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A razor-sharp tale of two couples, two marriages, a bar, and a San Francisco start-up from a best-selling, award-winning novelist.
This is a story about two marriages. Or is it? It begins with a wedding, held in the small San Francisco forest of Bottle Grove - bestowed by a wealthy patron for the public good, back when people did such things. Here is a cross section of lives, a stretch of urban green where ritzy guests, lustful teenagers, drunken revelers, and forest creatures all wait for the sun to go down. The girl in the corner slugging vodka from a cough-syrup bottle is Padgett - she’s keeping something secreted in the woods. The couple at the altar are the Nickels - the bride is emphatic about changing her name, as there is plenty about her old life she is ready to forget.
Set in San Francisco as the tech boom is exploding, Bottle Grove is a sexy, skewering dark comedy about two unions - one forged of love and the other of greed - and about the forces that can drive couples together, into dependence, and then into sinister, even supernatural realms. Add one ominous shape-shifter to the mix, and you get a delightful and strange spectacle: a story of scheming and yearning and foibles and love and what we end up doing for it - and everyone has a secret. Looming over it all is the income disparity between San Francisco's tech community and...everyone else.
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When Tina Das finds herself at a crossroads both professionally and personally, she wonders if a weeklong trip to Delhi for her cousin’s lavish wedding might be just the right kind of escape. Maybe a little time away from New York will help get her mind straight about her stalled career, her recent breakup, and her nagging suspicion that she’ll never feel as at home in America as she does in India. Tina hopes this destination wedding, taking place at Delhi’s poshest country club, Colebrookes, will be the perfect way to reflect and unwind.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good As A Summer Read.
- By SK on 08-17-20
By: Diksha Basu
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Cleopatra and Frankenstein
- By: Coco Mellors
- Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4 out of 5 stars 171
Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank’s life is full of all the excesses Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could’ve predicted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Refreshing
- By Sadz on 11-22-22
By: Coco Mellors
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Beautiful Bad
- By: Annie Ward
- Narrated by: Xe Sands, Vivienne Leheny, Paul Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Story4 out of 5 stars 286
Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army, and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now, almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHOA!! Bad people but an amazing book.
- By Grace76 on 03-07-19
By: Annie Ward
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The Magic of Found Objects
- A Novel
- By: Maddie Dawson
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 560
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Story4 out of 5 stars 499
Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning. So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I missed it when it was over
- By J. Williams on 08-20-21
By: Maddie Dawson
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Little Girl Lost
- A Foundlings Novel
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4 out of 5 stars 105
May 1968 - On a murky pre-dawn Mother’s Day, sinister secrets play out miles apart in New York City. In Harlem, a church janitor finds a newborn in a basket. In Brooklyn, an elusive serial killer prowls slumbering families, leaving a trail of blood. These seemingly unrelated lives - and deaths - are destined to intersect on a distant, blood-soaked day. October, 1987 - Reeling from shocking personal discoveries, two strangers navigate a world where nothing is as it seems.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Up To Staub's Standards
- By Gracie on 12-29-18
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Happy & You Know It
- By: Laura Hankin
- Narrated by: Laura Hankin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 333
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Story4 out of 5 stars 331
After her former band shot to superstardom without her, Claire reluctantly agrees to a gig as a playgroup musician for wealthy infants on New York's Park Avenue. Claire is surprised to discover that she is smitten with her new employers, a welcoming clique of wellness addicts with impossibly shiny hair, who whirl from juice cleanse to overpriced miracle vitamins to spin class with limitless energy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I tried really hard, but I simply could not finish
- By Shermeen on 05-29-20
By: Laura Hankin
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50 Acts of Kindness
- By: Ellyn Oaksmith
- Narrated by: Wendy Rich Stetson
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 186
Being overly kind isn't in Kylie Harrow's nature. This has never been more evident than when Kylie vents her frustrations to an innocent employee - and the whole scene is posted online, tanking her career and earning her the dubious distinction of "world's worst boss". But when she flees home to the South, Kylie finds her childhood home has changed. The high school quarterback is now the hot and handsome sheriff. Her mother has turned her home into a nudist colony.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Totally crazy and entertaining fun
- By J and M on 05-29-16
By: Ellyn Oaksmith
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A Nail Through The Heart
- A Poke Rafferty Thriller
- By: Timothy Hallinan
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 515
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 439
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Story4 out of 5 stars 437
Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ever been to Bangkok?
- By Richard Delman on 12-11-11
By: Timothy Hallinan
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One Night Gone
- A Novel
- By: Tara Laskowski
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Nan McNamara
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4 out of 5 stars 181
One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew - to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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good not great
- By lisa on 10-09-19
By: Tara Laskowski
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Mother May I
- A Novel
- By: Joshilyn Jackson
- Narrated by: Joshilyn Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,042
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 945
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 937
Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat’s single mother warned her that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected her mother’s fearful outlook, and life has proved her right. Marrying into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree has all a woman could ever dream: a loving lawyer husband, two talented young teenage daughters, a new baby boy, a gorgeous home, and every opportunity in the world. Until the day Bree awakens and sees a witch peering into her bedroom window, an old gray-haired woman all dressed in black who vanishes as quickly as she appears.
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2 out of 5 stars
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But your BABY is MISSING 🤦♀️
- By Tawny on 04-19-21
By: Joshilyn Jackson
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When a Stranger Comes to Town
- By: Michael Koryta
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Janina Edwards, Fajer Al-Kaisi, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrators are outstanding here.
- By Jennifer Baratta She/Her on 05-16-21
By: Michael Koryta
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The Time Traveler's Wife
- By: Audrey Niffenegger
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,854
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,410
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,432
Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite books
- By Joey on 01-13-08
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Baker Street Romantic Comedy Box Set: 5 Books
- By: Angie Pepper
- Narrated by: Tiffany Williams
- Length: 26 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Story4 out of 5 stars 160
Love romantic comedies? Come visit Baker Street for witty, charming, laugh-out-loud fun! These five novels deliver hours of Angie Pepper’s delightful romance, packed with lively plot twists, feel-good humor, and characters you’ll love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get to know the inhabitants of Baker Street.
- By krt1168 on 05-31-21
By: Angie Pepper
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The Arrangement
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Dunn
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,633
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,483
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,477
Lucy and Owen, ambitious, thoroughly-therapized New Yorkers, have taken the plunge, trading in their crazy life in a cramped apartment for Beekman, a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb. They've got a 200-year-old house, an autistic son obsessed with the Titanic, and 17 chickens, at last count. It's the kind of paradise where stay-at-home moms team up to cook the school's "hot lunch", dads grill grass-fed burgers, and, as Lucy observes, "chopping kale has become a certain kind of American housewife's version of chopping wood".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story!
- By Teresa on 05-16-17
By: Sarah Dunn
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A Quiet Life
- A Novel
- By: Ethan Joella
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski, Melissa Redmond, Byron Wagner
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 68
From the author of A Little Hope—a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals facing challenges and grappling with loss in his or her own way.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
- By RL in MA on 12-29-22
By: Ethan Joella
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Golden Girl
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,441
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,695
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,655
On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of 13 beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three “nudges” to change the outcome of events on earth.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Had potential
- By Diana E. Williams on 06-08-21
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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I Eat Men Like Air
- By: Alice Berman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,068
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,058
With the snow falling fast on a New Hampshire mansion, seven 20-somethings gather for a weekend that will change their lives irrevocably. The extravagant trip to celebrate Will and Jessica's upcoming nuptials brings together a cast of characters who know each other from Ivy League schools and childhood Upper East Side haunts. There is Lulu, an LA-based Instagram influencer; Maxie, a former Park Avenue princess, now Midwestern housewife; Yael, an ER doctor from Ohio; Rob, a colorless Wall Street trader; Will, a morality-obsessed lawyer; Jessica, Will’s perfectionist bride-to-be....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Could not stop listening!!
- By K v on 10-03-19
By: Alice Berman