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I guide souls to the end of their journey. I’m good at my job. I don’t ask questions. Why would I when I believed my story ended long ago? But memories laid to rest are awakening, drawing me toward a love I have never truly forgotten. With every revelation, the foundations of the afterlife begin to shift, and I am forced to confront a truth more powerful than fate itself. 

Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six in the Palliser series. Trollope inextricably binds together the issues of parliamentary election and marriage, of politics and privacy. The values and aspirations of the governing stratum of Victorian society are ruthlessly examined, and none remains unscathed. But above all Trollope focuses on the predicament of women. 'What should a woman do with her life?' asks Alice Vavasor of herself, and this theme is echoed by every other woman in the audiobook.

Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.

Roseanna Marchmont is the beautiful eldest daughter of the Wild Marchmonts. Unlike her other seven siblings, she lacks confidence and has an excessive desire to be universally pleasing. When a dance partner at a ball bluntly tells her why she cannot relax in conversation, she is hurt, but...

From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes the next title in the beloved romance series The Wallflowers - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of...

'One of the queens of the historical romance genre' EMILY HENRY 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' JULIA QUINN From blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes the next stunning novel in the beloved Hathaways series - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean...

Be swept up in the unforgettable new festive historical novel from bestselling author Dilly Court! As winter comes to Crow Castle, what secrets will Eliza Brown uncover? Born into a travelling circus, she knows that fate can turn on a sixpence — but nothing prepares her for the day her father...

The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.

'One of the queens of the historical romance genre' EMILY HENRY 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' JULIA QUINN From blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes the next stunning novel in the beloved Victorian romance series the Hathaways - perfect for...

'The rare author who can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' JULIA QUINN, bestselling author of the Bridgerton novels London, 1880. An exceptional female economist meets an undercover detective. Thrown together by their work, soon it's not just their ambitions on the line, it's also their...

Warwickshire, 1910. Pious young Grace Kettle escapes the world of her unsavoury and bullying father to train to be a nun. But when she meets the dashing and devout Father Luke her world is turned upside down. Her faith is tested and she is driven to make a scandalous and life-changing choice -...

When duty binds them, can love set them free? Lady Juliana Alderley has always been the strong one, the daughter who carries her family’s burdens without complaint. When a sudden proposal from the powerful Duke of Norfield offers safety for her mother, her sisters, and the beloved estate of Briarwyn Hall, Juliana agrees to a marriage of convenience she never expected to want for herself. Rowan Dacre, Duke of Norfield, is a man of order, honor, and quiet control. He did not seek a love match, only a wife he could respect.

Celia Calthorp, Duchess of Acaster, is sick of always being on the edge of disaster. Now that widowhood has finally given her the freedom to make her own choices, she knows exactly what she needs to do—marry a rich man to secure her future and that of her beloved stables. And it’s all going to plan…until it isn’t.

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE BRIDGERTONS . . . ________________________________________ She was given two choices . . . Georgiana Bridgerton isn't against the idea of marriage. She'd just thought she'd have some say in the matter. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she's abducted...

A jilted lady. The earl who vanished without a word. One Christmas house party where they have to face each other once again.Five years ago, Madeline Dawson gave her heart to the Earl of Ravensworth—and he took it with him when he disappeared from London without a single word. Now she's...

In defense of her honor, innocent Leda Etoile has burned all her bridges and taken refuge in her tiny attic room in a shabby boarding house in London. But her last safe haven is invaded when she wakes to find a man hidden in the dark - a man with golden hair and the face of a fallen angel, who moves in the night like a shadow. Will he be her savior, or her ruin? Samuel Gerard draws her inexorably into the richest circles of aristocratic England. But even as Leda falls in love with a man she can never have, she must keep his secrets.

Patience Whitford spent the last two seasons watching her elder sisters make grand matches. She is thoroughly apprehensive with the notion of being limited by marriage. But that seems like an inconsequential concern with no prospects on the horizon to follow in her sisters' footsteps. And to make matters worse, she is uncommonly jealous of all of the military officers she's befriended and their grand adventures. When Major Ashley Stuart is assigned to investigate some petty crimes near his brother's estate in Greenwich, it soon becomes apparent that there is something much larger going on.

All of London is abuzz over the imminent arrival of Wulfric Bedwyn, the reclusive, cold-as-ice Duke of Bewcastle, at the most glittering social event of the season. Some whisper of a tragic love affair. Others say he is so aloof and passionless that not even the greatest beauty could capture his attention. But on this dazzling afternoon, one woman did catch the duke's eye - and she was the only female in the room who wasn't even trying.

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of London's most notorious-yet irresistible-rakes . . . perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Lisa Kleypas is the best' Sarah...

Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature. When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire....