The Ultimatum
The Guardian: Book #1
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
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"Enthralling… Readers won't want this adrenaline-rich story to end. "—Booklist (starred review)
Thief. Manipulator. Con artist. Call it what you will—Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business.
Growing up, Bianca St. Ives knew she was different from all her friends. Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her dolls' hair, she studied martial arts with sensei masters and dismantled explosives with special-ops retirees. Her father prepped her well to carry on the family business. Now a striking beauty with fierce skills, the prodigy has surpassed the master.
She's known as the Guardian. Running a multinational firm with her father, she makes a living swindling con men out of money they stole—and she's damn good at it. She does things on her own terms. But her latest gig had a little hiccup—if you count two hundred million dollars and top secret government documents going missing as little. Her father also died on the mission. The thing is, the US government doesn't believe he's really dead. They'll stop at nothing to capture Richard St. Ives, a high-value target and someone who has been on most-wanted lists all over the world for over two decades, and they mean to use Bianca as bait. With only a fellow criminal for backup and her life on the line, it's up to Bianca to uncover the terrifying truth behind what really happened…and set it right, before it's too late.
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The Guardian Series
The Ultimatum
By: Karen Robards
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
"Enthralling… Readers won't want this adrenaline-rich story to end. "—Booklist (starred review)
Thief. Manipulator. Con artist. Call it what you will—Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business.
Growing up, Bianca St. Ives knew she was different from all her friends. Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her dolls' hair, she studied martial...
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Guardian: The Guardian Trilogy, Book 1
By: Sara Mack
Narrated by: Sarah Coulton
Length: 4 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
True love never dies. Emma Donohue begs to differ.When a late-night accident claims the love of her life, Emma secludes herself in memories of James. In his sandy brown hair and clear blue eyes. In their innocent first kiss and declarations of love. In their plans for a life together after college. But happy dreams can’t rid her of the guilt she... Read more »
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The Moscow Deception
By: Karen Robards
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Clever, cunning and highly skilled—there’s only one Bianca St. Ives and don’t you dare forget it
Bianca St. Ives was recently put through the wringer, but she came out the same way she always does—the way her father trained her to—hungry for a fight. Still navigating the fallout from a shocking revelation that’s left a network of assassins’...
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The Fifth Doctrine
By: Karen Robards
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Everything’s on the line for Bianca St. Ives. She’s either going to save the world—or die trying.
It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives. But now that they have, they’re not taking her in. Instead, they offer a one-shot deal that would allow Bianca to walk away scot-free....
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Raging Hearts
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The Guardians have always loved and protected their priestess above all else, but when it comes to just whom she belongs to… jealousy can be a dangerous game. Among the immortal brothers, one has always loved her the most.
Toya would fight all odds to stay by Kyoko`s side whether it be demons, his brothers, or his love. In a moment of passion,...
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A Light in the Heart of Darkness
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 12 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
To Kyoko, mythical creatures are something you rent and watch on a Saturday night with your friends. When a mysterious stalker turns the shadows around her into dark corners with sharp deadly edges, will she be able to hide from the past? Darkness has fallen upon the world again and the guardians have been awaiting the resurrection. Though they...
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A Guardian's Possession
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Kyoko finds herself in the middle of an ageless war between the powerful Guardians and the ultimate Guardian who has become the enemy... a demon lord who holds the power to destroy them all. Secrets are kept and true hearts are hidden beneath layers of ice and wickedness. Once more the battle between good and evil begins to blur... sending the...
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Defy Not The Heart
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A young girl, born over a thousand years into the future, accidentally steps into the mist of a war stricken land, carrying the one thing with her that can heal or destroy their land: a scared crystal known as The Guardian Heart Crystal. As five brothers are drawn to her and become her protectors, the battle between good and evil turns to a...
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Vampire Gemini
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Kyoko was born to fight demons and thought she knew all the rules until she befriended a half-breed vampire and was accidentally seduced by his master. Realizing that the enemy has a heart, the lines between good and evil become blurred, leaving Kyoko confused and in a world of danger. Now with an obsessed master vampire stalking her every move...
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The Heart of Time
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
Be careful what you wish for. To save them all a wish was made, only delaying the war rather than ending it. The battle between good and evil has come to an end... or has it? A thousand years separate a young priestess and her five guardians, brothers who have sworn to protect her. A single brother remains with his memories intact, waiting for...
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Cursed Hearts
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The guardian brothers are very possessive immortals when it comes to protecting Kyoko from Hyakuhei, from demons, even from herself. But when does it go too far? If the brothers knew they had to kill each other just to be near her, would they do it? If it would allow them to love her, then they would do it in a heartbeat. Will their death be...
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Black Winged Angel
By: Amy Blankenship
Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Some legends describe him as a god, while others say he is a devil that seeks to kill the gods to gain his freedom. They had given him a name... Darious. His plan was to send every demon back into the pit and his weapon was the fury that raged within him. Saving the humans who avoided him like a dangerous plague, Darious was stunned to find...
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