Audiobooks Like Bed of Roses

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Angela Dawe narrates Bed of Roses across 9 hours with a conversational intimacy that suits Nora Roberts's friends-to-lovers rhythm — the voice doesn't overdramatize the romantic tension but lets it build naturally through the domestic texture of the wedding-business setting, which is exactly the right call for a story about love hiding in plain sight. The warmth is earned rather than performed. All ten recommendations are Nora Roberts titles, and for listeners who want to continue with the same author's sensibility, the list effectively maps out her wider catalog.

10 audiobooks for fans of Bed of Roses

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    Shadow Spell

    The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy • Book 2

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Alan Smyth

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (50.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (45.0K) ★ 4.43 Audible (6.0K)
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    Falconer Connor O'Dwyer must embrace his magical heritage to battle an ancient evil threatening his family and the woman he loves.

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    The Awakening

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 1

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (85.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (73.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (12.2K)
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  3. 3
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    The Obsession

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Shannon McManus

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (113.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (92.8K) ★ 4.57 Audible (20.7K)
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    Witness a photographer haunted by her serial killer father's legacy as she builds a new life in a small town. Shannon McManus captures both the vulnerability and strength needed to survive family trauma.

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    Under Currents

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (55.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (47.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (8.8K)
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    January LaVoy's narration cuts through Roberts' emotional undercurrents with surgical precision, making this intimate family drama feel like a confession whispered directly to you.

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    Come Sundown

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers

    ★ 4.44 ABR Score (64.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (46.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (17.8K)
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    Bodine Longbow manages her family's Montana resort while dodging her returning childhood crush, until darker secrets surface. Elisabeth Rodgers captures both the romance and mounting suspense across this lengthy Western thriller.

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    High Noon

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (38.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.55 Audible (5.1K)
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    Hostage negotiator Phoebe MacNamara must balance talking down armed criminals with her growing attraction to unpredictable restaurateur Duncan Swift.

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    Montana Sky

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Erika Leigh

    ★ 4.25 ABR Score (58.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (52.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (5.8K)
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    Three half-sisters inherit a twenty-million-dollar ranch with deadly strings attached in this sweeping tale that Erika Leigh infuses with both tenderness and danger.

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    The Search

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (77.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (67.2K) ★ 4.41 Audible (10.6K)
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    Fiona Bristow rebuilt her life training dogs and doing search-rescue work after surviving a serial killer, but her peaceful island existence faces new threats.

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    Chasing Fire

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

    ★ 4.20 ABR Score (52.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (45.0K) ★ 4.41 Audible (7.8K)
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    Smoke jumper Rowan Tripp lives for the adrenaline of fighting wildfires until someone starts setting deadly blazes targeting her elite team.

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    Whiskey Beach

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    ★ 4.19 ABR Score (56.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (48.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (8.5K)
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    A disgraced Boston lawyer retreats to his family's ancestral home on Whiskey Beach, where centuries-old secrets and a persistent detective threaten his fragile peace.

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