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  • Hook, Line, & Sinker

  • Hard Hats, Book 2
  • By: Piper Vaughn
  • Narrated by: Jack Fleming
  • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Hook, Line, & Sinker

By: Piper Vaughn
Narrated by: Jack Fleming
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Publisher's summary

When they were teens, Castor McCormick was the bane of Blake Kowalski's existence. Their mutual animosity led to summers filled with rivalry. Now, nearly two decades later, Cas is moving back into the neighborhood to live in his grandmother's old house. Blake tells himself he isn't interested in seeing how snarky little Cas grew up, but when his mother dupes him into visiting his former nemesis, he finds out "pretty" can evolve into "sexy as hell" on the right man.

Cas didn't think he wanted to see Blake again. No one has ever pushed his buttons like the arrogant boy he remembers from their youth. Turns out, the adult version of Blake still gets him hot under the collar - and everywhere else. With Blake on leave from work to nurse an injured leg and Cas taking time to move and unpack, they form a tentative friendship that turns into a sexual affair neither man can deny. But when Cas's job sends him out of state to deal with a difficult client, their new relationship will be tested, and if they fail, Blake's broken leg might not be the only thing to end up scarred.

©2014 Piper Vaughn (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press
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Loved the story... until the end.

Would you try another book from Piper Vaughn and/or Jack Fleming?

Piper Vaughn, yes, read several of hers and loved them. Jack Fleming, probably not.

If you’ve listened to books by Piper Vaughn before, how does this one compare?

Wood, Screws and Nails is probably one of my favorite MM reads. This one was really good until the last couple of chapters.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Maybe use a distinctively different tone for the male leads at the very least. Seriously, he sat down and read this book very monotone and made it difficult, at times, to know which guy was talking or thinking.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Maybe.

Any additional comments?

Spoilers ahead, you've been warned.

Okay, I thoroughly enjoyed the idea of this book. Teenage rivals of a sort coming together and making a go of it later in life. The intense connection from the start, the passion they shared was amazing. I think Blake's mom and Cas's grandmother were sneaky, and rightfully so, and had they not meddled, these two may not have gotten past their own bull headedness long enough to realize they were made for each other.

This easily could have been 5 stars, let me tell you why it's not. Again, spoilers....
First, as mentioned above, the narrator. Seriously, he read both men with the same monotone voice that made it quite difficult at times to know which character he was reading. Second, that "fight" or disagreement at the end of the book. Okay, Blake flies out to visit Cas after they haven't seen each other in 2 months. At the club, Cas is basically ignoring Blake and one of his friends licks his neck seductively while they are dancing, Blake still being ignored at the table nursing his beer. And then Cas gets pissed at Blake when he calls him out on it? This pissed me right off. Overall, it was an okay read and still would have been 4 stars even with the narration. This crap right here took off another star, it was ridiculous and had I not been 15 minutes from the end of the audio, I would have stopped right then and dnf'd it.

And that's all I have to say about that.

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I enjoyed it!

I won this audiobook from the author in a contest and promised to leave an honest review.

This is only my second audiobook as I am not really an audiobook kind of person. I love having the written word in front of me. Having said that, I really enjoyed this story and the person that read it did a remarkable job. My one issue with audio is that the first time I attempted to listen to a book years ago, the reader didn't do a good job. It was read in a monotone, no inflection in the voice to express what the characters were feeling, and they read it straight through, no pausing for periods or other sentence breaks. I was able to follow this story without trouble and recommend it to those that enjoy audiobooks.

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Narration makes this book even better!

Blake and Castor were competitors as kids. When Blake gets injured and is forced to move back home to his mother’s house, and Castor moves in to the house across the street, they find that as adults they have more in common than they thought.
They begin a relationship fairly early on, fairly easily. Things are going well, they’re getting pretty hot and heavy in fact, when Castor gets called out of town for business for several months. They try the long distance thing and that seems to be working, until Blake decides to surprise Castor with a visit and ends up suspecting Castor of cheating.
Castor can’t be with someone who doesn’t trust him and they break up.
Fortunately, after some soul searching, they realize the mistake they’ve made and agree to try harder to make things work.
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This is book two in the series and though I generally LOVE Piper Vaughn’s books, this was a little disappointing. I found things were just a bit too easy. The sexual tension was released early on and things between the two move along fairly easily until the big break up. The resulting make up is really down-played and though I do believe they get their HEA it wasn’t really well-developed by the end of the story.
Her writing, as always, flows smoothly and the character development was excellent. If you are in the mood for a relatively low angst story with lots of hot sex, however, this is definitely the story for you. It is very enjoyable if not amazing.

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The narrator Jack Fleming did a really nice job. I loved the assertive voice he gives Blake. He didn’t do a lot with the voices but they are each distinct and I enjoyed his take of Blake’s mother.
I think the audio adds to the overall entertainment and makes the experience even better.

4.25 of 5 stars

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