Hope and Glory Series – Elizabeth Camden Free Audiobook

Written by Elizabeth Camden
Read by Pilar Witherspoon, Leah Horowitz
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Spice King
Narrator: Pilar Witherspoon
Hope and Glory Series, Book 1

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: September 3, 2019
Duration: 11:28:30

Gray Delacroix has dedicated his life to building his very successful global spice empire, but it has come at a cost. Resolved to salvage his family before it spirals out of control, he returns to his ancestral home to save his brother and sister before it’s too late. As a junior botanist for the Smithsonian, Annabelle Larkin has been charged with the impossible task of gaining access to the notoriously private Delacroix plant collection. If she fails, she will be out of a job and the family farm in Kansas will go under. She has no idea that in gaining entrance to the Delacroix world, she will unwittingly step into a web of dangerous political intrigue far beyond her experience. Unable to deny her attraction to the reclusive business tycoon, Annabelle will be forced to choose between her heart and loyalty to her country. Can Gray and Annabelle find a way through the storm of scandal without destroying the family Gray is fighting to save?

Publisher’s Weekly..August 26, 2019
Camden launches her Hope and Glory series with this enthralling tale that weds a surprising romance with the real-life political intrigue surrounding the early 20th-century American spice trade. In 1900, the Smithsonian Institution is working to catalogue plant species and requests samples of the world-famous plant collection of Gray Delacroix, owner of Delacroix Global Spice. Delacroix, denies the request in order to protect his closely guarded (and lucrative) spice plants—particularly a rare vanilla orchid. Annabelle Larkin, a junior botanist at the Smithsonian, decides to take matters into her own hands and sets a meeting with Delacroix to change the spice tycoon’s mind. Delacroix, meanwhile, is attracted to Larkin’s love for nature and plants. …. As Delacroix and Larkin continue to work together cataloguing his plants, she also helps him expose the plan of a rival to bring cheap, adulterated vanilla to the market. Camden spices up the story with historical details of the era and of the race to provide convenient food for the masses. While faith elements are very light, fans of Jody Hedlund will love this.

A Gilded Lady
Narrator: Leah Horowitz
Hope and Glory Series, Book 2
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: June 2, 2020
Duration: 11:01:34

Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the first lady of the United States. But beneath the facade of her beauty, glamorous wardrobe, and dazzling personality, she’s hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason. Nathaniel Trask is the newly appointed head of the president’s Secret Service team. He is immediately suspicious of Caroline despite his overwhelming attraction to her quick wit and undeniable charm. Desperate to keep the president protected, Nathaniel must battle to keep his focus fully on his job as the threat to the president rises. Amid the glamorous pageantry of Gilded Age Washington, DC, Caroline and Nathaniel will face adventure, danger, and heartbreak in a race against time that will span the continent and the depth of human emotion.

Publisher’s Weekly May 4, 2020
In this second installment of the Hope and Glory series takes readers to the McKinley White House for a captivating romance. Caroline Delacroix is First Lady Ida McKinley’s personal secretary. Secret Service agent Nathaniel Trask has been put in charge of protecting the president from anarchists and, though Caroline is a natural-born rule breaker, Nathaniel needs her as an ally as he tightens up controls on who is coming in and out of the White House. The two are attracted to each other from the off, but when Nathaniel learns that Caroline has a twin brother who has been arrested for treason in Cuba, he is furious. Despite Nathaniel’s disapproval, Caroline pushes for her brother’s freedom using all means at her disposal…. This will be a hit with series fans.

The Prince of Spies
Narrated by Leah Horowitz
Hope and Glory Series, Book 3
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: February 16, 202
Duration: 12:18:48

Luke Delacroix has long had a reputation of being an impulsive adventurer, the wild son of one of Gilded Age Washington’s most prominent families. In reality, he has been secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His current mission: to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world. Trouble begins when Luke meets Marianne Magruder, the congressman’s only daughter. Luke is fascinated by the vibrant Marianne and her daring work as a government photographer, leading them into a forbidden romance. Now they must embark on a dangerous gamble to reconcile their growing feelings with Luke’s driving passion for vital reforms in Congress. Can their newfound love survive a political firestorm, or will three generations of family rivalry drive them apart forever?