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David Walker
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H.L. Day
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Struggling actor Dean only escorts occasionally to pay the bills. So, his first instinct on being offered a job with a strange set of conditions is to turn it down. No date. Don’t switch the lights on. Don’t touch him. I mean, what’s that all about? What’s the man trying to hide? Dean certainly doesn’t expect sex with a faceless stranger to spark so much passion inside him. It’s just business though, right? He can put a stop to it whenever he wants.
Then, Dean meets Justin - a scarred, ex-army soldier unlucky in love. Dean’s given a chance at a proper relationship. He can see past the scars to the man underneath. He’s everything Dean could possibly wish for in a boyfriend: kind, caring, and sweet. All Dean needs to do is be honest. Easy, right? But Justin’s holding back and Dean can’t work out why. But whatever it is, it’s enough to give him second thoughts.
They both have secrets which could shatter their fledgling relationship. After all, secrets have a nasty habit of coming out eventually. The question is when they do, will they be able to piece their relationship back together? Or will they be left with nothing but memories of bad decisions and the promise of the love they could have had if only they’d both been honest and fought harder.
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-Storyline-
I found the plot and storyline to be really interesting and I liked both of the main characters. I thought they fit each other really well. I can kind of understand what other people meant about the characters needing a bit more depth, but I can't see where or what could be changed. Maybe the reason behind Dean wanting to be an actor? I'm not really sure.
I did like Georgia as a character, even though I felt she was a bit overbearing at times with how she was doing all these things to make Dean happy, invading his personal space, and being very overprotective of him. But I can see she had good intentions. I am also happy that she had her own happily ever after by the end of the book.
The one thing that lowered my rating would have to be when Dean found out about the Tuesday night's and broke up with Justin. I just felt it was a bit overdramatic and immature of him to do that and then completely avoid Justin without hearing what Justin had to say. Even I could understand why Justin had done it as he was just trying to help Dean out financially without making Dean feel embarrassed or ashamed about his lack of money. I can understand Dean was shocked as I would be to if I was in his situation, but he definitely could have handled it better. And then the way he lied to Justin about Jack? That was a bit too much for me to handle as Dean should have known that would seriously hurt Justin with all his failed attempts at dating and Dean being the first person to really see past the scars to who Justin really was. I can't imagine how betrayed Justin must have felt after that. I am really glad it had a happy ending though.
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I thought the narration was absolutely fantastic. I could tell the story was based in London just from the way the narrator represented the characters. I did find it kind of interesting that at times, Dean's voice sounded kind of like Eddie Redmayne who played Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts movie. Especially during the part where Dean was saying along the lines of "I need to go" during the scene of when he broke up with Justin. I was not expecting that, but I really liked it. I will definitely be looking into other books narrated by David Walker.
Overall, I thought this was a great book and would recommend it to other people.
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This story went to a few places I wasn’t expecting, and to I few places I expected, but through it all I thoroughly enjoyed the narration by David Walker and a story that kept me guessing and committed through to the last minute of audio. The moderately high heat level was thoroughly enjoyable and well done… the characters extremely likeable and interesting… I loved it!
A great story begins with hot sex in the dark!
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Excellent
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Good narration of an addicting story
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The narrator's performance was fantastic. I will definitely listen to more from him.
Great listen!
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As a lifelong fan of British television and film,
I can say that unequivocally, without a doubt, David Walker has absolutely nailed it.
From the grizzled Cockney accent of his agent, to the slightly more posh Dean and rough-hewn
smokey tones of Justin.
This audiobook was absolutely scintillating!
What else can I say other than it's simply lush!
Exactly as I envisioned! Pure perfection.
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Narrator David Walker does an absolutely amazing job and I will definitely be listening to this book again and again. He really has a way of bringing characters to life.
Wonderful
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Also quite steamy in a new way. Even so, sex isn't the main focus, even after that opener. True growth of characters.
Unusual, realistic, very good
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Love found in the dark amid whispers
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Great
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