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Wild Cards by Simone Elkeles

Narrated by Amy Rubinate and Kirby Heybourne Derek Fitzpatrick is the seventeen-year-old hero of Wild Cards. As the story starts, he is expelled from his expensive prep school for a (relatively harmless but quite disruptive) prank he takes full responsibility…

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A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley

Narrated by Anne Flosnik Anyone who knows me can tell you two things. First, they’ll tell you that I go nuts for any kind of historical fiction. Second, you’d learn I’m nothing, if not a feminist. Bearing these two things…

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Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale

Narrated by Nicholas Boulton Ok, be honest. If I said, this is the Baltimore Business Phone book narrated by Nicholas Boulton, at least half of you would continue reading. The man has some serious narrating chops – his straight narrative…

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Stolen Heat by Elisabeth Naughton

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley Second (and my favorite) in Elisabeth Naughton’s Stolen series, Stolen Heat delivers an ultimately sweet reunion in a thrilling romantic adventure/suspense. This was a keeper read for me (published in 2009), so I was excited to re-experience…

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GIVEAWAY! One Summer by Karen Robards – an Anna Fields Narration

We originally planned to run our January Picks today but when we heard that Karen Robards’ One Summer narrated by the incomparable Anna Fields (Kate Fleming) was finally, after all these years, available for purchase as a download, we knew we…

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Two Gals Talking: One Summer by Karen Robards

  Narrated by Anna Fields/Kate Fleming NOTE: the sound samples referenced in this post are no longer available, so the links have been removed. One Summer features schoolteacher Rachel Grant, now in her mid-thirties, and former student Johnny Harris, five years…

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A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan

Narrated by Rosalyn Landor Book 1.5 in the Brothers Sinister series, this novella gives us the backstory of Minnie’s best friend Lydia Charingford. Minnie, the heroine of The Duchess War, Book 1, had helped her friend when she ended up…

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Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

Narrated by Angela Dawe While published in 2010, Maybe This Time “takes place in 1992—because.” The story opens with this line. After listening to the end, I’m still puzzling out the cause. Andromeda “Andie” Miller and North Archer have an unresolved…

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Charming the Shrew by Laurin Wittig

Narrated by Ralph Lister When I started listening to Charming the Shrew, I thought that I had been transported to Camelot; I could just hear Richard Burton saying, “I know what the king is doing tonight…” (Yes, I know, Camelot…