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Simmer (verb): to stew gently below or just at the boiling point; to be in a state of incipient development
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Kelley Pierce is my person. He has been since the 9th grade. He gets me like no one else does. My quirks. My love of pros/cons lists. My need to have everything under control. He accepts me just as I am, because he is the perfect...friend. My best friend. But Kelley is also totally gorgeous. And confident. And tempting.
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I love me a spicy cinnamon roll hero!
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By: Brit Benson
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The Bet
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When it comes to life's fun and games, always know: The rules. What's at stake. When to quit. Wise words from...well...my fortune cookie. But wise words, nonetheless.
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4 Solid Stars
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Another
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The first time I saw him, he entranced me and offered to help me forget my broken engagement. The second time was on a blind date with no last names and undeniable passion. The third time, I was eight months pregnant with his baby that he knew nothing about. This time, he's not letting me walk away so easily.
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STOPPPPP! GO READ LOVERS FIRST. .....
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Seduce Me
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What happens when you’re forced to seduce the one person you vowed never to love? You get screwed...in more than one way. I walked out of Tucker Middleton’s bedroom seven years ago, leaving him hurt and angry. Now I need his help; the only way I can get it is to make him think I want him back. The only problem is we have silently vowed to hate one another for the rest of our lives. In order to get Tucker to help me - I have to seduce him. Easy right? Hell yes! I’m the CEO of CMI Consulting. If I set my mind to something, I make it happen.
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Good story, fantastic narration!
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Focused
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If you've ever seen your teenage crush 10 years later, and he turns out to be a complete jerk, then you know how Molly Ward feels. The last time she saw Noah Griffin was the regrettable day that she decided to climb into his bedroom window and turn her unrequited crush into something more. That day was bad enough, but things are about to get worse. Noah has become one of the best football players in the country, and he's just landed on Molly's front step.
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Cute story
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False Start
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The start of Lee Burrows and I was a college girl’s biggest fantasy. Campus’ most popular guy, the starting quarterback, the same guy I’ve crushed on forever, notices me—the quiet introvert. Although, he never would’ve noticed me if he didn’t need my help passing our biology class. I didn’t think I had a chance with him until he started flirting with me and asking me questions like, “Who was the guy you were talking to?” and “Do you have a boyfriend?”
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Has no idea the book was an hour long , thought it was an actual book
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A Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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Simone is a woman on a mission: Stop being boring, and fall in love. That's easier said than done with no prospects on the table...or under the table...or near the table. Her luck changes when fellow neighborhood business-owner Roman Taylor walks through the door of her flower shop. Roman is single, successful, and sexy - everything Simone is looking for to embark on a whirlwind summer romance with the potential to spark an everlasting love. But things are never as "perfect" as they seem.
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Great story
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The Player Next Door
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Scarlet Reed has returned to Polson Falls, convinced that 12 years away is long enough to shed her humiliating childhood identity as the town harlot’s daughter. With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up. That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door.
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Come to Me Quietly
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Aleena Moore is haunted by Jared Holt. It's been six years since she's seen her brother's best friend, the self-destructive bad boy she secretly loved in high school. As the years pass, she knows it's time to move on. Time to decide between a practical nursing degree and her true dream as an artist. Time to get over Jared and give another guy a chance…Just when she opens her heart to her friend, Gabe, Aly returns home to find Jared sleeping on her couch. The teenage boy she loved has grown into a man she can't resist.
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B- overall rating...
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The Change Up
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Breaking news: The bad boy of baseball, Maddox Paige, is totally and utterly whipped. Okay, that might not be the headline in the newspaper this morning, but it's the reality of my current situation. It all started a month ago when I received a call from my best friend, Kinsley. She’d gotten a new job in Chicago and needed a place to stay. I've known the girl since I was five, so I figured there wouldn't be any harm in having her stay at my place for a while. Ha! Total disaster.
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Female lead ruined it!
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Playing by Heart
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Jesse Lee is the worst! He’s a multi-millionaire, triple-platinum-selling, Grammy-Award-winning man-slut - a worldly, self-indulgent heathen. I wouldn’t sleep with him if he were our last chance to ensure survival of the human race. The only reason I put up with him is because he’s my boss’s brother. Playing by Heart is an enemies-to-lovers romance where opposites not only attract, they ignite.
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A GOOD ENEMIES-LOVERS ROLLERCOASTER
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Best of Me
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- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the dark to my sister’s light - the awkward loner to her social butterfly. Growing up, she had it all: our parent’s unyielding approval, perfect grades, a permanent spot at the popular table, and the attention of the hottest guy ever - Duke Kincaid. After 18 years of living in her shadow, I couldn’t wait to escape - to finally be my own person. Yet here I am - back in my hometown, once again in Valorie’s shadow. Only now, it’s eternal.
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Beautiful Story!
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By: L.K. Farlow
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- Ariadna B.
- 08-24-18
Beautiful & unmissable slow-burn! 5⭐️!
Oh my god, Stephanie Rose! This audiobook has turned me into a complete puddle of swoon! I’d tell you to stop it, but I loved every single moment of it.
Simmer is the perfect slow-burn romance. Emotional, raw, and filled with such intensely real feelings, this is the one story that slowly consumes you and doesn’t let go. The delicious sexual tension between Drew and Sara is only paralleled by their intense chemistry and beautiful love. I cheered for this couple, I ached with them, and I shared in their happiness.
This book is basically perfection! Stephanie Rose dazzles with her gorgeous storytelling and ability to turn a character into a person you feel like you know in real life. Emotional, raw, and beautiful are only a few ways to describe this incredible must read book. And if you haven’t read or listened to Rewrite go back and do it because everyone needs more Stephanie Rose in their lives.
Narration for this book was stellar! Both narrators were new to me, but absolutely blew me away with their performances. Inés del Castillo was the perfect Sara by beautifully bringing out her vulnerable side while initially maintaining her gruff exterior. Joseph Discher was delicious. No seriously, listen to that voice speaking as Drew and tell me you don’t want to eat it up with a spoon! The swoon factor is strong with this one! Both narrators do superb work of magnifying all the emotions and making this emotionally stirring, sexy, and beautiful romance unmissable.5 Stars.
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- PATRICIA
- 09-17-18
Top 10 of my listening year
There is something about this story that wrapped around my heart and made me fall in love completely. This is Sara's story and the journey she takes to find the best of herself. Stephanie Rose has delectably concocted a mixture of subgenres. Her ability to combine second chances, single moms, college and taboo romance all into one simmering story is beyond delicious.Sara had a one night stand, ending up with the joy of her life, her daughter Victoria. When Josh, Victoria's father comes unexpectedly in the picture, Sara's whole world is turned upside down. When she comes to terms with Josh being part of Victoria's life, she is given the opportunity to go back to college to finish her degree and have her daughter stay with Josh. As a 32 year old single mom, going back to school is daunting, but the handsome grad student, Drew Kostas is there to make the days brighter. This story is about self awareness, growth, learning to trust in love and yourself and knowing you have worth and are able to be loved.Sara's path is one we all can relate to, wondering if the choices she is making are the right ones, will they result in the success she is looking for? Can the man that is younger than her really be the one? Should she open her heart and trust in her feelings? What will the future bring when school is over? Drew is a man who can see his future clearly, knows himself and his emotions. I love his secure way of loving Sara, so warm and understanding. Their road together will make you smile, tear and love from beginning to end. It's a book you will want to listen to again and again and each time fall a little deeper in love.
Picking a narrator is not an easy task, and the combination of Ines del Castillo and Joseph Discher is spot on for this book. Castillo's performance, with her New York accent, gives Sara that edgy sound, and she portrays the emotional turmoil as well as the happiness Sara feels. Joseph Discher has a warm, smooth as silk voice, the perfect sound to keep Sara's character calm and on track for their relationship. He really is Drew in this story and it could not have been cast better.
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- me
- 08-21-20
good
the narrator has a good NY accent. I didn't care for Sara too much I thought her a downer in life who made her own hurdles . Drew was good for Sara
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- Dayanara RQ
- 04-15-20
Loved it❤️
This is my first book by Stephanie Rose and I am hooked oh yes I am! Loved this story first of all her determination to rise even when her own family turn their back on her, the struggle to survive and with a child, but what I loved the most is that love is possible even when looks impossible, the fact that he’s younger that her is even better! With Drama enough and the characters that complement at perfection the whole story made this book fantastic!
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- A.M. Johnson
- 12-07-18
Her Best Work
This story is not only relatable, it's relevant. Strong women are few and far between in romance these days. In a world where alpha males rule, Stephanie takes her leading lady and creates, not only a true and raw world, she gives her redemption without stripping away the strength that makes her unique. Sara saves herself like always, but in the end, her growth as a character is forged together with Drew, not because she needs him, but because she wants him.
This book shouts to my inner feminist. Stephanie has out done herself. Every word, every detail has heart, and needs to be read.
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- Ginger
- 10-10-18
Brave, independent and admirable
This audible book was a gift for a fair and honest review, thank you Stephanie Rose, and Audiobook Addiction.
My first thought of Sarah was pity.
0. For what her parents did.
0. For missing out on her sisters life
0. For being a single parent with no assistance.
Then as I listened it turned into admiration.
0. Leaving her daughter with virtual strangers
0. Going to school to achieve a goal.
0. Thinking of Drew’s welfare over her own.
My final thoughts were happiness, she achieved her goal, got Drew, and finally had a family.
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- Ashley Hedden
- 10-19-18
Great Read
Simmer was a great read by Stephanie Rose. I really loved reading Sara and Drew's story. Drew is seven years younger than Sara and that has been something that made Sara rethink their relationship. Sara will do anything for her daughter Victoria, even putting her love life to the side. I can't wait to read more by Stephanie Rose.
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- Rebecca Arvieux
- 02-19-23
❤️🔥Simmer is a slow burn with a sudden boil!
Stephanie Rose's Simmer is sad, and sweet, and in the end so very uplifting.
Sarah is kicked out of her parents home very young when she's expecting because they're so very disappointed in her behavior. In that moment Sarah promises to give her daughter the love her parents never gave her when she was growing up.
When Sarah is given an opportunity to go back to culinary school with the help of her daughter's father and stepmother, she really has no choice. She's been working two or three jobs and still not sometimes making rent, but she's still feeling so angry and hurt towards herself and Josh that he's been able to give Victoria everything while she's still struggling, that she enters school determined just to get through - no distractions, no hindrances, but life never counts for reality.
Drew falls for Sarah as soon as he sees her when bumps into her in the dorms when she moves in her first day. Sarah is at a loss for words, and then decides to be as grouchy as possible to push him off. I absolutely adored him, his sweetness, his determination to show Sarah that she was worth the love she didn't believe she deserved.
Stephanie Rose's ability to take the damage that one person has been dealt their whole lives, and hold it up to the mirror of someone else's life. I swear I cried more for this book than I have in a while, the feelings I had for Sarah and her pain were just so strong.
Simmer is a beautiful book filled with love, grief and healing, and deserves every star I can give it, which unfortunately is only five. Stephanie Rose deserves so many more here, her ability to crack my heart open and seal it tightly by the end is just breathtaking.
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- Mandi
- 10-08-18
So cute!!
Simmer is a perfect name for this book! the slow burn that is Drew and Sara’s love story is an awesome listen! I loved Drew and Sara! Drew had a very hard shell to crack with Sara and he did it with complete ease and super swoon worthy sweet/alpha way! Sara went through so much growing up I didn’t think she would recover from it, and I am so glad she did.
This was my first time listening to Ines del Castillo and Joseph Discher and they did a fantastic job!
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- Ana's Attic
- 09-29-18
Really enjoyed this one!
Standalone spin-off of Rewrite
4.25 Stars
Silly me! For some reason I I didn’t realize or remember that I had met some of the characters in Simmer by Stephanie Rose already in the previous book, Rewrite. Since they are not marked as connected anywhere it never occurred to me, even though I felt like there was something very familiar a few times. That being said, I never thought it, because it never seemed like I missed anything. Previous events were described well in Simmer.
Sara, the female protagonist, is a single mom who has worked her butt off all alone with no family to help her. She has scrimped and saved every penny to give her adorable daughter as good of a life as she could.
In Rewrite, Sara played the part of the nasty baby momma when her one-night-stand wanted to be part of her daughter’s life with his new wife. In Simmer, we get to see Sara’s point of view. Since I didn’t remember that it was a previous character, perhaps it made it easy for me to forgive her; because she knows exactly how horrible she was and is totally ashamed. But I get it. She was all alone working so hard for her daughter for 8 years, now new people want to just swoop in after all she has struggled.
In Simmer, Sara as on much better terms with Josh and Brianna. Her daughter, Victoria, has a beautiful room there, and Sara has an opportunity to finish her chef degree so she can finally get a good job. The only problem is the school is in Boston and kids aren’t allowed in the dorms. Sara decides to do what is best for her and her daughter, and leave Victoria with her dad in NY while she completes her last year of school hours away.
Sara was all about missing her daughter and getting her work done. She tried to avoid the social stuff, and at 32, she was one of the oldest students. But that didn’t stop Drew, who is 7 years younger, from being very interested.
"Whatever life did to her made that smile hard to come by. It was the second time I’d seen it, but I knew it was as rare as it was beautiful—like a shooting star."
Sara made it very clear that she was not there for romance and had no room in her life for it, so she and Drew became just friends.
You are the best friend I’ve had in, maybe ever. I still don’t know why you waste your time,” she choked out a laugh. “But I’m so thankful you do.”
“I’m not wasting my time. It’s not a waste if I don’t want to be anywhere else.”
Sara never grew up with love. Her parents disowned her when she was pregnant. She had a really low opinion of herself and didn’t understand why 25-year-old Drew was wasting his time with her and her baggage.
"You didn’t ruin my night. You were the highlight of my day.”
As the friendship morphed into more, I loved it more and more. The slow simmer of their relationship was great. I love how their love grew as her relationship with Brianna and Josh grew as well.
”You were never worthless. You’re worth everything to me.”
Likes:
•It’s a story of redemption.
•I love a single mom story.
•Older woman, younger man.
•How nice Brianna and Josh were despite Sara’s bad behavior.
•Victoria was totally adorable.
•Josh was completely swoony.
Dislikes:
•She fought him too hard. Let him make his own decisions!
•I never totally fell for Sara. She was still prickly and called women she didn’t know names out of jealousy. She mostly won me over, but there was a little that still held me back.
•Drew was a little bit too perfect.
•Needs a real audiobook cover.
The Narration:
I loved the narration. I’m not sure if these are pseudonyms because they both sounded familiar, but I have nothing I have read from either narrator. Inés del Castillo differentiated between voices beautifully and I loved the New York accent. Joseph Discher was a tiny bit mechanical sounding but I still liked him, he sounded great for the age he played.
The Down & Dirty:
Even though Simmer has characters from a previous book, it can very easily stand alone. I read Rewrite and it didn’t hit me that they were related until the very end. I enjoyed the fact that this was a character that acted badly, really badly, but is working hard to make up for it. I liked that a big barrier wasn’t so much age as it was their lives and careers. 7 years is a big age gap, especially when the woman is older, but it was never shoved in your face. They made a great couple, and I love that the title Simmer is a great name both for the chef and the slow-burn romance.
Rating: 4.25 Stars, 4 Heat, 4.5 Narration
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