Historical Fiction audiobooks

Dark Side of the Laird

By: Eliza Knight

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson & Arika Rapson

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

When the damaged and tormented Emma first meets the equally broken Logan, they embark on a torrid affair that irrevocably changes their lives. Emma has sacrificed her entire being, and just when she thinks Logan is willing to do the same, he holds back. In order to keep her, Logan must gain permission to marry from the one man he’s sought to... Read more

How the Scoundrel Seduces

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Narrated by: Corrie James

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Investigator Tristan Bonnaud has one aim in life—to make sure that his half-brother George can't ever ruin his life again. So when the pesky Lady Zoe Keane, the daughter of the Earl of Olivier, shows up demanding that the Duke's Men find a mysterious gypsy woman, he seizes the opportunity to also hunt for a gypsy friend who knows secrets about... Read more

Bittersweet

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 15 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins—all trained as nurses but each with her own ambitions—stepping into womanhood in 1920s and '30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. Yet these vivacious young women each... Read more

Dealey Plaza

By: John A. Russo

Narrated by: Reece Allan Morse

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary horror and suspense writer John Russo comes a harrowing tale where no one is safe!
Dealey Plaza is one of the most notorious places in America, and when youthful conspiracy buffs go there in 1964 to stage their own reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination, four of them are brutally murdered - the first victims of a hate-filled... Read more

Back Channel

By: Stephen L. Carter

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

October 1962. In Cuba: Soviet ships off-load what intelligence reveals to be nuclear missiles. In Washington, President Kennedy and his advisers are in furious debate over how long they can wait to discover what the Soviets intend before dropping the first bomb. And, in Ithaca, New York, Margo Jensen - a nineteen-year-old Cornell sophomore-is... Read more

Frenchman's Creek

By: Daphne du Maurier

Narrated by: John Castle

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This "highly personalized adventure, ultra-romantic" story tells the tale of a woman looking for adventure, only to find it in the arms a rebellious criminal (New York Times).
Bored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside with her restlessness and thirst for adventure as her only... Read more

The Black Duke's Prize

By: Suzanne Enoch

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Sent to London by her untrustworthy uncle, the beautiful and feisty Katherine Ralston arrives for the Season in utter despair. Not only is she caught up in the mad whirl of ballgowns and galas, she must also make certain that her disreputable uncle doesn’t sell her family estate in her absence. Katherine Ralston, a country girl at heart, sees... Read more

Daisy

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Daisy Jenkins never expected to be anything more than a trespasser on the idyllic lawns of Marsden Castle. Then, suddenly, she was admitted into the magic circle of the Earl and Countess of Nottenstone, to await the arrival of the notorious Lord Chatterton, her father—a stranger whose very name was foreign to her.She was Daisy Chatterton now,... Read more

Secret Star

By: Nora Roberts

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

He was standing face-to-face with a dead woman…and she was holding a gun. Lieutenant Seth Buchanan finds his homicide investigation—and his heart—thrown into turmoil when Grace Fontaine turns up very much alive—and in possession of one of the huge blue diamonds known as the Stars of Mithra.The cool, controlled cop never lets his feelings get in... Read more

Lookout Hill

By: Ralph Cotton

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE BAD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is deep in Old Mexico, tracking two of the most heinous outlaws it' s ever been his bad luck to track. Hodding " Hot Aces" Siebert and Bobby Hugh Bellibar have nine bank robberies, three train hijackings, and more than a dozen payroll raids to their names. And they' ve left an undertaker'... Read more

Poppy

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

She was the flower of an East End slum who rose to become a star. But Poppy Duveen quit the stage to marry Freddie Plummett, the only real gentleman she had ever known—the bounder who died. When Freddie died, Poppy was left the castle, but she was also left in the clutches of Freddie's formidable uncle, Hugo, the dazzling Duke of Guildham.How... Read more

Really the Blues

By: Joseph Koenig

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Eddie Piron thinks that performing in jazz clubs in Nazi-occupied Paris is bad enough, but when the drummer in his band is found facedown in the Seine and the police start asking questions, he realizes that his trouble is just beginning.Paris, 1941. American jazz musician Eddie Piron has lived in the City of Light since before the war began. But... Read more

Her Grace’s Passion

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Matilda, Duchess of Hadshire, is virtually a prisoner of her cruel husband, who romances his mistress right under the duchess' nose. Her only joy is dreaming of the handsome Earl of Torridon—for like her, he is trapped in a horrid marriage and longs to find true love and happiness.Though she secretly wishes for the death of her unkind husband,... Read more

The Chocolate Debutante

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicism about those of the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle of spinster friends and their devotion to literature, women's rights, and intellectual interests. When she determines to undertake the London season for her beautiful but featherbrained niece, however, she... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Troughton, Full Cast & Saman...

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of one of Jane Austen's most beloved works, Mrs Bennet is determined to see her five daughters married off and secure a future for them all.

When the wealthy Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet wastes no time in making his acquaintance. His friend Mr Darcy, however, discourages Mr Bingley... Read more

Child of the Mersey

By: Annie Groves

Narrated by: Noreen Leighton

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again.Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make... Read more

Undressed by the Earl

By: Michelle Willingham

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

National Readers’ Choice Award FinalistA man shrouded in grief…David Hartford, the Earl of Castledon, is tormented by the death of his wife. Though everyone expects him to remarry and beget an heir, he is a man living in shadows, unwilling to break out of his prison of sorrow.A spirited young woman who embraces life…Impulsive Amelia Andrews... Read more

Indigo

By: Beverly Jenkins

Narrated by: Robin Eller

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

As a child, Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark-skinned beauty is a member of Michigan's Underground Railroad, offering other runaways a chance at the freedom she has learned to love.


When one of her fellow conductors brings her an injured man to hide, Hester doesn't hesitate . . . even after she is told about the price on his head.... Read more

Snow on the Tulips

By: Liz Tolsma

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

 A stranger’s life hangs in the balance. But to save him is to risk everything.

The war is drawing to a close, but the Nazis still occupy part of the Netherlands. After the losses she’s endured, war widow Cornelia is only a shadow of the woman she once was. She fights now to protect her younger brother, Johan, who lives in hiding.When Johan... Read more

Before, During, After

By: Richard Bausch

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

When Natasha, a talented young artist working as a congressional aide, meets Michael Faulk, an Episcopalian priest struggling with his faith, the stars seem to align. Within months they are engaged. Shortly before their wedding, while Natasha is vacationing in Jamaica and Faulk is in New York attending the wedding of a family friend, the... Read more

Wallflower Gone Wild

By: Maya Rodale

Narrated by: Carolyn Morris

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the second in Maya Rodale's delightful Wallflower series, London's Least Likely to Cause a Scandal is taking Society by storm . . .Being good has worked out very badly for Lady Olivia Archer. All she has to show for four seasons on the marriage mart is the nickname Prissy Missy. Her prospects are so bleak that her parents have betrothed her... Read more

Painted Horses

By: Malcolm Brooks

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In the mid-1950s, America was flush with prosperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear to the horizon, while the West was still very much wild. In this ambitious, incandescent debut, Malcolm Brooks animates that time and untamed landscape in a tale of the modern and the ancient, of love and fate, and of heritage threatened by... Read more

When the World Was Young

By: Elizabeth Gaffney

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Wally Baker is no ordinary girl. Living in her grandparents' Brooklyn Heights brownstone, she doesn't like dresses, needlepoint, or manners. Her love of Wonder Woman comics and ants makes her feel like a misfit—especially in the shadow of her dazzling but unstable mother, Stella.

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Gaffney's irresistible novel captures... Read more

The Pirate Prince

By: Gaelen Foley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The pirate prince Lazar di Fiori returns with lethal grace to avenge what was stolen from him: his kingdom, his birthright, and his soul.



Allegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar's sworn enemy, proves an uncommonly powerful adversary. She throws herself on his mercy, her courage and beauty touching his cold, unforgiving heart. He agrees to spare... Read more