Troubled by recent loss, Grania Ryan has returned to Ireland and the arms of her loving family. It is here, on a cliff edge, that she first meets a young girl, Aurora. Strangely drawn to Aurora, Grania discovers that their families are deeply entwined. From a bittersweet romance in wartime London to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York, the Ryans and the Lisles have been entangled for a century.
DHackney says:
"Sweeping Family Drama Beyond my Expectations"
A Gathering Storm
UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 4 mins)
By Rachel Hore
Narrated By Gerri Halligan
Overall
(1)
Performance
(1)
Story
(1)
Lucy Cardwell has recently lost her troubled father, Tom. While sifting through his papers, she finds he'd been researching an uncle she never knew he'd had. Intrigued, she visits her father's childhood home, the once beautiful Carlyon Manor. She meets an old woman named Beatrice who has an extraordinary story to tell. As Lucy listens to the tales of the past, she learns a secret that will change everything she has ever known... As Lucy listens to the tales of the past, she learns a secret that will change everything she has ever known....
Famous Last Words
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 43 mins)
By Annie Sanders
Narrated By Suzy Aitchison
Overall
(28)
Performance
(24)
Story
(23)
Lucy spends her days making flamboyant clothes, which express all the passion and flair that she cannot, and at night sits alone, fretting over her struggling business. Then a beguiling fortune-teller informs her that her future is far from rosy - in fact, she doesn't have one! Naturally she doesn't believe him, but when his other prophecies come scarily true, she starts to wonder if he could be right. His prediction pushes Lucy to finally throw caution to the wind.
Kathleen says:
"Hilarious!"
The Secret Keeper: A Novel
UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 58 mins)
By Kate Morton
Narrated By Caroline Lee
Overall
(32)
Performance
(30)
Story
(26)
England, 1959. Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime. Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to Green Acres for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by memories and questions she has not thought about for decades.
Karen says:
"Another Kate Morton success"
A Place of Secrets
UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 4 mins)
By Rachel Hore
Narrated By Jilly Bond
Overall
(3)
Performance
(2)
Story
(2)
As a child Jude suffered a recurrent nightmare; now her six-year-old niece is having the same dream. A successful auctioneer, Jude is asked to value a collection items belonging to Anthony Wickham, a lonely 18th century astronomer, and she leaps at the chance to escape to the untamed beauty of Norfolk. With the help of Euan, a local naturalist, Jude begins to untangle Wickham's tragic story, but she discovers threatening links to the present.
The Light Behind the Window
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs)
By Lucinda Riley
Narrated By Gerri Halligan
Overall
(11)
Performance
(8)
Story
(7)
THE PRESENT - After her mother’s death, Emilie de la Martiniéres finds herself the sole inheritor of a chateau in the south of France. There she discovers an old notebook which leads her along a journey to unravel the tragic love story of the mysterious Sophia. THE PAST (1943). Constance Carruthers, arrives in occupied Paris at the height of conflict. There she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family and is drawn into a web of deception, the repercussions of which will affect generations to come.
Judy says:
"enjoyed it very much,love that time period"
Publisher's Summary
Fran Morrison, a travelling musician, is summoned home to London after her father suffers a stroke. She finds herself in charge of the family business - a stained glass workshop.
When the vicar of the local church asks Fran to restore a shattered window, her research into its origins uncovers a fascinating and moving love story from the Victorian past that resonates in her own life.
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