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In this village, I’m an outcast: Griffin Everett, the scowling giant who prefers plants to people. Then I meet Keynes, a stranger from the city who’s everything I’m not: sharp-tongued, sophisticated, beautiful. Free. For a few precious moments in a dark alleyway, he’s also mine, hot and sweet under the stars...until he crushes me like dirt beneath his designer boot.
When the prettiest man I’ve ever hated shows up at my job the next day, I’m not sure if I want to strangle him or drag him into bed. Actually - I think I want both. But Keynes isn’t here for the likes of me: He makes that painfully clear. With everyone else at work, he’s all gorgeous, glittering charm - but when I get too close, he turns vicious.
And yet, I can’t stay away. Because there’s something about this ice king that sets me on fire, a secret vulnerability that makes my chest ache. I’ll do whatever it takes to sneak past his walls and see the real man again.
The last thing I expect is for that man to ruin me.
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I'm back in Boston after ten years of traveling, and I've fulfilled all my goals: See the world. Figure out what to do with my life. Get over my impossible crush on Gray. Check, check, and check. Life's good until I accidentally find Gray's happy list, which contains some very interesting things that friends never ever do with each other. And as weeks pass, it becomes clear those not-so-innocent parts are the ones Gray is determined to explore with me. I can't resist him, and pretty soon I'm forced to admit that I'm not as done with my crush as I thought I was . . .
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story ok, one narrator bad
- By Laura on 12-09-22
By: Briar Prescott
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His Secretary: Undone
- By: Melanie Marchande
- Narrated by: Elena Wolfe
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I'm about to throw an ashtray at my boss's head. Turns out, the mind behind my favorite, steamy romance novels...the ones I only read in private...the ones that are my only escape after a long day of dealing with The Boss from Hell? It's not Natalie McBride, the sweet, rural housewife. It's him. That's right: my boss, Adrian Risinger, the 33-year-old, maddeningly sexy, pissant billionaire "bad boy" who thinks he runs my life. He is also the author of all my deepest, most secret fantasies.
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I TRULY LOVED THIS STORY
- By Ya Book Girl on 07-09-15
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The Wild Ones
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- By: M. Leighton
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl, Amy McFadden
- Length: 8 hrs
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The darling daughter of a champion Thoroughbred breeder, Camille "Cami" Hines has a pedigree that rivals some of her father’s best horses. Other than feeling a little suffocated at times, Cami thought she was happy with her boyfriend, her life, and her future - until she met Patrick Henley.
"Trick" blurs the lines between what Cami wants and what is expected of her - and he just happens to be so sexy she can’t keep her hands off him.
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It's just like chocolate
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Sweet Little Lies
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- By: Jill Shalvis
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As captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru can handle rough seas - the hard part is life on dry land. Pru loves her new apartment and her neighbors; problem is, she's in danger of stumbling into love with Mr. Right for Anybody but Her.
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Don''t Bother
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On My Knees
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Haunted by the responsibility of caring for her troubled family, Maya Jacobs gave the only answer she could when Cameron asked her to marry him. Years later, entrenched in a soulless professional routine, she distracts herself from the lingering regret of her decision with a "work hard, play hard" lifestyle that guarantees no man will ever find his way into her heart again.
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Finally, a relatable love story!
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By: Meredith Wild
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Hell on Wheels
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Ex-Marine Nate "Ghost" Weller is an expert at keeping his cool - and his distance - which makes him one hell of a sniper. It's also how he keeps his feelings for Ali Morgan in check. Sweet, sexy Ali has always revved his engine, but she's his best friend's baby sister ... and totally off limits. Ali's never seen anything sexier than Nate Weller straddling his custom Harley - or the flash of danger in his eyes when she tells him she's in trouble. First, something happened to her brother, and now she's become the target of a nasty organization.
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Bad Narrator-Good Story.
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Up for Heir
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After spending half his life dodging his duty to the crown, the rebel heir to the Rosavian throne has been told in no uncertain terms that it’s time to settle down. Crown Prince Leopold has one month and a vetted list of suitable princesses, and he will announce his engagement during Rosavia’s Royal Ball. But Leo’s got his own ideas about what really suits him.
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Boring and repetitive
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A Pound of Flesh
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Haunted by nightmares of her father's street murder 15 years ago, Kat Lane decides to face her fears and uphold his legacy of helping others by teaching inmates at a New York prison. There she meets arrogant Wesley Carter, who's as handsome as he is dangerous, as mysterious as he is quick witted, and with a reputation that ensures people will keep their distance.
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Terrible and so predictable
- By Gervaise on 06-26-15
By: Sophie Jackson
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Buckhorn Beginnings
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Sawyer Hudson, the only doctor in Buckhorn County, took it upon himself to rescue the beautiful but enigmatic woman who came literally crashing into his life. Though he knew he should keep things platonic and professional, around her his body had other ideas. And his heart was no more cooperative.
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Loved Sawyer's story but Morgan was just ok...
- By SIMARA on 09-14-12
By: Lori Foster
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Bad Boys Do
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Olivia Bishop is no fun. That's what her ex-husband said. And that's what her smart bob and glasses imply. So with her trademark determination, Olivia sets out to remake her life. She's going to spend time with her girlfriends and not throw it all away for some man. But when an outing with her book club leads her to a brewery taproom, the dark-haired beauty realizes that trouble - in the form of sexy Jamie Donovan - may be too tempting to avoid.
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Cute, romantic fun
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My Killer Vacation
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It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just me and my beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.
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The Narrators Ruined The Story
- By C J on 07-08-22
By: Tessa Bailey
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- ThotFam
- 03-04-22
good story but really terrible narration
the story was good and interesting but you could hear the narrator swallowing and gasping between every other word it was very distracting.
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- Nalla Jodi
- 09-11-20
Awesome
Love this book. One of the two narrators is exceptional. The other is okay. The characters are lovely. Great story
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Awesome
Absolutely loved it!!! The story and the performance were great. I can't wait to listen to it again.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-24
A great heart warming hot read 😁
I really enjoyed this book I did see the comments about the narration but honestly barely minded or noticed they both did an awesome job! Ugh o felt for both of them and was just screaming “ just say I love you already you fools” definitely will be reading more of her work and can’t wait for like this !
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- AAHickman
- 02-28-20
Gorgeous book, one great narrator, other is awful
It's been a while since I wanted to give a book more than five stars, but this is that book. Also the way the imagery was woven throughout the story reminded me of one of my favorite authors.
*all the loving happy flails*
This was gorgeous and so well-written. I loved both of them so much! I loved basically everything about this book and, as is often the case when I love a book so thoroughly, I m having trouble putting my feelings into words. The writing about depression and insecurity and bullying is beautifully subtle and understanding. Griffin's best friend and Keyne's sister were fantastic secondary characters.
I'm going to have to read the other books in the series very soon.
I will re-read this many times. All the love!
Audio: this is so difficult because it has duel narrators and one was fantastic, and the other bordered on atrocious. Griffin's main narrator was great, he brought the emotions through, delineated the characters, and did a great job with the accents. Keyne's narrator was just awful however, and it felt like he had a bigger proportion of the narration. I can't emphasize how horrible his Griffin voice was, it was ridiculous and weird and wrong in every way. His voice for Keyne was fine, except he some times sounded like he was faking the accent. I had been waiting for this with high hopes and bought it as soon as I saw it was released, but I can't see myself listening to it again. I'm so disappointed.
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- Carol
- 04-10-21
Story is Enjoyable Enough
As a whole, I thought this book was enjoyable. I did start reading this book awhile ago, and for whatever reason, had set it aside. But I did get the audiobook since then and I forget books all the time, so I definitely started this book with fresh eyes.
This book does work as a standalone. The retail book listings don’t mention that this is part of a series, but Goodreads does. I think since this is m/m, readers don’t necessarily have to read the m/f books before this one to understand what’s happening in this book. However, one of the MCs seems to be a pretty important character in the first 2 books and one MC’s sister who got her HEA in a previous book is actually pregnant in this one, so there is some continuity there if anyone wanted to go back and read their stories. And I actually do love Talia Hibbert’s m/f books, so I will be checking those out!
Trigger warnings include mentions of blackmailing, mentions of forced outing, mentions of a parent’s suicide, bullying, depression, anxiety, and grief for a parent who has passed away.
Griffith “Griff” Everett is a 28-year-old and oversees the operations of Fernley Farm. He’s lived in Fernley all his life and has never contemplated leaving, even though all the villagers treat him something awful and the memory of his mother even worse. He does have one friend he’s really close with, so that was nice to see. He’s a bit of a giant, and maybe not the most traditionally handsome man, but he’s really very kind and just an absolute sweetheart underneath the surface.
Olumide “Olu” Olusegun-Keynes is an alien. Or at least that’s how he describes himself, and it’s how he views himself compared to the people around him. He’s from London and is 38 years old. He has come off a very, VERY bad relationship and doesn’t feel comfortable in his own skin anymore. He decides he needs a break from the city and finds the remote, quaint town of Fernley to get away from the city life. He signs up to help Fernley’s Elderberry Harvest with his travel journals in tow.
The relationship between Griff and Olu is darling and something of a slow burn. But once they admit their attraction to one another, they are together a LOT. I do like how explicit consent is in this book. Maybe because I didn’t know Olu’s backstory (I think this is covered in his sister’s book), Olu came off as maybe demisexual or grey ace to me for most of this book. It’s never quite said in-text, and maybe it has to do with the horrors of his last relationship instead, but I think Olu reads on the ace spectrum to me. His friendship with Griff definitely builds over time, and he’s blown away that Griff would want to do anything other than have sex. Like just making their own cordial (like a syrup) for drinks (which is a Griffith specialty and what really helps keep the farm in business).
So. I think there were some instances where the characters felt a little stuck in their heads with their inner dialogue too long for my tastes. And it sometimes felt like a drag on the story. I’ve noticed this is fairly common in Talia Hibbert’s writing, and only seems to be cut down more in her latest The Brown Sisters series.
I guess my biggest issue with this book is the epilogue. This book, while works as a standalone, does actually tries to be a bit of a bridge to complete the whole Just For Him series. We know Olu’s sister is pregnant and even though this is a m/m book, we have an epilogue that deals with a pregnancy and then the MCs talking about wanting their own children one day. Which. I’m not convinced. Olu practically raised his own sister from a young age and both he and Griff showed no signs at all towards kids at any point in the book other than Olu showing excitement for being an uncle. Yes, I do like m/m books where the couple has children throughout the book, but it just felt like a heteronormative ending was shoved into the epilogue in this case. I am not a fan.
The narration for this is pretty fabulous. I’ve listened to Shane East before (and his pseudonym) and I think I prefer his m/m romance narrations and my only question is, why doesn’t he do more m/m books??? I’m very sorry for what I said about him when I initially listened to a m/f series he narrated. He is very good and more people should listen to his audiobooks.
What I really have a question about is Chance Thoreau. The narrator for Olu. WHO IS HE. He only has this one audiobook under this name but I did find a bio on another website that says he’s done a lot of narration work. WHICH MEANS he has a pseudonym and I want to know what else he’s narrated so I can listen to those too!! Or maybe he should narrate more m/m romance books under this name. I’m just saying. I would listen to them.
I think they were both very excellent narrators, but like any duel narration, the characters never sound quite like the other depending on who’s reading which chapter. So, like, I love Shane East’s Griff and I love Chance Thoreau’s Olu. But Shane reading Olu never sounded like Chance’s Olu and vice versa for Griff. They both have such distinctive voices for their characters that it was more noticeable and made it sound like there were 4 characters in this relationship instead of just 2 at times. So that’s probably my one issue regarding the audiobook.
But one super fun thing that happens with this audiobook is that after Chance Thoreau narrates “the end” he adds in something that’s not in the ebook? He adds in a “boom”. Like giving the audiobook a mic drop and it was GOLD. I wasn’t expecting it at all and had to go back and replay it a couple times because it made me laugh.
Overall, I thought this book was enjoyable, minus the epilogue. There’s no really abrupt third act breakup, but more like an extremely short time apart which worked for the characters and the story. Griff and Olu are great. This definitely contained much more angst than I was expecting. I wouldn’t say this is my favorite Talia Hibbert book, but the audiobook narration was fun and Griff has a really great moment near the end where he shows great initiative and I LOVED that scene. The author does write queer m/f books, but I would definitely wouldn’t mind seeing more m/m romances from her!
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- Monique
- 08-31-22
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Work for It is probably my favorite Talia Hibbert book by far - hands down! I love the Brown Sisters trilogy but this story drew me in from the start and had my heart aching for Olu and Griff. ACHING!
Overview: 1- when you need to escape, where better to go than the countryside (or into the arms of a kind stranger), 2-slowburn, 3- healing from trauma, hurt/comfort, 4- tropes include, city/country, rich/poor, college-educated/not.
I could gush about this but I don't want to give too much away. I feel like my snippets perfectly capture what I want to share/reveal about this dynamic duo.
I strongly recommend folks check this sweet, heart-wrenching story out!
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- Kaylee Topping
- 08-23-22
The narration. .
I love Talia, and while this wasn’t my favorite of her works I did enjoy the story.
But the audible was . . . Rough. It was extremely unbalanced. Shane East was fantastic as always. He nailed both MC voices, imo. Now, when there are dual narrators, things are not always going to align, but this was nuts to listen to. I almost had to call it quits multiple times. Chance Thoreau did ok on Keynes, but whatever he was doing on Griff was- I don’t even know what it was. The character’s voice was described as gravelly, so he did the voice of an old timey sea captain. If it had not been for that specific part, it would have been totally fine! I’d listen to something else narrated by him in the future but this was a swing and a miss for me.
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- Armando
- 02-26-23
Can I give 0 stars?
This is a complete waste of time. And a waste of money/credits. Skip it!
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- Earth Worm
- 02-27-22
Poor story development and miscast narrator
Had to bail at about 40%. Just too awful. The piece lacks artistry and emotional intelligence.
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