
A Dreadful Splendor
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Olivia Vinall
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B.R. Myers
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
“This gem of a book sparkles with wit and originality. . . . There is no shortage of tricks and feints in this excellent novel and Genevieve is a delightful character.” — The Globe and Mail
“A spooky gothic romance with impeccable vibes. I loved this!" — Erin Sterling, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse
In this wickedly whimsical Gothic murder mystery brimming with romance, betrayals, and chills, a fake spiritualist is summoned to hold a séance for a bride who died on the eve before her wedding, but as nefarious secrets are revealed, the line between hoax and haunting blurs.
Be careful what you conjure...
In Victorian London, Genevieve Timmons poses as a spiritualist to swindle wealthy mourners—until one misstep lands her in a jail cell awaiting the noose. Then a stranger arrives to make her a peculiar offer. The lord he serves, Mr. Pemberton, has been inconsolable since the tragic death of his beautiful bride-to-be. If Genevieve can perform a séance persuasive enough to bring the young lord peace, she will win her freedom.
Soothing a grieving nobleman should be easy for someone of Genevieve’s skill, but when she arrives at the grand Somerset Park estate, Mr. Pemberton is not the heartbroken lover she expected. The surly—yet exceedingly handsome—gentleman is certain that his fiancée was murdered, even though there is no evidence. Only a confession can bring justice now, and Mr. Pemberton decides Genevieve will help him get it. With his knowledge of the household and her talent for illusion, they can stage a haunting so convincing it will coax the killer into the light. However, when frightful incidents befall the manor, Genevieve realizes her tricks aren’t required after all. She may be a fake, but Somerset’s ghost could be all too real…
A Dreadful Splendor is delicious brew of mystery, spooky thrills, and intoxicating romance that makes for a ghoulishly fun and gripping listen.
"A delightful mix of gothic, mystery, and romance. I had such fun reading this book!" — Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Not Your Average Hot Guy
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Natalie Morgen made a name for herself with a memoir about overcoming her harsh childhood after finding a new life in Paris. After falling in love with a classically trained chef, they moved together to his ancestral home, a tiny fishing village off the coast of Brittany. But then Francois-Xavier breaks things off with her without warning, leaving her flat broke and in the middle of renovating the guesthouse they planned to open for business.
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Swept away by this wonderful story
- De pam g en 03-29-21
De: Juliet Blackwell
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Antelope Woman
- A Novel
- De: Louise Erdrich
- Narrado por: Louise Erdrich
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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When Klaus Shawano abducts Sweetheart Calico, the seductive Indian woman who has stolen his heart, and takes her far from her native Montana plains to his own Minneapolis home, he cannot begin to imagine the eventual ramifications his brazen act will entail. Shawano’s mysterious Antelope Woman has utterly mesmerized him - and soon proves to be a bewitching agent of chaos whose effect on others is disturbing and irresistible, as she alters the shape of things around her and the shape of things to come.
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Longing
- De LARA BIRCHLER en 01-03-24
De: Louise Erdrich
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The Starless Sea
- A Novel
- De: Erin Morgenstern
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman, full cast
- Duración: 18 h y 37 m
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Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues - a bee, a key, and a sword.
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Just couldn't make it
- De Richard E. en 11-23-19
De: Erin Morgenstern
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Pink Moon
- Hex Support Mystery, Book 1
- De: Annabel Chase, Tana Grey
- Narrado por: Carly Robins
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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Katherine Fairfield isn’t a typical woman—or a typical witch. Once upon a time, she worked as an agent for Hex Support, a secret division within the Federal Bureau of Magic. Following the tragic death of her husband, she quit to focus on raising their twins. Now the kids are in college, and Kit spends her days at the enchanted family estate known as Dark Hollow along with her two younger sisters and a sanctuary of forgotten familiars. But then duty calls.
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Unique Spin on Witch Mystery
- De Princess Consuela en 04-23-23
De: Annabel Chase, y otros
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Falling Home
- A Falling Home Novel
- De: Karen White
- Narrado por: Lyssa Browne
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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At 20, Cassie Madison left her hometown of Walton, Georgia, for New York City, where she has reinvented herself - from losing herself in her career to squashing her accent. But one night a single phone call brings back everything she's tried to forget. She hasn't spoken to her sister since Harriet stole Cassie's fiancé and married him. But now Harriet's on the line with news that their father is dying. As she makes the trip back, the only thing that frightens Cassie more than losing her father is seeing Harriet and the family that should have been hers.
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Another great book by Karen White
- De Kindle Customer en 02-01-21
De: Karen White
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Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
- De: Elyssa Friedland
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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In its heyday, The Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families - best friends and business partners - have presided over this glamorous resort which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills are not what they used to be - and neither is the relationship between the Goldmans and the Weingolds.
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Very frustrating and confusing
- De kendallalycia en 05-26-21
De: Elyssa Friedland
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- De: Pip Williams
- Narrado por: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.
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Enchanted
- De Lulu Can en 04-07-21
De: Pip Williams
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The Restoration of Celia Fairchild
- A Novel
- De: Marie Bostwick
- Narrado por: Sarah Naughton
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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Celia Fairchild, known as advice columnist "Dear Calpurnia", has insight into everybody’s problems—except her own. Still bruised by the end of a marriage she thought was her last chance to create a family, Celia receives an unexpected answer to a “Dear Birthmother” letter. Celia throws herself into proving she’s a perfect adoptive mother material—with a stable home and income—only to lose her job. Her one option: sell the Charleston house left to her by her recently departed, estranged Aunt Calpurnia.
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Honestly have no idea how people enjoyed this
- De Kelly Albury en 10-11-21
De: Marie Bostwick
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When the Moon Is Low
- A Novel
- De: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan, Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Mahmoud’s passion for his wife, Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she’s ever known. But their happy, middle-class world implodes when their country is engulfed in war and the Taliban rises to power. Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister’s family in England. With forged papers and help from kind strangers they meet along the way, Fereiba make a dangerous crossing into Iran under cover of darkness.
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Unfinished?
- De James R. Hyde en 10-25-21
De: Nadia Hashimi
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The Underground Library
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Ryan
- Narrado por: Fenella Woolgar
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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When the new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown, finds that Bethnal Green Library isn’t the bustling hub she is expecting, she becomes determined to breathe life back into it. But can she show the men in charge that a woman is up to the task of running the library, especially when a confrontation with her past threatens to derail her?
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Storytelling excellence and historical facts wrapped into one.
- De Robin Goldin en 03-30-24
De: Jennifer Ryan
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The Immortals of Tehran
- De: Ali Araghi
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
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As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing world. On the day of his father's death, Ahmad listens closely as the seemingly immortal elder tells him the tale of a centuries-old family curse...and the boy's own fated role in the story.
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Unique story with many characters
- De Anonymous User en 08-22-24
De: Ali Araghi
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The Darkwood Trilogy
- A Complete YA Fairy Tale Fantasy Series
- De: Anthea Sharp
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 33 h y 27 m
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Taken away from her ordinary life, Rose Valrois finds herself in a world full of secrets and forbidden magic. There she meets her new stepsister, the enigmatic Princess Neeve, who will either become her best friend … or her worst enemy. In the shadows of the magical Darkwood, Rose discovers danger and adventure in her quest for answers about the mysteries surrounding her. When she’s rescued by Thorne, the Dark Elf guardian of the forest, he binds her to the Darkwood and forbids her to speak of its secrets.
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Excellent Teen/YA Fantasy Series
- De Adriana B en 09-28-22
De: Anthea Sharp
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The Littlest Library
- A Novel
- De: Poppy Alexander
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess’ life is turned upside down. Determined to pick up the pieces, Jess decides it’s time for a new beginning. Unable to part with her grandmother’s cherished books, she packs them all up and moves to a tiny cottage in the English countryside. To her surprise, Jess discovers that she’s now the owner of an old red phone box that was left on the property.
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An entertaining read.
- De Kim Meseck en 11-10-22
De: Poppy Alexander
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At Least You Have Your Health
- De: Madi Sinha
- Narrado por: Sooneela Nankani
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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Dr. Maya Rao is a gynecologist trying to balance a busy life. With three young children, a career, and a happy marriage, she should be grateful—on paper, she has it all. But after a disastrous encounter with an entitled patient, Maya is forced to walk away from the city hospital where she’s spent her entire career.
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Fun story illuminating the wellness industry
- De Barbara S en 04-29-22
De: Madi Sinha
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Counting Lost Stars
- A Novel
- De: Kim van Alkemade
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 13 h y 54 m
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1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming—until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust.
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My kind of book
- De diane en 01-03-25
De: Kim van Alkemade
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- JessN
- 09-30-23
Excellent story!
I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end. I especially enjoyed the mystery and character development and how all the loose ends were tied up in the end.
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- Jenny
- 02-15-23
Kept me guessing
Just when I thought I had figured the mystery out, the story took a twist! Loved it
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- Tiaza
- 01-27-25
Good story, great narration
This was a nice scary story, some hints of the supernatural. Well constructed plot, some great twists, a few predictable but well told. The narrator was terrific. Her various characters were done very distinctly. Her male voices were good, too. Her various accents were excellent. I'll look for this narrator again.
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- Rebecca
- 09-15-23
It's okay.
I was super excited to get into this book but found myself not really enjoying it. The characters were fantastic, though I often got confused because of it being told in first person, that's more personal taste though. Towards the end I was fast forwarding through some chapters just because of the repeating information and the general boringness of it. I wasn't surprised by the ending either because it was sort of spoiled halfway through by the MC, the hints of what the ending was going to be were repeated multiple times.
The narrator really carried it. I finished it mostly because of how well the narrator was doing and I usually finish a book I start reading no matter what.
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- Clembrier
- 10-03-23
Lots of twists
Enjoyable listen. Kept me interested with a new twist around every corner. It was well read as well.
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- Carla Wiessing
- 09-24-23
Clever
I can't wait to see what else this author will write.
Great setting and characters
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- Olivia Main
- 01-04-24
Great Gothic Romance!
Exactly what I want in a gothic romance. Fake mediums, murder, the occult, slow burn… 🥰
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- Enola
- 05-13-24
An Unexpected Pleasure
What a wonderful story. I sought it out for it's occultism undertones, but found an engaging mystery, a love story subtly conjured, curses, and restless spirits. It's quite the "page turning" thriller. The narration was well done, but I had trouble with the lead character's accent at times, especially when it changed here and there.
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- Emily Crabtree
- 05-13-24
The twists and the kind ending
Relinquish ones self into twists you may not know. Also I dig a freaky story that ends in rectified characters.
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- Jessie-girl
- 04-17-24
wonderful, quite enjoyed
best plot and performance I've heard in quite awhile. Definitely worth the listen, you won't be sorry!
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