Unhinged: A Dark Why-Choose Romance (Dance with My Demons, Book 1)

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Unhinged: A Dark Why-Choose Romance (Dance with My Demons, Book 1)

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5 hours and 48 minutesRuntimeUnabridged audiobookFormatMay 29, 2025Release dateNarrated editionNarration

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35% Low
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What it’s about

After a fire destroys her home and leaves her father dead, a young woman is taken to the Lilydale Foundation Center. Presented as a place for second chances, the facility feels to her more like a polished prison and asylum for people deemed too broken, dangerous, or difficult to manage elsewhere. She is blamed for starting the fire and placed among other troubled young residents whom the center claims it can save. Instead of finding peace, she discovers that bringing so many volatile people together creates its own danger.

Three boys begin watching her from the moment she arrives, their attention intense, unsettling, and impossible to ignore. As she tries to navigate Lilydale’s rigid environment and the unpredictable people inside it, questions arise about whether the center is meant to heal its residents—or simply contain them. Unhinged is a dark, adult why-choose romance and the first book in the Dance with My Demons series.

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Narrator Experience

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Verified narratorMarie Hawkins
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Is This Right for You?

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Our Take

Unhinged: A Dark Why-Choose Romance (Dance with My Demons, Book 1) sits comfortably in romance territory. The story is better characterized than the recording right now, so the recommendation stays grounded in the book itself. The narrator is confirmed, but the book itself is easier to characterize than this particular performance. Until the recording has stronger support, the narrator credit is useful context rather than a performance verdict.

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Runtime & Edition Details

Runtime
5 hours and 48 minutes
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Publisher
Blue Nose Publishing
Audiobook release date
May 29, 2025
Language
English
ASIN
B0F8C96GTL

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