Audio: Off the record by Portia McIntosh

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 1 hr and 36 mins

Release date: 05-20-25

Publisher: HQ Digital

Categories: Romance

Listened to on spotify

I listened to this one over at spotify, but I had 20 min left when my hours were over so I waited over 21 days to finish this novella. Yeah maybe spotify is not the place for audiobooks. You can buy more, but like thanks but no thanks for 20 min.

Anyway a short novella about Nicole who is besties with a rockstar. He goes missing after a gig and she needs to find him. She has some funny situations and with her is another rockstar and sparks fly.

Short and good.

Good narration too

Being best friends with a mega-star has its perks, and music journalist Nicole Wilde takes full advantage of them.

But it also has its responsibilities. When lead singer Dylan King disappears the night before a charity gig, it’s up to Nicole to track him down.

Half a dozen groupies, a haunted hotel, a tattoo parlour, a reality show runner-up and a crazy bed-hopping, sleepless night later – will she find him before the tour bus leaves town? And when she does, is it time to head home? Or to jump on the tour bus and go along for the ride?

The Ritual by Adam Nevill

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Published: February 14, 2012 by St. Martin’s Griffin

Horror/borrowed

Ok, I admit, I am not really a horror fan because I get scared, I have nightmares. I also do not want it bloody. But this book was so good! And really scary.

The first half is about 4 friends hiking through the Swedish wilderness. Two are out of shape and has had accidents so they decide to take what they believe is a shortcut through the woods.

Oh those woods were scary. I like when it is that creepy feeling that you never see anything, but something is out there. Something dangerous. And then they find creepy things. That intense uncomfortable feeling is growing.

But then after half the book the mood shifted, it was still good, but not as scary. Now it was more real and weird. I did prefer the first scary part, as the second part was never scary....I mean the threat of death is constant, but you would have to read it to see.

Great scary book

When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.

But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artifacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. As the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn't come easy among these ancient trees…

Audio: To be loved by you by Debbie Burns

Rescue Me, Book 6

By: Debbie Burns

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Series: Rescue Me, Book 6

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Release date: 01-13-26 by Tantor Media

Contemporary romance/to review

This was a cute romance with lots of rescue animals.

Jeremy has some trauma of his own, and because of that he has a therapy program for at risk kids.

Ava is a yoga teacher/realtor who he meets at a dog wash event. She has a short marriage behind her, but she at least is open.

They meet again at her dog yoga. They get friendly. He has an adorable dog, he wants to foster more dogs. There are rescue kittens. So many cute animals. Of course they have to fall in love when caring for so many animals.

The drama is the hurts of his past and if he can get over that.

Happily ever after with animals. Cute story. Good narration that made you follow along

Jeremy Washington couldn't be happier running his own therapy program for at-risk teens. Between weekend service projects and hanging out with his faithful rescue dog, Rolo, Jeremy doesn't have time to date--which is fine with him considering the mess his early marriage turned out to be. The only thing he needs now is a new project for the kids in his program, and the High Grove Animal Shelter has the perfect opportunity--a group of dogs and puppies needing foster care.

At the rescue site, Jeremy meets Ava Graham, a yoga teacher looking to expand her practice. Jeremy thinks the kids would really benefit from learning yoga, and Ava's the perfect person to help--maybe too perfect. Ava's beautiful, talented, and funny--and she has the biggest heart Jeremy has seen in a long time. But can Ava convince him that mixing business and pleasure could be the key to rescuing his heart?

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