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Dangerous Times on Dressmakers' Alley
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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In the heart of Dressmakers' Alley, Madame Pauline’s sweatshop is rumoured to be a particularly unpleasant place to work. Filled with seamstresses paid a pittance who turn a blind eye to what darker activities are hidden behind locked doors. Young Winnie Brown is keen to prove her value to the Women Movement and secures a job as a seamstress to investigate the whispers of some unsavoury goings on. Her concerns are soon justified when she hears a desperate cry for help.
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Dangerous Times on Dressmakers' Alley
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Series: Dressmakers' Alley, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 05-04-2024
- Language: English
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The Bomb Girls' Secrets
- By: Daisy Styles
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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As WWII rolls across Europe, Kitty boards a ship set for England. Money is what she really needs right now, especially with tiny baby Billy back in Dublin. In Lancashire, Kitty settles into the hard work and soon makes new friends, playing in the Bomb Girls Swing Band by night. Life seems to be looking up. But when a letter arrives from home, she realises she might need her friends’ help before it's too late and she loses her baby forever....
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lovely..
- By Kate White on 12-09-2019
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The Bomb Girls' Secrets
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: The Bomb Girls, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-04-2017
- Language: English
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The Invitation
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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An epic, escapist novel that will transport you away to an extraordinary time in history. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Victoria Hislop. Rome, 1950s. One fateful night, Hal Jacobs meets Stella, a beautiful society darling from New York. To Hal, flailing in the postwar darkness, she's a point of light. They're from different worlds but both trying and failing to carve out new lives. Stella vanishes all too quickly, until a curious invitation from an Italian Contessa reels her back into Hal's world.
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Tiresome Tale
- By Shalleycat on 16-04-2022
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The Invitation
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 14-07-2016
- Language: English
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The Stolen Hours
- Wild Isle, Book 2
- By: Karen Swan
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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It’s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can’t support her past the coming winter. On the small, Scottish island of St Kilda, her options are limited. But the MacKinnons’ neighbour, Donald, has a business acquaintance on distant Harris also in need of a spouse. A plan is hatched for Donald to chaperone Mhairi and make the introduction on his final crossing of the year, before the autumn seas close them off to the outside world.
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Loved this book
- By Notgood191 on 03-04-2024
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The Stolen Hours
- Wild Isle, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton
- Series: Wild Isle, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 20-07-2023
- Language: English
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Daughters of Castle Deverill
- The Deverill Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
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It is 1925, and the war is long over. But much has been lost, and life will never be quite the same. Castle Deverill, cherished ancestral home to the Deverill family in the west of Ireland, has burned to the ground. Young and flighty Celia Deverill is determined to restore the sad ruins to its former glory. But dark shadows are gathering once more as the financial markets start to shake, and everything that felt so certain is thrown once again into doubt....
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Daughters of Castle Deverill
- The Deverill Chronicles, Book 2
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Series: The Deverill Chronicles, Book 2
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 14-07-2016
- Language: English
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Moon Tiger
- By: Penelope Lively
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie, Thomas Judd
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying. But she remains defiant to the last, telling her nurses that she will write a 'history of the world...and in the process, my own'. And it is her story, from a childhood just after the First World War through the Second and beyond. But Claudia's life is entwined with others, and she must allow those who knew her, loved her, the chance to speak. There is Gordon, brother and adversary; Jasper, her untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool conventional daughter; and then there is Tom, her one great love.
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Don’t make them like they used to...
- By Earnest on 15-04-2019
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Moon Tiger
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie, Thomas Judd
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2018
- Language: English
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Murder at Thornton Park
- Thornton Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Ellen Read
- Narrated by: Sarah Kennedy
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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It’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them. At a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her. Guests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father. Benedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited.
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Murder at Thornton Park
- Thornton Mysteries, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Kennedy
- Series: The Thornton Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 21-09-2024
- Language: English
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Voice of the Heart
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 35 hrs and 23 mins
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The story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts.With her beauty, talent and allure, Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. Her rise from unknown actress to Hollywood legend is one marked by dazzling performances and a carefully concealed yet undeniably ruthless determination to succeed. But Katherine irrevocably changes the lives of her closest friends: two men who love her and the woman who trusts her implicitly. She never looks back until she needs the one thing they alone can give her - forgiveness.
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Voice of the Heart
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 35 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-07-2017
- Language: English
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The Understudy
- By: Julie Bennett
- Narrated by: Emma Leonard, Gail Knight
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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It’s opening night. The stage is set, the houselights have dimmed, and the handsome male lead is waiting. This is your time. Your chance to prove you are so much more than the understudy. You have worked so hard and would have done almost anything to get here. But not what they are accusing you of - never that. It’s simply bad luck that Australia’s darling of opera has gone missing, throwing the spotlight on you just as the whole world is watching history in the making. But the show must go on, and it’s all down to you.
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Outstanding storytelling
- By sue hobbs on 09-03-2022
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The Understudy
- Narrated by: Emma Leonard, Gail Knight
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-03-2022
- Language: English
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Small Pleasures
- By: Clare Chambers
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and - on the brink of 40 - living a limited existence with her truculent mother: a small life from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young Swiss woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. But the more Jean investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys.
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Unexpected
- By miss C. on 22-04-2021
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Small Pleasures
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-07-2020
- Language: English
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The Doctor’s Daughter
- By: Shari J. Ryan
- Narrated by: Annette Chown, Andrew Kingston
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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In Nazi-occupied Poland, Sofia cannot look her father in the eye. Sofia’s mother, her papa’s cherished wife, is Jewish—how dare he work as a doctor for the SS? She cannot forgive him, even if the bargain was made to spare their lives. In the middle of the night, Isaac emerges from a packed train with hundreds of others. Beneath Auschwitz’s barbed wire, the SS decide prisoners’ fates on the spot—and Isaac is chosen to work. Every breath feels like it could be Isaac’s last, so when he sees a beautiful auburn-haired girl peering out of the farm window, it feels like a dream.
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Amazing Book!
- By Georgia on 27-06-2024
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The Doctor’s Daughter
- Narrated by: Annette Chown, Andrew Kingston
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 28-04-2022
- Language: English
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Shadows in Heaven
- Tarabeg, Book 1
- By: Nadine Dorries
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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In postwar Tarabeg, two women are waiting for ambitious Michael Malone to return home. Rosie is the local schoolteacher, and most people think she is promised to him. Just a few have guessed that he has secretly begun to woo Sarah, whose brutal fisherman father would kill her if he knew. Both Rosie and Sarah love Michael, both hope to become his wife and their lives will interweave in a tale of tangled secrets, old promises and new feuds. Michael Malone's choice will have fateful consequences for everyone - especially, in due course, for his young daughter....
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Boring
- By rita on 19-05-2022
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Shadows in Heaven
- Tarabeg, Book 1
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Series: Tarabeg, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 29-11-2018
- Language: English
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Heartbreak at Harpers
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 8
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Juliette Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Kitty Wilson, who, after losing her father, rejects the unsuitable suitor her mother has chosen. Abandoned by her mother, Kitty faces the challenges of navigating life alone. Amidst the turmoil, Kitty finds solace and support from friends, securing a promotion at Harpers Emporium. However, tragedy looms, threatening to shatter her newfound stability. Sally and Ben Harper face their own challenges. A decision by Ben regarding the restaurant, made without consulting his partner Jack Burrows, jeopardizes not only their friendship but also the stability of Harpers itself.
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Heartbreak at Harpers
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 8
- Narrated by: Juliette Burton
- Series: Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 8
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-07-2024
- Language: English
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The Florence Letter
- By: Anita Chapman
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts, Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Claire arrives at her new job as researcher at a grand English country house, nursing a broken heart. But tucked into the back of a long-forgotten drawer she finds a letter written in an elegant hand. It tells of a wartime secret about the beautiful Lady Violet – whose passionate affair with an Italian prisoner of war scandalised the village and ended in tragedy. Captivated, Claire promises to find Violet’s daughter, Tabitha, and reunite her with a priceless piece of her mother’s jewellery. With only the name of an Italian bakery, Pasticceria Mancini, to guide her, and the help of her handsome neighbour Jim, Claire travels to Tabitha’s last known location – Florence.
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The Florence Letter
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts, Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 24-06-2024
- Language: English
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The Old Drift
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
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On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy.
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The Old Drift
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 28-03-2019
- Language: English
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Dime quién soy [Tell Me Who I Am]
- By: Julia Navarro
- Narrated by: Daniel Albiac, María Belén Roca
- Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
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Un periodista investiga la apasionante vida de una antepasada suya, una mujer que vivió intensamente el siglo XX desde los convulsos años de la república hasta la caída del muro de Berlín. Un periodista recibe la propuesta de investigar la vida de su bisabuela, Amelia Garayoa, una mujer de la que solo sabe que huyó abandonando a su marido y a su hijo poco antes de que estallara la guerra civil española.
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buenísimo
- By Cliente Amazon on 20-05-2024
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Dime quién soy [Tell Me Who I Am]
- Narrated by: Daniel Albiac, María Belén Roca
- Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 20-06-2014
- Language: Spanish
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Welcome to Weaver Street
- Weaver Street, Book 1
- By: Chrissie Walsh
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Kitty and Tom Conlon arrive in Liverpool in July 1916 to claim the house Tom’s great-uncle has bequeathed him in his will. The move to England couldn’t have come at a better time. Dublin is in turmoil following the Easter Uprising and Kitty’s brother is now in prison. The house in Weaver Street is all they hoped for, and after a shaky start with her new neighbours, Kitty believes the world is her oyster. Until that is, Tom is conscripted into the navy. With Tom away, it’s up to Kitty and the women of Weaver Street to get each other through the war.
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Welcome to Weaver Street
- Weaver Street, Book 1
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Series: Weaver Street, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-07-2022
- Language: English
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The Girl from London
- By: Olivia Spooner
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott, Julia Kellett, Will Close
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Ruth, a young schoolteacher, volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children from war-torn Britain to Australia and New Zealand. On the voyage, she forms an unexpected bond with nine-year-old Fergus - and with Bobby, a fellow volunteer who initially infuriates Ruth with his laidback air, yet somehow gets under her skin and throws her ordered life into chaos.
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The Girl from London
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott, Julia Kellett, Will Close
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 15-08-2024
- Language: English
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The Spitfire Girl
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Flying instructor Ellie Simpson has grown up a tomboy. She's never had an interest in the latest fashions or finding a husband; her only passion is flying her beloved Tiger Moth. But when war is declared, she is no longer be able to do what she loves most - fly.
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Brilliant find
- By Anonymous User on 08-01-2024
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The Spitfire Girl
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Series: The Spitfire Girl, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-02-2019
- Language: English
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Peace Comes to Honeyfield
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Armistice Day, London, 1918. Fiercely independent Georgie is tired of being told what's best for her by men. When she defies her father's wishes by going out into the peace festivities, she tries to help a woman being attacked and encounters Patrick, a gallant wounded ex-soldier looking for a new calling now that the fighting is done. But the war isn't over for everybody. Enemy forces have infiltrated the bureau and sent her father into hiding. And they are coming for her, too. Georgie knows there's only one place where she'll be safe: Honeyfield.
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Great book
- By Jennette on 24-04-2022
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Peace Comes to Honeyfield
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Series: The Honeyfield Bequest, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-09-2018
- Language: English
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