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Giselle Lumas
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The Break Room Crew (Claire, Roberta, and James) at Robinson's Software and Design have placed a bet during the Holiday season. Mostly, because Claire has decided it is her mission to help her boss, Sarah Alexander, find love. Well, the reality is she wants to set her boss up with her brother, Jeremy Buchanan, in hopes to make her boss a little more perkier during the holiday season. James doesn't think Sarah is capable of love. Roberta thinks Claire may be on to something.
Will Sarah go on a date and kiss Jeremy by Thanksgiving? Will Jeremy propose to Sarah by Christmas Day? Claire is betting and determined to win.
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- Michelle H
- 01-23-25
Loved it!
I loved this story! The author did a great job with both the writing and the narration of this cute romance. This is the second book I've listened to by this author and I loved it! I look forward to listening to more.
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- PATRICIA
- 12-09-15
A fun holiday listen!
--I was given this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
This was a happy, short listen. Claire has made a bet with her co-workers that she can get her boss, Sarah fixed up on a date and a kiss with her brother, Jeremy. After a few crazy schemes with her car, Jeremy and Sarah are dating. Sarah at the same time is now getting to know her 8 year old twin nieces and is beginning to see there is more to life than work. Over the next couple of weeks, the bet goes on, changes a little and things progress. Christmas Eve is a nice touch at the end.
The only thing that was a little distracting was the narrator. I applaud Giselle Lumas for narrating her own book, but the flow is not automatic, and her voices are not as apparent between characters. I think if it had been done by a narrating actor, the book would have been an easier listen.
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- Chrishel
- 11-14-24
Short and Sweet
The FMC makes a bet to with coworkers to set up her boss. She plots to set up her boss with her brother. The two actually hit it off on their own with a little clumsy nudge. The rest is romance HEA. This novella length book was shoshort but still able to pain the characters with alot of depth.
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- Hollande Lawrence
- 12-11-15
Very Cute
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I think the narrator's voice was a bit distracting. There were also moments when I wasn't sure if the audio was replaying and needs to be edited, or if the writing was a bit redundant. I think this audiobook is a little rough around the edges, and with a little cleaning up would be amazing.
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- jjoneeight
- 12-28-15
Ok easy book to follow.
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"This audiobook was provided by the author at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review. This book was fun and easy to listen to with one exception...I wasn't impressed with the narration most of all, I liked the story line and continued to listen because I wanted to know how the book ended. I wasn't impressed with the narration, it was unprofessional and almost pushed me away from all books by this author.
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- Teresa
- 12-22-15
Maybe a Safer Bet to Hire a Narrator
"A Holiday Bet" was a cute story and with it being under three hours long, I think it was edited just fine but the narration was almost too distracting. To give an honest review I have to say that perhaps it would be a good idea to go with a narrator. They usually have their own audio equipment.
I applaud the author Giselle Lumas for her work. She wrote this story, it's clearly edited, it just needed a narrator. This is a great start though.
"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."
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- April H.
- 01-24-16
A Holiday Bet
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This is a cute novel of romance, trickery, and good humor. I enjoyed it very much.
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- DK
- 01-14-16
I Loved Other Book By Lumas But This One Missed
Read the publisher summary listed below. It is such a short book that I don't feel I can add to it without spoiling. It is cute and rather predictable.
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Publisher's Summary
The Break Room Crew (Claire, Roberta, and James) at Robinson's Software and Design have placed a bet during the Holiday season. Mostly, because Claire has decided it is her mission to help her boss, Sarah Alexander, find love. Well, the reality is she wants to set her boss up with her brother, Jeremy Buchanan, in hopes to make her boss a little more perkier during the holiday season. James doesn't think Sarah is capable of love. Roberta thinks Claire may be on to something.
Will Sarah go on a date and kiss Jeremy by Thanksgiving? Will Jeremy propose to Sarah by Christmas Day? Claire is betting and determined to win.
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Movie rating PG
I admire Gisele Lumas writing and narration, however perhaps she should consider bringing in someone new to narrate as many of the characters sounded the same to me.
*I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my review.
Overall 3.5 stars, narration 3 stars, story 3.5 stars
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