192 Results for : aldington
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Time Passes Time: The Breckton Trilogy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 715min
It is 1941, and the world is at war. Young Theresa Compton is left devastated after giving up her illegitimate child and joins the Special Operations Executive, an organisation of undercover agents working behind enemy lines. Her mission is to assist a Resistance group run by the handsome Pierre Reuben, and it is not long before they fall in love. Soon Theresa becomes pregnant, but circumstances tear Pierre and the child from Theresa. In London, 1963, an older Theresa is haunted by her experiences during the war. In her damaged mind, the past tangles with the present, and Theresa soon feels she has to make a terrifying decision. Her long-lost children are seeking answers. Will Theresa be reunited with them before it's too late? Part of the Breckton Novels, Time Passes Time is a thrilling and emotive saga by Mary Wood. Time Passes Time is perfect for fans of Margaret Dickinson, Nadine Dorries and Lily Baxter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001057/bk_macm_001057_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Life of Crime , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 849min
Sometimes crime does pay, but at what price? Some people are made for a life of crime. Dragged up on a council estate, Jason Rampling was determined to change his lot. Jason's a chancer, shameless with his good looks and his gift for earning a few quid. Life is easy when the money rolls in. Some people are ruined by it. Melissa thought she'd struck gold marrying Jason. Being on his arm meant she was finally a someone. But there's no glamour in waiting for your husband to come home or waiting for a knock on the door. Melissa made her bed the day she made her vows - will she lie in it without a fight? Some would kill for it. After a stretch inside, Jason wants to pull off just one last job, the biggest of all. It could solve all of their problems. But this is a game that could cost them everything.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003245/bk_hcuk_003245_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ragged Rose , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 631min
The heartwarming new novel from Dilly Court, the Sunday Times top ten best-selling author of The Beggar Maid. With the fate of her family in her hands, Rose has to make a terrible choice: be thrown onto the streets without a penny to her name or watch her loved ones fall into ruin.... Rose is keeping a dreadful secret, and, too scared to ask her strict father for help, it's down to her to keep her brother from the hangman's noose - whatever it takes. Her innocent sister, Cora, is on a different road to ruin, bewitched by a handsome cad whose intentions are anything but gallant. When Rose's father discovers that his children have disgraced his name, he turns them onto the street. Penniless, homeless and with the noose tightening, Rose must rescue her brother and keep her sister from the streets, even if it means putting herself in the most terrible danger.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002244/bk_hcuk_002244_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Revenge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 860min
Dangerous. Thrilling. Compulsive. Revenge is the brand-new novel from the phenomenal number-one best-selling author Martina Cole. Be sure your sins will find you out. Michael Flynn is untouchable in a world of power, money, and violence. He fights for what he wants and he takes it, whatever the cost. He learns the rules of the Life from the best and when his mentor, legendary Face Patrick Costello, is taken out, no one questions that Michael Flynn is his natural successor. For Michael, loyalty - and crime - pay. Michael Flynn rises to heights beyond anything the criminal underworld has seen. He owns everyone and he rules his empire with an even but fierce hand. No one would dare challenge him. Then the unthinkable happens. Perhaps Michael Flynn is not so untouchable after all. And he must learn that...without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000263/bk_head_000263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rock a Bye Baby , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 642min
Growing up in a small seaside town, Marcie Brooks dreams of owning a Mary Quant mini-skirt, the Beatles, and escape. Instead she's stuck in a dead-end job selling candy floss to tourists, and with a crazy family. Her grandmother sees ghosts, her step-mother is unable to control her growing family, and Marcie's father is usually in and out of prison or away "working" for East End gangsters. Despite it all, Marcie adores her father. But Tony's light fingers and hard man reputation mean most people give the Brooks family a wide birth. Sometimes Marcie even wishes she had a respectable dad like her friend Rita; well-groomed, wealthy by local standards, and surprisingly attentive to a teenage girl. But when she discovers Tony may have had something to do with her real mother's death, Marcie finds her friend's father is more than just a shoulder to cry on.... Mia Dolan's novels will appeal to all saga readers, especially fans of Katie Flynn. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001416/bk_rhuk_001416_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Mother's Sacrifice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 581min
A gritty and emotional family drama from the Sunday Times best seller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn. Beaten Glenda Jenkins has been beaten by her husband, Harry, one too many times - and this time he's put her in a hospital bed. Battered and bruised, Glenda slowly makes her recovery. But she fears what awaits her back at home.... Broken When Glenda meets kind hospital porter Frank, he offers her a lifeline she can't refuse. The pair decide to run away together, escaping the terror of Harry. But, fearing for her life, Glenda has to make the biggest sacrifice of all and leave her baby, Johnnie, behind. Bereft Safe on the Kent coast, Glenda finally has the life she dreamed of. But without Johnnie, she's a broken woman. Will she ever see her baby again? And will she ever be able to escape the fearsome shadow of Harry after all? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002745/bk_hcuk_002745_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Goldfish Club , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
What is it like to broadcast the fateful words "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday," then jump into the unknown? The members of one of the world's most unusual brotherhoods provide the answers in this incredible book. Formed during the Second World War to celebrate the survival of pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has taken on new members ever since. They share one pivotal moment, but their experiences beyond this couldn't be more different. One World War II veteran will never forget having to walk through a hostile German town at the point of a Nazi bayonet. An American B-17 navigator found his courage in an SS prison cell after his Flying Fortress broke up over Italian waters. A Wessex helicopter pilot struggled against the Arctic chill of the North Norwegian Sea. Their stories and many others are told here. All are different. All are utterly gripping. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett, David Thorpe, Jeff Harding, Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000636/bk_twuk_000636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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There Will Be Better Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min
Flame-haired beauty Chloe Collard watched her mother struggle through life, scraping together pennies in order to provide for her and her brothers, so Chloe promised herself something a long time ago: she would get a proper education and make something of herself. This vow would carry Chloe through her entire life. When Chloe is offered a job as a personal assistant in a prestigious firm, she finally feels that her hard work is paying off. And with romance knocking at her door, a happy and fulfilled life is just around the corner. But all is not as it seems, and the decisions Chloe has to make may not be as straightforward as they first appear.... From the East End of London to Brighton, this rags-to-riches romance is a story of how a little hope and a lot of determination will see you through the toughest of times. It's the perfect listen for fans of Maureen Lee, Annie Murray, and Pam Weaver. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000920/bk_twuk_000920_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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In Their Mother's Footsteps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 672min
In Their Mother's Footsteps is a moving saga set at the eve of the Second World War, by the author of the Breckton series Mary Wood. Two girls. One horrendous war. The chance to unite a family... Edith and Ada run Jimmy's Hope House, where they care for unmarried mothers and where Edith, a doctor, offers free medical help to the poor of London's East End. Both are struggling to overcome trauma from their past. For Edith there is the constant ache and yearning for her twin girls, Elka and Ania, from whom she was separated in 1918. For Ada there is the threat of her sister returning.... As the Nazis strengthen their grip on Poland, sisters Elka and Ania are forced to make a difficult decision: travel to England to find their birth mother or stay and fight against an increasingly desperate regime? In times of war, no choices are ever easy to make. But making the right choice could keep you alive.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001104/bk_macm_001104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The River Maid: The River Maid, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 724min
The stunning new novel from Sunday Times best seller Dilly Court London, 1854: 20-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty-stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father's beck and call. Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the Thames, a man who ends up renting a room in Essie's house, identifying himself only as 'Raven'. When curiosity gets the better of her, Essie follows him and unwittingly becomes involved in something far greater than she could ever have guessed. Finding herself on a ship bound for the penal colonies in Australia with Raven and his cousin Alice, this is only the start of a remarkable journey taking her to the other side of the world and back again.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003276/bk_hcuk_003276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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