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New eAudiobooks January 2021 |
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New eAudiobooks from OverDrive/Libby
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The Duke and I
by Julia Quinn
In an effort to keep himself footloose and single in spite of the efforts of the town's matchmakers, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, begins a sham courtship with Daphne Bridgerton.
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The Prophets
by Robert Jones, Jr.
Two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation find refuge in each other while transforming a quiet shed into a haven for their fellow slaves, before an enslaved preacher declares their bond sinful.
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Chatter
by Ethan Kross
An award-winning psychologist and White House policy advisor explains how to distinguish between one’s inner critic and the more rational, positive self, offering counsel on how to avoid giving in to negative mental chatter to establish healthier self-advocacy.
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The House on Vesper Sands
by Paraic O'Donnell
A Victorian-inspired supernatural mystery by the award-winning author of The Maker of Swans follows the experiences of a Cambridge dropout and his savvy detective partner, who connect a paramour’s disappearance to a bizarre suicide.
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Shipped
by Angie Hockman
Competing for the same promotion, a workaholic marketing manager and her e-mail nemesis discover their mutual attraction when they meet for the first time while researching their company’s cruise line in the Galápagos Islands.
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Ida B. the Queen
by Michelle Duster
Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer includes coverage of Wells’s early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.
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Land
by Simon Winchester
The author of The Perfectionists explores the concept of land ownership and how it has shaped history, examining how people fight over, steward and occasionally share land, and what humanity’s proprietary relationship with land means for the future.
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Before the Ruins
by Victoria Gosling
A multilayered debut finds a woman forced to confront a haunting summer from the past shaped by a stolen diamond necklace, a man on the run and a devastating betrayal.
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Remote Control
by Nnedi Okorafor
When an alien artifact turns her into Death’s adopted daughter, Sankofa, with her name being the only tie to her family and her past, searches for answers as cities fall in her wake.
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Wintering
by Katherine May
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear.
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New eAudiobooks from Hoopla
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We Could Be Heroes
by Mike Chen
Two superpowered individuals who have lost all memory of their real identities use their respective powers to commit or fight crime before teaming up together to stop the mad scientist behind a devastating medical conspiracy.
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Murder at Mabel's Motel
by G. A McKevett
When a notorious gang leader is found poisoned in small-town McGill, Georgia, Stella “Granny” Reid investigates a flood of suspects who reveal dark secrets about the victim and several respected locals.
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Prodigal Son
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Retiring from his Nowhere Man activities in exchange for an unofficial pardon, former government assassin Evan Smoak is entreated by a unlikely client to help rescue a fellow orphan from a dangerous foster home.
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Meet Me in Bombay
by Jenny Ashcroft
A homesick Englishwoman falls in love with a charismatic man who opens her eyes to the beauty and culture of 1913 Bombay, before their relationship is complicated by a disapproving parent and the harsh realities of war.
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At the Edge of the Haight
by Katherine Seligman
Witnessing a murder that threatens her already precarious existence, a young homeless woman is pressured to return to her family in tech-driven, race-torn San Francisco.
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The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry
by C. M. Waggoner
When she sees a "wanted" sign seeking Female Persons, of Martial or Magical ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance, Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins a team of highly peculiar women tasked with protecting their wealthy charge from unknown assassins. The job looks like easy money until things take a deadly (and undead) turn.
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Waiting for the Night Song
by Julie Carrick Dalton
Cadie returns to her childhood home to confront her estranged best friend and the dark secret they both share and must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the land she loves.
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Find Me in Havana
by Serena Burdick
Based on the true story of Estelita Rodriguez, a follow-up to the best-selling The Girls with No Names follows a young woman’s effort to retrace her late mother’s extraordinary life from Cuba to Hollywood.
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Summerwater
by Sarah Moss
A series of vignettes offer the idle thoughts of a group of strangers vacationing in a Scottish holiday park during a very rainy day, lost in their own little worlds, until a shocking event unites them.
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The Lost Manuscript
by Cathy Bonidan
Discovering an abandoned manuscript in her Brittany hotel room, a woman falls in love with the story and begins a life-changing correspondence with its mysterious writer.
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New eAudiobooks from eRead Illinois/Axis360
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Black Buck
by Mateo Askaripour
An unambitious college graduate accepts a job at Sumwun, the hottest NYC startup, and reimagines himself as “Buck” a ruthless salesman and begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America’s sales force.
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The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins
Supplementing her modest income by stealing small valuables from her gated-community clients, a broke dog-walker endeavors to win the heart of a wealthy bachelor before learning his late wife’s own rags-to-riches story.
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Keep Sharp
by Sanjay Gupta
The Emmy Award-winning CNN chief medical correspondent and best-selling author of Chasing Life draws on cutting-edge scientific research to outline strategies for protecting brain function and maintaining cognitive health at any age.
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The Russian
by James Patterson
Investigating a trio of horrifying murders in three major U.S. cities against a backdrop of his impending nuptials, Detective Michael Bennett risks getting caught in a deadly trap set by a particularly elusive killer.
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The Forever Girl
by Jill Shalvis
Returning to her hometown to attend an estranged friend’s wedding, Maze navigates unexpected secrets with her childhood circle of friends while discovering that she still has feelings for a long-ago crush.
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The Scorpion's Tail
by Preston & Child
A sequel to Old Bones finds FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigating the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious 16th-century gold cross.
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Neighbors
by Danielle Steel
Opening her home to neighbors in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, a reclusive woman inadvertently triggers events that reveal secrets, divide relationships and forge new bonds among strangers.
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All the Colors of Night
by Jayne Ann Krentz
A sequel to The Vanishing finds a young man with rare crystal-energy abilities partnering with a disgraced paranormal artifacts finder to track down a mysterious relic that may be tied to a parent’s sudden coma.
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Kamala's Way
by Dan Morain
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to serve as Vice President charts how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country’s most effective power players.
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