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Narrated by:
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Fiona Hardingham
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Ethan Reid
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Steve West
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By:
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Sophie Clark
About this listen
An epic new fantasy about a demon hunter and a foot soldier thrown together in a centuries-old war. . . and the forbidden love that could change the course of history.
A bloody war between demons and the Vatican has waged for more than a century, with two elite soldiers now at its center: Selene Alleva, a high-ranking exorcist running from a dark family legacy, and orphan Jules Lacroix, recruited by the Vatican and unrivalled on the battlefield.
When their paths cross over a series of unprecedented demon attacks, the distrust—and unwelcome attraction—they have for each other is immediate. But to get to the bottom of the breaches they strike an uneasy alliance to avoid suspicion. With Jules posing as Selene's estranged fiance, they head to the Vatican in search of answers. But even as Selene questions who her most dangerous enemy is, Jules has begun to suspect that it's him.
Now Jules' very existence challenges every truth Selene thought she knew, and suggests a terrible conspiracy at the heart of the Vatican. Unable to ignore their growing feelings, the two must make an impossible choice between love and duty.
They say love conquers all—but can it win in a war between demons and exorcists? Or will it tear them apart . . .
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- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get a summer internship studying dragon languages, be smart, be sweet, and make sure her little sister never, ever has to risk growing up Third Class. She just has to free one dragon. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war. With her parents and cousin arrested and her sister missing, Viv is brought to Bletchley Park as a codebreaker—if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.
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A promising start with room to soar
- By Jess on 01-13-25
By: S. F. Williamson
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A Forgery of Fate
- By: Elizabeth Lim
- Narrated by: Mirai
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art forger, Tru has the unique ability to paint the future, but even such magic is not enough to put her family back together again, or stave off the gangsters demanding payment in blood for her mother’s gambling debts.
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made me cry happy tears
- By Diane K. on 06-16-25
By: Elizabeth Lim
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This Vicious Grace
- A Novel (The Last Finestra, Book 1)
- By: Emily Thiede
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Michael Gallagher
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard.
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One of my Favorite YA Books of the Year
- By ReadandWander on 07-20-22
By: Emily Thiede
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The Wind Weaver
- Reign of Remnants, Book 1
- By: Julie Johnson
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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Magic and adventure swirl through this spellbinding romantasy where a young woman reignites the embers of an ancient prophecy, unleashing a storm that could save her realm or doom them all.
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World building
- By Lauren on 06-10-25
By: Julie Johnson
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Seven Faceless Saints
- By: M.K. Lobb
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In the city of Ombrazia, saints and their disciples rule with terrifying and unjust power, playing favorites while the unfavored struggle to survive. After her father’s murder at the hands of the Ombrazian military, Rossana Lacertosa is willing to do whatever it takes to dismantle the corrupt system—tapping into her powers as a disciple of Patience, joining the rebellion, and facing the boy who broke her heart. As the youngest captain in the history of Palazzo security, Damian Venturi is expected to be ruthless and strong, and to serve the saints with unquestioning devotion.
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great book and I hear the author is very cool.
- By Chazking on 02-20-23
By: M.K. Lobb
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The Lost Queen
- The Lost Queen, Book 1
- By: Aimee Phan
- Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Jolie Lam, a high school sophomore in San Jose, is known for two things: her bizarre freakout at last year’s swim meet and her fortuneteller grandfather with visions of dragons and earthquakes. Friendless and ostracized, Jolie's life takes a dramatic turn for the better when she saves the school's it-girl, Huong Pham, during a haunting vision of her own. Taken under Huong's wing, Jolie's world transforms, in more ways than one.
By: Aimee Phan
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The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
- The Three Realms, Book 1
- By: Amélie Wen Zhao
- Narrated by: Annie Q
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore Àn’yīng’s family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now the mortal realm is falling into eternal night, and mó—beautiful, ravenous demons—roam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls. Àn’yīng is no longer a helpless child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter the Immortality Trials, which are open to any mortal who can survive the journey to the immortal realm.
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Good story, but a bit too soap opera for me
- By Josh Pankratz on 06-01-25
By: Amélie Wen Zhao
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The Beautiful Maddening
- By: Shea Ernshaw
- Narrated by: Kimberly Woods
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Seventeen year-old Lark Goode wants only one thing: to escape her small town of Cutwater and the history of her family name. It’s a history that began during the Dutch tulip mania of 1636, when Lark’s ancestor stole the last remaining tulip bulbs and fled to America. But when the tulips bloomed on American soil, madness sprouted from their snowy white petals. The madness was love. Now, generations later, the Goodes remain cursed—the unnatural flowers outside their home causing locals to fall helplessly in love with anyone carrying Goode blood in their veins.
By: Shea Ernshaw
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The God and the Gumiho
- By: Sophie Kim
- Narrated by: Greta Jung, Intae Kim
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Kim Hani has retired from a life of devouring souls. She is, simply put, too full. Once known as the infamous Scarlet Fox, she now spends her days working in a coffee shop and annoying a particularly irritating, if unfairly handsome, trickster god as often as she can. That god is Seokga the Fallen. Exiled from the heavenly kingdom of Okhwang, he now begrudgingly resides in the mortal realm, working toward his redemption and suffering through his interactions with the particularly infuriating, if sneakily charming, gumiho barista at his favorite café.
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Loved this story so much
- By Katherine Sawyer on 06-17-25
By: Sophie Kim
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The Scarlet Alchemist
- By: Kylie Lee Baker
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price. When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country in tasks she’ll be lucky to survive, let alone pass.
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What a journey
- By Amazon Customer on 02-11-25
By: Kylie Lee Baker
So captivating & Intriguing story!
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