Daniel Dorse has narrated 75 audiobooks on Listento.it by 27 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 18 ratings. The most-rated is Blister.
Blister
Summary
They call her Blister. She's a hideously disfigured 23-year-old woman, living in a shed next to her father's house, hidden away from the world. Jason Tray is a successful cartoonist, banished to his agent's lakeside cabin for a few days of mandatory rest and relaxation. One night, while hanging out with a couple of the locals at a dive bar, he takes them up on their offer to go "see Blister," having no idea what they're talking about. He peeks through the window at the most nightmarish thing he's ever seen. In the morning, he wakes up, hung over and regretful. He's better than this. Does he need to apologize?
©2016 Jeff Strand (P)2016 Jeff Strand
Archangel
Summary
Gabriel “Gart” Forbes is the most powerful knight in the arsenal of David de Lohr, Baron Thornden, brother to the mighty Earl of Hereford. When Julian de Moyon, Baron Buckland, summons Thornden for critical support, Gart travels to Dunster Castle to meet with Buckland. Upon arrival, he is set upon by three young boys who try to rob him, all sons of Baron Buckland. Gart discovers that their mother, the Lady Emberley de Moyon, is the sister of his long-dead best friend. Remembering the lovely young girl from the days of his youth, Gart quickly realizes she has grown into a woman of magnificent beauty. He also comes to realize that Julian is a monster who beats his wife. At first, Gart is protective of an old friend but soon, he cannot control the emotions he is feeling for Emberley. A beaten and emotionally starved woman, Emberley cannot help her feelings for a man she has loved most of her life.shuc Succumbing to a forbidden love, Gart and Emberley find powerful allies in Baron Thornden and the Earl of Hereford as they plot to convince Julian to divorce his wife. Adding to the chaos is the fact that Julian has taken up in a love affair with Queen Isabella. When the queen begins to find interest in another man, Julian is furious and wants to use Emberley to make the queen jealous. Gart, however, keeps Emberley well hidden from her husband, even as the Church seeks to intervene. Through trickery, Julian discovers where Gart has hidden his wife and traps the woman, intending to kill her for her treachery. Gart is unable to help her, listening to her screams of terror, when aid comes from the most unexpected of sources. Divine intervention comes in many forms in this deeply passionate love story..
©2013 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2014 Kathryn Le Veque
Poetics
Summary
Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory in the West. This has been the traditional view for centuries. However, recent work is now challenging whether Aristotle focuses on literary theory per se (given that not one poem exists in the treatise) or whether he focuses instead on dramatic musical theory that only has language as one of the elements.
©1997 Dover Publications, Inc. (P)2018 Bassett Publishing
Spectre of the Sword
Summary
A.D. 1203: The Lady Elizabeau Treveighan is the illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany. Elizabeau was sent to foster at a very young age, her identity known only to herself and the earl who fostered her. When her half-brother Prince Arthur is murdered and rumors begin to fly that the opposition to King John intends to marry her to a Teutonic prince and supplant her and her new husband as the rulers of England, she suddenly becomes a very hot, and very dangerous, commodity. Sir Rhys du Bois is charged with keeping Elizabeau safe until her arranged marriage can occur, but the task turns into one of monumental proportions. It's one harrowing flight after another as Rhys tries to keep Elizabeau from harm's way. Somewhere in the process, they fall madly in love with each other and the knight finds himself battling duty and love in order to stay on task. Torn, but with a tremendous sense of duty, he cannot escape the feelings that are swamping him, and Elizabeau does not make it easy for him. Her love for him supersedes her loyalty to her country, and to a family name that has only meant heartache for her. When Elizabeau is finally captured by the king's men and slated for execution under the charge of treason, Rhys will risk everything to save her from the executioner's sword. However, Rhys is betrayed by another knight and soon, he too is slated for the executioner's axe. As Rhys and Elizabeau face death together, allies come together for a covert operation that will save their lives. It's a race against time before King John's men can execute the last legitimate heiress to the throne and her protector turned lover.
©2013 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2014 Kathryn Le Veque
The Tanner Series - Books 13-15 (Tanner Box Set)
Summary
From Remington Kane, the author of The Taken! Series The Tanner Series - Books 13-15 With a special bonus - The Five Stages of Tanner. Hell for Hire - A Tanner Novel - Book 13 Tanner runs into a complication while fulfilling a contract. The complication is a 10-year-old boy named Henry who saw too much. A Home to Die For - A Tanner Novel - Book 14 Tanner and Alexa find that their new home isn't as perfect as they'd hoped it would be. Fire with Fire - A Tanner Novel - Book 15 The action heats up in the town of Killburry as the organization known as The Brotherhood attempts to take control.
©2016 Remington Kane (P)2018 Remington Kane
The Tanner Series - Books 4-6
Summary
From Remington Kane - the author of The Taken! series. The Tanner series - books four through six. With a special bonus - the first three chapters of book seven, Suicide or Death. The First One to Die Loses - a Tanner novel, book four: While a storm rages, Tanner faces off with Sara Blake in the small town of Ridge Creek, and neither one will quit until the other is dead. The Life & Death of Cody Parker - a Tanner novel, book five: In the town of Stark, Texas, Tanner faces ghosts from his past as he tries to keep history from repeating itself. War - a Tanner novel, book six: Tanner returns to New York City intent on killing Sara Blake and ending her threat, but a new ally convinces both of them to come to terms and to end their conflict.
©2015 Remington Kane (P)2018 Remington Kane
Lord of War
Summary
1356 A.D. - It is warring times for England as the Black Prince sweeps his way through France, waging nasty warfare on the population. Masterminding this brutal strategy is the knight they call the Black Angel. Brandt de Russe, Duke of Exeter, is the brains behind the prince’s war machine, a mountain of a man who is as cunning as he is frightening. In battle, no man is his equal. The Lady Ellowyn de Nerra, granddaughter of the great mercenary Braxton de Nerra, has been sent to London by her crippled father to collect the men he has donated to the Black Prince’s wars in France. De Nerra men are mingled with the Duke of Exeter’s men and Ellowyn is at the dock when the duke disembarks his ships. In her attempt to introduce herself to Brandt and explain her purpose, the duke has little time for the beautiful young woman and mistakes her for a whore. Grossly insulted, Ellowyn threatens the man that all sane men fear. And so begins the fiery, passionate, and deep love story that transcends families, kings, and two continents, building to the Battle of Poitiers where Brandt is on the front lines. In battle, no man is his equal but even the most powerful of men are prisoners of their own hearts.
©2013 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2013 Kathryn Le Veque
The TANNER Series, Book 1-3
Summary
The TANNER Series, books one to three, with a special bonus - the first four chapters of book four, The First One to Die Loses.
©2015 Remington Kane (P)2016 Remington Kane
Tender is the Knight
Summary
1228 A.D. - After a vicious battle with old adversaries that sees his father killed, Sir Dennis d’Vant finds himself the head of the House of d’Vant. A house descended from the kings of Cornwall, they are a proud but warring people. Their most hated enemy is their neighbor to the north, the rich and cunning Earl of Cornwall. Dennis, however, is not like his forefathers; a giant of a man and a skilled warrior, he is also quiet and gentle. He does not possess the same fiery instincts of his family and for that, he is often looked upon as weak. But Dennis is anything but weak; he is brilliant and introspective. Dennis is trustworthy; the earl is not. Little does Dennis realize that his offer to marry a woman of the earl’s choosing will change his life more drastically than he could ever imagine, and put the House of d’Vant in danger of being wiped from the face of the earth. The Lady Ryan de Bretagne is the daughter of the earl’s captain. Having no daughters himself, the earl chooses Ryan to marry into the hated House of d’Vant. Ryan is a feisty, head-strong woman and wants no part of the marriage, but is forced to wed the giant knight with the mysterious gray eyes. When he takes her back to St. Austell Castle, she is introduced to a shocking new world of women who dress and fight as knights, of filthy keeps and filthy men, and of a people who want to hate her simply because she is related to the Earl of Cornwall. As Ryan struggles to become acclimated to her strange and frightening new world, the Earl of Cornwall works in secret to destroy the treaty he has agreed to fulfill, thereby eliminating the House of d’Vant once and for all so he can confiscate their lands. At the heart of all of the earl’s animosity is a terrible secret that binds Cornwall to the House of d’Vant, something so awful that it cannot be spoken of. But those who know the secret know how very shameful it is to both sides.
©2013 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2014 Kathryn Le Veque
Legacy of War: First Encounter
Summary
Can peace ever be trusted? A century ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Over decades of bitter war, humanity slowly pushed them back. Eighteen months ago, a truce was struck. The aliens disappeared. Humanity stood down. But there are those who will never trust the aliens. The captain of the aging battleship Walker Pierce is one of them. He has spent months in disputed space, against the wishes of his superiors, looking for proof of alien treachery, afraid of what he might find. Because this time, if the aliens return, humanity won't be so lucky. Legacy of War is an enthralling tale of humanity on the edges of the unknown, perfect for fans of Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet and David Weber’s Honorverse.
©2020 Joshua James (P)2020 Joshua James
Publish and Perish
Summary
Millions of mystery novels are purchased every year, and only the Bible has outsold the number of copies purchased of Agatha Christie's titles. Now author Sally Wright introduces to the Christian marketplace an intriguing new mystery series which follows the adventures of archivist Ben Reese, an expert in rare books, coins, paintings, ancient texts, and documents. A former intelligence agent and commando in WWII, Reese - who is also a Christian - repeatedly must extricate himself from dangerous situations, both at home and abroad, in each of the stories in this mystery series. In the first title, Ben is called away from a sabbatical in Oxford, England, to investigate the death of an eccentric, conservative professor who dies of a heart attack in Ohio moments after reporting that he has uncovered a terrible act of treachery. Now Ben's own life is on the line as he investigates the professional jealousy and unchecked pride that led to murder in Publish and Perish.
©1997 Sally Wright (P)2015 Sally Wright
Shadow of Murder
Summary
Another mass shooting at the most unlikely of places: a small neighborhood market run by an Indian family. Is it terrorism? Will there be more? Who would have a motive against this seemingly innocent family working in their store? And it was called in on Detective O'Roarke's first day back from his honeymoon trip. To make things worse, the killer slipped away, leaving no clues, no evidence, no witnesses; leaving five dead and two mortally wounded. The case quickly goes cold. Out of desperation, the remaining family members bring in a physic-medium who has a strange vision. Who is this predator with amber eyes?
©2018 Trisha Sugarek (P)2019 Trisha Sugarek
Beneath the Bridge of Murder
Summary
In book six of this true crime series, someone is knocking off the homeless of NYC. There don't appear to be any motives: what could a bum have that anyone would want? Their lifestyle affords the killer plenty of opportunity, who would care what happened to these shadow people? O'Roarke and Garcia quickly realize that they have another serial killer on their hands as more bodies are found at an alarming rate.
©2017 Trisha Sugarek (P)2018 Trisha Sugarek
The Dance of Murder
Summary
In Book 2 of the World of Murder series, Detectives O'Roarke and Garcia are chasing a serial killer and time is running out. Strippers have been found with their throats cut and the killer's rage is escalating. To make things worse they have over 100 potential suspects. Is the killer an ex-boyfriend? An Internet stalker? A tattoo artist? Or the neighborhood priest? A cook, a cabbie, or one of the many customers who frequent the strip joints? Now the press has gotten hold of the story dubbing the murderer, "The Glitter Slasher". City Hall is breathing down the necks of the Homicide Squad and insisting that they "get this thing solved!" before there are more dead bodies. Finally the two murder cops make an arrest.... But, do they have the right person in custody?
©2013 Trisha Sugarek (P)2013 Trisha Sugarek
The Equilibrist
Summary
In Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's magical, modern-day literary tale, an ailing professor journeys into his past to reveal a world ensconced in stories and poetry, with the hope of imparting inspirational, lifelong lessons. From his crumpled aesthetic of a tweed jacket or cardigan to his thick British accent, Professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith is the embodiment of the prestigious New England scholastic institute where he teaches. But at 64, with a sudden diagnosis of incurable brain cancer, he decides to focus his intentions on living each day to the fullest and to share a lifetime of wisdom that he's treasured throughout the years. In daily classes with an ever-increasing audience, the professor mesmerizes students with tales of a childhood surrounded by rare books and enhanced by his friendships with three colorful, eclectic antiquarian mentors. Through an unfolding of conversation, free-verse poetry, and letters, the mentors' tutelage is revealed. For example, the title poem serves as a message about balance and freedom, while "The Magic in Life" poses questions about where enchantment exists, " ... a piece of art?/ ...a magnificent meal?/ ...within the silence and peace of contemplation and meditation?" Over 30 thought-provoking poems and reflections are woven throughout, addressing such concepts as letting go of the past, finding inspiration, dealing with loss, and ultimately living a happy, blissful life. The writing style is thoroughly fluid and engaging, with a nice narrative changeup, as chapters often switch from the third person as the eccentric professor ponders his way to class, to the first- person storytelling of his lectures that easily draws in students. This is also a story about love. With only a few hints regarding a curious young blonde-haired woman attending his class, the professor's legacy is ultimately brought to a surprising, honored conclusion. The story's premise recalls Randy Pausch's popular memoir, The Last Lecture, yet this existential "final session" harbors a quiet magical quality all its own. In choosing to explore universal concerns within a captivating fictional realm, Cromwell-Smith II strikes an ideal balance for his storytelling.
©2018 Arturo Osorio (P)2019 Arturo Osorio
Kill in Plain Sight
Summary
Tanner Returns and the conglomerate wants him dead. With their resources and vast troops of lethal thugs, the conglomerate assumed that killing one man would be easy. They were wrong! While Tanner is just one man, he is the last man you want to go to war wit. And when he teams up with another target of the conglomerate, he doubles his chances at surviving. But this is war, and the conglomerate plays to win. Enter Lars Gruber, possibly the greatest assassin in the world - and now he's set his sights on Tanner. It's hit man vs. hit man and only one can survive.
©2015 Remington Kane (P)2015 Remington Kane
The Orloj of Prague
Summary
Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's adventure happens inside of Prague's astrological clock. Together with a band of five other harlequin dressed youngsters, he experiences a city filled with wizards, enchanters, witches, conjurers, and evil gargoyles. The youngsters seek clues in order to reach the mysterious Hradcany' Castle. They are guided on their quest by The Orloj, the old clock as well as Buggie and Thumbpee his sons. Through the wicked streets of Prague, the six harlequins must find six statues representing each of the human virtues of generosity, humility, compassion, and the human flaws of pride, envy, and avarice. Only after they successfully learn them, they earn clues to reach the castle. The Orloj is a magical tale filled with non-stop action and thrills as well as timeless wisdom through nine timeless fables and poems.
©2020 Arturo Osorio (P)2020 Arturo Osorio
The Art of Murder
Summary
Monty is a struggling, unknown artist, living in a loft in Soho. From his third floor walk up, he watches his beautiful neighbor as she comes and goes. Too shy and reclusive to ask her out, he paints her again and again. Suddenly the police are at his door. His goddess, his dream woman, is dead, and the police like him for the crime. Detective Roarke sifts through the forensics, motives, and physical evidence, and at first glance it seems that all the evidence points to the strange artist who is obsessed with the beautiful actress. But, as time passes, several other suspects come to the attention of Detective Roarke and the case is now not so open-and-shut. As the detective immerses himself in her life, it turns out that she has more than one secret.
©2013 Trisha Sugarek (P)2013 Trisha Sugarek
The Equilibrist - Part Two: Geniality
Summary
In this spellbinding sequel, art and poetry are weaved into professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith's memorable recollection of his life's story. Once more deviating from the curriculum, he takes his students back to the passionate period in time when, while studying at Harvard, he lived together with the love of his life, Victoria Emerson-Lloyd. The young couple meets book antiquarians throughout New England who become lifelong mentors, sharing with the young couple ancient writings filled with timeless wisdom and magic.
©2019 Arturo Osorio (P)2019 Arturo Osorio
Rape Van
Summary
Andy and Bridget like to travel. Their windowless van is their home. Speeding across the Texas countryside they pick up hitchhikers and weary travelers who see the pair as a nice couple showing southern hospitality. However, Andy and Bridget are not what they seem. In their plain-looking van, there is no telling which town they will pass through or who will they pick up next.
©2016 Tim Miller (P)2017 Tim Miller