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An entertaining grumpy-sunshine romance!

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-14-25

Author Layla Hagen is very talented at making contemporary romance tropes realistic, entertaining, humorous, steamy, and easy to read. With Stolen Kisses, we get a grumpy hero who doesn't believe in love and a sunny romantic heroine who is trying to keep her family's rundown inn afloat. Their meet cute started out rocky at a wedding, but that didn't prevent them from working together at his family-run brokerage. All that proximity and corporate brain flexing made them irresistible to each other IMO.

I especially enjoyed the little bit of corporate intrigue twist that was thrown in as a bonus near the end of their falling in love journey. Our hero has lots of brothers. Who will fall next? 🤔 I'm definitely on board and looking forward to discovering the answer to my question.

Format collected: Audible audiobook
Series: book 1 of many anticipated
Narrators: Jason Clarke and Maxine Mitchell
Listening Speed: 1.5x
Ratings
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 stars
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Performance: Jason Clarke (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars!) & Maxine Mitchell (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️stars!) - I've been a longtime fan of Jason's narrating style, and he delivered another excellent performance for both male and female characters.👏🏽Initially, I wasn't a fan of Maxine's narrating style when I first listened to her narrate a novel by Aly Martinez many years ago. In desperation, I bumped up my listening speed and was able to appreciate her vocal acting choices much better. Her natural speed drags too much for my ears, so it was a huge relief to discover that changing the listening speed could make a huge difference. She's great at doing different character voices with distinct personality, and that's exactly what she did here with Stolen Kisses.👌🏽

Final thoughts: Grab this one if you enjoy the grumpy hero, sunny heroine trope in contemporary romances. You won't be disappointed.

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The story trumped my reluctance re the age-gap trope

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-26-25

I loved the camaraderie all the Toronto Terror characters share. Although this 5th stand-alone in this ongoing hockey romance series could be read 1st, I highly recommend reading this series in book release order to get the full benefit of the camaraderie.

Author Helena Hunting's writing style is one that I always enjoy. Fir ne, it's not the Steamy sex scenes that appeal to me the most. it's the common human relationship challenges, both the highs and the lows that I look forward to discovering and experiencing along with this interesting cast of characters.

Our heroine reminded me of a friend that I know IRL who had to adopt a relative and in a sense also lost her mother. Our hero had a wonderful fix it mentality that I quite enjoyed. I always enjoy a male parent who really emv
braces parenthood and turns out to bes
naturally good at parenting.

One of my favorite scenes actually invilved the heroine's dad m. He admits to not being a great dad and asked his daughter to forgive j
him and give him grace as he tried to begin being more dedicated to giving her his undivided attention instead of always being distracted and simply checking her off of his To Do List orienting her money as his love language dictated.

The epilogue gave us a nice glimpse into this blended family's domestic bliss. I'm looking forward to discovering whoever will be the next Tkribti Terror couple when book 6 is released.

The audiobook voices actors weren't great. I find myself disliking Stella Bloom more and more to my chagrin. She has a tenor thar irritates my ears and I intensely dislike her male voices. I almost wouldn't have minded if the male narrator did this book solo except I wasn't a fan of his female voices either. These 2 voice actors would be better tolerated in the duet style rather than dual style narration in my opinion. I wouldn't rush to listen to another audiobook narrated by either of them quite honestly. They made more reading experience more challenging because I didn't like their voice acting styles on the whole.

Final thoughts: this book shouldn't be missed just because one may dislike the audiobook narrators. I recommend it it in e-book format if you listen to a sample and feel iffy about the narrators.

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Excellent installment. I🖤Evan so hard😊

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-03-25

I missed Evan's young neighbor, but his trusted circle of "associates" were back. I was certain that the beef between Evan and Tommy could be explained. The Hicks character that Tommy felt obligated to help was a victim of his brutal upbringing. His stupid friend got him mixed up in sone real serious sh*t that couldn't be time machine erased. I felt sympathetic to his plight like Tommy did. That freaking ending though - WTH 🤦🏾‍♀️ I hope that I misunderstood Evan's reaction to finding Tommy when he did. I do not accept a negative outcome to Tommy's story arc, so I won't know until book 11 if I'm in denial or what.

Narrator Scott Brick gave another brilliant performance. He pulled out all kinda of accents and emotions. 👌🏽

The next Orphan X novel will definitely be an auto-buy for me.

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A must-read for anyone seeking inspiration to stay chasing their film industry career!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-23-25

Who knew a film producer could be so funny? Will Packer's decision to narrate his own book was a smart one. You could tell he and his acting buddies featured had fun making the audiobook version. I highly recommend it in this format because it's a full on play type of experience that enhances the life lessons that Will experienced and learned as he built his career.

This book was recommended by The Breakfast Club radio show crew who interviewed Will Packer as he did promo for his book. I'm so glad that I invested a credit to read it that very same day after I listened to his interview. Thank you, Breakfast Club and thank you, Will Packer for sharing your journey and inspiring me to keep chasing my own career in the film industry.

As a victim of the Warner Bros Discovery mass layoffs that started in April 2023, I especially needed this inspirational book.

This nonfiction book is now on my favorites shelf. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👏🏽 🫶🏽

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Best CEO & CFO fake-marriage romance yet!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-20-25

Overall: 5 stars
What did I like about this book?
Tagged as original / easy-to-read (listen to) / page turner / romantic / steamy / wonderful characters / witty / entertaining / happily ever after

Performance: 5 stars
I was very satisfied with the individual performances by 2 narrators CJ Bloom and Aiden Snow and would enjoy listening to another novel featuring either of them. Both voice actors were good with pacing, tone, and opposite gender voices.

Story: 5 stars
If I'm not mistaken, I haven't read too many fake-marriage romances to date. I really liked how our heroine and hero were acquaintances first who were united through their relationship to the deceased parents of the two orphaned kids. Author Layla Hagen is so talented at highlighting the most charming personality traits of the children characters featured in her books, and both narrators were able to capture their appeal.

Final verdict:
This was the best CEO & CFO fake-marriage trope novel that I have read to date. I highly recommend it and look forward to the next Whitley Brothers novel.

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An excellent suspenseful romantic thriller🥰

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-07-25

This was a re-read for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery surrounding Mrs. Granger's murder, the siblings' affectionate yet sometimes combative dynamic between all 3 brothers, the heroine's dad and Moana's budding romance, and the overall pacing of the main and subplot development. I'm looking forward to the 2nd book and continuing my buddy re-read with my book buddy Chellie.

Narrator Ron Butler is amazingly talented! I could listen to him bring stories to life ad nauseum. I especially liked that he didn't do an exaggerated falsetto voice for any of the female characters. His acting instincts were spot on accurate in my opinion.. Bravo👏🏽

Final thought: check out the movie adaptation by the indie film studio Passionflix. passionfl8x offers tradional licensed romantic films as well as their original film adaptations based very closely on the source romance novel.

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Yaass👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-27-25

This new adult sports romance was a perfect reading experience! And, bonus, it was recorded in the duet narration format. Both narrators really delivered, Bravo! 🫶🏽

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💯An excellent prequel story in the BDB World!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-27-25

Overall: 5 stars
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this prequel novel so much. The original details about Darius and his death were always sufficient with me and never inspired any further curiosity. I'm happy to report that all questions about him and John Matthew were answered. I really liked how Darius found peace upon realizing his mission to see his half-bred daughter Beth happy and safe was 💯 successful.

Story: 5 stars
💯An excellent prequel story in the BDB World! It had all of the below goodness -
Great world building / Easy-to-read / Witty / Page-turner / Wonderful characters / Original / Unpredictable / Steamy / Entertaining/ Romantic (insta-love trope)

Performance by voice actor Jim Frangione: 5 stars
He gave his typical nuanced performance. Bravo, sir!🫶🏽

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3rd installment of goodness

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-01-25

Another winner, of course!

Unfortunately, 2022 was the beginning of my dark times and inability to update my reading status timely on GoodReads or here on Audible. I've now re-read this one at least 2x times or more. I've lost track quite honestly.

My original mini reaction review:
"Another excellent bit of sleuthing mixed in with charming slice of life moments. I finished this one in 1 day and wanted to re-read all the previous books again. I'll hold off until book 4 releases though...for now."

Final verdict: I highly recommend this series. I look forward to another series reread prior to the release of book 5 later this year.

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Addictive mystery series!

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-01-25

This is such an addictive mystery series. I think I re-listened to it at least 3x easily the summer of 2024.

Ratings:
Story: 5 stars! Original / easy-to-read / wonderful characters / entertaining / unpredictable
Overall: 5 stars!
Performance: 4.5 stars! I still miss Lesley Manville, the original narrator for books 1 and 2, but Fiona Shaw does a fine job.

Final verdict: I highly recommend this series if you enjoy quirky and entertaining British mysteries.

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