Audible Picks February 16, 2022

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Genre: Children

Pax

By Sara Pennypacker, narrated by Michael Curran-Dorsano
Tags: Children

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Pax and Peter have been inseparable since Pax was rescued as a kitten by Peter. But then the unthinkable happens: Peter's father joins the military and orders him to release the fox into the wild. Despite the looming conflict, he sets off on his own in search of his fox, driven by love, devotion, and grief. Meanwhile, Pax starts on his own journeys and discoveries...

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Genre: Children

Change Sings

By Amanda Gorman, narrated by Amanda Gorman
Tags: Children

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Anything is possible when our voices join together, says presidential inaugural poet and activist Amanda Gorman in this uplifting, much-anticipated audiobook. As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical adventure, they discover that they have the capacity to make huge and tiny changes in the world, their communities, and, most importantly, in themselves.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

You Got Anything Stronger?

By Gabrielle Union, narrated by Gabrielle Union
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Gabrielle Union discusses her surrogacy experience and the birth of Kaavia James Union Wade for the first time. She takes on the entertainment industry's racist institutions and practices, demanding equality and true accountability. Gabrielle is at her most vulnerable in "You Got Anything Stronger?"

One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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Every day, more than 60 billion online messages are transmitted over digital channels, yet only a small percentage of them succeed in capturing client attention. This means that the question is no longer whether or not small businesses should use social media, but rather how to best utilize the various platforms.

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Genre: Business

The Culture Code

By Daniel Coyle, narrated by Will Damron
Tags: Business

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The Culture Code presents a roadmap for building an environment where innovation thrives, issues are solved, and expectations are exceeded, combining cutting-edge science, on-the-ground insights from world-class leaders, and practical ideas for action.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Institute

By Stephen King, narrated by Santino Fontana
Tags: Science Fiction

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In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

It Ends with Us

By Colleen Hoover, narrated by Olivia Song
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Lily hasn't always had it easy, but it hasn't deterred her from pursuing the life she's always desired. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. Everything in Lily's life appears almost too good to be true when she experiences a spark with a stunning neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid.

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Genre: Clean Romance

You Loved Me Once

By Corinne Michaels, narrated by Julia Whelan
Tags: Clean Romance

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I'm losing myself in the process of trying to help everyone else... As a doctor, love is a luxury I can't afford in my personal life. I'm not sure whether I'm bold enough to risk my heart until Dr. Westin Grant knocks through all my defenses and promises me a future. But the fate of one patient changes everything when who I was and who I've strived to become collide.

Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, His High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy That Drove Him to Murder book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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On Valentine's Day 2007, Stephen Grant filed a missing person report for his loving wife, Tara, in Washington Township, Michigan. The stay-at-home father of two was inconsolably depressed. Tara's abandonment of him and their family begs the question: why would she forsake him and their family? Was she having an affair with someone else?

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Genre: Mystery

The Magnolia Palace

By Fiona Davis, narrated by Karissa Vacker
Tags: Mystery

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Fiona Davis, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a suspenseful thriller about the secrets, treachery, and murder that take place within one of New York City's most opulent Gilded Age mansions.

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Genre: Mystery

The Maid

By Nita Prose, narrated by Lauren Ambrose
Tags: Mystery

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A maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes the prime suspect after a wealthy man is discovered dead in his room. The Maid is a Clue-like locked-room mystery and a heartwarming philosophical trip that explores what it means to be the same as everyone else while also being completely different.

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Forgotten Crimes

By Anna Willett, narrated by Carla Kissane
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Gloria's reunion with a friend triggers disturbing flashbacks of occurrences four years ago when a woman was killed. The friend encourages Gloria to visit the site where the woman died. Gloria goes along to make sense of the strange memories that are re-emerging. But doing so will force her to confront an awful episode in her past.

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Bright

By Mary O. Paddock, narrated by Adrienne Patino Dunn
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Hannah's husband is lying, close to death, in a national park after being shot by her ex-lover. His next target is her children. She has to save them all before it's too late — no small task for a dead woman. But Hannah has someone in her corner and They have a plan.

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The Shadow Within

By Eric Butler, narrated by Micah Cottingham
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Jill thought the scariest thing to deal with on this holiday was meeting her boyfriend's children. Too bad a killer's on the loose, and he plans to paint the countryside red. The Independent Book Review says, "Author Eric Butler turns a long-awaited trip home into a lustful, gruesome, and horrific summer. Be ready for it."

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Claimed

By Evangeline Anderson, narrated by Anne Johnstonbrown
Tags: Steamy Romance

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A race of alien warriors from beyond the stars. All focused on one thing… claiming their brides. In all their years of travel, the Kindred have come across only three worlds with species close enough to their own to initiate a trade. Earth is the fourth. Olivia Waterhouse is about to be Claimed.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

A Warrior's Heart

By Victoria Oliveri, narrated by Andrew McDermott
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When one King’s hands are tied by another's, our lovers' lives are held in a precarious balance between betrayal and loyalty. As pawns in a life or death game of chance, eminent danger and treason shadow their every move. Will either of them earn the life they desire, or will it all be lost with the swing of one mighty sword?

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Genre: Fantasy

Unique, Different, Found (Nightfall Book 1)

By Violet Samuels, narrated by Stephanie Rose
Tags: Fantasy

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Celina's life with her pack was full of abuse. She was nothing but their slave. One day, she decided that it had to stop, so she ran away. Little Celina ran through Alex's territory, a strong and powerful alpha, who knew that Celina was his forever. Would a destiny that was foretold long before she was born to rip her apart?

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Genre: Fantasy

His to Claim (His to Claim Series Book 1)

By Ashley Michelle, narrated by Margarita Valderrama
Tags: Fantasy

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Wounded souls push and pull, but some things just won't heal. Rogues have been ravaging their world, and in a war where hundreds of lives have been lost, revenge is all that's left. Is the Goddess playing a cruel game this time? When utter carnage surrounds her, will Scarlett's inner luna rise to the challenge?