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Heavy is the Crown

The protagonists of these downloadable audiobooks will do anything to protect their kingdoms. From revenge to leading rebellions, these stories and their heroes will thrill you from beginning to end.

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  • In the aftermath of a war, Ayla takes a job as a servant in the house of the sovereign for one purpose: to get revenge for her family's death by killing his daughter. But Lady Crier, the heiress, no longer knows if she wants to be ruler once she…
    eAudiobook, 2019HarperCollins, 2019
  • A street thief and a princess discover they are twins separated at birth and must switch places to find an all-powerful stone and prevent a deadly war from taking place.
    eAudiobook, 2021HarperCollins, 2021
  • When her father is murdered, Princess Hesina of Yan is thrust into power, suddenly the queen of an unstable kingdom. Determined to find her father's killer, Hesina uses outlawed magic to aid her search. Using the information provided, Hesina turns…
    eAudiobook, 2019Dreamscape Media, 2019
  • Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.
    eAudiobook, 2014HarperCollins, 2014
  • In a world divided by blood--those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities--seventeen-year-old Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king…
    eAudiobook, 2015HarperCollins, 2015
  • In this reimagining of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad plans to avenge the death of her dearest friend by volunteering to marry the murderous boy-king of Khorasan, but discovers not all is as it seems within the palace.
    eAudiobook, 2015Books on Tape, 2015
  • Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent…
    eAudiobook, 2016Books on Tape, 2016
  • A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.
    eAudiobook, 2012HarperCollins, 2012
  • Apprenticed to her aunt, training to protect her village from dark magic, Rachelle strayed from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. Three years later, when the king orders her to guard his son…
    eAudiobook, 2015HarperCollins, 2015
  • Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
    eAudiobook, 2017HarperCollins, 2017
  • An aristocratic girl who is a member of a warmongering and enslaving empire purchases a slave, an act that sets in motion a rebellion that might overthrow her world as well as her heart.
    eAudiobook, 2014Books on Tape, 2014
  • In the kingdom of Sempera, time is extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one's own lifespan. The rich aristocrats like the Gerling family tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries, and no one resents…
    eAudiobook, 2018HarperCollins, 2018