Monique Makena has narrated 14 audiobooks on Listento.it by 8 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 18 ratings. The most-rated is Agent Undercover.
Agent Undercover
Summary
The traumatized six-year-old boy hasn't said one word since the unsolved murder of his single mother. And now, the killer is after the child - and the devoted uncle raising him, Dr. Dylan Seabrook. Working undercover in the boy's school, DEA agent Paige Ashworth is determined to find the murderer. But she can't tell Dylan her real identity, what she knows - or just how close to the case she really is. Dylan's strength and fierce love for his nephew soon have Paige longing to join their family. First, though, they must catch a killer who never wants little Alex to speak again.
©2011 Lynette Eason (P)2019 Tantor
Danger on the Mountain
Summary
The conclusion to the fan favorite series from Lynette Eason. After making a new life for herself and her infant daughter in Rose Mountain, widow Maggie Bennett thought they were safe. Getting caught in the middle of a bank robbery changes everything - and introduces her to policeman Reese Kirkpatrick. He seems to be everything her abusive late husband wasn't...just the man she needs to help her through the growing list of sinister occurrences. But Reese has his own baggage - and when a shocking betrayal puts Maggie at risk, Reese must decide if protecting his heart is worth losing a chance at love.
©2012 Lynette Eason (P)2019 Tantor
Holiday Hideout
Summary
A heart-pounding, classic story from best-selling author Lynette Eason. All Dr. Abby Sullivan wants for Christmas is to escape her guilt. Yet no matter how far and fast she runs, she can't leave behind her past or the grim secret she carries. Then a stalker's threats send her on a chilling journey to Rose Mountain, North Carolina, where she's forced to rely on a stranger's protection. But her reliance on handsome cop Cal MacIvers puts him and his family in danger. To survive a deadly showdown, Abby will have to choose: flee again or fight for her life - and for love.
©2011 Lynette Eason (P)2019 Tantor
Yes, Daddy
Summary
Driving down a dark street in blinding rain, I hit something. That something turns out to be Esme Tremain. She’s running from someone, but I’m going to be sure she doesn’t run from me. With one look at those red lips and mouthwatering curves, I’m instantly obsessed. When I tell her she belongs to me and she answers with "Yes, Daddy", her fate is sealed. I’ll protect her. I’ll possess her. I’ll do anything for her. Only this sweet, smart intern at the DA’s office doesn’t know who I really am. I walk on the other side of the law, and our differences may be the fire that burns the bridge between us. What she doesn’t know is, once I take all of her, I’m never letting her go. Author’s note: He may be nearly twice her age and three times her size, but when this smoldering hunk of organized crime hears his princess call him "Daddy" for the first time, he melts. Get your baby girl on with this over-the-top, possessive, filthy daddy. Safe, no cheating, a happy ending, and no one is really related here, it’s all yummy daddy dom/baby girl fun.
©2019 Dani Wyatt (P)2020 Dani Wyatt
A Gift of Time
Summary
Three months have passed since Jason "Grizz" Talbot was put to death by lethal injection for crimes he committed. His former wife, Ginny, whom he had abducted from a convenience store when she was a teenager and became the love obsession of his life, has spent more than the last decade trying to carve out a life of normalcy in the bustling suburbs of Fort Lauderdale-including a thriving and happy marriage to Tommy "Grunt" Dillon, a former member of Grizz's gang. Tired of the secrets and the lies, Ginny and Tommy thought the final piece of their past could be left behind forever with Grizz's execution. However, the past comes crashing around Ginny and Tommy when a newly discovered secret threatens to destroy their marriage. When tragedy strikes, Ginny is forced to reach into her heart and decide, once and for all, what she really wants. In this third book in the Nine Minutes trilogy, A Gift of Time takes listeners from the busy tropical metropolis of South Florida into the serenity of the North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains as Ginny chases down the answers she needs. Will she have the strength to confront the secrets of her past...and her heart? Contains mature themes.
©2016 Beth Flynn (P)2017 Tantor
Out of Time
Summary
The leader of one of South Florida's most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should be picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead they've been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous that even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the top. In this gripping follow-up novel to Nine Minutes, Beth Flynn takes listeners from the sun-drenched flatlands of 1950s Central Florida to the vivid tropical heat of Fort Lauderdale to the halls of Florida's death row as we finally learn the gritty backstory of Jason "Grizz" Talbot and the secret he spent his life trying to conceal.
©2015 Beth Flynn (P)2016 Tantor
Nine Minutes
Summary
On May 15, 1975, teenager Ginny Lemon is abducted from a convenience store in Fort Lauderdale by a member of one of the most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs in South Florida. From that moment on, her life is forever changed. She gets a new name, a new identity, and a new life in the midst of the gang's base on the edge of the Florida Everglades—a frightening, rough, and violent world much like the swamps themselves, where everyone has an alias and loyalty is tantamount to survival. And at the center of it all is the gang's leader, Grizz: massive, ruggedly handsome, terrifying, and somehow, when it comes to Ginny, tender. So begins a tale of emotional obsession and manipulation, of a young woman ripped from everything she knows. Precocious and intelligent but still very much a teenager, Ginny struggles to adapt to her existence, initially fighting and then coming to terms with her captivity. Will she be rescued? Will she escape? Will she get out alive—or get out at all? Contains mature themes.
©2013 Beth Flynn (P)2015 Tantor
A Winter Wedding
Summary
Kyle Houseman believes that he'll never find anyone he could love as much as Olivia Arnold, who's now married to his stepbrother. Not only did he lose her, he's been through one divorce and has no desire to go through another. He's determined to be extra careful about the next woman he gets involved with - which is why he fights his attraction to the beautiful stranger who rents his farmhouse for the Christmas holiday. Lourdes Bennett is a country music artist. She's only planning to stay in Whiskey Creek long enough to write the songs for her next album - the album that's going to put her back on top. Her dreams don't include settling in a town even smaller than the one she escaped. But as she comes to know Kyle, she begins to wonder if she'd be making a terrible mistake to leave him behind....
©2015 Brenda Novak, Inc. (P)2015 Tantor
Loving a Cowboy
Summary
Saddle bronc rider Chance Cochran knows a bad omen when he sees one, and Libby Brennan isn't just a bad omen, she's the woman he was married to, five years ago, for all of 48 hours - before her father dragged her away and started divorce proceedings.
It isn't by coincidence Libby Brennan shows up where Chance is celebrating the win that put him in the million-dollar cowboy class. Older and hopefully wiser, she's come to clear up a legal technicality as well as ask his forgiveness. Then maybe she can move on with her life.
But saying she's sorry won't be enough to make amends to this cowboy who has endured a lifetime of people abandoning him. When Chance needs some help after sustaining an injury, however, Libby may have a second chance - at love.
©2015 Carol Aloisi (P)2018 Tantor
The Revenge
Summary
Breakups can be messy. After his ex-girlfriend Hope embarrasses him in front of the entire school, Tony wants revenge. So he signs her up for online dating sites and subscriptions and even makes the location of her phone public. And it works. A few days later, Hope calls begging Tony to stop the prank. Then Hope screams, and a car door slams. The call drops. Tony tries to keep cool. It's just like Hope to get back at him with more drama. But when Hope isn't at school the next day, Tony knows the joke has gone too far - and he may have led a predator right to his ex's door. Can Tony find Hope and save her before it's too late for both of them?
©2017 Hannah Jayne (P)2017 Tantor
Working Back
Summary
Girls weren’t on Bryant Cook’s radar until the day he moved next door to the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen. Fortunately for him, Faith Baker fell just as hard that first day as well. From ages 8 to 22, it was the Faith and Bryant show, and their happily forever after seemed certain. Until it wasn’t. Now she’s back after 12 years and she wants what they had. That’s when Bryant issues a challenge. One Faith can’t resist. After all, her future - their future - is riding on it. She said she’d do anything. She just didn’t think he meant THAT... Working Back is a full-length, second chance, childhood soulmates, house flipping romantic comedy that can be listened to as a complete standalone and is book three in the Cook County series.
©2019 BJ Harvey (P)2020 BJ Harvey
Her Backup Boyfriend
Summary
Straight-laced lawyer Kate Matthews always plays by the rules. But when her ex gets engaged and a big promotion is on the line at work, she blurts out that she has a new boyfriend. And now that she's proved she "has a life" outside of work, everything is perfect. Except for one teeny little detail - there is no boyfriend. And now Kate's liable for her little white lie. Dominic Sorensen is hot, charming, and very definitely not Kate's type. But not only does Dominic want to help Kate renovate her home, he's also willing to play "boyfriend". All he wants in return is a little pro bono work for his sister. Now instead of Mr. Right, Kate has a delectable Mr. Fix-It-Right - and some unbelievable sexual chemistry. And if falling for Dominic is a breach of contract, Kate is guilty as charged.
©2015 Ashlee Mallory (P)2016 Tantor
Her Accidental Husband
Summary
Payton Vaughn's trip to Puerto Vallarta for her friend's wedding was her big escape from her ridiculously overbearing mother - oh, and that little matter with her cheating fiancé. Now, her flight's been cancelled, and she's crammed into a tiny car with the gorgeous-but-irritating best man. Viva la road trip from hell. Cruz Sorensen doesn't have time to babysit some spoiled socialite, even if she is the future daughter-in-law of the man who could change the fortune of his family's company. He has no business getting to know her better - not even for all the tequila in Mexico. Until they wake up with hangovers, as man and wife. Now Payton and Cruz must decide if they've reached the end of their journey, or the beginning of a new adventure. Contains mature themes.
©2015 Ashlee Mallory (P)2017 Tantor
The Playboy's Proposal
Summary
Doctor Benny Sorensen has had it up to here with her party-throwing playboy neighbor. She's declaring war. She doesn't care how gorgeous or charming he is - he's going down. That is until he proposes something she's not sure she can say no to.... Wealthy ad man Henry Ellison lives an uncomplicated life that revolves around work, women, and partying. In that order. Until Benny storms into his life. To placate his attractive but hotheaded neighbor, Henry offers to help her land a date with the man of her dreams. Only as Henry makes her over and coaches her on the fine art of flirting, he realizes that the idea of this woman in any other man's arms but his own is unacceptable. But Benny's a forever kind of girl, and forever might just be the one commitment he can't make. Contains mature themes.
©2016 Ashlee Mallory (P)2017 Tantor