Sheila Daly Payson has narrated 6 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Iron Queen.
The Iron Queen
Summary
A mesmerizing true story of a fierce iron age queen.... It's 47 CE, Britannia. Boudica, the daughter of a tribal chief, wants nothing more than to be a warrior, though duty mandates she wed and have sons for her tribe. But when the mighty Roman Empire betrays her people, she must make a choice. Avoid bloodshed for the sake of peace, or stand up to the most powerful enemy in the known world. From the sacred groves to the Roman civitates that dot the lands of ancient Britannia, Boudica's bloody defiance will either liberate her people from tyranny, or risk the very freedom she fights for....
©2018 L.D. Goffigan (P)2019 L.D. Goffigan
Cause and Effect: Vice Plagues the City
Summary
A self-labeled enigma, Detective Inspector Jack Austin is at once miserable and amusing, melancholy, and motivated. Running the Community Police Unit from his deck chair, DI Austin is known for his ability to solve crimes out of the blue. Trying to work cases while struggling with his mental issues, Austin deals with a variety of major crimes, including bicycle theft. But when the case of an executed police officer lands on his desk, he accidentally uncovers a malevolent scheme. Can he discover who is behind it all - and keep what's left of his sanity?
©2019 Pete Adams (P)2020 Pete Adams
Queen of Hearts
Summary
And then they lived happily ever after.... That's how all the fairy tales end, right? And certainly, Maryn Medrovovich's life is a fairy tale. It was love at first sight between her and Crown Prince Stephan. He didn't care that she was a commoner, working multiple jobs to make ends meet after her father left the family in dire straits. He only knew he loved her and wanted to make her a princess. But that's where the fairy tale ends and real life begins. Being a member of the royal family isn't everything it's cracked up to be, especially when your father-in-law, the king, only has interest in your ability to produce an heir. The mounting pressure to maintain a royal image and perform her royal duties become too much as Maryn realizes Stephan is not the white knight she once thought him to be. Seeking solace in her childhood home, Maryn's path again crosses with that of George Panagogus, her childhood best friend and first love. He really is a good guy. Too bad she shattered and stomped on his heart all those years ago. It's time for Maryn to step up and start being her own hero. Will she finally get her storybook ending?
©2018 Kathryn R. Biel (P)2019 Kathryn R. Biel
The First Queen of England, Part 2
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Lady Elfrida is queen of England, her husband enamored of her, and her supporters many and varied. But the queen finds herself caught up in terse political intrigues, as England is threatened both from external Viking attack and internally from restless factionalism at Court, aggravated by questions about who will rule after the king. Even when she has accomplished all she can for the king, a tragedy robs her of her joy and influence, and once more, she must toil to retain her position as the first queen of England and mother to the king’s heir. This is the second part in the continuing story of Lady Elfrida, the first crowned queen of England. The First Queen of England, Part 3 is now available.
©2017 M J Porter (P)2018 M J Porter
The Girl from Kandahar
Summary
What if, to save thousands of lives, you had to trigger the destruction of the only person you’d ever loved?
In Afghanistan, British secret servicewoman Marcie Brown, posing as the third wife of one of ISAF’s most trusted operatives, is killed in a drone strike.
Or at least, that’s what the official report states. Deep inside enemy territory, what remains of her body is deemed irrecoverable.
Seven thousand miles away, her grieving husband, MI7 officer Nicholas Fleming, joins a police investigation which stumbles onto an Islamist plot to bomb central London. Handed responsibility for the counter-terrorism initiative, he uncovers evidence that one of the bombers is his wife.
By degrees, the utterly unbelievable becomes plausible and, at last, undeniable.
And to make matters worse, there’s evidence that she’s slowly recovering her memory....
©2012 James Ward (P)2018 James Ward
The Maltese Parrot: A Patricia Fisher Mystery
Summary
When she finds a wounded member of British Intelligence in her bedroom, Patricia really isn’t that surprised. I mean, it happens all the time, doesn’t it? However, she is surprised, and really not delighted, to hear that he has a secret task for her. Find his contact, hand over a harmless looking data storage device that just happens to have the details of a superweapon on it, and save the world from certain disaster. Her country needs her. Well, that’s just perfect. Throw into the mix a missing grandmother who just might have been grabbed by sex traffickers, foreign agents who all want the weapon, and the return of her gin-guzzling friend Lady Mary Bostihill-Swank and her relaxing, romantic stop in Malta might be the most exciting two days of her life. Get ready for another cozy thrill ride as Patricia, Barbie, Jermaine, and more get in and out of trouble in an ancient island paradise.
©2019 Steve Higgs (P)2020 Steve Higgs