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Title: The Garden of Lost Secrets

Author: Kerry Barrett

Narrator: Catrin Walker-Booth, Mary Woodvine

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Release date: January 18, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

'This moving story is not to be missed.' Candis A forgotten past. A garden full of secrets. A mystery to be uncovered. 1943. With her best friend having recently joined the Land Army and her mother lost in grief after the death of her father early in the war, Gloria is lonely. When she finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Jerome, an American soldier stationed in her Cotswolds village, Gloria begins to fall in love. But conflict between the soldiers and the villagers lead to an impossible choice with devastating consequences. Present day. After their dreams of starting a family are crushed, Philippa and her husband Marco need a fresh start. Focusing on repairing the crumbling walls and leaking roof of the Cotswolds house they impulsively bought seems easier work than repairing their relationship. When Philippa finds a hidden memorial hidden deep in the garden, the discovery only pushes them further apart. But as Philippa determines to uncover the truth behind the memorial, could the secrets it reveals be the key to finally putting their heartbreak to rest? Don’t miss this sweeping dual-timeline historical novel from the author of The Girl in the Picture and The Book of Last Letters, perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy and Lorna Cook. Readers LOVE The Garden of Lost Secrets! 'I love a dual timeline story, and this is a really captivating one… Loved it.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A thought provoking dual timeline novel… an excellent read.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book was an absolute joy. I didn’t want to finish it. I look forward to reading more books by this author.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book has heartache and joy and it was an absolute pleasure to read.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a wonderful book full of wonderful characters.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Title: Dawn of Fate and Valor

Series: #2 of Awakened Fates

Author: Rebecca Grey, Lucinda Dark

Narrator: Islay Jacobs, Nick Mondelli

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9

Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Born as the daughter of the Saintess Queen, now my hands are soaked in blood. I am a killer. I am Awakened. I am a Queen without a throne. Against the wishes of my escort guard, Solomon, I must seek the aid of the kingdom of my betrayer. As the connection between Solomon and I soars to new heights, one thing is becoming incredibly clear: my newfound abilities have brought with them secrets. Dreams torment me, and I am lost to understand what they mean—and why the image of my Goddess’s lover looks like Solomon. A mad prince, a lost friend, mortal enemies—I have to find a way to save my country and my sanity.

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Title: Highland Dreamer

Series: #4 of Highland Talents Heritage

Author: Willa Blair

Narrator: Dave Gillies

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Tavish Lathan sees the future in his dreams. Because he lacks a full command of the talent he inherited from his mother, his predictions don't always come to pass. So when death clouds the destiny he foresees for a beautiful visitor to the Lathan keep, Tavish prays this foreshadowing will be one of his unfulfilled visions. After her seer's sense warns of danger, Yvaine's begs her parents to allow her to accompany them to a gathering of clan chiefs at the Aerie. Her father has his share of enemies, and her powers of prophecy are often less than reliable, so her only hope of seeing the threat in time to protect him is to remain close at hand. Tavish's visions fail to predict the ardent feelings he develops when he meets the doomed lass. His efforts to protect Yvaine from her fate cause her to misunderstand his intentions. She believes that he is part of a conspiracy to kill her father. When the real danger appears, can they trust each other—and their burgeoning abilities—enough to keep their dreams of death from coming true? Contains mature themes.

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Title: When the Duke Loved Me

Series: #1 of Rake Chronicles

Author: Lydia Lloyd

Narrator: Christy Woods

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 0 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

They are both pretending to be someone else for the night . . . When Catherine Forster asks a handsome stranger to lead her out of the ballroom and into the Tremberley gardens, she hopes to glimpse its renowned Roman ruins . . . and maybe steal a kiss. But when she and her delectable escort are discovered in a scandalous embrace, Catherine is horrified to learn that she has been kissing John Breminster, heir to the man who ruined her family. Given that the Forsters are his sworn enemies, John had no choice but to walk away from Catherine that night. But he has never been able to forget their close encounter—and, even years later, still longs for her touch. Worse, when his father dies, John, now the Duke of Edington, finds himself with a problem that only Catherine can help him solve. Catherine agrees to aid him in his quest . . . for a price. On their journey, they soon begin to give into temptation, even as they uncover troubling revelations about the past. Will John and Catherine overcome this shared history? Or will its secrets tear them apart forever? Contains mature themes.

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Title: Always Remember

Series: #3 of Ravenswood

Author: Mary Balogh

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the queen of Regency romance comes a heartwarming new story.Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible.Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of the Season—even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking—and dancing.When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion—driving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was raised with the earl’s family, he knows he does not really belong in the world of the ton.Jennifer is shocked—and intrigued—by Ben’s ideas, and both families are alarmed by the growing friendship and perhaps more that they sense developing between the two. A duke’s sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes love can find a way.

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Title: Any Duke in a Storm

Series: #4 of Daring Dukes

Author: Amalie Howard

Narrator: Olivia Thompson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Release date: January 9, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee, but the men on her heels will stop at nothing until she’s paid the piper. The trouble to her front, however, is Raphael Saint, the Duc de Viel, her ship’s new aggravating and dangerously charming sailing master who might very well be part of the smuggling ring Lisbeth must bring to justice. But when a new deadly threat on the high seas looms, the only way out of danger might be to face it…together.

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Title: Crimson Roses

Author: Grace Livingston Hill

Narrator: Anne Hancock

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Release date: January 2, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Faithfully nursing her ill father for five years has derailed Marion Warren’s plans for further education. When no will is found after their father’s death, her brother Tom decides to sell their family home in the city and move his young family to a Vermont farm. Naturally, Marion will always have a home with them—where she can help with housework and the children’s schooling. Marion’s dream of taking classes and enjoying the city’s cultural offerings evaporates until, armed with only her faith, a meager purse and a quaking heart, she dares to make other plans. A job and a room in a shabby boarding house meet her basic needs; to feed her soul, she scrapes together funds for a season ticket in the upper balcony of the symphony concert hall. A single perfect crimson rose lays on her seat at the first concert. A mistake surely, but since no one claims it she takes it home. Another rose appears the next week and the next. Who is the kindly benefactor who has brought such beauty into her lonely life?

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Title: Protecting Her Heart

Series: #3 of The Proper Romance Victorian Series

Author: Nancy Campbell Allen

Narrator: Danielle Cohen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: January 2, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

London, 1887 When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father has died, she immediately leaves America and returns home to see to her family’s estate. Among her father’s possessions is a box of her late mother’s letters, which feels like a balm to Charlotte’s grief-stricken heart. But the letters contain some inconsistencies that suggest there was more to her mother’s death than Charlotte had been told. She turns to the one man she trusts more than anyone—her treasured friend and director of London’s police force, John Ellis. John Ellis has harbored feelings for Charlotte ever since he first met her. Tucked into his heart are thoughts of her sharp mind, quick wit, and remarkable beauty. Though he has not yet found the courage to share his feelings with the young doctor, he is eager to help her in her hour of need. Investigating the details of a death was not how Charlotte imagined she would find love, but as she and John work to unravel a dark web of secrets and lies, she finds herself relying on him more and more—and opening her heart to him in the process. As the danger draws ever closer, John vows to do everything in his power to protect Charlotte from harm. But he fears protecting her heart might come at the cost of breaking his own.

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Title: A Trail so Lonesome

Series: #1 of Wagon Train Matches

Author: Lacy Williams

Narrator: Johanna Parker

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Release date: December 26, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Spending five months eating trail dust wasn't Leo Spencer's first choice. Or his second. He's not one to run away, but some situations can't be fixed and his family—two brothers and a sister—needs to start over. Which is how he finds himself on a westbound wagon train. Evangeline has a secret, one that has sent her on a journey across the plains on the Oregon Trail. When her father is badly hurt and she needs help, Leo is there. A deal is struck, and the two unlikely friends form an alliance . . . that leads to more. But Evangeline's secret looms over her . . . and Leo's family troubles are far from over.

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Title: The Virgin and the Whale: A Love Story

Author: Carl Nixon

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Release date: December 26, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A touching, clever novel about stories, about using them to create your own identity, and about the way they can forge bonds of love. It is 1919. Elizabeth Whitman is working as a nurse in the local hospital, waiting for her husband to return from war, though he is missing in action, 'presumed dead'. She keeps him alive for their four-year-old son, Jack, by telling the story of a man she calls The Balloonist, who went away in a hot-air balloon and has adventures in exotic countries. When she is asked to nurse a returned soldier whose head injury has reduced him to an animal-like state with no memory, Elizabeth starts telling her stories to him. It is through them that she manages to engage his interest and offer him a new life . . . in more ways than one.