New Release: NEVER TELL THEM

I’m so thrilled (see what I did there?) that this new suspense thriller by N.L. Hinkens is released to audio!

Mysteries and thrillers and suspense are my narration jam, and this one did not disappoint. Hope you think so too. Take a listen!

 

From the Publisher:

Fear the stranger next door.

When mysterious, single dad Ray Jenkins moves in to the neighborhood, Sonia is suspicious from the outset that something is amiss. Ray’s young son, Henry – traumatized from the recent loss of his mother – acts like he barely knows his father. But things take a turn for the worse when Ray is involved in a multi-vehicle wreck and suffers a brain injury and subsequent memory loss. Sonia steps in to care for Henry, but soon becomes alarmed at the disturbing things he tells her. Determined to get to the bottom of who her neighbor really is, she snoops around in his house. The shocking clues she uncovers shake her to the core. Her own life is in danger from the deadly lie he is living. The more she digs, the more she finds that some lies are best left buried. A gripping tale of explosive secrets with a jaw-dropping twist!

 

NEVER TELL THEM is available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

New Release: A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL

It’s Christmas in June!

Well, that is, when you listen to A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL by Kassandra Lamb, the 4th book in the Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series.

Experience Florida’s balmy December weather and the cozy breeze of murder with this holiday cozy mystery. As always, I love narrating Marcia and Buddy’s adventures, and can not wait for the next one!

 

From the Publisher:

A Christmas extravaganza in Mayfair, Florida, complete with an ice skating rink. What could go wrong?

When Mayfair’s newly minted Chamber of Commerce goes off the rails, and decides to build an ice skating rink, a decades-old skeleton is uncovered. The secrets it reveals threaten more than the town’s Christmas plans. Feeling responsible since the let’s-attract-more-tourists idea was hers initially, service dog trainer Marcia Banks is determined to help her police detective boyfriend solve the mystery – whether he wants her help or not. Maybe she can wheedle more out of the townspeople than he can.

Will she and her black Lab, Buddy, keep the ghost of Christmas past from destroying what is left of Mayfair’s founding family, or will her meddling make things worse?

(This novella can be enjoyed as a stand-alone, but it is an integral part of the Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series. It’s suggested that listeners following the series not skip it.)

A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL is available on Audible, Amazon, iTunes and wherever audiobooks are sold.

 

New Release: THE DRAGON SAVIOR

The final book in the Dragons For Hire series, THE DRAGON SAVIOR by Sadie Sears, is now on audio!

From the publisher:

I never thought I’d be rescued by the one that got away….

A simple woodsy hike turns terrifying, when I twist my ankle and a freak snowstorm moves in.
I’m sure I’m a goner.
Then Vince swoops in for the rescue.
I can’t believe my eyes.
In college, I was sure he was love of my life.
Until he betrayed me and walked away a wealthy man.
I can’t trust him again.
Now I’m stuck in a remote cabin with him during a snow storm and my old feelings roar back to life.
I should resist, but the feelings I have are stronger than anything I’ve ever felt.

THE DRAGON SAVIOR is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: THE DRAGON’S BEWITCHING MATE

The next audiobook in the Dragons for Hire series, THE DRAGON’S BEWITCHING MATE by Sadie Sears is now available!

From the Publisher:

One look and I know she’s mine.

Sophie needs an ether dragon’s help, but I want to give her more. She’s my destined mate. I know it at first glance. Her feelings are just as strong. But she’s still getting over her husband’s death, and her daughter isn’t too happy to have a new guy around. Not to mention the poltergeist that keep attacking them. They need me to keep them safe, and I’m happy to take on the job.

It’s too soon to fall in love again.

One glance at Cameron and my heart pounds with affection and desire. One word and I want him to be mine. He’s here to help with the spirit wreaking havoc on my home. I want him to stay for good. Healing from the grief of my husband’s death almost killed me. Even though I’m ready to move on, my daughter doesn’t want a new father. And I never thought I’d be a dragon’s destined mate. I want Cameron more than almost anything else. How can I have my dragon and still be the mother my daughter needs?

The Dragon’s Bewitching Mate is a dragon shifter romance in the Dragons for Hire series featuring a steamy fated mate connection that sizzles from the moment Sophie and Cameron meet!

THE DRAGON’S BEWITCHING MATE is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

2021 IAA Finalist: Best Mystery

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ve been chosen as finalist in the 2021 Independent Audiobook Awards!

LEGACY OF SECRETS by Helen Starbuck was selected as a finalist for Best Mystery. This title was produced by The Audio Flow and engineered by Elysian Nightfall Studios, and they both did an amazing job.

From the Publisher: Kate Earnshaw’s father’s suicide has left many unanswered questions. The police declared it a suicide, but she can’t bring herself to believe it. The more she discovers, however, the more Kate wonders whether she ever really knew him. Her father never explained why he let his childhood home in eastern Colorado fall into ruin or why he kept the property a secret. And he never told Kate about his close friendship with Evan Hastings, the handsome and somewhat puzzling man who lives on the property near the abandoned house. 

Other families pass down their stories. The Earnshaws pass down painful riddles without answers. Kate comes from a family where unspoken secrets disappear from one generation to the next. Evan seems to have as many secrets as her father and to know more about him than she did, which hurts. But there’s something about Evan that calls her back to her father’s home. Something that threatens to unbury more than the past.

Congratulations also to the other finalists in the Best Mystery category:

  • BLUE HILL written by G. Wayne Miller, narrrated by J. Kawamoto – produced by Crossroads Press
  • DIVER’S PARADISE (A Roscoe Conklin Mystery, Book 1) written by Davin Goodwin, narrrated by Alan Carlson
  • THE POIROT COLLECTION: Books 1-3 – The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates written by Agatha Christie, narrrated by P.J. Ochlan – produced by Lepton Films, LLC
  • THE WIFE LIE written by Anya Mora, narrrated by Jennifer Jill Araya – produced by Vibrance Press

I’m honored to be among this group of narrators. I can barely stand to wait for the winners to be announced at the awards ceremony on June 25th, 2021.

Check out the 2021 IAA finalists in the other categories and, if you can, give them a listen.

New Release: THE BUTCHER AND THE BAKER

Happy Release Day to this sassy contemporary romance “romcom”: THE BUTCHER AND THE BAKER by Mellanie Szereto!

I narrated this one with J. River Pierce who is the perfect Auggie for my Petra: cute, stubborn, and a bit sweet, just like his pastry. THE BUTCHER AND THE BAKER is book 3 in The Homegrown Cafe Book Club Series. You can listen to the first two books on Audible, each with a different “perfect pair” of narrators: MAKIN’ BACON and THE FARMER TAKES A HUSBAND.

 

From the Publisher:

The women of The Homegrown Café Book Club are over 40, single, and loving it. Fate, however, has a different plan with a younger man for every last one of them.

After six broken engagements, butcher Petra Lochsley wants nothing to do with men and romance. Her hobbies include throwing axes, discussing books and having raunchy conversations with her middle-aged friends, and eating the occasional Boston cream doughnut – when the flirtatious baker doesn’t insist she prostitute herself for the decadent pleasure. One game of tongue hockey is enough with the guy she used to babysit. So what if he’s hot and is a good kisser?

Baker Auggie Hofmeier didn’t mean fall in love with or accidentally marry the butcher, but his heart seems to know what it’s doing. Besides, his new wife invited him home for a wedding night and more, that is, until the conniving interference by The Candlestick Maker, the old man who owns the shop he and Pet both want to buy, threatens their happily-ever-after. What’s a knave to do?

Listen to THE BUTCHER AND THE BAKER on Audible or Amazon.

New Release: THE CLASS REUNION

Need a psychological thriller full of suspense?

Then take a listen to THE CLASS REUNION by N. L. Hinkens, now on audio!

 

Publisher’s Summary:

You can run, but I will find you.

Working as a successful PI in Los Angeles, Heather Nelson hasn’t seen any of her high school classmates from Iowa in over a decade. When she makes a last-minute decision to attend her class reunion, she and her once tight-knit group of friends are surprised at dinner by a delivery of an elaborate forget-me-not floral arrangement. But the accompanying card contains an ominous message: “You deserve to die” – a message they brush off as an elaborate prank at first.

When several of the group come close to death in the following weeks, they begin to suspect that the sender of the message has deadly intentions. One by one, the friends contact Heather to divulge secrets from their past, convinced that the skeletons they are hiding put them at risk. Fearing for their lives, they beg Heather to return to Iowa and track down the person they believe is trying to kill them. But her friends only think they know her. Heather is hiding an explosive secret of her own.

Is she really an intended victim in a deadly game of revenge, or a twisted killer?

An pause-resisting, brilliant psychological thriller with a mind-blowing murder plot!

 

THE CLASS REUNION is available at Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: THE DRAGON’S HEALING TOUCH

Happy release day!

Looking for a paranormal fantasy romance? I’ve got one for you: THE DRAGON’S HEALING TOUCH by Sadie Sears is now available on audio!

From the Publisher:

I need to protect her from the dangers of the world…and herself.

Lila is my destined mate. I know it the moment I see her. Wanting her isn’t enough. My inner dragon demands that I keep her safe. Even from herself.

The disease she lives with is tearing her apart, making her suffer. She suffers incredible torment. Why keep suffering when my claiming bite could heal her?

But illness isn’t the only trouble. Threatening notes. Stalking. Danger to my mate and her daughter. I won’t let anyone touch them. Whatever it takes to keep them from harm, it’s done.

Lila wants me to see beyond her illness. I do. I want every part of her. She’s mine and it has nothing to do with making her whole. How can I convince her to accept my bite?

In Dragons for Hire, the dragons are smoking hot and ready to claim their mates. The Dragon’s Healing Touch features one stubborn woman in peril and the dragon who’s going to convince her she’s everything he’s ever wanted.

THE DRAGON’S HEALING TOUCH is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND

The truth is out there. . . way out there.

And the truth is. . .CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is now on audiobook! I loved narrating this 3rd book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End series by Kirsten Weiss, and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

Thanks again to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to narrate this hilarious series.

From the publisher:

Susan Witsend, owner of the best little UFO-themed B&B in the Sierras, is absolutely, positively, not going to get involved in another murder case. Not with her small-town sheriff threatening jail time if she interferes in one more investigation.

So when her neighbor is murdered, Susan exerts all her willpower to stay out of the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly…and totally not interfering. 

Right?

Worse, Clare’s not the only one with UFO issues. Weird lights in the sky, vanishing cows, and little green men are bringing the mountain town of Doyle to the edge of a panic. Can Susan unearth the truth before her town spirals into chaos?

If you like laugh-out-loud mysteries with complicated heroines (and breakfast recipes), you’ll love Close Encounters of the Curd Kind, book three in the Wits’ End series of cozy mystery novels. Listen to this twisty cozy caper today!

 

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: HELPING FAMILIES RECOVER FROM ADDICTION

Audiobook cover for Helping Families Recover from Addiction by Jean HeatonI’m so pleased to announce this release to audio: HELPING FAMILIES RECOVER FROM ADDICTION: Coping, Growing, and Healing through 12-Step Practices and Ignatian Spirituality by Jean Heaton, published by Loyola Press.

A “relevant, timely and a very necessary book as this disease of addiction reaches epidemic proportions in our current society. Jean helps us to recognize and understand how our loved one’s addictions affect the entire family dynamic. . . Jean’s universal message is crystal clear: it is a message of hope, healing, unity and love.” -Donna Rathgeb, Amazon Review

Thank you to the team at Loyola Press for allowing me to tell Jean Heaton’s lovely story of love for family, overcoming shame and moving to hope, and commitment to paying-it-foward.

Publisher’s Summary:

A story-driven, integrative, and practical book to help families heal from the effects of a loved one’s addiction and move forward into a healthy future.

 

HELPING FAMILIES RECOVER FROM ADDICTION is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.