Kathy Garver has narrated 21 audiobooks on Listento.it by 29 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 20 ratings. The most-rated is White Lies.
White Lies
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Relationships are challenging enough for most single, over-30 women. For level-10 parasensitive Clare Lancaster, they're a minefield. The elite few who know her secret call her a human lie detector, and any falsehood, no matter how subtle or well hidden, sets her blood racing.
Over the years, Clare has come to accept that someone with her extraordinary talents is unlikely to find a suitable mate. And she's even resigned herself to the fact that everyone, to one degree or another, hides behind a façade - including her recently deceased brother-in-law.
When Clare finds the body of Brad McAllister, the golden child of Stone Canyon, Arizona, the posh residents turn a suspicious eye in her direction. As Archer Glazebrook's daughter, Clare is shielded from the law, but not the gossip. It seems that meeting the half sister and family she did not know until seven months ago was a mistake. Now her father summons her from California to play a role in his business empire, and Clare doesn't intend on making the same mistake twice.
But after meeting Jake Salter, Archer's "business consultant", she is convinced that things aren't what they seem. Salter's careful conversation walks a delicate line between truth and deception, revealing and resisting. Something sparks and sizzles between them - something more than the usual electricity between a man and a woman.
Caught in a dizzying storm of secrets, lies, and half-truths, Jake and Clare will plunge into an investigation that demands every bit of their special gifts. Together, they must overcome their mutual distrust in order to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder.
©2007 Jayne Ann Krentz (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Even Now
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A young woman seeking answers to her heart’s deepest questions. A young man longing for a long-lost love. A man and woman separated by lies and long years. With hallmark tenderness and power, New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a tapestry of lives, loss, love, and faith - and the miracle of resurrection. Shane Galanter is a man ready to put down roots after years of searching. But is he making the right choice? Or, is there a woman somewhere who even now remembers - as does he - those long-ago days...and a love that hasn’t faded with time? Lauren Gibbs is a successful international war correspondent who gave up on "happily ever after" years ago - when it was ripped away from her. Since then, she’s never looked back. So, why can’t she put to rest the one question that haunts her: Why is life so empty? Emily Anderson is a college freshman raised by her grandparents and about to take her first internship as a journalist. But before she can move ahead, she discovers a love story with a tragic ending that accompanied her birth. As a result, she is compelled to look back and search out the mother she’s never met. Sometimes, hope for the future is found in the ashes of yesterday. Book one is followed by Ever After. Powerful Christian fiction about hope and love in all its shapes
©2005 Karen Kingsbury (P)2005 The Zondervan Corporation
Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Miracles - 101 True Stories of Healing, Faith, and More
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Here are 101 Miracles to deepen your faith, give you hope, and brighten your day! These 101 amazing stories prove that God is actively involved in our daily lives, working miracles on our behalf. You will be awed and gratified by miraculous true accounts of healing, faith, divine intervention, and answered prayers. You’ll read tales of signs from above, the healing power of prayer, extraordinary connections with loved ones who have passed on, angels, divine appointments, and the everyday miracles we too often overlook. Among the 101 miracles, you’ll share the joy and inspiration of: Warren Holland, who prayed intensely as his US Air flight landed safely in the Hudson River Kimberly McLagan, who put herself in God’s hands after seven years of infertility and then had four children Kathleen Kardon, whose children were miraculously rescued from her submerged car by a mysterious man who immediately disappeared Herchel Newman, the firefighter trapped in a deathly blaze who prayed to Jesus and was told how to escape Heidi Krumenauer, whose mother’s inoperable terminal cancer disappeared after she prayed and recited Psalm 23 over and over
©2011 Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Sleeping with Fear
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Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood. Even more frightening, she didn't remember what happened the night before. In fact, she barely remembered the previous three weeks. An ex-army officer, now a federal agent assigned to the Special Crimes Unit, Riley was a chameleon - a clairvoyant who could blend in with her surroundings, be anyone or anything she chose to be. The SCU's expert on the occult, she'd been sent to the beachfront cottage on Opal Island by her enigmatic chief, Noah Bishop, to investigate reports of dangerous occult activity. But that was three weeks ago. Now she's awoken to discover that she's got a sexy new man in her life and an unreliable memory, and that the clairvoyant abilities she's always depended on to protect her are MIA. Worse yet, with SCU resources stretched thinner than ever before, Riley is alone and without backup, feeling her way through a deadly game of blindman's buff, where no one around her is quite who or what they seem. And a bizarre murder is only the first jarring reminder of how high the stakes really are. Bishop wants Riley off the case. So does powerful local D.A. Ash Prescott. Both her old retired army buddy Gordon Skinner and Sheriff Jake Ballard believe she can catch a vicious killer. But one of these four men knows exactly what's going on in this coastal community, and that's knowledge Riley desperately needs. For what Riley can't remember is more than enough to cost her her life. This time evil isn't just closer than she thinks - it's already there.
©2006 Kay Hooper (P)2006 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
A Vote of Confidence
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Beautiful and single, Guinevere Arlington knows her "place" in the early 20th century. She just refuses to stay there. Gwen loves her life in Idaho - the mountains, the town, her independence. But when she runs for mayor - and falls in love with her opponent - Gwen realizes winning may come at too high a price.
©2009 Robin Lee Hatcher (P)2009 Zondervan
About Face
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Dottie Ponedel knows how to amuse with rouge. Her autobiography, the story of a pioneering woman makeup artist, whose career spanned the entire length of Hollywood's Golden Era from silent movies to the great films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, puts a new foundation on the stars. Sinners and saints without greasepaint make for memorable close-ups. Enjoy Dottie's confidential revelations about Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Joan Blondell, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, and others. "No stranger is going to pat this puss," Mae West once declared. Mae, and Dottie's other clients, often demanded her services, but tomcats and contracts seldom blended. Dottie constantly fought all-male makeup departments at the studios to get the recognition she deserved. Amazing challenges facing a woman at the top of her craft play poignantly against her straight-talking, heartwarming, hilarious encounters with famous faces. Dottie Ponedel. The designer with eye liner.
©2018 Dorothy Ponedel and Meredith Ponedel (P)2018 BearManor Media
The Promise Box
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Every year, young Amish men descend on the cozy little town of West Kootenai, Montana, arriving in the spring to live there for six months and receive "resident" status for the hunting season in the fall. They arrive as bachelors, but go home with brides! In The Promise Box, the second book of best-selling author Tricia Goyer’s Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series, Lydia Wyse, a book editor from Seattle who grew up Amish, returns to the small community of West Kootenai to give comfort to her father after her mother’s death. She is drawn back to the familiar Amish ways after finding her mother’s most precious possession, a Promise Box of prayers and scripture. What her publisher sees, though, is an opportunity for a sensational "tell-all" book about the Amish. Lydia soon finds herself falling in love with Amish bachelor Gideon Hooley. She wants nothing more than to forget her past and look forward to a future as an Amish bride. But will the pain of her childhood - and her potential betrayal of her community - keep her from committing her whole heart?
©2013 Tricia Goyer (P)2013 Zondervan
Ever After
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In this moving sequel to Even Now, Emily Anderson, now 20, is attending college on a soccer scholarship. Then she meets the man who changes everything for her: Army reservist Justin Baker. Their tender relationship, founded on a mutual faith in God and nurtured by their trust and love for each other, proves to be a shining inspiration to everyone they know, especially Emily's reunited birth parents, Lauren Gibbs and Shane Galanter. Lauren and Shane still struggle to move past their opposing beliefs about war, politics, and faith. Shane believes it's possible; Lauren doesn't. So she says a painful good-bye to her long-ago love and returns to her job as a war correspondent in Afghanistan. Both Lauren and Shane are shattered, believing that this time their relationship may have ended forever. Then tragedy sends shockwaves through all their lives. Can Lauren and Shane set aside their opposing views so that love, God's love, might win, no matter how great the odds?
©2006 Karen Kingsbury (P)2006 Zondervan
Between Sundays
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Football season becomes a time of realization that life's most important victories are won off the field. A star running back with much to learn, a younger player with much to give, and a woman with a heart for underprivileged kids - all three are thrown together into a time of self-discovery and a new awareness of the things that matter most.
©2007 Karen Kingsbury (P)2007 Zondervan
What's It Like to Be Married to Me?
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"This isn’t what I dreamed about. Can’t my marriage be better than this?" Yes! Who you become as a wife can impact the intimacy, passion, and joy in your marriage. But how do you get there? In What’s It Like to Be Married to Me?, Linda Dillow challenges you to ask yourself risky questions: What does it feel like to be my husband? What is it like to make love with me? Why do I want to stay mad at him? Extremely intimate and honest, Linda shares the best and worst things she has done in her nearly 50 years of marriage as she leads you into God’s heart for what your marriage could be. With guidance for making your own Marriage Purpose Statement, What’s It Like to Be Married to Me? is about knowing the difference between having a desire for a better marriage and setting the goal of having a better marriage—as you look in the mirror to see how you can change. In fact, this is not an audiobook about marriage at all. It’s a book about how to live out your marriage, day by day and year by year, as you become the wife you long to be and watch it impact your marriage!
©2011 Linda Dillow (P)2011 Oasis
Summer Moon
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The tender tale of a woman without choices who risks everything for one last chance at happiness. "Rancher Seeking Wife" - for Kate Whittington, the modest words in a newspaper ad are the answer to her desperate prayers. Daughter of a dockside harlot and raised in a bleak orphanage, she has no prospects in the unforgiving Maine village of her birth. Correspondence from the lonely Texas widower looking for a mail order bride sparks tempting dreams of a house, a family and a future in a land filled with possibilities. Kate arrives at the magnificent Lone Star Ranch eager to meet her new husband. Instead she is greeted by the news that Reed Benton has been wounded during a raid on a Comanche village and has returned with a prisoner - a wild-looking boy who may be his long lost son. Even more shattering, however, is the fact that Reed has never heard of Kate, never wrote the letters that charmed her soul. Reed Benton doesn''t want a wife. But he does need someone to look after the boy - a bitter reminder of a past ravaged by lies and betrayal. It will take a miracle to heal these two damaged souls . . . Or the faith of one woman with nothing left to lose but her heart.
©2002 Jill Marie Landis (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Rocking Horse - A Personal Biography of Betty Hutton
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Most fondly remembered for her starring role as “Cissy” in the long-running international TV hit Family Affair, Kathy Garver has also garnered critical acclaim in movies, stage, radio, voice-over animation and audio-book narration. For Rocking Horse, Kathy Garver adds her knowledge of voice over, the entertainment world and her many talents to make this biography of Betty Hutton a personal affair and cautionary tale. Kathy brings a wealth of experience to lift the well-written words off the printed page to create an exciting and fulfilling listening experience. A four-time Audie Award winner (the Oscar for the spoken word), reviewers and fans heartily agree that Ms. Garver's audio renditions are a grade above the rest. Rocking Horse, Kathy's latest project, entertains, engages and will be remembered as an excellent listening experience. Available for download and purchase now, highly recommended.
©2009 gene aceri (P)2014 kathy garver
In the Presence of Greatness
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Patty first gained national attention and praise playing Helen Keller in both the Broadway stage and film versions of The Miracle Worker. As identical cousins on The Patty Duke Show, her name became an American household word. Her later work in Valley of the Dolls, Me, Natalie, My Sweet Charlie, a later television remake of The Miracle Worker, and dozens of other productions established her as one of America’s leading actresses. Patty’s previous autobiographical works, Call Me Anna and A Brilliant Madness, achieved New York Times best-seller status. Now, her indelible show-business legacy echoes enduringly with untold stories of her six-decade career and the legends of her time, including Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, Helen Hayes, Fred Astaire, Anne Bancroft, Judy Garland, President John F. Kennedy, Helen Keller, Margaret Cho, Garth Brooks, Gloria Vanderbilt, Lucille Ball, Darren Criss, Richard Crenna, Patricia Neal, Liza Minnelli, and Helen Hunt. For the first time, Patty also talks openly of her friendship with actress Sharon Tate and her grisly murder at the hands of Charles Manson.
©2018 by Ben Omart (P)2021 BearManor Media
A Matter of Character
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In A Matter of Character, by award-winning author Robin Lee Hatcher, the year is 1918 and writing gritty dime novels simply isn't done by a woman. So Daphne McKinley - smart, pretty, talented - publishes her rough-and-tumble books under a male pseudonym. But when a newspaperman enlists her aid in restoring his grandfather's good name, Daphne finds herself re-examining the power of her words and reconsidering the direction of her life.
©2010 Robin Lee Hatcher (P)2010 Zondervan
George Bettinger's Mom & Pop Shop: The Interviews
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Comedian and radio personality George Bettinger talked with Emmy-winning actress-comedienne Lily Tomlin (Laugh-In) just after she received her Kennedy Center Honors Award. Tomlin, who currently stars opposite Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, and Sam Waterston in the hit Netflix original series Grace and Frankie, is just one of 10 rare and unedited celebrity interviews in this collection: Madeline Kahn, Julie Newmar, Rose Marie, Robert Morse, Judy Tenuta, Butch Patrick, Michael Learned, Kathy Garver, Drew Friedman, and Lily Tomlin. In 1982, George Bettinger got started in TV with Movie Magic, a series he wrote, produced, and hosted. Movie Magic (later The George Bettinger Show) ran on Manhattan Cable Television from 1982 to 1987. It was cartoons, comedy, and fun. Soupy Sales said George made him think of himself when he was young. During the making of Movie Magic, George was also appearing on The Joe Franklin Show and The Uncle Floyd Show. Next he moved on to doing radio and TV commercials. Soon he was producing and directing corporate training films for companies such as Pfizer, Hoffman LaRoche, The Cancer Institute, and Maimonides Medical Center. His CDs have been given fine mention in The Daily News, New York Post, and Herald Tribune newspapers. Currently George is teaching acting and creative writing and continuing to host live shows. You can hear George Bettinger live on his Internet radio show The Mom & Pop Shop on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 4:00 pm EDT and 1:00 PM Pacific. The show is an entertaining mixture of classic and rare music and features zany comedy skits with his unique impersonations.
©2014 George Bettinger (P)2014 Joe Bevilacqua and Waterlogg Productions
The Beloved Daughter
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In a small North Korean village, a young girl struggles to survive. Catastrophic floods have ravaged her countryside. But it is her father's faith, not the famine of North Hamyong Province, that most threatens Chung-Cha's well-being. Is Chung-Cha's father right to be such a vocal believer? Or is he a fool to bring danger on the head of his only daughter? Chung-Cha is only a girl of twelve and is too young to answer such questions. Yet, she is not too young to face a life of imprisonment and forced labor. Her crime? Being the daughter of a political dissident. The Beloved Daughter follows Chung-Cha into one of the most notorious prison camps the contemporary free world has known. Will Chung-Cha survive the horrors of Camp 22? And if she does survive, will her faith remain intact?
©2013 Alana Terry (P)2013 Alana Terry
When Love Blooms
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From the moment Gavin Blake set eyes on Emily Harris, he knew she would never make it in the rugged high country where backbreaking work and constant hardship were commonplace. Emily is determined to prove him wrong. A heartwarming historical romance by best-selling author Robin Lee Hatcher.
©2009 Robin Lee Hatcher (P)2009 Zondervan
Pussy Tales
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Intrigue, crime, and murder create suspense in this edge-of-your-seat collection of cat mystery stories whose plots are all centered on a beloved feline, written by some of the finest, best-selling mystery writers of all time. Full list of authors includes Bill Cridermore and Carolyn Wheat.
©1998 Dove Audio (P)2019 Phoenix Books
Twilight Whispers
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RITA Award Winner, Best Single Title Romance, 1988
Dear Listener, Twilight Whispers was a challenge for me. At the time I wrote it - 1987 - I wanted to push myself as a writer. The result: a book that was longer and more complex than anything I had written before then. In many respects, it is my first mainstream novel. Here is the story of three families: the Warrens and the Whytes, wealthy, powerful, and connected by the marriage of Deborah Warren and Mark Whyte; and the not-so-wealthy Morells - Cassie, the loyal housekeeper for the Warrens, and her daughter, Katia, who grew up with and adores the Warren and Whyte children.
The story opens with the funeral of Deborah and Mark, who have been murdered. In the course of his investigation, Robert Cavanaugh, the detective assigned to the case, traces the rise of the families to power and uncovers secrets and scandals aplenty. He also comes to admire - and I hope you will come to love - Jordan Whyte and Katia Morell, whose futures are irrevocably linked.
Twilight Whispers is part family saga, part murder mystery, and part love story. Re-reading this book in anticipation of its reissue, I was enthralled by its characters just as strongly as I was when the book was first published so many years ago. It stands the test of time. I highly recommend it!
Truly,
Barbara Delinsky
©1994 Barbara Delinsky (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Fit to Be Tied
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It’s 1916, and Idaho rancher Cleo Arlington knows everything about horses but nothing about men. So when charged with transforming English aristocrat Sherwood Statham from playboy into cowboy, she’s totally disconcerted. So is Statham, who’s never encountered a woman succeeding in a “man’s world”. Their bumpy trot into romance is frustrating, exhilarating, and ultimately heartwarming.
©1997 Bill Hybels & Lynne Hybels (P)2009 Zondervan