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Twenty-six-year-old Katie Macauley has placed all her hope in Hope Springs, a small town in the 1870 Wyoming Territory. But if she wants to return home to Ireland to make amends with her estranged family, she’ll need to convince the influential Joseph Archer to hold true to his word and keep her on his payroll as his housekeeper - despite her Irish roots. When Joseph agrees to keep Katie on ash is housekeeper, the feud erupts anew, and Katie becomes the reluctant figurehead for the Irish townsfolk.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutey Wonderful
- By Stacey on 09-17-13
By: Sarah M. Eden
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The Crown
- By: Nancy Bilyeau
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4 out of 5 stars 215
In this debut historical thriller, an aristocratic young nun must find a legendary crown in order to save her father’s life and preserve all she holds dear. When novitiate nun Joanna Stafford learns her rebel cousin is condemned by King Henry VIII to be burned at the stake, she makes the decision to break the sacred rule of enclosure and flee her Dominican order in Dartford to stand at her cousin’s side. Arrested for interfering with king’s justice, Joanna, along with her father, Sir Richard Stafford, is sent to the Tower of London.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Torture
- By S. Wells on 03-24-13
By: Nancy Bilyeau
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Cinderella
- By: Disney Press
- Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Ella's childhood is a happy one: she has loving parents, plenty of fields and meadows to explore, and lots of kind animal friends to play with. A sweet child, Ella warms the hearts of all who meet her. And her home is a wonderful place, the perfect little kingdom for a joyful family. But when tragedy strikes, Ella's happy home turns into one filled with sadness and cruelty. Will Ella be able to hold onto her kindness and courage through it all?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cinderella
- By Doha on 04-30-15
By: Disney Press
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Florence Grace
- By: Tracy Rees
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,036
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,861
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,853
Florrie Buckley is an orphan living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence, but Florrie is content; she runs wild in the mysterious landscape. She thinks her destiny is set in stone. But when Florrie is 14, she inherits a never-imagined secret. She is related to a wealthy and notorious London family: the Graces.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly brilliant!!!
- By Maria on 07-04-16
By: Tracy Rees
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When She Woke
- By: Hillary Jordan
- Narrated by: Heather Corrigan
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Story4 out of 5 stars 638
Hannah Payne awakens to a nightmare. She is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home. She is now a convicted criminal, and her skin color has been genetically altered. Her crime, according to the State of Texas: the murder of her unborn child, whose father she refuses to name. Her color: red. The color of newly shed blood.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Thoughtful Dystopia
- By Amy on 01-28-13
By: Hillary Jordan
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The Hope of Azure Springs
- By: Rachel Fordham
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. But secrets from her past haunt her, and her new life in the Western wilderness is a rough one. When her guardian is shot and killed, Em, now 19, finally has the chance to search for her long-lost sister, but she won't be able to do it alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- By Amanda on 08-31-18
By: Rachel Fordham
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The Bride of Black Douglas
- By: Elaine Coffman
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Lady Meleri Weatherby is desperate to escape the unthinkable: marriage to a man she does not love, a man she knows to be unspeakably cruel. In a bold move, she breaks off her betrothal to Lord Philip and flees her home in Northumberland, vowing to marry the first man she meets, never considering the consequences of such a show of independence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good but too short
- By GatorBait! on 11-19-17
By: Elaine Coffman
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Malcolm
- By: S.J. West
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 695
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 646
On the night Anna was born, she was promptly sent away from the down-world to live in the cloud city of Cirrus. That very same night her future was decided for her when she became betrothed to Crown Prince Augustus Amador. For 21 years, she has lived as Lady Anna. Although Anna's destiny seemed laid out for her, fate intervenes to reveal the true path she was always meant to take. With the unexpected arrival of Malcolm Devereaux into her world, Anna knows without a shadow of a doubt that she has finally been reunited with the missing piece of her soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well...
- By Tracy on 09-15-18
By: S.J. West
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Chasing the Sun
- Land of the Lone Star, Book 1
- By: Tracie Peterson
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 333
When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but also for the Texas ranch her father recently acquired. A marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, but is it the true desire of her heart? Wounded soldier William Barnett returns home only to find out that his family’s ranch has been seized. He’s surprised to discover that it is a beautiful young woman with amazing fortitude who is struggling to keep the place running.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By Bonnie on 06-23-12
By: Tracie Peterson
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The Cross of Love
- Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 1
- By: Barbara Cartland
- Narrated by: Anthony Wren
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the nearby grounds of "The Grange". And there in the earth she finds three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Cross of Love
- By Cindy H. on 06-11-17
By: Barbara Cartland
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The Bellerose Bargain
- By: Robyn Carr
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 166
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Story4 out of 5 stars 167
The heiress to the Bellerose estate has gone missing and what a waste of a dowry it is! Charlotte Bellamy's future husband, Lord Geoffrey Seavers, is in desperate need to finance his royal fleet, yet somehow Charlotte disappeared and the Bellamy inheritance slipped through his fingers. Enter Alicia, a tavern maid of uncertain parentage. Yes, she's a bit young and headstrong, but no one at court has actually ever seen the Lady Bellamy, and Alicia's beauty, poise, and bearing are enough to fool the king.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Revisit
- By 🌸DARA on 10-12-13
By: Robyn Carr
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The Girl in the Castle
- A Novel
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 651
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 599
Born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 1900, Kitty Deverill grows up in Castle Deverill, on the sunning green hills of West Cork, Ireland - the same place her ancestors have always dwelt. She isn't fully Irish, as the son of the local veterinarian likes to tease her; but this doesn't stop Kitty and Jack O'Leary from falling in love....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Explicitness
- By Billie on 04-28-17
By: Santa Montefiore
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The Glass Castle
- By: Trisha Priebe, Jerry B. Jenkins
- Narrated by: Jaimee Draper
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
Avery, Kate, Tuck, and Kendrick take charge of an underground network of kidnapped children, inspiring them to believe that their pasts do not dictate their futures and pledging to do the hardest thing of all...reunite the children with the homes they left behind. When they discover that one among them might be the child of a man who wants them dead, will everything they are working for be lost?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome audible
- By Angela C on 08-06-20
By: Trisha Priebe, and others
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- 01-17-17
Fantastic Story * Compelling Narration
This is a beautifully written and narrated story that starts off with a young girl going to live with her aunt after the death of her father. Instead of a quiet life, she finds herself pressured to keep her faith quiet. When she doesn't keep her faith quiet she finds herself the target of hatred.
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