Audible Picks December 27, 2023

Hendo: The American Athlete book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Hendo: The American Athlete

By Dan Henderson and David Kano, narrated by Dan Henderson
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Dan "Hendo" Henderson was the first fighter in MMA history to become a double champion, winning championships in PRIDE Fighting Championships and Strikeforce. He faced the biggest names in MMA, on his unparalleled run through the early days of MMA through its remarkable rise in popularity, squaring off against the likes of Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson...

Principles: Life and Work book cover
Genre: Finance

Principles: Life and Work

By Ray Dalio, narrated by Ray Dalio and Jeremy Bobb
Tags: Finance

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Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few book cover
Genre: Business

Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few

By Patrick Bet-David and Greg Dinkin, narrated by Patrick Bet-David
Tags: Business

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What’s the difference between your competitor and your enemy? You know who your competitors are. You keep tabs on them regularly and can list them calmly, along with their strengths and weaknesses. But your enemies are a whole other matter. They’re the haters and the doubters who said you’d never make it, the ones who stomped on your dreams. When you think about your enemies, you get emotional.

Foundations (Bastion Academy Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Foundations (Bastion Academy Book 1)

By J.D. Astra, narrated by Jason Vu
Tags: Science Fiction

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For Jiyong, Bastion Academy is more than just a school for magic in the heart of the Kingdom . . . It’s his chance to pursue the secrets of the ancient ones’ machines and get his family out of the poverty-stricken outer-city. With his acceptance letter in hand, Jiyong is sure nothing will stand in the way of his dreams.

Coral Cottage: Coral Cottage at Summer Beach book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Coral Cottage: Coral Cottage at Summer Beach

By Jan Moran, narrated by Raphael Corkhill
Tags: Literary Fiction

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When Marina Moore’s life blows up on national television, she seeks refuge at her grandmother’s beach house called the Coral Cottage. Now in her mid-40s with children in college, Marina is in dire need of her grandmother's gutsy advice to a well-lived life.

The Second Victim: Daisy's Story book cover
Genre: True Crime

The Second Victim: Daisy's Story

By Daisy and Emma Barnaby, narrated by Daisy
Tags: True Crime

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Daisy is a black baby adopted into a white family in rural 1970s England. Alienation and loss of identity dominate her childhood. After discovering she was conceived through child rape, she begins a lifelong mission to find and prosecute her birth father using the only irrefutable evidence left. Her own DNA.

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Genre: Mystery

The Ruins

By Scott Smith, narrated by Patrick Wilson
Tags: Mystery

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The Ruins follows two American couples enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group, the young German who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, the site of a fabled archeological dig.

Hear, O Earth! (A Prayer for Earthrise Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Hear, O Earth! (A Prayer for Earthrise Book 1)

By Daniel Arenson, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Tags: Science Fiction

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They came from beyond. From beyond the galaxy. From beyond human understanding. They came with one mission. To kill us all. From the shadows of despair, heroes will rise. Heroes will sound the cry of our world, the prayer of our people. "Hear, O Earth! We will live!" From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise comes a new adventure.

Every Silent Thing (The Claire Deveraux Series Book 1) book cover
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Every Silent Thing (The Claire Deveraux Series Book 1)

By Alan Brenham, narrated by Molly Secours
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Shy and deaf, twenty-three-year-old Claire Deveraux has worked hard to land her dream job as a foreign service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Yet her idyllic life is shattered when she finds a woman lying on the restroom floor dying from a gunshot wound. The dying woman utters three words to Claire and conceals a thumb drive in Claire's pocket.

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Outlawed (Road to Carnage Series Book 1)

By Nicholas Bella, narrated by Keith Folz
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When Ace looked into Kenshin's terrified eyes, he knew the man belonged to him. Now, he just had to kill the monsters who hurt Kenshin, but first, they have to suffer. When Dragon meets Richie, his desires heat up with an intensity that rocks his soul. It makes him want Richie more than anything. But can Richie handle the intense biker?

Magical Cool Cat Mysteries book cover
Genre: Mystery

Magical Cool Cat Mysteries

By Mary Matthews, narrated by Frank Pacheco
Tags: Mystery

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In the 1920s, cool cat sleuths find clues as intoxicating as catnip and solve mysteries with romantic detectives in Right Meow, Cats Never Forget, and Don’t Mess With Fluffy.

Fleeing Through Time (Soulmates Through Time Book 1) book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Fleeing Through Time (Soulmates Through Time Book 1)

By Emily Andrews, narrated by Timothy G Little
Tags: Clean Romance

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When Rose, a naval pilot finds herself hurled through time in a freak plane accident to her family’s plantation in the civil war, she must decide if falling in love with a slave overcomes the threat of death. Can Adam’s faith sustain them as they seek to escape on the Underground Railroad and back to the future? Passion. Adventure. Time Travel. Soulmates through Time.

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Genre: Clean Romance

To Dream in Daylight

By Candace J. Thomas, narrated by Liz Christensen and Todd Wente
Tags: Clean Romance

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Though all Adri wants to do is disappear, all Simon needs to do is find her. A fate-driven story of soulmates who dream together but don't know each other in real life. All it takes is a drunken mistake, a video gone viral, and a few stars aligning.

Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador World (Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador (TM) World box sets and volumes Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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"Fantasy thriller." Not all dragons died 2000 years ago. A preternatural predator opens a rift in Atlanta, releasing abominations taking over humans & supernaturals. Treoir's dragon king steps from the shadows to battle immortal enemies for any hope of saving his people & humanity. *1 Credit or download a free Kindle e-book to get the audiobook for $7.49.

Mary Poser: Butterflies and White Lies as Bollywood Comes to Nashville book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance
Tags: Steamy Romance

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A dutiful Southern daughter who pretends to fit into her mother's world, but who secretly holds a penchant for differences and adventure which are hidden from her family and even herself. Defying all expectations, she falls for a Hindu Bollywood director in this award-winning journey of self-discovery. Her illusions about life, carefully constructed in a rigid environment, are about to be shaken. 

Slye Team Romantic Suspense Series Box Set (Slye Team Black Ops (Romantic Action Adventure) Book 7) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance
Tags: Steamy Romance

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THREE enemies-to-lovers romantic thrillers by NYT bestseller Dianna Love. "... no-holds-barred sizzling reads!" 34+ hours of hot action of strong women and powerful alpha males. Agents battle the world’s deadliest criminals to protect the innocent and the women they love. One Audible credit OR download free Kindle e-book to buy audiobook for $7.49.

Ascendant book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Ascendant

By Izaic Yorks, narrated by Kyle Snyder
Tags: Fantasy

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Until now, no one had a hope of ending the Lord Prime's tyranny. Dirk Ava wants the same things as any other teenager. Someone to love her. The freedom to do as she wishes. . . and the chance to overthrow the Lord Prime. Daughter to a rebel extremist, Dirk Ava has been groomed for rebellion since before she could walk, but when the magic awakens within her all she knows will forever change.