Audible Picks February 21, 2024

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The Loyal Wife

By Natalie Barelli, narrated by Shiromi Arserio
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She thought they had the perfect marriage....Tamra never dreamed she would marry someone like Mike Mitchell: handsome, rich, a wonderful husband...until she finds out that Mike is having an affair. But Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Mike Mitchell should have remembered that before he made a fool of her. Because Tamra knows something about Mike. Something he did. Something evil.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

By James McBride, narrated by JD Jackson and Susan Denaker
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Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her 12 Black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.

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Genre: Finance

Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms

By Mark Spitznagel, narrated by Fred Berman
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What is a safe haven? What role should they play in an investment portfolio? Do we use them only to seek shelter until the passing of financial storms? Or are they something more? Contrary to everything we know from modern financial theory, can higher returns actually come as a result of lowering risk?

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Genre: Business

The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever

By Michael Bungay Stanier, narrated by Michael Bungay Stanier
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Hi there, it's Michael, the author. You might know my previous book, The Coaching Habit. It was an unexpected bestseller: more than 700,000 copies sold so far, 1,000+ 5-star reviews on Amazon (my favorite: "I have plodded through many books that wish they could be this book"), a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and used by people and organizations around the world.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Fifth Kind (Dark Nova Series Book 1)

By James D. Prescott, narrated by Gary Tiedemann
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In the depths of an ancient Egyptian tomb, archaeologists make a baffling discovery: the mummified body of a man clad in a space suit. Halfway around the globe, exobiologist Dr. Katherine Shepard and intelligence officer Colonel Devon Peters are summoned to the site of a downed UFO. To their amazement, they find one of the occupants alive. Even more shocking, he appears to be human.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Exit Black

By Joe Pitkin, narrated by Carolina Hoyos
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Imperium is the most expensive structure ever created. Once an orbiting laboratory, it is now a space hotel for the fantastically wealthy. But as the station preps for its first group of space tourists, Dr. Chloe Bonilla, Imperium’s resident biophysicist, finds herself questioning whether babysitting a passel of space glampers is worth the distraction from her research.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Gangsterland

By Tod Goldberg, narrated by Johnny Heller
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Sal Cupertine is a legendary hitman for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia.

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Genre: True Crime
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Today's world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions are growing murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat these onslaughts, people everywhere - rich and not so rich, in business and in their personal lives - are turning away from traditional police, lawyers...

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Genre: Mystery

Sniper

By Vaughn C. Hardacker, narrated by Christopher Price
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When a sniper kills four people on Boston Common, Boston homicide detective Mike Houston and his partner Anne Bouchard are sent to investigate the case. Amidst the blood and terror, Houston discovers similarities, and likenesses the killer’s positioning, his choice of victims, and his code of ethics between the crime scene and his own training as a US Marine scout and sniper.

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Genre: Mystery

A Cold Day in Paradise (Alex McKnight Book 1)

By Steve Hamilton, narrated by Nick Sullivan
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Other than the bullet lodged less than a centimeter from his heart, former Detroit police officer Alex McKnight thought he had put the nightmare of his partner's death and his own near-fatal injury behind him. After all, Maximilian Rose, convicted of the crimes, has been locked in the state pen for years.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Ghost of Parkview Ranch

By Nicole Simon, narrated by Dini Stein
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Melissa's life takes an unexpected turn when a tragic accident puts her into a deep coma. As her spirit teeters on the edge of the unknown, a handsome cowboy named Richard soon arrives at the ranch seeking work. Smitten by Melissa’s beauty in a supernatural encounter, Richard investigates to unravel the secrets of the ranch.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Dryad's Crown (Tales from Efre Ousel Book 1)

By David Hopkins, narrated by Lindsey Dorcus
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A wood nymph is taken from her forest home and raised in the city. She grows up unaware of who she is, what she can do, and the calling of her kind. Kirkus Reviews describes the writing as "graceful and sinewy prose." Step into the expansive world of Efre Ousel with this stunning first novel. Read by award-winning narrator Lindsey Dorcus.

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Little Black Dress (The LBD Project Book 1)

By Kim Black, narrated by Lilian Wouters
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Every woman's secret weapon is her little black dress, but for model-turned-spy Evan Tyler, her weaponized LBD makes her absolutely deadly. She infiltrates the Paris fashion scene to expose a ring of blackmail and manipulation led by a hot new designer and his muse models. Project Runway meets James Bond.

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Genre: Fantasy

Blood and Fire (Alpha and Omega Book 1)

By Kim Mullican, narrated by Stacy Dugan
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Uncover the secrets of Maia Delacroix, a skilled mage and bounty hunter, whose thrilling life takes an unexpected twist when she's assigned to mentor Elaina—a teen with hidden powers. As dark forces threaten, alliances are tested, and demons emerge, their survival hinges on trust and Maia's formidable skills. Brace for a captivating journey into a world where magic meets danger

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Genre: Fantasy

Singular

By David F. Porteous, narrated by David F Porteous
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Funny, thrilling, and thought-provoking. In the virtual universe where the rich dead live all possible lives, a system error has become a thought that wants to be free. In the real world, an ambitious programmer, a dying philosopher, and a journalist seeking redemption face the consequences of the birth of the ghost in the machine.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Pawn

By Skye Warren, narrated by Kylie Stewart
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The price of survival... Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girls college to take care of the only family I have left. There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value. My virginity.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Peacemaker

By Morgan Brice, narrated by John Solo
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Secret agents, forbidden love, danger, and magic! Old ghosts haunt the railroad line, zombies rise, signs point to ritual sacrifice, and they suspect someone is trying to open the gates of hell. Can Calvin and Owen stop the mayhem, thwart the vampires, and find true love, or will everything go up in smoke?