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Firework

By: Melissa Brayden
Narrated by: Kristin Barnes
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The truth has many shades.

Lucy Danaher was born into a life of privilege and has always enjoyed the view from the top. She spends her days running Global NewsWire, a Fortune 500 company, and her nights at all the trendy San Diego hot spots. When the Union-Tribune decides to run a feature story on her company, Lucy's thrilled to oblige with an interview. But when the reporter arrives, it turns out the story she's writing is anything but flattering. The fact that she's irritatingly gorgeous only adds salt to the wound.

Kristin James loves her job, and as a committed journalist will go out of her way to tell the most balanced story possible - even if it means going up against Lucy Danaher, that striking and stubborn-as-hell CEO. She just has one problem. No matter what she does, she can't seem to get Lucy off her mind.

©2015 Melissa Brayden (P)2016 Bold Strokes Books Inc Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance Heartfelt
Engaging Romance • Humorous Dialogue • Beautiful Narration • Balanced Storyline • Good Pacing • Soft Tone
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I really like Melissa Brayden' stories. This short revisited characters from Heart Block. It was nice to see Emory and Sara again. I only have one criticism about all her books. She uses the word prior too much. It may not bother anyone else but it does me. But don't let that stop you from listening.

Explosive!

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I really enjoyed the Audible edition of Firework. It was great to revisit some of the characters from Heart Block. Excellent Narration by Kristin Barnes.

I enjoyed this Audible book.

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Awful narrator. Sounded like a little girl the way way she read and couldn't get tone right. I won't get another book by this narrator even if I like the author. Narration can ruin a story.

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This is a short but very cute story.
It was an easy read with a great are of characters. This is crossover book to Heart Block. the narration for this book was ok just not a lot of variation when it came to each character. However she did a good job telling Lucy's story. It was definitely sweet and you should read it.

an enjoyable story

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I love all of Melissa Brayden's books, and this one is no different. I don't normally read short stories because I don't have time to connect to the characters like I want to. However, Lucy and Kristin are wonderful and made me feel all over the place with the highs and lows of their story. I read Heart Block awhile back and it was great to be able to check in on Sarah and Emory. My only down side was that the narrator was different for Heart Block so Emory, Grace, and especially Sarah sounds different. Other wise she did a great job.

Short and sweet

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I've been working my way through audiobook after audiobook given the whole "hey, turns out your foot is fractured, lol!" thing, and today I had my feet up while I finished Firework.

Firework is a novella-length book that takes a supporting cast member from Heart Block, Lucy, and gives her her own romantic narrative in the form of a reporter who shows up to do a piece on Lucy's company, Global NewsWire, and it turns out the piece isn't so great.

That the two end up tangled with each other is textbook Brayden: attraction, a dash of circumstance, and some zany wit. That they're both work-focused is one of the few things they have in common, and finding their middle grounds read realistically. Anyone who has ever dated someone with a very different idea of what's fun will likely find one of their perspectives or the other something to nod over.

The collision course, however, isn't without bumps, and that story might undo all the ground that they've covered.

It goes without saying I really enjoyed this (I always enjoy Melissa Brayden), and for a light, shorter-length audio experience, this one is great for down-time listening.

The audiobook performer was much softer in tone than the reader for Heart Block, and I think that was actually a positive. Lucy is a softer person than Emory was, though no less driven, and Kristin is just finding her feet career-wise and has a hesitancy to her in most things that aren't journalistic. The voice acting mirrored that, and it was a positive.

A companion novella (that sizzles) from Brayden

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Fast moving short story. Two headstrong main characters who can’t resist each other. Well written and narrated. I really enjoy Melissa Brayden’s stories

Adorable

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Although I enjoyed the book this is my least favorite from Melissa Brayden. Perhaps because it seemed more like a short story, but I actually think it's due to the narrator. Sometimes it was hard to differentiate the 2 main characters and was quite monotone throughout. I usually feel like I'm listening to a story performance, but it felt more like listening to some one reading a book out loud to themselves.

Love Melissa Brayden

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Sometimes, our -- the readers', experience with shorts and novellas is fairly tepid. Too often, these shorter stories have the feel of being part of something longer, with pieces missing. These pieces might be a broader story arc where the short or novella are really chapters or an experimental partial story line. -- I'm sure I could have said that more succinctly, but wasn't feelin' it.... ANYWAY, this was a complete storyline. It had good pacing. It had good time-differentiation. It even had one or more well-placed, sizzling scenes. Well done.

Really Well Done Novella

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Melissa Brayden never fails to entrap me into her stories. I love her humor and I imagine she puts a little of herself in every character. Fireworks is such a sweet story with a bit of sexy thrown in. I mean, how could it not?

As far as narration goes, it could have been better. But still worth the listen.

Another great one!!

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