Drama Audiobooks | Fiction

"Two women. Two centuries. One house full of secrets. A spellbinding tale for fans of Weyward, where the past never truly dies. . . When Beth Loveday retreats to a shadowed corner of the Devon coast, she hopes to rebuild her life in peace. But the old timbered shop she buys—Tenpenny House—has other plans. Strange objects hidden in the walls. A book of forgotten remedies. And dreams that feel like memories. In 1660, Susanna Loveday walks the same worn floors. Apprentice to a healer, she’s swept into a deadly game of suspicion and power when whispers of witchcraft begin to spread. As danger closes in, a single choice will echo through time. Linked by blood and bound by secrets, Beth and Susanna are caught in a web that spans centuries. The truth lies buried—but Tenpenny House remembers everything. . ."

Georgia Hill (Author), Heather Wilds (Narrator)

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The Pieces of Us

"Brought to you by Penguin. The new novel from Claire Alexander, author of Meredith, Alone. Three generations of women. Three life altering events. As they discover the truth of their heritage, they'll discover what makes the pieces of us... At fifty-eight Minnie McAllister isn’t an old woman. But as Alzheimer’s ravages her mind, her brain says otherwise. Cat McAllister is tackling everything life can throw at her. And just when she thinks it can’t get any worse, she’s faced with the discovery that Minnie might not be the mother she once knew. Meanwhile, Cat's daughter, Ruby McAllister, who is staring at a two very blue lines, faces a decision that will change the course of her life. As three generations of women are pulled in three different directions, each are forced to learn lessons about themselves that they never could have imagined. © Claire Alexander 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Claire Alexander (Author), Sarah Barron, Sorcha Groundsell (Narrator)

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Late Learner

"‘A superb writer… the Irish Jojo Moyes. Her books are beautifully written, and infused with warmth, humour and human understanding' Irish Examiner 'An evocative, thought provoking, poignant, and often hilarious read. A terrific book by a superb writer at the top of her game. I loved it' Patricia Scanlan Better late than never … Ronda McCann lives a quiet, careful life. She cycles back and forth to her job at the local care home and plays chess with a robot in the evenings. At forty-four years old, she is perfectly okay with that. But Ronda has a secret. In her daydreams she’s fearless – brave, bold and impossible to ignore. So when her comfortable little world suddenly starts to crumble, Ronda has a choice to make. Keep playing it safe on the sidelines? Or finally step into being the person she’s always imagined herself to be? Your favourite authors LOVE Ciara Geraghty: ‘Laugh-out-loud funny with a spikily endearing heroine… Fast-paced and hilarious’ CATHY KELLY ‘Bridget Jones meets menopause … sharp, funny and real’ CECELIA AHERN ‘I loved this book. Hilarious, perceptive, empathetic. Readers will utterly identify with and adore the superbly drawn Agatha’ PATRICIA SCANLAN ’Witty, poignant and a complete page turner’ SINEAD MORIARTY ‘Tender, emotional and uplifting…I loved it’ LUCY DIAMOND"

Ciara Geraghty (Author), Aoife McMahon (Narrator)

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The Cover Girl

""Thrilling and glamorous as its runways and backstage parties, The Cover Girl is also heartbreaking and redemptive with an ending that made me cry. Birdie is a singular, unforgettable character whose story encapsulates so much of what led up to the #MeToo movement, and why the movement was so necessary." -Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines Find them early enough, and they will always be her girls. Birdie Rhodes was only thirteen when legendary modeling agent Harriet Goldman discovered her in a department store and transformed her into one of Harriet's Girls. What followed felt like the start of something incredible, a chance for shy Birdie to express herself in front of the camera. But two years later, she meets a thirty-one-year-old rock star, and her teenage heart falls hard as he leads her into a new life, despite Harriet's warnings. Then, as abruptly as it began, it's over, like a lipstick-smeared fever dream. Birdie tries hard to forget that time-starting over in Paris, in the dying embers of the LA punk scene, in Boston at the height of the AIDS crisis. She's not that person anymore. At least, that's what she's been telling herself. Decades later, Birdie lives a quiet life. She works modest gigs, takes Pilates and mostly keeps to herself. Maybe it's not the glamor she once envisioned, but it's peaceful. Comfortable. Then a letter arrives, inviting Birdie to celebrate Harriet's fifty-year career. Except Birdie hasn't spoken to her in nearly thirty years-with good reason. Almost famous, almost destroyed, Birdie can only make her own future if she reckons with her past-the fame, the trauma, the opportunities she gave up for a man who brought her into a life she wasn't ready for. Just like she's not ready now. But the painful truth waits for nobody. Not even Birdie Rhodes. For fans of My Dark Vanessa and Taylor Jenkins Reid, this striking debut novel explores the dizzying fallout of being seen and not heard in a high-stakes industry that leaves no silhouette unscathed."

Amy Rossi (Author), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

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Through An Open Window: A Novel

"A charming, heartfelt novel about the bonds of family, whether found or foretold, from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. In the small Southern town of Wesleyan, Georgia, where the air smells of red clay and sea salt, Margaret Elliot has lived a seemingly charmed life-until the recent loss of her beloved husband. Since then, Margaret has been seeing visions of her aunt Edith, the indomitable woman who raised her after her parents died when she was a baby. As these mysterious and undeniable visitations continue, Margaret becomes convinced that Aunt Edith is trying to tell her something important. As she follows the clues that almost magically present themselves, it becomes clear there is a secret from Margaret's past waiting to be uncovered. As Margaret grapples with each new revelation, she also worries about her three grown children. Her stoic and inscrutable eldest daughter, Mouse, continues to struggle with the grief of losing her father. Her son Lawrie, always his mother's favorite, faces life-altering changes that he both longs for and fears-while Tom, Lawrie's twin, must wrestle with the consequences of a work decision that has blown up his entire life. Despite the tensions among the siblings as they argue about how best to support their mother, the whole family is soon embroiled in uncovering the truth the ghost of Aunt Edith is striving to expose. Through an Open Window invites us to see the grace that is so often there in the background, just waiting to be revealed. And reminds us that not even death can keep love from winning out in the end."

Pamela Terry (Author), Xe Sands (Narrator)

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The Night Lagoon

"**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick 'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE ‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN 'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN ––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment. The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met. The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker. The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past. Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn. Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review"

Jo Morey (Author), Chloë Sommer, Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Secrets in the Dales: A Heartfelt Yorkshire-set Novel about Family, Love and Loyalty in the Second W

"Set during WW2 in the Yorkshire valley of Dentdale, Secrets in the Dales is a heartfelt story of family, romance and one woman's determination in hard times. In the sleepy Yorkshire Dales, the peaceful existence of Sally's family is shattered by the outbreak of the Second World War. With her father navigating the challenges of wartime farming, and her mother striving to keep the home fires burning, young Sally is determined to do her bit. The war brings unexpected challenges, but none so disarming as Luca - an Italian POW who introduces Sally to a love that threatens to unravel everything she holds dear. As secrets threaten to surface and the war rages on, Sally must face a battlefield of her own, torn between love and duty. Will her choices lead to heartbreak or hope? 'Warm-hearted and compassionate' - Lancashire Post"

Diane Allen (Author), Emma Swan (Narrator)

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Joy Moody Is Out of Time: A Novel

"From the author of the beloved novel Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder comes another quirky and irresistible crime novel '[Narrator Annie] Maynard injects humor and pathos as she brings this quirky, troubled character to life.' —AudioFile on Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder Strange things are happening behind the bright pink facade of Bayside’s premier laundromat, Joyful Suds, home to Joy Moody and her twin daughters. For much of their lives, Joy has been lying to Cassie and Andie. What started as a colorful tale to explain how the twins came to live with her grew over the years and was always something she meant to set straight. Joy really did think she had more time. Worse still, Joy is struggling to define the truth from the lies. The girls have long believed they are vital to the future and must stay hidden to stay safe. Joy has told them that their impending twenty-first birthday is significant; they will step into their roles as leaders of a revolution and life as they know it will change. Joy was right—everything will change, just not in the way they expected. On Andie and Cassie’s birthday, Joy Moody is found dead and her girls face a world they are not prepared for without their mother. Joy Moody is out of time … in more ways than one. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press"

Kerryn Mayne (Author), Annie Maynard (Narrator)

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The Chocolate Box Girls at War

"Brought to you by Penguin. York, 1940 World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntrees factory, and with rationing crippling the country, chocolate production has been driven to a bare minimum. It's all change for the Freeman sisters when the Rowntrees factory is turned over to making munitions. Molly is put on the fuse and detonator line, soon becoming skilled at her work despite the dangers. Rose copes with husband Ned’s absence with the RAF by relishing her position on the Board. And Annie joins the Land Army, billeted to a pig farm in Lancashire. Despite the heartache and worry, nothing will stop the Freeman sisters from doing all they can for their men and country. © Gracie Hart 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Gracie Hart (Author), Victoria Brazier (Narrator)

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Things We Keep Hidden

"A threatening note. Long-buried secrets. Their friendship tested. The last time lifelong friends Payton, Isley and Clara were together, Clara broke their unwritten rule and brought up the one thing they never talk about. And now, more than twenty years after their friend Cece took her life, they must confront that night as the three women and their husbands-plus one unexpected guest-gather at Isley's Breckenridge vacation home. With tension already simmering just below the surface of their relationship, they're each left shaken when a cryptic note arrives: Tell the truth or I will. Who is the message for and what does it refer to? The women fear it could be linked to the truth they've kept hidden since the night Cece died…or maybe it has something to do with one of the problems they've each brought with them. Isley's son is in rehab after narrowly avoiding jail time, spurring her to a reckless act of her own. Clara, usually so careful to follow rules, is haunted by the one night that she didn't. And Payton has been in denial regarding her husband's so-called plan for their marriage. As the weekend unfolds, all three will revisit the bonds they share and the challenges that have shaped their lives. And by the trip's end, a truth that shocks them all will be revealed."

Jill Lynn (Author), Tanya Eby (Narrator)

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This Kind of Trouble

"Brought to you by Penguin. ‘Where are the fragments of the life you have lived?’ 2005 In Atlanta, Benjamin, a white-passing man of Nigerian heritage, is wondering what his life has been made up of, broken relationships, attempts to forge an identity from others’ memories. In Lagos, Margaret, a Nigerian single mother, is trying to decipher and finally destroy the mental malaise that has troubled her for as long as she can remember, by winding her way through a complex family history. Though they are no longer the twenty-somethings they once were when they met, and the 40 years that have passed since they last saw one another might suggest they are strangers, there is a deep and unsettling history that has bound them together since long before they were born. 1905 A well-respected chief in Umumilo village, Nigeria, Okolo has always followed tradition. Then three of the young village women – including his sister, who follows the white man’s God – are shrouded in scandal, and Okolo is forced to choose which path to take: that of least resistance, embracing the ways of the white man to save his village and his sister’s pride, or the other, preserving the ways that have sustained generations – but at what cost? A beautifully crafted multi-generational story of family history and identity, This Kind of Trouble is a powerful debut that asks what makes up a life, and how when it’s broken, we might put it together again. © Tochi Eze 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Tochi Eze (Author), Diana Yekinni (Narrator)

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Dusk

"Brought to you by Penguin. An explosive novel of the wild, and the lengths humans will go to control it The distant highlands, covered in snow and strewn with ancient bones, are an alien home for a puma from South America. But when Dusk escapes her captors, reports of killing sprees of sheep and shepherds are not long to follow. The highlands are no less alien to twins Iris and Floyd, whose family history renders them outcasts. Out of work, money and friends, they hear of the significant bounty on Dusk’s head. They decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into the wild, haunted country, they discover there's far more to the land and people than they imagined. Forced to make an uneasy alliance with a fellow tracker, the twins’ lifelong bond is put at risk. And as the trio close in on their prey, it becomes clear where the true danger lies . . . 'A sublime novel' Hannah Kent 'Magnificent' TIM WINTON, author of Juice 'Starkly beautiful and deeply felt ... the pared-back textures of Dusk’s prose occasionally recall those of Cormac McCarthy' Guardian (Australia) © Robbie Arnott 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Robbie Arnott (Author), Zoe Carides (Narrator)

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Drama Audiobooks in Fiction