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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/765792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Playgroup: A brilliantly entertaining and utterly feel-good page-turner Series: #1 of Part of: Utterly feel-good and hilarious women's fiction books by Janey Fraser Author: Janey Fraser Narrator: Melissa Vaughan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: They say you shouldn't work with kids, but then you haven't met the parents... All of Gemma's dreams come true when she's asked to step into the role of Puddleducks Playgroup leader. She knows the place better than anyone and is determined to prove she's the right person for the job. Nothing is going to spoil this opportunity for her... ...Until she meets Joe Balls, the newly appointed head of reception at the neighbouring infant school. An ex-banker more comfortable with numbers than nursery rhymes, Joe has this annoying habit of interfering with Gemma and her plans for the playgroup. The two may not see eye to eye, but when the kids suddenly start acting out, and the parents aren't any better, can Joe and Gemma put their differences aside and work together to overcome these unexpected challenges? A highly relatable and uplifting read that will have you racing through the pages to find out how the story ends. Full of warmth, love and laughter, The Playgroup is perfect for fans of Kristen Bailey, Fiona Gibson and Carmen Reid.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories Author: Manuel Gonzales Narrator: Lee Osorio, Manuel Gonzales, Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena. The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first book render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, in prose that thrums with energy and shimmers with beauty. In “The Artist’s Voice” we meet one of the world’s foremost composers, a man who speaks through his ears. A hijacked plane circles a city for twenty years in “Pilot, Copilot, Writer.” Sound can kill in “The Sounds of Early Morning.” And, in the title story, a man is at war with the wife he accidentally shrank. For these characters, the phenomenal isn’t necessarily special—but it’s often dangerous. In slightly fantastical settings, Gonzales illustrates very real guilt over small and large marital missteps, the intense desire for the reinvention of self, and the powerful urges we feel to defend and provide for the people we love. With wit and insight, these stories subvert our expectations and challenge us to look at our surroundings with fresh eyes. Brilliantly conceived, strikingly original, and told with the narrative instinct of a born storyteller, The Miniature Wife is an unforgettable debut.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happiness Economics Author: Shari Lapena Narrator: Robin Wilcock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The riotously funny second novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena, that explores what happens when art collides with commerce. Will Thorne is a stalled poet, married to Judy, a wildly successful celebrity economist. Pressured by a starving fellow poet, Will establishes The Poets' Preservation Society, a genteel organization to help poets in need. But when Will meets his muse, the enigmatic and athletic Lily White, he becomes inspired not only to write, but to take guerrilla action in support of poets everywhere. Poetry meets parkour and culture clashes with commerce in this hilarious look at how we measure the value of art.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fair is the Rose Series: #2 of Van Alen Sisters Author: Meagan McKinney Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On the run from the law for a crime she didn't commit, a woman must trust her life to a gunslinger who is not what he seems in award-winning author Meagan McKinney's sensual and suspenseful historical romance With her face on Wanted posters from New York to Missouri, Christal Van Alen dons a disguise, determined to clear her name by bringing the real killer to justice. But when outlaws ambush her wagon train, her fate falls into the hands of the most dangerous gunslinger in the West. Bringing a gang of deadly felons to justice was supposed to be Macauley Cain's last job. Then the Confederate soldier-turned–undercover US marshal could retire in peace. But first he is going to solve the mystery of the beautiful blonde in widow's weeds—a woman who awakens in him a desire as irresistible as it is dangerous—for her past has followed her to Wyoming Territory. Now, with Christal on the run and a merciless assassin on her trail, Cain won't rest until he finds her again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Circle Broken Author: Dorothy Carvello Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cee Cee Porter came to Nashville as a young woman with a handful of love songs she'd written for her husband, Bucky, and a dream of joining the ranks of country music queens. After one of the songs became a hit, Bucky convinced her to trade her career for a family. Meanwhile, he founded DMG Records and became a major power player in Nashville. Now their marriage is falling apart. Like a good, Southern, Christian woman, Cee Cee does everything she can to save it. But when Bucky signs the young Australian phenomenon Michael Jennings, Cee Cee's world is upended. As she tries to create a life above Nashville's hypocritical moral stricture, she is menaced at every turn. A fast-paced, complex, true-to-life story, The Circle Broken captures what it's really like to be in the music business: the fame, the debauchery, the manipulation, and the duplicity. It is a dramatic exploration of the psychology of money and power, illuminating the struggle of women trying to rise in a male-dominated world. Most importantly, it is a story about identity and about how trauma is passed from generation to generation, like a song no one can stop singing. Can the circle ever be broken?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Renewal After Dark Series: #27 of Gansett Island Author: Marie Force Narrator: Holly Warren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The storm has passed, but the hard work is just beginning…   Gansett Island has withstood the fury of Hurricane Ethel, and now the cleanup is underway for many islanders, including McKenzie Martin, who barely escaped the storm with her life and that of her son, Jax. After Police Chief Blaine Taylor rescued them and brought them to his home, her island neighbor, Duke Sullivan, showed up with belongings he collected from the collapsed cottage she recently inherited from her grandmother. When Duke invites McKenzie to use his empty garage apartment while she figures out her next moves, McKenzie is thankful for his offer—and his friendship—as she navigates the complexities of rebuilding on an island.   Duke is smitten by his old friend Rosemary’s granddaughter, the loveliest woman he’s ever met. But what would she want with a long-haired, tattooed dude like him who’s nine years older than her and more than a little rough around the edges? Turns out, she’s quite enchanted by the man she refers to as a unicorn. Not only is he sexy, thoughtful and funny, he’s also kind, which is the most important quality to her after encountering too many selfish men who disappointed her, especially Jax’s father, who’s about to hear from McKenzie’s new lawyer, Kendall James, sister to Jared, Quinn and Cooper.   As the friendship between Duke and McKenzie deepens, other islanders are caught up in the search for two missing men, one of whom has deepties to several longtime residents. Others are dealing with the emotional fallout from their close calls during the storm.   In good times and in bad, island residents come together to support each other and to rebuild their beloved community.   Bonus! Attend the wedding of two island favorites in a special short story at the end of RENEWAL AFTER DARK!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calder Country Author: Janet Dailey Narrator: Graham Winton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1920s, Blue Moon, Montana. The small cattle town is alight with the excitement of cars, telephones, and airplanes. But as new inventions and new roles for women collide with Prohibition and the rising battle between gangsters and the FBI, Blue Moon finds itself—and some of its most infamous residents and powerful families—at a crossroads, and in battles of their own, between hearts and minds …Heir to the Hollister Ranch on his mother’s side, Mason Dollarhide is back home after a five-year prison sentence for smuggling bootleg liquor. Cynical and daring, he’s already up to his old tricks, having his goods trafficked to him by plane. … Until the pilot is injured in a crash and captured by federal agents.Ruby Weaver learned to fly from her smuggler father. To keep him from a harsh prison sentence, she agrees to take over his route and go undercover to help the Feds break up a bootlegging ring. Mason is only one part of that large operation, but he’s the rugged, rebellious, and tantalizingly irreverent part that makes an impression. Against her better judgement, Ruby finds herself falling for him, fighting an attraction that could jeopardize them both, while harboring a secret that could destroy any hope of a future together …Mason has never met a woman quite like Ruby. Not only is she brave and beautiful, but she somehow understands his ways—and may even inspire him to change them. The first step will be trusting her enough to open his heart …While the fire between Ruby and Mason smolders, other star-crossed Blue Moon romances blaze, as old family rivalries between the Dollarhides and the Calders continue. But when tables unexpectedly turn, some dreams may go up in smoke …The epic tale of the settling of the American West comes to vivid life in this inspiring saga of love, hope and endurance.QuotesAuthor BioNarrator Bio© Print Copyright©2024 by Revocable Trust Created by Jimmy Dean Dailey and Mary Sue Dailey Dated December 22, 2016? Audio Copyright?2024 by Recorded BooksCover DesignCover design by Seth LernerArtwork CreditsCover image by Judy Kennamer/ArcangelArrangementRecorded by arrangement with Kensington Publishing Corp.ISBNsC08988 5063196 9798892737265 Calder CountryZ21238 5063196 9798892737418 Calder CountryDG17441 5063196 9798892737562 Calder CountryImagesInsert cover JPG and cover PDF hereCalder CountryTitleCalder CountrySubtitleSeriesThe Calder BrandAuthorJanet DaileyNarratorGraham WintonCopy1920s, Blue Moon, Montana. The small cattle town is alight with the excitement of cars, telephones, and airplanes. But as new inventions and new roles for women collide with Prohibition and the rising battle between gangsters and the FBI, Blue Moon finds itself—and some of its most infamous residents and powerful families—at a crossroads, and in battles of their own, between hearts and minds …Heir to the Hollister Ranch on his mother’s side, Mason Dollarhide is back home after a five-year prison sentence for smuggling bootleg liquor. Cynical and daring, he’s already up to his old tricks, having his goods trafficked to him by plane. … Until the pilot is injured in a crash and captured by federal agents.Ruby Weaver learned to fly from her smuggler father. To keep him from a harsh prison sentence, she agrees to take over his route and go undercover to help the Feds break up a bootlegging ring. Mason is only one part of that large operation, but he’s the rugged, rebellious, and tantalizingly irreverent part that makes an impression. Against her better judgement, Ruby finds herself falling for him, fighting an attraction that could jeopardize them both, while harboring a secret that could destroy any hope of a future together …Mason has never met a woman quite like Ruby. Not only is she brave and beautiful, but she somehow understands his ways—and may even inspire him to change them. The first step will be trusting her enough to open his heart …While the fire between Ruby and Mason smolders, other star-crossed Blue Moon romances blaze, as old family rivalries between the Dollarhides and the Calders continue. But when tables unexpectedly turn, some dreams may go up in smoke …The epic tale of the settling of the American West comes to vivid life in this inspiring saga of love, hope and endurance.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl Author: Bart Yates Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At the age of ninety-six, Isaac Dahl sits down to write his memoir. For Isaac, an accomplished journalist and historian, finding the right words to convey events is never a problem. But this book will be different from anything he has written before. Focusing on twelve different days, each encapsulated in a chapter, Isaac hopes to distill the very essence of his life. There are days that begin like any other, only to morph through twists of fate. An avalanche strikes Bingham, Utah, and eight-year-old Isaac and his twin sister, Agnes, survive when they are trapped in an upside-down bathtub. Other days stand apart in history—including a day in 1942, when Isaac, stationed on the USS Houston in the Java Sea as a rookie correspondent, confronts the full horror of war. And there are days spent simply, with his lifelong friend, Bo, or with Danny, the younger man whose love transforms Isaac's later years. From the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to a Mississippi school at the apex of the civil rights movement, Isaac tells his story with insight, wisdom, and emotional depth. The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl is a wonderful, singular narrative that will spark conversation and reflection—a reminder that there is no such thing as an ordinary life, and the greatest accomplishment of all is to live and love fully.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/766993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fleeing France: A WWII Novel of Sacrifice and Rescue in the French Ambulance Service Author: Alan Hlad Narrator: Moniqua Plante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: France, 1939: A talented singer, Ruth Lacroix has left Maine to live with her aunt and uncle, dreaming of performing at the Casino de Paris. But with the outbreak of war, and the heartbreaking news that her cousin has been killed by German forces, that goal is supplanted by another—to support France in any way she can. Though Ruth has never driven a vehicle larger than the tractor on her parents' farm, she joins a friend in enlisting as a driver for the French ambulance corps. On their way to transfer injured soldiers to Dunkirk for evacuation, they encounter Jimmie, a British Royal Air Force pilot with No. 73 Squadron RAF, who has bailed out of his burning plane. As Dunkirk falls, blocking off the route to the northern coast, word spreads of a daring Allied plan to rescue the remaining troops and civilians from ports in western France: code name Operation Aerial. Over two hazardous weeks, Ruth and Jimmie will journey hundreds of miles together, helping other refugees as they rush to reach the sea before they are overtaken by the Germany army. But all their courage and resilience offer no certainty in wartime, when a single stroke of luck, or a split-second decision, can mean the difference between life and death . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell: A Novel Author: Nadia Hashimi Narrator: Mozhan Navabi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters. But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way. Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Broke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive?