Mitzi Pirkey has narrated 6 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors. The most-rated is The Silent Surrogate.
Call It Chemistry (A Small Town Sweet Romance)
Summary
Kate Brady never thought she'd set foot in her hometown again. After all, Golden Grove was the scene of the biggest embarrassment of her life, back when she was "Katie Braces," the high-school art nerd. But if she's going to climb the corporate ladder at her new company, she has to take a job in her Iowa hometown. And to do that, she's going to need the help of her old next-door-neighbor, Peter Clark. The cute guy she never really got over. Before he lost his dad, Peter Clark had planned on a prestigious career. Now here he is, still stuck in his small hometown, teaching chemistry at his old high school. The last thing he expects is his childhood crush back in Golden Grove. But when one trip turns into many, he wonders if this is a chance to heal old wounds - and maybe more. Can Kate get the job done while enduring the heart-thumping distractions from Peter? And will Peter take a chance on finding love with the girl he once let get away?
©2017 D. J. Van Oss (P)2019 D. J. Van Oss
When You Come Back
Summary
Forensic anthropologist Emma Graves knows about the dead. But can the dead help her remember why she’s still alive?
When you are lost....
Emma Graves was only eight years old when a tragic school bus accident shattered the rural community where she grew up. When the bus was discovered, the driver was dead and Emma, her older sister, and her sister’s best friend were missing. A frantic search through the cold, dark woods in the surrounding area began. As the sun rose the next morning, a cold and terrified Emma was found. Emma remembered little else beyond watching through the fractured windshield as her sister and her friend walked away from the bus to find help. Spring turned into summer and then to fall, and the missing girls never came back.
When you come back....
Twenty-five years later, Emma is all grown up. Though she is an acclaimed forensic anthropologist, her personal life is a different matter. After surviving another tragic accident, this one at a dig, Emma needs to hide somewhere and pull herself together again. After all, she has been fractured since she was eight years old; this breakdown has been coming for a long time. Going home is her only choice. The last thing she expected to find on her return was two more young girls missing. The small town is torn apart all over again. With Emma back, attention turns to her. What is she hiding? Why can’t she remember what really happened that day 25 years ago? Why is she back in town now and two more children are missing? When human remains are found deep in a cave that requires Emma’s expertise in retrieving them, the truth may just be more than anyone bargained for.
©2019 Debra Webb (P)2019 Debra Webb
Steady Work
Summary
Transforming front-line operations in a retail chain the size of Starbucks is a story in itself. This book goes further, investigating how lean thinking addressed huge demand fluctuation in a retail environment across thousands of stores, and then how baristas and managers in Newtown, Connecticut, used that system to get them through the worst week imaginable. It is a deeply personal story with global relevance.
©2019 Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc (P)2020 Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc
There Once Was a Child
Summary
Nominated for Suspense Book of the Year, There Once Was a Child is a stunning novel that explores the fractured lives of two police detectives as they struggle to solve a shocking case. A predator recently released from prison is missing...there’s blood on the floor - but there are two blood types. Is he a victim of revenge or has another of Nashville’s children gone missing? Joseph Fanning stole and abused 17 children. Recently released after serving his time, now he’s gone missing. Detective Olivia Newhouse and her partner, Walt Duncan, have a duty to do all within their power to find him - just as they would for any other citizen. The first step is to make a list of possible suspects and the logical names to start with are Fanning's victims. Those 17 children are now adults and more than one would like to see Joseph Fanning dead. As Olivia and Walt dig deeper into the case their own lives begin to unravel. The fragile threads of discovery start to twist and tangle until nothing is as it seems. When the one victim who knows the whole truth is revealed, no one will be the same.
©2018 Debra Webb (P)2020 Debra Webb
Mindfulness for Insomnia
Summary
Break the cycle of anxious thinking and rumination that keeps you up at night. With this much-needed guide, you’ll learn to quiet your mind, relax your body, feel less tense, and finally get the sleep you need. Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives. While we sleep, our bodies are recharging with energy, damaged tissue is repaired, and our memories are stored. When we don't get enough sleep, we are tired, less positive, less motivated, less focused, and more likely to feel depressed. We may even experience more intense cravings for high-fat, sugar-rich foods. And yet, despite the myriad advantages of getting a good night's sleep, countless people suffer from chronic insomnia. If you’re one of them, this book can help. In this guide, a trained mindfulness expert teams up with a behavioral sleep specialist to offer evidence-based meditations and an innovative four-week protocol to address the emotional stresses and anxieties that lie at the root of sleep issues. You’ll learn practices grounded in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindful self-compassion (MSC), and guided mindfulness and acceptance for insomnia (GMATI) to alleviate the mental, emotional, and physical suffering caused by insomnia. You’ll also learn to identify both internal and external factors that may be compromising your sleep, and develop a plan to address these issues. There is nothing we can do to “make” ourselves fall asleep. In many ways, this is why insomnia can be so maddening. But what we can do is help create the conditions necessary for healthy slumber. The mindfulness tools in this book will help you do exactly that.
©2019 Catherine Polan Orzech and William H. Moorcroft (P)2020 New Harbinger Publications
The Silent Surrogate
Summary
What if the perfect revenge was built on a lie? After years of searching, Nora has finally tracked down the woman who destroyed her life. She rents the house next door under an assumed identity, but before she can put her plan for retribution into motion, the woman's mysterious young lodger goes missing. As evidence of foul play mounts, a web of lies begins to unravel, and a shocked community is ripped apart. When the trail to the abductor leads to where no one imagined, Nora discovers that everyone is harboring secrets, and no one can be trusted. With an innocent life at stake, and hopes for revenge fading fast, Nora faces a harrowing decision that will awaken the dark past she desperately wishes could be undone. But will the truth she uncovers prove more shocking than the lies she has believed? A psychological thriller novella guaranteed to keep you gripped until the finish line! Will you enjoy The Silent Surrogate? If you read or listened to any of my favorite psychological and domestic suspense thriller authors including K. L. Slater, Shalini Boland, Adam Croft, Kathryn Croft, Lisa Gardner, Louise Jensen, or Rachel Caine, the answer is a resounding yes!
©2019 Norma L. Hinkens (P)2019 Norma L. Hinkens