Gwendolyn Stone has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors. The most-rated is The Widower.
Amish Caretaker
Summary
Norma Glick has been longing for something better, ever since her mother died, leaving her in charge of a household with four siblings. She dares to dream of Trevor Schwartz - with his tender smile and easygoing ways - as part of her future. But when her aging Onkel Silas comes to stay in their home, Norma finds herself forced to give up all her dreams. Silas's demands consume her days, and as he gets older and sicker, her resentment grows. But Norma is about to find out that God has more in mind for her than frustration and exhaustion. Silas is all part of a plan - a plan to show her what truly matters. A plan to show Norma the scope of compassion, the breadth of grace, and the goodness of being needed.
©2019 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
Establishing a Research-Friendly Environment
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Encouraging RNs at every level to conduct research and encourages evidence-based practice and improved care. As the Magnet Recognition Program® continues to influence hospital-based nursing, the need to educate clinical nurses on how to conduct research is more important than ever. Establishing a Research-Friendly Environment: A Hospital-Based Approach is a unique book that helps clinical nurses conduct or participate in research that leads to better health care in hospitals. Each chapter includes an introduction, working definitions of key concepts, and resources required for success. The text also features numerous case examples that serve to highlight research done by nurses and health professionals in the field.
©2020 Jones & Bartlett Learning (P)2020 Jones & Bartlett Learning
The Forbidden Driver
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Every day, Mercy Hess walks home from her babysitting job and sees a particular driver zoom by. Always the same driver, yet always a different car. One blustery day, the driver slows and offers Mercy - who is drenched - a lift. Throwing caution to the wind, she accepts. The driver’s name is Charlie Westman, and she finds herself drawn to him...and accepting more than one ride from him as the days go on. But he’s an Englischer and falling for him means leaving everything she knows and loves. Elam Fisher has always loved Mercy Hess. He dreams of a bright future together and plans to court her - as soon as he gets up the courage. But he soon realizes Mercy isn’t interested in him - she’s seeing someone else. An Englischer. Knowing he can’t compete with that and not even wanting to, Elam struggles to forget Mercy. Mercy knows Elam likes her. He and Charlie couldn’t be more different. Mercy struggles with her choice to continue seeing Charlie. Things are moving toward a crisis...but can’t she put it off a little longer?
©2020 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
Dolly
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Traded to a brothel owner as payment for a gambling debt, Dolly Stroud's Arizona life is forever changed. Forced into a world of exhibition and danger, Dolly is left to fend for herself - until well-meaning neighbor Trace Anderson's interferes and presents the opportunity for change. Navigating the chance of a new life and the complexities of a budding romance with Trace, can Dolly find the strength to overcome her past and embrace the hope for a new future?
©2019 Lori Beasley Bradley (P)2020 Lori Beasley Bradley
A Scandalous Proposition: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
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Following her rejection of Mr. Darcy’s proposal at Hunsford, Elizabeth has time for reflection and soon realizes she misjudged Darcy and is in love with him. Before she can convey the sincerity of her affections, her life is thrust into turmoil with the death of Mr. Bennet. Facing a life of reduced circumstances and insecurities, Lizzy pleads with Darcy to give her a second chance to accept his proposal. Instead, he agrees to care for her family, but he no longer wants marriage. Lizzy will be his mistress if she wants his assistance. With few options, and harboring the small hope he might come to love her again, she accepts his scandalous proposition. This is a sensual Pride and Prejudice variation suitable only for adults who don’t object to intimacies between ODC.
©2019 Abbey North (P)2020 Abbey North
Watching over Cindy
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Pamela Blum wants nothing more than to marry the man of her dreams - Samuel Eicher. Handsome, devoted, and Amish to the very marrow of his bones, Samuel can be a little picky at times, but they've been quietly courting for nearly two years now. Samuel could propose at any minute, and Pamela can't wait. Her future is all planned out ahead of her. Until one day, a tragic event shatters that future. Pamela finds herself feeling alone and confused, lost without the support of her best friend and cousin Millie. What's more, Millie left behind a little girl and begged Pamela to promise to care for the toddler. Pamela's world is suddenly filled with questions. Why is Samuel so against the idea of Pamela caring for little Cindy? Is he really the man she wants to marry? How can she choose between the man her heart loves and the promise she made to a dying friend? And with her crystal-clear future now murky, can she see the kind and gentle Lucas, somehow, fitting into it?
©2020 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
Annie's New Beginning
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Annie Hershberger’s engagement doesn’t last 24 hours before her fiancé backs out and dumps her. Devastated and humiliated, she flees to Hollybrook to work in her uncle’s toy shop. Maybe this move will give her the new start she desperately needs. But Annie doesn’t count on an accidental shooting and the painful loss of one of Hollybrook’s youngest. She doesn’t count on meeting the victim’s grieving brother or the compassion for him that stirs in her heart. She doesn’t count on her father insisting she come home to attend her former beau’s wedding to his new fiancée. In this tender and heart-warming romance, Annie discovers that joy and happiness are possible on the heels of tragedy.
©2020 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
The Substitute Groom: Mail Order Brides of Nebraska
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Ashton Milford’s twin brother, Noel, is gunned down by outlaw Hank Riley. Noel’s dying wish is for Ashton to marry his intended bride, a woman Ashton knows nothing about. Later, Ashton regrets promising to marry this mystery woman in Noel’s stead and hopes she stays away from the family ranch. Delia Wayne and her young son, Josh, have lost everything. Only the hope of marriage to a rancher named Noel in Nebraska offers them any sort of future. She and Josh arrive in Planter’s Point, and Delia thinks she will soon wed the man she fell in love with through letters. To his dismay, Ashton discovers Delia, Noel’s fiancée, has arrived. His parents, Maggie and Fred, welcome her as part of the family, but Ashton resents her presence. His guilt at not informing anyone of his promise to marry Delia rises, and he wants her to return to Boston. What happens next is an adventure of love and danger; both Delia and Ashton must fight for their lives when outlaw Hank Riley returns to Planters Point.
©2020 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
The Punishment
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Doris Glick’s beau has been released from prison - and just in time for Christmas. Doris is sure that now everything will be fine. Life can return to normal, and she and Jordan can continue their courtship, with Christmas promising to be especially dear. But Doris is wrong. Dreadfully wrong. Nothing goes as she hopes. Jordan has changed - and not in a good way. She hardly knows him anymore. Matthew Wanner, Doris’s best friend and adopted cousin, begins to court his girlfriend in earnest. Doris wants to be happy for him, but she struggles. When she discovers why, her entire world tilts, and she is blindsided. Where is the promise of Christmas? Where is the joy and peace and love that Doris seeks? Join Doris as she struggles with false hope and broken dreams - join her as she learns that truth can truly set a person free.
©2019 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
The Widower
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Things go from bad to worse for Andrew Miller. After his wife dies, leaving him with a newborn daughter, he struggles to provide a stable home. But his mother-in-law has other ideas. And now, she wants to keep Susie with her permanently. But Andrew can’t allow it. He won’t allow it. He’s already lost too much. How he wishes Amy Yoder would come back and help him with Susie. When she was in his house caring for the baby, things were better. Smoother. Happier. But she’s gone now, and when Andrew sees her with her fiancé, something inside him shrivels. He fights his reaction, knowing he can’t possibly love Amy - not so soon after his beloved wife’s death. But at least, he has his daughter. Unless his mother-in-law gets her way. Is there any way Andrew can keep little Susie with him and also bring Amy back into his life? In the tradition of the works of Beverly Lewis, Cindy Woodsmall, and Wanda Brunstetter, best-selling author Brenda Maxfield continues to bring you gripping Amish tales of love, hope, and God’s miracles.
©2019 Tica House Publishing (P)2020 Tica House Publishing