Weekly Deals May 20, 2021

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Parallel Lies and Loving Vengeance (The Ross Duology)

By Georgia Rose, narrated by Henri Merriam
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A woman with a hidden past. A new love on the horizon. Will the truth set her free or cost her everything? If you like strong heroines, character-driven action, and powerful emotions, then you’ll love this exciting two-book box set.

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Dirty Blonde

By Lisa Scottoline, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
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Cate Fante is strong and smart, but when she gets appointed a federal judge, even she wonders if she can do the job justice. Then a high-profile case in her courtroom explodes into a shocking murder-suicide, and it blasts her world wide open. But Cate's troubles are only beginning. She'll have to fight her way back to the truth, or die trying.

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Quicksand

By Malin Persson Giolito, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
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How did Maja — popular, privileged, and a top student — become a cold-blooded killer in the eyes of the public? What did Maja do? Or is it what she failed to do that brought her to prison? Now a Netflix original series and named an NPR "Best Book of 2017."

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Hard to Let Go

By Laura Kaye, narrated by Seraphine Valentine
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Beckett Murda hates to dwell on the past. But his investigation into the ambush that killed half his Special Forces team and ended his Army career gives him little choice. Just when his team learns how powerful their enemies are, hard-ass Beckett encounters his biggest complication yet - seductive, feisty Katherine Rixey.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

A Theory of Relativity

By Jacquelyn Mitchard, narrated by Juliette Parker
Tags: Literary Fiction

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At 24, Gordon McKenna thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his sister, Georgia, is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. The ordeal will test the bonds of this closely-knit family, challenging even love's ultimate capacity to heal.

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Genre: Fantasy

Dreadmarrow Thief (The Conjurer Fellstone Book 1)

By Marjory Kaptanoglu, narrated by Charlie Sanderson
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Tessa Skye, a locksmith’s apprentice, loves to shapeshift into a sparrow using a forbidden magical amulet. During one of her outings, she accidentally reveals herself to the conjurer Lord Fellstone. The tyrant sends his knights after her, resulting in the murder of her father. Tessa embarks on a quest to seek love, revenge, and a cure for death.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny

By Michael Broers, narrated by Simon Vance
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Written with great energy and authority - and using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himself - the first volume of a majestic two-part biography of the great French emperor and conqueror. Here is the first biography of Napoleon in which this brilliant, violent leader is evoked to give the listener a dramatic and all-encompassing portrait.

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Genre: Children

So B. It

By Sarah Weeks, narrated by Cherry Jones
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Everything about Heidi and her mentally disabled mother's past is a mystery. From acclaimed author, Sarah Weeks, comes a touching coming-of-age story about a young girl who goes on a cross-country journey to discover the truth about her parents, which the New York Times called "a remarkable novel." Now a major motion picture.

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Genre: Mystery

Maisie Dobbs

By Jacqueline Winspear, narrated by Rita Barrington
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Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence, she works her way into college at Cambridge. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.

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Genre: Mystery

Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot

By Reed Farrel Coleman, narrated by James Naughton
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When Jesse is invited to a reunion of his old Triple-A team at a hip New York City hotel, he is forced to grapple with his memories and regrets over what might have been. But Jesse’s time at the reunion is cut short when a young woman is found murdered and her boyfriend, a son of one of the town’s most prominent families, is missing and presumed kidnapped.

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Genre: True Crime

Bloodlines

By Melissa del Bosque, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
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Emmy and National Magazine Award-winning journalist Melissa del Bosque follows Lawson and Perez's harrowing attempt to dismantle a cartel's American racing dynasty built on extortion and blood money. With access to in-depth interviews, del Bosque turns years of research and her decades of reporting into a gripping narrative about greed and corruption.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Love Like This (The Romance Chronicles Book 1)

By Sophie Love, narrated by Elaine Wise
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Keira Swanson, 28, lands her dream job at a slick magazine in New York City as an aspiring travel writer. But their culture is brutal, her boss is a monster, and she doesn’t know if she can last for long. But when Keira falls in love with Ireland and meets her tour guide, who just may be the man of her dreams, she is no longer sure of anything.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Native Son

By Richard Wright, narrated by Peter Francis James
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Now an HBO Film! Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, "Native Son" tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Taken

By Vicki Pettersson, narrated by Kevin Fabian
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Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now he's been dumped back onto the mortal mudflat to collect another soul - Katherine "Kit" Craig, a siren and journalist whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Fractals

By G. S. Jennsen, narrated by Pyper Down
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A mysterious signal coming from deep space attracts the attention of humanity’s scientists and the soldiers who protect them—the kind of attention the originators of the signal will do anything to avoid. When the two converge, their first contact doesn’t go the way either side planned.

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Genre: Business

Business Thinking for Designers

By Ryan Rumsey, narrated by Joey Schaljo
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This is the guide to increasing your impact and value at work by learning how design connects to the bottom line. Discover the essential vocabulary and strategies to effectively communicate with your business partners, plus tools, tips, and frameworks that you can put right to work. This will teach you to transform your career by bringing a business mind to design.

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Genre: Finance

50 Tips on Saving Money

By Giovanni Rigters, narrated by Ron Garner
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I want to reassure you that spending isn’t a wrong activity, however, there is something that should be taken more seriously than spending, and that is saving for your future. If you are resilient and proactive, the steps you will find here will be of great help.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Moms Who Drink and Swear

By Nicole Knepper, narrated by Nicole Knepper
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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If you feel like your kids are killing you, you’ve come to the right place. This book reveals how to avoid smashing toys that are being fought over and the joy of hearing that your son has murdered his imaginary friend. As Nicole rants and raves about love, family, and marriage, she gets to the heart of what every exasperated mom is thinking, just much funnier.

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Genre: Children

Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House Book 12)

By Mary Pope Osborne, narrated by Mary Pope Osborne
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It's icicle city when the Magic Tree House carries Jack and Annie to the frozen Arctic. Luckily, a seal hunter on a dogsled lends them warm clothes. Unluckily, they get stuck on cracking ice. Will the giant polar bear save them? Or will Jack and Annie become frozen dinners?

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

At the Center of the Storm

By George Tenet, narrated by Arthur Morey
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Tenet unfolds the momentous events that led up to 9/11: his declaration of war on Al Qa'ida, his worldwide operational plan to fight terror, his warnings to White House officials, and the plan for a response laid down just six days after the attack. Tenet also reveals the CIA's efforts since 9/11 to hunt down Al Qa'ida's leadership.