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Audiobooks Narrated by Helen Phillips
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"They took her freedom and her liberty. They should have taken her life.
Alex Ridley knows there are only three certainties in life . . . taxes, death, and that if you kidnap and hurt girls and young women? She will hunt you down, and she will end you!
Alex Ridley has changed. She was once a respected art historian. A pacifist. Flawed, yes. Troubled, certainly. Now she's driven to do whatever it takes to bring down the traffickers, including acts of extreme violence. She'll track them to their dens. She'll play them at their own heinous game. She'll turn justice into a masterpiece.
From India to Tibet, and then Milan, Ridley's fierce determination to administer justice and liberate the victims—women and girls, just like her—thrusts her into the chaos of Marrakesh.
She thought she'd seen the very worst of humanity. The 'Red City' opens her eyes to new levels of depravity.
Ridley must survive. Hundreds—thousands—will suffer if she doesn't. Yet, up against the most dangerous enemy she's ever faced, the odds are stacked against her.
She hates them. To defeat them, she must become them."
"They had tried to kill her. Now the prey has become the predator.
Alex Ridley knows there are only three certainties in life . . . taxes, death, and if you hurt those she loves? That death will be yours!
Mumbai had been a success. Just. Ridley and Kayla had survived, and they had taken down The Vulture, head of the Indian branch of a huge human trafficking ring.
They hoped it was meant to be the end. It was only the beginning.
After 'extracting' certain information from The Vulture on his death-bed, the vigilantes headed to Milan, only to find things were worse than they'd feared. Much worse.
With its equally imposing and inspiring backdrop of castles and cathedrals, the 'City of Light' begins to reveal the depths of its shadows as they hunt the predators on their own patch.
Can Ridley emerge alive from those shadows with her life? Or will she once again be consumed by the darkness?"
"oll up, roll up to be terrified out of your wits at the Circus of Shadows!
Run in horror from the phantom clown...
Meet a man made of flies on a real ghost train...
But scariest of all, hide from Hell Mary and her rings made of teeth. Because she has a deadly deal for you...
Spooksmiths Indigo and Rusty can speak to the dead and know how to fight dangerous ghosts. But now powerful spirit Hell Mary has kidnapped their parents - and if they don't agree to track down her cursed crystal ball by sunrise, she'll trap them all in her haunted circus for ever. Will their Spooksmith skills be enough to beat her?
Join the Spooksmith twins on their fast-paced and spine-tingling adventures, for fans of Goosebumps and Dread Wood."
"When you said I could never escape, I knew I would.
When you told me all hope was lost, I knew it was not.
When you declared you would kill me soon, I knew I would kill you first.
I am Alexandria Ridley.
I am a survivor.
And I am coming for you!"
"She fought her way back from certain death. A predator is still hunting her . . .
Alex Ridley knows there are only three certainties in life . . . taxes, death, and that if you try to kill her? That death will be yours.
After escaping from a vile human trafficking ring, Ridley dedicates her life to liberating more innocent victims from a future of misery and administering her own special brand of justice.
She'll take the fight to them, tracking them to their lair and bringing them down from within, one by one by one. But there's a problem . . .
Ridley had left her nemesis for dead in her desperate fight for survival. Somehow, the Korean gangster lived, and is hell-bent on a revenge he will stop at nothing to get.
From the mountains of Tibet, to the filth and flamboyance of Mumbai, a nerve-shredding rampage for justice leads Ridley to the 'City of Dreams' and to an inevitable war.
Can she survive?"
"Charming, romantic, and painted with gorgeous Regency detail, Karla Hocker's romances will delight listeners from the very first page.
Despite her fetching blue eyes and sable hair, Kate Elliott remained every bit the prim and practical schoolmistress. Few at Miss Venable's Seminary for Young Ladies would have dreamed that Kate had entertained romantic notions in her girlhood! At twenty-eight, she remained firmly on the shelf and—with the closing of the school—firmly unemployed. Hence, she welcomed the invitation to be Liza Ashcroft's chaperone for the Season at Bath. But how would she endure the girl's father? Patience was not in her nature . . .
Damien Ashcroft was certain that Miss Elliott would be the ideal companion for his daughter. A wallflower of quiet virtues, she would neither distract the handsome widower from scholarly pursuits nor be bothered by his impatient nature. So he was stunned to discover that the impudent Miss Elliott was outspoken to a fare-thee-well. And shocked when sassy Kate made his pulse race—and even more so when he began to not mind quite so much . . ."
"Lydia, home from Paris on New Year’s Day in a welter of hangover and humiliation, finds herself swearing off drink, drugs and sex for the next 12 months. Through her unfamiliar sobriety, she’ll see a landmark year for all the Bennet sisters, including a disruptive 40th birthday, an engagement and a funeral: and, maybe, coming to terms with the results of a run-of-the-mill run-in with a jacknifed lorry on a wet stretch of the M1…
A sharply funny and unexpectedly tender modern Pride and Prejudice, this is a story of sisterhood, survival, and second chances. For fans of Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton, and anyone who's ever wondered what the Bennet sisters would be like in the age of therapy, WhatsApp, and wellness trends gone rogue."
"How do you catch a serial killer when the bodies are never found?
For years, Detective Cecilia Wreede has hunted The Badger: a killer who drags victims from their homes and vanishes without a trace.
Annika Granlund, a struggling publisher, has troubles of her own: a failing business, a marriage on the rocks, and the haunting memory of a childhood monster she once called The Scraper. Then an anonymous manuscript lands on her desk, describing The Badger's killings in chilling detail.
To save her company, Annika must publish it. To catch a killer, Cecilia must uncover the connection. But as the lines between fiction and reality blur, and Annika's grip on her own sanity begins to unravel, both women are drawn into a nightmare neither of them may escape.
Perfect for fans of Chris Carter and C.J. Tudor, The Badger is a dark and menacing psychological thriller that will have you reading late into the night.
Translated from Swedish by Andy Turner."
"It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job, working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his family. At first it seems great fun. The house is always full of glamorous people and parties, but soon she begins to worry for the children, who are neglected and crave stability. As if this wasn't enough to contend with, her employer, Cameron Knight, is spending a lot of time in the nursery - and not for the children. Can she keep herself and her charges safe in this chaotic household?"
"Robbie is a kind and loving boyfriend. As long as you obey the rules.
Seline is excited to be starting a new chapter. She has moved away from home to begin her first job—as school art teacher in a quaint Yorkshire village.
Life gets even better when she meets the wild and untamed Robbie, with whom she starts a relationship. Robbie is unpredictable and impulsive and Seline loves the excitement he injects into her well-ordered days.
But Robbie soon reveals a dark side. He becomes more and more domineering and Seline finds herself trapped with a man who needs to control her every waking moment.
Her only escape is through her artwork. But even there, in the shadowy corners of her own paintings, lurks a disturbing truth she cannot decipher.
Desperate to escape from Robbie, Seline turns to an old family friend, Michael, for help. But Michael has secrets of his own, secrets that entwine with Seline's past in shocking and sinister ways . . .
The Girl in the Painting—the gripping psychological thriller perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, and Kiersten Modglin."
"Lila Cartwright is thriving after dumping her toxic ex – well, mostly. That is, until she bumps into him and his new girlfriend, forcing her to grab the nearest man and introduce him as her boyfriend. Unfortunately, that man is her infuriatingly moody (yet undeniably attractive) colleague, Rhys Aubrey.
Rhys isn’t Lila’s biggest fan either, but when he needs to convince his family that he’s excelling in both work and love, striking a deal with her suddenly makes sense.
As their fake relationship unfolds, the lines between pretence and reality blur. Can they keep up the act, or is there something real beneath the rivalry?"
"Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions meets Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of Extraordinary Things in this chilling ghost story.
mother and daughter move into a crumbling house haunted by the ghost of a girl who performed in Victorian freak shows, through which wind whistles eerily, floorboards creak ominously and things go bump in the night.
In the present day, following the break-up of a controlling marriage, single mother Nell moves into the crumbling Victorian Merry Hall with her teenage daughter, Fern. She’s determined to make a new life but the noises, moving objects, and strange smells in her new home make her increasingly unsettled.
In the 1840s, showman Abel Wenham seduces Dolly, a talented albino girl and makes her the star of his performing collection of ‘freaks’. But after she becomes pregnant with his child, he discards her and imprisons her at Merry Hall, where her only solace is the company of fellow performers Ada the Bear Lady and the Jack the Posturer. They plan to escape with Dolly and her child and set up in business, but Wenham has other ideas.
When Fern admits she, too, is pregnant, it seems as though history may be about to repeat itself. But is Dolly, just one of the ghosts that haunt Merry Hall, reaching out across the centuries to protect her own child?
Told in alternating chapters across two timelines—one in the mid-19th century, one in the present day—this page-turning gothic chiller is ideal for those who love The Whistling by Rebecca Netley, The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell, and The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason."
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