24 Results for : simpering
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The Determined Duke: The Duke of Desire, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min, (USK 18)
Adriana Cunningham has been hiding a secret for years - one that’s not even her own. Her brother, George, Earl of Danvers, is illiterate. The letters become jumbled for him, and because of this, she’s had to step up and essentially run their holdings from the shadows. To the world, she has gained a reputation as beautiful, simpering Miss Cunningham - too snooty to accept any proposal offered to her, which has led the men of ton on a merry chase trying to be the one that she accepts. But in the dark, she is Adriana, Mistress of the Danvers estate. She knows she can’t accept any proposals because to do so would take her away from her brother and his responsibilities.Treyson, Duke of Lowe, is irritated that his brother, Henry, has made it his mission in life to get the beautiful Miss Cunningham to accept his proposal. After hothouse flowers, a serenade, and many love letters, Henry has been rejected too many times to count. And Trey can’t have that - it’s ruining his family’s reputation. So, he pays a visit to the illustrious, mysterious Miss Cunningham. She’s feisty, irritated, and he sees right through her masquerade of being a doe-eyed miss. He’s becomes determined to play her at her own game - seduce her and then refuse to commit, restoring their family’s name.But Adriana is so much smarter than he’d predicted. They go round and round, exchanging glances, touches, and innuendos until one of them loses control and they fall under each other’s spell. But it’s a night that can’t be repeated...until it is. But why won’t Adriana return Trey’s promise to do right by her? What isn’t she telling him? And could Trey possibly have fallen for the one woman he’s promised never to have real feelings toward? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Guy Veryzer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133856/bk_acx0_133856_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Angels and Saints: A Biblical Guide to Friendship with God's Holy Ones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 261min
Angels and saints. Catholics tend to think of them as different from the rest of us. They're cast in plaster or simpering on a holy card, performing miracles with superhero strength, or playing a harp in highest heaven. Yet they are very near to us in every way. In this lively audiobook, Scott Hahn dispels the false notions and urban legends people use to keep the saints at a safe distance. The truth is that Jesus Christ has united heaven and earth in a close communion. Drawing deeply from Scripture, Dr. Hahn shows that the hosts of heaven surround the earthly Church as a "great cloud of witnesses". The martyrs cry out from heaven's altar begging for justice on the earth. The prayers of the saints and angels rise to God, in the Book of Revelation, like the sweet aroma of incense. Dr. Hahn tells the stories of several saints (and several angels too) in a way that's fresh and new. The saints are spiritual giants but with flesh-and-blood reality. They have strong, holy ambitions - and powerful temptations and opposition that must be overcome. Their stories are amazing and yet familiar enough to motivate us to live more beautiful lives. In this telling of their story, the saints are neither otherworldly nor this-worldly. They exemplify the integrated life that every Christian is called to live. Still, their lives are as different from one another as human lives can be. Dr. Hahn shows the heavenly Church in all its kaleidoscopic diversity - from Moses to Mary, Augustine to Therese, and the first century to the last century. Only saints will live in heaven. We need to be more like the saints if we want to live in heaven someday. Dr. Hahn shows us that our heavenly life can begin now. It must. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Hahn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003896/bk_rand_003896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fantasy Swap Online, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 181min
In the player-versus-player MMORPG, Fantasy Realms Online, people live out the fantasies they can't in real life, no matter how bloody or sexy they might be, and Kromgorn the Barbarian is no exception. He and his guildies make constant warfare against their rivals in the Secret Order, a guild led by the dark Lich-Lord, who's also rumored to be a crazy hacker in real life, and they make fun of players who just use the game for stupid things like getting laid. But when the Lich-Lord releases a powerful spell that traps most of the players in the game permanently, Kromgorn accidentally winds up stuck in the avatar of his friend, Lacey - a stupid, low-level female character that was designed exclusively to get down and dirty with the in-game pleasure system. Even worse, he gets captured by the orcs and thrown into their harem dungeon, where he finds he's powerless to resist his captors! The developers really modeled female bodies correctly in this game, and it's humiliating to have to go from being a high-level barbarian to a simpering little harem girl. With his guild drawing closer to an epic encounter with the Lich-Lord, they need all the high-level players they can get! Will Krom figure out a way to get himself out of this useless body and get back in time to help his friends, or will he be stuck forever working on his back in a dirty harem dungeon? The only way out of this mess might be to give in to his situation and embrace his new body in order to outmaneuver his foes. Who knows? He might even end up enjoying himself.... With hours of humorous, gender-swapped fantasy action and some very steamy scenes, this audiobook is intended for mature audiences who enjoy FF and MF encounters with lots of gender-bending fun. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. J. Jenness. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107849/bk_acx0_107849_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Season in London: Timeless Regency Collection, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 430min
From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean Romance, comes A SEASON IN LONDON. **Amazon Top 20 in Victorian Romance** **Amazon Top 30 in Regency Romance** Three brand new Regency Romance novellas by Elizabeth Johns, Heather B. Moore, and Rebecca Connolly: POOR RELATIONS by Elizabeth Johns As a 'poor relation,' Emma Standrich has already pre-empted her dismal Season by applying for a governess post. Her aunt and cousin are kind enough to sponsor her, but in truth, Emma is just waiting for it to all be over. Emma's grief over the death of her brother while in military service casts a pallor on everything else in her life. When Colonel Shelton, the man who was her brother's superior, asks her to dance at her first ball, Emma is more surprised than anyone. But she has questions for him, and soon she's caught up in an intrigue she wasn't expecting - both of the heart and the mind. EDWARD & EMILY by Heather B. Moore As a second son, Edward Blackwood never anticipated becoming heir to his family estate, or the need to find a wife and secure that inheritance. But with the death of his older brother, Edward is thrust into a life he never wanted. When his mother encourages him to be kind to his long-time neighbor Emily Foster, a girl he'd hardly paid attention to while growing up, Edward realizes that returning home might not be such a set-back after all. A SPORTING SEASON by Rebecca Connolly Daphne Hutchins is no simpering female who aims for a husband with a fortune. In fact, she'd be more than happy to live her life free of the heartache that men seem to bring. So when she sets out to play the fool in front of the ton during her first Season in order to send all eligible men running, she's quite unprepared for James Woodbridge. Bored, but with a sense of family duty, James arrives for the Season, anticipating going through the ex ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009475/bk_brll_009475_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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