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Title: After the Fire, a Still Small Voice

Author: Evie Wyld

Narrator: David Tredinnick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-13

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Following the breakdown of a turbulent relationship, Frank moves from Canberra to a shack on the east coast once owned by his grandparents. There, among the sugar cane and sand dunes, he struggles to rebuild his life.

Forty years earlier, Leon is growing up in Sydney, turning out treacle tarts at his parents' bakery and flirting with one of the local girls. But when he's conscripted as a machine-gunner in Vietnam, he finds himself suddenly confronting the same experiences that haunt his war-veteran father.

As these two stories weave around each other - each narrated in a voice as tender as it is fierce - we learn what binds together Frank and Leon, and what may end up keeping them apart.

Critic Reviews:

"The best Australian literary novel Ive read this year. It's an arresting portrait of masculine grief, set in a landscape of aching sadness." (The Age)

"A terrifically self-assured debuta cauterising, cleansing tale, told with muscular writing." (The Guardian)

"Wyld has a feel both for beauty and for the ugliness of inherited pain." (The New Yorker)

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Title: Borderlands

Subtitle: Short Fictions

Author: James C. Blake

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Seven stories and a novella from a master author of the American West.

Dolores and her mother have not seen Doloress daddy for five days. Dolores - whom daddy calls Sugargirl - leaps to greet him when she hears his heavy steps on the front porch. Daddy is drunk, battered, and smells of cheap perfume; his return is cut short when Momma chases him out of the house with a hot iron. A few years later, when Momma is dead and Daddy is serving a 30-to-life stint in the state penitentiary, Dolores gets a letter addressed to Sugargirl. She is 16, on her own, and life will not get easier from here.

This novella and the seven accompanying stories represent the finest short fiction of celebrated western author James Carlos Blake. These tales span centuries and continents, but the characters share a common trait: They are citizens of the borderlands, from whence death is the only escape.

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Title: Hornet's Nest

Author: William H. Labarge

Narrator: Brett Barry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-13

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Hornet's Nest follows an aircraft carrier's tour of duty during 1985, offering shoot-'em-up action and a mindset that equates Middle Eastern with terrorist. Central to this unsavory tale are fighter pilots 'Sweetwater' Sullivan and 'Sundance' Karnes and Sweetwater's squadron, the Fighting Aardvarks, who seem like free-wheeling, hard-partying frat brothers armed with technical training, powerful weapons and minds uncluttered by any understanding of the complex political events that dominate their lives.

Just tell these men to "kick some terrorist ass" and they'll be rarin' to go. And go they do - primarily in the Persian Gulf - as they track down an Iranian mine-laying ship to help protect a tanker owned by a U.S.-based company (and registered in Kuwait to avoid U.S. taxes); destroy an Iranian frigate; raid Iranian oil platforms; and, after Col. Khadafy declares a "Line of Death" across the Gulf, demolish a Libyan chemical plant. When it comes to shore leave, the good old days of double standards are perfectly preserved here: bad girls (who do) are fun, but good girls (who don't) are potential wives.

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Title: Storms over Africa

Author: Beverley Harper

Narrator: Jerome Pride

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-09-13

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Desperate poachers are stalking the dwindling populations of Zimbabwe's great game parks. Ancient rivalries have ignited modern political ambitions and nothing is certain for those of the old Africa. But for Richard Dunn the stakes are even higher. Into his world comes the beautiful and compelling Steve Hayes, a woman struggling to guard her own dreadful secret. Richard has no choice: Face the consequences of the past and fight for the future. To lose now is to lose everything.

Critic Reviews:

"Bad weather is not the issue here. The storms are personal and ecological. Wildlife is being poached in Zimbabwe's game parks, and local farmer Richard Duran has to get over the facts that his Aussie ladylove inadvertently slept with his son and his rebellious daughter is pregnant by a tribal activist. Many voices and accents are called for here, and Jerome Pride's Australian birth and UK theater experience come in handy as he makes each character stand out. You can't miss Richard's anger and anguish or Steve's (this is the girl) guilt and determination. Some of the action is grisly, so beware. Otherwise, you will enjoy this well-narrated adventure." (AudioFile Magazine)

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Title: Three Good Things

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Wendy Francis

Narrator: Madeleine Maby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-13

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sisterhood, motherhood, marriage, baking, and books - these are a few of the things that make this delightful novel a recipe for getting through the tough stuff of life.

Filled with love, humor, and the scent of delectable puff pastry, Three Good Things tells the tale of two sisters who find their bond invaluable as they navigate marriage, heartache, poor grammar, and the surprising challenges that ultimately become the most fulfilling blessings.

Ellen McClarety, a recent divorcée, has opened a new bake shop in her small Midwestern town, hoping to turn her life around, but the past still haunts her - sometimes by showing up on her doorstep. Her younger sister, Lanie, is a successful divorce attorney with a baby at home. But Lanie is beginning to feel that her perfect life is not as perfect as it seems. Both women long for the guidance of their mother, who died years ago, but left them with a wonderful piece of advice: At the end of every day, you can always think of three good things that happened.

Wearing her big Midwestern heart proudly on her sleeve, Wendy Francis tells a story destined to be shared.

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Title: Ketchup Clouds

Author: Annabel Pitcher

Narrator: Julie Maisey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-12

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fifteen-year-old Zoe has a secret - a dark and terrible secret that she can't confess to anyone she knows. But then one day she hears of a criminal, Stuart Harris, locked up on death row in Texas. Like Zoe, Stuart is no stranger to secrets. Or lies. Or murder. Full of heartache yet humour, Zoe tells her story in the only way she can - in letters to the man in prison in America. Armed with a pen, Zoe takes a deep breath, eats a jam sandwich, and begins her tale of love and betrayal.

Read by Julie Maisey. Julie Maisey is an accomplished actress who trained at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Since graduating she has worked extensively in theatre and television including roles at The National Theatre , Hampstead Theatre and in Eastenders, and the Bill. Voiceover highlights include the BAFTA nominated and British Animation Award winning Dad's Dead and Peoples Britain as well as the many audiobooks she has narrated over the years. She lives in London with her partner and young daughter.

Produced by Peter Rinne.

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Title: The World as We Know It

Author: Joseph Monninger

Narrator: Michael Goldstrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-15-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the acclaimed novel Eternal on the Water, whose style is described as "Henry David Thoreau meets Nicholas Sparks" (Publishers Weekly), comes a novel about two brothers who save a girl from drowning when they are young - an experience that intertwines their destinies and changes their lives forever.

On an early spring afternoon in rural New Hampshire, two brothers, Ed and Allard, are ice skating when they discover a girl who, with her dogs, has broken through thin ice and is caught in the river's eddy. They are able to rescue her, and as a result, a special bond forms among all three - but particularly between Allard and Sarah.

As they grow up, the brothers remain close, creating their own film production company to shoot nature footage in the wild. Sarah, gaining success on her own as a writer, always manages to remain a part of their lives. In the days before Allards wedding, tragedy strikes during a bachelors outing in the remote mountains of Wyoming. The heartbreaking incident puts the grief-stricken Allard and Sarah on separate trajectories that will test the bonds of their relationship and times unremitting power to heal.

Set against the sweeping natural backdrops of rural New England and Wyoming, The World as We Know It is subtle, heartrending, and transformative - a love story of friendship, nature, and the surprising twists that can alter our destinies forever.

Joseph Monninger has published several award-winning young-adult novels and three books of nonfiction, including the memoir Home Waters. He has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and lives and teaches in New Hampshire, where he also runs a dogsled team.

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Title: The Sins of the Mother

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Everything Olivia Grayson touches in the business world turns to gold. Now, though, she reflects upon her life, and wishes shed invested in her family as much as she did in her business. Eager to atone for past sins, Olivia does her utmost to support each of her children as they struggle through mid-life crises. While one of her sons is unhappily married to a cold, domineering woman, the other is completely oblivious to his sons struggles as a gay teen. And while one of her daughters is creatively stifled and overly timid, the other is professionally successful, but emotionally stunted. Together, the Grayson dynasty will confront conflicts past and present as Olivia takes them on a climactic family vacation.

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Title: House of Memories

Author: Monica McInerney

Narrator: Catherine Milte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are those that matter most.

Following a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon flees to the other side of the world in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoilt half-sister. In London Ella is taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, whose extraordinary house holds many wonderful memories for her. Along with other members of the very colourful Fox family, Lucas helps Ella to see that she is not the only one still hurting, and that forgiveness can be the greatest healer in a family and in a marriage.

For anyone who has ever loved and lost, this is an exquisitely moving and life-affirming novel by the internationally best-selling author of Lola's Secret.

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Title: Promises

Author: Belva Plain

Narrator: Joanna Kerns

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-12

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of The Carousel and Daybreak comes a stirring, timely story of adultery and its impact on the American family.

Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near-perfect life - she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and together they are lovingly raising their own children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day the phone rings - and suddenly everything changes forever as a woman from Adam's university days reappears in his life, and an old affair reignites.

At the same time, there are problems in Adam's workplace - a possible takeover and downsizing. The reverberations from these two circumstances will touch many lives and bring with them changes that no one could have predicted.

In Promises, Belva Plain - as only she can do - depicts the fraying fabric of family life in the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same time celebrating the importance of strong and nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of family life today.

Critic Reviews:

"Belva Plain is in a class by herself." (The New York Times)

"An emotionally compelling novel." (Booklist)

"A superb storyteller...a talent worth remembering...Mrs. Plain's novels are good stories well told." (Newark Star-Ledger)

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