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Fighting the Pull

A River Rain Novel, Book 5

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Fighting the Pull

By: Kristen Ashley
Narrated by: Lance Greenfield, Stella Bloom, Joseph Discher
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From New York Times best-selling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain series, Fighting the Pull.

Hale Wheeler inherited billions from his father. He’s decided to take those resources and change the world for the better. He’s married to his mission, so he doesn’t have time for love.

There’s more lurking behind this decision. He hasn’t faced the tragic loss of his father, or the bitterness of his parents’ divorce. He doesn’t intend to follow in his father’s footsteps, breaking a woman’s heart in a way it will never mend. So he vows he’ll never marry.

But Hale is intrigued when he meets Elsa Cohen, the ambitious celebrity news journalist who has been reporting on his famous family. He warns her off, but she makes him a deal. She’ll pull back in exchange for an exclusive interview.

Elsa Cohen is married to her career, but she wants love, marriage, children. She also wants the impossibly handsome, fiercely loyal, tenderhearted Hale Wheeler.

They go head-to-head, both denying why there are fireworks every time they meet. But once they understand their undeniable attraction, Elsa can’t help but fall for the dynamic do-gooder.

As for Hale, he knows he needs to fight the pull of the beautiful, bold, loving Elsa Cohen, because breaking her would crush him.

©2023 Kristen Ashley (P)2023 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Funny Heartfelt Tearjerking
About the Creator - Kristen Ashley

About the Creator

Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over 80 romance novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally. Her books have been translated in 14 languages and she’s sold millions of books. In March, she released the The Girl in The Woods, the second in her romantic thriller series, Misted Pines. And her latest audiobook is Perfect Together, a second chance romance that will break your heart and then put it back together stronger than before. She also published Too Good To be True, her first-ever murder mystery romance in an episodic format on Kindle Vella. Kristen, born in Gary and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana, and was a fourth-generation graduate of Purdue University. Since, she has lived in Denver, the West Country of England, and she now resides in Phoenix. She worked as a charity executive for 18 years prior to beginning her independent publishing career. She now writes full-time. Although romance is her genre, the prevailing themes running through all of Kristen’s novels are friendship, family and a strong sisterhood. To this end, and as a way to thank her readers for their support, Kristen has created the Rock Chick Nation, a series of programs that are designed to give back to her readers and promote a strong female community. You can learn more about Kristen and the Rock Chick Nation on her website: www.KristenAshley.net
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Lance Greenfield
Stella Bloom
Joseph Discher
About the Creator- Lance Greenfield

About the Performer

Lance Greenfield is thrilled to be working on this series with all these talented artists, and to be working with Kristen Ashley again.
He has been narrating for almost nine years and just finished his 285th audiobook.
Lance has worked with authors such as Kristen Ashley, Sawyer Bennett, Chelle Bliss, Daisy Jane, Jeanne St. James and many, many more.
Lance and Ms. Ashley have worked together on titles such as: Complicated, The Hookup, Loose Ends, The Slow Burn, Fast Lane, and The Rising Series.
He lives in New York, and is an actor as well.

About the Creator- Stella Bloom

About the Performer

Stella Bloom is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and has recorded dozens of books by bestselling authors including Kristen Ashley, Chelle Bliss and Eden Butler, J. Daniels, Anna Hackett, Helena Hunting, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Ella Maise, L.J. Shen, Susan Stoker, Joanna Wylde, Rebecca Zanetti, and many others. A hopeless romantic, she loves nothing more than a good love story, especially when it makes you laugh.

About the Creator- Joseph Discher

About the Performer

Joseph Discher has been narrating for Audible since 2018, and previously narrated Kristen Ashley's After the Climb. He is a professional actor and director of stage plays and audio plays from Shakespeare to contemporary and from regional theatre to off-Broadway. The New York Times has called his work "devastatingly effective," "enchanting," and "exceedingly enjoyable." His most recent audio play, Macbeth: A Surround Sound Experiment, was featured on Good Day New York and American Theatre magazine, and raised ten thousand dollars for The Actors Fund during the pandemic. Select directing credits: Off-Broadway; Butler (59E59), The Violin (59E59) and Vilna (St. Clements Theatre). Shakespeare credits include Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, The Tempest, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV: Part One, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, and Antony and Cleopatra with Michael Dorn. Other selected directing credits: A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Diary of Anne Frank, Our Town, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, Amadeus, Galileo, Of Mice and Men, Red, and The Weir. Joe is also a professional singer and acting coach.

Emotional Storytelling • Character Evolution • Compelling Romance • Satisfying Resolution • Engaging Series
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Great story and written well. I love the characters especially Hale and Elsa a great couple.

Fighting the Pull

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My favorite in the River Rain series I think - but I’ll likely want to reread the others to be sure!

Another great KA story

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I absolutely love the evolution of the characters and I can't wait to read / listen to the next book!

fantastic series

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A good use of credit, I enjoyed the plot and story. I was well told, at times though, it felt over voiced. I also did not enjoy hearing JC name be used as a curse word. That made me cringe.

Good story…

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I liked this one. It had moments of the “old” KA. Yes, there’s still a bit of her recent penchant for preachy wokeness and the seemingly obligatory misuse of the word INFERRED where the correct word is IMPLIED (shame on her editors who let this embarrassing grammatical error get by them at least once in almost every book this NYT Bestselling Author has ever written).

However, when you get past that, you have a classic KA novel. The characters are layered and interesting, and you care about them and want to see them overcome their obstacles and find happiness. I liked this one a little better than the ones prior. Again, I think that’s because her “voice” reminds me more of what it was like in the Colorado Mountain, ‘Burg and Rock Chick days which is when I began to love her books.

Nice to get Hale’s story

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I love this series and appreciate Hale and Elsa’s story more than expected. We humans are complicated and this telling does a good job of peeling and revealing layers. I like how this came together.

Always nice to revisit old characters too but with the way my brain works, i have a hard time keeping up with so many different people.

Great Addition

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This books had absolutely everything that was needed it made me cry, laugh, get angry, and I love, freaking loved how you made me fall in love with who I thought was just a horrible man.

My favorite so far in the series

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Each book gets better and better . I love how you’re not only get to know the new characters, but we get to find out how the past characters continue.

Love this book

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Well written, I love the romance with just a little drama. Learning more about characters we learned to love if so comforting . Nice to learn more about Cory & Hale.

Great story line

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This is my favorite story of the series.

We finally find out what prompted one of the main incidents that happened at the beginning which impacted so many of the characters in these stories.

The narrators did a great job.

Recommended audiobook.

BEST ONE YET!

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