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Kennedy Layne
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Change is coming....
Maverick Beckett took his much needed annual vacation up to Washington State to relax with his old friends from his years in the Corps. He also had every intention of extinguishing the fires that arose between him and a certain local woman he couldn't get out of his mind until the unthinkable happened.
Nothing is as it seems....
Henley Varano loved the simple anonymous life that her remote hometown provided. She'd had the wealthy existence of a fashion model and the fame that came with it only to find it lonelier than she could have ever imagined. Unfortunately, men only saw the fictitious person she appeared to be in the magazines and not the real woman she was - even the one man she's wanted for years.
Surviving is just the beginning....
An apocalyptic event changes the course of their lives when the massive Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Panic ensues among the small town, causing Mav and Henley to witness the best and worst of humanity. They must work as a team to create a new existence before the fallout of harsh and fiery elements overtakes their safe haven. Along the way, they might just find that they need each other more than ever.
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- By Cyn on 04-12-15
By: Cora Seton
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Above All, Honor
- Honor Series, Book 1
- By: Radclyffe
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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The first in the Honor series, Above All, Honor introduces single-minded Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts and the woman she is sworn to protect - Blair Powell, the daughter of the President of the United States. Cam's duty is her life - and the only thing that keeps her from self-destructing under the unbearable weight of her own deep personal tragedy. However, she hasn't counted on the fact that the beautiful, willful first daughter will do anything in her power to escape the watchful eyes of her protectors, including seducing the agent in charge.
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Passion, Duty, Honor
- By Susie on 10-23-13
By: Radclyffe
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Concrete Evidence
- Evidence Series, Book 1
- By: Rachel Grant
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Greg Tremblay
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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She wants revenge. He wants her. Blackballed from underwater archaeology after accusations of artifact trafficking, Erica Kesling has a new job and a new life on the other side of the country and is working to clear her name. She's closing in on her goal when she's distracted by a sexy, charismatic intern who makes her want something other than revenge. But Lee Scott is no intern. He's looking for the lead conspirator in an international artifact smuggling scheme, and Erica is his prime suspect.
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good but older
- By Heart_in_808 on 08-19-21
By: Rachel Grant
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Tinderbox
- By: Rachel Grant
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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In the volatile tinderbox of the Horn of Africa, Morgan Adler has made the paleoanthropological find of a lifetime. The discovery brings her to the attention of a warlord eager to claim both Morgan and the fossils, forcing her to make a desperate dash to the nearby US military base to beg for protection.
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Perfect Romantic Suspense, Intelligently Written!
- By SB on 12-27-17
By: Rachel Grant
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Prince Joe
- By: Suzanne Brockmann
- Narrated by: Ashley Adlon
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Media consultant Veronica St. John has been hired to teach a rugged Navy SEAL to impersonate a European prince who's been targeted by terrorists. But one conversation and Veronica knows there's no way she can turn streetwise New Yorker Joe Catalanotto into nobility. Joe, on the other hand, is confident he's got what it takes. Two days isn't a lot of time to get the job done...but it's enough time to fall in love.
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Prince Joe
- By K. Carter on 08-06-10
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Inside
- Bulletproof Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Brenda Novak
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Virgil Skinner served 14 years for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s finally been exonerated, but he can’t escape the gang he joined in order to survive. They’ll do anything to keep him from telling what he knows. And if they can’t get to Virgil, they’ll go after his sister and her kids. The California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang, one that’s taking control of the state’s most notorious supermax. Virgil’s the perfect candidate, and he’ll agree to do it under an alias - in exchange for his sister’s protection.
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Great Book
- By Donna Thomas on 10-18-11
By: Brenda Novak
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Hostage Moon
- By: A. J. Quinn
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Everything can change in a heartbeat.Hunter Roswell thought she had left her past behind. But her carefully structured world starts to fall apart when a serial killer connected to her past emerges from the shadows and begins stalking her. Already responsible for the deaths of five women, the killer now has Hunter firmly in his sights. And he’s picked a target date - the night of October’s full moon - also known as the blood moon or hunter’s moon.
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Outsmarting the Serial Killer, Finding Romance
- By Susie on 12-06-12
By: A. J. Quinn
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More Than Friends
- By: Erin Dutton
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Evelyn Fisher thinks she has the perfect role model for a long-term relationship, until her best friends, Kendall and Melanie, split up and all three women must reevaluate their lives and their relationships. Determined to be a good friend to both, Evelyn supports Kendall and Melanie while they move forward, separately. But when she finds herself falling for one of them the delicate balance shifts. Will loyalty keep Evelyn from pursuing an unexpected chance at love?
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Really great story
- By Kindle Customer on 12-17-16
By: Erin Dutton
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Cry No More
- By: Linda Howard
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 11 hrs
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With an astonishing blend of savvy, instinct, and passion, Milla Edge displays an uncanny gift for finding lost children. When all seems helpless, desperate souls from across the country come to her for hope and results. Traveling to a small village in Mexico on a reliable tip, Milla begins to uncover the dire fate of countless children who have disappeared over the years.
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Best of the best
- By Diana on 08-28-08
By: Linda Howard
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One Last Kiss
- By: Kat Martin
- Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Foster
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Colorado rancher Sam Bridger will do anything for a friend, even if it means babysitting a rich city girl who knows more about high fashion than horses. Blond, beautiful Liberty Hale looks like a model - and acts like a spoiled brat - but Sam senses another side to the young woman who has lost so much of her family, and he can’t deny the heat just one look at her ignites. Libby is determined to get through her time on the ranch - her inheritance depends on her putting in a solid month’s work. She hadn’t imagined her boss would be a sexy, straightforward cowboy.
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Disappointing!
- By Kindle Customer on 08-14-22
By: Kat Martin
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Montana Heat: Protected by Love
- A Novella
- By: Jennifer Ryan
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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It was DEA Agent Caden Cooke's third chance to impress beautiful chef Mia Martin. He'd already stood her up twice, and was shocked she was even giving him another chance. For Caden, taking down the bad guys is important, but Mia's made it clear there's no excuse for his bad behavior. So he's vowed to make it worth her while with an apology he's cooked up just for her.
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Recommended
- By Peni A on 10-09-18
By: Jennifer Ryan
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Marked
- By: Kaylea Cross
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Successful architect Rachel Granger loves her job and her life, but when a terrorist on the FBI's most wanted list targets her, there's only one man she can trust. She hasn't seen Jake in years, but her former college friend told her he'd always be there for her and she definitely needs him now. Even though her feelings for him go far deeper than friendship and just being around him risks her heart, she would do anything to keep those she loves safe from a madman bent on unleashing hell.
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Love this author!
- By KLW on 08-11-19
By: Kaylea Cross
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- Scotty
- 02-20-19
Great book! Glad I got it.
This was a great start to this series and I plan to listen to the other books too. Rock Engle was great as a narrator.
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- RMc
- 07-22-21
Loved this book!
I got really engrossed in the book as the story line was excellent and the narrator did a superb job. I could envision everything that was happening.
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- Kristine
- 05-07-18
Engrossing!!!
I read this series in its entirety a while ago and loved it. Tried this first one on Audible and it’s AWESOME! Great narration - I just bought the remaining 4 books for only 1.99 ea since I already owned the kindle version, but I would have spent 4 credits if I had to - totally worth it. Fast paced story with great character development. Excellent!!!
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- nanciann lamontagne
- 07-06-18
And Yellowstone blew
Such a well written disaster book, and thank the lord it was something beside Zombies or EMP. Well researched, characters brought real by the writing and narrator.
The story draws you in, the characters become like family. I was unable to put the book down, and have already bought all the following books in the series that are currently available.
First time have run into a successfully combined disaster and adult content romance - neither side gets lost in the story line and both are extremely well knitted into a compelling story.'
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-10-18
A Real Hit for Kennedy Layne
Kennedy did a great job with this kick-off novel to this series. Maverick, Henley, and Ernie are the main characters and I have to say, when the SHTF I hope there's someone on my team as put together and prepared as they are. Looking forward to Owen's adventure in the second novel of the series.
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- Jillian
- 04-02-20
Can’t finish
I just can’t stand the narrator. He reminds me of Casey Kasem. Like too cheesy with a breathy voice. He also doesn’t say “didn’t “ correctly and it drives me nuts. I’m going to see if I can read the book instead and trade this audio for another
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- Jonella A. Moore
- 12-23-17
Yellowstone erupts & they find love...
This post-apocalyptic romance story was a pretty good listen, though at times I felt it was just a tad slow to get on with the plot. The heroine was a former model/actress who returned home to her tiny town after having a breakdown. The hero is a military guy who is vacationing at a fishing resort where his old service buddy is the owner. They know each other but she’s been kind of standoffish toward him. When a natural disaster of untold proportions arrives it’s up to them to pull everyone together and plan for survival. But there are outside forces that are affecting that outcome. Narration was well done, but this isn’t my favorite narrator.
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- 🔥 Phx17 🔥
- 10-10-24
Prepper romance - both over and under detailed
Overall, this first book was 75% prepper story and 25% military romance. It takes place in the days before/after Yellowstone blows. Other than mentioning the other four MMCs who are making their way to join Mav and Tank (their former Sarge), this story takes place entirely in one small Washington town.
There’s a lot of detail explaining natural disasters, how folks behave under stress, what the town does to prepare for doom … and yet little detail about the rest of the country or the world. There’s also too much detail on unnecessary things, like when Mav pulls to the side of the road and we hear how he engages the turn signal, checks the mirror, pulls off the road, puts the hazards on, etc, just so he can have a conversation with Henley… all we needed to know was that he pulled off the road.
This was heavy on telling rather than showing, and the telling happened repeatedly. How many times are we told, through dialogue or inner thoughts how disasters bring out the worst in people? Enough times to make a drinking game out of it. If you live for apocalyptic, prepper details about generators or gun models or how much metric tons of ash would cause ten years of global cover, then this should satisfy.
Me? It felt like a bloated nature documentary rather than an apocalypse thriller (see the Hell Divers series for a better post-apocalypse series).
The too much / too little thing continued with the romance. The first five chapters was a slog of her assuming the worst in him, and him being a martyr, where if either one of them communicated like adults, they’d already be soulmates. Then, once they clear the air, there’s a twenty minute, two chapter long sex scene with the most overblown, ‘who says that’ dialogue ever.
Seriously y’all, Mav tells her “what I also perceive is a woman who’s independent, intelligent and passionate, with a dry sense of humor … I want to share in your vivacity for life …” Snork.
They’ve been estranged for three years and I’m supposed to buy they’re pausing for heartfelt speeches?
And then instead of finally breaking their three year dry spell with an exuberant bang, it’s the slowest, gentlest sex with them looking deep into each other’s eyes thinking “I feel comforted and cared for” and
it was an “unbelievable gift they’d given each other.”
Ultimately, I wanted more action and suspense on the apocalyptic side, and desperately missed an epilogue to explain what happened to the world/MCs in the months/years after. On the romance end,
I wanted a livelier romance between a hot soldier and a former model.
After this book, the rest fall into basic romance territory, where the apocalypse is just window dressing. All five books are set in the opening days of disaster and feature the same vanilla MCs: a white, loner man with only his band of military brothers for family pairing with a white, thin traditional American woman. They build off each other a little on the disaster thriller side, but you could also just hit this and book 4 and hit the highlights of both the thriller and romance parts of the series.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-18-22
excellent
Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall
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- Elise Morgan
- 09-28-19
Great Book - Highly Recommend!!
This book is a great start to the series and the others are just as great. The only downside to this entire series is the narrator. I do not feel that he captures emptions correctly, and can't do female voices to save his life. He makes the female voice in every intimate moment sound like a dying animal which really takes away from the story. If you can ignore that, you will really enjoy this book.
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