Listen free for 30 days
-
The Christmas Dress
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $35.73
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
You may also enjoy...
-
Penelope in Retrograde
- A Novel
- Written by: Brooke Abrams
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect love story, but when it comes to family, all she’s got is a rough draft. Penny shelved the idea of fitting in with her high-achieving family years ago, but when her new business venture—a romance bookstore—is at risk of closing before its doors have opened, she’s forced to ask for help from the one place she never expected. Home.
-
-
Loved it!!
- By Dean Jones on 2024-03-24
Written by: Brooke Abrams
-
The Bitter Past
- Sheriff Porter Beck, Book 1
- Written by: Bruce Borgos
- Narrated by: James Babson
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his father started to develop dementia. All is relatively quiet in this corner of the world, until on old, retired FBI agent is found killed. He was brutally tortured before he was killed and clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age.
-
-
A Great Discovery
- By snowpatch100 on 2023-12-28
Written by: Bruce Borgos
-
One Puzzling Afternoon
- Written by: Emily Critchley
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street, fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living with her eccentric mother and her mother's new boyfriend, she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life. So when the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. Even though Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep. Then Lucy goes missing. Now in 2018, Edie is eighty-four and still living in the same small town, when one afternoon she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen.
-
-
Great story
- By Haiku_Queen on 2024-03-17
Written by: Emily Critchley
-
Marilla of Green Gables
- A Novel
- Written by: Sarah McCoy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables...before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the 19th century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak - and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is 13 years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife.
-
-
Excellent
- By J on 2021-06-14
Written by: Sarah McCoy
-
A Merry Little Meet Cute
- A Novel
- Written by: Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
- Narrated by: Joy Nash, Sebastian York
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done.
-
-
boring little meet
- By Christine Goncalves on 2022-12-28
Written by: Julie Murphy, and others
-
The Woman in the White Kimono
- A Novel
- Written by: Ana Johns
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man - an American sailor, a gaijin - and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.
-
-
Beautiful writing style.
- By guineverebradshaw on 2020-02-20
Written by: Ana Johns
-
Penelope in Retrograde
- A Novel
- Written by: Brooke Abrams
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect love story, but when it comes to family, all she’s got is a rough draft. Penny shelved the idea of fitting in with her high-achieving family years ago, but when her new business venture—a romance bookstore—is at risk of closing before its doors have opened, she’s forced to ask for help from the one place she never expected. Home.
-
-
Loved it!!
- By Dean Jones on 2024-03-24
Written by: Brooke Abrams
-
The Bitter Past
- Sheriff Porter Beck, Book 1
- Written by: Bruce Borgos
- Narrated by: James Babson
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his father started to develop dementia. All is relatively quiet in this corner of the world, until on old, retired FBI agent is found killed. He was brutally tortured before he was killed and clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age.
-
-
A Great Discovery
- By snowpatch100 on 2023-12-28
Written by: Bruce Borgos
-
One Puzzling Afternoon
- Written by: Emily Critchley
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street, fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living with her eccentric mother and her mother's new boyfriend, she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life. So when the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. Even though Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep. Then Lucy goes missing. Now in 2018, Edie is eighty-four and still living in the same small town, when one afternoon she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen.
-
-
Great story
- By Haiku_Queen on 2024-03-17
Written by: Emily Critchley
-
Marilla of Green Gables
- A Novel
- Written by: Sarah McCoy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables...before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the 19th century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak - and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is 13 years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife.
-
-
Excellent
- By J on 2021-06-14
Written by: Sarah McCoy
-
A Merry Little Meet Cute
- A Novel
- Written by: Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
- Narrated by: Joy Nash, Sebastian York
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done.
-
-
boring little meet
- By Christine Goncalves on 2022-12-28
Written by: Julie Murphy, and others
-
The Woman in the White Kimono
- A Novel
- Written by: Ana Johns
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man - an American sailor, a gaijin - and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.
-
-
Beautiful writing style.
- By guineverebradshaw on 2020-02-20
Written by: Ana Johns
-
The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- Written by: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Born into poverty, brutalised and ignored by her family, it is only when she is married off to a nobleman that her life undergoes a transformation, as her husband recognises in Rosamund a magic she does not know she possesses but which affects almost all who encounter her. Presiding over a luxurious chocolate house where men go to be seen, exchange news and indulge in the sweet and heady drink to which they have become addicted, Rosamund feels blessed. But disaster strikes, and Rosamund stands on the brink of losing all she has worked so hard to achieve.
-
-
Lots of intricate stories inside stories
- By loralou on 2024-02-26
Written by: Karen Brooks
-
Sparks Like Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.
-
-
Beautiful writing, incredible story
- By snowpatch100 on 2021-04-23
Written by: Nadia Hashimi
-
Forbidden Hearts
- Written by: Corinne Michaels
- Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Desiree Ketchum
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
First rule of being a nanny? Don’t fall for the single dad, even if he is smoking hot. But that’s exactly what happens when grumpy small-town sheriff Asher Whitlock reluctantly hires me to take care of his daughter for the summer. Neither of us is thrilled with the arrangement, but he’s desperate for help, and I need the money for grad school this fall.
-
-
4/5 STARS 4/5 SPICE
- By Chanelle Poulin on 2023-12-11
Written by: Corinne Michaels
-
All Is Not Forgiven
- Written by: Joe Kenda
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Bradford Hastings
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rookie Det. Kenda investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado philanthropist and society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi. Mentored by his veteran partner Det. Lee Wilson, a former Nashville singer turned skilled investigator, Kenda’s case quickly attracts attention from the FBI, CIA, and Interpol, for its similarity to a string of killings involving wealthy married women. All the murders appear to have been committed by a hired professional.
-
-
Interesting story, great narration
- By Terri bower on 2024-01-02
Written by: Joe Kenda
-
Double Pucked
- Written by: Lauren Blakely
- Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, J.F. Harding, Robert Hatchet
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me, I move out right away taking what I love most – my dog. As I fly out the door, I make sure to swipe the thing my ex loves best–the VIP tickets he won to a hockey game, complete with the chance to spend an evening with the city’s two biggest NHL stars. I can’t wait to snap selfies with my ex’s idols and rub it in his face.
-
-
Could not stop listening!
- By John on 2023-07-09
Written by: Lauren Blakely
-
Calico
- Written by: Lee Goldberg
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Eric Conger
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . . The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge . . . and a shot at redemption. Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for a second chance.
-
-
Don’t waste your money!
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-03-08
Written by: Lee Goldberg
-
All the Little Raindrops
- A Novel
- Written by: Mia Sheridan
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Aaron Shedlock, Christopher Lane, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s senior-year spring break, and Noelle Meyer and Evan Sinclair have been kidnapped. Neither knows why they were chosen, only that they share a tragic past: Evan’s father got away with killing Noelle’s mother, effectively ruining her family when the death was ruled an accident. Despite the connection that should have made them enemies, the teens instead unite to face their other common denominator—their abductors. Noelle and Evan survive one sadistic circumstance after another, eventually making a harrowing escape. But every happy ending comes at a price…
-
-
What a ride
- By Jenna on 2024-03-07
Written by: Mia Sheridan
-
Just Like Heaven
- Written by: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Honoria Smythe-Smith is: A) a really bad violinist; B) still miffed at being nicknamed "Bug" as a child; C) not in love with her older brother's best friend, D) all of the above.
-
-
Smythe-Smith 1
- By PaisleyFan on 2024-02-24
Written by: Julia Quinn
-
The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- Written by: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.
-
-
A compelling story.
- By Jen C. on 2022-10-16
Written by: Madeline Martin
-
The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre
- Written by: Natasha Lester
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an unforgettable woman. She grew up surrounded by Hollywood glamor, but, as an orphan, never truly felt part of that world. In 1943, with WWII raging and men headed overseas to fight, she lands a publicity job to recruit women into the workforce. Her skills—persuasion, daring, quick-witted under pressure—catch the attention of the U.S. government and she finds herself with an even bigger assignment: sent to Switzerland as a spy. Soon Alix is on the precipice of something big, very big. But how far can she trust her German informant…?
-
-
Women ahead of their time.
- By mdickens4 on 2023-12-04
Written by: Natasha Lester
-
Paper Wife
- A Novel
- Written by: Laila Ibrahim
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling’s parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband’s first wife - a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she’s met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe.
-
-
Loved it!
- By R.J.G. on 2021-07-10
Written by: Laila Ibrahim
-
The Art of Racing in the Rain
- Written by: Garth Stein
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The New York Times best-selling novel from Garth Stein - a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope - a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it.
-
-
Really good
- By Taylor Kavanagh on 2023-11-16
Written by: Garth Stein
Publisher's Summary
An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Times best-selling author Courtney Cole.
One dress. Two women. The magic of the holiday season.
When hopeful fashionista Meg Julliard must return to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father’s apartment building, she thinks her dreams of making it in the fashion business are over. Add in her father’s eclectic roster of tenants who all need Meg’s attention (ASAP!), a host of building-related disasters, and a handsome handyman she keeps embarrassing herself in front of, and this has all the makings for the worst Christmas she’s ever had.
Ellie Wade, one of the building’s longtime residents, is also not feeling the Christmas Joy this year. She is preparing to move into a nursing home (reluctantly), and is in the process of sorting through her belongings to downsize. Every corner of her apartment holds memories - some good, some bad. But there’s one dress she hesitates to pack up, as it represents both the best and worst night of her life.
Ellie and Meg strike up an unlikely friendship, and the story of Ellie’s dress comes out. Ellie gifts the gorgeous dress to Meg, hoping that it will bring her more luck - on the condition that she wear it to the building’s Christmas party.
The dress magically fits, and while it eventually leads to the best night of Meg’s life, it also acts as inspiration for Meg to follow a lifelong dream of her own, a dream that will help save the crumbling Parkview West and restore it to its former glory, keeping it as a safe home for all of the current tenants.
The dress and the magic of the holiday season help both Meg and Ellie find their own happy endings.
More from the same
Author:
What listeners say about The Christmas Dress
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Patrick Berard
- 2024-01-25
Lovely
Loved it from the beginning to the end. Amazing story about perseverance. Narration is among the best. Hope someday a movie will come out from it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Haiku_Queen
- 2024-01-02
Even the “drama” was predictable
Could tell from the get-go how everything would turn out. Sadly, everything turned out perfectly. Completely unlike real life. If you want to listen to a predictable, unrealistic, hallmark movie then this is your book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kindle Customer
- 2023-12-28
Cute story
I enjoyed listening to the story. A delightful Christmas tale with interesting characters that remind me of a Hallmark movie.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!