The Indie Next List

The Mystery Guest

A Maid Novel

Molly the Maid: Book #2

By: Nita Prose
Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

A new mess. A new mystery. It’s up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick.

“Polished to perfection!”—Shari Lapena, author of Everyone Here Is Lying
 
“A page-turning delight from start to finish . . . Once... Read more

Second Chances in New Port Stephen

A Novel

By: TJ Alexander
Narrated by: Aden Hakimi & Feodor Chin
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

A trans man returns to his Florida hometown for Christmas after his career goes up in flames, only to cross paths with his high school ex in this charming rom-com about family and second chances from the author of the “delectable” (Time) Chef’s Kiss.

Eli Ward hasn’t been back to his suffocating hometown of New Port Stephen, Florida, in ages.... Read more

The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner
Narrated by: Louise Brealey & Dakota Blue Richards
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

The author of the “twisty, fast-paced” (The Sunday Times, London) Greenwich Park returns with a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in an exclusive London community.

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has been searching for a story to launch her career as... Read more

The Fake Mate

By: Lana Ferguson
Narrated by: Samantha Summers & Joe Arden
Length: 11 hours

Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson.
 
Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail—she hasn’t had a successful date in months. Only a year out of residency, her... Read more

The Frozen River

A Novel

By: Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice,... Read more

Raiders of the Lost Heart

By: Jo Segura
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

An Indie Next Pick!

Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers—and hearts—in ruins.

Archaeologist Dr. Socorro “Corrie” Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. 

It’s been Corrie’s life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor,... Read more

Plot Twist

The Hollywood Series: Book #2

By: Erin La Rosa
Narrated by: Mela Lee
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“This was thoroughly enjoyable and Erin La Rosa excels at representation in all the best ways. A delightful, sexy friends to lovers book with found family and characters facing real-life obstacles. Read more

The Last Love Note

A Novel

By: Emma Grey
Narrated by: Leeanna Walsman
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

A December Indie Next PickA Book of the Month SelectionA Washington Post Noteworthy Book
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again.
Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she’s grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the... Read more

Yours for the Taking

A Novel

By: Gabrielle Korn
Narrated by: Jasmin Savoy Brown
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a... Read more

A True Account

Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself

By: Katherine Howe
Narrated by: Petrea Burchard
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.

In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her... Read more

Welcome Home, Stranger

A Novel

By: Kate Christensen
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

“Kate Christensen’s new novel, Welcome Home, Stranger, is a revelation, offering characters as real as your family and friends, a rich, vividly drawn setting, grab-you-by-the-throat drama and always, lurking in the shadows, a fierce authorial intelligence. What more could you ask?”—Richard Russo, author of Somebody’s Fool“To the great literature... Read more

Calamity

Uncharted Hearts: Book #1

By: Constance Fay
Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Winter's Orbit meets Ilona Andrews in this sexy enemies-to-lovers romance.

“Constance Fay...wildly combines heart-stirring romance with a high-stakes adventure in a wonderfully deep space odyssey. This passionate story is a heady mix of suspense, romance, and intrigue, all set within an intricate and intriguing new world!”--Rebecca Zanetti, New... Read more

The Other Half

Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp: Book #1

By: Charlotte Vassell
Narrated by: Imogen Wilde & Michael Muyunda
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

You know how they live. This is how they die...

A STUNNING DEBUT FROM YOUR NEXT FAVORITE MYSTERY WRITER • Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's—catered with cocaine and expensive champagne. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto heel jutting... Read more

The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac

Stories

By: Louise Kennedy
Narrated by: Brid Brennan
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Brilliant, dark stories of women’s lives by “a very major talent” (Joseph O’Connor, Irish Times)

In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women’s lives are etched by poverty—material, emotional, sexual—but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards... Read more

Inheritance

The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 1

The Lost Bride Trilogy: Book #1

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Nora Roberts
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

This program features an author's note read by Nora Roberts, sharing her inspiration for The Lost Bride Trilogy and the incredible personal history behind these stories.

Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for... Read more

The Fiction Writer

By: Jillian Cantor
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

“Juicy, suspenseful, and irresistible.”– Nina de Gramont, New York Times Bestselling author of The Christie Affair

"Sultry and mesmerizing…" – Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

From the USA Today-bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools, Jillian Cantor's The Fiction Writer follows a writer hired by a handsome... Read more

Alice Sadie Celine

By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
Narrated by: Chloë Sevigny
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

“Obsessed!” —Chloë Sevigny
“I am literally obsessed.” —Busy Philipps

A hypnotic, sexy, and incisive debut adult novel following one woman’s affair with her daughter’s best friend that tests the limits of love and ambition from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Riding Hood.

It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay... Read more

The Wildest Sun

A Novel

By: Asha Lemmie
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie's next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father.

When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar... Read more

Meet the Benedettos

A Novel

By: Katie Cotugno
Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

An A-list movie star moves to Los Angeles—next door to a family of five eligible sisters—in this irresistible novel where The Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice, from the NYT bestselling author of Birds of CaliforniaEvery family is complicated, and the Benedettos are no exception. A few years after a reality TV show skyrocketed them to... Read more

Let Us Descend

A Novel

By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

“This magical novel illustrates the cruelties of slavery and the indomitable spirit of its protagonist in a descent into the hell of a pre-Civil War Louisiana sugar cane plantation. Read more