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  • Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll

    Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782408 to listen full audiobooks.Title: NephthysAuthor: Rachel Louise DriscollNarrator: Antonia SalibFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 57 minutesRelease date: February 6, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Sister. Rival. Protector. The spellbinding story of a forgotten daughter and a forgotten goddess. Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. But although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society. But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she holds in her hands will change her life forever. Five years later, Clemmie arrives in Egypt on a mission to save what remains of her family. The childhood game she used to play about the immortal sisters, Isis and Nephthys, has taken on a devastating resonance and it is only by following Nephthys' story that she can undo the mistakes of the past. On her journey up the Nile she will meet unexpected allies and enemies and, along with long-buried secrets and betrayals, Clemmie will be forced to step into the light. © Rachel Louise Driscoll 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

  • Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher

    Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/792986 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Red ClayAuthor: Charles B. FancherNarrator: Dion GrahamFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 34 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An astounding multigenerational saga, Red Clay chronicles the interwoven lives of an enslaved Black family and their white owners as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins. In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave—on the morning following his funeral—his family hardly knows what to expect after she utters the words “
 a lifetime ago, my family owned yours.” Adelaide Parker has a story to tell—one of ambition, betrayal, violence, and redemption—that shaped both the fate of her family and that of the late Felix H. Parker. But there are gaps in her knowledge, and she’s come to Red Clay seeking answers from a family with whom she shares a name and a history that neither knows in full. In an epic saga that takes us from Red Clay to Paris, to the Cîte d’Azur and New Orleans, human frailties are pushed to their limits as secrets are exposed and the line between good and evil becomes ever more difficult to discern. Red Clay is a tale that deftly lays bare the ugliness of slavery, the uncertainty of the final months of the Civil War, the optimism of Reconstruction, and the pain and frustration of Jim Crow. With a vivid sense of place and a cast of memorable characters, Charles B. Fancher draws upon his own family history to weave a riveting tale of triumph over adversity, set against a backdrop of societal change and racial animus that reverberates in contemporary America. Through seasons of joy and unspeakable pain, Fancher delivers rich moments as allies become enemies, and enemies—to their great surprise—find new respect for each other.

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  • The Sable Cloak by Gail Milissa Grant

    The Sable Cloak by Gail Milissa Grant

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789144 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Sable CloakAuthor: Gail Milissa GrantNarrator: Murphy Lorenzo Applin Jr, Karen ChiltonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 11 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—for readers of Tayari Jones. Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss, has controlled the Black vote in St. Louis for decades. Sara, his equally formidable wife, runs the renowned funeral establishment that put the Sable name on the map. Together they have pushed through obstacles in order to create a legacy for their children. When tragedy bursts their carefully constructed empire of dignity and safety, the family rallies around an unconventional solution. But at what cost? Set in the Midwest in the 1940s, The Sable Cloak is a rarely seen portrait of an upper middle class, African American family in the pre-Civil Rights era. This deeply personal novel inspired by the author's own family history delves into legacy and the stories we tell ourselves, and celebrates a largely self-sustaining, culturally rich Missouri community that most Americans may not be aware of.

  • Isola: Reese's Book Club: A Novel by Allegra Goodman

    Isola: Reese's Book Club: A Novel by Allegra Goodman

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/788113 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Isola: Reese's Book Club: A NovelAuthor: Allegra GoodmanNarrator: Fiona Hardingham, Allegra GoodmanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 54 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ‱ “A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.”—Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name “A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction.”—Vogue (Best of 2025 Preview) A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this “lushly painted” (People) historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. *This audiobook contains a PDF with a map and recommendations for further reading from the book.

  • Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/788088 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Harlem RhapsodyAuthor: Victoria Christopher MurrayNarrator: Robin MilesFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 5 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: “A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”—People Magazine “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth.”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club Pick) She found the literary voices that would inspire the world
. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. In 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C arrives in Harlem excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisis. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all. W. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of The Crisis, is not only Jessie’s boss, he’s her lover. And neither his wife, nor their fourteen-year-age difference can keep the two apart. Amidst rumors of their tumultuous affair, Jessie is determined to prove herself. She attacks the challenge of discovering young writers with fervor, finding sixteen-year-old Countee Cullen, seventeen-year-old Langston Hughes, and Nella Larsen, who becomes one of her best friends. Under Jessie’s leadership, The Crisis thrives
every African American writer in the country wants their work published there. When her first novel is released to great acclaim, it’s clear that Jessie is at the heart of a renaissance in Black music, theater, and the arts. She has shaped a generation of literary legends, but as she strives to preserve her legacy, she’ll discover the high cost of her unparalleled success.

  • The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: The Continuing Adventures of Judith Shakespeare by Grace Tiffany

    The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: The Continuing Adventures of Judith Shakespeare by Grace Tiffany

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782031 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: The Continuing Adventures of Judith ShakespeareAuthor: Grace TiffanyNarrator: Mary Jane WellsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 49 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: ''Witty, resilient, and fiercely intelligent, Judith emerges as a heroine for the ages. Her journey, rich in historical authenticity and imaginative storytelling, offers insights that resonate across the centuries.''—Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of The Exiles For readers of Hilary Mantel and Madeline Miller, a deeply engrossing work of historical fiction—a tale of a woman of the Shakespeare family struggling to manage both her private grief and public danger. At the age of sixty-one, Judith Shakespeare, a midwife-apothecary and twin of the long-dead Hamnet, must flee provincial Stratford on horseback to avoid arrest for witchcraft. Her traveling companions are a zealous Puritan woman and child who have been displaced by civil war—the bloody seventeenth-century strife between Royalists and Roundheads. Judith is also leaving her marriage, which has foundered since the wrenching loss of two adult sons to the plague. The sequel to the author’s My Father Had a Daughter, a tale of Judith in her youth, The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter revisits this character for the ages—Shakespeare’s sharp-tongued, witty youngest child, no less feisty in her maturity. Four-hundred years after Judith’s death, Grace Tiffany brings her back onto center stage. Judith’s latest tale offers profound insights—into friendship, motherhood, marriage, religious extremism, and war—which remain resoundingly true today. This work is narrated in Original Pronunciation, that is, Early Modern English, as a nod to the phonological system of Shakespeare’s time.

  • Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson

    Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/781983 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Enemy of My DreamsAuthor: Jenny WilliamsonNarrator: Lisa FlanaganFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 7 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: “This novel is a cinematic adventure.”—Jennifer Saint, internationally bestselling author of Ariadne In the last days of the Roman Empire, a desperate princess and a brutal Gothic warlord forge a dangerous alliance. Julia, only daughter of the emperor of Rome, lives a life of excess and freedom. Wine, philosophy, and scandal—she revels in hedonism. But when her father dies and her teenage brother takes the throne, he will stop at nothing to seize control of both the empire and his wayward sister. And now Alaric of the Visigoths, a ferocious warrior who has battled Rome for years, has come to the capital to bargain for his homeland. When Julia rebels against the marriage her brother has ordered her to accept, he responds by publicly punishing her lover in the Colosseum. Realizing how perilous her position is, Julia impulsively turns to Alaric—the empire’s sworn enemy, and the one man who can make Rome tremble. Julia must find a way to make an ally of Alaric, a man she can’t trust—a terrifying warlord with the power to bring both Julia and the empire to their knees—in an edgy, sexy cat-and-mouse game of attraction, defiance, and lust.

  • The Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff

    The Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/781966 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Last Twilight in ParisAuthor: Pam JenoffNarrator: ThĂ©rĂšse Plummer, Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 31 minutesRelease date: February 4, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: "A fast-paced and vibrant wartime tale of holding on to love against the odds and learning to fight for the truth." ­­–Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Daughter A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe —and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of LĂ©vitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of LĂ©vitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours.

  • Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard

    Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/788792 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Grace of the Empire StateAuthor: Gemma TizzardNarrator: Erin BennettFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 50 minutesRelease date: January 28, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: In this breathtaking debut novel, a daring dancer must take her twin brother’s place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin. After the death of their father, it’s up to Grace O’Connell and her twin brother Patrick to support their family as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City. When Grace is laid off from her dancing gig and Patrick is injured at work on the construction of the Empire State Building, desperation leaves them only one solution: Grace must disguise herself as Patrick and take his place on the half-built skyscraper. She soon proves herself as capable as any man on the steel, and her affection for the loyal men around her—especially Italian immigrant Joe—grows by the day. But when a terrible accident happens high above the city and Grace is the only one capable of saving her stranded colleague, she must make a split-second decision to risk everything or live with her conscience forever. Set against the backdrop of a city at a crossroads, this electrifying story is full of heart and hope, family and friendship, and the sacrifices we make for those we love.

  • The English Problem: A Novel by Beena Kamlani

    The English Problem: A Novel by Beena Kamlani

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/788604 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The English Problem: A NovelAuthor: Beena KamlaniNarrator: Vidish AthavaleFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 16 hours 35 minutesRelease date: January 28, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A young Indian man is tapped to help his country’s fight for freedom—but his heart engages him in a different war. “Grand, sweeping, mesmerizing . . . a richly detailed, politically profound story of love, of migration, of individuals caught up in the great convulsions of history.”—Joseph O’Neill, PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author of Godwin Shiv Advani is an eighteen-year-old growing up in India. But he is no ordinary young man. Shiv has been personally chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to come to England, learn their laws, and then return home and help drive the British out of India. Before he leaves, his family insists he fulfill his arranged marriage, and he is hastily betrothed to a young woman he hardly knows. He arrives in London and soon discovers a world he is both repelled by and drawn to. Shiv knows his duty: get in, learn the letter of the law, get out. But as anyone who has ever lived in a British colony can tell you, “the English Problem” is multifaceted. The racist colonialism of “the empire on which the sun never sets” seeps into everything—not just landed territories, but territories of the mind: literature, language, religion, sexuality, self-identity. Soon the people Shiv sought to be liberated from will be the people he desperately wants to be a part of. In the end, Shiv must fight not only for his country’s liberation but also his own. Set against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement, with appearances by historical figures such as Virginia and Leonard Woolf and Mahatma Gandhi, The English Problem is so self-assured and ambitious, it is hard to believe it is a debut.

  • Old Soul by Susan Barker

    Old Soul by Susan Barker

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783539 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Old SoulAuthor: Susan BarkerNarrator: Jill Winternitz, Olivia Vinall, George BlagdenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 13 minutesRelease date: January 28, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost. In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is. Part horror, part western, part thriller, Old Soul is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man’s quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.

  • Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji

    Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/788829 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Call Her FreedomAuthor: Tara DorabjiNarrator: Soneela NankaniFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 26 minutesRelease date: January 21, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A sweeping family saga following one woman’s struggle to protect her culture and her family amidst the backdrop of a military occupation. In the foothills of the Himalayas, the picturesque mountain village of Poshkarbal is home to lush cherry and apple orchards and a thriving community—one divided by a patrolled border. Aisha and her mother Noorjahan live on the outskirts—two women alone in a world dominated by men. As the village midwife, Noorjahan teaches Aisha how to heal using local herbs and remedies. Isolated but content, Aisha is shocked when Noorjahan decides it is time for her to attend the village school as few girls do. Despite the taunting of her classmates and the teacher’s initial resistance to having her in the class, Aisha becomes a star student, destined for college. When Aisha’s hand is bequeathed to a local boy in the village, she is forced to abandon her dreams of college. She comforts herself by staying on her ancestral land, creating a nourishing life with her children and husband. But her mother’s secrets come back to haunt her and her marriage and the growing military presence in Poshkarbal force Aisha to make impossible choices in order to save her family and preserve the independence Noorjahan fought for. What follows is a family chronicle brimming with life, love, and humor, about sacrifice and honor, and fighting for your home and culture in the face of occupation. A deeply moving novel about one woman’s love for her family, this is an epic investigation of colonialism, militarization, and the loss and innocence on the journey to creating home. Spanning 1969 to 2022, Call Her Freedom is a love story that untangles family secrets and heals generational wounds, announcing Tara Dorabji as a thrilling new voice in fiction.

  • Let's Call Her Barbie by RenĂ©e Rosen

    Let's Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783533 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Let's Call Her BarbieAuthor: RenĂ©e RosenNarrator: Abigail RenoFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 51 minutesRelease date: January 21, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: “A fresh and fun take on Barbie lore
clever and satisfying.” – Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author RenĂ©e Rosen. When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up. In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything. As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground. In the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions— each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy.

  • The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay

    The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/781986 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Queen of FivesAuthor: Alex HayNarrator: Polly EdsellFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 47 minutesRelease date: January 21, 2025Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Nothing is quite as it seems in Victorian high society in this clever novel set against the most magnificent wedding of the season, as a mysterious heiress sets her sights on an illustrious London family “A thrilling and multi-layered story of trickery and deception, truth and lies, poverty and riches, that is sheer delight from start to finish. Absolutely enthralling!” —Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal A confidence scheme, when properly executed, will follow five movements in close and inviolable order: I. The Mark II. The Intrusion. III. The Ballyhoo. IV. The Knot. V. All In. There may be many counter-strikes along the way, for such is the nature of the game; it contains so many sides, so many endless possibilities... 1898. Quinn le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off her most ambitious plot yet: trap a highly eligible duke into marriage and lift a fortune from the richest family in England. Masquerading as the season’s most enviable debutante, Quinn puts on a brilliant act that earns her entrance into the grand drawing rooms and lavish balls of high society—and propels her straight into the inner circle of her target: the charismatic Kendals. Among those she must convince are the handsome bachelor heir, the rebellious younger sister, and the esteemed duchess eager to see her son married. But the deeper she forges into their world, the more Quinn finds herself tangled in a complicated web of love, lies, and loyalty. The Kendals all have secrets of their own, and she may not be the only one playing a game of high deception... “Audacious, cunning, quick-witted—this is a jewel of a book from the seriously talented Alex Hay. I was rooting for the Queen of Fives from the very first line.” —Louise Candlish, author of The Other Passenger

  • His Girl Hollywood by Maureen Lee Lenker

    His Girl Hollywood by Maureen Lee Lenker

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795708 to listen full audiobooks.Title: His Girl HollywoodAuthor: Maureen Lee LenkerNarrator: Patti MurinFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 27 minutesRelease date: January 14, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: From Entertainment Weekly columnist Maureen Lee Lenker comes the standalone follow-up to It Happened One Fight, a rompy second-chance romance set in the glittering world of 1930s film. Arlene Morgan has always dreamed of being a movie director, like so many women in the silent era before her. But when Evets Studios finally gives her a shot, a rare thing in 1930s Hollywood, she's dismayed to discover that her leading man is none other than Don Lamont. Born Don Lazzarini, Don was Arlene's next-door-neighbor growing up, two best friends with two big dreams. He's the only man she's ever loved
 except he abandoned her to pursue his dance career in New York, and she hasn't seen or heard from his since. But Don, despite his Broadway success, has been caught under the thumb of his gangster manager Frankie Martino for the last eight years, unable to come home. When he gets offered a role in a Hollywood picture, he leaps at the chance to free himself once and for all. But clashing with his director, the girl he once knew as Lena, leaves him scrambling to find his footing. As the two unpack old wounds and struggle to work together, Don starts to realize Lena might have been his dream girl all along. But she doesn't know about Frankie, and getting her involved in his contract would put her in danger, too. It's going to take quite the footwork to prove his feelings and help make Arlene's picture a success before Frankie takes drastic measures to keep his most valuable leading man.

  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

    A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/792991 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Farewell to ArmsAuthor: Ernest HemingwayNarrator: Edoardo BalleriniFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 16 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A stunningly designed new collectible edition of Hemingway’s enduring classic Long considered one of the best American novels of our time, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver and his passionate affair with a beautiful English nurse. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war as only Hemingway can. A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms paints an intimate portrait of the pain and intensity of a love overshadowed by the inexorable creep of global war.

  • Beyond the Crescent Sky by A. L. Sowards

    Beyond the Crescent Sky by A. L. Sowards

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790648 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Beyond the Crescent SkySeries: #2 of The Balkan LegendsAuthor: A. L. SowardsNarrator: Lameece IssaqFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 6 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2025Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Helena is a healer. Ivan is her prisoner. Caught in the crossfire of war, they must choose: loyalty or love. The Balkans, 1383 A sudden conflict between Serbs and Greeks has forced Ivan to join his brother and fight with the Serbian army. On the battlefield, Ivan is wounded and captured by the hostile Greeks, and he soon becomes a hostage to be used as a pawn in a deadly bid for power. Helena, a Greek midwife, is tasked to care for Ivan, a request that will test not only her healing abilities but also her loyalty. Though war has made her reluctant patient an enemy, she can’t help but forge a connection with him, yet falling in love with him could turn her world upside down and brand her a traitor. As the Ottoman Empire extends its grip into the Balkans, events beyond their control force Ivan and Helena to choose between loyalty to their families and people or following the longings of their hearts. Award-winning historical novelist A. L. Sowards creates an engaging world of overlords and spies, rebellions and battlefields, and forbidden love. The Balkan Legends Series:After the Crescent Strike, A Prequel NovellaBeneath a Crescent Shadow, Book OneBeyond the Crescent Sky, Book Two (coming January 2025)Against a Crescent Storm, Book Three (coming June 2025)

  • The Heart of Winter: A Novel by Jonathan Evison

    The Heart of Winter: A Novel by Jonathan Evison

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783517 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Heart of Winter: A NovelAuthor: Jonathan EvisonNarrator: Kimberly FarrFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 20 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2025Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A Seattle Times Bestseller One of The Washington Post’s 10 Noteworthy Books for January One of The Los Angeles Times’ 10 Books to Add to Your Reading List in January One of The Seattle Times’ 24 Books to Look Out for in 2025 One of Kirkus' Best 20 Books to Read in January The extraordinary new novel by Jonathan Evison, about a married couple in their golden years, from when they met across big ups, deep downs, and survive-it-all, opposites-attract love Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together—at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador, Megs. Through the years, the Winters have fallen in and out of lockstep, and from their haunting losses and guarded secrets, a dependable partnership has been forged. But when Ruth’s loose tooth turns out to be something much more malicious, the beautiful, reliable life they’ve created together comes to a crisis. As Ruth struggles with her crumbling independence, Abe must learn how to take care of her while their three living children question his ability to look after his wife. And once again, the couple has to reconfigure how to be there for each other. In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day battles, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents, fell apart and back together, and grew into the Abe and Ruth of today. Endlessly heartwarming and moving, The Heart of Winter is a reminder that true love lives in small, everyday moments.

  • The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa ArsĂ©n

    The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783509 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Unbecoming of Margaret WolfAuthor: Isa ArsĂ©nNarrator: Isa ArsĂ©n, Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 6 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Two Shakespearean actors in an unconventional marriage get caught up in a renowned director’s scheme that will bring them closer than ever or rip them apart for good. Up-and-coming stage actress Margaret Shoard has just taken a bow as Lady Macbeth, the role she has always believed was destined for her. At home, she plays wife to her best friend Wesley, even if she doesn’t hold his sole attention romantically. After a public breakdown threatens all she holds dear, Margaret’s doctor prescribes her uppers—just a little help to get through the days. When Wesley is invited by eccentric director Vaughn Kline to join the cast for an inaugural Shakespeare performance in the New Mexico desert, Margaret decides to accompany him in hopes the time away will set her back to rights . . . but the world she finds in Vaughn’s company is filled with duplicity and betrayal. Margaret and Wesley, embroiled in an affair with a man who may not be all he seems, must find a way forward together before their story becomes the real tragedy.

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    The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/781965 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Lotus ShoesAuthor: Jane YangNarrator: Katharine Chin, Catherine HoFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 19 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2025Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: "Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." —Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz An empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph. 1800s China. Tightly bound feet, or "golden lilies," are the mark of an honorable woman, eclipsing beauty, a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant—a muizai—to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that one day her golden lilies will lead her out of slavery. Not only does Little Flower have bound feet, uncommon for a muizai, but she is extraordinarily gifted at embroidery, a skill associated with the highest class of a lady. Resentful of her talents, Linjing does everything in her power to thwart Little Flower's escape. But when scandal strikes the Fongs, both women are cast out to the Celibate Sisterhood, where Little Flower’s artistic prowess catches the eye of a nobleman. His attention threatens not only her improved status, but her life—the Sisterhood punishes disobedience with death. And if Linjing finds out, will she sabotage Little Flower to reclaim her power, or will she protect her?

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