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Jane Bites Back
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is still surrounded by the literature she loves, but now it's because she's the owner of Flyleaf Books in a sleepy college town in Upstate New York. Every day she watches her novels fly off the shelves along with dozens of unauthorized sequels, spin-offs, and adaptations. Jane may be undead, but her books have taken on a life of their own. To make matters worse, the manuscript she finished just before being turned into a vampire has been rejected by publishers116 times. Jane longs to let the world know who she is, but when a sudden twist of fate thrusts her back into the spotlight, she must hide her real identity and fend off a dark man from her past while juggling two modern suitors.
Will the inimitable Jane Austen be able to keep her cool in this comedy of manners, or will she show everyone what a woman with a sharp wit and an even sharper set of fangs can do?
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- Narrated by: Blake Somerset
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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When a car accident leaves photographer Burke Crenshaw in need of temporary full-time care, he finds himself back in the one place no forty-year-old chooses to be--his childhood bedroom. There, in the Vermont home where he grew up, Burke begins the long process of recuperation, and watches as his widowed father finds happiness in a new relationship that's a constant reminder of everything Burke wants and lacks. Exploring local history, Burke discovers an intriguing series of letters from a Civil War soldier to his fianc.
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No need to check your scepticism at the door!
- By Orlando on 08-23-13
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Christmas at Tiffany's
- By: Karen Swan
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now, 10 years later, she is betrayed and broken. With her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is. So begins a yearlong trial as Cassie leaves her sheltered life in rural Scotland to stay with each of her best friends in the most glamorous cities in the world: New York, Paris and London.
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Perfectly Indulgent!
- By Abby Welker on 12-05-17
By: Karen Swan
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Gods Behaving Badly
- By: Marie Phillips
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Being immortal is not all it once was. Yes, the 12 Greek gods of Olympus are alive and well in the 21st century, but they are crammed together in a London town house: and are none too happy about it. Even more disturbing, their powers are waning.
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Delightful fantasy
- By Mike From Mesa on 12-29-07
By: Marie Phillips
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Gold Dust
- By: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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Three women linked by their blood, their dreams...and their sins. From Leningrad in the '70s to America and London in the present day, Kimberley Freeman's new novel follows the lives of two sisters, Lena and Natalia, and their cousin, Sofi, as they move away from Russia and all they have known. Despite promising to always take care of each other, a pact to meet every winter is shattered as their lives change and long-held resentments begin to surface. Can that resentment turn to hatred? To murder?
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It's just not the same without Caroline Lee
- By Maria on 12-04-17
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Emily and Einstein
- A Novel of Second Chances
- By: Linda Francis Lee
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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He was a man who didn’t deserve a second chance... but he needed one. Emily and her husband, Sandy Portman, seemed to live a gracious if busy life in an old-world, Upper West Side apartment in the famous Dakota building. But one night on the way to meet Emily, Sandy dies in a tragic accident. The funeral isn't even over before Emily learns she is on the verge of being evicted from their apartment. But worse than the possibility of losing her home, Emily is stunned when she discovers that her marriage was made up of lies.
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Well-written, kept my attention
- By Allison on 03-20-11
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Despite the Falling Snow
- By: Shamim Sarif
- Narrated by: Shamim Sarif
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Now a major motion picture. After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander Ivanov has lived in America for 40 years and has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his charismatic late wife, Katya - or so he believes. For into his life come two women - one who will start to open up the heart he has protected for so long; another who is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to Katya all those years ago.
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Beautiful snow fall
- By Mary findsplaces on 05-22-20
By: Shamim Sarif
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Losing the Light
- A Novel
- By: Andrea Dunlop
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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When 30-year-old Brooke Thompson unexpectedly runs into a man from her past, she's plunged headlong into memories she's long tried to forget about the year she spent in France following a disastrous affair with a professor.
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Right book for right time
- By Pamela G. on 08-06-18
By: Andrea Dunlop
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Winter Collection
- Six Historical Short Stories (A Timeless Romance Anthology, Book 1)
- By: Sarah M. Eden, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, and others
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Six award-winning authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, listeners will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance.
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Winter
- By Manila J. Dobbs on 08-12-23
By: Sarah M. Eden, and others
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Texas Rich
- By: Fern Michaels
- Narrated by: Erin Yuen
- Length: 25 hrs and 9 mins
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Young Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months, she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin...to the 250,000-acre spread known as Sunbridge and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, Billie fights to maintain control of her life and her marriage.
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Awful Southern Accent
- By Tina Peters on 03-24-16
By: Fern Michaels
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Mr. Fox
- A Novel
- By: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrated by: Carol Boyd
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
- By James A. Dittes on 08-13-16
By: Helen Oyeyemi
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The Heart's Invisible Furies
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery - or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.
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Outstanding. A Must listen.
- By Keith G on 09-04-17
By: John Boyne
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- Tourin Bill
- 03-26-15
Worth a second listen!
First listened to on long rides with husband. We're now on Jane's next audio book. Actually found the set be searching for performer! Enjoyed a second listen to this first one while commuting solo.
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- Betty Thomas
- 04-28-15
Loved it!
A great story that kept me interested. The narrator nailed it and was easy to listen to.
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- Hellen
- 04-25-20
If Jane Austen were alive...
If Jane Austen were alive today, or yes a vampire I think she’d love this, and I’m sure Micheal Thomas Ford was imagining just that. I love the Charlotte Bronte angle as Jane Eyre, still one of my favorites (well above Wuthering Heights). I think even the literary snobs would enjoy this. If not, you don’t know what you’re missing. This is not the first time I’ve read this book, and I’m sure it won’t be the last time. I didn’t love Katherine Kelgren’s narration, but it worked.
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- Amanda
- 03-26-12
It was alright, once you make it through
I actually purchased this book to read one summer, but kept putting it off until I decided I should just listen to it instead. I'm glad I did as I probably would have never finished it, had I started to read it myself.
I love Jane Austen and thought the idea of her as a vampire novel, and interesting. The story starts off interesting enough, but starts to drag in the middle, so much so that I almost didn't finish listening. I found myself without anything else on my playlist and decided I would go ahead and finish it on the first leg of a long car ride. And, it does get better. I'm glad I finished it. The story picked up about half way through and became a lot more enjoyable. The narrator did an excellent job, she is terrific with accents, thus making the characters much more vivid.
I'd recommend if the subject Really appeals to you and you can make a go of it in one shot, thus getting over the 'dull bits' with relative ease.
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- Noell
- 03-11-11
Bloody good fun!
First time I saw this book at my local Border's, I wasn't sure if I would like it, thinking it would be violent and full of grotesque sex scenes. However, I eventually relented due to my curiosity and love of Katherine Kellgren's excellent narrative abilities. It has everything one could hope for- romance, humor, intrigue, splendid characters, a little action and- of course- vampires. However, this is a book definitely for adults due to some foul language and a couple of sex scenes- it wasn't too explicit - just a little unexpected.
If there was anything I didn't like, it would have to be that Jane Austen (aka Jane Fairfax) seemed to be a bit unperceptive of people's underhandedness and the lack of action ( expected more). Otherwise, it was very enjoyable.
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- Tenaya
- 05-29-10
Utterly Rediculous
Admittedly, I bought this book with low expectations. I don't typically like audio books, but I had a credit and bought this on a whim. I figured it would be a relatively light-weight book and would be an adequate listen while I awaited the release of a book I've been anticipating for months. I was sorely disappointed. Eight hours I will never get back.
The protagonist, Jane Fairfax (formerly Austen), is a vampire. She runs a small book store and has just gotten news her manuscript is going to be published. This is the first book of hers published since the last Jane Austen book published before her "death." Throughout the story, Jane is besieged by disaster after disaster that are nothing short of ridiculous.
After a while the calamities cease to even be entertaining in their ridiculousness, but become tiresome and boring. It isn't until the last 35 minutes or so of the reading that it gets interesting again, albeit still ridiculous.
Jane's relationship with her suitor, Walter, is flat and lacks much feeling at all. The most entertaining character is her gay publisher, Kelly. The antagonist, Lord Byron (a vampire and Jane's sire), seems to lack any real motivation for his fascination with Jane, though his back story is interesting in the very end.
All of this said, Katherine Kellgren does an excellent job reading this book. I typically find narrators to read too slowly or put awful voices to the characters. Kellgren does a fantastic job bringing Jane and her supporting characters to life.
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