Josie Riviera has 23 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 8 narrators, with an average listener rating of 2.5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is A Christmas to Cherish.
A Christmas to Cherish
Summary
There's nothing a Christmas kiss won't cure. Except perhaps a shattered heart.... When Emmanuelle Sumter steps off the train in Cherish, South Carolina - a town simply glowing with the promise of Christmas - she finds herself praying God will help her find the broken pieces of her life. Shattered, like her beloved harp, her dreams, and her trust in men. Her friend Dorothy told her Cherish is a safe haven. But she never expected Dorothy's brother, Deputy Nicholas Thompson, would relight the one thing she thought she'd lost forever: a spark of hope. Not long ago, while Nicholas' sister was in rehab, Emmanuelle's voice and smile on his Skype screen held him together. After that, she seemed to disappear, an absence he felt keenly when his ex-fiancée left his faith in God dented but not broken. Now she's in Cherish, even more stunning in person. Yet she's holding tight to a private pain she refuses to reveal. Nicholas resolves to be patient, vowing he'll never let anyone hurt her again. Even when her past rears its ugly head to destroy what's left of her heart. Note: Contains references to verbal and physical abuse. From USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera comes a new contemporary Christian romance series set in the small town of Cherish, South Carolina. These sweet and wholesome stories, where God is at the center, brim with love and laughter. Are his arms a safe haven sent from God...or a Christmas promise waiting to be broken?
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
Maeve
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He's all business. She loves to laugh. When business conflicts with pleasure, what could possibly go wrong? Maeve Doherty needed a hard-earned break from Ireland's rainy weather, as well as caring for her younger brother. When the offer from Perfect Match to enjoy a week on an island of her choice arrived, she hesitated. But not for long. She'd always wanted to visit Corsica. Besides, who passed up free? All right, so she'd spend the week with a match. On her dating profile, she'd added that she was a workaholic. Hopefully, so was he. Edward Newell had one thing on his mind when he reached Corsica, and it didn't involve meeting a perfect match. Dating? Love? Romance? Not for him. He was determined to find the picture-perfect location for his thriving hotel chain. When unexpected attraction burns for the beautiful Maeve, and business conflicts with pleasure, what could possibly go wrong?
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
Seeking Catherine
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Bargained away to a brothel, she is beyond hope, beyond rescue...but not beyond the reach of the one man who can save her. He's hurt her in the past. Can she trust her heart to him again? During an age of chivalry they were sweethearts, planning a future together in England. Headstrong and proud, Catherine Sudfield remembers everything about Stefan Boswell. And she loved him in spite of his poverty and lack of nobility. The restless Gypsy rogue's powerful good looks and promises of love were more than enough to satisfy her youthful dreams. But then Stefan left without a word, and Catherine's uncle bargained her off to a brothel. Sometimes, bonds between a man and a woman, however young, are meant to last a lifetime. But will it take more than a dose of Gypsy magic to chase away the doubts between two guarded lovers?
©2012 Josie Riviera (P)2017 Josie Riviera
Aloha to Love
Summary
Spend the holidays in Hawaii! Aloha to Love by USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera Good-bye has never been this hard...especially when love is saying hello.... Screenwriter Angelina Conte has been butting heads via email with the studio’s unbelievably nitpicky scientific advisor, volcanologist Dr. Caleb Sloane. Between his scheduled lectures aboard a Hawaiian cruise, she intends to prove that she’s no Tinseltown hack. Caleb had planned on using this Christmastime cruise to adjust his workaholic attitude. A tough assignment when he’s tangled with the movie studio’s surprisingly stubborn scriptwriter. Startlingly, their chemistry is off the charts. But when the studio gives Angelina an ultimatum, she remembers why she put love on the back burner - and why, for her, happily ever after was never in the cards.
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
A Chocolate-Box Christmas Wish
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He’s been all over the world. She’s a home-town girl. Can a holiday wish bridge the gap? In Cora Carpenter’s small California hometown, Christmas is tailor-made for couples. Unfortunately, Cora is a party of one, thanks to a con man who stole her heart, then bilked her out of thousands of dollars. What’s on her Christmas wish list this year? Nothing whimsical. She’ll take a new vacuum cleaner, thanks - and no dating for the foreseeable future. But when she meets a stranger with a broken-down car, his warm smile and perilously blue eyes almost make her want to tweak that list. If only she could get over the pain and humiliation of her past. A double whammy of betrayal and a broken heart sent anchorman Patrick Gervez thousands of miles west looking for a fresh start. But the pretty child care provider’s unforgettable amber eyes and deft hand with a set of jumper cables does funny things to his heart - and makes him wonder if she’s a forgotten dream come true. Except she’s as skittish as a piece of tinsel in a windstorm. And the only way to help her forget her heartbreak, is to convince her to forgive. Especially herself.
©2020 Josie Riviera (P)2021 Josie Riviera
A Chocolate-Box Christmas
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Love is sweeter with a touch of mischief. Judging a chocolate-making competition for the women’s shelter’s annual fundraiser should be an easy, even pleasurable, assignment for Maise, new food critic for the Bloomingfield Daily Dispatch. Too bad just the smell of chocolate makes her stomach roil. By the time she reaches the last table, she hopes her face isn’t as green as her holiday sweater. But the tall, square-jawed man behind piles of fudge makes her want to linger, even savor the moment along with his chocolate-coffee-flavored confection. Except there’s something Ben Elliot is hiding behind his piercing blue eyes and lazy grin, and her reporter’s nose senses a story worth exploring. She finds herself longing to discover the secret ingredient sweetening their mutual attraction. Don't miss Josie Riviera's other sweet and inspirational holiday romances! Holiday Hearts Volume 1 (three-book bundle) Holiday Hearts Volume 2 (three-book bundle) Holly’s Gift (inspirational) Sweet Peppermint Kisses
©2019 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
A Love Song to Cherish: A Sweet and Wholesome Christian Novella
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It’s easy to recognize another’s pain. The tough part is facing your own. When Dorothy Thompson returns to Cherish, SC, to play piano for her brother’s wedding, memories and fear nearly paralyzes her fingers. If anyone she knew back in high school discovers her secret, the whispers will start. Fake. Fraud. Failure. It’s not as if she can blame God for her troubles. No, she did that all by herself. But, remembering His lessons, she’s fighting to get back on track. All she can do is pray the wedding vocalist—her brother’s friend Ryan, a rising opera star—won’t notice the way her hands shake. When Ryan Edwards sets foot inside a church for the first time in years, he’s no longer the pitiable kid from the poor side of town, but someone who’s made it on his own. Without God’s help—not that He ever cared about misfits like Ryan, anyway. When he lays eyes on Dorothy—all grown up, more beautiful than ever, and clearly hiding something—he almost forgets why he left Cherish. Almost. But while his heart yearns to call the tune, he can’t forget his hard-earned career comes first…and his old friend’s little sister is off limits. Note: Contains references to opiate addiction and recovery. When the storm destroys everything, remember God has your name on something else.
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
1-800-Christmas
Summary
Taking the high road is a whole lot easier with someone to love.... Prepare for romance and fun with the second audiobook in the home-flipping series Flipping for You, brought to you by USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera. Attorney Desiree Contando can think of only one word to describe her very first home: disaster. The vintage Queen Anne is beautiful - or will be, in about 1,000 years. Certainly not in time to host the family Christmas gathering. “Disaster” also describes the bad breakup that left her picket-fence vision in tatters. Even the carpenter she’s hired is a reminder of lost dreams - the high school crush who never spared her a passing glance. But she’s a grown-up now, perfectly capable of keeping things professional. Keiran O’Malley is back in Roses, North Carolina, lugging his own shattered dreams of home and family. Until he’s on his feet and ready to open his own Irish pub, serendipity finds him an attic apartment in Desiree’s fixer-upper in exchange for his remodeling skills. Roses is all polished up for the holidays, but nothing outshines the Cinderella beauty who owns the house. The spin of warmth between them is instantaneous...but their broken hearts may not be strong enough to build happiness on, especially when the past shows up to demand its share. When two hearts get in a jam, it’ll take more than whiskey cake to sweeten the deal.
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
A Valentine to Cherish
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Love is the one thing she knows for sure. Joseph Slater, an up-and-coming Christian singer and songwriter, doesn’t plan to be in Cherish, South Carolina, longer than a few days. That is, until he meets Scarlett Evans, who finds herself at a loss for words when she is formally introduced to the famous musician. Normally, Joseph would be looking for the fastest way out of town if he thought a woman he was attracted to qualified as a homebody. Yet Scarlett’s appeal - her laugh, her optimism, her obvious passion for the things she cares about - weighs stronger than his reluctance to settle down. Despite her attempts to hold onto her heart, the weight of an empty life proves that although Scarlett had good reason to be lost, Joseph was her way to be found. From USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera comes a new contemporary Christian romance series set in the small town of Cherish, South Carolina. These sweet and wholesome stories, where God is at the center, brim with love and laughter. A Valentine to Cherish is the third audiobook in the Cherish series, where music, laughter, and a little sister turn Valentine’s Day around. Listen to all the audiobooks in the inspirational Cherish series! A Love Song to Cherish A Christmas to Cherish A Valentine to Cherish Scroll up and order your copy today!
©2019 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
Seeking Charity
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Will the truth set her free...or keep her forever a prisoner of the past? When Charity ran away with the Romany Gypsies, she left everything behind: her name, a way of life constrained by English rules, the punishments her cruel father meted out in the name of God, and the young man who made it all bearable. Certain things she can’t hide, even in wild, remote Wale: a secret longing for the ease of English life, the wisps of faith that still linger, and her reaction to a handsome face she thought she’d never see again. Daniel Hayward would recognize that voice anywhere and that unruly, copper-colored hair, as well as those piercing blue eyes. But what is Charity Weston doing wearing Gypsy garb in Wales...when she died years ago? For a moment, the grief that never quite left him is transformed into joy. But the walls between them now are built from bricks of culture clashes, bitter memories, and fear. To find his way, Daniel will have to trust as never before that God will guide their hearts home at last. Does he love the girl she was...or the woman she has become? This poignant Regency Inspirational romance will fill your heart with love and hope.
©2019 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
Sweet Peppermint Kisses
Summary
There’s no place like home. Until the heart gallops off in an unexpected direction... Prepare for romance in this heartwarming holiday book brought to you by USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera. After Chiara passes her RN license exam, she plans to leave Virginia and return to her beloved Kansas hometown for good. Except her home health client’s handsome brother makes her consider changing her plans. Between his job, his sister’s injury, and his horse ranch, Vance has no time for Christmas But Chiara’s delight in the season makes him willing to do anything to keep the enchanting smile on her face. When it comes down to asking her to stay, can he let go of his painful past, throw his heart over the fence, and follow it toward a future together? Light and sweet, this romance is full of Christmas cheer. Because sometimes the best gifts are hiding right under your heart.
©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
1-800-Summer
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The last thing she can fix is her own life. Until one man’s offer changes everything. There’s been one constant in Belle Boots’ nomadic life. Horses. She’s lived in Roses, North Carolina, for a couple years, but lately the universe seems to be telling her it’s time to pack up her equine therapy practice and move on. Maybe Florida. Or California. But when she’s offered a horse-friendly fixer-upper near where she grew up, her usual sense of adventure gives way to a longing for something familiar. Salt air, wheeling seagulls, summer sand between her toes. Wilmington. Home. The universe, with its brilliant sense of timing, chooses that moment to muddy up her plans with a man whose emerald-green eyes and rich Scottish accent do funny things to her pulse. Andrew Branfield knows what it’s like to have important things slip through his fingers. A marriage. Money. Though Belle’s teasing voice and smoky gray eyes stir the ashes of his loneliness, his first priority is doing whatever’s necessary to keep his daughter’s favorite equine therapist from drifting away. He never expected when he set out to build Belle the barn of her dreams that he’d be building something else: a home for their hearts. Sometimes you have to leave a place to discover it’s really your home.
©2020 Josie Riviera (P)2020 Josie Riviera
A Chocolate-Box Summer Breeze
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A disillusioned widow longing for a change. A hard-working truck driver looking for love. Will Emily and Joe find their happily-ever-after in a forgotten summer breeze? Widow Emily Varon doesn’t believe in love anymore, and she isn’t wasting her time trying to find it. At her age, she’s learned that life is a daily routine. Rinse and repeat. Safe and secure. And she’s not about to change her ways now. With her hard-won affluence, succumbing to a truck-driver’s invitation to spend a summer weekend together means only one thing. Friendship. Widower Joe Vertucci has never met any difficulties he couldn’t overcome, and work is all he’s ever known. But when the chance for romance with Emily beckons in a little seaside town, will a dilapidated cottage wind up becoming a refuge for their hearts? The waft of a summer breeze can bring summer rain. Or create new memories. Sometimes you have to leave what’s familiar in order to discover where home truly is. Because for love, anything is possible.
©2020 Josie Riviera (P)2020 Josie Riviera
Candleglow and Mistletoe
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Noelle Wentworth doesn't mind getting away from St. Augustine to fill in at her ailing aunt's candle shop. A few weeks in Snowing Rock will help her get past the humiliating memory lapse that ruined an important piano concert - and, ultimately, her marriage to her overbearing duet partner. She's mentally rehearsing for her comeback performance when the bus she's riding in slides off an icy mountain road. And one deep, calming voice emerges from the confusion to slow her racing heart - right before his ruggedly handsome face kicks it back into allegro. Gabe Waters is usually prepared for anything - as a professional stuntman, his life depends on it - but nothing prepared him for Noelle, the unattainable high school crush whose bravery saved him from more than just a bully's flying fist. There's no hint she recognizes him, but Gabe knows that face, those eyes...and he sees something that wasn't there before. Distrust and apprehension. Their unexpected attraction kindles something as warm and sweet as a holiday candle. But the weight of their pasts could turn the promise of love to ashes.
©2016 Josie Riviera (P)2017 Josie Riviera
1-800-Cupid
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A house flipper looking for quick profit. A survivor with a dream. Can two broken hearts find a place to call home? Prepare for romance and fun with the first audiobook in a brand new home-flipping series brought to you by USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera. When a Miami investor calls in search of prime property-flip prospects, North Carolina real estate broker Candee Contando expects to meet a balding, steely-eyed land shark. Turns out the first customer she’s had in months is a hot prospect in more ways than one. Except his gaze has fallen on her dream house, a dilapidated Victorian she just bid her last penny on in hopes of creating a safe place for disadvantaged children - like the girl she used to be. Teddy Winchester is adept at negotiating life’s curves, but Candee’s curves stop him in his tracks. She’s a warm spark in the emptiness he’s felt since his brother died, leaving him with a beloved nephew to raise. Attraction glows in Candee’s eyes as well, but there’s also wistfulness as she points out all the reasons an old, tumbledown Victorian doesn’t fit into his tried-and-true house-flipping plan. Yet the more he looks at the house - and at her - he begins to think some things are worth the risk. Now if only he can convince her that building a new life often starts with tearing down some walls.... When the heart flips, there’s no telling where the walls will fall.
©2017 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
Seeking Fortune: A Regency Inspirational Romance
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Seeking Fortune is an emotionally gripping regency inspirational romance set in England. Losing his wife and daughter to influenza shook James Colchester's faith in God. As another epidemic threatens, he's torn between what's best for his fragile son: fleeing to his Welsh homeland, or staying put. In a moment of weakness, the black-haired, green-eyed Gypsy's delicate touch on his palm quells his fears, and her beauty ignites a warmth he hasn't felt in years. Desperate to return to her people, Valentina Rupa goes against every lesson her mother taught her to soothe the Englishman into a false sense of security. But as James's quiet faith sparks a hunger to know it for herself, she realizes she's made an unforgivable mistake. One that could rob James of his most precious gift - and destroy their chance for lifelong love.
©2017 Josie Riviera (P)2018 Josie Riviera
I Love You More
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A billionaire and a single mother have more in common than they know. He's a billionaire businessman. Luciano Donati, entrepreneur and eligible bachelor, lost his first wife to cancer. So though he lives in romantic Charleston, SC, he has every intention of ignoring the upcoming holiday for lovers, at least until he sets eyes again on his younger sister's best friend. He remembers Anastasia as a teenager who idolized him, not this lovely, fragile woman with heartbreak in her eyes. Heartbreak that he finds himself wanting to cure. Her smile warms his soul, her touch ignites his desire, and her little girl Soo-Min melts his frozen heart. Adopted internationally himself at a young age, Luciano understands all too well the strong need to belong somewhere. She's a single mom. Anastasia Markow, cancer survivor and divorced mother, didn't come to Charleston, SC for romance. She's here to make sure she has custody of her adopted daughter, Soo-Min. But when she encounters the first man she ever loved, here in the city of horse-drawn carriages and candlelight, her battered heart can't help but bloom again. And when Luciano and Soo-Min take to each other, resisting his charm becomes even harder. Handsome, self-assured, every inch the successful billionaire, Luciano is out of Anastasia's reach. But when a hurricane strands them together and they must trust each other to survive; things heat up despite the rain. Can Valentine's Day bring this unlikely pair together, this time for good?
©2016 Josie Riviera (P)2017 Josie Riviera
Holly's Gift
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Welcome to Snowflake, Colorado - a small town where wishes come true! When six old high school friends receive a letter that their fellow friend Charity Hart wrote before she passed away, their lives take an unexpected turn. She leaves them each a check for $1,500 and asks them to grant a wish - a secret wish - for someone else by Christmas. It sounds simple, but the friends soon discover that it isn’t as easy as it seems! With the clock ticking, will they make it happen in time? Join Mia, Caro, Nate, Sara, Holly, and Taye on their journey to make a wish come true and find love along the way. Holly’s Gift Miracles don’t always come easy. Sometimes it takes a secret wish to light an angel’s way. When Holly steps into a homeless shelter looking for an MIA piano student, she notices a distinct lack of Christmas cheer because a handsome building inspector is forcing the shelter to temporarily close down. Holly knows bad guys - she was married to one. Yet, when the man asks her out, she finds herself agreeing with an absolute yes. Tim Stewart doesn’t hold his breath waiting for God to answer prayers. He went from homeless desperation to television stardom to relative obscurity while God stayed silent. But when Holly barrels into his life, her steady faith sparks hope for a dream of his own. Even if it means praying for a Christmas miracle, one last time. Remembered sadness is the stepping stone to tomorrow’s joy.
©2019 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera
A Chocolate-Box New Years
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Fresh pasta isn’t the only specialty that takes extra time... The extra time and expense of Julie Elliot’s old-school cooking methods are worth it, but that means The Pasta Junction’s bottom line is often stretched thin - much like herself. Even during the holidays, the restaurant’s busiest season. When she carves out time in her brutal schedule to meet with Bloomingfield weatherman Lorenzo Rossi, she crushes her reaction to the tall, blue-eyed charmer quicker and harder than a clove of roasted garlic. Lorenzo may be sweet as Italian cassata and hot as a red pepper, but planning an anniversary dinner means married, and she needs another disaster like that like she needs another olive oil stain on her shirt. But as she and Lorenzo assemble the ingredients for a perfect celebration, she discovers something completely unexpected. And her heart may not withstand the storm of emotion she never saw coming. Some recipes don’t turn out quite as you predicted... Don't miss Josie Riviera's other sweet chocolate-box romances! A Chocolate-Box Christmas A Chocolate-Box Valentine
©2019 Josie Riviera (P)2020 Josie Riviera
A Chocolate-Box Irish Wedding
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A woman who wanted more. A man who wanted her. Can they rediscover their love in the seaside town where it all began? From USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera comes a sweet and wholesome contemporary romance in the beloved Chocolate-Box series! Colum O’Brien, a professional ballet dancer, is still hurt from a breakup four decades earlier. All this time, his heart has gravitated toward the woman who left him behind. Sure, he’s moved on with his life, but he’s never forgotten his childhood sweetheart Keira Murphy. That is, until he meets her again. Because, his father is marrying her mother. Keira was a famous runway model who moved away from her seaside Irish town with dreams of becoming a superstar. She left everything behind, including Colum. With her skills as a seamstress, she’s now determined to return and open her own shop. Only, she never expected to see Colum again - or to be instantly connected to him, just like when they were next-door neighbors and childhood sweethearts. But when the pressures of demanding work schedules and living miles apart prevail, will it make their second chance at love impossible? Or will their individual journeys lead them right back to where it all began?
©2021 Josie Riviera (P)2021 Josie Riviera