With Regrets

Name: With Regrets
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lee Kelly
ISBN: 9781666645507

Author: Lee Kelly

Narrator: Gail Shalan

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/05/2023

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Science Fiction

Synopsis

When recent NYC-transplant Liz Brinkley and her husband are invited to an exclusive soiree by their neighbor, “lifestyle guru” Britta Harris-Che, Liz’s immediate thought is hell no. Britta is insufferable, and Liz is wary to leave her young children with a barely-teenage babysitter. And yet she RSVPs anyway, trying to extend an olive branch to her withdrawing husband, who seems desperate to get in with the cliquey elite. They’ve barely made it through their first round of champagne when a “red alert” comes through their phones: strange atmospheric masses, reported to look like “glimmering clouds,” have been spreading through major U.S. cities and killing anyone they touch. Authorities have one clear directive: Find shelter. Immediately. A collective panic seizes the dinner party; all the guests have children at home. In the mad dash to their cars, they see it: a shimmering net floating over the town. The street is littered with wrecked cars and dead bodies. Leaving now is not an option. Instead, the group launches into survival mode, grabbing supplies to take shelter in the hosts’ wine cellar. As tensions and suspicions among the party guests near a boiling point, Liz becomes increasingly willing to do whatever it takes to get back to her children, but she soon realizes there may be others in the cellar even more desperate than she is...

About Lee Kelly

Lee Kelly is the author of City of Savages, A Criminal Magic, and The Antiquity Affair (co-authored with Jennifer Thorne). Her short fiction and essays have appeared in publications such as Gingerbread House and Orca and on sites including Tor.com. An MFA candidate at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an entertainment lawyer by trade, she lives with her husband and two children in New Jersey, where they can be found engaged in one adventure or another.

About Gail Shalan

Gail Shalan is a New York City-based storyteller who holds a master's degree in acting from Bristol Old Vic Theater School. Proudly narrating audiobooks since 2013, she also narrates and produces The StoryLight Podcast. When not exploring the globe or performing, she lives in Queens with her partner and their French bulldog, Edith.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa (Catching Up After Vacation) on September 21, 2023

Solidly engaging book. Domestic drama paired with mild dystopian events. I was entertained by this book. A group of couples attends a dinner party. During dinner, there are emergency announcements that very few people take seriously. As the evening progresses, though, things get more and more strang......more

Goodreads review by JaymeO on September 05, 2023

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! “…what we need is to pull this dinner off. Do you think you can just do what you’re told? Do you think we can just survive tonight?” When Britta Harris-Che, instagram influencer of #Brittasays, invites four couples to a dinner party at her house to impress them with her McMansio......more

Goodreads review by Frank on March 18, 2024

I had high hopes for this apocalyptic thriller, however the end of the world trope really felt like more of a second fiddle to the constant arguing amongst the couples stuck in this house, on this suburban street. The bickering and backstabbing really just got annoying after a while, and not much of......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on September 05, 2023

The women of this town are so enveloped in their own little lives and dramas that they can't see out of their silk thread count cocoons. Even now, apparently, stuck together in hell. If an apocalyptic event were to happen during the filming of an episode of Real Housewives, the results may look a......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on September 09, 2023

ARC audiobook provided in exchange for an honest review. The narration fit perfectly with this book and all the characters! It was clear, concise, and very easy to listen to for hours at a time! The story itself kind of took me by surprise. It turns from what could be neighborhood drama into a scienc......more

Quotes

"Gail Shalan's expert narration vividly brings to life a group of affluent suburban couples whose dinner party is abruptly derailed by a shelter-in-place order caused by a lethal airborne pathogen. Shalan's impeccable timing heightens the escalating tension as the characters' lives begin to fray under the mounting pressure of both the health threat and the need to return to their children." - Audiofile Magazine

[With Regrets] reveals this author's genuine flair for originality, urban fantasy, and a distinctive, narrative driven, apocalyptic storytelling style.