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Darla is desperate to escape her overbearing parents on their Hawaiian vacation. Who could have expected a whale to swim up beside her on a boating excursion and become her closest confidant? There is something about the whale's soulful gray eyes and powerful demeanor that she finds intriguing, but alas, she must return to shore with the rest of the humans. Later that evening, however, when a seven-foot-tall man with an odd dialect approaches Darla on the beach, there is something strangely familiar about him... Moby never intended to utilize his power to shift from a whale to a human.

Including poems specially adapted into melody and song for this audiobook. One of The New York Times Best Audiobooks of 2024 A BBC ‘BETWEEN THE COVERS’ BOOK CLUB PICK 'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín An...

Darla Sims left her hometown of Whale Harbor years ago to pursue a career as an artist in New York City. But after a disastrous art show that leaves her questioning everything, she receives even more devastating news: her beloved grandmother has passed away, and she needs to return home for the funeral. Going back to Whale Harbor wasn't in her plans, and from the moment Darla sets foot in the small coastal town where she grew up, her life is turned on its head.

Bloomsbury presents The Serpent King by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. The fight for vengeance has no victors... AD 936 The great warrior, Einar Unnsson, wants revenge. His mother's assassin has stolen her severed head and Einar is hungry for his blood. Only one thing holds him back...

Bloomsbury presents The Blazing Sea by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. The thrilling new Whale Road Chronicles Viking adventure. Einar and the Wolf Coats venture south, but danger and bloodshed is never far away. Einar and the Wolf Coats have angered most of the kings of Northern Europe...

Bloomsbury presents The Wolf Hunt by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. Fast-paced, detailed and brilliantly written [for] fans of Bernard Cornwell, George R.R. Martin, and especially Theodore Brun' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY When you can't protect everyone, who will you save? Iceland, AD...

Bloomsbury presents Eye of the Raven by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. Alone in a foreign land, Viking warrior Einar must choose his loyalties in the face of war. The gripping new instalment in the Whale Road Chronicles. For the first time, Einar and the Wolf Coats find themselves...

Bloomsbury presents The Raven Banner by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. FAST-PACED, DETAILED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN [FOR] FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN AND THEODORE BRUN' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY. Einar Unnsson will be a great warrior, whether he wants it or not. AD 935...

936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at aethelstan's court. When Louis decides to take up his throne, aethelstan sees a way to make a crucial ally: a powerful noble whose support Louis needs. And aethelstan has just the men he needs to carry his message... and undertake a secret mission.The Wolf Coats' quest is fraught with danger and foreboding, for the world is changing. 

'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín An Observer Best Debut of the Year 2024 The audiobook is read by Gwyneth Keyworth, and featuring, Gabrielle Glaister, Jot Davies, Dyfrig Morris and Nick Griffiths. It is 1938 and...

It is 1919. Elizabeth Whitman is working as a nurse in the local hospital, waiting for her husband to return from war, though he is missing in action, 'presumed dead'. She keeps him alive for their four-year-old son, Jack, by telling the story of a man she calls The Balloonist, who went away in a hot-air balloon and has adventures in exotic countries.

Restaurantmanagerin Stella Minetti hofft auf einen gelungenen Neustart für sich und ihre 13-jährige Tochter Feli in der Cameron Lodge auf Whale Island. Doch von einer entspannten Atmosphäre ist in dem charmanten Inselhotel zunächst wenig zu spüren, denn die temperamentvolle Halbitalienerin gerät immer wieder mit dem ebenso hitzigen Chefkoch Aidan Cameron aneinander. Dass sie sich trotz allem zu ihm hingezogen fühlt, macht alles noch viel komplizierter. Dann taucht plötzlich der attraktive Sänger Jackson auf und macht Stellas Gefühlschaos perfekt.

Family secrets and imposing friends are making Chalese feel like an outsider in her very own home on beautiful Whale Island. But it's only when a shocking revelation makes her feel truly lost that she opens her heart to the possibilities the past offers - including a chance at love with the last man she expected...

Bloggerin Viola lebt jeden Tag als könnte es ihr letzter sein – schließlich hat in ihrer Familie noch keine Frau ihren 35. Geburtstag gefeiert. Während einer Rucksacktour durch Kanada hat sie einen Unfall. Doch als sie im Krankenhaus erwacht, ist sie 35 und die Zukunft liegt plötzlich vor ihr. Krankenschwester Skye Cameron lädt sie ein, sich bei ihr auf Whale Island zu erholen. In Skyes Haus lebt seit Kurzem auch ihr jüngster Bruder, der Schriftsteller Glenn. Noch nie hat sich Viola bei jemandem so wohl gefühlt wie bei dem schüchternen aber attraktiven Glenn.

Greta Lorenz soll ihren Chef, den attraktiven aber unnahbaren Hotelmanager Duncan Sommerset, auf eine Geschäftsreise nach Kanada begleiten. Auf Whale Island, wo die Brandung an die schroffe Küste donnert und Buckelwale ihre Kreise ziehen, betreibt seine Familie ein kleines Hotel. Als Greta für Duncans Ehefrau gehalten wird, und er sie bittet, das Spiel mitzuspielen, bekommt die Reise eine ganz neue Wendung. Umgeben von herzlichen Menschen und atemberaubender Natur wird die wilde kleine Insel für Greta schnell zu dem Zuhause, nach dem sie sich schon ihr Leben lang gesehnt hat.

Can whales watch the humans who watch them? Miranda Jones is convinced they can and do. She's looking forward to her day of whale-watching off California's Central Coast. In preparation for a painting commission, she'll be photographing the migrating gray whales.

When Abigale inherits her uncle's curiosity shop she is thrust into the world of the occult. Where strange rituals are performed and cursed antiquities change hands. In this, she finds an entity of untold power. A primeval being of aeons past shouting to be freed. An old tome acting as a latched door opened a crack, outlining a rite requiring exotic ingredients and acts of questionable morals. He promises an answer to her family's dark secret in exchange for her help.