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Audiobook Review Narrator Kitty Kell y 5 out of 5 stars!   Alice decided the best birthday present for her partner Joe was a baby! Though to be fair she didn't plan on that or even imagine she would be pregnant at thirty. Maybe a little later. Nevertheless, the baby is coming and like most soon-to-be-parents the chaotic city is no place to raise a child. Penton seems like the ideal place to peacefully and safely raise their first born. There're also natural remedy practices, hippies, and environmentally conscious residents of this small town. Everything would have been picturesque if it wasn't for the murder. The sleepy town is about to be shaken awake by this case unfolding. Being a prime suspect Alice and her new-found, expectant mums decide to do a little investigating themselves. All on maternity leave or otherwise they have nothing to do but wait for their due dates. So why not be like Mrs. Marple? All those sleepless, crime binging nights are about to pay off, hopeful...

Audiobook Review Narrator Laura Edwards 5 out of 5 stars! Have you ever messed up so badly that you just need to get on a plane and leave it all behind? Well, Carina does just that! It's time to move forward and wipe the slate clean. What better place than Jamaica! Being part Jamaican, Carina wishes to reconnect with her roots and see all the things her mother talked about.  Carina is to be a nanny for the Hall family. A prominent and political family on the island who run a tight ship within Blackbead manor. Carina's fine with this because she wants this change and needs it! But something is haunting her and causing issues. Could her past be catching up to her? Did she truly think she could escape? Is this thing a piece of someone else's past?  Maybe with the help of some newfound friends she will be able to get to the bottom of things before it's too late. I was surfing through Libby trying to find my next read when I found this book. I loved the narrator's voice ...

Audiobook Review Narrator Karissa Vacker 5 out of 5 stars! Chloe Davis has successfully moved on from her horrible childhood and the memories. Becoming a psychologist with her own practice, owning a house, and about to marry the man she believes to be the one! The wedding date is fast approaching and she's trying to get the motivation to finalize things. Though the more things tack onto her to-do-list the more she just wants to go down to the courthouse! When the news of a missing local teenage girl greets Chloe, she's thrown back to that fateful summer. The summer that redefined her life, her family's life, and so much more. The similarities of now versus then are hard to deny, or maybe her mind is just playing tricks on her. Trauma and all that. Only things get more eerie as the cases of missing girls evolve and multiply. Can she unmask a killer again? Will this unravel everything she worked so hard for or just label her as insane? This audiobook was so fun, and I loved h...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Leslie Howard A famous doctor and pop psychologist author disappears everyone believing the boyfriend did it. It was never proven though and the mystery as to what happened to the great Doctor Adrienne Hale remains unsolved. . . A newly married couple viewing the very house that belonged to the late doctor only neither of them realized it was her house! This showing will last longer than most as a snowstorm moves in and traps them inside until it's safe to drive. Tricia has always been a curious creature and can't help but snoop, just a little. Quickly discovering the good doctor had recorded every one of her sessions with patients! What would it hurt to listen to a few of them? Maybe she can solve the mystery! I think I'm just going to have to come to terms with the fact that when I listen to audiobooks, I unfortunately won't have any cool quotes to throw into my reviews. I'm typically doing something physically produc...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Victoria Connolly and Robb Moreira Sydney just wants what any single woman over the age of thirty wants, a man who is "the one". But thus far the dating scene is awful and the last date she went on was beyond horrible. She may have even met the perfect man but was unable to even get his name! At this rate she may just be dying alone! Luckily the universe has Sydney's back and potential Mr. Perfect comes back into her life. And guess what!? He officially becomes her boyfriend in no time at all. But can someone be a little too perfect? Should she remove the rose-colored glasses even though this man is a doctor!? Especially when there's a murderer lose and has struck very close to where Sydney lives? They say it's a man who dates women and then kills them. Should she have anything to worry about? Unfortunately, when I listen to audiobooks, I'm in the middle of cleaning or doing something that I like having background...

Audiobook Review Narrator: Megan Trout 5 out of 5 stars! "I PROMISE I will tell you the truth. But first, I need to lie." No one can escape Harrow. It won't let you go. You may leave and believe your freedom is won, but Harrow will always find a way to draw you back to its halls. . . With the passing of her father Rachel Vaughan decides it's time to return to Harrow, just for the funeral. Helen wishes to be there for her mother but something about the old manor has been calling to her. She's known for a longtime that she's needed to return. But why? She was just a small child when they fled the grounds of Harrow! Deep, dark family secrets will be found out, is Helen ready to fully face the truth behind the stones of Harrow?! "Beware the spiral. Find it's center." Whew this book is a bit of a long read if you don't speed it up just a little! But I love listening to audiobooks as I do things around the house so I'm fine with long reads in a...

Audiobook Review Narrator: Phoebe Strole 4 out of 5 stars! "What's the worst that can happen?" - Marley Senior year of high school and the classic senior pranks are a go! Only in this small town there's a certain family who has control over everything. . . A family that has their final son graduating this year and no one refuses a senior dare from a Wilder! If you do, then be prepared to go down and possibly never get into college! Marley and her friends get caught in multiple dares one changing everything for the group! Soon Marley is questioning her future, and the fate of her friendships are being tested. Tensions are high and the truth of their actions is threatening to come to light. She should have just refused that dare! "We'll forever be those people we morphed into. There's no going back." I love listening to audiobooks as I do things around the house. I specifically love mystery, thrillers, suspense, etc. I enjoyed the narration of this boo...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Kirt Graves! "My mohawked savior. . ." - Simon Simon lives a simple life hunched over ancient dinosaur bones in the basement of a museum. His happy place until in a bizarre twist of fate the cartel seems to want the artifact he is working on! To top it off the one who saves him, and his prized dinosaur artifact is a handsome man with a pink mohawk?! Simon gets roped into an emergency road trip that is beyond anything he could have imagined. Dalton helps to bring out the fun in life while simultaneously avoiding some very dangerous men. Simon is questioning his life and his sexuality as they embark across country. Dalton taking the most scenic route possible and hitting all the tourist traps! Did anyone hear the sound of a real dinosaur? "Simon. Pretty Simon." - Dalton Four words! Kirt Graves AND Dinosaur Shifters! Okay, maybe I can't count but I mean that's all the information you need, right?!  Simon reminded m...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Kirt Graves! "I have a vampire servant." - Dallas "Body. Guard." - Zane Dallas Wilde is a professional contract killer and fish trainer who would also sell his own grandmother for cash. But one contract job ends up turning into a giant headache with baggage in the form of a grumpy Thrall! A little bit of an oops has Dallas suffering some consequences he should have known better about and avoided. But maybe having a Thrall isn't so bad as Dallas ventures forth on his next contract, he can't sit around and not make money. Especially when his landlord is sweet enough in reminding him his rent is very late. Only as Dallas and the Thrall follow the trail of clues in search of a Jinn, they find more and more shady business dealings. Necromancy and more intricacies into the profession and craft are surfacing. Dallas just wanted a simple big pay out, but this contract is proving difficult. "I've never been in a...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Kirt Graves "The Game is almost upon Levena and I am filled with a giddiness that has nothing to do with my grandest scheme yet." - Thatch Thatch's an immortal who enjoys coming to Levena when he isn't busy with other dimensional duties. Levena being a place he wishes he could call home but because of what he is he cannot. Making the most of his time he has created a Game, but shh no one knows he's the one behind it! Only this Game. . .this Game is going to be different, and the prize will be a wish granted! Thatch doesn't know how special this week will really be until he crashes into the one person, he wishes would remember him the most! Arlo Rook. Never in all his years of living would Thatch have been able to predict the twists and turns the festival week is about to take. Being the last of your kind is harder than anyone can imagine and being what he is Thatch has to follow some painful rules. Is there such a...

Audiobook Review Narrated by Macie Miller and Marcus Rayne 5 out of 5 stars! "Everyone knows men can't own women. . .since women are the makers of men." Adrienne was on her path to nationals with her dance team, getting into college, and becoming an adult when things went very wrong in a short amount of time. After a series of events that lead to Adrienne having to jump into the sea, she doesn't think anything else could possibly get worse. Only it does when she surfaces and finds herself no longer in the modern age. Somehow Adrienne has been thrown back in time into the Minoan Bronze Age! 1600 BCE with no antibiotics, caffeine or processed foods! To top everything off the people seem to believe she is the child of one of their goddesses. Adrienne has to quickly learn and navigate through her new time period so she can possibly get help to return to her own time. Is there even a way for her to time travel forward? How did she accomplish this jump in the first place?! ...

Audiobook Review! Narrated by Catherine Steadman (the author!) 5 out of 5 stars! "A game is only a game if you do not fully understand it." The holidays always bring about mixed feelings and emotions but tack on finally meeting your fiancés family and things get really worrisome! Harriet Reed, Harry, has left behind her home in England for that of her future husband's home in America. A whirlwind romance that has left everyone asking how, including Harry herself! She's just a lower-class orphan from England and yet she's caught the eye of a billionaire play-boy. Harry's excited to meet her new family, along with the usual jitters of "will the family like her?", but she won't let that stop her. Yet, Edward seems rather hesitant about unleashing his very powerful and influential family, who like to play games, on Harry. He doesn't want to drive her away, there are truths being hidden and cautions that seem a little extreme. Edward doesn't k...

Audiobook Review! Narrated by Santino Fontana 5 out of 5 stars! "If people could handle their self-loathing, customer service would be smoother." - Joe Joe observes a lot at his job as a bookstore employee, people watching is a hobby of his. Analyzing individuals and getting to the heart of their emotions as they feel guilt for buying certain books. But when a special woman strolls into his store, he's utterly captivated by her. She even listens as he rants about books, authors, and people. She's the one! After seeing Beck's name on the credit card Joe does what any love-struck person would do. He Google searches her name. . . Joe wants her, needs her, knows Beck was made for him, and he will get her. Though he must abide by the rules and not come on too strong otherwise she will run from him. He slowly begins to seep into Beck's world whether she's aware of it or not, social media is so accessible and easy to navigate. She will become his and he will ensu...

Audiobook Review! 5 out of 5 stars! Narrator: Sophie Linfield "Where is your husband?" That question is on EVERYONE'S lips as poor Paige is hounded over and over! Why did the wife and child survive but the husband didn't? Where's the body? Is the wife hiding something? Why can't the wife remember? Question after question that Paige cannot answer, her memory not wanting to fully show her the entirety of the night leading up to the accident! Paige wants nothing more than to hold her baby in her arms and try to carry on with her life. Not wanting to fully believe Leo is truly gone, but knowing she needs to move on for the sake of her son. Yet, several people will not let her work through her grief. They want answers Paige can't seem to give them and the ones who are demanding the hardest are part of the State/Government. . . Leo, what did you do? I was able to ARC read the eBook form for S.M. Thomas, and I fell in love with the thriller! I was so excited when...