AuthorBeverley Watts
NarratorEilidh Beaton, Finlay Robertson, Mark Elstob, Penelope Rawlins
SeriesThe Shackleford Sisters, Book 5
Duration7h 18m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Romance, Historical Novels
PublisherW.F. Howes
VersionUnabridged
In this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it...
With her four older sisters now married, it's Patience Shackleford's turn to take charge of her younger siblings' education. But given that Patience's most prodigious skill is lock picking, any abilities she passes on to her younger sisters are unlikely to provide any assistance in the drawing rooms of the genteel, especially as she has no interest in either high society, or horror of horrors... marriage. Indeed, her father the Reverend Augustus Shackleford is firmly of the opinion that the less society knows about his fifth daughter the better...
When Grace and Temperance, now married to influential members of the ton, offer to take her in hand and bring her out, both Patience and her father are entirely horrified. For once in total accord, they endeavour to hatch a plan to somehow avoid the upcoming Season.
But that's before a chance meeting with the enigmatic and undeniably handsome Marquis of Guildford when Patience discovers that lock picking is exactly the expertise he happens to be looking for...
Perfect for fans of Regency Romances with wit and humor and a little bit of steam.
Coming Home To the Comfort Food Cafe
Author: Debbie Johnson
Author Debbie Johnson
Narrator Madeleine Hyland
Duration 9h 8m
Moving to the little village of Budbury, Zoe hopes the crisp Dorset sea breeze and gentle pace of life will be a fresh start for her and her goddaughter, Martha. Luckily for them both, the friendly community at the caf‚ provide listening ears, sage advice, shoulders to cry on and some truly excellent carrot cake. And when Martha's enigmatic,...
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Author: Michel Houellebecq
Author Michel Houellebecq
Narrator John Sackville
Duration 8h 10m
Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional relationship with a younger woman. When he discovers her ongoing infidelity, he decides to abandon his life in Paris and return to the Normandy countryside of his youth. There he contemplate...
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Author: Beverley Watts
Author Beverley Watts
Narrator Deirdra Whelan, Mark Elstob
SeriesThe Shackleford Sisters, Book 2
Duration 5h 56m
In this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it... Perfect for fans of funny, lighthearted Regency Romances with a little bit of steam.Reverend Shackleford was at a loss. He'd truly believed that in marrying his eldest daughter Grace to an extremely wealthy peer of the realm, his p...
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Author: Beverley Watts
Author Beverley Watts
Narrator Alan Medcroft, Eilidh Beaton, Mark Elstob, Nicky Griffiths
SeriesThe Shackleford Sisters, Book 7
Duration 6h 9m
In this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it...In the eyes of her family, Chastity Shackleford was impulsive, flighty, overly emotional and inclined to sentimental overtures. All in all, a disaster waiting to happen should she accept the Duke of Blackmore's offer of a Sea...
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The Corner Shop In Cockleberry Bay
Author: Nicola May
Author Nicola May
Narrator Penny Scott-Andrews
Duration 8h 10m
Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life. But nothing is straightforward about this legacy. While the identity of her benefactor remains a mystery, he - or she - has left one important legal proviso: that the...
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If We're Not Married By Thirty
Author: Anna Bell
Author Anna Bell
Narrator Rebecca Courtney
Duration 12h 5m
A brilliantly funny, romantic and effervescent read, If We're Not Married by Thirty is the irresistible new novel from the bestselling author of The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart and It Started With a Tweet. Lydia's not exactly Living Her Best Life. She never imagined she'd be here at thirty - newly single, a job that's going nowhere and her f...
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Author: Pam Jenoff
Author Pam Jenoff
Narrator Various
Duration 11h 42m
From the internationally best-selling author Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional and powerful journey through friendship and betrayal during the Second World War, inspired by true events. 1940s. With the world at war, Eleanor Trigg leads a mysterious ring of female secret agents in London. Twelve of these women are sent to aid the r...
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Author: Beverley Watts
Author Beverley Watts
Narrator Harrie Dobby, Mark Elstob
SeriesThe Shackleford Sisters, Book 3
Duration 7h 14m
In this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it...When Faith Shackleford found herself in the unenviable position of having to accompany her irascible father to convalesce in the genteel seaside town of Torquay, she envisioned three months of wearying monotony,She certainly wasn't...
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Author: Trisha Ashley
Author Trisha Ashley
Narrator Julia Barrie
Duration 12h 30m
Fall in back in love with life in this gripping listen about fate and second chances. The eagerly awaited new novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author. Thirty-year-old Izzy Sweetwell has a peaceful life. She lives in the sleepy village of Halfhidden with her aunt with her aunt Debo, who runs the local kennels, a home from home for waifs and...
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Author: Beverley Watts
Author Beverley Watts
Narrator Andrew Wincott, Eilidh Beaton, Kris Dyer, Mark Elstob, Naomi Frederick
SeriesThe Shackleford Sisters, Book 6
Duration 7h 6m
In this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it...While Charity Shackleford might be considered far more outspoken than her twin sister Chastity, she was much less inclined to make a complete cake of herself. Something her twin appeared to be doing with increasing regularity...
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