Best Shannon Mayer Audiobooks

The best Shannon Mayer audiobooks — 10 titles ranked by listening experience across Fantasy, Romance, averaging 3.86 ABR stars.

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Shannon Mayer built her reputation on Rylee Adamson, a paranormal fantasy series that tears through urban fantasy conventions with gleeful aggression. Rylee isn't a reluctant hero or a chosen-one archetype — she's a tracker who finds missing children in a world where monsters are real, and she's very good at getting hurt and getting back up. Mayer writes action with kinetic urgency, keeps the emotional stakes personal, and layers in enough romantic tension to satisfy readers who want heat alongside their blood. Blind Salvage and Veiled Threat show her at her best: momentum that doesn't let up, a heroine you trust to make hard calls, and a world that expands without losing coherence. The dramatized adaptations with full cast production give the series a different energy entirely. Readers who burned through Ilona Andrews or Patricia Briggs and need something with similar grit and pulse will find Mayer very much worth their time.

Shannon Mayer's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Elementally Priceless, narrated by Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Donald Guzzi, Terence Aselford, David Jourdan, Chris Stinson, Christopher Williams, Nanette Savard, Kay Eluvian, Colleen Delany, Daniel Llaca (4.05 ABR stars). Performed by narrators including Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Donald Guzzi, Terence Aselford, David Jourdan, Chris Stinson, Christopher Williams, Nanette Savard, Kay Eluvian, Colleen Delany, Daniel Llaca, Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, James Konicek, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Laura C. Harris, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams, Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Karen Novack, Lise Bruneau, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Terence Aselford, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams, Tanja Milojevic, Brandon Burton, and more. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

Where to Start with Shannon Mayer

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    Elementally Priceless

    Rylee Adamson #0.5

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Donald Guzzi, Terence Aselford, David Jourdan, Chris Stinson, Christopher Williams, Nanette Savard, Kay Eluvian, Colleen Delany, Daniel Llaca

    4.05 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (86)
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    Young Rylee's first tracking mission and an earth elemental's banishment story interweave to reveal destiny and forbidden power. The full cast production brings depth to this origin story prequel.

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    Blood of the Lost

    Rylee Adamson • Book 10

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, James Konicek, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Laura C. Harris, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams

    4.21 ABR Score (7.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.1K) ★ 4.77 Audible (57)
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    Rylee's final salvage requires saving the entire world from Orion's deception in this epic series conclusion. The full cast production creates distinct voices for each character in this high-stakes finale.

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    Rylee Adamson: Alex (Dramatized Adaptation)

    Rylee Adamson Novel • Book 5

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Karen Novack, Lise Bruneau, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Terence Aselford, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams, Tanja Milojevic, Brandon Burton

    3.94 ABR Score (63 ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Audible (63)
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    Guardian

    Rylee Adamson #6.5 • Book 6

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Smith, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Eric Messner, James Konicek, Jeff Baker, Karen Novack, Megan Poppy, Nora Achrati, Darius Johnson, Ian Russell

    4.16 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (53)
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    Eleven narrators create genuine ensemble chemistry in this compact novella, making it feel less like a story and more like a full-cast audio drama.

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    Tracking Magic

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] #0.25

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Andy Brownstein, Chris Genebach, Lise Bruneau, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams

    3.79 ABR Score (112 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (40) ★ 4.43 Audible (72)
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    Rylee's first case as a supernatural Tracker involves a missing girl and a demon's deadly artifact before mass killing begins. Full cast dramatization brings this urban fantasy prequel to vivid audio life.

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    Rising Darkness

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 9

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, James Konicek, Ken Jackson, Matthew Bassett, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Yasmin Tuazon, Darius Johnson, Christopher Williams

    3.83 ABR Score (81 ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (32) ★ 4.71 Audible (49)
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    The full dramatized cast captures Tracker Rylee's final salvage mission before facing demon hordes in this climactic ninth series installment.

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    Liam

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Chris Genebach, Troy Allan, Dominique Salvacion, LaMont Ridgell, Lily Beacon, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Steve Wannall, Bradley Foster Smith, Robb Moreira

    3.67 ABR Score (13 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (8) ★ 4.8 Audible (5)
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    Former FBI agent turned Guardian wolf shifter Liam protects three orphaned ogre triplets after the demon war ends. The full cast production captures the urban fantasy's ensemble dynamics.

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    Lynchpin

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Bradley Foster Smith, Ryan Dalusung, Peter Stanley, Nora Achrati, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Keith Richards, Chris Davenport, Megan Poppy, Nanette Savard, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Ryan Haugen

    3.64 ABR Score (10 ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (6) ★ 4.5 Audible (4)
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    Alex the werewolf becomes the supernatural world's guardian after sacrificing himself in battle, exploring his new role as protector of the dimensional Veil in this dramatic fantasy.

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    Rylee (Dramatized Adaptation)

    Rylee Adamson Epilogues • Book 1

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Troy Allan, Jessica Threet, Marlon Dance-Hooi, Ken Jackson, full cast, Nora Achrati, R.J. Bayley, Anthony Palmini, Amanda Forstrom, Chris Genebach, Christopher Walker, Morgan Dalla Betta

    3.67 ABR Score (3 ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Audible (3)
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    Pamela

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 3

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Shanta Parasuraman, Niusha Nawab, Yenni Ann, Stewart Crank, Danielle Cohen, Andrew James Spooner, Julie-Ann Elliott, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Nora Achrati, Robb Moreira

    3.63 ABR Score (8 ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (5) ★ 4.67 Audible (3)
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    Witch Pamela's desperate alliance with mysterious Raven gets full dramatic treatment as she faces supernatural darkness threatening her chosen family in this fantasy audio drama.

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