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Audiobooks Narrated by Karen Cogan
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Life in India is idyllic for Anne Tyler and her younger brother, Jeremy until the deaths of their parents shatter their world. They are sent to England to live with a grandfather that neither remembers. However, as the years pass, the kindly man proves a balm for their wounded hearts. His death, when it comes, is a cruel blow.
Though his will leaves the estate to Jeremy, the boy is not yet of age. His grandfather's nephew, a man with a mysterious past, is named guardian of the property and soon arrives to take up his duty. Unfortunately, the man has a son who is both evil and cunning. Since he stands to inherit the estate should Jeremy die, he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the property.
Murder and threats of murder soon haunt their every move. Standing between them and disaster is the handsome Lord Westerfield, a man who promises to defend Anne and Jeremy, even to death.
Ashley grieves the loss of her sister. Her only comfort is the little nephew who is left in her care. Since she works at home, she is able to watch Jack during the day and it is truly a labor of love. Now that he has lost his mother, she is determined to raise him as her sister would wish. The downside is sharing custody with Jack's uncle, David. David is a successful businessman who can provide luxuries for Jack that Ashley’s budget will not allow. He, also, has a past reputation as a playboy. It is difficult for Ashley to believe that he has changed his lifestyle, even though his behavior and words attest to the possibility. His interest in making them a threesome makes her leery. Has he truly changed into the man she now sees? If so, dare she trust her heart to him?
For as long as she can remember, Stephanie loved watching new plants grow and thrive. Eventually, her passion grew into a career in landscape design. She is hired by a New Mexico firm owned by a widower with a small son. Though neither of them intends for romance to bloom, they are drawn to each other. However, a misunderstanding with the office manager causes suspicion to fall on Stephanie. Does she have an ulterior motive?
Since Alex is already torn between his past and his hope for a future, it becomes evident he has a decision to make.
Her grandmother is suffering from a mild illness when Lissa arrives in New Mexico. Consequently, Grandma sends her young friend Jason to pick Lissa up from the airport. Though Lissa is immediately attracted to him, she is hesitant to step into a romance with a man in a creative profession. She knows from experience that the insecurity of his job would cause her stress. She has worked too hard, even at the expense of a guilty secret, to be the only one making a living. Nonetheless, their mutual tie with Lissa's grandmother brings them together and Lissa finds it increasingly hard to deny her growing interest in him. Will she be able to ignore the attraction or will her heart lead her down the path of love?
Jason also experiences an instant attraction to Lissa. However, his experience with a previous career woman left him war since her devotion to her job came before time spent with him. Can he take the chance that Lissa will be different? If he takes a chance with her, will she break his heart?
Chatty Clam lives under the sea with Sunny the sea horse and all of their friends. Though Chatty wants to be nice, she can't stop gossiping. It makes her feel important. Yet when she almost causes Sunny to lose a friend, he reminds her that it is important to tell the truth. She wants to please God and do the right thing so she promises Sunny she will not gossip again.
Henry is a little bear who can't get rid of the hiccups. everyone in the family has a suggestion for how he can get rid of them. Henry tries every one of their suggestions. The one that finally works makes Henry happy.
Hermit Crab is having a problem finding the perfect shell. He wants one that his friends will admire and that makes him look comfortable. However, every time they try to help him, he is not comfortable in what they choose. What will Hermit do? Will he be able to please his friends? Will he be able to find a shell that he likes, also? Listen to the story to find out.
A little brown dog named Pancho wanders into a Mexican village on St. Anthony Abbott's Feast Day. He discovers that the people will enjoy good things to eat, and later there will be a blessing of the animals. Pancho speaks with the burro that plows the field where the corn is grown, the hen who lays the eggs used to make the bread, and the goat who gives the milk from which the cheese is made. Pancho decides the animals need a feast too. So he begins to collect wheat cakes, corn, and cheese and invites the animals to enjoy the fruits of their labors. They picnic and have fun until the other animals must return to their owners for the blessing. Now Pancho is lonely and left out. As he watches the happy animals, his sadness is rewarded with a special blessing of his own.
This book won a Moonbeams Multicultural Picture Book Award,and was selected as a supplemental reader for the state of New Mexico. It is a fun and educational story to teach culture and geography and celebrate a love for animals.
Sunny the seahorse loves his friends that share the ocean with him. When one of them is sad, Sunny wants to help. However, when Shrimp is angry, Sunny doesn't know what to do. Can anyone convince Shrimp it is okay to get help from his friends?
THE NEIGHBORS begins in a modern neighborhood where folks live next door to one another without knowing each other's names. Abby and Vic are an older couple who value quietness and solitude. Abby is annoyed when the boy two houses from them takes out his frustration by hitting a tennis ball against the outside wall of the next door neighbor's house.Their opinion of him is low until a chain of events begin to unfold.
In this touching Christmas story, the annoying boy takes a liking to them and begins to call them Grandma and Grandpa in replacement for the grandparents who show no interest in him. Another neighbor helps Vic unload groceries when Abby returns from shopping and is too ill to manage the task.. As the neighbors are drawn together, hearts are healed and two romances bloom. In a cascading effect, residents of the cul-de-sac not only get to know one another, but become like family.
This supernatural short story begins with a young man on an uneventful fishing trip. The weather mirrors the depression he has felt since his wife left him. His attempt to find distraction is interrupted when he meets a strange old man plodding down the road. He slows to offer the man a ride during the pouring rain. Yet, the man's vacant stare gives him a shiver. When car trouble forces him to stop at an old house along his route, he thinks he's seen the last of this ghostly figure. Yet, it turns out he's mistaken.
They won't all live to tell the tale...
An addictive and twisty standalone psychological thriller from the bestselling Alex Barclay.
Seven friends. One killer. No escape...
A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface.
And when a body is discovered, the group faces a shocking realisation: a killer is among them, and not everyone will escape with their lives...
