His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still 100 miles from camp.  On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a ...

Alone on the Ice

Sebastian Cynster knows time is running out. If he doesn't choose a wife soon, his female relatives will line up to assist him. Yet the current debutantes do not appeal. Where is he to find the right lady to be his marchioness? Then Drake Varisey, el...

The Lady by His Side

With his older brother's betrothal announced, Lord Michael Cynster is freed of all familial expectations. But the allure of his previous hedonistic pursuits has paled. Then he learns of the mission his brother and his fiancée have been assisting with...

An Irresistible Alliance

We joyfully request your attendance at the wedding of Miss Angelica Cynster... but not until she and her hero lay to rest an ancient grudge in the Scottish Highlands! Headstrong Angelica Cynster is certain she'll recognize her fated husband at first ...

The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Miss Heather Cynster... but not before she encounters kidnappers, danger, and a daring rescue at the hands of Viscount Breckenridge.  Determined to hunt down her very own hero, one who will sweep her off he...

Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue

Lord Peter Wimsey and his detective novelist wife Harriet Vane return in Jill Paton Walsh's brilliant new continuation of Dorothy L. Sayers's classic mysteries.  When a dispute among the fellows of St. Severin's College, Oxford University, reaches a ...

The Late Scholar

Lord Drake Varisey, Marquess of Winchelsea, eldest son and heir of the Duke of Wolverstone, must foil a plot that threatens to shake the foundations of the realm, but the very last lady - nay, noblewoman - he needs assisting him is Lady Louisa Cynste...

The Greatest Challenge of Them All

New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns to rugged Scotland with a dramatic tale of passionate desire, unwavering devotion, and a match too powerful to deny.  Restless and impatient, Marcus Cynster waits for fate to come calling. ...

A Match for Marcus Cynster

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns with the next in her Cynster Sisters series...  The Honorable Miss Mary Cynster always gets what she wants. As the last unwed Cynster of her generation, she is determined to rema...

The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh

The pleasure of your company is requested at the wedding of Miss Eliza Cynster ... but not until she’s rescued from a daring abduction by the mostunexpected of heroes! Brazenly kidnapped from her sister Heather’s engagement ball, Eliza Cynster is spi...

In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster

What happens when fate, love, and passion collide?  The number one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns to Scotland with a tale of two lovers irrevocably linked by destiny and passion.  Thomas Carrick is a gentleman driven to ...

The Tempting of Thomas Carrick

Number one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns to romantic Scotland to usher in a new generation of Cynsters in an enchanting tale of mistletoe, magic, and love.  It's December 1837, and the young adults of the Cynster clan h...

By Winter's Light

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens has returned to another utterly irresistible branch on her beloved Cynster family tree....  The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man...  ...is a Cynster lady who believes love ...

And Then She Fell

Bold, passionate, and possessive, the Cynster men let nothing stand in their way when it comes to claiming the women of their hearts. Gerrard Debbington, Vane Cynster's brother-in-law, is one of London's most eligible gentlemen. Uninterested in marri...

The Truth About Love

In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded F...

Ministers at War

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters' next generation to bring you a thrilling tale of love, intrigue, and fabulous horses.  Prudence Cynster has turned her back on husband-hunting in favor of horse-...

A Conquest Impossible to Resist

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations.  In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton - one of the for...

The Great Escape

See what happens when The Lady Risks All   The passionate new love story from number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae, Stephanie Laurens...  Neville Roscoe, notorious and enigmatic, lives resolutely outsid...

The Lady Risks All

A behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets.  As a member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Party in the 1960s and 70s,...

A Very English Scandal

Spinning a pause-resisting story of literary suspense that begins in the present and unwinds back more than half a century, this unforgettable debut channels the haunting allure of Atonement as its masterfully woven web of lies, secrets, and betrayal...

The Good Liar

What if Dracula were brought back to life to fight the Nazis?  Ravaged by the Nazi Secret Service during World War II, Romanian resistance forces turn to one of their leaders, Professor Van Helsing, for any way out. To fight these monstrous forces, V...

Dracula vs. Hitler

Stephen Hawking has dazzled listeners worldwide with a string of best sellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own li...

My Brief History

A gentleman searching for a purpose in life sets out to claim his legacy, only to discover that instead of the country residence he’d expected, he’s inherited an eccentric community whose enterprises are overseen by a decidedly determined young lady ...

Foes, Friends, and Lovers

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters’ next generation with an evocative tale of two people striving to overcome unusual hurdles in order to claim true love. A nobleman wedded to the lady he loves str...

The Games Lovers Play

In the aftermath of the Great War and a devastating family tragedy, Laurence Bartram has turned his back on the world. But with a well-timed letter, an old flame manages to draw him back in. Mary Emmett's brother John - like Laurence, an officer duri...

The Return of Captain John Emmett

A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.  November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence...

Too Bad to Die

Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous prime minister and how his critics' perceptions of them shaped his political career. Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-fi...

Churchill

When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the place: a crumbling manor, a venerable church, and a memorial to the village's soldiers, almost all of whom died in one bloody battle. Now peace preva...

The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton

Berlin in the spring of 1939. Hitler is preparing for war. Colonel Noel Macrae, a British diplomat, plans the ultimate sacrifice to stop him. The West's appeasement policies have failed. There is only one alternative: assassination.  The Gestapo, awa...

Midnight in Berlin

From Edgar nominee, F. R. Tallis, comes his latest tale of psychological suspense - and a brilliant reinvention of the ghost story.  When promising young psychiatrist, James Richardson, is offered the job opportunity of a lifetime by the charismatic ...

The Sleep Room

You are a four-dimensional human.  Each of us exists in three-dimensional physical space. But as a constellation of everyday digital phenomena rewires our lives, we are increasingly coaxed from the containment of our predigital selves into a wonderfu...

The Four-Dimensional Human

The first book in a major new trilogy - one that will help listeners everywhere live fuller, more satisfying lives.  We live in small worlds.  How We Are is an astonishing debut and the first part of the monumental How to Live trilogy, a profound and...

How We Are

Stephen Hawking has dazzled listeners worldwide with a string of best-sellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inwards for a revealing look at his own life and ...

These chapters in the life of Edward the Rake are dealt with frankly and light-heartedly. It is the story of a man who enjoyed himself and his indelicate advantages to the full, a penetrating and yet not unsympathetic portrait of the monarch and of t...

Edward the Rake

A global plague has decimated England's male population and the once-predictable Gosling family is now free to fulfill its long-frustrated desires. When Mr. Gosling leaves his family to peruse his sexual vices, the Gosling daughters, who lack experience and self-independence, find shelter in a matriarchal commune. However their new life is threatened by the community elders' views on free love.

Goslings

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Matthew Brenher is originally from London, England, and now resides in Los Angeles. As a classical actor, he has performed in over 20 Shakespearian productions; he has also held varied roles in modern theater, as well as television and film. He is also an accomplished voice-over artist, recently recording three 19th century romantic novels as well as stories for the Doctor Who series, children’s books, radio commercials and documentaries. source: Dreamscape

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