New Release: TO BE WITH YOU

December 27, 2022 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

This one is good. Like ugly cry good. Which I TOTALLY did while recording it. Every. Damn. Chapter.

Because this book took me back to:
The mix tapes.
The angst.
The stupid “rules.”
The better-be-who-they-think-you-should-be’s.

But also:
The belief in possibility.
The belief in yourself.
The belief in love.

Hope you love it too.

TO BE WITH YOU by TJ O’Shea. Now on audio.

From the Publisher:

Leah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love.

They’re smart enough to know a star-crossed lovers situation never works. Leah’s a loner from the poor side of town, working two jobs, and aching to leave their sleepy hometown in her rear view forever. Victoria lives in a mansion with her overbearing parents, surrounded by friends and known to none of them, living what others consider a charmed life. When Leah rescues Victoria from a freak rainstorm, they discover an unexpected understanding, and an undeniable spark.

Leah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love, but they do.

Five years after their summer romance flames out, Victoria returns home to visit her dysfunctional family, fiance in tow. She’s shocked to find Leah never left town, and more surprisingly, neither did their feelings for each other. Still hurt over how Victoria ended things Leah resists any reconciliation, despite how hotly the embers of their love burn.

Leah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood definitely should not fall in love . . . again.

Of course, even if Leah can open her bruised heart to the only girl she ever loved, Victoria must make a life-changing choice: love safely or love bravely.

TO BE WITH YOU can be found wherever audiobooks are sold, including Libro.fm, Chirp, Audiobooks.com, Apple Books, Amazon, and Audible.

New Release: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND

December 21, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

The truth is out there. . . way out there.

And the truth is. . .CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is now on audiobook! I loved narrating this 3rd book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End series by Kirsten Weiss, and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

Thanks again to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to narrate this hilarious series.

From the publisher:

Susan Witsend, owner of the best little UFO-themed B&B in the Sierras, is absolutely, positively, not going to get involved in another murder case. Not with her small-town sheriff threatening jail time if she interferes in one more investigation.

So when her neighbor is murdered, Susan exerts all her willpower to stay out of the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly…and totally not interfering.

Right?

Worse, Clare’s not the only one with UFO issues. Weird lights in the sky, vanishing cows, and little green men are bringing the mountain town of Doyle to the edge of a panic. Can Susan unearth the truth before her town spirals into chaos?

If you like laugh-out-loud mysteries with complicated heroines (and breakfast recipes), you’ll love Close Encounters of the Curd Kind, book three in the Wits’ End series of cozy mystery novels. Listen to this twisty cozy caper today!

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: JUSTICE FOR AMBER

December 7, 2020December 10, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

I’m happy to announce that JUSTICE FOR AMBER, the first book in the Seeking Justice Series for Police and Fire: Operation Alpha is now available on audio.

Thanks to awesome co-narrator Tom Campbell and to author Julia Bright and Spectrum Audiobooks for choosing me to narrate it!

From the Publisher:

Her job as a computer programmer shouldn’t be dangerous, but when a killer has Amber Millner in his sights, there’s no escaping.

Amber won’t go into hiding just because some jerk wants her dead. However, she is willing to accept protection from super hot FBI agent, Cody Whittaker. The program she is working on will change the game against terrorists and word must be out on the streets because people are gunning for her.

Cody Whittaker moved to the San Antonio FBI field office to fight terrorism and organized crime. The last thing he expected to find was a red-haired siren who checked off all the boxes for the perfect woman. Now he just has to keep her alive.

Danger follows Amber, and Cody is fighting his desires, trying to be respectful while navigating the waters of a new FBI field office. Can he save her in time, or will the killer get to her first.

JUSTICE FOR AMBER is available on Audible and Amazon.

New Release: PLANET OF THE GRAPES

December 7, 2020December 21, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

Aliens, fairies, and murder, oh, my!

I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the audiobook release of the 2nd book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End series by Kirsten Weiss, and PLANET OF THE GRAPES is finally here!

Thank you to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to continue to tell this hilarious story.

From the publisher:

In small-town Doyle, California, UFO abductions are a budding tourist attraction. So when Susan Witsend brings a UFO festival to town, she’s ready for some well-deserved time in the sun.

What she gets instead is the corpse of a UFO conspiracy theorist, brained with a bottle of local wine.

Susan may be the owner of a UFO-themed B&B, but she doesn’t wish on stars to get what she wants. She’s a woman with a planner. Plan A) Milk the UFO festival for all it’s worth. Plan B) Stop lusting after her best friend turned security consultant, Arsen Holiday.

But murder isn’t the only thing threatening Susan’s best-laid plans. Beset by alien protestors, aging nudists, and hidden secrets at every turn, Susan’s nearing her wits’ end. And now Plan C is to stay on the good side of a grumpy local sheriff.

Susan may not have a clue, but she knows she wants a certain security consultant at her side when the killer goes supernova.

Planet of the Grapes is book 2 in the Wits’ End series of cozy mystery novels. If you like laugh-out-loud cozy mysteries, you’ll like Planet of the Grapes. Start listening to this hilarious caper today!

PLANET OF THE GRAPES is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: SCANDAL IN THE PARISH

December 3, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

I’m excited to announce that SCANDAL IN THE PARISH: Priests and Parishioners Behaving Badly in Eighteenth-Century France by Karen E. Carter, is now available as an audiobook.

Challenging both my narration skill and my knowledge of religion in relationship to the French Revolution, SCANDAL IN THE PARISH studies the important relationship between parishioners and the priests in small, rural parishes of France, and “forcefully corrects the notion that Catholicism declined in importance in the period before the Revolution.”

“Well-written and clearly argued study.” – Jeremy Hayhoe, Université de Moncton

From the Publisher:

In 1770, the priest Nicolas Vernier was accused of neglecting church services, inappropriate behaviour in the confessional, financial improprieties, and affairs with the village schoolmistresses. In a contentious church court case, parishioners described all of their priest’s wrongdoings, and in turn, he detailed many of theirs. Ultimately, Vernier finished his career as a cathedral canon in another diocese.

Scandal in the Parish recounts Vernier’s story and many similar 18th-century cases. In fascinating detail that reveals essential facets of rural religion during the Catholic Reformation period, Karen Carter considers French lay people’s relationship with their parish curé, who governed and influenced so much of their religious practice. Although the priest’s role as purveyor of God’s grace through the sacraments was secure as long as he performed his duties appropriately, priests who were unable to navigate the pressures and high expectations put on them by their superiors and parishioners risked broken relationships, public disturbances of the peace, and even prosecution. These scandals, Carter demonstrates, tell us much about rural parish life, the processes of negotiation and accommodation between curés and their parishioners, and ongoing religious reforms and enforcement throughout the 18th century.

An engaging venture into the world of the parish that highlights the centrality of the priest-parishioner relationship, Scandal in the Parish reveals the attitudes and practices of ordinary people who were active agents in their religious and spiritual lives.

The book is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

SCANDAL IN THE PARISH is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: CABIN 3

November 18, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

Happy audiobook release day for CABIN 3 (Steele Shadows Security Book 3) by the amazing Amanda McKinney!

This one is my favorite in the series so far. Lexi is truly a badass and so fun to narrate. A special thanks to dual narration partner Michael Reid for making us sound awesome.

Enjoy!

From the publisher:

Hidden deep in the remote mountains of Berry Springs is a private security firm where some go to escape, and others find exactly what they’ve been looking for.

Welcome to Cabin 1, Cabin 2, Cabin 3….

Businessman. CEO. Head of household. Three titles worst suited for Gunner Steele, the short tempered, reticent former Marine and rebel of the infamous Steele brothers. After an evening searching the mountains for his missing office manager, Gunner finds an undercover agent at his front door demanding protection — and that anyone but him be her bodyguard. Usually, Gunner didn’t give a damn if someone disliked him, but this particular curvy vixen had information about the man who killed his father and maimed his brother. Information he’d gladly sell his soul for…but is he willing to sell hers, too?

After failure to deliver the location of a Russian spy as slippery as a bowl of borscht, Lexi York is fresh out of a job and a near-death experience when she seeks refuge at Steele Shadows, despite her disdain for the tattooed bad boy, Gunner Steele. At her wit’s end, Lexi devises a plan to use Gunner to get her job back, but what she hadn’t planned on was developing feelings for the tortured soul she could never tame.

Unwilling to make promises he can’t keep, Gunner is faced with the biggest decision of his life. Avenge his family, or throw away the only woman who’s cracked open his shielded heart?

The audiobook for CABIN 3 is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

New Release: DEADLOCK

October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

I’m so excited to announce that the audiobook for DEADLOCK by Melissa Koberlein is now available!

Built in the same world as RAVEN’S SPHERE, DEADLOCK tells Raven’s ex-best friend Stass’ story. I had a great time leaving the real world to navigating the virtual world Stass inhabits!

From the publisher:

If you loved Ready Player One, you won’t want to miss this sleek, new virtual adventure!

The year is 2341 and Earth is a distant memory. Thousands of people from all over the world, and some from other worlds, enter a vast virtual reality on planet Zeta. Commonly known as the ALT, visitors hope to find what they can’t in their physical world. Sport hacking, gambling, and pleasure houses are a few of the offerings of the ALT. But there are also dark dynamics lurking within the virtual city….

Seventeen-year-old Stass Tatum is a highly skilled human hacker from the futuristic city of Rourke. She is known on the grid as Deadlock for her dominant, lethal tactics in sport hacking. After meeting a popular elite player, she hatches a plan to jettison her rank into his.

But fate has other ideas…. A deadly virus wreaks havoc on her plans, and now she must face what death means outside the virtual world.

From the Raven’s Sphere world by Melissa Koberlein comes this new virtual adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

DEADLOCK is available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

New Release: THE WAY FORWARD

September 8, 2020September 12, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

I’m excited to announce that the THE WAY FORWARD, the second book in the Amish Millers Get Married series by Ruth Hartzler is now on audio. THE WAY FORWARD tells Esther’s story – one of keeping secrets, overcoming jealousy, and learning that honesty really is the best policy.

From the publisher:

Esther Miller’s matchmaking mother wants Esther to marry soon, the sooner the better. Any man from the community will do, any man except one of the Hostetler boys.

Mrs. Miller has Amos Troyer in mind, and everybody agrees he is perfect for Esther…everybody, that is, except Esther herself.

So when her mother’s meddling gets too much, Esther hatches a scheme of her own. She asks her handsome friend, Jacob Hostetler, to pretend to be her boyfriend. Jacob agrees, but does he have motives of his own?

Yet when this small white lie is eclipsed by the motives of another, Esther’s world could soon come crashing down around her.

How will Esther’s secret change her life in a way she never thought possible?

Book two in this heartwarming Amish Romance series from USA Today best-selling author, Ruth Hartzler.

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The audiobook for THE WAY FORWARD is available on Audible, Amazon, Apple Books, and most other audiobook retailers.

New Release: RAVEN’S SPHERE

August 24, 2020October 26, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

It’s here! The audiobook for RAVEN’S SPHERE by Melissa Koberlein released over the weekend, and starfire, am I excited!

Thanks to Melissa for letting me tell Raven’s story. I (and my nips, bits and all) had a blast narrating this book. We laughed and cried (a little), which is a narrator’s dream come true.

From the publisher:

If she can’t let go of the past, there won’t be a future for anyone.

Eighteen-year-old Raven is a thief with a disturbing past. Her life of pilfering expensive tech vaults on space freighters takes a nosedive when she finds a frightened 12-year-old boy on her newest stolen spaceship. In his possession is a glowing sphere he swears to protect at all costs.

Moved by the kid’s courage, Raven does the one thing she hasn’t done in a long time – she cares…a little. She allows him to stay aboard. What she doesn’t realize is that by doing so, she and the kid have become the most wanted individuals in the galaxy.

From the author of the Ashwater series and Fireflies trilogy, comes this new, dark interstellar adventure.

Fans of The Mandalorian and Firefly will devour this fast-paced novel by Melissa Koberlein.

Buy Raven’s Sphere to start this exciting adventure today!

RAVEN’S SPHERE is available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

Guest on INDIE CHICKS Podcast

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 amy@amydeuchler.comAudiobooks

Today I’d like to celebrate women in the publishing industry.

I’m talking about writers, publishers, editors, narrators. . .you name it. And if you’re not currently published, but you would like to be, or if you are but would like additional help or ideas on things like editing or marketing, a great resource to help with that is the Indie Chicks, created by Melissa Koberlein, author and professor of publishing.

As part of their resource offerings, the Indie Chicks have a podcast, co-hosted by Melissa Koberlein and editor Jeni Chappelle. I was so delighted when the Indie Chicks invited me on their podcast in June to talk about the joys of narrating audiobooks!

In the podcast episode, we discussed advice Melissa and I have about making an audiobook, and dished a bit about the upcoming audiobook for Raven’s Sphere, Melissa’s science fiction adventure novel full of snarky bits.

I hope you can take a listen to the podcast on Narrating Audiobooks. If you’re unable to listen, you can get a shortened version by reading the blog Q&A.

Enjoy!