CS Patra has 12 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 12 narrators. The most-rated is The Contracts.
Wrapped in Death and Chocolate: A Stacey McKinnon Mystery
Summary
Meet the girls of Portman's Creamery. Led by Irene and Chrissie Garcia-Galvan, they take on the cases that can't be solved and find the ones who did it. Join Pippa, Becca, Mary Beth, Stacey, and Winky as they solve some of their toughest crimes. The latest one takes place within a chocolate factory. When a young woman is found in a vat of chocolate, the case throws everyone into the world of modeling, scandals, and secrets.
©2014 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2015 Cithara Susan Patra
Last Dance of the Roses
Summary
Rose Xu had two passions in her life. One was her boyfriend of many years, Blake Chen, a talented pianist and her constant support. The other was dance. She had grown up dancing from a young age and vowed that she would never stop dancing. Despite injuries and mental issues, she told herself that she would always be the prima ballerina. Unfortunately, one incident in her past tends to haunt her. It's an incident that Blake knows about as well, and he's sworn to protect her at all costs. Then one night everything changes for both of them. That one moment is enough for Rose to realize what she has been doing. It's enough for her to want to give up everything that she's worked hard for. It's also enough for her to push away everything she loves, including her two passions. Her decisions cost her a lot of things, including Blake. However, her mind has been made up. She is going to perform the final dance of her life.
©2016 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra
Project 99
Summary
Things changed one night. Crystal Garrison was heading home when she witness jump off a building and was confronted by a strange woman who told her one thing; everything is a lie. The same woman also confronted Doug Ruskin, Pam Turner, Ren Abernathy, Nikhil Sampath, Jackie Vargas, Ashton Blackwell, and Misty Zeng. Shortly after the first suicide, another man commits suicide in an arena yelling the same thing; everything is a lie. She told them all to come together and find out the truth behind their lives. Bit by bit, the truth comes out. They were never born like normal people. They were created as part of a project called Project 99. They were built to be the perfect human beings. The eight of them come together to find out who created them and why so many of these people are dying around them. They want to know just what Project 99 is about and what a perfect human is supposed to be. What they end up finding out is going to change everything that they have ever known about their lives.
©2016 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra
Blood Drops and Desperate Measures
Summary
Meet the ladies of Portman's Creamery. Run by Irene and Chrissie Garcia-Galvan, they run their ice cream shop by day and solve the toughest cases at night. Join Pippa, Becca, Mary Beth, Stacey, and Winky as they take on their latest case involving a missing person. When a bike club president's sister goes missing during a meeting, he goes straight to Portman's Creamery for help when he hears their name. The girls take on the case without telling anyone else. They dig deep into the case and realize that it may be a bit more complicated than expected. What appears to be a kidnapping may be about a runaway. It may also be about star-crossed lovers. The case leaves them with very little clues to work with. It also doesn't help that Stacey is starting to fall for her own client.
©2017 Cithara S Patra (P)2017 CS Patra
Four of the Usual Suspects: A Pippa Langham Mystery
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When a popular soap maker dies in the middle of her own launch party, the girls must find out who did it. The answer seems simple. In the victim's hand was a napkin with a handwritten note: The Butler did it. They have their killer. There's just one problem; there are four butlers, each one claiming that he's innocent. Did one of them do it? Or, is there more to this case?
©2015 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2015 CS Patra
The Winter Key
Summary
Ruled by the Empire, the world is filled with people, prosperity, and magic. For years, all three things have learned to exist with one another. Peace was in the world and everything was good. No one ever expected a change and they trusted their emperor.
©2016 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra
Awakened
Summary
On the eve of destruction, four demons awaken.... There was once a time where demons and Grim Reapers lived with humans. They kept their identity a secret from most and tried to keep balance between their two worlds. Everything was going well and both sides were able to live in peace. Hiding from the human world was Tartarus Sanctum, a place where Apprentices to the Grim Reaper could live and learn their craft of reaping souls. In addition, four Apprentices were chosen to keep balance in the Upper World and the Underworld. This year, the responsibility had fallen on four young demons: Yuka, Tessa, Kaska, and Avani. They were known as Guardians of the Underworld and were expected to follow through with their responsibilities. But the girls were not ready to take on big responsibilities or prepare themselves for the future. At the moment, all they want to have as normal of a life as possible. Not everyone else felt that way so they chose to run from Tartarus Sanctum. It was when they ran away that the whole world came apart. In one night, the other Apprentices were murdered and their home was destroyed. Now demons and humans are against each other. There is a war on the rise. Both worlds are collapsing and hope lies with the new Guardians. They are awake. They are ready. But they have a long way to go before they can save the world.
©2015 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra
In the Blood
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It has been years since the massacre that killed off all the Reaper's Apprentices. Demons and humans are now at war. The only thing that can get them to fix the chaos is if they come together. However, this is going to be a difficult task. Demons and humans do not get along. So what happens when a demon slayer makes a deal with a demon? That is what happens when the demon slaying group, DS461, finds themselves at the mercy of four demons. Even more, they are okay with making a deal with them. The problem is they don't know what kind of demons they've made their deal with. They don't know just what kind of adventure they are going to put themselves through. Above all, they have no idea just how close they are going to get to their enemies.
©2016 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra
The Frost Kingdom
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In the kingdom of Themasa, 16-year old Alice lives as a baker with a secret very few know about - she has the ability to make flowers and leaves sprout out of living things with her bare touch. Over in the castle, 17-year old Princess Lavinia is locked away by her family because of her curse, the ability to turn living creatures into ashes with her bare touch. The two of them meet and realize that they both want to get rid of their abilities. Realizing that neither can survive like this forever, Alice and Vinnie decide to leave their kingdom and find a way to free themselves of their curses. Aided by the help of a thief and fellow baker Kian, strange spirits calling themselves Light and Dark, a tiny pet dragon named Elias, and an ice serpent named Madelyn, the two of them start to move out of Themasa and stay one step ahead of the king's men. Along the way, they learn about the obstacles blocking them and that they need to cross three different kingdoms: the Frost Kingdom, the Petal Kingdom, and the Sugar Kingdom. In addition to avoiding the king's men, they must also fight against magic as well as the forces of nature to get their goal. As it soon turns out, Alice and Vinnie realize their friendship is growing into something more. It's something that neither has felt before and they want to explore it. The only way to do that is to continue moving forward and finding a way to touch each other with love.
©2018 Cithara Patra (P)2019 Cithara Patra
The Chimera: Perfect Human, Book 2
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The Project 99 experiments continue to find answers about themselves as they dig deeper into their past. Who are they? What are they supposed to be? As they keep searching, they find their chimera. She was where they were all created from. Does she have the answers they are looking for? And what else does Project 99 have in store for them?
©2017 Cithara S Patra (P)2017 CS Patra
The Summer Key
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The Keeper of Fate series continues as our heroes make their way through different towns. Along the way, they make more friends to join their fight. They become fugitives in the land and are trying to stay one step ahead. However, evil is not too far behind and they end finding themselves racing to evade the enemy and keep their world safe. The only thing that can help them is one of the keys from the Keepers of Fate, the Summer Key. Will they be able to survive and find the summer key before it's too late?
©2016 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2017 Cithara Susan Patra
The Contracts
Summary
There was a time when humans and demons lived together in peace. It all changed the day that human decided to attack and the peaceful bond was broken. Years after the destruction of Tartarus Sanctum and the elimination of Reaper's Apprentices, humans and demons are at each other's throats. To counter the problem, groups of demon slayers are rising to save the world. The war is brewing underneath, and people are becoming more aware of it. In the midst of it all is DS461, four young men who are trying to move on with their lives after a tragedy. They started out young and became good enough to fight in the field at an early age. As trained demon slayers, they are waiting for a big adventure to come. They have sworn revenge on those that did them wrong and promise to get it at all costs. Then one night, after a failed mission, they come across four unlikely allies; a group of female demons. These demons make a deal with them; they do one favor for the demons and DS461 can have anything they want. All they have to do is agree to the terms. Without thinking much, DS461 agrees. They don't know it now but they are about to set on the biggest adventure of their lives. It isn't over for either side. In fact, they've barely begun.
©2015 Cithara Susan Patra (P)2016 Cithara Susan Patra