Audible Picks December 21, 2022

Kill Switch (Devil's Night Book 3) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Kill Switch (Devil's Night Book 3)

By Penelope Douglas, narrated by Tatiana Sokolov and Jeremy York
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was. But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past

By Meave Leakey and Samira Leakey, narrated by Susan Lyons
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early pre-human ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team’s fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors.

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Genre: Finance

How to Money: Your Ultimate Guide to the Basics of Finance

By Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle, narrated by Kathryn Tuggle and More
Tags: Finance

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There’s no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life—but most of us don’t! This audiobook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money—how to earn it, manage it, and use it.

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You book cover
Genre: Business

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

By Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, narrated by Eliza Foss
Tags: Business

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Leadership isn't easy. It takes grit, courage, and vision, among other things, that can be hard to come by on your toughest days. When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury, narrated by Tim Robbins
Tags: Science Fiction

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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Orchardist

By Amanda Coplin, narrated by Mark Bramhall
Tags: Literary Fiction

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At the turn of the 20th century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Dating Charade

By Melissa Ferguson, narrated by Kevin Kilpatrick
Tags: Clean Romance

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Cassie Everson is an expert at escaping bad first dates. And, after years of meeting, greeting, and running from the men who try to woo her, Cassie is almost ready to retire her hopes for a husband - and children - altogether. But fate has other plans, and Cassie’s online dating profile catches the eye of firefighter Jett Bentley.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Rush (The Breathless Trilogy Book 1)

By Maya Banks, narrated by Maya Banks
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When Gabe Hamilton saw Mia Crestwell walk into the ballroom for his hotel’s grand opening, he knew he was going to hell for what he had planned. After all, Mia is his best friend’s little sister. Except she’s not so little anymore. And Gabe has waited a long time to act on his desires.

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Genre: Mystery

Watch Over You

By M.J. Ford, narrated by Joan Walker
Tags: Mystery

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The hunt is on. And this time, it’s personal.... When DS Josie Masters is called out to a house in North Oxford to investigate a serious incident, things take a personal turn. The body is Harry’s - her friend and former colleague. Josie thought Harry lived alone, but evidence suggests he’d had a lodger - a young woman who has fled the scene.

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Safe With You

By R.M. Ward, narrated by Annie Aldington
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She should have been safe. But she never came home. Kath has lived on the same London estate for decades. Lately she’s become friendly with the little girl next door, who is often left alone for hours at a time while her mum is at work. They have a system. When Mina gets home from school to the empty flat, she knocks on the wall three times.

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The Towers of Power (Red Dragon Series Book 1)

By Charles W. Staunton, narrated by Keith L. O’Brien
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A Supernatural thriller based on the biblical war between... Good and Evil.

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Genre: True Crime

Murder Casebook Volume 1: 12 Shocking True Crime Cases

By Prash Ganendran, narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley
Tags: True Crime

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How did a strange email hold the clue to a callous killing in Montana? Which violent gang wreaked havoc through Arizona, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake? Find out in this exploration of 12 of the most horrifying true crime cases in recent history; some bizarre, some little-known, and some that will linger in your mind long after you listen.

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Genre: Fantasy

Zombie Fallout

By Mark Tufo, narrated by Sean Runnette
Tags: Fantasy

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This is the story of Michael Talbot, his family, and his friends: a band of ordinary people trying to get by in extraordinary times. When disaster strikes, Mike, a self-proclaimed survivalist, does his best to ensure the safety and security of those he cares for.

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Genre: Mystery
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A cop, a pig, and a serial killer walk into a bar on an island where everyone has something to hide. When Sgt Betty Bruce's pot-bellied pig stumbles upon the body of Eliza Bone floating upside down in Eliza's fish tank, the one clue left at the scene is a set of gumboot tracks. The problem: everyone on the island wears gumboots. A cozy satire.

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Genre: Fantasy

Waterspell: The Complete Series

By Deborah J. Lightfoot, narrated by Simon de Deney
Tags: Fantasy

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How far would you go to find where you belong? Seeking her identity and her destiny, lost traveler Carin moves in with a hot-tempered, emotionally damaged warlock who can't seem to decide whether to help her, love her, or kill her. "Epic. A riveting series and a great listen. Complex, well-developed characters. Plenty of mystery."