Melody Craven has narrated 3 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is Area Bird: Duty Doesn't Always Follow Rules.
Don't Let Me Go (Expanded Edition)
Summary
On top of battling the normal teenage angst that everyone goes through, Joanie is also reeling from her parents' bitter divorce and having to cope with her mother's new boyfriend and father's new family. Alone in a new town and without friends, she turns to passing the time by indulging in her longtime hobby of making toy models of soldiers and is both amazed and shocked when one of them comes to life.
Despite her millions of unanswered questions and having to make sense of new mysteries every day, Joanie comes to find a loyal and trustworthy companion in Adler, a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht and a member of the German Resistance during World War II who must also find a way to handle living in modern times on top of being invisible to most of the population.The two of them will have to fight several battles on many fronts in both the physical world and unseen realms as they both try to comprehend Adler's new existence and piece Joanie's broken life back together.
This expanded edition of Don't Let Me Go features bonus material including the short story that originally inspired this novel as well as two interviews with the author.
©2018 Jamila Mikhail (P)2019 Jamila Mikhail
Witch Heart (Leadership Always Requires Sacrifice)
Summary
What doesn't kill you...can still cause a lot of damage. After a deadly accident in Airborne School, Jan Wishart returns to West Point under a cloud of suspicion. She is branded a "witch" by some at the military academy and creepy things keep happening in her room. She's losing the single most precious commodity available to cadets: sleep, which inflames her already heightened anxiety level. Then, a masked intruder begins visiting her room at night. Or is she imagining that? Events escalate to the point of no return for Jan and her two best friends. When they swear an oath of loyalty to each other, they have no idea how much it will cost to fulfill that vow. Leadership always requires sacrifice. So does loyalty. And sometimes, one virtue must yield to the other.
©2016 Susan I Spieth (P)2019 Susan I Spieth
Area Bird: Duty Doesn't Always Follow Rules
Summary
They failed to drive her out of the military academy, but one in three women are still leaving West Point. Jan Wishart fights for survival in her second year at the formerly all male citadel, where the women cadets continue to endure body shaming, sexism, and contempt from the higher ups. That's along with the usual physical and mental rigors of the military academy. When one of her friends shows signs of abuse and later commits suicide, Jan's coming of age year gets even more complicated. The culture of hazing and harassment must be addressed, but it's almost impossible in a closed academy environment. Sometimes the best way to call attention to an issue is to leak it the press. In order to fulfill her duty, Jan must break with tradition and the longstanding culture of the United States Military Academy. Yet not everything is as it seems. Once again Jan's worldview is about to be upended by the secrets of West Point. 2015 Kindle book award semi-finalist!
©2015 Susan I. Spieth (P)2019 Susan I Spieth