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  • Evil Eye: A Novel by Etaf Rum

    Evil Eye: A Novel by Etaf Rum

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551783 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Evil Eye: A NovelAuthor: Etaf RumNarrator: Vaneh Assadourian, Gail ShalanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 14 minutesRelease date: September 5, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: “A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and Community Board The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration of the expectations of Palestinian-American women, the meaning of a fulfilling life, and the ways our unresolved pasts affect our presents. ''After Yara is placed on probation at work for fighting with a racist coworker, her Palestinian mother claims the provocation and all that’s come after were the result of a family curse. While Yara doesn’t believe in old superstitions, she finds herself unpacking her strict, often volatile childhood growing up in Brooklyn, looking for clues as to why she feels so unfulfilled in a life her mother could only dream of. Etaf Rum’s follow-up to her 2019 debut, A Woman Is No Man, is a complicated mother-daughter drama that looks at the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma and what it takes to break the cycle of abuse.'' —Time magazine, ''The Most Anticipated Books of the Year''

  • A Rose In Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

    A Rose In Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551311 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Rose In WinterAuthor: Kathleen E. WoodiwissNarrator: Rosalyn LandorFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 21 hours 52 minutesRelease date: July 11, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton. But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her--a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back. But in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world. Conflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor...between her duty and her heart.

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  • Looking Out for Love by Sophia Money-Coutts

    Looking Out for Love by Sophia Money-Coutts

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546791 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Looking Out for LoveAuthor: Sophia Money-CouttsNarrator: Sophia Money-CouttsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 55 minutesRelease date: February 2, 2023Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: But will she find it where she least expects it? Stella Shakespeare isn’t having a good day, or month come to think of it. She’s been unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend,cut off from the bank of dad and at thirty-two years old, she doesn’t know what she’s doing with her life. What Stella really wants is to find love. She wants all-consuming, can’t-think-about-anything-else, can’t-even-manage-to-eat kind of love. What she found beside her in bed that morning wasn’t love. But when a tall, handsome man in a well-fitting suit walks into a Notting Hill pub, she thinks she’s finally found The One. Everything seems to be falling into place now Stella has met the man of her dreams and has an actual job working with a private investigator nicknamed ‘The Affair Hunter’. Although sadly, life is never that straightforward and Stella starts to question whether she’s been looking for love in the wrong places all along
 ––––––––––––––––––––––– Everyone LOVES the hilarious and heart-warming novels by Sophia Money-Coutts ‘Enjoyable and endearing’ Katie Fforde ‘If you’re craving something smoochy, Sophia Money-Coutts’s new romcom will hit the spot and is the perfect antidote for whatever might be ailing you’ Red ‘Hilariously relatable’ Sophie Cousens ‘For fans of Jilly Cooper
warm-hearted, hilarious and romantic’ Best ‘I laughed out loud throughout this’ Laura Jane Williams ‘A heart-warming, witty, feelgood romcom that will brighten the cold winter months’ Platinum ‘Super funny, super witty and so warm’ Lia Louis ‘Fabulous. I raced through this fresh, funny and feelgood latest’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, joyful, life-affirming’ Cressida McLaughlin

  • The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights: A Novel by Kitty Zeldis

    The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights: A Novel by Kitty Zeldis

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547038 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights: A NovelAuthor: Kitty ZeldisNarrator: Karen GundersenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 33 minutesRelease date: December 6, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: “A haunting meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters. Zeldis offers a fascinating look into historic New York City and New Orleans, and her skill as a storyteller is matched by her compassion for her characters. What a beautiful read.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace “By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, Kitty Zeldis’s The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights, set against the backdrop of the not-always-so-roaring Twenties, is an only-in-America story of reinvention, rising above tragedy, and finding family.”—Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author of Band of Sisters For fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Joanna Goodman, a mesmerizing historical novel from Kitty Zeldis, the author of Not Our Kind, about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold. Brooklyn, 1924. As New York City enters the jazz age, the lives of three very different women are about to converge in unexpected ways. Recently arrived from New Orleans, Beatrice is working to establish a chic new dress shop with help from Alice, the orphaned teenage ward she brought north with her. Down the block, newlywed Catherine is restless in her elegant brownstone, longing for a baby she cannot conceive. When Bea befriends Catherine and the two start to become close, Alice feels abandoned and envious, and runs away to Manhattan. Her departure sets into motion a series of events that will force each woman to confront the painful secrets of her past in order to move into the happier future she seeks. Moving from the bustling streets of early twentieth century New York City to late nineteenth-century Russia and the lively quarters of New Orleans in the 1910s, The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights is a story of the families we are born into and the families we choose, and of the unbreakable bonds between women.

  • The Liverpool Boy by Helen Forrester

    The Liverpool Boy by Helen Forrester

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/550516 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Liverpool BoyAuthor: Helen ForresterNarrator: Lizzie HopleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 51 minutesRelease date: November 10, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher'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 heart-warming and gripping fiction set in Liverpool continues to move readers. Looking back on his life, eight-four year-old Manuel Echaniz will never forget his youth growing up poverty-stricken and in hardship on the streets of Liverpool. Now far away from the place that formed him, Manuel has a family who know nothing about the place he grew up. Concerned by their lack of interest in their heritage, he sets out to teach his granddaughter about his formative years and the matriarchal community that raised him through the toughest of times. Will she ever understand that other world he left behind in the teeming streets of the Mersey docklands? The Liverpool Boy was previously titled The Liverpool Basque.

  • The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

    The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548831 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Stone DiariesAuthor: Carol ShieldsNarrator: Deborah DrakefordFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 55 minutesRelease date: August 23, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill Flett drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood, and old age, bewildered by her inability to understand her own role in the unsettled decades of the twentieth century. At last, reflecting on her unobserved and unconventional life, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography. In The Stone Diaries, one of the most successful and acclaimed novels of our time, Carol Shields weaves the strands of Daisy’s life together in a rich, sensuous, and poignant work that delivers lasting insights into the nature of life—and fiction.

  • After the Hurricane: A Novel by Leah Franqui

    After the Hurricane: A Novel by Leah Franqui

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551785 to listen full audiobooks.Title: After the Hurricane: A NovelAuthor: Leah FranquiNarrator: Frankie CorzoFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 55 minutesRelease date: August 9, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: Named by Etaf Rum as one of the Best Beach Reads of All Time for ''Read with Jenna!'' Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply personal novel with a mystery at its heart as a daughter returns to Puerto Rico to search for her troubled father, who has gone missing after Hurricane Maria. From the outside, Elena Vega’s life appears to be an easy one: the only child of two professional parents, private school, NYU. But her twenties are aimless and lacking in connection. Something has always been amiss in her life: her father, the brilliant but deeply troubled Santiago Vega. Born in rural Puerto Rico, Santiago arrived in New York as a small child. His harsh, mercurial father returned to the island, leaving Santiago to be raised by his mentally ill mother and his formidable grandmother. An outstanding student, he followed scholarships to Stanford, then Yale Law, marrying Elena’s mother along the way. Santiago is the shining star of his migrant family—the one who made it out and struck it rich. But he is a haunted man, plagued by trauma, bipolar disorder, and alcoholism. He’s lost contact with Elena over the years and returned to San Juan to wrestle his demons alone. Then Hurricane Maria strikes, and Santiago vanishes. Desperate to know what happened to the father she once adored, Elena returns to Puerto Rico, a place she loved as a child but hasn’t seen in years. There she must unravel the truth about who her father is, crisscrossing the storm-swept island and reaching deep into his family tree to find relatives she’s never met, each of whom seems to possess a clue about Santiago’s fate. A compelling mystery unfolds, as Elena is reunited with family, and with a place she loved and lost—the island of Puerto Rico, which is itself a character in this book. It’s a story of connection, migration, striving, love, and loss, illuminated by humor and affection, written by a novelist at the height of her gifts.

  • The Family Remains: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

    The Family Remains: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548360 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Family Remains: A NovelAuthor: Lisa JewellNarrator: Eleanor Tomlinson, Josh Dylan, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn, Thomas Judd, Hugh QuarshieFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 14 minutesRelease date: August 9, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 118 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 37Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.” —Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell weaves a “simply masterful” (Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author) thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to The Family Upstairs. Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago. Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer. After fleeing London thirty years ago in the wake of a horrific tragedy, Lucy Lamb is finally coming home. While she settles in with her children and is just about to purchase their first house, her brother takes off to find the boy from their shared past whose memory haunts their present. As they all race to discover answers to these convoluted mysteries, they will come to find that they’re connected in ways they could have never imagined. In this masterful standalone sequel to her haunting New York Times bestseller The Family Upstairs, “Lisa Jewell is a superb writer at the top of her game” (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author) with another jaw-dropping, intricate, and affecting novel about the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love and uncover the truth.

  • Strictly Between Us by Jane Fallon

    Strictly Between Us by Jane Fallon

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552623 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Strictly Between UsAuthor: Jane FallonNarrator: Natasha LittleFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 27 minutesRelease date: August 4, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Rumours, secrets and lies. It's all in a day's work. Tamsin and her best friend Michelle have been inseparable since they were teenagers. Even now they spend all their time together, along with Patrick, Michelle's handsome husband. So when Tamsin hears a rumour that Patrick is having an affair, she is furious. Unwilling to ignore it, Tamsin plots a scheme to catch Patrick in the act, using her assistant Bea as live-bait. It should be fool proof. After all, Tamsin can trust Bea with anything. From her daily coffee order to fetching her dry-cleaning, writing reports and doing all the filing - Bea does everything with a smile on her face. Except Tamsin never considered Bea might have her own agenda. And if she does, then Tamsin really needs to watch her back . . . Praise for Strictly Between Us 'I raced through this beautifully written, thoughtful and exciting story, alternately cringing and cheering as things veer further off-piste after nail-biting moments I defy anyone to predict. I didn't like it, I loved it' Daily Mail 'A smart, edgy and cautionary tale of friendship and fidelity' Sunday Mirror 'A deliciously edgy read full of double-dealings and divided loyalties' Good Housekeeping 'A fast-moving, clever and genuinely funny story filled with twists and turns' Closer 'Sassy, sharply observed' Woman & Home 'Fallon's characterisation is always spot-on and this book is no different, with well-drawn out characters and a tight plot that barrels along towards a brilliant climax' Press Association 'Sparkling and unpredictable' Elle 'Chick lit with an edge' Guardian 'A hilarious read' Bella 'Absorbing, entertaining and spiky tale full of twists, turns and ruthless double crossing' Daily Express 'A clever book that makes you laugh, makes you angry - and makes you wonder whose side you would take if it happened to you . . .' Woman 'I love Fallon, she's in a category all of her own - her books are great fun and her characters are fabulous, believable women who take no nonsense. The plot is so juicy: it's about trapping a cheating man and it's told from the points of view of two women who were friends, but one of them has developed an agenda all of her own. It's fun, clever, warm and utterly un-putdownable' Marian Keyes, Daily Mail 'A fast-moving, clever and genuinely funny story filled with twists and turns' Closer 'Queen of chick lit Jane Fallon brings us another gripping novel of friendship, deceit and drama. She is at her edgy and entertaining best - definitely one to be passed around your girl squad!' OK Magazine © Jane Fallon 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

  • Thank You For Listening: A Novel by Julia Whelan

    Thank You For Listening: A Novel by Julia Whelan

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551259 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Thank You For Listening: A NovelAuthor: Julia WhelanNarrator: Julia WhelanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 15 minutesRelease date: August 2, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 235 Ratings of Narrator: 4.84 of Total 37Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: From the author of My Oxford Year, Julia Whelan’s uplifting novel tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator—who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident—and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel. For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of being a star on film sets are long behind her. She’s found success and satisfaction from the inside of a sound booth and it allows her to care for her beloved, ailing grandmother. When she arrives in Las Vegas last-minute for a book convention, Sewanee unexpectedly spends a whirlwind night with a charming stranger. On her return home, Sewanee discovers one of the world’s most beloved romance novelists wanted her to perform her last book—with Brock McNight, the industry’s hottest, most secretive voice. Sewanee doesn’t buy what romance novels are selling—not after her own dreams were tragically cut short—and she stopped narrating them years ago. But her admiration of the late author, and the opportunity to get her grandmother more help, makes her decision for her. As Sewanee begins work on the book, resurrecting her old romance pseudonym, she and Brock forge a real connection, hidden behind the comfort of anonymity. Soon, she is dreaming again, but secrets are revealed, and the realities of life come crashing down around her once more. If she can learn to risk everything for desires she has long buried, she will discover a world of intimacy and acceptance she never believed would be hers.

  • Sugar and Salt: A Novel by Susan Wiggs

    Sugar and Salt: A Novel by Susan Wiggs

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551286 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Sugar and Salt: A NovelAuthor: Susan WiggsNarrator: Christine LakinFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 58 minutesRelease date: July 26, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Lost and Found Bookstore returns to Perdita Street with a can’t-miss tale of friendship, hardship, redemption, and love between a San Francisco baker and a barbecue master from Texas. Jerome “Sugar” Barnes learned the art of baking in his grandma’s bakery, also called Sugar, on historic Perdita Street in San Francisco. He supplies baked goods to the Lost and Found Bookshop across the street. When the restaurant that shares his commercial kitchen loses its longtime tenant, a newcomer moves in: Margot Salton, a barbecue master from Texas. Margot isn’t exactly on the run, but she needs a fresh start. She’s taken care of herself her whole life, pulling herself up by her fingernails to recover from trauma, and her dream has been to open a restaurant somewhere far, far from Texas. The shared kitchen with Jerome Sugar’s bakery is the perfect setup: a state-of-the-art kitchen and a vibrant neighborhood popular with tourists and locals. Margot instantly takes to Jerome’s grandmother, the lively, opinionated Ida, and the older woman proves to be a good mentor. Margot thinks Jerome is gorgeous, and despite their different backgrounds their attraction is powerful—even though Jerome worries that Margot will simply move on from him once she’s found some peace and stability. But just as she starts to relax into a happy new future, Margot’s past in Texas comes back to haunt her
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  • The Lost and Found Girl by Maisey Yates

    The Lost and Found Girl by Maisey Yates

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551247 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Lost and Found GirlAuthor: Maisey YatesNarrator: Samantha CookFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 16 minutesRelease date: July 26, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: "Yates packs an emotional punch with this masterful, multilayered contemporary
pitch-perfect plotting and carefully crafted characters make for a story that’s sure to linger in readers’ minds.” —Publishers Weekly New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates dazzles with this powerful novel of sisterhood, secrets and how far you’d go to protect someone you love
 Ruby McKee is a miracle. Found abandoned on a bridge as a newborn baby by the McKee sisters, she’s become the unofficial mascot of Pear Blossom, Oregon, a symbol of hope in the wake of a devastating loss. Ruby has lived a charmed life, and when she returns home after traveling abroad, she’s expecting to settle into that charm. But an encounter with the town’s black sheep makes her question the truth about her mysterious past. Dahlia McKee knows it’s not right to resent Ruby for being special. But uncovering the truth about Ruby’s origins could allow Dahlia to carve her own place in Pear Blossom history. Recently widowed Lydia McKee has enough on her plate without taking on Ruby’s quest for answers. Especially when her husband’s best friend, Chase, is beginning to become a complication she doesn’t want or need. Marianne Martin is glad her youngest sister is back in town, but it’s hard to support Ruby’s crusade when her own life is imploding. When the quest for the truth about Ruby’s origins uncovers a devastating secret, will the McKee sisters fall apart or band together? Don't miss Maisey Yates' next holiday novel, Merry Christmas Cowboy!

  • The Littlest Library: A Novel by Poppy Alexander

    The Littlest Library: A Novel by Poppy Alexander

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551366 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Littlest Library: A NovelAuthor: Poppy AlexanderNarrator: Karen CassFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 16 minutesRelease date: July 19, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the littlest library in England and brings together a struggling town. A little red telephone box full of stories, a chance to change her life... Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess’ life is turned upside down. Determined to pick up the pieces, Jess decides it’s time for a new beginning. Unable to part with her grandmother’s cherished books, she packs them all up and moves to a tiny cottage in the English countryside. To her surprise, Jess discovers that she’s now the owner of an old red phone box that was left on the property. Missing her job at the local library, Jess decides to give back to her new community—using her grandmother’s collection to turn the ordinary phone box into the littlest library in England. It’s not long before the books are borrowed and begin to work their literary magic—bringing the villagers together... and managing to draw Jess’ grumpy but handsome neighbor out of his shell. Maybe it’s finally time for Jess to follow her heart, let go of her old life, and make the village her home? But will she be able to take the leap?

  • Switchboard Soldiers: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini

    Switchboard Soldiers: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551321 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Switchboard Soldiers: A NovelAuthor: Jennifer ChiaveriniNarrator: Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 44 minutesRelease date: July 19, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I—the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory. “An eye-opening and detailed novel about remarkable female soldiers. . . Chiaverini weaves the intersecting threads of these brave women’s lives together, highlighting their deep sense of pride and duty.”—Kirkus Reviews In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed telephone operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women—but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, including Grace Banker of New Jersey, a switchboard instructor with AT&T and an alumna of Barnard College; Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman and aspiring opera singer; and Valerie DeSmedt, a twenty-year-old Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles, determined to strike a blow for her native Belgium. They were among the first women sworn into the U.S. Army under the Articles of War. The male soldiers they had replaced had needed one minute to connect each call. The switchboard soldiers could do it in ten seconds. Deployed throughout France, including near the front lines, the operators endured hardships and risked death or injury from gunfire, bombardments, and the Spanish Flu. Not all of them would survive. The women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps served with honor and played an essential role in achieving the Allied victory. Their story has never been the focus of a novel
until now.

  • The Swell by Allie Reynolds

    The Swell by Allie Reynolds

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548772 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The SwellAuthor: Allie ReynoldsNarrator: Samara Maclaren, Joe Eyre, George Weightman, Nicolette Chin, George Greenland, Sid Sagar, Helen KeeleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 8 minutesRelease date: July 19, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: 'Fast-paced, nail-bitingly tense and packed full of twists and turns. I found it unputdownable – loved it!'--Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium Point Break meets And Then There Were None in a pulse-pounding beach read that explores the dangerous ties between a group of elite surfers who are determined to find the perfect waves at any cost
even murder. The waves are to die for. Three years ago, passionate surfer Kenna Ward lost her two great loves—after her boyfriend drowned, she hung up her surfboard and swore off the water for good. But she is drawn back to the beach when her best friend, Mikki, announces her sudden engagement to a man Kenna has never met—a member of a tight-knit group of surfers. Kenna travels to a remote Australian beach, entering a dangerous world far from civilization where the waves, weather, and tides are all that matter. Kenna is tempted back into the surf, and drawn into the dazzling group and the beach they call their own. But this coastal paradise has a dark side, and members of the group begin to go missing. Kenna realizes that in order to protect Mikki and learn more about the surfers, she must become one of them
without becoming one of their victims. What follows is an adrenaline-fueled thriller packed with twists and turns, exploring the dangerous edge between passion and obsession.

  • Nothing But the Truth: A Novel by Holly James

    Nothing But the Truth: A Novel by Holly James

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552798 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Nothing But the Truth: A NovelAuthor: Holly JamesNarrator: Brittany PressleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 48 minutesRelease date: July 12, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: 'The balm for the soul that I needed. We women don’t need to smile more or look pretty or conform to expectations
we just need to read this, buy a copy for our best friends, and toast to the truth.'—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here In this sparkling, page-turning debut, Lucy Green learns that when you make a wish, you don't always get what you want
but you might just get exactly what you need. It’s the eve of Hollywood publicist Lucy Green’s thirtieth birthday, a day she hopes will bring the promotion she deserves and a proposal from her boyfriend. But he stands her up for a date, not for the first time, leaving Lucy alone at the bar—or at least, alone with the handsome bartender on the other side of the counter—so she makes a rueful wish over her cocktail for a perfect birthday. But when Lucy’s wish is granted in the most unexpected way, things go terribly awry, as things often do when wishes come true
. When Lucy wakes up on her big day, she can’t seem to force herself to go through her rigorous fitness and beauty routines—things she usually tells herself she likes. She has no desire to eat only a spoonful of yogurt for breakfast and she simply can’t bear to put on the uncomfortable shapewear needed for the power outfit she had planned for work. Then Lucy arrives at the office, and she realizes that not only can she no longer lie to herself, she can’t lie to anyone else, either. Not her clients, not her boyfriend, not her creep of a boss. Now that she can’t hide how she feels, Lucy must confront all the injustices—small and large—she’s faced on a daily basis at work, in her relationship, and in every other aspect of her life...and the truth is going to come out in a big way. This sharp, bighearted, and magical novel tackles all the lies women are encouraged to tell just to get by in today’s world—in life, in love, and in the workplace—and the liberation that can come from telling nothing but the truth.

  • No Funny Business by Amanda Aksel

    No Funny Business by Amanda Aksel

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552796 to listen full audiobooks.Title: No Funny BusinessAuthor: Amanda AkselNarrator: Amanda RonconiFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 47 minutesRelease date: July 12, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: “Good sarcastic banter, discussions of top comedians and enough food descriptions to make me salivate.”—USA Today Two down-on-their-luck comedians embark on a road tour and find more than a few good laughs on the way. Olivia Vincent dreams of stand-up comedy stardom. Bustling around a busy Manhattan office by day and hustling from club to club by night, she can’t catch a break. Work is falling through the cracks, and after ditching a major client to make a performance, Olivia gets the boot. Determined to pursue her dreams, she snags an audition in Los Angeles for a coveted spot on late-night TV. But the only way to get there is to join seasoned stand-up Nick Leto on a cross-country road tour. She agrees on one condition—no funny business. Icky comedy condos, tiny smoking nightclubs, and Nick’s incessant classic rock radio are a far cry from life on the Upper East Side. Reality sets in, and Olivia wonders if she can hack it in showbiz or if she’s just a hack. As Nick helps Olivia improve her act along the way, sparks begin to fly and ignite what they thought was an impossible flame. Maybe being stuck with Nick in a Jeep isn’t so bad. As long as it doesn’t get in the way of Olivia’s actual funny business.

  • The Soviet Sisters: A Novel of the Cold War by Anika Scott

    The Soviet Sisters: A Novel of the Cold War by Anika Scott

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551784 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Soviet Sisters: A Novel of the Cold WarAuthor: Anika ScottNarrator: Yelena Shmulenson, Kirsten PotterFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 51 minutesRelease date: July 12, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: From bestselling author of The German Heiress, a gripping new historical novel filled with secrets, lies, and betrayals, following two spy sisters during the Cold War. ''Anika Scott pens a fascinating tale of secrets, surveillance, and sisterhood.... The Soviet Sisters will suck you in to the very last page!'' —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye “Electrifying, meticulously researched, and expertly plotted, The Soviet Sisters is at once a Cold War thriller, a gripping spy story, a page-turning mystery, and a familial drama.” —Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera’s cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves. Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister's conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up. Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters.

  • Groupies: A Novel by Sarah Priscus

    Groupies: A Novel by Sarah Priscus

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551363 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Groupies: A NovelAuthor: Sarah PriscusNarrator: Alex MckennaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 24 minutesRelease date: July 12, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: ''What a thrill it is to read Sarah Priscus’ 70s rock, California-dreaming Groupies. This shimmering debut is packed with tenderness and awe against a backdrop of drugs, sex, rock stars, and high drama. Faun is a lovable, believable, and wonderfully drawn character who will remain in my heart and mind for a very, very long time.'' — Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane In a debut perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six, Mary Jane, and Almost Famous, Sarah Priscus shines a bright light on the grungy yet glittery world of 1970s rock 'n' roll and the women – the groupies – who unapologetically love too much in a world that doesn’t love them back. It’s 1977, and Faun Novak is in love with rock ‘n’ roll. After her mother’s death, Faun, a naïve college dropout, grabs her Polaroid and hops a Greyhound to Los Angeles. In the City of Angels, she reconnects with her charismatic childhood friend Josie, now an up-and-coming model and muse. To make their reunion even sweeter, Josie is now dating Cal Holiday, the frontman of the superstar rock band Holiday Sun, and Faun is positively mesmerized. Except it’s not just the band she can’t get enough of. It’s also the proud groupies who support them in myriad ways. Among the groupies are: a doting high school girl at war with her mother; a drug-dealing wife and new mom who longs to be a star herself; and a cynical mover-and-shaker with a soft spot for Holiday Sun’s bassist. Faun obsessively photographs every aspect of this dazzling new world, struggling to balance her artistic ambitions with the band’s expectations. As her confidence grows for the first time in her life, her priorities shift. She becomes reckless with friendship, romance, her ethics, and her bank account. But just as everything is going great and her boring, old life is falling away, Faun realizes just how blind she has been to the darkest corners of this glamorous musical dreamland as the summer heats up and everything spirals out of control . . . Equal parts an evocative coming-of-age and a cutting look at fame, desire, and the media, Groupies is a novel that will have you turning the pages until the music- and drug-fueled end.

  • The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre

    The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Yellow KitchenAuthor: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyreNarrator: Heather LongFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 12 minutesRelease date: July 7, 2022Genres: Contemporary WomenPublisher's Summary: Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to be reunited in the yellow kitchen. That is, until a trip to Lisbon unravels unexplored desires between Claude and Sophie. Having sex is one thing, waking up the day after is the beginning of something new. Exploring the complexities of female friendship, The Yellow Kitchen is a hymn to the last year of London as we knew it and a celebration of the culture, the food and the rhythms we live by. Praise for The Yellow Kitchen: ‘Rich and thoroughly intoxicating, The Yellow Kitchen is a sensual journey into friendship, food and female sexuality, full of complex, fascinating characters and bold ideas. I loved it’ Rosie Walsh ‘A heady mix of politics, friendship, sex and food, poignant, provocative and utterly distinctive’ Paula Hawkins ‘An exquisite novel — beautifully rendered, powerfully told, and so deeply felt. I urge you to read this novel — you will never forget it’ Lucia Osborne-Crowley 'Mixing female friendship, romance, loss, redemption, and memorable meals, The Yellow Kitchen is the perfect recipe for a flavorful literary feast. With subtle dashes of wit and generous sprinklings of honesty, Margaux Vialleron has crafted a brave and tender tale' Kim Fay, author of Love & Saffron​ ‘The Yellow Kitchen is so warm and convivial in atmosphere, and its discussion of the politics of the UK and their impact very poignant. It portrayed beautifully the sense of adventure of being a certain age, with its rush and richness and emotional confusion, and I found it such a satisfying read’ Emily Itami, author of Fault Lines

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