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Title: Leave the Girls Behind: A Novel

Author: Jacqueline Bublitz

Narrator: Stephanie Cannon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

The acclaimed author of the “tour de force” (The New York Times Book Review) Before You Knew My Name returns with a fresh suspense novel about a woman haunted by a serial killer and the ghosts he left behind. Ruth-Ann Baker is a college dropout, a bartender—and an amateur detective who just can’t stay away from true crime. Nineteen years ago, her childhood friend was murdered by suspected serial killer Ethan Oswald. Still tormented by the case, Ruth can’t help but think of the long-dead Oswald when another young girl goes missing from the same town. And when she uncovers startling new evidence that suggests Oswald did not act alone, she is determined to find his deadly partner in crime. Embarking on a global investigation, Ruth becomes close to three very different women—one of whom might just hold the key to what happened to the missing girl. And her childhood friend, all those years ago. From an author who “pushes the boundaries of crime fiction in all the right ways” (Alex Finlay, author of The Night Shift), Leave the Girls Behind is another spine-chilling thriller that will linger long after you finish the last page.

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Title: Daughter of Ruins: A Novel

Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon

Narrator: Alex Sarrigeorgiou

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Release date: October 8, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

As seen on GMA * 'Start this engrossing, mesmerizing, and loving book and you won't want to put it down.' --Adam Glassman, Oprah Daily * 'Spellbinding!' --Today.com Set in the direct aftermath of WWII and spanning the rest of the 20th century, Daughter of Ruins is an all-encompassing tale steeped in the rich history, culture, and myths of Greece. A deeply moving story that follows three women (a prostitute, a mail-order bride, and a young artist) as they struggle to control their destinies, fighting to become the women they were meant to be. Demitra's mother died in America in the 1930s when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her home to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood and dreams her dead mother watches over her like the goddesses she reads about in her mythology books. When Demitra comes of age, she refuses to marry the man chosen for her. Instead, she defiantly begins an affair with a forbidden man who ignites her passion for painting the goddesses she once imagined protected her. Elena is a beautiful Italian woman who dreamed of a life away from the brothels where she was raised. But opportunities are not meant for daughters of prostitutes, and Elena has no choice but to become one herself. When Italy occupies Cephalonia, Elena finds work entertaining the soldiers. Her life on the island is happy and carefree--until the Germans arrive in 1943. Maria lives in a poor mountain village in 1921 with a loving mother and sister. When her father grows desperate to feed his family, he sends her to America as a picture bride to marry a stranger. Only eighteen years old, Maria is terrified of the journey ahead. Daughter of Ruins is a powerful tale of three determined and strong women, and it is impossible not to be moved by their journeys. Whether you are a fan of historical fiction, mythology, or simply enjoy a compelling story of female empowerment, this book is a must-read. So why not pick up a copy today and join us on this unforgettable journey to 20th-century Greece?

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Title: The Fabled Earth

Author: Kimberly Brock

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 53 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes the truth is found in a folktale. An evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry when temptations arise and passions flare. Those who survive are haunted by memories and regrets in this southern gothic tale told across dual timelines. 1932. Cumberland Island off the coast of Southern Georgia is a strange place to encounter the opulence of the Gilded Age, but the last vestiges of the famed philanthropic Carnegie family still take up brief seasonal residence in their grand mansions there. This year’s party at Plum Orchard is a lively group: young men from some of America’s finest families who come to experience the area’s hunting beside a local guide, a beautiful debutante expecting to be engaged by the week’s end, and a promising female artist who believes she has meaningful ties to her wealthy hosts. But when temptations arise and passions flare, an evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry. Lives are both lost and ruined. 1959. Reclusive painter Cleo Woodbine has lived alone for decades on Kingdom Come, a tiny strip of land once occupied by the servants for the great houses on nearby Cumberland. When she is visited by the man who saved her life nearly thirty years earlier, a tempest is unleashed as the stories of the past gather and begin to regain their strength. Frances Flood is a folklorist come to Cumberland Island seeking the source of a legend—and also information about her mother, who was among the guests at a long-ago hunting party. Audrey Howell, briefly a newlywed and now newly widowed, is running a local inn. When she develops an eerie double exposure photograph, some believe she’s raised a ghost—someone who hasn’t been seen since that fateful night in 1932. Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide in this sweeping story inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island when a once-in-a-century storm threatens the natural landscape. Faced with a changing world, two timelines and the perspectives of three women intersect where a folktale meets the truth to reveal what Cumberland Island has hidden all along. - Historical women’s fiction - Stand-alone novel - Book length: approximately 120,000 words - Includes discussion questions for book clubs

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Title: Here One Moment

Author: Liane Moriarty

Narrator: Geraldine Hakewill, Caroline Lee

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Release date: September 26, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. From the worldwide Number One bestselling author behind the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning HBO series Big Little Lies and smash hit bestseller Apples Never Fall. We’re all so busy, caught up in life's moments, big and small . . . The flight attendant working a shift on her birthday. The mother struggling alone with two young children. The newlyweds excited about their tropical honeymoon . The overworked father missing his kid’s big show. The young man returning from his best friend’s funeral. The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring. All strangers. All unsuspecting. Each with a life heading in a particular direction – or so they imagine. Because an elderly woman is about to step into each of their paths. In just a few words, she will make a prediction, tying herself to all of them. And, in being bound to her, these disparate strangers will all face similar existential dilemmas. . Who is this woman? Is she a genuine clairvoyant? A charlatan? The answer to prayers, or a harbinger of nightmares? What she will prove to be is an agent of chaos, fraying relationships, putting entire futures into doubt and causing the most ordered of lives to unravel in the most unexpected of ways . . . Praise for Liane Moriarty: 'One of the few writers I'll drop anything for' Jojo Moyes 'An engrossing mashup of family drama and psychological suspense that offers a mystery. Complex and satisfying. Perfect holiday reading' Guardian 'Keeps you guessing until the very end' Reese Witherspoon 'Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly' Sunday Express 'Had me utterly hooked' Daily Mail © Liane Moriarty 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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Title: Honeybee

Author: Dawn O’porter

Narrator: Céline Buckens, Sarah Ovens

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Release date: September 26, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a buzzy new novel about womanhood, winging it, and the wonders of female friendship **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** ‘Funny, relatable and incredibly entertaining, it’s a gorgeous celebration of female friendship' ELIZABETH DAY ‘A fabulous confection' JACQUELINE WILSON EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WINGING IT? JOIN THE HIVE For best friends Renée and Flo, adulthood isn’t the party they expected. Renée’s dreams of being a writer are going nowhere. Flo’s hiding a secret shame. They’re both failing in work and love. Why did nobody warn them? Why does adulthood feel less like freedom, and more like a trap? Careening from one disaster to the next, and learning to spread their… wings, Renée and Flo must uncover the secret to living their best lives. But maybe we never stop growing up. And maybe they’ll survive the course – if only they stick together. HONEYBEE is for anyone who's looking to belong. When life stings, we all need a wing woman. Dawn O’Porter's book 'Cat Lady' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 24-10-2022. Join the BUZZ for Dawn O’Porter: ‘Absolutely brilliant’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Dawn O’Porter has knocked it out of the park’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Had me laughing out loud and crying. Perfect! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Funny, cheeky, sassy’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Dawn brings the characters to life so well’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Funny, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Title: Think Again

Author: Jacqueline Wilson

Narrator: Carrie Hope Fletcher, Jacqueline Wilson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. A Sunday Times Bestseller Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? They're all grown up now - but if they think they know what's coming, they'd better think again... Adulthood isn’t quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was fourteen years old. Though she’s got her beautiful daughter Lottie, her trusty cat Stella and life-long best friends in Magda and Nadine, her love life is non-existent and she feels like she’s been living on auto-pilot, just grateful to be able to afford the rent on her poky little flat. But this year on her birthday, it seems it’s time for all that to change – whether Ellie wants it to or not. As she navigates new, exciting and often choppy waters, she’s about to discover that life will never stop surprising you – if only you let it. Bringing the same warmth and humour to an adult novel as she does to her work for younger readers, Jacqueline Wilson finally answers the questions fans have been asking for years in this uplifting, life-affirming story about friendship, family, and finding fulfilment in unexpected places. This audiobook features an exclusive interview between Jacqueline Wilson and narrator, Carrie Hope Fletcher discussing their creative processes, and how it felt to revisit these beloved characters as both author and narrator. 'Think Again is pure nostalgia in a bottle, and oh-so-relatable. Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere.' - Dawn O'Porter 'Enchanting, moving, meaningful, fun - thank God for Jacqueline Wilson!' - Alice Winn 'A read-in-a-day comfort book' Independent © Jacqueline Wilson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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Title: Follow the Stars Home

Author: Diane C. Mcphail

Narrator: Jessica Marchbank

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

It's a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October 20th, 1811, Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt—daughter of one of the architects of the United States Capitol—fearlessly boards the steamship New Orleans in Pittsburgh. Eight months pregnant and with a toddler in tow, Lydia is fiercely independent despite her youth. She's also accustomed to defying convention. Against her father's wishes, she married his much older business colleague, inventor Nicholas Roosevelt—builder of the New Orleans—and spent her honeymoon on a primitive flatboat. But the stakes for this trip are infinitely higher. If Nicholas's untried steamboat reaches New Orleans, it will serve as a profitable packet ship between that city and Natchez, proving the power of steam as it travels up and down the Mississippi. Success in this venture would revolutionize travel and trade, open the west to expansion, and secure the Roosevelts' future. Lydia believes herself ready for all the dangers ahead—growing unrest among native people, disease or injury, and the turbulent Falls of the Ohio, a sixty-foot drop long believed impassable in such a large boat. But there are other challenges in store, impossible to predict as Lydia boards that fall day. Challenges which—if survived—will haunt and transform her, as surely as the journey will alter the course of a nation . . .

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Title: The Memory Keeper

Author: Corin Burnside

Narrator: Peta Cornish

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Release date: August 13, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

'A wonderful page turner' Kate Galley 'A beautiful and fresh twist on a familiar period of history' Neema Shah An utterly heart-wrenching and unputdownable novel about love, loss and sacrifice, perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy, Lorna Cook and Kathryn Hughes. 1940. Having grown up surrounded by nature, Bella Gardner loves nothing more than getting her hands dirty. When war breaks out, she immediately signs up for the Air Transport Auxiliary, frustrated she can’t play a more active role, yet keen to do something for the war effort. But when her brother is involved in a tragic accident, Bella must make a decision that changes the course of her life forever. 2014. Archaeologist Jennifer Dawson is excited when she is told about an unrecovered World War 2 Spitfire but is shocked to discover that the body of the pilot is still inside the plane. Trying to avoid her own demons, Jennifer sets out to solve the mystery of the forgotten pilot – and finds that the answer might lie a lot closer to home… Praise for Corin Burnside: ‘Five stars for this very accomplished debut, with characters that will pull your heartstrings and an intriguing mystery that made me rush through the chapters.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful romance… Loved it!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was completely swept up in this epic story of love, loss and adventure… I hugely recommend this debut!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So well written and meticulously researched… The characters were really believable and I found it easy to picture the story in my head.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I feel like I have lost a group of friends after finishing this book… a great storyline to devour.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A well written and captivating story.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Title: The Unmothers: A Novel

Author: Leslie J. Anderson

Narrator: Chelsea Stephens

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

In this emotionally raw and propulsive folk horror-mystery, a journalist goes to a small town and unravels a dark secret that the women have been keeping for generations. Marshall is still trying to put the pieces together after the death of her husband. After she is involved in a terrible accident, her editor sends her to the small, backwards town of Raeford to investigate a clearly ridiculous rumor: that a horse has given birth to a healthy, human baby boy. When Marshall arrives in Raeford, she finds an insular town that is kinder to the horses they are famous for breeding than to their own people. But when two horribly mangled bodies are discovered in a field—one a horse, one a human—she realizes that there might be a real story here. As she’s pulled deeper into the town and its guarded people, her sense of reality is tipped on its head. Is she losing her grip? Or is this impossible story the key to a dark secret that has haunted the women of Raeford for generations? Unbearably tense and utterly gripping, this atmospheric tale of female rage, bodily autonomy, and generational trauma hails the arrival of a masterful storyteller.

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Title: The Outlier

Author: Elisabeth Eaves

Narrator: Ivan Wanis Ruiz, Maddalena Valecchi Williams, Margarita Valderrama, Richard Clarkin

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

An audaciously twisty psychological thriller in which finding the killer is only one of two mysteries its anti-heroine, Cate Winter, tries to unravel. The other: when pushed to extremes, what is she herself capable of? Cate Winter, at 34, is a wildly successful neuroscientist and entrepreneur who has invented a cure for Alzheimer's that will improve the lives of millions. On the verge of selling her biotech company for an obscene sum, she is also about to become very rich. But Cate has a secret that keeps her deeply uneasy about everything she is and does: she grew up at the Cleckley Institute, a treatment facility for the rehabilitation of psychopathic children. And, as far as she knows, she is the institute's only success: all of her peers have become thwarted, maladjusted or even criminal adults. Then Cate discovers the existence of another ex-patient and outlier who might prove that her success isn't a fluke. He has not only stayed out of jail, but he's made a mark in business and science. Though his identity is confidential, she breaks the rules and drops everything to track him down. And when she finds him, living under an assumed name in Baja California, she is immediately obsessed. Like her, he is driven and brilliant, an innovator willing to do what it takes to perfect a new energy technology that will stop global warming. Here, at last, is her mirror, her ultimate collaborator, the possible answer to the enigma of her nature. But in the wake of a mysterious death, Cate can't avoid suspecting him. If he is involved, do his ends justify his means? Ruthless herself, she's about to find out whether there are any moral lines she won't cross.