Audible Picks April 1, 2020

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper.

More Myself: A Journey book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache.

I'll Show You book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

I'll Show You

By Derrick Rose
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After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard known to his family as "Pooh" was a phenom, winning the Rookie of the Year award and electrifying fans around the world.

Salt & the Sisters (The Elemental Origins Series Book 9) book cover
Genre: Young Adult
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Only she can lift the spell. But the key to its destruction could mean her death... Determined to end the dreaded mermaid mating cycle between land and sea, Targa and Mira scour rare fragments of mosaic art from deep in the ocean for clues. On the hunt for the ancient spell's source, all signs point to the ruins of Atlantis.

Royal Replicas: The Complete Series book cover
Genre: Young Adult
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Seventeen-year-old Victoria Sandalwood has served the Duke and Duchess all her life. Over the years, she's learned to make do with what she has and endure her surrogate father's awful punishments. She dreams of escape, but never expected it to come in the form of a message from the Queen of Westeria.

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Genre: Young Adult

We Are the Wildcats

By Siobhan Vivian
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A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives.

Continuum (Riven Worlds Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction
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Fourteen years after the Displacement flung humanity into a universe teeming with alien life, a tenuous alliance has taken root among humans, Anadens, and numerous other species. The wounds of war and revolution have begun to heal, peace and prosperity are within reach, and the architects of the Displacement - Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano - are enjoying an idyllic existence on the living planet of Akeso.

Providence book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Providence

By Max Barry
Tags: Science Fiction

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The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were safe. Special. Chosen. We thought the universe was a twinkling ocean of opportunity, waiting to be explored. Afterward, we knew better.

Slices of Life book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Slices of Life

By Ruby Dixon
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"Having the Barbarian's Baby:" Megan's ready to give birth, but she's not ready to let her mate leave her side. When Cashol must go hunting to feed the tribe, they're separated for the first time since resonance. Not a problem, except the baby's ready to be born and there's a storm brewing.

Frostborn: The High Lords (Frostborn Book 10) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
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After losing his wife and his honor, Ridmark Arban the Gray Knight set out to stop the return of the malevolent Frostborn. He failed. Now, the gates of ruin have been thrown open, and the Frostborn and their armies threaten to overthrow the High Kingdom.

Monstrous Heart book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Monstrous Heart

By Claire McKenna
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A sensational debut novel perfect for fans of Outlander and The Binding. This is gothic, epic, romantic fantasy at it’s very best; a tale of magic, intrigue on dangerous waters and a love story for the ages. Arden Beacon arrives in the salt-swept port of Vigil with a job to do.

Fae Captive (Tangled Fae Book 2) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
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Allie Hunter thought all she had to do was make an exchange to buy back her father's life. She was wrong. Mortals are so often wrong about the Faewald. Usually, that kills them, or mires them in bargains that will suck their life out sip by sip. With Allie caught in a cage and the Fae she had once tormented her new captor, can she strike the right bargain to save everything she loves?

Starfish Pier book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Starfish Pier

By Irene Hannon
Tags: Literary Fiction

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A year ago, ex-Delta Force operator Steven Roark left the rigors of combat behind to run fishing charters in Hope Harbor, decompress, and talk some sense into his kid brother. Business is good—but making peace with his past is more challenging than he expected.

Delaney's People (Delaney's People Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction
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This award-winning debut presents us with over two hundred and fifty years of love, loss, shame, secrets, sacrifice, joy, and biting humor in twenty-one beautifully crafted tales of young Delaney Robinson's family.

Across the Way book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Across the Way

By Mary Monroe
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Neighborhood tensions reach a breaking point in the finale of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's captivating series that sweeps readers back to 1930's Alabama and into the lives of two neighboring couples whose deceitful friendships and imperfect marriages are just the beginning of their troubles...

Dangerous Secrets book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Dangerous Secrets

By Lisa Marie Rice, narrated by Kelsey Navarro
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Small-town librarian Charity Prewitt never dreamed she'd meet and fall in love with a man like Nicholas Ames. The handsome, rich, charming, sexy-as-hell millionaire blew into tiny Parker's Ridge, Vermont, and immediately rocked her world.

I Love This Bar (Honky Tonk Book 1) book cover
Genre: Clean Romance
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She doesn't need anything but her bar... Daisy O'Dell has her hands full with hotheads and thirsty ranchers until the day one damn fine cowboy walks in and throws her whole life into turmoil... He's looking for a cold drink and a moment's peace... Instead, Jarod McElroy finds one red-hot woman.

The Decadent Gift book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

The Decadent Gift

By Lauren Blakely
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The rules of the game were simple. One weekend. We play our roles. Actually, we play lots of roles. I get the info I need for a secret work project. We go back to how we were. That’s what I proposed to handsome, clever, commanding Jake. That’s what he said yes to - this decadent gift of a weekend that would get me out of trouble. But that’s not what happened when our nights together in Vegas ended

Envious book cover
Genre: Mystery

Envious

By Lisa Jackson
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Bliss Cawthorne is John Cawthorne’s only legitimate daughter, but her father’s wealth has complicated matters. Mason Lafferty believed he wasn’t good enough for the boss’s daughter and broke Bliss’s heart after saving her life. Yet now he’s back in Bittersweet, determined to make her trust him again.

Cut and Run (Lucy Kincaid Novels Book 16) book cover
Genre: Mystery
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FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is dead-set on solving a cold case—even if the original investigators stonewall her every step of the way. A violent storm has uncovered the remains of a family that authorities assumed fled the country years ago to avoid prosecution. But the body of the youngest Albright son never turned up.

Hour of the Assassin book cover
Genre: Mystery

Hour of the Assassin

By Matthew Quirk
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Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent—a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels.