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Mercer Girls
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- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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It's 1864 in downtrodden Lowell, Massachusetts. The Civil War has taken its toll on the town - leaving the economy in ruin and its women in dire straits. That is, until Asa Mercer arrives on a peculiar, but providential, errand: he seeks high-minded women who can exert an elevating influence in Seattle, where there are ten men for every woman. Mail-order brides, yes, but of a certain caliber.
Schoolmarmish Josephine, tough-as-nails Dovey, and pious perfectionist Sophronia see their chance to exchange their bleak prospects for new lives. But the very troubles that sent them running from Lowell follow them to the muddy streets of Seattle, and the friendships forged on the cross-country trek are tested at every turn.
Just when the journey seems to lead only to ruin, an encounter with a famous suffragist could be their salvation. But to survive both an untamed new landscape and their pasts, they'll need all their strength - and one another.
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Cora is about to discover who she truly is. It’s the summer of 1913, and Cora Kensington’s life on the family farm has taken a dark turn. Not only are the crops failing, but someone dear to Cora is failing as well. One fateful afternoon, a stranger comes to call, and Cora discovers a terrible secret about her past… a secret that will radically change her future. Cora is invited to take the “Grand Tour” of Europe, a trip intended to finish a person’s education and solidify an understanding of refinement and ancient culture.
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One of my favorites!
- By Diane Ellingsen on 06-19-17
By: Lisa T. Bergren
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No Safe Harbor
- Edge of Freedom, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Ludwig
- Narrated by: Eleni Pappageorge
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend - Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother’s warning, Cara trusts Rourke, revealing her purpose in coming to New York. She’s then thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats, and attempted murder, including political revolutionaries from the homeland out for revenge.
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Historical Romance 1897 New York
- By Debbie on 06-01-15
By: Elizabeth Ludwig
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The Irish Healer
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Herriman
- Narrated by: Amanda McKnight
- Length: 8 hrs
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1830s London is rich with promise ... and fraught with peril. Rachel Dunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too. Rachel Dunne has always been a healer ... until she’s accused of causing the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees Ireland in search of a new life, convinced that she’ll be fine so long as no one in London learns of her disgrace - or forces her to ever sit at another sickbed.
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should have a Christian/Religion tag
- By Wendy on 07-06-12
By: Nancy Herriman
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One Touch of Scandal
- By: Liz Carlyle
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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All Grace Gauthier ever wanted was the security of a good marriage, family, and home. Instead, despised by her aristocratic father's family because of her mother's foreign birth, she's taken a safe position as a governess. Now, unprotected and alone in London, accused of the shocking murder of her employer, she has no one to turn to except the mysterious - and possibly dangerous - Lord Ruthveyn.
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Boring What Happened
- By Cindy Johnston on 10-13-10
By: Liz Carlyle
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Newton and Polly
- A Novel of Amazing Grace
- By: Jody Hedlund
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Now remembered as the author of the world's most famous hymn, in the mid-18th century, as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton was a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life. His only duty was to report to his ship and avoid disgracing his father - until the night he heard Polly Catlett's enchanting voice caroling. He was immediately smitten and determined to win her affection.
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Seriously wonderful! I couldn't stop listening!
- By Mary :) on 09-27-16
By: Jody Hedlund
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Secrets of Nanreath Hall
- A Novel
- By: Alix Rickloff
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin, Laura Waddell
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the harrowing evacuation at Dunkirk, WWII Red Cross nurse Anna Trenowyth is shocked to learn her adoptive parents, Graham and Prue Handley, have been killed in an air raid. She desperately needs their advice, as she's been assigned to the military hospital that has set up camp inside her biological mother's childhood home - Nanreath Hall. Anna was just six years old when her mother, Lady Katherine Trenowyth, died. All she has left are vague memories that tease her with clues she can't unravel.
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Well done both narrators and Author !
- By Andover Meadow on 09-17-16
By: Alix Rickloff
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The Unseen
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Webb
- Narrated by: Clare Wille
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
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A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, Hester, in their sleepy Berkshire village in the year 1911. But as the English summer dawns, the Cannings' lives are forever changed by two new arrivals: Cat, their new maid, a disaffected, free-spirited young woman sent down from London after entanglements with the law; and Robin Durrant, a leading expert in the occult, enticed by tales of elemental beings in the water meadows nearby.
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Great book!
- By Dana on 09-03-12
By: Katherine Webb
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Unending Devotion
- By: Jody Hedlund
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily Young longs to find her lost sister or will die trying. Heedless of any danger, she searches logging camps and towns, posing as a photographer’s assistant. And then she arrives in Harrison, Michigan - and into the sights of Connell McCormick. Connell is determined to increase the fortune of his lumber-baron father and figures as long as he’s living an upright life, that’s what matters. But when Lily arrives in town she upends his world, forcing him to confront the truth that dangerous men have gained too much power while good men turn a blind eye. Vexing but persuasive, Lily soon secures Connell’s help, drawing them ever closer to each other. Will standing for what’s right cost them both everything?
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Great Historical Romance
- By Sandra on 02-13-17
By: Jody Hedlund
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The Taker
- By: Alma Katsu
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with a past and plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her...despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort.
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Too dark for my taste
- By Margaret on 05-04-14
By: Alma Katsu
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Love and Other Scandals
- Scandal
- By: Caroline Linden
- Narrated by: Veida Dehmlow
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan Bennett is a breath away from being a spinster. She’s had four seasons without a suitor. After reading a shockingly sensuous book, Fifty Ways to Sin, Joan decides perhaps it’s time to stop being proper and start being sinful, while she’s still young enough to enjoy it. And what better partner than her brother’s drinking mate, Viscount Burke? He seems the type to know how to give a lady a lascivious adventure.
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Romance with Depth
- By G.G.Gael on 09-03-19
By: Caroline Linden
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March
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Richard Easton
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs.
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Great book, greatly narrated
- By Paula on 07-30-06
By: Geraldine Brooks
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- Janice Smith
- 02-11-17
Enjoyable and educational
The narrator did an excellent reading. I really liked all 3 of the main characters. They were clearly differentiated. Having Susan Anthony enter the book was wonderful. I hope to find more Merced Girl books
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- Someonelser
- 07-03-21
So good!
Very interesting story and the last chapter with the author's notes on the book and characters tied it all up in a bow.
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- Bocasuez
- 04-28-18
True heroes
Loved the story of these pioneer women, and the history of the women's movement & the settlement of Seattle.
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- happyjo
- 10-31-18
Wonderful and enlightening
Yes! I really loved this book! I thought that it was hard for women to have freedoms equal to those of men in the 1950's and 60's but it was pretty horrible for women in Sudan B. Anthony's day. I think everyone should read this book.
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- Everett Area
- 09-04-19
History
I am from the northwest and loved hearing how some of us got here. Good read.
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- Tracy Kay Griggs
- 07-10-17
great historical undertaking
I love the premise of this book. the capturing of a piece of history. the story became a little bit tedious however. The characters stereotypical and overall a little bit more dramatic than necessary. Was certainly interesting but I would not say it was great literature.
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- West Virginia
- 04-30-19
A Step into Lesser Know History
A step into Civil War time, without focus on the war. We are transported briefly to a small Massachusetts town and meet women who are willing to risk much to have a chance at a better life in a very rustic Seattle where we learn about the development of this future large city.
Many aspects of how women were treated and viewed at this point in history are very foreign to our modern society. When merely walking down the street alone after a certain hour placed your reputation in jeopardy. An unmarried woman could not have her own property, it belonged to her Father and when she married that property transferred to her Husband.
We follow three very different women who represent very different points of view during this turning point in our history. Each have very different reasons for making this journey, and their strange friendship and bonding despite their difference is joyful to listen to.
I was completely engrossed with this book and didn't want to stop listening.
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- Linda E. Wilson
- 07-20-17
Terrific page-turner, feel-good book!
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This book was offered to me as an Audio Daily Deal, which was a real steal. I would have paid normal price for it. I loved everything about this book--Amy McFadden is very talented and made the characters come alive. The story is engrossing, the writing superb and the author's note at the end explains the history behind the story and what she fictionalized. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. It's one of the best listens I've enjoyed in a long time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-09-17
Love her voice
Not only is this a good book but the narrators voice is easy to listen to..... pleasant may I dare say. Often times the story of a book is great but I can't get over the narrators voice so I don't listen. But in the case of this audiobook, I've listened to it 3 times.
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- titania
- 01-31-17
Mercer Girls
I never expected my first audio book to be such a delight both in its beautiful prose as well as its enactment. ThAnk you to author and actress.
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