Carolynn Brill
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Variation
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Carly Robins
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother’s eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she’s sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she’s tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under. As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He’s always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau…until the night he left for basic.
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A story with depth
- By Rebecca Bryant on 12-25-24
- Variation
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Carly Robins
Love, love, love!
Reviewed: 02-16-25
So good! The book was terrific to read and getting the nuisances of these characters via this recording is just crazy good! These narrators are top notch!
It is a world I know virtually nothing about but is presented so thoroughly without being over my head that you are there!
Hudson is the best book boyfriend & Allie has just enough complications to make their story touching, heartbreaking & heartwarming!
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Forever Wild
- A Novella (The Simple Wild, Book 3)
- By: K. A. Tucker
- Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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From the international best-selling author of The Simple Wild comes Forever Wild, a novella that continues the story of Calla's journey to the Alaskan wild and a life she never imagined for herself.
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swoony HEA
- By Lauren Brooke on 10-01-23
- Forever Wild
- A Novella (The Simple Wild, Book 3)
- By: K. A. Tucker
- Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Loved this!
Reviewed: 01-21-25
Having read this series years ago and loving it, it is so great to listen to the story of this interesting couple and how their lives have changed & grown from the first grudging meet-not-so-cute to this moving forward of their lives together.
All the secondary characters are so true to the story and just enlarge this experience or life on Alaska.
I will miss them as I move on to other books, but The Simple Wild series has etched a place in my heart forever.
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Not What I Expected
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Are humans meant to mate for life? After four kids and an unfortunate but fateful end to her 22-year marriage, Elsie Smith meets the new guy in town. Kael Hendricks is...a little younger, a lot sexy, and too confident for his own good. He also doesn’t believe in marriage and all that goes with it.
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Great story with interesting insights on marriage
- By Carolynn Brill on 11-20-24
- Not What I Expected
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Great story with interesting insights on marriage
Reviewed: 11-20-24
I had enjoyed this book when I read it a few years ago. Hearing the story now, it was just as interesting and really gave a new meaning to “until death do us part”. I loved the quotes at the beginning of each chapter that spelled out the “little things” that could break a marriage.
Gosh, I could relate to some of them!
Elsee felt stuck in her marriage and when it ended tragically, she tried to keep all the plates spinning: her kids, the family business, her church group.
When a younger man opens a competitive business in their small town she unexpectedly finds an attraction to her nemesis.
The development of their relationship & her retrospection into her life as a wife & mother are really terrific. And the younger man just continues to surprise her!
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A Piece of Heaven
- A Novel
- By: Barbara O'Neal
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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Luna McGraw struggles to conquer the addictions that destroyed her marriage and caused her to lose custody of her beloved daughter, Joy. After eight years, Joy is back and Luna aims to rebuild everything that fell apart. She has a therapeutic job as a florist, a loving mother’s support, and a new man in her life who makes Luna feel things she’s been afraid to feel since forever.
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Not for me.
- By Julie Bosen on 04-22-22
- A Piece of Heaven
- A Novel
- By: Barbara O'Neal
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Really terrific, engaging & tense
Reviewed: 10-06-24
With a setting as mystical & unique as Taos New Mexico, with all the ethnic diversity and ancient traditions, but with a very modern spin on interracial relationships, faulty marriages & finding your way back from the bottom, this is a very good story that takes you by surprise with the many layers of each character, as well as an amazing performance by this narrator. This is a new author to me & if her other works are like this, I definitely think her stories are worth a read or listen!
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Shucked
- The Loew Brothers, Book 1
- By: Kate Canterbary
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Jason Clarke
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
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Stuck back home in the quirky town of Friendship, Rhode Island, Beckett is scrambling to save his family's oyster bar and take care of his teenage brother. He doesn't have time to deal with the beautiful, sunshiney owner of the new cafe next door, too. His best friend's little sister may be all grown up, but Sunny's still a distracting pain in his side.
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Sweet, cute, substantial
- By Lauren on 03-12-25
- Shucked
- The Loew Brothers, Book 1
- By: Kate Canterbary
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Jason Clarke
Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Reviewed: 07-28-24
This is a terrifically, entertaining story. The characters are very well developed, appealing, and so fun! Many parts of the story are laugh out loud funny, and I had not remembered (from reading it) about the lead-in to every chapter which are tongue in cheek descriptions of menu items that you’d find it any high-end restaurant! Can’t wait for the next book in this series!
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Duke: Faking the Play
- The Boston Tomcats, Book 3
- By: Kayley Loring, Connor Crais
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Desireé Ketchum, Mackenzie Cartwright, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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I thought the most annoying thing about being a single dad was that my friends were always trying to find me a date. Until a sassy British ray of sunshine bumps into me at a bookstore. One accidental butt grab, a viral photo, and a lot of misunderstandings later, I find myself in a fake relationship with a movie star.
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Connor Crais is narrator perfection
- By Sabrina (@romance.and.raindrops) on 05-25-23
- Duke: Faking the Play
- The Boston Tomcats, Book 3
- By: Kayley Loring, Connor Crais
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Desireé Ketchum, Mackenzie Cartwright, Evan Parker
Terrific football love story!
Reviewed: 06-27-24
Loved this story when I read it & thoroughly enjoyed this audible recording! The narrators did an excellent job conveying these strong, unusual, diverse characters. Loved the detail on both football kickers (the American kind of football) and acting (popular & classic). The banter (and the different voices portrayed) were so good! Chloe Wins!!
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Out of Love
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Stefanie Kay
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Conspiracies. Corruption. Serial killers. You name it - I'm fascinated by it. My mom always blamed my overly curious and highly suspicious mind on my dad. My incredibly overbearing dad. Mr. No One Is Good Enough For My Daughter has been terrifying my dates since I turned 15. College is my chance to be free from his control and date any guy I want. I'm absolutely certain he would hate Slade Wylder - almost as certain as I am that I do too. Since when have I shied away from trouble? Slade fascinates me. He lives in a house I'm certain is haunted.
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Story OK, didn't care for narration.
- By Mel @thevocalromancer on 04-13-21
- Out of Love
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Stefanie Kay
So good!
Reviewed: 06-16-24
I’d read the book years ago. I read it out of order & before the End of Day series. Yet it still resonates with me as an incredible story, with terrific characters & storyline. It’s amazing to me that the author manages to carry some of these from book to book with such authenticity and depth. Livvie & Wylder are incredible together. Add in glimpses of Jessica & Jackson Knight and the bad guys from G.A.L.E. and it’s just wow!
Voices are really good. Wish there’d been a male voice for Wylder, but still excellent portrayal!
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The Lost Fisherman
- Fisherman, Book 2
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Tia Rider
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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It’s been five years since I’ve seen him. An unexpected event takes me back to the place where it all began. But I’m no longer the naïve young woman he once knew. And he’s no longer the man who took nearly everything from me.
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Love conquers ALL
- By Effen Book Club - Judi on 06-01-25
- The Lost Fisherman
- Fisherman, Book 2
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Tia Rider
Excellent duet finale!
Reviewed: 06-10-24
I loved this book, as well as book 1 The Naked Fisherman, when I read them. It was a blast reacquainting myself with Reese, Fisher Mann, Rory, Rose & all the rest. I loved the concept of Fisher being lost, due to an accident, and I loved how the love story for these two characters was written.
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Because of Her
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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I was an accomplished music professor. Happily single. Perfectly content. Now, I’m unemployed. Pining for a dark, brooding guy named Jack who lives in a garage with a piano. And I’m plotting to seduce a married man because his daughter is responsible for my nephew committing suicide.
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Pretty Good……
- By Dragonfly on 04-21-25
- Because of Her
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
Excellent & melancholy & wonderful
Reviewed: 05-25-24
This book was awesome when I read it. But having it come to life with these two talented voices enhanced this, the final chapter in the Jackson Day saga. And what a finale it was! You need to read this whole series! All are wildly inventive and brilliant. All the characters are great. One of my favorite authors, hands down!!
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For Lucy
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Connor Crais
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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I’m the wrong guy in the right place the night I steal Tatum Bradshaw from another man. When she mistakes me for her blind date, I decide she deserves a man who shows up on time...like me. Once I confess my true identity and convince her I’m not a creep - just a thief - it’s only a matter of time before my sexy smile and quick wit claim her heart, her hand in marriage, and the perfect life. Unfortunately, perfection is an illusion. When 30 seconds destroys everything, I have to find a new existence and keep my promise to always love our daughter, Lucy, the most.
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oh my heart
- By Talkbooks on 05-30-21
- For Lucy
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Connor Crais
Wonderful!
Reviewed: 03-10-24
While this story deals with heartbreaking loss, it is so well written & with terrific characters, I’ve reread the book at least twice. But listening to Conor’s audible performance just brings it to another whole dimension. His often funny, yet so touching telling of this Jewel E Ann masterpiece will definitely reach into your soul. There’s an important message here about love, traumatic loss & the need for any adult (parent or not) to know & understand the care that must be taken whenever you are in charge of a small child and the unimaginable things can happen in a heartbeat.
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