Em Eldridge has narrated 118 audiobooks on Listento.it by 65 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 258 ratings. The most-rated is Girl Code.
A Forever of Orange Blossoms
Summary
Millions of listeners have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International best-selling author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility - and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way. Flynn Merriam has it all: A glamorous job he loves, a model in every port, and loads of siblings he adores. Turning the big 3-0 shouldn’t be a big deal, but suddenly he’s questioning everything. There’s got to be more to life than fun and diversion, right? Annie Loudermilk’s life hasn’t turned out the way she wanted. She’d planned to travel the world as a sought-after makeup artist, but when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant, everything took a different track. Now she’s a single mom, living in a small town, making and selling her own cosmetic line. But she still longs for more. At his brother’s bequest, Flynn goes to acquire Annie’s boutique skincare company. But when he meets her, the only kind of business on his mind is monkey business. Annie knows Flynn’s offer is the answer to her prayers: The shot at the life she’s always wanted. But her family doesn’t think so, and they thwart her dreams - and her powerful connection with Flynn. Fortunately, Flynn’s got an ace in the hole to help seal the deal: His Aunt Clara and Uncle Arthur. Between the three of them, he’s certain to get the company for his brother - and the girl for himself. An audiobook to help you believe that no heart-felt dream is ever lost and how love can bring it into reality. PRAISE: "Ava's story is witty and charming." Barbara Freethy #1 New York Times Bestselling Author on Nora Roberts Land "On par with Nicholas Sparks' love stories." Jennifer's Corner Blog “The constant love, and the tasteful sexual interludes, bring a sensual, dynamic tension to this appealing story.” Publisher’s Weekly "I am adding Ava Miles to my list of always reads like Susan Mallery, Jill Shalvis, Kristen Ashley, and NORA ROBERTS." Marjay's Reading Blog "Miles' story savvy, sense of humor, respect for her readers and empathy for her characters shine through..." USA Today on The Gate to Everything"
©2020 Ava Miles (P)2020 Ava Miles
Love Among Lavender
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Millions of people have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International bestselling author Ava Miles’ new family series, The Merriams, is back with a good guy trying to get his bad boy on, a good girl starting a risky perfume venture, and everyone’s favorite matchmakers. Beau Masters wants to be a bad boy. All his life, he’s been careful to be the good guy country singer, the boy-next-door, who opens doors for ladies, and says “aw, shucks, ma’am”. But a decades-old secret blows the hinges off the door to his life. Everything he thought he knew has scattered to the wind, leaving him questioning who he really is. So when Caitlyn Merriam asks him to be the celebrity spokesperson for the new perfume she’s creating in far-off Provence, he swaps out his white cowboy hat for a black one, and packs his bags to get away from the past. Caitlyn didn’t expect the gorgeous rockstar to join her in her quaint farmhouse in the French countryside. She figures it will only worsen her crush on him. But as Beau tries to get his bad boy on (rather unsuccessfully, in her opinion), she knows something is wrong and calls in back-up. Uncle Arthur and Aunt Clara might be bent on matchmaking these days, but they know how to straighten someone out, and Caitlyn needs all the help she can get to keep her spokesperson on track. But soon it’s not just about business, and they’re holding hands and walking the lavender fields together. Until Beau’s secret threatens to bring down her new venture and the love blossoming between them. Praise: "Ava's story is witty and charming." (Barbara Freethy number one New York Times bestselling author on Nora Roberts Land) “The constant love, and the tasteful sexual interludes, bring a sensual, dynamic tension to this appealing story.” (Publisher’s Weekly) "Miles' story savvy, sense of humor, respect for her readers and empathy for her characters shine through...." (USA Today on The Gate to Everything)
©2019 Ava Miles (P)2019 Ava Miles
Dare Valley Meets Paris Billionaire: The Complete Mini-Series
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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Ava's best-selling miniseries will be donated to the French Red Cross to help Paris. USA Today best-selling Author Ava Miles presents a special four-part miniseries partially set in Dare Valley and the City of Love: Paris. The Billionaire's Gamble: Volume 1 Self-made billionaire inventor Evan Michaels has lost the biggest gamble of his life. For one month he must live like a "normal" person in Dare Valley and give up his playboy ways. When Evan meets Margie Lancaster, he's not so sure he can make it a month. The Billionaire's Secret: Volume 2 After resisting Margie Lancaster, Evan Michaels is now free to romance her. And it's all the easier since Margie is taking baking classes in Paris - where Evan lives year-round. So, Evan is romancing her in the City of Love with his secret hanging over his head. The Billionaire's Courtship: Volume 3 Margie Lancaster knows the truth about Evan Michaels. As she learns more about this genius inventor, she falls even more deeply in love, since Evan is doing everything in his power to court her in the City of Love. The Billionaire's Return: Volume 4 Margie Lancaster has traveled home to Dare Valley. But Evan isn't finished with his pocket Venus. He returns to Dare Valley determined to find a way to keep Margie and the true love between them. Author's note: All books can easily be listened to as standalone stories.
©2015 Ava Miles (P)2015 Ava Miles
The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness
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Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's best-selling books...come join the family. International best-selling author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero. When he meets Sadie McGuiness, he’s even more sure of it. The sassy quilter might not fight good and evil, like he depicts as a comic book artist, but she leaps tall buildings in a single bound. He sees it in her brave quest to locate her long-lost sister and the way she champions his motherless daughter. It’s not just her superhuman strength he’s attracted to - it’s the strength of her heart. She stitches together the different blocks of her life with love, much like the magical quilts she creates. Soon he’s modeling his new female superhero after her. As Sadie and Riley create their own patchwork of happiness, dark forces from their past return to test them. Can they battle them together to ensure a happily ever after for them and the rest of their family? “The constant love, and the tasteful sexual interludes, bring a sensual, dynamic tension to this appealing story.” (Publishers Weekly)
©2018 Ava Miles (P)2018 Ava Miles
On the Lookout
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A runaway woman. A dead body. A mysterious compound. When Cassidy Chambers accepted the job as police chief on Lantern Beach, she knew the island had its secrets. But a suspicious death with potentially far-reaching implications will test all her skills - and threaten to reveal her true identity. Cassidy enlists the help of her husband, former Navy SEAL Ty Chambers. As they dig for answers, both uncover parts of their pasts that are best left buried. Not everything is as it seems, and they must figure out if their John Doe is connected to the secretive group that has moved onto the island. As facts materialize, danger on the island grows. Can Cassidy and Ty discover the truth about the shadowy crimes in their cozy community? Or has darkness permanently invaded their beloved Lantern Beach?
©2019 Christy Barritt (P)2019 Christy Barritt
Find Me Their Bones
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No one can save her. In order to protect Prince Lucien d'Malvane's heart, Zera had to betray him. Now, he hates the sight of her. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life. But fate isn't ready to give her up just yet. With freedom coming from the most unlikely of sources, Zera is given a second chance at life as a Heartless. But it comes with a terrible price. As the king mobilizes his army to march against the witches, Zera must tame an elusive and deadly valkerax trapped in the tunnels underneath the city if she wants to regain her humanity. Winning over a bloodthirsty valkerax? Hard. Winning back her friends before war breaks out? A little harder. But a Heartless winning back Prince Lucien's heart? The hardest thing she's ever done.
©2019 Sara Wolf (P)2019 Tantor
Angel in Embers
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The community's war is over, but the fight for my future has only just begun. I know what I want, and so does Logan. But wanting and wishing don't guarantee a happy ending. Still, I'm determined to give us a fighting chance in what feels like impossible circumstances. So I join Logan on a trip home, and my eyes are opened to a world of werewolf hierarchy and politics that I didn't see coming. Now, with everyone in his pack convinced that I'm not the right pick for their future alpha, I have to prove my worth. But trying to do that creates consequences that not only affect me but the entire werewolf population. I can only hope that Logan's and my love is strong enough to survive. Because if it's not, everything we've been working for will be over before it's begun. Contains mature themes.
©2020 Krista Street (P)2020 Tantor
Clique Bait
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Pretty Little Liars meets Burn for Burn in this thrilling debut from Wattpad star Ann Valett. Chloe Whittaker is out for revenge. Last year her best friend Monica's life was unceremoniously ruined by the most popular students at their high school, so this year Chloe plans to take each and every one of them down. She's traded in her jeans and T-shirts for the latest designer clothes, erased anything on social media that would tie her to Monica (and blow her cover), and carefully figured out how she will befriend the members of the clique, find out their deepest and darkest secrets, and reveal them to the world. Chloe has the perfect plan...but there's one thing she didn't prepare for. And that's falling for someone she's determined to destroy. The closer she gets to uncovering the secrets the in-crowd is determined to cover up, the more she realizes that she is going to have to choose between betraying her oldest friend or the boy who's captured her heart.
©2020 Ann Valett (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Love Letters from Cowboy
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With Love, Cowboy, by Lacy Williams, is a sweet inspirational romance. When the love of his life is injured in combat, Ryan Michaels promises himself he won't let any more time go by without ensuring she knows that he loves her. His problem? Ashley still sees him as the goofy high school kid that followed her everywhere. Ashley Reynolds returns home to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, a wounded veteran, with her Military Working Dog at her side. She's concerned about her aging parents and doesn't have time for a relationship - especially not one with a college dropout like Ryan. But as Ashley dives back into the life she left behind, she discovers there's much more to Ryan than she thought... there's a man of honor and integrity. Will she open her heart and let Ryan in?
©2014 Lacy Williams (P)2014 Lacy Williams
Kissed by a Cowboy / With Love, Cowboy
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Enjoy this collection of two inspirational, sweet romances in one. Kissed by a Cowboy Just shy of her 30th birthday, Haley Carston returns to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, to care for her dying aunt. She thinks she's ready for this homecoming. She's spent years escaping her perpetual shyness and being Katie Michaels' tag-along friend, but being back in her hometown brings back a lot of old memories, especially when she is faced with the cowboy she never forgot - Katie's older brother, Maddox. Twelve years ago, Maddox Michaels was supposed to be somebody. He had everything. A football scholarship. A Division I team scouting him. Maybe even a chance at the pros. Now, he's a burned-out cowboy working day and night to stay ahead of his brother's medical bills and keep their family farm from going bankrupt. And trying to be a father-figure for his niece, Olivia. When Haley and Olivia start spending time together, Maddox can't help remembering those dreams that died alongside his sister. Will being with Haley open his heart to new dreams? With Love, Cowboy When the love of his life is injured in combat, Ryan Michaels promises himself he won't let any more time go by without ensuring she knows that he loves her. His problem? Ashley still sees him as the goofy high school kid that followed her everywhere. Ashley Reynolds returns home to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, a wounded veteran, with her Military Working Dog at her side. She's concerned about her aging parents and doesn't have time for a relationship - especially not one with a college dropout like Ryan. But as Ashley dives back into the life she left behind, she discovers there's much more to Ryan than she thought...there's a man of honor and integrity. Will she open her heart and let Ryan in?
©2014 Lacy Williams (P)2014 Lacy Williams
Plan of Action
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The thrilling conclusion to the Lantern Beach PD series is finally here! A missing Navy SEAL. Danger at the boiling point. The ultimate showdown. When police chief Cassidy Chambers’ husband Ty disappears, her world is turned upside down. His truck is discovered with blood inside, crashed in a ditch on Lantern Beach, but he’s nowhere to be found. As they launch a manhunt to find him, Cassidy discovers that someone on the island has a deadly obsession with Ty. Meanwhile, Gilead’s Cove seems to be imploding. As danger heightens, federal law enforcement officials are called in. The cult’s growing threat could lead to the pinnacle standoff of good versus evil. A clear plan of action is needed, or the results will be devastating. Will Cassidy find Ty in time, or will she face a gut-wrenching loss? Will Anthony Gilead finally be unmasked for who he really is and be brought to justice? Hundreds of innocent lives are at stake, and not everyone will come out alive.
©2019 Christy Barritt (P)2020 Christy Barritt
The Chocolate Garden
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From USA Today best-selling author Ava Miles of the number-one national best seller Nora Roberts Land comes a heartwarming and suspenseful novel of love, second chances, family, and mystery about an inventive gardener who creates a magical chocolate garden for a sexy songwriter only to be swept away by the magic of their love. Visionary gardener Tammy Hollins is making a new life for herself and her children after a tragic marriage. Plants she understands, but men...well, they're of the weed variety. She's started her own landscaping business, catering to her country music rock star brother's friends. Her first client is sexy, soulful, alpha hero material - and the one man who tantalizes her and scares her to death. John Parker McGuiness is a man of many talents, working as a songwriter and lawyer for country music's biggest stars. He's drawn to Tammy like no other and hires her as his landscaper, wanting to show her they're made for each other. When Tammy learns he's a professed chocoholic, she fashions a magical garden for him - a chocolate garden. As the garden comes to life, their love for each other grows. When tragedy strikes Tammy's home, John Parker is willing to move mountains to protect her and her children. Tammy struggles to guard her newfound independence as they use the magic of the chocolate garden to help her children feel safe again. But when secrets from Tammy's past resurface, can their love and passion survive the memories haunting her?
©2015 Ava Miles (P)2015 Ava Miles
The Town Square
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Journalist Arthur Hale is determined to be on the forefront of change. A successful New York City journalist, he returns to his hometown of Dare Valley, Colorado to start a new newspaper that will channel the voice of the West, joining the ranks of prestigious papers like The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. The bigger the dream, the higher the price. Arthur's ambition and drive isolate him, and the only person who can break through his self-imposed solitude is Harriet Jenkins, his talented and mysterious secretary. Though Arthur's sixth sense as a journalist tells him the beautiful and complicated redhead is hiding something, he can't stay away. What he doesn't know is that Harriet Jenkins is actually Harriet Wentworth. A newspaper article ruined her father and sullied her family name, and now she's out for revenge on the journalist who wrote it: Arthur Hale. As she gets to know Arthur, Harriet discovers he's not the monster she thought he was. He's a man of integrity, committed to uncovering the truth at all costs. Soon the impossible happens, and she finds herself falling for the man she set out to destroy, but can the two build a future on a foundation of lies and ugly truths?
©2014 Ava Miles (P)2015 Ava Miles
Daring Brides
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Your favorite Dare Valley characters have survived betrayal, secrets, and tragedy to find true love. Now, follow along as each of these daring brides walk down the aisle to their happily ever after with the man of their dreams. You know, the hero who fires up all their engines. And, of course, the town of Dare Valley comes out to throw these fabulous couples quite a party. From Nora Roberts Land, Meredith Hale and her own hero, Tanner McBride, embark upon the journey into their new life, marriage land. See what makes Meredith's wedding day so daring, and meet Tanner's best man, international news correspondent Asher Harrington. Then, there's Grandpa Hale's priceless advice about what makes a long-lasting marriage. Jill Hale, from French Roast, has wanted to marry Brian McConnell since she wore pig tails in grade school. Brian has come around - finally. Sure, she got pregnant before they tied the knot, but it doesn't matter because they're going to live happily ever after. Find out what makes Jill a daring bride besides her wish to rent a pink circus tent for the wedding reception. Peggy McBride, from The Grand Opening, never imagined getting married again, especially to hotel magnate and poker champion Mac Maven. See what Mac gives her to make their wedding day daring, and find out how her cute-as-a-button son binds their new family together in the most adorable way ever. Abbie Maven, from The Holiday Serenade, resisted her love for bad-boy Rhett Butler Blaylock, not only because he's a poker player, but also because that Southerner knows how to start a ruckus wherever he goes. Now, it's their wedding day, and Rhett's friends from Dare River show up as well as his mama, Eugenia Lynn, and his cousin, Charleston. Of course, a ruckus breaks out.
©2015 Ava Miles (P)2015 Ava Miles
Summer Bird Blue
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Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn't have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of - she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, being abandoned by her mother, and the absence of music in her life. With the help of the “boys next door” - a teenage surfer named Kai, who smiles too much and doesn't take anything seriously, and an 80-year-old named George Watanabe, who succumbed to his own grief years ago - Rumi attempts to find her way back to her music, to write the song she and Lea never had the chance to finish. Aching, powerful, and unflinchingly honest, Summer Bird Blue explores big truths about insurmountable grief, unconditional love, and how to forgive even when it feels impossible.
©2018 Akemi Dawn Bowman (P)2018 Tantor
Lucy in the Sky
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A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal. The author of this diary began journaling on her 16th birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything. One party, where she took one taste - and liked it. Really liked it. Social drinking and drugging lead to more, faster, harder.... She convinced herself that she was no different from anyone else who liked to party. But the evidence indicates otherwise: Soon she was she hanging out with an edgy crowd, blowing off school and everything she used to care about, all to find her next high. But what goes up must come down, and everything - from her first swig, to her last breath - is chronicled in the diary she left behind.
©2012 Simon & Schuster, Inc. (P)2019 Tantor
Pies & Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery
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When Amy Ridley decided to compete in the Kellerton Summer Festival Pie Contest, the last thing she expected was to find the reigning pie queen, Mandy Jo, dead - a raspberry pie smashed on her face! Mandy Jo made fantastic pies, but she accumulated more enemies than baking trophies. But when Amy receives a note threatening her own life, she decides to do some investigating herself. It seems that half the town has a reason to kill the mean pie queen, and Amy finds herself sifting through a list of suspects that's longer than her list of recipes. Not to mention playing cupid for her love-shy best friend, fending off a baker intent on finding out her prize-winning culinary secrets, and ducking the deadly attentions of Mandy Jo's killer. If Amy doesn't find out who wanted the pie queen dead soon, her own goose may be cooked!
©2014 Janel Gradowski (P)2015 Janel Gradowski
Hold On to Me
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Jade Mackenzie left her high-society family’s expectations behind when she came back to cozy Haven, and she’s never been happier. But what’s supposed to be a quick trip to Nashville for a cousin’s wedding turns into a disaster when one of the airport’s pilots offers to fly her there. One crash landing and a shared room later, and tattooed, bearded Cash Miller is standing in as her gorgeously unsuitable plus-one - and turning her on in ways she can’t deny. But a relationship? A real one? That’s definitely in the no-fly zone. Vincent “Cash” Miller doesn’t have much in the world, but he does have pride - and a strict policy not to let anyone trash-talk his friends, not even their mothers. Standing up for sexy, headstrong Jade comes naturally - but so does the bone-deep itch for her he’s always wanted to scratch. Giving in to attraction is one thing, but commitment is another. So why does it feel like together, love might take them to breathtaking heights?
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Stay with Me
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At 18, Olivia Daniels left Haven behind and never looked back. Doggedly climbing the corporate ladder, she’s finally nearing the top when her father dies - leaving her part-owner of the run-down airport that was his first love. It’s a complication she intends to wrap up quickly - buying out her co-owner and selling the land. Good thing her childhood best friends are with her for moral support - because one look at her new partner is proof that her tidy plan has hit turbulence. Jackson Morgan practically grew up in Haven’s airport, and no one could have been a better mentor than Olivia’s dad. Flight is in his blood, but his roots are firmly planted, and there’s no way he’s giving up the airport - not even for sassy, headstrong Olivia, his childhood crush. Coming to an agreement won’t be easy, especially when the attraction between them soars to new heights every day. Love definitely wasn’t on the itinerary, but is it enough to keep them together for a lifetime trip?
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Mystic
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Since arriving in Enchantment, New Mexico, everything in Daire Santos' life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living and the dead. And with the fate of her boyfriend Dace in the balance, Daire must put aside her personal feelings and focus on defeating Cade, whose evil plans threaten everyone she loves and the world as she knows it. Mystic is the third book in the Soul Seekers, a magnificent series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead, by New York Times best-selling author Alyson Noël.
©2013 Alyson Noël, LLC (P)2021 Tantor