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The Pact

An Arranged Marriage Romance

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The Pact

By: Suzanne Wright
Narrated by: Ivy Peterson
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She should say no. Addison Davenport figures that most people likely would. But after having her life plans repeatedly derailed, she's come to wonder if her chance at marriage and kids ended with the death of her college boyfriend. So when business powerhouse Daxton "Dax" Mercier—a man who's suffered a similar loss, a man who's her first in every way—asks her to honor the fallback marriage pact they made years ago, she doesn't reject it out of hand.

Their partnership would be no more than a business transaction, but what's the point in holding out for love when it had granted her no guarantees in the past?

Maybe they could make a marriage work. Maybe. One thing is for certain: with the wounds of loss heavy on their souls and the fact that he's given up on finding the big L again, friendship would be all they'd have.

Love would never enter their picture. Ever. Not even for a moment.

Right?

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Suzanne Wright (P)2024 Tantor
Contemporary Marriage
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Re-visit The Favor; very similar story line

The book almost parrots one of my favorite books written by Suzanne Wright. There were a lot of similar scenarios in it. So much so the story line strongly reminded me of The Favor. It wasn't exactly the same but the similarities were very recognizable. That being said, if you liked The Favor then you'll like this one too. Although there were some points in it that just had me going, "COME - ON." Still it was a good listen. *spoiler* The 2 main characters are the children of main characters from The Favor and Shiver. They are Addison Davenport and Max Mercier; The daughter of Vienna/Dane Davenport and Kensey/Blake Mercier with Blake taking Dane's role in the story and Addison taking Vienna's. Unlike Suzanne's book Wear Something Red which features Jaxxon and Connor's daughter, Izzy, which features a lot of BDSM. Hard for me to relate the adult Izzy with the 3 year old Izzy in the Epilogue of From Rags. I won't knock the book it was just difficult for me to put aside Izzy's first persona to go along with the very graphic BDSM sex scenes. (You've been warned) That being said, yes, there is some of that in this book but there's more to this book then just sex (unlike Wear Something Red) so I was able to enjoy the story and fast forward thru the sex scenes. lol

Now for the narration...it's true that good book can be totally ruined by using the wrong narrator. Unfortunately, this is true of this book. Also unfortunately, it features only a single narrator so we don't get a break in between by someone more tolerable. It could be that Ivy Peterson just wasn't the right choice for this book or she needs to forget what she learned at the Erin Mallon's school of narration (those out there familiar with Erin's annoying habit of dragging out the consonants at the end of her sentences or in the middle of words know what I'm talking about) and stop talking thru her nose when reading a female character's voice. You can almost actually HEAR her sinuses vibrating. Then she narrates like it's costing her money for every minute she spends reading. Timing, cadence, and inflection are very important and this is something Ivy needs to learn about. I'm not saying she's a bad reader. I'm sure there's a book out there somewhere she narrated and did a wonderful job because the book suited her. This one was not one of them. In a perfect world...we would get the opportunity of enjoying this book with a MUCH more suitable narrator for it and get to REALLY enjoy the story line rather being distracted and annoyed by the discordant mismatch. But I don't see that happening. Maybe try the Kindle version....

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Love

I love this book and the audio is amazing. Dax and Addison’s love story is one of my favorite books

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The LOVE

I fell in love with suzanne wrights paranormal books first and I admit The Favor and Shiver are in with my favorites but this book down right stole my heart!! Just the way the characters nanavigate their love story just makes you keep reading. I loved how they found their way to each other it didn't seem to happen in a way that I could have predicted. suzanne always provides a twist!!

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good mix

This book was a great mixture of the favor and shiver from the very beginning it's awesome familiar but it has its own original storyline and also to see where those characters from each perspective book lives went on to become I loved it

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Loved It!

Addie and Dax were the perfect couple. This book was long and took you through their entire relationship. You got to see them let their guard down, learn about each other, and grow into the deep love and commitment that made them a true couple.

As always with Suzanne’s books, the secondary characters were just as awesome and made the story even more enjoyable. I hope we get stories on Dax's brothers and Addie's siblings. You know how much we love to see everyone get a HEA.

All of Suzanne’s books are worth the read many times over.

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So good

I absolutely adore this love story I really hope that this becomes series I’d love to know more about the other characters

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loved everything

it started off slow but boy did it build! I loved everything. The narrator had some flat moments but i still give it a ten.

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Enjoyed the characters. And the fun of the story. Plus who doesn’t love a hea.

The story was really long in my opinion… I could have lived with a lot of the middle of the story. But that showed the progression so it was still good. Love audible so I can jump forward after learning the story on future listens.

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No modulation differences in voices

Both female and male same voice, no tone differences. Also, reader ends most sentences and paragraphs like an old school newscaster who gets more serious toward the period, even if the story does not warrant it.

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Narrator has ruined the story

Let me start this by saying I’m a huge Suzanne Wright fan. So this review is not about the author. This is totally on the narrator Ivy Peterson.
I loved this book and Dax is a major fantasy. So needless to say after reading and then listening to the narration of Ms Wright’s other books I was so ready for The Pact. Ivy Peterson try at a male voice was cringe worthy. It is just laughable.

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