• Don't Breathe a Word

  • A Novel
  • By: Jennifer McMahon
  • Narrated by: Lily Rains
  • Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (294 ratings)

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Don't Breathe a Word

By: Jennifer McMahon
Narrated by: Lily Rains
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Publisher's summary

On a soft summer night in Vermont, 12-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, Sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.

Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam, a practical, sensible man who doesn't fear the dark and doesn't have bad dreams - who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly the couple is faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam's hardheaded, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed - a promise that could destroy them all.

©2011 Jennifer McMahon (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

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Sends chills down your spine, makes you look...

Author Jennifer McMahon has done it again. I was so happy to see that I had missed one of her books! I thought I had listened to them all. I was happy to be wrong and to have ONE left. Author Jennifer McMahon has a unique way of spinning tales that leaves you wondering if things do go bump in the night, if humanity is truly in danger, and if the boogeyman does exist. This author keeps me hanging on every single word. I love her writing style, her characters are so well developed, and she always has an element of make believe, magic or the super or paranormal mixed in just enough to make you question your own sanity. I love this author so much and I cannot wait for her to release MORE books for us to enjoy!

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR NARRATOR LILY RAINS!!! EXCELLENT WORK!!!

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A different reader would have made it better

The reader’s interpretation of the characters added a color that I didnt agree with. While the story was interesting and scary, I wish Id just bought it and read it myself.

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Didn't expect this ending!

Great narration. Story drawn out a bit with complex character story lines. Overall good book

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Unhappy ending

This story had a good story idea but ended with the bad guy winning. Now I know as well as anyone that real life doesn't always end happily, in fact quite often doesn't. That is exactly why the good guys must triumph in fiction. I won't read this author again

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just not for me

couldn't get in to it, felt like the story was unfolded in a disjointed way to try to force the twists, then spelled out again for you in case you missed it the first time.

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