the setup… What if there was another side to the Cinderella fairy tale? Introducing Lady Etheldrada (Ethel) Verity Isolde Tremaine Bramley, better known as the evil stepmother. She’s twice widowed with two daughters from her first marriage, Mathilde and Rosamund (Rosie), and stepdaughter Elin from her last. Both men left her virtually penniless except for… Continue reading Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser @hochhauser #BessieCarter @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LadyTremaine
the setup… Single mother Elodie January left her home in Australia with her six-year old autistic son Jude for Virginia after a whirlwind romance with new husband Brendan (Bren) who is deeply devoted to her. She’s also pregnant, reveling in a her new and blissful life. That is until Jude complains about the sounds coming… Continue reading You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews @paperfury @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #YouDidNothingWrong
the setup… Waldo is a 17-year old daughter of a struggling single mother who was not much older than her when she got pregnant. She doesn’t have many friends (by choice), is lonely and desperate to be loved by someone who she wants to love back. Waldo is very good at her job at Victoria’s… Continue reading Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #HalfHerAge
Life as Gisèle Pelicot once knew it changed in November 2020 when she received a call from the Avignon police, asking her to come to the station where her husband had been arrested for upskirting (taking photos or videos up women’s skirts). They discovered years of videos and photos on his laptop of her being… Continue reading A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot @gisele_pelicot #EmmaThompson @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #AHymnToLife
the setup… Keats Matthew’s is a university student struggling to make ends meet. He’s working as a server at a ritzy mansion where the pay will be substantial. During a cigarette break, he runs into a charming young woman who returns to the house before he gets her name. Later he discovers she’s Sosie Stansbury,… Continue reading Then There Was You by S. L. Scott @s.l.scott @mallonerin @tor_thom @hambright_pr #ThenThereWasYou
the setup… One man has forever altered the trajectory of three women’s lives. Birdie Chang was 9-years old when she was sexually assaulted by Calvin Boyd, a young man in his twenties. Linzie King was 13-years old when he sexually assaulted her. Mary-Beth Boyd loves her son unconditionally and chooses to blindly make excuses for… Continue reading Whidbey by T Kira Madden @tkiramadden @tkiramadden.bsky.social @eunicewongnarration @ladychristinamoore @miahutchinsonshaw @lobecca @marinerbooks @marinerbooks.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #Whidbey
the setup… Lily is on her way to the Colorado Rockies to scatter her late father’s ashes along with his best friend’s who recently died. Their families had spent every summer at the cabin and this had been their request. But she only agreed to come because Walker Shaw wasn’t going to be there. But… Continue reading Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @elliegossage @brilliancepublishing #EverybodysFavoriteGuy
the setup… Benny Abbott and Joy Moore met at a party thirteen years ago when she first moved to Los Angeles and they’ve been best friends since. They now host one of the most popular and recognized podcasts worldwide, This Story Might Save Your Life. Every week they pose a survival situation and hypothesize their… Continue reading This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum @bytiffanycrum @justjuliawhelan @seanpatrickhopkins @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #ThisStoryMightSaveYourLife
the setup… It’s Valentine’s Day and Noah Evans is working the night shift at the Louisiana graveyard when he hears some moaning. He’s a gravedigger and used to finding lovers amongst the gravestones. But when the moans turn to screaming, he realizes it’s not a Valentine’s Day tryst but a woman…buried alive. And it’s coming… Continue reading Valentine’s Slay by Navessa Allen @navessa.allen @alliepnarrates @alastairhaynesbridge @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #ValentinesSlay
the setup… Alice Hoffman has assembled a collection of stories by fourteen wonderful writers who are kind enough to share their dog companion experiences and celebrate their lives at the same time. Each story bears the name of their beloved pooch. The contributors: Isabel Allende, Chris Bohjalian, Bonnie Garmus, Roxane Gay, Emily Henry, Ann Leary,… Continue reading The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman @ahoffmanwriter @carenoutloud @carenoutloud.bsky.social @heyitsmaxmeyers @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheBestDogInTheWorld
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