayuda militar para la República. En la base de operaciones, una pequeña isla del mar Egeo, la vida del corsario español se cruzará en turbio triángulo con la de los propietarios, el barón Katelios y su esposa: una seductora mujer madura que busca, con fría desesperación, el modo de escapar a su destino.
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An Age of Winters
- A Novel
- By: Gemma Liviero
- Narrated by: Sarah Naughton, Alex Wyndham
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1625, the Franconian village of Eisbach has been plagued by disease, famine, heinous crimes, and a merciless winter. Katarin Jaspers is the maidservant to the enigmatic Reverend Zacharias Engel, appointed by Rome to cure the village of suspected diabolism and save every God-fearing soul.
By: Gemma Liviero
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A Kennedy Affair
- By: Emily Hourican
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as London stands a shell of its former self, Kick returns to volunteer with the Red Cross, determined to do what she can for the city that holds a part of her heart, and to reconnect with Billy - despite what London society thinks of her.
By: Emily Hourican
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Return to Pemberley
- At Pemberley, Book 1
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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When Jane Bennet meets Mr Bingley at the ball in Meryton she quickly loses her heart to him. Everyone thinks their union will be announced imminently, ut arrogant Mr Darcy has other plans. Determined to make a better match for his friend, Darcy contrives to separate the young couple, leaving Jane heartbroken. With Jane and Bingley both in London, the Bennet sisters hope their paths will cross, and Jane and Bingley will resume the relationship between them. But will fate – or others – intervene to keep these two young lovers apart forever?
By: Fenella J Miller
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The Forgotten Life of Connie Harris
- By: Carryl Church
- Narrated by: Rebecca Norfolk
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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After a whirlwind romance, usherette Connie is swept off her feet when projectionist Charlie proposes in a film reel added to the final frames of Casablanca. Her job at the Tivoli cinema in Tiverton has been a refuge from her violent and alcoholic father, Frank. But that night, Connie disappears, not only from Charlie's life, but from her own as well.
By: Carryl Church
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Light at Lavelle
- By: Paullina Simons
- Narrated by: Jill Winternitz
- Length: 23 hrs and 58 mins
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It is 1929. The world is about to change. Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harboring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed idyllic life. Isabelle Lazar, a young Ukrainian farmer, endures unspeakable hardships in her homeland as she fights to save her family from the Soviet Union's iron grip. Barely escaping the Terror-Famine, she washes up alone on America's distant shores. Fate throws Finn and Isabelle together just as the stock market crash causes a devastating collapse of his world.
By: Paullina Simons
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The Twins on the Train
- By: Suzanne Goldring
- Narrated by: Antonia Whillans
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Berlin, 1939. Tears pouring down her cheeks, Rosa pushes through the crowds and thrusts the basket containing her darling newborn twins at the woman closing the door to the carriage. All she can say is please take them. Then she runs, praying the train will reach England safely…
By: Suzanne Goldring
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Mr Darcy's Second Chance
- A Pride and Prejudice Variation Trilogy
- By: Jan Ashton, J. Marie Croft, Lucy Marin
- Narrated by: Liam Anderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Mr Darcy's Second Chance is a compilation of three previously published Pride and Prejudice Variations.
By: Jan Ashton, and others
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Rise of the Cinder Fae
- Dark Hearts Fairytale Retellings, Book 1
- By: Whitney Dean
- Narrated by: Alyssa Avery, John Hartley
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own. Separated by a mysterious glass bridge, Ashbury is treated as the orphan kingdom, left to squander and starve with only the promise of protection from King Jasper, preventing anyone outside their realm from searching for the magic that lay within the ashy valleys and red skies. Because twenty-five years ago, the Cinder Fae arrived.
By: Whitney Dean
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The Lost Daughter
- By: R. P.G. Colley
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Elizabeth has always suspected her mother harbours a secret from her time as a young woman in Nazi Germany. But her mother, suffering from dementia, is lost to her now. When Elizabeth stumbles across a Nazi certificate amongst her parent's paperwork, it forces her to question the very foundations of her 1950s childhood and her first love. . . Elizabeth's quest to find the truth leads her to Germany where she's met with a wall of silence.
By: R. P.G. Colley
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Never Forgotten
- By: Hannah Linder
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Georgina Whitmore, not accustomed to any man being unaffected by her charms, is plagued with the disappearance and rejection of Simon Fancourt. Twelve years later, Mr. Fancourt returns to British society with two children and a mad hunger for justice. Racing against time, Simon works to uncover the men responsible for his wife's horrific murder, protect his children, and fulfill his father's unexpected will by marrying Georgina—the last thing in the world he wants to do. Though her heart throbs to accept, she would rather lose him again than have his name without his love.
By: Hannah Linder
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Lily's Choice
- By: May Ellis
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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Living in South London, Lily has always longed for a better life for her family. And when she secures a job at a City law firm, her dreams look like they may finally come true. But Lily’s hopes are shattered when her teenage daughter Beverley falls pregnant, with the father nowhere to be seen. Lily loves the child, but worries about Beverley and her illegitimate baby's future. The additional responsibilities of another mouth to feed begin to take their toll, and worst of all is the rift growing between Lily and her husband Jack.
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Grate story
- By Debbie on 26-10-24
By: May Ellis
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The Island Girls
- By: Rachel Sweasey
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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For the townspeople of Poole on the Dorset coast, the war feels like it's right on their doorstep. And with more and more men leaving to fight, one fisherman’s daughter is determined to do whatever she can to help. Peggy volunteers to use her skills on the water to work with the flying boats alongside the RAF based in the harbour. But when she is asked to undertake a special mission, she will have to make a terrible choice – between her duty to her country and her only chance of happiness.
By: Rachel Sweasey
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The Telegram
- By: Debbie Rix
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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1915, London: Shaking, she opens the faded red front door and her heart races as the young boy on the steps holds out the telegram. The words swim before her. They can’t be true; this can’t be happening. Nothing will ever be the same again. 1943, London: Elizabeth Carmichael rushes out down the steps of her town house in her smart army uniform, daydreaming of her handsome fiancé posted miles away in the RAF, and determined to play her part in the war effort. Not looking where she’s going, Elizabeth collides with a tall man in the middle of the street.
By: Debbie Rix
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Daughter of War
- The Hong Kong Saga
- By: Siobhan Daiko
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Chan
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the Japanese invade she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents. Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen-year-old Charles, who is half Chinese, and they give their hearts to each other under the orchid tree. Meanwhile, forty miles away in Portuguese Macau, thirteen-year-old Sofia’s suspicions are aroused when her father invites a Japanese family to dinner.
By: Siobhan Daiko
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The Weight of Goodbye
- By: Eliza Graham
- Narrated by: Naomi Frederick
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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1937. On the eve of her debutante season in London, Lucia Blake rebels against her domineering father and his fascist politics and runs away to France. Breaking the promise to always look after her, she leaves behind her adored younger sister, Della. Seeking freedom Lucia finds unexpected passion in the arms of a charming French archaeologist. But as war looms over Europe, their idyllic love is shattered by an unspeakable tragedy.
By: Eliza Graham
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Beleza oculta [Hidden Beauty]
- By: Lucinda Riley, Natalia Sahlit
- Narrated by: Marina Mota
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Nascida e criada num vilarejo nas charnecas de Yorkshire, Leah trabalha com a mãe na casa da influente e complicada família Delancey. Mais bonita a cada dia que passa, ela chama a atenção de Madelaine Winter, dona da agência de modelos mais bem-sucedida da Europa, e sua vida se transforma totalmente.
By: Lucinda Riley, and others
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The Paris Inheritance
- By: Natalie Meg Evans
- Narrated by: Daphne Kouma
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Paris, 1940. Clutching a delicate silver dove-shaped brooch–the last gift from her beloved Otto, with a message of love engraved in the back–Lally flees her home in Paris. With her closest friend by her side, she dodges the Nazi gunfire echoing all around the city streets. But as they become more and more desperate during the darkest days Europe has ever known, one must make a terrible sacrifice for them both to survive…
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Catarina de Bragança [Catherine of Bragança]
- A coragem de uma infanta portuguesa que se tornou rainha de Inglaterra [The Courage of a Portuguese Infanta Who Became Queen of England]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.
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Marco Polo: Bis ans Ende der Welt
- By: Oliver Plaschka
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner
- Length: 25 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein heldenhafter Abenteurer? Ein geistreicher Berater der Mächtigen? Oder doch nur ein einfacher Betrüger? Die einzige Romanbiografie über eine der schillernsten Figuren des Mittelalters: Marco Polo. Ist dieser Mann ein Held, ein Genie oder nur ein Lügner? Diese Fragen gehen dem Geschichtenerzähler Rustichello durch den Kopf, als er der Erzählung seines Mitgefangenen Marco Polo lauscht. Hat dieser Marco es wirklich bis an den Hof des Kublai Khan geschafft?
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D. Amélia (Portuguese Edition)
- A rainha exilada que deixou o coração em Portugal [The Exiled Queen Who Left Her Heart in Portugal]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.
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Catarina de Bragança [Catherine of Bragança]
- A coragem de uma infanta portuguesa que se tornou rainha de Inglaterra [The Courage of a Portuguese Infanta Who Became Queen of England]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.
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Marco Polo: Bis ans Ende der Welt
- By: Oliver Plaschka
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner
- Length: 25 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein heldenhafter Abenteurer? Ein geistreicher Berater der Mächtigen? Oder doch nur ein einfacher Betrüger? Die einzige Romanbiografie über eine der schillernsten Figuren des Mittelalters: Marco Polo. Ist dieser Mann ein Held, ein Genie oder nur ein Lügner? Diese Fragen gehen dem Geschichtenerzähler Rustichello durch den Kopf, als er der Erzählung seines Mitgefangenen Marco Polo lauscht. Hat dieser Marco es wirklich bis an den Hof des Kublai Khan geschafft?
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D. Amélia (Portuguese Edition)
- A rainha exilada que deixou o coração em Portugal [The Exiled Queen Who Left Her Heart in Portugal]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.
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おやごころ
- By: 畠中 恵
- Narrated by: 桑原 敬一
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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お気楽者の麻之助、ついに父に――!妻のお和歌が子を宿した麻之助。子どもの名前を考えながら、今日も町の揉め事に立ち向かう! 大好評「まんまこと」シリーズ第9弾。
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Gegen alle Zeit
- Gegen alle Zeit
- By: Tom Finnek
- Narrated by: Elmar Börger
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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Ein stinkender Keller voll Schlafender und ein fluchender Mann mit Dreispitz - Henry Ingram traut seinen Augen nicht, als er nach einem heftigen Rausch zu sich kommt. Nur langsam begreift er das Unglaubliche: Er wurde um dreihundert Jahre in der Zeit zurückversetzt, mitten hinein ins London des 18. Jahrhunderts, ein London der Ganoven und Diebe. Unfreiwillig hilft er beim Ausbruch des Räuberhauptmanns Jack Sheppard aus dem berüchtigten Newgate-Gefängnis - und wird so selbst zum gejagten Gesetzlosen.
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黙: 介錯人別所龍玄始末
- By: 辻堂 魁
- Narrated by: 安部 憲人
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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牢屋敷の首打役と刀の試し斬り御用を生業にする浪人、別所龍玄。ときに切腹の介錯を務めることもある。ある日首を打った僧侶の末期の声を聞いた龍玄は、幼い頃父親と訪ねた母子の店のことを思い出す(「妻恋坂」)。
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鬼を待つ
- By: あさの あつこ
- Narrated by: 長谷川 俊介
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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飲み屋で男二人が喧嘩をした。一人は大怪我、殴った男は遁走の果てに首を吊った。町方にすれば“些末な”事件のはずだった。
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雲の果(はたて)
- By: あさの あつこ
- Narrated by: 長谷川 俊介
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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小間物問屋〈遠野屋〉の元番頭が亡くなった。その死を悼む主の清之介は、火事で焼けた仕舞屋で見つかった若い女が殺されていたと報される。
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花を呑む
- By: あさの あつこ
- Narrated by: 長谷川 俊介
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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「きやぁぁっ」老舗の油問屋で悲鳴が上がる。大店で知られる東海屋の主が変死した。内儀は、夫の口から牡丹の花弁が零れているのを見て失神し、女中と手代は幽霊を見たと証言した。
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わかれ縁 狸穴屋お始末日記
- By: 西條 奈加
- Narrated by: すずき 紀子
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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シリーズ化も決定! 西條奈加の〈ど真ん中〉傑作人情時代小説
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しのぶ彼岸花~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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葉茶屋・青陽堂の嫁として初めての新年を迎えた律。若おかみの務めと上絵師の仕事――その両立に励む折り、懐妊の兆しに気づく。喜びと不安に揺れる律に、女形の役者から着物の仕事が舞い込んだ。
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落ちぬ椿~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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辻斬りで母を亡くし、上絵師の父も失意のうちに死んだ。律は、幼い弟のためにも、父の跡を継ぎ、布に家紋や絵を描く上絵師としての独り立ちを目指していた。
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雪華燃ゆ~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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上絵師として、初めて着物を手がけることになった律。粋人として名を馳せる雪永が親しい女に贈るものだ。張り切って下描きを仕上げる律だが、なかなか良い返事がもらえない。
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つなぐ鞠(まり)~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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鞠の意匠をあしらった「鞠巾着」が人気となり、安定した仕事をもらえるようになった律。涼太との祝言の日取りも決まり、幸せをかみしめながら、職人の仕事も一生続けていこうと決意するのだった。
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駆ける百合~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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涼太と祝言を挙げ、青陽堂の嫁としての新たな生活を迎えた律は、息抜きに出かけた先で、同じく嫁いだばかりの女たちと知り合う。悩みを打ち明け合える知己を得て心強く思う律だった。
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Throughout history, women have been branded as witches by people scared of their power, confidence and independence. In days past, accusations of being a witch – thrown at women for everything from being talented at working with herbs to being in the vicinity of a death – could result in banishment or even death. These 12 audiobooks, perfect for the longer nights, colder weather and the Halloween season, tell the stories of women through history, from goddesses to regular women, through a mix of horror, fantasy and historical fiction.