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Greg Boudreaux
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Dianna Roman
About this listen
Daniel Ellis trusts no one and trusts love even less.
His longstanding commitment to self-reliance backfires when a series of events finds an unlikely savior offering him assistance at every turn. How can the aggravating widower who's sat at the end of his bar the past few years be his knight in shining armor?
Reluctantly taking a job as Eric Jordan's assistant becomes more than just a means to a safe haven. Working for his aloof bar patron broadens Daniel's perspectives, threatening to tear down every wall he's built around his heart as he begins to learn more about a man he's always purposely ignored. All Daniel wanted was to hide from the trouble that was following him, not have the rest of his world turned upside down by the wealthy older man who ended up being nothing he expected and everything he didn't realize he might need.
In the Eye of the Beholder is an emotional slow burn, age gap, hurt/comfort journey of two broken hearts who find that the road to healing might require joining forces.
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Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
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An ode to his monster Yule log.
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-13-24
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Drop Dead
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Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.
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Clean and sweet
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Holiday Hideaway
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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-31-24
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Nocticadia
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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Good but a slight miss
- By Destinyreadsbooks on 01-17-24
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All by My Elf
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Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long…
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A cool, considerate romance
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-13-24
By: Olivia Dade
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- evelyn ward
- 04-03-24
I liked it!
Was curious what Daniel’s story was. Super excited when I saw this book was released. A bit long but the story kept me engaged. I also really enjoyed the narrator. Worth the cost.
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- Nova
- 04-03-24
Great story
If you liked book one, this is even better. well written Dianna Roman always writes an entertaining story. Nice to see characters from book one also in this book. Greg Boudreaux did an awesome job bringing these characters and the story to life. He always gives a great performance. This is a story I will go back to several more times to do a relisten.👏🔥❤
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- Rosewood
- 10-02-24
Fabulous duet
Narration is perfect, and this author has a way of spinning a story that you fall in love with the characters and their trials and tribulation and their love just buried itself in your soul
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- Jane M.
- 04-03-24
What a great story!
The first part of the book was pretty slow. At times I had to really concentrate on which character was speaking. But the story picked up and I found myself laughing out loud at some of the characters and things that happened. I love the supporting characters in this book - they’re so good (even the dogs are funny). The HEA was hard fought. It was well worth the credit.
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- shawS
- 04-10-24
Daniel story
This is my favorite Dianna Roman and I was not let down on the narration. its a beautiful story of finding what you deserve and the person who loved you along the way. Its a slow burn age gap throat is just beautiful.
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- Debra Choyce
- 04-23-24
Hits Home
At first I thought things were a bit slow. The more I got to understand Daniel, the more it all made sense. Myself coming from a loveless family and trying to find something 'out there' where maybe I could find some happiness, hit home. A great story of finding just that. Love and happiness in an unlikely way. Gives me faith it can still happen. Thanks Dianna
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- Nala
- 05-05-24
It’s ok
Could’ve got into more with his story. Wish this was a continuation of the first couple’s story. It’s ok
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- Rachael
- 08-26-24
what a performance
the range on this guy is incredible. two distinct voices for both characters, even his Riley voice was different enough. but god I was cracking up hearing him twinkify Harper.
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- 🎧💕💕💕 readittomebaby 💕💕💕🎧
- 04-06-24
2.5 exhausted ⭐️'s
I actively disliked and felt highly annoyed by Daniel throughout the whole book. He is wildly immature and insecure until 95% and then a switch flips and suddenly he's not. What just happened?
The endless internal monologues were exhausting and repetitive. This could be 40% shorter and would still been annoying.
🎧 the narration was not a great match for the characters.
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- JN
- 08-20-24
Mediocre writing, flat characters, hollow chemistry
I loved the first book, but really struggled to make it through this one.
Pros:
It is a sweet story, with semi-interesting plot lines in the first half. And I love a hurt/comfort, age gap, daddy-kink book (note: the older character has very daddy energy, but they don’t use the term “daddy”).
Cons:
It was poorly written in several ways. It’s extremely heavy on the telling with very little showing. The dialogue is often either flat and unengaging or so cheesy it made me gag. About 85% of the book consists of painfully long, melodramatic, repetitive, superfluous inner monologues. It leans on the miscommunication trope over and over, but the miscommunications don’t even make much sense. Which leads me to the most problematic element, from my perspective…
The chemistry felt like it was fabricated from nothing. We are told that Eric is obsessed with Daniel, but the obsession feels completely unfounded. I have absolutely no idea what he sees in him. It’s like Eric is this brilliant, observant, compassionate, mature man who is convinced that one of the most unlikeable, immature, petulant characters I’ve ever read is the most amazing person in the world. I get that sometimes we’re rough around the edges due to our trauma, but the author doesn’t show us Daniel’s bright light underneath that Eric keeps droning on about melodramatically in his interminable, cringe-worthy self deprecating soliloquies. The romantic tension felt hollow and artificial.
The book as a whole felt like a very large slipshod, overly-sweetened cake made with cheap, stale ingredients.
The narration was often irritatingly overdramatic, but I think that was likely more due to the quality of the writing. And I 100% agree with the other reviewers who complained about the nasally, whiny voice he used for Harper (didn’t match the character and was nothing at all like the voice he used for him in the first book). That said, some of his other voices for side characters were delightful.
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