Susan Sallis has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is The Path to the Lake.
Troubled Waters
Summary
Liz McGregor, struggling to bring up her eight-year-old daughter alone, is surprised when her boss asks her to marry him. It is an unromantic proposal, but Liz, beset with difficulties, is tempted to accept it. Then Felix suggests a honeymoon cruise in the Adriatic and Liz's fears are swept away. After eight empty years she is loved - and in love - again. But the past catches up with her and before England's shores are out of sight she is embroiled again with the man who ruined her life before. Doubts about Felix, and fears for her daughter left at home, sap her confidence and judgement. The voyage from Tangier to Nice becomes fraught with danger and is indeed through troubled waters.
©1975 Susan Sallis (P)2007 Soundings
The Sweetest Thing
Summary
Cornwall, 1960, and a whole new world for young Connie Vickers as she holidays with her brand-new fiance William. But a strange encounter with a beautiful blonde boy on the beach leads to a terrible tragedy, the consequences of which are to affect Connie and William for the rest of their lives.
©2010 Susan Sallis (P)2010 Soundings
Learning to Dance
Summary
Judith is suddenly all alone in the world. Her husband, Jack, has left her - why, she doesn't really know. Her two sons are in Australia, and both her mother and her best friend Naomi have recently died. Embarking on a journey to Exmoor to meet the famous artist Robert Haussman, with an oddly assorted group of fellow-enthusiasts, Judith finds herself a prey to all sorts of irrational fears. Chief amongst them is the increasing conviction that Jack is dead. Why did he leave her? Where has he gone? And why does Robert Haussman exert such a strange influence on her?
©2013 Susan Sallis (P)2013 Soundings
The Kissing Gate
Summary
Gussie, Ned, and Jannie are not quite siblings, but they share a fiercely close and affectionate family bond. In their bohemian Cornish home, with a famous and distinguished artist as their father figure, they glory in their unusual upbringing and their unconventional, loving family life.... Until one day a terrible tragedy destroys the foundations of that family, and they have to learn to cope on their own.
©2012 Susan Sallis (P)2012 Soundings
The Path to the Lake
Summary
Viv's marriage to David was not a conventional one, but when he died - in an accident for which she blamed herself - it was as if her whole world had collapsed around her. She escaped by running, mainly around the nearby lake, which was once a popular place of recreation but was now desolate and deserted. It became both her refuge and her dread. But through the misery, she made some unexpected friends: a couple in the village whose family needed her as much as she needed them. And gradually, as a new life opened up, she was able confront the terrible secrets that had haunted her and which could now be laid to rest.
©2009 Susan Sallis (P)2009 Soundings