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Tom Clancy Act of Defiance
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,434
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,356
US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly launched, and taken along with it a long list of questions. Who authorized the departure? What mission is it on? And, most disturbing of all, what weapons do the giant doors on the sub’s bow hide? It's been four decades since a similar incident with the Soviet sub, Red October, ended happily, thanks to a young CIA analyst named Jack Ryan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Ryan’s at their best
- By William Bailey on 05-27-24
- Tom Clancy Act of Defiance
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Good but some big continuity flaws
Reviewed: 02-17-25
So the book is good but no one seems to be following the Ryan universe. Katie and Kyle were never twins they are years apart but now are twins. I am ignoring the age up of the kids because I get it but there is another huge hiccup in the Red October story. They outed the defection like 10 years ago so now we have to pretend that did not happen. The book is good but this concerns me that they are playing fast and loose on some things that make zero sense.
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Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- By: Mandy Matney
- Narrated by: Mandy Matney
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 803
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 772
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Story4 out of 5 stars 772
Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn’t right in the Lowcountry. The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations. No one dared to cross them.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed and Very frustrating
- By Annie on 11-21-23
- Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- By: Mandy Matney
- Narrated by: Mandy Matney
Dissapointing
Reviewed: 11-15-23
Admittedly Ii was intrigued by the Murdaugh murders but this book is more about perpetual victim Mandy Matney and her co-hort. If you want to learn about the case there are way better books out there
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Murders of a Feather
- Dr. Kate Vet Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Eileen Brady
- Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young engaged couple frozen to death in the lake. To make matters worse, her temporary receptionist appears to have overdosed from a recreational sedative used at the animal hospital. Kate barely has time to dread Valentine's Day (and the fact that she’s alone on this holiday, once again) as the police investigation shows that all three fatalities are in fact homicides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Likable characters
- By HMD on 10-21-24
- Murders of a Feather
- Dr. Kate Vet Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Eileen Brady
- Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
Excellent read
Reviewed: 10-08-23
This is one of my favorites in the series but I wish te character could stay in the moment with her BFs versus always doubting. And her dog is not a rescue. She kinda stole it but for good reasons. The story itself was very good with lots of twists and turns.
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Tom Clancy Red Winter
- A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 22
- By: Marc Cameron
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,097
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,087
1985. A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets. In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer—invaluable details of his government’s espionage plans in return for asylum. It’s an offer they can’t pass up…if it’s genuine, but the risks are too great to blindly stumble into a deal. With the East German secret police closing in, someone will have to go to behind the Berlin Wall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fun, but...
- By Mr Dangerous on 12-07-22
- Tom Clancy Red Winter
- A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 22
- By: Marc Cameron
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Marc Cameron knocked it out of the park
Reviewed: 12-31-22
I love that they have decided to go back and fill in gaps in the stories while keeping true to the legacy novels. I hope they do more of these books as there are so more stories that can be told. If I could give it 6 stars I would.
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Breathing Room
- By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Narrated by: Kate Fleming
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 770
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 766
Sometimes in life you need a little breathing room, especially when your life has just fallen apart. Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self help, knows this all too well. She's lost her fiancé to an earth mother, her accountant has absconded with her money, and her self-help empire is in shambles. She flees the country to Tuscany, waiting for life to settle down, but the biggest disaster lies just ahead. On one unforgettable night, she's about to meet Lorenzo Gage, Hollywood's favorite villain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceeded Expectations
- By LeftyMom on 09-21-07
- Breathing Room
- By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Narrated by: Kate Fleming
This is SEP at her finest
Reviewed: 10-26-21
I think this book is as close to perfect as you can get for SEP. I love the characters you actually understand why they are doing what they are doing and seem 3 dimensional. It has humor as well. The narration is great as well
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When Stars Collide
- A Chicago Stars Novel
- By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 692
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 609
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 609
Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens, the backup quarterback for the Chicago Stars, is a team player, talented sideline coach, occasional male underwear model, and a man with a low tolerance for divas. Olivia Shore, international opera superstar, is a driven diva with a passion for perfection, a craving for justice, too many secrets—and a monumental grudge against the egotistical, lowbrow jock she’s been stuck with.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ok i guess..
- By Rodica on 07-01-21
- When Stars Collide
- A Chicago Stars Novel
- By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
It was awful
Reviewed: 10-26-21
The whole premise was dumb, I did not like or even understand the point of view of either character. I did not get why they would get together or even why I would care. It had nothing really to do with the Chicago Stars other than randomly putting some names in. Basically I finished it on a plane and used it to drowned out the guy snoring next to me.
I used to love SEP but I am not sure if I will buy another.
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The King's Grave
- The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds
- By: Philippa Langley, Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
On 22 August 1485, Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious opponent, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII), went on to found one of our most famous ruling dynasties. Richard's body was displayed in undignified fashion for two days in nearby Leicester and then hurriedly buried in the church of the Greyfriars. Fifty years later, at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the king's grave was lost - its contents believed to be emptied into the river Soar - and Richard III's reputation buried under a mound of Tudor propaganda.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Should have been so much better!
- By Unhappy on 04-11-14
- The King's Grave
- The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds
- By: Philippa Langley, Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Corrie James
I really wanted to like it
Reviewed: 09-28-21
I love Cousin's War / Plantagenet history so despite the reviews I decided to try this. Honestly I felt almost dirty - like the author was in love with Richard II. Her appreciation / obsession around him was like she and he had a relationship and maybe they did in her mind.
As discussed by other reviews she went out of her way to excuse his gruesome climb to being king and blamed everything on the Woodville's and Tudor's for his power grab. And of course Richard had nothing to do with the death of the two Princes but if he did it was because those mean Woodville's tried to break them out of jail.
The book also asserts that Richard did all of this because his mother was raped - now no one has ever proven any of this that I am aware so you actually spend more time on the "heroic Richard" who probably had birds signing around him and his halo and how she proved via handwriting assessments that he was not a sociopath (lets be honest anyone that was in power at this time in history probably had to have a strong stomach).
I really wanted more about the dig and less of the one sided love story. I finished it and will not be listening again. But if you can stomach 2/3rds of the book the 1/3 was pretty good
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The Devil's Love
- By: Julia London
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,166
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,056
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,055
With dreams of a great romantic love, Abigail Carrington sails to England to marry the man she has loved since childhood, Michael Ingram, Marquis of Darfield. She believes her betrothed is a generous and noble man who has been longing for her. But the handsome man waiting for her at the altar is a dark, brooding stranger who rushes her into marriage, then abandons her at his country estate. Only the passion of Michael's kiss gives her hope that theirs can be more than a marriage of convenience.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely awful!!
- By Cielo on 08-22-19
- The Devil's Love
- By: Julia London
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
This was awful
Reviewed: 04-09-21
I read the reviews and thought maybe they were being a bit rough - then I read it. The female lead needs to be deprogrammed because it is obvious she had Stockholm Syndrome. And the male lead was just the biggest jackass. I am glad that it was part of the Plus catalog so all I wasted was my time
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Bountiful
- The True North Series, Book 4
- By: Sarina Bowen
- Narrated by: Seraphine Valentine, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,053
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,929
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,923
No last names. No life stories. Those were the rules. Once upon a time a cocky, copper-haired tourist sauntered into Zara's bar. And even though she knew better, Zara indulged in a cure for the small-town blues. It was supposed to be an uncomplicated fling - a few sizzling weeks before he went back to his life, and she moved on. Until an accidental pregnancy changed her life. Two years later, she's made peace with the notion that Dave No-Last-Name will never be found - until one summer day when he walks into her coffee shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful!
- By whatcha.listening.to on 11-25-18
- Bountiful
- The True North Series, Book 4
- By: Sarina Bowen
- Narrated by: Seraphine Valentine, Teddy Hamilton
Did not even finish it
Reviewed: 04-06-21
I love the Brooklyn Bruisers series so I decided to grab this one and it was horrible. I mean the two leads had nothing compelling and I had nothing to even like. I was really sad because I wanted to like it but it just was really forced to me. The best part were the other characters!
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Brothers York
- A Royal Tragedy
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 211
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Story5 out of 5 stars 209
The Brothers York is the story of three remarkable brothers, two of whom were crowned kings of England and the other an heir presumptive, whose antagonism was fueled by the mistrust and vendettas of the age that brought their family to power. The house of York should have been the dynasty that the Tudors became. Its tragedy was that it devoured itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing detail
- By Tad Davis on 08-06-20
- Brothers York
- A Royal Tragedy
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
A must read for English history buffs
Reviewed: 10-31-20
I thought I knew a lot about the Wars of the Roses time period but this book really focuses on the three York brothers not the timeline and I learned so much and also filled in some of the reasons behind some of the decisions. This is not my favorite book about the Pre Tudor time period!
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