86 Results for : gambled
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The Secrets of Flight: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 633min
This captivating breakout novel - told in alternating viewpoints - brings listeners from the skies of World War II to the present day, where a woman is prepared to tell her secrets at last. Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her past. Now 87 years old and a widow, she is still haunted by secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she's presided over for a decade, though she's never written a word herself. When a new member walks in - a 15-year-old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister, Sarah - Mary is certain fate delivered Elyse Strickler to her for a reason. Mary hires the serious-eyed teenager to type her story about a daring female pilot who, during World War II, left home for the sky and gambled everything for her dreams - including her own identity. As they begin to unravel the web of Mary's past, Mary and Elyse form an unlikely friendship. Together they discover it's never too late for second chances and that sometimes forgiveness is all it takes for life to take flight in the most unexpected ways. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Caruso, Brittany Pressley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005153/bk_harp_005153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Bridal Contract: Darrington Family, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
When a bridal contract is struck, either parental outrage will void the arrangement or the love of a child will sweeten the deal.Oliver Darrington - Viscount Tralsburg - wants nothing more than to hide out at the family property in Brighton until he can secure a seaworthy ship and return to adventuring the world. However, being handed his former mistress’ child isn’t part of that plan. Neither is the sudden longing for his pretty Italian neighbor.Eloisa Hawthorne is in dire straits. Her older brother has gambled away her sister’s hand to a horrible man. In order to save her sister’s virtue and her future, Eloisa needs a fast fortune...or someone who can immediately cover the debt. When her handsome neighbor offers a temporary engagement contract, she accepts with alacrity. Too bad she fell in love with his dark-haired offspring. How scandalous! When the two attend his mother’s London dinner party, Oliver wishes the union wasn’t merely a lark. Eloisa fears for the adorable child’s upbringing in heathen locales, but what can she do? The contract is only for a month, and love was never an option. Something must be done to throw over convention before the moment is lost and matters of the heart are sacrificed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Mack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/202572/bk_acx0_202572_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Fall from Grace : Clavering Chronicles, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min
She needs a champion. He needs one less person to worry about.Selena Lockhart comes with neither fortune nor connections, and she knows better than to expect society to give her a welcome — especially after her father gambled away his fortune, precipitating the family’s sudden fall from grace and Selena’s betrothed to break off the engagement. It therefore comes as no surprise that her new neighbor, Sir Lucius, treats her with disdain. Why should he look beyond appearances when her own promises so little? Sir Lucius Clavering is not married, but he may as well be, considering he is expected to escort his widowed mother to watering holes, round out the numbers at his married sister’s dinners, and come to the aid of his scapegrace younger siblings. It doesn’t help that single women and matchmaking mamas jostle each other for his face, fortune, and title so that he’s left without a moment’s peace. When Selena shows up at Lucius’s doorstep looking for help, he is sure it’s another ploy aimed at cutting up his prized bachelor existence. Although his prejudice does not last long, Lucius fears his first reaction might have ruined his chances with her. How can he save her from society’s teeth when she continues to hold him at arm’s length? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/227717/bk_acx0_227717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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My Name Is Eva: An Absolutely Gripping and Emotional Historical Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 556min
You can pay a terrible price for keeping a promise....Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Forest Lawns Care Home in the heart of the English countryside, surrounded by residents with minds not as sharp as hers. It would be easy to dismiss Evelyn as a muddled old woman, but her lipstick is applied perfectly and her buttons done up correctly. Because, Evelyn is a woman with secrets, and Evelyn remembers everything. She can never forget the promise she made to the love of her life to discover the truth about the mission that led to his death, no matter what it cost her.When Evelyn’s niece Pat opens an old biscuit tin to find a photo of a small girl with a red ball entitled "Liese, 1951" and a passport in another name, she has some questions for her aunt. And Evelyn is transported back to a place in Germany known as "The Forbidden Village", where a woman who called herself Eva went where no one else dared, amongst shivering prisoners, to find the man who gambled with her husband’s life.A gripping, haunting and compelling story about love, courage, and betrayal set in the war-battered landscape of Germany. Fans of The Letter, The Alice Network, and The Nightingale will be hooked. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Croft. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163535/bk_acx0_163535_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Last Stand: Star Legions, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
The Black Legion has vanquished every army and fleet sent against it, yet now this invincible Legion is in full retreat as it races away from the Emperor’s wrath. They gambled all on a single decisive battle and with it lost everything.With victory against the Emperor now impossible, the Legion finds itself lacking purpose and money. They came to the Empire with promises of glory and reward, but now they are trapped and surrounded on all sides by enemies. The massacre of the Legion’s officer corps leaves it vulnerable, and it falls to warriors like Xenophon to hold back their desire for revenge and to put them on a path home.The God King Artaxerxes is no fool, and he knows he cannot let a massive Terran fleet make its way through his domain unchallenged. To do so would encourage dissent in his already weakened empire. He may have fought off his brother, Lord Cyrus, but the threat of revolt is ever near. Mobilizing forces from every corner of the Empire, he throws them all at the Legion under the command of his trusted lieutenant Tissaphernes.Last Stand is the fourth book in the Star Legions series from Michael G. Thomas, the best-selling author of the Star Crusades series, previously published as the Black Legion series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shamaan Casey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136855/bk_acx0_136855_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Educating Alice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 619min
What really happens when a city girl becomes a farmer′s wife? If you′re a fan of Rachael Treasure, you′ll love this memoir: a real-life outback love story that proves truth is even better than fiction... A footloose city slicker who couldn′t tell a bull from a cow was hardly the ideal candidate to answer an ad for a governess on a Mackay cattle station. But Alice Greenup was game for anything, until she was bowled over by a handsome young jackeroo with a devastating smile. It was the start of a whole new way of life as Alice gave up her city life to embrace the bush and all that came with it: horses, cattle, the obsession with rain - and the correct way to wear a hat. After overcoming more than a few obstacles, the unlikely couple eventually married, moving to Rick′s family farm near Kingaroy. Determined to make their own future, they gambled their dreams on a vast property called ′Jumma′. It was a huge risk but with a lot of love, blood, sweat and tears, they were on their way. But one morning they almost lost it all. When Alice′s horse bucked her out of the saddle in remote bushland, she was gravely injured. Rick was forced to leave her lying alone, drifting in and out of consciousness, to gallop home for help. What followed would test their love to the limit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Hood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002048/bk_boli_002048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Duke's Wager: Defiant Brides, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 375min
Closet romantic Miss Sarah Crombly has always believed in romance - though her dreams of a happily ever after are dashed with the news her father has gambled away her hand in marriage to none other than James Foxworth, the duke of Pillberton, her old childhood friend and now sworn enemy. Though he may be sinfully handsome, and a duke to boot, Sarah vows to make sure she will never fall in love with him and devises a plan to escape. James Foxworth has enjoyed a life filled with privilege as befitting of a man of his rank. From the best horseflesh to the finest clothes to more estates than he can count, the duke of Pillberton wants for nothing. There is one thing he desires more than wealth or title: his childhood friend Sarah Crombly, and nothing will stop him. Seeing an opportunity to set right old wrongs, James sets about winning Sarah's hand in a game of chance, though he finds his prize more resistant to his idea of marriage than he had anticipated. When his wife-to-be disappears, James knows that if he is to earn a second chance, he must find her and win both her trust and her heart. How can James find a way back into the heart of the only woman he has ever loved? And how will Sarah find a way to forgive him and learn to love him once again? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/126423/bk_acx0_126423_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Habits of the House , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 529min
From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs, Downstairs, the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of Downton Abbey. As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert’s wife, Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady’s maid who orders the life of her mistress. Lord Robert can see no financial relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to mend, seems the answer to all their prayers. As the writer of the pilot episode of the original Upstairs, Downstairs - Fay Weldon brings a deserved reputation for magnificent storytelling. With wit and sympathy - and no small measure of mischief - Habits of the House plots the interplay of restraint and desire, manners and morals, reason and instinct. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Kellgren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001533/bk_aren_001533_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hitler's Preemptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1474min
This book describes the often overlooked World War II campaign for Norway - a complex series of battles in which Hitler out-gambled Churchill in order to secure a vital resource lifeline for the Third Reich. After Hitler conquered Poland and was still fine-tuning his plans against France, the British began to exert control of the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany’s iron-ore conduit to Sweden and outflank from the start its hegemony on the Continent. The Germans responded with a dizzying series of assaults, using every tool of modern warfare developed in the previous generation. Airlifted infantry, mountain troops and paratroopers were dispatched to the north, seizing Norwegian strongpoints while forestalling larger but more cumbersome Allied units. The German navy also set sail, taking a brutal beating at the hands of Britannia, while ensuring with its sacrifice that key harbors could be held open for resupply. As dive-bombers soared overhead, small but elite German units traversed forbidding terrain to ambush Allied units trying to forge inland. At Narvik, some 6,000 German troops battled 20,000 French and British, until the Allies were finally forced to withdraw by the great disaster in France, which had then gotten underway. Henrik Lunde, a native Norwegian and former U.S. Special Operations colonel, has written the most objective account to date of a campaign in which 20th-century military innovation found its first fertile playing field. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Parks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010087/bk_adbl_010087_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Femdom Wife - Tales of Domestic Discipline : Chastity, Facesitting, Ballbusting , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min, (USK 18)
Three scorching hot tales of femdom domestic discipline! This scorching hot bundle features three stories of femdom wives and domestic discipline! Included in the bundle: Ballbusting Fantasy Comes True A sexy femme fatale had broken into Zack’s house. Her eyes were on robbing him blind, and she would do anything to make sure it happened. And if Zack’s masculinity was to get in the way, she would teach him a ballbusting lesson he would never forget. Zack was about to find his ultimate fantasy some true...eager to clean her up. Gambling Addict Is Locked in Chastity and Smothered Andrew has committed the ultimate sin he gambled the rent money and lost. Chloe has had enough of her husband’s reckless behavior and decides to teach him a lesson. If Andrew cannot control his gambles urges, he will find himself with a severe case of blue balls and on the end of Chloe relentless punishment! Roleplaying a Home Invasion Katherine has the fright of her life when she is home alone late one evening and suspects there is a home invasion. The home invasion ends up being her husband coming home early intoxicated. And when she lays out just what she intended to do to the suspected intruder. The couple decide to pay out their own invasion in an evening of domination and submission Click "Buy Now" and enjoy all three stories! This sizzling hot collection of short stories contains over 8,800 words of first time femdom, domestic discipline, facesitting, ballbusting, chastity lock up, tease and denial, female domination, dominant woman dominating submissive men and should be read by adults only. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Veronica Harder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201886/bk_acx0_201886_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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