Audible Picks April 22, 2020

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Doyenne.

By Anne Malcom
Tags: Literary Fiction

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I don't know what it's like to feel. To hurt. The ability was stolen from me in my youth. I consider that theft a gift. Feelings got in the way when you were building an empire. Amassing power. I had the empire. I had the power.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

What We Inherit

By Jessica Pearce Rotondi
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In the wake of her mother's death, Jessica Pearce Rotondi uncovers boxes of letters, declassified CIA reports, and newspaper clippings that bring to light a family ghost: her uncle Jack, who disappeared during the CIA-led "Secret War" in Laos in 1972. The letters lead her across Southeast Asia in search of the truth that has eluded her family for decades.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs

By Jennifer Finney Boylan
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving dogs. This is a book about dogs: the love we have for them, and the way that love helps us understand the people we have been.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

There I Am

By Ruthie Lindsey
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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At seventeen years old, Ruthie Lindsey is hit by an ambulance near her home in rural Louisiana. She’s given a five percent chance of survival and one percent chance of walking again. One month later after a spinal fusion surgery, Ruthie defies the odds, leaving the hospital on her own two feet.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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Desi Lee believes anything is possible if you have a plan. That's how she became student body president. Varsity soccer star. And it's how she'll get into Stanford. But she's never had a boyfriend. In fact, she's a disaster at romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet whose botched attempts at flirting have become legendary with her friends.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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When his five-year-old neighbor goes missing, Jack can't help feeling responsible. He should have taken Cody home when he found him riding his bicycle near the Pine Barrens. And then a lost man wanders out of the woods after being chased all night by . . . something.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Chaos of Stars

By Kiersten White
Tags: Young Adult

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Isadora's family is seriously screwed up-which comes with the territory when you're the human daughter of the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. Isadora is tired of her immortal relatives and their ancient mythological drama, so when she gets the chance to move to California with her brother, she jumps on it.

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Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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Marooned on ruined Terra, Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz must march to the Imperial Palace to recover the key to defeating the savage AIs that have enslaved humanity. If, of course, the fierce and primitive Terrans don’t kill them first.

...Till It's Over! (Cole & Srexx Book 2) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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Claim an inheritance. It's a simple goal, right? Nothing is simple when Cole returns to Centauri, the seat of Coleson Interstellar Engineering. Challenges at every turn, with no idea who he can trust. And then...the Solar Republic gets involved.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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For many billions of years, humans-having conquered the curse of aging-spread throughout the entire Milky Way. They are able to live all their dreams, but to their great disappointment, no other intelligent species has ever been encountered.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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A sprawling epic of redemption, heroism, and friendship in the face of insurmountable evil and an inexorable fate. "A beautifully written and engrossing masterwork!" (Mitchell Hogan)

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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As usual, Montana Coggeshall is hell-bent on doing what's right, even if what's right isn't exactly what's wise. So he embarks on a quest to vanquish the corrupted ursus, a threat so large they could destroy the entire world of iNcarn8. Does Montana head out after months of training for cold weather conditions, amassing an army, and strategizing with his top aides? Not really.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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After vanquishing Tantalus and freeing the dragons, newly married Alex Rogers was looking forward to some time alone with Cassie, his wife. The two even talked of a little getaway for a honeymoon before he returned to his duties as Lord Protector of Windfall. Unfortunately, the forests and cities of his old home was not the destination he hoped for.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Florios of Sicily

By Stefania Auci
Tags: Literary Fiction

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In this grand, sweeping epic inspired by the real lives of history-making titans, international best-selling author Stefania Auci brings to life the dark secrets, the loves and betrayals, and the cruel acts of revenge that marked the Florio family’s century of influence.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Business of Lovers

By Eric Jerome Dickey
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Unlike their younger brother, André, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career—and they’re unluckier still in love. Former child star Dwayne has just been fired from his latest acting role and barely has enough money to get by after paying child support to his spiteful former lover.

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Genre: Clean Romance
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Six years ago, Kitty Valentine took the book world by storm when her sweet debut romance hit number one on the New York Times best sellers list, which was followed by a string of successful releases. Her latest novel, however, totally bombs, causing her publisher to suggest she write much sexier books. To Kitty, writing smut is the literary equivalent of stripping.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Beachside Beginnings

By Sheila Roberts
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Moira Wellman has always loved makeovers—helping women find their most beautiful selves. Funny how it’s taken her five years with her abusive boyfriend, Lang, to realize she needs a life makeover. When Moira finally gets the courage to leave Lang, the beachside town of Moonlight Harbor is the perfect place to start over.

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Genre: Clean Romance
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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It began with betrayal. And ended in murder. She was never supposed to cross my path. She was never supposed to know about the Currency of Secrets or the Oaths of Blood. But like a thief in the night, she stole my soul even if she wasn't mine to possess.

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Genre: Mystery
Tags: Mystery

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Get three books in the bestselling Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series by Willow Rose. This collection includes Never Ever, Say You Love Me, and Let Me Go.

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Genre: Mystery

All We Buried

By Elena Taylor
Tags: Mystery

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Interim sheriff Elizabeth Bet Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. For the longest time, she chalked it up to an overactive imagination as a kid. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier.

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Genre: Mystery

Master Class

By Christina Dalcher
Tags: Mystery

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Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and attend a top tier school with a golden future. Score too low, and it's off to a federal boarding school with limited prospects afterwards. The purpose? An improved society where education costs drop, teachers focus on the more promising students, and parents are happy.