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Audio Book Review: Winds of Fortune (Provincetown Tales Book 5) by Radclyffe

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Release Date:  March 26, 2014 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 16 minutes Narrator:  Nicol Zanzarella Genre:  lgbt fiction, romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  The fifth in the saga of the Provincetown Tales. The winds of fortune are fickle guides...and happiness or heartbreak may be the destination. For Provincetown local Deo Camara, the only winds that have ever blown her way have been cold and lonely, and she doesn't expect things to improve when she is drawn into a family crisis against her will. Despite a decade of estrangement, however, Deo can't turn her back on the call of blood, no matter how high the price in heartache. Dr. Bonita Burgoyne is pleased with the changes she's made in her life...she has a rewarding new job and is looking forward to renovating the historic sea captain's house she has just purchased. She's content, and that's all she needs to be, or so she thinks...

Audio Book Review: Storms of Change (Provincetown Tales Book 4) by Radclyffe

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Release Date:  February 28, 2014 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 25 minutes Narrator:  Nicol Zanzarella Genre:  lgbt fiction, romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  Amidst war abroad and upheaval at home, Reese Conlon and Tory King face their gravest challenge to their life together. Can love and passion survive the unforgiving storms of change? In the continuing saga of the Provincetown Tales, Reese Conlon’s obligations to family and country are put to the test as war engulfs the Middle East, while her partner Tory King must chose between her career and motherhood when her family is disrupted. While friends and family struggle with the fears and uncertainties of a world in strife, the small seaside town is rocked by a series of crimes that suggest newly arrived real estate entrepreneur, Ricarda Grechi, may have connections to more than just the business world. State Police Detective Carte...

Audio Book Review: Darkness Absolute (Casey Duncan #2) by Kelley Armstrong

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Release Date:  February 7, 2017 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 35 minutes Narrator:  Therese Plummer Genre: Mystery/thriller, police procedural Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton meant living off the grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council's approval. What she didn't expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers. Now, in  A Darkness Absolute , Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff's deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who's been held captiv...

Audio Book Review: City of the Lost ( Casey Duncan #1) by Kelley Armstrong

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Release Date:  May 3, 2016 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 42 minutes Narrator:  Therese Plummer Genre: Mystery/thriller, police procedural Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband. When Diana's husband finds her, and Casey herself is attacked shortly after, Casey knows it's time for the two of them to disappear again. Diana has heard of a town made for people like her, a town that takes in people on the run who want to shed their old lives. You must apply to live in Rockton and if you're accepted, it means walking away entirely from your old life, and living off the grid in the wilds of Canada: no cell phones, no Int...

Audio Book Review: Distant Shores, Silent Thunder (Provincetown Tales book 3) by Radclyffe

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Release Date:  February 24, 2014 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  11 hours 7 minutes Narrator:  Nicol Zanzarella Genre:  lgbt fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  No matter how much we plan, life - and people - have a way of surprising us. For Doctor KT O'Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one woman who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King. Their unexpected reunion in Provincetown uncovers old wounds, forges new bonds, and awakens long-buried passions. While Tory's lover Sheriff Reese Conlon struggles to uncover a deadly drug ring and Officer Bri Parker navigates the torturous path between friendship and desire, Tory and KT - and those who love them - are forced to examine the boundaries of love, friendship, and the ties that transcend time. Revie...

ARC Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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Release Date:  February 5, 2019 Publisher:  Celadon Books Format:  ebook Pages:  336 pages Genre:   mystery/thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Audio Synopsis: Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has wait...

ARC Book Review: Watcher in the Woods: a Rockton Novel (Casey Duncan #4) by Kelley Armstrong

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Release Date:  February 5, 2019 Publisher:  Minotaur Books Format:  ebook Pages:  368 pages Genre:   mystery/thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Audio Synopsis: The secret town of Rockton has seen some rocky times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Casey Duncan, the town's only detective on a police force of three, has already faced murder, arson, and falling in love in the several months that she's lived there. Yet even she didn't think it would be possible for an outsider to locate the town and cause trouble in the place she's come to call home. When a US Marshal shows up demanding the release of one of the residents, but won't say who, Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are skeptical. And yet only hours later, the marshal is shot dead and the only possible suspects are the townspeople and Casey's estranged sister, smuggled i...