The Guardian cover art

The Guardian

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Guardian

By: Nicholas Sparks
Narrated by: Isabel Keating
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

 Swept off your feet and into a nightmare . . .

A powerful blend of love story, betrayal and obsession, The Guardian is written with electrifying intensity, playing with your emotions at every turn.

Widowed at a young age, Julie understands the pain that comes with love and has avoided romance for a long time. As she eases herself back into the dating scene, her eye is caught by the darkly sophisticated Richard, as he begins a passionate pursuit of her affections. But she is still confused by her feelings for best friend Mike: funny, loyal, but definitely not sophisticated.

A seemingly innocent choice sets off a deadly chain of events that leaves Julie fighting for her life, as jealousy simmers into murderous desire.©2003 Nicholas Sparks Contemporary Contemporary Romance Friendship Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Suspense Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 When We Were Worthy cover art
Payback cover art
Hello Love cover art
The Witness cover art
Something Like Summer cover art
The Obsession cover art
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye cover art
Lightning cover art
The Search cover art
When Never Comes cover art
A Dark Lure cover art
The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama cover art
All stars
Most relevant
I don’t think there’s been a sparks book I’ve not enjoyed, such a great writer, I’ve physically read this book on kindle, now a few years later re enjoyed listening to it on here, highly recommend

Great story, tissues needed at the end

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very different from his usual books but still a great read! If you like Nicholas's other books I'd recommend!

Nail biting read!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
For some reason my impression of Nicholas Sparks books was that they're 'feelgood'. I've only ever seen a couple of films, so got the wrong idea, I think. I was looking for something light, romantic, and uplifting. I realise now that I made the wrong choice and should have done more research. This is clearly a good read, well-written, with realistic characters and the romance done nicely. But this story should have had trigger warnings. So dark!! I was in tears at the end, especially having literally two weeks ago gone through a similar heart-rending loss – I'd never have picked this book if I'd known. I think it might be a while before I dare to try another Nicholas Sparks, which is such a shame as I thought I'd found another author whose back-list I could binge on Audible.

Good story, but totally heart-rending.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I couldn't leave this novel alone
l listened to it at one sitting , the narrative was so easy
to listen to

the best so far by Nicholas Sparks

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I normally love a Nicholas Sparks novel. But unfortunately this was corny, predictable and fairly boring. Ah well.

Not Nicholas Sparks’ best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews