Audible Picks January 19, 2022

The Girl Who Drank the Moon book cover
Genre: Children

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

By Kelly Barnhill, narrated by Christina Moore
Tags: Children

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Every year, the residents of the Protectorate offer a baby as an offering to the forest witch. Xan, the forest witch is actually peaceful and caring. Xan saves the orphaned children and transports them to welcome homes on the other side of the jungle. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a newborn moonlight which gives the infant magical abilities. Xan makes the decision to raise this girl, Luna, as her own.

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Genre: Children

Rosco the Rascal (Books 1-5)

By Shana Gorian, narrated by Trista Shaye
Tags: Children

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In this five-book audiobook set, meet 10-year-old James, seven-year-old Mandy, and their naughty German shepherd, Rosco. A fall excursion to a pumpkin patch, a winter vacation to the mountains, a springtime march through a St. Patrick's Day Parade, a summer week at sleep-away camp, and a neighborhood Christmas lights contest are just a few of the year's adventures.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom

By Carl Bernstein, narrated by Robert Petkoff
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Chasing History takes you inside Bernstein's world in the early 1960s, as he chased down ghastly crimes with the paper's police reporter, gathered colorful details at a John F. Kennedy campaign rally, ran afoul of union rules, and faced racial tensions as the civil rights movement grew stronger. We learn alongside him as he gains a better understanding of the life of a newspaperman.

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Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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Almost all startups flop or never reaches a size that can be sustained. Despite the appeal of entrepreneurship, no better way to get started has been devised... until now. What if you could skip the beginning phase and start making money right away? Walker Deibel, an acquisition entrepreneur, shows you how to start with a sustainable, successful firm and build from there in Buy Then Build.

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Genre: Business

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

By Gino Wickman, narrated by Kevin Pierce
Tags: Business

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In Traction, you'll discover how to strengthen your business's six critical components. You'll learn how to run your firm in simple yet effective methods that will provide you and your leadership team greater focus, development, and satisfaction. Traction is used by successful firms every day to run profitable, stress-free enterprises, and you can too.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The School for Good Mothers

By Jessamine Chan, narrated by Catherine Ho
Tags: Science Fiction

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Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. Frida ultimately achieves the perfection expected of her with Harriet, their daughter. But the government is keeping an eye on mothers like Frida. A slew of government bureaucrats will now decide if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-style institution that assesses a mother's dedication.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Horsewoman

By James Patterson, Mike Lupica, narrated by Chloe Cannon
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter and both champion riders, swore they would never, ever compete against each other. Until the nerve-wracking, nail-biting competitions that build-up to the Paris Olympics. A dream that both mother and daughter share is to be the best horsewoman in the world.

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Genre: Clean Romance

One True Loves

By Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by Julia Whelan
Tags: Clean Romance

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Emma Blair marries Jesse, her high school sweetheart, in her twenties. Jesse is aboard a chopper over the Pacific on their first wedding anniversary when it goes missing. Emma quits her work and returns home to try to reassemble her life. Emma, now in her 30s, stumbles into an old friend, Sam, and falls in love with him once more. That is until Jesse is found...

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Genre: True Crime

A Clockwork Murder

By Steve Jackson, narrated by Kevin Pierce
Tags: True Crime

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Jacine Gielinski, 22, stopped her automobile at a red light in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in April 1997. She had no idea that the two young men in the car next to hers would decide to make her their target for unspeakable horrors.

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Genre: Mystery

The Secret of the 14th Room (Granton House Mysteries Book 1)

By Rebecca Hemlock, narrated by Rose London
Tags: Mystery

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Tucked between the hills of Granton, Tennessee, lies a mysterious house standing the test of time. Levi Corbin knows only a few of the many secrets hidden inside. He must fight for his life while running from childhood demons if he’s to discover the secret of the 14th room.

A Murder on Wall Street: A Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Crime Mystery book cover
Genre: Mystery
Tags: Mystery

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Murder or Suicide?. Former NYPD Detective Joey Mancuso, and his brother, Father Dom O'Brian, both private detectives and working from their bar in the Financial District of NY uncover a potential murder of a Wall Street Hedge Fund Executive. Their involvement reveals a corrupt undertaking as they enter the belly of the beast that is Wall Street.

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Genre: Fantasy

A Lovely Nightmare

By Wendy Cole, narrated by Kate Rhodes
Tags: Fantasy

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He wants her — always has. But when a string of secrets slowly comes to light and Amelia soon uncovers the kind of man he truly is, all bets are off. No man is worth living in hell.

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Mindless

By R.W.K. Clark, narrated by Domino Lane
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Melvin discovers a past buried deep inside his memories that shouldn’t be revisited. His controlling mother is determined to not let him go, and she goes to extremes to not only save his life but maintain control of it. What she doesn’t understand is that her son is not the same good boy he used to be.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Purveli (Aldebarian Alliance Series Book 3)

By Dianne Duvall, narrated by Kirsten Potter
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Ava is speeding across the galaxy when an enemy captures her. Terrified, she touches the mind of Jak’ri, another prisoner, and the two become friends, speaking telepathically and seeking adventure in shared dreams. As their friendship deepens into love, they hatch a daring plot to escape. But can they overcome the military might of their captors?

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In Your Dreams: League of the Moon Series, Book 1

By Robert Sanborn, narrated by Timothy Howard Jackson
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Salem is a town crackling with magic - both light and dark. Henry Trank is plagued by nightmares of a time and place he's never been. When the terrifying dreams won't go away, he's forced to turn to a beautiful green-eyed witch for help. Together they must unravel the mystery of Henry's dreams... and a destiny they never knew they shared.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Vampire's City (The Last Deadblood Book 1)

By Mary E. Twomey, narrated by Amy Gorelow
Tags: Fantasy

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Opening up a business that serves both humans and vampires isn’t going to win Colette any friends, but she didn’t expect enemies to pop up so quickly.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Vertical (Gilded Love Book 3)

By Kilby Blades, narrated by Jacob Morgan and Nicole Small
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Jasmine isn't supposed to be in Pahrump. She’s not supposed to be posing as an exotic dancer. And she’s sure as hell not supposed to be solo on an undercover job. She’d have paid any price to avoid the emergency call to her ex-fiancé, Avi. But she’s in so far over her head, it’s come to that.