Tess Sharpe has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Girls I've Been.
The Girls I've Been
Summary
A slick, twisty YA pause-resister about the daughter of a con artist who is taken hostage in a bank heist. Nora O'Malley's been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother's protégé. But when her mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape. For five years Nora's been playing at normal. But she needs to dust off the skills she ditched because she has three problems: Her ex walked in on her with her girlfriend. Even though they're all friends, Wes didn't know about her and Iris. The morning after Wes finds them kissing, they all have to meet to deposit the fundraiser money they raised at the bank. It's a nightmare that goes from awkward to deadly, because: Right after they enter the bank, two guys start robbing it. The bank robbers may be trouble, but Nora's something else entirely. They have no idea who they're really holding hostage....
©2021 Tess Sharpe (P)2021 Listening Library
Barbed Wire Heart
Summary
"A major new talent... promises to be one of the best books of 2018." - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) From powerful new voice in suspense fiction comes the unforgettable story of a young woman facing the most difficult choice of her life: family loyalty, or freedom. Set in an evocative rural landscape à la Hillbilly Elegy and with sharp insight reminiscent of Daniel Woodrell (Winter's Bone), Wiley Cash (A Land More Kind than Home), Karen Dionne (The Marsh King's Daughter) or Lisa Wingate (Before We Were Yours), Tess Sharpe's debut Barbed Wire Heart is a breathtaking "ballad of survival sung by a voice you'll never forget" (David Joy). Never cut the drugs - leave them pure. Guns are meant to be shot - keep them loaded. Family is everything - betray them and die. Harley McKenna is the only child of North County's biggest criminal. Duke McKenna's run more guns, cooked more meth, and killed more men than anyone around. Harley's been working for him since she was 16 - collecting debts, sweet-talking her way out of trouble, and dreading the day he'd deem her ready to rule the rural drug empire he's built. Her time's run out. The Springfields, her family's biggest rivals, are moving in. Years ago, they were responsible for her mother's death, and now they're coming for Duke's only weak spot: his daughter. With a bloody turf war threatening to consume North County, Harley is forced to confront the truth: that her father's violent world will destroy her. Duke's raised her to be deadly - he never counted on her being disloyal. But if Harley wants to survive and protect the people she loves, she's got to take out Duke's operation and the Springfields. Blowing up meth labs is dangerous business, and getting caught will be the end of her, but Harley has one advantage: She is her father's daughter. And McKennas always win. A remarkable novel with a deep emotional core, Barbed Wire Heart seamlessly blends thrilling suspense with a multilayered and unflinching portrayal of a poor, rural community where family is everything.
©2018 Tess Sharpe (P)2018 Hachette Audio
Mon territoire
Summary
À 8 ans, Harley McKenna a assisté à la mort violente de sa mère. Au même âge, elle a vu son père, Duke, tuer un homme. Rien de très étonnant de la part de ce baron de la drogue, connu dans tout le nord de la Californie pour sa brutalité, qui élève sa fille pour qu'elle lui succède. Mais le jour où Harley est en passe de reprendre les rênes de l'empire familial, elle décide de faire les choses à sa manière, même si cela signifie quitter le chemin tracé par son père. Depuis Winter's Bone, on n'avait pas croisé d'héroïne aussi fascinante, émouvante, inoubliable qu'Harley McKenna. Ce roman magnifique signe la naissance d'une auteure au talent fou.
©2019 Sonatine. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Héloïse Esquié (P)2020 Audible Studios
Far From You
Summary
Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice. The first time, she's 14, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that'll take years to kick. The second time, she's 17, and it's no accident. Sophie and her best friend Mina are confronted by a masked man in the woods. Sophie survives, but Mina is not so lucky. When the cops deem Mina's murder a drug deal gone wrong, casting partial blame on Sophie, no one will believe the truth: Sophie has been clean for months, and it was Mina who led her into the woods that night for a meeting shrouded in mystery. After a forced stint in rehab, Sophie returns home to a chilly new reality. Mina's brother won't speak to her, her parents fear she'll relapse, old friends have become enemies, and Sophie has to learn how to live without her other half. To make matters worse, no one is looking in the right places and Sophie must search for Mina's murderer on her own. But with every step, Sophie comes closer to revealing all: about herself, about Mina - and about the secret they shared.
©2014 Tess Sharpe (P)2019 Tantor