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Pretend

A Neighbor from Hell Prequel

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Pretend

By: R.L. Mathewson
Narrated by: Fran Jewels
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There was nothing more painful than falling in love with your best friend.

From New York Times best-selling author R.L. Mathewson comes the prequel to the disturbingly funny romantic-comedy series Neighbor from Hell.

She couldn’t do this anymore.

After watching her best friend and the man whom she’d been in love with her entire life propose to another woman, Morgan decided that it was time to finally move on. She made plans, plans that Eric didn’t know about, and she planned to keep it that way, but unfortunately for her, one bet destroyed everything, leaving her with no choice but to be there for her best friend one last time.

He was done.

After catching his fiancée cheating on him, Eric Bradford was done wasting his time on women with whom he had absolutely no hope of falling in love. He just needed time, a chance to get away, and he just needed...her.

Determined to figure out how he kept screwing up his life, Eric asks Morgan for one more favor, one that would change everything and leave him with no choice but to do whatever it takes to stop the one woman who meant everything to him from finally walking away.

©2023 R.L. Mathewson (P)2023 Audible, Inc.
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Funny

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very entertaining multiple chance at love

The humor and emotion of the story engaged me. can't wait to read or listen to others in the series. it was so entertaining.

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Beautiful story!

I feel like it was dragged out just a bit but overall I loved the story.

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Eric and Morgan

I truly truly fell in love with these two characters I love how the author made you feel that you were part of the journey I also love the fact that the author make these characters more realistic and not fantasy type of people job well done I would definitely read this book again and definitely recommend it I cannot wait to continue this series

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The whole series is well worth the read

I love the fact that she is going back and writing stories that are before the series started. This is one of my all-time favorite series. It is so entertaining there’s comedy and romance. I have read so many romance books that they become predictable. So far the series is not predictable and I have reread them many times. I also read some of her other series and she covers such a variety of style of writing. I can’t wait to find more that she has written.
The reader of the story does a awesome job, and she is one of my favorite readers

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💘💝❤️💙💚

I really loved this book. I think it was my favorite of the series. love trickery and satisfaction 💕 ❤️ 💓

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Cringy

So much of this book was cringy. Not sure the author knows the difference between “adorable” and “ditsy” and the author used the same descriptive words over and over …how many times can a character “worry her bottom lip between her teeth”? Like 27 times in this book.

There were times in the book where things completely changed and I had to rewind to several times to see what happened only to discover there was no transition..one minute they were headed to a cruise and then they were in a cab headed home…sure he mentioned it being cancelled, but there needed to be more between that word and them in a cab connecting those dots.

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Another Good One!!!

I love the Bradford men & their neighbors they fall in love with. So far Eric & Morgan story is my fav. I love the friends who have loved each other since they meet storyline.
I’ve waited for this book to hit audio because I love the narrator. She does a great job bringing the characters to life. I can’t wait for the next Bradford to fall in love with the next pain in their ass neighbor.

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over use of the F-bomb

I almost stopped listening a dozen times due to the constant use of the F-bomb. The story line was cute but got tired of the language. I hoped for a larger vocabulary. The narration was pleasant and had a good use of emotions.

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let pretend it's not repetitive

If you can turn heartfelt sighs and brushed lips and lip twitches into a drinking game, you'd be drunk by the 5th chapter. and it never ends. The book is read from a narrative standpoint not from the characters so it disconnects it some parts. it's a great storyline but the writing of repetitive wording puts me off buying the next book.

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Another great addition

I just loved Morgan and Eric story. As always these books just make me happy. Great Narration.

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