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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434323 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Awakening (Unabridged Version)Author: Kate ChopinNarrator: Robin Laree BerryFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 10 minutesRelease date: July 6, 2023Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Immerse yourself in the captivating world of 'The Awakening (Unabridged Version)' by Kate Chopin, expertly narrated for your listening pleasure. This groundbreaking novel takes you on a transformative journey alongside Edna Pontellier as she defies societal norms and embarks on a quest for self-discovery and liberation. With a crisp and clear narration that breathes life into every sentence, this audiobook allows you to fully immerse yourself in the poignant prose of Kate Chopin. The talented narrator's voice transports you to the sultry atmosphere of 19th-century New Orleans, where Edna's longing for independence clashes with the constraints of her era. This faithful adaptation remains loyal to the original text, ensuring that you experience the full impact of Chopin's powerful storytelling. Delve into the complexities of human desires, societal expectations, and the struggle for personal freedom in this masterful work that continues to resonate with readers across generations. Perfect for fans of literary classics and those seeking thought-provoking narratives, 'The Awakening (Unabridged Version)' yearns to captivate your imagination and leave you pondering the boundaries of self-discovery and societal norms.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439521 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Hour of the Witch: A NovelAuthor: Chris BohjalianNarrator: Kaleo Griffith, Saskia Maarleveld, Julia Whelan, Danny Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall, Arthur Morey, Grace ExperienceFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 8 minutesRelease date: May 4, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.91 of Total 11Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER âą From the acclaimed author of The Flight Attendant: âHistorical fiction at its bestâŠ. The book is a thriller in structure, and a real page-turner, the ending both unexpected and satisfyingâ (Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the Outlander series, The Washington Post). A young Puritan womanâfaithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soulâplots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense. Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Maryâa woman who harbors secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colonyâsoon becomes herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows. A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense from one of our greatest storytellers, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433514 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Dictionary of Lost WordsAuthor: Pip WilliamsNarrator: Pippa Bennett-WarnerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 11 minutesRelease date: April 8, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.89 of Total 9Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word bondmaid flutter to the floor unclaimed. Esme seizes the word and hides it in an old wooden trunk that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world. Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words. Set when the women's suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It's a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape our experience of the world. © Pip Williams 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439563 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Last Exiles: A NovelAuthor: Ann ShinNarrator: June AngelaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 0 minutesRelease date: April 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE TRILLIUM AWARD An unforgettable saga inspired by true events, The Last Exiles is a searing portrait of a young couple in North Korea and their fight for love and freedom Jin and Suja meet and fall in love while studying at university in Pyongyang. She is a young journalist from a prominent family, while he is from a small village of little means. Outside the school, North Korea has fallen under great political upheaval, plunged into chaos and famine. When Jin returns home to find his family starving, their food rations all but gone, he makes a rash decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, miles away, Suja has begun to feel the tenuousness of her privilege when she learns that Jin has disappeared. Risking everything, and defying her family, Suja sets out to find him, embarking on a dangerous journey that leads her into a dark criminal underbelly and tests their love and will to survive. In this vivid and moving story, award-winning filmmaker Ann Shin offers a rare glimpse at life inside the guarded walls of North Korea and the harrowing experiences of those who are daring enough to attempt escape. Inspired by real stories of incredible bravery, The Last Exiles is a stunning debut about love, sacrifice and the price of liberty.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433372 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGillSeries: #3 of One Thousand White Women SeriesAuthor: Jim FergusNarrator: Erik Steele, Laura HicksFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 46 minutesRelease date: April 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Strongheart is the final installment to the One Thousand White Women trilogy, a novel about fierce women who are full of heart and the power to survive. In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant the opportunity to exchange one thousand horses for one thousand white women, in order to marry them with his warriors and create a lasting peace. These women, 'recruited' by force in the penitentiaries and asylums of the country, gradually integrate the way of life of the Cheyenne, at the time when the great massacres of the tribes begin. After the battle of Little Big Horn, some female survivors decide to take up arms against the United States, which has stolen from the Native Americans their lands, their way of life, their culture and their history. This ghost tribe of rebellious women will soon go underground to wage an implacable battle, which will continue from generation to generation. In this final volume of the One Thousand White Women trilogy, Jim Fergus mixes with rare mastery the struggle of women and Native Americans in the face of oppression, from the end of the 19th century until today. With a vivid sense of the 19th century American West, Fergus paints portraits of women as strong as they are unforgettable. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430894 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Widow QueenSeries: #3 of The BoldAuthor: Elzbieta CherezinskaNarrator: Cassandra CampbellFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 23 hours 50 minutesRelease date: April 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call herâtoo bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side. The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways. A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442950 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Leonora in the Morning LightAuthor: Michaela CarterNarrator: Michaela Carter, Jacques Roy, Fiona Hardingham, Cassandra CampbellFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 50 minutesRelease date: April 6, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: *One of Oprah Dailyâs Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels That Will Sweep You Away* âMichaela Carterâs training as a poet and painter shines through from the first page of this vivid, gorgeous novel based on the lives of Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst. Told with all the wild magic and mystery of the Surrealists themselves, Leonora in the Morning Light fearlessly illuminates the life and work of a formidable female artist.â âWhitney Scharer, bestselling author of The Age of Light For fans of Amy Bloomâs White Houses and Colm TĂłibĂnâs The Master, a âgorgeously written, meticulously researchedâ (Jillian Cantor, bestselling author of Half Life) novel about Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington and the art, drama, and romance that defined her coming-of-age during World War II. 1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France. Within moments, word spreads that Nazi capture is imminent, and the men flee for the woods, desperate to disappear across the Spanish border. One stays behind, determined to ride the train until he reaches home, to find a woman he refers to simply as âher.â 1937. Leonora Carrington is a twenty-year-old British socialite and painter when she meets Max Ernst, an older, married artist whose work has captivated Europe. She follows him to Paris, into the vibrant world of studios and cafes where rising visionaries of the Surrealist movement like Andre Breton, Pablo Picasso, Lee Miller, Man Ray, and Salvador Dali are challenging conventional approaches to art and life. Inspired by their freedom, Leonora begins to experiment with her own work, translating vivid stories of her youth onto canvas and gaining recognition under her own name. It is a bright and glorious age of enlightenmentâuntil war looms over Europe and headlines emerge denouncing Max and his circle as âdegenerates,â leading to his arrest and imprisonment. Left along as occupation spreads throughout the countryside, Leonora battles terrifying circumstances to survive, reawakening past demons that threaten to consume her. As Leonora and Max embark on remarkable journeys together and apart, the full story of their tumultuous and passionate love affair unfolds, spanning time and borders as they seek to reunite and reclaim their creative power in a world shattered by war. When their paths cross with Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector and socialite working to help artists escape to America, nothing will be the same. Based on true events and historical figures, Leonora in the Morning Light is âa deeply involving historical tale of tragic lost love, determined survival, the sanctuary of art, and the evolution of a muse into an artist of powerfully provocative feminist expressionâ (Booklist, starred review).
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431493 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Girl from the IslandAuthor: Lorna CookNarrator: Charlotte Newton JohnFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 32 minutesRelease date: April 1, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller! âWow! What an enthralling and emotional read! I was literally in tears⊠Captivating.â Goodreads reviewer, âââââ A world at war. One woman will risk everything. Another will uncover her story. 1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep â a childhood friend who has now become their enemy. 2016: Two generations later, Lucy returns to Guernsey after the death of a distant cousin. As she prepares the old family house for sale, Lucy discovers a box of handwritten notes, one word standing out: resistance. Lucyâs search for the author will uncover the story of a forgotten sister who vanished from the island one night, never to be seen again. A timeless story of love and bravery. Fans of Fiona Valpy and Kate Quinn will be absolutely gripped from the very first page. Readers love The Girl from the Island: âI finished this novel last night and I cannot get it out of my head⊠Put the phone off the hook, pour yourself a nice hot chocolate and settle down for a wonderful readâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âI was gripped from the beginning and could not put it down. I lost a lot of sleep on this one and do not regret it in the slightest!!â Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âUnputdownable, passionate, captivating, and magnetic!!â Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âAbsolutely brilliant⊠I had to stay up late to read the next chapter!! I couldn't put it downâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âGripping and very emotional⊠This book has it all and I loved itâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âA heart wrenching story of love, loss and survivalâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âA beautiful, wonderful, and poignant storyâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ âUtterly beautiful and poignant⊠I was blown awayâ Goodreads reviewer, âââââ
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442938 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Final Revival of Opal & NevAuthor: Dawnie WaltonNarrator: full cast, AndrĂ© De Shields, Janina Edwards, Steve West, Gabra Zackman, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, Dennis BoutsikarisFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 16 minutesRelease date: March 30, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: 2022 FICTION AUDIE AWARD WINNER! An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later for one last tour. A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY BARACK OBAMA * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * ESQUIRE * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * GOODREADS * THE MILLIONS * READERâS DIGEST * PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER * EERIE READER * PUBLIC RADIO TULSA * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * KIRKUS REVIEWS âFeels truer and more mesmerizing than some true stories. Itâs a packed time capsule that doubles as a stick of dynamite.â âTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she canât imagine settling for a 9-to-5 jobâdespite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a barâs amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together for the fledgling Rivington Records. In early seventies New York City, just as sheâs finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to her label brandishes a Confederate flag at a promotional concert. Opalâs bold protest and the violence that ensues set off a chain of events that will not only change the lives of those she loves, but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women, especially black women, who dare to speak their truth. Decades later, as Opal considers a 2016 reunion with Nev, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton seizes the chance to curate an oral history about her idols. Sunny thought she knew most of the stories leading up to the cult duoâs most politicized chapter. But as her interviews dig deeper, a nasty new allegation from an unexpected source threatens to blow up everything. Provocative and chilling, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev features a backup chorus of unforgettable voices, a heroine the likes of which weâve not seen in storytelling, and a daring structure, and introduces a bold new voice in contemporary fiction.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442000 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Consequences of Fear: A Maisie Dobbs NovelSeries: #16 of Maisie DobbsAuthor: Jacqueline WinspearNarrator: Orlagh CassidyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 27 minutesRelease date: March 23, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, heâs shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: sheâs working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes sheâs been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to killâreasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britainâs intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackettâs state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the âseries that seems to get better with every entryâ (Wall Street Journal).
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440960 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Off the Wild Coast of BrittanyAuthor: Juliet BlackwellNarrator: Hope Newhouse, Xe SandsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 24 minutesRelease date: March 9, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable story of resilience and resistance set during WWII and present-day France on a secluded island off the coast of Brittany Natalie Morgen made a name for herself with a memoir about overcoming her harsh childhood after finding a new life in Paris. After falling in love with a classically trained chef, they moved together to his ancestral home, a tiny fishing village off the coast of Brittany. But then Francois-Xavier breaks things off with her without warning, leaving her flat broke and in the middle of renovating the guesthouse they planned to open for business. Natalie's already struggling when her sister, Alex, shows up unannounced. The sisters form an unlikely partnership to save the guesthouse, reluctantly admitting their secrets to each other as they begin to heal the scars of their shared past. But the property harbors hidden stories of its own. During World War II, every man of fighting age on the island fled to England to join the Free French forces. The women and children were left on their own...until three hundred German troops took up residence, living side-by-side with the French women on the tiny island for the next several years. When Natalie and Alex unearth an old cookbook in a hidden cupboard, they find handwritten recipes that reveal old secrets. With the help of locals, the Morgen sisters begin to unravel the relationship between Violette, a young islander whose family ran the guesthouse during WWII, and Rainier, a German military customs official with a devastating secret of his own.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440959 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Surviving SavannahAuthor: Patti CallahanNarrator: Patti Callahan, Brittany Pressley, Catherine TaberFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 46 minutesRelease date: March 9, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: It was called 'The Titanic of the South.' The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten--until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis. When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking. Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaskitogether, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Forsyth, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions. This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and the myriad ways we survive the surviving. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains Resources and Facts from the book.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439588 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Rose Code: A NovelAuthor: Kate QuinnNarrator: Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 16 hours 2 minutesRelease date: March 9, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 378 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 121Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: âThe hidden history of Bletchley Park has been waiting for a master storyteller like Kate Quinn to bring it to life. THE ROSE CODE effortlessly evokes the frantic, nervy, exuberant world of the Enigma codebreakers through the eyes of three extraordinary women who work in tireless secrecy to defeat the Nazis. Quinnâs meticulous research and impeccable characterization shine through this gripping and beautifully executed novel.â Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of HER LAST FLIGHT The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. 1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everythingâbeauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her rosesâbut she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Parkâs few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart. 1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer...
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439576 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Heiress HuntSeries: #1 of The Fifth Avenue RebelsAuthor: Joanna ShupeNarrator: Justine EyreFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 17 minutesRelease date: March 9, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: USA Today Bestselling Author âNothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!ââSarah MacLean High society reprobate. An unconventional heiress. Childhood friends. Is it too late... Knickerbocker scoundrel Harrison Archer returns to New York to discover that his deceased father has bankrupted his estranged family. To save them from ruin, heâs forced to quickly find and marry an heiress. For a matchmaker, Harrison turns to the one woman he wishes he could marry: his childhood friend and true love, Maddie, who once broke his heart and is now engaged to a duke. For true love? When her best friend Harrison left for Paris without a word, Maddie Webster took refuge in her infatuation with tennis. Now Harrison is back and needs her help in finding a bride. Begrudgingly, Maddie arranges a house party in Newport with a guest list of eligible heiresses. But watching Harrison flirt with potential brides is more than she can bear. When Harrison and Maddie reunite, the passion between them ignites. But with their marriages to others looming, time is running out. Is their fate inescapable . . .or can love set them free?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441949 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Captain Putnam for the Republic of TexasSeries: #4 of A Bliven Putnam Naval AdventureAuthor: James HaleyNarrator: Paul BoehmerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 54 minutesRelease date: March 2, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Captain Bliven Putnam returns in an exhilarating new adventure, embedding himself within a top-secret mission during the Texas Revolution that puts everything at risk. Having spent the past few years on missions in the Caribbean, Captain Bliven Putnam is all but ready to retire and settle down at home in Connecticut with his wife, Clarity. But as the Texas Revolution ignites and tensions in the Gulf of Mexico rise, Putnam is sent orders for a secret cruise that could decide the fate of their rebellion. American settlers in Texas have revolted against an increasingly tyrannical Mexican government. While the Texians have a small army under the command of Sam Houston, their navy is practically nonexistent, an insurmountable and dangerous disadvantage as the Mexican invasion is supplied by sea. Unable to risk American neutrality, United States President Andrew Jackson hand-selects Putnam to lead a secret mission that might turn the tide: In Putnam's aging sloop-of-war Rappahannock, disguised with the Republic of Texas flag, he must venture into the waters of the Gulf and intercept the Mexican armaments, not just fighting the Mexican Navy but incurring the wrath of the American shippers and insurance companies who favor Mexico. Reunited with his old friend Sam Bandy, Putnam teams up with Sam Houston to run the operation, all while the bloodiest battles of the Revolution rage.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439558 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Lost Apothecary: A NovelAuthor: Sarah PennerNarrator: Lauren Anthony, Lauren Irwin, Lorna BennettFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 18 minutesRelease date: March 2, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 250 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 69Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: Don't miss the exclusive collector's edition of THE LOST APOTHECARY featuring shimmering gold foil cover decorating, intricate butterfly sprayed edges, and gorgeously designed endpapers. Available January 7, 2025. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! âA bold, edgy, accomplished debut!â âKate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to the Lost Apothecary⊠Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecaryâs fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecaryâs in a stunning twist of fateâand not everyone will survive. With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. Donât miss THE AMALFI CURSE! Sarahâs next spellbinding book to unearth a centuries-old curse, powerful witchcraft, and perilous love on the high seas. Coming April 2025.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442954 to listen full audiobooks.Title: RhapsodyAuthor: Mitchell James KaplanNarrator: Tavia GilbertFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 57 minutesRelease date: March 2, 2021Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: â[A] shining rendition of Swift and Gershwinâs star-crossed love.â âTherese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author In the vein of the New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, this fascinating and compelling novel âwill have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the pageâ (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) as it explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine âKayâ Swift. When Katharine âKayâ Swiftâthe restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognitionâattends a performance of Rhapsody in Blue by a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin, her world is turned upside down. Transfixed, sheâs helpless to resist the magnetic pull of Georgeâs talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with Georgeâs death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442930 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Vera: A NovelAuthor: Carol EdgarianNarrator: Kathe MazurFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 12 minutesRelease date: March 2, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers âan all-encompassing and enthrallingâ (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention. Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Franciscoâs most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worldsâthe madamâs alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her. On the morning of the great quake, Veraâs worlds collide. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together. âA character-driven novel about family, power, and loyalty, (San Francisco Chronicle), Vera brings to life legendary charactersâtenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. This âbrilliantly conceived and beautifully realizedâ (Booklist, starred review) tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine, who discovers an unexpected strength in unprecedented times.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440981 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Slaughterman's Daughter: A NovelAuthor: Yaniv IczkovitsNarrator: Tovah FeldshuhFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 17 hours 53 minutesRelease date: February 23, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: 'If the Coen brothers ever ventured beyond the United States for their films, they would find ample material in this novel.' --The New York Times Book Review 'Occasionally a book comes along so fresh, strange, and original that it seems peerless, utterly unprecedented. This is one of those books.' âKirkus Reviews (starred review) **Winner of the 2021 Wingate Literary Prize** **Finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards, 'Book Club Award'** An irresistible, picaresque tale of two Jewish sisters in late-nineteenth-century Russia, The Slaughtermanâs Daughter is filled with âboundless imagination and a vibrant styleâ (David Grossman). With her reputation as a vilde chaya (wild animal), Fanny Keismann isnât like the other women in her shtetl in the Pale of Settlementâcertainly not her obedient and anxiety-ridden sister, Mende, whose âphilosopherâ of a husband, Zvi-Meir, has run off to Minsk, abandoning her and their two children. As a young girl, Fanny felt an inexorable pull toward her fatherâs profession of ritual slaughterer and, under his reluctant guidance, became a master with a knife. And though she long ago gave up that unsuitable professionâsheâs now the wife of a cheesemaker and a mother of fiveâFanny still keeps the knife tied to her right leg. Which might come in handy when, heedless of the dangers facing a Jewish woman traveling alone in czarist Russia, she sets off to track down Zvi-Meir and bring him home, with the help of the mute and mysterious ferryman Zizek Breshov, an ex-soldier with his own sensational past. Yaniv Iczkovits spins a family drama into a far-reaching comedy of errors that will pit the czarâs army against the Russian secret police and threaten the very foundations of the Russian Empire. The Slaughtermanâs Daughter is a rollicking and unforgettable work of fiction.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440961 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Those Who are SavedAuthor: Alexis LandauNarrator: Holly Linneman, Will Damron, Saskia MaarleveldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 41 minutesRelease date: February 23, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: LGBTQ+Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of We Were the Lucky Ones and We Must Be Brave, a heartbreaking World War II novel of one mother's impossible choice, and her search for her daughter against the odds. As a Russian Jewish émigré to France, Vera's wealth cannot protect her or her four-year-old-daughter, Lucie, once the Nazis occupy the country. After receiving notice that all foreigners must report to an internment camp, Vera has just a few hours to make an impossible choice: Does she subject Lucie to the horrid conditions of the camp, or does she put her into hiding with her beloved and trusted governess, safe until Vera can retrieve her? Believing the war will end soon, Vera chooses to leave Lucie in safety. She cannot know that she and her husband will have an opportunity to escape, to flee to America. She cannot know that Lucie's governess will have fled with Lucie to family in rural France, too far to reach in time. And so begins a heartbreaking journey and separation, a war and a continent apart. Vera's marriage will falter under the surreal sun of California. Her ability to write--once her passion--will disappear. But Vera's love for Lucie, her faith that her daughter lives, will only grow. As Vera's determination to return to France and find Lucie crystalizes, she meets Sasha, a man on his own search for meaning. She is stronger with Sasha than she is alone. Together they will journey to Lucie. They will find her fate.
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