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The Best Romance Audiobooks for Bridgerton Fans

May 14, 2024 | audible.com | Emily Cox |Julia Quinn |Joanna Lowell |Mackenzi Lee

As romance listeners know, the best thing about the genre is that the pairing that’s promised will be delivered. So naturally, we have to wonder if fans were clamoring so loudly for Penny and Colin to get their happily-ever-after already that the creators shifted their plans around.
'What If...Loki Was Worthy?' by Madeleine Roux

Apr 3, 2024 | thecosmiccircus.com | Mackenzi Lee |Luna Gauthier

Share this: Loki is the god of mischief. Some might say he’s nothing but trouble, and he’s always going to be. But what if he could be more? With Thor gone and Asgard in danger, Loki just might be the hero they need. But can anyone trust him enough to give him a chance? Can he even trust himself? Madeleine Roux explores the possibility of Loki as a true hero, not just an anti-hero in What If… Loki Was Worthy?
SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS

Dec 6, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Mackenzi Lee

In the German Democratic Republic during the latter months of 1989, a 16-year-old girl faces the realities of her government’s violent control of its people. Helena’s life in Leipzig revolves around music. An avid pianist, she imagines someday becoming a conductor and using the power of music “to stir people / to dreams.
CHARMING YOUNG MAN

Aug 11, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Chloe Gong |Mackenzi Lee

From the Foul Lady Fortune series , Vol. 2 An impressive, albeit stuffed, conclusion to the duology. Several months after losing Orion to Lady Hong in Foul Lady Fortune (2022), Rosalind Lang sets out to save her kidnapped partner. Since the confrontation at Warehouse 34, a heartbroken Rosalind has remained sequestered in her apartment to avoid reporters who want a glimpse of the Nationalist assassin Fortune.
Spider-Man's Bad Connection by Preeti Chhibber

Jun 2, 2023 | books.disney.com | Mackenzi Lee |Megan Logan |Preeti Chhibber |Nicoletta Baldari

The second in a middle grade trilogy by Spider-Man’s number one fan and hilarious author, Preeti Chhibber!Peter Parker is still learning the ropes—er, webs?—as Spider-Man, and he has a new partner in crime-fighting in his new girlfriend MJ. But having someone who knows his secret makes this high school romance more complicated, not less—especially when a mysterious social media account starts alerting Peter to crimes before they happen.
Inspiring women

Mar 8, 2023 | library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au | Mackenzi Lee

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Held on the 8 March every year, the 2023 theme is #EmbraceEquity. Equity means creating a fair and equal world. Embrace this day by learning about the fierce and fantastic females who altered the course of history.
Women's History Month Booklist

Mar 1, 2023 | cobbcounty.org | Grace Byers |Mackenzi Lee

Women's History Month Booklist March is Women's History Month -- a time to commemorate and encourage the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.
THE WINTER SOLDIER

Feb 3, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Mackenzi Lee |Holly Jackson |Randy Ribay

COLD FRONT From the Marvel Rebels & Renegades series , Vol. 3 by Mackenzi Lee ‧ Can an origin story for Bucky Barnes as he becomes the Winter Soldier be anything but painful? In this volume, Lee continues exploring Marvel’s misunderstood antagonists. It’s 1954, smack in the middle of Bucky’s journey from hero to villain and back again. Instead of Bucky, there’s only the Winter Soldier, a brainwashed torturer and assassin for the (slightly Cold War–caricatured) Soviet Union.