Category: Women’s Fiction
Women’s fiction audiobook review
By the Book by Julia Sonneborn
Narrated by Amy McFadden By the Book is a loose modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Because I am a Philistine, I have not read any Austen, but I have seen the various movie versions so I know the basic…
The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr
Narration by Therese Plummer If you’re looking for a women’s fiction title full of stories that remind of you of the ties that bind sisters and mothers and daughters, as well as family in general, with a good dollop of romance,…
Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins
Narrated by Xe Sands Nora Stuart left her small town of Scupper Island, Maine, after high school to head to the Big City with a full scholarship to Tufts U. She also left her identity as an overweight, awkward and…
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld When I read The Jane Austen Project a few months back, I admit that I approached it with some trepidation. Two people travelling back in time to meet Jane Austen and retrieve a previously unpublished manuscript…
The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Narrated by Julie McKay and Dara Rosenberg The Wicked City tells the story of two very different women who live in New York City at very different times. In 1998, Ella Gilbert has just left her husband, and in 1924,…
The Breakup Doctor by Phoebe Fox
Narrated by Joelle A. Jacob As I was perusing the new releases at Audible, the cover of The Breakup Doctor caught my eye – it’s pure Chick Lit, promising wit and whimsy in a cute, contemporary romance. So I took the…
Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard
Narrated by Teri Clark Linden Rescue Me, Maybe is marketed under the Romance Category at Audible.com as Chick Lit – a genre that I usually associate with young career women in an urban area wearing expensive brand name shoes, told…
If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
Narrated by Xe Sands and Amy Rubinate Kristan Higgins took a little step outside of her usual humorous small-town romance with If You Only Knew, which is more of a women’s fiction genre book than romance. The story is written…
Life After Perfect by Nancy Naigle
Narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal I liked the blurb of Life After Perfect when I read it. I hoped for a book similar to Robyn Carr’s Virgin River. There were some similarities in the set up; a woman moves to…