Night Is Defying: A Nytefall Novel - Chloe C. Peñaranda

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine: A Novel - Callie Collins

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space [https://epod.space] Title: Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine: A Novel Author: Callie Collins Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 10:00:00 Language: English Release date: 03-18-2025 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General, LGBTQ+ Summary: Against the vibrant, bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, this shimmering debut follows the collision between hicks and hipsters that ultimately results in tragedy. Austin, Texas is a town in the throes of social upheaval and the Rush Creek Saloon, five miles on its outskirts, is a bar without a crowd. Until a strange new house band transforms it from moribund honky-tonk to thriving blues bar. But are the throngs of people and the rowdy music worth the chaos that comes with them? Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine is told through three perspectives, each of whom is in some ways responsible for the rebirth of Rush Creek and for the violence that follows in the afterbirth. Doug Moser, a country-and-blues guitarist from San Antonio, is seizing his long-awaited chance at fame but cannot turn away from the easy booze and drugs that come with the life. Deanna Teague owns Rush Creek. Her marriage is rocky and so is her sense of herself, but she sees a crack of light if she can just hold it all together. And Steven Francis is a boy who loves too fiercely. He grapples with his sexuality, his God, and his place in a town where he badly wants to belong. In her heartfelt, electrifying rockabilly ode to a place in a permanent state of becoming, Collins has captured the roughhousing mood and paradoxical longings of the American psyche. The embrace of both inertia and danger, the longing for freedom and anarchy even as we crave a place to belong. Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine is a time capsule stuffed with heat and booze, electric guitar riffs and big, empty spaces. It’s about the cost of fame—the real price of attention—and what it can do to a person, to a community, to a whole damn town.

Snowbirds: A Novel - Christina Clancy

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space [https://epod.space] Title: Snowbirds: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Graham Halstead, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Length: 10:19:00 Language: English Release date: 02-04-2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life Summary: The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years, their 'separate but together' partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant’s mother has died, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face. When they arrive at Le Desert, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone’s business, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost, or this time, he’s really left her. Is it ever too late to become the person we wanted to be—and is there still time to change into someone better? The exhilarating, but often confusing transitions of midlife are pitched against the promise and glamour of Palm Springs in this tender, honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime. With compassion and humor, Clancy explores the redemptive power of finding ourselves, and of being found.

Ice Apprentices - Jacob North

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space [https://epod.space] Title: Ice Apprentices Author: Jacob North Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 6:00:00 Language: English Release date: 01-30-2025 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore Summary: A frozen world, mighty monsters and spellbinding magic. Journey to the very edge of the world in this BREATHTAKING fantasy trilogy.  Perfect for fans of Skandar and Philip Pullman . . . “The Ice Apprentices is an extraordinary fantasy debut. The world-building is stunning, the pacing perfect, the characters immediately relatable. Oswin is endlessly curious, hilariously funny and wonderfully kind - he became my new favourite hero within a few sentences. North is such an exciting new talent in middle grade.” A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series Tundra is the last settlement in a world of ice. Oswin Fields is its only stray – a foundling, rescued from the Endless Expanse. So, when he's summoned to the school for ice apprentices, he sets out to prove his worth. But all isn’t as it seems in this enchanted place. When the beasts begin to strike, Oswin has to risk everything he holds dear. Can he look deep within himself to find the strength to prove that he belongs? .

Night Is Defying: A Nytefall Novel - Chloe C. Peñaranda

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space [https://epod.space] Title: Night Is Defying: A Nytefall Novel Author: Chloe C. Peñaranda Narrator: Corvin King, Jacci Prior Format: Unabridged Length: 18:37:00 Language: English Release date: 01-28-2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy Summary: The exciting second volume in USA Today bestselling author Chloe C. Peñaranda's Nytefall series, where history is doomed to repeat, and star-crossed lovers must face a choice between their hearts or the world... Vicious Nightmares Need Peaceful Dreams. Shaken from the aftermath of the Libertatem, the newly found star-maiden Astraea is determined to keep her freedom, even at the cost of betraying her heart. But time is running out to recover her memories with the hole it will unveil her killer. Embarking on a journey to discover her past, Astraea’s awakening power spins the hourglass on a history threatening to repeat itself. While Nyte tries to regain control of the vampires hungry for bloodshed, a sinister plan by his brother to overthrow him sparks a dangerous feud. But are they willing to wear the blood of their kin to see it through? For nothing in the past ever stays buried. Friends have turned into foes, brothers have turned into enemies, and what was written in the stars long ago ignites again in two hearts that were never meant to be. Letting Astraea go would save the world from darkness, but Nyte is no hero. It seems no monster is heartless, and no angel is without sin.

Breath: Wake Up to Life - Prem Rawat

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space [https://epod.space] Title: Breath: Wake Up to Life Author: Prem Rawat Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 2:00:00 Language: English Release date: 01-28-2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation Summary: Bring peace into your present moment through the power of breath with Global Peace Ambassador Prem Rawat Breath – it marks the beginning and end of life, it is the one thing shared by all human beings, and yet it is one of the most overlooked aspects of the human experience. What we take for granted actually forms the basis of our shared reality. Each breath we take signals triumph over death, our defiant presence in the world, our dedication to persisting. Global Peace Ambassador and New York Times bestselling author Prem Rawat asks us to pause and take a moment to revel in our breath, to wake up to this miracle of shared human experience. Only when we do so can we open ourselves to the possibility of peace—both inner and outer. Filled with intricate line drawings and flowing prose, Breath is a beautiful guide to finding harmony in each moment. Immerse yourself in the simple but profound power of breath to bring peace to your life.