Thank You for Listening

Whelan (My Oxford Year) provides romance about a former actress-turned-audiobook narrator. Sewanee has an overnight fling with a stranger in Las Vegas while attending a conference before returning to L.A. Weeks later, she’s asked to co-narrate a popular romance author’s last book with Brock McKnight, the mysterious man with the hottest voice in narration. Although Sewanee doesn’t believe in the “happily ever after” that romance novels deliver, the opportunity will provide her with the money needed for the special care her grandmother needs. While she and Brock work together, their relationship grows close, pushing Sewanee to rethink long-held assumptions about her own life. This story is an exploration of self-discovery while navigating past trauma and various relationships. Sewanee is white with a disability, and she also has a diverse cast of relationships that include her grandmother, who has memory loss, her Black best friend, her gay coworker, her Irish love interest, and her father, who suffers from depression. Whelan’s outstanding narration of voices and accents is heart-stirring, including the husky man, who is deliciously sultry.