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Dirrayawadha: Rise Up by Anita Heiss

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538400 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538400] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirrayawadha: Rise Up Author: Anita Heiss Narrator: Tamala Shelton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: 'Dirrayawadha is full of heart and hope, truth-telling and history – and shimmers with language too' Guardian 'A story from the past given vivid life for new understanding’ Kate Grenville Bathurst, 1820s Miinaa was a young girl when the white ghosts first arrived. She remembers the day they raised a piece of cloth and renamed her homeland 'Bathurst'. Now she lives at Cloverdale and works for a white family who have settled there. The Nugents are kind, but Miinaa misses her miyagan. His brother, Windradyne, is a Wiradyuri leader, and visits when he can, bringing news of unrest across their ngurambang. Miinaa hopes the violence will not come to Cloverdale. When Irish convict Daniel O'Dwyer arrives at the settlement, Miinaa's life is transformed again. The pair are magnetically drawn to each other and begin meeting at the bila in secret. Dan understands how it feels to be displaced, but they still have a lot to learn about each other. Can their love survive their differences and the turmoil that threatens to destroy everything around them? From the bestselling author of  Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams)  comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars. Praise for Dirrayawadha (Rise Up): ‘Dirrayawadha is a story of the courage of the Wiradyuri nation and the love of their Country. Anita Heiss is a remarkable writer.' Tony Birch ‘To read the book is to enter a lost time, a retrieved war, and to learn much, not least Wiradyuri. With dhuluny (truth) and marrumbang (love) of story, Heiss makes something good. And that is something for which modern Australia can be grateful.’ The Age 'Historical in tone, yet absolutely contemporary in scope, Dirrayawadha is a beautiful triumph.' Mirandi Riwoe 'Dirrayawadha is a beautifully written and masterful telling of a pivotal point in our history.' Nicole Alexander

Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536886 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536886] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Once: A Novel Author: Karen Kingsbury Narrator: January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) and the Baxter Family novels writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers. In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas. She’s dating Sam but in love with his younger brother, Hank—her longtime best friend—and Irvel has no idea how to break the news. Then the unthinkable happens—Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted and convinces Hank to remain in Indiana, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then, two military leaders pay Irvel a visit at the classroom where she teaches. The men have plans for her, a proposition to join a new spy network. One catch: She can tell no one. With Irvel caught between two brothers thousands of miles apart, can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?

The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544510 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544510] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Shore Author: Liz Fenwick Narrator: Dominic Gruenewald, Laura Kirman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 11, 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: The next gloriously uplifting, escapist, historical read from ‘the queen of the contemporary Cornish novel’ Guardian As one of the Navy's most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows that lives depend on her work in the War Office. But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, she finds herself working alongside Jake, an enigmatic American officer, on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall and Brittany which she knows so well. As rumours and suspicion swirl around her family, Merry is increasingly drawn to Jake, despite the defences she's built around her heart. It's a dangerous time to fall in love; the tides of war are rising and there is everything to lose… The award-winning author Liz Fenwick returns with a glorious, sweeping novel full of intrigue and passion. **** Praise for The Secret Shore: 'Arguably Liz Fenwick’s best book to date. Merry is a wonderful narrator… fascinating and complex… It’s beautifully researched and the life and landscape of the secret part of Cornwall around the Helford river gloriously evoked. What a pleasure to read!’ Rachel Hore ‘The Secret Shore is such a wonderful, evocative novel, brimful of atmosphere and tension, with an unforgettable heroine… With her meticulous research and brilliant storytelling, Liz Fenwick has once again swept me away. What a treat!’ Jenny Ashcroft ‘Feel-good and beautifully written’ Woman 'A beautifully researched, romantic read full of mystery and atmosphere, I loved it' Deborah Carr ‘Liz Fenwick weaves intrigue and romance into this profound, luminous novel’ Woman’s Own ‘Liz Fenwick has created a stirring tale of intrigue, passion and espionage, set in a corner of Cornwall she knows intimately, against the backdrop of WWII. The compelling and unusual love story at its heart… will sweep you away on dangerous tides’ Jane Johnson ‘A gorgeous, sweeping novel, impeccably researched and threaded with mystery and romance’ Amanda Geard 'A gripping, action-packed, love-filled odyssey… A must read this summer' The Star

The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538487 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538487] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winter Garden Author: Nicola Cornick Narrator: Emma Laird Craig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 27, 2022 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: ‘An enchanting timeslip novel that kept me spellbound’ CHRISTINA COURTENAY ‘Fascinating and captivating’ SARAH MORGAN ‘Glorious… I adored it’ KATHLEEN MCGURL ‘This atmospheric novel is such an absorbing read’ MY WEEKLY *** Remember, remember, the fifth of November… 1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family. Her son, the darkly charismatic Robert, is secretly plotting to kill the King, placing his wife and child in grave danger. Anne must make a terrible choice: betray her only child, or risk her family’s future. Present day: When her dreams of becoming a musician are shattered, Lucy takes refuge in her family’s ancestral home in Oxfordshire. Everyone knows it was originally home to Robert Catesby, the gunpowder plotter. As Lucy spends more time in the beautiful winter garden that Robert had made, she starts to have strange visions of a woman in Tudor dress, terrified and facing a heartbreaking dilemma. As Lucy and Anne’s stories converge, a shared secret that has echoed through the centuries separating them, will change Lucy’s life forever… Sweeping generations from the 1600s to the present day, with the enthralling Gunpowder Plot at its heart, Nicola Cornick’s utterly enchanting new timeslip novel will sweep you off your feet. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Barbara Erskine and Kate Morton. *** Readers LOVE The Winter Garden: ‘A marvellous dual timeline novel that had me enthralled from the start.’ Netgalley, 5***** ‘Just stunning… a captivating read that I would recommend to fans of historical fiction.’ Netgalley, 5***** ‘Haunting and mysterious… I couldn’t put this down.’ Netgalley, 5***** ‘Oh my, this took my breath away. Perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine.’ Netgalley, 5***** ‘A wonderful and engrossing read [that] will pull at your heartstrings.’ Netgalley, 5**** ‘Grab yourself a copy of this book! I absolutely loved this! I read it in a day.’ Netgalley, 5*****

The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538216 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538216] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden Palace Series: #2 of The Daughters of War Author: Dinah Jefferies Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise… A rebellious daughter 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer’s job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before. A rift over generations Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence’s only clue, the war an immovable barrier – and time is running out… Praise for The Hidden Palace ‘Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with characters to really care for’ HAZEL GAYNOR ‘Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . . . It’s engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun’ GILL PAUL ‘Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war’ KATE FURNIVALL ‘Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure’ TRACY REES ‘A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope’ Woman’s Own ‘True escapism’ Best Daughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.