Audiobooks narrated by Lara J. West

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Nicole Libin (Author), Lara J. West, Nicole Libin (Narrator)

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Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines

In 1919, in the wake of the First World War, a group of extraordinary women came together to create the Women s Engineering Society. They were trailblazers, pioneers and boundary breakers, but many of their stories have been lost to history. To mark the centenary of the society's creation, Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines brings them back to life. Their leaders were Katharine and Rachel Parsons, wife and daughter of the engineering genius Charles Parsons, and Caroline Haslett, a self-taught electrical engineer who campaigned to free women from domestic drudgery and became the most powerful professional woman of her age. Also featured are Eleanor Shelley-Rolls, sister of car magnate Charles Rolls; Viscountess Rhondda, a director of thirty-three companies who founded and edited the revolutionary Time and Tide magazine; and Laura Willson, a suffragette and labour rights activist from Halifax, who was twice imprisoned for her political activities. This is not just the story of the women themselves, but also the era in which they lived. Beginning at the moment when women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time, and to stand for Parliament and when several professions were opened up to them Magnificent Women charts the changing attitudes towards women in society and in the workplace.

Henrietta Heald (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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The Lost Sisters

Orpha Buchanan and Peg Meriweather had a very different start in life. Orpha surrounded by wealth and riches, Peg dumped on a doorstep as a baby with nothing to her name. But one thing they had in common was a mother who despised them and wished them gone. Hortense Buchanan wasn't made to be a mother. Bullied herself when she was a child, she continues the tradition with her own children. When her daughter, Orpha, runs away from home, Hortense celebrates, never once worrying for her safety. Circumstances bring Orpha and Peg together, and soon they're as close as family, making their way in the bustle of a booming Birmingham and the smoke-filled Black Country. But before long, Hortense realises that her daughter stands in the way of the one thing she really cares about, and the bitter legacy of the Buchanans looks set to destroy them all...

Lindsey Hutchinson (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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Perfect Alibis

PA's agency offers Perfect Alibis for the unfaithful. Stephanie - bored housewife and disillusioned mother - wants a job, and Madeleine's recruitment company appears to be the ideal place to go. Except that PAs isn't quite what it seems. Far from providing companies with Personal Assistants, the agency offers Perfect Alibis to unfaithful women. And as Stephanie soon discovers, there are lots of them about! Founder member Patsy is a serial philanderer and there's a dark side to her best friend Millie. For the well-heeled ladies of Edenhurst, PA's is a ticket to risk-free adultery. So when Stephanie's first love, Troy returns to town even she is tempted. But her life is soon in turmoil, and that's before the tabloids get involved.... "Jane Wenham Jones has written the story you've always wanted to read about infidelity - and how to get away it." - COSMOPOLITAN "This comic novel is a perfect read for bored gossips"- OK! MAGAZINE

Jane Wenham-Jones (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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One Hundred Miracles

Zuzana's story is a profound and powerful testimony of the horrors of the Holocaust, and a testament to the importance of amplifying the voices of its survivors today. Zuzana Ruzickova grew up in 1930s Czechoslovakia dreaming of two things: Johann Sebastian Bach and the piano. But her peaceful, melodic childhood was torn apart when the Nazis invaded. Uprooted from her home, the teenage Zuzana faced a series of devastating defeats. A small slip of paper printed with her favourite piece of Bach's music became her talisman. Armed with this 'proof that beauty still existed,' Zuzana's fierce bravery and passion ensured her survival of the greatest human atrocities of all time and would continue to sustain her through the brutalities of post-war Communist rule. Zuzana went on to become one of the twentieth century's most renowned musicians and the first harpsichordist to record the entirety of Bach's keyboard works. "Zuzana's story, told in her own words, is of a life spent living and breathing music, triumphing in the face of the worst degradation a person can suffer." THE BOOKSELLER

Zuzana Ruzickova (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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The Finishing Touches

A hilarious rom com from the author of The Little Lady Agency... Every girl should know what the finishing touches are. When 21st-century girl Betsy is called in to rescue an exclusive finishing school from financial ruin, she knows she must change the school drastically. So it's out with debutante decorum and in with modern manners. But with hunky bursar Mark and her gorgeous friend Jamie on the scene, she will have to remind herself that in the modern world, you don't have to rely on old school feminine wiles to get what you want...

Hester Browne (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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What the Lady Wants

Running The Little Lady Agency, Mel has one goal and one goal only: Make Men Better. But when her grandmother asks her to take on the case of a lifetime - Prince Nicolas of Hollenberg, Europe's most notorious of playboys - has she bitten off more than she can chew? Despite his good breeding, Nicolas is completely set on leading Melissa astray. Can Mel rise to the challenge? And has her own fairy-tale ending been there all along?

Hester Browne (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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Little Lady, Big Apple

As her alter ego, Honey, Melissa is the go-to woman for improving men's dating lives. But when her American boyfriend Jonathan invites her to New York for a holiday, he has one condition: the blonde wig stays at home. This is easier said than done, and before long Mel finds herself juggling a rude rising star who just happens to be an ex, Jonathan's manipulative ex-wife, an unruly terrier and escalating crises back at the agency. Can Melissa put the manners back into Manhattan? Or is this a challenge only the Little Lady Agency can handle?

Hester Browne (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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The Little Lady Agency

When Melissa is made unfairly redundant from her job at an estate agents' office, she decides it's time for a change. Instead of working for other people, Melissa will go into business for herself: using her organisational skills to whip the lives of London's socially and romantically challenged men into shape. Then Melissa meets Jonathan, and suddenly she must decide if she can mix business with pleasure...

Hester Browne (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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A Cottage in Cornwall & A Manor in Cornwall

Spring is in the air at Cliffs House, the charming Cornish estate that Julianne Morgen has come to think of as home. Her next big event is a personal favour to her employer: coordinating the perfect wedding for Lady Amanda's friend and mentor, artist Constance Strong, whose late-in-life courtship is worthy of the storybooks themselves. But as if helping Lady Amanda isn't enough to occupy her mind, Julianne finds herself distracted by personal matters. Her long distance romance with Matthew Rose, the handsome and brilliant horticulturist, has been on the rocks for weeks now - and when Matthew suddenly returns to Cornwall, he brings news with him that could change everything between them. Can Julianne help Lady Amanda pull off the perfect surprise wedding for a case of true love? And no matter the odds they face, will Julianne and Matthew finally find their own happily ever after? Then, in Part Four... Now that Julianne's happy ending is secure, her career as Cliffs House's event planner is suddenly busier than ever. Thanks to a Cornish singing sensation's upcoming concert at Cliffs House, and her promise to plan the perfect wedding for Pippa, Julianne hasn't a moment to spare for Matthew or his plans for a weekend outing at Pencarrow. But she's determined to find a way without letting down Ceffylgwyn for its big moment, or disappointing Pippa on the biggest day of her friend's life. With a starstruck crew of volunteers, a persistent American event planner, and a seemingly ill-chosen assistant in the form of the village's former troublemaker, Julianne has her hands full, as usual. And it will take all of her friends, a few surprise twists, and - of course - her beloved Matthew, to see her through it.

Laura Briggs (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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A Wedding in Cornwall & A Christmas in Cornwall

"Now, taking my first deep breath of English sea air, I was just a few train rides away from the elegant country house in South Cornwall." It's the career move of a lifetime, and Julianne can't believe it's hers: a position as an event planner at a country house in Cornwall, England, beginning with the wedding of a celebrity! If her old firm's senior planner back in the States hadn't fallen suddenly sick with the chicken pox, Julianne would never have found herself chosen for a life in one of England's most beautiful coastal counties, surrounded by rugged shores, quaint cottages, elegant gardens and a house to die for. But life in Cornwall isn't exactly as Julianne imagined it. Her first bride-to-be is a resentful, petted snob, the groom is immature and bored, and the Cornish staff of Cliffs House have a difficult time believing that an event planner from a mid-level position can handle a wedding this big. And then there's a personal matter -- the handsome, sometimes charming, sometimes standoffish gardener, Matthew Rose. He and Julianne have a strangely complicated relationship somewhere between friendship and attraction. But with a secret in his past, and a scheming bridesmaid plotting to have Matthew all to herself, will Julianne find a way to untangle her feelings and the problems of planning a perfect Cornish wedding? Then, in Part Two, it's Julianne's first Christmas in the Cornish village of Ceffylgwyn, and life seems perfect. Her job as an event planner couldn't be better, she's beginning to feel at home despite being an American in a tiny English village, and her relationship with handsome English horticulturist, Matthew Rose, continues to slowly blossom from friendship to love. But when an old flame of Julianne's appears on the spot, she finds herself tangled up in her own past. A grand charitable ball planned at Cliffs House for Christmas brings its own challenges to her world, along with a last-minute wedding in London. And when she learns that Matthew's former employer in America has invited him back, she worries about what it might mean for their future together if he says 'yes.'

Laura Briggs (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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How I Motivated Myself to Succeed

If you feel like life is passing you by at a startling rate or you just exist rather than living life to the full, this book's techniques and insights may motivate you to make powerful changes. From setting goals to freeing yourself from fear, Shelley shares the unique story of how she planned, prepared and executed a year of challenges and life-changing events brought about by her motivational, award-winning blog.

Shelley Wilson (Author), Lara J. West (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Lara J. West