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The Brightest Light of Sunshine

The Brightest Light, Book 1

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The Brightest Light of Sunshine

By: Lisina Coney
Narrated by: Avery Reid, Stephen Borne
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A woman ready to move on. A man who can't afford distractions. An inspiring journey of healing love.

Determined to walk away from a traumatic past, 22-year-old Grace Allen feels ready to take the next step in her healing journey—dipping a toe into the dating pool. Although she should probably start by making a friend or two, right?

Samuel 'Cal' Callaghan isn't who she had envisioned as her first male friend in… well, forever. With an intimidating build, tattoos everywhere, eight years her senior, and a little sister under his care, the last thing she expected was to warm up to him so easily. As their friendship evolves, Grace can't help but wonder if Cal is exactly who she's been looking for all this time.

Cal can't afford to lose sight of his priorities—making sure his tattoo parlor thrives and taking care of his little sister. Especially the latter. He wants to make sure 4-year-old Maddie has a healthy and happy childhood, despite their mother going off the rails and her father's blatant neglect. There's certainly no room for love in his life right now. But when a sweet blonde with a veiled past breaks down his walls, he finds it difficult to stick to his guns.

Intended for mature listeners.

©2023 Lisina Coney (P)2023 Podium Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt Feel-Good
Beautiful Story • Engaging Romance • Excellent Narration • Protective Hero • Spicy Content • Diverse Representation
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I love Grace and Cal’s Story. Grace had a hard time around men because of a traumatic experience 4 years earlier, but she didn’t feel that way around Cal. They met when Gracie went in for a tattoo, and they became best friends. Cal is primarily taking care of his little sister, because his mom and stepdad are were neglecting her. I loved that he called her sunshine before they got together. He was an idiot towards the end of the book, but he was able to get his head out of his ass. I loved the character growth and the relationship development!

Angsty

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I loved this book the first time I read it and the reread is even better. NOW I DO have the original indie paperback so they did change some words in the new paperback which is ok I like having an original copy. The story is great and the relationship between cal and grace is my favorite! Can’t wait for Maddie’s story next

Spectacular read!

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An over all sweet story, with diversity, equality, and inclusion! I would love to read book 2!

great story

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The Brightest Light of Sunshine has been on my TBR for over a year now and I’m glad I finally got to it! I really enjoyed this one, if you like slow burn romances too, I think this would really work for you. This is a strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, opposites attract (ballet teacher x tattoo artist), age gap (22, 30), single guardianship (hero w/ his 4-year old sister) romance with mental health rep (check CW).

Grace and Cal’s story! The story starts with Grace meeting Cal. She goes into a tattoo shop to get her first tattoo, but ends up panicking and leaves. She and Cal become fast friends and start spending time together. He’s actually friends with her cousin too. Grace is on a healing journey and I liked seeing how that was handled. She even reads romance books to help her heal from her past trauma in a safe way. Since they become friends first, she starts talking to him about trying to date guys and her dating adventures (including advice 👀).

Cal is a bit wary of getting into a relationship at times because he’s also caring for his much-younger sister and wanting to get custody of her. I liked seeing Grace and Cal’s relationship with his sister. Other moments: period caretaking, Grace becoming an author (children’s books), “Sunshine”, her relationship with her two dads, people keep assuming his 4-year old sister is their daughter 🤭, lots of spending time together. I will say at times this book felt longer than it needed to be, or maybe the pacing was a bit off? There were a few times it felt like things were wrapping up in the story but then more would kick back up and drag out longer. Besides the pacing issue, I enjoyed this one.

CW: alcoholic parent, neglectful parents, sexual assault (in the past), trauma

Slow burn, opposites attract, strangers to friends to lovers!

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📣📣📣 Ending the book with pregnancy was predictable and meh, like there’s no other happy ending whatsoever?

The narrators were fantastic and Stephen really knocked it out of the park making Cal’s voice.

*SPOILERS* Super sweet hot SLOW BURN, but…

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These narrators did an amazing performance!! Very well done, absolutely loved the story! Can’t wait to listen to the next one !

Amazing performance

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This was just as good via audio as it was physically reading! Obsessed. Cal is everything & listening to that man talk was even better truly.

Heartwarming!!!

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Grace and Cal are such an amazing couple. Their story was so beautiful filled with heartache, love, and hope

Beautiful story!

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Super cute and sweet. Moved a bit slow in the middle, but the characters are likable, their chemistry is cute, and I loved their connection and the adorable HEA.

Both narrators were great- I had not heard of either before, but they brought a lot of heart to the story and kept the pace moving and had good emotional nuances with both characters.

Charming

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Omg!! This book was everything. I loved Grace & cal so much. The way cal was with Maddy was heart warming 💖

The brightest light of sunshine

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