Audible Picks April 3, 2024

Audible Picks April 3, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World

By David Spade, narrated by David Spade
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Fifty-something David Spade is letting it all hang out. Older (yes), wiser (debatable), in A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World, the actor, comedian, and SNL alum reflects on his life then and now through a series of candid and hysterical (and occasionally cringe-worthy) takes on everything from why it’s getting harder to date younger women, to what it’s like being a dad now...

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Genre: Finance

No Worries: How to Live a Stress Free Financial Life

By Jared Dillian, narrated by L.J. Ganser
Tags: Finance

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No Worries shows how anyone can live a stress-free financial life and build wealth for the long term. This is not about millions of tiny decisions that drain the joy from life, like skipping daily coffee to save a few bucks. And it’s not simply about having more money. The secret lies in adopting the right attitude to money and getting a small number of big things right.

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Genre: Business

The Leader's Guide

By Eric Ries, narrated by Eric Ries
Tags: Business

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After the publication of his New York Times best-selling book, The Lean Startup, entrepreneur and author Eric Ries traveled the world helping companies of every size adopt the Lean Startup approach in order to become more nimble and experimental no matter what their mission.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Trilobyte (Trilobyte Book 1)

By J.L. Bourne, narrated by Eunice Wong, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Jay Synder and, Bahni Turpin
Tags: Science Fiction

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Junior, a robotics expert, tinkers quietly underground. With dozens of machine kills under his belt, he knows the enemy inside and out. Alpha0verride, a reclusive black hat hacker, uses the skills acquired over a life of shady activity to outwit the hyper-intelligent machines swarming in on her.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Present

By Jay Martel, narrated by Fred Berman
Tags: Science Fiction

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Adam Diehl is an 11-year-old in crisis. He knows his parents are going to split up - today - and he'd do anything in his power to stop them. If only he could turn back time.... As it turns out, he can.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Fireground

By Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Ben Chapple and Harriet Gordon-Anderson
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Flynn was only a teenager when her parents were killed in a terrible accident. Too young to lose her parents, too young to take on responsibility for her younger sister Kaiya, and too young to protect Kaiya from the harshness of their new lives in the following years.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Like the Wind

By J. Bengtsson, narrated by Callie Dalton and Zachary Webber
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When a letter from his supposedly deceased mother finds its way into his hands, life changes in an instant for international pop star Bodhi Beckett. Reeling from the deception of those closest to him, Bodhi spirals out of control and is sent to a secluded mansion in the coastal mountains of Southern California for some rest and relaxation.

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Genre: Mystery

Takers Mad

By Luke Jerod Kummer, narrated by Khristine Hvam
Tags: Mystery

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As newspapers reported in the 1890s, a woman dubbed "Shakespeare" was found dead in a seedy hotel along the waterfront by Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The chilling scene recalled by the press and police alike Jack the Ripper’s victims in London. Panicked New Yorkers worked feverishly to halt that maniac’s spree from expanding across the Atlantic.

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Genre: Mystery

Bitter Brew

By Kelsey Grammer and Laura J. Bailey, narrated by Kelsey Grammer
Tags: Mystery

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Actor Kelsey Grammer, best known for his roles in the TV sitcoms Cheers and Frasier, delivers Bitter Brew, a compelling mystery featuring Detective Bill Walsh, an upstate cop in the quiet, rural town of Beatriceville, 200 miles north of New York City, who suspects foul play in the death of millionaire city transplant Jonathan Kimball, even though the evidence points to suicide, not murder.

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Genre: Fantasy

Just in Time (The Timekeeper's Daughter Saga Book 1)

By Sam Gao, narrated by Rylee Kuberra
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Dive into a spellbinding semester-at-sea in this thrilling magic academy novel, part one of a completed series! Mar's dream voyage becomes a nightmare when she's ensnared by a demonic cult. Despite cryptic warnings from an annoyingly attractive upperclassman, escape seems elusive for Mar as she uncovers her own latent powers...

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Discovered Secrets

By Julie Bawden-Davis, narrated by Virtual Voice
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While investigating a crack cocaine epidemic on the streets of Southern California in 1989, LA Times investigative reporter Jesse McMillan finds a disturbing and potentially deadly connection to his childhood home in the Canal Zone, Panama. The more Jesse digs, the more dangerous the situation becomes as his past comes crashing into his present.

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A first-place in CIBA's Mystery/Thriller Award winner. In a formerly closed city in Siberia, pursued by the FSB, the Iranians, and the Russian mafia, Alexandra must decide whom she can trust to help her save her daughter...and the world. "A cliffhanging thriller...with great emotion and story-telling." "Toys with the most basic of emotions."

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Tequila Tuesdays (Palm Springs Poolside Novels Book 2)

By J. L. Brannick, narrated by Katie Thompson and Troy Duran
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Harley made him bleed the last time they met. And Damien holds a mean grudge and has a dirty mouth. Now, she’s asking for his help. He’s the best investigator in Palm Springs, and she needs to find someone fast. As enemies threaten, she struggles with their explosive chemistry and her tragic past. Will she get her happy ending this time?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Knot so Lucky (Destination Love Book 1)

By Trilina Pucci, narrated by Samantha Brentmoor, Jacob Morgan, Teddy Hamilton, Lee Samuels and, Alexis Paige
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This steamy romantic comedy follows two people who get drunk and married in Las Vegas, only to find themselves stuck for thirty days. There is sharing, incredibly spicy scenes, and gut-splitting laughs.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Vital Link (A Spark in the Ashes Book 1)

By K. P. O'Donnell, narrated by Caleb Schroeder
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A unique machine in a post-apocalyptic world, VL-15 wakes up sixty-five years after the world ends, looking for answers about its existence. Human memories plague its mind- whose are they? Will the answers be in The Machine City- or itself?

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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An outstanding narrator in an audio format breathes vibrant life into the story, evoking powerful emotions and understanding that surpass mere reading. However, when combined, the auditory experience and the act of reading complement each other, culminating in a rich, comprehensive understanding of the story. Listen to the powerful narration from Lou Del Bianco

Audible Picks March 27, 2024

Audible Picks March 27, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

May You Live in Interesting Times

By Laraine Newman, narrated by Laraine Newman
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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May You Live in Interesting Times is a warm, funny, heartfelt snapshot of 1970s New York City and SNL's unexpected rocket to success, with all the giddy headiness that entailed. After five seasons, Laraine left SNL, and worked in movies and television, while having adventures and relationships in Hollywood that, in her words, “should have gotten me killed.”

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Genre: Business

Beyond Getting By: The Financial Diet's Guide to Abundant and Intentional Living

By Holly Trantham and Chelsea Fagan, narrated by Holly Trantham and Chelsea Fagan
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The girl boss came in many forms, and she struggled valiantly against our increasing exhaustion at her brand of pinkwashed capitalism-as-liberation—but it’s time to put her to rest. Yes, money is essential to life, and managing it well can be the difference between freedom and constraint.

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Genre: Business

The Ten Pillars of Success

By Josephine Perry, narrated by Josephine Perry
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Sport psychologist Dr Josephine Perry spends her life working with exceptional performers. She has identified ten psychological pillars that the ultra-successful have ingrained within their approach. And the good news is that we can all learn these mental building blocks.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Outland (Quantum Earth Book 1)

By Dennis E. Taylor, narrated by Ray Porter
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When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Hive

By RR Haywood, narrated by Vikas Adam and RR Haywood
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From bestselling author R. R. Haywood comes a heart-pounding sci-fi adventure about a group of survivors fighting to take down the all-powerful DELIO - the world’s first fully sentient AI. When a mysterious event leaves nearly every human being on the planet frozen and unaware, a desperate few will do whatever it takes to prevent the AI from controlling the fate of humanity.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Hello Lovelies!

By Hayley DeRoche, narrated by Emily Bauer
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Ruthie St. James - formerly a political communications strategist, currently a stay-at-home mom, and all of a sudden friendless after her daughter’s peanut butter cookie sends another toddler to the hospital - needs a break. And when she wins an all-expenses-paid cruise vacation with her idol, the superstar mommy blogger Jesca Pine, she can’t wait to connect with other moms IRL.

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Genre: Mystery

The Voice From the Ground

By Inger Gammelgaard Madsen, narrated by Ako Mitchell
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Following an argument with her older brother, 7-year-old Lilly Danielsen takes the family dog for a walk. But her mum starts to worry when she doesn't return home. Did she stay away because she is still angry or has something more sinister happened to her?

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Genre: Mystery

Death and the Burlesque Maiden

By Imogen Church, narrated by Imogen Church
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When one of Nora Bunstruggle’s friends is murdered in cold blood, it sends the Coochie Hole burlesque club on Megalopolis into shock. It soon becomes clear that the police have zero interest in the death of a burlesque dancer. But what if the twisted killer strikes their troupe again? And who is going to exact justice for the victim’s now motherless child?

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Oracle

By Andrew Pyper, narrated by Joshua Jackson
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Oracle is a psychological thriller audiobook following Nate Russo, an FBI psychic who helps solve abductions and homicides by touching those close to the missing persons. His unique gift comes with a terrible price: He sees the horrific moments before the victims disappear.

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Genre: True Crime

Chase Darkness with Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

By Billy Jensen and Karen Kilgariff, narrated by Karen Kilgariff
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Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked. Put together the pieces. Identify the suspect. Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Renegade Akseli Cyborg (Aldebarian Alliance Book 5)

By Dianne Duvall, narrated by Kirsten Potter
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When an enemy attacks, Rachel ends up alone in an escape pod so far from alliance-occupied space that only Wonick—a renegade Akseli cyborg—hears her communications. Friendship flares and deepens into love even as they and the other cyborgs uncover a closely guarded secret of the enemy that compels them to embark upon a mission fraught with danger.

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Genre: Fantasy

Head Rush

By Liz Bullard, narrated by Tiana Holley
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Love and destiny collide in the exhilarating novella 'Head Rush.' Talia and Eli, warriors reaching their peak, navigate a fate woven by Onmai, the Sage Ruler of Zodia. Talia resists meddling, while Eli seeks a transcendent bond. Will their nemesis succeed or will fate unite them in love and war?

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Firefax

By Amelia Vergara, narrated by Vas Eli
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The thrills of "Pirates of the Caribbean" meet the dysfunctional family dynamics of "The Umbrella Academy", as rival spy networks compete to steal the secret fortune of a dynasty of assassins. With expert narration by Vas Eli, and characters you’ll never forget, prepare to lose yourself in a world of mystery, danger, and intrigue unlike any other!

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Stephanie Anyaoha's "Reflections of a Hopeful Romantic" is a raw and unfiltered exploration of love, passion, and self-discovery. Stephanie's poetry engages the reader in a heartfelt conversation, creating an intimate connection that leaves you feeling seen and understood. Prepare to have your soul touched and your heart yearning for more.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

This Baby Business

By Heatherly Bell, narrated by Kimberly Austin
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A pilot, a nanny, a baby, and a fake engagement–it's all baby business! When the hot single dad next door asks me to babysit one morning in a pinch, I figure I can help him out temporarily. I'm supposed to be the resident baby expert at RockYourBaby, after all. Unfortunately, behind the computer monitor, my entire life is one big, fat lie.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Glass Palace

By Kathryn Trattner, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
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For as long as Astrid can remember she's been betrothed to a stranger. When tragedy strikes her husband-to-be emerges from the shadows ready to claim her hand in marriage. Unable to resist this mysterious stranger she is drawn into a realm of captivating magic and haunting secrets.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Hollywood Lighting (Bodyguards Book 1)

By J. V. Speyer, narrated by Zachary Zaba
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When a crazed fan attacks closeted star Owen, the studio hires former SEAL Jamal as his bodyguard. Owen can't trust the handsome hero for reasons that go far beyond one disturbed fan - until events reveal a darker force underlying all the threats to Owen's safety. Will Owen and Jamal go down in flames, or will they star in their own happy ending?

Books in Bloom

Books in Bloom

Books in Bloom

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Genre: Mystery

A World of Curiosities

By Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst
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It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Last Green Valley

By Mark Sullivan, narrated by Will Damron
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From the author of the number one bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

By Alison Espach, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky
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For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, love, and Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Honey Witch

By Sydney J. Shields, narrated by Mia Hutchinson Shaw
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Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who’ve tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately.

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Genre: Fantasy

A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy Book 1)

By Claire Legrand, narrated by Evelyn Rose
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Lady Gemma Ashbourne seemingly has it all. She's young, gorgeous, and rich. Her family was Anointed by the gods, and blessed with incredible abilities. But underneath her glittering façade, Gemma is deeply sad. Years ago, her sister Mara was taken to the Middlemist to guard against treacherous magic. Her mother abandoned the family.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Unmaking of June Farrow

By Adrienne Young, narrated by Brittany Pressley
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In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Practice Makes Perfect

By Sarah Adams, narrated by Will Peters and Jorjeana Marie
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Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her happy, quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. But finding her dream man may be harder than Annie imagined. Everyone knows everyone in her hometown, and the dating prospects are getting fewer by the day.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Things We Never Got Over

By Lucy Score, narrated by Lila Winters
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Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded, runaway bride.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Paper Palace

By Miranda Cowley Heller, narrated by Nan McNamara
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It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a 50-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace” - the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: Last night Elle and her oldest friend, Jonas, crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time...

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The Grace Year

By Kim Liggett, narrated by Emily Shaffer
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No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood.

Audible Picks March 20, 2024

Audible Picks March 20, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Third Gilmore Girl

By Kelly Bishop, narrated by Kelly Bishop
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Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line to her memorable performance as Jennifer Grey’s mother in Dirty Dancing. But it is probably her iconic role as matriarch Emily in the modern classic Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy.

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Genre: Finance
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Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy.

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Genre: Business

Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model

By Marty Cagan, narrated by Marty Cagan
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Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model was written to bridge the gap between where most companies are right now and where they need to be. The leaders of these companies know they must transform to compete in an era of rapidly changing enabling technology, but most of them have never operated this way before.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Exiled Fleet

By Richard Fox, narrated by Mark Boyett
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Exiled Fleet is a new military science-fiction series for fans of Honor Harrington, Earth Alone, and Old Man's War from the author of the best-selling Ember War Saga. Includes books 1-2.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Galaxy on Fire (Galaxy on Fire, Part 1 Book 1)

By Craig Robertson, narrated by Scott Aiello
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Galaxy on Fire: Publisher's Pack contains Books 1 and 2 of the Galaxy on Fire series.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Always on My Mind

By Beth Moran, narrated by Rosalind Steele
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When Jessie left home at eighteen, she swore she’d never go back. But when life takes a turn for the complicated, she’s forced to move in with her twin, Isaac, and his two best friends. To her dismay, one of these is Elliot, the boy Jessie once loved, until his life was changed forever by a terrible accident that Jessie still blames herself for.

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He Will Find You

By Diane Jeffrey, narrated by Claire Trusson
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No matter where you hide… Kaitlyn Best is stuck in a rut. So when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night stand with Alex, her school crush, she throws caution to the wind and accepts his offer to make a new life together in the depths of the Lake District, far from her home...and her demons. He will find you.

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Genre: True Crime

Zenith Man: Death, Love & Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By McCracken Poston Jr., narrated by Lee Goettl
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In October 1997, the town of Ringgold, Georgia, was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley's house—and even more shockingly, she was the wife no one knew he had.

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Genre: Mystery

The Secret Witness (Shepard & Gray Book 1)

By Victor Methos, narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon
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From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife comes the thrilling first installment in the Shepard & Gray series, featuring a young sheriff who teams up with a former prosecutor to stop a copycat killer.

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Genre: Mystery

Dead Even

By Brad Meltzer, narrated by Scott Brick
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In this second novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the one you love?

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Genre: Fantasy

Ancestor's Legacy (The Iron Forest Book 1)

By Chris Grevemberg, narrated by Krista Walker
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Looking for an action-packed adventure filled with hope, love, and the human spirit? The Iron Forest has plenty of that and more. Read by Krista Walker, a very seasoned and talented voice artist, The Iron Forest is a seamless blend of Fantasy and Sci-fi that will surely leave your appetite satiated for "my next favorite book."

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Genre: Fantasy

Dragon Thief (The Skystone Chronicles Book 1)

By Blake and Raven Penn, narrated by Brad Witbeck and Rylee Haviland
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Asher of Steel Rim joins a band of magi outlaws to steal a true dragon egg from the King of Drakfell. But Asher’s not in it for money… he wants revenge on the Black Valkyrie. For fans of Eragon and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Dive into Evgard - a world of unique magic, thrilling action, and dragons like you've never seen before!

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They Will Be Coming for Us (The Jovian Universe Book 1)

By Kim Catanzarite, narrated by Traci Odom
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A BlueInk Review Notable Book, this is the first novel in The Jovian Universe series. Svetlana has met her soul mate in a young astronomer whose unusual family becomes obsessed with her pregnancy. It's a heartbreaking character-driven love story and the start of a plot-twisting series. "An admirable heroine and a chilling premise"—Kirkus Reviews.

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Genre: Steamy Romance
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Jane was taken prisoner and traded to the Alliance Empire. This is her heart-rendering love story with the alien admiral of the fleet. They both get a second chance at love but is it enough?

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Genre: Fantasy

imPerfect Beginnings

By C.N. Rowan, narrated by C.N. Rowan
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If you couldn't die, what would you give to save the world? Collecting the first three books in the award-winning imPerfect Cathar series ("Best Supernatural Thriller Series" - Audiobook Reviewer Awards) plus a bonus story. Murder, magic, and mayhem in the south of France. If you can't wisecrack while death is on the line? You aren't dying, right?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Near Miss (Dìleas Security Agency Book 1)

By C.S. Smith, narrated by Cole Robert Eubanks
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Ghosts and betrayal haunt former British SAS officer Lachlan Mackay. His plan to avenge the dead is derailed when an unknown enemy frames him as an arms trafficker and makes his new American colleague, Sophia Russo, a pawn in a dangerous game. Can he save them both? Or will the secret Sophia’s hiding prove as dangerous to Lachlan as his past?

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Genre: Clean Romance

Love at Parkview Ranch

By Nicole Simon, narrated by Dini Stein
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Join Melissa and Richard as they begin their new marriage and experience the first decade of their touching love story. Let their heartwarming moments rekindle your faith in love, and the challenges they face leave you breathless. Laugh, cry, and love with a tale that will warm your heart and leave you yearning for your own happily ever after.

Audible Picks March 13, 2024

Audible Picks March 13, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Pageboy: A Memoir

By Elliot Page, narrated by Elliot Page
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“Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first-ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person.

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Genre: Finance
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In 100 to 1 in the Stock Market, Thomas Phelps discloses the secrets and strategies to increasing your wealth one hundredfold through buy-and-hold investing. Unlike the short-term trading trends that are popular today, Phelps's highly logical, yet radical approach focuses on identifying compounding machines in public markets, buying their stocks...

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Genre: Business
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What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett? He becomes a real value investor. In this fascinating inside story, Guy Spier details his career from Harvard MBA to hedge fund manager. But the path was not so straightforward.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Fall of Reach (Halo: The Original Series Book 1)

By Eric Nylund, narrated by Todd McLaren
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The year is 2600. Humanity has spread beyond Earth's solar system to hundreds of worlds where colonists currently reside. The United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command are fighting to maintain control over this huge empire. The UNSC has one final hope after exhausting all other options.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Seveneves

By Neal Stephenson, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal and Will Damron
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What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Ex in the City

By Portia MacIntosh, narrated by Karen Cass
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Nicole Wilde’s life has not panned out how she expected. Ten years ago when she was living the rock star lifestyle as a music journalist - touring the country, going to gigs, and hanging out with celebrities - she never thought she would end up living an uneventful life in suburbia, in a relationship that is well past its sell-by date.

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Genre: True Crime

I Spy

By Tom Marcus, narrated by Georgia Maguire and Jason Langley
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Tom spent years working covertly to stop those who want to do us harm. In his best-selling memoir Soldier Spy, he told how he was recruited and described some of his top-secret operations. In I Spy, he takes us deeper undercover as he puts his life on the line once more.

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Genre: Mystery

By Order of the President (Presidential Agent Book 1)

By W. E. B. Griffin, narrated by Dick Hill
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Two armed men board a 727 that has been all but forgotten at an airfield in Angola. Hijacking the jet, they then slit the throat of the lone crew and fly to parts unknown. The consternation is immediate, as the CIA, FBI, and other agencies race to find out what happened, in the process elbowing one another in the sides a little too vigorously.

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Genre: Fantasy

TEN-AGAIN: A Second Chance at Life

By D.R. Roquemore, narrated by Virtual Voice
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After huge disappointments in both his personal and professional life, Justin is desperate for a way out. Just as he’s about to reach his breaking point, Justin wakes up to find he has returned to his ten-year-old self and it’s 1975! He’s not sure if this is just a very realistic dream or his new reality. This thriller will keep you guessing!

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Medellin (Cold War Series Book 3)

By Bill Fortin, narrated by DC Newman
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The best political/military/black ops thriller for over a decade. Quick scene changes, tension rising with each chapter, lots of strings slowly released being tied pulled twisted until-BOOM!-then lots more booms as the plot points are resolved and the bad guys, most of them, get their righteous due. Fortin is a master of brevity with a spot-on wit.

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Driving for Justice

By Justin Kojok, narrated by James William May
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Driving For Justice is novel about authentic justice. John Sanbian, a celebrated Attorney who turns a Laafia driver in New York City's sprawling streets. With every turn of the wheel, he listens, connects, and dives deep into the lives of his passengers. Their stories of love, loss, ambition, and betrayal; mirror John's journey, revealing painful truths and unexpected epiphanies.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Cured (Heal Me Series Book 1)

By Stacy Eaton, narrated by Jack Ares and Sophia Laroche
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Ember Greene has spent the past years moving from one man to the other for sex to keep herself numb. All of that will change when she meets Dr. Colt Barnes. Will Ember be able to take the challenge that he offers her? Can Colt convince her she's worth more than just sex? Cured is the 1st book in a 4-book Steamy Romance Series in the medical world.

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At the Ready (Global Security Unlimited Book 3)

By Sharon Michalove, narrated by Jason Clarke and Samantha Brentmoor
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Micki Press' ex is stalking her and JL Martin of Global Security Unlimited is just the man to save her. The sexy French Canadian is smitten with the smart Chicago lawyer. Now he must protect her to win her as they travel from Chicago to Paris to Vancouver. The exciting climax at O'Hare International Airport will have you on the edge of your seat.

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Genre: Mystery

Stand Your Ground

By A. J. Ullman, narrated by Melissa Reizian
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A man confronts and threatens Cady Fox at night. Instead, she shoots him dead. For Cady, the world cracked open long before she found herself face-to-muzzle with a .45 on the concrete jungle of a desolate urban basketball court an hour before midnight. She learns that the past eats your should when your only choices are to run or stand your ground.

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Genre: Fantasy

Redemption's Edge

By G. David Walker, narrated by Conner Howard
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Four years ago, Kelwyn's parents disappeared. Now, a warlord has taken his brothers, his only remaining family. He's going to get them back. No matter the cost.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

A Crown of Ash & Silver (A Throne of Ice Book 1)

By B.C. FaJohn, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella and Christian Leatherman
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A Crown of Ash & Silver is a steamy romance about a mortal girl traded to the fae. While awaiting her fate, she is assigned a bodyguard with more than a few lethal secrets up his sleeve.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Finding Myself

By Nicole Simon, narrated by Melli Achna
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Su-mi's dreams of becoming a K-pop star are finally coming true, but her passion is met with the challenge of conforming to society's beauty standards. As she searches for true meaning and purpose in life, a journey of self-discovery leads her and her long-term boyfriend to open a rescue cat sanctuary.

Audible Picks March 6, 2024

Audible Picks March 6, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Single Desperate Prayer

By Ludmila Ritz, narrated by Natalie Teresh
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More than a memoir, A Single Desperate Prayer is a riveting account of one resilient girl’s life in a Crimean ghetto, replete with equal amounts of tragedy and triumph.

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Genre: Finance

100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

By Christopher W. Mayer, narrated by Tom Jacobs
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This book is about 100-baggers. These are stocks that return $100 for every $1 invested. That means a $10,000 investment turns into $1 million. Chris Mayer can help you find them. It sounds like an outrageous quest with a wildly improbable chance of success. But when Mayer studied 100-baggers of the past, definite patterns emerged.

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Genre: Business

Lead Yourself First

By Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin, narrated by Michael Quinlan
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Throughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Eisenhower wrote memoranda to himself during World War II as a way to think through complex problems. Martin Luther King found moral courage while sitting alone at his kitchen table one night during the Montgomery bus boycott. Jane Goodall used her intuition in the jungles of Central Africa while learning how to approach chimps.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Shards of Earth

By Adrian Tchaikovsky, narrated by Sophie Aldred
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The war is over. Its heroes are forgotten. Until one chance discovery....Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After Earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Redemption Ark

By Alastair Reynolds, narrated by John Lee
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Late in the 26th century, the human race advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors---alien-killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons---and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

An American Immigrant

By Johanna Rojas Vann, narrated by Allison Strong
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Twenty-five-year-old Melanie Carvajal, a hardworking but struggling journalist for a Miami newspaper, loves her Colombian mother but regularly ignores her phone calls, frustrated that she never quite takes the time to understand Melanie’s life. When the opportunity arises for a big assignment that might save her flagging career, Melanie follows the story to the land of her mother’s birth.

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Genre: True Crime

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

By Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal, narrated by Benjamin Isaac
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The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history.

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Husband and Wife

By K. L. Slater, narrated by Clare Corbett
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A completely compelling and twisty thriller from number 1 bestselling author K.L. Slater. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden will be hooked by Husband and Wife.

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Guide Star

By Joy Ellis, narrated by Shiromi Arserio
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Stella North, a rising star in the police, has her life torn apart by a gunman's bullets. She has often faced danger, but these injuries mean she must give up the job she loves. Her grandmother Beth is her rock. And Beth is no ordinary woman. At 70, she runs marathons and has a past that Stella knows very little about.

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Genre: Mystery

Drift (Rachel Hatch Book 1)

By L.T. Ryan and Brian Shea, narrated by Marnye Young
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They killed the wrong girl. Rachel Hatch will make them pay. USA Today best-selling author L.T. Ryan has teamed up with Police Detective Brian Shea for this debut novel in the gripping Rachel Hatch mystery thriller series. Ex-Army criminal investigator Rachel Hatch is a drifter. No home. No commitments. Until her sister's drowning drags her back to the town she left 15 years ago.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Unfinished Business

By Karen Stegman-Bourgeois, narrated by Armand Lane
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Harrison can only afford a hearse and soon discovers it is haunted. The ghosts give life advice to help with their Unfinished Business. Adding to the chaos, the unemployed guy is dating a crazy person, has a controlling father, and an assassin wants him dead. All Harrison wants is a job and a relationship that works! Can he find either one?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Witch of the Prophecy (The Prophecy Trilogy Book 1)

By Victoria Jayne, narrated by Chelsea K. Vance
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There are worse dilemmas than choosing between a sexy vampire and a hunky wolf shifter for a mate. Fangs or claws? Which shall this witch choose? ✔️ Love Triangle ✔️ Rejected Mates ✔️ Fated Mates ✔️ Witches ✔️ Wolf Shifters ✔️ Vampires ✔️ Spicy Scenes ✔️ Betrayal ✔️ Emotional Rollercoaster 🎢

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Genre: Fantasy

Wisconsin Vamp (Monsters in the Midwest Book 1)

By Scott Burtness, narrated by Ray Lesniewski
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Some vampires are destined for greatness. Herb Knudsen isn't one of them. When Herb becomes a vampire, his once simple life gets a bit more complicated. He's stronger, a little sexier, and a heck of a lot better at bowling, but he can't drink beer, the bodies are piling up, and his best friend is getting suspicious.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith

By Loris Owen, narrated by Nicolette Chin
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Get book 1 in the Quicksmiths science fantasy middle-grade series for just 99c until 20 March. This book is for you if you like: riddles, mystery, clean fiction & furry sidekicks. A Guardian Booksellers Book of the Year. "Deeply hilarious, highly intelligent" Children's Books Ireland. "A mind-blowing, puzzle-packed, epic adventure" Kieran Larwood.

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Genre: Mystery

The Mystery at Bakers Inn

By Nicole Simon, narrated by Dini Stein
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A retired detective, a haunted mine, and a mystery. Though her guests were intrigued by stories about the legend of a ghost that haunted the old mine nearby, she had dismissed them as just that: stories. With strange occurrences starting around the house, she was finding that harder and harder to believe, that her sleuthing hat was truly back on.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Kingdom War

By JD Ruffin, narrated by Peter Kenny
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She's been dead a thousand years. Now, she wants her throne back.... Prominent citizens vanish. Guardsman Keelan Rea is charged with bringing the victims home. His Gift made him the nation’s top investigator, but this search will test even his limits. The hunt gets personal when the woman he loves is taken and the threat of war looms. Includes the complete series!

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Genre: Steamy Romance

True North (North Brothers Book 1)

By Amy Knupp, narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker
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When construction foreman Cole North volunteers to be his boss Sierra’s fake date, nothing goes as expected. Can the lifelong loner evolve from her right-hand man at work to the right man for her forever?

Audible Picks February 28, 2024

Audible Picks February 28, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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Since the Clinton era, shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have often remained anachronistic. With sharp insights and dozens of firsthand interviews with major players in the Biden, Obama, Trump, Bush, and Clinton orbits, including Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, etc.

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Genre: Finance
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Billionaire investors. If we think of them, it’s with a mixture of awe and suspicion. Clearly, they possess a kind of genius - the proverbial Midas Touch. But are the skills they possess transferable? And do they have anything to teach us besides making money?

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Genre: Business

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

By General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and, Chris Fussell, narrated by Paul Michael
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Former General Stanley McChrystal held a key position for much of the War on Terror, as head of the Joint Special Operations Command. In Iraq, he found that despite the vastly superior resources, manpower, and training of the US Military, Al Qaeda had an advantage because of its structure as a loose network of small, independent cells.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton
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In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Forever (The Forever Series Book1)

By Craig Robertson, narrated by Scott Aiello
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Jon Ryan is irreverent, cocky, funny, and walks with a swagger. He says what he means, he says what he wants to, and, in fact, he says what needs to be said. The cocky fighter pilot turned astronaut is also Earth's only chance for survival.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Secrets We Left Behind

By Susan Elliot Wright, narrated by Ellen Archer
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It was a summer of love and a summer of secrets. She has built a good life: a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, a home with warmth and love at its heart. But things were not always so good, and the truth is that she has done things she can never admit.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Valet’s Secret

By Josi S. Kilpack, narrated by Justine Eyre
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As a once happily married woman, Rebecca Parker lived a charmed life, but now widowed and working for a living, she feels alone and lives a mundane existence. That is until the day a valet speeding by on a horse nearly runs her off the road. Mr. Malcolm Henry is apologetic, gentle, and very handsome.

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Genre: True Crime
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Meet Michael Blutrich, mild-mannered New York lawyer and founder of Scores, the hottest strip club in New York City history, funded by the proceeds of an insurance embezzlement scheme. All Blutrich wanted was to lay low, make the club a success, and put his criminal acts behind him. But the Mafia got involved, and soon the FBI came knocking.

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Genre: Mystery

Snowstorm in August

By Marshall Karp, narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel
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They call him el Carnicero—the Butcher. He is the most powerful drug lord on the planet, and when the city of New York incurs his wrath, he utters a single word: “¡Venganza!”. With military precision, he strafes Central Park with 4,000 pounds of cocaine, killing hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon.

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Genre: Mystery

The Crime Writer

By Gregg Hurwitz, narrated by Scott Brick
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Drew Danner, a crime novelist with a house off L.A.'s storied Mulholland Drive, awakens in a hospital bed with a scar on his head and no memory of being found convulsing over his ex-fiance's body the previous night. He was discovered holding a knife, her blood beneath his nails. He himself doesn't know whether he's guilty or innocent.

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Driven (Northern Waste Book 1)

By Eve Silver, narrated by Lillian Yves and Vincent Lee Grayson
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In a dystopian world, ice trucker Raina Bowen offers a ride to a sexy, secretive stranger and finds herself trying to outrun rival truckers, ice pirates, and a megalomaniac bent on their destruction. "Edgy, steamy, action-packed, and plotted with nail-biting tension..." —Library Journal, Starred Review.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Dragonslayer

By Isobelle Cate, narrated by Stafford Evans
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There's nothing Saxon wants to do more than rest in peace. But after five hundred years as a slayer, he still hasn't found his Omega -the last dragon he must kill and the keeper of his soul. But when he meets Orelle Molyneux, he's having second thoughts about dying and living the rest of his life with her. There's one problem. She's his Omega.

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Stranded: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Payback

By L. Lee Watkins, narrated by Virtual Voice
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A young civilian engineer agrees to provide technical support for a CIA team on a covert mission inside Iran in January 1979. The sudden exit of the Shaw, who had secretly supported the mission, puts the team in mortal danger. A female CIA agent takes the engineer under her wing and vows to get him out of the country. This is their story.

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The Haunting of Lakeside Woods

By Nicole Simon, narrated by Dini Stein
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A new beginning, a ghostly encounter, and a journey of self-discovery. Nothing could’ve prepared her for what was to come from that fateful boating accident. Now, struck by constant hauntings and visions after a near-death experience, will Sarah help the ghost that haunts her as she battles with her own demons?

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Genre: Fantasy

Demon Hunter

By Aubrey Law, narrated by Virtual Voice
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The Witch is back from Hell. All she wants is to avenge her father and defeat her enemies. However, it’s easier said than done, for her enemies are powerful Necromancers, deadly Archdemons, ruthless vampires – and her own mother. But after four hundred years of torment in the Lake of Fire, she will not give up.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Broken (Broken Trilogy Book 1)

By J.L. Drake, narrated by Elizabeth Klett
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My name is Savannah. My father is the mayor of New York. One day, I was grabbed from behind. A cloth sack pulled over my head and taken from everything I'd ever known. One night an elite group of US Army soldiers came to my rescue. As I work with a therapist and begin processing my hellish ordeal, things begin to surface. This is my story...

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Genre: Fantasy

C.H.A.R.O.N. (Night Vigil Book 2)

By Gail Z. Martin, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
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C.H.A.R.O.N. is a dark urban fantasy thrill ride filled with Old World spirits, legends and lore, vengeful ghosts, magic, secret government agencies, Vatican ninja-priests, found family, small-town secrets, badass bartenders, psychics, mediums, witches, small-town heroes, and an unshakable bond of friendship.

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Genre: Fantasy

Beltane Fire

By A.L. Hawke, narrated by Alexa Elmy
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Cadence Hawthorne returns in this short story prequel about the pagan spring festival Beltane. The tale takes place in her Freshman year before Broomstick, Book I in the Hawthorne University Witch Series (TM). A NEW RELEASE audiobook released Dec 2023.

Love in Literature

Love in Literature

Love in Literature

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Ugly Love

By Colleen Hoover, narrated by Grace Grant and Deacon Lee
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When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up.

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Genre: Mystery

Lavender House

By Lev AC Rosen, narrated by Vikas Adam
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Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well-guarded secret—but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Place for Us

By Brandon J. Wolf, narrated by Brandon J. Wolf
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Growing up in rural Oregon, Brandon Wolf grappled with the devastating loss of his supportive mother and with the embedded racism and homophobia of a community that made him feel like an unwelcome stranger. After the lack of connection and role models led him down a spiral of risky behavior, Wolf escaped to survive.

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Genre: Young Adult

Every Other Weekend

By Abigail Johnson, narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Taylor Meskimen
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Adam's life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends, and a perfect home life. Then his oldest brother died. Now his mom cries constantly, he and his middle brother can't talk without fighting, and the father he always admired moved out when they needed him most.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

If We Ever Meet Again (If Love Book 1)

By Ana Huang, narrated by Cindy Kay and Aiden Snow
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One year, two opposites, and a love that will blindside and, ultimately, shatter them. She's an aspiring interior designer who dreams of falling in love. He's an ex-football star who thinks love is a con. She's a virgin, and he doesn't do virgins. He's cocky, infuriating, and not her type. She wants the fairytale. He wants freedom.

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Genre: Fantasy

Moon Tortured (Sky Brooks Series Book 1)

By McKenzie Hunter, narrated by Jorjeana Marie
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Nothing is ever what it seems-including me. The Midwest Pack has three goals: Protect the pack. Protect the pack. And yeah, protect the pack. I have my own goal: Live a simple life and hope no one ever discovers that the quiet young woman next door turns into a wolf. All my efforts go up in flames when a vampire attack draws the attention of the Midwest Pack.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Savior's Sister

By Jenna Moreci, narrated by Emma Tigan
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In the thrilling companion to one of Book Depository’s Best Books of All Time, experience the peril and heart-stopping romance through Leila’s fresh perspective. Leila T. Salvatíraas, Savior of Thessen and magical Queen of Her realm, is worshipped by all, except for Her father. He wants Her dead.

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The Beach Cottage

By Joanne DeMaio, narrated by Steven Barnett
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For Mack and Avery Martinelli, the summer is their oyster. They can spend all day on the beach, or not. Cruise the dusty beach roads, or never leave their deck overlooking Long Island Sound. Fill their itinerary with excursions on the Connecticut shore, or while away the hours in a shingled cottage. Every decision this week is theirs to make.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries Book 1)

By Elle Kennedy, narrated by CJ Bloom and Teddy Hamilton
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Gigi Graham has exactly three goals: qualify for the women's national hockey team, win Olympic gold, and step out of her famous father's shadow. So far, so good, except for two little things. Fine—a little thing and a big, grumpy thing. She needs to improve her game behind the net, and she needs help from Luke Ryder.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Find Me

By André Aciman, narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg
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No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman’s haunting Call Me by Your Name. First published in 2007, it was hailed as “a love letter, an invocation . . . an exceptionally beautiful book” (Stacey D’Erasmo, The New York Times Book Review).

Audible Picks February 21, 2024

Audible Picks February 21, 2024

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The Loyal Wife

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

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

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

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

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Genre: Finance

Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms

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

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Genre: Business

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

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

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Fifth Kind (Dark Nova Series Book 1)

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

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Genre: Science Fiction

Exit Black

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

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Gangsterland

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

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

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Genre: Mystery

Sniper

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

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Genre: Mystery

A Cold Day in Paradise (Alex McKnight Book 1)

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

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Ghost of Parkview Ranch

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

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Genre: Fantasy

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

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

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Little Black Dress (The LBD Project Book 1)

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

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Genre: Fantasy

Blood and Fire (Alpha and Omega Book 1)

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

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Genre: Fantasy

Singular

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

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Pawn

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

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Peacemaker

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

Audible Picks February 14, 2024

Audible Picks February 14, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

In Pieces

By Sally Field, narrated by Sally Field
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One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of 17.

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Genre: Finance

Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity

By James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. Lee, Twani H. Ferrarini and, Joseph P. Calhoun, narrated by Al Kessel
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With the global economy recovering from a steep recession, and with that recovery challenging our long-held ideas about what careers and the market can be, learning the basics of economics has never been more essential.

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Genre: Business

Turn the Ship Around!

By L. David Marquet and Stephen R. Covey - Foreword, narrated by L. David Marquet
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Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain David Marquet’s true story. Many have applied his insights to their own organizations, creating workplaces where everyone takes responsibility for his or her actions, where followers grow to become leaders, and where happier teams drive dramatically better results.

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Genre: Science Fiction

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse Book 1)

By Dennis E. Taylor, narrated by Ray Porter
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There's a reason We Are Legion (We Are Bob) was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list is spending his newfound windfall.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Alien Instinct (The Alien Series Book 1)

By Tracy Lauren, narrated by Noelle Bridges and Mason Lloyd
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Rennek is an honor-bound male whose very existence in life is tarnished by the sins of his father. When he and his crew stumble onto a trafficking ring his immediate instinct is to rescue the females. He finds himself drawn to one of them, setting in motion a dangerous course of events propelling him towards his destiny.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The House of Eve

By Sadeqa Johnson, narrated by Sadeqa Johnson, Ariel Blake and, Nicole Lewis
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1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.

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Genre: True Crime

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By Kate Winkler Dawson, narrated by Kate Winkler Dawson
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Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities - beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners, and hundreds upon hundreds of books - sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least 2,000 cases in his 40-year career. Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes", Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's greatest - and first - forensic scientists...

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Genre: Mystery

Black Money

By Ross Macdonald, narrated by Grover Gardner
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When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts.

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Genre: Mystery

Working Stiff (Mattie Winston Mysteries Book 1)

By Annelise Ryan, narrated by Jorjeana Marie
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When Mattie Winston catches her husband Dr. David Winston receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby, she quits her job and moves out. Mattie’s best friend Izzy offers her a place to stay and suggests she’d be a natural as deputy coroner. Now, instead of taking patients’ pulses, Mattie’s weighing their hearts and livers.

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The Patriot Oath

By Lloyd Lofthouse, narrated by Virtual Voice
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The riveting 1st book in the Josh Kavanagh thriller series. He retired from the Marines a legend. If you like war-hardened heroes, action-packed fight scenes, and powerful political agendas, then you’ll love this thriller. A high-stakes black ops mission. Can he protect his country and his family without paying for his life? — 4.3 with 241 ratings.

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Enigma Tracer

By Charles Breakfield, narrated by Derek Shoales
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The clock is ticking... Can Gracie uncover the truth? Phillip Pliant is the wealthy opportunist plastics dealer and CEO of Pliant Industries. He’s also a master thief—creating a pervasive threat to the manufacturing infrastructure in the Caribbean islands markets.

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Genre: Clean Romance

November Homecoming

By Bokerah Brumley, narrated by Vickie Pierce
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Rebecca returns to Yearly and hires a local contractor, sight unseen, but she doesn’t expect to come face to face with the ex she left behind... Johnny Cash Williams is the local do-it-all man. He hangs drywall and nails down roofing shingles while sporting a bushy beard and a million-dollar grin. The town isn't big enough for the two of them...

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Genre: Fantasy
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Book 1 of a series that begins as an offbeat amateur sleuth-mystery, but ends, by Book 5, in ancient, supernatural, world-ending malevolence. It's like Odd Thomas married The Lord of the Rings in Vegas on acid. It's a wild, real feeling, funny - a sweeps-you-up epic full of ghosts, psychics, unlikely romance, and murder ...

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Save Him

By William M. Hayes, narrated by Nick Gallagher
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Military scientist Rydel Scott has discovered time travel. He also believes he's received a message from God. The message: go back in time and save Jesus Christ from being crucified.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Sunlit Ruins (The Archives of the Forgotten Book 1)

By Andrea Septién, narrated by Luzma Ortiz and Martin Martinez
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On a family trip, cousins Ada and Miry accidentally unleash an ancient spirit. They must navigate Mexico City, guided by the Archivists, to reseal the spirit and explore their own powers, all while managing family tensions. Join their mystical adventure through Mexico's hidden magic.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Corey Effect

By Casey Dembowski, narrated by Casey Holloway
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“A poignant, hopeful look at how the past informs the present and future” (Kirkus Reviews): A decade after leaving her small town, Andi is brought home by the death of her estranged father — and encounters her first love, Corey. But rekindling their relationship means revealing long-buried secrets…

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Lucky (Love Again Series Book 4)

By Heather Grace Stewart, narrated by Gary Furlong and Parker Everly
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Is life a game of chance, or what you choose to make it? The small-town romantic comedy with lots of laughs, tears, steam, and a HEA, from the author of the Amazon bestselling romcom The Ticket.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Way It Would Become: Prequel to The Lord of Freedom

By Amena Jamali, narrated by Amena Jamali
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A love born of compassion and bound by courage... Riqeta, Princess of Zahacim, is the most powerful warrior to stalk across eastern and southern Icilia. Naman, Prince of Koroma, is known for his compassion. They are newly married, full of unrequited love, and finding evidence of evil in their world. But that evil is greater than anything they know.