Amy Rubinate has narrated 187 audiobooks on Listento.it by 79 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 518 ratings. The most-rated is The Selection.
The Cowboy Wins a Bride
Summary
All Jamie Lassiter wants is to marry his best friend's sister and settle down for the rest of his life in Chance Creek. He's saved his money, bought into the Cruz Guest Ranch and he's ready for that wedding, but Claire Cruz is nowhere to be found. Claire's too busy leaving Montana behind to care about cowboys or their wedding plans. She's got plans of her own - a trip around the world. She'll go as soon as she buys her tickets and she doesn't care if she ever sees Chance Creek again. Desperate to change Claire's mind, Jamie proposes a bet: give him six weeks to convince her to marry him. If he can't, he'll pay for her round-the-world tickets himself. Claire can wait six weeks if it means free tickets and a chance to get a little revenge on a man who once broke her heart. She's got only one stipulation: Jamie can't touch or flirt with her - or any other woman - while the bet is on. Now Jamie's on the run from a bevy of cowboy-groupie ranch guests, and Claire's learning she cares about the ranch - and Jamie - more than she dreamed possible. Maybe it's time to lose that bet. As long as Jamie loses it first.
©2013 Cora Seton (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Ten Beach Road
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Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover their life savings have vanished, along with their trusted financial manager - leaving them with nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle beachfront house. Throwing their lots in together, they take on the challenge of restoring the historic property. But just as they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of friendship, secrets threaten to tear down their trust - and destroy their lives a second time.
©2011 Wendy Wax (P)2012 Tantor
The Painted Castle
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Set in three time periods - the rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England’s home-front tensions at the end of WWII, and the modern day - The Painted Castle unlocks secrets lost for generations just waiting to be found. A lost painting of Queen Victoria. A library bricked off from the world. And three women, separated by time, whose lives are irrevocably changed. In Victorian England, talented sketch artist Elizabeth Meade is engaged to Viscount Huxley, owner of Parham Hill. However, Elizabeth’s real motive for being at Parham Hill has nothing to do with art or marriage. She’s determined to avenge her father’s brutal murder - even if it means a betrothal to the very man she believes committed the crime. A century later, Amelia Woods - a World War II widow who has turned Parham Hill and its beloved library into a boarding school for refugee children - receives military orders to house a troop of American pilots. She is determined the children in her care will remain untouched by the war, but the task is proving difficult with officers taking up every square inch of their world...and one in particular vying for a space in Amelia’s long-shut up heart. When art historian Keira Foley is hired to authenticate a painting, she hopes this is just the thing to get her career and life back on track. But from the time she arrives at Parham Hill Estate and begins working alongside rumored art thief Emory Scott, she’s left with far more questions than answers. Could this lost painting of Queen Victoria be a duplicate of the original Winterhalter masterpiece, and if so, who is the artist? Praise for The Painted Castle: "A gripping tale of secrets hidden behind the walls of an ancient English castle." (Kate Breslin, best-selling author of Far Side of the Sea) A sweet historical split-time romance. The third and final audiobook in the Lost Castle series. Audiobooks do not have to be listened to in order. Full-length novel with three women each finding her own happily ever after.
©2019 Kristy Cambron (P)2019 Thomas Nelson
Spell Disaster (Booktrack Edition)
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Spell Disaster: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!* When elderly witch Enid Pettywood unwittingly summons a demon to Silver Hollow, it's up to Issy Quinn and her cousins to send it back before the committee finds out. Summoning a demon is a serious offense and no one wants to see Enid suffer the punishment the committee is sure to hand down. But a simple plan of vanquishing the pesky demon before anyone notices goes awry when the demon makes the leap from wreaking havoc with the town's electrical circuits to possessing a human. Even worse, it uses that human to commit murder. When another murder attempt is made, it quickly becomes clear that the demon is looking for a permanent human host...and the Quinn witches have only three days to stop it. With the town sheriff investigating the murder, Issy has to avoid casting suspicion on herself while trying to track down the demon and dodge Dex Nolan, the government agent sent to town to study paranormals. Too bad Issy can't seem to forget the stolen kiss she and Dex shared because she has no intention of getting involved with a human. When the demon's evil intentions hit too close to home, Issy is forced to make a sacrifice that may haunt her for the rest of her days. Will she be able to stop the demon before it kills again? *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.
©2016 Leighann Dobbs (P)2016 Novel Audio Inc.
Judy Moody and Friends Collection 2
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From Megan McDonald comes a collection of Judy Moody stories just right for newly independent listeners Stink Moody in Master of Disaster: Stink can’t wait to lay eyes on the Sherman-Holm comet. Until he hears the news that a meteorite hit Russia, that is. Who’s to say that Frog Neck Lake, Virginia, isn’t next? Enter Asteroid Boy (aka Stink), who, with Judy Moody as his copilot, bravely explores deep space. TRIPLE PET TROUBLE: Dr. Judy knows a sick pet when she sees one, and Jaws the Venus flytrap is for-sure sick. Time for some urgent care! Mrs. Moody in the Birthday Jinx: Every year on Mrs. Moody’s birthday, something goes terribly wrong. This year things are going to be different. This year, Judy Moody (aka the “boss of birthday”) is going to make 100 percent sure that Mom’s birthday is perfect. April Fools’, Mr. Todd!: This April Fools’ Day, Judy can’t wait to play the perfect prank on her teacher, Mr. Todd. But in all the excitement over spaghetti trees and fools’ errands, Judy worries that everyone will forget the other reason she loves April first so much: it’s her birthday! “It’s hard to imagine a mood Judy couldn’t improve.” --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
©2015, 2016, 2017 by Megan McDonald, original books published by Candlewick Press. Judy Moody® is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc. Stink® is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Absolutely Truly
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An unsent letter in a first-edition copy of Charlotte's Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle-grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Now that Truly Lovejoy's father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work back home, the family moves from Texas to tiny Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, to take over Lovejoy's Books, a struggling bookstore that's been in the family for 100 years. With two older brothers and two younger sisters clamoring for attention, her mother back in school, and everyone up to their eyebrows trying to keep Lovejoy's Books afloat, Truly feels more overlooked than usual. So she pours herself into uncovering the mystery of an undelivered letter she finds stuck in a valuable autographed first edition of Charlotte's Web, which subsequently goes missing from the bookshop. What's inside the envelope leads Truly and her new Pumpkin Falls friends on a madcap treasure hunt around town, chasing clues that could spell danger.
©2014 Heather Vogel Frederick (P)2015 Ideal Audiobooks
She Can Scream
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Winner of the 2014 Golden Leaf Award In one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life, and attracts the attention of a serial killer. Sixteen years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women’s self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her. Convinced the predator knows his victims and is stalking his prey online, she is determined to find him before he strikes again. Her brother’s friend, Luke, has the computer expertise to help. But Brooke’s unexpected desire for Luke complicates her investigation, and her fixation with the case provokes a deadly reaction from the killer. Injured in a terrorist bombing overseas, computer expert Luke Holloway is still haunted by flashbacks of his young assistant’s death in the explosion. But Luke can’t refuse the request of a deployed friend to look after his sister, Brooke. Taking on responsibility for Brooke’s safety threatens Luke’s tenuous recovery, especially after he develops feelings for her that transcend a promise to a friend. When Brooke saves a young girl from a brutal assault and becomes a killer’s obsession, Luke vows to protect her at all costs.
©2013 Melinda Leigh (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc., all rights reserved.
The Cowboy Rescues a Bride
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Ned Matheson knows Fila Sahar has been to hell and back after being held captive by the Taliban for over a decade. She's lost her parents, her home, and 10 years of her life. Now she's safely back on American soil, but her fears have her so hemmed in, she might as well be a prisoner again. Ned knows he can't date her, let alone marry her, until she's regained her courage. He's confident he's found the perfect solution - he'll get her a restaurant she can call her own. Fila cares for Ned more than she can say, and she's grateful for the home he's given her on his family's ranch, but before she can give her heart to any man, she has to find the courage to reenter society. When Ned surprises her with his perfect solution - the restaurant he's leased and renovated in her name - she doesn't know how to tell him she can't imagine being brave enough to ever run it. So when Ned's father sends him out of town to check on the family's remote hunting cabin, she's grateful for the delay. Ned knows his father wants to split him and Fila up, so there's no way he's leaving town without taking her along. But when they reach the cabin, a savage twist of fate will turn the tables on both of them. Ned will learn what it's like to be helpless. Fila will have to find the courage she lost years ago. Can they survive the weekend? Or will this trip be their last?
©2013 Cora Seton (P)2014 Audible Inc.
A Spell of Trouble
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When town troublemaker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn's pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside town of Silver Hollow assume it's from natural causes. Until it's discovered that Louella was murdered. Not just any murder, though. Murder by paranormal means. Dark magic that could only have been performed by a powerful witch. And every law-abiding paranormal knows that dark magic is forbidden and carries strict punishment at the hands of "the committee" - the mysterious entity that provides law and order within the paranormal community. Being witches, Issy and her three cousins fear they are at the top of the suspect list. To make matters worse, a secret division of the FBI has gotten wind of the happenings in Silver Hollow and sent two agents to ferret out paranormal activity. Even worse than that, Issy is annoyingly attracted to one of them! Armed with their unconventional posse of familiars, Issy and her cousins dodge the efforts of the police and the special FBI agents while following a twisty path of clues that lead to a shocking betrayal.
©2016 Leighann Dobbs (P)2017 Novel Audio Inc.
The Myth of Perpetual Summer
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Set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, a girl uncovers her family's history of mental illness in this moving coming-of-age tale that harkens to both The Glass Castle and Forrest Gump. Tallulah James comes from a long line of intelligent college professors with strong Southern roots - and long-buried family secrets. Tallulah's childhood is a tumultuous one: Her mother is often absent as she puts her goals to save the world over her family. Her father's ignored bipolar disorder results in bouts of depression and manic behavior that often leave Tallulah afraid and confused. But with her older brother, Grif, to watch out for her and her grandmother to make sure she grows up into a proper Southern lady - whatever that means - her life is stable enough; that is, until a tragedy rocks her entire community. Forced to move away from everyone she knows and loves at the age of 16, Tallulah lives on her own for seven years before returning to the Mississippi town where it all began. As she begins to uncover her family history and to forgive them for the past, she finally learns the truth that has been hidden from her for so long. In this heart-wrenching, raw, and ultimately satisfying novel set against the backdrop of the 1960s, the award-winning author of Whistling Past the Graveyard explores what the word family really means-in all its ugliness, beauty, and messy complications.
©2018 Susan Crandall (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Big Girls Don't Cry
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Sometimes Mr. Right couldn't be more wrong... Thanks to a devastating revelation about her husband, Reenie Holbrook's once-perfect marriage is over. For 11 years she had the life she wanted - and now it's gone. Sometimes Mr. Wrong couldn't be more right... Reenie decides that the first step in recovering from her ordeal is to find work; after all, she has three young children to support. She's thrilled when she lands a job at Dundee High teaching history - until Isaac Russell, the man who triggered the unraveling of her marriage, accepts a temporary position teaching science. Then she's tempted to quit. Reenie doesn't care if the whole town admires Isaac...and she won't admit that secretly she admires him, too. She doesn't want to see him or his sister in her town.
©2005 Brenda Novak (P)2015 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited.
The Sheriff Catches a Bride
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When county sheriff Cab Johnson gets a hunch, he's learned to trust it, and his hunch tells him Rose Bellingham is in a peck of trouble. Bad enough he's in love with her, bad enough she's already engaged to Jason Thayer. He's got to figure out what she's hiding before he loses her for good. Rose can't stand one more person meddling in her business, even if that person is a handsome, eligible sheriff. She's been controlled for far too long. But since her fiancé's father is both her boss and landlord, she can't dump Jason until she's got somewhere to run. She's found the perfect place: a patch of forest outside town. But with Cab watching her every move, she's hard pressed to finish her hideaway so she can make her escape. Meanwhile, she's not the only one with problems. Can she find a way to help her friends, too? Just when Cab solves one mystery, more pop up. Where does Rose keep disappearing to? What's wrong with Mia Start? Why is Hannah Chatham lying to her fiancé? At least he's let Rose know he's interested. And if he's not mistaken, she's interested, too. Rose's hideaway is perfect, until her friends invade it to escape their own troubles. Can she trust them to keep its whereabouts a secret? Does she want to hide from Cab anymore? Now that Jason's out of the picture, is it safe to follow her heart? When two unexpected visitors arrive with secrets of their own, Chance Creek must brace for its deadliest night ever. Can Cab figure out the connections between all the mysteries fast enough? Or will Rose and her friends pay the ultimate price?
©2013 Cora Seton (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Below the Surface
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When a woman's body turns up in a lake - a bullet to the back of her head - Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID'd as Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent publisher and author of an upcoming unauthorized tell-all book on Sasha Smeds, Finland's celebrated racing rally driver. Almost as soon as the inquiry starts, it goes off the rails, as those connected to Annukka - and to Smeds - seem to have more secrets than they have alibis. Was the journalist about to reveal a bombshell that someone was desperate to keep quiet? Or will it take some reading between the lines? The clues may be few, but the list of suspects is long. As she struggles to balance her home life, run a department tainted by career-threatening allegations, and catch a killer, Maria is shocked to find just what someone was willing to do in the name of love...or revenge.
©2003 Leena Lehtolainen (P)2017 Owen F. Witesman. P 2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Before I Go
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A fierce detective risks everything to unravel a tangle of secrets and corruption protecting a killer in this spellbinding seventh mystery in the tension-filled Maria Kallio series. When Petri Ilveskivi is murdered in the street on his way to a city-planning meeting, Maria Kallio, commander of Espoo's Violent Crime Unit, and her team are first on the scene. Almost immediately, her focus is on the band of skinheads who brutally attacked the Finnish commissioner and his husband three years earlier. Did they finally finish the hate crime they started? But the trail soon reveals a web of lies - secrets Petri was keeping from even those closest to him - and a long list of suspects. As she juggles her obligations as a wife, mother, and detective, Maria suggests to her superiors that what first appears to be a random assault may actually be something more sinister. When she's met with silence and higher-ups take her off the case, she disobeys orders and investigates on her own, putting both her family and herself at risk. In this captivating tale in the Maria Kallio series, someone is protecting a killer. Can Maria track them down before the next victim falls?
©2000 Leena Lehtolainen. Translation © 2017 Owen F. Witesman. (P)2017 2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Blueprints
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Blueprints is the story of two strong women - Caroline MacAfee, a skilled carpenter; and her daughter, Jamie, a talented architect. The day after her 56th birthday, Caroline is told the network wants Jamie to replace her as the host on Gut It!, their family-based home construction TV show. The resulting rift couldn't come at a worse time. For Jamie life changes overnight when, soon after learning of the host shift, her father and his new wife die in a car accident that orphans their two-year-old son. Accustomed to organization and planning, she is now grappling with a toddler who misses his parents, a fiancé who doesn't want the child, a staggering new attraction, and a work challenge that, if botched, could undermine the future of both MacAfee Homes and Gut It! For Caroline, hosting Gut It! is part of her identity. Facing its loss, she feels betrayed by her daughter and old in the eyes of the world. When her ex-husband dies, she is thrust into the role of caregiver to his aging father. And then there's Dean, a longtime friend whose efforts to seduce her awaken desires that have been dormant for so long that she feels foreign to herself. "Who am I?" both women ask as the blueprints they've built their lives around suddenly need revising. While loyalties shift, decisions hover, and new relationships tempt, their challenge comes not only in remaking themselves but in rebuilding their relationship with each other.
©2015 Barbara Delinsky (P)2015 Macmillan Audio
Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold
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Aaagh! Crawl slowly for your lives! Stink kicks off his second decade with a super-funny homage to an oozy-goozy organism. Glip! Glop! Gloop! What looks like dog vomit, smells like a corpse flower, and stars in one of the scariest movies Stink Moody has ever seen? Is it the Blob? The Glob? The Son of Glob? No, it's...slime mold! Stink may be a super science freak, but even Dr. Stinkelstein is feeling freaked out about having a slime mold living and growing in his very own room. At Saturday Science Club, Stink learns that these one-celled organisms are smart enough to find their way out of mazes and gang up on food sources - so who says they aren't smart enough to take over Stink's pets, Stink's room, Stink himself, and...the world? Vintage horror flicks meet classic Star Trek episodes as a wary Stink (with some help from Dr. Judy Moody) comes to know and love an unusual new pet in a hilarious adventure that sneaks in factoids at each chapter's end.
©2016 Megan McDonald, original book published by Candlewick Press (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Stink and the Hairy Scary Spider
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Stink’s spider phobia spurs his sister, Judy, and friend Webster to try some desensitization techniques - until a real-life encounter takes them by surprise - in a hilarious episode offering a bonus origami activity. Creepy! Crawly! Criminy! Everyone knows that Stink is bonkers about most scientific things. But there’s one exception: dangle a spider in front of him and he goes berserk! Stink is so freaked out by spiders that he can’t read about them. He can’t look at them. He can’t think about them. And he for-sure can’t touch them! Stink has arachnophobia (a fear of spiders), and he has it bad. But when a hairy backyard emergency arises, Stink is forced to face his fear - and eight beady eyes - head-on. Will he manage to tame the heebie-jeebies, or will he remain stuck in his web of terror?
©2020 Megan McDonald, original book published by Candlewick Press. Stink® is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Forbidden Sister
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Emmie Wilcox was only six when her sister, Roxy, was thrown out of their New York City apartment. Their stern father's military style left no room for rebellion, and Roxy was continually defiant and rebellious. Emmie is obedient, respectful. Two sisters, total opposites - yet Emmie is secretly obsessed with the mystery and imposed silence surrounding Roxy: What had she finally done to deserve being cast out of her home? Sometimes she fantasizes that she is more like Roxy than she appears. She wants excitement, and being a good girl all the time is harder than it seems. Finally learning that Roxy is a highly paid escort to wealthy and powerful men, Emmie goes behind her father's back to track down and spy on the sister she can't help but be fascinated with.
©2013 Vanda General Partnership (P)2013 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Cry Wolf
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A mysterious death brings Deputy DeeDee Clawson to the scene of a movie being filmed at an old mansion in Silver Hollow. Tucker Rockwood, the star of the movie, is found dead, a stake through his heart. Lots of people might have wanted to kill Tucker, but when DeeDee's investigation points in the direction of the movie's producer, Caine Hunter, she thinks she has her man. As if investigating this murder isn't enough, DeeDee has something else hanging over her head. As the daughter of a werewolf pack leader, she has agreed to an arranged marriage. She hasn't even met her intended yet, but she's already starting to regret her agreement to enter into a loveless marriage...especially when her feelings toward Caine turn from suspicion to romance. Caine Hunter has been smitten with feisty Deputy Clawson since day one, but since DeeDee seems determined to arrest him for murder, he's pretty sure the feeling isn't mutual. Yet, he can't help but sense DeeDee is fighting an inner attraction to him she won't admit even to herself. Too bad that once she discovers his secret, she'll want to have nothing further to do with him. As the investigation heats up and DeeDee's wedding day approaches, she turns to her four close witch friends, the Quinns, and their quirky familiars. There's only one way to get out of the looming marriage without risking being ostracized by her pack, and Gray Quinn is the only person who can help. But when things take a dangerous turn with a surprise twist, will DeeDee risk it all and discover love can be even more powerful than magic?
©2017 Leighann Dobbs (P)2018 Tantor
Push
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It's either break the rules or die. Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she's pulled into the Game, where she - and her team - will die unless she follows a new set of rules: Those set by the mysterious Committee. But rules don't mean answers, and without answers, it's hard to trust. People are dying. The rules are unraveling. And Miki knows she's being watched, uncertain if it's the Drau or someone - something - else. Forced to make impossible choices and battling to save those she loves, Miki begins to see the Committee in a glaring new light. And then the Game crosses a new boundary, pushes harder into Miki's and her friends' lives, and there's nothing in the rules that can save them now. Push is the sequel Rush fans will be screaming for.
©2014 Eve Silver (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers