206 Results for : misgivings
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Killer Kitchens: Murders by Design, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 521min
Interior designer Deva Dunne just may have hit the jackpot. Sure, her new client Francesco Grandese talks tough and has shady friends, but he has the eye of a connoisseur, and a huge, empty mansion he wants her to decorate. Deva's boyfriend, police lieutenant Victor Rossi, has misgivings about her promising job - especially when he accompanies her to one of Francesco's dinner parties. After Francesco returns a dish to the kitchen untasted, the chauffeur promptly scarfs it down and drops dead from cyanide poisoning. Has the killer made a terrible mistake and murdered the wrong person? Or was the dead man the intended victim? The only thing Deva knows for certain is someone present that night committed murder. And it seems everyone - from the dinner guests to the kitchen help - has a motive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gayle Hendrix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harl/001344/bk_harl_001344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Wages of Sin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
An irresistible mystery set in 1890s Edinburgh, Kaite Welsh's The Wages of Sin features a female medical student turned detective and will thrill fans of Sarah Waters and Antonia Hodgson. Sarah Gilchrist has fled from London to Edinburgh in disgrace and is determined to become a doctor, despite the misgivings of her family and society. As part of the University of Edinburgh's first intake of female medical students, Sarah comes up against resistance from lecturers, her male contemporaries, and - perhaps worst of all - her fellow women, who will do anything to avoid being associated with a fallen woman.... When one of Sarah's patients turns up in the university dissecting room as a battered corpse, Sarah finds herself drawn into Edinburgh's dangerous underworld of bribery, brothels and body snatchers - and a confrontation with her own past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Pennant-Rea. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000585/bk_head_000585_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Away from Me , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 240min
Re-released in a second edition with updates. Shattered by the loss of his wife, Callum Reed is a man surrounded by rules designed to protect him. He rebuilds his life with careful discipline, but can’t deny what he feels when he meets the lovely Gabrielle Sullivan. She’s everything he wants in a woman, but he views all relationships as contractual. Despite her misgivings, Gaby signs his contract and becomes his perfect partner. Until the night she breaks his cardinal rule. After three years of perfect obedience, Gaby declares she wants love and she isn’t settling for less. Love isn’t in their contract, so Cal lets her go. But Gaby has a secret reason for leaving. When Cal discovers the truth, nothing will stop him from following her. On a secluded island paradise, Callum will do anything to prove he’s the perfect husband for his defiant love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sebastian York. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163890/bk_acx0_163890_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rite of Passage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 480min
Descended from a line of powerful witches, Courtney Wellington embodies the Wiccan Goddess who must fulfill an ancient prophecy to keep the growing powers of evil at bay. At the Summer Solstice, she must marry, and she has chosen Robert McGregor for her mate. But Courtney's plans never included falling in love with him.Robert McGregor, Harvard Law student and society favorite, has the world within his grasp - until he meets Courtney. Irresistibly drawn to her, Robbie is soon bewitched by the lovely, vulnerable girl, despite his misgivings about who - or what - she really is. But her identity is stranger than he could ever imagine.To fulfill the prophecy Robbie must abandon all he holds dear, but when Courtney is kidnapped, he realizes he will sacrifice everything to save her. Can the power of their love triumph over the evil forces bent on destroying them? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dani George. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121211/bk_acx0_121211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Taurus Moon: Relic Hunter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 305min
Taurus Moon is a relic hunter, but the artifacts he searches for aren't found in the jungles of the Yucatan or the deserts of Egypt. His quests often take him through the grittier parts of urbanized cities where even the toughest of thugs fear to tread. Forgotten relics once thought of as only myths and legends can be found, if you know where to look, and have the guts to go searching into dark and deadly places. Taurus Moon is hired by a vampire crime lord to locate ancient artifacts that would make the criminal a God. Even though Taurus is no fan of vampires, he does love money and despite his misgivings, he begins the treacherous hunt for the artifacts. Things become more complicated when a rival crime lord hires a ruthless relic hunter named, Mika, who has no qualms about killing the competition. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles E. Hunter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007350/bk_acx0_007350_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wicked Dreams: An Ivy Morgan Mystery, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min
Detective Jack Harker is living in his dreams - only they're really nightmares. Ivy Morgan wants to help, especially since she's become a frequent visitor in his subconscious - only she doesn't know how. When a battered teenage girl shows up in Ivy's greenhouse, the duo must put aside their misgivings and constant miscommunication so they can try and help. Sixteen-year-old Kelly Sisto is living in a nightmare of her own, and whether through trauma or refusal, she can't tell Ivy and Jack what happened to her. Shadow Lake's favorite witch and newest police transplant have their hands full with Kelly, but it's their hearts that are getting away from them. When the truth of Kelly's sad life is finally revealed, everyone is in danger, and they're going to have to work together if they want to survive - and find a happy ending. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angel Clark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/049693/bk_acx0_049693_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Enchanted Hunt : Midnight Hunters, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 239min
Sylvan forms an alliance with the neighboring Snowcrest wolf Pack after an attack on Snowcrest by creatures from beyond the veil and sends a cadre of warriors to aid in training the Snowcrest soldiers to defend against the next attack. Trent, one of Sylvan's lieutenants, understands her duty but can’t deny the primal call of another Were, even if Zora is the Alpha of the Snowcrest Pack and any relationship between them risks inter-Pack war. When Sylvan receives an unexpected summons - couched in the form of an invitation to parlay - from Cecilia, Queen of Faerie, she decides to cross into Faerie despite Drake’s misgivings and against the advice of her war council. The Timberwolf stronghold has never been breached, but this time the enemy is shielded by dark magic and no one is safe.A Midnight Hunters Novella ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Keira Grace. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214505/bk_acx0_214505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Western Apprehension: A Tale of the American Southwest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 437min
Decision time is quickly approaching. Marshall Ben Corrigan is nearing retirement from a long, rewarding career as a roving law officer in the Northeast New Mexico territory circa 1886. Moving into the unknown and uncertain realm of retirement has little appeal to him. His romantic interest, widow Rachel Langford, wants him to turn in his badge and settle down with her. Even though he finds it tempting, he still has misgivings which are not all related to leaving his profession.Compounding his uncertainty is his own survival. A routine assignment to transport a man who murdered a deputy sheriff in the town of Iron Horse Junction to the territorial capital of Santa Fe goes awry. The trials and tribulations he endures during this incident will finally cause him to decide. Whatever his decision, everything hangs on his ability to endure from this ordeal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Alan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146362/bk_acx0_146362_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Man Who Went Too Far , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min
When Darcy, recuperating from a serious illness, goes to stay with an old friend of his, Frank, in the New Forest, he discovers a puzzling change in the man. He appears to have become significantly younger and is also filled with exuberance and joy. Frank explains that he has spent the last six years studying Nature and has discovered a new philosophy of life around the joy of nature. After devoting himself to Nature, he has started hearing a strange wonderful pipe music in the woods and he knows that the final revelation is about to come to him. But Darcy has serious misgivings about his friend's situation and his fears are not unfounded. Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000490/bk_redd_000490_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Deadly Illusions: A Francesca Cahill Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 787min
Irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill moves from her own glittering world of Fifth Avenue to the teeming underbelly of society, a place of pride, passions…and sometimes deadly perversion. Despite the misgivings of her fiancé, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is found dead. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen - and Francesca fears that her dear friends Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil could be next. Soon she is working with her former love, police commissioner Rick Bragg - Calder's half brother and worst rival. But even as Calder's jealous passions leave his relationship with Francesca teetering on the brink, Francesca is frantically on the killer's trail, certain the Slasher will strike again, afraid she will be too late.… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Coleen Marlo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015076/bk_adbl_015076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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