Welcome to Brian’s Book Blog’s Weekly Showcase of New and Notable Audiobooks for September 29th!
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The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion
Narrated by Gail Shalan, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
Penguin Audio
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A second chance at love is in the cards for two women working a stylish California wedding in this charming debut romance.
If Kit Larson believes one thing, it’s that the cards never lie. She’s seen it proven time and time again as a tarot reader and mystic influencer. But unfortunately the cards didn’t warn her about her most recent breakup or her parents’ divorce, so when Kit is offered a gig at another influencer’s boho-chic Joshua Tree wedding she accepts for the distraction. And distract it does when she finds out her high school crush, Julia, is the wedding planner.
Julia Kelley is her agency’s most sought-after wedding planner, and for a good reason—she’s a perfectionist. Control means never showing others the vulnerable, blobby mess she really is deep down inside. Having an ex-girlfriend in the bridal party is a problem, sure, but reconnecting with the beautiful tarot reader who broke her heart as a teenager is so much worse.
Kit’s cards once told her that she and Julia were Twin Flames, two halves of the same soul. With wedding events pushing them together, their spark reignites . . . and so does a chance at being lovers.
Love and Sportsball by Meka James
Narrated by Lauryn Nichols, Marcella Cox
Atlanta Cannons #1
Harlequin Audio
In this steamy and sweet sapphic romance, an uptight athletic trainer has one taboo night with a hot basketball player, but are they ready to play for what they really want?
Scoring was the easy part…
Hard work has Khadijah Upton starting her dream job as an athletic trainer for the Atlanta Cannons. Then an evening of celebratory letting loose turns into a one-night stand with a beautiful stranger. It’s a reckless, wildly sexy encounter that Khadijah intends to forget…until her first day on the job lands her face-to-face with basketball star Shae Harris again.
Shae is a major player in every sense of the word, and Khadijah doesn’t plan to be the latest in a long line of “Harris Honeys.” Personal and professional just don’t mix. But Shae, who’s all about living life to the fullest, keeps tempting Khadijah to blur the boundaries. And the more Shae reveals about herself, the harder it is for Khadijah to resist her.
In the bedroom, their tension sizzles. On the court, it’s a liability. But unless Khadijah’s willing to really let Shae in, it won’t be just the team championship on the line, but a body-and-soul connection that rewrites all the rules.
From showing up to glowing up, the characters in Afterglow Books are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.
The Slowest Burn by Sarah Chamberlain
Narrated by Hunter Johns, Kate Handford
Macmillan Audio
Most Anticipated by The Nerd Daily * Brit + Co
“A five course feast of longing, banter, gourmet cooking, heaps of spice, and a cherry on top happily ever after. I devoured this fake dating, celebrity chef romance.”—Erin La Rosa, author of Plot Twist and For Butter or Worse
Business or Pleasure meets Evvie Drake Starts Over in this delicious opposites-attract romance from debut author Sarah Chamberlain.
Sometimes the perfect recipe just needs a little extra heat.
Ellie Wasserman’s life is neat and tidy, and that’s exactly how she wants it. Really. A top ghostwriter for celebrity cookbooks, she was widowed three years ago and has no interest in taking chances—not on writing her own cookbook, not on telling her still-grieving in-laws she wants to move out, and certainly not on dating, which is about as intimidating as a recipe with fifty steps.
Kieran O’Neill isn’t known for being organized. An up-and-coming chef who scored big on a reality television competition, he’s been the guy who cracks jokes and makes messes—something his chilly family has never let him forget. The only place he feels truly capable is at the stove. But when he’s paired with an uptight ghostwriter with cool blue eyes and distracting curves to write his debut cookbook, she shreds his class clown act like a paring knife cuts an orange peel.
As Ellie and Kieran are forced to work closely together in a hot kitchen for weeks on end, their sharp edges and harsh judgments slowly soften and sweeten into a wildly delicious attraction. Long, steamy days turn into even steamier nights, but they have to face their painful pasts to know if this tender new love can transform into something lasting.
“A romance as sharp as it is sweet. Fans of Emily Henry will devour this delectable story of love lost and found.”—Cecilia Rabess
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
The Wingman by Stephanie Archer
Narrated by Andi Arndt, Nelson Hobbs
Vancouver Storm #3
Silver Springs Press
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The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach.
He’ll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him.
We’ve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship.
We’re roommates, but sleeping in the same bed.
He buys me a toy as a favor… but helps me use it.
All that relationship stuff he’s always avoided? He doesn’t seem to mind it anymore.
Rule number one of being a player is no attachments, but when Hayden sees me picking up other guys, he’s jealous enough that I wonder…
Maybe my wingman’s been waiting for me all along.
The Wingman is a pro hockey relationship coach romance. It’s the third book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be enjoyed as a standalone.
Behind the Camera by Chelsea Curto
Narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster, Robert Hatchet
Love through a Lens #2
Podium Audio
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Maven Wood is ready for a fresh start. After an injury on the soccer field leads to her dropping out of college, she needs a change.
When her godfather—the coach of the hottest team in the NFL—tells her about an open position as a sports photographer, she jumps at the chance to apply. The pay is good, but it doesn’t cover her rent after her roommate moves out. Out of ideas, she’s not sure how she’s going to afford to make ends meet… until the cute kicker comes to her rescue.
Dallas Lansfield never thought he’d be a single dad, but he’s embracing the role as best as he can. With a four-year-old who has too much energy and not enough time on his hands, he needs help.
Desperately.
So when he hears that his coach’s goddaughter is looking for a way to make more money, he practically begs her to come be his nanny.
Maven and Dallas aren’t allowed to fall for each other. Getting involved with a player on the team is off-limits and a quick way to get fired. But what starts as a professional relationship turns into something deeper.
In front of people, they’re colleagues. Behind the cameras, though, their attraction only grows. Late-night talks turn into sharing a bed, and soon, Dallas would rather give up his career than give up the feelings he has for Maven.
He can’t have her. So why does he want her so damn bad?
Behind the Camera is a spicy single dad/nanny romance with no other-woman drama and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Rachel Weiss’s Group Chat by Lauren Appelbaum
Narrated by Dara Rosenberg
Forever
Opposites attract in this romantic comedy, “as hilarious as it is heartwarming,” about feeling stuck, the importance of friendship, and learning to open your heart. (Falon Ballard, author of Right on Cue)
The year is already off to a bad start. It’s not enough that Rachel Weiss is stuck in a job she despises and has an unfortunate attraction to men who disappoint her. It’s the Year of Turning Thirty . . . and now her mother won’t stop trying to set up Rachel with the millionaire buying the house next door.
Luckily Rachel has amazing friends and their juicy group chat to keep her going. But amid work-mandated therapy, her thirteen gray hairs, and biking in the buff, she can’t help wondering why she isn’t moving forward like everyone else.
As Rachel’s life—and circle of friends—begins to fall apart, she confides in the last person she expects. The uptight, irritating—yet surprisingly funny and thoughtful—tech bro next door may be the one person who sees Rachel for the woman she wants to be. After random DMs turn into confessing letters, she begins to realize perhaps it was she who had him wrong all along.
Adam & Evie’s Matchmaking Tour by Nora Nguyen
Narrated by Ewan Chung, Viet Thanh Nguyen
HarperAudio
A rollicking, unforgettable romance about two strangers finding love despite their best efforts as they embark on a sweeping matchmaking tour through Việt Nam, perfect for listeners of Carley Fortune and Abby Jimenez.
What’s a few weeks to a lifetime of promise?
Evie Lang’s life is in shambles. On the heels of losing her beloved aunt, she’s unceremoniously fired from her poetry professorship by her secret boyfriend. Lacking income and inspiration, she’s stuck in Ohio with no idea how to move forward—until hope arrives in a surprising letter.
Auntie Hảo left Evie the deed to her San Francisco row house, a place full of Evie’s happiest memories. The catch? To inherit, she must go on a pre-arranged matchmaking tour in Việt Nam. The last thing Evie wants is to spend time with a group of strangers looking for love. But she can’t resist the chance to finally visit her family’s native home.
A world away, Adam Quyền has a chip on his shoulder. He’s working around the clock as CMO for his sister’s elite matchmaking business, a job complicated by her insistence that he knows nothing about love. He’s desperate to prove himself, so when she challenges him to join the inaugural tour, he reluctantly agrees.
Adam thinks Evie is chaotic and unpredictable. Evie thinks Adam is grumpy and uptight. But from the bustling streets of Hồ Chí Minh City to the soaring waterfalls in Đà Lạt, they keep getting thrown together, their animosity charged with attraction…and they discover that true love may be out there, if they are willing to take a leap.
Two stubborn hearts, one whirlwind adventure, Adam & Evie’s Matchmaking Tour is a story of how loving (and living) bravely can lead you to the most unexpected places—and the most imperfectly perfect loves.
Santa Overboard by Carolyn McBride
Narrated by Maria Marquis
Make Waves Press
Kindle Edition Currently Available with Kindle Unlimited
‘Twas the night before Cruisemas…
Starting over in the little town of Occoquan, Katie Young finds solace in small-town life with best friends at their thriving gallery and a deepening romance with the town’s resident scientist. Her college-age daughter bakes up holiday memories in their river house. And Katie can’t wait to captain the boat parade and deliver Santa to the town dock on her new ferryboat.
But when the holiday-averse Deke flies south for the season and Santa goes swimming, Katie wonders if she needs a survival suit—or just a really strong cocktail—to weather midlife mayhem. Can the single mom save the holiday festival and salvage her belief in love?
With the help of the Beach Bonfire Babes, a dash of holiday magic, and a lot of heart, Katie just might navigate life’s choppy seas to kick off the town’s festival and get her perfect Christmas gift: a second chance at a forever love.
Filled with heartwarming humor, time-honored tradition, and the soul-stirring natural world, Carolyn McBride’s second book in the Potomac Shores series is a delightful escape to the enchanting banks of Virginia’s Potomac and Occoquan Rivers.
One on One by Jamie Harrow
Narrated by Kyla Garcia
Penguin Audio
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“Move over, hockey romance fans. There’s a new game in town. Jamie Harrow’s debut novel sails through the net with the perfect blend of romance, spice, and a healthy dollop of a serious issue that bears addressing.”—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
They call it March Madness for a reason: Anything can happen on the way to a national championship.
Eight years after graduation, Annie Radford is not happy to be back at her alma mater in her old job with the Ardwyn Tigers’ basketball team. Worse, her coworker from back in college, Ben Callahan, is still on the Tigers staff, and he’s annoyingly wholesome, hot, and clinging to a grudge against Annie for abandoning him and the team their senior year.
But as Ardwyn becomes the season’s Cinderella Story, things start heating up between Annie and Ben, too. And while neither of them can deny this could be something special, Annie’s afraid to tell Ben the truth about why she left basketball—the thing she loves most—in the first place. She’ll have to learn to trust him if they have a shot at being together.
In addition to being funny, romantic, and sexy, One on One examines the pressure put on college athletes, challenges the sexism in the world of sports, and exposes the dangers in whole communities idolizing the big men on campus.
For fans of The Hating Game and The Ex Talk, a workplace, enemies-to-lovers debut for anyone yearning for a courtside romance, perfect for anyone who can’t get enough sports rom-coms.
Deep Cover by Aiden Bailey
Narrated by Jonathan Beville
The Trigger Man #2
Podium Audio
The CIA wants him dead. His enemies aren’t so generous.
Five men drive into an empty Kazakh desert. Four are professional killers. The fifth is their intended victim. This is not the first time someone has underestimated CIA paramilitary operator Mark Pierce.
And it won’t be the last.
Pierce quickly dispatches the assassins, but soon realizes that his problems are only beginning. Someone has deliberately brought him to Kazakhstan so that he can be framed for the theft of Russian nuclear waste.
Now he’s the target of a global manhunt led by the CIA, and even old friends who are convinced that Pierce has turned terrorist are ready to kill him on sight. As Pierce fights to stay alive and expose the conspiracy against him, two questions are uppermost in his mind.
If he didn’t steal the nuclear waste, who did? And why?
Deep Cover is the second book in the stunning Trigger Man action thriller series. Perfect for fans of Mark Greaney, Tom Woods, and Vince Flynn.
The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
Narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker
Macmillan Audio
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In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter of a serial killer shows listeners another side of the beloved city.
Welcome to San Francisco, a city with killer charm.
The chill of a San Francisco summer can be deadly. No one knows this better than Capri Sanzio, who makes her living giving serial killer tours of the city. Capri has been interested in the topic since she was a kid, when she discovered she’s the granddaughter of serial killer William “Overkill Bill” Sanzio. She’s always believed in his innocence, though she’s never taken the leap to fully dive into the case.
But now an Overkill Bill copycat has struck in San Francisco. And Capri’s former mother-in-law, Sylvia, just cut off Capri’s daughter’s tuition payments. Needing cash, Capri wonders if this is the time to exonerate her grandfather. The case is back in the news and the police will be looking to understand the past to catch a present-day killer. Capri could finally uncover the truth about Overkill Bill—documenting the process with a podcast and a book—and hopefully earn some money.
Before Capri can get very far, the cops discover the copycat’s latest victim: Sylvia. Capri soon finds herself at the heart of the police’s investigation for an entirely different reason. She and her daughter are prime suspects.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.
How Ryan Saves Time by Craig Robertson
Narrated by Scott Aiello
The Whales of Time #2
Podium Audio
Kindle Edition Currently Available with Kindle Unlimited
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The Whales of Time are under assault.
Xyándor, a figure of immense evil and depravity, wants all of those creatures dead. But without the whales, there will be no more time. Our universe will cease to exist. Now the whales are decidedly huge—as large as an average galaxy. But with the application of sufficient cruelty and technology, they can be killed. Existence, once again, hangs in the balance.
As has happened before, when there’s an existential crisis afoot, who does the cosmos call upon for help? Yes! Jon Ryan, ex-fighter pilot and astronaut, who now resides in an immortal android host. That man has saved our collective bacon more time than you can count on your fingers and toes combined. And there’s a major plus this time out. There’ll be not one… not two… but three Jon Ryans on the job. Hey, we’re talking an unimaginable evil versus galaxy-sized space-going whales. Three Jon Ryans is probably the minimum number necessary to ensure justice is served.
The real issue is whether the three Jon Ryans can save the Whales of Time without killing each other in the process. The original two-billion-year-old Jon is not a big fan of either the new android Jon or the Jon who is still flesh and blood. But if they don’t work together and well, not only will Xyándor destroy the whales but he’ll eliminate the Ryan boys also. Yeah, he’s come to hate Jon Ryans as much as he hates whales. Yikes!
Join the adventure. See if the ultimate evil will finally knock that smug grin off one of the Jons’s face. But hopefully someone will let the super bad guy know that when Jon Ryan’s after you, your chances of success are slim-to-none. Just ask any indomitable force that Jon Ryan has trounced in the past. Never piss off a two-billion year old android. It is bad for your health.
Darkside by Michael Mammay
Narrated by R.C. Bray
Planetside #4
HarperAudio
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In this thrilling, action-packed fourth installment in the Planetside series from acclaimed science fiction author Michael Mammay, retired Colonel Carl Butler gears up for another military investigation, full of danger, corporate intrigue, and tech people would kill for—perfect for fans of John Scalzi and Craig Alanson.
Colonel Butler has paid his dues and just wants to enjoy his retirement on a remote planet. But the galaxy has had other plans. He has been roped into searching for a politician’s missing son and an industry magnate’s missing daughter. He has been kidnapped, violated numerous laws, and caused the destruction of colonial facilities. He’s famous—or infamous, depending on who you ask—praised and reviled in equal measure across the galaxy for his exploits.
And he is determined to never let the government drag him into another investigation.
But when a runaway twelve-year-old girl whose father has gone missing asks him for help, well…it’s a lot harder to say no.
The girl’s father, Jorge Ramiro, was supposed to have been on Taug, a moon orbiting the gas giant Ridia 5, working on a dig with a famous archaeologist. But now there’s no sign of him and no record of him being there. Mining operations on the moon are run by two different consortiums, Caliber and Omicron—both of which have tried to kill Butler in the past. Butler doesn’t believe in coincidence.
Landing on Taug with his right-hand man Mac, computer genius Ganos, and an elite security squad, Butler soon finds that they’ve charged back into the crosshairs—because Ramiro is not the only who has disappeared, and the perpetual darkside of this moon is hiding more than the truth about a missing archaeologist…
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