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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Annabel Ford has everything under control, devoting her time to her twin boys and keeping her household running smoothly. But when her husband of a decade announces that he's leaving, she's blindsided. And suddenly her world begins to unravel. Piper Whitley has always done her best to balance it all - raising her daughter, Fern, by herself while advancing her career as a crime reporter. Only now that she's finally met the man of her dreams, Fern's absentee father shows up, throwing everything into a tailspin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!
- By femmefatale on 01-12-23
By: Emily Liebert
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I'm Fine and Neither Are You
- By: Camille Pagán
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,635
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,381
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,381
Wife. Mother. Breadwinner. Penelope Ruiz-Kar is doing it all - and barely keeping it together. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, appears to be sailing through life. As close as the two women are, Jenny’s passionate marriage, pristine house, and ultra-polite child stand in stark contrast to Penelope’s underemployed husband, Sanjay, their unruly brood, and the daily grind she calls a career.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The most self-involved protagonist ever
- By tsil123 on 06-08-19
By: Camille Pagán
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True Believer
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,074
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,074
Jeremy Marsh is the ultimate young New Yorker. He's also an expert on debunking the supernatural. When he receives a letter from Boone Creek, North Carolina, about ghostly lights appearing in a cemetery, he can't resist driving down to investigate. Here, in this tightly knit community, Lexie Darnell runs the town's library. Disappointed by past relationships, she is sure of one thing: her future is in Boone Creek, close to all the people she loves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Read
- By Jennifer on 05-26-05
By: Nicholas Sparks
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Faking It
- Faking It, Book 1
- By: Elisa Lorello
- Narrated by: Cynthia Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4 out of 5 stars 203
After breaking off her engagement, 30-something Andi Cutrone yields New England to her ex and flees home to Long Island. There, she devotes her time to teaching in the writing program at Brooklyn University and overanalyzing her past failed relationships. But then she meets Devin, a male escort whose client list seems to include at least half of the accomplished women she knows. He is handsome, charismatic, and absolutely out of her league, but she can’t deny he has a certain…something. And so Andi makes him a proposition: If he will teach her to shed her sexual inhibitions, she will teach him to be a writer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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wonderful
- By Stephanie on 01-20-13
By: Elisa Lorello
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Forever Is the Worst Long Time
- A Novel
- By: Camille Pagán
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 398
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Story4 out of 5 stars 344
When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa "Lou" Bell, he's sure he's just found the love of his life. There's just one problem: she's engaged to his oldest friend, Rob. So James toasts their union and swallows his desire. As the years pass, James's dreams always seem just out of reach - he can't finish that novel, can't mend his relationship with his father, can't fully commit to a romantic relationship. He just can't move on.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sad story
- By carli sprunger on 06-07-20
By: Camille Pagán
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Safe with Me
- A Novel
- By: Amy Hatvany
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4 out of 5 stars 235
The screech of tires brought Hannah Scott’s world as she knew it to a devastating end. A year after she signed the papers to donate her daughter’s organs, Hannah is still reeling with grief when she unexpectedly stumbles into the life of the Bell family, whose fifteen-year-old daughter, Maddie, survived only because Hannah’s daughter had died. Mesmerized by this fragile connection to her own daughter and afraid to reveal who she actually is, Hannah develops a surprising friendship with Maddie’s mother, Olivia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Hatvany
- By Chris on 01-20-15
By: Amy Hatvany
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Christmas Letters
- By: Debbie Macomber
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 792
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 634
Celebrate Christmas on Blossom Street with a brand-new romantic comedy from New York Times best-selling author Debbie Macomber. Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More dramatic. But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, who also frequents the cafe, Christmas means lies and deception
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Christmas Letters"
- By shirlfish on 10-08-08
By: Debbie Macomber
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Finding Bliss
- By: Dina Silver
- Narrated by: Cristina Panfilio
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4 out of 5 stars 131
Growing up with an alcoholic single mother, Chloe has seen her share of heartbreak and disappointment, and is striving to build a new legacy for herself. After graduating from college, she takes a job working as a summer girl for the Reeds - a wealthy, accomplished family that personifies her American dream. Her summer takes an unexpected turn when the Reeds' eldest son, Tyler, the star quarterback for Notre Dame, shows up and turns her life upside down.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Finding Bliss is an emotionally charged book!
- By Jordy ♡♡♡♡ on 07-23-13
By: Dina Silver
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Anna's Courage
- Rose Island, Book 1
- By: Kristin Noel Fischer
- Narrated by: Rebecca Rush
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
Helicopter pilot Anna Morgan hasn't flown since her husband's death several years ago. Instead, the young army widow has sought refuge with her son on peaceful Rose Island. Surrounded by family and friends, Anna vows never to do anything more dangerous than arrive late to a PTA meeting. All that changes when Captain Nick Peterson comes to the island to take custody of his orphaned nieces. Anna feels compelled to help Nick with the girls, but what is she supposed to do about her growing attraction to him?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Inspirational Christian Love Story
- By Adriana B on 03-27-16
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The Shop on Blossom Street
- By: Debbie Macomber
- Narrated by: Linda Emond
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 597
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 397
There's a little shop on Blossom Street in Seattle called A Good Yarn. You go there to buy knitting supplies and patterns, and now it's offering a knitting class. The first lesson: how to knit a baby blanket.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Shop on Blossom Street
- By Christine on 07-30-05
By: Debbie Macomber
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Almost Missed You
- A Novel
- By: Jessica Strawser
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 578
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 523
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Story4 out of 5 stars 524
Violet and Finn were "meant to be", said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can't help thinking that she can't believe her luck. Life is good. So no one is more surprised than she when Finn leaves her at the beach - just packs up the hotel room and disappears. And takes their son with him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING!
- By Jesutofunmi Mojeed on 06-08-17
By: Jessica Strawser
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Magnolia Wednesdays
- By: Wendy Wax
- Narrated by: Käthe Mazur
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 159
At 41, Vivian Armstrong Gray's life as an investigative journalist is crumbling. Humiliated after taking a bullet in her backside during an exposé, Vivi learns that she's pregnant, jobless, and very hormonal. This explains why she says "yes" to a dreadful job covering suburban living back home in Georgia, a column she must write incognito. Down South, it's her sister's ballroom dance studio that becomes her undercover spot where she learns about the local life - and where unexpected friendships develop.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painful. And not in a good way.
- By Kate on 01-24-13
By: Wendy Wax
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The Great Pretender
- By: Millenia Black
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
For six years, Reginald Brooks - slick Disney marketing VP - has pulled off the perfect scam. He has juggled two families without the other one finding out. He stays two weeks in Miami with his wife and two young adult daughters, and the next two weeks in Orlando with his trophy mistress and their young daughter. But when the charade unravels, it’s clear there’s been a lot more pretending than anyone realized. Soon wide-ranging consequences begin to take their toll.
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5 out of 5 stars
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PRETTY GOOD READ - WORTH THE CHIP
- By Stella on 08-14-12
By: Millenia Black
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The Mother's Promise
- A Novel
- By: Sally Hepworth
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 423
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 389
All their lives, Alice Stanhope and her daughter, Zoe, have been a family of two, living quietly in Northern California. Zoe has always struggled with crippling social anxiety, and her mother has been her constant and fierce protector. With no family to speak of and the identity of Zoe's father shrouded in mystery, their team of two works - until it doesn't. Until Alice gets sick and needs to fight for her life. Desperate to find stability for Zoe, Alice reaches out to two women who are practically strangers but who are her only hope: Kate, a nurse, and Sonja, a social worker.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb. Filled with emotion.
- By Julia on 09-27-17
By: Sally Hepworth
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The Child I Never Had
- By: Kate Hewitt
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
It’s a warm, early summer’s evening, when Mia’s doorbell rings unexpectedly. She opens the door to see the silhouette of a teenage girl, standing in the shadow beyond the porch light - and in an instant, she realizes who it is. Daisy, the daughter she gave up as a baby. She says she has a terrible secret. And she believes the only person who can help her is Mia. Her birth mother. Mia, however, has secrets of her own. Ones that she is afraid to let Daisy or anyone else know.
By: Kate Hewitt
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The Family Next Door
- A Novel
- By: Sally Hepworth
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 995
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Story4 out of 5 stars 996
From the outside, Essie’s life looks idyllic: a loving husband, a beautiful house in a good neighborhood, and a nearby mother who dotes on her grandchildren. But few of Essie’s friends know her secret shame: that in a moment of maternal despair, she once walked away from her newborn, asleep in her carriage in a park. Disaster was avoided, and Essie got better, but she still fears what lurks inside her, even as her daughter gets older and she has a second baby.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story but....
- By Yikes on 04-26-18
By: Sally Hepworth