Audible Picks October 27, 2021

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Genre: Children

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

By Kaela Rivera, narrated by Almarie Guerra
Tags: Children

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Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval. After all, only brujas - humans who capture and control criaturas - consort with the spirits, and brujeria is a terrible crime.

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Genre: Children

How to Catch a Mermaid

By Adam Wallace, narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs
Tags: Children

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Last week, I saw a mermaid. It's not something I'd pretend! I'd really like to catch her, so she could be my friend. But how to catch a mermaid? You don't learn this in school. We'll need to build a gentle trap and start near the tide pool. Many claim to have caught a mermaid, but can you?

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

There Is Nothing for You Here

By Fiona Hill, narrated by Fiona Hill
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Fiona Hill grew up in a world of terminal decay. The last of the local mines had closed, businesses were shuttering, and despair was etched in the faces around her. Her father urged her to get out of their blighted corner of Northern England: “There is nothing for you here, pet,” he said.

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Genre: Finance

The Age of Cryptocurrency

By Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey, narrated by Sean Pratt
Tags: Finance

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Cyber money is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of "unbanked" individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash.

Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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n every organization there are Impact Players - those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. While their impact is obvious, it’s not always clear what actually makes these professionals different from their peers.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Apollo Murders

By Chris Hadfield, narrated by Ray Porter
Tags: Science Fiction

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The year 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the moon. NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Crossroads

By Jonathan Franzen, narrated by David Pittu
Tags: Literary Fiction

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It’s December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless — unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Ex Hex

By Erin Sterling, narrated by Caitlin Davies
Tags: Clean Romance

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Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths, and a curse. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day. That is until Rhys Penhallow, descendent of the town’s ancestors returns to Graves Glen.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Shattered Dynasty

By Ava Harrison, narrated by Jason Clarke & Vanessa Edwin
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Trent Aldridge is the devil. He holds my inheritance in his hands. Twenty-two million dollars I didn't even know about. I met him at a funeral. As one life ended, mine unraveled. Control. Power. He has it all now that I'm his maid. He's rude, sarcastic, and well... the hottest man I've ever met. Lust is a dangerous game to play. Where there's smoke, there's fire. And I'm about to light the match.

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The Man from the Train

By Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James, narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
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Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.

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Rock Paper Scissors

By Alice Feeney, narrated by Richard Armitage & Stephanie Racine
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Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Every anniversary the couple exchanges traditional gifts - paper, cotton, pottery, tin - and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now.

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Genre: Mystery

The Therapist

By B. A. Paris, narrated by Olivia Dowd
Tags: Mystery

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When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbors, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before.

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Genre: Mystery

Inkslingers Ball (Forensic Handwriting Series Book 5)

By Sheila Lowe, narrated by Richard Brewer and Donna Allen
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Investigating what appears to be three separate crimes, LAPD detective Joel Jovanic discovers they are actually linked to a young teen's secret tattoo. Jovanic joins forces with his romantic partner, forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose, to find out why.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Ignite My Desires (A Billionaires Romance Book 3)

By Charmaine Louise Shelton, narrated by Logan McAllister and Sierra Kline
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Glitz. Glamour. Steamy Sex. "I roll my eyes in disgust for letting her upend my structured world. But I can't help myself." An uptight alpha billionaire. An easygoing Parisian supermodel. They’re the definition of opposites attract. That is if they can get past being opposites. Can they reignite their coup de foudre or won’t lightning strike twice?

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Genre: Fantasy

Ravensblood

By Shawna Reppert
Tags: Fantasy

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Something more deadly than werewolves is stalking the gaslit streets of London. Inspector Royston Jones is determined to track the killer before more young women fall to his knife. A gripping gaslamp fantasy some have called "Sherlock Holmes with werewolves!"

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Genre: Fantasy

Awakened (The Quintessence Crucible Book 1)

By C.M. Carney, narrated by Nick Podehl
Tags: Fantasy

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In the world of Crucible, where humanity’s spiritual artists train to fight in a war of universal proportions, Aryc Tal Venn has the potential to be one of the gods. But when he accidentally unleashes heretical powers during his Challenge, he is forced to flee his home or face the wrath of the Inquisition. With his sister by his side, Aryc begins a quest to uncover the truth of his own existence.