Valerie Gilbert has narrated 39 audiobooks on Listento.it by 17 authors, with an average listener rating of 3.9★ across 14 ratings. The most-rated is Everyday Narcissism.
Banished Threads
Summary
A valuable art collection disappears, turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths committed to vindicating family members in Kaylin McFarren's action-packed suspense novel, Banished Threads. While vacationing at the stately Cumberforge Manor in Bellwood, England, Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen attend an elegant dinner party hosted by her uncle, Paul Lyons, and his aristocratic wife, Sara. Before the evening ends, a priceless collection of Morris Graves' paintings is stolen from her uncle's popular gallery, throwing all suspicion onto his wife's missing granddaughter. Determined to clear Sloan Rafferty's name and, in the process, win Paul's favor, Chase scours the countryside looking for answers. In his absence, the police accuse Rachel's uncle of an unsolved murder, and secrets surrounding her grandmother's death and the deaths of Sara's former husbands turn his wife into the most likely suspect. With the true villains hell-bent on destroying Paul Lyons and his family, solving both crimes while ensuring her uncle's freedom endangers not only Rachel's life but that of her unborn child. Will Chase save them before the kidnappers enact their revenge, or will the ultimate price be paid, as predicted by a vagabond fortune-teller?
©2016 Linda Yoshida (P)2016 Linda Yoshida
Road to Savannah
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Road to Savannah is book two in the Made in Savannah Cozy Mysteries Series Bonus: Recipe included! Carlita Garlucci has sold everything she owns and left the only home she has ever known to move to historic Savannah, Georgia. Her daughter, Mercedes, is moving with her, and the women are both excited and nervous about this new chapter in their lives, having always lived under the shadow of the men in the family. The repairs to their inherited properties are moving along nicely and everything seems to be falling into place, everything that is, except for the body they discover inside one of the buildings, the dilapidated restaurant. Despite the fact that the Garlucci family was not even in Savannah at the time the victim was murdered, they can't prove it. On top of that, the victim, a member of Savannah Architectural Society - also known as "SAS" - had been sent to the property to discuss possible construction violations. The other members of SAS are convinced the Garlucci family murdered one of their own while Carlita is convinced that someone is trying to frame them. Can the mother / daughter duo figure out who the real killer is, or will the police dig into Carlita's past and discover that she has her own share of secrets she's trying desperately to leave behind?
©2017 Hope Callaghan (P)2017 Hope Callaghan
Sticky Notes
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An unusual friendship forms between a young history professor and the grandmother of one of his loveliest students. When master's student, Katherine King, receives an unsatisfactory grade on an exam, she learns two valuable lessons: Don't lose your cool with a young, handsome professor. And, two, don't tell your grandmother about it. This sweet, clean Christian romance is set in the rolling hills of the Palouse, in the university town of Moscow, Idaho.
©2014 Christian Romances (P)2016 Christian Romances
The Business Plan
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From the New York Times & USA Today best-selling author of The Forgotten Child comes the next book in The Friessens, a big family romance series that will rock your world. Neil Friessen has almost everything he's ever wanted: His wife, the woman he's always loved... His children, whom he never believed he would have... And an empty bank account. Until one day, that is, when he comes up with the business plan.
©2016 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Bloodline
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From New York Times & USA Today best-selling Author Lorhainne Eckhart comes The Bloodline, a big family romance series that will rock your world. Andy Friessen has two guarantees in his life: 1. His wife Laura, and his children are safe from the control of his family. 2. A safety deposit box holds evidence that could blow his mother's world apart. But nothing is ever simple or easy, until one night tragedy strikes, yanking the rug from under him. This time, secrets and lies could destroy the solid foundation he's built for his family.
©2015 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Decision
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The Friessens, stars of the best-selling series, are back with The Decision, another heartwarming fan favorite romance from New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart. Emily Friessen has everything a woman could want: a husband who's the love of her life, a family that stands together, and children she wouldn't trade for anything. To everyone around her, she's confident and strong - but then, she has to be with a man like Brad, who is all about family and too handsome for his own good. Emily isn't as together as she appears, though, and when life throws her and Brad a curveball, it tests their relationship, leaving Emily scrambling and feeling very much alone as both are faced with a decision no parent should have to make.
©2016 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Promise
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From the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Forgotten Child. Falling in Love with Jed Friessen was a dream come true. Married to Jed, Diana has a family and is living her happily ever after. She knew heartbreak and suffering as a child, and the pain of rejection, but she now understands what it means to be loved. However, when the past comes knocking on her door, reminding her of everything she's left behind, everything she was, and everything she's lost, her guilt and doubt threaten the life she's built with her husband.
©2016 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
Swag in Savannah
Summary
Carlita Garlucci is thrilled that her son Tony has arrived in Savannah to help with the opening of their new pawnshop Savannah Swag. While giving her son a tour of the property, they stumble upon a hidden trapdoor that leads to an undiscovered basement with a tunnel. Curious to find out where the tunnel leads, Tony breaks through the wall and discovers underground passageways rumored to have been used by pirates to smuggle their stolen goods into the historic city. While exploring the tunnel, the Garluccis find skeletal remains with ties to a darker secret that has been hidden behind the tunnel walls. The gruesome discovery causes Carlita to wonder what other secrets her property holds. Despite her insistence that they reseal the tunnel, Carlita’s children convince her to leave it open long enough for them to explore the passageways as they attempt to solve a decades-old mystery. They quickly discover that the secrets hidden underground are tied not only to the previous owners of her property but also implicate Carlita's deceased husband Vinnie. Will Carlita and her children be able to clear Vinnie's name, or will their snooping around incriminate him even more?
©2016 Hope Callaghan (P)2019 Hope Callaghan
The Reunion
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The family you thought you knew. A reunion you'll never forget. A love that lasts forever. Welcome back to a very special Friessen reunion, in which Becky and Rodney renew their wedding vows. Joined by their sons Brad, Jed, Neil, and their nephew Andy, along with their wives and children. This family will show you how love will see them through all the heartache and obstacles life throws their way.
©2015 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
A Vow of Love, A Friessen Family Christmas
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Sometimes, families need a helping hand. Holidays are about family, love, and giving; but this Christmas, the Friessens are in for a rough holiday season. Thirteen days before Christmas, a letter arrives in the mail - a letter that was never meant for Candy Friessen. When she opens it, she discovers a lie that rocks her world, and she begins to question everything she and Neil have created together, including his love for her and their family. Seven days before Christmas, Candy's heart is breaking. She makes plans to leave, but when a call one night alerts all the Friessens that Becky, their mother, is fighting for her life in the hospital, they rush to her bedside without a second thought. Faced with uncertainty, Brad, Neil, Jed, and their wives are together for Christmas, but there's no happy celebration, no gifts piled under the tree. And for Candy and Neil, once trust is destroyed, is the bond of family strong enough to keep them together?
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
A Different Kind of Love
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Brad and Emily return in a heartwarming and emotional story about a family faced with secrets and an unexpected visitor who could destroy their happily ever after. A Different Kind of Love brings back the couple you fell in love with in The Forgotten Child. Now, years later, Brad and Emily are faced with an entirely new set of challenges with their preteen autistic boy when his mother, Crystal, returns. She wants a relationship with the boy she abandoned - something Brad and Emily never expected. She says she's changed, but can the Friessens believe her?
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Price to Love
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The highly anticipated second book in The Friessens: A New Beginning continues with the moving saga of Neil and Candy in The Price to Love. *Warning - This is a highly emotional romance with realistic elements that may tug at your heartstrings. ...I knew my husband wanted a baby, but I couldn't give him one. When Neil paid for a surrogate and moved her into our home, he told me not to worry, but I couldn't help but notice that she recognized the strong, sexy alpha male inside him, and I suddenly felt as if I was on the outside looking in. Then, one day, I met Cat, the young girl who stole my heart. I saw something in Cat that I couldn't turn away from: a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never have been in the innocent eyes of a child. Cat needed me - my voice, my hugs, and my love - and she captured my heart. However, neither Neil nor his family understood my need to help her. I found myself alone, and I knew I was the only one who could save Cat before it was too late.
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2014 Lorhainne Ekelund
Counting on Love
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A contemporary cowboy romance novel. The twins' younger brother Joseph is trapped in a downward spiral of drinking and drugs, all in an effort to cope with the daily pain he lives with after being thrown from his horse months ago. Not sure what to do or believe, the family enlists the help of Emma, a girl with a shady past, who knows the nightmare of addiction all too well. Can Emma help Joseph find his way out of the pit, before they lose him for good?
©2013 Amelia Rose (P)2014 Amelia Rose
Carson Hill Ranch Box Set
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Now available as a bundle box set, all three audiobooks in the Carson Hill Ranch series from best-selling author Amelia Rose. Book 1 - Learning To Love For Miranda, Newark has nothing to offer except a dead-end job, a crummy apartment, and an abusive boyfriend. But when her younger sister signs her up for an online dating website to prove to her the kinds of guys who would be interested in her, she starts an online connection with the perfect guy. He's handsome, he's a real-life cowboy, and - he's in his seventies! Now Miranda and Casey have a choice to make, but will they be willing to put aside their mistrust and give this a shot, or go their separate ways? Book 2 - Searching For Love When Carey and Amy find themselves headed back to the Carson Hill Ranch and into waiting danger, can they lean on each other for the strength they will need to fend off a crazed drug dealer bent on revenge? Book 3 - Counting On Love The twins' younger brother, Joseph, is trapped in a downward spiral of drinking and drugs, all in an effort to cope with the daily pain he lives with after being thrown from his horse months ago. Not sure what to do or believe, the family enlists the help of Emma, a girl with a shady past, who knows the nightmare of addiction all too well. Can Emma help Joseph find his way out of the pit, before they lose him for good?
©2014 Amelia Rose (P)2014 Amelia Rose
Dying for Love
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Crystal Stapleton has everything a princess could want: ski vacations, a suite to herself in her parents' mansion, even her own Prince Charming. Too bad there's a mean streak lurking under the surface of her fiance, one that her parents refuse to see. With her father's prodding to marry a well-connected and wealthy man and her mother's constant ugly domineering attitude, Crystal is prepared to do as she's told, regardless of how unhappy her future will be. But a chance two week stay at Carson Hill Ranch brings her not only a new found sense of freedom and joy, it also brings her face to face with the decidedly good looking and very unattached Jacob Carson. The more time she spends in Jacob's presence, the less certain she is about the future her parents have laid out for her. Will she accept the freedom a cowboy like Jacob can offer? Or will she do what she's expected to do, no matter how much it hurts her heart? Be Sure to also read: License To Love Series: Trilogy, Carson Hill Ranch Box Set - Books 1-3, Rancher Romance Series: Trilogy, Longren Family Series: Trilogy, Texas Heat Box Set - Books 1-3 by Amelia Rose.
©2014 Amelia Rose (P)2014 Amelia Rose
Oh, Cherry Ripe
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Cherry Elton was beside herself! Her own mother had arranged a marriage for her to a man she had never even met. She had no choice but to run away. Sky Westbrooke had no wish to marry, but his mischievous siblings sorely needed a firm maternal hand. Yet, how could he court his unseen bride, when into his employ had come the most remarkable, enchanting governess? And Cherry, playing at being a governess was smitten by the handsome, cavalier Lord Westbrooke. His stolen kisses left her breathless - yet, he was betrothed to another. Whatever was a love struck governess to do?
©2012 Claudy Conn (P)2014 Claudy Conn
The Friessens: A New Beginning, The Collection
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From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart comes The Friessens: A New Beginning a big family romance series collection, which includes The Deadline, The Price to Love, A Different Kind of Love, and A Vow of Love. In The Deadline, Andy Friessen has packed up everything and moved his family two states away, to Montana, to protect his wife, Laura, his newborn babies, and his stepson, Gabriel, from the threats of his mother. What Andy doesn’t know is that they’ll soon face a new threat, one he never saw coming. Gabriel is sick, and a trip to the doctor confirms Laura and Andy’s worst nightmare: Without a lifesaving transplant, their son won’t survive. What Andy doesn’t count on, as he tracks down the young man who fathered Gabriel, as well as Laura’s estranged parents, is that a whole host of problems are about to be unleashed. The Price to Love She could give him everything except the one thing he wanted - a child. Candy knows that her husband wants a baby, but she can’t give him one. When Neil pays for a surrogate and moves her into their home, he tells her not to worry, but she suddenly feels as if she’s on the outside looking in. Then, one day, she meets a little girl who steals her heart, a little girl with a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never be in the innocent eyes of a child. But neither Neil nor his family understand her need to help. As their marriage hangs on brink of disaster Candy is forced to make a choice between her husband and helping this child. A Different Kind of Love brings back the couple that started it all: Brad and Emily. You fell in love with them in The Forgotten Child. Now, years later, they face an entirely new set of challenges with their preteen autistic boy when his mother, Crystal, returns. She wants a relationship with the boy she abandoned - something Brad and Emily never expected. She says she’s changed, but can the Friessens believe her? A Vow of Love, A Friessen Family Christmas Sometimes, families need a helping hand.... Holidays are about family, love, and giving, but this Christmas, the Friessens are in for a rough holiday season. Thirteen days before Christmas, a letter arrives that Candy Friessen was never meant to see. When she opens it, she discovers a lie that rocks her world, and she begins to question everything she and Neil have created together, including his love for her and their family. Seven days before Christmas, her heart breaking, Candy considers leaving her husband for good, and she begins making plans - until a call one night alerts all the Friessens that Becky, their mother, is in the hospital, fighting for her life.
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
Searching for Love
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A contemporary cowboy ranch romance novel. As the "younger" twin, Carey Carson has always lived comfortably in brother Casey's shadow, happy to let him take the lead. But when Casey leaves for his honeymoon and the cattle drive has to continue without him, it's up to Carey to step up and fill those highly respected boots. Amy McDade joined the cattle drive with a group of other vacationers, only for her, this drive isn't about learning to rope a steer or having a good time. It's her final attempt to build up her confidence again since an injury on the job has kept her from being a part of the career she's always loved. When Carey and Amy find themselves headed back to the Carson Hill Ranch and into waiting danger, can they lean on each other for the strength they will need to fend off a crazed drug dealer bent on revenge?
©2013 Amelia Rose (P)2014 Amelia Rose
The Friessens
Summary
This special boxed set edition includes five contemporary romance books from a big family romance series fans have fallen in love with. The Reunion The family you thought you knew. A reunion you'll never forget. A love that lasts forever. The Bloodline Andy Friessen has two guarantees in life: His wife, Laura, and his children are safe from the control of his family. A safety deposit box holds evidence that could blow his mother's world apart. But nothing is ever simple or easy, and one night tragedy strikes, yanking the rug from under him. This time, secrets and lies could destroy the solid foundation he's built for his family. The Promise Falling in love with Jed Friessen was a dream come true. Married to Jed, Diana has a family and is living her happily ever after. She knew heartbreak and suffering as a child, and the pain of rejection, but she now understands what it means to be loved. However, when the past comes knocking on her door, reminding her of everything she's left behind, everything she was, and everything she's lost, her guilt and doubt threaten the life she's built with her husband. The Business Plan Neil Friessen has almost everything he's ever wanted: His wife, the woman he's always loved. His children, whom he never believed he would have. And an empty bank account. Until one day, that is, when he comes up with the business plan. The Decision The Friessens, stars of the bestselling series, are back with another heartwarming fan favorite romance from author Lorhainne Eckhart. Emily Friessen has everything a woman could want: a husband who’s the love of her life, a family that stands together, and children she wouldn’t trade for anything. To everyone around her, she’s confident and strong; but then, she has to be with a man like Brad, who is all about family and too handsome for his own good. Emily isn’t as together as she appears, though, and when life throws her and Brad a curveball, it tests their relationship, leaving Emily scrambling and feeling very much alone as both are faced with a decision no parent should have to make.
©2016 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund