Audiobooks narrated by Hannah Curtis

Frozen Charlotte: A Ghost Story Audiobook

In this young adult horror novel, a girl staying on a remote island suspects the tiny Victoria-era dolls in her family's old mansion are up to murder. When her best friend dies under mysterious circumstances, Sophie sets off to stay with her cousins on the remote Isle of Skye. It's been years since she last saw them—brooding Cameron with his scarred hand; Piper, who seems too perfect to be real; and peculiar little Lilias with her fear of bones. Still, Sophie never expected the strange new rules the family now lives by: Make no mention of Cameron's accident. Never leave the front gate unlocked. Above all, don't speak of the girl who's no longer there, the sister whose death might have closer ties to Sophie's past—and more sinister consequences for her future—than she ever knew. A wondrously haunting and modern thriller, Frozen Charlotte drips with mystery and madness, secrets and survival, and the chilling sense that the impossible might be all too real.

Alex Bell (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity

Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history of this period as told by the women behind the paintings, providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives. Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced back to the sixteenth century? As the Renaissance visual world became populated by female nudes from the likes of Michelangelo and Titian, a vibrant literary scene of beauty tips emerged, fueling debates about cosmetics and adornment. Telling the stories of courtesans, artists, actresses, and writers rebelling against the strictures of their time, when burgeoning colonialism gave rise to increasingly sinister evaluations of bodies and skin color, this book puts beauty culture into the frame. How to Be a Renaissance Woman will take listeners from bustling Italian market squares, the places where the poorest women and immigrant communities influenced cosmetic products and practices, to the highest echelons of Renaissance society, where beauty could be a powerful weapon in securing strategic marriages and family alliances. It will investigate how skin-whitening practices shifted with the emerging sub-Saharan African slave trade, how fads for fattening and thinning diets came and went, and how hairstyles and fashion could be a tool for dissent and rebellion—then as now.

Jill Burke (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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An Unlikely Proposition

A standalone companion to An Improbable Season, this Regency romance⁠―perfect for fans of Bridgerton―is about following your heart, pursuing your dreams, and falling head over heels in love. Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen year old wants nothing more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew, who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle—a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?Thalia is determined to begin afresh after a disastrous first Season in London. No romantic distractions, but only her work as a poet and newfound companion to Eleanor. Determined to get her poems published, she struggles to be taken seriously as a female writer. As the spring progresses, Thalia does not expect to take interest in a man from her past (a man who is engaged to her employer, no less!), but some feelings demand to be felt even if the timing isn’t quite right. Rosalyn Eves’s An Unlikely Proposition is a transportive Regency drama that captures the sparkle of London, thrill of friendship, and swoon of new love.

Rosalyn Eves (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

The intriguing history of Dickens's London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years Tourists have sought out the landmarks, streets, and alleys of Charles Dickens's London ever since the death of the world-renowned author. Late Victorians and Edwardians were obsessed with tracking down the locations-dubbed 'Dickensland'-that famously featured in his novels. But his fans were faced with a city that was undergoing rapid redevelopment, where literary shrines were far from sacred. Over the following century, sites connected with Dickens were demolished, relocated, and reimagined. Lee Jackson traces the fascinating history of Dickensian tourism, exploring both real Victorian London and a fictional city shaped by fandom, tourism, and heritage entrepreneurs. Beginning with the late nineteenth century, Jackson investigates key sites of literary pilgrimage and their relationship with Dickens and his work, revealing hidden, reinvented, and even faked locations. From vanishing coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal shops, Dickensland charts the curious history of an imaginary world.

Lee Jackson (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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Darkest Before The Dawn [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Second Dark Ages 3

'Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify. To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael’s blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time. Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan’s ship parts are starting to come together. Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help. What is a man with a hair problem supposed to do? Michael has his own brand of justice, and this world now understands the Patriarch is back. Nothing will be the same. Performed by Eric Messner, Jonathan Lee Taylor, David Cui Cui, Jon Vertullo, Sara Matsui- Colby, Nickolette Kong, Hannah Curtis, Tanja Milojevic, Rob McFadyen, Adrian Garcia, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kushner, Chris Davenport, Chris Stinson, Danny Gavigan, Donald Guzzi, James J. Johnson, James Konicek, Jon Vertullo, Karen Novack, Keith Richards, Ken Jackson, Matthew Bassett, Matthew Schleigh, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mike Cranes, Nanette Savard, Nick J. Russo, Nora Achrati, Patrick Boylan, Peter Stanley, Rayner Gabriel, Robb Moreira, Scott McCormick, Steve Wannall, Taylor Coan, Terence Aselford, Torian Brackett, Triya Leong, Richard Rohan, and Wyn Delano.'

Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle (Author), Adrian Garcia, Bradley Foster Smith, David Cui Cui, Eric Messner, Hannah Curtis, Jon Vertullo, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Nickolette Kong, Rob Mcfadyen, Sara Matsui-Colby, Tanja Milojevic (Narrator)

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The Darkest Night [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Second Dark Ages 2

'Michael returns to fulfill a promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Michael just wants a little sleep. The last few days has been a bit of a learning overload after coming back a hundred and fifty years after he was blown apart by a backpack nuke. The world destroyed itself, there are anti-gravity cars and ships, and his love is in the stars... somewhere. Plus, there is a Vampire trying to make Europe his personal fiefdom. Akio and Yuko are trying to find him, and he has a young female Wechselbalg and male Vampire to keep on the straight and narrow. Michael has his own brand of justice, and this world is now understanding the Patriarch is back. Nothing will be the same. Performed by Eric Messner, Jonathan Lee Taylor, David Cui Cui, Jon Vertullo, Sara Matsui-Colby, Nickolette Kong, Hannah Curtis, Michael Glenn, Tanja Milojevic, Rob McFadyen, Adrian Garcia, Andrew Mimms, Chris Davenport, Taylor Coan, Danny Gavigan, Chris Stinson, Donald Guzzi, Ian Putnam, James Lewis, Laura C. Harris, Matthew Schleigh, Nazia Chaudhry, Robb Moreira, Samantha Turret, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, and Yasmin Tuazon.'

Michael Anderle (Author), Adrian Garcia, David Cui Cui, Eric Messner, Hannah Curtis, Jon Vertullo, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Michael Glenn, Nickolette Kong, Rob Mcfadyen, Sara Matsui-Colby, Tanja Milojevic (Narrator)

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Drawn up from Deep Places

If you go down deep enough, you find all sorts of things … In her second collection from Trepidatio Publishing, award-winning author Gemma Files takes her listeners on journeys out beyond safe borders—from the trackless depths of the sea, to the empty desert frontiers of the Weird West, even to the edges of cracks between worlds. Here, in these narrow spaces between the known and the unknown, behind the paper-thin curtains of reality, lurk monsters both human and ancient: selkies and avenging revenants, voodoo priestesses and pirate sorcerers, ghosts and vampires, and the most famous murderer of all time. But however strange the things found in these deep places, what draws them up, and calls them back, are forces the human heart knows all too well: grief and vengeance, rage and loss … and, most terrible of all, love.

Gemma Files (Author), Andrew Fallaize, Antony Ferguson, Cindy Kay, Emily Lawrence, Hannah Curtis, Krystal Hammond, Marisa Calin, Matthew Davies, Neil Hellegers, Paul Woodson, Robert Fass, Robin Miles, Tim Campbell (Narrator)

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An Improbable Season

For fans of Bridgerton, a young adult Regency romance by Rosalyn Eves about three teenage girls, their big dreams, and a London Season gone awry When Thalia, Kalliope, and Charis set off to Regency London for their first season, they each have clear goals―few of which include matrimony. Thalia means to make her mark among the intelligentsia and publish her poetry, Charis hopes to earn her place among the scientific elite, and Kalliope aims to take the fashionable ton by storm. But this season, it doesn’t take long for things to fall apart. Kalli finds herself embroiled in scandal and reliant upon an arranged marriage to redeem her reputation. Thalia’s dreams of publication are threatened by her attraction to a charming rake. And Charis finds herself an unexpected social hit―and the source of a family scandal that her heart might not survive. Can this roller-coaster season find its happily ever after? An Improbable Season is a voicy, swoony regency drama about falling in love―with another person, with new opportunities, and with yourself.

Rosalyn Eves (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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That Summer in Berlin

In the summer of 1936, while the Nazis make secret plans for World War II, a courageous and daring young woman struggles to expose the lies behind the dazzling spectacle of the Berlin Olympics. German power is rising again, threatening a war that will be even worse than the last one. The English aristocracy turns to an age-old institution to stave off war and strengthen political bonds-marriage. Debutantes flock to Germany, including Viviane Alden. On holiday with her sister during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Viviane's true purpose is more clandestine. While many in England want to appease Hitler, others seek to prove Germany is rearming. But they need evidence, photographs to tell the tale, and Viviane is a genius with her trusty Leica. And who would suspect a pretty, young tourist taking holiday snaps of being a spy? Viviane expects to find hatred and injustice, but during the Olympics, with the world watching, Germany is on its best behavior, graciously welcoming tourists to a festival of peace and goodwill. But first impressions can be deceiving, and it's up to Viviane and the journalist she's paired with-a daring man with a guarded heart-to reveal the truth. But others have their own reasons for befriending Viviane, and her adventure takes a darker turn. Suddenly Viviane finds herself caught in a web of far more deadly games-and closer than she ever imagined to the brink of war.

Lecia Cornwall (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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The Loyal Servant

What makes a devoted employee and mother of three risk everything in the pursuit of truth? Caroline Barber is a civil servant, doing her best to hang on to her job while keeping her demanding family happy. Her world is shattered when she discovers her boss—a senior politician—dead at his desk. Unable to accept the official suicide verdict, Caroline sets out to uncover the real reason the minister had to die and discovers a web of secrets and lies spun by some very powerful men. Enlisting the help of a ruthless newspaper reporter, Caroline carries on digging, taking greater and greater risks until she unearths a thirty-year-old conspiracy shocking enough to topple the government.

Eva Hudson (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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The Victim

Caron Rivers appeared to have it all: a lovely home, a loving spouse, and a happy marriage. But behind closed doors, things were not what they seemed. Why did Caron snap and kill her husband? Now she finds herself at the police station, facing questions about exactly what happened and what led to the shocking event. With Bill dead, she is free to tell her story. But the police may not believe it.

Gillian Jackson (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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Ӕthelflӕd: The Lady of the Mercians

This Dark Ages biography chronicles the life of one of the period's most famous women: the ruler of Mercia who took England back from the Vikings. At the end of the ninth century, a large part of what is now England was controlled by the Vikings-warlike Scandinavians who had been attacking the British Isles for more than a hundred years. Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, was determined to regain the conquered lands. But when he died in 899 A.D., the task passed to his son Edward. In the early 900s, Edward led a great fight against the Viking armies, assisted by the English rulers of Mercia: Lord Æthelred and his wife Æthelflæd, who was also Edward's sister. After her husband's death, Æthelflæd ruled Mercia on her own, leading the army to war and working with her brother to achieve their father's aims. Known to history as the Lady of the Mercians, she earned a reputation as a capable general who was feared by her enemies. In this authoritative biography, Tim Clarkson tells her remarkable life story from childhood to her vital role in saving England from the Vikings.

Tim Clarkson (Author), Hannah Curtis (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Hannah Curtis