I’m over at AudioGals with a review of What It Takes by Shannon Stacey, narrated by Lauren Fortgang. The Kowalski family reunion adds an extra something for fans.
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Tease Me, Baby by Katie Reus, narrated by Sophie Eastlake – B Katie Reus usually delivers a reliably entertaining story in novella length – although I’m more used to her romantic suspense books and this one is a straight contemporary. However, my confidence was not misplaced. Added to that, Sophie Eastlake narrates and she is excellent and always elevates a story for me.
Fallon O’Connor is the youngest of four siblings. Her three older brothers have all had distinguished military careers. Fallon has found it hard to settle into a career and feels she is the under-performer of the family. She has a business degree but she’s not really using it. She came back to Holly, her home town, the year before and has been doing some freelance baking. As the story begins, she is two weeks away from leaving for California and culinary school. She feels conflicted about going. Culinary school is not so much a long-held dream as something she thinks she ought to do to be a proper grown-up. Continue reading
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Over the Line by Cindy Gerard, narrated by Alastair Haynesbridge. This 2006 book, newly released on audio, holds up well even after more than 10 years.
I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan. Two people who don’t do relationships find themselves right in the middle of one. Oh man, that cover is gorgeous. *happy sigh*
That’s another thing to check off my bucket list! I spoke to my friend Kat Mayo from Book Thingo during the Romance Writers of Australia conference last year in Adelaide. I mostly talk audiobooks. Links to the podcast can be found here.
Why I read it: I’m a fan of KA Mitchell and I have enjoyed the previous two novellas in the series.
What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Life doesn’t come with a syllabus.
Ethan knows firsthand that long distance is hard on love. If Wyatt is spending his summer at an internship in Pittsburgh, that’s where Ethan will be. Even if it means inventing his own career goal just to find a reason to stay with his boyfriend. He didn’t expect they’d be living in a hot, crappy apartment, with work schedules that keep them apart more than together.
Wyatt’s past has taught him to keep his head down and focus on living through the day. Loving Ethan has him looking to the future for the first time; he’s just not in as big of a rush to get there. It’s hard to trust in happiness when life has been busy kicking you in the nuts.
Together they’re getting the hang of real life, when a new responsibility for Wyatt throws everything off balance. Ethan’s doing everything he can to prove he’s in this forever, while Wyatt is torn between a future with Ethan and a debt to the past. Too bad they didn’t cover this in college.
What worked for me (and what didn’t): Most of Relationship Status takes place over the course of a summer where Ethan and Wyatt are sharing a room in a small apartment together in Pittsburgh while working and interning. Wyatt is interning at a prestigious engineering firm and Ethan at the ACLU – because there is the vague possibility he might want to be a lawyer but mostly because he wants to be near Wyatt. Between their jobs and internships, there is not a lot of time for them to spend together and when things start off, there is some tension between the pair because of the whole “ships passing in the night” thing.
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