Lesley Dessalles has narrated 8 audiobooks on Listento.it by 8 authors. The most-rated is Captain Jenna & the Sky Pirates.
Mrs. Coyle's Cookbook
Summary
Inspired by Stories from 99 Nightingale Lane and to accompany the popular series, Stories and Recipes from 99 Nightingale Lane from Ida Coyle. I do believe I was born thinking about food, which didn’t do me much good, seeing as we didn’t have much of it. I know I’m lucky compared to many who had it harder than me...I’ve worked at 99 Nightingale Lane for most of my life, taken in by the family who lived there before the Sterns when my Ma was killed by The Ripper. They were an old London family, not that I would have taken any notice then. I was just a smidgen of a girl, one of many who worked here, nearly as many as the fleas on a dog’s tail. And...this is one of the things I learned from Mrs. Brimble, the cook who taught me everything I know. "When I think about where I was born, where we lived over the tanners shop, and what my Ma had to do to put food on the table," I shook my head, "shehe wouldn’t believe that I stood there in that grand room, amongst all those beautiful things. And now I’m here in this kitchen with you, cooking the Hamilton’s luncheon. I so wish she could see me now." Mrs Brimble put a hand on my arm. "She is watching, Ida, and I know she’d be proud of how well you’ve done and how hardworking you are, but not because of who you work for. She’d be proud because of who you are, the type of person you’ve become. That’s what’s important, ducky, not money and things what can be bought. Not tables of silverware and fruits from the continents or gowns from the salons of Bond Street. You’re just a little’un really, still young, but you will learn about what’s important, and there will be more laughter and smiles and happiness below stairs around our simple table when we have our Christmas dinner than there will be in that beautiful room, you mark my words." She lowered her voice."Y’see, Ida, they haven’t learned how to count their blessings. This is just another day to them. They see rooms like that all the time so they’ve forgotten how to be swept away by it. Do you think Lady Davinia will go into that room and widen her eyes in wonder like you did? Do you think Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will take much notice of the table that the upstairs maids and the footman worked so hard to make look lovely? They’ll give it a glance only to find an imperfection. It’s how they are. They have plenty, they definitely do, but none of them appreciate it." She stared at me. "And that’s for your ears only," she whispered. You see. I had the best teacher. This is my story of when I was a girl starting work at the age of 13 and how I fought my way through the ranks below stairs to become cook at 99 Nightingale Lane. And I've brought my favourite recipes with me, documented in Mrs. Coyle's Cookbook for you to make yourself and for you and your family to enjoy. I hope you love my story and my recipes. It means so much to me that I've been given the opportunity to share them with you. Warmest wishes from your friend, Ida Coyle, cook at 99 Nightingale Lane.
©2021 Andrea Hicks (P)2021 Andrea Hicks
Gheist
Summary
Without a heart, but with a bizarre new power, a young woman seeks to regain what was taken from her - with a ghostly set of allies at her side. When a lost card game indebts her to local gangster Danton, gambling Scotswoman Kat McKay is kidnapped and forced to pay the price - the removal of her heart from her chest. Weak and emotionless but with a newfound power to see the dead, Kat plans a way get her heart back - with a set of unexpected allies. A fast-paced thriller set in Nevada’s famed gambling towns, Gheist follows Kat and a motley crew of criminal ghosts, including mobster Clint, stage magician Melchior, and hitman Jack "The Knife", as they embark on a risky scheme to regain their freedom and her heart. Unsure of who to trust, but determined to succeed, will Kat find a way to regain what was taken from her? To find out, get Richard Mosses’ latest novel Gheist right now.
©2019 Richard Mosses (P)2020 Richard Mosses
I Want Never Gets
Summary
When you put the past behind you, but the past won’t leave you behind....
Laura and Jack Harrington are the archetypal career couple. Good-looking and hard-working with a great life outside working hours. They live in a trendy flat and look forward to starting a family. But Laura is still haunted by her "dark days" - memories of being bullied by a girl at school. She is finding it hard to conceive and fears this is the result of the illness that followed her traumatic experience as a teenager.
As Laura fights to deal with her emotions, Jack throws himself into his work, having just landed himself a new job. When his new personal assistant arrives, he is relieved to find HR have found someone just as efficient as his previous one.
He has no idea how much effort she had gone to, to become Jack Harrington’s PA, who she really is, and what she has planned....
This tale of human weakness and revenge is an edge-of-your-seat story and will have listeners addicted right to the end.
©2018 Endeavour Media (P)2019 Tracey Waples
Smudge and Friends
Summary
Meet Smudge and his likeable furry friends as they deal with many new experiences that children may encounter whilst growing up. These stories show children how Smudge and his friends deal with things that scare them. That they themselves aren't the only ones afraid of the unfamiliar. Children will enjoy listening to Smudge and Friends and subconsciously learning confidence. Most of all, have fun with Smudge and his friends.
©2018 Olympia Publishers (P)2020 Olympia Publishers
Ride the Wind, Choose the Fire
Summary
Come on a whirlwind ride across time and place with one of the most recognizable figures of Western history - Joan of Arc. We all know of her, but few know the details of her life. Travel back in time, through the words of the maid, in a series of imaginary interviews conducted by the author. Join her on her journey from shepherdess to warrior woman, to her rise to sainthood. Enjoy Joan’s own words, recorded through two arduous trials. Listen to her own descriptions of the many battles and political maneuvers she lived through and starred in. Admire her courage and stoicism when wounded, her compassion for the enemy, her battle strategies and her horsemanship. Under the duress of imprisonment and trial, she still maintained her sense of humor, to the point of making her accusers and judges laugh-out-loud. Five hundred years later, the Catholic Church who condemned her as a heretic, made her a Saint. Come with Joan the Maid. Ride the wind. Choose the fire.
©2019 Veronica Schwarz (P)2020 Veronica Schwarz
Mr Stoker & I
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"A Modern Classic" My name is Miss Lucinda Meredith. Please, come sit with me a while, let me tell you my story. It was the Summer of 1890. Theatre manager and writer, Mr Bram Stoker, arrived here in Whitby after an arduous theatre tour of Scotland. It was to be a welcome respite before his return to London. What he discovered was far more intriguing. We met at dawn on the East Cliff, in the shadow of Whitby Abbey, on a bench overlooking the sea. So at ease in his company, I felt compelled to share the events that had haunted my existence. And after all these years, I wonder, could our chance encounter have inspired what would become, Bram Stoker's legacy? "Death finds us all, it is our finality. I had ached for death for so long, to rid me of the misery, torment - plague. Yet, when it came, my end only signified a beginning. The creation of something new."
©2019 Becky Wright (P)2021 Becky Wright
The Doll's House
Summary
"What horror dwells behind its peeling paint façade and lifeless windows?" A young mother, struggling after the birth of her second child, starts to question her sanity when the appearance of an unwanted childhood toy rekindles unwelcome nightmares. A chilling tale written by award-winning author Jonathan Green.
©2020 Jonathan Green (P)2020 Jonathan Green
Captain Jenna & the Sky Pirates
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A children’s adventure book, following a young girl as she gets taken aboard a flying pirate ship, sailing the clouds and collecting lightning. Along the way, she meets a wonderful array of characters and makes all new friends and enemies.
©2019 David Bennett (P)2020 David Bennett