the setup… Things have settled down following the events in the prior story. Virginia Wiest, daughter of Phillip Brown’s employer, has returned from her extended European stay healed and even more invigorated. Phillip’s life has been fairly uneventful until his sister Sarah finds the body of a man behind the dress shop where she works… Continue reading Blackmailed by Holly Bush @hollybushbooks #TheBrownsOfButchersHill #Blackmailed
the setup… It’s been five years since Hannah Hall’s life was turned upside down and her husband Owen Michaels disappeared, leaving her with stepdaughter Bailey. They’d discovered he’d runaway from his old identity to escape a crime family set on vengeance. But she sees him briefly at an exhibit and immediately knows things have changed.… Continue reading The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave @lauradaveauthor @lobecca @tessa_albertson @colindonnell #CJWilson @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #HannahHall #TheFirstTimeISawHim
the setup… Teen Amber Chambers was in a park collecting cans for money when she stumbles upon a dead body. Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall is assigned the case and is stymied trying to identify the man. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Max Rhodes and his Bend office are exploring recent chatter about a potential violent uprising.… Continue reading No One Knew by Kendra Elliot @kendraelliot @snemethparker @brilliancepublishing #NoelleMarshall #NoOneKnew
the setup… Georgia Lane is a former child star from Australia who stepped away from the public view after she reached adolescence and adoration turned sour. After years out of the business, she moves to Los Angeles, ready to prove herself as an actress. Georgia expected to quickly be swept into a swirl of auditions… Continue reading Break Me Down by Anna Downes @anna_downes_writer @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #Multicast #Fullcast #BreakMeDown
the setup… Water…Earth…Fire…Air. These four elements are used to provide illustrative perspectives in four interconnected stories about aspects of crime, originally published as separate novellas. The enabler is about a woman fleeing from her husband’s scandal, wondering about her possible complicity, with the water element having a strong influence. The accomplice is a young man… Continue reading The Elements by John Boyne @johnboyneauthor @johnboynewriter.bsky.social @annafriel @colin.morgan_ @danewhyteohara #NiamhCusack @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheElements
the setup… Maggie McCabe, a former combat and humanitarian surgeon, is highly skilled and was equally regarded until she lost her license because of a tragic accident. Now she and her genius sister Sharon are drowning in debt and a financially crippling lawsuit…until she’s offered a lifeline from an old mentor. It’s shrouded in secrecy… Continue reading Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben @reesewitherspoon @harlancoben @harlancoben.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #GoneBeforeGoodbye
It’s a cold, harsh Christmas Eve in London and Ebenezer Scrooge hates the season. He’s a crotchety old (and wealthy) miser who has just turned away two men asking for donations to help the poor (Scrooge could easily help), and turned down an invitation to dinner from his nephew Fred. He grudgingly let his put… Continue reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Performed by Patrick Stewart @sirpatstew @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #AChristmasCarol #BookSky
the setup… Isabella (Izzy) Russo is a high-end department store manager and in a relationship with Evan, a man who treats her shabbily and constantly harps about her weight. One night when they were dining out, Izzy looks up and sees a man watching her intently. She wasn’t unnerved, just felt “seen.” She later learns… Continue reading Love Me Stalk Me by Laura Bishop @laurabishopauthor #CJBloom @sebastianyork_official @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #ObsessivelyYours #LoveMeStalkMe
the setup… It’s 1997 and in the space of thirty days, Michelle Cadell’s life has turned upside down. She’s always had an orderly and well planned life in Seattle and now the thirty-year old advertising manager is divorced, owner of her ex’s border collie-with-attitude Rocket and managing her recently deceased mother’s bed & breakfast (Bird… Continue reading If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia @julieoliviaauthor #BlairYoung @emilyeidenvo @maybealexraby @seanpatrickhopkins @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #IfItMakesYouHappy #BookSky
the setup… Petra is a reporter from Chicago, dispatched to New Orleans to track down some of the supernatural urban legends surrounding the city. One in particular involves Dax Rousseau, owner of the tattoo parlor House of Ink and Blood who has a cat named Lucifer. Sources say his body is covered with tattoos…but they’re… Continue reading Spicy Little Curses by J. T. Geissinger @jtgeissingerauthor @voicedbyvanessa @duran.troy @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #SpicyLittleCurses #BookSky
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