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    The Nightingale Bones
    The Nightingale Bones
    The Nightingale Bones

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    Audiobook10 hours

    The Nightingale Bones

    Written by Ariel Swan

    Narrated by Jennifer Pickens

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Someone has been waiting a long time for Alice Towne to arrive in Hawthorne.

    Two hundred years, in fact.

    Trying to accept her mother's belief that the women of the Towne family are blessed, not cursed, with supernatural abilities, twenty-seven-year old Alice leaves a disapproving Boston husband to housesit for the summer in tiny Hawthorne, a historic village famous in the 1800s for its peppermint farms and the large, herbal-essence distilleries that flourished around the Massachusetts township.

    She settles into a beautiful old home with a tragic reputation. There are said to be sightings and sounds from the spirit of a young woman who hanged herself after all her children died there of illnesses in the 1900s.

    But soon, Alice experiences firsthand encounters that convince her the spirit is not who people think. The truth is shocking, steeped in the town's distillery history and its legends of a local wizard and witchcraft. As she falls in love with a local farmer whose family legacy is as tangled in the magick and the mystery as her own, Alice's fear becomes not whether the past can be resolved . . . but whether it's waiting to claim new victims.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryant Street Publishing
    Release dateOct 8, 2024
    ISBN9781094471754
    Author

    Ariel Swan

    Ariel Swan grew up first among ghosts in an old Victorian and then came of age on the shores of a New England lake where she continued to hear voices in the wind and trees. These gifts stayed with her as she worked through two degrees at the University of Massachusetts, dabbling in literature, sociology, creative writing, and as many playfully wicked adventures as she could conjure. When she moved to a hill town in western Massachusetts, where the earth itself seemed tinted with enchantment, the seeds of her first novel, The Nightingale Bones, took root. Ariel loves small town lore, old houses, and rural New England settings. Her writing crosses genres, mixing the mystical with the literary, centered on women’s themes, strong atmosphere and vivid characters.

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    • 5/5

      Oct 24, 2025

      Good narrator. Spooky, but smart story that keeps you guessing until the end.
    • 5/5

      Oct 5, 2025

      Absolutely loved it! Different & fresh , I am now a massive fan
    • 5/5

      Sep 13, 2025

      I enjoyed this book; it was a great read. I would like to see more from this author.
    • 4/5

      Aug 17, 2025

      I enjoyed this novel, I found some parts hard to follow and had to back up but was able to replay and figure it out. I would listen to this author again.
    • 4/5

      Jul 18, 2025

      I was so good! Drew me right in LOVED the narrator made it even better!
    • 5/5

      Jun 20, 2025

      Such a wonderful story. The touches on all the details but it's not dragged out, which I liked!
    • 5/5

      Jun 5, 2025

      Best story I've heard in a very long time! Right up my alley! ten stars
    • 4/5

      Jun 1, 2025

      Very enjoyable book. Flawed but likable characters. Well paced. A little predictable but would 100% recommend.
    • 5/5

      May 19, 2025

      Excellent, well crafted ( no pun intended) story to lose oneself , in the strange , magical ,
      yet believable life of someone else ….with feet on the ground , head in the past , heart …well you’ll find out where..
      Beautifully read with gentle nuance of emotion and perfect timing spins one gently into the web …Read It or listen for yourself
    • 5/5

      May 14, 2025

      A good engaging story line with character building. I definitely could have used a second book to explore the characters and world more, I hope I see more from the author!
    • 5/5

      May 12, 2025

      Strong characters. Intriguing storyline well written. Holds your attention from the beginning.
    • 5/5

      May 12, 2025

      I enjoyed this book. Nice read. Good pace. Love the mystery.
    • 5/5

      Apr 30, 2025

      This isn't my usual type of genre to read but I wanted something free to listen to it's ended up being so good
      I didn't want to stop listening. Definitely a page turner well written
    • 4/5

      Mar 28, 2025

      Not a bad one . I like the MC's, the story, and the . narrator did great
    • 2/5

      Feb 8, 2025

      Well written, well read, but so boring. It was hard not to quit and move on to the next book.
    • 5/5

      Nov 8, 2024


      Really good book ; he entertaining is an understatement . Was a really good mystery.
    • 4/5

      May 19, 2025

      This is a good storyline. I believe in visions, people talking with the dead with a se-ance. I enjoyed this book

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5

      May 16, 2025

      Very well written. I really like this book. The story was captivating and the narrator helped bring the story to life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5

      Jan 22, 2025

      I wonder how hard this author was laughing while writing this nonsense. Haha. What a waste of my time.
    • 5/5

      Feb 15, 2025

      I enjoyed this one! I love Ariel’s descriptive words. It was narrated so well and smoothly.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5

      Nov 1, 2024

      I love the premise of the book. Writing is decent. Didn't come to fruition as I'd
      wanted. There are holes in the storyline of a whining protagonist (cursed said Alice too often) named Alice (whose mother is a witch, a wiccan and names their precious magical daughter a common name), leaves a controlling husband to find another boy-man whom she has to convince she isn't petty, crazy and has clairvoyant gifts. Gosh to live happy after this. Too many daft thinking by Alice in the 2nd half to become a characteur of the storylines premise. (After dying and being revived to life Alice has the audacity of self harm to leave the hospital to find her true love. I am choking from laughter.)

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5

      Feb 5, 2025

      It was well written! The story never got boring and kept me engaged. I wish that there was a second book!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5

      Feb 5, 2025

      Fluid and magical. Enjoyed the excitement and the background of this read.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5

      Jan 31, 2025

      The narration was smooth and engaging. Love and witchcraft for the win.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5

      Jun 25, 2025

      This was a little far-fetched, even for me. I'm not sure how I feel about ol dude. I already forgot his name, but he came across unsavory.

      I did enjoy the old lady twins though. They were cool and had all the spells to fix all the things.

      The girl from down the hill was quite annoying but her husband's abusing her so ig.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5

      Jan 26, 2025

      Captivating! Kept me enthralled to the last page. Great storytelling and imagery tales one along for a bumpy ride.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5

      May 7, 2025

      Well written good narration very enjoyable the heroine did get slightly irritating at times but overall really good

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5

      Nov 12, 2024

      It's an interesting story. A little slow. It's a good listen.

      1 person found this helpful