Audible Picks September 11, 2024

Audible Picks September 11, 2024

Shadow Cast (The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 6) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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That slithery snake-witch, Adder, barges into my home claiming I'm cursing her master, Enora. I’m not. Honest. But sometimes Alondra pops up inside me. We hold a séance. I don’t see ghosts or spirits. I see evil. This mastery of necromancy might just be enough to protect Bryce and my unborn baby—or save my greatest adversary.

The Farmhouse Five Go Quizzing: All That's Best About Britain, Beer, Dogs and Quizzing book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction
Tags: Literary Fiction

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When a local animal rescue centre is facing closure, the only hope is to win a huge quiz chase, solving clues to locations across Southwest England. The problem is, the only team to solve the entry clue is a ragtag collection of misfits, those rejected by the other teams in the local pub quiz league. Can they beat 2,000 of the UK's top quiz teams?

Memory Lost (The Memory Trilogy Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Memory Lost (The Memory Trilogy Book 1)

By Glori Medina, narrated by Stacy Gonzalez
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When politics force Cooper Hadley to marry, he needs a bride. The perfect candidate is Wye Botero, his one-time best friend, who is hiding where her loyalties really lie. If she ends up in a fake marriage with Cooper, what will happen when he finds out who she really works for? Will they have enough time to learn to trust each other and their love?

Abducted (The Alien Mate Index Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Abducted (The Alien Mate Index Book 1)

By Evangeline Anderson, narrated by Mackenzie Cartwright and William Martin
Tags: Steamy Romance

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My name is Zoe McKinley. I have a boring life, an awful job, and a boss who throws staplers at my head. What could be worse? How about being abducted by aliens? Sarden, my captor, is too hot to stay mad at, even if he is a jerk. In fact, I think I might be falling for him. What's a girl to do?

Monster Versus Mortal (Tales of the Multiverse Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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The first part of a multi-genre, fantasy/sci-fi/mystery series, "Monster versus Mortal" tells the tale of Vanessa Simons, a vampire who has been chosen to save a school of monsters from their mortal principal. It is part of the larger story of the invasion of the multiverse, and how the man who caused this invasion intends to stop it.

Tome (The Forgotten Guardians Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Tome (The Forgotten Guardians Book 1)

By W. V. Hansen, narrated by Andrew James Roberts
Tags: Fantasy

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Torren has been plagued with unresolved and haunting dreams since birth. Since his father’s mysterious death four years ago, the dreams have been more intense and sequential. With roots and blood lineage leading directly back to an ancient Norse warrior order known as the “Varg”, the stage is set for a showdown between an unanswered 2000-year-old vendetta and an age-old nemesis.

Instant Replay (Miami Sports Romance Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Instant Replay (Miami Sports Romance Book 1)

By Sheila Fowler, narrated by Kami Havens
Tags: Steamy Romance

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High School Sweethearts find each other after 10 years apart and plenty of secrets. Lucas, the star QB, returns to Miami and headfirst into family drama. Donna, the team trainer, has to juggle her past with Lucas including their secret child. Sports and Romance collide in Miami!

Age of the Behemoths book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Age of the Behemoths

By A. F. Gaine, narrated by Wayne Mitchell
Tags: Fantasy

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Slay behemoths, hatch a dragon, and save the world. Rohgar wields primal magic. When he discovers a mysterious egg, his destiny takes an unexpected turn. In the shadows, a necromancer seeks to corrupt the realm. His power broods, washing over the lands like an unstoppable fog. Will Rohgar and his dragon rise to become the ultimate hunting duo, even when the odds are stacked against them?

Lilac Island (The "Shades of Hope" Novella Collection Book 3) book cover
Genre: Clean Romance
Tags: Clean Romance

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Leah retreats to the island for peace and quiet after being widowed. Lester is running away from the world after a disastrous divorce. Cassie has been forced to go for her job. When these three strangers meet by chance, long-buried family secrets surface, leading to long-lost love that fulfills longings for family. Join them for the ultimate HEA.

The Foundry (The Foundry Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

The Foundry (The Foundry Book 1)

By J Fitzpatrick Mauldin, narrated by Andrew Tell
Tags: Science Fiction

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On the verge of adulthood after an interstellar journey, a young man conflicted over his estranged relationship with his parents, must face unsurmountable odds and accept the pain of his lonely childhood to save himself, those he loves, and all of humanity from first contact gone wrong.

The Woman in Black book cover
Genre: Thriller & Suspense

The Woman in Black

By Susan Hill, narrated by Paapa Essiedu
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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Eel Marsh house stands alone, surveying the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Mrs Alice Drablow lived here as a recluse. Now Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor with a London firm, is summoned to attend her funeral, unaware of the tragic and terrible secrets that lie behind the house's shuttered windows.

Dead Med book cover
Genre: Thriller & Suspense

Dead Med

By Freida McFadden, narrated by Patricia Santomasso and Scott Merriman
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs.

The Handmaid's Tale book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

The Handmaid's Tale

By Margaret Atwood, narrated by Claire Danes
Tags: Science Fiction

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Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale explores a broad range of issues relating to power, gender, and religious politics. Multiple Golden Globe award-winner Claire Danes (Romeo and Juliet, The Hours) gives a stirring performance of this classic in speculative fiction, one of the most powerful and widely read novels of our time.

Crow (Boston Underworld Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

Crow (Boston Underworld Book 1)

By A. Zavarelli, narrated by Tracy Marks
Tags: Mystery

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An Irish mobster. A missing friend. Two loyalties, ripping me apart. I had a plan. Get in, get my information, and get out. Easy, right? It turns out that infiltrating the Irish mafia isn't exactly what I thought it would be. I just wanted a soldier. Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door. That's when Lachlan Crow noticed me. The problem was, that he wasn't a soldier.

Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection book cover
Genre: Mystery

Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection

By Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Stephen Fry
Tags: Mystery

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Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled millions of fans. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes.

Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs book cover
Genre: True Crime

Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs

By John Bloom and Jim Atkinson, narrated by Charles Constant
Tags: True Crime

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Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: they sang in the Methodist church choir together, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands worked for tech companies in the Silicon Prairie area of North Dallas. But beneath the seemingly perfect surface of their lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unfulfilled desires.

How I Get It Done book cover
Genre: Business

How I Get It Done

By Shereen Marisol Meraji, narrated by Shereen Marisol Meraji
Tags: Business

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In a series of deeply moving and inspiring conversations, host Shereen Marisol Meraji connects with successful women from all walks of life to reveal how they manage their careers and every aspect of their lives. Based on the long-running column from The Cut and New York Magazine.

The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks

By Rob Sheffield, narrated by Rob Sheffield
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Best-selling author and Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield explores the music and artistry of the rock goddess who has kept generations of music lovers totally bewitched and spellbound, with such classic rock hits as "Rhiannon" and "Gypsy." With Stevie Nicks’s 2019 solo induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the time is right to uncover the stories behind the songs you love.

Options Trading book cover
Genre: Finance

Options Trading

By T.R. Lawrence, narrated by Chris Walsh
Tags: Finance

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Options trading is so well regulated and organized these days that it takes a lot of the risk out of the process, even if you are a total newbie to investing in any form. And although it seems complicated at first glance, the logic behind it is actually simple, once you get the hang of it.