Audible Picks February 22, 2023

Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

By Ada Calhoun, narrated by Ada Calhoun
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give", Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip), smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage.

Set for Life, Revised Edition: An All-Out Approach to Early Financial Freedom book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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Building wealth is always possible, even while working full-time, earning a median income, and paying off debt. By layering philosophy with practical knowledge, Set for Life gives young professionals the action plan they need to conquer their financial goals early in life.

Writing Without Bullsh*t: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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Writing Without Bullsh*t is the first comprehensive guide to writing for today's world: a noisy environment where everyone reads what you write on screens. The average news story now gets only 36 seconds of attention. Unless you change how you write, your emails, reports, and Web copy don't stand a chance.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Ballistic Kiss

By Richard Kadrey, narrated by MacLeod Andrews
Tags: Science Fiction

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As the battle between warring angels continues, James Stark is focused on seemingly simpler matters now that he's resurfaced on earth: an invasion of ghosts. L.A.'s Little Cairo neighborhood has suddenly been overrun by violent spirits, and Thomas Abbott knows if anyone can figure out why they've appeared—and how to get rid of them—it's Stark.

The Rancher's Wager book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

The Rancher's Wager

By Maisey Yates, narrated by Samantha Cook
Tags: Clean Romance

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No one gets under Jackson Cooper’s skin like fellow ranch owner Cricket Maxfield. Now, facing off at a charity poker game, the stakes get personal. Jackson finds himself on the losing end… And paying up means being the ranch hand at Cricket’s beck and call. In close quarters, tempers flare - and the fire between them ignites into a passion that won’t be ignored…

How Lucky book cover
Genre: Mystery

How Lucky

By Will Leitch, narrated by Graham Halstead
Tags: Mystery

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Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He’s got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and, of course, for a few glorious days each fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy - despite the fact that he’s suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child. .

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The Wives

By Tarryn Fisher, narrated by Lauren Fortgang
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You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don’t care. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself.

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Freefall

By Jessica Barry, narrated by Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker and, MacLeod Andrews
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They say your daughter is dead. You know they’re wrong. When her fiancé’s private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, everyone assumes Allison Carpenter is dead.

Garden of Lamentations book cover
Genre: Mystery

Garden of Lamentations

By Deborah Crombie, narrated by Gerard Doyle
Tags: Mystery

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On a beautiful morning in mid-May, the body of a young woman is found in one of Notting Hill's private gardens. To passersby, the pretty girl in the white dress looks as if she's sleeping. But Reagan Keating has been murdered, and the lead detective, DI Kerry Boatman, turns to Gemma James for help.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Song of the Lion

By Anne Hillerman, narrated by Christina Delaine
Tags: Literary Fiction

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A deadly bombing takes Navajo Tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito, Jim Chee, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, back into the past to find a vengeful killer in this riveting Southwestern mystery from the best-selling author of Spider Woman's Daughter and Rock with Wings.

Britain's Most Notorious Killers: A Raw Look at Over 70 of the Worst Killers in British History book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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When at a bookstore, do you bolt for the romance section, or do you linger around historical novels? Are you interested in the psychology of murderers or have a morbid curiosity about the underworld of crime? Would you prefer a coming-of-age story or an edge-of-your-seat thriller? If you said the options, I predict you did, then pick this book...

The Vow That Twisted Fate book cover
Genre: Fantasy

The Vow That Twisted Fate

By Katherine D. Graham, narrated by Talon David
Tags: Fantasy

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When a portal to a dimension in which all evil has been banished for five hundred years, can young Queen Arlena and a company of time-traveling Dwarven warriors defeat an evil sorceress and close the portal before all that they love is lost? Find out in this Epic Fantasy novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Katherine D. Graham.

Blinded Me with Science (Lesson in Love Book 2) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Blinded Me with Science (Lesson in Love Book 2)

By Tara September, narrated by Bridget Gardner
Tags: Steamy Romance

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College is in session, will the lesson be love or heartbreak? Good girl Emerson is about to spice things up with the rock star's son! "This is a coming-of-age story, with a fun plot, and is a great listen! Bridget Gardner does a fabulous job bringing this story to life." Also on SALE on Google Play, Chirp and Apple!

The Cowboy and His Obsession (Rock Springs Texas Book 3) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

The Cowboy and His Obsession (Rock Springs Texas Book 3)

By Kaci M. Rose, narrated by Veronica Reggie
Tags: Steamy Romance

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She's his best friend. He's the cowboy who's been obsessed with her for years. Megan is hell bent on staying friends, and I'm hell bent on making her, my wife. A friends to lovers, cowboy, small town, dual virgins romance.

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Genre: Fantasy

Of Sand and Bone (Breath Book 2)

By Victoria Dougherty, narrated by Emily Lawrence
Tags: Fantasy

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Cairo, 1902. The golden age of archeology is in full swing. As the rich and powerful mingle, and ancient worlds are uncovered in a gold rush attracting historians, world leaders, murderers and thieves, a pair of lovers see signs that a more sinister relic is about to be unearthed.