Northwest Review
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Maybe This Time
- By: Cara Bastone
- Narrated by: Zoë Chao, Noah Reid, Josh Hurley, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,554
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,400
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,399
Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like a hug with mega dose of confidence
- By Amanda on 05-03-24
If I wanted a lecture I'd go to class.
Reviewed: 05-13-24
I like the full audio narrative. I'm getting real tired of all the free books including an underlying lecture on social justice.
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Dark Stranger: The Dream
- New and Lengthened 2017 Edition
- By: I. T. Lucas
- Narrated by: Charles Lawrence
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,827
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,586
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,585
Syssi's paranormal foresight lands her a job at Dr. Amanda Dokani's neuroscience lab, but it fails to predict the thrilling yet terrifying turn her life will take. Syssi has no clue that her boss is an immortal who'll drag her into a secret, millennia-old battle over humanity's future. Nor does she realize that the professor's imposing brother is the mysterious stranger who's been starring in her dreams.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like having Optimus Prime read you a romance novel
- By Erin Griffith on 02-11-18
- Dark Stranger: The Dream
- New and Lengthened 2017 Edition
- By: I. T. Lucas
- Narrated by: Charles Lawrence
I weary of the thinly disguised lessons in social justice.
Reviewed: 05-13-24
The premise of the shifter element is interesting. Having said that, the underlying lecture on social justice is tiring. The narrator is good on male voices, but the breathy female voices are irritating. He'd do better just to read it. The erotic elements somewhat funny like watching an old Dracula movie. Couldn't finish it.
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He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure
- He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1
- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
- Length: 28 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39,479
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35,299
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,216
It’s not easy making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil. He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- By tb3 on 03-10-21
- He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure
- He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1
- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
A mistake if you don't know what LitRPG is.
Reviewed: 09-28-22
I wanted to pull out my hair after a couple of hours of endless cataloguing of point, potions, powers and what not. Clearly not intended for non gamers.
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Gulf Coast Cottage
- Blackbird Beach, Book 1
- By: Maggie Miller
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Ryan West, Stephanie Einstein
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,956
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,460
In the middle of an awful divorce, 53-year-old Georgia Carpenter finds herself out of luck, time, and money. Then her phone rings with the news that her great aunt has died and left her a cottage in the Gulf Coast town of Blackbird Beach. Georgia has no idea what awaits her on the other coast of Florida. All she knows is that she has nowhere else to go. And no reason to stay where she is.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like Walking Across a Treadle Platform
- By Anonymous User on 08-26-22
- Gulf Coast Cottage
- Blackbird Beach, Book 1
- By: Maggie Miller
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Ryan West, Stephanie Einstein
More like Part I of a book.
Reviewed: 09-04-22
Not really a book but more like part I of a book. A sweet vanilla story.
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Cavalier
- A Crimson Elite Novel
- By: T.L. Smith
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Mackenzie Cartwright
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,866
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,434
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,419
If God created the perfect man he would closely resemble Creed - on the outside, that is. He’s as cavalier as they come. Unconcerned. Cold. Dismissive. I wonder if he has any feelings at all. And when his lips touch mine, everything goes black. He takes me into his world, and it’s the most magical thing I’ve ever experienced. And I’m sucked in time and time again. Like a moth to the flame, I am ready to be set alight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BLEW ME AWAY
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 04-15-19
- Cavalier
- A Crimson Elite Novel
- By: T.L. Smith
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Mackenzie Cartwright
Fall in love with a guy who tortures people?
Reviewed: 08-28-22
One one hand it's an ok story with some hot scenes until she stops by his house unexpectedly.
On the other hand he tortures and kills people to de-stress and for business. Really? Completely repulsive, horrifying and entirely unnecessary to the love story except to make it wierd and revolting.
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A Study in Scarlet Women
- The Lady Sherlock Series, Book 1
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,598
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,647
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,621
With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper-class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London. When the city is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father, Charlotte is desperate to find the true culprits and clear the family name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First-rate author and first-rate narrator
- By Lady Wesley on 03-25-17
- A Study in Scarlet Women
- The Lady Sherlock Series, Book 1
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Mixed
Reviewed: 01-20-21
Kate Reading is great, as usual.
The first few chapters are the equivalent of a long, boring lecture on the subjugation of women. Not just illustrated, but restated, reinforced, summarized and reviewed. I nearly opted out, but I have a hard time not finishing a book.
After that the story picks up and the development of a female Holmes is quite inventive and actually works very well. There's a lot of potential here.
I'm going to try the next book, but I HATE social lectures in fiction books. If I wanted lectured, I'd order one.
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If You Give a Rake a Ruby
- Jewels of the Ton, Book 2
- By: Shana Galen
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4 out of 5 stars 106
Fallon, the Marchioness of Mystery, is a celebrated courtesan with her finger on the pulse of high society. She's adored by men, hated by their wives. No one knows anything about her past, and she plans to keep it that way. Warrick Fitzhugh will do anything to protect his compatriots in the Foreign Office, including seduce Fallon, who he thinks can lead him to the deadliest crime lord in London. He knows he's putting his life on the line. Warrick's shock, Fallon is not who he thinks she is, and the secrets she's keeping are exactly what makes her his heart's desire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Story...not so happy with the narrator.
- By JuneParmer on 12-05-13
- If You Give a Rake a Ruby
- Jewels of the Ton, Book 2
- By: Shana Galen
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers
Lucy Rivers excells -Galen falls off
Reviewed: 10-16-20
While the narration in book one was marginal, Ms Rivers does an excellent job in book two.
I appreciate Ms Galen's acknowledgment of PTSD. I did not appreciate battle scenes interspersed in the love scenes. It left me a little ill.
Still, in all I liked the intrigue.
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When You Give a Duke a Diamond
- Jewels of the Ton, Book 1
- By: Shana Galen
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 176
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Story4 out of 5 stars 174
William, the sixth Duke of Pelham, enjoys his punctual, securely structured life. Orderly and predictable-that's the way he likes it. But he's in the public eye, and the scandal sheets will make up anything to sell papers. When the gossips link him to Juliette, one of the most beautiful and celebrated courtesans in London, chaos doesn't begin to describe what happens next....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I don't like American accents for English romances
- By Marcheta on 03-26-13
- When You Give a Duke a Diamond
- Jewels of the Ton, Book 1
- By: Shana Galen
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers
If you can get through book 1....
Reviewed: 10-16-20
Ten years ago Lucy Rivers narration would have been standard, but honestly she "reads" the whole book. It's pretty bad. Just make it through this one. She is ten times better in book 2. (Yes you do need the background for book 2.)
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Wind River Wrangler
- By: Lindsay McKenna
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 229
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 206
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Story4 out of 5 stars 207
From the moment Roan Taggart picked up the pretty redhead at the Jackson Hole airport, his training and experience told him she was spooked. She's left New York City to visit the Wind River Ranch, where Roan is a wrangler, and just as he can pick up a horse's mood, he can feel the tension coming off her body. And that vulnerability is triggering all his protective instincts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful!!!
- By lynn wen-hen on 07-02-18
- Wind River Wrangler
- By: Lindsay McKenna
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Not an action story
Reviewed: 08-03-20
I selected this title because I thought it might have an action story as a component of the romance. Don't be fooled. Chapters and chapters of emotional angst. While the hero is described as a "black ops operator" every other paragraph (until you want to gag), in the end it proves to be completely irrelevant to the story. The author gives a disingenuous endorsement to rural life and the military to try and sell the story. In essence it's a thinly disguised anti-gun missive.
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Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress
- By: Kyra Davis
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,062
Overjoyed at Maryanne’s engagement, amateur sleuth Sophie Katz can’t wait for the wedding vows and party toasts to begin. But then Dena—best friend, bridesmaid and all-around vixen—is mysteriously shot just after the announcement. Leave this to the authorities? No way. Dena may never walk again, and Sophie vows to marry her fists with the shooter’s face.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not worth a credit or even the sale price
- By A on 01-09-11
- Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress
- By: Kyra Davis
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Anatoly should run, and so should you.
Reviewed: 05-24-20
Even though I wasn't thrilled about the last book in this series, I thought I would give this one a try since I had enjoyed the characters a banter in the previous books. I'm barely into the book and already Sophie is deceiving Anatoly and off on a self centered juggernaut. I decided I couldn't take another book of wanting to slap her silly. No man would put up with her. No man should put up with a woman who does what she does. So I confess, I didn't get very far and won't be back for more.
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