Audible Picks November 1, 2023

Audible Picks November 1, 2023

Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By Charles Busch, narrated by Charles Busch
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Charles writes how ever since his mother's death when he was seven, he has sought out surrogate mothers in his life. In his teens, Charles moved to Manhattan to live with his Auntie Mame-like Aunt Lil, who encouraged Charles's talents and dreams, and eventually he discovered his gifts for writing plays and performing as a male actress.

The Holistic Wealth Strategy: A Framework for Building Legacy Wealth and Unlimited Freedom to Live an Extraordinary Life book cover
Genre: Finance
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Are you an entrepreneur seeking freedom of money to live the biggest future you can dream of? To have freedom of purpose to do what fascinates and motivates you in life? And to have freedom of time and relationship? It’s time to get out of the Wall Street casino and take back control of your financial future.

Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual book cover
Genre: Business

Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

By Jocko Willink, narrated by Jocko Willink
Tags: Business

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In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to cooking a good steak.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Red Rising

By Pierce Brown, narrated by Steward Crank and More
Tags: Science Fiction

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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Whalefall

By Daniel Kraus, narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Tags: Science Fiction

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Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad’s death by suicide the previous year.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Not Forever, But for Now

By Chuck Palahniuk, narrated by Raphael Corkhill
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather...and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Jackson

By Emily March, narrated by Amy Landon
Tags: Clean Romance

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Caroline Carruthers married young to a much-older man. Now that he’s gone, she’s lost...until she dares to chase a dream all on her own. Moving to Redemption, Texas, is chapter one in Caroline’s new life story. Opening a bookstore is the next. Finding love is the last thing on her mind as she settles into this new place called home.

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War book cover
Genre: True Crime
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If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine.

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Genre: Mystery

The Eighth Detective

By Alex Pavesi, narrated by Emilia Fox
Tags: Mystery

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There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out - and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was 30 years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days.

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Genre: Mystery

Dynamite Road

By Andrew Klavan, narrated by Andrew Klavan
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A routine investigation into corruption at a North Californian airport sets in motion shocking events that lead hard man Jim Bishop and world-weary ex-cop boss Scott Weiss into the center of a massive criminal conspiracy.

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Crossing Over

By Paul Clayton, narrated by Kevin Arthur Harper
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When author Heather MacDonald appeared on Mark Levin’s, Life, Liberty and Levin, Levin asked her where she saw the US in five years. Without hesitation, MacDonald said, “In civil war.” What if the current political strife spilled into the streets? What would that be like? Think you're ready? This little thriller takes you there. Dare to listen!

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Remember Me: Revised Edition

By Sanela Ramic Jurich, narrated by Lindsay Carrillo
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At the innocent age of fifteen, Selma is just beginning to experience powers of first love. Unfortunately, living in Bosnia in 1992, Selma and her parents soon find themselves targets of the Bosnian War. Her city is attacked, her family members are murdered before her eyes. Selma is thrown into a concentration camp where she lives out her worst nightmares.

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Vengeance (The Warrick Thompson Files Book 5)

By Deborah Hawkins, narrated by Alan Taylor
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Andy Owens is a rich party boy with more than a drinking problem. He’s flunked the bar twice, and although he sincerely believes he didn’t kill his best friend, no one else does (including his defense attorneys). With only his bottom-of-the-class legal skills to rely on, he searches for the killer alone until he winds up convicted.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Hitman's Honey

By Kay Freeman, narrated by Brock Donovon
Tags: Steamy Romance

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All Rylee Reed wanted to do was attend a writer's conference and get away from her husband. She never expected to meet an Irish hitman. Not every hitman wines and dines his mark before he kills them. Now, they both have decisions to make. This story includes fish-out-of-water, a second chance at love, secret identity tropes, and "seasoned characters." 18+ content.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Lies

By A.L. Woods, narrated by Lilly Drake and Logan Anare
Tags: Steamy Romance

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My husband was never second best — he was always number one. My first pick. My ultimate choice. But I’d never been his. Bestselling author A.L. Woods brings you an unputdownable angsty, marriage in trouble, second-chance romance that guarantees to break your heart and put it back together again.

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Genre: Fantasy

Nirel (The Timekeepers of Laeviin Book 1)

By Sarah Emmer, narrated by Grace Noble and Beau Thomas
Tags: Fantasy

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Nirel has hidden her healing magic all her life until an invading soldier mortally wounds her brother. Saving him sets in motion events no one saw coming, except perhaps the seer, who silently awaits her arrival. The soldier escorting her to the capital complicates things when he falls in love with her.

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Genre: Fantasy

Sophie La Belle and the Miniature Cities

By Gisela Heffes, narrated by Theresa Bakken
Tags: Fantasy

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In Sophie La Belle and the Miniature Cities, Heffes has conjured a dazzling postmodern fairy tale that delights and inspires as it slowly reveals its tender mysteries.

‘Salem’s Lot (Movie Tie-in)

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Genre: Literary Fiction

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)

by Stephen King, narrated by Ron McLarty

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Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

‘Salem’s Lot (Movie Tie-in)

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in) book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)

by Stephen King, narrated by Ron McLarty

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Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson, narrated by Bernadette Dunne

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Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson, narrated by Bernadette Dunne

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Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation.

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

Halloween Party Murder (Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

Halloween Party Murder (Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery Book 1)

By Leighann Dobbs, narrated by Kasey Logan
Tags: Mystery

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Everyone knows a Juniper Holiday Halloween party is to die for. To get an invite is the most talked about topic in Crescent Cove. To experience the Holiday mansion in all its (supposedly) haunted glory is the stuff of legend. Of course, no one has actually seen a ghost in residence—but how could they when they’re having the time of their life?

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The House in the Pines

By Ana Reyes, narrated by Marisol Ramirez
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Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer. Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for.

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Genre: Clean Romance

My Roommate Is a Vampire

By Jenna Levine, narrated by Gilli Messer
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Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in) book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)

By Stephen King, narrated by Ron McLarty
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

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Genre: Fantasy

How to Be Eaten

By Maria Adelmann, narrated by Lauren Ezzo
Tags: Fantasy

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In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy.

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Genre: Young Adult

What Happens After Midnight

By K. L. Walther, narrated by Tina Wolstencroft
Tags: Young Adult

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Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she's officially finished with boarding school. With graduation quickly approaching Lily is worried that she's somehow missed out on the fun of being in high school.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane

By Julia Nobel, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Tags: Young Adult

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With a dad who disappeared years ago and a mother who's a bit too busy to parent, Emmy is shipped off to Wellsworth, a prestigious boarding school in England, where she's sure she won't fit in. But then she finds a box of mysterious medallions in the attic of her home - medallions that belonged to her father…who may have gone to Wellsworth.

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The Only One Left

By Riley Sager, narrated by Christine Lakin and Dawn Harvey
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At seventeen, Lenora Hope hung her sister with a rope. Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it.

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon

By Sarah Hawley, narrated by Helen Laser
Tags: Clean Romance

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Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to the displeasure of her mother, she prefers baking to brewing potions and gardening to casting hexes. When a spell to summon flour goes very wrong, Mariel finds herself staring down a demon—one she inadvertently summoned for a soul bargain.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By Shirley Jackson, narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation.

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Genre: Science Fiction

And Then I Woke Up

By Malcolm Devlin, narrated by Graham Mack
Tags: Science Fiction

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In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up is a creepy, layered, literary story about false narratives and their ability to divide us. In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening.

‘Salem’s Lot (Movie Tie-in)

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in) book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)

by Stephen King, narrated by Ron McLarty

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Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson, narrated by Bernadette Dunne

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Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation.

Dayswork

Dayswork book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Dayswork

by Chris Bachelder, narrated by Jennifer Habel

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In the endless days of the pandemic, a woman spends her time sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. As she delves into Melville's impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth Shaw. . .

Audible Picks October 25, 2023

Audible Picks October 25, 2023

Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse in Scotland's Western Isles book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband, George, encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides.

We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power book cover
Genre: Finance
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Only 10 percent of the world’s millionaires are women, making it difficult for women to wield the economic power that will create lasting equality.

The Mind-Body Way: The Embodied Leader’s Path to Resilience, Connection, and Purpose book cover
Genre: Business

The Mind-Body Way: The Embodied Leader’s Path to Resilience, Connection, and Purpose

By Courtney Amo, Julie Beaulac and, Casey Berglund, narrated by Courtney Amo, Casey Berglund and, Dr. Julie Beaulac
Tags: Business

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Are you spending your energy wisely, or are you teetering on the brink of exhaustion? Whether you're an executive, an entrepreneur, or a community organizer, embodiment can help you find meaningful success in life and leadership.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Extinction Shadow (Extinction Cycle: Dark Age Book 1)

By Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Anthony J. Melchiorri, narrated by R.C. Bray
Tags: Science Fiction

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Eight years ago, an engineered virus ravaged the globe, infecting and transforming humans into apex predators called Variants. Billions died, civilization collapsed, and the human race teetered on the brink of extinction. Nations banded together and heroes rose up to fight these abominations.

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Genre: Science Fiction

A Little Hatred

By Joe Abercrombie, narrated by Steven Pacey
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On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Dayswork

By Chris Bachelder, narrated by Jennifer Habel
Tags: Literary Fiction

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In the endless days of the pandemic, a woman spends her time sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. As she delves into Melville's impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth Shaw. . .

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Genre: Clean Romance

To Con a Gentleman (Dalton Family Book 1)

By Sarah Adams, narrated by Rachael Beresford
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As a con woman who has spent her entire life fending for herself on the streets of London, Rose Wakefield knows how to scam a gentleman out of his money without ever getting caught. That's until she knocks on the wrong earl's door and is faced with Carver Ashburn Earl of Kensworth and not the notorious rake she thinks she is approaching.

The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer book cover
Genre: True Crime
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By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition.

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Genre: Mystery

Aspire to Die (Bridget Hart Series Book 1)

By M S Morris, narrated by Esther Wane
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Lust. Ambition. Murder. When a beautiful, wealthy student is found dead in her room in Oxford's most prestigious college, Detective Inspector Bridget Hart is called to investigate. The murdered girl appeared to have no enemies, yet was killed in a brutal and bloody assault.

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Genre: Mystery

The Body in the Dales (A Yorkshire Murder Mystery Book 1)

By J. R. Ellis, narrated by J. R. Ellis
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A body is discovered deep in a cave beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Leading the investigation into the mysterious death are experienced DCI Jim Oldroyd and his partner DS Carter, a newcomer from London.

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Guide Star

By Joy Ellis, narrated by Shiromi Arserio
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Stella North, a rising star in the police, has her life torn apart by a gunman's bullets. She has often faced danger, but these injuries mean she must give up the job she loves. Her grandmother Beth is her rock. And Beth is no ordinary woman. At 70, she runs marathons and has a past that Stella knows very little about.

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The Loyal Wife

By Natalie Barelli, narrated by Shiromi Arserio
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Tamra never dreamed she would marry someone like Mike Mitchell: handsome, rich, a wonderful husband...until she finds out that Mike is having an affair. But Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Mike Mitchell should have remembered that before he made a fool of her. Because Tamra knows something about Mike. Something he did. Something evil.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Pumpkin Pounder (Fairytale Remixes Book 2)

By Laura Lovely, narrated by Erin Mallon
Tags: Steamy Romance

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"A f***ing treat and a delight!" ~ Heaving Bosoms Podcast Daisy loves gingers, hence her nickname: “Pumpkin Pounder.” When her friends invite her to a wild Halloween party aboard an old tug boat, she’s ready for anything...especially meeting the perfect guy. Problem is, what if she wants him for more than one night?

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Genre: Fantasy

Between

By L. L. Starling, narrated by Steve West and Emily Ellet
Tags: Fantasy

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The perfect cozy, fall read! In a fantasy rom-com described as 'Gilmore Girls Meets Labyrinth,' Sasha Pierce finds her life in disarray when she moves to a witchy village, only to accidentally fall through a portal into the fairy tale kingdom of Between, where she is crowned queen and betrothed to the sarcastic, leather pant-wearing sorcerer king.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Lost Redeemer (Aeonica Book 1)

By David Musk, narrated by Suzy Jackson
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Nahlia is a librarian's apprentice who's obsessed with ancient lore, scavenging for hints of lost myths and power. When her family is attacked, she's forced to infiltrate a secret academy and rise beyond everything she's ever known.

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Genre: Steamy Romance
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Cadence Hawthorne enters her junior year at Hawthorne University when her friend offers her a reversed Lovers tarot card. That means trouble in paradise. And there's plenty of trouble when she learns of a new wicked witch's involvement in her boyfriend's past.