
Eyes of Devious Burgundy (Deathcaller Duet, Book 1), by Lacey Lehotzky | Free Audiobook
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Make Me (The Silent Hollow, Book 2), by Alina May | Free Audiobook
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Death brings them together
Callum Walker has made peace with what he is: a mercenary who kills for a living. His boss hands him names, and Cal makes them disappear. But in his spare time, he hunts predators who hurt children, delivering the kind of justice the law will not touch. He is good at his work, efficient, and dangerously impulsive. What he is not good at is dealing with feelings, especially when they involve a certain neurotic mortician who keeps showing up in his life.
Ryan is methodical, cautious, and has built a quiet existence around preparing the dead for their final rest. He likes routine, order, and keeping his distance from chaos. Then Cal walks into his funeral home with a body that should not exist and a grin that refuses to fade, no matter how many times Ryan tells him to leave. The problem is, Cal does not leave. He keeps coming back with more bodies, more questions, and a stubborn determination to crack through Ryan's walls.
Narrated by Alexander Cendese and Zachary Zaba, the audiobook captures the push and pull between a grumpy mortician who craves stability and a sunshine mercenary who thrives in chaos. As the paranormal world of Silent Hollow pulls them deeper into its mysteries, Cal and Ryan must decide if opposites can not only attract but survive the darkness closing in around them. Because in a town where death is currency and secrets run deeper than graves, falling in love might be the most dangerous thing either of them has ever done.
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Experience The Mercenary and the Mortician by Alexandra St Pierre, the first book in the interconnected Silent Hollow series. This is dark paranormal MM romance with grumpy/sunshine dynamics, opposites attract, found family, and a slow burn that builds into something beautifully intense.
Start with a free trial you can cancel anytime. This audiobook runs 17 hrs 21 mins with dual narration by Alexander Cendese and Zachary Zaba, whose performances bring emotional depth and chemistry to two men who could not be more different but cannot seem to stay apart.
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