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A brand-new recording of the classic work, narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of The Borgias and The Capture. On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him...

Un amore travolgente. Un intrigo pericoloso. Una scelta impossibile. Nella Roma tumultuosa del 1800, dove la politica e la passione si intrecciano in un gioco mortale, Floria Tosca è la donna più ammirata della città. Cantante d'opera di fama e bellezza straordinaria, la sua vita sembra essere un susseguirsi di applausi e trionfi. Ma dietro la facciata scintillante, Tosca nasconde un amore segreto e tormentato per Mario Cavaradossi, pittore ribelle che non ha paura di sfidare il potere. Un amore in bilico tra desiderio e pericolo.

At twenty-nine, Valancy Stirling is an “old maid” trapped within the tedium and troubles of family life. She escapes by building the imaginary world of the Blue Castle. When she is diagnosed with a serious heart ailment, Valancy realizes she has never been happy. She doesn’t want to waste...

Guri venter tålmodigt på, at Sturla skal komme tilbage. Da hun hører fodtrin, bliver hun først glad, men indser hurtigt, at det ikke er ham, der er kommet. Samtidig fortsætter Emilie med at lede efter sin far i Amerika. Sagaen om Emilie er en slægtskrønike fyldt med kærlighedsintriger og...

The secret to the past is hidden in Jennifer's attic... At twenty-five, Jennifer Ryan—newly divorced and reeling from betrayal—leaves New York City for a quiet town in Ohio, determined to start over. But the past is waiting. In the attic of her restored home, she discovers remnants of...

A female-centred collection of four dramatisations celebrating Jane Austen’s classic novels - plus bonus series When I Met Jane Austen On 16 December 1775, a literary icon was born. Jane Austen’s groundbreaking novels pioneered the romantic comedy genre and put women front and centre...

Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But that truth offers little solace, since Jamie realizes he might find himself pointing a weapon directly at his own son - a young officer in the British army. And Jamie isn't the only one with a tormented soul - for Claire may know who wins the conflict, but she certainly doesn't know whether or not her beloved Jamie survives.

Get swept away in the first three novels of the Ladies and Scoundrels series! These bestselling romances of love, loss, and redemption will keep you enthralled.

Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended. In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys – best friends – are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary and terrifying.

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.

A small town, fake dating, ex's brother romance from Amazon bestselling author Susan Henshaw. Christy: After a brutal breakup, I swore to never step on Seddledowne soil again. But then the school board begs me to be their new principal. It's my dream job. Working with my ex or living by my toxic family? It's a no brainer. The students are great. The ex didn't freak. Things are good. Until my sister FaceTimes while I'm at the gym, unveiling a humiliating Find Christy a Husband scheme. I'm praying for a Savior. Suddenly, I'm being kissed—intensely—as my family watches.

Diana Gabaldon’s fans will be delighted to find Jamie and Claire as spirited and endearing as ever in this fourth installment of this magnificent saga. Romance, history, and time travel blend once again as the couple builds a new life together in the wilderness of pre–Revolutionary America.

COURAGE. COMPASSION. SURVIVAL. LOVE. In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler’s Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution...

Narrated by Aria Montgomery and Jacob Morgan, The Bear and the Lamb is a dark western romance featuring a possessive outlaw, forbidden attraction, and a desperate escape. She prayed for a protector. The stars sent her an outlaw. When Alice’s abusive husband delivers a wounded fugitive into her care, she sees not a bounty but an answer. Kodiak is dangerous, hunted, and everything she should fear—but he calls her little lamb and makes her believe in fate.

Katherine Lockwood is hiding for her life in the most unlikely of places: the forgotten priest holes in the abandoned Winterset Grange Manor House. When Kate learns that Winterset’s long-absent owner, Mr. Oliver Jennings, is about to return, she is desperate to find a way to make him leave, even if it means “haunting” him from behind her protective walls.

SARAH LARK vuelve con una saga épica de amor, aventura y coraje sobre una mujer que desafió su destino para conquistar una vida propia en un territorio indómito. Inglaterra, 1861. Vivian, hija de un noble inglés, sueña con bailar y vivir lejos de los salones donde quieren decidir su futuro. Impulsada por el amor y el deseo de aventura, huye con Ross, el mozo de cuadras, rumbo a Canadá, donde la fiebre del oro promete fortuna y libertad.

Elizabeth Bennet is not the son and heir her mother wished, much to Mrs. Bennet’s despair. But all was not lost, for soon after her second daughter’s birth, Mrs. Bennet delivered a son. Tom Bennet, born just minutes after his sister, was their family’s savior from the moment he took his first breath. Tom Bennet's peculiar nature soon sets him apart from others around him. His striking intelligence, key in aiding his family, paired with his many oddities leaves those around him with many differing opinions. None, though, are more dedicated to his well-being than his twin sister Elizabeth.

The Bridgertons are by far the most prolific family in the upper echelons of society, both in deed and word, and now, for the first time, their most indelible quips and barbs have been gathered here for your pleasure. From Anthony’s arrogance to Hyacinth’s hijinks, the family has long been fodder for society gossips … and indeed even for This Author, who has come out of retirement to pen thirteen new columns, each more delicious than the last.

Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. But events conspire to unravel the knots of deceit and misunderstanding in this beguiling and gently comic story of love and fidelity.

My life has been a series of bad decisions. Marrying an abusive man was the first... but falling for a dangerous inmate where I’m a nurse may be the worst. He’s brutal, heartless, and twisted. But he’s also the only one to notice the bruises on my skin. His forbidden touch becomes my addiction. His drugging kisses my obsession. After I learn the truth about why he’s in prison, I try to escape, but he finds me. Now I'm his prisoner.