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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/525014 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Unbound Justice: The Australian Sandstone Series -Book1Author: Michael BeashelNarrator: Michael BeashelFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 35 minutesRelease date: March 27, 2024Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Romance, revenge, reckoning in this mid 19c Australian Historical fiction novel. John Leary boards ship in Ireland in 1850, a young carpenter ambitious for a new life in Australia. He sails with revenge in his heart—his beloved sister has been raped by her landlord, William Baxterhouse, who escapes on another ship with even grander plans for success in New South Wales. In Sydney, hard workers like Leary and ruthless newcomers like Baxterhouse find a city fired by the Gold Rush and dedicated to creating the finest buildings in the colony. Leary has a double motive to make his construction company succeed: he has fallen in love with the beautiful Clarissa McGuire, whose family despise him, and Baxterhouse continues to rise in wealth and influence, seemingly untouchable. Meanwhile another woman, Beth O’Hare, is in love with John Leary, and he makes some hard choices—including a climactic showdown with Baxterhouse. This is the first novel in The Australian Sandstone Series: an international best seller and a new, magnificent view of nineteenth-century Sydney from the ground up.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518906 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Key City on the RiverAuthor: Greta GorsuchNarrator: Greta GorsuchFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 24 minutesRelease date: November 22, 2023Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: On a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons cross the dark Mississippi River into the Iowa Territory on a tiny ferryboat. Its passengers are full of questions. Aunt Sunday just wants to know if they’re going to drown. Jonathan and Ella Butterman wonder if they will find success in their new home. And Penny Cooper and Nate Tilden are eager to learn if they will be able to live as free people. They survive the crossing and settle in Key City. There isn’t much to the town aside from a few log cabins and small buildings in a forest clearing. There are also very rough, very tough residents, including some who hate people with dark skin. Aunt Sunday, Penny, and Nate were slaves in Kentucky not a year before. What will the Iowa Territory decide on the question of owning human beings? No one yet knows. Based on the history of a real place, Key City on the River explores what it means to start a new life in a new land full of new opportunities.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518372 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Victoria's War: A NovelAuthor: Catherine A. HamiltonNarrator: Emily BehrFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 37 minutesRelease date: May 5, 2023Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: In VICTORIA'S WAR, Hamilton gives voice to the courageous Polish Catholic women who were kidnapped into the real-life Nazi slave labor operation during WWII. Inspired by true stories, this lost chapter of history won't soon be forgotten. POLAND, 1939: Nineteen-year-old Victoria Darski is eager to move away to college: her bags are packed and her train ticket is in hand. But instead of boarding a train to the University of Warsaw, she finds her world turned upside down when World War II breaks out. Victoria's father is sent to a raging battlefront, and the Darski women face the cruelty of the invaders alone. After the unthinkable happens, Victoria is ordered to work in a Nazi sewing factory. When she decides to go to a resistance meeting with her best friend, Sylvia, they are captured by human traffickers targeting Polish teenagers. Sylvia is singled out and sent to work in the brothels, and Victoria is transported in a cattle car to Berlin, where she is auctioned off as a slave. GERMANY, 1941: Twenty-year-old Etta Tod is at Mercy Hospital, where she's about to undergo involuntary sterilization because of the Fuhrer's mandate to eliminate hereditary deafness. Etta, an artist, silently critiques the propaganda poster on the waiting room wall while her mother tries to convince her she should be glad to get rid of her monthlies. Etta is the daughter of the German shopkeepers who buy Victoria at auction in Berlin. The stories of Victoria and Etta intertwine in the bakery's attic where Victoria is held—the same place where Etta has hidden her anti-Nazi paintings. The two women form a quick and enduring bond. But when they're caught stealing bread from the bakery and smuggling it to a nearby work camp, everything changes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/526860 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Raider BrideSeries: #3 of NorsewomenAuthor: Johanna WittenbergNarrator: Amy LandonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 36 minutesRelease date: February 7, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: King Solvi is dead at the hands of the Irish king. To gain her inheritance, Ragnhild must sail to Ireland with her brother to seek vengeance. But from the outset, the venture is beset by betrayal and bloodshed . . . Contains mature themes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/529936 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Birth HouseAuthor: Ami McKayNarrator: Geneviève SteeleFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 28 minutesRelease date: January 24, 2023Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/526872 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Falcon QueenSeries: #2 of NorsewomenAuthor: Johanna WittenbergNarrator: Amy LandonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 25 minutesRelease date: January 17, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Ninth-century Norway, the island of Tromøy. Åsa has won back her father's kingdom, but can she hold it? The evil shapeshifter Hrolf lurks in the hinterlands, plotting revenge. The powerful Danes threaten from across the Skagerrak Sea, demanding marriage in exchange for peace, while her only ally, Olaf, presses his own suit. Though she loves Olaf, Åsa refuses to sacrifice her position and her people's welfare to become any man's property. Then, across the snow-clad mountains comes Ragnhild, a runaway shield-maiden, seeking glory and gold. She seems to be the answer to Åsa's prayers, but Ragnhild's past catches up with her, bringing treachery and war. Contains mature themes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530746 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Three Women of LiverpoolAuthor: Helen ForresterNarrator: Lizzie HopleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 12 minutesRelease date: November 10, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Blitz, continues to move readers. Three brave women, their lives closely entwined, deal with the destruction brought on by the Blitz in the Second World War. Whilst Gwen attempts to keep up with the constant demands of family life amidst the horrors of war, her sister-in-law Emmie is consumed by fear for the safety of her fiancé. Meanwhile next-door, Ellen’s house is destroyed by bombs, leaving her family homeless with the threat of poverty looming. Faced with devastating challenges, can ordinary people fight to carry on with life in a city torn apart by war?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530745 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Liverpool DaisyAuthor: Helen ForresterNarrator: Lizzie HopleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 9 minutesRelease date: November 10, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Depression, continues to move readers. After the death of her mother, Daisy Gallagher supports her struggling family while her best friend Nellie O’Brian is dying for lack of medical attention. Desperate for money, Daisy turns to the darkened streets of pre-war Liverpool, filled with drunken sailors, and makes a terrible sacrifice. Through strength and suffering, she earns enough to support those who need her help. Daisy’s friends and family know nothing of her new occupation. But, as her husband returns from the sea, can it remain hidden much longer?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530744 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Latchkey KidAuthor: Helen ForresterNarrator: Laurel LefkowFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 41 minutesRelease date: November 10, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s gripping fiction continues to move readers. Olga Stych has focused all of her efforts on climbing to the top of the social pyramid, letting her son Hank fall by the wayside as she rose. As she works to retain her position, her strained relationship with Hank will prove a threat. When he writes a sensational book that causes a stir in his mother’s circles, it’s only a matter of time before Olga’s secrets are revealed. Is status all that matters to Olga? Or will she finally realise what it has cost her?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519925 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Three Sisters of Victory WalkSeries: #1 of Three SistersAuthor: Annie GrovesNarrator: Alex TregearFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 37 minutesRelease date: October 27, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. A brand new series from the bestselling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk Rose, Clover and Daisy are the pretty blond sisters of the Harrison family, living with their parents and two brothers, and working in East London and the outbreak of WWII. Rose the eldest is a nurse working in Homerton Hospital, she despairs of her younger siblings and their occasional less sensible attitudes to life. Clover is the handful of the family and whenever there’s trouble she isn’t far away. At the first chance she gets, she volunteers for the Auxiliary Service, but things go far from smoothly. Daisy is the baby of the family, but she doesn’t want to be treated like a child anymore and is determined to grow up, whether her family like it or not. When she gets a chance to sign up to do her bit, she seizes her chance. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518050 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The SchoolmistressSeries: #2 of Our Street at WarAuthor: Maggie SullivanNarrator: Chloe MasseyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 55 minutesRelease date: October 21, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother’s Day on Coronation Street. It’s 1940 and for the Lancashire town of Greenhill, everything is about to change… Local schoolteacher Violet Pegg is surprised to get a letter out of the blue. Her Canadian pen-friend, Daniel, will soon be joining the RAF and be stationed close by. Violet hopes their long-distant friendship is about to become something more. Vicky Buckley, the town postmistress, has recently married the local doctor, but she is shocked when an unexpected visitor turns up on her doorstep. Claire Gold works with her aunt, Sylvia, in the haberdashery shop. When Violet asks her for a favour, it sets off a chain of events that will threaten their friendship. With the dark clouds of conflict looming, will it be love, and not war, that Greenhill must contend with? Praise for Maggie Sullivan: ‘A lovely, nostalgic choice read’ Choice Magazine ‘Perfect’ Woman
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531129 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A NovelAuthor: Jamie FordNarrator: Mirai, Sura Siu, Natalie Naudus, Cindy Kay, Jennifer Lim, Emily Woo Zeller, Jamie Ford, Nancy WuFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 28 minutesRelease date: August 2, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in “one of the most beautiful books of motherhood and what we pass on to those that come after us” (Jenna Bush Hager, Today). Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has come to haunt her. Fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help. Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in China serving with the Flying Tigers; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app; and Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America. As the painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn’t the only thing she’s inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period—a stranger who’s loved her through all of her genetic memories. Can Dorothy break the cycle of pain and abandonment to finally find peace for her daughter and love for herself? Or will she end up paying the ultimate price? “For Jamie Ford fans both old and new, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is an unmitigated pleasure” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and a lyrical love story unlike any other.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521966 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Dark EarthAuthor: Rebecca StottNarrator: Hannah MorrishFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 20 minutesRelease date: June 23, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: ‘Magical and evocative’ Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock ‘Heartachingly poignant’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong ‘An ancient tapestry of legend brilliantly rewoven’ Francis Spufford, author of Light Perpetual The new novel from the Costa-Award winning author of In The Days of Rain. AD 500. An island in the Thames. Isla has a secret: she has learned her father’s sophisticated sword-making skills at a time when even entering a forge is forbidden to women. Her sister, Blue, has a secret, too: at low tide on the night of each new moon, she visits the bones of the mud woman, drowned by the elders of her tribe who wanted to make a lesson of someone who wouldn’t hold her tongue. When the local Seax overlord discovers Isla's secret there is nowhere for the sisters to hide, except across the water to the walled ghost city, Londinium. Here Blue and Isla find sanctuary in an underworld community of squatters, emigrants, travellers and looters, led by the mysterious Crowther, living in an abandoned brothel and bathhouse. But trouble pursues them even into the haunted city. Dark Earth takes us back to the very founding of Britain to explore the experience of women trying to find kin in a world ruled by blood ties, feuds and men in quest of a nation. ‘Superb … radically new and beautiful’ Observer ‘Thrilling’ Alice Albinia, author of Cwen ‘Pulses with the energy of a brave new world, a world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where a belief in myth and magic can save your life’ Katherine J. Chen, author of Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/525537 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Surgeon's DaughterAuthor: Audrey BlakeNarrator: Susan LyonsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 24 minutesRelease date: May 10, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Women's work is a matter of life and death. Nora Beady, the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna, is a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise children, so her unconventional, indelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her. Under constant scrutiny, Nora's successes are taken for granted; her mistakes used as proof that women aren't suited to the field. Everything changes when she allies herself with Magdalena Morenco, the sole female doctor on staff. Together the two women develop a groundbreaking surgery: the Cesarean section. It's a highly dangerous procedure and the research is grueling, but even worse is the vitriolic response from men. Most don't trust the findings of women, and many can choose to deny their wives medical care. Already facing resistance on all sides, Nora is shaken when she meets a patient who will die without the surgery. If the procedure is successful, her work could change the world. But a failure could cost everything: precious lives, Nora's career, and the role women will be allowed to play in medicine.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/526719 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Summer Secrets at Bletchley ParkSeries: #1 of The Bletchley Park GirlsAuthor: Molly GreenNarrator: Lucy ScottFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 1 minuteRelease date: April 28, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: ⭐ Don’t miss the latest uplifting historical drama from Molly Green, set in Churchill's war rooms: Courage for the Cabinet Girl – available now! ⭐ ‘One hell of a journey…a great curl up and read book’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Outstandingly fabulous’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me going to bed early just so that I could listen to it!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ September 1939. London is in blackout, war has been declared, but Dulcie Treadwell can think only of American broadcaster, Glenn Reeves, who didn’t say goodbye before leaving for Berlin. Heartbroken, Dulcie is posted to Bletchley Park, where she must concentrate instead on cracking the German Enigma codes. The hours are long and the conditions tough, with little recognition from above. Until she breaks her first code… But when a spiteful act of jealousy leads to Dulcie’s brutal dismissal, her life is left in pieces once more. Is it too late for Dulcie to prove her innocence and keep the job she loves? And will her heart ever truly heal if she doesn’t hear from Glenn again…? A new, inspiring wartime series set at Bletchley Park from saga queen Molly Green, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Donna Douglas. Readers are LOVING this sweeping new story: ‘One of those can't-put-down books’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A journey for the reader…tantalizing…interesting…try this one!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A cracking good read!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Moments of being held spellbound…Kept me on the edge of my seat. Couldn't put it down’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What can I say…I love it! Can’t wait to read more’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘My first book by this author and it won’t be my last’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531160 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Secrets of the Chocolate GirlsSeries: #4 of Chocolate GirlsAuthor: Annie MurrayNarrator: Annie AldingtonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 11 minutesRelease date: April 14, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of The Bells of Bournville Green, comes Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, another gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . . September 1940, Birmingham. While her husband and daughter work at the Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her hands full at home with her other daughter, Sheila, newly returned home with baby Elaine. With Sheila's husband away doing his bit in the RAF, Ann knows she should be grateful to have all her children safe under one roof. But she can't help but fear for their uncertain future as bombs fall ever closer to her Birmingham home. Part of her yearns for the carefree days of her youth when she also worked the line at Cadburys, filling trays of chocolate shells. But mostly Ann tries not to think of the past at all since that would mean she would have to confront her oldest secret, one she's kept since the last war and the one that could easily rip her family apart . . .
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521968 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The AerialistsAuthor: Katie MunnikNarrator: Georgie SadlerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 20 minutesRelease date: April 14, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: *WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH* Paris, 1891 Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly. Cardiff, 1896 The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a daring show of balloon ascents and parachute descents. Then late one night, a young girl, Grace, knocks on the Gaudrons’ door. She is desperate to fly, whatever the cost. As Grace’s dreams begin to take wing, can Laura be the one to keep her grounded? Or will both girls risk it all for one dazzling moment of flight? ‘A heady and stylish read that had me swept away from the first page. Munnik has captured a fascinating world of daring with both beauty and heart’ MAHSUDA SNAITH ‘Vivid and meticulous, Katie Munnik’s The Aerialists captures the tangled desires of people living on the thin air of their own daring – a glorious vision of a time, a place, a welter of human manipulations and hopes, and ultimately, their tragic effects. A really fine read’ JOAN BARFOOT ‘Based on a true story, this rich novel will capture your imagination’ BEST magazine
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521964 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Her Last BetrayalAuthor: Pam LeckyNarrator: Melanie MachughFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 7 minutesRelease date: April 14, 2022Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: “A gripping and thrilling tale….INCREDIBLE!.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When working for the British Secret Service, Sarah Gillespie can trust no one, not even her closest friends… London, 1941 After losing her family to a Nazi bomb attack back home in Ireland, Sarah Gillespie joins the British Secret Services to bring them justice. Partnered with American undercover agent Lieutenant Tony Anderson, Sarah embarks on a dangerous mission that takes her from war-torn London into the black mountains of Wales. But when one of her team is revealed to be a German mole, and enemies begin to close in, what price will Sarah have to pay to save her country—and herself? A gripping and thrilling tale about one woman’s bravery in WW2 Britain, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn's THE ALICE NETWORK, Suzanne Goldring's MY NAME IS EVA and Ariel Lawhon’s CODE NAME HÉLÈNE. Readers love Her Last Betrayal: “So much excitement… this is the quickest I have ever read a book, I just couldn’t put it down. Read it, you won’t be disappointed.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Had me sitting in silence, tears falling… My mind was blown more than once… I can't tell you how many times I was left thinking, ‘I didn't see it coming.’” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Totally absorbing… It has everything. Suspense, spying, intrigue, mystery and a smattering of romance. A nail biting, gripping book that had me absolutely hooked from the first page…Outstanding.”Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A gripping and thrilling tale… The writing was INCREDIBLE! I’ve never highlighted so many sections of a book before…!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “What I especially love about this series is the Irish vantage point of the war, really unique in the genre, and so beautifully handled… Can't wait for the next book in this absorbing series!” Literary Redhead, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Gripping… I couldn't stop reading!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “What an exciting read… a page-turner no doubt.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530739 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Glory: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023Author: Noviolet BulawayoNarrator: Chipo ChungFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 16 hours 10 minutesRelease date: April 7, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. **Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022** Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly. A long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily. Then the colonisers arrived. After nearly a hundred years, a bloody War of Liberation brought new hope for the animals - along with a new leader. A charismatic horse who commanded the sun and ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones, a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and, as he aged, his beloved and ambitious young donkey wife, Marvellous. But even the sticks and stones know there is no night ever so long it does not end with dawn. And so it did for the Old Horse, one day as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favourite radio programme. A new regime, a new leader. Or apparently so. And once again, the animals were full of hope . . . Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. And yet, as it unveils the myriad tricks required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, it reminds us that the glory of tyranny only lasts as long as its victims are willing to let it. History can be stopped in a moment. With the return of a long-lost daughter, a #freefairncredibleelection, a turning tide - even a single bullet. © NoViolet Bulawayo 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/529842 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Bluebird: A NovelAuthor: Genevieve GrahamNarrator: Aven Shore, Nikki Massoud, Jonathan Todd RossFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 11 minutesRelease date: April 5, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: HistoricalPublisher's Summary: A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come—from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham. Present day Cassie Simmons, a museum curator, is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past, and she has a personal interest in the history of the rumrunners who ferried illegal booze across the Detroit River during Prohibition. So when a cache of whisky labeled Bailey Brothers’ Best is unearthed during a local home renovation, Cassie hopes to find the answers she’s been searching for about the legendary family of bootleggers... 1917 Corporal Jeremiah Bailey of the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company is tasked with planting mines in the tunnels beneath enemy trenches. After Jerry is badly wounded in an explosion, he finds himself in a Belgium field hospital under the care of Adele Savard, one of Canada’s nursing sisters, nicknamed “Bluebirds” for their blue gowns and white caps. As Jerry recovers, he forms a strong connection with Adele, who is from a place near his hometown of Windsor, along the Detroit River. In the midst of war, she’s a welcome reminder of home, and when Jerry is sent back to the front, he can only hope that he’ll see his bluebird again. By war’s end, both Jerry and Adele return home to Windsor, scarred by the horrors of what they endured overseas. When they cross paths one day, they have a chance to start over. But the city is in the grip of Prohibition, which brings exciting opportunities as well as new dangerous conflicts that threaten to destroy everything they have fought for. Pulled from the pages of history, Bluebird is a compelling, luminous novel about the strength of the human spirit and the power of love to call us home.
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