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Publication Date:  November 7, 2023 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Domestic Thriller Publisher:  Berkley Length:   304 Pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis It’s summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and gray. Around her is thick forest and jagged mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do anything to escape. Carrying her own secrets and a fierce need to protect her young son, Liv must navigate a new world where extreme weather, starvation, and dangerous

  Publication Date:  November 28, 2017 Format:  audio  Genre:   Paranormal Fantasy/humor Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Publisher: Tantor Audio Length:   8 hours 20 minutes Buy:  Paperback  | Audio Synopsis When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations. From inventorying ghostly castles, to exploring unsettling amusement parks, to negotiating with dangerous mages, it seems there is no end to the uses for an accou

Publication Date:  June 7, 2022 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Fantasty, adventure Publisher:  Tor Books Length:   296 Pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.  If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brew

  Publication Date:  June 20, 2013 Format:  Audio Genre:   Crime Fiction  Narrator: David Chandler Publisher:  Recorded Books Length:   11 hours 25 minutes            Buy:  Paperback  | Audio Synopsis In the third adventure in C. J. Box’s engrossing series, Joe Pickett finds himself at the center of a confrontation between a special investigative team and a group of government-hating survivalists camped out on federal land. With the help of a mysterious stranger, Joe lays his life on the line to protect an innocent girl before a wave of violence surges over the Bighorn Mountains. Review: These books keep getting better and they don't hold back with nasty hits to major players. Pickett finds himself involved in a stand off the likes of Ruby Ridge. The woman behind

Publication Date:  September 12, 2023 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Mystery Romance LGBTQ Publisher:  Bold Stroke Books Length:   304 Pages Buy:  Paperback   Synopsis Forty years ago, Sydney Hansen’s best friend was murdered. His killer left her a menacing note. Now the man Syd suspected was behind the killing has died—and she receives another threat, attached to a photo of her thirteen-year-old great-niece. Terrified but angry, she turns to the NYPD and Detective Gale Sterling to reopen the case. Gale has been handling cold cases for over a decade, burying herself in her work and caring for her elderly father, a former detective himself. But this case isn’t like the others. Maybe it’s Sydney Hansen—she finds her beauty captivating. Or maybe it’s th

  Publication Date:  September 12, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Crime Thriller Narrator:  Lauryn Allman Publisher: Bookouture Length:   10 hours 4 minutes  Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis It was  Beth Katz ’s serial killer father who made her like she is: a successful FBI agent and an unstoppable vigilante dedicated to hunting down murderers who have evaded capture. Beth will push herself to the limits to deliver justice.  Even if it means killing those who deserve to die. When the body of missing schoolgirl  Brooklyn Daniels  is discovered in a secluded patch of woodland on the outskirts of town, Beth and her partner  Dax Styles  race to the scene. Brooklyn and her best friend left home to pick wildflowers a week ago and vanished without trace. Tak

  Publication Date:  September 5, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir Narrator: Meg Kissinger Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Length:   11 hours 8 minutes  Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger’s family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they were spending summer days on the shores of Lake Michigan, barreling down the ski slopes, or navigating the trials of their Catholic school, the Kissingers always knew how to live large and play hard. But behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfolding—a heavily medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to violence, and children in the throes of bipolar disorder and

Publication Date:  August 1, 2023 Format:  E-book Genre:   Mystery Thriller Publisher:  Grand Central Publishing Length:   416 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis At a Texas county fair, amidst carousels and a bustling midway, children’s book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare night out with her favorite cowboy: her two-year-old son, Charlie. But just as they’re about to head home, the unthinkable happens: a shooter opens fire into the crowd, causing widespread panic to erupt all around them. Also caught in the melee was corporate consultant Calder Hudson. Arrogant, self-centered, and high off his latest career win, he’s frustrated and confused when he wakes up in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery on his arm.  The doctor tells him that he

  Publication Date:  July 13, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Fantasy Narrators:  Sierra Grace Publisher:  Bryant Street Publishing Length:   9 hours 42 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis The darkest secrets are the hardest to unearth. Secret McQueen, Book 6 After her last mission tested the limits of her humanity and took her out of this world, Secret’s friends, determined to keep her safe from her old nemesis Alexandre Peyton, keep ushering her from one babysitter to the next. Couch surfing would be a lot more fun if Alexandre would let up on her long enough to allow her to get in some alone time with her lovers. Including Holden, her self-appointed shadow. As if living out of coffin isn’t bad enough, Secret literally brings down the house while h

Publication Date:  July 23, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Romance Narrators:  James Fouhey & Rachel F Hirsch Publisher:  Swift & Lewis Publishing Length:   13 hours 13 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Jace and Andrea. Andrea and Jace. From the moment of their fate-filled first meeting in Central Park, they’ve known one true thing—they’re meant to be. Life doesn’t have many certainties, but for Andrea and Jace, forever is one of them. Andrea Leighton-Hughes—shockingly wealthy Upper East Sider, a chess-piece in her family’s games since before she was born—knows what it’s like to hide behind a mask. Her world is one of lies, manipulation, and reputation. Jace is the first and only person to see who she truly

Publication Date:  August 8, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Sci Fi/Fantasy Narrators:  Steve West Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Length:   15 hours 2 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the house has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on. Fox D’Mora is a medium, and though is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn’t entirely without his uses—seeing as he’s actually the godson of Death. When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with her ghost-infested mansion, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the

Publication Date:  April 8, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Thriller Narrators:  Ben Aldridge Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Length:   11 hours 36 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life is forced

Publication Date:  December 3, 2019 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Thriller Narrators:  Suzie Althens Publisher:  Dreamscape Media Length:   9 hours 17 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Beth Rivers is on the run - she’s doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic’s obsession. After being held in a van for three days by her kidnapper, Levi Brooks, Beth managed to escape, and until he is captured, she's got to get away.  Cold and remote, Alaska seems tailor-made for her to hide out. Beth’s new home in Alaska is sparsely populated with people who all seem to be running or hiding from something, and though she accidentally b

  Publication Date:  March 9, 2010 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Thriller Narrators:  Jayne Entwistle Publisher:  Random House Audio Length:   9 hours 50 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant 11-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders. This time, Flavia finds herself untangling two deaths—separated by time but linked by the unlikeliest of threads. Flavia thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacy are over—and then Rupert Porson has an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. The beloved puppeteer has had his own strings sizzled, but who’d do such a thing and why? For Flavia, the questions are intriguing enough to make her put aside her chemistry experiments and