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  The Tell-Tale Heart

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Delve into the psychological horror of Edgar Allan Poe with "The Tell-Tale Heart," the second instalment of an Edgar Allan Poe short story collection, narrated by Jake Urry. This gripping tale explores the mind of a narrator driven to madness by an old man's vulture-like eye, leading him to commit a chilling act of murder. As the narrator's guilt and paranoia grow, the relentless beating of the victim's heart threatens to expose his dark deed. 
  Jake Urry's compelling narration heightens the tension and urgency of Poe's masterpiece, making this audiobook a riveting experience. His captivating voice and delivery draw listeners into the narrator's tortured mind, offering a haunting and unforgettable journey into madness.

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  The Dragon Guardian’s Angel -...

  C.K. Noel

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  A bullied Omega Wolf; a six-foot-seven Dragon Guardian; and an enemy seeking revenge…Embry Ellis is a gay Omega Wolf with a stutter. Taunted for these reasons, he hides in his books finding the stories to be his only way of escape. Even though he shies away from others, he’s always longed for a mate to love and protect him.Angus MacNair is a six-foot-seven Dragon Guardian who’s always been in the role of protecting his family. He hates bullies with a passion. At just over a thousand years old, he wishes he could find his Heart—someone to love and cherish.Tom Spencer, reprimanded for bullying Embry, won’t stop until he has his revenge against the omega wolf that caused him to lose his status…Can Angus protect his Heart and fulfill his duty to the king? Will Embry accept his mountain of a fated mate? Will Tom exact the revenge he’s desperate for?

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  Hearts and Hands - A man...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
   
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
   
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
   
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
   
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
   
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
   
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
   
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
   
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
   
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. 
    
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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  Her Final Moment

  L. B. Velez

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  A hauntingly atmospheric psychological thriller set in Berlin's art world.When cultural journalist Paulina Pelikan meets the enigmatic photographer Andrés Roland, she's drawn into a world of disturbing portraits, whispered secrets, and seductive danger. As she digs deeper into his controversial work—and a mysterious death linked to one of his models—Paulina is forced to confront not only the demons behind the lens but her own buried trauma. Blending obsession, art, and fear, Her Final Moment is a razor-sharp exploration of vulnerability and the thin line between muse and victim.

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  Mathias Sandorf

  Jules Verne

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Betrayal. Escape. Transformation. And vengeance executed with scientific precision. 
   
  Count Mathias Sandorf is a Hungarian nobleman conspiring against Austrian rule in the 1860s—fighting for his nation's independence from an empire that has dominated it for centuries. When his plot is betrayed by Sarcany and Zirone, men motivated purely by greed who reveal the conspiracy for reward, Sandorf is captured, tried for treason, and sentenced to death. His co-conspirators are executed. Their families are destroyed. 
   
  But Sandorf escapes from the fortress prison through a daring descent down sheer cliffs, is believed dead, and disappears for fifteen years. When he returns, he has transformed himself into Doctor Antekirtt, a wealthy and mysterious figure operating from a secret Mediterranean island base, equipped with advanced submarine technology and sophisticated communications systems. He systematically pursues those who betrayed him while protecting the innocent victims of their treachery. 
   
  Jules Verne wrote Mathias Sandorf as explicit homage to Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo—the novel he most admired and the template he consciously followed. The book opens with Verne's dedication to Dumas's memory, acknowledging his debt to the master of romantic adventure. Dumas fils reciprocates with a dedication praising Verne's imaginative genius. This exchange between literary generations frames the novel as conscious exercise in tradition: Verne demonstrating he can work within the romantic adventure mode as skillfully as he works in speculative fiction. 
   
  From the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea—a tribute to Dumas and the romantic adventure tradition, updated with Verne's geographical precision and technological imagination.

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  Coming Home to Holly Close Farm:...

  Julie Houston

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  Escape to the charming West Yorkshire countryside this autumn, where golden leaves crunch underfoot and crisp air stirs secrets at Holly Close Farm. 
  Architect Charlie Maddison's life in London crumbles on a rainy November day when she discovers her boyfriend is married. Fleeing heartbreak, she returns to her quirky family in the picturesque village of Westenbury, seeking solace amongst the falling leaves and crisp air. 
  Her sister, Daisy, a talented landscape gardener, is also back home, craving a fresh start. Their lives take an unexpected turn when their spirited great-grandmother, Madge, reveals the existence of Holly Close Farm, a property abandoned for over sixty years. Entrusting its renovation to Charlie and Daisy, Madge unlocks a hidden chapter of their family history. 
  As they peel back the layers of the old farmhouse, a tale of wartime romance, long-held secrets, and devastating betrayals emerges. Can true love bloom again amidst the windswept moors? Or will the farm's shadowed past forever haunt their future? 
  Perfect for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Katie Fforde, and Jill Mansell. 
  Julie Houston is a bestselling British author known for her warm, witty contemporary women’s fiction set in the heart of West Yorkshire. Born and bred in Huddersfield, Julie still lives in the region, drawing inspiration from the picturesque Yorkshire countryside and local village life for her popular novels.

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