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Publisher:  Listen Up Audio Format:  Audio Genre:  Paranormal Romance Buy:  Audible | Kindle  Synopsis:  Jaxson:  Three brothers. Three secrets. One hope to save the shifters of Seattle. Former SEAL Jaxson River would give his life for his brothers and his pack, but if he doesn't claim a mate soon, he'll be forced to step down as their alpha. There's only one problem: Jaxson's dark secret would kill any mate he claimed. With someone kidnapping shifters off the street - and only Jaxson and his brothers, Jace and Jared, to stop them - now is not the time for his secret to come out. Curvy Olivia Lilyfield is a half-witch orphan with a dark secret of her own. She wants to atone for it by doing good in the world, so when she finds a wolf being tortured in an alley, she doesn't hesitate to help, even though wolves and witches mix like matches and TNT. Olivia's dangerous magic means she can't let anyone get too close - but Jaxson can'...

Publisher: Dreamspinner Format:  ebook Genre:   LGBT Romance Buy:  Kindle   Synopsis: Timing: Book One Stefan Joss just can’t win. Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte’s wedding, but he’s expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time. Worst of all, he’s thrown for a loop when he arrives to see the one man Charlotte promised wouldn’t be there: her brother, Rand Holloway. Stefan and Rand have been mortal enemies since the day they met, so Stefan is shocked when a temporary cease-fire sees the usual hostility replaced by instant chemistry. Though leery of the unexpected feelings, Stefan is swayed by a sincere revelation from Rand, and he decides to give Rand a chance. But their budding romance is threatened when Stefan’s business deal goes wrong: the owner of the last ranch he needs to secure for the company is murdered. Stefan’s in for the surprise of his li...

Release Date:  October 6, 2015 Publisher:  Tantor audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 19 minutes Narrator:  Kirby Heyborne Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected - he became a certified parahuman accountant. Myths and legends, as it turns out, are not so great at taking appropriate deductions and keeping their receipts, and Fred is more than happy to return to a life others view as woefully dull, expanding his accounting business to cater to various monsters and their respective financial needs. Said monsters are, unfortunately, still spectacular at pulling Fred into trouble, though. And despite merely wanting to stick with simple paperwork, Fred once again finds that he is going to have to deal with enchanted weaponry, govern...

Release Date:  February 24 2015 Publisher:  Tantor Media Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Kirby Heyborne Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Some people are born boring. Some live boring. Some even die boring. Fred managed to do all three, and when he woke up as a vampire, he did so as a boring one. Timid, socially awkward, and plagued by self-esteem issues, Fred has never been the adventurous sort.One fateful night-different from the night he died, which was more inconvenient than fateful-Fred reconnects with an old friend at his high school reunion. This rekindled relationship sets off a chain of events thrusting him right into the chaos of the parahuman world: a world with chipper zombies, truck driver wereponies, maniacal necromancers, ancient dragons, and now one undead accountant trying his best to “survive.”Because even after it’s over, life can still be a downright bloody mess. ...

Release Date:  July 05, 2019 Publisher:  Independently Published Format:  ebook Pages:  300 pages Genre:   paranormal romance Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Synopsis: Life isn’t fair…and neither is death. When seventeen-year-old Nebraskan, Rachel Sutton moves into her new home in Maine, she quickly discovers it is the former residence of Noah and Ethan Thompson, teenage brothers recently killed in car crash. Brothers who have yet to move on. Ethan, spiteful and jealous, is obsessed with Rachel, and Noah, guilt-ridden and gorgeous, is trying to save his brother’s soul. As Rachel spends countless hours with Noah, and dates Parker Redding, a popular football player, she finds herself torn between her feelings for the living and the dead. One fateful night, Rachel must choose. Will she embrace her life on earth with those who love her? Or find out what’s on the other side? Review:  This is a great teen paranormal roman...

Release Date:  May 7, 2007 Publisher:  Recorded Books Format:  Audio Length:  6 hours 28 minutes Narrator:  George Guidall Genre:  Fiction/Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high lonely place, a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer. There is palpable evil in the air, and Leaphorn's pursuit of a Wolf-Witch is leading him where even the bravest men fear, on a chilling trail that winds perilously between mysticism and murder. Review: Strangely enough this is my first Tony Hillerman book even though I've seen his name many many times on my perusal of book stores, libraries etc and am alway...

Release Date:  July 22, 2019 Publisher:  Amazon Digital Publishing Format:  ebook Pages:  300 pages Genre:   YA / coming of age Buy: Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Synopsis: Freddie’s life isn’t like it used to be – he’s alone, homeless, and carrying a secret that threatens to swallow him up. Every day is a struggle. Until he meets Violet Johnson. Violet’s life is going down-hill. Her parents argue, her little brother’s stopped speaking, and she’s about to move schools. She used to be popular, she used to be happy, but now every day is a struggle. Until Freddie enters her life. Despite their differences, Freddie and Violet grow closer. Freddie’s nightmares begin to fade. He stops having panic attacks. And he can’t believe that Violet Johnson actually likes him back.  But Freddie’s past is catching up with him, and what will happen when Violet finds out what he did? Review:  This is a beautiful story of a homeless boy...

Release Date:  September 3, 2019 Publisher:  Del Rey Format:  ebook Pages:  465 pages Genre:   Sci Fi/Fantasy Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Synopsis: Avi Hirsch has always known his daughter was different. But when others with incredible, otherworldly gifts reveal themselves to the world, Avi realizes that her oddness is something more—that  she  is something more. With this, he has a terrifying revelation: Emmeline is now entering a society where her unique abilities unfairly mark her as a potential threat. And even though he is her father, Avi cannot keep her safe forever. Emmeline soon meets others just like her: Carrie Norris, a teenage girl who can turn invisible . . . but just wants to be seen. Fahima Deeb, a woman with an uncanny knack for machinery . . . but it’s her Muslim faith that makes the U.S. government suspicious of her. They are the nobody people—ordinary individuals with extraordinary gifts who wa...

Release Date:  November 20, 2018 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  4 hours 15 minutes Narrator:  Adepero Oduye Genre:  Fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she's exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with wh...

Release Date:  November 13, 2012 Publisher:  Highbridge Audio Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 48 minutes Narrator:  Heather Henderson Genre:  Medicine/autobiography Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  In 2009, Susannah Cahalan woke up in a strange hospital room strapped to a bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records - from a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory - reported psychosis, violence, and dangerous instability. Yet, only weeks earlier she had been a healthy, ambitious twenty-four-year-old, six months into her first serious relationship and a sparkling career as a cub reporter. Susannah's astonishing memoir chronicles the swift path of her illness and the lucky, last-minute intervention led by one of the few doctors capable of saving her life. Weeks ticked by and Susannah moved inexplicably from violence to catatonia. Over one million dollars worth of bloo...

Release Date:  July 30, 2019 Publisher:  Gallery/Scout Press Format:  ebook Pages:  352 pages Genre:   Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis: Natalie, a young art student in New York City, is struggling to pay her bills when a friend makes a suggestion: Why not go online and find a sugar daddy—a wealthy, older man who will pay her for dates and even give her a monthly allowance? Lots of girls do it, Nat learns. All that’s required is to look pretty and hang on his every word. Sexual favors are optional. Though more than thirty years her senior, Gabe, a handsome corporate finance attorney, seems like the perfect candidate, and within a month, they are madly in love. At least, Nat is…Gabe already has a family, whom he has no intention of leaving. So when he abruptly ends things, Nat can’t let go. But Gabe’s not about to let his sugar baby destroy his perfect life. What was supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement dev...