Beach Reads from #AWWBooks

Nora Goes Off Script

By: Annabel Monaghan
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

“I ABSOLUTELY loved this book! Nora writes scripts for movies on the romance channel-until her life blows up, her self-centered husband walks out leaving her with a mountain of debt and two kids to raise. She then writes a script about her life and it becomes a big budget film starring two of Hollywood's best. When they arrive for a two day shoot... Read more

Deep Water

By: Emma Bamford
Narrated by: Sophie Roberts & Daniel York Loh
Length: 10 hours

The dark side of paradise is exposed when a terrified couple reveals their daunting experience on a remote island to their rescuers—only to realize they’re still in the grips of the island’s secrets—in this intense and startling debut in the tradition of Into the Jungle and The Ruins.

When a Navy vessel comes across a yacht in distress in the... Read more

Something Like Perfect

By: S.C. Stephens
Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

From #1 New York Times bestselling author S.C. Stephens comes a complex romance about finding your purpose, living your dreams, and loving your soul mate.Valerie would never do anything to hurt her sister, but when the man of Valerie’s dreams turns out to be her sister’s new boyfriend, remaining loyal to her family becomes increasingly... Read more

It Happened One Summer

A Novel

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Charlotte North
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

“This story opened its broad arms and admitted me into the recharging station that I needed so badly in 2021. It was cute. It was sweet. It was heart-wrenching. It was steamy. It was everything! Read more

One Italian Summer

A Novel

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Lauren Graham
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

“This book was the perfect read that I finished with happy tears streaming down my face. Rebecca Serle’s writing is beautiful and gripping, and I will now read everything she writes. One Italian Summer has a hint of magical realism with time-travel in the premise. Katy and Adam are both so relatable I found myself wishing I was friends with both... Read more

The Dead Romantics

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Ashley Poston
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“A very funny charming take on the rom-com. I expected something a bit darker when the description included a romance ghost-writer who no longer believes in love, a family owned funeral home with a death in the family, and a clash with a new publisher. The protagonist does break the romance wall a bit by mocking her own distrust of HEA and the... Read more

Ramón and Julieta

Love & Tacos: Book #1

By: Alana Quintana Albertson
Narrated by: Alexander Amado & Vanessa Vasquez
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

As seen in People en Español!

An NPR Best Book of 2022 and “Books We Love” Pick

A PopSugar and BookBub Most Anticipated Romance of 2022!

When fate and tacos bring Ramón and Julieta together on the Day of the Dead, the star-crossed pair must make a choice: accept the bitter food rivalry that drives them apart or surrender to a love that consumes... Read more

Flying Solo

A Novel

By: Linda Holmes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

“I enjoyed this light, easy listening story. It was well narrated with a little bit of everything. It had romance, humor, a little mystery. Read more

The Safe Place

A Novel

By: Anna Downes
Narrated by: Anna Downes
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“When struggling actress Emily scores a job nannying on a private luxury estate, she doesn’t expect the insanity that awaits her. The residents, a bizarre mother and daughter duo with a terrible secret, turn what should be paradise into a nightmare. Perfect vacation thriller! Read more

The View Was Exhausting

By: Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

“A pure delight! Effortlessly cool, razor sharp, and crazy fun—I couldn’t put it down.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling authors of Daisy Jones & the Six 

"The complex, Hollywood love story we've all been waiting for—I couldn't get enough."—Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
 
Faking a love story is a... Read more

The Younger Wife

A Novel

By: Sally Hepworth
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Caroline Lee, Jessica Douglas-Henry & Zoe Carides
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

"Mysteries drive this satisfyingly twisty tale by Hepworth, whose work may remind you of Liane Moriarty's...the effect is amplified by the talented cast, which includes Caroline Lee, who narrates Moriarty's audiobooks." -- The Providence Journal

Sally Hepworth, the newest breakout star of domestic suspense, delivers her next twisty novel about... Read more

The Maidens

A Novel

By: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith & Louise Brealey
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

“Alex Michaelides approaches The Maidens with a skillful hand and an eye for the mystery/thriller novel while expertly intertwining dark academia and psychological influences. This is one that will keep you invested until the very end. Read more

Bad Luck Bridesmaid

A Novel

By: Alison Rose Greenberg
Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Whip-smart, heartfelt and joyful, Alison Rose Greenberg's Bad Luck Bridesmaid is a celebration of complicated women and a power-anthem to live your truth.

This is not a rom com. You’ve been warned.

It’s official: Zoey Marks is the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and ZERO brides have walked... Read more

Acts of Service

A Novel

By: Lillian Fishman
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

A “bold and unflinchingly sexy” (Vogue) debut novel about a young woman who follows her desires into a world of pleasure, decadence, and privilege, unraveling everything she thought she knew about sex . . . and herself.
 
“One of the most entertaining books about sex I’ve ever read . . . The perfect read for fans of Raven Leilani and Ottessa... Read more

Hang the Moon

A Novel

By: Alexandria Bellefleur
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

In a delightful follow-up to Written in the Stars, Alexandria Bellefleur delivers another queer rom-com about a hopeless romantic who vows to show his childhood crush that romance isn’t dead by recreating iconic dates from his favorite films...Brendon Lowell loves love. It’s why he created a dating app to help people find their one true pairing... Read more

Beach Read

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

“This title says it all - Beach Read is the perfect romantic beach read book and not just because of the romance. Emily Henry has given us complex characters in a solid story line while keeping the sexual tension at a perfect, steamy temperature. Beach Read IS the perfect beach read; but it is also the perfect vacation read, staycation read,... Read more