THE DARK TIDE
(Book 1 of The Iron Tower Trilogy)
by Dennis L. McKiernan

Tuck Underbank is a Warrow — think a hobbit with shoes and “large jewel-like eyes” — living in the peaceful Boskydells. When an unnaturally cold winter strikes and the evil Modru threatens the world, he and a number of his fellow Thornwalkers go to the High King’s aid. But a vast expanse of lightless blizzard called the Dimmendark (sounds bad, doesn’t it?) is spreading over the land, and Tuck soon finds that the “dark tide” is going to swamp them all.

Despite the fact that they’re tiny and temperamental, the Warrows get included in the military forces. But the High King doesn’t have enough warriors to hold off the horde of slobbering monsters who are coming to attack. And the battle goes horribly wrong, separating the friends from one another and possibly dooming them all.

Read By Cameron Beierle
Approx. 9.7 Hrs. 9 CD’s
Rated PG

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THE LIKES OF ME
By RANDALL BETH PLATT

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Cordelia Lu Hankins is the half Caucasian, half Chinese – and all albino. She has grown up in a remote lumber town with her distant father and a giant stepmother nicknamed Babe (after Paul Bunyan’s blue ox), convinced she is ugly. Then, in the summer of 1918, when she is fourteen, she falls in love with the dashing Squirl. One day they meet on the mountain and Cordy receives her first kiss, as well as a wild ride down a log flume that gets Squirl fired.

Determined to follow him, Cordy runs away. She begins an exciting adventure that takes her to the sideshows of Seattle’s Luna Park, where her unusual looks bring her fame. But her journey also brings tragedy in this thought-provoking coming-of-age novel with remarkable, original heroine.

REVIEWS:

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

“The plot roars along like a log flume running down a mountain, and readers will be swept breathlessly along.”–The Bulletin “

A memorable, Prohibition-era cast of hustlers and sideshow performers lights up this tale…Cinderella trades her prince for the determination to choose her own shoes in this brawling bildungsroman.” — Kirkus Reviews

Read By Laurie Klein
Approx 7.7 Hrs. 7 CD’S
Rated PG

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THE PREDATORS
By HOWARD E. ADKINS

Charlie Buchanan, a young rancher in central Idaho, sets out to kill the newly introduced pack of wolves as his anti-government statement. The result is high adventure and endless misery for man and beast.

Read By Kevin Foley
Approx. 7.8 Hrs. 8 CD’S
Rated R

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A COUNTRY DOCTOR
By SARAH ORNE JEWETT

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A hundred and thirty years after it was first published, Sarah Orne Jewett’s story of a young medical woman remains an incisive rendering of the dilemmas of gender, society, and self.

Nan Prince first becomes interested in medicine as a child, as the ward of the widowed physician Dr. Leslie. In time she becomes his protégée. But when she enters medical college, she realizes that she will have to choose between marriage and her career, between the demands of her society and her obligations to her true self. Inspired by Jewett’s own interests and by her father,

A Country Doctor portrays a world very much in flux and Nan, ultimately, as a woman with a new world opening to her.

Read By Laurie Klein
Approx. 9.7 Hrs. 9 CD’S
Rated G

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DESTROYING ANGELS
By GAIL LUKASIK
(A LEIGH GIRARD MYSTERY BOOK 1)

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An amateur naturalist dies of mushroom poisoning, a day later the local librarian kills herself, then the buried bones of an infant are discovered. Chicago native Leigh Girard is finding life in a small town can be fatal. Determined to start a new life after her mastectomy, Leigh flees to Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula, where she takes a job as reporter for the local newspaper. Her first assignment, the naturalist’s obituary, turns into a hunt for a murderer.

Read By Janean Jorgensen
Approx. 10.3 Hrs. 9 CD’S
Rated PG

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WHITE FANG
By JACK LONDON

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“With night came horror. Not only were the starving wolves growing bolder, but lack of sleep was telling upon Henry. He dozed despite himself, crouching by the fire, the blankets about his shoulders, the axe between his knees! He awoke once and saw in front of him, not a dozen feet away, the whole pack. Fully a score of them, staring hungrily at him. They reminded him of children gathered about a spread table awaiting permission to eat. And he was the food they were to eat! He wondered how and when the meal would begin.”

Read By Gene Engene
Approx. 8.5 Hrs. 8 CD’S
Rated G

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LIVING WITH YOUR KIDS IS MURDER
By MIKE BEFELER
(PAUL JACOBSON SERIES BOOK 2)

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Imagine waking up in your son’s home, not remembering anything from the day before and being accused of murder. Or consider a male Miss Marple enmeshed in a light-hearted Memento with a dash of Fifty First Dates. In this, the second of the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery series, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must solve two murders while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss. As Paul ends up suspiciously close to a bank robbery, kidnapping and drug bust, his granddaughter Jennifer helps him track down the real perpetrators. Paul juggles two girlfriends, experiences the vagaries of romance and must find a way to stay alive when he confronts the murderer. “It’s hard to beat a team that includes a wisecracking old fart and a straight-talking young sprout, and Befeler’s second geezer-lit entry delivers.” – Kirkus Review

Read By Jerry Sciarrio
Approx. 7.35 Hrs. 7 CD’S
Rated PG

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SHELL GAME
By JEFF BUICK

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When NewPro Stock collapses, Taylor and her husband Alan lose millions, forcing them to sell their home and business. But they’re not going down without a fight. They’re determined to track down the elusive Edward Brand, the mastermind behind the enormous fraud. Taylor and Alan are about to learn two hard facts: A man who doesn’t want to be found can be extremely dangerous…and in the world of high-level scams absolutely nothing is what it seems. If they’re going to pin Brand down and recover their money, they’re going to need an ingenious—and very risky—plan of their own.

Read By Andrea Bates
Approx 11.5 Hrs. 10 CD’S
Rated R

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WALKING K

By WES DEMOTT

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Former Vietnam POW Jacob Slaughter is sent to Hanoi to negotiate a trade agreement on behalf of the United States. Back in-country, he is escorted to a rotting building where he is outraged to find his former cellmate and friend, Captain Charles Wooten, still being held.

Wooten’s condition is pathetic but he’s alive. How much
longer is up to Slaughter. Slaughter returns to Washington and fights for the trade concessions Vietnam has demanded before they’ll give Wooten and twenty-two other American soldiers their freedom.

Read By Kevin Foley
Approx. 10.5 Hrs. 14 CD’S
Rated R

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DODGE CITY BOMBERS

by CHET CUNNINGHAM

(The Penetrator Series, book 9)

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THE SHADOWMEN – It was always a tactical advantage to know the enemy’s intended route of march, in addition to his identity. The
Penetrator knew the Shadowmen were moving their operations into the Dodge City area. After the pasting they had taken near Liberal, the
Penetrator was certain they wouldn’t make any further attacks until
they had regrouped. But who were the Shadowmen? Those who had seen them
described them younger Hell’s Angels without the bike, unsavory
clothing, and bizarre rituals. But they were every bit as violent – and
ambitious for anything that could make money. The big question was who
was behind their vicious swath of destruction, and why? Only the
Penetrator had the guts and cunning to get to the heart of the
terrorist gang and ruthlessly wrench it out.

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Approx. 4.5 Hrs, 4 CDs
Rated R

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ROYAL FLUSH

by SHELLEY SINGER

(Jake Samson Series, book 6)

Self-effacing PI Jake Samson is understandably nervous about infiltrating the local Marin County neo-Nazi group, the Aryan Command. After all, he is Jewish. Trying to save a friend’s goddaughter from a ruinous romantic entanglement with Royal Subic, a disenchanted neo-Nazi who is too terrified to defect from the group, Jake goes undercover as an aspiring right-wing extremist. He begins by frequenting a skinhead bar. After meeting with some predictably loathsome people like racists, menacing bikers, and brooding wannabes, Jake realizes that the group is indeed dangerous and might have
murdered Royal’s friend, who also had wanted to defect. Conspiracies abound: will the Aryan Command assassinate a talk-show host? Are members of a leftist group responsible for the murder of one of the right-wingers? Is the Aryan Command connected internationally? Are there other infiltrators besides Jake? To complicate matters, Jake finds himself ambivalently attracted to one of the Command’s more
attractive members. Could she be an Israeli agent?

Read by Reed McColm
Approx. 7.5 Hrs. 7 CDs
Rated PG

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I adore Stephanie Laurens’ books. I own all of her books and avidly look forward to her next books. The "Truth About Love" is set in Regency England and focusses on Gerrard Debbington, an English Gentleman who is also a renowned Artist, and Jacqueline Tregonning, the daughter of an English Peer.

The "Truth About Love" does not disappoint as a Stephanie Laurens novel and I highly recommend both the Novel and the Audio Book to those fans of Historical Romances.

The Audio Book is well read, appropriately by an English narrator. The Audio Book is an abridged version of the story, but still runs for approximately 6 hours. The abridgement is hardly noticed.

I rate this Audio Book as 8.5 / 10.

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Stephanie Laurens has written many historical romances, set in Regency England. The "Perfect Lover" focuses this time on Simon Cynster, the youngest of the Cynster males in his generation, and Portia Ashford.

The audio book of "Perfect Lover" runs for approximately 75 minutes. I wasn’t particularly fond of this Narrator however, it didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment of the audio book.

I rate "Perfect Lover" audio book as 7 / 10.

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Johanna Lindsay has written a number of wonderful romance novels. A number a historical romances however, "Heart of a Warrior" is more of a science fiction romance novel. Set aboard a starship, a couple of distant planets and modern day Earth, "Heart of a Warrior" is a great romance but with an added level of light humour.

The audio book runs for just over 10 hours and every minute of it is enjoyable.

I rate this audio book 8.5 / 10.

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I bought Ghost Hunter, by Jayne Castle, “on spec”. I found the title when searching for Historical or Supernatural Romances and Science Fiction Titles. Whilst not strictly any of these Genres, the book does overlap the areas quite nicely.
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