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The audiobook The Gig is a story of American horror and tragedy that involves the downfall of a once-successful musician who had traveled the world, one coffee shop, one bar, and one stage at a time.
Under the recession, he fell out of work. He began searching coffee shops, just begging different shop owners for work. He was never seen without his sax in hand, but after the 30th "No" from the 30th club or coffee house, he is sitting having coffee...
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Sometimes we have no control over what life brings us. This is completely true for Marie who had her dreams set on a life of prosperity and propriety. She finds that life isn't as simple as she has been grown up to think, and when she finds herself torn between a life of love and a life of convenience, she finds that decisions aren't so simple either.
Her dreams have always been pinned upon the life she would have if she were to marry Leroy Bouche;...
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A young girl's family is murdered, leaving her an instant orphan.
When her aunt realizes the child's trauma had left her mute, she decides the trouble isn't worth the financial incentive.
Justice is placed into a foster home on a beautiful Texas ranch where she meets Bruce, the ranch hand, and Cammy, the housekeeper/nanny.
Her passion for the horses and ranch hand's dog begins to tear down the walls she'd been stuck with since the tragedy.
The bond...
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What happens when you are close to reaching your dreams and being successful only to find everything falling down around you instead? Meredith is a mother and wife and dearly loves her family. She also runs her own business, Willow Tree Ranch. She finds that as she tries too hard, things begin to unravel and fall apart.
• Meredith is the mom of a seven year old girl, Abigail.
• She wants her daughter to have everything that she did not have...
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A woman that was living a normal, mundane existence with her fiancé is thrust into a world that she isn't equipped to deal with. Her life is shattered, and she must pick up the pieces with the help of a strange man who appears in her room.
Samantha is a woman that finds herself attacked by what she can only describe as a Werewolf.
After the attack, she is taken to the hospital, where she meets an old man who can answer her questions.
She finds...
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Today's Second Chance is the tale of young love lost and years later rekindled by chance. Maya returned to her home state of Indiana after many years of moving around and seeing the country.
"Maya is a character I personally feel quite a connection to. She is fiercely independent and a single mom who made the best of her and her child's life," says author Tara Mitchell. "Maya finds herself reflecting on paths not taken over the years and fearful...
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The beauty of the short story is its ability to instantly gratify the listener. If you enjoy Gothic stories such as Wuthering Heights that have a contemporary feel like the Twilight series, "Blood Moon" can fill your suspense needs.
Introduces how past observations of a person can color their opinions of another in later situations.
Addresses lifelong friendships, with all of their complexities.
Portrays affinity and contempt, as well as loyalty...
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"Without Decent Restraint" is a story about the duality of man, both the conflict between the mind and the body, and also how the desire to get what we want can put that very thing in danger. It examines whether or not the things we do, justified to ourselves as being done out of concern for others, can actually have a selfish motive.
It explores the horrors that come to the surface when a man is confronted with an unthinking and dangerous version...
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Is an actor's life as glamorous as it seems?
Avion and Jared, two leads in a new historic play, can barely stand each other, let alone stand the horrid historical play they are both starring in. The story of Elizabeth Woodville and King Edward is well known, but they can't seem to capture each character in their acting. Each of the actors in this play is a Blist actor, headed nowhere fast. Reviews on previews are terrible, and they don't expect to...
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Poor Choices is a short story about an intelligent man named Dan who works retail. Dan has a lot of talents and a good education, but he is prone to making bad choices that keep him from really having the type of life that he wants. He works at a company called Game Swap, which is a used video game store not unlike ones you see in the mini-malls across America. The story takes real-life inspiration from working at a video game retail store and all...
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"Across the Ocean" is not just any regular romantic love story. Because many people often do not specialize in listening specifically only to love stories when they listen to romance stories, this story also incorporates various other topics or aspects into its structure in order to keep all kinds of listeners entertained and engaged all throughout the tale, no matter what their personal preferences might actually happen to be.
What that means is...
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When wronged, is it better to seek revenge or to forgive? A Serious Matter describes the efforts of two long-lost childhood friends, Jeannie and Violet, to come to terms with their hatred of a mutual, unnamed enemy.
Jeannie already has a restraining order against the man, her estranged husband who previously tried to kill her.
The same man also killed Violet's fiancé in a drunk-driving accident on Violet's wedding day and feels no remorse....
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They were happy once, and everything was perfect. A man and a woman and a little girl. Lots of money and an American dream life. Jake was an actor, Jane was a nurse, and Sara, their little girl, was nothing short of perfect. For years, they were a happy family, until reality came crashing down.
Jake tried his best to raise Sara after her mother left, but she was destined to fall into her mother's footsteps and follow her way of life.
You never realize...
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On the Way to New York is the story of a workplace romance that takes more than seven years to develop. Ella is an ambitious, advertising executive vying for a promotion to an office in New York City, effectively escaping Cleveland, Ohio. Only one man stands in the way of her realizing her dreams.
Cameron, also ambitious to make it in New York City, is the immature competition Ella must surpass to earn the promotion. With the help of her wily assistant...
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The Tronik Gambit is the story of a rag-tag group of air pirates. Like their older, sea-borne brethren, they spent years terrorizing aerial shipping, raiding ships on the seas with float-planes, and robbing towns and remote outposts on land, and using their machines to make the fastest getaways imaginable and were a huge thorn in the side of the authorities. Operating from a massive flying aircraft carrier and using clouds, mist, and forbidding terrain...
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"Who was that in the water?" She wondered as she peered at him throw the overgrown foliage. He looked amazing. She could see even his muscles had muscles. He had long brown hair, a golden brown tan, and every move he made was fluid; this man was, in one word, gorgeous. As she kept watching him, he turned around and let the waterfall run over his body. God, what she would give to be a bead of water on his body to feel his strength and touch on her...
17) Nephadin's Gift
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Anya and her sister, Dawn, grew up with their parents teaching them how to use magic. Unbeknownst to her sister, Anya is a nephadin, the offspring of an angel and a demon. Anya, being the more powerful of the two, is envied and secretly hated by Dawn.
In young adulthood, their rivalry comes to a head when they both fall in love with Seth, the prince. Anya's accident in the woods brings the prince right to their door and into their hearts. The handsome...
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Tub the ogre is tired. Tired of the unfounded stereotypes placed upon ogres by humans. They parade around his woods, hunting his prey and gathering his berries, all the while assuming that ogres are a bunch of stupid, ugly, smelly (okay, maybe that one's not "unfounded", per se) human-eaters. He also happens to be bored. Bored of the same menial tasks day in and day out; hunting prey and gathering berries to help feed the village until they move on...
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The plot of "Jacklighters" unfolds in the fictitious small Illinois town of Silverton, where life is normally quaint and peaceful. When Riley Jensen hears that Len Wilkins, a family friend who also employs her father as a farm hand, has been found dead with his eyes burned out of his head, her latent but innate heroism emerges.
When news of several deaths of the same nature as that of Len Wilkins' travels throughout Silverton, Riley becomes gripped...
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Love can happen, at any place, any time, with any given person. Many people dream of having a rendezvous with a foreigner in a foreign country and have the romance of a lifetime. And that's exactly what Sophie got when she traveled to Firenze for a short vacation while work-studying abroad.
In the outskirts of Tuscany, a fuse sparked, leaving behind the entrails of an undesirable fire, slowly burning away the remains of those left behind. The love...