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Deena Ingley
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Settle Myer
About this listen
LANA
It's been 18 years since I lost my fiancé, and I'm struggling to move on. I grieved him when he died, then grieved him again when his sister wrote a book about his inspiring life a few years later. Now that book is becoming a movie, and I'm about to grieve him for a third time.
To make matters worse, the actor cast to portray the love of my life on the big screen just walked into my bar, begging me to help him with the role.
"Help me become Tyler Taylor."
He's younger than me and infuriating, but I agree to help him. I have to. For Tyler.
I can't let Mylan Andrews mess this up because he's battling his demons, and I’m worried he can’t win.
MYLAN
I’m a 25-year-old alcoholic and addict. I just got out of rehab, and this movie is my last chance to save my career. Then I meet her.
Lana Young is older, gorgeous, and she's the key to helping me with this role. Every day we're together, my attraction to her grows stronger.
Could she be the one to help me win back control of my life?
For her to consider me for her future, she must first move on from her past.
Beyond the Bright Lights is a reverse age-gap, plus-size romance. My female main character is 15 years older than my male main character.
Please note: This book deals with a lot of tough topics which are listed below—some may include spoilers.
Grief, the death of a loved one, terminal illness, sexual assault, domestic abuse of a child and spouse, drug and alcohol abuse, suicidal thoughts, depression, miscarriage, fatphobia, and homophobia.
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- D Preston 26
- 08-10-23
fun heart warming
loved it, se** story, sassy,good read. would read again and would more form this author.
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- Alexis Maness
- 05-14-23
A must-read
This was so good! I loved every minute of it. I listened to the audiobook and the dual performance felt like watching a movie, highly recommended!
Settle did a great job of weaving in the grief and struggles of each character in a way that was meaningful and realistic but didn’t overwhelm the reader (at least for me, I know these topics will impact readers differently depending on their own experiences and triggers —check the content warnings for sure).
I really enjoyed the plus size representation, Lana has embraced her body and I appreciated that it wasn’t a point of character development for her in the book. Of course, dating an actor her size did come up from external forces, but it wasn’t over the top or triggering (for me at least).
If you want a romance that deals with some heavier topics and has a rich, emotional story, this may be the book for you.
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- Thatfabchick
- 03-16-23
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Well Done
This audiobook was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of it. Duet and full cast production audios are just my favorite. It really brings the story to life, and I truly feel that the narrators did just that. I got a chance to watch an interview with the author and she talked about how this is the first audiobook that the two narrators did and wow. They are so amazing and I hope that she continues to work with them. They bought such life to this beautifully well written love story. This beautiful love story includes a lot of heavy topics, and I think that the narrators handle the grief, addiction, and pain so well. I do not generally like to read contemporary romance that has such a heavy topic, I tend to shy away from them, but being that this book was chosen for a book club inevitably I would have to read this book. But once I heard the audiobook in the sample, I got really excited and I got to say I think the audiobook made this book so much easier to digest and to really deal with just those heavy topics. This book beautifully written, and I look so forward to more books from this author, and I look forward to listening to more of her audiobooks if she publishes it.
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- Alexis
- 07-06-24
It’s never too late to heal, find love and live again… even with someone you least expect it to happen with…
Amazing! Loved this story and all the characters. Lana is a beautiful plus size bar owner with a tragic love story who meets Mylan a gorgeous actor, with his our dark and tragic story, who happens to be 15 years younger than her. But he happens to also be playing the part of her deceased fiancé in the movie of his life, love story with Lana and his death. What can Lana do but grieve all over again but can she finally put it behind her and live and love again … even with a younger hot man.. and maybe help him in the process with his own demons? Settle Meyer this book had me laughing out loud, crying, smiling ear to ear, at times blushing, and it kept me on my toes to not accidentally hear this book with out my earbuds🤣🫣😅🥵 Loved all the representation in this book, writing style, and story. This was my first audiobook and won’t be my last. The voice actors were great! Can wait to read another book by you! Thank you for all the lessons also learned while reading this book.
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- Drea
- 01-31-23
The audio performance was great
I love the story and I truly enjoy how both narrators voices are in every part of the story,when they are having conversations......I wish more audiobooks would do that it was very enjoyable ❤️❤️❤️🤗
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- S. Hartsfield
- 10-07-23
Lost love story in the movies
Lana has not moved on from her first love even though he died 18 years ago. He has demons he can’t face. Will the actor be the reason she moves on?
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- Rosa
- 05-25-23
Must Read!
*Spoilers*
The love story, the spice, and the sassyness were all amazing, but what I truly loved about this story was the way that the addition, truama, and grief were handled.
I love how Mylan finally realized that he needed to do it for himself and not anyone else. He took the time he needed to work through his demons and work on himself. That right there 👏👏👏
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- heLLzz
- 01-30-23
This audio right here
Settle's writing, superb. Lana and Mylan hooked me instantly, but Deena and Avery swept me up into their reality of the audible world. I loved every minute. Viva La Plus size and Age gap romance!!!
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- Guy White
- 01-20-23
Compelling premise, well executed
If age gap and plus-size characters are your jam and the tough topics the story dips into aren't an instant no for you, I'd recommend this book. Great narration for complicated characters. The premise pulled me in. Well paced, giving the characters enough time to breathe without dragging out the emotional torture too long.
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- Rebekkah Layne
- 09-28-23
Wonderful romance
I don’t think I would have originally picked this book but I thoroughly enjoyed it! The author has a wonderful writing style that connects you to the characters and story.
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