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Veronica and Stoker are practically dying for a new adventure, but when their wish is granted, they find themselves up against a secret society and a darkly seductive duo in this landmark historical mystery from beloved New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna...

Experience the timeless works of Jane Austen in one complete audiobook collection. From the beloved romance of Pride and Prejudice to the wit of Emma and the elegance of Persuasion, this collection brings together Austen's greatest novels and rare works in a single listening experience. Featuring unforgettable characters, timeless romance, sharp social commentary, and Jane Austen's celebrated wit, this complete collection is an essential addition to every audiobook library.

The last thing middle brother Ed McGraw wants is to be tangled up in a scheme to find a mail-order bride for his black-sheep brother. But that's right where Ed finds himself… writing love letters and not signing his own name. Intrigued by the woman who writes back. Rebekah Edwards keeps her...

To escape her guardian's plans to marry her, Lady Charlotte Fairfax steals away to Montreal to locate Reid McCoy, a fur trader who owes her fiancé a debt for saving his life. Even though European women are forbidden from entering the interior, she is desperate to get to her fiancé deep within the northwestern wilderness.

Andrew Langford is an honorable man. So it is deeply inconvenient when Sophie Renard, the woman he loved, appears at his door on the very day he’s reminded of a youthful wager that will cost the last unwed man a small fortune. She is beautiful, desperate, and, Andrew believes, married. Sophie came to London for a prestigious mathematics position that she’s worked toward for six years. But after the promised job is withdrawn, she faces humiliating failure unless she can persuade her employer to reconsider. With no one else to turn to, she seeks help from her old friend, Andrew.

I should've known better than to trust my childhood bully. I was too soft-hearted for my own good. Thanks to another one of his cruel tricks, I end up on the run through a monster-filled forest to avoid the noose. When I'm found by the local barbarian clan, I figure I'm done for. I'm injured, exhausted, and have no hope of fighting back. But the barbarian who rescues me from certain death isn't what I thought he would be. And maybe the fear I had for them was misplaced. Maybe the only thing I should be afraid of is falling for someone I can't keep.

Narrated by the brilliant Iona Campbell. An unforgettable figure from Sherlock’s past gives Becky an impossible ultimatum. London, 1916. Bombs thunder overhead, spies skulk in the shadows, and Becky’s world teeters on the brink. Flynn and Sherlock Holmes are caught in a cunning trap and Mycroft Holmes is battling for his life,. Now Becky faces a high-stakes ultimatum. Irene Adler—the dazzling woman who once outwitted Sherlock—issues a chilling demand: deliver the elusive spy Mata Hari, or lose Flynn and Holmes forever.

Lady Marguerite Lennox refuses the Duke of Argyle’s offer without hesitation. Cold, arrogant and aloof, he is the last man she could ever love. Her parents are appalled. The duke is furious. Stunned by the insult, he decides to pursue her—not to win her heart, but to bend her to his will...

I'm nothing but an orphan, a dragon trainer in one of the many border fortresses. When beasts attack the villages, I ride, driving them back to the hellscape they crawled from. When my adopted brother's killed during battle, I discover who's controlling the invading beasts—the brutal ruler of the neighboring fae kingdom. A gruesome plot is brewing beneath the glimmering fae surface, and he's responsible for it all. Now vengeance is all I live for. No matter how powerful or well-guarded the king is, I will avenge my brother. This I swear.

"The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

Septiembre de 1860. Sunset Bayou, Oakville.Han pasado tres años desde que Olivia se trasladó de Londres a la plantación que su tío John le dejó en herencia.Después de su matrimonio con Tyler Hudson nada ha sido como ella había imaginado. La plantación ha seguido funcionando como siempre y los doscientos veintitrés esclavos que eran de su tío ahora son suyos. Los ánimos de los sureños están alterados y su resistencia a lo que consideran intolerables ataques por parte de los yanquis está a punto de llegar a su fin. 

Дама с собачкой – потрясающий рассказ, вышедший из-под пера русского писателя Антона Павловича Чехова (1860 – 1904). Автор рассказывает о невероятном романе Дмитрия Дмитриевича Гурова и Анны Сергеевны фон Дидериц. Казалось, что их искренняя любовь останется лишь приятным воспоминанием…Любовные переживания главных героев не оставят равнодушным ни одного читателя. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор знаменитых рассказов, повести "Палата № 6", пьес "Вишневый сад" и "Чайка", а также таких произведений: "Три сестры", Дама с собачкой, "Толстый и тонкий", "Человек в футляре", "Тоска", "Смерть чиновника", "Хамелеон" и других.

In the heat of the French summer, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford travels to France and falls in love with his host's wife, Isabelle Azaire. When the world stops, their affair falters, and Stephen signs up. In a maze of tunnels under the trenches, Stephen finds the courage this war demands from the men in his command. And it is here that he will fight for everything he has ever known and loved.

Was geschah damals wirklich in der alten Seerosenvilla? Der spannende Liebesroman für Fans von Familiensagas 1932: Nach ihrer Hochzeit zieht die junge Elfie Gleißner mit ihrem Mann Heinrich in die Familienvilla ein. Während der Nationalsozialismus seine Schatten über das Land wirft, erschafft die junge Frau in der Seerosenvilla eine Festung der Einsamkeit, denn sie hütet ein düsteres Geheimnis … 2019: Als Emilia, eine junge Immobilienmaklerin, die alte Villa verkaufen soll, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass dieses Projekt ihr Leben aus den Fugen heben wird.

Lady Elsbeth Caldwell has long suspected that her stepfather is hiding something far more sinister behind his polished façade. Determined to uncover the truth, she embarks on an investigation that leads her to take desperate measures, including robbing a passing coach under the cover of night. Unfortunately, the coach belongs to Niles Drayton, Earl of Westcott—a man with a sharp tongue, a sharper wit, and a maddening ability to remain amused in even the most scandalous circumstances.

England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.

Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love. But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

Der Zauberberg erstmals als ungekürztes Hörbuch, virtuos gelesen von Thomas Sarbacher. Geplant als Novelle, als heiteres Gegenstück zum Tod in Venedig, entstand mit dem Zauberberg einer der großen Romane der klassischen Moderne. Ein kurzer Besuch in einem Davoser Sanatorium wird für den Protagonisten Hans Castorp zu einem siebenjährigen Aufenthalt, der Kurort wird zur Bühne für die europäische Befindlichkeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg.

His only job is to protect her. But first, he has to keep track of her. When Elizabeth Montclair’s privileged world shatters after witnessing a crime that could topple the crown, she vanishes into the quiet countryside, hiding in plain sight with the unsuspecting Bennet family. Her sharp tongue and quick wit make her impossible to ignore —and even harder to protect. Fitzwilliam Darcy has one job: keep the fiery, reckless heiress alive.

The ideal of a new Germany swept up Sophie Scholl in a maelstrom of patriotic fervor - that is, until she realized the truth behind Hitler's machinations for the fatherland. Now she and other students in Munich, the cradle of the Nazi government, have banded together to form a group to fight for the truth: the White Rose. Risking everything to print and distribute leaflets calling for Germans to rise up against the evil permeating their country, the White Rose treads a knife's edge of discovery by the Gestapo.