Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks | Fiction & Literature

Enter through the looking glass into Queens of Wonderland, Book Two in the Defenders of Lore series, in which Knights of the Round Vanessa and Michael must follow Captain Hook into Wonderland alongside Alice to crush his treacherous plan and deal with an ongoing war between power-hungry queens After saving reality and overcoming the numerous challenges that Neverland threw at her, Vanessa has been tasked to save Michael Darling from himself: he’s grown obsessed in his role as a Knight of the Round and will stop at nothing to find the ghost of James Hook, nearly getting expelled from the Knights in the process. It’s up to Vanessa to keep him safe, she can’t lose her partner to Hook’s sword. So together it’s off to Wonderland in pursuit of the pirate. Except, unlike Neverland, neither Vanessa nor Michael have ever been there before. But someone they know has: the Lady who leads the Knights…who turns out to be none other than the legendary Alice. Her extensive knowledge about the land could change the game and bring them one step closer to finding Captain Hook…and in a world where games are taken quite seriously—and no less than six queens are vying for power—it will take them putting all their heads together to make it through. Or they just might find them lopped off.

Gama Ray Martinez (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

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The Cassandra Complex: the charming new novel from the million copy bestselling author’

Brought to you by Penguin. Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order. Until now. She's just been dumped. She's just been fired. Her local café has run out of banana muffins. Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. Now, Cassie should be able to find a way to fix the life she accidentally obliterated. And with time on her side, how hard can it be...? ©2023 Holly Smale (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Holly Smale (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

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The Emperor of Evening Stars

In the beginning, there was darkness. Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave. But fate had something else in mind. Till darkness dies. From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars. This is a novella told from Desmond Flynn’s perspective.

Laura Thalassa (Author), Chelsea Stephens, Nathaniel Priestley (Narrator)

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Grounded

With electricity coursing through my veins, I am the jolt that could change the world. Elementals are the rarest of all supernatural creatures. Their control over the elements ranks them as the most dangerous beings to ever walk the earth. And I should know. I'm one of them. After spending most of my life locked up, with my elemental ability being exploited as a battery to power the Lycan village, an unlikely ally has set me free. Now, I'm running for my life. But I'm not alone. By my side are a trio of gargoyles, whose determination to crush the Lycans is as strong as their imposing physiques, and a seething vampire who thirsts for bloody vengeance. A war is raging straight for us. One that I will be powerless to prevent unless I learn to ground the voltage surging through me. Time is running out. Will I be the salvation to those rallying behind me? Or the curse that costs them their lives? Contains mature themes.

Serenity Ackles (Author), Luna Rey, Soren Gray (Narrator)

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Mermaid of Paris: Gia's Return

In this latest saga, the world's most famous mermaid, Gia Acquaviva, reconnects with a man from her past. Will he punish Gia and get the revenge he deserves––or will they fall in love all over again? Meanwhile, Gia attempts to rebuild her broken business empire just as the Mermaid world descends into a bitter and dangerous civil war. Gia already picked her allies, but will she make good on her promises––or will she cut sail when the winds shift? Fans of Killing Eve and Fifty Shades of Grey will love the Mermaid of Venice series. These page-turning thrillers have lush fantasy elements and showcase the billionaire lifestyle that you secretly covet.

Jincey Lumpkin (Author), Marie-Pierre (Narrator)

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The Call of the Wild (Unabridged)

The Call of the Wild by Jack London is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. Summary of the book: The story opens in 1897 with Buck, a powerful 140-pound St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix, happily living in California's Santa Clara Valley as the pampered pet of Judge Miller and his family. One night, assistant gardener Manuel, needing money to pay off gambling debts, steals Buck and sells him to a stranger. Buck is shipped to Seattle, where he is confined in a crate, starved, and ill-treated. When released, Buck attacks his handler, the 'man in the red sweater' who teaches Buck the 'law of club and fang', sufficiently cowing him. The man shows some kindness after Buck demonstrates obedience. Shortly after, Buck is sold to two French-Canadian dispatchers from the Canadian government, François and Perrault, who take him to Alaska. Buck is trained as a sled dog for the Klondike region of Canada. In addition to Buck, François and Perrault add ten dogs to their team (Spitz, Dolly, Pike, Jo, Billie, Teek, Koona, Dub, Dave, and Sol-leks). Buck's teammates teach him how to survive cold winter nights and about pack society. Over the next several weeks on the trail, a bitter rivalry develops between Buck and the lead dog, Spitz, a vicious and quarrelsome white husky. Buck eventually kills Spitz in a fight and becomes the new lead dog. When François and Perrault complete the round-trip of the Yukon Trail in record time, returning to Skagway with their dispatches, they are given new orders from the Canadian government. They sell their sled team to a 'Scotch half-breed' man, who works in the mail service. The dogs must make long, tiring trips, carrying heavy loads to the mining areas. While running the trail, Buck seems to have memories of a canine ancestor who has a short-legged 'hairy man' companion. Meanwhile, the weary animals become weak from the hard labor, and the wheel dog, Dave, a morose husky, becomes terminally sick and is eventually shot.

Jack London (Author), Mark F. Smith (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El principe cruel (The Cruel Prince): Los habitantes del aire, 1 (The Folk of the Air Se

El libro de fantasía juvenil más importante del año en Estados Unidos. Empieza la nueva saga de la autora superventas en todo el mundo, Holly Black. Jude tenía siete años cuando sus padres fueron asesinados y, junto con sus dos hermanas, fue trasladada a la traicionera Corte Suprema del Reino Feérico. Diez años más tarde, lo único que Jude desea, a pesar de ser una mera mortal, es sentir que pertenece a ese lugar. Pero muchos de los habitantes desprecian a los humanos. Especialmente el Príncipe Cardan, el hijo más joven y perverso del Alto Rey. Para hacerse un hueco en la Corte, Jude deberá enfrentarse a él. Y afrontar las consecuencias. Como resultado, se verá envuelta en las intrigas y engaños del palacio, además de descubrir su propia habilidad para el derramamiento de sangre. Al tiempo que la guerra civil amenaza con arrasar las Cortes Feéricas, Jude se verá obligada a poner en riesgo su propia vida con una peligrosa alianza.

Holly Black (Author), Marina Jové Ballesté (Narrator)

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Blood of the Broken

The fourth book in the exhilarating treasure-hunting adventure series, the Atlantis Legacy. Still reeling from a heartbreaking loss, Cora embarks on a desperate mission to reclaim the shattered pieces of her heart. She is rage. She is vengeance. She is death. And she is out for blood. But when the mission to a dangerous alien planet doesn’t go as planned and the hunters become the hunted, she must reassess her priorities—dwell on those she has lost, or embrace the ones who remain. Blood of the Broken is the fifth book in the unique and captivating Hades and Persephone retelling, the Atlantis Legacy. If you like ancient mysteries, Greek mythology, treasure-hunting quests, and epic love stories, then you’ll love this exhilarating adventure! MORE BOOKS IN THE LEGACIES OF OLYMPUS: ATLANTIS LEGACY Sacrifice of the Sinners (prequel) Legacy of the Lost Fate of the Fallen Dreams of the Damned Song of the Soulless Blood of the Broken Rise of the Revenants ALLWORLD ONLINE Vertigo AO: Pride & Prejudice AO: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lindsey Sparks (Author), Dana Dae (Narrator)

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[German] - Emily Wildes Enzyklopädie der Feen (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Ein herzerwärmendes Fantasy-Hörbuch für Fans von Mary Brennan und Holly Black Die Cambridge-Professorin Emily Wilde ist in vielem gut: Sie ist die führende Expertin für Feen, eine geniale Gelehrte und akribische Forscherin, die die erste Enzyklopädie über Feenkunde verfasst. Allein mit Menschen kommt sie nicht zurecht und zieht die Gesellschaft ihrer Bücher, ihres Hundes Shadow und des Feenvolkes vor. Als sie für ihre Forschung in das verschneite Dorf Hrafnsvik reist, hat Emily nicht vor, sich mit den ruppigen Einwohnern anzufreunden. Ebenso wenig möchte sie Zeit mit ihrem akademischen Rivalen Wendell Bambleby verbringen, der mit seinem unerträglichen Charme die Dorfbewohner um den Finger wickelt, sich in Emilys Arbeit einmischt und sie völlig verwirrt. Doch während Emily den Geheimnissen des verborgenen Feenvolkes auf den Grund geht, kommt sie auch einem anderen Rätsel auf die Spur: Wer ist ihr Kollege Wendell Bambleby, und was will er wirklich? Um die Antwort zu ergründen, muss sie erst das größte Geheimnis von allen lüften - ihr eigenes Herz.

Heather Fawcett (Author), Alexander Pensel, Nora Schulte (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El Pueblo del Hielo 5 - La amistad

Por primera vez en español. La serie La Leyenda del Pueblo del Hielo ya ha cautivado a 40 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. En 1625 comienza el nuevo capítulo de la leyenda del Pueblo del Hielo. Cecilie Meiden, tan hermosa como inteligente, le espera un futuro brillante. Pero una noche de pasión le cambia el curso de su vida para siempre. Ahora debe navegar entre la intriga y las traiciones de la corte danesa sin que el niño que lleva sea descubierto. Ella desea al Marqués Alexander Paladin –amable, rico y salvajamente atractivo– pero ¿está a su alcance? Mientras tanto, la maligna herencia del Pueblo del Hielo sigue viva, pero nadie sabe dónde golpeará de nuevo... Y no es la única amenaza. Mientras la guerra hace estragos por Europa, también atrae a muchos del Pueblo del Hielo, con trágicas consecuencias. El Pueblo del Hielo es una conmovedora leyenda de amor y poderes sobrenaturales, un relato de la lucha esencial entre el bien y el mal.

Margit Sandemo (Author), Georgia Tancabel (Narrator)

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The Summer I Believed in God and Johnny B. Good

The Summer I Believed in God and Johnny B. Good by Pamela Jekel is the story of a woman searching for her father. Raised by her grandparents, Lacey Wickham was told that her mother had a nervous breakdown shortly after her birth and was institutionalized. Now at twenty-seven, a psychologist with her own relationship issues, Lacey visits her aunts to discover if they know who her father might be. Two sisters who fled the family home in their teens, the aunts run a thriving spiritualist business in Cassadaga, Florida, specializing in tarot readings, séances, and spells. They have also conjured up Forneus, a minion from Hell, who shows up looking like a surfer dude in board shorts, passing out Jehovah's Witness pamphlets. The aunts call him Johnny B. Good, and he is always up for an adventure. Persuaded that indeed the supernatural is real, Lacey, her aunts, and their mischievous minion take a wildly-dysfunctional road trip to rescue Lacey's mother, find her father, and learn the life lesson that opening the door to the hereafter is really about being open to how we relate to each other here and now.

Pamela Jekel (Author), Mary Sarah (Narrator)

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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

"Weaves a spell of darkness that's mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love." -New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley on A Lullaby for Witches In post-World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets… With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own. Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey's previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library's mysteries in order to reclaim her own story-before it vanishes forever. Lush, atmospheric and transporting, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library is a skillful reflection on memory and female agency, and a love letter to books from a writer at the height of her power.

Hester Fox (Author), Ell Potter (Narrator)

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