Victoria Aston has narrated 27 audiobooks on Listento.it by 12 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 30 ratings. The most-rated is Under a Silent Moon.
Under a Silent Moon
Summary
P. D. James meets E. L. James in Under a Silent Moon, this first novel in an exciting British crime series-a blend of literary suspense and captivating thriller that introduces formidable Detective Chief Inspector Louisa Smith - from suspense talent Elizabeth Haynes, author of the best-selling Into the Darkest Corner. In the crisp, early hours of an autumn morning, the police are called to investigate two deaths. The first is a suspected murder at a farm on the outskirts of a small village. A beautiful young woman has been found dead, her cottage drenched with blood. The second is a reported suicide at a nearby quarry. A car with a woman's body inside was found at the bottom of the pit. As DI Louisa Smith and her team gather evidence, they discover a shocking link between the two cases and the two deaths - a bond that sealed their terrible fates one cold night, under a silent moon. Contains mature themes.
©2014 Elizabeth Haynes (P)2020 Tantor
Gilded Cage
Summary
Once upon a time, a boy from a noble family fell in love with a girl from the gutter. It went as badly as you’d expect. Seventeen years later, Susan Lazarus is a renowned detective, and Templeton Lane is a jewel thief. She’s tried to arrest him, and she’s tried to shoot him. They’ve never tried to talk. Then Templeton is accused of a vicious double murder. Now there’s a manhunt out for him, the ports are watched, and even his best friends have turned their backs. If he can’t clear his name, he’ll hang. There’s only one person in England who might help Templeton now...assuming she doesn’t want to kill him herself.
©2019 KJ Charles (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
A Place in the Sun
Summary
A full-length standalone romantic comedy from USA Today best-selling author R.S. Grey. When her mother's incessant matchmaking hits an all-time high, Georgie Archibald does what any sensible woman would do: she flees the country. Seeking refuge in the picturesque seaside village of Vernazza, Italy, Georgie's only plan is to lie low, gorge herself on gelato, and let the wine and waves wash her troubles away...that is until she wakes up in a bed that belongs to the most romantic-looking man she's ever seen. Gianluca. After going out of his way to rescue her, the former London financier turned mysterious recluse makes it clear that despite acting as her white knight, he has no plans to co-star in her fairytale. But Georgie isn't asking for his heart - she's merely intrigued. After all, Gianluca isn't just gorgeous - tall and tan from days spent in the sun - his touch sets her world on fire. With him, Georgie experiences the most intoxicating passion she's ever known, and it only takes a few steamy nights for her to realize that sometimes running away from trouble is the best way to find it.
©2016 R.S. Grey (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Behind Closed Doors
Summary
Ten years ago, 15-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished while on a family holiday in Greece. Lou Smith worked the case as a police constable, and failing to find Scarlett has been one of the biggest regrets of her career. No one is more shocked than Lou to learn that Scarlett has unexpectedly been found during a Special Branch raid of a brothel in Briarstone. Lou and her Major Crime team are already stretched working two troubling cases: 19-year-old Ian Palmer was found badly beaten; and soon after, bar owner Carl McVey was found half-buried in the woods. While Lou tries to establish the links between the two cases, DS Sam Hollands works with Special Branch to question Scarlett. What happened to her? Where has she been until now? How did she end up back here? And why is her family - with the exception of her emotionally fragile younger sister, Juliette - less than enthusiastic about her return? When another brutal assault and homicide are linked to the McVey murder, Lou's cases collide, and the clues all point in one terrifying direction. As the pressure and the danger mount, it becomes clear that the silent, secretive Scarlett holds the key to everything. Contains mature themes.
©2015 Elizabeth Haynes (P)2020 Tantor
Third Son's a Charm
Summary
Fiercely loyal to his friends and comrades, Ewan Mostyn is the toughest in a group of younger sons of nobility who met as soldiers and are now trying desperately to settle back into peaceful society. Ewan trusts his brawn more than his brains, but when he's offered a job watching the Duke of Ridlington's stubbornly independent daughter, he finds both are challenged. Lady Lorraine wants none of her father's high-handed ways, and she'll do everything in her power to avoid her distressingly attractive bodyguard - until she lands herself in real trouble. Lorraine begins to see Ewan's protectiveness in a new light, and she can only hope that her stoic guardian will do for her what he's always done - fight for what he wants. Contains mature themes.
©2017 Shana Galen (P)2017 Tantor
Clean Slate
Summary
After a vicious attack, Morgan Masters wakes up to find that nothing is how she remembers it. John Major isn’t the prime minister anymore, the Millennium has been and gone, and it’s been a very long time since she was in college. When Erin’s worst fears become reality and her world crumbles around her, she has to pick up the pieces and start all over again. Can losing everything actually be the best thing that ever happened to Morgan? Can Erin learn to forgive the sins of the past and let her heart lead her head for a change? Or is happiness beyond their reach?
©2013 Nell Stark (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Complete Me
Summary
Be swept away in Complete Me, the seventh book in the Royals Saga, with over a million copies sold worldwide. I met Clara Bishop when I least expected. Loving her was nothing I could ever have imagined. We've weathered dangerous storms together, but our love has always been a tempest. I'm not a perfect man, but I will fight to protect her, and I'll do everything in my power to keep her. But first I have to prove that she completes me. Return to the world of the Royals and their intersecting lives, loves, and secrets. When Alexander discovers a shocking mystery in his father's past, it threatens to divide him and Clara forever. As Belle builds her company, she ignores the pain of last year's events. Can Smith help her move forward once and for all? Edward shocked everyone when he embraced his love for David, but a wedding seems further away than ever before. Will the couple finally make the leap? It's going to be a scandalous, steamy holiday season for each of them.
©2017 Geneva Lee (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Malik
Summary
I'm Harlow Evans. Shortly after my parents were murdered, I moved in with my Grandma. It meant switching schools, losing friends, and moving away from the only home I knew. All I wanted was to finish the school year hassle free. Switching seats on that first day altered my life. After surviving the loss of my parents I never thought anything could break me, but then he came into my life.... He wants to hurt me. Destroy me. Ruin me. Tragedy brought me here, and a cruel twist of fate has me desperate to leave. There's also someone here that has me fighting to stay, though. All my life I've lived in the shadows, trying to go unnoticed, until I met him...Malik Carter.... He's broody, quiet, and holding on to a dark past. From that first meeting I was drawn to him, his painfully gorgeous looks and model physique, but I also knew he was totally out of my league. He's the boy next door who, with his domineering personality, has somehow etched his way into my life. When the Carter Brothers take it upon themselves to protect me from what's coming, I'm not sure whether to be relieved or shocked. You see, when a Carter brother loves, they love fiercely, strongly, and protectively. No one can get in their way. They're also used to getting what they want, even if it means getting hurt. There's one thing you should know about the Carter brothers before you hear my story..... If you mess with one, you mess with them all. Contains mature themes.
©2015 Lisa Helen Gray (P)2018 Tantor
Maverick
Summary
Maverick I'm the eldest of five brothers. Brothers I fought to protect. Brothers I failed. They don't know the truth. I've kept secrets. Told them lies. And now everything I've worked so hard to keep hidden is about to explode and everyone I wanted to protect will be caught in the crossfire. Teagan Meeting him was fate. Him being a part of my past was a coincidence. Falling for him was my destiny. What happens after...that is a disaster. Contains mature themes.
©2017 Lisa Helen Gray (P)2019 Tantor
When She Said I Do
Summary
Caught in a rainstorm, Miss Calliope Worthington takes shelter in a seemingly abandoned mansion. But when she finds a string of pearls in a dusty chest, she is caught red-handed by the house's reclusive owner - Mr. Ren Porter - a fiery demon of a man who demands that Callie pay for the necklace... with her innocence. When he first lays eyes on the beautiful trespasser, Ren mistakes her for an angel. But when he realizes Callie is a thief, he strikes a bargain she cannot refuse. She must take his hand in marriage and pay him back in full: one night of passion for each stolen pearl. But when Callie surrenders to his desires - night after wicked night - he awakens something deep inside of her. Something powerful and passionate. Like a fairy tale come true, the monster she married has become the man she loves... when she said I do.
©2013 Celeste Bradley (P)2014 Audible Inc.
No Earls Allowed
Summary
Lady Juliana, daughter of the Earl of St. Maur, needs all the help she can get. She's running a ramshackle orphanage, London's worst slumlord has illicit designs on her, and her father has suddenly become determined to marry her off. Enter Major Neil Wraxall, bastard son of the Marquess of Kensington, sent to assist Lady Juliana in any way he can. Lucky for her, he's handy with repairs, knows how to keep her and the orphans safe, and is a natural leader of men. Unfortunately for both of them, the scandal that ensues from their mutual attraction is going to lead them a merry dance....
©2018 Shana Galen (P)2018 Tantor
And Then Comes Marriage
Summary
After years of being a quiet, dutiful wife, the recently widowed Mrs. Miranda Talbot is finally free to do as she pleases. As an attractive woman of independent means at a time when few women are, Miranda is suddenly turning heads all around London. When she meets the dashing Mr. Castor Worthington, she is swept away by his passion. Is he too good to be true? Little does Miranda know that there is more to Castor than meets the eye. In fact, he's a twin. Castor's brother, also a confirmed bachelor, takes his romantic pursuits - and rivals - very seriously. When Castor discovers Miranda is being courted by his own twin, his competitive nature takes over. Who will be the one to win Miranda's hand and heart? The race to say I do is about to begin...
©2013 Celeste Bradley (P)2014 Audible Inc.
With This Ring
Summary
From best-selling author Celeste Bradley comes With This Ring, a delightful tale about the lengths one woman will go to marry - at all costs... The rules of engagement Elektra Worthington is the lovely middle daughter of the eccentric, impoverished Worthington family. Her beauty means nothing to her except as her currency to return the Worthington name to its former glory of status, riches, and dominance in the ballrooms of Regency England. To this end, she will stop at nothing - even if she must kidnap a rich lord in the process. If this lucky gentleman is just returning from a long absence and knows nothing of the Worthington reputation, well, a girl shouldn't look a gift lord in the mouth... right? The price of passion Lord Aaron Arbogast, returning to England after a decade-old scandal - of which he was not truly guilty, but instead took the blame out of loyalty to a good friend - is the last of his line. He will someday become the Earl of Arbodean and inherit the estate... if, that is, he can prove to his ailing grandfather that he is a reformed man. Falling for a woman like Miss Worthington could cost him everything. But his desire for her? Priceless...
©2014 Celeste Bradley (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Mason
Summary
I'm Denny Smith. I moved away to my nan's house after my parents happily kicked me out. Why, you ask? Because I ruined my future, so they say. If you ask me, I was a naive 17-year-old girl who chose to sleep with the boy she had loved from afar for years, only for him to want nothing to do with me in return. So here I am, back at the one place I had hoped to never return, where I'll attend court as a witness. Now I have to face him...Mason. There's no other way around it. He can't know my secret...but he will. When I returned, I expected him to have moved on with at least a million and one other girls, to have forgotten the naive school girl with a crush that followed him around like a lost puppy, but I was wrong. What I got when I arrived was five brothers, a granddad, a pushy grandma, and a best friend who would stop at nothing to make me stay. But only one of them has the power to make me stay...Mason. After everything, can I truly trust him again or will he continue to break my heart? If you mess with one Carter brother, you mess with them all. Contains mature themes.
©2015 Lisa Helen Gray (P)2018 Tantor
Myles
Summary
I'm Kayla Martin... I was once sweet and innocent, saw the world bright with color, but now all I see is black and white. He not only ripped my innocence away from me, tortured me and made my life a living hell, but he stole the very soul that made me who I am. I'm a shell of the girl I once knew. But it's all about to change. I'm ready to face my fear. And that's going right back to the very place all this started. Grayson High. I've had to stay back a year to re-take my exams, back to the halls where students whispered, bullied, and taunted me. It's been four years and I'm still trying to perfect the art of faking. It's easy most of the time. My parents never really cared about me; they just saw the fake smile and assumed everything was fabulous, until he waltzes back into my life. Myles freaking Carter. My childhood crush. And he sees straight past my fake smiles to the broken girl inside. But what happens when he finds out about the real me...the broken, scared, weak girl? My biggest fear is on the verge of becoming discovered because he becomes my rock. I'm petrified that he'll find out what I've been hiding from everyone. Will he be able to look me in the eye once he finds out my secret? Contains mature themes.
©2015 Lisa Helen Gray (P)2019 Tantor
Max
Summary
Max.... I've got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. I don't even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalizing the church property; in my defense, I didn't know it was a church. They've got me serving community service working at the local church's Salvation shelter. They think three months here will change me; that I will change my delinquent ways. If only they knew...nothing could ever tame me. Lake Miller.... For the past year of my life, I've never stayed anywhere longer than a few weeks. I'd sleep at different homeless shelters, park benches, or anywhere I could find a dry place to sleep; the only belongings I have are carried in my backpack. Now I've ended up in Coldenshire; tired of sleeping on the streets, tired of hurting, and tired of eating scraps of food. So, when a chance encounter for a job at the local church shelter popped up, I took it. I know my time here is running out and that I should run, especially when the town bad boy, who is sexy as sin and annoying as hell, walks through the doors thinking he's God's gift to women. Contains mature themes.
©2016 Lisa Helen Gray (P)2019 Tantor
Unmask Me If You Can
Summary
This masked lord.... Lord Jasper, younger son of a marquess, suffered horrible burns fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. He wears a mask to hide his face from the stares and screams and finds comfort in the shadows. Jasper is an exceptional bounty hunter, so when a woman summons him to her deathbed and asks him to find her runaway daughter before she passes away, he doesn't refuse. Jasper is close to his quarry when he's knifed by an assailant. Imagine his surprise when he regains consciousness in the arms of the woman he seeks. Except she's not at all what he expected.... Is not the only one with scars. On a remote cliff on the sea, Olivia Carlisle calls her five-year-old son in from an approaching storm. But the little boy is more interested in the man he's found on the trail to their hidden cottage. Olivia fears men and wants nothing more than to leave the injured man where she found him. But his knife wound is severe, and with the approaching storm, she knows leaving him will condemn him to death. As Jasper begins to heal, Olivia acknowledges her attraction to him, even though such emotions terrify her almost as much as returning to London. Jasper must convince her that her only chance at safety is to challenge the man who pursues her. They must travel into the lion's den - he to face his vulnerability and she to face her worst fears. Contains mature themes.
©2018 Shana Galen (P)2019 Tantor
How the Lady Was Won
Summary
When a master of disguise marries a woman who sees right through him.... Lady Daphne, daughter of the Duke of Warcliffe, is one of the Three Suns. Society revolves around her. But there's one person who doesn't seem to know she's alive - her own husband. Lady Daphne was thrilled to marry Colin FitzRoy, the son of her mother's dear friend, seven years before. But then he left for the army and their marriage never really had a chance. Now she's in trouble, and Colin has reentered her life. She's determined to refuse his help, especially after the way he's treated her, but Colin can be persuasive...especially when he has her alone. Baring it all is part of the seduction. Colin FitzRoy was known as The Pretender during the war. He's an expert in the art of disguise, but even when he takes off the mask, he hides who he really is. Colin pretends he doesn't have feelings, but when he's thrust together with his estranged wife, his buried emotions resurface. Before long Colin is juggling an elderly pug, a wife-hunting Scotsman, and a duplicitous street urchin in an effort to keep Daphne safe. But his greatest challenge is not only to seduce her but to win her heart. Contains mature themes.
©2020 Shana Galen (P)2020 Tantor
Covet Me
Summary
Belle Stuart walked into my life with crimson lips, and a smart mouth to match, that made it impossible not to put her in her place - and on her knees. She should be off-limits. Claiming her was reckless. Keeping her is dangerous. But she's more than a conquest, she's my obsession. I'll do what it takes to protect her, even if it means letting her go. But she's the one woman I can't give up. She's the one woman I can't stop craving. She's the one I covet.
©2015 Geneva Lee (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Capture Me
Summary
Smith and Belle's captivating story races towards its breathtaking conclusion in Capture Me. I never expected to fall in love with Smith Price. Now he was more than my lover. He was my obsession. My savior. My future. But someone had to pay for the sins of our fathers. Ghosts don't always haunt you. Sometimes they stalk you down and demand retribution. We promised each other forever, but we might not live to see tomorrow. Book three of Smith and Belle's story.
©2015 Geneva Lee (P)2016 Audible, Inc.