105 Results for : grudgingly
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Savior from Hell: Demon Brotherhood Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 340min
He's a demon who condemned me to Hell. I shouldn't want him like I do. But I can't resist.I see flashes of my death. Blood. Pain. Asphalt. But I can't piece together what happened. All I know is he turned me - Gael. Instead of letting me meet my day of judgment, he made me one of his kind. A demon.Dragged to the depths of Hell, I'm now forced to prove myself worthy. The leaders of the condemned frown upon the siring of new demons and demand I complete three trials.With time running out, I grudgingly enlist Gael to train me. It's the least he can do, considering everything the jerk has put me through. The pain, the suffering, the lust... That last one. That's the worst. Even with the world hammering at me from all angles, I can't ignore the heat that ignites inside me whenever I'm with him.Life isn't supposed to be this difficult, but then again, my life is over. This is something else entirely.You may be wondering why I don't just tell the powers that be to go to... well, you know where. If I fail, my soul will be sent to burn in the pits of Hell for eternity. No pressure, right? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Tebb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121929/bk_acx0_121929_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rules of Love: Rulebook, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 278min
2017 Rainbow Award runner-upMaxine Saddler has never been in love. She knows exactly what it looks like. She’s spent years studying the phenomenon in other people, but her Asperger syndrome makes it far too anxiety-provoking to attempt such a thing in her own life. Instead, she focuses exclusively on academics. She’s 23 years old, starting grad school, and perfectly content to ignore the world beyond her textbooks. That is, until she meets Ruby Satterwhite, who makes Max want to give love one more shot.Ruby is the consummate social butterfly - sorority president, extracurricular list a mile long, and stunning to boot. In short, she’s way out of Max’s league, and on top of it all, she kind of hates Max for how she blurts out whatever’s on her mind, no matter how blunt. But when they’re thrown grudgingly together for a group project in their first class, the heavens open up and the sparks begin to fly. There's only one problem - Ruby’s still pining for her perfect ex-girlfriend.It’s time to turn on the charm like never before, but can Max master the rules of love?Praise for The Rules of Love: "I love the two main characters with all my heart. I rooted for them the entire way through. A unique and delightful love story." (2017 Rainbow Awards judges panel) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Teri Clark Linden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177917/bk_acx0_177917_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Submitting to the Marquess: A Regency BDSM Novella in the Chateau Debauchery Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 203min, (USK 18)
Would you spend one night at the Château Debauchery to indulge in wicked pleasures of the flesh? Mildred Abbott is a proper Regency miss, but she cannot deny the dark desires that torment her body in the quiet of night. Engaged to an uninspiring sycophant, she asks her influential cousin to interfere and break her engagement. When her appeals to him fail, she decides to take a singular opportunity - a visit to the Château Debauchery - to indulge her most wanton cravings before she submits herself to a life of wedded dullness. The Marquess of Alastair concerns himself with no one, but to appease his aunt on her birthday, he agrees to select one person whose interests he will look after. It was not his intention to choose his plain and simple cousin, Mildred, but when she unexpectedly shows up at the Château Debauchery, his hand is forced. Knowing his aunt to be partial to Miss Abbott, he grudgingly decides to act the part of a gentleman and preserve her honor by removing her from the Château. But Mildred refuses to go until she has had her night of wicked debauchery. Listener advisory: Though there are romantic elements, this novella is mostly a work of erotic fiction in that the sexual journey is primary. This work also contains light bondage, BDSM elements and themes of submission/dominance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Em Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/069945/bk_acx0_069945_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Splash of Substance: Taste of Romance, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
She doesn't vote. He works for a Senator. Is it a recipe for romance or disaster? Paige Jackson has always stayed out of politics, leaving it to God to govern the world. She has enough on her plate as the owner of a catering company founded on convictions to buy local, sustainable fare. Jackson Trent works on Capitol Hill for Senator Carson, putting his beliefs in action to help shape national policy. Hoping to find high-end clients to keep her business afloat, Paige bids on a contract to cater the Senator's next fundraiser. Shake-ups in the Senator's staff leave Jackson grudgingly in charge of the event. After Paige is chosen as caterer, she and Jackson must work together despite opposing beliefs on how God calls Christians to participate in government. As Paige introduces Jackson to sustainable fare, it's not just the food that piques his interest. When Senator Carson becomes front-page news in Washington, Paige is sucked into the whirlwind of scandal. Can Jackson convince Paige he wasn't complicit and win her back or has politics burned his chance at love? Book one in a new series of contemporary Christian romance from Elizabeth Maddrey, A Splash of Substance is a heartwarming romance that also provides listeners a chance to consider their views on the civic responsibility of Christians and sustainable living in the suburbs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brenna Hobbs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083159/bk_acx0_083159_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tainted Vessels: The Sum of Ages, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 842min
Their scent is on the wind. Their blood is in the tides. They are coming.Wrongly accused of treason, Corin has been imprisoned by the very city he fought to save. With his brother murdered, his family disgraced, and the demon storm surging ever closer across the plains, Corin must place his faith in two unfamiliar guards who claim to be able to smuggle him to the outlands.But time is growing short, and the storm is drawing near.Having salvaged the ancient armor from the very jaws of Naraka, Olenka and her crew have returned to Lunsod sa Dagat. Unable to deny her prophetic visions any longer, Olenka has grudgingly agreed to confront the monks. Now, she has been whisked back into the life of rites and relics she abandoned in her youth.And she has foreseen a new calamity rising up from the abyss.With nothing left to hold back the coming blight, Corin and Olenka must race to find the strength to defend their people. Three hundred years after the ancient hero first repulsed the demon armies, can they too learn what it takes to bear the light?Or will they be proven weak and tainted vessels?Complex societies, different cultures, and deep friendships make this coming-of-age fantasy series perfect for fans of M.L. Wang, Brandon Sanderson, Jeff Wheeler, and Patrick Rothfuss. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Zac Aleman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/231717/bk_acx0_231717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Perfect Partners , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 667min
Midwestern librarian Letitia Thornquist didn't have the right stuff to run Thornquist Gear, Inc. That was the bottom-line opinion of Joel Blackstone, the seasoned CEO who had built the small Seattle sporting goods store into an industry giant. But Letty's rich Uncle Charlie willed her the company, and now she was bubbling with enthusiasm to have Joel, a perfect mentor, show her the ropes. Teaching her the business was all Joel grudgingly planned to do... until the sensuous curves under Letty's navy suit and the unabashed desire in her wide, innocent eyes left him longing for a personal kind of merger. Soon his sizzling kisses convinced her that she wasn't in Kansas anymore. But no matter how skilled Joel was in the art of love, Letty knew she was at risk in his arms. Behind his tough facade she sensed a world of hurt that cried out for her warmth and understanding. She realized the "L" word might never be spoken if trust didn't make them perfect partners 9 to 5.... and in the loving after-hours of midnight to dawn. In a witty, classical duel of romance and ambition, Jayne Ann Krentz deftly portrays two fiery opposites caught by an irresistible attraction...in a deliciously spicy tale of life at the top and love in the depths of the heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy McFadden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011854/bk_tant_011854_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Immortal Crown: Age of X, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 830min
The number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out. With this highly classified knowledge comes a shocking revelation: Not only are the gods vying for human control, but the elect - special humans marked by the divine - are turning against one another in bloody fashion. Their mission takes a new twist when they are assigned to a diplomatic delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin's old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA's dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity. Meanwhile, Mae - grudgingly posing as Justin's concubine - has a secret mission of her own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago. But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter's connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their mission - and with it the divine forces the government is determined to keep secret. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Shaffer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002383/bk_peng_002383_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Summer of the Loon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min
Life can change in a heartbeat.... Ali Jenson's life changed forever the moment her mother died. The 16-year-old was suddenly swept away from the life she knew in California to live with her estranged grandfather in the deep woods of northern Minnesota. Ali's life has never been easy, but it seems her grandfather is trying his best to make it even more difficult. Her only hope is to get through the summer and her last year of high school so she can return to her old life in California. What she hadn't counted on was slowly becoming attached to the grumpy old man and falling in love for the very first time. Benjamin Jenson never planned on meeting his granddaughter, let alone having her live with him. He isn't thrilled with the idea of a teenage girl coming into his home or his life. He'd been down that path once before and he didn't want to relive it again. But he is her only living relative and he knew his deceased wife, Lizzie, would have wanted him to give Ali a home. Grudgingly, he figured he could put up with the girl for a year. He never expected Ali to find a way into his heart and make him face painful past memories and his worst fear. The fear of losing yet another person he loves. Will Ben finally let go of the past and give Ali the home she's always dreamed of? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vanessa Moyen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080804/bk_acx0_080804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Of Noble Family , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 900min
Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy - then Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away on one of his properties in the West Indies. His brother, who manages the estate, is overwhelmed, and no one else in his family can go. Grudgingly, out of filial duty, the couple decide to go. The sea voyage is long, and Jane spends enough time unable to perform glamour that toward the end of the trip she discovers she is with child. They are overjoyed, but when they finally arrive at the estate to complete what they expect to be routine legal tasks, they realize that nearly everything they came expecting to find was a lie. Also the entire estate is in disarray, with horrifying conditions and tensions with the local slave population so high, they are close to revolt. Jane and Vincent's sense of peril is screaming out for them to flee, but Vincent cannot stand to leave an estate connected with his family in such a condition. They have survived many grand and terrifying adventures in their time, but this one will test their skills and wits more than any they have ever encountered before, this time with a new life hanging in the balance. Mary Robinette Kowal's Of Noble Family is the final book of the acclaimed Glamourist Histories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Prentice Onayemi, Robin Miles, Mary Robinette Kowal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021231/bk_adbl_021231_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Drone Incident , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 194min
The Drone Incident centers on two men - miles apart geographically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally - whose lives collide in a dramatic confrontation. Fighter pilot Tom (Iceman) Belton is coldly indifferent, even when killing hundreds in the first Gulf War. It isn't until witnessing the birth of his son that he is able to feel, or to show sensitivity and compassion. A decade later in Kansas City, after seeing leukemia take his wife's last breath, he reverts to cold-hearted indifference - at his son's expense. Meanwhile, in Mexico City, 18-year old aeronautical engineering student Juan Vasquez is guilt-ridden after being involved in an automobile accident that leaves a five-year-old dead. Vasquez grudgingly lets his brother persuade him to convert to Islam. He finds peace - until the love of his life and his brother are slaughtered in a drone attack in Pakistan. Juan Vasquez becomes Abdul Mansur, a vengeance-besotted killer, vowing to use his skin color and Spanish heritage as camouflage. The lives of the two personality-conflicted men intersect when Captain Belton discovers the autopilot, not the crew, is controlling his NFL charter flight bound for Washington D.C. He learns that Vasquez/Mansur has reprogrammed the plane's autopilot to crash into the National Security Agency and destroy its eavesdropping capability. Fighter jets and the programmed flight path directly into a violent electrical storm add to the tension. The Drone Incident is a fast-paced tale of courage versus human frailty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ellery Truesdell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/006916/bk_acx0_006916_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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