
The Way We Play: or Tempting the Kicker
The Bradford Boys
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Narrated by:
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Marcio Catalano
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Kirsten Leigh
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By:
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Tia Louise
About this listen
He’s a grumpy, retired kicker who says he only breaks things. I’m a thirty-year-old virgin with something he can break (and I don’t mean my heart).
How does one get to be a thirty-year-old virgin?
In my case, start with being risk-averse and cautious, focused on building your career, then inherit your 12-year-old, special-needs brother. Done!
Zane Bradford appeared at the perfect time. He takes my brother to equine therapy, he gives me rides to work, and he rescues me when I collapse in the shower. (Yes, he saw me naked.) He says he only breaks things, but I only see him fixing everything. Heck, his job is as a repair man.
This grumpy, angry god with lean muscles, silky dark hair, and ice blue eyes has taken himself out of the game. But massage therapy is my job, and I’m ready to play.
Rachel Wells is ruining everything. She walks into my workplace and argues with me, talks back, defends herself. She gives me romance books to “improve my mood,” and insists on massage therapy to ease my pain. Chronic pain isn’t my problem—she is, with her bright green eyes and sassy attitude. Then she tells me she’s never been kissed. (What’s wrong with the men in Birmingham?) The more she tempts me, the more I feel my resolve weakening. She wants to play, but I’m not going to break.
(THE WAY WE PLAY is a small-town, grumpy-sunshine, sports romance with close proximity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, and a virgin FMC, and an over-protective alpha hero. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)
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For a long time now, I’ve despised Weston Shaw. He’d been someone I’d admired, taking my favorite football team, the Colorado Mustangs, to the Super Bowl. But that all turned upside down after one night that had nothing to do with me. We share one undeniable connection: his son, Caleb. Unfortunately, the circumstances behind that have never been my story to tell. But now, the truth is out, and I’m left to deal with the consequences. I’m living under the same roof as Weston, and each day, I discover a side of him I never expected.
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Sweet Single Dad Romance
- By @mellovesaudiobooks - IG on 10-11-24
By: Willow Aster
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Cupcakes and Ink
- By: Helena Hunting
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise, Jason Carpenter
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Tenley Page is looking for a new start: a new city, a new apartment, a new life. Her plan is to keep to herself and stay focused. But leaving her past behind and starting over isn't as easy as she thought. And neither is maintaining her solitude. As Tenley settles into her new surroundings, she finds herself drawn to Inked Armor, the tattoo studio across the street. But it's the gorgeous, dark-haired tattoo artist who captures her interest. There's something about his severe beauty that captivates her- and not just in her waking hours.
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Good short prequel
- By Jonella A. Moore on 06-18-17
By: Helena Hunting
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A Little Taste
- By: Tia Louise
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Samantha Brentmoor
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Aiden Stone is a six-foot-two former Marine with a permanent scowl, dark hair, and dreamy blue eyes. He’s the oldest of the Stone brothers, and his “by the book” family has battled mine for control of our small town for generations. The last thing I should do is sleep with him. Or nearly run him down with my truck. Especially since he's sort-of my new boss.
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Big fan of Tia Louise
- By Caroline Palmier on 08-12-23
By: Tia Louise
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Before You Go
- Before, Book 3
- By: Aurora Rose Reynolds
- Narrated by: Ryan Stone, Sorcha Shilling
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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After getting divorced, Francisca Dawson is attempting to find out who she is and how she wants her life to look. One thing she knows is that there isn’t room for a man in that equation. But then she meets Dayton Calloway. A man who is charming, funny, and unbelievably gorgeous. Unable to deny their connection, she gets lost in the moment and gives in to his dirty mouth and skilled hands.
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It Started with a Kiss
- By: S.L. Scott
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Summer Morton
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Admittedly, it was a moment of weakness on my part. But even the strong-willed have been known to fall for a hard body underneath a tailored suit and a five o’clock shadow coating a sharp jawline. It didn’t matter that Jackson St. James was nothing but trouble. Trouble was just my type. Been there. Done him. Not making that mistake again. We were friends, a low-key affair we designed ourselves—over before we began. After all, together we made no sense. But maybe, just maybe, he’ll surprise me. He has before.... We may have started with a kiss, but how will we end?
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This has all the Feels!!!!
- By Patricia S. on 06-13-22
By: S.L. Scott
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Wait for Me
- A Brother's Best Friend Stand-Alone Romance
- By: Tia Louise
- Narrated by: Patrick Zeller, Emma Wilder
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Taron Rhodes was my brother’s best friend. He was sexy as sin. But he was more than that.... He was ponytail-pulling, ice-down-your-shirt teasing, throw-you-in-the-lake screaming.... Strong, tanned arms and blue-green eyes over a heart-stopping, naughty grin.... Did I mention his tight end? I gave him my first real kiss, my heart, my everything. I said I’d wait for him.... I’m still waiting, because Taron Rhodes is still the man of my dreams. And I have a secret that has his blue-green eyes.
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OMG! This book brought back memories
- By F. Faith Taylor on 06-21-20
By: Tia Louise
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Hold You Close
- By: Corinne Michaels, Melanie Harlow
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Tor Thom
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Ian Chase broke my heart at 17, and I’ve spent the last 18 years hating him for it. He makes it easy, with his smart mouth and playboy lifestyle - which I unfortunately have to observe since he lives behind me. Every time I see him climbing out of his pool, practically naked and unreasonably sexy, my blood boils. I’ve always loved to loathe him. I never planned to need him.
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Second chance at happiness
- By PATRICIA on 08-20-18
By: Corinne Michaels, and others
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Worth the Fight
- The Malone Brothers
- By: K. Bromberg
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Andi Arndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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He can do all kinds of dirty things to her… That’s the first thought in songwriter Dylan McCoy’s head when she sees firefighter Grady Malone. Her second? A rebound has never looked so good. But she’s been burned by a number of people lately. A famous ex-boyfriend she still has to work with. A binding contract. A demanding agent. She needs a break from them all. A place to go to nurse her wounds. When she finds herself in the small town of Sunnyville, she refuses to let her new firefighter roommate burn her too. Unless…. it’s with their sizzling chemistry.
By: K. Bromberg
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Times like These
- A Rock Star Romance
- By: Julia Wolf
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Jennifer Blom
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Nick Fletcher has the voice of a god and a tongue as sharp as a knife. His words can cut, and this time, his quick temper has earned him an intruder in his life and on his tour. Dalia Brenner looks like a grown-up Annie gone bad, but he wants nothing to do with her pin-up-worthy curves and smart mouth. His method of dealing is to keep his head down, get through the tour, and then he'll never have to see her again.
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5 Star story!
- By Chris Cox on 10-25-20
By: Julia Wolf
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Cocky Score
- Hawkeyes Hockey Series, Book 1
- By: Kenna King
- Narrated by: Christian Fox, Erin Mallon
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Being hired as the PR representative for the hockey team I’ve always been a fan of, should be a dream come true, especially because my old crush plays for them. My suggestion to save Briggs's career is solid… have him fake date someone wholesome who can change his image. That’s when my big mouth gets in the way and I admit to being the-girl-next-door. Now… my boss is offering me the promotion of a lifetime, but it comes with strings… Fake date Briggs Conley!
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Cocky Score
- By Rachel on 01-19-24
By: Kenna King
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Return to Us
- By: Corinne Michaels
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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At 18, I walked away from Willow Creek Valley for good. I was young, scared, and stupid, and it cost me the love of my life - Grayson Parkerson. Fourteen years later, a crash sends me back home to recover. Back to where we met, fell in love, and planned a future. Working at The Park Inn together gives us a chance to reconnect, and seeing him with his little girl makes me long for the days when he was mine. I’m not the girl I was - intimidated by his wealthy family and desperate to escape our small town. How can I convince him to give first love a second chance?
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Return to Us
- By Canadian Girl Reads on 02-24-21
By: Corinne Michaels
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Obsession Falls
- A Small-Town Romance
- By: Claire Kingsley
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Ava Erickson, Scott Rose
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Someone is stalking Audrey Young. And she has no idea why. Complicating matters is her landlord and new neighbor, Josiah Haven. She doesn’t usually go for the big, surly lumberjack type. But there’s something about that broody man. He intimidates her a little, but she kind of likes it. She could totally handle the mess that is her life, except the strange feeling of being watched is just the beginning. Next thing Audrey knows, she’s a target, and she doesn’t know who’s behind it or why. For Josiah Haven, none of that makes her his problem.
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In Love with this new series!
- By Phara Blair on 11-04-23
By: Claire Kingsley
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One and Only
- By: Karla Sorensen
- Narrated by: Chris Brinkley, Samantha Brentmoor
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Marrying Beckett Coleman is the best idea I've had in years. I can grant my sick dad’s wish to walk one of his daughters down the aisle, and Beckett has my help solving a custody situation with his daughter. Our plan is to spend a year together, then part ways. Easy, especially since I'm not his type, and he's not mine either. He’s too quiet and too serious. And while he’s distractingly gorgeous, he’s also my brother’s teammate. Beckett is fake husband material, not the real deal. I just have to remember that.
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A Single Dad Slow Burn
- By Sabrina (@romance.and.raindrops) on 05-29-23
By: Karla Sorensen
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Say You're Mine
- The Gallaghers, Book 1
- By: Layla Hagen
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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I swear I didn’t mean to flirt with the world-famous Brayden Clarke - especially not right in the middle of an interview for a job. It was a slip - or, perhaps, a gut reaction to his smoldering eyes and deep, sexy voice. To my total disbelief, they give me the assignment. My task is simple: advise Brayden and his band on how to communicate with their fans.
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A STRESSLESS SWEET LISTEN
- By 🔹🔸🔹🔸CAROLYN 🔹🔸🔹🔸 on 05-23-21
By: Layla Hagen
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Just One More Dare
- The Sterling Family, Book 2
- By: Carly Phillips
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Samantha Cook
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Samantha Dare had one thought when she found out her fiancé was a lying cheater. Escape. So, she ran from her wedding…straight into the arms of the man who once gave her the hottest kiss of her life. But rebounding with her brother’s friend would be a huge mistake…wouldn’t it? The last thing Dex Sterling needed was more chaos in his life. Retiring from football and starting over in broadcasting gave him plenty of that. But even though Samantha is chaos personified, for some reason, he’s still not able to keep his mind—or hands—off her.
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Good story
- By P. Phan on 01-04-25
By: Carly Phillips
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When Rachael comes to be Ms Gina's nurse and gets a new start in her life she has no idea that the broody, handsome man who also helped Ms G would steal her heart. Rachael's life hasn't always been easy as she had to care for her brother Edward most of his life and it hasn't always been easy to do. When she gets notice from her grandmother that Edward is having problems without her, she goes and gets him and tries to figure it all out. What she finds is that her new town is full of loving and caring people who wrap them in love and become her family, and they love and care for Eddie as well.
In the previous book, Zane Bradford, aka football star, has come home after a career-ending injury. He is angry, hurt, and in pain and doesn't want to be around anyone. When his sister with a little help from Ms G finally gets him out of his room he starts to live again. Now we are to the present and Zane works for Ms G along with Rachael and she is a distraction like none he has faced before. He wants to keep her at a distance but the pull between them is something he just can't resist.
I loved how this book shows individuals who struggle but find their way. I loved how Zane has such a caring and soft side beneath his grumpy outer layer. I loved how Rachael finds her happy place and her family of friends who truly love her and Eddie. I mostly love Ms G and how this woman can see with her heart even though she can't with her eyes. She is a matchmaker in disguise and does a great job. This book is packed full of funny, great characters and I just loved it.
Marcio Catalano and Kristen Leigh narrate this book.
Zane and Rachael
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Loved it!
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A Lovely Grumpy/Sunshine Romance
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From the moment they met the sparks flew and not necessarily in a good way. However as their relationship developed there was more to it than chemistry.
This is a story of romance, family, friendship and taking a leap of faith. Zane is my idea of a book boyfriend. He is protective and caring and I loved how supportive he was of Eddie and how he treated him.
This book ticked all the boxes for me. Once again Tia Louise has delivered an emotional, well written and heartwarming story.
The narration by Marcio Catalano and Kirsten Leigh
brought the characters to life for me. Their voices were easy to listen too and they brought all the passion, drama, romance and humour to their performances. They most certainly did justice to the wonderful story written by Tia Loui
Great story and narration
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Fantastic narration
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Secondary characters are where its all at in this one! Gina is amazing! I loved that nothing gets her down and can stop her. Edward is a terrific young man. So smart and really has a heart of gold! If thats no enough lets add in the Bradford family! They are a hoot and I could not stop laughing at their text thread! Especially when Logan was added that brought a smile to my face. I would love to stop in their place and get some food just to observe them.
I listened to this on audio. Kirsten Leigh and Marcio Catalano surprised me with their performance. Both are fairly new to me and they did an amazing job!
I look for to the next because this one is Pure Gold!
Pure Gold!
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•Storyline: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
▪︎Spice Level: 🌶🌶/ 5
•Narration: 🎧🎧🎧🎧/5
•Swoon level: 🫠🫠🫠🫠/5
•Bookshelf Worthy: 📚📚📚📚/5
•Platform: E-book
•Recommend: Yes
▪︎Re-read/re-listen: Yep
•Trope: Football Romance, Grumpy -Sunshine, Single mom vibes, Co-workers
• Thoughts:
I love the Bradford family!!! Zane did not disappoint at all! I loved his grumpy butt. Rachel is a ray of freaking Sunshine and throw in Edward. Perfection! I know this is gonna be a series where I am going to love each brother, and I won't be able to pick a favorite.
Their connection and dynamic are so sweet! I love Edward as well. I really enjoyed Zane and his connection with him. I felt Zane just needed a little kick in the butt with his grumpiness. He holds a lot on his shoulders. This is a great read and easy to find yourself sucked in and not wanting to put the book down. I recommend!! It made my heart happy.
Narrator Thoughts:
Marcio Catalono and Kirsten Leigh are the narrators for this book. They did a good job. They brought the characters to life. Marcio is a new to me narrator, and I very much enjoyed his voice and the performance he brought to the character. I will definitely be seeking out more of his work Kirsten is a newer to me, narrator, and I still absolutely afore her. I love her voice and her performance as Rachel.
These Bradford siblings.
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The story opens with Zane back home in Newhope, Alabama, living in the old family house with his sister Dylan and her fiancé Logan, working at Second Chance Stables, doing equine therapy with kids, also working as a handyman for a sweet, rich old blind lady, Miss Gina, a few miles north of Newhope, and having an inner grumble with himself about Rachel Wells. Rachel who with her 12-year-old brother Edward had to get away from Birmingham, is a friend of Dylan’s so they are staying at the house (nobody asked Zane if this was okay!) and working at the Bradford family restaurant Dylan runs. If sleeping in the room right across from Zane’s isn’t bad enough, she’s also Miss Gina’s nurse and massage therapist, so he has to see her every single day, at home and at work. Rachel is in Zane’s way. She’s also in his thoughts. Thoughts which sometimes are a little bit racy. Definitely some attraction and chemistry there. When he’s not grumping and griping and complaining, that is.
Rachel hasn’t had an easy life. Neither has Edward. Their mother wasn’t interested in having another child when Edward was born, and once it became clear Edward is on the spectrum their father wanted nothing to do with him. So Rachel has always been the one to care for him, watch out for him. They’ve been living with their grandmother, but when Rachel moved away to finally try and start her own life – about time at almost 30, right? – Edward became too much for their grandmother to handle without him being medicated. Rachel couldn’t imagine that being an acceptable option. So here they are in Newhope, trying to settle in and adjust.
Zane’s attitude is defeatist: wherever he goes, whoever he gets close to, something bad happens, so he just won’t get close. His life is what it is. Best not to get involved or let his hopes get too high. The Bradfords are well-known and well-regarded in town, he’s close to his brothers, has friends, enjoys his work with the kids at Second Chance and loves Miss Gina, but he was an introvert before and it’s only gotten worse since his accident. Rachel is the opposite, and it’s driving him crazy. As crazy as her smile and sexy body and sunshiny attitude. She’s always chirping away about something, always trying to fix something, always talking to him when he just wants her to stay away – out of sight, out of sound, out of his thoughts.
The Way We Play is so much fun. Zane is a good guy, lovable and deserving of love, even if he doesn’t believe it. Rachel is a wonderful woman, perfect combination of sweet and spicy. Inexperienced, but not a child. And the attraction between them just keeps heating up in spite of the conflict that also often occurs. They are surrounded by family and friends that love them and want them to be happy. Watching Edward find his place and bloom is amazing. Getting to see more of the Bradfords and the rest of the characters, especially Miss Gina, is heartwarming. Zane’s inner dialogues and resistance are often laugh-out-loud funny, just the same as Rachel’s push-ahead-and-take-no-prisoners approach is. And the narrators? Absolutely outstanding. Marcio Catalano is low-key as Zane, bringing just the right amount of emotion and grumpiness and unexpected possessiveness and protectiveness and jealousy, and desire and yearning. Kirsten Leigh makes Rachel vulnerable and weary and afraid, but also brave and determined and ready to grab life and live it, and feeling protectiveness of her own, not just for Edward but now for Zane, who so needs someone in his corner to help him open up. Timing, tone, emotions – all just right and make for a very, very enjoyable listen. So much that you can hardly bear to remove those headphones.
Thanks to Home Cooked Books for providing an advance copy of The Way We Play. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have found a new series to love. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.
Sweet and steamy, loved it
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I like the denial part, it makes me laugh. I loved the first time she called him Baby, this book is so swoon worthy. I like how Zane helps so much with Edward, helping Rachel. I wanted to slap Jaden so much, he deserves it.
Marcio Catalano & Kirsten Leigh did very well voicing the book. these two are new to me, I liked them very much.
This is the 2nd book in a series, a so far good series. Check it out.
Swoon Worthy
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Marcia Catalano and Kirsten Leigh did a wonderful job bringing the characters and their story to life. They were spot on with the love and the emotions that flow through this book.
Rachel is guardian to her twelve year old special needs brother Eddie so the last thing on her mind is love and relationships but we all know love normally happens when we least expect it. From the moment she meets Zane sparks fly and not in a good way but as we turn the pages we see a man determined to be the man Rachel and Eddie need in their life. So can he convince her to take a leap of faith….one click to find out.
The Way We Play touched me on so many levels, I fell hard and fast for Zane and Rachel is the girl I want in my corner but what took this book to another level was watching Zane build a relationship with Eddie. This is a beautifully written love story that I highly recommend.
A great story with great narration
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