The emotions were magnified on audio!!!

I just finished this book on audio and is was so amazing. Teddy Hamilton brought so much emotion and vulnerability to Bran’s character. He really did his character justice as he is such a cinnamon roll and still feels like an alpha hero all at the same time and that voice fits perfectly. Daisy Jane is so great too! I love that she narrates her own books as I feel like she knows exactly what to bring to the character’s personality and she owns every bit of it.

While I knew the back story of Bran’s injury from the previous book, I really appreciated the dive into his feelings related to the missing eye. The author did an amazing job of bringing out empathy toward his character while also wanting him to just work through those insecurities and own his awesomeness. I absolutely loved the fact that he isn’t shy about showing his emotions whether he’s having a heart to heart with his sister or working out with his friends. Such a loveable character!!
As for Elsie, her character is so multi-faceted and I feel like this made her all that much more relatable. There is no denying the many hats we have to put on daily and this book did an amazing job in showing that balance. The way she sacrifices for her mother after telling everyone what a great mom she was to her melted me. And I do agree that someone was cutting onions during that epilogue!!
All the side characters are so fun and I can’t wait for their books to come to audio as well.

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just a good human story

this is a good story about people figuring out how to thrive and love in the issues. it is a very good story with very hot spice.

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inner dialog

hilarious, awkward, and HOT. I was laughing so hard and then swooning. not my usual reads but glad I listened.

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Bran the Man

Absolutely enjoy this whole series. Audio was really good. Story was great. Can’t wait to hear the next one!!!

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Loved this!

The perfect start for your first femdom book, I loved the dynamic of this couple. Loved the story !

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Fem dom + broken hero = spicy + heartwarming

Daisy Jane is both the author and the female narrator, alongside Teddy Hamilton as the male narrator. They both absolutely crushed the narration and fit how imagined the characters really well. They both brought tons of emotion to their parts and the spicy scenes were hot!

Bran lost his eye defending his sister in a bar fight 8 years ago. He’s not only lost his eye, but his confidence and self acceptance. He has the love of his close friends and family, but he wants to date and find his forever love and he doesn’t feel like any woman will accept him as he is. After many failed dates, he decides to focus on his business and hire a new female personal trainer to hopefully at least become more comfortable around a woman that isn’t in his inner circle. The night of the interview, a woman calling herself E dressed in a trench coat walks in, tells him to get on his knees, and calls him her Stray. He ends up a sub to a dom, a relationship he didn’t know he needed to heal. And maybe to find what he was looking for after all?

Bran, understandably had some self confidence issues after being treated poorly by too many women. Unfortunately our society is looks driven, and many of his dates could not look past his eye patch to the man underneath. Elsie, our FMC, falls into her work as a dom when she needs to find some control in her life that she feels like is spinning out. As a single mother to a young daughter and the care taker to a mother that is suffering from worsening dementia, she deals with a lot day to day. Bran is her first client and she not only loves the job but feels a spark with him. Bran feels that same spark with her, she not only doesn’t care about his eye, she doesn’t let him focus on his eye either. I really liked seeing them navigate their dom/sub relationship with a personal relationship. I have only read a handful of dom/sub books and this was the first fem dom. I don’t totally know what I was expecting, but it was HOT 🥵🔥

This is the second book in the Men of Paradise series, and I want to go back and hit the first book.

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Stray

I LOVED being able to re-experience this book in audio form. Teddy and Daisy’s voices complimented each other SO well and this story just pulls at every heartstring! Bran and Elsie’s love is pure and true and so freaking hot. Wish I could give higher than 5 stars!

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You are a Goddess

*I was given a review copy*

I was not prepared for how deep this book was going to be! Van and Violet were a great starter to this series, but Bran has so much trauma to unpack that he had to find a strong woman. Elsie is an overwhelmed working mom who is also taking care of her declining mother - and needs to untap her power. These two are thrust together in the most awkward way possible, but are both open to the possibility they both need each other.

Teddy was amazing as Bran, balancing the vulnerability and strength perfectly. Daisy really embodies the ups and downs that Elsie has day to day. As someone who has listened to Where Violets Bloom I can hear her improvements over time - so I can't wait to see how With Force goes!

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Teddy & Daisy go together so well!!

This was a reread for me but I’m obsessed with daisy so I HAD to reread with the audios! The narration totally enhances the story! I forgot how much I loved this book & how sexy/funny it is!! Read it!

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happy I read it!

All the other reviewers gave a recap on the stories plot, so I won't. Teddy's narration is oh so good, and I enjoyed a lot of Daisy's. However, she sounded kind of robotic in some parts. It wouldn't stop me from listening to it again it was just a little off-putting at first. Overall it was a great book.

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