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A Different Kind of Happy: The Sunday Times bestseller and powerful fiction debut by Rachaele Hambleton

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387673 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387673] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Different Kind of Happy: The Sunday Times bestseller and powerful fiction debut Author: Rachaele Hambleton Narrator: Rachaele Hambleton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 8, 2021 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Happiness comes in all shapes and sizes. Jo said goodbye to peace and quiet when she got pregnant at 19, but now she has a chance to hit refresh. A partner she loves, five amazing kids and a house by the sea. But life is never simple and there is more than a little emotional baggage coming along for the ride. Starting with that tw*t of an ex-husband who doesn't pull his weight. Then there's the untrained puppy, the work/life balance, a custody battle for the children and all the everyday ups and downs and chaos of being a patchwork family. Surrounded by family dramas and mums who seem to have all their sh*t together, Jo must find a way to make friends and make it work in this new town. Barbecues on the beach and dog walks open up new conversations, but as Jo gets to know everyone better, the picture perfect families might be in need of more help than she first thought... When normal is not an option, surprises can lead to a different kind of happy family. © Rachaele Hambleton 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, Lauren Fortgang

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391654 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391654] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wife Upstairs Author: Rachel Hawkins, Lauren Fortgang Narrator: Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 5, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The Top 10 New York Times bestseller ‘I was completely blown away by The Wife Upstairs. This is a compulsive, irresistible retelling of Jane Eyre with a modern, noir twist – and wow, does it work’ Samantha Downing, bestselling author of My Lovely Wife Stylist’s best paperbacks of 2021 Hello Magazine’s best new books released in 2021 A girl looking for love… When Jane, a broke dog-walker newly arrived in town, meets Eddie Rochester, she can’t believe her luck. Eddie is handsome, rich and lives alone in a beautiful mansion since the tragic death of his beloved wife a year ago. A man who seems perfect… Eddie can give Jane everything she’s always wanted: stability, acceptance, and a picture-perfect life. A wife who just won’t stay buried… But what Jane doesn’t know is that Eddie is keeping a secret – a big secret. And when the truth comes out, the consequences are far more deadly than anyone could ever have imagined… A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs is perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware and Shari Lapena. ‘Really fun update of Jane Eyre that’s also deeply satisfying’ Stylist ‘A sharp, fresh twist on a classic in this darkly funny, suspenseful story of murder, ambition, and love. Creepy and fast-paced…kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the very last’ bestselling author Megan Miranda ‘The Wife Upstairs is everything I’d hoped—sharp, smart, tricky and fast-paced’ Kelly Harms, author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler ‘Lightening paced, twisty, and great fun’ Jessica Knoll, bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive What readers are saying about The Wife Upstairs ‘I couldn’t put this book down! Read it in a day!' ‘The Wife Upstairs has set the standard for this year's thrillers' ‘This was a definite page turner of a novel' ‘Will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page' ‘A must read book full of OMG moments' ‘I felt for sure that I was going to bite my nails off while reading this' ‘Escapism at its finest. A five star read'

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382907 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382907] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany Author: Lori Nelson Spielman Narrator: Kathleen Garrett, Carlotta Brentan, Lori Nelson Spielman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An International Bestseller! A LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick! A trio of second-born daughters sets out on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside to break the family curse that says they’ll never find love, by New York Times bestseller Lori Nelson Spielman, author of The Life List.   Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love. Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her grandfather’s Brooklyn deli, claim it’s an odd coincidence. Others, like her sexy, desperate-for-love cousin Lucy, insist it’s a true hex. But both are bewildered when their great-aunt calls with an astounding proposition: If they accompany her to her homeland of Italy, Aunt Poppy vows she’ll meet the love of her life on the steps of the Ravello Cathedral on her eightieth birthday, and break the Fontana Second-Daughter Curse once and for all.   Against the backdrop of wandering Venetian canals, rolling Tuscan fields, and enchanting Amalfi Coast villages, romance blooms, destinies are found, and family secrets are unearthed—secrets that could threaten the family far more than a centuries-old curse.

Us Three by Ruth Jones

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385568 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385568] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Us Three Author: Ruth Jones Narrator: Ruth Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Three written and read by Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener. Friends forever is a difficult promise to keep... Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best friends since primary school when they swore an oath on a Curly Wurly wrapper that they would always be there for each other, come what may. After the trip of a lifetime, the three girls are closer than ever. But an unexpected turn of events shakes the foundation of their friendship to its core, leaving their future in doubt - there's simply too much to forgive, let alone forget. An innocent childhood promise they once made now seems impossible to keep.... Packed with all the heart and empathy that made Ruth's name as a screenwriter and now author, Us Three is a funny, moving and uplifting novel about life's complications, the power of friendship and how it defines us all. Prepare to meet characters you'll feel you've known all your life - prepare to meet Us Three. Praise for Ruth Jones: 'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.' Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU 'I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read.' Jane Fallon, bestselling author of TELL ME A SECRET 'Thought-provoking, compelling and ultimately redemptive' Sunday Express © Ruth Jones 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls: A Novel by Ursula Hegi

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383726 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383726] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls: A Novel Author: Ursula Hegi Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 'Narrator Angela Dawe's varied volume and pace create an atmosphere of deep emotions that draw the listener in close...fully realized characters who have relatable issues and emotions take the forefront.' -- AudioFile Magazine From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans. In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island’s people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. Three mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret’s Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte’s husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn’t allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world, forms a complicated friendship with Lotte. But the mothers' fragile trio is threatened when Lotte and her husband hatch a dangerous plan to reunite their family, and Tilli and Sabine must try to find a way to pull them back to reality. As full of joy and beauty as it is of pain, and told with the luminous power that has made Ursula Hegi a beloved bestselling author for decades, The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls is a shining testament to the ways in which women hold each other up in the most unexpected of circumstances. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books 'Mesmerizing...Hegi’s command of the plot and ability to render poignant characters create a satisfyingly emotional story. Hegi’s fans and devotees of literary fiction will treasure this.' -- Publishers Weekly “A lyrical meditation on motherhood and mourning.” -- Boston Globe