Weekly Deals June 25, 2020

Weekly Deals June 25, 2020

The Book of Polly: A Novel book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

The Book of Polly: A Novel

By Kathy Hepinstall, narrated by Jenna Lamia
Tags: Literary Fiction

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With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother. The Book of Polly has a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family, and you'll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you've ever met.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

By Roxane Gay, narrated by Roxane Gay
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

I've Been Wrong Before: Essays

By Evan James, narrated by Charlie Thurston
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From the award-winning essayist and author of the “shrewd as hell and hysterically funny” (Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties) novel Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe comes a moving and unforgettable essay collection about his travels around the globe as he reflects on the power and complexity of human relationships.

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Roar Back (Emile Cinq-Mars Thriller Series Book 8)

By John Farrow, narrated by Gabriel Vaughan
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Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars fails with a task set to him by his former captain and the consequences look set to spark a gangland war in Montreal.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Soldier's Scoundrel

By Cat Sebatian, narrated by Gary Furlong
Tags: Steamy Romance

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After the chaos of war, Oliver Rivington craves the safe predictability of a gentleman's life - one that doesn't include sparring with ne'er-do-well, Jack Turner, who flouts the law at every turn. But Jack tempts Oliver like no other man has before. Soon his yearning for the unapologetic criminal is matched only by Jack's pleasure in watching his genteel polish crumble every time they're together.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Winds of Marque: Blackwood & Virtue

By Bennett R. Coles, narrated by Steven Brand
Tags: Science Fiction

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The first novel in an exciting science fiction series—Master and Commander in space—a swashbuckling space adventure in which a crew of misfit individuals in the king’s navy are sent to dismantle a dangerous ring of pirate raiders.

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Genre: Fantasy

Shadow Blessed (The Shadow Accords Book 1)

By D.K. Holmberg, narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith
Tags: Fantasy

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The A'ras of Nyaesh have a terrifying reputation: skilled swordsmen, owners of powerful magic, and ruthless killers. When they kill her parents, Carth discovers her parents had trained her for magic she never knew she possessed. Over 50 five-star reviews on Amazon!

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Genre: Fantasy

Struck (Phoebe Meadows Book 1)

By Amanda Carlson, narrated by Emma Wilder
Tags: Fantasy

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When Phoebe Meadows gets struck by a strange light in the stock room of Macy's, life as she knows it flies out the window. As if being hit by lightning isn't bad enough, she's accosted in the subway by a man with a missing hand, arrives home to find a raven on her kitchen counter, and her neighbor Ingrid shows up dressed like a gladiator, hell-bent on protecting her.

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Genre: Children

Thunder Boy Jr.

By Sherman Alexie, narrated by David Alexie
Tags: Children

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From New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son.

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Genre: Children

The Revenge of Magic (The Revenge of Magic Series Book 1)

By James Riley, narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Tags: Children

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When long-dead magical creatures are discovered all around the world, each buried with a book of magic, only children can unlock the dangerous power of the books in this start to a thrilling new series from the author of the New York Times best-selling Story Thieves!

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Witch of Willow Hall

By Hester Fox, narrated by Lauren Ezzo
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Two centuries after the Salem witch trials, there’s still one witch left in Massachusetts. But she doesn’t even know it. Take this as a warning: if you are not able or willing to control yourself, it will not only be you who suffers the consequences, but those around you, as well.

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Genre: Mystery

Now You See Me: A Novel

By Chris McGeorge, narrated by David Thorpe
Tags: Mystery

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Six went in...only one came out. The Standedge Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in England, has become one of the rural village of Marsden’s main tourist attractions. Now, it’s also a crime scene. Six students went into the tunnel on a private boat. Two and a half hours later, the boat reappeared at the other end of the tunnel carrying only one of the students

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Genre: Steamy Romance

What Happens Now?

By Sophia Money-Coutts, narrated by Sophia Money-Coutts
Tags: Steamy Romance

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After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ - that is, until he dumped her for a blonde 20-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen?

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Genre: Clean Romance

A Cornish Cottage by the Sea

By Jane Linfoot, narrated by Stephanie Beattie
Tags: Clean Romance

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Hurtling through the sky was supposed to be Edie Browne’s flight of independence. But when she falls head over champagne bucket while celebrating her successful landing, her life is changed in an instant. But starting over has its benefits, and as Edie relearns the basics under the watchful eye of her Aunty Josie and an entire Cornish village of new friends and neighbours, she finds love and joy she never could have imagined in the unlikeliest of places.

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Genre: Mystery

Left to Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery Book 1)

By Blake Pierce, narrated by Abigail Reno
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Left to Die is book one in a new FBI thriller series by USA Today best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 best-seller Once Gone (Book #1) has received over 1,000 five star reviews.

End of the Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation - and What We Can Do About It book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business Finance

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Generation Y faces the bleakest economic landscape in modern history. The recent spikes in unemployment and debt, alongside a drop in marriage, home-buying, and childbearing rates, will have long-term consequences for a group that had no hand in creating the financial crisis. Drawing on a wide range of reportage and interviews from across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Riva Froymovich gives voice to those struggling in this new economy.

Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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Multiple grand slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, Venus Williams and 46 of her colleagues, friends, and mentors deliver a volume of invaluable wisdom, motivation, and inspiration. With contributions from a wide range of men and women who reached the very top of their games—including former CEO and bestselling author Jack Welch, fashion designer Vera Wang, actor Denzel Washington, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice—Venus Williams’s Come to Win is a book every aspiring professional, coach, and sports enthusiast should read.

Audible Picks June 24, 2020

Audible Picks June 24, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Lot Six

By David Adjmi
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In a world where everyone is inventing a self, curating a feed and performing a fantasy of life, what does it mean to be a person? In his grandly entertaining debut memoir, playwright David Adjmi explores how human beings create themselves, and how artists make their lives into art.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Enemy of the People

By Terrence Petty
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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After serving in the First World War, Adolf Hitler encountered a serious obstacle to his plotting for power when the Munich Post, drawing on sources within the Nazi Party, began tracking the corruption and dark dreams of his inner circle. With leaked documents from Hitler's political rivals, who were shocked by his violent rhetoric and fearing the worst, the Post battled Hitler for ownership of the truth.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Bitter Harvest

By Ann Rule, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In this harrowing New York Times bestseller, Ann Rule is at her masterful best as she winnows horrific truths from the ashes of what seemed like paradise in Prairie Village, Kansas. Rule probes the case of Debora Green, a doctor and a loving mother who seemed to epitomize the dreams of the American heartland.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she’s the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress.

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Genre: Young Adult

A Sky Painted Gold

By Laura Wood
Tags: Young Adult

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It is the summer of 1929. Lou Trevelyan is a small-town girl with big dreams of becoming a writer. Then she meets the Cardew siblings: the bubbly Caitlin and her handsome, enigmatic brother, Robert. Lou is swept into their glittering whirlwind of moonlit parties, unrivaled glamour, and whispered secrets.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army. But when Halcyon unexpectedly appears a day early, Eva knows something is wrong. Halcyon has charged with a heinous crime, and though her life is spared, she is sentenced to 15 years.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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Thanks to the heroics of former New York City Mayor Tom Cafferty and his team, the world is once again safe. The villainous Foundation for Human Advancement has been dismantled, the cities of the world are safe from nuclear annihilation, and Cafferty is now on a hunt to decimate every nest of creatures on the planet.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Coordinate (The Coordinate Book 1)

By Marc Jacobs, narrated by MacLeod Andrews
Tags: Science Fiction

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Logan West and Emma James grew up together but are now high school seniors going in totally opposite directions after graduation. When they are assigned to work together on one last history project, they hardly expect the monotony of high school life to change.

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Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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A shattered Concord. A united crew. A critical mission. The Concord is in shambles after the return of the Statu, but under the guidance of the Zilph'i, trust is slowly being rebuilt. Thomas Baldwin remains confident in his team, the secrets of his ship and the Concord no longer a dire threat.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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Roark von Graf built a nation on the bodies of griefed players and disgruntled mobs who wanted him dead. He grinded his way up to the level cap of the Troll Evolutionary Path and made powerful underhanded alliances along the way, but even all of that isn’t enough to defeat the Tyrant King’s right-hand mage, Lowen, and the Divine armies of the most powerful dungeon in the game.

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Genre: Fantasy
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Nikolis’ parents are dead - murdered before his eyes. What’s worse, they were traitors to the crown. At least that’s what he hears the village folk saying moments before he is whisked away to the castle of Highkeep. There he finds himself before the aged King Alginor, a man brought to a boil by his very presence.

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Genre: Fantasy
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War built the Kisian Empire. War will tear it down. Seventeen years after rebels stormed the streets, factions divide Kisia. Only the firm hand of the god-emperor holds the empire together. But when a shocking betrayal destroys a tense alliance with neighboring Chiltae, all that has been won comes crashing down.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

That Summer in Maine

By Brianna Wolfson
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward.

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Genre: Literary Fiction
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Esther, Frankie, and Ruth live in a small Ohio town anchored by the thriving Juliet Pencils factory. After a freak accident at the plant, these women have to re-create their lives using the only tools they’ve got: wits, molars, and a new pair of shoes.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Jane and Prudence

By Barbara Pym
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates were close friends at Oxford University, but now live very different lives. Forty-one-year-old Jane lives in the country, is married to a vicar, has a daughter she adores, and lives a very proper life in a very proper English parish.

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Genre: Clean Romance
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Miss Amelia Hathaway, a beautiful and strong-willed spinster, has looked after her unruly younger siblings ever since the death of her parents. Romance is the last thing on her mind. But when reckless brother inherits a title, the Hathaways are flung into the unfamiliar world of the English peerage.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Test Drive

By Samantha Chase
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Willow Andrews would do anything for her grandmother.Rather than having to keep fielding questions about her love life, making up a boyfriend to ease her grandmother’s worries didn’t seem like such a big deal.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Party of Two

By Jasmine Guillory, narrated by Janina Edwards
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Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe’s mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell.

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Genre: Mystery

The Swap

By Robyn Harding
Tags: Mystery

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Low Morrison is not your average teen. You could blame her hippie parents or her looming height or her dreary, isolated hometown on an island in the Pacific Northwest. But whatever the reason, Low just doesn’t fit in—and neither does Freya, an ethereal beauty and once-famous social media influencer who now owns the local pottery studio.

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Genre: Mystery

What I Know

By Miranda Smith
Tags: Mystery

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My brother was 13 the first time he tried to kill me. These days, Della is a loving wife, a dedicated teacher, a woman trying to do her best. She has put her past far behind her. But she hasn’t forgotten the lessons she learned.

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Genre: Mystery
Tags: Mystery

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The beautiful Farrell sisters, Jackie and Ryder, are unlikely private investigators in quaint, old Savannah. In their latest case, the two must dive deep into a murky demimonde of crooked cops, high-class brothels, and low-rent thugs. In the middle of it all, Jackie falls for homicide cop Harry Bull. Harry is from an old Savannah family but…seems like he just might have a skeleton or two rattling around in his closet.

Weekly Deals June 18, 2020

Weekly Deals June 18, 2020

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Tough Love

By Skye Warren, narrated by Veronica Fox
Tags: Steamy Romance

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A story about the sacrifices we make for love...I sneak out of my room every night. My father's guards don't see me. My sister doesn't see me. No one sees me except him. He's the son of a mafia foot soldier. My father is the boss. I shouldn't even know Giovanni. And I definitely shouldn't kiss him. Our relationship is doomed to fail, but that won't stop me from trying. Not every girl wants to be a princess. I just want to be free.

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The Perfect Girlfriend

By Karen Hamilton, narrated by Anne Marie Lee
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Juliette loves Nate. She will follow him anywhere. She’s even become a flight attendant for his airline so she can keep a closer eye on him. They are meant to be. The fact that Nate broke up with her six months ago means nothing. Because Juliette has a plan to win him back. She is the perfect girlfriend. And she’ll make sure no one stops her from getting exactly what she wants.

Losing Jon: A Teen's Tragic Death, a Police Cover-Up, a Community's Fight for Justice book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that 19-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy.

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Genre: Fantasy

Demons, Monks, and Lovers (Lost Tales from Esowon Book 1)

By Antoine Bandele, narrated by VonDexter Montegut II, John Rogers, and Nekia Renee
Tags: Fantasy

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The first collection in the ongoing series of fantasy stories from the world of Esowon. You'll find dastardly beasts, tortured monks, and unexpected lovers in a set of tales that'll transport you to lands lost to time.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Who Asked You?

By Terry McMillan, narrated by Terry McMillan, Carole DeSanti, Phylicia Rashad, and Michael Boatman
Tags: Literary Fiction

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When Who Asked You? begins, Trinetta leaves her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, and promptly disappears. BJ already has her hands full dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams—all the while holding down a job delivering room service at a hotel.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Book of Love

By Fionnuala Kearney, narrated by Josie Dunn and Oliver Hembrough
Tags: Literary Fiction

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One love. Two people. 20 years. From the moment their eyes met across the room at a house party, Erin and Dom were meant to be. If only it could be so simple. Over the years, the highs and lows of life conspire to keep them apart. But a notebook can bring them together. On the blank pages of their love story, they write down everything they can't always say - the secrets, the hopes and the love.

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Genre: Mystery

Crime Scene

By Jonathan Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Tags: Mystery

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A former star athlete turned coroner's investigator is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder in this psychological thriller from a father-son writing team that delivers "brilliant, page-turning fiction" - Stephen King.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Moonlight Scandals

By Jennifer L. Armentrout, narrated by Jill Redfield and Joe Arden
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Chilling Effect

By Valerie Valdes, narrated by Almarie Guerra
Tags: Science Fiction

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A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.

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Genre: Mystery

The Secret Orphan

By Glynis Peters, narrated by Anna Cordell
Tags: Mystery

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As the Nazis’ relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne finds herself orphaned and under the guardianship of a Cornish farmer's daughter, Elenor Cardew. Elenor knows that the only way to protect spirited Rose is to leave the city and make a new life for themselves away from harm. But soon Elenor discovers that Hitler’s firestorm is not the only thing she must fear when she learns a devastating secret about Rose....

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot

By Susan Mallery, narrated by Tanya Eby
Tags: Clean Romance

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The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny....

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Genre: Children

Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls

By Raymond Arroyo, narrated by Raymond Arroyo
Tags: Children

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Will Wilder is a mischievous, headstrong 12-year-old with an otherworldly gift - he alone can see the nefarious creatures encroaching on Perilous Falls. For nearly a century, a sacred relic has protected his hometown. But when Will "borrows" the relic for his own purposes, he accidentally unleashes an ancient evil. Fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians will love this first epic adventure by a New York Times best-selling author.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Iron Flower

By Laurie Forest, narrated by Julia Whelan
Tags: Fantasy

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Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs when they rescued a Selkie and freed a military dragon. The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against Gardnerian conquest.

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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When 11-year-old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession led James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. James Renner's True Crime Addict is the story of his spellbinding investigation of the missing person case of Maura Murray, which has taken on a life of its own for armchair sleuths across the web.

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Genre: Business

Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership

By David Nilssen, Jeff Levy, narrated by Matt Dy
Tags: Business

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Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership provides the information, encouragement, and insight you need to go from dream to reality. As successful businessmen who have helped thousands of individuals begin small businesses, authors Jeff Levy and David Nilssen share their expertise.

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Genre: Finance

Worry-Free Money

By Shannon Lee Simmons, narrated by Shannon Lee Simmons
Tags: Finance

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Managing your money can be frustrating and confusing. Life is expensive. Whether you make 30,000 or 130,000 a year, it can feel like you’re constantly broke. But what if there was a new way to manage your money?

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Genre: Children

Pete the Cat: Cavecat Pete

By James Dean, narrated by Lewis Grosso
Tags: Children

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Meet Cavecat Pete! Pete lives happily among the dinosaurs. He's friends with everyone. But when Pete organizes a picnic with all his friends and some herbivores and carnivores can't seem to get along, it's up to Cavecat Pete to show them that they can all have fun together.

Audible Picks June 17, 2020

Audible Picks June 17, 2020

On the Ridge Between Life and Death book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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What compels mountain climbers to take the risks that they do? Is it the thrill in the physical accomplishment, in managing to defy the odds, or both - and why do they continue to do what they do in the face of such great danger? In On the Ridge Between Life and Death, David Roberts confronts these questions head-on as he recounts the exhilarating highs and desperate lows of his climbing career.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Murder in Little Egypt

By Darcy O'Brien
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist and the detailed research of an experienced investigator, author Darcy O'Brien unfolds the story of Dr. John Dale Cavaness, the southern Illinois physician and surgeon charged with the murder of his son Sean in December 1984.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

An Only Child and Her Sister

By Casey Maxwell Clair
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Casey and her little sister, Christine, started off with what looked like a good beginning. But looks can be deceiving. Their mother, Eve Whitney, a stunning Hollywood beauty, didn't much care for children.

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Genre: Young Adult
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Safe within the magical kingdom of Havenwood, Bella Birch studies in earnest to become a Necromancer. For her final exam is only a few years away, and she is determined to be ready for it.

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Genre: Young Adult
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Followed, describes what it’s like to be a kid using the internet, specifically on social media. It’s a compelling story of a group of typical, modern-day teens navigating their way through social channels and personal emotions.

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Genre: Young Adult

Flannery

By Lisa Moore
Tags: Young Adult

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Sixteen-year-old Flannery Malone has it bad. She’s been in love with Tyrone O’Rourke since the days she still believed in Santa Claus. But Tyrone has grown from a dorky kid into an outlaw graffiti artist, the rebel-with-a-cause of Flannery’s dreams, literally too cool for school.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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An alien ship. Stolen colonists. All Throttle wanted was a vacation... Fifteen years into a 20-year voyage, war veteran Captain Throttle Reyne is looking forward to taking a break from dealing with malfunctions, glitches, and the hassles of monitoring 1,000 colonists in cryo-sleep.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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Urban is no longer master of the fearsome starship Dragon. Driven out by the hostile, godlike entity, Lezuri, he has taken refuge aboard the most distant vessel in his outrider fleet. Though Lezuri remains formidable, he is a broken god, commanding only a fragment of the knowledge that once was his.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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Mal’s crew desperately need another payday, but not desperately enough to transport a Blue Sun flightcase to Badger, no questions asked, when the area is swarming with Alliance spacecraft equally keen to regain the stolen property. Yet Jayne refuses to miss out and sneaks the case aboard Serenity.

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Genre: Fantasy

Sacred Mounds

By Jim Metzner, narrated by Jim Metzner
Tags: Fantasy

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Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex - just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to precolonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian - who, in turn, has been transported into Salvador’s body in present-day America.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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Jason has uncovered three dragon misfits. Now he must find the rest before Therin gains controls of them. Now that his sister knows of the dragons, Jason doesn't feel as isolated in their small village. The connection to the dragons lets him protect his people along with the existence of the dragons.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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Deadly competition. Deep desert. A dying tyrant. Finn Harris was declared the Mage Guild's champion. However, that was only the beginning of the Emir's competition. The next stage will send Finn and his companions deep into the desert north of Lahab in search of a long-lost relic. The magical artifact is said to be held within the Abyss.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Around the Sun

By Eric Michael Bovim
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Mark White appears to have it all as the head of a prestigious PR firm in Washington, DC. But in the aftermath of his wife’s sudden death, he is struggling to raise his eight-year-old son Colin.

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Genre: Literary Fiction
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My Grape Cellar takes fans of Laura Bradbury’s Grape Series back to Burgundy. Laura and Franck embark on another grand adventure to restore a long-neglected wine cellar that they buy, sight unseen, in the charming town of Beaune - the heart of winemaking in Burgundy (and according to the Burgundians, all of France).

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Four by Four

By Sara Mesa
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Set entirely at Wybrany College-a school where the wealthy keep their kids safe from the chaos erupting in the cities-Four by Four is a novel of insinuation and gossip, in which the truth about Wybrany's "program" is always palpable, but never explicit.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Nick Belanger can't stop thinking about the single mother who lives next door. She's smart. She's funny. She's so beautiful he can't stare at her too long for fear his eyes will start to glow. But Kayla thinks he's just an ordinary guy who works in security. Finding out he instead is a powerful immortal warrior who hunts and slays psychotic vampires for a living may not go over well.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Cowboy's Daughter (Three Sisters Ranch Book 1)

By Jamie K. Schmidt, narrated by Elizabeth Russell
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One night with professional bull rider Trent Campbell had been everything that Kelly Sullivan had fantasized about. Unfortunately, it cost her everything. When she became pregnant, her father threw her out because she wouldn't tell him the baby's father was his rodeo hero-the hero who ghosted her when she tried to tell him about their daughter.

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When the Dark Knights at Bayside and the cast of Bayside Summers collide, sparks fly, and trouble is not far behind. Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven't met the Dark Knights.

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Genre: Mystery
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P. D. James meets E. L. James in Under a Silent Moon, this first novel in an exciting British crime series-a blend of literary suspense and page-turning thriller that introduces formidable Detective Chief Inspector Louisa Smith-from suspense talent Elizabeth Haynes, author of the bestselling Into the Darkest Corner.

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When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benny Griessel's desk, he and his partner Vaughn Cupido, fellow member of the Hawks elite police unit in South Africa, reluctantly set to work reviewing the evidence of the disappearance—and possible murder—of ex-cop Johnson Johnson on the world's most luxurious train line.

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Another spring, another dead girl pulled from a lake in the Appalachian foothills: the latest victim in a series of murders with few leads. But Detective Geena Brassard and her partner, Parker Reed, finally land a break when they receive a tip about a previously unknown survivor of the so-called Spring Strangler.

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Genre: Children

Runaway Rescue: The Adventures of Misty & Moxie Wyoming

By Niki Danforth, narrated by Erin Parker
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To save two cat families from nasty fates, a young cowgirl and her trusty mare must pull out all the stops! With time running out, can Moxie and Misty manage a pair of daring magical recoveries, or will the helpless kittens fall victim to powerful predators?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

House of Shadows

By Nicola Cornick, narrated by Heather Wilds, Fiona Hardingham, and Beverley A. Crick
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The wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown House - a wasted pile of cinders and regret. Once home to the daughter of a king, Ashdown and its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of romance, deceit, and destiny....

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Genre: Mystery

The House Without a Key

By Marin Montgomery, narrated by Hillary Huber
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When 17-year-old Maddy Pruitt vanishes from her sleepy town, word on the street is that she ran away. But when a second 17-year-old girl from a local, affluent family turns up missing shortly after Maddy's disappearance, the circumstances become suspicious. With the clock ticking, those closest to the girls lead a frantic search, uncovering secrets, lies, and a web of deceit that might have the girls paying an ultimate price...

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Genre: Fantasy

Altdorf (The Forest Knights Book 1)

By J.K. Swift, narrated by Brad Wills
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A druid priestess enlists the help of an ex-Hospitaller warrior and a charismatic outlaw to fight Austrian tyranny in medieval Switzerland. A subtle blend of fantasy and history, Altdorf tells the events leading up to one of the greatest underdog stories of the medieval age, the Battle of Morgarten.

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Genre: Mystery

Recalled to Life (The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries Book 2)

By Wendy M. Wilson, narrated by Sam Devereaux
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In 19th century New Zealand, the Land Wars have finished, but life is hard. Cashiered from the British Army after years fighting in India and Crimea, Sergeant Frank Hardy awakes in an underground prison with no idea where he is or how he got there. As he searches his memory for clues, his partner and his fiancee search for him. The answer is buried in the past, and he will have to to dig it up before he can be free.

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Closer Than You Think

By Darren O’Sullivan, narrated by Darren O’Sullivan, Avena Wallace
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Having barely escaped the clutches of a serial killer, Claire Moore has struggled to rebuild her life. After her terrifying encounter with the man the media dubbed The Black-Out Killer, she became an overnight celebrity. And then the killings stopped. Now ten years have passed, and just when things are starting to improve, there is a power cut; a house fire; another victim found killed in the same way as before. The Black-Out Killer is back. And he’s coming for Claire…

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Genre: Fantasy

The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities Book 1)

By C.J. Archer, narrated by Shiromi Arserio
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For five years, Charlotte Holloway has lived as a boy in the slums. But when one theft too many get her arrested, her only means of escape lies with a dead man. Charlie hasn't raised a spirit since she first discovered she could do so five years ago. That time, her father banished her. This time, she brings even more trouble upon herself.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Michael Jordan: The Life

By Roland Lazenby, narrated by Bob Souer
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Drawing on personal relationships with Jordan's coaches; countless interviews with friends, teammates, family members, and Jordan himself; and a career in the trenches covering Jordan in college and the pros, Roland Lazenby provides the first truly definitive study of Jordan: The player, the icon, and the man.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music

By Ted Templeman, narrated by Sean Runnette
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Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music takes us into the studio sessions of number one hits like "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers and "Jump" by Van Halen, as Ted recounts memories and the behind-the-scene dramas that engulfed both massively successful acts. Throughout, Ted also reveals the inner workings of his professional and personal relationships with some of the most talented and successful recording artists in history.

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Genre: Children

Rumple Buttercup

By Matthew Gray Gubler, narrated by Matthew Gray Gubler
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The number-one New York Times best seller written by Criminal Minds actor/director, Matthew Gray Gubler. This charming and inspiring story is the perfect gift for kids (and grown-up kids) alike! Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right. He is weird. Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.

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Genre: Science Fiction

A Beginning at the End

By Mike Chen, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
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How do you start over after the end of the world? Krista, Moira, Rob, and Sunny are brought together by circumstance, and their lives begin to twine together. But when reports of another outbreak throw the fragile society into panic, the friends are forced to finally face everything that came before - and everything they still stand to lose. Because sometimes having one person is enough to keep the world going.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

My Last Love Story

By Falguni Kothari, narrated by Deepti Gupta
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Simi Desai is thirty years old and her husband is dying of cancer. He has two last wishes in his final months: first, that she'll have his baby so that a piece of him lives on, and second, that she'll reconcile with her old flame, who just happens to be their mutual best friend. And so over the course of their last summer together, Simi's husband plans a series of big and small adventures for this unlikely trio, designed to help them say goodbye to each other and prove to Simi that it's okay to move on without him.

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The Roommate Arrangement

By Jae, narrated by Lori Prince
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Comedian Stephanie Renshaw hopes to finally get her big break in LA. A chance encounter lands her the perfect apartment close to the comedy clubs, but it comes with a catch: She needs a roommate to afford the rent. Enter Rae Coleman, a former police officer working the door at one of the top comedy clubs. At first, the two clash horribly before a tentative friendship develops. Bit by bit, Steph manages to break through the walls Rae has built around her.

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Tough Love

By Skye Warren, narrated by Veronica Fox
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A story about the sacrifices we make for love...I sneak out of my room every night. My father's guards don't see me. My sister doesn't see me. No one sees me except him. He's the son of a mafia foot soldier. My father is the boss. I shouldn't even know Giovanni. And I definitely shouldn't kiss him. Our relationship is doomed to fail, but that won't stop me from trying. Not every girl wants to be a princess. I just want to be free.

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11 years after her she and her sister's band broke up after their father's death, Adele arrives back in Darling Bay, to handle the Golden Spike, an old country saloon her uncle left her. Except this is not the welcoming saloon Adele remembers from her childhood. Add into the mix Nate Houston - the handsome, guitar-playing bartender who had always believed he would be the next owner - and Adele has one potent cocktail on her hands.

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Genre: Business

How to Speak and Write Correctly

By Joseph Devlin, narrated by Group
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Learn English speaking and writing through this amazing audiobook edition. It is a book on improving eloquence, proficiency and grammar in everyday communication. ‘How to Speak and Write Correctly’ is not a manual of the styles to use in speaking and writing, nor is it a manual for grammar. It is a simple, useful book for helping ordinary people in effective communication.

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Most people wish they could escape the cycle of trading hours for dollars, but don't know how to do so. The good news is, there are sound financial principles available for use by anyone. Being able to live off of their investment income gives them a tremendously satisfying feeling of safety and security. They are now much happier and have peace of mind. They have freedom and independence. You can easily join them by using the same proven financial principles starting right now.

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Genre: True Crime

Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

By Jake Anderson, narrated by Erik Bloomquist
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Twenty-one-year-old Vancouver student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown LA's Cecil Hotel - a 600-room building with a nine-decade history of scandal and tragedy. The next day, Elisa vanished. In Gone at Midnight, Anderson chronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and what - or whom - she was running from, and presents shocking new evidence that may re-open one of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crime cases of the century.

Audible Picks May 27, 2020

Audible Picks May 27, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Don't Forget Me

By Steve M. Grant
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With the pervasiveness of drugs today and death by overdose as the leading cause of death for people under fifty in the US, almost everyone has been directly or indirectly affected by this drug epidemic. Loving someone with substance abuse can be terrifying.

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Do you believe that joy is a choice? Dawn Barton does. She's an upbeat Southerner with good hair and a successful business background, but she's had more heartache than most of us can imagine. Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is a collection of honest and sometimes raw stories.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, Fang Fang’s nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of millions of her fellow citizenss.

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Genre: Young Adult
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A fierce coming-of-age verse novel about identity and the power of drag, written and narrated by acclaimed UK poet and performer Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Kacen Callender. Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he’s navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican—but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough.

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Genre: Young Adult
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The Emperor seeks to free the Dragon Queen from the Abyss. The only ones who could have opposed him are the Knights of Dragonwatch, an ancient order created to defend the world against the Dragon Queen, and they are no more, betrayed by one of their own and hunted to extinction.

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Genre: Young Adult

Letters

By Brandon Wolfe
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Chace, a teenage orphan with the power to see the future, saves people anonymously by leaving them a letter to find in their moment of crisis. When his friends are in danger, he is there. He saves them but cannot predict the consequences. He can see their future, but he cannot see his own.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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The United States of America is in crisis. Radical militiamen are targeting hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants, devastating the power grid. The economy, already weakened by government mismanagement, is in free fall. Food and gas shortages rock the nation. And in Washington, the US Senate is devastated by a terrorist attack.

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The last reward Kira Demirci expected for heroism in a time of war was to spend the rest of her life dodging assassins - but when her government betrays her as part of their surrender, she and her comrades flee the star system of Apollo to the edge of civilized space.

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Thomas Baldwin has been appointed captain of the state-of-the-art cruise ship Constantine, named after his heroic grandfather. When their first diplomatic mission turns deadly, all signs point to the return of a former adversary, one the Concord claims to have defeated five decades earlier.

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When Detective Samantha Rain gets bitten by a hellhound, she's forced into the magical world of the Nox, night creatures living in secret between humans. Vampires, Will-O-Wisps, and much more uncommon types hide in a world that runs on oaths, blood, and death.

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With days to stop Arran’s execution and the stoic guardian, Sirius, as her constant shadow, Kesh must weave her lies deep within Faerie’s courts where magic and whispers combine and conspire. Soon, Kesh learns there is more at stake than Arran’s life. Faerie is dying. Oberon’s reign is crumbling. The time to strike against the fae is now.

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Genre: Fantasy
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Ben Stiger, Legate of the Lost Thirteenth Legion, a nobleman from an infamous family and born fighter, has defeated the servants of the evil god Castor and crushed the dark deity's orc-led army. Having repaired the damage wrought by Castor and fixed the timeline, Stiger has returned to the present, bringing with him the entire Thirteenth Legion and her auxiliary cohorts.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Prisoner's Wife

By Maggie Brookes
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In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner of war Bill have secretly married and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible—until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracking dogs.

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What Only We Know

By Catherine Hokin
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A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter’s hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer’s hand was at Liese’s throat before she saw him move. "I can kill you easily, then I can kill your daughter." He relaxed his grip a little. "Or perhaps I could kill her first?"

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The High Moments

By Sara-Ella Ozbek
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Scarlett makes mistakes – over and over again. She’s not perfect, she has a tricky relationship with her mother and is desperate for people to like her. She repeatedly goes back to the people that hurt her, no matter how badly.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Firecracker

By Kelly Jamieson
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Arden Lennox's charmed life may be in pieces, but she'd sooner get her hoohaw bleached than move back in with her parents. She's no longer the prom-queen princess married to the football star. She's a broke, penniless widow, and it's time she stood on her own two feet.

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The Banty House

By Carolyn Brown
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In the fading town of Rooster, Texas, all that's really left is a service station, a church…and the Banty House, a long-ago Depression-era brothel. For more than seventy-five years, Betsy, Connie, and Kate Carson have called their mama's house a home.

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I ran from him, even though my heart knew better. Love was one thing, but survival another. I should have known he'd come for me. Men like him always get what they want. The temptation in his eyes, the heat of his touch...it's all still there, but his gaze is harsher now and his grasp unrelenting. He's not the boy I fell in love with, although pieces of what we once had are still there. I can feel it.

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Genre: Mystery
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Ex-majordomo and bodyguard to an industrial tycoon-cum-U.S. senator, Badja Adeyemi is in hiding and shortly on his way to either a jail cell or a grave, depending on who finds him first. In his final days as a free man, he hires Isaiah Coleridge to tie up a loose end.

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Genre: Mystery

Little Crew of Butchers

By Francine Pascal
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Lucas Baird never got much of a break when he was a child, but by his early twenties, his good looks and easy manner allow him to skate through life without having to put in much effort. On the cusp of manhood in years yet still a boy—what Anthony Trollope called a hobbledehoy—charming Luke has enjoyed his extended adolescence of drinking and small-time cons.

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Genre: Mystery

Bombshell (A Teddy Fay Novel Book 4)

By Stuart Woods, narrated by A. Person
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Teddy Fay is back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations. First, a rising star at Centurion becomes the target of malicious gossip, and Teddy must find and neutralize the source before the situation gets out of hand--or becomes violent. At the same time, Teddy finds himself targeted by a criminal thug bearing a grudge.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Thirteenth Tale

By Diane Setterfield, narrated by Bianca Amato and Jill Tanner
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The Thirteenth Tale is a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter, and in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.

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The Widow

By Fiona Barton, narrated by Hannah Curtis, Nicholas Guy Smith, Jayne Entwistle, Steve West, and Mandy Williams
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When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on when more bad things began to happen...But that woman's husband died last week. And Jean doesn't have to be her anymore.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Swing Time

By Zadie Smith, narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner
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An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from Northwest London to West Africa, from the multiaward-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Gabriel's Inferno

By Sylvain Reynard, narrated by John Morgan
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From New York Times best-selling author Sylvain Reynard comes the haunting, unforgettable tale of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening - the first in the Gabriel's Inferno series....

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Genre: Clean Romance

Love Like This: The Romance Chronicles, Book 1

By Sophie Love, narrated by Elaine Wise
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Keira Swanson, 28, lands her dream job at Viatorum, a slick magazine in New York City, as an aspiring travel writer. When Keira, by a fluke, is handed a coveted assignment and given her big chance to travel to Ireland for 30 days, witness the legendary Lisdoonvarna festival of love, and to debunk the myth that true love exists, everything changes when Keira falls in love with Ireland and meets her Irish tour guide.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders

By Chesley B. Sullenberger, narrated by Chesley B. Sullenberger
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One of the most captivating heroes of the last decade and the author of the New York Times best seller Highest Duty explores the nature of leadership with some of America's best and brightest.

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Genre: Fantasy

Cry Wolf

By Patricia Briggs, narrated by Holter Graham
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Anna never knew werewolves existed until the night she survived a violent attack...and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the pack, she'd learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. But Anna is that rarest kind of werewolf: an Omega. And one of the most powerful werewolves in the country will recognize her value as a pack member - and as his mate.

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Genre: Mystery

If She Knew (A Kate Wise Mystery Book 1)

By Blake Pierce, narrated by Laura Bannister
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Fifty-five-year-old empty nester - and freshly retired FBI agent - Kate Wise finds herself drawn out of her quiet suburban life when her friend’s daughter is murdered in a home invasion - and she is implored to help.

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Genre: Business
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From iconic actor and best-selling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better - based on his experience with acting, improv, science, and storytelling.

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Genre: Finance

Youtube Money: How to Make Passive Income on YouTube

By Mark Robertson, narrated by Nick Dolle
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Unless you've been living under a rock (and we know you haven't because you're here right now), you know how gargantuan YouTube is. And any media platform the size of YouTube offers major financial opportunity. In this book, you'll learn how to harness your creative impulses to build, promote, and monetize a YouTube channel.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

By John Hodgman, narrated by John Hodgman
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John Hodgman - New York Times best-selling author, semifamous personality, deranged millionaire, increasingly elderly husband, father, and human of Earth - has written a memoir about his cursed travels through two wildernesses: from the woods of his home in Massachusetts, birthplace of rage, to his exile on the coast of Maine, so-called Vacationland, home to the most painful beaches on Earth.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Release Me (The Stark Series Book 1)

By J. Kenner, narrated by Sofia Willingham
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For fans of Fifty Shades of Gray and Bared to You comes an erotic, emotionally charged romance between a powerful man who’s never heard "no" and a fiery woman who says "yes" on her own terms.

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Genre: True Crime
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CNN’s chief national security correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of 21st-century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged - often without the public’s full knowledge - from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Free Falling (Irish End Games Book 1)

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis, narrated by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
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A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non-horse-powered vehicles useless, and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

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Genre: Mystery

The Uninvited Guest (A Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery Book 2)

By Sarah Woodbury, narrated by Laurel Schroeder
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It is the winter of 1143 and all is not well in the court of Owain, King of North Wales: His future in-laws are untrustworthy; the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless; and among his wedding guests lurks a cold-blooded killer. Gareth and Gwen have marriage plans of their own, but their love will have to wait while the pair race to unravel the mystery before King Owain - and his new bride - fall victim to their uninvited guest.

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Genre: Fantasy

Only the Worthy (The Way of Steel Book 1)

By Morgan Rice, narrated by Tim Austin
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Only the Worthy (The Way of Steel, Book 1) tells the epic coming of age story of Royce, 17, a peasant farmer who senses he is different, that powers reside within him beyond what he can understand. When his true love, Genevieve, 17, is stolen from him, he must risk it all to wage war with the nobles and save his love.

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Genre: Children

The Lazy Rabbit

By Wilkie J. Martin, narrated by Tim Campbell
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A cautionary new fable for ages six to eight. This is a story about a lazy rabbit and a sensible vole who join up to travel through a barren land where foxy bandits lurk. Follow their journey to find out the grim consequences of laziness and who survives. If you like the original tales written by the Brothers Grimm and Aesop, you’ll enjoy this.

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Genre: Children

Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon

By John August, narrated by James Patrick Cronin
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From acclaimed screenwriter John August, Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon continues the spellbinding fantasy adventure series about the magic that lies just beyond our world.

Audible Picks May 20, 2020

Audible Picks May 20, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Goering

By Roger Manvell
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In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use firsthand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler's shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler's right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe, one of history's most feared fighting forces.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Being Heumann

By Judith Heumann
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism—from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Sum of Our Days

By Isabel Allende
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Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator.

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Genre: Young Adult

Breath like Water

By Anna Jarzab
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A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her life: a new coach with a revolutionary training strategy, and a charming fellow swimmer named Harry Matthews.

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Genre: Young Adult
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Everyone knows this story: An unlikely young hero is chosen by divine providence to save the world from a terrible evil. Except Keriya Nameless is crippled, without the ability to wield magic - in fact, she’s the only person who doesn’t have powers of her own. The god who chose her is a mysterious dragon with a knack for exploiting loopholes in rules.

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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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John Bandicut and his company have been rewarded for their heroism in saving Shipworld. The prize: to be flung back into inhabited space—not to their home planets, as they had hoped, but to the bottom of an alien ocean. Helpless and sinking, they are rescued by strange mer-creatures and brought to an undersea city, where a race of sea-people known as the Neri live in perpetual twilight.

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Captain Hughes and his team of rebels have created a shaky alliance with the same government that sought to end them, but even that might not be enough. In order to combat the Celestial threat, Jace will need to convince the Sarkonian Emperor to not only join his cause but lend him the resources he needs to overpower the enemy.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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A year ago, the war against the Theocracy ended. But it didn't bring peace. Admiral Kat Falcone was lucky - her side won the war. But without an external threat, Kat’s homeworld government, the Commonwealth, begins to burst. The galactic war may be over, but there is a civil war on the horizon.

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Genre: Fantasy
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One year after joining the Legion of Angels in New York City, Leda Pierce returns home to visit her family in Purgatory, a rough and rugged frontier town that borders the plains of monsters. Leda's family reunion is cut short, however, when her little sisters are captured by supernatural mercenaries.

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Jason has returned to the normalcy of the mountain village, but nothing is as it had been. Now connected to the Ice Dragon and responsible for keeping his presence a secret, it won't be long before the Dragon Souls return. They know the Ice Dragon exists and will stop at nothing to control him.

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Genre: Fantasy

Essencers of Aelathia

By Joshua Smith
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Three epic books. Fifty-plus hours filled with magic, war, myth, and characters that leap to life. Bedel and Raynt, two powerful mages known as Essencers, have dedicated their lives to holding back the tide of the Dark Sorceress Jocina. After her defeat thousands of years ago, she is desperate to return and drown the world in darkness once and for all. Her time has come.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Somerset Girls

By Lori Foster, narrated by Samantha Desz
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Summer in Sunset, Kentucky, means long, hot days—and sometimes surprising new beginnings. Through it all, the ties of sisterhood will be there, guiding Autumn and Ember to the lives, and loves, they need… When they’re running the animal-rescue farm they inherited from their grandparents, Autumn and Ember Somerset are perfectly in sync. At all other times, not so much.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Wrapped in Rain

By Charles Martin, narrated by Jonathan K. Riggs
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An internationally famous photographer, Tucker Mason has traveled the world, capturing things other people don’t see. But what Tucker himself can’t see is how to let go of the past and forgive his father. On a sprawling Southern estate, Tucker and his younger brother, Mutt, were raised by their housekeeper, Miss Ella Rain, who loved the motherless boys like her own.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

On Ocean Boulevard

By Mary Alice Monroe
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It’s been sixteen years since Caretta “Cara” Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding, her life is about to change yet again.

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A Royal Kiss & Tell

By Julia London
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Every prince has his secrets. And she’s determined to unravel his… Every young man in London’s ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke’s hand—except one. Handsome roué Prince Leopold of Alucia can’t quite remember Caroline’s name, and the insult is not to be tolerated.

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I hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third-compliments of Finn. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms. You can't make this stuff up-even though it was at least four minutes and included outside circumstances.

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The Backup Plan

By Sherryl Woods
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It's finally time for Dinah Davis to go home. The world-weary correspondent wants to settle down with the sweet guy she left behind in South Carolina's Low Country. Instead, she's confronted by his black-sheep brother, and - despite her longing for serenity - sparks fly.

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Genre: Mystery

Deep Dark Secrets

By Keri Beevis
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Lizzie Kent wasn't supposed to babysit the night she was murdered. She was covering for her best friend, Nell. Nell has lived with the guilt ever since. Eighteen years later, Nell returns to the area, desperate to escape a bad relationship after inheriting her aunt's rundown guesthouse.

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Genre: Mystery

Furmidable Foes

By Rita Mae Brown
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Mary Minor Harry Harristeen is on the hunt for a killer with a deadly green thumb when a day in the garden turns fatal in this exciting new mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown.

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Genre: Mystery

Kill the King

By Sandrone Dazieri
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Reeling from a deadly bombing in Venice and her investigative partner Dante’s disappearance, Detective Colomba Caselli retreats to the rural countryside outside Rome to nurse her wounds. When an apparently autistic teenager appears in her yard, covered in blood, he leads her to a brutal crime scene where nothing is what it seems.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Lost Daughter

By Gill Paul, narrated by Helen Duff
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If you loved I Am Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon, you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of THE SECRET WIFE.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Marrying Winterborne

By Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
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Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better....

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Genre: Clean Romance

Cowboy to the Core

By Maisey Yates, narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman
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Jamie Dodge is confident she knows everything there is to know about cowboys. She grew up surrounded by them, after all. But somehow her new boss, champion saddle bronc rider Gabe Dalton, and his brand of cowboy charm have her interested in all kinds of things she never has been before.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Bliss

By Lynsay Sands, narrated by Justin Hill
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Love thy neighbor, 'tis said. A fine idea, except when the neighbor in question is Lord Holden. Lady Helen Tiernay has complained frequently about his treatment of his people. Too frequently perhaps, for the king intends to curb their constant bickering by ordering them to wed. Helen can't refuse a royal decree, but she'll do everything possible to drive away her devilishly attractive husband-to-be.

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The Best Lies

By Sarah Lyu, narrated by Nancy Wu
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Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow will look like. She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend, Jack, and Elise, her best friend. But now, Jack is dead, shot through the chest...and it was Elise who pulled the trigger. As the police investigate, Remy does the same, sifting through her own memories, looking for a scrap of truth that could save the friendship that means everything to her.

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Genre: Mystery

Deadbomb Bingo Ray

By Jeff Johnson, narrated by Johnny Heller
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The infamous Deadbomb Bingo Ray is a high-level fixer in the City of Brotherly Love. He's the man you call when you've crossed the line into hopeless and there's no way back to anywhere. Three years have passed since Ray burned a hedge fund manager on behalf of a pool of retirees, and now the money man is back for revenge.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Becoming Steve Jobs

By Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, narrated by George Newbern
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Becoming Steve Jobs answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time, ultimately transforming the daily life of billions of people?

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When you enlist in the United States military, you don't just sign yourself up for years of duty - you also commit your loved ones to a life of service all their own. No one knows this better than Elaine Brye, an army brat turned military wife turned military mom of four officers, each serving in a different branch of the military: air force, army, marine corps, and navy.

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Genre: Mystery

Riddle Island

By Steve Hamilton, narrated by Dan John Miller
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Alex McKnight is sitting at the rail in the Glasgow Inn when a local old-timer tells him an unusual story. It’s the kind of small-town mystery that won’t let Alex sleep at night, but when he goes hunting for answers, he stumbles upon the biggest surprise of his life. Forty-four years later, the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa is still the most notorious open case in American crime history...

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Genre: Fantasy

The Power and the Fury (Eden Chronicles Volume 1)

By James Erith, narrated by Rory Barnett
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First, they must survive. Propelled from their classroom, Daisy, Archie, and Isabella stumble into a remarkable adventure. To find the source of life itself. The Garden of Eden. But they are not alone. A primeval force stands in their way. And it seeks its revenge. Failure is not an option. Now, the children of our present must conquer the evils of the past to save our future.

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Genre: Business

The Go-Getter: A Story That Tells You How to Be One

By Peter B. Kyne, narrated by Johnny Heller
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A classic parable of ambition and entrepreneurial spirit that has imparted key lessons in success to generations of listeners.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Tailgate

By Elin Hilderbrand, narrated by Erin Bennett
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Clendenin Hughes first kissed Dabney Kimball during a Nantucket snowstorm freshman year of high school. Ever since that moment, Dabney has known that she and Clen are an unsplittable unit. Of course, with Dabney now at Harvard and Clen at Yale, those bodies are 140 miles apart.But with the big Harvard-Yale game coming up, Dabney is determined to make the trek to New Haven to see Clen.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Binding (The Dark Forever Series Book 0)

By David J. Phifer, narrated by Valley Parker
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Serena is a world class necromancer, a self-proclaimed master of the undead. But when someone starts killing the remaining witches, she must fight for her life against an enemy that is immune to the dark arts. There is a new player in town. Stronger than anything she’s ever seen, and even with her command of the undead, she may not last the night.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Rat Collector (Age of End Book 1)

By Chris Yee, narrated by Aaron Sinn
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Vince's immortality is no blessing. Unlike his childhood companion from long ago, he refuses to feed on humans to prolong his life. When people from his village start disappearing, he suspects an immortal killer at work...Saul eagerly takes what he needs to survive his eternal life. But when he comes face-to-face with his adolescent friend and has to answer for his crimes, his intricately woven scheme may meet an untimely end....

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Genre: Business

It's Not Just Who You Know

By Tommy Spaulding, narrated by Dustin Rubin
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In It’s Not Just Who You Know, Tommy Spaulding—the former CEO of Up With People—has written the new How to Win Friends and Influence People for the 21st century. Success—in business and in life—is all about relationships. In this powerful guide to reaching out to others, Spaulding takes Dale Carnegie’s classic philosophy to the next level—how to create lasting relationships that go well beyond mere superficial contacts and “second floor” relationships.

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Where is your hard earned money? Whether you have a savings or checking account, a 401(k), an IRA, a college fund, or dollars stuffed under the mattress, you are an investor. If you don't invest smartly, your very financial future is in jeopardy. But smart investing is not nearly as difficult or complicated as some might lead you to believe.

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Genre: Children

The Story of Ferdinand

By Munro Leaf, narrated by Brian Amador
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All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. And he does just that until the day a bumblebee and some men from the Madrid bullfights give gentle Ferdinand a chance to be the most ferocious star of the corrida - and the most unexpected comic hero.

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Genre: Children

Evie in the Jungle

By Matt Haig, narrated by Natascha McElhone
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Twelve-year-old Evie has a talent. She can hear what animals are thinking, and she can talk to them with her mind. When Evie goes on a trip to the Amazon rainforest, her powers are put to the test. She makes friends with pink river dolphins, must save an injured sloth and discovers the secret life of a jaguar.

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Audible Picks May 13, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Miles from Nowhere

By Barbara Savage
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This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile global bicycle odyssey, which took them through twenty-five countries in two years. Miles From Nowhere is an adventure not to be missed!

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This audiobook examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley, whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It explores a wide variety of topics relating to the Moors Murders case including: the historical and geographical context of the murders.

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Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R.R. Tolkien's creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up the intricate languages and perfectly crafted world of Middle-earth?

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Genre: Young Adult

The Great Upending

By Beth Kephart
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Twelve-year-old Sara and her brother, Hawk, are told that they are not to bother the man - The Mister - who just moved into the silo apartment on their farm. It doesn’t matter that they know nothing about him and they think they ought to know something. It doesn’t matter that he’s always riding that unicycle around.

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Genre: Young Adult
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Snatched from her life as a blacksmith, Kaylan Rove is forced to become the Shadow: the personal servant of a ruthless and powerful lord. But Lord Rennard himself isn't the threat. It's the Relic he wears around his neck-a stone that protects his bloodline, but poisons everyone else in its proximity.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Sky Is Mine

By Amy Beashel
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Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame. Her mum Steph and best friend Grace have always been there to save her. But with one under the control of her stepfather and the other caught in the throes of new love, Izzy is falling between the cracks.

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Genre: Science Fiction

PlanetCrash

By Matthew Boudreau
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Emily is juggling college with the opening up of a new server for the space battle game PlanetCrash. Not only is the game itself exciting but there is a way to make money from it. Despite loving the role of a marine, able to take on a variety of enemies, from space pirates to aliens, Emily finds that her new group of teammates are leading her into dubious moral territory.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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The monarchy has fallen. The Alpha Queen has made her first move, and the peace and stability that ruled the galaxy for four generations is in ashes. Chaos reigns as old feuds and new conflicts plunge the Commonwealth to the brink of civil war.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Star Kingdom Omnibus II

By Lindsay Buroker
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For the first time in his life, roboticist Casmir Dabrowski is headed to another star system as an advisor for the Kingdom space fleet. He’s being given a chance to prove himself to King Jager by helping find the ancient artifact he inadvertently lost. It’s best not to think about what might happen if he fails...

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Genre: Fantasy
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Jace Warin never wanted anything more than to attend the School of Swords and Serpents to escape the labor camps and restore his family's stained honor. But the determined young martial artist soon discovers the school he's always dreamed about is teeming with secret plots and sinister designs.

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Genre: Fantasy
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Centuries ago, the murder of a beloved king tore apart the Kingdom of Caledun. The land was plunged into chaos and thousands perished in the aftermath. A new order was established in an attempt to return Caledun to its former glory. It failed, but in its place rose the beginnings of the Code.

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Genre: Fantasy
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In The Legend of the Kestrel, the first book in The Sylvan Chronicles, Thomas escapes the Shadow Lord's assassins, losing everything. Orphaned, alone and on the run, he discovers a world of magic and sorcery. With the help of a family he never knew he had he begins to master the Talent and the ways of the blade, acquiring the skills he'll need to survive.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Of Literature and Lattes

By Katherine Reay
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After fleeing her hometown three years earlier, Alyssa Harrison never planned to return. Then the Silicon Valley start-up she worked for collapsed and turned her world upside down. She is broke, under FBI investigation, and without a place to go. Having exhausted every option, she comes home to Winsome, Illinois, to regroup and move on as quickly as possible.

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Genre: Literary Fiction
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China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China’s western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Shoemaker's Wife

By Adriana Trigiani
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The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the haunting majesty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New York's Little Italy, apprenticed to a shoemaker, leaving a bereft Enza behind. But when her own family faces disaster, she, too, is forced to emigrate to America.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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There’s a reason they call me Wylde, and it’s not just because it’s my last name. I might be one of the newest players on the Arizona Vengeance team, but I’m no stranger to the celebrity that goes along with being a professional hockey player. Whether it’s a fan seeking an autograph or a puck bunny looking for more, I’ve grown used to the attention.

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I loved him before I knew what the word meant. From skinned knees to first dates and everything in between. But he was never mine to love. I settled for friendship, even though I always wanted more.

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I thought I knew the truth, but I didn’t. Secrets surround me. Every aspect of my life was a lie. The Bishop brothers are the only beacon of light in my dark world. They’re the only ones that can protect me, the only ones that truly care.

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Genre: Mystery

When She Finds You

By A J McDine
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Sophie Saunders has the perfect life. Happily married to handsome Matt and expecting her first baby, she is the envy of her childhood friend, Lou. Lou's family has splintered. Her husband is dead and her son has left home. She would give anything to turn back the clock.

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Genre: Mystery

Line of Sight

By James Queally
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He spends his days reluctantly keeping sideways cops out of the crosshairs of the Internal Affairs department. Until Keyonna Jackson, a social justice activist, presents him with a troubling video: a made-for-Youtube cell phone snippet chronicling the same kind of questionable use-of-force that had set New York City, Ferguson, and Cleveland on fire in recent years.

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Genre: Mystery
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FBI special agent Lisa Tanchik is skilled at handling cyber threats, having recently taken down a Dark Web black market worth billions. But ruthless hacker NatalyaX always seems to be a step ahead. The government calls on Tanchik’s expertise when an email attachment causes a fatal seizure at US Cyber Command.