Audiobooks narrated by Sarah Beth Goer

Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in Essays Audiobook

Reject the stigmas of trauma and chronic illness by fostering queer forms of intimacy-and embracing the many ways humans can care for one another. The writer behind the popular @softcore_trauma Instagram offers a deeply personal memoir for folks seeking healing and better care. The forms of intimacy and care that we've been sold are woefully inadequate and problematic. In a world that treats those who are sick and traumatized as problems in need of a cure, nonbinary writer, artist, educator, and Instagram creator Margeaux Feldman offers a different story. Trauma, which all too often manifests as chronic illness, tells us that there is something deeply wrong with the world we live in. A world that promotes individualism, fractures us from community through violence and systemic oppression, and leaves us traumatized. That is what we need to cure. While unveiling their own lived experiences caregiving for their sick father, losing their mother, surviving sexual abuse, and grappling with their own chronic illness, Feldman provides roadmaps for embracing queer modes of care, or "hysterical intimacies," that reject the notion that those who have been labeled sick are broken. Feldman looks at the lengthy history of branding girls, women, and femmes-and their desires-as sick, from the treatment of hysterics by Jean-Martin Charcot and Sigmund Freud in the 19th and 20th centuries. What emerges is a valiant call for rethinking the ways we seek healing. This compelling blend of theory, personal narrative, and cultural criticism offers a path forward for reimagining the shapes and forms that intimacy, care, and interdependence can take.

Margeaux Feldman (Author), Sarah Beth Goer (Narrator)

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Ricochet

“Ricochet is an exciting, satisfying fantasy novel.” —Foreword Reviews “[A] royal and delightfully complex adventure.” —Booklist History got it wrong. I survived. Anastasia Romanov and her younger brother Alexei escape their family’s execution when a bullet strikes Anastasia’s garnet necklace, transporting them to a parallel universe. This alternate Russia is a second chance. Anastasia wants to save her family, Alexei wants the throne, and they plan to travel the infinite multiverse to find a world in which both are possible. When Alexi is mistaken for the tsarevich of this dimension, he is brought to the Winter Palace, where he eagerly starts impersonating his doppelganger, playing the role that was stolen from him in his own world. To maintain his façade, he must deceive everyone—including Anastasia. Anastasia just needs time to grieve and heal after losing everything that defined her, but Alexei’s lies lead her on a journey through the alternate Russia. With rebellion brewing, she is determined to save this world’s Romanovs—and Alexei—before they meet the same fate as her own family. For listeners who enjoy Anastasia by Sophie Lark, The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye, and Romanov by Nadine Brandes.

Kellyn Carni (Author), Michael Kirby, Sarah Beth Goer (Narrator)

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Sea Monsters: The Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery Series

There’s already been one death by the time the authorities ask Fin to go undercover to investigate a company that is creating extensive environmental damage to the ocean, threatening an octopus nursery, a shark mating area, and the endangered green turtles, all causes dear to her heart. How can she say no? It’s not until she’s on site that she realizes she’ll have to work with Liam and the team from his environmental remediation company. Working together will be awkward, but Fin is determined to do everything she can to stop the damage. Then things get worse. The crew from the construction company, Kraken Industries, harass her right from the start. Dane says he can't watch Penny as he'd promised, and he sends her to stay on the dangerous island with Fin. Meanwhile, Fin uncovers pieces of an ancient chess set made of solid gold. Is Kraken after the chess set, or are they really building the resort they've claimed? Or is there something else going on? Disregarding the danger to herself, Fin continues her investigation even after things turn deadly. Will she be able to bring the monsters to justice or will the danger of working undercover prove too much for her to handle on her own?

Sharon Ward (Author), Jose Nateras, Sarah Beth Goer (Narrator)

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Ricochet

History got it wrong. I survived. Anastasia Romanov and her younger brother Alexei escape their family's execution when a bullet strikes Anastasia's garnet necklace, transporting them to a parallel universe. This alternate Russia is a second chance. Anastasia wants to save her family, Alexei wants the throne, and they plan to travel the infinite multiverse to find a world in which both are possible. When Alexi is mistaken for the tsarevich of this dimension, he is brought to the Winter Palace, where he eagerly starts impersonating his doppelganger, playing the role that was stolen from him in his own world. To maintain his façade, he must deceive everyone-including Anastasia. Anastasia just needs time to grieve and heal after losing everything that defined her, but Alexei's lies lead her on a journey through the alternate Russia. With rebellion brewing, she is determined to save this world's Romanovs-and Alexei-before they meet the same fate as her own family. For readers who enjoy Anastasia by Sophie Lark, The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye, and Romanov by Nadine Brandes.

Kellyn Carni (Author), Michael Kirby, Sarah Beth Goer (Narrator)

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Royal Heirs Academy

American Royals meets Maxton Hall in this contemporary YA set in a glamorous boarding school where four teens compete to inherit a European kingdom. For fifty years, King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye, it's finally time to secure his nation's future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls of Almus Terra Academy, a boarding school infamous for breeding the world's next generation of leaders-and liars. Titus Eldana has always known he'd inherit Ashland's future. Now he must prove he has what it takes. Alaric Eldana was not raised with a silver spoon. His secondhand clothes might not be fit for a king, but he knows how to rule: with his fist. Emmeline Eldana only wants to please her neglectful parents. If that means securing the crown, she won't hesitate to destroy anyone in her way. Sadie Aurelia has no idea why she's been given a chance to bring new blood to the throne. With nothing left to lose back home, she's ready to take it. Filled with competition, secret alliances, enemies-to-lovers romance, and cunning revenge, Royal Heirs Academy is a breathless, entertaining read set in modern-day. This gossip-filled school for the global elite is inspired by UWC of the Atlantic, which Vanity Fair has described as "Hippie Hogwarts." For fans of the breakout television hits Elite and Maxton Hall-The World Between Us.

Lindsey Duga (Author), Nick Afka Thomas, Sarah Beth Goer, TBD (Narrator)

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Sea Stars: A Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery

Cayman Islands-based underwater photographer Fin allows a film company to use RIO’s perfect facility as the setting for a big budget movie in exchange for hefty fees. Along with the movie, RIO is hosting an exhibition of real-life sea relics and ocean treasures featured in the picture. The most valuable exhibit, the twelve Anderson Sea Stars, is worth millions. A wily thief steals the set of solid gold starfish set with precious gems depicting the signs of the zodiac. But before the thief can get away, a ruthless killer whacks him but leaves the golden stars behind with the body. Meanwhile, superstar heart throb Rafe Cummings hires her to teach him to scuba dive, then puts the moves on her, threatening her once perfect romance with her fiancé Liam Lawton. As the killer continues attacking other members of the RIO team and the film crew, the case has Detective Dane Scott stumped, and Fin knows she’ll have to solve the crime herself or watch her beloved oceanographic institute go under. Filled with romance, family secrets, and scuba diving, this latest entry in the addictive series will keep you hooked from first page to last.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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Hidden Depths: A Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery

Cayman Islands-based oceanography institute RIO recently opened a new restaurant and tiki bar to give divers somewhere nearby to grab a snack and a drink. The place is a hit with the scuba diving crowd, and Fin and the team are basking in the glow of success. Until the morning they find an unknown young woman dead in the bar. Fin’s under the gun from the annual documentary sponsor, who threatens to revoke their contract and hire another company instead if they miss the deadline. Without the money from that sponsorship, RIO will have to shut down most of its research. Fin calls in Christophe, a world champion freediver to help her get ready for the filming, along with a team of accomplished scuba divers and underwater photographers. And then, one of their own disappears. It seems the missing women have vanished into thin air, but Fin will do whatever it takes to find them and bring them home. Read Hidden Depths now to find out if Fin succeeds.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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Killer Storm: A Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery

Category 5 Hurricane Willard is barreling toward the Cayman Islands, but underwater photographer Fin Fleming has everything under control. Or so she thinks, at least until she must risk her life to move her brother Oliver’s boat to safety. After the storm, while assessing the boat for damage, she discovers a dead woman aboard, setting off a disturbing chain of events. It looks like an easy mystery, with Oliver as the presumed killer, but Fin knows Oliver would never commit this crime. She and Detective Scott team up to solve the murder. Oliver’s twisted sister is in the picture, and Fin suspects she has Oliver hooked on drugs as payback for their past. It’s a dark and twisty story, full of secrets and suspense as well as a dash of sweet romance. The usual fun stuff is happening too. A once in a lifetime chance to pilot a multi-million dollar personal submarine. Rosie, the American Pygmy octopus, and Suzie Q, the Southern Stingray, are back, both doing their things. There’s a crazy free-range rooster named Chico on the hunt for treats and bad guys. A twisty mystery. And scuba diving. Lots of scuba diving. And then there’s Liam. Always Liam.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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Dark Tide: A Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery

Fin Fleming is an accomplished scuba diver and chief underwater photographer at a famed oceanography institute on Grand Cayman. Her best friends disappear, and it doesn’t take long for the kidnapper to contact her with demands. Since the kidnapping occurred on the water, the police have asked for her help. She’d do anything to save her friends, so she dives right in to solve the mystery. But it’s not easy. There’s a killer shark in the area and someone is stealing scuba tanks from her dive shop. With all that going on, will she find Gus and Theresa before it’s too late? Listen to Dark Tide to find out.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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Sunken Death: The Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Series

Sorrow. Betrayal. Death by drowning. Those are the words of a dark and mysterious ancient curse that haunts the jaw-dropping sunken treasure known as the Queen’s Tiara. Everybody wants a piece of the riches from the past, but its location was lost years ago. Now underwater photographer Fin Fleming has found the coordinates in an old ship’s log, and she’s willing to risk her life to retrieve the treasure. She puts together a team of scuba divers to seek the treasure and film the expedition for a documentary. Almost immediately, her scuba crew seems plagued by the curse, including betrayal and death by drowning. Fin doesn’t believe in evil curses, but she needs to uncover the truth, retrieve the treasure, and get her team safely back to Grand Cayman before the real killer destroys them all. Filled with romance, adventure, mystery, and lots of scuba diving, the second book in this twisty series will keep you turning pages until you reach the end.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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In Deep: A Fin Fleming Thriller

Fin Fleming is always in control when she's scuba diving in her home base of the Cayman Islands. But when she’s on land, not so much. She has problems in every part of her life, from her scheming past lover to her new stepsiblings and her career as chief underwater photographer at an oceanographic institute. She's got very few friends and no love life to speak of. But her troubles really escalate the day of the first accident… The crimes intensify, culminating in a dark and unexpected death while diving. It looks like an accident, but Fin quickly realizes it was a near perfect murder. She must bring the ruthless killer to justice before she’s the next one to end up dead. Filled with mystery, romance, family, and lots of scuba diving, this unputdownable first entry in the series will leave you wanting more.

Sharon Ward (Author), Sarah Beth Goer, SarahBeth Goer (Narrator)

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The Infinite Miles

Fans of Claudia Gray and Kelly Link will love Hannah Fergesen’s wild and poignant debut—a wacky time-traveling sci-fi odyssey wrapped in an elegiac ode to lost friendship and a clever homage to Doctor Who. To save the future, she must return to the beginning. Three years after her best friend Peggy went missing, Harper Starling is lost. Lost in her dead-end job, lost in her grief. All she has are regrets and reruns of her favorite science fiction show, Infinite Odyssey. Then Peggy returns and demands to be taken to the Argonaut, the fictional main character of Infinite Odyssey. But the Argonaut is just that … fictional. Until the TV hero himself appears and spirits Harper away from her former best friend. Traveling through time, he explains that Peggy used to travel with him but is now under the thrall of an alien enemy known as the Incarnate—one that has destroyed countless solar systems. Then he leaves Harper in 1971. Stranded in the past, Harper must find a way to end the Incarnate’s thrall … without the help of the Argonaut. But the cosmos are nothing like the technicolor stars of the TV show she loves, and if Harper can’t find it in herself to believe—in the Argonaut, in Peggy, and most of all, in herself—she’ll be the Incarnate’s next casualty, along with the rest of the universe.

Hannah Fergesen (Author), Sarah Beth Goer (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Sarah Beth Goer