Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Histórico

Judith Rothman è la figlia di uno stimato produttore di cioccolato e vive una vita agiata. Trascorre ogni minuto libero nella cioccolateria sperimentando idee creative per nuovi dolci deliziosi. Non vede l'ora, infatti, di prendere finalmente le redini dell'impresa di famiglia. Il padre di Judith però ha ben altri piani per lei, che prevedono un matrimonio molto vantaggioso con un uomo che la figlia non ama, né potrà mai amare...

Isole Scilly, 1951. Esther Durrant, una giovane madre, viene internata per volere del marito. La struttura, situata nelle remote isole a sud della Cornovaglia, rischia di trasformarsi per lei in una prigione. Ma grazie alla gentilezza del dotto Richard Creswell, uno psichiatra con idee all'avanguardia, quel luogo sembra trasformarsi in un rifugio per Esther. 2018. La scienziata marina Rachel Parker si imbarca per un progetto di ricerca nei mari inglesi, quando un violento temporale la costringe trovare riparo su un'isola.

Autunno, 1815. Il maggiore austriaco William Roschmann, reduce dalla battaglia di Austerlitz, viene trasferito a Mantova. Lì, durante i festeggiamenti in onore dell'imperatore d'Austria, incontra una creatura all'apparenza fragile ed eterea. Lei è Matilde Vicolini, testimone di un orribile delitto, asserragliata nelle sue paure. Insieme trovano la forza di combattere i loro demoni interiori ma una serie di attentati minacciano la vita di Matilde e ogni promessa di felicità sembra svanire fra complotti, omicidi e il nascente fervore indipendentista.

All'alba del XIV secolo, in un feudo isolato tra i boschi della marca papale (le attuali Marche), la vita della giovane vedova Elisa è sull'orlo del baratro. La sua più cara amica è stata arrestata con l'accusa di stregoneria, e l'infamia rischia di coinvolgere anche lei. Sopravvissuta a un'infanzia luttuosa, vedova dell'antico signore del feudo, madre di una figlia nata già orfana, secondo alcuni Elisa dovrebbe lasciare il mondo per entrare in convento. Invece lei resiste, per sua figlia Matilde e anche per sé stessa, con la speranza battagliera in un futuro migliore.

1939: Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India. Travelling from lonely Ladakh, high in the Himalayas, Nerys discovers a new world in the city of Srinagar. Here, in the exquisite heart of Kashmir, the British live on carved wooden houseboats and dance, flirt and gossip as if there is no war. But the battles draw ever closer.

In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.

For the first time we discover what really happened between his sister and the dastardly Wickham. How did he distract his friend Bingley from pining for his beloved Jane? Why did he propose to another young woman? Only to his diary does he tell his true story. At last we see Darcy as he really is; and, beneath his polite facade, we find a sensitive, private and passionate man.

Logan Ambrose has endured a tortured existence. After learning how to fend for himself at a young age, he eventually amassed power and wealth. His fortune came at an extreme cost, as rising from poverty often does. Branded, he wears his sins on his marred flesh. Each scar represents a past he doesn't wish to remember, the ruthless man he holds at bay, the tortured soul who would do anything to survive.

With a turn of the cards, her father is ruined - and innocent Aveline Stoddard is lost. To honor the gambling debt, she agrees to submit for three nights to Lucien DuFeron's every desire, three nights of blistering sensuality and unparalleled ecstasy in the arms of the dashing, dark rogue they call "Lucifer." But the time passes all too quickly...and when the debt is paid, the handsome devil vanishes.

It began in a women's club in London on a February afternoon. A discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed to "Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine..." lures four very different women away from the dismal British weather to San Salvatore, a castle high above a bay on the sunny Italian Riviera. There, the Mediterranean spirit stirs the souls of Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Wilkins, Lady Caroline Dester, and Mrs Fisher, and remarkable changes occur.

In the fourth audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, the values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Though he lives a comfortable life, has a doting wife, children and a patroness in Lady Lufton, his ambitions stretch beyond the little village of Framley. Through a combination of naivety and social climbing, Robarts is compromised and brought to the brink of financial and social ruin by the disreputable politician, Sowerby.

Elijah Sutton is no fool, despite his love of a country that enslaves people like him. When he's offered land, livestock, and - most importantly - his freedom if he fights in his Patriot owner's stead, Elijah believes he'll soon have everything he ever wanted...and then he meets Kate. The Crown has promised freedom to slaves who escape their Patriot masters and join the British side, and Kate intends to take them up on it. She's eager to leave America - and the painful memories it holds for her - far behind...and then she meets Elijah.

The Duke of Ravenscar intended to debut the most acclaimed ballerina in the civilized world to open his London theater. But when the ship arrives with an understudy, Drake is convinced the fortune he has invested will be forfeit. Until he sees the woman dance. Britannia LeClair arrives in London excited to be performing the lead in La Sylphide. A foundling, she has had to work harder and with more determination than anyone in the corps. At last, her debut in London proves her worth despite her lowly birth. Until she meets the smoldering gaze of the Duke of Ravenscar.

C'è un oleandro in fiore nel giardino di una casa a Carbonara, in Puglia. Lo ha piantato Agostino, quando si è trasferito lì con sua moglie Anita, per tutti "la Margiala". Donna di rara e profonda bellezza, la Margiala ha il potere di lenire i dolori dei neonati, è aiuto prezioso durante i parti e all'occorrenza è in grado di togliere il malocchio. Ha tre figlie: Rosetta, Cornelia e Diamante, la più piccola. La prima è bella e selvaggia come lei.

In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers board Canadian ships headed for war. Grace stays behind, tending to the homefront and the general store that helps keep her small Nova Scotian community running. Three years later, the fighting rages on, and rumors swirl about “wolf packs” of German U-Boats lurking in the waters along the shores of East Jeddore. One day, a handsome stranger ventures into the store, claiming to be a trapper, and Grace becomes enamored. But after several weeks, she discovers that her mysterious visitor is not the lonely outsider he appears to be.

Felice Lasco torna a Napoli, nel rione Sanità, dopo quarantacinque anni trascorsi fra Medio Oriente e Africa. La madre sta morendo e lui la accudisce fino all'ultimo con tardiva ma amorosa pazienza. Poi, invece di tornare al Cairo dove lo aspetta l'amata compagna, Felice sembra obbedire al richiamo delle radici e di un destino, e rimane. Rimane perché in attesa dell'incontro fatale con Oreste, noto ormai come delinquente incallito.

This is how it all started. Robert Bradford set the tone for all the men in his family to come, and he did it the only way that he knew how: by driving Elizabeth crazy and making sure that she would never forget how much he loved her.

When bounty hunter J. G. Kerrigan comes to Burr, Wyoming Territory, he's in for two big surprises. The first: His old backstabbing nemesis Blade is in town, trying to pass himself off as a respectable citizen. Kerrigan is determined to bring him to justice, and becoming the sheriff of the small town Blade cares about seems the best way to do it. The second surprise? A kind, pretty reverend's daughter...with a backbone of steel and blood hot enough to put the desert sun to shame.

Skilled in the art of flirtation, Edgar is not without his charms, and Penelope is attracted to him against her better judgment. Initially, as Penelope grows into her own in the burgeoning women’s suffrage movement, Edgar exerts pressure, promising to use his power and access to help her advance. But can he be trusted, or are his words part of an elaborate mind game played between him and his wife? During an age where a woman’s reputation is her most valuable possession, Penelope must decide whether to compromise her principles for love, lust, and the allure of an easier life.

He’s the most notorious rake in London.... Though he uses the reputation to his advantage, the exotic Duke of Evesham is misunderstood and mysterious. He sidles around societal rules, especially when it comes to pursuing a wife. Though when he sets his sights on Lady Georgiana, the rules find a way of bending on their own accord. Meanwhile, the consummate bluestocking is in London for one thing - to find a financier for her late husband’s fire engine. And after six years away from the ton, Georgiana realizes social codes of conduct are different for widows....