Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Women's Fiction

There's a place where the ocean meets the shore, where kicking off your shoes and baring some skin is as natural as sneaking under the boardwalk for an ice cream cone and stolen kisses. But life isn't all a beach for Shaye Cates, even if her idea of an office is a shady umbrella at the water's edge equipped with cell phone and laptop. Steely-eyed Trace Saunders is the incredibly irksome fly in her coconut tanning oil. And running a kids' softball team with her longtime rival is going to have everyone in her little Florida town buzzing.

She's cautious, careful - and about to lose control of her future to a marriage of inconvenience. So, what can reluctant bride Katie McAuley do? Easy - let a modern-day prince charming spirit her away for a month to his Scottish castle. There she can take refuge from her overbearing family and finally figure out what she really wants. But the more Katie sees of Graham McLeod, the harder it's getting to keep their arrangement strictly business....

The H.O.T. Cops: Trained to impose the law, but naturally skilled at enforcing pleasure. Rogan Wolfe is a bad boy cop - the lone wolf on the force and in need of something new to excite him. Now he's transferred to sexy South Beach in Miami - working undercover and looking for a fresh start. April Pediston is the epitome of responsible - overworked and under pressure as a high-powered attorney. Then one night, unwinding at an oceanside club she's never frequented before, she locks eyes with a stranger.

It was never love with Daniel, and I never thought it would be. It was only lust from a distance. Unrequited love maybe. He's a man I could never have, for so many reasons. That didn't stop my heart from beating wildly when his eyes pierced through me. It only slowed back down when he'd look away, making me feel so damn unworthy and reminding me that he would never be mine.

Veuve martyrisée par sa belle-fille, Hannah Firth fait la rencontre de Nathaniel King, qui vient de tout perdre... L'espoir renaît alors, mais pour combien de temps ? Le troisième volet de la série Les Pionnières, par l'autrice de la trilogie Cassandra. Lancashire, 1863. Veuve depuis peu, Hannah Firth fait ses adieux à son fils cadet, qui part tenter sa chance en Australie. Elle se retrouve désormais seule en compagnie de son aîné et de son odieuse belle-fille, qui la traite comme une domestique.

Passau 1925: Die junge Alma Engel tritt Hals über Kopf eine Stelle als Zimmermädchen auf dem imposanten Luxusdampfer Regina Danubia an, um ihrem beengten Zuhause zu entfliehen. Während das Schiff über Wien und Budapest bis ans Schwarze Meer steuert, genießt die vornehme Gesellschaft an Bord das Leben. Für die Bediensteten jedoch ist das Oberdeck tabu. Dass es hinter der eleganten Fassade brodelt, ahnt Alma nicht. Zu sehr ist sie von der fremden Welt beeindruckt – und von dem attraktiven Zimmerkellner Vincent, in den sie sich verliebt.

Rosewood, Pennsylvania. Spencer; Aria, Emily e Hanna nascondono ciascuna un piccolo segreto: Spencer ha soffiato il ragazzo alla sorella, ma adesso lui l'ha lasciata senza darle alcuna spiegazione. Aria ha scoperto che il padre ha un'amante e non trova il coraggio di confessarlo alla madre. Emily ama una sua compagna di scuola, ma fa di tutto per allontanarla e Hanna continua a dimagrire e rubare nei centri commerciali. Ma le quattro ragazze, tanto carine ma tanto bugiarde, hanno un segreto ben più inquietante, che riguarda il passato e che loro chiamano "l'affare Jenna".

Leonard: This is where I belong - among the rich and powerful. I am used to getting what I want, and I know I want her from the moment I see her. Elizabeth Barrington. The quiet beauty, waiting to be broken. Her eyes are begging for me to take her. She didn't think I would go this far, but here she is - collared and chained to the bed. Mine to keep, mine to train, mine to please. But Liz is unlike any other submissive I’ve had before. She is dangerous.

Abbey Glen and her handsome new business partner, Grant MacEwan, head off to a whisky industry competition together. The night before the award presentations, with foreign and domestic whisky makers at one another's throats, two judges are found dead under mysterious circumstances. What started with three dream-come-true nominations for Abby Glen’s whisky soon turns into a nightmare for Abi. With a killer on the loose, she must call on her investigative skills to stop another murder - before she gets taken out of the running herself.

He's hot enough that I could melt chocolate on his abs - and lick it off, while I'm at it. Trevor King. My 19 year-old son's best friend. Incredibly sexy. Entirely off limits. So when he shows up at my house to stay there for winter break, I'm stunned. He's going to sleep here? Within touching distance? I'm itching to feel his powerful body. I've watched it grow strong in the hockey rink, I know what it can do. And unless I'm crazy, his cocky smirk and intense eyes say he wants me, too.

Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her. Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-50s, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she met in Paris, is a professor at another private university. He is having an affair with a much younger woman. In addition to her husband's infidelity, Mitsuki must deal with her ailing 80-something mother.

She bears the scars of the past. He blames himself for things he can't control. Their defenses are up, but in Cecy Robson's latest Shattered Past novel - perfect for fans of Monica Murphy and J. Lynn - true love lands a knockout punch. Sofia Tres Santos remembers a time before her life went sour, before her innocence was ripped away, before she began punishing herself with risky behavior and unworthy men.

Jackson Rowe tried filling the void his family left by drinking, screwing around, and leaving a string of heartbroken women in his wake. Moving back to Sugartown should have been easy, but he hadn't counted on the fact his sometimes attraction to Holly would still be alive and kicking - and he sure as hell hadn't counted on her being pregnant with another man's baby. They drive one another crazy, and yet they can't stay away.

Actress Catie Roberts had a glamorous life that many people might envy - if they didn't look too closely. But when tragedy strikes, Catie ends up broke and the sole support of her only remaining family. Catie has just one thing to fall back on: She knows about the secretive Club Volare, a New York-based club whose powerful, rich, and famous members wish to remain discreet - and she knows someone at the gossip rags willing to buy those secrets.

I'm about to throw an ashtray at my boss's head. Turns out, the mind behind my favorite, steamy romance novels...the ones I only read in private...the ones that are my only escape after a long day of dealing with The Boss from Hell? It's not Natalie McBride, the sweet, rural housewife. It's him. That's right: my boss, Adrian Risinger, the 33-year-old, maddeningly sexy, pissant billionaire "bad boy" who thinks he runs my life. He is also the author of all my deepest, most secret fantasies.

Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunil's attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of America - and of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.

The holiday season in New York City is supposed to be magical, but it's not yet Thanksgiving, and what's happening isn't that kind of magic. The fairy world seems to be bleeding into the human world. Strange white horses carry people into the Central Park lake. Children are disappearing from their beds. Unearthly snow flurries pepper the air while odd pockets of summer appear randomly in Central Park.

Sophie Drake has made a promise, and she never breaks her word. She will free Michael Murray's long-lost wife from the fairy realm even if her intensifying feelings for him make it the most painful thing she’s ever done. But Sophie is running out of time. Dark fae forces are stirring, threatening the human world. To make matters worse, humans are being cast out of the Realm, whether or not they want to leave, and the shock from these sudden evictions can even prove fatal.

Paris, 1942: Die Amerikanerin Jessica May soll als Fotojournalistin für die Vogue über den Krieg berichten, doch die Soldaten akzeptieren keine Frau an ihrer Seite. Erst mit Hilfe der Journalistin Martha Gellhorn und des Offiziers Dan Hallworth gelingt es Jessica, aus ihrem ganz eigenen - nämlich weiblichen - Blickwinkel von der Front zu berichten. Inmitten der Gräuel des Krieges verliebt sie sich in Dan und nimmt sich eines kleinen Waisenmädchens an. Doch dann werden Jess und Dan getrennt, und ihre Liebe droht zu tragisch zu enden.

"Sei mutig. Liebe viel und stürmisch. Werde zu der Frau, von der ich mir immer sicher war, dass Du sie sein könntest." Auf der Flucht vor der Verfolgung durch die Deutschen gelangt eine junge Schneiderin ins New York der Vierziger und kämpft darum, Modeschöpferin zu werden.