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Nicola Victoria Vincent
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Cari Hunter
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Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her 15 years ago and never came back.
With the victim’s children missing and the husband the prime suspect, Jo’s investigation is stonewalled by a community living in fear. As one dead end leads to another, she and Isla are forced to put their differences aside and work together. But the case is far more dangerous than Jo realizes, and her determination to sort the truth from the lies may put her own life on the line.
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In this tantalizing lesbian romantic thriller, Sarah Lou Rogers, a disgraced former Secret Service Agent, has sworn off love, finding refuge in fleeting, no-strings-attached encounters after a perilous affair left her life in shambles. Miranda, known as the ‘Web Spinner of Washington, D.C.,’ is the unseen hand guiding her husband, ultra-conservative Senator Mitchell Reichert, to the threshold of the White House.
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Fantastic story with another great performance by A. Craden
- By Erin F on 08-07-24
By: Aoibh Wood
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Dream a Little Dream
- By: Melissa Brayden
- Narrated by: Lula Larkin
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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In this small-town second chance romance, Melissa Brayden’s Dream a Little Dream explores the pain of betrayal, the courage to face the unexpected, and the longing for a love that’s unforgettable. Savanna Potter is having an off year. Her aunt died, and the woman of her dreams, who had agreed to meet her on the suspension bridge one year after their first amazing date, stood her up. Then, in news that rocks her, it turns out the dad she knew isn’t her biological father. So, who the hell is? Savanna, angry and adrift, can’t believe it when Dr.
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Love the narration
- By D Penman on 06-15-25
By: Melissa Brayden
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Pirates of Aletharia
- By: Britney Jackson
- Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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Emilia Drakon was once the youngest and kindest of the dragon sorcerers, but she's now the last of her kind. Betrayed and angry, she trades her meekness for a sword and embarks on a quest for vengeance that will lead her straight into the arms of the legendary Captain Maria Welles. Captain of the famed pirate ship, the Wicked Fate, Maria is every bit as treacherous and bloodthirsty as they say. She has her own vendetta and practically jumps at the chance to trick Emilia into joining her crew.
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Wahoo! What an adventure!
- By M La Monda on 02-21-23
By: Britney Jackson
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No Good Reason
- By: Cari Hunter
- Narrated by: Nicola Victoria Vincent
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed. When a violent kidnapping stuns the Peak District village of Rowlee, both women become involved in the case.
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Outstanding!
- By Tanya on 05-06-17
By: Cari Hunter
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A New Leash on Love
- By: Jaime Clevenger, Aurora Rey
- Narrated by: Lori Prince
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Rocky Springs is the last place Kit Hartman wants to be. But when the home renovation show that was supposed to be her big break gets canceled, she has no choice but to return to the sleepy little mountain town and take a job in the family business. The only good news is that she finally has time to adopt a dog. Olive might be a perfect dog someday. For now, she's a naughty handful. And when she knocks down an attractive stranger at the dog park, Kit realizes she's in over her head. Especially since the stranger is someone she recognizes.
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🔥🔥🔥
- By Toni Marshall on 06-12-25
By: Jaime Clevenger, and others
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Undone
- By: Bryce Oakley
- Narrated by: Lori Prince
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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Billie Rush can't stop writing pop songs. The kind of songs that her rock band, The Shrikes, would never play. Billie's new songs and sound need an outlet, but she's not just going to give them away to anyone. Vero De Luca is always in the limelight for making mistakes. Though she knows she's fully capable of writing her own songs, the label insists that her first single needs a major name behind it. Both women think that working together sounds like a match made in hell. Though they can hardly stand each other, sparks start to fly when they're writing the new single, "Undone".
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Loved it!
- By rkrgrrl on 03-26-20
By: Bryce Oakley
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Alias
- By: Cari Hunter
- Narrated by: Nicola Victoria Vincent
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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A car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn't recognize. As she struggles to recover from her injuries, a startling revelation shatters everything she thought she knew, forcing her into an uneasy alliance with Detective Bronwen Pryce. With danger closing in from all sides, the two women must work together to uncover the truth - even if it kills them.
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Her Best Yet - Highly Recommend
- By C. Hartmann on 06-22-18
By: Cari Hunter
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Jones
- By: Gerri Hill
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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When six childhood friends get together for their annual girl's weekend at the beach in Port Aransas, none could have believed it would be for the very last time. Nina Evans had been saddled with organizing the weekend each year, pulling five of her oldest friends together for a few nights of fun and reminiscing, the one time a year they saw each other. Each year was much the same—laughter, dancing, and lots of drinking. This time was no different. That is, until Jones walked out of the dance club with a stranger.
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So good..
- By Marquie on 09-17-24
By: Gerri Hill
The story focuses on Detective Jo Shaw’s efforts to solve the case of a critically injured woman whose children were also kidnapped during the crime. In the course of her investigation Detective Shaw is also shocked when the trauma surgeon at the hospital turns out to be the woman who left her 15 years ago.
I would describe this book as a true police procedural or pure crime fiction. The author methodically peels back the layers of several mysteries including the kidnapping and assault case, as well as the cause of the initial rift between Detective Jo Shaw and trauma surgeon Isla Munro.
One of my favorite things about a Cari Hunter book is that her storylines always incorporate the ambiance, culture, and slang of Northern England. The region becomes a central character in her novels and the descriptions of the environment, economic factors, atmosphere, and even the ongoing dismal weather make me feel like I am a part of the narrative. Her writing style makes you sense the tension, stress, and exhaustion of the characters.
The narration by Nicola Victoria Vincent is also excellent. The story includes a large supporting cast of male and female characters as well as folks of multiple ethnicities and she does a great job distinguishing them. Nicola Vincent also conveys the story’s emotional moments very well.
If you are looking for a romance then this book is probably not for you, but if you want well written sapphic crime fiction with three dimensional characters and a story that’s full of heart then “A Calculated Risk” should be your next listen.
Well Written Sapphic Crime Fiction
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Good story
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Couldn’t wait to listen to
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Cari Hunter does an excellent job with crime/medical thrillers. And her go-to narrator Nicola Victoria Vincent is superb at voicing a wide variety of characters - both female and male - with staggering number of accents.
Hunter hasn't disappointed with anything I've read or listened to of hers so far. This new series features Detective Inspector Jo Shaw, who had a cameo in Hunter's outstanding stand-alone book Unbreakable. And if you read that, you'll appreciate revisiting a great character from that book.
While there is a slow burn second chance romance blossoming in this story between Shaw and one-that-got-away trauma surgeon Isla Munro, it's not the focus. I will enjoy seeing it play out in future books, though, as Hunter plans for this to be a series.
You really can't go wrong with this author's work.
Another great Hunter/Vincent collaboration!
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An edge of your seat story
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Risky Business
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Highly Recommend
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Excellent!
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The people are SO relatably human. Jo isn’t some superhero. She screws up, can be hot headed/impulsive and sometimes literally shows her a** but is also empathetic and tries to do the right thing. There IS a part where she crosses a line and does something medical as a leyman. I expected it to go off the rales at that point but… even that was pretty realistic and highlighted why we don’t do that and how much the aftermath can suck. Idk if protocols are even remotely right though because im in a different country so I can’t even remotely speak to that. That’s the closest thing to a spoiler though because I haven’t read more than that:)
Also… This author seems to just really understand people. Idk about how she portrayed those of other cultures. I’m sheet of paper white and will leave that to someone more qualified. The ones I CAN speak to though in all walks of life are just so amazingly done.
Holy cow!!!
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Cari Hunter delivers
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