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Title: Linemates

Author: D K Dunn

Narrator: Michael Pauley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-15

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 94 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Life is going pretty well for Derek LaVigne. He's playing professional hockey in Los Angeles where hockey is barely on the radar, and this allows him to live in relative anonymity. Derek's world is tilted on its axis when he's traded to the Detroit Wheels. Not only is this one of the top teams in the National Hockey League, he'll also be playing in a city that lives and breathes hockey. It sounds like a dream come true, but soon enough it becomes clear it isn't.

The reason for Derek's change of heart is Trevor Ladouceur. Five years ago Derek and Trevor were linemates on Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. They were inseparable both on and off the ice and became known as the Wonder Twins. After winning the gold medal, they slept together. Trevor was gone the next morning, and they haven't spoken since. Now they're together again, and the expectation is for the Wonder Twins to help Detroit win the Stanley Cup. Much to Derek's dismay, he realizes he's falling in love with Trevor all over again.

Members Reviews:

Teammates, linemates, roommates even mates

Derek and Trevor were two hockey players who played so well as juniors that their Team Canada won the Gold Medal at the World Junior Championship and they both went on to the NHL.

Of course, that night after they won the gold they slept together but in the morning when Derek awoke he was alone. Trevor's gay panic and abandonment left a deeply wounded Derek. It's now 5 years later. Derek is playing hockey in L.A. and has been able to explore his sexuality a bit because hockey isn't really on anyone's radar out there.

But he's been traded to the league leading Detroit team where Trevor is playing (and dating the local weather girl). Detroit's coach wants to "reunite the wonder twins" but in a city where hockey players are famous, how will Derek deal with finding his place on this much better team, resolve his issues with his old flame and still be true to himself?

D.K. Dunn has done a great job here. The story is compelling, the hockey details are spot on, the Michigan setting is exactly right (even down to a casual mention of Euchre) and the two guys seem realistic and both are sympathetically drawn. This is one of the best M/M sports centered books I've encountered.

However don't go into this expecting anything too steamy. No one even gets laid in the first 15 chapters. This is a sweet tale of coming-out and redemption and of re-establishing a relationship that was ended prematurely. But don't ever forget, this is also a hockey story. The MC's may be athletes but with all the scrapes and bruises and brittle machismo attitudes that the sport is known for.

Michael Pauley does the narration here and does a great job of voicing Derek from whose POV the story is told. He gets the attitude as well and the pacing during key sports scenes works really well.

*** Note: I received a copy of this audiobook for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest and impartial review ***

Great narration, not a great story

Derek is gay and plays for the NHL team in LA. He gets traded to Detroit for a chance at the Stanley cup.

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Title: Want

Subtitle: The Fight Club, Book 5

Author: Becca Jameson

Narrator: Annie Chapman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: Hartwood Publishing Group

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sabrina Duluth has a tidy life. She loves her editing job and owns her own home. On weekends she dabbles in BDSM. Nothing could possibly disrupt her perfect world...until she takes a class at the local college.

Conner Bascott is a busy man. He teaches British literature by day, fights MMA in the evenings, and attends a local BDSM club on weekends. The complete package...until a feisty, brilliant sprite enters his classroom for the spring semester.

Sexual tension reigns until the summer after the class ends. They could ignore their attraction and continue with their separate lives. Or not. One brief encounter tips the scales and changes the course of their lives.

Sabrina is a strong woman with definite opinions. Conner is a firm Dom with specific demands. Toss in a plethora of external forces seemingly derived to keep the two of them apart, and they are left with frayed nerves and frequent shouting matches.

Who is fighting to keep them apart? And why? Is their blossoming relationship strong enough to overcome extreme adversity?

Members Reviews:

well...

This was a bit disappointing . The story was inconsistent for a Dom/fighter type who tells the main character "she scared the hell out of him "? The narrator's voice as a male was , high and nasally which made it impossible to believe she was this BDSM/MMA fighter. And at one point I was convinced he might be actually Austin Powers as he said the word "baby" after every sentence he said to the main character! uggh! sorry not worth the $$$$.

Want

I love Becca's books. the only issue I have is with the performance. Her voice sounds robotic and she missed parts or repeated parts of the story.

Love the story

I love the story and the characters in this series but the narrators male voice sounds like a kid...this was really hard to get past.

Another great Becca Jameson book

Book 5 is just as enticing as the previous 4 were. There is a good story line, good characterization and plenty of DM relationship. Can't wait for book 6. In the meantime I will listen again to 1 through 5.

Professor!!

What did you love best about Want?

The college professor.

What other book might you compare Want to and why?

The other books in this series.

Which scene was your favorite?

When she sees him fight.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes!

Any additional comments?

All these books have some mention of fighting but mostly BDSM.

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Title: Autumn Brides

Subtitle: A Year of Weddings Novella Collection

Author: Katie Ganshert, Beth Vogt, Kathryn Springer

Narrator: Amber Quick, Kristy Ragland, Julie Carr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at three autumn weddings....

A September Bride by Kathryn Springer

When Annie moves to Red Leaf, she's ready to call the little town home. Deputy Jesse Kent can't believe his mother has handed the keys to her bookshop over to a woman she met on the Internet. Jesse has seen his mother taken advantage of before, and he decides to keep a close eye on this Annie Price. But when a close eye turns into a historical wedding reenactment with Jesse and Annie as the couple, make-believe nuptials quickly give way to real-life emotions.

An October Bride by Katie Ganshert

No one but Jake and Emma know the true reason they're getting married - so Emma's dying father can walk her down the aisle. While Jake and Emma plan an autumn wedding together, it becomes clear that their agreement has a few complications - the biggest being their true feelings for each other.

A November Bride by Beth K. Vogt

Having celebrated the big three-zero by ending a relationship, Sadie is tired of romantic relationships by text. The only man she knows who is willing to put down his iPhone and have face-to-face conversations with her is Erik. It's time to put a 21st-century twist on the Sadie Hawkins tradition of a woman going after her man. But when he realizes he's fallen for her, can Erik convince Sadie his just-for-fun dates were the prelude to "'til death do us part"?

Members Reviews:

Great light summer reads

I am totally enjoying this series of books (Spring Brides, Summer Brides, Autumn Brides and Winter Brides awaiting me), especially because they are shorter novellas written from the perspective of practicing modern Christians. The characters seem real, the situations are likewise realistic and the resolutions leave me feeling positive. A great choice for light summer reading.

Loved each story

I really enjoyed each story in this collection. I had never read a book by Katie Ganshert. I was really impressed and will be looking for more books by her. Sometimes I wish these novellas were a little longer. In this collection though I felt there was enough history between the couples that it made sense for them to to fall in love. Each story didn't have a rushed ending.

Five Stars

The stories were nice and I enjoyed reading them.

Short

I don't think I'm cut out to read novellas. The story is so short, and just when I fall in love with the characters, it's over!! I would have loved for the first two to be full length novels!

Good Christian Romance

Some stories better than others. I wish that one was longer. One ended too soon and felt just left you hanging.

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Title: Time Served

Author: Julianna Keyes

Narrator: Shirl Rae

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-15

Publisher: Harlequin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Dean Barclay had nothing to do with my decision to flee my old life, but he is 100 percent of the reason I vowed to never look back.

I've never forgotten how it felt to follow Dean - dangerous, daring, determined - away from the crowd and climb into his beat-up old Trans Am. I was 16 and gloriously alive for the first time. When I felt his hand cover my leg and move upward, it was over. I was his. Forever.

Until I left. Him, my mom, and the trailer park. Without so much as a good-bye.

Now Dean's back, crashing uninvited into my carefully cultivated, neat little lawyerly life. Eight years behind bars have turned him rougher and bigger - and more sexually demanding than any man I've ever met. I can't deny him anything - and that just might end up costing me everything.

Members Reviews:

A Pleasant Suprise

I have to admit, I wasn't expecting this read to be as good as it was. Uncivilized had SO many great reviews but I had to return it. Couldn't finish the listen. But this was great, the writing was awesome. That what makes it five stars even if the performance wasn't the same. The reader flow was kind of stilted. She does a great Illinois, or Chicago area accent. Also needs to work on her male voices. But otherwise she didn't take away from the read. She also was able to convey characters emotions through her read. I will be getting next book in series.

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Title: Preston's Mill

Subtitle: Hidden Mountain, Book 1

Author: Jacqueline Rhoades

Narrator: Leah Frederick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-15

Publisher: Jacqueline Rhoades

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When her disastrous marriage ends in the most humiliating way, Meg Hanson doesn't know what to do or who to turn to. Unhappy with her life as it was and unwilling to become what her mother and sister envision, she retreats to the little Appalachian town of Preston's Mill, the place where her father was raised. Meg has promised herself six months away from the influences of home to find out who she is and what she really wants out of life.

Her Great Aunt Annie doesn't hold with such nonsense, but she does believe that good food, hard work and fresh country air have the power to heal the soul and she sees in Meg a soul that belongs to the mountain.

Coming from wealth and privilege, Meg isn't sure at first what to make of a place where much of your wardrobe comes from Gorton's Farm Supply and the only coffee available is what's brewed at the Downtown Café. However, it doesn't take long for her to become attached to the people of Preston's Mill with their blunt honesty and strange speech or to reluctantly fall for the boy who kissed her under the apple tree when she was only 10. He's grown into an intriguing man with problems of his own.

JT Preston is burdened with his family's past sins, sins that prevent him from seeking the life he's always envied and longed for. Annie thinks this is nonsense, too, and sets about bringing Meg and JT together, but nothing is ever as easy as it sounds.

When a coal company makes plans to begin mining the mountain, Meg and JT find themselves in the middle of the battle between those who consider it progress and those who see it as the end of a way of life. Greed rears its head, people are hurt and lives are endangered, Meg's most of all.

Members Reviews:

Prestons Mill

Meg returns to her fathers home town to try to forget her former life married to an atrocious man.She moves in with her Aunt Annie,who puts her to work to get her mind off her former life.She's given herself 6 months to get it together but decides she may need to stay longer after re meeting her first 'kiss'.There are plenty of misunderstandings,lost moments,etc.It is a good story narrated by Leah Frederick,who does a nice job.

I was given this book free for an honest review.

Big City Trouble in a Small Town

This book kept up a steady quick pace of twists and turns from the beginning to the end, but no emotion or experience of chemistry was lost between the characters.

Meg Hanson has been dealt a blow to the life she thought she was leading, but it was a gift because it took her out of a place of denial and complacency and forced her to rejoin the world of living, breathing and feeling people.

She was encouraged to go back to her father's small town to find herself and managed to do much much more.

I loved the interaction between Meg and her aunt as well as the rest of the characters in the town of Preston's Mill. The author really made me feel like I'd come to visit for a few months, but didn't have to deal with the danger coming to the land.

This was definitely a pleasant listening experience and it set the atmosphere for another great listen in Changing Times.

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Title: The Way Things Are

Author: A.J. Thomas

Narrator: Ron Herczig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-15

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 104 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A night of drunken confusion at 19 resulted in Patrick Connelly fathering a child. Determined to be there for his son, Patrick walked away from a sport he loved and forever hid his sexuality. After Patrick's brutal divorce and a vicious hate crime, his son, Jay, has become obsessed with graffiti. Hoping for a fresh start, Patrick moves Jay to his childhood home in Seattle. Within two weeks, Jay is arrested again. On his way to pick Jay up, Patrick stops an assault, then finds himself in handcuffs too. Thinking things can't get any worse, he's confronted by the sexiest man he's ever seen - his son's new probation officer, Ken Atkins.

The hardest part of Ken's job is working with difficult parents, and the undeniably handsome Patrick Connelly is going to be a difficult parent. A chance encounter and steamy hookup with Patrick leave Ken blindsided. As they work together to try to keep Jay on the right path, the passion between them proves impossible to resist. When the assault Patrick prevented comes back to haunt them and Jay gets into trouble again, Ken must convince Patrick that ensuring his son's happiness doesn't have to mean sacrificing his own.

Members Reviews:

Story good, narration slurred and plodding

Interesting story but the narration was strange and slurred. Some parts drug on too long. Ended up rushing through the story. Narration did not match storyline.

Slow story but interesting premise

This story was set up well. Patrick Connelly got custody of his sixteen year old son Jay after he was attacked by some hatemongers. Jay was using graffiti and art to cope with his pain and trauma. However, his graffiti was getting him arrested for vandalism and defacing property.

Ken Atkins, a juvenile probation officer, was assigned to monitor Jay and give a recommendation to the court as to whether Jay should be removed from Patricks care. In working together to find out how to best help Jay, Patrick and Ken developed feelings for each other. They both resisted dealing with it until they just couldnt fight the attraction anymore.

I thought the pace of the story was slow and didnt really build up any angsty or momentum. The characters could have been developed better. I just didnt feel like the actual story delivered what the blurb set up in my head. I didnt enjoy this audiobook much and struggled to finish it. Normally, I like this authors work (Least Likely Partnership was more enjoyable) and there is usually a character I really connect with. I dont I would read this one again.

Loved it

Loved it, except for a few things. The majority of the story centers around Patrick & Ken connecting & I really enjoyed that. The drama at the docks was pretty secondary and the conclusion of that was over with in very short order. What happened with Jay took awhile to come out & when you find out the entire story, it was just brutal. I know this was not his story but I would have liked if there was somewhere for him to safely do his graffiti art & stop getting arrested. The other issue I had was Patrick none stop blaming himself for everything that happens just because he is gay. Boyfriend, get over yourself. Bad things happen to good people whether they are gay or not. I so hope this turns into a series as I would love to see how they are later on down the road.

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Title: Jaguar Pride

Author: Terry Spear

Narrator: Mackenzie Cartwright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

An impossible mission...

JAG Special Forces agents Huntley Anderson and Melissa Overton are hot on the trail of poachers when they're suddenly saddled with two jaguar shifter cubs. They have to locate the parents pronto - but who's going to babysit in the meantime?

A lifetime of possibilities...

Huntley is a rough, tough jaguar shifter and an all-business agent, but he's not going to let two abandoned youngsters come to any harm on his watch. Seeing her super-manly partner try to get the playful cubs under control stirs up some unexpected desires in Melissa, and she begins to feel like Huntley's not the only one who's in over his head....

Members Reviews:

Wonderful Addition to an Awesome Series

This can be read as a stand alone, but much more enjoyable when the series is read in order. The main characters are both strong, capable, intelligent agents. This has a wonderful blend of action, suspense, humor, shifters, and steamy romance. There are some really cute "awww" moments, especially when Huntley and Melissa are caring for the little cubs. There are many twists to the story that made this book hard to put down. If you like your romance with a HEA at the end of the book and no cliff-hangers, you won't be disappointed with this one! I can't wait for more stories in this wonderful series!

Jaguar Pride (Heart of the Jaguar Book 4)

Huntley and Melissa are teamed up to find the mother of two cubs. They are also after the hunter that is selling jaguar's to be hunted. Huntley has feelings for Melissa, but she is with someone else. He finds out that they are not together anymore. Will they become mates? Will they find the mother jaguar alive, or will the cubs become orphans? Will they be able to stop the hunter? Buy book to find out. Great story.

ok read

I like Terry's books but the jaguar series just don't do much for me. Unfortunately, I can't put my finger on why. Usually I can't put the books down but struggled to keep reading.

Great sequel

Really interesting book. Good reading covers romance, intrigue, excitement, and fun. Yes it does contain murder, suspense and adventure but is not violent. Good.

Five Stars

Good addition to the series.

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Title: Full Contact: Worth the Fight Series

Author: Sidney Halston

Narrator: Stephanie Rose

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-15

Publisher: NYLA

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 82 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sidney Halston returns to steamy Tarpon Springs, Florida, where a hell-raising bad boy prepares to get down and dirty for the woman he loves.

How could she have been so stupid? When Jessica Cross decides to give her violently jealous boyfriend - the otherwise influential and charming Dennis Stavros - a second chance, she very nearly becomes a statistic. After weeks of healing from a broken rib and collapsed lung, and with Dennis behind bars, Jessica finally feels ready to come out of hiding. But will she ever be able to take a chance on love again with someone new?

Mixed martial arts fighter Slade Martin knows he has a bad reputation. Hell, he's probably earned it. So it won't be easy to convince beautiful, vulnerable Jessica that she can trust him - that from the moment she walked into his life, she's been the only one he's wanted. Powerful and confident, Slade knows he can honor his vow to protect Jessica body and soul. Winning her heart will be another matter...but a woman like Jessica is worth the fight.

Members Reviews:

great

she did a fantastic job narrating the book had no trouble going to keep reading it

Hi test testerone

If you're into super strong alpha males no comedy all high testosterone violence this is the book for you

Good love story

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first. I am kinda over the malewhore past of some of the heros. Slade however was such a sweetheart and fell inlove so completely with Jessica. I wish that the story played out a little different. I would have liked the breakup to be shorter, with no dating other ppl (no they didn't sleep with anyone else and there was a good reason for the breakup) It would have been nice to see them work together and coming up with a plan on taking out the bad guy. I loved the funny momments, and would have liked to see more of that. I'm not looking forward to the next book with Antonio. He seems to have the same ol manwhore past attitude turned good guy. I do not like Antonio at all in this book. I haven't decided but, I may skip his story. I'm more interrested in Cain and Violet coming up in the 4th book.

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Title: Return To Me

Subtitle: Pride Series Romance Novels Book 8

Author: Jill Sanders

Narrator: Roy Samuelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-15

Publisher: Jill Sanders

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Becca and Nick were destined to be together. He was the love of her life, or so she thought. Then tragedy strikes and Becca is left heartbroken and devastated. The road to recovery seems almost hopeless at times, but with love and support from the good people of Pride, she's looking forward to putting the past behind her. When Nick's best friend, Sean, returns home a year later, he brings with him an unexpected gift that has her reliving the past all over again.

Sean's homecoming is tarnished with the loss of his best friend along with the recent discovery of his fiancée's infidelities while he was deployed. If Sean needs anything right now it's a good friend to lean on and Becca has always been there for him. When the two decide to get away for a while, they're forced to accept the undeniable attraction between them. But now an unforeseen challenge threatens to rip them apart forever.

Members Reviews:

Can she move on?

Becca, Nick and Sean grew up together. Becca knew that she and Nick would always be together. That didn't happen. When Sean returned home, he brought a box for Becca from Nick. In it was the tickets to the honeymoon that he had planned for them. Becca and Sean decided that they would go ahead and take the trip together. Becca had never been out of the state. Once they are on the trip, they can't deny that there is an attraction. Becca had only ever been with Nick. Can she move on?

Change of narrator

I prefer a female narrator. Tanya Eby is the reason I purchased book 1. I also don't want to change narrators in the middle of a series.

Narration is fine, but glitchy

There are several instances where a sentence is repeated & at least one where part of a sentence is omitted. Narrator is otherwise good. It's more a matter of poor editing/reviewing.

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Title: Sinful

Author: Joan Johnston

Narrator: Julia Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After a tragic accident leaves Delta sergeant Connor Flynn a widower, he faces the toughest fight of his life: battling his in-laws for custody of his two young children. To win he'll need a make-believe bride to take care of the kids while he runs his Wyoming ranch. Who better than a woman he already knows and likes - his late wife's best friend?

Ruthlessly forced from her home by her powerful father King Grayhawk, Eve needs somewhere to go... and so does the herd of wild mustangs she's rescued. Connor's offer sounds like the answer to a prayer. But Eve has a guilty secret she's guarded for years: She's always been in love with Connor. Now forced to live under the same roof as her heart's desire, Eve must hide the love that has never died, while Connor vows to resist his growing need for a woman who was forbidden fruit during his marriage.

Can two lonely people set adrift by fate and haunted by guilt find redemption in the healing embrace of love?

Members Reviews:

Complex as Hell

Sinful is the first book I've read by Joan Johnston, an engrossing yet convoluted story about 2 very complex western families (complex as in you need a family tree to understand who is related to whom). There was no mention in the book's description about this being part of a series, but according the author's website Sinful is number 15.

While I enjoyed several of the female characters (smart & sassy), I didn't buy into the main plot about Connor's custody battle. As an active serviceman, Connor had the right to give temporary guardianship of his biological children to another party while retaining all of his normal parental rights. Imagine if every parent in the military could loose his/her children while serving their country - no happening!

The whole family feud seemed pretty extreme too, since it seemed to start over a nasty divorce 50+ years ago. The Flinn and Grayhawk children & grandchildren may have been easily influenced as kids but as adults in their 20s and 30s they just seemed immature, allowing 2 bitter old men to manipulate their feelings/actions. The retreat for retired veterans was a nice touch, and much more appealing than family grudges.

I did like that Eve and her sisters had interesting, non-typical jobs (wildlife photographer, smoke jumper, ranch manager) and didn't take any crap from men their age. Likewise, the brothers were generally respectful of women - no bullies, no physical violence. Maybe if I had read the first 14 books, I might have enjoyed Sinful but it was too difficult to keep track of 20+ characters who were never really introduced.

Love Joan johnston but this isn't my favorite.

I didn't enjoy this as much as l of Joan Johnstons books. It dragged s bit for me.