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  • The Only Reason

  • A Lesbian Fake Relationship Romantic Comedy (The Holidays with You)
  • By: Shannon O'Connor
  • Narrated by: Lois Ridge
  • Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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The Only Reason

By: Shannon O'Connor
Narrated by: Lois Ridge
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Two women, one fake relationship & a fall they'll never forget. Bella Gold needs money for college, so when she hears of an agency that pays you to date people in return for large sums of cash she signs up. She knows what everyone’s thinking but she doesn’t take off her clothes, even if she wanted to. The only thing that happens is some hand holding and honest conversation. If she’s being honest, she feels bad for how lonely these people are.

Enter Dylan Marsh, a long time co executive at To Be Read Publishing. When her boss comments for the billionth time that she’s attending the parties alone, she decides to hire someone to help. The last thing she wants to do is date anyone her age or get married anytime soon, but maybe a few dates with a beautiful woman would get her boss off her back. As soon as Dylan meets Bella, it’s love at first sight. For Bella, it’s more of confusion, as she was expecting a man.

Dylan gives Bella a proposition she can’t turn down, pretend to date her for a few months and she’ll pay for her college tuition. At first Bella thinks it’s a prank set up by her best friends, but the more she gets to know Dylan, the more they surprise each other. Will Dylan be able to convince Bella to fall in love with her for real? Or will Bella cash the check and not look back?

©2023, 2024 Shannon O'Connor (P)2024 Shannon O'Connor
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A Cute Feel Good Story With Lots of Spice

I really enjoyed listening to Dylan and Bella’s story. The chemistry was there and the spice was an absolute plus!
The narration was a little over the top and didn’t feel realistic but I was still able to get through the book.
If you’re looking for a cute book with lots of spice, you’ll find it here!

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Wish it had been longer…

I love a good fake relationship and I really enjoyed this story. Characters were well developed and the narration enhanced the story. If you enjoy a well written, skillfully narrated, low angst, age gap sapphic romance, this is the book for you. Oh, and spice…there was definitely spice!!

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Cute story that puts Rom-Coms in a twist!

First of all, I’m not much for Rom-Coms but the storyline was intriguing. I thought yeah, we’ll have the basic make the other person pretend to be your partner while you pay them and later it’s a happy ending because both fall madly in love during the pretend, but no. This book has twists and turns and uncertainty at almost every chapter. The narrator brilliantly describes the scene as if you were right there with the characters. Beautifully written, characters were fully developed, and the ending? It made me feel like there should be a series attached so the story can go on. I’m curious to now what tricks author Shannon Connor has up her sleeve for future books.

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Low angst

Good novella. A little too low of angst for my taste but enjoyed it. The narrator was fantastic.

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not for me

the reading was hard to tell which character was speaking. "I" was used too much. I only made it through 5 chapters. couldn't listen to any more... maybe it would be a better read that audio

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fun and spicy!

great listen! super spicy at the end without the third act break-up which is so refreshing!

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“The Only Reason” by Shannon O’Connor, Narrated by Lois Ridge

This was a very good book! The characters are likeable and the sex scenes were hot! The narration by Lois Ridge was really good.

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