Try these free audio samples to find your next Podium audiobook obsession

All about the immersive spice, darling? The kind that lingers in your ears and lives in your mind rent-free? If you’re an audiobook girlie (or curious to dip your toe), you need to know Podium: the publisher behind some of the most obsession-worthy romance and romantasy on your FYP. Think duet and full-cast narrated productions where that delicious tension gets every vocal nuance it deserves. They have a catalogue stacked with mafia heirs, morally grey warriors and possessive stepbrothers you think about far more than you should.

Podium has shared three free and exclusive audio samples for LWcL members to try before you sink in and surrender fully, and you can listen free for 30 days with Audible. Press play, get comfortable, and let me know which one ruins your commute in the best way.

Brutal Crown by Kayla Mason

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Listen on Audible (performed by Stefanie Kay and Peter Alden)

Lia is taken as payment for her father's debts. Francesco is the mafia heir who's supposed to marry someone else entirely. Neither of them planned on this. She's meant to serve; he's meant to obey the rules of an empire built on bloodlines and silence. But forced proximity has never behaved itself in this genre, darling, and every stolen glance between them is a white-hot act of treason. When the consequences of their defiance start carrying real weight, the stakes go from delicious to dangerous. I dog-eared the scene where Francesco finally stops pretending he doesn't want her (my Kindle and I needed a lie down afterwards…)

Must-listen if you loved:

The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori

King of Wrath by Ana Huang

Twisted Emotions by Cora Reilly

Rise of Ink and Smoke by Pam Godwin

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Listen on Audible (performed by Stella Hunter, Henry Kramer and Anthony Palmini)

Wolf fought his way out of one darkness and still can't quite exhale. Then Dove turns up: runaway bride, rifle in hand, absolutely not looking to be rescued. She's there for her stepbrother Jag, a man who turns protection into possession like it's a party trick. What starts as Wolf and Dove circling each other spirals into something messier and much, much spicier once Jag refuses to stay in his lane. This one doesn't do polite boundaries, darling, and by the time all three of them stop fighting the inevitable, I was fanning myself with the nearest paperback. (This book is a spin-off - if you haven’t listened to the Frozen Fate trilogy, I’d recommend starting with Hills of Shivers and Shadows darling.)

Must-listen if you loved:

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen

The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman

One Last Rainy Day by Kate Stewart

Shadows of Sparta by C.R. Jane

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Listen on Audible (performed by Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor)

Helena is sent to Sparta as her village's last hope: her face, offered up to win a set of deadly trials for a tyrant king's hand. She wins. She survives. She marries him and finds out fast that’"queen’ means ornament, not power. Enter Achilles, the king's own captain, who has absolutely no business looking at her the way he does. Their affair is meant to stay buried and discreet - and it fails intensely on both accounts. Every stolen moment between them crackles with the kind of heat that should come with a warning label. When they finally stopped resisting each other? I had to put the audiobook down and stare up at the ceiling for a few moments, darling.

Must-listen if you loved:

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Road of Bones by Demi Winters

If you're an audiobook fan, you must check our friends over at Podium Entertainment. Podium is a premier publisher and the go-to spot for the best romance audiobooks on the market, with every genre you could possibly think of. Head over to podiumentertainment.com to browse their library, and come join their community on Instagram and TikTok at @podiumentertainment.