Shannon McManus has narrated 137 audiobooks on Listento.it by 78 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 1,632 ratings. The most-rated is One of Us Is Lying.
After Life
Summary
For Naomi Ash, growing up the daughter of a clairvoyant medium exposed her to the chicanery of a business where telling people what they want to hear is the only currency. And the sleepy hamlet of Train Line, New York, nestled against a frigid lake in the westernmost fringes of the state, was founded on, built, and is still sustained by it. Now a young woman and a practicing medium herself, Naomi still lives in the place that nourished and raised her - the place where she fell in love. Love, however, can be deadly. And the secrets behind the fake and the fraud, behind her deepest desires and greatest fears, and behind the lies and truths of her life collide with ferocity and quiet consequence, a profound duality that pervades the past and the present, and crosses the line between the living and the dead.
©2012 Rhian Ellis (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Sea Glass Island
Summary
Under summer skies, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods evokes family, friendship and heartfelt emotion. With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it’s hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples intent on capturing happily-ever-after won’t open this jaded doctor’s heart. It’s going to take a sexy, determined woman - one who won’t take no for an answer.
©2013 Sherryl Woods (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
The Cold Way Home: A Novel
Summary
"[An] emotion-charged mystery....Keller's sleuths are easy to like and the murder story is moving; but the object of fascination here is Wellwood, a state-run mental institution with a dark history as a repository for 'rebellious, unruly women.'" (The New York Times Book Review) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller welcomes listeners back to West Virginia, where her lyrical and moving stories of the people of her native state have unfolded since A Killing in the Hills, the acclaimed first novel in the series. Deep in the woods just outside Acker's Gap, West Virginia, rises a ragged chunk of what was once a high stone wall. This is all that remains of Wellwood, a psychiatric hospital for the poor that burned to the ground decades ago. And it is here that Bell Elkins - prosecutor turned private investigator - makes a grim discovery while searching for a missing teenager: A dead body, marred by a ghastly wound that can only mean murder. To solve the mystery of what happened in these woods where she played as a child, Bell and her partners - former sheriff Nick Fogelsong and former deputy Jake Oakes - must confront the tangled history of Wellwood and its dark legacy, while each grapples with a private torment. Based on a true chapter in the troubled history of early treatment for psychiatric illness, The Cold Way Home is a story of death and life, of despair and hope, of crime and - sometimes, but not always - punishment.
©2019 Julia Keller (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Becoming Us
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From the author of the best-selling Christy Miller and SisterChicks series comes a new book of community, friendship, and tackling the hard things of life with God and loved ones around a table. Five young moms, including beloved Gunn character Christy Miller, gather to share meals and soon become unlikely best friends. The regular gatherings provide opportunities for the women to reveal their stories, and those life stories endear them to each other. They experience their lives naturally meshing as they raise their children together in community. In Becoming Us the group find ways to challenge, encourage, and help each other become the nurturing mothers they wished they'd had when they were growing up. They unite to be remembered for what they do as moms and not for what was done to them. “Becoming Us is a sweet and beautiful tale of letting go and letting God. The characters made me, a young mom myself, feel surrounded by a group of treasured friends, as they welcomed me into the haven they created.” (Lindsay Harrel, author of The Secrets of Paper and Ink)
©2019 Robin Jones Gunn (P)2019 Random House Audio
Between the Tides
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Nine months after Catherine Leary’s father, a literature professor, passed away, she still has not fulfilled his final wish: that she scatter his ashes in the Seaboro River in South Carolina. The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro is the last place Catherine wants to see again. But on the evening of her thirtieth birthday, her father’s young colleague - whom she once dated – pays a visit. Forrest Anderson offers a challenge from Catherine’s father: three probing questions that he had planned to put inside a birthday letter to his daughter. But it’s the news that Forrest plans to memorialize her father in an article that includes the family’s time in Seaboro — and the surprising revelation that her father visited there in recent years — that sends Catherine reeling. Hoping to stop Forrest from exposing her family’s secrets, she agrees to accompany him to her once – beloved Lowcountry town - and embarks on a poignant trip into the past . . . a journey that might lead her into a new life of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery.
©2007 Patti Callahan Henry (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
The Longest Silence
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A killer stole her voice. Now she's ready to take it back. Don't miss the chilling Shades of Death series from USA Today best-selling author Debra Webb. Joanna Guthrie was free. She had been for 18 years - or so she needed everyone to believe. What really happened during the longest 14 days of her life, when she and two other women were held captive by the worst kind of killer, wasn't something she could talk about. Not after what she'd had to do to survive. But when more women go missing in an eerily similar manner, Jo knows her prolonged silence will only seal their fates. She's finally ready to talk; she just needs someone to listen. FBI special agent Tony LeDoux can't deny he finds Jo compelling - he's just not sure he believes her story. But with the clock ticking, Jo will do anything to convince him, even if it means unearthing long-buried secrets that will land them squarely in the crosshairs of the killer....
©2018 Debra Webb (P)2018 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Buried in Secrets
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Book four of the USA Today best-selling Carly Moore series. Be careful where you dig.... Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff’s department three months ago - too quiet. Still, Carly is shocked when she discovers one of her sweetest lunch customers at the tavern has committed murder in cold blood. Carly is certain the woman was fulfilling an infamous “favor” for the town patriarch, Bart Drummond, but now she has to prove it. She already knew that Drum has two sides - the side they show the world, and the seedy underbelly. Only in Drum, all things seedy lead back to two men - Bart Drummond and the local drug king, Todd Bingham. The deeper Carly gets, the more she begins to question everything, even her desire to have her own family. But even if she could forget Bart’s threat is hanging over her head, she can’t forget that her father is still searching for her, ready to drag her back to her own death. She needs to uncover the truth, but everything is buried in secrets.
©2021 DGS (P)2021 Denise Grover Swank
The Summer of New Beginnings
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One family learns that love is the greatest miracle of all - from USA Today best-selling author Bette Lee Crosby. Aspiring journalist Meghan Briggs has always been the responsible one in the family. So when her father passes away unexpectedly, leaving behind his at-risk business, she steps up to save his legacy - even if that means putting her own dreams on hold. Tracy couldn't be more different from her sister. She's always been the rebellious type, without much direction in life. But in the wake of her latest romantic disaster, she finds herself moving back home as a single mother. As Tracy experiences the difficulties of new motherhood, Meghan faces her own struggle: trying not to fall for the stray puppy she rescued. This is no time for attachments - not to the adorable "Sox", whose owner is bound to turn up any day, and certainly not to the handsome new vet in town. But as the summer unfolds, she discovers that, like Sox, she may need rescuing, too. As both sisters navigate unexpected challenges and exciting new relationships, they'll find that putting the past to rest can make way for beautiful new beginnings.
©2018 Bette Lee Crosby (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved
Your Beautiful Heart
Summary
Fashion journalist Lauren Scruggs knows how it feels to search for beauty. She grew up knowing of God's love but never fully understood what that love meant or how it extended to the deepest parts of her soul until a horrible accident that resulted in the loss of both her left eye and hand. In her darkest hours, everything Lauren believed was tested. Yet it was there that God showed her where real beauty comes from: the unfailing love of the creator. God's love is what truly makes us lovely. Using stories from Lauren's accident, recovery, and experiences in the fashion world, Your Beautiful Heart explores issues that teen girls face every day: body image, self-worth, peer pressure, and much more. Whether you listen to the book on your own or with a group of friends, Lauren's personal message of love, faith, and value will show you what it means to be a girl who radiates with true beauty.
©2015 Lauren Scruggs (P)2015 Tantor
Fast Falls the Night
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The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sad - but these days, depressingly familiar. But then there is another overdose. And another. And another. Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian hometown is facing its starkest challenge yet: a day of constant heroin overdoses from a batch tainted with a lethal tranquilizer. While the clock ticks and the bodies fall, Bell and her colleagues desperately track the source of the deadly drug - and engage in fierce debates over the wisdom of expending precious resources to save the lives of self-destructive addicts. Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's latest Bell Elkins novel Fast Falls the Night takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell's life forever.
©2017 Julia Keller (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved
The Art of Keeping Secrets
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Since a solo plane crash killed her husband two years ago, Annabelle Murphy has found solace in raising her two children. Just when she thinks the grief is behind her, she receives news that the wreckage of the plane has been discovered - and that her husband did not die alone. He was with another woman. Suddenly, Annabelle is forced to question everything she once held true.
Sofie Milstead knows the woman who was on that plane. A dolphin researcher who has lived a quiet life, Sofie has never let anyone get too close. But when Annabelle shows up on Sofie’s doorstep full of painful questions, both women must confront their intertwining pasts... and find the courage they need to face the truth.
©2011 Patti Callahan Henry (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Beach Wedding Weekend
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When Brody broke up with Paige and went to Europe, he suggested that someday, they’d pick up right where they left off. A hopeless romantic, she believed him. But when they meet again, he’s dating a gorgeous actress. They’re all going to attend the same wedding, and Paige plans to win Brody back. She even enlists her best friend’s brother Aiden to pretend to be her boyfriend and make Brody jealous. A breezy, charming restaurant owner who never settles down, he’s perfect for the part. As old friends and exes take part in wedding preparations and enjoy the beauty of the Florida coast, they begin to see themselves - and each other - in a new light. This sparkling summer romance contains a free original recipe for BBQ Brisket Tacos with Sunshine Slaw.
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
All the Lies: The Complete Trilogy
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Contains the complete All the Lies trilogy. All the Lies, book 1 To save my job, I have to interview a reclusive writer who doesn’t want to be found. When I find him, I realize that he is the arrogant and gorgeous stranger who is the only one who knows the truth about that night. He agrees to speak under one condition: everything he says is off the record. He has secrets of his own. But something happens between us. His touch ignites a spark. His eyes make me weak at the knees. I can’t pull away. This is wrong. This will ruin everything. But he looks at me in that way that no one has ever looked at me before and I can’t say no.... All the Secrets, book 2 One week with him and I get what I want: the story of my career. What happens when I say no? He thinks that the reason that I left is that I don’t want him. Nothing could be further from the truth. He thinks I was insulted. He’s wrong. I have a fire in my body that burns just for him. Still, I leave. But I have to write this story to save my job. It won’t be published for a while, and I’ll have time to convince him to go on the record. At least, that’s what I think. Then the article comes out and he shows up at my house. He’s angry. I’m mad. What happens when that fire between us starts to ignite? What happens when he pulls me close and doesn’t let go? All the Doubts, book 3 I’m a liar. I’ve been lying for so long that it’s all I can do anymore. My name isn’t what she thinks either. I got a new identity and a new life because my old one was going to get me killed. That’s why I don’t do interviews. That’s why I don’t show my face on social media. But when Emma’s magazine article comes out everything changes. They’re coming for me. It's all a matter of time. If I want to save myself, I have to disappear again. But what can I do if they go after her?
©2020, 2021 Charlotte Byrd (P)2021 Podium Audio
I Do!
Summary
In New York Times best-selling author Rachel Gibson's newest novella, Vince Haven and Sadie Hollowell are headed to the altar, and all their friends are headed to Lovett, Texas, to join them for the party of the year. But Becca Ramsey doesn't have time for all that. Fresh out of beauty school, Becca's all business...and the last thing she needs is bad boy Nate Parrish anywhere in her life. In the past Nate was trouble. He's been trying to repair his reputation - heck, he's even got just one girlfriend. The problem is she isn't Becca. Now Nate's in a whole lot of hot water. He needs to get Becca from "I won't" to "I do"...but how can he do that when she won't even say "I might"?
©2015 Rachel Gibson (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers
Nell and Lady
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A heart-stirring novel of family and forgiveness from bestselling author Ashley Farley. In her grand home in Charleston, Willa Bellemore raised two girls during the tumultuous 1970s. One was her daughter, Lady. The other was Lady’s best friend, Nell - adopted after the sudden, heartbreaking death of her mother, the Bellemores’ beloved maid. Willa showered Nell with love and support, all the while ignoring the disdainful whispers of her neighbors. After all, they were family. Nell and Lady were sisters at heart - sisters who vowed to never let anything come between them. Then, on the night of Lady’s sixteenth birthday, something went terribly wrong, sparking painful secrets and bitter resentments that went unspoken for three decades. Now Willa is dying, and Lady and Nell - each with a teenager of her own - are brought together after all these years. It’s Willa’s last wish. The time has come to confront what happened on that fateful night. But it may take a tragic twist of fate to reconcile the past and come to terms with the true meaning of family.
©2018 Ashley Farley (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Come Rain or Shine
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Rose Gardner collects secrets the way other people collect junk - and now she’s being asked to expose them. Special prosecutor Mason Deveraux has called a grand jury to investigate the corruption in the Sweet Branch police department, and he’s summoned Rose as a witness. Any topic is fair game, and the criminals in Fenton county are rightly scared of what she might share under oath. While trying to placate the lawless men, Rose is also caring for her dying sister, Violet. Only Violet’s doctor has fled town after selling prescriptions, and Rose is sure big-time drug dealer Denny Carmichael has his hand in the situation. She has no intention of investigating, but like with a lot of her cases, clues keep falling into her lap. Then, just when it feels like everything’s at a boiling point, Rose gets shocking news that turns her life upside down. Now, she’s not just soothing the criminals’ anxiety, but actively seeking allies for a fight she hasn’t asked for - and her enemy just might be the man she loves.
©2019 Denise Grover Swank (P)2019 Denise Grover Swank
Ripple of Secrets
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After her assistant DA boyfriend's near brush with death, Rose Gardner hopes to make it through the holiday season with a minimal amount of drama. But she can't forget the promise she made to the king of the Fenton County underworld in exchange for Mason's life. What's worse, she's not the only one keeping secrets - Mason has been working on a hush-hush case in his private time, Joe is grappling with the sudden reappearance of his sister after a mysterious two-year disappearance, and Hilary continues in her single-minded quest to secure a commitment from Joe at any cost - for motives only she understands. Though peace and quiet is all Rose wants, it's the last thing she's liable to get. And the ripple of secrets in her life threatens to create an undertow that will endanger her and everyone she holds dear.
©2015 Denise Grover Swank (P)2015 Denise Grover Swank
Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies
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Book eight in the New York Times and USA Today best-selling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner has survived plenty of close scrapes in the past, but her latest bit of trouble has landed her in the Fenton County holding cell on trumped-up charges. The most powerful man in Southern Arkansas, J. R. Simmons, is determined to put her behind bars for good and destroy everything she holds dear, including her boyfriend, Mason, and her friend, Skeeter, reigning king of the Fenton County crime world. In a stunning betrayal, it seems as if J. R.'s son, Rose's ex-boyfriend, might have turned tail and joined his father. But Rose doesn't have to face this fight alone. Her tight-knit group of friends is dedicated to helping her figure out - and foil - J. R.'s plan for ruining her, Mason, and Skeeter. But even with their support and the use of her special power, Rose is at a disadvantage. J. R. is a criminal mastermind who has been using his money, power, and web of influence to hide his conspiracies for years. How can she hope to find solid evidence implicating someone who's mastered the art of not getting caught? Time is running out, and soon Rose realizes that reassuming her role of the Lady in Black might be her only chance at ferreting out the evidence that will save them all. In so doing, she will risk not only her life but the possibility that her secret identity will be unveiled to all.
©2015 Denise Grover Swank (P)2016 Denise Grover Swank
Hell in a Handbasket
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Third installment in the New York Times best-selling Rose Gardner Investigations series. They say the road to hell is paved in good intentions, and Rose Gardner can’t shake the notion she’s headed there in a handbasket. She feels responsible for the death of a woman she tried - and failed - to save with her visions, and though she intends to do the “right” thing and tell James Malcolm she can’t possibly accept his offer of a relationship, she hasn’t yet mustered the strength. Worst of all, her sister is terminally ill, and there isn’t a thing she can do to save her. When a new case falls into Rose’s lap, she eagerly shifts her attention to someone else’s problems - except it’s Henryetta, and every person, and problem, is somehow connected. The case will bring her back into contact with James, whom she still hasn’t answered, and force her to confront her past in other unexpected ways. Meanwhile, Rose and Neely Kate find themselves playing host to an unlikely house guest. Helping the stranger may require them to become more entangled with the crime world, something Rose knows she should avoid. She and Neely Kate have the very best of intentions, but are those intentions ushering them down a path they can’t easily leave? Series order: Rose Gardner Investigations series Family Jewels For the Birds Hell in a Handbasket Up Shute Creek (Fall 2018) Neely Kate Mystery series Trailer Trash In High Cotton (July 31, 2018)
©2018 Denise Grover Swank (P)2018 Denise Grover Swank
Dirty Money
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The final book in the USA Today best-selling Neely Kate Mystery series.
Violet Gardner Beauregard is barely cold in her grave, but she’s still stirring up trouble. When Neely Kate Coulson accompanies her best friend, Rose, to Violet’s attorney for the reading of the will, they get the shock of their lives, one that leaves them both reeling.
If that weren’t enough, special prosecutor Mason Devereaux is still calling witnesses for his grand jury, digging into the corruption in Fenton County. Neely Kate is approached by an unexpected source who reveals shocking news from the grand jury testimony - information about her wayward husband, Ronnie Coulson. And just as all the dust starts flying, Kate Simmons sashays back into town. Kate presents an opportunity Neely Kate finds hard to resist - the chance to find out why a Dallas crime syndicate wants the bag of money Neely Kate took from a man she’d killed in self-defense years ago.
With Kate involved, there’s a catch. Kate will only tell her what she wants to know if Neely Kate leaves town with her. Immediately.
Can Neely Kate afford to take the risk? Can she afford not to?
©2019 Denise Grover Swank (P)2019 Denise Grover Swank