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    To Spark a Match

    by Jen Turano ...
    Narrated by Nancy Peterson ...
    Audiobook 2 - Matchmakers

    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    After five unsuccessful Seasons on the marriage mart, Miss Adelaide Duveen has resigned herself to the notion that she's destined to remain a spinster forever-a rather dismal prospect, but one that will allow her to concentrate on her darling cats and books. However, when she inadvertently stumbles upon Mr. Gideon Abbott engaged in a clandestine activity during a dinner party, Adelaide finds ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    Much Ado About Dukes

    by Eva Devon ...
    Narrated by Sasha Higgins ...
    Audiobook 2 - Never a Wallflower

    Unabridged

    8 hours 36 min

    As far as William Easton—the Duke of Blackheath—is concerned, love can go to the devil. Why would a man need passion when he has wealth, a stately home, and work to occupy his mind? But no one warned the duke that a fiery and frustratingly strong-willed activist like Lady Beatrice Haven can also be a stunning dark-haired siren who tempts a man’s mind, body, and soul. Lady Beatrice is determined to ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    The Gilded Hour

    by Sara Donati ...
    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Gilded Hour Series

    Unabridged

    31 hours 34 min

    The internationally bestselling author of Into the Wilderness makes her highly anticipated return with a remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York and the transcendent power of courage and love.The year is 1883, and in New York City it’s a time of dizzying splendor, crushing poverty, and tremendous change. With the gravity-defying Brooklyn Bridge nearly complete and ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD

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    The Forgotten Palace

    A unforgettable timeslip novel from Alexandra Walsh for 2023

    by Alexandra Walsh ...
    Narrated by Emma Gregory ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 30 min

    'Scintillating, skilful and spellbinding, beautifully written and researched' Bestselling author of The Witch's Tree, Elena CollinsIn an underground labyrinth a lost soul wanders, waiting for revenge, waiting for love…London 1900Alice Webster has made the worst decision of her life. When her Aunt Agatha offers her the chance to go on a Grand Tour she jumps at the opportunity to get away from the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

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    Murder in the East End

    by Jennifer Ashley ...
    Narrated by Anne-Marie Piazza ...
    Audiobook 4 - A Below Stairs Mystery

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel’s troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree

    A heart-warming emotional story of forbidden love and family heartbreak from an unforgettable new debut author SHORTLISTED FOR DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

    by Alli Parker ...
    Narrated by Takaya Honda, Kaori Maeda-Judge ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 8 min

    A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nation forever.SHORTLISTED FOR DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

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    Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Narrated by Rosalyn Landor ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting . . . for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD

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    All The Light We Cannot See

    by Anthony Doerr ...
    Narrated by Julie Teal ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours

    WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD

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    The Storm Girl

    by Kathleen McGurl ...
    Narrated by Kitty Kelly ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 29 min

    The gripping new historical novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl from Bletchley Park and The Forgotten Secret.A heartbreaking choice. A secret kept for centuries.1784. When Esther Harris’s father hurts his back, she takes over his role helping smugglers hide contraband in the secret cellar in their pub. But when the free traders’ ships are trapped in the harbour, a battle betwee ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Charming Quirks Of Others

    by Alexander McCall Smith ...
    Narrated by Hilary Neville ...
    Audiobook 7 - Isabel Dalhousie Novels

    Abridged

    5 hours 2 min

    Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer of the behaviour of her fellow man, is approached by a friend at a local boarding school that is planning to appoint a new headmaster; an anonymous letter has arrived suggesting that one of the shortlisted candidates has a compromising past. But which one is it? Isabel is once again drawn into an investigation, and finds herself ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Storm Sister

    by Lucinda Riley ...
    Narrated by Hattie Morahan ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Seven Sisters

    Unabridged

    19 hours 47 min

    **The spellbinding series continues. Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's epic saga of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation.Read by Hattie Morahan (The Burning Chambers, Girl with a Pearl Earring)**Ally D'Aplièse, in her early thirties, is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Mischief of the Mistletoe

    A Pink Carnation Christmas

    by Lauren Willig ...
    Narrated by Kate Reading ...
    Audiobook 7 - Pink Carnation

    Unabridged

    10 hours 23 min

    'Tis the season to get Pink! Lauren Willig's beloved Pink Carnation series gets into the holiday spirit with this irresistible Regency Christmas caper.Arabella Dempsey's dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters nearby. Just ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Faro's Daughter

    by Georgette Heyer ...
    Narrated by Daphne Kouma ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 12 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Renowned gamester and the first to admit that he is entirely void of a romantic disposition, Max Ravenscar regards all eligible females with indifference and unconcern.But when he meets the woman his young cousin Adrian is bent on marrying - the beautiful Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's gaming house - he finds that none of his experience in risk and gambling has ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Duke and the Lass, The

    by Jessie Clever ...
    Narrated by Bridget Thomas ...
    Audiobook 5 - The Unwanted Dukes

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    Lady Catriona Cordelia Mackenzie became a burden the moment she was born. Unwanted by her Scottish father for being born a girl and scorned by her grandmother for carrying a hated name, Della is only left with books for comfort. But when she reaches her majority, her father summons her to his Scottish keep to marry her off to the gentleman who will pledge the greatest alliance to him.No matter the ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Rules of Civility

    The stunning debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow

    by Amor Towles ...
    Narrated by Graeme Malcolm, Rebecca Lowman ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 3 min

    For fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, this a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938.In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew:· how to sneak into the cinema, and steal silk stockings from Bendel's· how to type eighty ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Secret Letter

    by Kerry Barrett ...
    Narrated by Rachel Atkins, Claire Louise Amias ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 25 min

    ‘Incredible… I was enraptured through every single part of it… Made me feel quite emotional… Fabulous read.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 starsLondon, 1910. Twenty-one-year-old Esther Watkins would do anything for the Suffragette cause. Imprisoned, force-fed and beaten, she is determined to fight for what she believes is right – no matter what it costs her. With new love Joseph by her side, will she get ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Prince of Spies

    by Elizabeth Camden ...
    Narrated by Leah Horowitz ...
    Audiobook 3 - Hope and Glory

    Unabridged

    12 hours 18 min

    Luke Delacroix has long had a reputation of being an impulsive adventurer, the wild son of one of Gilded Age Washington's most prominent families. In reality, he has been secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His currentmission: to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world.Trouble begins when Luke meets Marianne Magruder, the congressman ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Duke Effect

    by Sophie Jordan ...
    Narrated by Carolyn Morris ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 9 min

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sophie Jordan continues her bestselling Rogue Files series with this captivating romance that will thrill her many fans.She doesn’t care about love…Despite being surrounded by her happily wed sisters, Nora Langley prefers botany to ballrooms and would rather spend a lifetime in her laboratory than consider affairs of the heart. An expert herbalist, ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Duke of Lies, The

    by Darcy Burke ...
    Narrated by Marian Hussey ...
    Audiobook 9 - The Untouchables

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    Verity Beaumont has suffered domineering men most of her life, first with her father and then with her husband. Free from both of them, she has finally found peace. Even meeting a kind and hard-working gentleman who just might be the perfect father her young son so desperately needs. But as she dares look to the future, her carefully ordered world is shattered when her dead husband returns.After ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Fortune's Daughter (The Rockwood Chronicles, Book 1)

    by Dilly Court ...
    Narrated by Annie Aldington ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Rockwood Chronicles

    Unabridged

    11 hours 30 min

    Don’t miss the brand-new heartwarming novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court!Rockwood was home and she would do anything she could to stop it being stolen from them.Abandoned by their parents and left to fight for themselves, headstrong Rosalind Carey has no choice but to take charge of her younger brothers and sister in Devonshire’s grand Rockwood Castle. But their once ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Pillars of the Earth

    by Ken Follett ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Kingsbridge Novels

    Unabridged

    40 hours 56 min

    **An epic, spellbinding tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.A Mason with a Dream**It is 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Shifting Fog

    by Kate Morton ...
    Narrated by Emilia Fox ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 47 min

    Summer 1924: on the night of a glittering society party by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses are sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, and they will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts awaken and ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    A Gilded Lady

    by Elizabeth Camden ...
    Narrated by Leah Horowitz ...
    Audiobook 2 - Hope and Glory

    Unabridged

    11 hours 1 min

    Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the first lady of the United States. But beneath the facade of her beauty, glamorous wardrobe, and dazzling personality, she's hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason.Nathaniel Trask is the newly appointed head of the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    False Colours

    Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

    by Georgette Heyer ...
    Narrated by Callum Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 41 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The Honourable Christopher Fancot, on leave from the diplomatic service in the summer of 1817, is startled to find his entrancing but incorrigibly extravagant mother on the brink of financial and social ruin - and more than alarmed to find that his twin, Evelyn, has disappeared without trace. Christopher - Kit - is forced into an outrageous masquerade by the tangled ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD