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  • Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455401 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Christmas in Painted Pony CreekSeries: #4 of Painted Pony CreekAuthor: Linda Lael MillerNarrator: Jack GarrettFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 42 minutesRelease date: October 10, 2023Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Christmas Romance Get cozy with this heartwarming holiday story! Can a Christmas miracle mend her broken heart? Tessa Stafford will do anything for her daughter, Isabel
even stay on the run to protect Isabel from her narcissistic grandmother. But when her car breaks down in Painted Pony Creek, Tessa gets caught up in the warm embrace of the town and feels safe enough to build a home—and a life—for them both. Love is the last thing on her mind until rugged cowboy and lawyer Jesse McKettrick’s sexy smile and easy way tempt her into imagining more. But can she trust this handsome stranger with her heart? When Tessa and her adorable daughter blow into town, Jesse McKettrick is smitten—by both the little girl and her beautiful mother. He’s always wanted a family of his own. Maybe this Christmas, his wish will finally come true. But the walls around Tessa are impenetrable, and when Tessa’s past threatens their newfound future—and the family he’s come to love—Jesse won’t let them go without a fight.

  • Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc

    Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455394 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Empty TheatreAuthor: Jac JemcNarrator: Jefferson MaysFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 10 minutesRelease date: February 21, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A wildly over-the-top social satire reimagining the mad misadventures of the iconic royal cousins King Ludwig and Empress Sisi, from the incomparable Jac Jemc. History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal to submit to the roles imposed upon them. Ludwig, simultaneously spoiled and punished for his softness and 'unmanly' interests, falls hard for the operas of Richard Wagner and neglects his state duties in the pursuit of art. Sisi, married at the age of sixteen to her beloved Franzl, bristles at the restrictions of her elevated position, the value placed on her beauty, and the simultaneous expectation that she ravage her body again and again in childbirth. Both absurdly vain, both traumatized by the demands of their roles, Sisi and Ludwig struggle against the ideals they are expected to embody, and resist through extravagance, petulance, performance, and frivolity. A tragicomic tour de force, Empty Theatre immerses readers in Ludwig and Sisi’s rarefied, ridiculous, restrictive world—where the aesthetics of excess belie the isolation of its inhabitants. With wit, pathos, and imagination, Jac Jemc takes us on an unforgettable journey through two extraordinary parallel lives and the complex, tenuous friendship that linked them.

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  • The Women of Troy: A Novel by Pat Barker

    The Women of Troy: A Novel by Pat Barker

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459338 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Women of Troy: A NovelAuthor: Pat BarkerNarrator: Kristin AthertonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 17 minutesRelease date: August 24, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers' (The Washington Post). Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean. It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester. Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.

  • Yours Cheerfully: A Novel by Aj Pearce

    Yours Cheerfully: A Novel by Aj Pearce

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465597 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Yours Cheerfully: A NovelSeries: #2 of The Emmy Lake ChroniclesAuthor: Aj PearceNarrator: Anna PopplewellFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 55 minutesRelease date: August 10, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) and international bestseller Dear Mrs. Bird comes a charming and uplifting novel set in London during World War II about a plucky young journalist and her adventures as wartime advice columnist. London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman’s Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the new challenges as a wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend Charles is blossoming, while Emmy’s best friend Bunty, still reeling from the very worst of the Blitz, is bravely looking to the future. Together, the friends are determined to Make a Go of It. When the Ministry of Information calls on Britain’s women’s magazines to help recruit female workers to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled to step up and help. But when she and Bunty meet a young mother who shows them the very real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must confront a dilemma between doing her duty and standing by her friends. As funny, heartwarming, and touching as Dear Mrs. Bird, Yours Cheerfully is an endearing portrait of female friendship and “a fruitful exploration of the solidarity among women in times of grief, love, and hardship” (Publishers Weekly).

  • Red Traitor: A Novel by Owen Matthews

    Red Traitor: A Novel by Owen Matthews

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466855 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Red Traitor: A NovelSeries: #2 of The Black Sun TrilogyAuthor: Owen MatthewsNarrator: Mark BramhallFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 52 minutesRelease date: July 20, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An electrifying thriller set during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, seen from a bone-chilling vantage point: set somewhere off the Florida coastline, trapped aboard the claustrophobic confines of an isolated Soviet submarine with open orders to fire its nuclear payload. ‱ From the author of Black Sun. The year is 1962, and KGB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin is chasing a white elephant: the long-rumored existence of an American spy embedded at the highest echelon of Soviet power. In a wild-goose chase that has Vasin engaged in high-stakes espionage against a rival State agency, he first hears whispers of an ominous top-secret undertaking: Operation Anadyr. As tensions flare between Nikita Khrushchev and President Kennedy over Russian missiles hidden in Cuba, four Soviet submarines are ordered to make a covert run at the American blockade in the Caribbean--each sub carrying tactical ballistic missiles armed with thermonuclear warheads. Critically acclaimed novelist Owen Matthews has crafted an incredibly taut thriller around one of the most treacherous moments in modern history, where the fate of the world rested on the itchy trigger finger of one lone Soviet naval officer, 100-meters under the sea, out of all contact with his commanders.

  • M, King's Bodyguard: A Novel by Niall Leonard

    M, King's Bodyguard: A Novel by Niall Leonard

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464586 to listen full audiobooks.Title: M, King's Bodyguard: A NovelAuthor: Niall LeonardNarrator: Marcus LambFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 39 minutesRelease date: July 13, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A thrilling, 'action-packed page-turner' (Wall Street Journal) based on a true story of anarchy and assassination in Edwardian London, centred around one detective’s mission to preserve the life of his king and prevent a bloody war in Europe. From humble beginnings in Ireland, William Melville has risen through hard work, intelligence, and occasional brute force to become head of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch, personal bodyguard to Queen Victoria and her family, and the scourge of anarchists at home and abroad. But when the aged Queen dies in January 1901 and the crowned heads of Europe converge on London for her funeral, Melville learns of a conspiracy, led by a mysterious nihilist known only as Akushku, to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany at the ceremony. Racing to prevent the atrocity, Melville and his German counterpart Gustav Steinhauer find themselves tangled in a web of adultery, betrayal, and violence. As the funeral looms ever closer, Melville realizes that Akushku is the most resourceful and vicious foe he has yet encountered—but is the greater threat from Melville’s enemies, or his allies?

  • Reputation: ‘If Bridgerton and Fleabag had a book baby’ Sarra Manning, perfect for fans of 'Mean Girls' by Lex Croucher

    Reputation: ‘If Bridgerton and Fleabag had a book baby’ Sarra Manning, perfect for fans of 'Mean Girls' by Lex Croucher

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460920 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Reputation: ‘If Bridgerton and Fleabag had a book baby’ Sarra Manning, perfect for fans of 'Mean Girls'Author: Lex CroucherNarrator: Bessie CarterFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 59 minutesRelease date: July 8, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: It is a truth universally acknowledged that girls just wanna have fun. Abandoned by her parents in favour of a sea view, middle class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull dinner party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy socialite and enchanting member of the in-crowd. Through Frances and her friends, Georgiana is introduced to a new world of wild parties, drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely alluring hands, and the sparkling upper echelons of Regency society. But high society isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the price of entry might be more than Georgiana is willing to pay . . . This witty romcom about status, friendship, and first loves explores sex and consent in a time when reputation was absolutely everything, and feminism in a time when women's rights were a completely different story. It's full of lavish parties, handsome men on horseback and a sense of humour that would have given Austen herself a chuckle. Performed by Bessie Carter (Bridgerton, Beecham House, Howard's End). 'A spirited Regency romcom, which tears up the Regency romcom rulebook! If Bridgerton and Fleabag had a book baby, it would be Reputation. I inhaled it in one sitting' Sarra Manning 'I had so much fun reading Reputation. It's a total blast' Louise O'Neill 'The perfect blend of period drama decadence with Mean Girls gossip. Beyond entertaining - high debauchery with a feminist swing' Abigail Mann

  • The Victory Girls by Joanna Toye

    The Victory Girls by Joanna Toye

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457906 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Victory GirlsSeries: #5 of The Shop GirlsAuthor: Joanna ToyeNarrator: Becky WrightFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 56 minutesRelease date: July 8, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! As the tides of war turn, friendship has never been more important
 Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push on towards longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But where does her duty lie? Her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her new husband back with the Navy. And their friend Beryl is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the bomb damage. So while wedding bells are ringing for others at Marlows Department Store, where Lily works, will they be heard for Lily herself – or does fate have another twist in store? Acclaim for Joanna Toye ‘Warm and wonderfully page-turning’ Annie Groves ‘A wonderful testament to friendship as the Allied Forces push on towards victory’ Women’s Weekly ‘Family drama, community spirit and love
[a] warm, compassionate read’ People’s Friend

  • The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A Novel by Kristin Harmel

    The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A Novel by Kristin Harmel

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465584 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A NovelAuthor: Kristin HarmelNarrator: Kristin Harmel, Madeleine MabyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 21 minutesRelease date: July 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 8Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Parade “Best Books of Summer” pick * Real Simple pick * She Reads “Best WWII Fiction of Summer 2021” pick The New York Times bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything. After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest—and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything. Inspired by incredible true stories of survival against staggering odds, and suffused with the journey-from-the-wilderness elements that made Where the Crawdads Sing a worldwide phenomenon, The Forest of Vanishing Stars is a heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author whose writing has been hailed as “sweeping and magnificent” (Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author), “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), and “gripping” (Tampa Bay Times).

  • The Hollywood Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia Macneal

    The Hollywood Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia Macneal

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463142 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Hollywood Spy: A Maggie Hope MysterySeries: #10 of Maggie HopeAuthor: Susan Elia MacnealNarrator: Susan DuerdenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 22 minutesRelease date: July 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Maggie Hope is off to California to solve a crime that hits too close to home—and to confront the very evil she thought she had left behind in Europe—as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL ‱ “An absolute triumph . . . Maggie Hope is irresistible.”—Hilary Davidson, author of Her Last Breath Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the United States military slowly closes in on Tokyo, Walt Disney cranks out wartime propaganda and the Cocoanut Grove is alive with jazz and swing every night. But behind this sunny façade lies a darker reality. Up in the lush foothills of Hollywood, a woman floats lifeless in the pool of one of California’s trendiest hotels. When American-born secret agent and British spy Maggie Hope learns that this woman was engaged to her former fiancĂ©e, John Sterling, and that he suspects her death was no accident, intuition tells her he’s right. Leaving London under siege is a lot to ask—but John was once the love of Maggie’s life . . . and she can’t say no. Maggie struggles with seeing her lost love again, but more shocking is the realization that her country is as divided and convulsed with hatred as Europe. The Zoot Suit Riots loom large in Los Angeles, and the Ku Klux Klan casts a long shadow everywhere. But there is little time to dwell on memories once she starts digging into the case. As she traces a web of deception from the infamous Garden of Allah to the iconic Carthay Circle Theater, she discovers things aren’t always the way things appear in the movies—and the political situation in America is more complicated, and dangerous, than the newsreels would have them all believe.

  • The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457106 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club PickAuthor: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher MurrayNarrator: Robin MilesFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 23 minutesRelease date: June 29, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 329 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 93Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

  • In Royal Service to the Queen: A Novel of the Queen's Governess by Tessa Arlen

    In Royal Service to the Queen: A Novel of the Queen's Governess by Tessa Arlen

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462989 to listen full audiobooks.Title: In Royal Service to the Queen: A Novel of the Queen's GovernessAuthor: Tessa ArlenNarrator: Mhairi MorrisonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 33 minutesRelease date: June 29, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Now a USA TODAY Bestseller! “Engrossing. Fans of The Crown will devour this.”--Publishers Weekly The revealing story of Queen Elizabeth II's beloved governess, Marion Crawford, who spent more than sixteen years of her life in loyal service to the royal family and was later shunned by those she has loved and served. Marion Crawford can remember each of the wonderful years when she was governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose: included in their lives, confided in, needed, trusted, and loved. These memories will never dim, ever. In Marion's mind, she will always be their Crawfie. But things become increasingly complicated as the young royals navigate adulthood. It is May 1945 and Princess Elizabeth--the heiress presumptive to the British throne--has fallen in love, and the only member of her family who is happy for her is her governess. No one in the young princess's life thinks that Prince Philip of Greece would be a suitable husband for the future Queen of England. No one that is, except for Marion Crawford. Crawfie wholeheartedly supports Elizabeth in her determination to marry Philip. She too has fallen in love--and has convinced her fiancĂ©, George, that they must wait for Elizabeth and Philip to receive the King's blessing before she can leave her service to the Crown. Over the next two years Crawfie is caught between loyalty to Princess Elizabeth; running the risk of alienating her royal employer, Queen Elizabeth; and losing the man she loves. But as Crawfie prevails to marry George and stands with him in Westminster Abbey on Elizabeth and Philip's wedding day, she is unaware that her troubled relationship with Queen Elizabeth is far from over. And just around the corner is a betrayal that will sever her bond with the royal family forever.

  • What a Happy Family by Saumya Dave

    What a Happy Family by Saumya Dave

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460664 to listen full audiobooks.Title: What a Happy FamilyAuthor: Saumya DaveNarrator: Soneela NankaniFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 36 minutesRelease date: June 22, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: 'A full, big hearted novel.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six Nestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women’s fiction novel from the author of Well-Behaved Indian Women From the outside, the Joshi family is the quintessential Indian-American family. Decades ago, Bina and Deepak immigrated to America, where she became a pillar of their local Indian community and he, a successful psychiatrist. Their eldest daughter, Suhani, is following the footsteps of her father’s career and happily married. Natasha, their middle daughter, is about to become engaged to the son of longtime family friends. And Anuj, their son—well he’s a son and what could be better than that? But a family scandal shows that nothing is as it seems. Bina’s oldest friendship starts to unravel and she finds herself as an outsider in the community she helped build. Suhani discovers that her perfect marriage isn’t as solid as she thought. Natasha faces a series of rejections that send her into a downward spiral. As they encounter public humiliation, gossiping aunties, and self-doubt, the Joshi family must rely on each other like never before. But sometimes, family has to fall apart in order to come back stronger than before.

  • Strange Flowers: A Novel by Donal Ryan

    Strange Flowers: A Novel by Donal Ryan

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466844 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Strange Flowers: A NovelAuthor: Donal RyanNarrator: Donna NikolaisenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 58 minutesRelease date: June 15, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD NOVEL OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards “Mr. Ryan writes conspicuously beautiful prose
 The fleeting happiness and abiding melancholy of the asymmetry, heightened by the intimately rendered surroundings, brings out Mr. Ryan’s most sensuous and emotive writing.” –The Wall Street Journal From the Booker nominated author of The Queen of Dirt Island, Donal Ryan's new novel follows the Gladney family across three generations seeking the true meaning of what it is to find home and love. In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.

  • Widespread Panic: A novel by James Ellroy

    Widespread Panic: A novel by James Ellroy

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459557 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Widespread Panic: A novelAuthor: James EllroyNarrator: Craig WassonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 18 minutesRelease date: June 15, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine. Freddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to know in ‘50s L.A. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp—and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet—and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink, and the scurrilous skank. It mauled misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Mattress Jack Kennedy, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson—Frantic Freddy outed them all. He was the Tattle Tyrant who held Hollywood hostage, and now he’s here to CONFESS. “I’m consumed with candor and wracked with recollection. I’m revitalized and resurgent. My meshugenah march down memory lane begins NOW.” In Freddy’s viciously entertaining voice, Widespread Panic torches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It’s a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between. Here is James Ellroy in savage quintessence. Freddy Otash confesses—and you are here to read and succumb.

  • The Great Mistake: A Novel by Jonathan Lee

    The Great Mistake: A Novel by Jonathan Lee

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459340 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Great Mistake: A NovelAuthor: Jonathan LeeNarrator: Graham HalsteadFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 42 minutesRelease date: June 15, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An exultant novel of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, about one man's rise to fame and fortune, and his mysterious murder—“engrossing” (Wall Street Journal), “immersive” (The New Yorker), and “seriously entertaining” (The Sunday Times, London). Andrew Haswell Green is dead, shot at the venerable age of eighty-three, when he thought life could hold no more surprises. The killing—on Park Avenue in broad daylight, on Friday the thirteenth—shook the city. Born to a struggling farmer, Green was a self-made man without whom there would be no Central Park, no Metropolitan Museum of Art, no Museum of Natural History, no New York Public Library. But Green had a secret, a life locked within him that now, in the hour of his death, may finally break free. A work of tremendous depth and piercing emotion, The Great Mistake is the story of a city transformed, a murder that made a private man infamous, and a portrait of a singular individual who found the world closed off to him—yet enlarged it.

  • The River Between Us by Liz Fenwick

    The River Between Us by Liz Fenwick

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457907 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The River Between UsAuthor: Liz FenwickNarrator: Lucy ScottFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 6 minutesRelease date: June 10, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A forgotten house and a secret hidden for a century
 'Wonderfully evocative’ Judy Finnigan 'An absolute delight!' Hazel Gaynor ‘Wonderful escapism’ Tracy Rees ’A lovely story' Erica James ‘Gloriously rich’ Rachel Hore ‘Sublime storytelling’ Cathy Bramley ‘Emotional’ Kate Ryder Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she needs to heal. Yet soon after her arrival, Theo discovers a stash of hidden letters tied with a ribbon, untouched for more than a century. The letters – sent from the battlefields of France during WW1 – tell of a young servant from the nearby manor house, Abbotswood, and his love for a woman he was destined to lose. As she begins to bring Boatman’s Cottage and its gardens back to life, Theo pieces together a story of star-crossed lovers played out against the river, while finding her own new path to happiness. The River Between Us beautifully explores the mystery and secrets of a long-forgotten love affair, and will be loved by fans of Kate Morton. Praise for The River Between Us: 'Wonderfully evocative’ Judy Finnigan 'Full of delicious atmosphere and intrigue, and with a compelling mystery flowing through its pages 
 an absolute delight!' Hazel Gaynor ‘Wonderful escapism 
 a relaxing, evocative read’ Tracy Rees 'A lovely story that blends the past and the present beautifully' Erica James ‘I enjoyed sinking into this gloriously rich novel, so laced with secrets. What a vivid cast of characters!’ Rachel Hore ‘Sublime storytelling’ Cathy Bramley ‘A compellingly atmospheric and emotional rollercoaster of a read’ Kate Ryder ‘Beautifully descriptive, unashamedly romantic and evocative’ Veronica Henry ‘A captivating and romantic Cornish story that explores the tangle of relationships connecting us through time’ Susanna Kearsley ‘Captures the magical atmosphere of Devon and Cornwall’ Rosanna Ley ‘I had THAT feeling when you've been away to a lovely place for a while and don't want to come back’ Nicola Cornick

  • Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and Kings by Mesu Andrews

    Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and Kings by Mesu Andrews

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463971 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and KingsAuthor: Mesu AndrewsNarrator: Nan Mcnamara, Kirby HeyborneFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 41 minutesRelease date: June 8, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's favor, a boy determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will awake in her all the fears and pain of her past and she must turn to the only One who can give life, calm her fears, and deliver a nation. 'Andrews (The Pharaoh’s Daughter) offers her unique brand of in-depth Bible knowledge and storytelling flair ... [she] is gifted at bringing the past to life...' —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

  • Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile Novel by Mesu Andrews

    Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile Novel by Mesu Andrews

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463951 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile NovelSeries: #2 of Treasures of the NileAuthor: Mesu AndrewsNarrator: Robin MilesFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 25 minutesRelease date: June 8, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: The Hebrews call me prophetess, the Egyptians a seer. But I am neither. I am simply a watcher of Israel and the messenger of El Shaddai. When He speaks to me in dreams, I interpret. When He whispers a melody, I sing. At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God has a new name – Yahweh – and has declared a radical deliverance for the Israelites. Miriam and her beloved family face an impossible choice: cling to familiar bondage or embrace uncharted freedom at an unimaginable cost. Even if the Hebrews survive the plagues set to turn the Nile to blood and unleash a maelstrom of frogs and locusts, can they weather the resulting fury of the Pharaoh? Enter an exotic land where a cruel Pharaoh reigns, pagan priests wield black arts, and the Israelites cry out to a God they only think they know.

  • Rainbow Milk: A Novel by Paul Mendez

    Rainbow Milk: A Novel by Paul Mendez

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460681 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Rainbow Milk: A NovelAuthor: Paul MendezNarrator: Paul MendezFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 43 minutesRelease date: June 8, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award ‱ An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing. 'The kind of novel you never knew you were waiting for.' —Marlon James In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity, and turns to sex work, music and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity and spirituality. A wholly original novel as tender as it is visceral, Rainbow Milk is a bold reckoning with race, class, sexuality, freedom and religion across generations, time and cultures.

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