Christina Wade
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Locked in Silence
- Pelican Bay, Book 1
- By: Sloane Kennedy
- Narrated by: Michael Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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10 years after leaving his small Minnesota hometown in his rear view mirror for what Nolan Grainger was sure would be the last time, life has decided to throw the talented musician a curveball and send him back to the town he lived in but was never really home. When he’s forced to use the last of his own money to keep from losing the family home, desperation has him turning to the one man he’d hoped never to see again....
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 11-19-18
- Locked in Silence
- Pelican Bay, Book 1
- By: Sloane Kennedy
- Narrated by: Michael Dean
Good start to a series
Reviewed: 08-13-24
Performance is good.
This is my first book by this author (I think) and it was predictable but good.
Liked both characters and the setting. The story has its ups and downs. Everything gets wrapped up neatly by the end (almost too neatly but it was fine). There are hints at the next book being about Maddox and Issac which I would be interested in.
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Paternity Case
- Hazard and Somerset Mystery Series, Book 3
- By: Gregory Ashe
- Narrated by: Tristan James
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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It's almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare: going on a double date with his partner - and boyhood crush - John-Henry Somerset. Hazard brings his boyfriend; Somers brings his estranged wife. When a strange call interrupts dinner, however, Hazard and his partner become witnesses to a shooting. The victims: Somers' father and the daughter of a high school friend. The crime is inexplicable. There is no apparent motive, no connection between the victims, and no explanation for how the shooter reached his targets.
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Better but still not quite there
- By Dr. Mike on 04-02-20
- Paternity Case
- Hazard and Somerset Mystery Series, Book 3
- By: Gregory Ashe
- Narrated by: Tristan James
ARRGGHHH
Reviewed: 08-06-24
FRUSTRATING. That was the first word that came to mind when I finished this book. I’m in Hazard and Somerset hell! Pull. Your. Head. Out. Of. Your. Asses. How is f*cking Sherriff Bing the first person Somerset admitted to loving Hazard out loud? WTF?
And I seriously do not know if I could even forgive Somers for the sh!t he pulled as a kid. And the class of folks he gets lumped into because of the way he treated Hazard? GRRRR….
This is still a rough ride.
There is still a LOT of hate, bigotry, and homophobia in this book.
The case is gruesome.
Somerset’s mom is a piece of work.
I don’t know whether I like Nico.
I second what several people have said about the narration. It’s hard to tell people apart sometimes.
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The Heart of Texas
- Texas Series, Book 1
- By: RJ Scott
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Riley Hayes, the playboy of the Hayes family, is a young man who seems to have it all: money, a career he loves, and his pick of beautiful women. His father, CEO of HayesOil, passes control of the corporation to his two sons; but a stipulation is attached to Riley's portion. Concerned about Riley's lack of maturity, his father requires that Riley 'marry and stay married for one year to someone he loves'. Angered by the requirement, Riley seeks a means of bypassing his father's stipulation.
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Sean Crisden is absolutely wonderful!
- By Belen on 08-18-16
- The Heart of Texas
- Texas Series, Book 1
- By: RJ Scott
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
I'm not sure if I liked this...
Reviewed: 07-16-24
This book reminds me so much of the TV show Dallas I grew up watching. I'm not sure if I liked it or not - hence the 3 stars. There is a lot of drama, a lot of things that you just have to roll with, and apparently 8 more books. Not sure if I have the strength to get through the whole series right now so putting a pin in this one.
Sean Crisden does a good job with the audio as always!
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How to Shield an Assassin
- Unholy Trifecta, Book 1
- By: AJ Sherwood
- Narrated by: Iggy Toma, Antonio Amato
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Ari had a game plan for life: shoot people. Get money. Hang out with fellow criminal friends. He saw absolutely no reason to change that plan until one dark night in Memphis, when a little girl reached out to him with pocket change and a desperate plea for him to help her. Adopting an abused little girl off the streets was, needless to say, not part of the plan. Ari had no idea what he was doing with an eight year old. He especially didn’t know how to juggle taking contracts and raising a little girl.
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The Professional + Three Men & A Lady, but dull
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 07-20-22
- How to Shield an Assassin
- Unholy Trifecta, Book 1
- By: AJ Sherwood
- Narrated by: Iggy Toma, Antonio Amato
Hit or miss with this author
Reviewed: 06-21-24
This author is hit or miss for me and this one was just OK for me. There was A LOT of suspended reality and not a whole lot of relationship building plus predictability. I'm not sure if I will continue with the series...maybe after I finish the Jon and Mack series by this author.
The audio was pretty good...I like Antonio Amato's voice but it was hard to diferentiate between characters with him. Iggy Toma is great as always.
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Something Wicked
- Black and Blue Series, Book 3
- By: Lily Morton
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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After powerful psychic Blue Billings fell in love with Levi Black, he believed their biggest challenges would arise from Blue’s ability to see and speak to the dead. So it’s rather alarming when he and Levi are confronted with a spate of new—and frightening—problems that have to do with the realm of the living. A sadistic serial killer is stalking their beloved York, and Blue himself is in the killer’s crosshairs. Blue and Levi must race against time to catch the murderer as the deaths increase in ferocity.
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The best boyfriends
- By Elegance108 on 11-08-24
- Something Wicked
- Black and Blue Series, Book 3
- By: Lily Morton
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Love this book adn these characters!
Reviewed: 03-22-24
Joel Leslie does it again! Great performance of a great story!
Man, I could not put this one down. I absolutely loved the banter between the characters – it made me laugh out loud so many times. It is always mind boggling to me how Ms. Morton can take so many serious issues and still make me laugh. There’s a serial killer on the loose and a nasty one at that, and he’s killing homeless people because he just doesn’t like them and thinks they’re worthless. There is major homophobia and hatred of psychics. A new character has his sights set on Levi and Blue has his typical bouts of self-doubt. Meanwhile I’m over here laughing at something Blue or Will quips at each other.
I was on the edge of my seat for a lot of the book, wondering how the killer was going to react and when. Blue of course doesn’t help this because he rushes headfirst into very sketchy situations (still).
The relationship between Blue and Levi gets stronger as well. Blue has some self-doubt issues (again) and Levi is quick to reassure him and make him understand how much he’s loved. Blue also shows Levi how important he and his career are to him, and they just really strengthen their bond.
I really loved seeing Blue and Will being a little squishy with each other. They are faced with their past a few times in the book, and it really makes them appreciate what they have now and shows the importance of found family.
Tom is as sarcastic and funny as ever. Rosalind steals the show in this one too.
The epilogue is PERFECT! I really hope we get another book with this group.
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The Right Words
- Right and Wrong Book 1
- By: Lane Hayes
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Sidelined with a serious injury, soccer star Michael Martinez decides his beach house is the perfect place to recuperate. Remodeling might be the diversion he needs to keep his mind off his busted knee. Falling for the pretty designer with some quirky habits wasn't on the drawing board. Unfortunately, Luke didn't build a big enough closet for Michael to hide in. Having a star-powered sports career used to be all Michael lived for, but he'll have to reevaluate his plans and find the right words if he wants to build more than a beach house with Luke.
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Sweet story
- By Riva on 10-02-15
- The Right Words
- Right and Wrong Book 1
- By: Lane Hayes
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
Good start to a series
Reviewed: 03-04-24
This has been on my TBR list for a while and I finally got around to listening to it. Michael Ferraiuolo does a fantastic job with the performance, as always.
I liked that this was low angst and sweet. Just what I needed. This is a great cast of characters!
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The Wrong Man
- Right and Wrong, Book 2
- By: Lane Hayes
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Successful owner of an upscale boutique in fabulous West Hollywood, Brandon Good swears by his personal edict to "live in the present". After a bad breakup, he agrees to dog-sit to keep his mind off his ex. Never did he expect the dog to belong to a man from his past, the only man to ever truly break his heart.
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Very enjoyable
- By SH on 05-06-16
- The Wrong Man
- Right and Wrong, Book 2
- By: Lane Hayes
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
Loved this book!
Reviewed: 03-04-24
This has been on my TBR list for a while and I finally got around to listening to it. Michael Ferraiuolo does a fantastic job with the performance, as always.
These characters remind me a lot of Geordie and Levi in the Leaning Into series by Ms. Hayes but with the added bonus of a second chance romance.
I liked that this was low angst and sweet. Just what I needed. This is a great cast of characters (although there are a lot of them and I lost track a time or two)!
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Confetti Hearts
- By: Lily Morton
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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His own marriage was a whirlwind affair that ended before the ink could dry on the wedding certificate. Nevertheless, even with his divorce pending, he’s getting by. Or at least he was until he finds himself snowed in at a remote Scottish hotel with the wedding party from hell, a terrible ABBA tribute band, and his soon-to-be ex-husband.
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Romantic and so funny!
- By RT on 10-14-23
- Confetti Hearts
- By: Lily Morton
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Joel Leslie makes every book better
Reviewed: 10-27-23
Joel Leslie's performance of books always seems to make books so much better than when reading them. He shed a different light on Lachlan and I didn't dislike him nearly as much when listening instead of reading. I did still dislike how he treated Joe during their marriage intially and it felt like Joe was taking more of the blame than he should have for the failure.
However, Joel's performance couldn't make Janice any more likeable...and honestly I think I hated her more listening to her. It is a testament to his talent that the amount of time dedicated to the wedding and wedding party in Scotland didn't seem to bother me as much when listening instead of reading.
I recommend listening over reading any day!
Including original review from reading the ebook.
I loved Joe when we met him in Vow Maker, so I was very excited to see him get a book. Some of this book was fantastic and some of it wasn’t. I HATE a lack of communication between main characters, especially when that is the cause of the major angst and the really detailed story of other people getting married completely put me off.
I know Joe is a wedding planner, but the details about Erica and Ryan’s wedding went on too much and took away from Joe and Lachlan’s story. I started to skim when we were getting details about their nuptials.
They have a definite meet cute and as much as I liked Lachlan when we meet him and how much he likes Joe, he pissed me off with the way he treated Joe when they get married. I was also frustrated that all the angst happened off-page and we just get pulled in after the fact. And the why was a bit contradictory…he was scared that Joe was pulling away, so he thought a shotgun wedding was the answer but when he had him as a husband he kept him at arm’s length because of how he felt?
When the two of them are together at the few weddings at the beginning they were great together – hot sexual chemistry, great banter, and they seemed to hit it off emotionally, even though Lachlan denied it. Then we skipped to the angst and the boring wedding…but after that when they are snowed in at the hotel in Scotland, they’re back to being great together. And then all is well.
I would have liked a little more between them working well as husbands but I guess we’re OK for now. It looks like this is the start of a series and I’m assuming Jeb/Arthur and then Rafferty will get books which I’m down for…as long as we don’t have a lot of lack of or miscommunication and long wedding details.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
- A Novel
- By: Casey McQuiston
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
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Almost shockingly wonderful.
- By Leon Miller on 03-21-20
- Red, White & Royal Blue
- A Novel
- By: Casey McQuiston
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
It's even better the 2nd time
Reviewed: 08-08-23
I just listened to this for the second time and it just gets better each time.
My original review:
Wow…why did I wait so long to listen to this? And what do I do now that I’ve listened to what will undoubtedly be my favorite book for the year…in January? I laughed out loud, I smiled so big my face hurt, and a time or two I cried.
The irony, the parallels of what is going on in the US and Texas, the witty banter, the relationships both familial and friendship, the downright intelligence of this book make it not only for everyone now but for ages to come.
If you’ve read this book only and not listened to it, I strongly recommend listening to it. Ramon de Ocampo is brilliant in his performance of this story. All the accents, the characterizations, the emotions…all of them are perfect.
If you are like me and put off reading/listening to this book, drop what you’re doing and read it now. Don’t wait…you won’t be sorry.
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Sorcerers Always Satisfy
- Hidden Species, Book 4
- By: Louisa Masters
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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The world sees me as boring, dependable David. And I like it that way. I know things and I'm organized. Plus, I've seen firsthand the harm a chaotic life can inflict, and I'd rather have my lists and be called dull. Which is what makes it all the more disconcerting when a sexy elf declares his adoration and begins to "woo" me. What am I supposed to do?
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Urban fantasy afterthought to juvenile MM romance
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 12-06-23
- Sorcerers Always Satisfy
- Hidden Species, Book 4
- By: Louisa Masters
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Cute series overall
Reviewed: 07-07-23
I like David and Caolan together. They balance each other nicely and understand each other perfectly. David goes through a bit of healing and growth that the other characters don't really experience.
The ending was a bit rushed and abrupt. There's a major surprise at the end that came out of nowhere but I guess was thrown in for the spin-off series.
I listened to this whole series in a couple of days. Joel Leslie always helps make the stories better with his performance.
There are moments of greatness and moments of WTF but overall, I liked this series. Not sure if I will listen to the spin-off series or not.
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