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We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751775 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751775] to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Shall Be Monsters Author: Alyssa Wees Narrator: Valerie Lohman, Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A dark, lyrical fantasy blending the world of the Fae with the stories mothers tell to keep their daughters safe - and the consequences of disregarding the truth, no matter how sinister. Gemma lives with her mother in an isolated antique shop in Michigan, near a small patch of woods that conceals an enchanted gateway to fairyland. She knows she's not supposed to go into the woods - her mother Virginia has warned her multiple times about the monsters that lurk there - and yet defiantly, curiously, she goes anyway. Virginia understands her daughter's defiance. She knows the lure of the woods all too well. Her own mother warned her about the monsters that resided there, and she also did not listen. Until a witch cursed her true love, Ash - Gemma's father - into the form of a beast in the days before Gemma's birth. And if Virginia cannot break the curse before her daughter turns fifteen, Ash will eat Virginia's heart and Gemma will belong to the witch. So Virginia will do whatever she can to protect her daughter - even if it means stealing Gemma's memories away. But everything changes when Gemma inadvertently gets too close to the truth, and the witch steals Virginia away instead. Now it is up to Gemma to venture deep into Fae lands to try and rescue her mother and break the curse. Told in alternating viewpoints between Gemma and Virginia, this lyrical novel is not only a tale of a girl's fantastical quest through a darkly magical fairyland, but also an examination of the complex bonds of love and resentment that lie between parents and their children. © Alyssa Wees 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761430 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761430] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Ruins Author: Nayantara Roy Narrator: Deepa Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In this "rare feast" of a novel, an Indian woman inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). Lila De is on the verge of a career breakthrough when she gets a call from her mother in Kolkata, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate–so she returns home after a decade with no contact. Her extended family isn’t so easy to win over, and to make matters worse, Lila is caught between her old boyfriend and her occasional lover–her star author–who suddenly wants to define the relationship.   As Lila come to terms with both past and present, suppressed family secrets emerge, culminating in a shocking act of violence. Lila has no choice but to finally address her family’s inherited custom of keeping everything under the surface.   Perfect for fans of Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, The Magnificent Ruins is an unforgettable novel about the millennial immigrant experience and the desire for belonging.

Fire by John Boyne

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/755795 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/755795] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire Author: John Boyne Narrator: Anna Friel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness. Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become – or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being? In Fire, John Boyne takes the reader on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture – or nature? © John Boyne 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

The Memory Dress by Jade Beer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760971 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760971] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memory Dress Author: Jade Beer Narrator: Annabelle Dowler, Heather Long, Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'An endearing story of loss and recovery, mystery and memory, heartache and love...completely captivating.'—Shelley Noble, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiffany Girls and The Colony Club A missing husband and a dress once owned by Princess Diana set two very different women on paths of discovery that will change both their lives forever in this dazzling new novel from the author of The Last Dress from Paris. England, 2018: Jayne is quiet. She keeps to herself and has no grand expectations for her days. But after a chance encounter with her  elderly neighbor, Meredith, Jayne is forced to reevaluate her determination to keep the world at a distance. Meredith's dust-covered home is chaotic and neglected. And slowly, Jayne starts to grasp that Meredith herself is quite lost. She can't seem to remember anything: what she last ate, when she last went out or saw her daughter, or even Jayne's name, despite what are becoming frequent visits.  But most alarmingly, Meredith can't remember where her husband is. Unable to sit by and watch Meredith hurting, Jayne promises she'll find William. But how can she when the biggest clue Jayne has is a mystery itself: a stunning couture gown with a note declaring it a personal gift to Meredith...from Princess Diana.  England, 1988: Meredith is always calm. You have to be when working for one of the most iconic women in the world. Just as the stitches she uses to create Princess Diana’s wardrobe are steady and stable, so is Meredith. Until she finds herself feeling off-kilter and untethered by an unexpected connection with someone in the workshop. As Meredith finds herself swept up in life and love for the first time, everything she’s ever dreamed about seems in reach…if only she can be brave enough to take it. 'A moving exploration into how clothes make up the layers of our lives, as well as a wonderful insight into the worlds of dressmaking, royalty and friendship across generations.'—Jessica Fellowes, international bestselling author of The Mitford Murders

Second Chance Season by Emily March

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761420 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761420] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Chance Season Author: Emily March Narrator: Brittany Wilkerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From a New York Times bestselling author, a heartwarming story about secrets, sisters, and the enduring power of family ties.   Zoey Hillcrest thought the hard part was over once she and her fiancé, Cooper, settled on a venue for their destination wedding. But as the date approaches, Zoey faces professional burnout, her estranged mother’s terminal illness, and a worrisome distance from her fiancé. When presented with a excuse to return to Colorado, she flees to the peaceful lakeside hotel to figure out what she truly wants in life. After all the hard work Genevieve Prentice and her sister Helen McDaniel put into renovating their rustic waterfront lodge, the two finally have time to take a breath and celebrate the lives they’ve built in Lake in the Clouds, Colorado. Then a chance run-in with their latest bride turns their lives upside down.  Helen has never laid eyes on Zoey before, but something about her feels familiar. And when the three women uncover a devastating family secret, they must make peace with the past in order to fully embrace what the future has to offer.