Audiobooks Like The Mistake

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Lorelei Avalon and Lee Samuels handle the dual narration with the easy back-and-forth energy that college romance requires — the banter has timing, the vulnerability is kept proportionate, and the second-chance premise unfolds at exactly the pace a 10-hour listen can sustain. The list draws from romance novels where the sports backdrop is more atmosphere than subject matter, and the highly-rated picks share that same balance of lightness and genuine feeling.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Mistake

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    The Risk

    Briar U • Book 2

    by Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Marine Royer, Pierre Bermude

    4.44 ABR Score (228.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (228.7K)
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    The Play

    Briar U • Book 3

    by Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Ana Osorio, Teddy Hamilton

    4.12 ABR Score (169.6K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (168.0K) ★ 4.44 Audible (1.6K)
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    The Dare

    Briar U • Book 4

    by Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Elizabeth Louise, Teddy Hamilton

    4.08 ABR Score (150.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (149.2K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.3K)
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    Top Secret

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Christian Fox

    4.43 ABR Score (46.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (42.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (3.9K)
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    Good Boy

    WAGs • Book 1

    by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Tanya Eby

    4.11 ABR Score (48.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (45.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.3K)
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    Teddy Hamilton and Tanya Eby have perfect on-mic chemistry that makes the banter genuinely irresistible. Dual narration romance done right.

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    Body Check

    by Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Samantha Cook

    3.59 ABR Score (43.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.4 Goodreads (43.7K) ★ 4.01 Audible (114)
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    Brody's everything she's avoided, but one night rewrites every rule Hayden thought she'd follow, and two months suddenly isn't enough.

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    Him

    Him • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Jacob Morgan

    4.57 ABR Score (113.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (106.0K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.3K)
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    Dual narrators bring conflicting perspectives to this romance: four years of unresolved tension that earns every moment of intensity and vulnerability.

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    Declan

    Gold Team • Book 5

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    4.41 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.87 Audible (204)
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    Former CIA operative Declan lost his wife and daughter to enemies, leaving him hollow—until he must protect another family and face whether he can love again.

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    Maximus

    Gold Team • Book 4

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    4.35 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.6 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (189)
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    Former SEAL Max Brown trusts no one except his team until he's assigned to protect a woman whose past actions challenge everything he believes about right and wrong. Maxine Mitchell and Lee Samuels handle the emotional complexity as Max's walls crumble.

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    Thaddeus

    Gold Team • Book 2

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    4.35 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.82 Audible (202)
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    Brutal betrayal tore these lovers apart, but a chance meeting in a Mexican cantina reignites old wounds and impossible hope.

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