Top Website Where You Can Find and Download Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Claypot Dreamstance

Author: Mario Milosevic

Narrator: Ken Teutsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-09-16

Publisher: Green Snake Publishing

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Claypot Dreamstance wanders the streets of Portland, Oregon, drawing chalk portraits on walls and sidewalks. His only question: Why did God take away his young daughter? A broken man in a cruel world, Claypot lives in crippling grief on the verge of perpetual despair and searches for a way back to sanity. His only tool: his incredible artistic talent. His constant fear: nothing can save him from eternal sorrow and a downward spiral to oblivion. A tale of one man's search for meaning in a meaningless world.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Operation Medina: The Crusade

Author: George Mavro

Narrator: Wayne Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-16

Publisher: TotalRecall Publications

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Operation Medina: The Crusade by George Macro

The second book of the series Operation Medina, Crusade opens up with the Greeks retreating on all fronts from the Turkish onslaught. The US has dispatched an expeditionary force consisting of a fighter squadron and a small USAF security force to assist the Greeks. As the Americans join the fight against the Turks, they begin to exact a heavy toll on the enemy. The Greeks manage to stabilize their Albanian and Macedonian fronts yet are unable to halt the Turks, who continue to push them back.

As the tide of battle begins to turn against General Kemal, he plans a final act of madness. A daring plan is formulated involving a simultaneous attack from both air and land to stop the madman from carrying out his deadly scheme. If the plan fails, the Americans will use the only other alternative left to stop him: a B-2 bomber with a nuclear payload, which could lead to a nuclear showdown with other Islamic states. With the odds stacked highly against them, the allies must find a way to stop Kemal and avert a nuclear holocaust.

Écoutez ce livre audio dans son intégralité gratuitement sur https://hotaudiobook.com

Titre: Les amants de l'Exodus

Auteur: Ramón Basagana

Narrateur: François Raison

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 14 hrs and 36 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 02-04-16

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Juillet 1947. Cinq mille rescapés des camps de la mort s'embarquent pour la Palestine sur un steamer des Grands-Lacs. Arrivés au large de Haïfa, ils sont éperonnés par la marine de guerre anglaise. L'affrontement est sanglant, il y a des blessés, des morts...

Le bateau est renvoyé en France, à Port-de-Bouc, où la Haganah et le Mossad déclenchent la première grande bataille médiatique du XXème siècle. Ça, c'est l'Histoire. La petite histoire permet de descendre dans les cales de ce bateau, d'y vivre au quotidien et d'entrer dans les secrets d'une histoire d'amour entre un jeune Juif et la fille d'un SS.

>> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.

©2014 Les Nouveaux Auteurs (P)2016 Audible FR

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Leap Year at the Coffee Shop

Author: Michael L. Eads

Narrator: Michael L. Eads

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-16

Publisher: Red San Publishing, LLC

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On February 29th in a leap year, Mitch Lucas shook hands with destiny. An extra one quarter day left over each year that added up to one day out of every four. A day mankind needed to balance the books after he discovered the passage of time.

On a blustery, rainy day in Seattle Washington, Mitch was privileged to listen to the most genuine and peculiar stories he ever heard. Divine intervention or quirk of fate? - He did not know. Come in out of the cold, where it is warm to Mitch's favorite coffee shop and eavesdrop.

Members Reviews:

A Charming Slice of Life

I purchased this book during a free promo and figured I had nothing to lose. I was surprised at the negative reviews for this book. I honestly enjoyed it.

Mitch is a responsible, caring man and son, who visits his elderly mother each week. His normal visits take place on Sundays, but because his mother is ill on this particular Sunday (also a leap day), Mitch stops into his favorite coffee shop instead. What follows are several chance encounters with a variety of characters he might never have met.

This novel was slightly reminiscent of the writings of Carson McCullers, who just happens to be one of my favorite writers. Michael Eads writes in an open and direct style that I genuinely enjoyed and I find at times to be lacking in novels written by men. His characters come across as being empathetic and introspective, giving readers a glimpse at people who are at their most vulnerable. The theme of "everyone has a story inside them" is the thread that runs through this little gem of a book. It also shows us that sometimes people just need someone to listen to their story.

I recommend this book and urge readers to give it a try.

Enjoyable read

The book "Leap Year at the Coffee Shop" by Michael L. Eads was an enjoyable read. I look forward to reading more by this author. The interaction of the characters brought you right into the story. I would say well done Michael.

Good read

It was a good read, easy to pick back up after a few days of not reading it . Its nice

Not the story I'd hoped

The premise of the story was neat, the cover looked intriguing, the first two stories were good, then it all became a little boring. It's just that the story didn't really build up to anything. It was actually a series of coffee-chats with individuals in the cafe. That's it. There wasn't a build up, there wasn't an ah-ha, page turning "oh this is what's going to happen" kind of feeling. Honestly, it just didn't feel like it was pulled together into a complete book - it was just two people in a conversation then it's over, and oh, here comes another conversation.

If each of the stories had somehow tied together in the end; if the main character had developed a relationship with any of the folks; if there had been some sort of catharsis then I think I would have enjoyed it more. It also feels like there were things that were alluded to that could have been developed for more of a story-line (like how "special" the main character was, or how it was February 29th).

Sorry, I can't recommend it to any of my friends.

A Geat Rainy Day Read With A Mission

This book will have you thinking and remembering it long after you have finished . A coffee shop is the setting for the protagonist Mitch, who on this rainy day in Seattle, comes into the shop on a Sunday instead of Saturday.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Magic in the Mountains

Author: Nimi Kurian

Narrator: Sarah Elizabeth Gerstenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-16

Publisher: LEADSTART PUBLISHING PVT LTD

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Faced with the sudden death of their parents, Pradeep and Priya find themselves not only battling grief and loss but also adjusting to a whole new world. Taken to live with their Aunt Sheila in Coonoor, in the Nilgiri hills, they try to find comfort in routine and the beauty of their surroundings. But suddenly, they find themselves in the midst of a mystery. There is a kidnap, magic, a car chase, an extraordinary bakery, strange ladies, and much more.... Sleepy and quiet though the hill station usually is, Pradeep and Priya find there is never a dull moment.

Écoutez ce livre audio dans son intégralité gratuitement sur https://hotaudiobook.com

Titre: Le gardien de nos frères

Auteur: Ariane Bois

Narrateur: François Raison

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 10 hrs and 25 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 02-02-16

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Rien ne prédestinait Simon et Léna à se rencontrer. Lui appartient à la bourgeoisie juive parisienne, patriote, laïque et assimilée ; il a été maquisard et blessé au combat. Elle est issue d'un milieu de petits commerçants polonais et a réussi à survivre au Ghetto de Varsovie. En 1945, la guerre leur a tout pris. Chacun de leur côté, ils vont accepter une mission très particulière : rechercher des enfants juifs cachés par leurs parents dans des familles, des orphelinats ou des couvents, quand il s'avère que ceux-ci ne rentreront pas des camps. Simon parce que son petit frère Elie a disparu dans des conditions mystérieuses ; Léna car elle espère ainsi redonner du sens à sa vie. Et cela va les entraîner bien au-delà de ce qu'ils auraient pu imaginer.

C'est l'histoire de deux jeunes révoltés qui, dans une France exsangue, vont se reconstruire grâce à la force de l'amour. De Paris à Toulouse, d'Israël à New-York, un roman d'aventure porté par le souffle de l'Histoire.

>> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.

©2016 Belfond (P)2016 Audible FR

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: My Unknown Lover

Author: Hana Goldberg

Narrator: Liat Shnapp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-16

Publisher: SonicBooks

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

My Unknown Lover, Hannah Goldberg's new book, is a beautiful and sensual novel about the search for true love.

A random error phone number leads Rachel, the heroine of the novel, to a strange conversation with a man she likes more than any man she has met in a long time. Almost unnoticed, sneaking, her heart hopes that "Wrong Number" is the man she has been waiting for for 30 years.

Hannah Goldberg, with her rhythmic language, is accompanied by Rachel and her friend, Leah, both daughters of Holocaust survivors, from growing up in Haifa until the '40s. Leah took the usual route: She met a good guy and built a family while Rachel was always looking for the one and only who would meet her expectations. Was Leah right with her compromise? Is there anywhere in the world Rachel's love life is waiting? Is "Wrong Number" the man she is looking for?

Hanna Goldberg, a writer, poet, and lyricist makes the book original, surprising, and bold, with unique language known to us also in her songs. My Unknown Lover starred for many weeks on the best-seller list. My Unknown Lover, Hannah Goldberg's book, was published by Keter. The My Unknown Lover audiobook was produced and published by SonicBooks.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Unbecoming

Author: Jenny Downham

Narrator: Jenny Downham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-16

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Three women - three secrets - one heart-stopping story.

Katie, 17, in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal. Her mother, Caroline, uptight, worn out and about to find the past catching up with her. Katie's grandmother, Mary, back with the family after years of mysterious absence and capable of anything, despite suffering from Alzheimer's.

As Katie cares for an elderly woman who brings daily chaos to her life, she finds herself drawn to her. Rules get broken as allegiances shift. Is Mary contagious? Is badness genetic? In confronting the past, Katie is forced to seize the present. As Mary slowly unravels and family secrets are revealed, Katie learns to live and finally dares to love.

Members Reviews:

All the skin around her mouth wrinkles like a drawstring on a purse

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham is one of those books you eagerly pick up when you have time to relax.

Ms. Downham is a gifted story teller. She has that rare quality of describing common sights in with fresh analogies bringing vivid images to mind. For example, âPat brings the cigarette to her lips and takes a long pull. All the skin around her mouth wrinkles like a drawstring on a purse.â Perfect image!

The story is centered on a teenager, her mother, and grandmother, each with their demons and gifts which have been influenced by their interrelationships. How the women respond to challenges like peer pressure, aging, homosexuality, abandonment, rings so true and resonated in me.

The book is full of suspense which compelled me to keep reading just one more short chapter before I had to put the book down. I also enjoyed learning a little about the differences in the social networks and support in the UK vs the US.

Thanks for the pleasure.

Unbecoming

A well written book that shows the sad, fearful side of someone suffering from dementia and the joyful, happy side when the same person can share memories and "be in the moment." The Editorial Review on Amazon stated that this book was for Grades 9 and up. I am a peer of Mary's age but I enjoyed learning about the lives and struggles of the rest of the immediate family and how Mary impacted them.

Unbecoming's characters are devastatingly delightful

So delighted to read this novel that touches on so many points and relates to absolutely more than one generation.

I am extraordinarily sensitive to storylines that touch on Alzheimer's disease. Jenny does so while touching on the storylines of the other characters affected by the disease as well. Bravo.

Excellent book!

Outstanding writing, good character development, interesting story line.

Enjoyable read

This story kept my interest. Realistic characters and emotions. .

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Maker of Swans

Author: Paraic O'Donnell

Narrator: Mike Grady, Imogen Wilde

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-16

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It is no small matter, after all, to create something - to make it so only by setting down the words. We forget the magnitude, sometimes, of that miracle.

Mr. Crowe was once the toast of the finest salons. A man of learning and means, he travelled the world, enthralling all who met him. Now Mr. Crowe devotes himself to earthly pleasures. He has retreated to his sprawling country estate, where he lives with Clara, his mysterious young ward, and Eustace, his faithful manservant.

His great library gathers dust, and his once magnificent gardens grow wild. But Mr. Crowe and his extraordinary gifts have not been entirely forgotten. When he acts impetuously over a woman, he attracts the attention of Dr. Chastern, the figurehead of a secret society to which Crowe still belongs.

Chastern comes to Crowe's estate to call him to account, and what follows will threaten everyone he cares for. But Clara possesses gifts of her own, gifts whose power she has not yet fully grasped. She must learn to use them quickly if she is to save them all.

Read by Mike Grady and Imogen Wilde.

Members Reviews:

Magic and mystery.

This is a strange book, where all is not as it seems. Not quite to the extent of Alice in Wonderland, but in a similar, less extreme vein. There is some beautiful, almost poetic writing and the characters feel like players in a period piece, such as Jane Eyre.

In the opening scenes we meet Mr Crowe, whose behaviour is particularly heavy-handed and who sets in motion a series of events that he appears to have very little control over. His manservant, Eustace is left to pick up the pieces and attempt to minimise the damage, but eventually, Crowe is called to account by the creepy Dr Chastern and his nasty sidekick, Nazaire.

Several questions are left unanswered, such as who really was Mr Crowe? He appears to be an elderly (centuries old?) author of sorts, who has lost his motivation and now spends his time in a rambling old house with a woman who he picked up at a night club. Two other people live with him - his mute ward, Clara, who also possesses mysterious powers, and the devoted Eustace.

Eustace has his own backstory but this part I found less captivating. Ditto Clara's captivity, both of which form the second part of the book. I would have liked Clara to have had some backstory too. The ending was unfortunately a bit rushed, though maybe the author had backed himself into a corner by this time. For me it was the magic and mystery of the first half of the book that earned this novel its four stars.

I don't think I would have enjoyed this story so much if I'd read it in hard copy but I was listening to an Audible version, which was beautifully narrated by Mike Grady and Imogen Wilde. My only niggle with the narration was that Ms Wilde did not have enough variation in her voices and so Nazaire sounded very much like Arabella.

Not an ugly duckling but no swan either

This book, judging by the extensive list of press quotes, promised much and, to a point seemed to deliver. The story draws you in with its exciting and dramatic opening and then pads swiftly along in enigmatic style. This is, for me, the nub of the problem; it is so enigmatic that much is implied but never actually said. There are so many loose ends and unanswered questions that it left me, as the reader / listener, wondering what on earth happened.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Too Bad to Forgive

Subtitle: The Potpourri Novella Series, Volume 1

Author: Anne

Narrator: Lisa Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-16

Publisher: www.thesecretplaceofth.wix.com/theworldweneversaw

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This is the story of four young women: Jamilla, whose brother is murdered before her eyes by white policemen; Brandy, raised in a comfortable home, but who carries deep emotional scars from rape at age seven; Cloe, raised by an alcoholic mother, whose career is ruined by her druggie brother; and war refugee widow Azzah with her disfigured baby girl, who came to America for refuge. Is there any hope for life? What is the real answer?