“Smooth, engaging writing…taking a human-interest approach to the war and putting readers directly in the action beside Leroy.” —Booklist (starred review)
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- The Silent Woman
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By Minka Kent
Read by Christine Lakin and Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 11/01/22
Formats: Digital Audy
Newlywed Jade Westmore has finally found her forever in husband Wells, a charming, successful, and recently divorced architect—only there’s one caveat: behind the gates of their elysian estate, hidden from street view in the caretaker’s cottage … lives Wells’s first wife, Sylvie.
Three years ago, the original Mrs. Westmore suffered a nervous breakdown—and hasn’t uttered a sound since. Not a physician, psychologist, or world-renowned specialist has been able to elicit so much as a word from the silent woman—until now.
On an ordinary Tuesday while Wells was away—despite instructions to never disturb the fragile woman—Jade visited her isolated predecessor bearing a peace offering: a bouquet of white lilies. Only she wasn’t expecting Sylvie to have something for her as well: a slip of torn notebook paper with a single word scrawled in shaky black ink. That word? Run
- The Silent Woman
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By Minka Kent
Read by Christine Lakin and Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 11/01/22
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Close-Up on War
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Read by Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 3/22/22
Formats: Digital Audy
The incredible story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few woman photographers during the Vietnam War, told by an award-winning journalist and children’s author
From award-winning journalist and children’s book author Mary Cronk Farrell comes the inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave a human face to the Vietnam War. Close-up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the war’s few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the twenty-year conflict. Although she had no formal photographic training and had never before traveled more than a few hundred miles from Paris, Leroy left home at age twenty-one to travel to Vietnam and document the faces of war.
Despite being told that women didn’t belong in a “man’s world,” she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers’ slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through rice paddies, and became the only official photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers. Leroy took striking photos that gave America no choice but to look at the realities of war—showing what it did to people on both sides—from wounded soldiers to civilian casualties.
Later, Leroy was gravely wounded from shrapnel, but that didn’t keep her down more than a month. When captured by the North Vietnamese in 1968, she talked herself free after photographing her captors, scoring a cover story in Life magazine. A recipient of the George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, Leroy was one of the most well-known photographers in the world during her time, and her legacy of bravery and compassion endures today.
Farrell interviewed people who knew Leroy, as well as military personnel and other journalists who covered the war. In addition to a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Peter Arnot, the book includes a preface, author’s note, endnotes, bibliography, timeline, and index.
- Close-Up on War
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Read by Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 3/22/22
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Lemonade Year
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Read by Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 6/15/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Love. Loss. And second chances.
Nina’s once-sweet life has unexpectedly turned sour. Her marriage is over, her job is in jeopardy, and her teenage daughter is slipping away from her. Then her father dies and issues with Nina’s mother come to a head; her estranged brother, Ray, comes home; and her sister, Lola, is tempted to blow a big family secret out of the water. They say the truth will set you free, but first it will make a huge mess of things.
All Nina’s got left is her final photography assignment shooting images for the book 32 Ways to Make Lemonade. Well, that and the attention of a younger man, but Oliver’s on-again-off-again romantic interest in her ebbs and flows so much she is seasick. And then Jack, her ex-husband, shows up, wanting to get back together.
As Nina struggles to find a way through her complicated relationships and to uncover her true path, she discovers just how valuable a second chance at life and happiness can be.
- The Lemonade Year
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Read by Kate Rudd
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Release Date: 6/15/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Violated
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Read by various narrators
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Release Date: 3/07/17
Formats: Digital Audy
Bill Pronzini is crime-writing royalty. His more than eighty published novels have won or been nominated for Edgar, Hammett, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards—a clean sweep of the crime fiction award field—and received rave reviews from critics. He crafts masterful stories, often from multiple perspectives, in which the human condition is on full display. The Violated is no exception.
In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body of Martin Torrey is found by two passersby. A registered sex offender, Torrey has been a suspect in a string of recent rapes, and instant suspicion for his murder falls on the relatives and friends of the women attacked. Police chief Griffin Kells and detective Robert Ortiz are under increasing pressure from the public and from a mayor demanding results in a case that has no easy solution.
Pronzini cleverly unfolds the case through alternating perspectives—Martin Torrey’s wife, caught between her grief and the fear her husband was guilty; the outraged husbands of the women violated; the enterprising editor of the local paper; the mayor concerned most with his own ratings; the detectives, often spinning in circles—until a surprising break leads to a completely unexpected conclusion. The Violated is Bill Pronzini at the height of his storytelling powers.
- The Violated
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Read by various narrators
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Release Date: 3/07/17
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Kisses between the Lines
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By Rachelle J. Christensen, Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Heather Tullis, and Connie E. Sokol
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Release Date: 8/09/16
Formats: Digital Audy
Welcome to Echo Ridge, New York, where romance finds its way into the lives of the people who walk the streets of the close-knit community. In these five novellas, listeners will experience the power a book has to change a life, make dreams come true, and bring two hearts together.
The Kiss Thief by Rachelle J. Christensen
The old Echo Ridge library is in desperate need of a renovation. Librarian Britta Klein’s heart refuses to be swayed by musician Milo Geissler and his irresistible dimpled smile. But when he helps her find a key classic book, Britta wonders if there is more to life than books and order.
The Lion, the Witch & the Library by Lucy McConnell
Jennifer Solomon’s birthday wish is to have the one person she’s been too shy to go after: Kirke Staples, her best friend. Friend, as in don’t fall in love with the man. But it’s too late. In her efforts to win Kirke’s heart, Jennifer is forced to decide what type of woman she wants to be.
The Last of the Gentlemen by Cami Checketts
Working nights and struggling through life, Emma Turner doesn’t leave much time for romance. But when her son’s good-looking lacrosse coach takes an interest in her children, Emma has to fight off desire and banish her daydreams. If only she could tell that to her heart.
Much Ado about a Kiss by Heather Tullis
The one thing Fay doesn’t need right now is a guy in her life—especially her brother’s irritating best friend from high school, whose kiss made her heart flutter. Why does he have to upset her just-fine world? Not this time. Not if she can help it. But can she?
Pride & Persuasion by Connie E. Sokol
Lindy Marchant is roped into the Echo Ridge library fundraiser to become an assistant for Armand D. Beaumont, a bestselling detective writer. While Armand inadvertently assists Lindy with the shop, she uncovers his painful truth and an inconvenient growing attraction.
- Kisses between the Lines
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By Rachelle J. Christensen, Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Heather Tullis, and Connie E. Sokol
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Release Date: 8/09/16
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Christmas Kisses
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By Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Rachelle J. Christensen, Connie E. Sokol, and Heather Tullis
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Release Date: 7/28/16
Formats: Digital Audy
Christmas Kisses is a collection from five bestselling and award-winning authors. Set in the snowy town of Echo Ridge in upstate New York, these inspirational romances are sure to delight while you sip cocoa by the fire and listen to Christmas carols.
The Candy Counter Heiress by Lucy McConnell
Someday Reese Gates will own the Candy Counter at Kenworth’s. Unfortunately for Reese, even the best laid plans can melt like chocolate.
Christmas Makeover by Cami Checketts
When Chelsea Jamison realizes she’s fallen for her best friend, she wonders if there is any hope of a relationship with Drew or if she’s stuck in buddy status for life.
Hope for Christmas by Rachelle J. Christensen
Just as Anika Fletcher’s fragile soul begins to feel hope again, an ill-timed act of charity changes everything and Anika isn’t sure who she can trust or if hope is worth nurturing.
Soda Fountain Christmas by Connie E. Sokol
Keira Kenworth has one focus this holiday season: to save her father’s old-time department store from bankruptcy—not to dwell on Tayton Wells, the tall, dark, and genius marketing guru hired to make it happen.
One Winter Night by Heather Tullis
Jonah Owens needs to sell his grandmother’s house—which would be easier if his neighbor didn’t have all those farm animals. Kaya Fiedler’s family has owned their land for nearly a hundred years—and there’s no way she’s giving up the animal therapy business she’s been struggling to make profitable.
- Christmas Kisses
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By Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Rachelle J. Christensen, Connie E. Sokol, and Heather Tullis
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Release Date: 7/28/16
Formats: Digital Audy