The Games You Cannot Win
A Collection of Short Stories
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Narrated by:
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Lisa Negron
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By:
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M. K. Williams
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Roll the dice, pick a card, tell a lie, hide the truth. Whatever the move, it's all just part of the game. Follow the lives of four very different characters who are all trapped in an insidious game. Each story delves into the intricate web of misaligned motives and obscured half-truths.
"In This Business"
A career hangs in the balance between a wicked deal with a publishing company and a daughter's loyalty to her mother. As she works furiously to meet her deadline, she debates the impending betrayal: her ambition, or her beloved mother.
"The Joker"
In the middle of his quarter-life crisis, Randolf, a young reporter, stumbles upon a political scandal so dark and treacherous that it threatens the very fabric of our democracy. Will he reveal the truth before it is too late, or will the innate powers of human nature ruin his story before it is even printed?
"Dolly"
Katherine Hertzfeld-Doll has just begun her term as a Supreme Court Justice. Before she can even get her bearings, she is thrown into a scandal that threatens to compromise her life's work and end her career. Will she cave under the pressure, or will she use her political power to hide the truth?
"Escaping Avila Chase"
Agent Trevor Hobbertson is about to crack the most important case of his career with the FBI. As he pursues the criminal, he is also taunted by vivid memories of his ex-girlfriend. Is that nagging feeling that he is being taunted founded, or is there an evil mastermind lurking behind the scenes and planning his demise?
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
- By: Eva Jurczyk
- Narrated by: Hannah Cabell
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 88
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 88
Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why?
- By Kenna on 08-14-22
By: Eva Jurczyk
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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
- By: Shauna Robinson
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
When Maggie Banks arrives to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to the small-town clientele. But with the town on the map as a top literary destination and the tourist society bent on keeping businesses historic, Maggie is banned from selling anything written this century. So, when a series of mishaps suddenly tip the bookstore toward ruin, Maggie will have to get creative to keep the shop afloat. And in Maggie's world, bookish rules are made to be broken.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Simple RomCom nothing more nothing less
- By Kelli on 09-01-23
By: Shauna Robinson
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The Price of Fame
- By: Lynn Ames
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 614
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 575
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Story4 out of 5 stars 573
When local television news anchor Katherine Kyle is thrust into the national spotlight, it sets in motion a chain of events that will change her life forever. Jamison "Jay" Parker is an intensely career-driven Time magazine reporter; she has experienced love once, from afar, and given up on finding it again.... That is until circumstance and an assignment bring her into contact with her past.
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2 out of 5 stars
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don't just don't
- By Abby on 10-01-16
By: Lynn Ames
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The Wrong Sister
- By: T. E. Woods
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,465
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,258
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,250
From behind the wheel of her car, Tess Kincaid glimpses a woman walking down a Madison, Wisconsin, street. They've never met, but Tess sees the same features every time she looks in the mirror. Tess introduces herself and discovers that she and her doppelganger, Mimi, have more than appearance in common. They even share the same birthday. Mimi - confident and outgoing where Tess is understated and shy - is convinced they're twins, separated shortly after birth. When a body is discovered in a local marsh, Tess is entangled in a search for the truth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nothing like anything T E Woods has written B4!!!
- By shelley on 03-01-18
By: T. E. Woods
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By Any Other Name
- By: Lauren Kate
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
What she doesn't know about love could fill a book. With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanie's more than good. She's killing it. Then she’s given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work with world-renowned author and her biggest inspiration in love and life—the Noa Callaway.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cute
- By Kenz on 12-07-22
By: Lauren Kate
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Bright Lights, Big City
- By: Jay McInerney
- Narrated by: Daniel Passer
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 341
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Story4 out of 5 stars 283
The tragicomedy of a young man in New York City, a writer, never named, who works as a fact-checker for a prestigious magazine. He struggles with the reality of his mother's death, alienation, and the seductive pull of drugs and a vibrant nightlife.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Curiously, mundanely real
- By Amber on 01-07-12
By: Jay McInerney
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The Duet
- By: R.S. Grey
- Narrated by: Julia Farhat
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 440
When 27-year-old pop sensation Brooklyn Heart steps in front of a microphone, her love songs enchant audiences worldwide. But when it comes to her own love life, the only spell she's under is a dry one. So when her label slots her for a Grammy performance with the sexy and soulful Jason Monroe, she can't help but entertain certain fantasies...those in which her G-string gets more play than her guitars'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Seriously many LOL moments....
- By Daniele on 12-03-16
By: R.S. Grey
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My Salinger Year
- By: Joanna Rakoff
- Narrated by: Joanna Rakoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 176
At 23, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D. Salinger. Rakoff is tasked with answering Salinger’s voluminous fan mail. But as she reads the candid, heart-wrenching letters from his readers around the world, she finds herself unable to type out the agency’s decades-old form response. Instead, drawn inexorably into the emotional world of Salinger’s devotees, she abandons the template and begins writing back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story great performance
- By Marla on 05-22-15
By: Joanna Rakoff
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Eighteen Acres
- A Novel
- By: Nicolle Wallace
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Story4 out of 5 stars 259
From the former communications director for the White House and current political media strategist comes a suspenseful and smart novel about the first female president and all dramas and deceptions she faces both in politics and in love. Eighteen Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Biased and Oh So Boring
- By Sara on 10-03-14
By: Nicolle Wallace
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According to a Source
- A Novel
- By: Abby Stern
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4 out of 5 stars 232
Ella Warren loves her job working for celebrity news magazine The Life as an undercover reporter. Her evenings are spent using her alias to discreetly attend red carpet events, nightclubs, and Hollywood hotspots like the fabulous Chateau Marmont, where her eyes are always peeled for the next big celebrity story. When Ella's new Devil Wears Prada-type boss starts a not-so-friendly competition among the reporters to find an exclusive story or be fired, the stakes are higher than ever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hollywood Glitz and Gossip
- By RueRue on 07-03-17
By: Abby Stern
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Ghosts of Manhattan
- A Novel
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 95
It’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a 35-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage and on him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- By Melvin on 06-30-15
By: Douglas Brunt
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A Parcel for Anna Browne
- By: Miranda Dickinson
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 88
The gift of a lifetime? Anna Browne is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. Her day job as a receptionist in bustling London isn't exactly her dream, yet she has everything she wants. But someone thinks Anna Browne deserves more.... A parcel addressed to Anna Browne arrives. She has no idea who has sent it. Inside she finds a beautiful gift - one that is designed to be seen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cute idea but a bit of an eye-roll
- By hannah on 04-11-16
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Baltimore Blues
- Tess Monaghan, Book 1
- By: Laura Lippman
- Narrated by: Deborah Hazlett
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,502
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,194
Unemployed at 29, Tess Monaghan is willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent—including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl "Rock" Paxton. In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety—and his noontime trysts with Rock's fiancée—make the case front page news...and point to Rock as the likely murderer. But trying to prove her friend's innocence could prove costly to Tess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm on #8 - This series is almost unique
- By connie on 02-19-12
By: Laura Lippman
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The Fourth Awakening
- By: Rod Pennington, Jeffery A. Martin
- Narrated by: C. J. Crit
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
Penelope Drayton Spence made a choice years earlier, and picked marriage and family over a promising career as an investigative reporter. Now, divorced and with her children spread around the country, she is having second thoughts. A mysterious call from the Managing Editor of the Washington Post, offers her a second chance at big time journalism. He has a story so sensitive that the President of the United States personally asked the Post to leave it alone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration will keep you awake..
- By Matthew on 02-11-13
By: Rod Pennington, and others
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Murder of Magpies
- By: Judith Flanders
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4 out of 5 stars 67
It's just another day at the office for book editor Samantha Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering how to break it to her star novelist that her latest effort is utterly unpublishable, lunch scheduled with gossipy author Kit Lowell, whose new book will deliciously dish the dirt on the fashion industry. But little does she know how much trouble Kit's book is about to be. Before it even goes to print.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent novel, horrible narrator
- By David on 03-20-17
By: Judith Flanders
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Fundraising the Dead
- A Museum Mystery
- By: Sheila Connolly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4 out of 5 stars 171
At The Society for the Preservation of Pennsylvania Antiques, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations - and sometimes solves crimes. When a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the same day that an archivist is found dead, it seems strange that the Society president isn't pushing for an investigation. Nell goes digging herself, and soon uncovers a long, rich history of crime.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Sure About This Series
- By Chalis on 11-21-14
By: Sheila Connolly