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Water for Elephants

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Sara Gruen
• Narrated By David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
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Why we think it’s a great listen: Some books are meant to be read; others are meant to be heard – Water for Elephants falls into the second group, and is one of the best examples we have of how a powerful performance enhances a great story. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

The Edge of Never

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 12 mins)
• By J. A. Redmerski
• Narrated By Lauren Fortgang

Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett thought she knew exactly where her life was going. But after a wild night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she shocks everyone - including herself - when she decides to leave the only life she's ever known and set out on her own. Grabbing her purse and her cell phone, Camryn boards a Greyhound bus ready to find herself. Instead, she finds Andrew Parrish.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
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Mma "Precious" Ramotswe sets up a detective agency in Botswana on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, making her the only female detective in the country. At first, cases are hard to come by. But eventually, troubled people come to Precious with a variety of concerns. Potentially philandering husbands, seemingly schizophrenic doctors, and a missing boy who may have been killed by witch doctors all compel Precious to roam about in her tiny van, searching for clues.

With All My Soul: Soul Screamers, Book 10

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Rachel Vincent
• Narrated By Amanda Ronconi
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After not really surviving her junior year (does "undead" count as survival?), Kaylee Cavanaugh has vowed to take back her school from the hellions causing all the trouble. She's going to find a way to turn the incarnations of Avarice, Envy, and Vanity against one another in order to protect her friends and finish this war, once and forever.

My Bluegrass Baby

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Molly Harper
• Narrated By Amanda Ronconi
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Sadie Hutchins loves her job at the Kentucky Tourism Commission. Not only could her co-workers double as the cast of Parks and Recreation, but she loves finding the unusual sites, hidden gems, and just-plain-odd tourist attractions of her home state. She’s a shoo-in for the director’s job when her boss retires at the end of the year…until hotshot Josh Vaughn shows up to challenge her for the position. Josh is all sophisticated polish while Sadie’s country comfort, and the two have very different ideas of what makes a good campaign.

Every Crooked Nanny: A Callahan Garrity Mystery, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Mary Kay Andrews
• Narrated By Hillary Huber

After 10 years of cleaning up the dirt on Atlanta's streets, Callahan Garrity is trading in her badge for a broom and a staff of house cleaners. But, though the uniform is a little different, Callahan soon finds herself right back in the middle of a mystery when a client's pretty, pious 19-year-old nanny is gone...along with the jewelry, silver, and a few rather sensitive real estate documents. Before she knows it, the meticulous Callahan is up to her elbows in a case involving illicit love triangles, crooked business deals, long-distance scams, and a dead body.

House Rules: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel, Book 7

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Chloe Neill
• Narrated By Sophie Eastlake
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At the tender age of 25, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see her mettle - and her metal - tested like never before. It started with two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With their house in peril, Merit and her Master, the centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances.

The Woods

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Harlan Coben
• Narrated By Scott Brick
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Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.

Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet: Charley Davidson, Book 4

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Darynda Jones
• Narrated By Lorelei King
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Sometimes being the grim reaper really is that. Grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above. Or at least get dressed. She quickly realizes something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she’s insane.

The Good House: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Ann Leary
• Narrated By Mary Beth Hurt
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The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston's North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. Hildy's family held an intervention for her about a year before this story takes place - "if they invite you over for dinner, and it’s not a major holiday," she advises "run for your life" - and now she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She has also fooled herself into thinking that moderation is the key.

The Marriage Bargain: Marriage to a Billionaire, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Jennifer Probst
• Narrated By Coleen Marlo
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To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner Alexa Maria McKenzie casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend's older brother - the powerful man who once shattered her heart.

Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn't believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father's corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister's childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition....