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All for One by Tom Abrahams
The Crusader #5
Narrated by Kevin Pierce
Piton Press LLC
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One last crusade. One more time into the fray. One last chance to live free or die.
John Beck cannot rest. His longtime friend and compatriot is in trouble half a continent away in a decaying metropolis under authoritarian rule. He must leave the safety and comfort of his new rural life and repay old debts. He and those closest to him will either succeed or they will die trying.
All for One is the epic conclusion of The Crusader EMP Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series and is perfect for fans of Franklin Horton, Ryan Schow, Kyla Stone, Jack Hunt, and AR Shaw.
Revenge of the Cyber Dragons by C.T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus
Cyber Dragons #2
Narrated by Catherine Ho
Podium Audio
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Ex-Rider Keiko “Kei” Springs was living with her adopted daughter Becky away from her previous life of crime.
Unfortunately, the past is not easy to escape and her sadistic former sensei, Snake, gives her an ultimatum: perform eight tasks for him or die. The final mission before her freedom is nearly impossible, though. Snake wants her to take down a luxury resort where the super-rich are implanted with their heart’s desires, only to be brainwashed into serial killers for blackmail potential.
Teaming up with the eccentric techjack Paradise, her on-again off-again lover Case, and a Judicial Magistrate named Parvati Rao—Kei thinks she can pull it off.
Unfortunately, that’s before she discovers the luxury resort is owned and operated by a nearly omnipotent AI that has it out for her.
The Fall of the House by C. T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus
Red Room #3
Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Crossroad Press
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From the best-selling author of The Rules of Supervillainy:
Derek Hawthorne has slain Dracula and stopped the malevolent plan of his own employers, the sinister House. However, he has discovered that his ex-partner and lover Ashley Morgan has been kidnapped while a new conspiracy moves to expose the supernatural to the world. The House has overplayed its hand and all of its enemies are coming to bring it down. Derek will have to travel dimensions, fight monsters, and call in every favor he’s accumulated just to survive.
The Fall of the House is the exciting conclusion of the Red Room trilogy, tying the series to the greater United States of Monsters universe (Bright Falls Mysteries, Straight Outta Fangton, and Brightblade).
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
Narrated by Lindsey Dorcus
Blackstone Publishing
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The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically acclaimed Centenal Cycle.
On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university―and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.
Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake―and, perhaps, their futures, together.
Love on Camera by Dana LeCheminant
The Wonder Boys #1
Narrated by Mari Bee, Jon Brattin
Self Published
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Madi doesn’t have time to date. Oliver has all the time in the world.
When wedding photographer Madi is challenged to find herself 10 dates in three months, she turns to her older brother’s three best friends to be her stand-ins. It helps her win the challenge without having to deal with the stress of dating. What could go wrong?
Oliver hasn’t had much to do since selling his company, and helping Madi has given his life meaning again. But when she asks him to pose as her boyfriend—more than just a fake date here and there—he suddenly finds himself questioning his feelings toward the girl he always saw as a little sister. Feelings that would get him murdered by his best friend.
No one sees the real Oliver the way Madi does, and Madi has never been as comfortable around anyone as she is with Oliver. With the fake part of their relationship feeling less and less fake, they both have to decide if they’re brave enough to take that first step toward something real. Is a chance at love worth risking a lifetime of friendship?
The Last Encore by Elodie Colliard
It’s Always Been You #1
Narrated by Ellen Quay
Self Published
Kindle Edition Currently Available with Kindle Unlimited
What if love is the key? Avery Clark needs a break. Between her photography business not doing as well as she’d hoped and incessant family drama that does nothing to ease her spiking anxiety, she needs something to go her way.
And that was even before her ex-best friend, and talented pianist, Joshua Harding, ran into her during an event in Toronto, after he left her suddenly ten years ago, breaking the only promise he had swore he wouldn’t.
When an opportunity to grow her business falls into her lap, Avery decides to put her doubts and resentment aside and agrees to photograph Josh’s sister’s upcoming wedding.
As they spend more and more time together, rediscovering each other and the people they turned into, Avery realizes that maybe, the spark she felt ten years ago wasn’t just a fleeting teenage phase.
But the past is never far away, and an unknown future is terrifying. Could Avery take that leap of faith?
There is nothing that screams romance more than two childhood best friends who haven’t spoken in years and suddenly bump into each other ten years later with all the possible longing, aches and hurt this time apart created. Filled with Canadian vibes, The Last Encore is a heartwarming, friends-to-lovers and steamy slow-burn romance that explores the themes of friendships, woman empowerment, identity, loss, and learning to trust yourself.
Barring Complications by Blythe Rippon
The Love and Law Series #1
Narrated by Samantha Cook
Tantor Audio
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It’s an open secret that the newest justice on the Supreme Court is a lesbian. So when the Court decides to hear a case about gay marriage, Justice Victoria Willoughby must navigate the press, sway at least one of her conservative colleagues, and confront her own fraught feelings about coming out.
Just when she decides she’s up to the challenge, she learns that the very brilliant, very out Genevieve Fornier will be lead counsel on the case.
Genevieve isn’t sure which is causing her more sleepless nights: the prospect of losing the case, or the thought of who will be sitting on the bench when she argues it.
Contains mature themes.
Curvy Girls Can’t Date Curvy Girls by Kelsie Stelting
Narrated by Courtney Encheff
Self Published
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Emerson’s first Pride Celebration is full of joy, love, and enough drama to last a lifetime.
Ever since coming out, Xi’s parents have been her biggest cheerleaders, pushing her to join the Emerson Pride Association and making the community a better place for people like her. Now, she’s got the huge responsibility of planning Emerson Academy’s first ever inclusive prom to take place after the town’s very first pride parade, even though she’s never had a girlfriend date of her own.
Kiyana’s hidden her orientation for as long as she can remember. The only person who knows is her secretly gay best friend and fake boyfriend, Stefon. Their relationship has kept judgmental family and public scrutiny off their backs throughout high school. But with their senior year behind them, everything is about to change.
When Stefon convinces Kiyana to come to the Pride Celebration, she immediately recognizes Xi, the cute edgy girl at school who’s always on the outside, but seems secure in who she is.
Can the Pride Celebration show Kiyana it’s safe to go with Xi to the prom? Or will Xi’s first prom go down as another dateless night in history?
Curvy Girls Can’t Date Curvy Girls is a Pride edition story in the Curvy Girl Club celebrating body positivity, diversity, and love.
Off the Map by Trish Doller
Beck Sisters #3
Narrated by Sarah Naughton
Macmillan Audio
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Trish Doller’s idyllic romance, Off the Map proves sometimes a wrong turn can lead to the exact right destination.
On the road to love, you don’t need a GPS…
Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been traveling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn’t do love and she doesn’t ever go home.
Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he’s the one who’s lost his sense of direction. He’s unhappy at work, recently dumped, and his one big dream is stalled out—literally.
Fate throws them together when Carla arrives in Dublin for her best friend’s wedding and Eamon is tasked with picking her up from the airport. But what should be a simple drive across Ireland quickly becomes complicated with chemistry-filled detours, unexpected feelings, and a chance at love—if only they choose it.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
Gone Again by Minka Kent
Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt, Gabra Zackman
Brilliance Publishing
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In this novel of escalating fear and suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent, a secret from a woman’s past unearths a lifetime of lies. How long can she run from the past?
On her fortieth birthday, Celia Guest has reason to celebrate. She has a loving marriage, a beautiful Connecticut home, and treasured friends. Celia has everything she’s ever wanted. But among the cards and well-wishes, she discovers a disturbing note: You don’t deserve any of this.
Who could be so cruel, so resentful, so…knowing? Then, in the early morning hours, Celia vanishes without a trace.
As suspicions and concerns rise among Celia’s friends, her sister Genevieve, with whom she shares a fractured and troubling bond, starts to piece together a shattered life that Celia fled from once before. As a foundation of lies begins to crumble, a terrifying childhood secret Celia thought was dead and buried comes to light.
And this time, there’s no getting away from the truth.
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Silo Saga #1
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Blackstone Publishing
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The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival.
The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: they are allowed to go outside.
After the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth—or it could kill every last human alive.
The Cognomina Codex by D. Eric Maikranz
The Reincarnationist Papers #2
Narrated by Michael David Axtell, Bronson Pinchot
Blackstone Publishing
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The Cognomina Codex continues the adventure that began in D. Eric Maikranz’s electrifying debut novel, The Reincarnationist Papers, which was the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures film Infinite.
Evan Michaels is back in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When strange memories of his former lives lead him back to Zurich, headquarters of his old family of fellow reincarnationists, the Cognomina, he must reacquire their trust to rejoin their ranks.
On the last leg of this journey, he is intercepted by an excommunicated member of the Cognomina who holds some serious grudges. She’s on a mission to wipe out large portions of the world’s population to save the planet from destruction. She proposes a union of the Cognomina and her own group of reincarnationists, but her true goals are dark indeed, and her resources are vast.
Evan finds himself at the start of a war between two factions of immortal beings, each with a radically different vision for life on earth.
Impact by Brian Shea, Stacy Lynn Miller
Lexi Mills #3
Narrated by Michelle Sparks
Severn River Publishing
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A religious zealot has plans to bring the country to its knees.
Lexi Mills is hellbent on taking him down.
Brace for Impact!
ATF Agent and resident bomb expert Lexi Mills is on a mission. Commanding a task force of hand-picked specialists, she sets her sights on a terrorist organization known as The Gatekeepers. A religious sect with a violent plan to cull the nonbelievers before the coming Rapture, the group is headed by its charismatic leader, Tony Belcher. The first time she crossed paths with Belcher, Lexi lost her leg—and her partner.
Now she’s determined to make him pay.
Vowing to end his reign of terror, the team hunts down members of Belcher’s organization. But underestimating him is their first mistake. And by the time they discover the ruthless intellect beneath his fanatical persona, it’s too late.
When Lexi becomes the target of Belcher’s rage, she’s forced to make an impossible choice: Prevent a bomb from killing thousands of innocents—or save the love of her life.
In a terror plot destined to be the worst in the nation’s history, Lexi must once again put her own life on the line to do what she does best…and the stakes have never been higher.
Impact is the third novel in the riveting Lexi Mills series by thriller writer and US Air Force veteran Stacy Lynn Miller and former homicide detective and WSJ best-selling author Brian Shea. A propulsive action thriller with a fearless heroine, perfect for fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci.
The Complete Cyber Seed Compendium by Craig A. Falconer
Narrated by Steven Barnett
Self Published
Kindle Edition Currently Available with Kindle Unlimited
Grab all five thrilling books in the Complete Cyber Seed Compendium for one low price, in this great value sci-fi collection! Includes an exclusive new story which can only be heard in this collection.
Some inventions change the world. Others send it straight to hell….
When Kurt Jacobs imagines the ultimate gadget—one capable of replacing phones, credit cards, keys and TVs—the idea consumes his every waking moment. When the Sycamore corporation buys into Kurt’s creation and The Seed becomes a reality, his every dream comes true.
Power like this has never existed.
The launch of The Seed, a powerful microchip implant that turns each user’s palm into a fully functioning trackpad and effectively turns them into walking computers, breaks all sales records. Alongside the augmented reality UltraLenses which act as the system’s display, it immediately renders all handheld devices obsolete.
But amid all of the awe and optimism, there is far more going on behind the curtain than Kurt or anyone else could ever have predicted….
This Complete Cyber Seed Compendium imaginatively chronicles The Seed’s colossal impact on a society unprepared to handle it, from the high hopes of launch day to the breakneck descent into corporate dystopia. Remarkable apps and groundbreaking features that make life easier and more enjoyable, unprecedented surveillance and privacy abuses in a world where your eyes can no longer be trusted, and both sides of a timely story unfold in this complete series collection.
The Ascendant Wars: Hellfire by Rhett C. Bruno, M.B. Vance
The Ascendant Wars #1
Narrated by Ray Porter
Recorded Books
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When the rules of war keep changing, fight for each other…
Humanity has been banished to a distant star. Left to fight over resources rationed to them by mysterious machine-overlords known as Wardens.
Commander Rylan Holt labors against inter-colony arms trafficking when an informant gives him horrific news. The ruthless cartel boss, Lilith, has stockpiled outlawed weapons of mass destruction.
Worse, she claims to have permission from the Wardens to unleash them upon the system.
When the battleship Audacity speeds to investigate Rylan’s discovery, operations officer Scott Carrick finds himself in a trap more deadly than he could have ever imagined. His only hope of escape may lie with their most junior crewmember, a nurse named Aila Okuma, who’s never seen battle.
As Rylan, Scott, and Aila struggle to survive a war where the rules keep changing, they must answer a terrible question: how do they win when it seems the Wardens intend for everyone to lose?
Don’t miss the start of an explosive Military Sci-Fi series from USA Today Bestseller Rhett C. Bruno and M.B. Vance. It’s perfect for fans of The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, and Marko Kloos.
Dirty Laundry by Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery
Narrated by Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery
Penguin Audio
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If you have ADHD – or love somebody who does – DIRTY LAUNDRY will change your life, and your relationships.
Do you feel crippling shame because you struggle with cleaning, personal hygiene, or time-keeping? Do you always feel misunderstood by the people close to you and find that they get frustrated by your behaviour?
DIRTY LAUNDRY is an unfiltered look into the chaos of real life with ADHD. It will transform your self-hatred into self-acceptance, with simple tips that actually work for your brain. It will also help to educate partners, parents and friends, to help them move from frustration to patience, understanding – and love.
Learn how to:
Stop believing you are fundamentally broken
Stop judging yourself by the standards of a neurotypical world
Communicate your struggles to those who love you
Support someone with ADHD in ways that work for them
Be compassionate rather than judgemental
…and much more.
From the husband-and-wife team behind social media phenomenon @ADHD_Love, whose viral videos have been viewed more than 200 million times, comes a fearless, often outrageously funny, account of life, learning, and growing with ADHD. They share the strategies they have used to reduce shame, improve communication, and find happiness in their neurodivergent household.
Filled with heartbreak and humour in equal measure, DIRTY LAUNDRY is an invaluable resource both for neurodivergents and the people who love them.
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