Contemporary Women Audiobooks | Fiction & Literature

Secrets bind several generations of women in this psychological thriller with paranormal elements. Buried on an abandoned estate lies a sinister secret; one that artist Kevan Renee should never uncover. Her past traumas buried deep; she vows she'll never allow childhood memories to taint the new life she's built for herself. Nathan Hill, haunted by the disappearance of his little sister for over two decades, leads a relentless quest for the truth about what happened to her. His seemingly simple life caring for a cantankerous godmother takes a different turn when he finds clues to his sister’s disappearance. When Kevan’s beloved Gammie Frances dies, she receives an unexpected inheritance: the long-forgotten property that she and Gammie visited often when she was a child. As Kevan revisits the inherited estate, memories of her childhood resurface, and she realizes that she and her Gammie share a haunting connection to this place. What started out as loving, nostalgic memories with her grandmother quickly shifts to restless nights and chilling nightmares. In the center of it all is a lone, little girl standing beside a still pond.

Cherann Wright (Author), Sadie Mae Mellinkof (Narrator)

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What a Wave Must Be

From master storyteller Angela Hunt, a powerful story of a family's journey toward healing and hope after an unimaginable loss. Seventeen-year-old Maddie is left reeling after the unexpected passing of her beloved father. No one has any idea why he betrayed them all so spectacularly, but that's exactly what his death feels like: a betrayal. With their world shattered, Maddie's grieving mother sends her to spend a few months with her grandparents, thinking a change of scenery will do her good. Susan and Frank, Maddie's grandparents, are heartbroken over the loss of their son, but they welcome Maddie as an addition to their long-empty nest. Maddie settles in and makes friends at her new school, but she still wrestles with why her father took his own life. Then an unexpected twist throws all their lives into fresh turmoil, testing the very fabric of their faith. How Susan helps her granddaughter find hope, even as they both struggle with grief, makes this touching tale of love and recovery a must-read.

Angela Hunt (Author), Jennifer Jill Araya (Narrator)

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A Slender Tether

Amidst the violent weather of Europe's Little Ice Age, 'A Slender Tether' offers a novel in linked stories on self-discovery, woven into a rich tapestry of 14th century France. Christine de Pizan, now heralded as Europe's first feminist and brilliant author, grapples with ambition and alienation amid the beautiful women at court. A doctor finds an unusual way to cope with the death of his wife. And opportunity alternates with disasters in the lives of four commoners who are yoked by necessity: a papermaker struggling to keep his business, a falconer with a mysterious past, a merchant's daughter frantic to avoid an arranged marriage, and a down-on-his-luck musician with a broken guitar and the voice of an angel.

Jess Wells (Author), Jess Wells (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Queen: Elizabeth II. - Als junge Frau wurde sie zur Königin, als Königin wurde sie zu

Ein Leben zwischen Pflicht und Berufung: die frühen Erwachsenenjahre Queen Elizabeths bis zum Thron Als die junge Elizabeth 1938 dem charmanten Prinzen Philip von Griechenland begegnet, weiß die künftige Thronfolgerin: Dieser Mann soll an ihrer Seite sein! Doch ihre Familie ist gegen die Verbindung mit dem mittellosen Adeligen. Elizabeth steht dennoch zu ihm und zeigt bereits hier ihren Charakter; sie ist willensstark, aufrichtig und bescheiden. Gemeinsam stellt sich das Paar der größten Aufgabe Elizabeths, der Vorbereitung auf die Rolle als Königin von England. Der steinige Weg dorthin ist eine Härteprüfung für die junge Ehe und wird das weitere Leben der Queen entscheidend prägen. Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen des britischen Königshauses, in ein Leben zwischen Pflicht und Berufung - die frühen, prägenden Erwachsenenjahre von Queen Elizabeth II. auf ihrem Weg zum Thron. Im Juni 2022 feierte die Queen ihr 'Platinum Jubilee', das Platinjubiläum. Mit 70 Jahren auf dem Thron war Queen Elizabeth II. nicht nur die dienstälteste Monarchin der britischen Geschichte, die 96-Jährige war zudem auch die älteste amtierende Monarchin der Welt. Die Autorin Eva-Maria Bast beleuchtet in ihrer Romanbiografie Ausschnitte aus dem außergewöhnlichen Leben dieser faszinierenden Frau und zeigt die Queen in ganz neuem Licht. 'Elisabeth ist die einzige Frau, die Prinzessin war, als sie auf einen Baum stieg und Königin, als sie wieder herunter kam.' William Shawcross, Historiker

Eva-Maria Bast (Author), Regine Lange (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Queen: Elizabeth II. - Als Königin regierte sie ein Land, als Ehefrau und Mutter kämp

Zwischen der Rolle der Königin, Mutter und Ehefrau London, 1956: Die Königin von England und dem Commonwealth, Elizabeth II., hat sich gerade erst in ihre neue Rolle eingelebt, da warten bereits die nächsten Herausforderungen auf sie. Premierminister Anthony Eden bereitet ihr in der Suezkrise große politische Sorgen, die Lage spitzt sich zu. Gleichzeitig werden Prinz Philip immer wieder außereheliche Affären nachgesagt, dabei sollte er doch gerade jetzt unterstützend an der Seite seiner Frau stehen! Als dann auch noch Prinzessin Margaret um den Segen für ihre Heirat mit einem Bürgerlichen bittet, scheint sich der nächste Skandal anzubahnen ... Kein anderer britischer Monarch regierte so lange wie Queen Elizabeth II. mit ihren 70 Jahren auf dem Thron. In ihrer zweiten Romanbiografie um die englische Königin beleuchtet Erfolgsautorin Eva-Maria Bast die ersten Jahre der Regentschaft von Queen Elizabeth II., welche die junge Monarchin vor eine große Zerreißprobe stellten.

Eva-Maria Bast (Author), Regine Lange (Narrator)

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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice – puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS? It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why. Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else – someone utterly ruthless – also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot . . .

Sophie Hannah (Author), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Narrator)

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The Haunting of Maddy Clare

A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel. 1920s England. Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I-has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost-real or imagined-on her own. She's even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair's associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is no hoax-she's real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance-before she destroys them all....

Simone St. James (Author), Billie Fulford-Brown (Narrator)

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The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story

Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958 For eighteen year old Lena O'Sullivan, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not to expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different. Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet. An only child of a wealthy, if peculiar father, a large inheritance, a beautiful house and a fine education are his due. Nobody is in favour of Lena and Malachy’s friendship, but why not? What harm are they doing? Why is everyone so dead set against it? Then fate takes a hand, and Lena realises that secrets and lies have bound her and Malachy in an impossible situation. And their future seems determined by events that happened long before they were born. From rural Ireland to post-war Cardiff, Lena and Malachy’s story winds its way back to wartime Germany and occupied France in a web of deceit that threatens to destroy them both.

Jean Grainger (Author), Siobhan Waring (Narrator)

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More Harm Than Good

Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland 1974 For each member of the O’Sullivan family there are turbulent times ahead. Eli’s need to do his best by his patients is a cause for a bitter divide in the community. Emmet seems hell bent on going down a path in life his parents dread but they’re unable to stop him. Jack’s life and liberty are in grave peril as his secret faces exposure, while Emily’s troubles are, it seems only just beginning with the return of someone she would much rather had disappeared forever. And Maria must decide, is blood really thicker than water, and should family always come first, no matter the cost? In More Harm than Good, the Kilteegan Bridge Series continues, as the modernity of the 1970’s challenges Irish traditional ways, and generations clash, sometimes with deadly consequences.

Jean Grainger (Author), Siobhan Waring (Narrator)

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The Invisible World: A Novel

'An eerie and virtuosic debut' (Helen Phillips, author of The Need) about a paranormal investigations TV show that loses control of its subject as they investigate a haunted house Eve is a frustrated young artist and the owner of what she believes is a haunted house. Sandra is an overworked producer at Searching for . . . the Invisible World, a paranormal investigations show perpetually on the brink of cancelation. When the show descends upon Eve's home, they're intent on creating just another staged spectacle. But, unexpectedly, the crew encounters some very real activity-shelves collapse, electronics go haywire, a cameraman disappears in the dead of night. Meanwhile, the show's teenage ghost hunter Caitlin is caught up in the unexplained events, convinced she's glimpsing the "other side" and desperate to make contact-even if it means putting the investigation, and herself, in jeopardy. As the terror mounts, it's up to the show's harried, skeptical producer, Sandra, to create order from the madness-or will the madness take her, too?

Nora Fussner (Author), Adam Verner, Cynthia Farrell, Jesse Vilinsky, Pete Cross, Samantha Desz, Vas Eli (Narrator)

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The Lost Manuscript

In the vein of The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick, a priceless manuscript could be one woman's key to finding her missing grandmother-and to her own second chance. It's not just Ellora Lockwood's home that's being emptied as she prepares to sell-her heart seems to be empty too. Since the mysterious disappearance of her beloved Grandma June and separating from her husband, Alex, Ellora has felt adrift. Then comes an invitation from Alex to teach history at a summer program at Alnwick Castle in England. He's even found information about the location of a medieval manuscript that was her grandmother's obsession before she vanished. Warily, Ellora accepts Alex's offer. Surrounded by lush English countryside and captivating history, she pieces together clues about the manuscript's whereabouts-and uncovers new questions. Could someone have been sabotaging her grandmother's work? Anonymous threats lead Ellora to suspect she too may be in danger, but as she and Alex work together, she's finding strength, new purpose and the courage to see this quest through, wherever it may lead…

Mollie Rushmeyer (Author), Lesa Wilson (Narrator)

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He Should Have Told the Bees

Beekeeper Beckett Walsh was living her dream, until her father’s untimely death sent her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family apiary—one who is looking to sell the property—and she cannot fathom why her father would put her in the position to lose everything they built together. When Callie Peterson is named in the trust of a man she’s never heard of, she’s not sure what to do. Her fledgling business has just taken wing and her mother has reentered her life asking for help, making Callie’s financial situation rather … precarious. She’s sure she has no right to someone else’s farm, but the money from the sale could solve her problems and give her the stability she’s always craved. With an entangled past behind them and an uncertain future ahead, Beckett and Callie must discover why they’ve been thrown together before all is lost.

Amanda Cox (Author), Stephanie Cozart (Narrator)

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Contemporary Women Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature