Sudden Pleasures

New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small penned more than fifty novels, including A Moment in Time, The Kadin, and the O'Malley Saga series. She received numerous awards, among them the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. She lived on Long Island, New York, until her death in 2015.

Marie Hawkins is an experienced voice actress whose love for reading is what inspired her to become an audiobook narrator. Her passion for immersing listeners in the world of a book can be heard through the existing novels she has narrated, where she helps bring authors' stories to life and gives their characters a voice.