Your Next Listen Is Here: Three of My Books Are Now Included with Kindle+ (Formerly Kindle Unlimited)

Vampires, a psychic, and a suspicious amount of trouble have found their way into your headphones.

Dying in Dallas, The Blood Will Tell, and Cheese Louise are now available as virtual-voice audiobooks—and U.S. Kindle+ members can listen as part of their subscription, with no additional charge for these included titles.

If you’ve been meaning to meet Laramie Harper or Gertie Pratt, this is another way to join the shenanigans. Your laundry may never be folded under more mysterious circumstances.

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Three books, plenty of trouble

Dying in Dallas

Start here for the first book in The Laramie Harper Chronicles. Laramie’s life takes a sharp turn into vampires, danger, and the sort of complications that make an ordinary bad day look positively restful. Expect Southern snark, supernatural shenanigans, and

The Blood Will Tell

Already met Laramie? Continue with the second book in The Laramie Harper Chronicles. There’s more supernatural trouble waiting, and I recommend beginning with Dying in Dallas if you’re new to the series.

Cheese Louise

Prefer your mysteries with a side of cheese and a cat with opinions? Meet Gertie Pratt, whose life includes unreliable psychic abilities, a ghost, and considerably more mystery than she ordered. This is the first full-length book in my Cheese Louise paranormal cozy mystery series. Bring your curiosity. Snacks are a sensible precaution.

What does “virtual voice” mean?

These editions use Amazon’s computer-generated narration, rather than a human narrator. I want you to know exactly what you’re choosing. Listen to a sample on the listing before settling in, especially if you have particular preferences about audiobook voices. It’s a new way to experience the same stories. Whether you’re taking a walk, doing the dishes, on a roadtrip, you’re about to find out just how much fictional trouble will fit into a perfectly ordinary afternoon.

Important: Kindle+ listening is U.S. only for now

Listening to these audiobooks as part of a Kindle+ subscription is currently available only in the U.S. marketplace. That restriction concerns subscription listening; it is not a statement that Kindle+ itself exists only in the U.S. Amazon plans to expand the audiobook offering to other markets over time, according to its comments reported by The Verge, but no international rollout date has been announced. I’m hoping readers elsewhere won’t have too long to wait. For now, check the options offered for your own Amazon account and marketplace. [8] Being able to read an ebook through your local subscription doesn’t automatically mean you can listen to its audiobook through that subscription too.

Not a member of Kindle+ yet?

Wait—what happened to Kindle Unlimited?

If Kindle+ sounds unfamiliar, here’s the short explanation: Kindle Unlimited has been renamed Kindle+. The change comes with an expanded audiobook offering, including these virtual-voice editions in the U.S. The subscription still gives members access to a selected catalog, rather than every book Amazon sells. It is a paid membership, separate from Amazon Prime. So when you see the Kindle+ name where you expected Kindle Unlimited, you’re in the right place. The sign over the door has changed.

How to find your next listen

1. Open the Amazon listing for the book you want while signed into the account connected to your U.S. Kindle+ membership.
2. Look for the Kindle+ inclusion and the headphones or narration indicator. Check that audio is included for your account before selecting an option.
3. Listen to a sample, then choose the subscription borrowing option shown on your listing. A separate purchase price is a different option.
4. Follow Amazon’s prompts to access the included narration on a compatible device or app.
   If you don’t see the subscription listening option, check your marketplace and membership details before buying anything.
   Then get comfortable, or get moving. Laramie and Gertie can supply the distractions.

Which will be your first listen: vampire trouble in Dallas, Laramie’s next adventure, or a cheesy mystery with Gertie?