Rosie O'Toole has narrated 13 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is My Bloodline.
My Bloodline
Summary
“We’re here to assist with your transition to Featherstone Academy.” Suddenly thrown into a world representing bloodlines I know nothing about, forcing a past I refuse to remember into the present, my world is turned upside down. It doesn’t matter that I didn’t want to go to college; it doesn’t matter that I don’t want to be here. I’ll follow the rules or risk my life. The organization that runs the criminal underworld is no joke. Apparently, I’m an Ace now, but few are happy about my arrival. Secrets have me wanting to run for the hills. Boys have curly hair, skull tattoos, big mouths, and gentle caresses. A diamond has me wanting to make the world a better place. For a lone ranger, my small world just got bigger. What am I willing to do to survive? This is a reverse harem romance that includes foul language, sexual scenes, and some M/M. Recommended for mature listeners.
©2021 KC Kean (P)2021 Podium Audio
Here...Hold My Wine!
Summary
Okay, so you're checking out this book, and you're wondering if it’s any good. Well, I can tell you this much: If you ever find anyone who has been through as many things as I have and is still left standing, then you know I’m someone who can’t be stopped. I have had many people come to me and ask me how I became so successful in life. Well, I believe, it’s the "thought process" that got me to where I am today. Nothing stops me from achieving my dreams. So, now, you are thinking, “Is this is going to be one of those boring ‘self-help’ books that everyone writes?” Well, you are wrong, my friend. When you read or listen to my original stories, or should we call them, "real-life drama", the "things" that happen to me are almost unbelievable experiences anyone could have, and with such bad luck. Bad luck...is there such a thing? You know what they say about karma. I guess I have really pissed off someone along the way. So, should I tell you early on the crazy things that happen to me? Nah...I want you to listen to the book, so there you have it. But, I have always taken the bull by the horns, so to speak, and changed the direction in my life by having a certain thought process. By sharing my stories of life’s ups and downs, I will hopefully give you a guide to my overall thought process, how I tackled each and every obstacle, and the decisions I made to keep moving forward in the direction I wanted. Hopefully, you can apply the way I approached challenges to make your life better. Cheers!
©2019 Robin F. Anderson (P)2019 Robin F. Anderson
Hide Your Heart
Summary
Hiding in plain sight just got complicated.... Lauren Taylor and her young son have fled back to her hometown to escape fame's cruel spotlight, and all she wants to do is start over. No press, no pictures, no problem. Until Nate Fraser, a sexy photojournalist, moves in next door. Resisting his kisses and keeping her secrets soon become the hardest thing she's ever done. Nate's got one foot out the door and one last assignment before he resumes his nomadic lifestyle, camera in hand. His every instinct screams that his beautiful but unwelcoming neighbor is hiding something. He couldn't care less when it's difficult enough to keep his eyes-and lips-off of her. No matter how much Nate attempts to keep his heart out of reach, he's drawn into her life. But a guy like him can never have what he wants most. Can he? Nate Fraser, a burned-out photojournalist, plans to fix up the property next door to Lauren and sell it as a celebrity retreat. Always on the move, Nate is only comfortable with short-term assignments and even shorter-term relationships. But it's not just his buyer's tight deadline or that the restoration is far beyond his expertise which turns a short-term project into an ordeal. Nate's plan of travelling the globe is in jeopardy-created by the intensity of his growing feelings for Lauren and her little boy. As the sparks of passion ignite between them it reawakens Nate's long forgotten dream of having a home and family. Lauren must find a way to trust Nate not only with her secrets, but with her heart-before her safe haven is exposed and she can no longer hide in the shadows.
©2015 Tracey Alvarez (P)2017 Tracey Alvarez
Something Molly Can't See
Summary
Thirty-something single mom Molly’s dreams came true when her new friend Lia invested in her doll-making business, and Molly’s Dollies was born. Unfortunately, her romantic dreams were shattered when her husband of over 15 years invested in a pyramid scheme...and ran off with all their money, and the woman at the top of the pyramid. No one has seen or heard from Ray in over a year, and Molly is finally opening up to new love. She babysat Tucker Swanson many moons ago, but their five-year age difference no longer matters, now that he’s a strong, sexy, and successful man. Unfortunately, as soon as Tucker acts upon his lifelong crush on Molly, Ray suddenly turns up and hinders their newfound romance with his own agenda. While juggling argumentative teens, waitressing, and her new business, Molly further complicates her life by agreeing to attend a "silent" retreat with her neighbors that is anything but Zen, and eventually finds herself in a champagne glass hot tub - but with the wrong man. When she finds an unexpected guest from the great beyond eating a chicken leg on her toilet, a whole new set of questions and obstacles arise to keep her and Tucker apart. Past and present secrets begin cropping up like the first flowers of spring, and Molly looks to loved ones - old and new - to help her find her long-lost aunt. As she struggles to uncover the truth about her family’s past and Tucker’s present, she can only hope to salvage true love with the man of her dreams - before the rest of the people in her life make her as crazy as a bedbug.
©2019 Carol Maloney Scott (P)2020 Carol Maloney Scott
Know Your Heart
Summary
When the landlady from hell becomes the one woman he can't live without.... Kicked off a movie set, actress Savannah Payne flees to her vacation house in Bounty Bay to prepare for the audition of a lifetime. Only a stubborn, sexy lawyer is currently renting it and he won't budge an inch. Not even when she uses every weapon in her arsenal to drive him out of his mind. But all's fair in love and war, including his kisses that make her want to surrender. Glen Cooper needs a distraction-free month to finish writing his first novel and he's found the perfect spot. As a lawyer he knows his legal rights, and the self-absorbed woman who doesn't remember the night he once saved her won't weaken his resolve. Too bad he's fighting a battle of attraction that he just can't win. With Savannah returning soon to Hollywood, could falling in love could be the truce needed for her to stay?
©2015 Tracey Alvarez (P)2017 Tracey Alvarez
The Engagement Ring
Summary
Employee engagement is a direct reflection of leadership. High levels of engagement lead to increased productivity, lower turnover, and better customer service. When you’re promoted into a new leadership role, do you know how to engage your employees to achieve these results? It’s likely the technical skills you honed in your previous role won’t help you become a strong leader. You need a new set of skills, but where can you learn them? Don’t expect to find help in leadership books, as most are theory-based. What you need is a guidebook, which is exactly what Lee Ann Pond has written. The Engagement Ring is a step-by-step guide that gives you specific steps and skills you can use immediately to create more fulfilled, productive, and happier teams - all without spending a dime. This book covers the basics of leadership development and employee engagement so that you can be equipped to develop your own leadership style moving forward. With the guidance in this book, you’ll become the type of leader capable of positively impacting your team members’ lives - at work and beyond.
©2019 Lee Ann Pond (P)2019 Lee Ann Pond
Stealing Mr. Smith
Summary
After surviving the loss of both her parents, one to illness and the other to abandonment, Bernice Rosin finds herself at a South Dakota orphanage that will never feel like home. Longing for a life free of poverty and misfortune, she takes matters into her own hands, determined to secure her own happily-ever-after no matter the cost. In 1948, a relocation West promises a life rich with upper-class pleasantries until a naive mistake shatters both Bernice’s pride and her heart. Convinced she can still rise above her allotted station, she returns to South Dakota to calculate her options. Desperate for a hero all her own, she singles out John Smith, a simple man with a kind heart and a gentle smile. John appears to be the perfect escape from a life fraught with disappointment. The fact that he comes with the baggage of two children and a past he seldom speaks of has little bearing on her new obsession. Caught unprepared for such cleverness and deception, John falls right into the path of Bernice’s affection as she has set her sights on changing her last name to Smith, even if she has to steal it.
©2018 Tanya E Williams (P)2019 Tanya E Williams
There You'll Be
Summary
Carly Gallagher doesn't make mistakes. Until one day she makes one that causes the death of someone she cares about. She would turn to the man she loves more than anything - if he were free to love her in return. Phillip Morrison's life turned upside down the moment he met Carly. Everything he thought was right turned out to be the exact opposite. He has to make a lot of choices, but one thing is clear: he loves Carly and he has to find a way to claim her. Chaos runs wild through their lives, and just when it looks like they have a chance to be together - fate has other plans. Traitors, friends, and enemies - it becomes hard to decipher which is which, and trust becomes a luxury they can no longer afford. They have to fight not only for the love they both share, but for their very lives.
©2017 Dawn Brower (P)2017 Dawn Brower
Teach Your Heart
Summary
Some men need to learn the hard way....
Doctor O-for-Awesome Owen Bennett is all about fixing broken things and being responsible. His motto? Rules are helpful boundaries. Rules can be fun. But when he’s temporarily put in charge of three precocious kids, chaos reigns, and his list of household rules gets tossed out the window. Except one. Under no circumstance will he get involved with the kids’ tempting new nanny.
After four years flitting around Europe, waitress/dog-walker/au-pair Gracie Cooper returns home to Bounty Bay for her brother’s wedding. Working to pay off some of her crippling university debt while she’s there makes it a win-win situation. She plans to play in the sand and surf with three cute kids, indulge in a harmless flirtation with her sexy-stick-in-the-mud boss, then follow the sun overseas again come end of summer. Oh - and if she and Owen accidentally take their attraction farther than they should? Well, some rules are made to be broken....
Teach Your Heart is the third story in Tracey Alvarez’s Bounty Bay series, set against the stunning backdrop of Aotearoa, New Zealand. If you like heartwarming, sexy, and sweet small-town romances, you’ll love sharing the journey with these authentic men and women struggling to find their special someone. Welcome to Bounty Bay, where the reward of true love is a price only some are willing to pay.
Download your copy of Teach Your Heart today and uncover the secret lives and hidden passions simmering in New Zealand’s sultry, subtropical Far North.
Intended for mature 18+-aged listeners who enjoy their feel-good romance on the sensual side.
©2016 Tracey Alvarez (P)2018 Tracey Alvarez
The Unknown History of Black Newspapers in America
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The black press made a huge difference when it came to reporting to black Americans what was going on in black America. All the lynchings, court cases and protests that were ignored by the mainstream white media, black media outlets reported everything. This needed overview shines a light on a forgotten part of black history.
©2016 Julius Kane (P)2019 Julius Kane
When He Was Anna
Summary
My child is transgender. He was once a she. When He Was Anna: A Mom's Journey into the Transgender World is a mother's brutally honest story of the stress and confusion that consumed her family in the early years of her child's transition from female to male. Raising children is not for the faint of heart. Children are challenges. Having a transgender child is no exception to that; it is, in fact, quite a unique challenge. When He Was Anna: A Mom's Journey into the Transgender World was written with the goal of helping all parents (not only those with transgender children) see that they aren't alone as they struggle to navigate the parenting journey and recover from mistakes made along the way. In the end, there is one certainty - the struggle is real; so is the love.
©2020 Patti Hornstra (P)2021 Patti Hornstra
Love Pixies
Summary
For three lifelong best friends, a college graduation trip to Ireland is supposed to be their last hurrah before starting their jobs, and taking on the stresses and responsibilities of adult life. Heather, Tiffany, and Amanda are on a mission to turn the Emerald Isle upside down...or at least wreak a little havoc, drink a wee bit too much, and kiss hunky Irish boys...before returning to their hometown of Chicago. When Rhiannon, a powerful fairy, pays a surprise visit to their adorable, thatched-roof rental cottage in County Clare, and persuades them to sign one-year Love Pixie contracts, their lives are drastically altered. Newly armed with fantastical superpowers, charmed necklaces, and the ability to turn ordinary substances into enchanted pixie dust, the girls join together to fight "love crime" and help assigned couples on the brink of disaster build bridges back to happiness. It all sounds quite exciting, until they realize that learning how to use powerful magic is not only time consuming, overwhelming, and confusing - it’s not easy to hide from their family, co-workers, and most importantly - potential love interests. To complicate matters even more, the trio is repeatedly tempted by the fairy’s rebellious sister, Aideen, who challenges them to break the rules. Perhaps if they listen to the "bad fairy" they can finish their assignment quicker...and get back to work...and play...before anyone is the wiser. However, the girls were raised to know that there are consequences to bad behavior - at least in the non-magical world. Afraid to ask if there is such a thing as magical jail, the two more sensible Pixies hope to rein in their most wayward partner - before their contracts are terminated...and their couple’s relationship implodes into a pile of ordinary dust.
©2017 Carol Maloney Scott (P)2019 Carol Maloney Scott
A Man Called Smith
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A battle-scarred father. A disillusioned daughter. Can a grieving widower rebuild his splintered family to find peace at last? South Dakota, 1949. WW II veteran John Smith longs for the life he lost after the tragic death of his wife during childbirth. But in the desperation to provide for his two small children, he is manipulated into an unsuitable marriage by a young woman with a dark neurosis. Tormented by his own grief and the ravages of war, John is blind to his children’s turmoil and pain. Washington State, 1964. John’s 16-year-old daughter Calla dreams of a life beyond her vindictive stepmother. Forced to care for her younger siblings with a list of household demands larger than she is tall, Calla knows it’s only a matter of time until she can escape the abuse and begin anew at college. But her dreams crumble when her heartless stepmother claims the college fund for her own selfish purposes. As John fears he is too late to stop the war within his home, Calla vows to build a new life worth living. Can John survive the consequences of war on the home front? Can Calla find the strength to rediscover the meaning of family? A Man Called Smith is the heartwarming and heart-wrenching story following the life of John Smith. If you like courageous characters and narratives told over multiple generations, then you’ll love Tanya E. Williams’ emotional tale.
©2019 Tanya E. Williams (P)2019 Tanya E. Williams