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The Swimming Pool Library
- By: Alan Hollinghurst
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall358
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Performance281
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Story281
This novel centres on the friendship of William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and the elderly Lord Nantwich, who is searching for someone to write his biography.
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Gay lit. of the highest order
- By common reader on 14-01-09
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The Swimming Pool Library
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 19-09-06
- Language: English
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The Eye in the Door
- By: Pat Barker
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance32
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Story32
Brought to you by Penguin. The masterful second novel in Pat Barker's classic 'Regeneration' trilogy - from the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls WINNER OF THE 1993 GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE London, 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in...
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The opportunity to visualise each character and engage in their lives.
- By Mrs on 05-06-25
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The Eye in the Door
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Series: Regeneration, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-08-21
- Language: English
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Beguiled
- Enlightenment, Volume 2
- By: Joanna Chambers
- Narrated by: Hamish Mckinlay
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance37
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Story37
David and Murdo’s last parting was painful - and on Murdo’s part, bitter - but Murdo’s feelings seem to have mellowed in the intervening years. So much so that he suggests to David that they enjoy each other’s company during Murdo’s stay in the capital. Despite his initial reservations, David cannot put Murdo’s proposal from his mind, and soon find himself at Murdo’s door - and in his arms.
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Enjoyable story with excellent narration.
- By Mithrial on 07-07-22
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Beguiled
- Enlightenment, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Hamish Mckinlay
- Series: Enlightenment, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-11-17
- Language: English
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Taiwan Travelogue
- A Novel
- By: Yang Shuang-Zi, Lin King - translator
- Narrated by: Sarah Skaer
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste its authentic cuisine.
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irritating narration
- By ciara shorley on 06-04-26
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Taiwan Travelogue
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Sarah Skaer
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 25-03-25
- Language: English
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Shaken to the Core
- By: Jae
- Narrated by: Samantha Cook
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall132
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Performance125
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Story125
Kate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She's expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography - and with women. Alone in the city after losing her brother, Sicilian immigrant Giuliana Russo starts working for the Winthrops as a maid. Despite their different social status, Kate and Giuliana become friends, much to the dismay of Kate's parents.
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I felt like I was back in San Francisco
- By Emma on 09-04-20
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Shaken to the Core
- Narrated by: Samantha Cook
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 07-04-20
- Language: English
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The Resurrectionist
- By: A. Rae Dunlap
- Narrated by: Tom Kiteley
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance27
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Story27
Death is only the beginning… 'Breathtaking … A new talent [in] the field of gothic historical literature' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS 'Devilishly macabre … As dark as a midnight graveyard' PATRICE McDONOUGH 'Hauntingly gothic, intimately told, and wickedly, wonderfully grotesque' MARIELLE...
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Really gripping story
- By Tom Edwards on 12-08-25
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The Resurrectionist
- Narrated by: Tom Kiteley
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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A Place Called Winter
- Harry Cane, Book 1
- By: Patrick Gale
- Narrated by: Patrick Gale
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall550
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Performance502
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Story502
** Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 ** To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his...
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Sectrets, love and loss with an epic backdrop
- By T on 27-03-15
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A Place Called Winter
- Harry Cane, Book 1
- Narrated by: Patrick Gale
- Series: Harry Cane, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 24-03-15
- Language: English
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Seven Summer Nights
- By: Harper Fox
- Narrated by: Chris Clog
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall196
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Performance180
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Story180
It's 1946, and the dust of World War Two has just begun to settle. When famous archaeologist Rufus Denby returns to London, his life and reputation are as devastated as the city around him. He's used to the most glamorous of excavations, but can't turn down the offer of a job in rural Sussex. It's a refuge, and the only means left to him of scraping a living. With nothing but his satchel and a mongrel dog he's rescued from a bomb site, he sets out to investigate an ancient church in the sleepy village of Droyton.
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Exquisite narration, my fave Harper Fox...
- By BevS on 03-03-18
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Seven Summer Nights
- Narrated by: Chris Clog
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 14-11-17
- Language: English
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Affinity
- By: Sarah Waters
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall326
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Performance291
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Story291
Set in and around the women's prison at Milbank in the 1870's, Affinity is an eerie and utterly compelling ghost story, a complex and intriguing literary mystery, and a poignant love story with an unexpected twist in the tale. Following the death of her father, Margaret Prior has decided to pursue some 'good work' with the lady criminals of one of London's most notorious gaols. Surrounded by prisoners, murderers, and common thieves, Margaret feels herself drawn to one of the prison's more unlikely inmates.
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Slow going at first but speeds up well.
- By iris on 26-10-14
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Affinity
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-09-14
- Language: English
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The Miseducation of Evie Epworth
- The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
- By: Matson Taylor
- Narrated by: Heather Long
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall146
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Performance130
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Story127
The Bestselling Richard & Judy Summer Book Club Pick 2021 The Bestselling Radio 2 Book Club Selection ‘Tight, clever and riddled with wit. Like discovering Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones for the first time.’ Joanna Nadin, author of The Queen of Bloody Everything ‘A sweet, fizzy sherbet...
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Wonderful!
- By Anonymous on 12-06-20
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The Miseducation of Evie Epworth
- The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
- Narrated by: Heather Long
- Series: Evie, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-06-20
- Language: English
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The Original
- 'Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters and even du Maurier herself' Financial Times
- By: Nell Stevens
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Matthew Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize 2026 ‘Casually magisterial’ Guardian 'Endlessly intriguing' Observer ‘A marvel of a novel’ Ali Smith ‘Jane Eyre by way of Patricia Highsmith’ BBC Radio 4 ‘Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters’ Financial Times ‘There was a painting...
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Perfect
- By Hermione on 12-07-25
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The Original
- 'Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters and even du Maurier herself' Financial Times
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Matthew Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 19-06-25
- Language: English
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After Sappho
- By: Selby Wynn Schwartz
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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After Sappho is Selby Wynn Schwartz's joyous reimagining of the lives of a brilliant group of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers in the late 19th and early 20th century as they battle for control over their lives; for liberation and for justice. Sarah Bernhard—Colette—Eleanora Duse—Lina Poletti—Josephine Baker—Virginia Woolf... these are just a few of the women (some famous, others hitherto unsung) sharing the minutes of a novel as fierce as it is luminous—lush and poetic; furious and funny.
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I really wanted to like this book but…
- By valleywriter on 27-06-24
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After Sappho
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-10-22
- Language: English
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Band Sinister
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall157
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Performance144
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Story144
Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He's a rake and an atheist, and the rumors about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It's orgies.) Guy Frisby and his sister, Amanda, live in rural seclusion after a family scandal. But when Amanda breaks her leg in a riding accident, she's forced to recuperate at Rookwood Hall, where Sir Philip is hosting the Murder. Guy rushes to protect her, but the Murder aren't what he expects. Sir Philip turns out to be charming, kind - and dangerously attractive.
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I think this is my absolute favourite audiobook!
- By Chriss on 04-05-20
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Band Sinister
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-03-19
- Language: English
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Frankissstein
- A Love Story
- By: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrated by: John Sackville, Perdita Weeks, Harrison Knights
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall209
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Performance194
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Story194
** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** Brought to you by Penguin. From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love...
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Ron, the sex bot salesman, steals the show!
- By miss s wilkinson on 23-01-20
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Frankissstein
- A Love Story
- Narrated by: John Sackville, Perdita Weeks, Harrison Knights
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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Heap Earth upon It
- By: Chloe Michelle Howarth
- Narrated by: Máiréad Tyers, Chris Walley, Peter Claffey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings—Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy—arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in.
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twist in the story was great.
- By Lomax on 23-02-26
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Heap Earth upon It
- Narrated by: Máiréad Tyers, Chris Walley, Peter Claffey, Phillippa Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
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Spoiled Milk
- 'A truly impeccable novel' Julia Armfield
- By: Avery Curran
- Narrated by: Charlotte Ryder
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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'A dirty little jewel of a novel' Julia Armfield 'Malory Towers meets The Conjuring' Alice Slater 'Gory, tender, sexy' Krystelle Bamford 'Compulsively readable' Guardian In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest...
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Spoiled Milk
- 'A truly impeccable novel' Julia Armfield
- Narrated by: Charlotte Ryder
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-03-26
- Language: English
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Learned By Heart
- The deeply moving historical novel from the award-winning author of Room
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance17
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The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder. 'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – The Independent 'Donoghue...
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Stunning story
- By Ms. R. V. Thomas on 29-11-25
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Learned By Heart
- The deeply moving historical novel from the award-winning author of Room
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: English
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I Am You
- By: Victoria Redel
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta's ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world. While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover.
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I Am You
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-11-25
- Language: English
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An Unseen Attraction
- Sins of the Cities, Book 1
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall171
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Performance154
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Lodging-house keeper Clem Talleyfer prefers a quiet life. He's happy with his hobbies, his work - and especially with his lodger Rowley Green, who becomes a friend over their long fireside evenings together. If only neat, precise, irresistible Mr. Green were interested in more than friendship. Rowley just wants to be left alone - at least until he meets Clem, with his odd, charming ways and his glorious eyes. Two quiet men, lodging in the same house, coming to an understanding...it could be perfect.
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Entertaining
- By Mo Bass on 23-09-22
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An Unseen Attraction
- Sins of the Cities, Book 1
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Series: Sins of the Cities, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 21-02-17
- Language: English
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
- Now a major new series with ITVX
- By: Sara Collins
- Narrated by: Sara Collins, Roy McMillan
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall246
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Performance223
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Confessions of Frannie Langton, written and read by Sara Collins. They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done? 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy...
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An astonishing literary debut
- By Cassie Wallis on 01-04-19
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
- Now a major new series with ITVX
- Narrated by: Sara Collins, Roy McMillan
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 28-03-19
- Language: English
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