by Jen DeLuca ; read by Jeannie Sheneman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 13, 2024
Narrator Jeannie Sheneman brings listeners to Boneyard Key, one of the most haunted towns in Florida. Cassie Rutherford has moved into the old Hawkins house, not knowing she's getting a ghostly roommate. When her laptop won't charge in her new home, Cassie meets Nick Royer, the owner of a local café. Nick is a bit grumpy, and Sheneman gives his voice a bit of gruffness. As Nick and Cassie grow close, Sheneman adds warmth to her narration. She enlivens the audiobook through its secondary characters: gravelly voiced Elmer, the late owner of Nick's shop, who has lingered to give him advice, and Nan, the octogenarian psychic whom Cassie consults about her house. The listener can easily picture all the haunted happenings through Sheneman's performance.
Pub Date: Aug. 13, 2024
Duration: 10 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9780593907238
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
by J.R. Ward ; read by Jim Frangione ‧ RELEASE DATE: today
Frangione is the longtime narrator of this series, and his familiarity with it adds to the listening experience.
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Narrator Jim Frangione once again draws listeners into Ward's world, where humans coexist with vampires (unbeknownst to the humans). The vampires are being hunted by creatures known as Lessers. Vampire Allhan has an unexpected encounter with Princess Dennesha. Passion flares between them, but both are struggling with secrets: Frangione conveys Dennesha’s frustration with her destiny, and he fully expresses Allhan’s agony as he’s torn between trying to protect his sister and betraying his adopted family. The vampire race is protected by The Brotherhood, and Frangione perfectly brings the brothers to life.
Frangione is the longtime narrator of this series, and his familiarity with it adds to the listening experience.Pub Date: today
Duration: 12 hrs, 53 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668116272
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Sept. 15, 2026
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by S.M. Hallow ; read by Charlie Albers , Ella Lynch & James Meunier ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 18, 2026
A gothic audiobook that deftly tugs listeners through myriad dark and romantic emotions.
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A talented ensemble delivers this polyamorous horror audiobook set in 1850s London. After Agnes is hanged for witchcraft, Irene, voiced by Charlie Albers, uses forbidden necromancy to bring her lover back to life. But when Agnes, voiced by Ella Lynch, wakes, so does a new hunger for raw flesh. James Meunier portrays St. John, Irene’s undead husband and protector of generations of necromantic grimoires. In a story full of introspection, flashbacks, and the horrors of necromancy, each narrator sinks into their character’s raw emotions and conveys them with an intensity that will wrench listeners’ hearts.
A gothic audiobook that deftly tugs listeners through myriad dark and romantic emotions.Pub Date: Aug. 18, 2026
Duration: 12 hrs, 48 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063447028
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Sept. 22, 2026
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