Audible Picks October 27, 2021

Audible Picks October 27, 2021

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Genre: Children

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

By Kaela Rivera, narrated by Almarie Guerra
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Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval. After all, only brujas - humans who capture and control criaturas - consort with the spirits, and brujeria is a terrible crime.

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Genre: Children

How to Catch a Mermaid

By Adam Wallace, narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs
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Last week, I saw a mermaid. It's not something I'd pretend! I'd really like to catch her, so she could be my friend. But how to catch a mermaid? You don't learn this in school. We'll need to build a gentle trap and start near the tide pool. Many claim to have caught a mermaid, but can you?

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

There Is Nothing for You Here

By Fiona Hill, narrated by Fiona Hill
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Fiona Hill grew up in a world of terminal decay. The last of the local mines had closed, businesses were shuttering, and despair was etched in the faces around her. Her father urged her to get out of their blighted corner of Northern England: “There is nothing for you here, pet,” he said.

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Genre: Finance

The Age of Cryptocurrency

By Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey, narrated by Sean Pratt
Tags: Finance

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Cyber money is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of "unbanked" individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash.

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Genre: Business
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n every organization there are Impact Players - those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. While their impact is obvious, it’s not always clear what actually makes these professionals different from their peers.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Apollo Murders

By Chris Hadfield, narrated by Ray Porter
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The year 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the moon. NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Crossroads

By Jonathan Franzen, narrated by David Pittu
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It’s December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless — unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Ex Hex

By Erin Sterling, narrated by Caitlin Davies
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Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths, and a curse. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day. That is until Rhys Penhallow, descendent of the town’s ancestors returns to Graves Glen.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Shattered Dynasty

By Ava Harrison, narrated by Jason Clarke & Vanessa Edwin
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Trent Aldridge is the devil. He holds my inheritance in his hands. Twenty-two million dollars I didn't even know about. I met him at a funeral. As one life ended, mine unraveled. Control. Power. He has it all now that I'm his maid. He's rude, sarcastic, and well... the hottest man I've ever met. Lust is a dangerous game to play. Where there's smoke, there's fire. And I'm about to light the match.

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The Man from the Train

By Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James, narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
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Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.

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Rock Paper Scissors

By Alice Feeney, narrated by Richard Armitage & Stephanie Racine
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Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Every anniversary the couple exchanges traditional gifts - paper, cotton, pottery, tin - and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now.

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Genre: Mystery

The Therapist

By B. A. Paris, narrated by Olivia Dowd
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When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbors, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before.

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Genre: Mystery

Inkslingers Ball (Forensic Handwriting Series Book 5)

By Sheila Lowe, narrated by Richard Brewer and Donna Allen
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Investigating what appears to be three separate crimes, LAPD detective Joel Jovanic discovers they are actually linked to a young teen's secret tattoo. Jovanic joins forces with his romantic partner, forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose, to find out why.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Ignite My Desires (A Billionaires Romance Book 3)

By Charmaine Louise Shelton, narrated by Logan McAllister and Sierra Kline
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Glitz. Glamour. Steamy Sex. "I roll my eyes in disgust for letting her upend my structured world. But I can't help myself." An uptight alpha billionaire. An easygoing Parisian supermodel. They’re the definition of opposites attract. That is if they can get past being opposites. Can they reignite their coup de foudre or won’t lightning strike twice?

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Genre: Fantasy

Ravensblood

By Shawna Reppert
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Something more deadly than werewolves is stalking the gaslit streets of London. Inspector Royston Jones is determined to track the killer before more young women fall to his knife. A gripping gaslamp fantasy some have called "Sherlock Holmes with werewolves!"

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Genre: Fantasy

Awakened (The Quintessence Crucible Book 1)

By C.M. Carney, narrated by Nick Podehl
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In the world of Crucible, where humanity’s spiritual artists train to fight in a war of universal proportions, Aryc Tal Venn has the potential to be one of the gods. But when he accidentally unleashes heretical powers during his Challenge, he is forced to flee his home or face the wrath of the Inquisition. With his sister by his side, Aryc begins a quest to uncover the truth of his own existence.

Audible Picks October 20, 2021

Audible Picks October 20, 2021

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Genre: Children

The Secret Lake

By Karen Inglis, narrated by Karen Inglis
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When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbor's small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing all wet? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.

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Genre: Children

I Am Stronger than Anger

By Elizabeth Cole, narrated by Amy Gentry
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Tired of telling your child not to shout or kick things when they are angry? When children are angry, they can manifest their anger through bad behavior. They might shout, cry, throw things, and roll on the floor or all of these things combined. Little Nick helps children recognize and cope with their anger in a funny way through communication with zoo animals.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Castle on Sunset

By Shawn Levy, narrated by Mike Chamberlain
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. The Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore. But despite its mythic reputation, much of what has happened inside the Chateau’s walls has eluded the public eye - until now.

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Genre: Finance

The War on Small Business

By Carol Roth, narrated by Chris Henry Coffey
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In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock market continued to reach new highs. How could this be? The answer is that the government had slapped oppressive restrictions on small businesses while propping up Wall Street and engineering a historic consolidation of power and wealth.

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Genre: Business

So You Want to Start a Side Hustle

By Carrie Bohlig, Craig Clickner, narrated by Erin deWard, Eric Michael Summerer
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Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner started side hustles to make their lives better - to break free from the limitations of corporate America and have more time with their kids and each other. Today, these entrepreneurs have built multiple thriving businesses and helped thousands of people through mentoring, coaching, and sharing their insights across the globe.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Sedona: The Lost Vortex

By Mikel J. Wilson, narrated by Hugh Bradley
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Throughout history, people have been drawn to unseen energies at sacred sites around the world. In the American Southwest, a tourist is about to find a forgotten site that could change the Earth forever.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Last Physicist (The Archon Book 1)

By Dominic Stal, narrated by Justin Thomas James, Annie Ellicott Hays, Jeff Hays
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As a particle physicist, William Jenkins is as unsuited to survive on an alien world as any normal 30-something post-doc could be. Thankfully, he’s not alone. With an AI, magic, scientific curiosity, and, most improbably, a deity on his side, Will must come to terms with his new reality before otherworldly terrors forever extinguish the light of hope on this new world.

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Genre: True Crime

Inside an Honor Killing

By Lene Wold, narrated by Victoria Verzosa
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What drives a person to murder their sister, mother, or daughter? What is life like in a society in which women are imprisoned for their own “protection”, while their potential killers walk free? Writer and journalist Lene Wold offer a rare window into the world of “honor killings” - the practice that sees more than 5,000 women murdered at the hands of close relatives each year.

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The Endurants

By KL Palmer, narrated by Elizabeth Demetrios
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Eschatology 101: the study of the final events of history and the ultimate destiny of the human race. The 10-week theology course was supposed to be an easy elective to fulfill my degree requirements at the university. Wars; Global climate devastation; Famine - pestilence - pandemic; Economic collapse. Suddenly the Apocalypse no longer seemed like a far-off fairy tale.

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Genre: Mystery

A Perfect Plan

By Jeffery Deaver, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
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When the FBI comes to Lincoln Rhyme with the news that a mysterious assassin is targeting him, the detective is not particularly concerned. With his long career putting away criminals, he is accustomed to threats on his life. But when the assassin gets too close for comfort Rhyme determines to find out why this person is after him.

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Genre: Mystery

Local Woman Missing

By Mary Kubica, narrated by Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and, Jesse Vilinsky
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People don't just disappear without a trace.... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened, but no one is ready for what they'll find.

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Genre: Fantasy

Capture the Crown

By Jennifer Estep, narrated by Lauren Fortgang
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Bestselling author Jennifer Estep returns to her Crown of Shards world with an all-new trilogy and a bold new heroine who protects her kingdom from magic, murder, and mayhem by moonlighting as a spy.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

What If I Never? (The Necklace Trilogy Book 1)

By Lisa Renee Jones, narrated by Grace Grant
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In the vein of her Inside Out series, New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Renee Jones returns with the dark, seductive world of the Necklace Trilogy...Allison Wright is delivered a package meant for a different Allison: a unique, expensive necklace. She seeks out the proper recipient, a journey that takes her to the doorstep of Tyler Hawk, a good-looking, recluse billionaire.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Royally Tricked

By Misha Bell, narrated by Erin Mallon & Jason Clarke
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A daredevil prince wants to pay me mega-bucks to train him to hold his breath underwater for ten minutes? Sign me up. Except I’m a magician, not a stunt consultant. My record-beating dive without air was a trick. Of course, I can’t tell that to my client, the royally hot Anatolio Cezaroff, a.k.a. Tigger. Not if I want to be able to pay my rent.

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Crawlerz (Red Sky in the Morning Book 1)

By R. S. Merritt, narrated by Elliott Bales
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An ancient tomb is unearthed live on TV after months of hype. It's billed as the archeological equivalent of Shark Week. The actual footage takes a turn no one ever expected. Those minutes of footage will be combed over by governments worldwide seeking to understand what horror came out of that tomb. What horror now threatens all of humanity.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Fulfill My Desires (A Billionaires Romance Book 1)

By Charmaine Louise Shelton, narrated by Logan McAllister, Sierra Kline
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Glitz Glamour Steamy Sex. “My last lover is a Dom, and he persuaded me to allow him to spank me one night. I... I enjoyed it.” A billionaire playboy Dom who demands control. An Independent Woman who demands respect. Can he draw out her hidden submissive desires? Can she clinch him?

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Genre: Fantasy

Heart Seeker (The Fire Heart Chronicles Book 1)

By Juliana Haygert, narrated by Joanna Roddy
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For over 20 years, I've been lied to. Magic burns within my veins, and I'm unable to resist its call. Mirella wants to be a normal college student, but she's far from normal. Since she was born, her mother has been hiding the truth. Mirella is a descendant of a powerful bloodline that spans centuries - a bloodline that gives her an uncontrollable sixth sense.

Audible Picks October 13, 2021

Audible Picks October 13, 2021

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Genre: Children

Ghoulia

By Barbara Cantini, narrated by Jordan Killam
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Ghoulia lives in Crumbling Manor with her Auntie Departed and spends most of her time playing with Tragedy, her beloved albino greyhound. But things aren't as easy as they seem for this little zombie girl - all she wants is a real friend.

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Genre: Children

The Little Witch Halloween

By Nana Gray, narrated by Riya Aarini
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The little girl witch lives in a beautiful castle with her parents, younger brother, and a puppy. Their family members are all witches. They are like ordinary people in everything except witchcraft. The little witch likes to learn all kinds of witchcraft very much, but there is only one thing she doesn't like very much - it's Halloween.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

By Will Chesney, Joe Layden, narrated by Will Chesney
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a SEAL Team Operator whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's.

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Genre: Finance

Millionaire Mind Crush

By Keith Everett, narrated by Keith Everett
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In this book, Keith clearly explains how we can all work towards that Magic Million number if we are prepared to adopt the right mindset and the right strategies. He goes on to debunk the myth that only "special" people can ever make millions and reveals some very illuminating insights into how starting your own online business can lead you to great financial success.

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Genre: Business
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This book is the ultimate step in launching your own mobile food company, whether you're a long-time restaurant operator, budding entrepreneur, or new culinary school graduate.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Fate of Perfection

By K.F. Breene, narrated by Angela Dawe
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In a corporate-controlled future where the ruling conglomerates genetically engineer their employees, Millicent Foster is the best of the best. Physically perfect and exceptionally intelligent, Millicent is granted the uncommon privilege of breeding. But her daughter inherits more than superior genetics.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Vixen's Lead (Kit Davenport Volume 1)

By Tate James, narrated by Marnye Young, Matt Haynes
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I want vengeance so badly that I can almost taste it. It's all I've ever wanted. So, I did what anyone in my unique position would do. I slapped on a secret identity and became an internationally renowned thief, known as The Fox. Nobody knows me. Nobody can catch me.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

My Sister’s Lies

By S.D. Robertson, narrated by Emma Pallant
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For a decade, Hannah’s life has been pretty close to perfect - she has a great job, she’s married to Mark, and her child-free existence means she’s free as a bird. The only sadness in her life is a fall-out with her sister Diane, who hasn’t spoken to her in over 10 years. But now Diane is on her doorstep - and this time, she’s got her teenage daughter, Mia, in tow.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island Book 1)

By Nora Roberts, narrated by Sandra Burr
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When Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café - and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him. She must guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Hidden Fires

By Sandra Brown, narrated by Kevin T. Collins
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Preacher's daughter Lauren thinks that she is going to work for wealthy Olivia Lockett as a secretary. Instead, the matriarch makes Lauren a scandalous offer to marry her son in name only. Lauren has strong feelings for him but are they strong enough?

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Genre: True Crime
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When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence. They also knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people even knew they existed and did not know them well enough to care.

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While Justice Sleeps

By Stacey Abrams, narrated by Stacey Abrams, Adenrele Ojo
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Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together - excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn - the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases - has slipped into a coma, Avery’s life turns upside down.

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Genre: Mystery

The Ghost of Marlow House (Haunting Danielle Book 1)

By Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre, narrated by Romy Nordlinger
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When Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she's never visited the property, Danielle's not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn't expect to find one of the house's previous owners still in residence.

Audible Picks September 29, 2021

Audible Picks September 29, 2021

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Genre: Children

The Wind in the Willows

By Kenneth Grahame, narrated by Michael Hordern
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Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.

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Genre: Children

The Mysterious Benedict Society

By Trenton Lee Stewart, narrated by Del Roy
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Only four children - Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance - succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it, they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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It is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of the four men described in Don Lattin's The Harvard Psychedelic Club. Huston Smith, tirelessly working to promote cross-cultural religious and spiritual tolerance. Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, inspiring generations with his mantra "be here now".

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Genre: Business

Courage Is Calling

By Ryan Holiday, narrated by Ryan Holiday
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Almost every religion, spiritual practice, philosophy, and person grapples with fear. The most repeated phrase in the Bible is “be not afraid”. The ancient Greeks spoke of Phobos, panic, and terror. It is natural to feel fear, the Stoics believed, but it cannot rule you. Courage, then, is the ability to rise above fear, to do what’s right, to do what’s needed, to do what is true.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Wizard's Butler

By Nathan Lowell, narrated by Tom Taylorson
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For five grand a month and a million-dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year. But they didn't tell him about the pixies.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Infinite

By Jeremy Robinson, narrated by R.C. Bray
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The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth's nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light-years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity's best hope.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Cloud Cuckoo Land

By Anthony Doerr, narrated by Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
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Set in Constantinople in the 15th century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades from now. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflect our vast interconnectedness - with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be hereafter, we’re gone.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Printed Letter Bookshop

By Katherine Reay, narrated by Hillary Huber
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One of Madeline Cullen’s happiest childhood memories is of working with her Aunt Maddie in the quaint and cozy Printed Letter Bookshop. But by the time Madeline inherits the shop nearly 20 years later, family troubles and her own bitter losses have hardened Madeline’s heart toward her once-treasured aunt - and the now struggling bookshop left in her care.

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Genre: True Crime

The I-5 Killer

By Ann Rule and Andy Stack, narrated by Laural Merlington
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As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all; he was a star athlete with good looks and was an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington.

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Genre: Mystery

Pretty Girls

By Karin Slaughter, narrated by Kathleen Early
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Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss — a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.

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Genre: Steamy Romance
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Thirty-nine was a fantastic year. I was married to the man I loved. My grandma, who raised me, was still healthy, and life was pretty damned good. But as they say, all good things come to an end. One year later, I’m a widow. My joints are starting to ache. Gram is in the nursing home, and dead people think my home is some kind of supernatural bed-and-breakfast.

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No One Goes Alone

By Erik Larson, narrated by Erik Larson & Julian Rhind-Tutt
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From New York Times best-selling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history.

Audible Picks September 15, 2021

Audible Picks September 15, 2021

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Genre: Children

Baby Zeke: An Unofficial Minecraft Book

By Dr. Block, narrated by Mark Sanderlin
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Baby Zeke has been in some difficult situations before, but this may be his most difficult yet. With the other members of the Balance hobbled and Otis's body stolen, how can he ever hope to defeat Pigrothbrine?

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Genre: Children

The Little Unicorn Adventures

By Books & Candles Publishing, narrated by Stephanie Quinn
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The Little Unicorn Adventures is based on independent chapters, and each chapter is written for a specific purpose and teaches children an important moral lesson in life. Your child can understand how to make a good friendship, and why this is essential for life. Also, they can understand what teamwork is and its importance.

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Genre: True Crime

The Darkest Web

By Eileen Ormsby, narrated by Cat Gould
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There's the world wide web - the internet we all know that connects us via news, email, forums, shopping, and social media. Then there's the dark web - the parallel internet accessed by only a select few.

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Genre: Mystery

Apples Never Fall

By Liane Moriarty, narrated by Caroline Lee
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When Joy goes missing the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure — all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Love Hypothesis

By Ali Hazelwood, narrated by Callie Dalton
Tags: Clean Romance

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As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily-ever-after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

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Genre: Business
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Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script an inordinate number of people adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar: Slammed is normal. Distractions are everywhere. Life gets reduced to going through the motions. Tired of living that way? At Your Best gives you the strategies you need to win at work and at home by living in a way that will help you thrive tomorrow.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Unbound

By Tarana Burke, narrated by Tarana Burke
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Tarana didn’t always have the courage to say "me too". As a child, she reeled from her sexual assault, believing she was responsible. Unable to confess what she thought of as her own sins for fear of shattering her family, her soul split in two.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Dare to Know

By James Kennedy, narrated by Bradford Hastings
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Our narrator is the most talented salesperson at Dare to Know, an enigmatic company that has developed the technology to predict anyone’s death down to the second. Divorced, estranged from his sons, and broke, he is driven to violate the cardinal rule of the business by forecasting his own death day. The problem: His prediction says he died 23 minutes ago.

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Genre: Fantasy

Empire of the Vampire

By Jay Kristoff, narrated by Damian Lynch
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It has been 27 long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity. Gabriel de León is a Silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending the realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains.

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Her Perfect Life

By Hank Phillippi Ryan, narrated by Angela Dawe
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Everyone knows Lily Atwood - and that may be her biggest problem. The beloved television reporter has it all - fame, fortune, Emmys, an adorable seven-year-old daughter, and the hashtag her loving fans created: PerfectLily. To keep it, all she has to do is protect one life-changing secret.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Burning Ground (Frontier Traveler Book 1)

By D.A. Galloway, narrated by Michael Bauer
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A young man’s journey through the future Yellowstone National Park in 1871 is marred by tragedy in a geyser basin, a grizzly bear attack, and hostile Blackfeet Indians. But he also finds love with a Crow woman. A historical fiction novel inspired by actual events!

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Being Hospitable (Desert Rose Hook-Ups Book 1)

By Meka James, narrated by Phoenix McKay
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Kiki Jenkins knows that opening her home to her best friend’s younger sister means giving up some solitude. What she doesn’t expect is for her new roommate to become a temptation in the form of novelty panties and flirty innuendos. But Charley is off limits... for several reasons.

Audible Picks September 1, 2021

Audible Picks September 1, 2021

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Genre: Children

Zoey and Sassafras (Book 7)

By Asia Citro, narrated by Janina Edwards
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In the seventh audiobook, Zoey and Sassafras are excited to enjoy their summer with their magical friends. But... why is everyone so grumpy? A bunch of bad days one after the other lead Zoey to suspect that something more is afoot. It’s up to Zoey and Sassafras to solve the mystery before they end up with one bummer of a summer!

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Genre: Children

Luca

By Steve Behling, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
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Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Luca is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta, and endless scooter rides.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Breathe: A Life in Flow

By Rickson Gracie, narrated by Fred Sanders
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From legendary Brazilian jujitsu and MMA master, Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracie’s stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie family dynasty and the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, showing how the connection between mind and body can be harnessed for success both inside and outside the ring.

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Genre: Finance

The Perfect Day to Boss Up

By Rick Ross, narrated by Guy Lockard
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Rick Ross is a hip-hop icon and a towering figure in the business world, but his path to success was not always easy. Despite adversity and setbacks, Ross held tight to his vision and never settled for anything less than greatness. Now, for the first time, he shares his secrets to success, offering his own life as a road map to listeners looking to build their own empire.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Last Graduate

By Naomi Novik, narrated by Anisha Dadia
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Our beloved school does its best to devour all its students - but now that I’ve reached my senior year and have actually won myself a handful of allies. Even if I somehow make it through the endless waves of maleficaria that it keeps throwing at me in between grueling homework assignments, I haven’t any idea how my allies and I are going to make it through the graduation hall alive.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Once upon a Royal Summer

By Teri Wilson, narrated by Brittany Pressley
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A woman who plays a princess character in an amusement park meets a single dad...who turns out to be a real live prince! Get the royal romantic comedy that everybody's talking about, from Hallmark and bestselling author Teri Wilson.

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Genre: True Crime
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For more than 20 years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the US, employing over 250 made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over 30 murders, even killing a dozen of its own members to enforce discipline and settle scores.

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Genre: Mystery

The Madness of Crowds

By Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in number-one New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel.

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Genre: Business

Learn to Win Arguments and Succeed

By Vishal Gupta, narrated by Russell Newton
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Learn to Win Arguments and Succeed is your answer and solution to understanding how different people argue under different situations and always win. Author Vishal Gupta walks the listener through 20 practical and powerful argument techniques that can be employed to win any argument, always, under all situations.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

All Things That Deserve to Perish

By Dana Mack, narrated by Megan Green
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All Things That Deserve to Perish is a novel that penetrates the constrained condition of women in Wilhelmine Germany, as well as the particular social challenges faced by German Jews, who suffered invidious discrimination long before Hitler's seizure of power. It is also a compassionate rumination on the distractions of sexual love and the strains of a life devoted to art.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Love Bet

By G.L. Tomas, narrated by Nekia Renee & John Rogers
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Luz De Los Santos thought her job was easy. Being the Sex and Relationship Director of Modern Magazine, no one knew the art of dating and hookups as she did. When the commitment-phobe beauty gets singled out by her editor to write a challenging column for the coveted, annual Valentine's issue, Luz is forced to confront her issues about relationships with her newly pitched project.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Fire Demon Dawn: Phantom Frost

By Alfred Wurr, narrated by Alfred Wurr
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Harland hasn’t had a week this bad since the CIA. Sure, keeping the Bodhi Institute’s secrets isn’t easy at the best of times. But it’s a lot harder when the secret is an ice-white snow-being named Shivurr, and he’s running loose across the Nevada desert.

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Murder at First Principles

By Ben Wiener, narrated by Ben Wiener & Keira Grace
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From venture capitalist, Ben Wiener, comes a rollicking debut novel that artfully blends business strategy with a murder mystery and keeps you guessing to the very end. Written as a murder mystery, the plot is designed to enlighten and entertain, introducing listeners to Hamilton Helmer’s iconic work 7 Powers and its seven market-proven strategies for sustained competitive advantage.

Audible Picks August 18, 2021

Audible Picks August 18, 2021

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Genre: Children

Refugee

By Alan Gratz, narrated by Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, & Assaf Cohen
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A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz, this timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers, but there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.

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Genre: Fantasy

King Bullet

By Richard Kadrey, narrated by MacLeod Andrews
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The incredible finale of the addictive, high-octane Sandman Slim series from New York Times best-selling author Richard Kadrey. It’s been three months since Stark stopped a death cult and a potential ghost apocalypse, and he’s at loose ends. But what’s even more frightening is the Shoggot gang and their leader, King Bullet, who revels in the city’s collapse.

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Genre: True Crime

The Devil in the White City

By Erik Larson, narrated by Scott Brick
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The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Battle Royal

By Lucy Parker, narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown
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Beloved author Lucy Parker pens a delicious new romantic comedy that is a battle of whisks and wits. When Dominic and Sylvie learn they will be fighting for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bake a cake for the upcoming wedding of Princess Rose, the flour begins to fly as they fight to come out on top.

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The Noise

By James Patterson & J.D. Barker, narrated by Amanda Dolan
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Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her sister, Sophie, when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse....

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Flirt With Me (With Me In Seattle)

By Kristen Proby, narrated by Stella Bloom & Connor Crais
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From New York Times best-selling author Kristen Proby comes an all-new single-dad forced-proximity novel in her beloved With Me in Seattle series! Maeve understands the importance of family, and can see herself making just that with Hunter and his daughter. But when his past comes back to haunt him, will their love be strong enough, or will they be ripped apart forever?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Skinship

By Yoon Choi, narrated by Greta Jung, Intae Kim, Jennifer Kim, Sue Jean Kim, Raymond J. Lee, Keong Sim, Janet Song, & Jennifer Yun
Tags: Literary Fiction

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A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Exiled Fleet

By J. S. Dewes, narrated by Andrew Eiden & Nicol Zanzarella
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The survivors of The Last Watch refuse to die. The Sentinels narrowly escaped the collapsing edge of the Divide. They have mustered a few other surviving Sentinels, but with no engines, they have no way to leave the edge of the universe before they starve. Adequin Rake has gathered a team to find the materials they'll need to get everyone out.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Make It Nice

By Dorinda Medley, narrated by Dorinda Medley
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Chronicling the life of the reality television star, Make It Nice also features life lessons for those who may experience similar challenges, as well as the celebrated hostess’s invaluable entertaining tips, all presented with the humor and wit that have “oh-so-well made” Dorinda Medley a most compelling compilation.

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Genre: Mystery

Murder at First Principles

By Ben Wiener, narrated by Ben Wiener & Keira Grace
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Addie Morita, a frustrated young crime researcher, finally gets her big career break when a serial killer targets her successful former classmates from an elite San Francisco Bay Area college. Addie must match wits with both the taunting killer and the intimidating special agent assigned to the case, racing to decipher key clues buried in a famous start-up strategy book - before it’s too late.

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Genre: Business

Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

By Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, narrated by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
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Singh Cassidy’s “seven myths of success”, as well as her advice on how to make FOMO into your friend, multiply your “bets” in life, and understand why you shouldn’t be blinded by “passion bias”, all provide an entirely new way to approach risk-taking and achieve lasting success.

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Genre: Finance

Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms

By Mark Spitznagel, narrated by Fred Berman
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In Safe Haven, hedge fund manager Mark Spitznagel - one of the top practitioners of safe-haven investing and portfolio risk mitigation in the world - answers these questions and more. Investors who heed the message in this book will never look at risk mitigation the same way again.

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Genre: Children

Maya and the Turtle

By John C. Stickler & Soma Han, narrated by Talulah Shadrick
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Soma's mother, T.M. Song, was a storyteller and this is a tale she used to tell her daughters when they were little girls. Her mother had told it to her when she was growing up in a rural village in Korea during the reign of King Kojong... The underlying lesson is filial piety, respect for one's parents, presented in an engrossing Oriental Cinderella story...

Audible Picks August 4, 2021

Audible Picks August 4, 2021

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Genre: Children

My Side of the Mountain

By Jean Craighead George, narrated by Michael Crouch
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Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods - all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, 40 dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.

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Genre: True Crime
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A journalist's 20-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.

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Genre: Finance

Launch

By Jeff Walker, narrated by Jeff Walker
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From the creator of Product Launch Formula: a new edition of the number-one New York Times best-selling guide that's redefined online marketing and helped countless entrepreneurs make millions.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days

By Rebecca Donner, narrated by Rebecca Donner
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Fusing elements of biography, a real-life political thriller, and scholarly detective story, Donner brilliantly interweaves letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, survivors’ testimony, and a trove of declassified intelligence documents into a powerful, epic story, reconstructing the moral courage of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history.

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Genre: Science Fiction

End of the Line (Birth of Magic Book 3)

By N.D. Roberts & Michael Anderle, narrated by Emily Beresford
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With her duty to Earth almost complete, Sarah Jennifer prepares to leave Arcadia in the hands of Ezekiel and Adrien. However, there’s an extra Were in her company, and she must make the decision as to his place in her life...Can Sarah Jennifer move past the pain of loss and allow love into her heart?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Songs for the Flames

By Juan Gabriel Vasquez, narrated by Sheldon Romero & Alfredo Huereca
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A new collection of electric, searing stories from award-winning, best-selling author Juan Gabriel Vásquez. The characters in Songs for the Flames are men and women touched by violence - sometimes directly, sometimes only in passing - but whose lives are changed forever, consumed by fire and by unexpected encounters and unyielding forces.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Singe (Men of Inked: Heatwave)

By Chelle Bliss, narrated by Connor Crais & Samantha Brentmoor
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Arlo King is not Carmello’s usual type. She’s a bookworm who doesn’t give herself away easily. But she’s the perfect woman to help reform the serial womanizer, even though she has commitment issues of her own. Quickly, their fake relationship goes from slow-burn to scorching hot from the very first touch. But can they work through their troubled pasts and embrace a fairy tale future?

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Genre: Mystery

The Husbands

By Chandler Baker, narrated by Allyson Ryan
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Chandler Baker, the New York Times best-selling author of Whisper Network, is back with The Husbands, a novel that asks: to what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?

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The Turnout

By Megan Abbott, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
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Megan Abbott's revelatory and mesmerizing new novel set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. Taut and unnerving, The Turnout is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. With uncanny insight and hypnotic writing, it is a sharp and strange dissection of family ties and sexuality, femininity, and power, and a tale that is both alarming and irresistible.

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Genre: Business

The Introvert’s Edge to Networking

By Matthew Pollard, narrated by Matthew Pollard, Jamie Jackson, & Jeb Blount
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Finally - a networking book for introverts! The sequel to Pollard’s international bestseller The Introvert’s Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone. Whether you’re a small-business owner struggling to make a living or a professional who’s hit a career plateau, The Introvert’s Edge to Networking is your path to a higher income and a rolodex of powerful connections.

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Genre: Children

An Unexpected Journey

By Naomi Barton, narrated by Naomi Barton, Emilia Lower, Lindsay Hawkes, & Kelly Ann Thorstensen
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Life is wonderful until the rapidly spreading global pandemic of COVID-19 prompts her mother to take Emilia from her home in Korea to her home in New Zealand. The transformational story of Emilia honestly expresses the pain and confusion of sudden transition from a child’s point of view and celebrates the comfort that family and community can provide.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Wisteria Island

By Rachel Hanna, narrated by Michelle Morgan
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She's running from the most embarrassing moment of her life when she finds herself smack dab in the middle of an island full of misfit old people. Wisteria Island is a standalone novel by USA Today best-selling author, Rachel Hanna. If you love southern women's fiction and lots of laughs, you'll enjoy this one!

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Genre: Fantasy

Fall of Wizardoms Box Set (Books 1-3)

By Jeffrey L. Kohanek, narrated by Travis Baldree
Tags: Fantasy

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An evil plot throws the Eight Wizardoms into chaos. Heroes old and new assemble to combat this daunting threat. Thirty-plus hours of adventure, intrigue, and witty banter!

Audible Picks July 21, 2021

Audible Picks July 21, 2021

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Genre: Children

Little House on the Prairie (Little House Book 3)

By Laura Ingalls Wilder, narrated by Cherry Jones
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The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy and happy in their new little house.

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Genre: Children

North! Or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga Book 2)

By Andrew Peterson, narrated by Andrew Peterson
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Full of characters rich in heart, smarts, and courage, North! Or Be Eaten is a tale children of all ages will cherish, families can listen to together, and readers' groups are sure to enjoy discussing for its many layers of meaning.

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Genre: True Crime

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

By Michelle McNamara, narrated by Gabra Zackman, Gillian Flynn and, Patton Oswalt
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The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the '70s and '80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case - which was solved in April 2018.

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Genre: Finance

Rich Dad Advisors: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes

By Tom Wheelwright CPA, narrated by Tom Wheelwright CPA
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Tax-Free Wealth is about tax-planning concepts and how to use tax laws to your benefit. Tom explains how the tax laws work and how they are designed to reduce you taxes - not to increase them. The audiobook explains how to use the tax laws to your advantage and in ways that will support business owners' vision and growth plans for their companies.

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Genre: Mystery

For Your Own Good

By Samantha Downing, narrated by David Pittu
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USA Today best-selling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school - complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson...

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Nightbitch

By Rachel Yoder, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Tags: Literary Fiction

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In this blazingly smart and voracious debut, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. An outrageously original novel of ideas about art, power, and womanhood wrapped in a satirical fairy tale, Nightbitch will make you want to howl in laughter and recognition. And you should. You should howl as much as you want.

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Genre: Business

The Cult of We

By Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell, narrated by Thérèse Plummer
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Peppered with eye-popping, never-before-reported details, The Cult of We is the gripping story of careless and often absurd people - and the financial system they have made. "A juicy investigation into one of Silicon Valley’s most-hyped fallen unicorns." (Time, Best Books of Summer 2021.)

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

By Water Beneath the Walls

By Benjamin H. Milligan, narrated by Kaleo Griffith
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A gripping history chronicling the fits and starts of American special operations and the ultimate rise of the Navy SEALs from unarmed frogmen to elite, go-anywhere commandos - as told by one of their own.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Isn't It Bromantic?

By Lyssa Kay Adams, narrated by Andrew Eiden
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Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist who mysteriously disappeared, she escaped danger the only way she knew how: She married her childhood friend, Vladimir, and moved to the United States, where he is a professional hockey player in Nashville.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Last Guard

By Nalini Singh, narrated by Angela Dawe
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New York Times best-selling author Nalini Singh returns to a world devastated by change in her award-winning Psy-Changeling Trinity series. In a destabilized world with countless lives at stake, two people defined by their aloneness must stand together to stave off ultimate destruction.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Hella

By David Gerrold, narrated by Travis Baldree
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Kyle is a neuro-atypical young man, emotionally challenged, but with an implant that gives him real-time access to the colony's computer network, making him a very misunderstood savant. When an overburdened starship arrives, he becomes the link between the established colonists and the refugees from a ravaged Earth.

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Black Ice (The Scot Harvath Series Book 20)

By Brad Thor, narrated by Armand Schultz
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Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, he’s got everything he could possibly want. But out of vacation days and long overdue back home, America’s top spy has a decision to make - return, or submit his resignation.

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Genre: Fantasy

Challenger (The Siggy Smith Series Book 1)

By Jaxon Lee Rose, narrated by Becci Martin
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After Siggy Smith is charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to liquidation, she’s given offered a choice: a public death, or five years on an elite squadron known as M.O.N.S.T.R. Choosing life, the shape-shifter and ex-marine is now tasked with tracking down and eliminating supernatural entities that threaten human life. Starting with the mysteries creeping across the snowy landscapes of Antarctica.

Audible Picks July 7, 2021

Audible Picks July 7, 2021

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Genre: Children
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle-grade American Gods set in a richly imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.

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Genre: Children

The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children Mysteries Book 1)

By Gertrude Chandler Warner, narrated by Aimee Lilly
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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans. Can they find a home where they can stay together as a family?

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Genre: Business

The War on Small Business

By Carol Roth, narrated by Chris Henry Coffey
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In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock market continued to reach new highs. How could this be? The answer is that the government had slapped oppressive restrictions on small businesses while propping up Wall Street and engineering a historic consolidation of power and wealth.

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Genre: Finance

Three Days at Camp David

By Jeffrey E. Garten, narrated by Grover Gardner
Tags: Finance

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The former dean of the Yale School of Management and undersecretary of commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard - breaking the link between gold and the dollar - transforming the entire global monetary system.

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Genre: True Crime

The Key Man

By Simon Clark, narrated by Peter Noble
Tags: True Crime

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In this compelling story of lies, greed, and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates, Western governments, and other investors entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty, but who now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen financial frauds ever.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

How I Saved the World

By Jesse Watters, narrated by Larry Wayne
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes listeners on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking Americans. He has divined great truths about the nature of our country while stumbling across beaches asking oblivious college students basic political questions and while stumbling out of Air Force One with the president.

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Genre: Science Fiction

We Have Always Been Here

By Lena Nguyen, narrated by Catherine Ho
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Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility.

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Genre: Fantasy

Half Sick of Shadows

By Laura Sebastian, narrated by Ell Potter
Tags: Fantasy

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The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times best-selling author of Ash Princess. "Magical, haunting, unique - I haven't been so excited about an Arthur book since I read The Once and Future King." (Tamora Pierce, number-one New York Times best-selling author.)

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Tiger Mom's Tale

By Lyn Liao Butler, narrated by Natalie Naudus
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"The Tiger Mom's Tale is a heartfelt, delightful read. Lyn Liao Butler's story of Taiwanese and American identity had me turning pages and laughing (and drooling over the delicious descriptions of food)." (Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown, winner of the 2020 National Book Award.)

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Genre: Clean Romance

Too Good to Be Real

By Melonie Johnson, narrated by Juliana Solo & Cody Gordon
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In her debut, Melonie Johnson brings her signature humor, sexy romance, and strong female friendships in this hilarious romantic comedy about finding perfectly imperfect love, Too Good to Be Real. She plans to prove there's a dozen reasons why life isn't like a romantic comedy, only to discover the one reason it is...

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Just One Scandal

By Carly Phillips, narrated by Mackenzie Cartwright & Connor Crais
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Chloe Kingston’s life is exactly how she needs it: safe and stable. Right up until her reliable, low-risk fiancé jilts her on their fairy-tale wedding day. As she works her way through the reception champagne - and wonders where she’s going to live - she stumbles into her brother Linc’s ex-best friend.

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Genre: Mystery

An Ambush of Widows

By Jeff Abbott, narrated by Christine Lakin
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In New York Times best-selling author Jeff Abbott’s latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands’ deadly and dangerous secrets - as they try to protect their own.

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Sleeping Bear

By Connor Sullivan, narrated by Hillary Huber
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“Sleeping Bear is one of the very best thrillers you’ll read this year. It’s one of those rare novels that keeps getting better and better and better.” - James Patterson. This white-knuckled debut thriller follows a former Army veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness after her husband’s death - only to find herself a pawn in a deadly game with Russia.