The Rita Award is is given to honor excellence in published romance fiction.
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  • Play An Echo in the Darkness
    RITA Award Winner, Best Inspirational Romance, 1995

    An Echo in the Darkness

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By Francine Rivers
    • Narrated By Richard Ferrone
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (524)
    Performance
    (256)
    Story
    (262)

    As a Roman trader grieves over a lost slave woman, he begins to learn about the faith that gave her enough strength to face death.

    Susan says: "Very well done!"
  • Play Hidden Riches
    RITA Award Winner, Best Romantic Suspense, 1995

    Hidden Riches

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Sandra Burr
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (257)
    Performance
    (126)
    Story
    (130)

    When Dora Conroy, a Philadelphia antiques dealer, purchases a curious selection of auction items - objects she judges to be humorous novelties, she unknowingly becomes the deadly focus of an international smuggler.

    Heidi says: "YES YES YES"
  • Play Getting Rid of Bradley
    RITA Award Winner, Best Short Contemporary Series Romance, 1995

    Getting Rid of Bradley

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 13 mins)
    • By Jennifer Crusie
    • Narrated By Elenna Stauffer
    Overall
    (344)
    Performance
    (93)
    Story
    (95)

    Lucy Savage is not having a good week. Her cheating husband, Bradley, lobbed the final insult when he stood her up in divorce court. A dye job gone wrong has left her hair green. And someone is trying to kill her. To top it off, sexy cop Zack Warren is certain that the very same man Lucy is trying to wash right out of her hair is the same Bradley he wants to arrest for embezzlement. When someone shoots at her and then her car blows up, Zack decides she needs 24-hour police protection.

    murboyd says: "give me a different voice!"
  • Play It Had to Be You
    RITA Award Winner, Best Romance of 1994

    It Had to Be You

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
    • Narrated By Anna Fields
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1031)
    Performance
    (433)
    Story
    (431)

    It's Dan Calebow's worst nightmare: Phoebe Somerville, a trendy New York knockout, inherits the Chicago Stars, the football team he coaches. And she wants to help him run it. Phoebe's sure he needs her. He's a sexist good-ol'-boy jock with a one-track mind. Surely she can straighten him out.

    bluebelle says: "Classic Susan Elizabeth Philips"
  • Play Private Scandals
    RITA Award Winner, Best Contemporary Single Title, 1994

    Private Scandals

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 50 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Julie Finneran
    Overall
    (112)
    Performance
    (48)
    Story
    (48)

    This deliciously scandalous novel tells us the secrets of the reigning queens of television talk shows, Deanna Reynolds and Angela Perkins. Their high-staked rivalry, fought with public smiles and private betrayals, is more than a ratings competition. It becomes an off-screen war when Deanna replaces Angela both on the air and behind the scenes with Angela's former lover after Angela moves to the big time in New York.

    Amanda says: "Ugh! Narrator Sucks!"
  • Play Untamed: Medieval Trilogy, Book 1
    RITA Award Winner, Best Historical Single Title, 1994

    Untamed: Medieval Trilogy, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Elizabeth Lowell
    • Narrated By Anne Flosnik
    Overall
    (247)
    Performance
    (124)
    Story
    (126)

    A hero of the crusades, Dominic le Sabre has returned in glory and in triumph to claim his reward: the beautiful Saxon bride awarded to him by the conqueror king. But Lady Margaret of the Blackthorne cannot yield to the bold Norman invader.

    Diana says: "Perfect!"
  • Play An Unwilling Bride
    RITA Award Winner, Best Regency Romance, 1993

    An Unwilling Bride

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Jo Beverley
    • Narrated By Simon Prebble
    Overall
    (141)
    Performance
    (51)
    Story
    (53)

    Jo Beverley is a New York Times best-selling author whose lush romances have earned her a place in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. An Unwilling Bride traces an unlikely match between two headstrong people. In order to keep his vast estates in the family, the Duke of Belcraven must find a suitable bride for Lucien de Vaux, his only heir. But the woman he chooses for Lucien has plans of her own. It will take more than simple romance to turn this arrangement into a fairy tale wedding.

    Rhena says: "Not One Of Jo Beverly's Best"
  • Play Divine Evil
    RITA Award Winner, Romantic Suspense, 1993

    Divine Evil

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 39 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Kimberly Farr
    Overall
    (385)
    Performance
    (145)
    Story
    (146)

    Sculptor Clare Kimball has captured the attention of the New York art world. But big-city success cannot burn away the half-remembered nightmares that have plagued Clare since childhood. These phantoms of the past have drawn her home to Emmitsboro, Maryland, to the small town where she grew up and where her father died in circumstances never really explained.

    Anne says: "This is one of my favorite books!"
  • Play Danger in the Shadows
    RITA Award Winner, Best Inspirational Romance, 2000

    Danger in the Shadows

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By Dee Henderson
    • Narrated By Tom Stechschulte
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (196)
    Performance
    (59)
    Story
    (63)

    Sara Walsh is unsure of her own safety. Every day when she leaves her job as a writer, she takes a different route to avoid patterns in her routine that could put her life in jeopardy. Ever since she and her sister were abducted as children, and her sister was murdered, Sara has been forced to live in a paranoid world where a faceless man could be stalking her every move. But this man is no apparition. He¿s real and he¿s obsessed with finding her ¿ and killing her.

    Teresia says: "Danger in the Shadows (unabridged)"
  • Play Outlander
    RITA Award Winner, Best Romance of 1991

    Outlander

    • UNABRIDGED (33 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Diana Gabaldon
    • Narrated By Davina Porter
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (11034)
    Performance
    (5658)
    Story
    (5467)

    Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....

    Lulu says: "The Reason for the Existence of Audio Books"
  • Play Twilight Whispers
    RITA Award Winner, Best Single Title Romance, 1988

    Twilight Whispers

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By Barbara Delinsky
    • Narrated By Kathy Garver
    Overall
    (7)
    Performance
    (0)
    Story
    (0)

    "In many respects, it is my first mainstream novel.

    Here is the story of three families: the Warrens and the Whytes, wealthy, powerful, and connected by the marriage of Deborah Warren and Mark Whyte; and the not-so-wealthy Morells - Cassie, the loyal housekeeper for the Warrens, and her daughter, Katia, who grew up with and adores the Warren and Whyte children."

    Karen says: "Twilight Whispers"
  • Play One Summer
    RITA Award Winner, Best Long Contemporary Series Romance, 1987

    One Summer

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Jill Apple
    Overall
    (79)
    Performance
    (22)
    Story
    (21)

    A summer spent traveling across America with cynical, brooding photojournalist Shade Colby was not Celebrity photographer Bryan Mitchell's idea of a dream assignment. But Bryan will have to manage for an entire summer if she wants the fabulous cross-country photo shoot for a book, which they're both salivating over. However, Bryan and Shade disagree about everything...everything, that is, except the fierce attraction they have for each other.

    LeftyMom says: "Entertaining"
  • Play Untamed
    RITA Award Winner, Best Traditional Romance, 1984

    Untamed

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Lauren Davis
    Overall
    (92)
    Performance
    (21)
    Story
    (20)

    Jo Wilder had the heart of a lion and the temper of a wildcat. And when Keane Prescott crossed her path, she bared her claws. Jo was certain her charming new boss imperiled everything she cared for, but she couldn't deny the attraction between them. Though Keane's kisses left her breathless, it was his tenderness that threatened to tame her heart.

    Anastasiya says: "Boo the narrator"
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