Contemporary Women Audiobooks | Fiction

"In the Cornish town of Talting, everyone is famous for something. Until recently Rose was known for many things: her infectious positivity; her unique artistic talent; and her devotion to childhood sweetheart Lucas. But two years ago that changed in one unthinkable moment. Now, Rose is known for being the young woman who became a widow aged just twenty-four. Though Rose knows that life must go on, the thought of carving out a new future for herself is one she can barely entertain. Until a newcomer, Robert, arrives in Talting for the summer... Can Rose allow herself the chance to love again?"

Victoria Walters (Author), Rebecca Norfolk (Narrator)

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[French] - La plus jolie fin du monde

"Méfiez-vous des vieilles histoires. Certaines ricochent jusqu'à nous. Quand Gaëlle apprend que sa grand-mère, Yan, vient d'être vistime d'un AVC, elle court la rejoindre sur son île en Bretagne. À l'hopital, Yan se trompe d'époque, de lieu, voit des choses qui n'existent pas. Dans ses propos décousus auxquels personne ne prête attention, un détail interpelle Gaëlle : un signe, que la vieille femme affirme avoir reçu après 55 ans, 6 mois et 17 jours d'attente. De quoi parle-t-elle ? D'où vient ce décompte si précis ? Gaëlle tente de résoudre le mystère. Yan semble suspendue entre deux mondes, mais qui sait ? Peut-être n'est-on jamais aussi clairvoyant qu'à l'heure de s'envoler... En embellissant les derniers instants de celle qui lui a tout donné, une jeune femme va enfin trouver un sens à sa vie. Solène Bakowski vit à Paris. Elle est notamment l'auteure deRue du Rendez-vous(2021),Il faut beaucoup aimer les gens(2022), finaliste du prix Maison de la presse, et deCe que je n'ai pas su(Harper Collins poche, 2025). Sensibles, profonds et lumineux, ses romans sont une invitation au rapprochement entre les êtres."

Solène Bakowski (Author), Jacqueline Berces (Narrator)

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Escape to the Highland Retreat

"When Marcie Mosse was last in the beautiful village of Strathkin in the Scottish Highlands, she made a tough decision about the future of her family’s grand ancestral home, Swanfield House. Back for the first time since then, staying at her uncle’s cottage, Sweet Briar, Marcie is shocked to see that her decision is already causing disruption in the once peaceful village. Something strange is happening at Swanfield and Marcie is determined to get to the bottom of it. Meanwhile, her friend Dina is battling her own private struggles, testing the bonds of their close-knit group of friends. As Marcie watches her childhood sweetheart Ruaridh Balfour face unimaginable challenges with stoic determination, she finds herself drawn back into the heart of village life. When tragedy strikes and long-buried secrets rise to the surface, Marcie must decide whether some mysteries are better left unsolved – and whether she truly belongs in the place she once couldn't wait to leave. Perfect for fans of Susanne O'Leary, Jenny Colgan and Liz Eeles, this is a gripping story about friendship, belonging, and the lengths we'll go to protect those we love."

Elayne Grimes (Author), Raghad Chaar (Narrator)

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The Last Assignment: A Novel of Dickey Chapelle

"From bestselling author Erika Robuck comes the perilous and awe-inspiring true story of award-winning photojournalist Dickey Chapelle as she risks everything to show the American people the price of war through the lens of her camera. Manhattan, 1954. Since her arrest for disobeying orders and going ashore at Iwo Jima almost a decade earlier, combat correspondent Georgette 'Dickey' Chapelle has been unmoored. Her military accreditation revoked, her marriage failing, and her savings dwindling, Dickey jumps at the next opportunity. In the aftermath of an assignment gone wrong, a flame is lit deep inside Dickey—to survive in order to be the world's witness to war from the front lines. Never content to report on battles unless her own boots are on the ground, Dickey and her camera journey with American and international soldiers from frozen wastelands to raging seas to luscious jungles, revealing one woman's extraordinary courage and tenacity in the face of discrimination and danger. And it's along the way, in Dickey's desire to save the world, she realizes she might also be saving herself. At a time when a woman's heroic spirit often gave way to homeland reality, Dickey blazed a trail for the revolutionary hearts inside us all."

Erika Robuck (Author), Kristin Price (Narrator)

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The Vow: A Novel

"Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She is determined to become a history painter, a career off-limits to women. To ensure her success, she has vowed never to marry. When a new patron invites her to London, Angelica befriends famous artists, paints portraits of Queen Charlotte and other royalty, and becomes a founding member of the Royal Academy. While still in London, an alluring but mysterious Swedish count makes her an offer that may be too tempting to resist. Then, upon returning to Italy, she meets Wolfgang von Goethe. Time and time again, Angelica faces the insurmountable obstacles and great personal sacrifices that come with being an independent woman. The vows she makes, big and small, are repeatedly challenged. Will she break free from the traditional male/female binary and the many oppressive social dictates of her time and learn to 'paint with her soul' . . . or is a vow of a different sort necessary if she is to answer the deepest call of her heart?"

Jude Berman (Author), Shiromi Arserio (Narrator)

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Filthy Little Midlife Fling: A Neighbors to Lovers Romance: Heart’s Cove Hotties Book 10

"She's about to discover exactly what this hunky, small-town mechanic is hiding under the hood... I’m having a bad week. First, I get a call from my scumbag ex-husband asking for a favor. He wants to hire me to organize his new house. The house he’s sharing with his new wife. The one he cheated on me with. But the worst part? I’m so broke I might have to take the job. I’m busy pondering my little predicament when I crash my work van into my neighbor’s magnolia tree. That’s when I discover my neighbor is the town’s hunky mechanic and doting single dad, Remy Campbell. My mortification knows no bounds. Then Remy takes pity on me and offers me a trade: for every hour I work to organize his office, he’ll put an hour into fixing my van. As a broke lady on the verge of a breakdown, that’s an offer I can’t refuse. But working in close proximity with the rugged, red-blooded mechanic reminds me I haven’t felt my motor rev in six long years. Getting involved with my neighbor is a terrible idea. But a steamy little fling with an agreed-upon end date? Now that could make me forget all about my ex, my money problems, and my run-in with the magnolia tree…"

Lilian Monroe (Author), Ava Blair, Brian Maxwell (Narrator)

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Whispers in the Glen

"From the author of Lady’s Rock, The Unreliable Death of Lady Gange and The Green Lady, a tale of the sisterhood, heartbreak and resilience of the Scottish women on the World War II home front Clova, Scotland, 1942. The midst of the Second World War. Sisters Nell and Effie Anderson live together in the Old Schoolhouse. Effie is a teacher, while Nell works as a postwoman, delivering news – often of the worst – from the frontline to her neighbours. Though they love and care for one another, there are unspoken tensions and mysteries that put distance between them. Then, a plane carrying Canadian and British soldiers’ crashes over their village, and the only surviving soldier stumbles up to their front door. In his pocket is a photo that will set in motion a chain of events threatening to uncover their families’ generations-old secrets. Told across a dual timeline of Effie and Nell’s adult years through World War II and their adolescence during World War I, Whispers in the Glen is a story about secrets, lies – and the dangers of keeping them hidden."

Sue Lawrence (Author), Sarah Barron (Narrator)

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The Valencia Expat Club

"A juicy, heartwarming novel set against stunning Spanish settings, where delicious food, romantic adventures, and the transformative magic of starting over in Spain lead Dahlia Delaney to uncover family, friendship, self-discovery, and an unexpected new beginning. Dahlia Delaney's marriage just imploded, her friend group picked a side (not hers), and her fancy San Francisco life now fits into a single suitcase. Armed with a broken heart, a freelance marketing gig, and one blurry childhood memory of her abuela's garden, she impulsively hops on a flight to Valencia, Spain, to reconnect with distant family—and maybe herself. But Valencia isn't just sunny plazas and sangria. There's her chaotic new job at a quirky expat bar, a family she barely knows but who embrace her like she's always belonged, and a brooding American bar owner who's frustratingly attractive and entirely too familiar. As Dahlia stumbles through language mishaps, clashing cultures, and late-night paella with new friends, she begins to realize that the fresh start she came for might turn into something even better—if she can let go of the life she planned and embrace the one unfolding around her. Perfect for anyone who's ever dreamed of starting over somewhere with better wine, The Valencia Expat Club is a sparkling, laugh-out-loud romantic escape about second chances, delicious detours, and finding home where you least expect it."

June Patrick (Author), Carlotta Brentan (Narrator)

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The Diary at the Last House Before the Sea: Heaven's Cove Book 7

"‘Dear Diary, I have so much to keep secret. Maybe I am cruel to leave. But I have no choice…’ Thirty-one-year old Clara’s family have called their cosy cottage in the grounds of Brellasham Manor ‘home’ her whole life. And when River, the owner’s son, returns after sixteen years away, at first Clara is wary. They shared their first kiss as teenagers before River moved halfway around the world, and his soulful brown eyes look just the same. Clara’s first heartache isn’t the only memory overshadowing the manor. More than fifty years ago, Audrey Brellasham lived here as a young bride and filled the house with love, laughter and dancing. Until one night, she walked into the stormy sea and was never seen again. When Clara finds Audrey’s old leather-bound diary tucked away, she’s certain that deciphering the coded messages inside will reveal the secret truth about this mysterious woman. And as River helps her explore Audrey’s locked attic bedroom, preserved from the night she disappeared and filled with her beautiful ballgowns, they’re soon laughing together and forgetting all the reasons they drifted apart. But when River’s father announces the manor, and the cottage, will be sold to developers, Clara’s mother is devastated that everything she knows and loves is disappearing. And with the elderly owner clamming up at any mention of the past, it seems Audrey’s story is lost forever. But if Clara keeps searching, will she be able to save her mother’s home? Or will solving the secrets of the diary tear apart River’s family, and destroy any chance of happiness between them?"

Liz Eeles (Author), Francesca Waite (Narrator)

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The Mistake: A fast-paced & twist-filled psychological thriller

"Is it a crime to save a life? People would say I’m a respectable, law-abiding citizen. But my baby niece is sick. She’s going to die without treatment — expensive treatment. The kind we don’t have money for. So when a friend coerces me into seducing a wealthy stranger and robbing him blind, it’s temptingly simple: one act of wrongdoing in exchange for Grace’s life. It’s a risk I’m prepared to take. But after witnessing the murder of the man I set out to exploit, I’m left with two impossible choices: do I go to the police and tell all, or run with the funds to save my darling baby Grace? Or will the killer get to me first? A single mistake can destroy everything"

A J Campbell (Author), Tamsin Kennard (Narrator)

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Love Letters at the Borrow a Bookshop: A cosy, uplifting romance that will warm the heart of any boo

"Can she write her perfect love story? Austen Archer is on her dream solo bookselling holiday, the new ‘borrower’ at the Borrow-A-Bookshop in Devon’s Clove Lore. While she has always loved poetry, her words have dried up since being fired by her last boss, bestselling author, Callista Flyte, a year ago. Austen distracts herself with the Borrow-A-Bookshop, as well as her flirty online exchanges with an anonymous Parisian bookseller. Hiding from the world, Austen doesn’t notice that wedding planner, Patti, is falling for her – and is too afraid to admit that she feels the chemistry too. But as Patti and Austen grow closer, culminating in a magical day at the wildflower meadow, can Clove Lore work its customary magic and bring the two together? And will Austen find the confidence to risk her heart and write again? © 2024 Kiley Dunbar (P) 2025 DK Audio Helen Duff has narrated over 60 audiobooks ranging from romance fiction to the much loved fantasy books by Mark Lawrence. When not narrating she is doing comedy round the country in particular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also hosts her own podcast called Come As You Are discussing sexual pleasure in relation to all people and scenarios. Her husky voice will lull you into the sleepy seaside town. Kiley Dunbar is a Scot living over the border in Northern England where she teaches English and creative writing, devours romance novels, fusses over Amos the Bedlington Terrier, and loves two little Dunbars. She thinks making imaginary people find happiness and fall in hopelessly in love has to be the best job in the world."

Kiley Dunbar (Author), Helen Duff (Narrator)

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Gelato at the Villa

"Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro. 'Whoever finds a friend finds a treasure.' Italian saying Grace and Claire have formed a close friendship over their love of reading. After many years and many books that provided armchair adventures, the time has come for them to go somewhere instead of only dreaming of someday. Traveling to Venice, Florence, and Bellagio, the Suitcase Sisters find themselves immersed in the magnificent works of art, scrumptious gelato flavors, and endless pasta variations of Italy. And they discover a vulnerability to disclose their struggles in ways they never did at home. As Grace experiences a newfound freedom and confidence in who she is, Claire wrestles with painful memories of her teen years. A special dinner party brings unexpected revelations about faith and God's nearness. Then a life-changing moment on the shores of Lake Lugano causes Grace and Claire to discover they are not just tourists but pilgrims on a path to becoming all God created them to be. 'Robin Jones Gunn returns with another beautifully crafted story of Christian faith and nurturing friendship. … readers will be swept into this tender story exploring the gift of hospitality, the truths revealed by travel, and the peace found in forgiveness.'—Booklist"

Robin Jones Gunn (Author), Frankie Corzo (Narrator)

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Contemporary Women Audiobooks in Fiction