Coming of Age Audiobooks | Fiction & Literature

Rachael is a young girl falls in love with a man who saved her life. Unfortunately, while saving her life the man dies in a tragic accident. This starts to lead her down a dark path that has people dying around her like a jinx until her death. Upon her death she comes across and angel that gives her super power in a second world. She must team up with a group of fellow travelers and defeat the worst being to ever exist. The Demon King. Some moment may trigger people. Listener discretion advised.

Curtis Yost (Author), Debra Teppe (Narrator)

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The Climb

From award-winning, young adult author Amra Pajalic comes a friends to lovers, YA stand-alone romance novella Noah and Zephyra have been best friends since they started high school. Zephyra thinks of Noah as a brother. Noah thinks Zephyra is the one. Zephyra’s only interest in romance is between the covers of her favourite romance novels. Noah believes now that they’re sixteen it’s just a matter of time until their friendship becomes a relationship. When they are completing a one week bike marathon their friendship hits some unexpected speed bumps. Will their friendship turn into something more or will they crash? If you love slow burn romance with forced proximity, and a zero to hero makeover, you'll love The Climb, a young adult contemporary romance.

Amra Pajalic (Author), Alec Shea, Nina Nikolic (Narrator)

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One Day We're All Going to Die

'A compelling, immersive, utterly absorbing read. Hearst's arrival on the literary scene is a triumphal one. I cannot wait to see what she writes next.' Dr Lee Kofman. Sorrow and Bliss meets Normal People in this utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial coming-of-age novel about a 27-year-old single Jewish woman in Melbourne who must learn to reconcile family expectations, cultural constraints and inter-generational trauma with her own desires. A coruscating new voice. 'A remarkable debut from an enthralling storyteller. I didn't want it to end.' Sarah Krasnostein At 27, Naomi is just trying to be a normal person. A normal person who works at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, who cares for lost things, found things, sacred things and her family. A person who finds herself going on bad blind dates, having cringe-worthy sex, a tumultuous, toxic affair, and falling for a man called Moses. Being a normal person would be easy and fine if she didn't bear the weight of the unspoken grief of Cookie, her Holocaust-survivor grandmother. It would all be fine if she just knew how to be, without feeling the pull of expectation, the fear of disappointing others (men, friends, her parents, humanity), and that pesky problem of being attracted to all the wrong people (according to her parents, anyway). By endlessly trying to please everyone around her, Naomi can't seem to figure out what she wants for herself, or how to get it. With echoes of the dead and dying all about her, in objects, in story, in her grandmother's firm grasp, Naomi isn't quite sure she knows how to be a normal person, but she is going to try. This fiercely honest, funny and fearless novel is a deep dive into the complex questions that surround culture, identity politics and generational trauma in contemporary Australia. Both a sadly affectionate and brilliantly unsparing examination of the glorious, awkward, messiness of life.

Elise Esther Hearst (Author), Elise Esther Hearst (Narrator)

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Beltane Fire

It was my freshman year when my best friend introduced me to the spring festival in Hawthorne University. I was studying for finals, but she said everyone, absolutely everyone, goes to Beltane. Because Hawthorne is weird. Men in red paint jumped flames. Ladies in white dresses with lovely flower garlands awaited the May Queen. But none of that interested me—until I decorated a tree with a super cute guy. We danced around the tree and had so much fun. But then I saw fire. And within the flames were disturbing images. Even with the spark between me and my new stranger, it had to end. I think that was the day my witchcraft began—you know, the fire that burns in my heart and soul. Cadence Hawthorne returns in this novelette prequel taking place before Broomstick, the first novel in The Hawthorne University Witch Series. This short story first appeared exclusively as a free ebook for subscribers of the author's monthly newsletter and on A.L. Hawke's website. Content Warning: Beltane Fire is a short story containing profanity, sexual scenes, adult situations, and, of course, witchcraft.

A.L. Hawke (Author), Alexa Elmy (Narrator)

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Bright, Broken Things: A Good Things Come Prequel

Welcome to the world of Good Things Come in the heart of Canadian Thoroughbred horse country… He’s racing cross-country, looking for a safe place to land. She’s dreading a future that was never her choice. They both want the same thing: to leave the past behind. September means school, but this year, Nate’s not going back. He’s heading east, and while everyone at home thinks he’s pursuing a career as a jockey, he’s really just running away. After always being a student, he lands a job as a teacher — of young Thoroughbreds, starting yearlings on a small but classy farm in Ontario. It’s the perfect place to hide, until a jockey’s agent comes along promising to give him everything he thought he ever wanted. He’ll have to choose between honouring his commitment to the farm and a fast track to the career of his dreams. Liv likes the new guy she hired to start the babies, but she kind of hates him too. He’s doing what she wants to do herself — dropping out to chase a future on the front lines of horse racing. She wishes she could be content, accepting the path vet school has firmly set her on. But a filly named Claire has captured her heart and ignited her real passion: riding racehorses. But does everyone get to follow their heart? Meanwhile, a cherished mare on the farm carries a foal that will change both their lives and remind them… good things come to those who wait.

Linda Shantz (Author), Shanalee Carton (Narrator)

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Ponyboy

A bildungsroman set over three acts, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin. In the first act, Ponyboy's eponymous narrator-a pill-popping, speed-snorting trans-masculine lightning bolt-unravels in his Paris apartment. Ponyboy is caught in a messy love triangle with Baby, a lesbian painter who can't see herself being with someone trans, and Toni, a childhood friend who can actually see Ponyboy for who he is. Strung out, Ponyboy follows Baby to Berlin in act two, where he sinks deeper into drugs and falls for a fellow writer, all the while pursued by a megalomaniacal photographer hungry for the next hot thing. As Ponyboy's relationships crumble, he overdoses and finds himself alone in his childhood home in Nebraska. The novel's final act follows Ponyboy to rehab, exploring the ways in which trans identity, addiction and recovery can reforge the bond between mother and child.

Eliot Duncan (Author), Tl Thompson (Narrator)

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[German] - Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Babylon Berlin goes Fantasy: Ein magisches Berlin in den 20er-Jahren, ein zerstörerisches Familiengeheimnis und eine Liebe, die alles verändert, sind die Zutaten für das Urban-Fantasy-Hörbuch Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber von Christian Handel und Andreas Suchanek. In den Schatten unserer Welt existiert eine andere Wirklichkeit: die Spiegelstadt, ein magisches Berlin, erstarrt in den glamourösen 1920er-Jahren und bewohnt von vielgestaltigen Feen-Wesen. Reisen zwischen den Welten sind streng verboten und nur mithilfe magischer goldener Tränen möglich. Auf einer wilden Party in Berlin, die ganz im Motto der 20er-Jahre steht, begegnet Max dem ebenso attraktiven wie geheimnisvollen Lenyo - und gerät damit mitten hinein in einen blutigen Konflikt um die Herrschaft in der Feen-Welt. Verfolgt von gnadenlosen Kreaturen und gefangen in einem Netz aus Intrigen und Machtgier, ahnt keiner von ihnen, dass sie längst zum Spielball einer gefährlichen Macht geworden sind, die die Barriere zwischen den Welten bedroht ... Die Zusammenarbeit der beiden preisgekrönten deutschen Fantasy-Autoren Christian Handel und Andreas Suchanek ist ein echter Glücksfall für alle Urban-Fantasy-Fans: Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber ist eine mitreißende Story in einem betörenden Setting mit einer wunderschönen queeren Liebesgeschichte.

Andreas Suchanek, Christian Handel (Author), Julian Horeyseck (Narrator)

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The Storm

Society has collapsed. She almost gave up. But now she's fighting for two. Jess Aaronson's world has descended into madness. She lost her family to the brutal chaos of America's collapse, and nearly lost her spirit from the brutal abuse that followed. But now that she's pregnant, she has a new reason to keep fighting… As she comes to terms with the life growing inside her, Jess flees Tent Five and descends into a land without law. In search of the only family she has left and the home she left behind, the darkness threatens to consume both her and her unborn child. Can Jess find her family, or will her escape come with the ultimate price?

Christine D. Shuck (Author), Annella Kaine (Narrator)

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A Brave New World

In A Brave New World, Jess returns to her hometown of Warsend after surviving the devastating events of War's End: The Storm. She must rebuild her life and confront the demons of her past as she struggles to find love, family, and the strength to persevere in a dangerous world. Meanwhile, Chris grapples with his own longing for a family and home, as the threat of further conflict looms on the horizon. Can Jess overcome her fears and protect those she loves, or will the nightmares of her past consume her?

Christine D Shuck (Author), Annella Kaine (Narrator)

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The Hawthorne Witch

Sometimes I'd rather shield my eyes than see darkness in light. It was my senior year at Hawthorne University when everything fell apart. I mean, all my witch friends got along fine—sort of. But I was nervous about my love life. I just had to get into Hawthorne's graduate program, because my boyfriend was going to be a professor. I didn't want to lose him. I didn't want to lose anyone. And things got weirder. A witch was threatened with sacrificial murder. Another witch spent all day murmuring to herself, in the center of a circle of candles, on a pentagram she painted in her dorm room. It all pointed to the wicked witch of the Abaddon coven. If I was right, it might just take a full-fledged witch showdown to stop her. So? Bring it on. What did I have to lose? Just everyone I love. And maybe my soul. The Hawthorne Witch is Book 3 in the Hawthorne University Witch Series. The books in this series are complete self-contained novels not ending in cliffhangers. Some spoilers cannot be avoided, but this is a stand-alone novel that can be enjoyed without reading the other books in the series. Content warning: The Hawthorne Witch is a new adult college paranormal romance containing profanity, sexual scenes, adult situations, and, of course, witchcraft.

A.L. Hawke (Author), Alexa Elmy (Narrator)

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Fatgirl: Finale, Part Two

Adversity is her strength ... After locating the man who betrayed AB, and uncovering the mystery of the Alternants, Kallie's happy to only think of never being Fatgirl ever again when Zeus is captured. She has no choice but to save him, and with the help of her friends, family, and allies, Kallie vows to just that -- but even with all their resources, it's still not enough to prevent devastating loss. What kind of hero can't save someone? From award-winning author C. S. Johnson, Fatgirl is a serial, episodic work of fiction, with a blend of satire, superhero fiction, and contemporary genres. Don't miss this stunning and brave series!

C. S. Johnson (Author), Jennifer Groberg (Narrator)

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The Year of Jubilee

The Mockingbird family has always lived peacefully in Jubilee, Kentucky, despite the divisions that mark their small town. Until the tense summer of 1963, when their youngest child, Isaac, falls gravely ill. Middle sister Grace, nearly fourteen, is determined to do whatever it takes to save her little brother. With her father and mother away at the hospital, Grace is left under the loving but inexperienced eye of her aunt June, with little to do but wait and worry. Inspired by a young teacher’s mission for change, she begins to flirt with danger—and with a gifted boy named Golden, who just might be the key to saving Isaac’s life. Then the unthinkable happens, and the world as she knows it shifts in ways she never could have imagined. Grace must decide what she believes amid the swirling, conflicting voices even of those she loves the most. From gifted songwriter Cindy Morgan comes this lyrical, tender tale of a girl standing at the threshold of adulthood, learning the depths of the human heart and the bonds of family that bend, break, and bind together over and over again. This special enhanced audiobook contains bonus music by Cindy written exclusively for this audiobook, a podcast interview, and more!

Cindy Morgan (Author), Sisi Aisha Johnson (Narrator)

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