Audiobooks Narrated by Arina Ii

Our Cursed Love

"Julie Abe's Our Cursed Love is an uplifting story about the magic of true love and the choices we make. Perfect for fans of You've Reached Sam. 'A celebration of all things Japan, magic, and romance, readers will swoon at this charming, big-hearted friends-to-lovers story' - Emiko Jean, author of Tokyo Ever After Destiny, magic, true love . . . Remy is in love with her best friend Cam, and a winter trip to Japan provides the perfect setting to tell him how she truly feels. But when a mystical tea leaf reading reveals they're not meant to be together, Remy and Cam find themselves in a secret magical apothecary in their search for answers. Here they are offered an ancient soulmate elixir - but upon drinking it they are plunged into chaos when Cam's memories of Remy completely disappear. They must travel through Tokyo to rediscover Cam's memories and make new ones, for if Remy can't help restore Cam's memories before midnight on New Year's Eve, they'll be cursed to forget each other . . . forever."

Julie Abe (Author), Arina Ii, Kevin Shen (Narrator)

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Dark Tales

"Brought to you by Penguin. Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson this autumn with a collection of her finest, darkest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the country manor, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods... Includes the following stories: 'The Possibility of Evil'; 'Louisa, Please Come Home'; 'Paranoia'; 'The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith'; 'The Story We Used to Tell'; 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'; 'Jack the Ripper'; 'The Beautiful Stranger'; 'All She Said Was Yes'; 'What a Thought'; 'The Bus'; 'Family Treasures'; 'A Visit'; 'The Good Wife'; 'The Man in the Woods'; 'Home'; 'The Summer People'. © Shirley Jackson (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Shirley Jackson (Author), Arina Ii (Narrator)

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: The cosy million-copy sensation from Japan

"The cosy, heartwarming first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series. What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores this age-old question . . . In a cosy back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. Prepare to meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer in order to: - confront the man who left them - receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by Alzheimer's - see their sister one last time - meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat. They cannot leave the cafe. And finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . 'This book broke my heart, took the pieces, and put them back together in a messy and beautiful way. . . ' - well.read.woman on Instagram Continue the beautifully moving storytelling with Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye, Before We Forget Kindness and Before I knew I loved you."

Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Author), Arina Ii (Narrator)

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