Beena Khan has 7 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is The Weight on Skin.
The Weight on Skin
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An Amazon top 30 Asian fiction and top 50 in medical romance. The wealthy, good boy has gone rogue because of a woman. Kabir's story continues in this dark, twisty, and steamy sequel. There’s only so many times a heart can break. One day, it will be okay, but it'll heal all wrong. It’ll heal with you outside of it. Eight months have gone, and Kabir still hasn’t moved on from the woman he still loves. Red's name is like a song on replay in his mind. He brings home women who are like her every night, but the next morning, he wakes up empty. He has the list of “things to do” that she left for him, and he placed it on his refrigerator. He doesn’t know how to complete them, though. Because, some secrets are too big to bury. Ghosts from his past come forward forcing him to confront himself and his lifestyle. His best friend Nadia left him and cut off all contact. She left him because he fell in love with someone else. But now, she returns in his life. He has to face these ghosts without losing himself completely.
©2020 Beena Khan (P)2020 Beena Khan
The Whispers of Rifts
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My name, Aryan, means noble-born, but I'm homeless. Number one in teen and young adult values and virtues. A tale of reconciled love. Two different cultures. Two different religions. Two different social statuses. Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. To the world, he’s the secret keeper, but no one knows his secrets. Aryan is a bartender at the restaurant and bar of his best friend Kabir's. Behind his quirky comments, his outspoken truth, and his humbleness lies deep grief. Years earlier, Aryan had moved to New York. He was targeted in high school because of his background. There, he met his first love. She was a beautiful rose. He was like a snake that leeched into the garden, sucking the rose dry. Fast-forward three years later. A homeless Aryan had met a girl, a college student named Aanaah. His second love. She was different from him in every way possible. She found him hungry in the streets and offered him shelter in her home. There was an unspoken promise between them, a promise of protection. But even she left from his life. Now in the future, Aryan is successful and wealthy. His love returns in his life. A reconnection. He is still single. And his love is now a mystery. This is the fourth audiobook in the Red series. A stand-alone novel. Don't forget to purchase the audiobook! A literary contemporary, new adult novel. Recommended for fans of Persuasion, It Ends with Us, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Endless Love. This audiobook has sensitive topics and edgy, dark themes that can trigger someone.
©2020 Beena Khan (P)2021 Beena Khan
The Name of Red
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"Not your average love story." The woman in Red has a secret admirer. Amazon top 30 best seller in Asian American Literature. Two strangers on the same path. Survivors. Companions. They will be each other’s salvation. On a rainy, winter night, a mysterious woman in a red dress seeking shelter comes inside the restaurant Kabir was busy working in —primarily the bar. Night after night, drink after drink, she comes back to the same spot. That is where he sees her for the first time. Hundreds of patrons around her try to speak with her daily, but she dismisses them. It appears she wants to remain in a blissful peace alone with her booze and books. After seeing the mysterious woman reading a book, and because of his shy nature, Kabir gains entrance into her life by anonymously leaving books with notes for her. The Name of Red is the story of two strangers, two different personalities who meet on a winter, rainy night who challenge each other. They have a connection which blossoms into a friendship due to their fondness of books. But they both have secrets that can bind them together or threaten their newfound relationship forever. Recommended for fans of Sense and Sensibility, The Forty Rules of Love, and A Walk to Remember.
©2020 Benish Khan (P)2020 Benish Khan
The Flame Must Burn
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The hottest summer brings the first flames of love. Love is dangerous. It collides with culture, and culture is defied with rebellion. She promised herself to me. Ryder is the small town's local college boy. It's summertime, and he's at the beach where he sees a young college girl. Their eyes lock. Intrigued, he wants to approach her, but she quickly disappears. Disappointed, he returns home, but he sees her the next day in his summer class. Good girls don't fall in love. They only obey. From a traditional Middle-Eastern family, Cyrah is a young foreign-exchange student. She's studying abroad in a summer program at the school of the local small town. Intimidated by her beauty, Ryder begins writing love letters to her. She is flattered but tries to steer clear from him. But then an incident happens that draws these two star-crossed lovers together. Slowly, she begins breaking all the rules and reciprocates the same feelings. Summer doesn't last forever, though, and Cyrah has to leave. Recommended for fans of Misfit and Eleanor and Park. This is the story of Red's parents - her maman and baba - two star-crossed lovers, and a prequel to Color Me Red. This is a stand-alone novella, a romantic comedy with suspense. Be prepared for an epic love story.
©2020 Beena Khan (P)2020 Beena Khan
Color me Red
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The coldest winter brings first loves. The winter that changed her forever. Let’s start from the beginning. The past. Meet the man she couldn’t forget and the man that broke her. Isaah and Saagh. The untouchable wealthy notorious bad boys of Emerson University. Love can heal a person, but no one ever told me, it can destroy a person too. Before she met Kabir, Red was just a young, orphaned girl starved for attention. She was always taught by her parents that she will meet "the one". She was crossing the street when the college playboy Isaah Lone runs her over with his motorcycle. This begins a love-hate relationship between them. They only speak to quarrel with each other, bullying each other. One day, she has car troubles and goes to the car shop that Isaah’s family owns. Slowly, they realized that they have something in common that they both love: Literature. She meets a guy named Saagh who later becomes her best friend. The longer she is with him, the more she sees his dark and possessive side. Torn, she must choose between right and wrong before each man takes a piece of her and never returns it. This is Red's prequel. A literary new adult stand-alone college romantic suspense with comedy and no filters. This audiobook has sensitive topics that can trigger someone. Recommended for fans of Jane Eyre, It Ends With Us, The Bronze Horseman and Bully.
©2020 Benish Khan (P)2021 Benish Khan
The Deepest Cut
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His brother is in jail because of her. Her sister will be his bride and pay the price. The flame burns hotter when she's the ultimate sacrifice. Dark and dangerous Dara is the brother of her father's sworn enemy. He's the vicious villain and handsome as sin. His heart is full of darkness. Her father has warned her to stay away from men like him. His brother is still in jail because of Cyrah who's a thousand miles away. Her younger sister Ismat will suffer. My deepest darkest desire is the villain. Ismat is less of a girl, more of a woman now. Dara tempts her with what is forbidden. There are rules to be obeyed and traditions in Iran that need to be followed. All she needs to do is fall in love with him. That will be his revenge. But she has a heart and a pure soul. He wasn't expecting that. Their love story is forbidden The Deepest Cut is the second part to The Flame Must Burn in the Forbidden series. This can be listened as a stand-alone, but it's recommended to listen to the first audiobook before. This is Ismat's story. A romantic suspense that explores star-crossed lovers, enemies to lovers, family rivalry, and family dynamics. This is a romance novel but with some dark themes.
©2020 Beena Khan (P)2021 Beena Khan
A Beauty So Cruel: A Dark Hostage Mafia Romance
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I was a beauty, a stray orphan until the beast took me as his hostage. Once upon a time... A don by the name of Vlad Vitalli ruled New York. He's a mafia man. The leader of one of the five ruling families, La Cosa Nostra. He's a monster. A trained killer and a cold-blooded murderer. Tall, mysterious, with icy gray eyes, and he rarely smiles. He's ruthless, cold, dangerous, and wants to kill me. I was the wrong person at the wrong time. Just an innocent at the masquerade ball. The mafia has rules: no witnesses left behind. To save my life, I made a deal with the beast. I handed myself to the cruelest man in the kingdom. For him, It was supposed to be an easy kill. I'm an orphan raised in poverty. Just as Don Vlad was about to order the hit, I threw off my masquerade mask, revealing my face and offered myself to him. One look, and I was doomed. He took me as his hostage. His captive. He didn't know by taking me, Dahlia Hadid, he sealed his own fate. Welcome to New York's Underworld. A Valentine's Day special. A Gothic romance! A Beauty So Cruel is the first book of the series Beauty & The Beast. Loosely based on the fairy tale. Recommended for fans of enemies-to-lovers, age gap, alpha males, strong heroines, fairy tales, Cora Reilly, Sophie Lark, and Nicole Fox.
©2021 Beena Khan (P)2021 Beena Khan