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The King's Messenger by Susanna Kearsley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699081 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699081] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The King's Messenger Author: Susanna Kearsley Narrator: Angus King, Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 2, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue…   1613:  King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son, Henry, has plunged the nation into mourning, as the rumours rise the prince was poisoned.   Andrew Logan’s heard the rumours, but he’s paid them little heed. As one of the King’s Messengers he has enough secrets to guard, including his own. In these perilous times, when the merest suggestion of witchcraft can see someone tortured and hanged, men like Andrew must hide well the fact they were born with the Sight.   He’ll need all his gifts, though, when the king sends Andrew north to find and arrest Sir David Murray, once Prince Henry’s trusted courtier, and bring him a prisoner to London to stand trial before the dreaded Star Chamber.   A story of treachery, betrayal and love…   Praise for The Vanished Days: ‘Fascinating and immersive… I love a novel that deals with the many ways in which people keep their secrets’ DIANA GABALDON ‘A hugely engrossing book and a complete world created’ IAN RANKIN ‘The Vanished Days is an absolute tour de force of historical storytelling, tender and dramatic, gripping and authentic. Kearsley manages effortlessly to balance the epic sweep of the drama with telling moments of gentle characterization, all delivered in pitch-perfect style. I thoroughly enjoyed it: a perfect escape in these dark days’ JANE JOHNSON, author of The Salt Road and The Tenth Gift   ‘An engrossing and deeply romantic novel of Scotland’s Jacobite rebellion’ RACHEL HORE ‘This novel tells of a tender love story set amid the Jacobite rebellion. For readers unfamiliar with the twists and turns of this period of Scottish history, author Kearsley provides a helpful map, along with rich details of the protagonists. Courage in this era lies not in acts of heroic daring, but in steadfast pursuit of truth and justice. Perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander’ WOMAN & HOME

Hollow Out the Dark: A Novel by James Wade

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700396 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700396] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hollow Out the Dark: A Novel Author: James Wade Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town. A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse is forced to spin his moral compass and enter a violent and volatile underworld. There he encounters corrupt lawmen, hired assassins, and a dark family secret that will upend all he once knew. Complicating matters are Texas Ranger Amon Atkins—who arrives to investigate the Fenleys just as their empire is threatened by a deadly new competitor—and the green-eyed, raven-haired Adaline, a love Jesse thought he’d lost forever. With resources scarce and winter falling hard on the town, a desperate Jesse must choose between the law and the lawless and find a way to survive while still protecting the people he loves. A heart-pounding tale full of plot-twisting revelations, Hollow Out the Dark brings readers into a whiskey-fueled world where everyone has a secret, and love everlasting balances on the edge of a knife.

Mamele by Gemma Reeves

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698241 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698241] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mamele Author: Gemma Reeves Narrator: Natalie Pela Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: 'Haunting' Telegraph 'Brilliant' Daily Mail 'Profoundly moving' Marie Claire ‘Fresh and daring' KATE SAWYER ‘One of the best books I’ve read in a while … A real triumph’ ELIZABETH MACNEAL 'A complex story about motherhood, inheritance and the things we're willing to forsake in the name of desire' AMY TWIGG 'A haunting novel … Overwhelming and seductive' LUCIE ELVEN ––– ‘When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you’re a good girl, Edie.’ Edie lives with her partner Joanna in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs. They have spent over a decade together since the death of Harry, the third member of their polyamorous relationship. It’s a quiet, comfortable existence – but conversations about the mother who abandoned her have recently awoken in Edie feelings she long thought buried. Mamele is a stylish, searing drama about the complicated love between mothers and daughters, the indelible impact of estrangement and one woman fiercely coming into her own.

The Unwilding by Marina Kemp

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700581 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700581] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unwilding Author: Marina Kemp Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 4, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: ‘Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it' TESSA HADLEY 'Powerfully compelling' GUARDIAN ‘Unbelievably good' ELIZABETH DAY 'Complex and nuanced… the perfect definition of summer reading' LUCY CALDWELL 'Subtle, complex, ambitious' THE TIMES A Guardian Book of the Year A stunning new novel of power, desire and the secrets all families carry, from the acclaimed author of Nightingale, Marina Kemp. When fledgling writer Zoe arrives at the Sicilian holiday home of famed novelist Don Travers, she feels that she has made it. And yet as the week unfolds it is not Don but his children and unknowable wife, Lydia, who come to intrigue Zoe most. On the fringes, Don’s youngest, Nemony, watches as her older siblings begin to navigate the treacherous waters of the adult world. When her adored oldest sister makes a terrible mistake, the holiday ends suddenly, shattering the fragile balance of their parents’ marriage and the siblings’ lives. Many years later and in the wake of loss, the events of that summer continue to haunt. Nemony, now a lonely new mother herself, strikes up a chance friendship with Zoe. With her support, Nemony attempts to grapple with the casual damage enacted by her father. But as their relationship deepens, she is soon forced to question the true extent of Zoe’s fascination with the Travers family. Tracing their lives through Sicily, London and the old mining towns of Appalachia, Nemony must uncover the stories untold – about her implacable father, her troubled mother, and the siblings she might still do anything for. 'Exquisitely written, subtle and transporting' SUSSIE ANIE, author of To Fill a Yellow House 'Ambitious, immersive' OLIVIA SUDJIC, author of Sympathy 'Unflinching, magnificent' KAREN POWELL, author of Fifteen Wild Decembers ‘A writer to watch’ FRANCIS SPUFFORD

Evenings and Weekends: A Novel by Oisín Mckenna

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699583 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699583] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Evenings and Weekends: A Novel Author: Oisín Mckenna Narrator: Isabel Adomakoh-Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: “This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.” — Eileen Myles  ''Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections.'' —The Washington Post ''Like the book version of a Richard Curtis film, but with more grit, more bathroom sex and a literal beached whale.'' —GQ For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a stunning debut that follows a vibrant multi-generational cast of characters through a London heatwave as their simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over a feverish, life-changing weekend. Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. It’s June 2019, and everyone has converged on the city’s parks, beer gardens, and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive. Everyone but Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant, and broke. Faced with moving back to the town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is trying to run from his past with Maggie’s best friend Phil and harboring secret dreams of his own. Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith has a boyfriend and there might not be room for three people in the relationship. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him. As Saturday night approaches, all their lives are set to change forever. Temperatures are soaring and the weekend is about to begin… Strikingly heartfelt, sexually charged, and disarmingly comic, Oisín McKenna’s debut is a mesmerizing dive into the soul of a city and a searing look at what it takes to build a life there.