Showing posts with label Audiobookworm Promotions. Show all posts
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Friday, July 15, 2022

AudioBook Tour: A Fallen Hero by Sara A. Noë

Author: Sara A. Noë

Narrators: A.J. Shuck, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Length: 18 hours and 50 minutes

Series: Chronicles of Avilésor: War of the Realms , Book 1

Producer: Audiobook Empire

Publisher: On the Cobblestone Road LLC Audio

Released: Apr 9, 2022

Genre: Fantasy

   

Saturday, March 19, 2022

✱✱Audio Book Review✱✱ AudioBook Tour: A Beautiful End by Ashley A Quinn

Author: Ashley A. Quinn

Narrator: Jenn Lee

Length: 9 hours and minutes

Series: The Broken Bow, Book 1

Producer: Audiobook Empire

Publisher: Ashley Admire

Released: December 20, 2021

Genre: Romantic Mystery; Suspense



Will a threat to London’s life lead her to love? London Scott’s routine, boring life gets a jolt when her niece discovers a woman’s body while out hiking with her boyfriend. It’s just her luck, though, that it’s Sebastian Archer who investigates the murder. Having known the man since childhood, she’s always been the annoying tagalong. Even though she finds him drop-dead sexy, that’s a ship that can never sail now that she’s guardian to her niece and his goddaughter. Two years ago, Seb moved home to take the position as local sheriff, ready for a slower pace and to be closer to his family. That included his best friend’s sister, London. The beautiful innkeeper had held his heart since they were young, but the timing never felt right to start something. When a serial killer murders a woman in his jurisdiction who bears a striking resemblance to London, Seb realizes he could lose her before they ever get a chance. Will London’s reluctance to date the handsome sheriff deliver her into the hands of a psychopath?
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 When not writing, you can usually find me with my nose stuck in a book or watching some terrible disaster movie on SyFy. I also love baseball, crafting, and cooking. I live in Ohio with my husband, two kids, three cats, and one very wild shepherd mix. Life is busy and I wouldn't have it any other way.

 
 After 20+ years as professional NYC actor, I stumbled into some documentary voiceover work. From that moment on, I knew the trajectory of my career had been changed forever. I adore narrating and doing VO, and every job feels like a gift.
 
 
 At Audiobook Empire, audio reigns supreme, narrators are hailed as heroes, and headphones are worn with pride. Marrying pomp and circumstance with quality you can count on, Audiobook Empire is a full-service production house that produces and promotes audiobooks with gusto. Give your audiobook the imperial treatment by producing it with Audiobook Empire.
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Author Ashley A. Quinn’s Top 10 Literary Inspirations
  1. Charlotte Brontë – My absolute all-time favorite book is Jane Eyre.
  2. Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice comes in a close second to Jane Eyre.
  3. Laura Griffin – Her Tracers series set me down the path to writing romantic suspense.
  4. Janie Crouch – I love her Omega Sector series.
  5. Melinda Leigh
  6. Kendra Elliot
  7. Tess Gerritsen
  8. James Rollins – He and Dan Brown both inspire me to find the twists you don’t see coming.
  9. Dan Brown
  10. Beverly Barton
  • “The Boche” from the 1917 movie soundtrack
  • “Run to You” by Pentatonix
  • “Coffee in Bed” by Pentatonix
  • “Avalanche” by James Arthur
  • “Biblical” by Calum Scott
  • “I Don’t Care” by 2Cellos
  • “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding
  • “I Choose You” by Sara Bareilles
  • “Engländer” from the 1917 movie soundtrack
  • “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri
 
Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love stories set in small towns, especially in a series. So, A Beautiful End is right up my alley. It’s full of engaging characters who I definitely want to see more of in future books. Plus, this is romantic suspense, which is one of my favorite genres. It’s also a brother’s best friend/best friend’s sister story, which wouldn’t make much difference to me except that it does play a part in Seb and London’s relationship – or more like their resistance to start a relationship. This pair has a shared tragedy in their past, which is part of the reason they take so long to get together, but I’ll admit that I wanted to give London a good shake and tell her to grab that man up and don’t let go. Of course, if Seb and London had gotten together on page two it wouldn’t be much of a romance, would it?
The suspense part of this one surrounds the hunt for a serial killer who may be targeting London. We get several edge of your seat situations as well as a red herring or two, and Seb has his work cut out for him if he’s gonna find this creepy bad guy before someone else dies. I did figure it out, but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the story. Half the fun for me is trying to suss out the bad guy and then getting to the end to see if I’m right. One thing’s for sure, this is one creepy dude, and twisted is putting it mildly.
Jenn Lee does the narration for A Beautiful End, and I believe this is my first time listening to her. She’s easy to listen to, and while the story is interesting in its own right, I feel like her performance adds another layer to the book. You can hear the tension as it rises throughout the story, and when the big moment comes toward the end, she adds the perfect amount of emotion and intensity.
To sum it up, this is my first experience with both this author and this narrator, and I will definitely be watching for more of them. The book is well written and suspenseful, and it’s full of engaging characters as well as being a story I will come back to when I want to revisit this small town and its inhabitants.
  I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Audiobook Empire. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
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Sunday, September 12, 2021

✱✱AudioBook Review✱✱ AudioBook Tour:Damaged Hearts by Jan St. Marcus

Author: Jan St. Marcus

Narrator: Toby James

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Series: Boys of Venice Beach Series, Book 1

Publisher: Blue Ascot Media

Released: July 16, 2021

Genre: MM Romance

Sunday, June 6, 2021

✱✱AudioBook Review✱✱ AudioBook Tour: You're All Mine by Ruth Harrow

Author: Ruth Harrow

Narrator: Amanda Parrott

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Publisher: Ruth Harrow

Released: Apr. 27, 2021

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Friday, May 7, 2021

Audiobook Tour: Emergence by Shira Shiloah


Author: Shira Shiloah

Narrator: Simone McIntyre

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Publisher: Shira Shiloah

Released: Mar. 12, 2021

Genre: Medical Thriller

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

✱✱AudioBook Review✱✱ AudioBook Tour: Silver Spells by Kate Moseman

Author: Kate Moseman

Narrator: Xe Sands

Length: 6 hours and 12 minutes

Series: Midlife Elementals, Book 1

Publisher: Fortunella Press

Released: April 13, 2021

Genre: Paranormal; Women's Fiction

Sunday, March 14, 2021

✱✱Audio Book Review✱✱ The Midnight Call by Jode Millman

The Midnight Call
By: Jode Millman
Narrated by: Janel Valentine

Who would ever suspect that their mentor, teacher, and friend is a cold-blooded killer?

Attorney Jessie Martin didn't--at least not until she answers the midnight call.

Late one August night, Jessie's lifelong mentor and friend--and presently a popular, charismatic, and handsome high school teacher--Terrence Butterfield calls. He utters a startling admission: he's killed someone. He pleads for Jessie's help, so out of loyalty she rushes to his aid completely unaware that she's risking her relationship, her career, and her life--and that of her unborn child--to help Terrence.

Does Jessie's presence at Terrence's home implicate her in the gruesome murder of the teenage boy found in the basement? Why does Terrence betray Jessie when he has a chance to exonerate her of any charges? Has he been a monster in disguise for all these years?

To reclaim her life and prove her innocence, Jessie must untangle the web of lies and reveal the shocking truths behind the homicide. This quest turns out to be the fight of her life: to preserve everything and everyone she holds dear.
 



Momma Says: 2 stars⭐⭐

Jodé Millman’s Midnight Call had the potential to be a gripping legal thriller, and it certainly started out that way, but its grip loosened considerably chapter by chapter. Don’t get me wrong, there are aspects of a legal thriller in the book, but it’s few and far between a whole mess of domestic drama. There is a gruesome murder, and several of the scenes involving Terrence Butterfield are rather chilling, but many of those are cut short only to go right back to Jessie and an unsettling love triangle. And that brings me to Jessie. Most of the story revolves around her, and she is a lawyer, but she’s not THE lawyer on either side of this murder trial. Like the love triangle, she’s somewhere in the middle. And people on both sides of this thing either are in love with Jessie, or they have been in the past. She’s an okay character, but she seemed like more victim than anything else, which didn’t make her all that likable in my opinion. What I mean by that is she came across as a damsel in distress way too often. One minute, she would stand up for herself, and the next, she would fall into someone’s arms. I realize she was pregnant, and there were complications, but if Jessie was supposed to be a strong woman, she fell short.
The rest of the characters didn’t endear themselves to me any better than Jessie, unfortunately. I’m not sure if it was the author’s intention or not, but I didn’t like a single character in this book except for Jessie’s dad. He’s the only one who seemed to have his head on straight. The rest were too caught up in the wrong things or thinking about the grass being greener on the other side.
I did listen to the audiobook of this story, and for me, Janel Valentine was the saving grace of this book. She gives a very good performance, and that performance, along with an excellent audio quality, is what kept me listening to the end.
The more I listened to this book, the more I felt like it didn’t really know exactly what it wanted to be. It’s a little bit legal thriller and a lot domestic drama with a love triangle thrown in. Any of those things could have made for an interesting book, but in this case, it’s too convoluted, and it just didn’t work for me. So, what it all boiled down to is I didn’t care for the story, but I will be looking for this narrator in future audiobooks.
 

Monday, October 12, 2020

✱✱Audio Book Review✱✱ Wrong Side of the Grave by Bryna Butler


Wrong Side of the Grave
Mothman Mysteries, Book 1
By: Bryna Butler
Narrated by: James Fouhey
Series: Mothman Mysteries, Book 1
Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
Release date: 09-22-15

When Eric Jansen takes a seat behind his drums, every girl in the place takes notice - not that he's surprised. He's had decades to practice. Still, there's that other thing....

He's an alien. Offworlder. Take me to your leader, fall from the sky, space-invading, phoning home, UFO jockey. A swipe of the tattoo on his arm will reveal his true form, which locals call Mothman, a winged creature formed of ashen gray skin and glowing red eyes. Eric is one of the last of his dwindling, offworld species.

So when the recently deceased of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, start walking and talking, the Men in Black mark Eric as suspect number one. It'll be up to Eric and his inner circle to solve the mystery before the black suits lock him up and throw away the key.

A fun listen, Wrong Side of the Grave is a fast-action teen sci-fi mystery with a paranormal twist.

Parent approved: Contains no profanity or sexual content.

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Momma Says: 5 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

Growing up just down the road from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, it’s impossible to not have heard about the Mothman. In fact, there are probably as many stories and theories about Mothman as there are about Bigfoot or the Jersey devil. Stories, movies, TV shows – all with various ideas about this creature’s origins. So, yes, I’ve seen and read my fair share of tales about the mysterious Mothman, but I have to say that Bryna Butler’s Wrong Side of the Grave is the most fun and entertaining that I’ve come across. 
The story is fast-paced and engaging from the beginning, and it doesn’t let up. Plus, it’s totally clean. We get aliens, the dead rising from the grave, vampires, men in black, and a pretty crazy villain, and I didn’t hear one single thing that I found objectionable in any way whatsoever. Aliens and the dead rising are completely outside my wheelhouse, and I usually shy away from both, but I found myself thoroughly enjoying this one. The story reminded me a bit of the teen detective books I read when I was growing up and even made me a little nostalgic for those stories and that simpler time. 
James Fouhey is the narrator for this entertaining listen, and he does a terrific job as Eric, the Mothman’s cover. He somehow manages to sound like a teenage boy while also being a creature who has been here for ages, and he does it while sounding like he’s telling us his story, not just reading us a book. In my head, that is Eric’s voice, he does it that well.
To sum it up, Butler’s story and Fouhey’s narration work wonderfully together. So well that it made for a nice little bit of escapism from this chaotic world we live in. As an added bonus, I managed to get my thirteen-year-old to listen, and he loved the story as much as I did. That’s a feat in itself, and it became an even bigger deal when he asked me get the next book in the series – not something that happens very often. Wrong Side of the Grave is a story for any age. It is a mystery, but it’s also a story of friendship, loyalty, and protecting those we care about. It’s a great listen, and I can’t recommend it enough. 

❃❃Audiobook provided by Audiobookworm Promotions and the author

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Audio Book Tour: Thief of the Heart by Rena Koontz

Author: Rena Koontz

Narrator: Verla Bond

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Series: Heels & Handcuffs, Book 3

Publisher: Rena Koontz

Released: Jun. 26, 2020

Genre: Romance


Memories of MK-Ultra Virtual Book Tour

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