LaVyrle Spencer has 8 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 5 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Separate Beds.
Separate Beds
Summary
Readers have long flocked to the works of LaVyrle Spencer, one of America's most cherished storytellers. From
The Fulfillment to
Morning Glory to
Then Came Heaven, her touching, emotionally charged novels have examined love in all its forms. In
Separate Beds, two attractive, headstrong people meet - and fireworks ensue.
Catherine Anderson and Clay Forrester come from two completely different worlds, but one blind date leaves them forever linked. Clay, a handsome law student, and Catherine, a serious, bookish undergrad, experience an evening they will never forget. Fortified by the beauty of the night, as well as a bottle of wine, they share a night together. A few short months later, Catherine discovers she's pregnant. They agree to a marriage of convenience, an arrangement that suits them both - until they begin to fall in love.
Moving and deeply affecting, Separate Beds is a celebration of the healing power of love.
©2004 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Sweet Memories
Summary
The classic story of a love too long denied. Theresa As innocent as she was unsure, Theresa Brubaker had lived much of her 25 years trapped in a body she loathed. Her precious beauty was treasured by everyone but herself - until a very special man showed her a very special love. Brian Proud, sensitive, caring, Brian Scanlon sought to unleash the butterfly wrapped in Theresa's cocoon of inhibitions. But trust for Theresa came haltingly and a bold, courageous decision she makes alone nearly destroys the promise of their love. Sweet Memories A story of passion. A story of pain. A story that will make you laugh - and cry - as it brings warmth and magic into your heart. Sweet Memories is a classic love story to savor and one you will never forget.
©1984 LaVyrle Spencer (P)1992, 2015 Dove Audio, Phoenix Books
The Fulfillment
Summary
New listeners will fall in love with New York Times best-selling author LaVyrle Spencer's unforgettable novels - and those who have already listened to her timeless romances will rediscover the passion and magic.... Two brothers work a rich and bountiful land - and one extraordinary woman shares their lives. To Jonathan Gray, Mary is a devoted and giving mate. To Aaron, she is a beloved friend. But seven childless years of marriage have forced Jonathan to ask the unthinkable of his brother and his wife - binding the two people he cares for most with an act of desire born of compassion...awakening Mary to the pain of infidelity and to all the bittersweet joy and heartache that passionate love can bring.
©1979 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
Morning Glory
Summary
Two lost souls find love in this heartfelt historical romance from New York Times best-selling author LaVyrle Spencer. In town, they called her "Crazy Widow Dinsmore". But Elly was no stranger to their ridicule - she had been an outsider all her life, growing up in a boarded-up old house under the strict eye of her eccentric grandparents. Now she was all alone, with two little boys to raise, and a third child on the way. Will Parker drifted into Whitney, Georgia, one lazy afternoon in the summer, hoping to put his lonely past behind him. He yearned for the tenderness he had never known, the home he'd never had. All he needed was for someone to give him a chance. Then he saw her classified ad: WANTED - A husband. When he stepped across Elly Dinsmore's cluttered yard, Will knew he had come home at last....
©1989 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2021 Tantor
Spring Fancy
Summary
Confident, practical Winn never dreamed that her perfect wedding plans could go awry. But Joseph knows that the heart does not lie, and though Winn is promised to another man, it is with him that she'll find the love of a lifetime.
©1994 by LaVyrle Spencer (P)1995 by Dove Audio, Inc.
Bitter Sweet
Summary
Shattered by the loss of her husband, Maggie struggled each day to put her grief behind her. To be there for her teenaged daughter. And to face life again. When she returned to her Wisconsin hometown, she never expected to feel a spark of longing for her old high school sweetheart. Eric's marriage to a career-driven woman had left him childless and unhappy - he knew there had to be more to life than always wanting what you couldn't have. Seeing Maggie again filled him with hope. Maybe the answer to his dreams had just come to town. Their memory of young love blossomed into an affair that would shake both of their lives - and would challenge everything they believed about loving each other. Could they follow a dream from the past? Or had they missed the chance of a lifetime?
©1990 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2021 Tantor
The Endearment
Summary
New York Times best-selling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories.... Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme - to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota. A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy the love they had come to cherish.
©1982 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2020 Tantor
November of the Heart
Summary
Lorna Barnett is tired of playing the role of "good girl" that her mother has always lived, and that high society prizes. It isn't until she meets Jens Harken that she realizes she yearns to be cherished for herself. Although Jens is a servant, his strength and intelligence put all the society men she's met to shame. Jens knows their love is forbidden, but he can't keep away from the spirited, headstrong girl who's stolen his heart. His boat-building skills are his one way to break into society, and when he designs his first boat for Lorna's father, it seems that perhaps they can make a life together. Then their love bears fruit that cannot be ignored - one that makes their love evident to the world, and threatens to keep them apart forever. Unless Lorna can find a way to make a stand for the man she loves, and defy the society in which she lives.
©1993 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2021 Tantor