Welcome to the November 2018 Audio Book of the Month Poll!
Here are all our Audio Reviews rated 4.5 & 5 hearts and up from the previous month, in no particular order. Please vote for your favorites. As with all of our Polls, you can vote for as many as you want, but you only get one visit, so make it count!
The top two will go through to the Audio of the Year Poll!
POLL SCHEDULE:
This poll will remain open until at least 6PM, Amsterdam time next week. The actual closing time will vary depending on blog staff schedules..
Dead Weight (Cold Case Psychic #4) by Pandora Pine (Author) & Michael Pauley (Narrator)
Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Dead Weight
SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #4
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
NARRATOR: Michael Pauley
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
RELEASE DATE: October 31, 2018
LENGTH: 7 hours, 55 minutes
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Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara, is looking forward to starting a new life in his new home, but when a strange house warming gift appears on his doorstep, he has no idea that it marks the start of a series of events that will put his life, and the lives of everyone close to him in danger. When murders similar to those committed by a dead serial killer, Rod Jacobson, start occurring around Boston, Ronan is certain he has a copycat killer on his hands.
Psychic, Tennyson Grimm, is approached by friends for help dealing with issues surrounding their son. He quickly realizes there is more going with the boy than teenaged angst. Though he doesn’t want to believe it, his psychic abilities and a series of strange paranormal occurrences point to a link between the troubled teen and the murder victims that are turning up all over Boston.
When Ronan is attacked during the investigation, it’s up to Tennyson and Captain Fitzgibbon to find the killer without him. Will they be able to stop the murderer before the evil that surrounds him destroys them all?
Love Happens Anyway by RJ Scott (Author) & Sean Crisden (Narrator)
Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Love Happens Anyway
AUTHOR: RJ Scott
NARRATOR: Sean Crisden
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2018
LENGTH: 3 hours, 42 minutes
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Hiring a boyfriend for Christmas; what can go wrong?
Derek is facing yet another Christmas where his life feels out of control. He has a new career that doesn’t feel like his, and parents who would just love to see him settled down. All he needs is a temporary buffer for the parties he has to attend, and for his parents to leave him alone. Enter, Luke.
Luke is twenty-thousand dollars short for the renovations on Halligans; his family’s bar in New York’s Financial District. A favor for a buddy has him agreeing to play the part of boyfriend to a guy with more money than sense.
But when the spirit of Christmas works its magic on the two men, and they begin to fall for each other, Derek runs scared, and Luke needs space.
It doesn’t matter what obstacles you throw in the way of love, or how much you run in the other direction, because, when you’re least expecting it, whether you want it or not, love happens anyway.
Better Not Pout by Annabeth Albert (Author) & Sean Crisden (Narrator)
Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Better Not Pout 
AUTHOR: Annabeth Albert
NARRATOR: Sean Crisden
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Audio
RELEASE DATE: November 27, 2018
LENGTH: 6 hours, 4 minutes
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One hard-nosed military police officer.
One overly enthusiastic elf.
One poorly timed snowstorm.
Is it a recipe for disaster? Or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for holiday romance?
Teddy MacNally loves Christmas and everything that goes along with it. When he plays an elf for his charity’s events, he never expects to be paired with a Scrooge masquerading as Santa Claus. His new mission: make the holiday-hating soldier believe he was born to say ho-ho-ho.
Sergeant Major Nicholas Nowicki doesn’t do Santa, but he’s army to his blood. When his CO asks an unusual favor, Nick of course obliges. The elf to his Kris Kringle? Tempting. Too tempting—Nick’s only in town for another month, and Teddy’s too young, too cheerful and too nice for a one-night stand.
The slow, sexy make-out sessions while Teddy and Nick are alone and snowbound, though, feel like anything but a quick hookup. As a stress-free holiday fling turns into Christmas all year round, Teddy can’t imagine his life without Nick. And Nick’s days on the base may be coming to a close, but he doesn’t plan on leaving anything, or anyone, behind.
Femme by Marshall Thornton (Author) & Joel Leslie (Narrator)
Reviewed by Christine
Retro Review by Annika
TITLE: Femme
AUTHOR: Marshall Thornton
NARRATOR: Joel Leslie
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 6 hours, 23 minutes
RELEASE DATE: June 20, 2017
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Queeny cocktail waiter Lionel wakes up to find himself in bed with Dog, a straight-acting softball player, and the two embark on a rocky road to romance. A journey that requires coming out of the closet, going into the closet, a pair of red high heels, many pairs of red high heels, a failed intervention, a couple of aborted dates, and homemade pom-poms. Mostly, Lionel and Dog learn what it means to be a man.
In Other Words…Murder (Holmes & Moriarity #4) by Josh Lanyon (Author) & Kevin R. Free (Narrator)
Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: In Other Words…Murder
SERIES: Holmes & Moriarity #4
AUTHOR: Josh Lanyon
NARRATOR: Kevin R. Free
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2018
LENGTH: 6 hours, 33 minutes
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Death reveals all truths….
Mystery author and sometimes amateur sleuth Christopher Holmes is settling into domesticity with his sometimes rival, sometimes nemesis J.X. Moriarity when he learns a body has been discovered in the backyard of his former home.
To complicate matters, Christopher’s ex turns up accusing Christopher of doing away with his former personal assistant – the man for whom David dumped him.
It’s life as usual at Chez Holmes. In other words…murder.