The Half-Bred Heir by Andrew Wareham

The Vanished Ones by Chad Lucas

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790580 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790580] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vanished Ones Author: Chad Lucas Narrator: Ruffin Prentiss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 28, 2025 Genres: Mystery & Fantasy Publisher's Summary: From award-winning author Chad Lucas comes an enthralling new story about a strange island where boys go missing—and the two boys intent on uncovering the truth about it   On Rhodenroode Island, a remote colony of the Homeland, there sits a Mission on the Hill, where boys are taken in and taught the ways of the faith.   Darian is the only trainee of his race there, and he doesn’t remember how he came to the Mission. All he remembers are brown hands and the belly of a ship. Life among the other boys and the cantankerous Brothers is not always easy, but Darian is determined to live up to the lofty calling the leaders of the Mission have laid out for him: that one day he will carry the Sacred Word to places it has yet to reach.   But when another trainee at the Mission disappears—the latest in a string of vanishings—Darian is determined to solve the mystery that begins to shake his faith in what he’s always been taught.   When he and his friend Micah sneak away from the Mission and head east to see what they can learn about the rebel sect supposedly responsible for the vanishings, they discover that the island holds far more secrets than they ever could have imagined—and somehow, they must save the other boys at the Mission from a danger that’s even greater than they realized.   'Lucas builds an engaging mystery with a dash of Afrofuturism, giving a thoughtful reflection on colonialism and its effects on society.'—Booklist

Mama Hug by Emma Straub

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773639 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773639] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Hug Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 7, 2025 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: A scrumptious, love-filled audiobook for preschoolers by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, just in time for Valentine's Day Mama cuddle, Mama swing. Mama dance, Mama sing. Join this lovable Mama and baby for a joyful day of fun and snuggles. Bestselling author Emma Straub has created irresistible rhyming prose that mothers will delight in listening to with their little ones again and again. A wonderful baby shower gift and just right as a bedtime listen, this sweet treat is a hug in audiobook form.

The Half-Bred Heir by Andrew Wareham

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/852117 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/852117] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Half-Bred Heir Series: #1 of Agricultural Lord Palfrey Author: Andrew Wareham Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 24, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Captain Nathaniel Perry has survived the Battle of Waterloo with some slight distinction, and finds himself respected in his fashionable mess on the regiment's return to England. That is a problem, for he has no private income. He had managed well enough on his pay on campaign, but could not do so in the Peace. Simultaneously with his promotion to major in acknowledgement of his actions at the Battle, he is called to London at the behest of a dying grandfather, a merchant who had disowned him, disapproving of his mother's marriage. Perry discovers he is the sole surviving heir . . . and rich. Selling out of the Army and settling in London, he is soon noticed and his name remarked upon. He is then discovered by the paternal side, who do not dislike his money, but had disowned his father upon his unfortunate marriage. Belonging neither to one class or the other, Nathaniel has to make a new life for himself.

The Night on the Darling River by Darry Fraser

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827218 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827218] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night on the Darling River Author: Darry Fraser Narrator: Rebecca Macauley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 4, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Amid the rising flood waters and shearers' strike violence, can one brave woman reclaim her future? From an Australian bestselling author comes a riveting historical adventure about one woman's journey from a life of isolation to one of love and acceptance. 1894, Echuca, Victoria: Tess Hawthorn is a woman on the run from her abusive husband. All she has to do is get on the riverboat Victor and she will be free. But with tensions at an all-time high between unionist shearers and Scabs, Tess isn't the only person trying to board a boat under the cover of night. When a brawl erupts between the union and non-union men, Tess is mistaken as a fellow Scab and in the chaos pulled aboard the PS Rodney - the same boat heading up the Darling River that her husband was bound for. The last person Bram Kempster expects to see on board is Tess Hawthorn, the girl he's loved from afar since they were young. But he can't afford to get distracted, not when he's on an urgent trip to Renmark. Tess didn't want him back then and, if her haughty behaviour is anything to go by, she certainly doesn't want him now. But childhood hurts are the least of their problems. The continent is a tinderbox of violence and bloodshed waiting to ignite, and at home the Murray River is rising fast. Can they overcome their past in time to work together and survive? 'Fraser has established herself as one of Australia's most loved historical fiction authors.' THE HERALD SUN

Sun Broken: A Wild Hunt Novel by Yasmine Galenorn

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803850 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803850] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sun Broken: A Wild Hunt Novel Series: #11 of Wild Hunt Author: Yasmine Galenorn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 3, 2024 Genres: Paranormal Publisher's Summary: Life isn't easy when you bear the mark of the Silver Stag . . . Typhon, the Father of Dragons, is rising, and in his wake so are throngs of the departed. Amid the fallout, a serial killer emerges, targeting necromancers, psychics, and anyone dealing with the dead. Ember and the Wild Hunt head out on the trail of the killer, only to find themselves drawn into the dark underbelly of the Vampire Nation as they try to prevent the assassin from striking again. But the killer's far more dangerous than anyone predicted, and now he's got his sights set on his next target—Raven BoneTalker. Can Ember and Herne keep her safe, or will the killer slide beneath their radar and claim Raven as his next victim?