Harlan Hague has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Seven Ways to Die in Belize.
Butterfly's Child
Summary
A sequel of sorts to Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly, this is the story of the child of US Navy Lt. Pinkerton and Cio-Cio-san, the lieutenant's young contract bride during his brief stationing in Nagasaki. Raised in the United States, Tom learns of his Japanese mother only at age 20. He is troubled and goes to Japan to search for his Japanese soul. He finds love in Kyoto's Gion, but the ruthless industrialist who claims the young maiko as his protégé feels dishonored and declares that only their deaths will satisfy him.
©2017 Harlan Hague (P)2018 Harlan Hague
A Place for Mei Lin
Summary
Unable to come to terms with a family tragedy in Virginia, Caleb drifts westward, seeking anonymity or death. He fears nothing since he has already lost everything he held dear. He learns to fight and kill and is untouched by the result. For Caleb, there is no retribution, no penalty, no tomorrow, only today. He avoids any binding human contact, owing nothing to others, expecting nothing from others except to be left alone. He begins gold dredging in the Stanley Basin in central Idaho. He has no interest in success, only occupation. Then his life takes a dramatic change. He rescues Mei Lin, a young Chinese prostitute, from a brothel and promises to find a place for her. He knows he is an emotional wreck and cannot care for her. She has other ideas. She has found her place with Caleb. Each scarred by personal tragedy, Caleb and Mei Lin live and work together, but they are not intimate. They fight forest fire and flood and attacks by a local dredge operator who will not tolerate competition. Caleb protects Mei Lin from locals and the federal government that wants to remove Chinese from Idaho by violence and law. Caleb finds new purpose in his life. He begins to hope and to care, and Mei Lin is at the center of the change. But does he dare tell her of his love and invite her into his uncertain life?
©2016 Harlan Hague (P)2017 Harlan Hague
Home to Wyoming
Summary
Winner of the 2018 gold Will Rogers Medallion Award. A sequel to A Place for Mei Lin, winner of the 2017 gold Will Rogers Medallion Award for romance, Caleb and Mei Lin move from Idaho’s Stanley Basin to Jackson Hole where they establish a ranch and seek to forge a new life. Beset by old enemies who vow revenge and new challenges from a harsh nature and some locals who don’t agree with the newcomers on the future of the region, they move into an uncertain future in the New West, their love stronger than ever.
©2017 Harlan Hague (P)2018 Harlan Hague
Seven Ways to Die in Belize
Summary
How could a tour to exotic Belize be simple with a guide like this? Think Hercule Poirot, James Bond, and Rick Steves in one body. The guide's considerable talents are displayed when his tour group is targeted by a terrorist group who wants to discredit the government by killing tourists. David is assisted by Winnie, a young Chinese stunner who is always a favorite with his tour groups. She is always hit on by male members and not a few female members. It is rumored that David won her in a poker game in Bangkok. Their relationship is a bit of a mystery. David and Winnie thwart the terrorists while leading the tour group to Mayan ruins, tropical rainforests, and an inviting selection of hotel terrace bars, the focus and gathering place for most tour members.
©2014 Harlan Hague (P)2017 Harlan Hague