Horrible Women, Wonderful Girls
Julie Ann Sipos
She left Hollywood to escape the boy’s club.
In a small Midwestern town, she discovers that women are playing the better game.
After hard-won success gives way to a spectacular public fall, exiled entertainment executive Jaycee Grayson trades the red carpet for rural Wisconsin—drawn by the promise of anonymity and a life that doesn’t eat its own.
What she finds instead is a fiercely loyal community, a global doll empire with a missing empress, and a culture of “Midwest nice” that masks a pastel-perfect fairytale built on a billion-dollar lie.
As Jaycee plots her big comeback, she becomes entangled in a three-way romance, adopts a found family weird enough to feel like home, and gets pulled into a mystery lurking behind this fairytale façade threatening everything she never knew she wanted.
In Littleburgh, loyalty is currency, truth is negotiable, and an army of Prairie Karens runs the table.
No one’s ever challenged them.
Until now.
Narrated with sharp wit and emotional precision by Nadia Marshall, Horrible Women, Wonderful Girls blends dark comedy, satirical mystery, and literary suspense.
Perfect for listeners who enjoy:
A Writer’s Digest Grand Prize winner, IPPY Gold Medalist, IBPA and Foreword INDIES Humor Finalist, and Indie Author Project selection, this breakout debut has been praised for its fearless voice, razor-edged humor, and unforgettable heroine.
Welcome to Littleburgh.
Where everything is fine.
Unless it isn’t.
Duration - 10h 25m.
Author - Julie Ann Sipos.
Narrator - Nadia Marshall.
Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2025 Julie Ann Sipos ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Julie Ann Sipos
Nadia Marshall
The Jaycee Grayson Novels
Dartmouth Park
English Audiobooks
INAudio Audiobooks
Description:
She left Hollywood to escape the boy’s club. In a small Midwestern town, she discovers that women are playing the better game. After hard-won success gives way to a spectacular public fall, exiled entertainment executive Jaycee Grayson trades the red carpet for rural Wisconsin—drawn by the promise of anonymity and a life that doesn’t eat its own. What she finds instead is a fiercely loyal community, a global doll empire with a missing empress, and a culture of “Midwest nice” that masks a pastel-perfect fairytale built on a billion-dollar lie. As Jaycee plots her big comeback, she becomes entangled in a three-way romance, adopts a found family weird enough to feel like home, and gets pulled into a mystery lurking behind this fairytale façade threatening everything she never knew she wanted. In Littleburgh, loyalty is currency, truth is negotiable, and an army of Prairie Karens runs the table. No one’s ever challenged them. Until now. Narrated with sharp wit and emotional precision by Nadia Marshall, Horrible Women, Wonderful Girls blends dark comedy, satirical mystery, and literary suspense. Perfect for listeners who enjoy: A Writer’s Digest Grand Prize winner, IPPY Gold Medalist, IBPA and Foreword INDIES Humor Finalist, and Indie Author Project selection, this breakout debut has been praised for its fearless voice, razor-edged humor, and unforgettable heroine. Welcome to Littleburgh. Where everything is fine. Unless it isn’t. Duration - 10h 25m. Author - Julie Ann Sipos. Narrator - Nadia Marshall. Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026. Copyright - © 2025 Julie Ann Sipos ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:17
Dedication and quote
Duration:00:00:17
Chapter 1 Jaycee Grayson, the Most Wonderful Girl at the Betty Ford Center
Duration:00:32:40
Chapter 2 Casey Klinkhoff er, the Most Wonderful Girl with a Death Wish and a Key to the Warehouse Store
Duration:00:31:25
Chapter 3 Trudi Oldham, the Most Wonderful Girl with Your Preferred Cookie, Giant Pie, and Desk Candy of Choice
Duration:00:22:05
Chapter 4 Meredith Grayson-O’Cochlain, the Most Wonderful Girl with Pastry Skills and a Following in France
Duration:00:29:52
Chapter 5 Marion Mahoney Griffin, the Most Wonderful Girl under Frank Lloyd Wright’s Cold, Dead Blowhard Skin
Duration:00:23:40
Chapter 6 Linda Lovejoy, the Most Wonderful Girl Who Answers Late-Night Raccoon Sex Nine-One-One
Duration:00:19:01
Chapter 7 Sally Baker-Dreaux, the Most Wonderful Girl Twice Pregnant at Anowaka High
Duration:00:31:31
Chapter 8 Belinda Rockland, the Most Wonderful Girl Drunk Out of Her Big-Girl Panties at the Kidgitalscreenfest Awards
Duration:00:32:05
Chapter 9 Kayla Flynn, the Most Wonderful Girl with a Fake Résumé and a Real Future as Mrs. Weissfl uggen Buick
Duration:00:32:56
Chapter 10 Yameena Abbasi, the Most Wonderful Girl with an Animatronic Pirate and Pending B-2 Visa
Duration:00:32:23
Chapter 11 Robyn Apuna, the Most Wonderful Girl with Poor Rifle Skills and an Ear Clip Blasted into the Ceiling
Duration:00:31:28
Chapter 12 Lila May Grayson-O’Cochlain, the Most Wonderful Girl Who Never Was
Duration:00:31:20
Chapter 13 Louise Atwood, the Most Wonderful Girl at the Symphony with Oboe Dreams and Pot de Crème Wishes
Duration:00:29:18
Chapter 14 Summer Jessup, the Most Wonderful Girl with a Threatening Tomato Pincushion on Her Wrist
Duration:00:32:04
Chapter 15 Diarra Demissie, the Most Wonderful Girl with S-O-BE- R and E-L-L-A! Tattooed across All Ten Fingers
Duration:00:32:43
Chapter 16 Rebecca Lavery, the Most Wonderful Girl with a Newly Shampooed Head on the Executive Chopping Block
Duration:00:32:54
Chapter 17 Yancy O’Cochlain, the Most Wonderful Girl at the Nonpracticing Catholic Girl Scout Funeral Mass
Duration:00:24:18
Chapter 18 Liz Demissie, the Most Wonderful Girl Who Sounds like Javier Bardem in the Afterlife
Duration:00:18:45
Chapter 19 Trina Oldham, the Most Wonderful Girl with a Wearable Self-Milking Playtex Creamery
Duration:00:22:55
Chapter 20 Naomi Petersheim, the Most Wonderful Girl on the Lam from the Lord under Orders from the Ordnung
Duration:00:23:02
Chapter 21 Fran MacNeill, the Most Wonderful Girl on the Football Field Kicking in the Wrong Direction
Duration:00:33:07
Chapter 22 Helen “Happy” Floyd Lindstrom, the Most Wonderful Girl of All
Duration:00:24:32
Outro
Duration:00:00:30
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:20