Melissa Durbin has narrated 14 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is From Admiration to Love.
Snowbound at Hartfield: A Sweet Tea Novella - Pride and Prejudice Sequel
Summary
Colonel Fitzwilliam should have been happy facing retirement. No more Napoleon, no more tromping the Continent, and his distant cousin had unexpectedly left him an estate. What was more, two of his favorite people, Darcy and Elizabeth, were travelling with him to visit his new home. But the colonel wasn’t happy, not when he was forced to watch Darcy exchanging enamored glances with his wife. No, he wanted to pitch his cousin out the window. It didn’t help when Darcy kept lecturing him on the joys of wedded life - as if women like Elizabeth Darcy grew on every tree. Then the snow started. Now they were stranded at the home of George and Emma Knightley, another intolerable, blissfully wedded couple who wanted nothing more than to see his bachelor days come to an end. Thank heavens they never thought of matching him with the proud spinster who had also been caught in the storm. That would have been utterly intolerable. Or would it? A Jane Austen-inspired sweet Regency romance.
©2017 Maria Grace (P)2019 Maria Grace
The Darcys' First Christmas
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Elizabeth anxiously anticipates her new duties as mistress of Pemberley. Darcy is confident of her success, but she cannot bring herself to share his optimism. Unexpected guests unsettle all her plans and offer her the perfect Christmastide gift, shattered confidence. Can she and Darcy overcome their misunderstandings and salvage their first Christmastide together? From the award winning author of Given Good Principles, Remember the Past and Mistaking Her Character, Sweet Tea short stories offer the perfect bite to transport listeners back to the Regency era for the first days of new love.
©2015 Maria Grace (P)2019 Maria Grace
From Admiration to Love
Summary
Sweet, Austen-inspired treats, perfect with a cup of tea. Full of hope and ripe with possibility, Christmastide tales refresh the heart with optimism and anticipation. After the debacle of the previous holiday season, Darcy and Elizabeth joyfully anticipate Christmastide 1813, Georgiana’s come out at Pemberley’s Twelfth Night Ball culminating the season. With months of planning behind the event, even Lady Matlock is satisfied and sends Colonel Fitzwilliam to represent the family, assuring there will be no repeat of the previous Christmastide. On St. Nicholas’, Anne de Bourgh and Lady Catherine arrive on Pemberley’s doorstep - never a good sign - demanding sanctuary against the de Bourghs who (according the Lady Catherine) are trying to retake Rosings Park for their family with plans to seduce and marry Anne. Needless to say, Darcy and Fitzwilliam are skeptical. Not long afterwards, three gentlemen suitors appear at Pemberley, hoping to court Anne and obliging Darcy to offer holiday hospitality. Anne adores the attention whilst Lady Catherine makes her displeasure known, throwing Pemberley into turmoil that threatens the Twelfth Night Ball. Can Darcy and Elizabeth, with a little help from Fitzwilliam, soothe Lady Catherine’s nerves, see Anne to a respectable match, and still salvage Georgiana’s come out? From the award-winning author of Given Good Principles, Remember the Past, and Mistaking Her Character, Sweet Tea short stories offer the perfect bite to transport listeners back to the Regency era for the first days of new love.
©2017 Maria Grace (P)2019 Maria Grace
The Attentions of a Most Affectionate Mother: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
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Mary goes to the library looking for escape, not love. With three daughters married in a single year, one would think that Mrs. Bennet’s matchmaking ploys would diminish. One would be wrong. Very wrong. To avoid her mother’s affectionate arts, Mary takes refuge at Clarke’s library. There, in the reading room, she can forget the trials of Longbourn, lost in the pages of her favorite books. The strategy works - surprisingly well in fact - until the morning a tall, handsome stranger wants the same book she has already checked out - a text she needs to help a friend. Instead of politely waiting until she is finished with it, as a proper gentleman would, he insists she give it up to him immediately. When she rejects his demands - the audacity of it all! - he refuses to take no for answer, and appears on Longbourn’s doorstep. Now Mama has seen him, matchmaking is not far behind. Mary is determined to escape Mama’s machinations at all costs. But, maybe, just maybe, this time Mama is right.
©2018 Maria Grace (P)2019 Maria Grace
Taken
Summary
Rachel Wood finally learns the secret that her new boyfriend Benji has been hiding: He is a vampire. She discovers his world in the mysterious Lyndvia Castle on the Hudson River. But just as their romance is blossoming, Benji’s twin brother shows up with a message that might mean the end for them all. Rachel will have to decide how much she wants to sacrifice to be with the love of her life.
©2019 Emma Knight (P)2019 Emma Knight
Fallen
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In Fallen (book number seven of the Vampire Legends), Rachel Wood wakes to find she has fallen down a hole, into a fantasy world from which she tries to escape. She searches desperately for Benji, but destiny seems intent on keeping them apart. Rachel, saved from the underworld by her Grandmother, finally learns the secrets of who she is - and how powerful she is. Benji fights for his life, his love for Rachel never fading, he eager to be reunited with her. But he is up against forces more powerful than ever, and he may not be able to break free. Darker forces than ever are at play, determined to end the world, and it will be a race against time as they all converge on the portal in the midst of the ocean, all of them fighting for possession of the ancient relic that alone can save the world. More than anything, Rachel is determined to save her love. But as a dramatic twist comes at the end, she realizes, this time, all may be lost forever... Fallen is book number seven of the best-selling Vampire Legends series (following Sworn, Taken, Bitten, Chosen, Awakened, and Risen).
©2018 Emma Knight (P)2020 Emma Knight
For Eternity
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Down on her luck... Since divorcing her abusive ex, Natalie is finally on her way back to the woman she used to be. She has a job she loves, an apartment that's all her own, and the best group of friends a woman could have. Content with her current situation, Natalie has no idea that her world is about to be turned upside down. The man who has everything... To the outside world, Carson Brandt appears to have everything he could ever want and then some. He built his company from the ground up, and as CEO of Brandt Industries, he has the world at his fingertips. But there's one thing he doesn't have, and she's the only one who can give it to him. Natalie thinks she's going on a work trip to Ireland, but Carson has other plans. Will he convince her to give him the eternity he desires, or will their differences prove to be too vast?
©2018 Bethany Lopez (P)2019 Bethany Lopez
Risen
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In Risen (book six of the Vampire Legends), Rachel Wood embarks on a mission to find her grandmother in New Orleans and to learn the secret of who she really is. Her travels take her deep into mysterious territory as she searches for her roots and for an explanation of all that is happening to her. Benji will not give up on her, even though she can’t remember who he is. He is still in love with her, and more determined than ever to find her and rescue her - before it is too late. Rachel’s brother struggles to keep from giving in to his dark side, as he grapples to come to terms with his new power. Her sister Sarah tries to come to grip with her new life at Syracuse, while learning what it means to be a vampire herself. Rob, driven by his love for Rachel, fights to shake off the influence of the dark coven. He will have to fight for Rachel’s love, hoping her loss of memory will also mean she has forgotten her love for Benji. It will be a race to save Rachel’s life as all these forces converge in an ancient cemetery in New Orleans. But there comes a shocking twist, and by then, it may all even be too late. Will Rachel finally remember her true love? And will she be willing to sacrifice it all for him? Risen is book six of the best-selling Vampire Legends series (following Sworn, Taken, Bitten, Chosen, and Awakened).
©2020 Emma Knight (P)2020 Emma Knight
Bitten
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Rachel Wood wakes in a castle to find herself turned into a vampire. She longs for home, for a normal life. But she is changing too fast. When she learns Benji is in danger, she realizes she has to find him. She will stop at nothing to be with him - even if it means having to choose between life and death.
©2018 Emma Knight (P)2020 Emma Knight
Betrayed
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18th-century England: Devastated by the sudden murder of her parents, Kate Lancaster vows to find the killer with the help of Christopher Bradshaw. Her heart races whenever the handsome nobleman is near, but his overbearing wife is constantly playing the matchmaker with their foppish son. Kate and Christopher try to resist the temptation of their mutual attraction while striving to solve a perplexing mystery: Who wanted the Lancasters dead and, more importantly, why? This historical mystery is laden with romantic tension and will keep listeners guessing until the dramatic end.
©2013 Christine De Melo (P)2021 Christine De Melo
A Less Agreeable Man: Pride and Prejudice Variation
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Dull, plain, and practical, Mary Bennet was the girl men always overlooked. Nobody thought she’d garner a second glance, much less a husband. But she did, and now, she’s grateful to be engaged to Mr. Michaels, the steady, even-tempered steward of Rosings Park. By all appearances, they are made for each other, serious, hard-working, and boring. Michaels finds managing Rosings Park relatively straightforward, but he desperately needs a helpmate like Mary, able to manage his employers: the once proud Lady Catherine de Bourgh who is descending into madness and her currently proud nephew and heir Colonel Fitzwilliam, whose extravagant lifestyle has left him ill-equipped for economy and privation. Colonel Fitzwilliam had faced cannon fire and sabers, taken a musket ball to the shoulder and another to the thigh, stood against Napoleon and lived to tell of it, but barking out orders and the point of his sword aren’t helping him save Rosings Park from financial ruin. Something must change quickly if he wants to salvage any of his inheritance. He needs help, but Michaels is tedious and Michaels’ fiancée, the opinionated Mary Bennet, is stubborn and not to be borne. Apparently, quiet was not the same thing as meek, and reserved did not mean mild. The audacity of the woman, lecturing him on how he should manage his barmy aunt! The fact that she is usually right doesn’t help. Miss Bennet gets under his skin, growing worse by the day until he finds it very difficult to remember that she's engaged to another man. Can order be restored to Rosings Park, or will Lady Catherine’s madness ruin them all? Final volume of The Queen of Rosings Park series. Jane Austen-inspired sweet Regency romance.
©2017 Maria Grace (P)2020 Maria Grace
Beachfront Bakery: A Murderous Macaron
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Beachfront Bakery: A Murderous Macaron is the second book in a charming and hilarious new cozy-mystery series by number-one best-selling author Fiona Grace, whose best-selling Murder in the Manor (A Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery) has nearly 200 five-star reviews. Allison Sweet, 34, a sous chef in Los Angeles, has had it up to here with demeaning customers, her demanding boss, and her failed love life. After a shocking incident, she realizes the time has come to start life fresh and follow her lifelong dream of moving to a small town and opening a bakery of her own. A rude tourist dies after eating his way up and down the boardwalk, and all eyes fall on Allison, as the police blame her new macarons. The macarons have a secret ingredient that is so delicious it has customers lining up and down the boardwalk - but they are not, she knows, the cause of death. Allison, forced to clear her name and salvage her customers, has no choice but to retrace the victim’s foodie trek up and down the boardwalk, and to figure out what he ate - or who he insulted - that could have gotten him killed. With her beloved dog at her side, it is a race against time to crack the mystery and solve the crime before she loses her bakery - and her budding romance - for good. A hilarious cozy-mystery series, packed with twists, turns, romance, travel, food, and unexpected adventure, the Beachfront Bakery will keep you laughing and resisting the pause button late into the night, as you fall in love with an endearing new character who will capture your heart.
©2021 Fiona Grace (P)2021 Fiona Grace
Morgan Rice: Vampire Bundle
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This bundle includes the first book in two of Morgan Rice’s number one best-selling series - The Vampire Journals and Vampire, Fallen - all here in one convenient place! This bundle offers a great introduction to Morgan Rice’s epic fantasy series. In Turned (book one of the Vampire Journals), 18-year-old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school. Caitlin suddenly finds herself changing, overcome by a superhuman strength, a sensitivity to light, and a desire to feed. She seeks answers to what’s happening to her, and she finds herself in the midst of a vampire war, at the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught between two men as a forbidden love blossoms, she must decide if she will risk both their lives to save humanity, and to be with the one she loves. In Before Dawn (book one of Vampire, Fallen), Kate, 17, hates her life. An outcast in her own family, who doesn’t understand her, she is hated by her more popular and beautiful sister, and despised by her controlling mother, who favors her sister over her. Kate’s only solace is her friends and her smarts. But even with that, her life seems destined for a dead-end, especially when her mother announces she will have to stay back from college to pay for her sister’s tuition. But one day, all that changes. On her 17th birthday, one of the popular boys falls for her. At the same time, a mysterious new boy Elijah arrives at her school, and their connection is undeniable. All seems to be turning her way...when a terrible accident turns her life upside down.
©2020 Morgan Rice (P)2020 Morgan Rice
Tinted Windows
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“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” (Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos, Once Gone) Tinted Windows (A Chloe Fine Mystery) is book number six in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number one best seller Once Gone (book number one) has over 1,000 five-star reviews. When a popular personal trainer is murdered in a high-end suburb, FBI VICAP Special Agent Chloe Fine, 27, is summoned to sift through a small town filled with cheating spouses and figure out who may have wanted him dead - and why. Behind the manicured lawns, Chloe learns, lie broken marriages, lonely spouses, secrets, and endless lies - all hiding behind the veil of perfection. Beneath the carefully built facade of a polished, upstanding community lies a populace dishonest to its core. What secrets led to this man’s being murdered? And who will be next to die? An emotionally wrought psychological suspense with layered characters, small-town ambiance and heart-pounding suspense, Tinted Windows is book number six in a riveting new series that will leave you listening late into the night.
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce