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  Publication Date:  June 8, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Crime Thriller Narrators:  Karen Peakes Publisher:  Brilliance Audio Length:  13 hours 41 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis In the Pacific Northwest, detective Lindsay Jackman is investigating the murder of a young journalist found at the bottom of a ravine. Lindsay soon learns that the victim was writing an exposé. Her subject: a charismatic wellness guru who’s pulled millions into her euphoric orbit… To hear Marnie Spellman tell it, when she was a child, a swarm of bees lifted her off the ground and toward the sunlight, illuming her spiritual connection with nature—an uncanny event on which Marnie built a cosmetics empire and became a legend, a healer, and the queen of holistic health and eternal beauty. In her inner circle is an intimate band of devotees called the Hive. They share Marnie’s secrets of success—including one cloaked in darkness for twenty years. Determined...

Publication Date:  September 20, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir Narrators:  Daniella Mestyanek Young Publisher:  Macmillan Audio  Length:  13 hours 49 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Behind the tall, foreboding gates of a commune in Brazil, Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family, as the daughter of high-ranking members. Her great-grandmother donated land for one of The Family’s first communes in Texas. Her mother, at thirteen, was forced to marry the leader and served as his secretary for many years. Beholden to The Family’s strict rules, Daniella suffers physical, emotional, and sexual abuse — masked as godly discipline and divi...

Title:  Awake by Natasha Preston Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Format:  advanced ebook from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review Pages: 336 Pages Genre: YA This title is due to be released August 4, 2015 Synopsis:  Of course, the dress was white. This is what I’m supposed to die in, I thought. Not many people knew what their last outfit would be. I pulled it over my head. It fit me perfectly. It had long, loose fitting sleeves, a modest neckline, and waves of material on the skirt. I hated it. There were no shoes, and I was afraid I’d have to run through the forest barefoot but there weren’t a lot of options. Besides, I’d run barefoot over a bed of nails to get away. “Scarlett, are you ready?” he called. I looked in the mirror and took a deep breath. Time to fight for my life. Scarlett Garner doesn’t remember anything before the age of four—until a car accident changes everything. She starts to remember pieces of a past ...