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Fractured Love by Callie Bardot

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Fractured Love by Callie Bardot was an excellent wrap-up for this series.  I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this book, but in the end, I loved this book just as much as I did the second book.  If you want to read my reviews of the other four books in this series, you can clickhere, here, here, and here. This is the final book in the Adrenaline series, and I am sad to say goodbye to these characters.  The one thing that I didn’t enjoy about this book was the voice the narrator used for Jamal.  His voice just got my nerves, and it isn’t one that I got used to even after listening to the entire audiobook. By the end of the book, I only listen to it because I had to know how it all ended.  Other than Jamal’s voice, I enjoyed this narrator, and I would listen to other books by him.  I did feel bad for Heat because of his childhood and how his parents made him feel.  I felt terrible that Heat was scared to be who he was supposed to be.  I did love getting to know these characters, but I am sad to say goodbye to them.  I loved that this author included part of the LGBT community because it made the series come to life for me.  If you are looking for a great series of books, I would recommend you pick up this series and give it a listen.

About The Book

Author: Callie Bardot

Narrator: Jonathan Tratar

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Publisher: Callie Bardot⎮2020

Genre: Romance

Series: Adrenaline, Book 5

Release date: Dec. 16, 2020 

From the Amazon best-selling Adrenaline series, comes the final book in this rock and roll suspense adventure.

Rock star Trevor “Heat” West has a burning secret. His former best friend – the guy he’s still in love with – thinks he’s gay. Given Heat’s upbringing at a military academy with his dad as the dean, it’s a secret he simply can’t afford to accept. He’d just as soon drink battery acid for breakfast.

But then he meets Jamal, a statuesque guy who plays the piano like nobody else and sings like a hot fantasy.

Heat despises Jamal. Jamal reminds him of everything he’d like to forget and wounds too painful to face. But his attraction to the keyboardist proves too compelling to resist.

As they go on tour together, all of Heat’s inner walls begin to crumble. Then he finds Jamal carries secrets greater than his own. And, as his heart begins to give way to self-acceptance, he learns Jamal’s secrets might cost him his life. 

A M/M romance novel.

About The Author

Give me a gritty story, pushing through obstacles, followed by a chance at true love and I’m a happy woman. I fought for love, long and hard, and found it. Along the way, I had a lot of fun, figuring if something exists to be explored, I may as well explore it. How else can you figure out what you like?

My books have won awards like Romance Reviews Reader’s Choice New Adult Erotic (Blurred Lines) and have landed on the NY Times and USA Today Bestseller’s list, as well as #1 Amazon bestseller categories. If I’m not writing, you can find me under the water, scuba diving, or on land, hiking, saving lives as an EMT, or exploring my breathtaking surroundings in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my sexy, firefighting guy. 

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Making funny voices has always been something I have done, to an almost compulsive level. I would emulate cartoon characters, parents, teachers, politicians, ect. Then focus shifted to martial arts, rock climbing, just other passions and whatnot. In all honesty I feel as though I was lost for a few years. No direction. I then got into the modeling and acting industry. Almost three years as a model/actor, of middling success, before I decided to have a go at being an agent. This move went very very well. Two years later, unfulfilled, I quit my job, bought a mic, and haven’t looked back since.

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The Key To Love by Callie Bardot

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The Key To Love by Callie Bardot was a great book.  This is the 4th book in the Adrenaline series, and I like this book more than the third book.  I loved that we got to get to know Keys.  I also loved Mia and felt terrible for everything that she and Keys went through. I almost wish that this book had been the third.  I think that would have made the third book make more sense when I was reading that book.  You don’t have to read them all in order, but I would recommend that because if you don’t read them in order, then you will ruin the other books.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book.  He did a great job of making the characters all sound different, so I didn’t get lost as I was listening.  There were several adult scenes in this book.  They didn’t bother me, but I know some people wouldn’t enjoy them, so I wanted to let you know they are in there.  I enjoyed the author’s writing, and I can’t wait to listen to the final book in this series.  If you love rock star romance books, you will enjoy this book as much as I did.

I have reviewed the other books in this series.  If you are interested in seeing those reviews, you can here(3rd book, here(3rd book, and here(3rd book) to check out those reviews.

About The Book

Author: Callie Bardot

Narrator: Jonathan Tratar

Length: 8 hours

Publisher: Sumner McKenzie, Inc⎮2020

Genre: Romance

Series: Adrenaline, Book 4

Release date: November 2, 2020

 His past haunts him. Her past hunts her.

When Grammy winning Marked Love keyboardist, Keys, finds himself face to face with Mia for a week, he thinks his run of bad luck has finally turned.

Mia thinks she’s in for the week of her worst nightmares.

But as the two collide in an intense affair, two things become obvious—their friends want Mia to stay as far away from Keys as she can. And, neither one of them can forget their pasts and open to love. As a result, they crash together and are wrenched apart like pounding waves. As their week comes to an end, they’re forced to deal with the potent attraction between them and the deadly consequences that follow.

With so much at stake, can they find the key to love?

The Key to Love is the fourth book in the exciting, suspenseful Adrenaline series. While each book is a standalone, the series it more enjoyable if you read them in order.

About The Author

Give me a gritty story, pushing through obstacles, followed by a chance at true love and I’m a happy woman. I fought for love, long and hard, and found it. Along the way, I had a lot of fun, figuring if something exists to be explored, I may as well explore it. How else can you figure out what you like?

My books have won awards like Romance Reviews Reader’s Choice New Adult Erotic (Blurred Lines) and have landed on the NY Times and USA Today Bestseller’s list, as well as #1 Amazon bestseller categories. If I’m not writing, you can find me under the water, scuba diving, or on land, hiking, saving lives as an EMT, or exploring my breathtaking surroundings in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my sexy, firefighting guy. 

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About The Narrator

Making funny voices has always been something I have done, to an almost compulsive level. I would emulate cartoon characters, parents, teachers, politicians, ect. Then focus shifted to martial arts, rock climbing, just other passions and whatnot. In all honesty I feel as though I was lost for a few years. No direction. I then got into the modeling and acting industry. Almost three years as a model/actor, of middling success, before I decided to have a go at being an agent. This move went very very well. Two years later, unfulfilled, I quit my job, bought a mic, and haven’t looked back since.

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Sugar Love by Callie Bardot

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FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Sugar Love by Callie Bardot was a good book.  This is the third book in this series, and so far, this one is my least favorite book.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book.  I found that I had a hard time connecting with the characters in this book.  I am not sure why but I was almost glad when the book was over because I found it hard to stay interested.  I loved that I could turn up the speed so that I could get through this book quicker.  There are several adult scenes in this book that didn’t bother me, but they might bother some people, so I wanted to mention them in my review.  I did wish that there had been more of the characters from the first books in this story.   I have to wonder if that isn’t part of the reason I didn’t enjoy this book as much.  If you love romance books, you might like this one, but it isn’t one that I would listen to again.

About The Book

Author: Callie Bardot

Narrator: Jonathan Tratar

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Publisher: Callie Bardot⎮2020

Genre: Romance

Series: Adrenaline, Book 3

Release date: Aug. 11, 2020 

A USA Today best-selling book!

After Effie D’Archangel’s scholarship gets revoked, she’s screwed. Everything she’s ever worked for is gone. She can’t work more than she already does without falling behind in her classes. With no hope and no plan, she succumbs to a dare to attend a party for billionaires looking for young, sexy sugar babies. Despite being more geek than chic, Effie’s desperate to try anything.

Zander’s money and world-class skill and daring in outdoor adventures can’t shield him from heartbreak. Still bitter from an accident that left him deeply scarred, he accepts a dare to find a sugar baby. When he encounters Effie, she’s everything he’s not used to – and that intrigues him even more.

Agreeing to fund her tuition is a risk he knows he can handle. But as they grow closer and the truth surfaces, will the sugar baby be worth the risk, after all?

While each book is a stand-alone, the series it more enjoyable if you listen to them in order.

About The Author

Give me a gritty story, pushing through obstacles, followed by a chance at true love and I’m a happy woman. I fought for love, long and hard, and found it. Along the way, I had a lot of fun, figuring if something exists to be explored, I may as well explore it. How else can you figure out what you like?

My books have won awards like Romance Reviews Reader’s Choice New Adult Erotic (Blurred Lines) and have landed on the NY Times and USA Today Bestseller’s list, as well as #1 Amazon bestseller categories. If I’m not writing, you can find me under the water, scuba diving, or on land, hiking, saving lives as an EMT, or exploring my breathtaking surroundings in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my sexy, firefighting guy. 

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About The Narrator

Making funny voices has always been something I have done, to an almost compulsive level. I would emulate cartoon characters, parents, teachers, politicians, ect. Then focus shifted to martial arts, rock climbing, just other passions and whatnot. In all honesty I feel as though I was lost for a few years. No direction. I then got into the modeling and acting industry. Almost three years as a model/actor, of middling success, before I decided to have a go at being an agent. This move went very very well. Two years later, unfulfilled, I quit my job, bought a mic, and haven’t looked back since.

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Confessions of a Bookaholic by Joslyn Westbrook

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Confessions of a Bookaholic by Joslyn Westbrook was a fun book.  I enjoyed that this book had two different narrators for the story because it kept track of who was talking even easier.  I have so many thoughts on this book because it could happen to any book blogger.  Part of me would be mortified if something like this happened to me, but part of me wishes that something like this would happen to me because who doesn’t want a book boyfriend to come to life.  The only thing that kind of bugged me about the book was I wasn’t the biggest fan of the female narrator voices, but that is the only thing “bad” thing I can say about this book.  I loved everything about this book and the plot.  I felt like I could relate to the plot because I also blog about books.  These types of books are always my guilty pleasure when it comes to reading.  When I need a break this is the type of book that I always pick up and read.  If you love reading romance novels, I would pick this one up because I know you will love it as much as I did.

About The Book

Author: Joslyn Westbrook

Narrator: Sierra Kline; Tim Paige

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Publisher: Fifth Avenue Publications

Genre: Romance 

Release date: December 7, 2020

What happens when a book blogger accidentally publishes her digital diary online?

A viral shitstorm, that’s what.

No way did I want thousands of subscribers to read my confessions—yet, that’s precisely what went down last night after four too many Cosmos with my girls.

Now, Damage Control is my new middle name because my diary confessional has my roommate, Lucas Stone, written all over it.

Literally.

I’ve been in love with him forever—well, ever since I saw him sprint across campus naked during our first year of college.

And now that Lucas knows how I feel about him? 

Well, things are destined to get awkward.

Because Lucas Stone, my BFF—the man who sleeps only one room over—just got engaged.

And his fiancée isn’t me.

CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKAHOLIC is a steamy, friends-to-lovers, sports romance full of laughter and a tiny bit of angst. 

About The Author

Wife. Mom. Foodie. Fashion Junkie. Rom-Com Lover.

Author of sexy rom-coms and feel-good contemporary romance, Joslyn Westbrook’s novels feature sweep-you-off-your feet heroes and the sassy, classy, badassy heroines who can’t seem to breathe without them. When she’s not writing, Joslyn can be found watching Netflix, cooking, shopping, and spending time with her husband and children at home in sunny California.

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Sierra Kline

Independent Audiobook Award finalist Sierra Kline is a programmer by day, narrator by night. Sierra earned her degree in theater from Michigan State University, which she has been fortunate to put to heavy use both on the stage and in the booth. When she’s not lending her voice to multiple genres, from romance to LitRPG, she prefers the great outdoors and loves running, traveling, and backpacking.

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Tim Paige

Tim Paige is an audiobook narrator with a passion for rom coms, superheroes, and telling stories that provide an escape from the world (or a new lens with which to view it). A former full-time touring musician, Tim has played on some of the biggest stages in the world. He is the voice of “The More You Know” on NBC, and has provided voice-over for many national commercials, promos, trailers, and video games. When he’s not narrating audiobooks or voicing fun projects, you’ll most often find him playing pretend with his two sons, shouting at the television during Syracuse Orange basketball and football games, or cooking up tasty vegan treats.

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Crazy Love by Callie Bardot

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Crazy Love by Callie Bardot was a good book.  This book is the first book in the series, and I can’t wait to listen to the other books.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book, and I was able to keep track of who was talking throughout the entire book.  I think this book was predictable, but this is how I feel about most of the books in the romance genre. Even with that being said, I still really enjoyed this book.  I was sad when the book came to an end because I had fallen in love with the characters.  I am hoping that we will get a glimpse of these characters in the books that come next.  This book has adult situations in it that I wouldn’t let teenagers read this book.  I wasn’t offended at all, but some people may get triggered by the talk of using drugs.  I did feel bad for Dante because of everything he had gone through as he was growing up.  I also enjoyed that this book has a small mystery thrown in, which is part of the reason I didn’t want to put this one down until I finished listening.  If you are looking for a romance novel with a mystery aspect to it, I would pick up a copy of this audiobook and listen. 

About The Book

Author: Callie Bardot

Narrator: Jonathan Tratar

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Publisher: Callie Bardot⎮2020

Genre: Romance

Series: Adrenaline, Book 1

Release date: Aug. 20, 2020

Synopsis: Skilled “tiger whisperer” Kennedy Swift is on a mission to get her life on track and escape the people who want to do her harm. Running into Dante Vega isn’t on the plan. When her gaze lands on Dante, the same obsession and longing she experienced in her senior year comes roaring back to life. She simply can’t afford to let him in. End of story.

An unexpected, surprise encounter at a tiger sanctuary in the Bronx leaves mega-superstar musician Dante Vega reeling. Is the tiger charging the woman going to maul her? Is she about to lose her life? And, could this very courageous woman be the same girl he crushed on hard at his exclusive private Manhattan high school before she vanished?

Each of their lives has been marred by tragedy. Each carries secrets, too dark to reveal. Will their secrets tear them apart? Or, will they find the courage to come clean, risking all to find love? Find out in Crazy Love: A Rock Star Romance by USA Today best-selling author Callie Bardot.

While each book is a stand-alone, the series it more enjoyable if you listen to them in order.

About The Author

Give me a gritty story, pushing through obstacles, followed by a chance at true love and I’m a happy woman. I fought for love, long and hard, and found it. Along the way, I had a lot of fun, figuring if something exists to be explored, I may as well explore it. How else can you figure out what you like?

My books have won awards like Romance Reviews Reader’s Choice New Adult Erotic (Blurred Lines) and have landed on the NY Times and USA Today Bestseller’s list, as well as #1 Amazon bestseller categories. If I’m not writing, you can find me under the water, scuba diving, or on land, hiking, saving lives as an EMT, or exploring my breathtaking surroundings in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my sexy, firefighting guy. 

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About The Narrator

Making funny voices has always been something I have done, to an almost compulsive level. I would emulate cartoon characters, parents, teachers, politicians, ect. Then focus shifted to martial arts, rock climbing, just other passions and whatnot. In all honesty I feel as though I was lost for a few years. No direction. I then got into the modeling and acting industry. Almost three years as a model/actor, of middling success, before I decided to have a go at being an agent. This move went very very well. Two years later, unfulfilled, I quit my job, bought a mic, and haven’t looked back since.

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Mission: Believe by Stacy Eaton

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Mission: Believe by Stacy Eaton was a great book.  This book gave me an escape and an exciting world to escape into.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book as well.  He did a great job of changing his voice for the different characters, making it easy to know who was talking.  I have read/listen to several books by this author, and as far as I can remember, I have enjoyed her books, and this book was no different.  I grew up in the military, so when I saw this book come up for review, I knew I had to check it out.  I found the subject of this book super interesting.  This book followed the same pattern that most romance books follow, but that didn’t bother me because of this book’s plot.  I fell in love with the characters right from the start, and I was glad that there is another book in this series because I hope that we will get an update on these two in the next book in the series.  If you love romance novels, I am sure you will love this book as much as I do.  I can’t say enough good things about this book.  I will be reviewing the next book next week, so come back and see how I felt about that one if this book interests you.

About The Book

Author: Stacy Eaton

Narrator: Ryan Clark

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Publisher: Nitewolf Novels⎮2020

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Series: Rise Again Warrior, Book 1

Release date: May 27, 2020

Synopsis: This is a very emotional story about sacrifice and loyalty – about overcoming the wounds of battle and finding a life to live and a love to share it with.

Staff Sgt. Shane Logan is lucky to have come from a privileged family, and after losing both of his legs in the war, he now has the best prosthetics that money can buy. While he is trying to move forward with life, he struggles with the past and the way people react to him and his disability.

Dr. Lauren Falcone works tirelessly to help veterans deal with the trauma and pain of their deployments. Her unique virtual approach to therapy keeps her busy, and the assistance she provides to service members as they recover mentally helps her resolve her own anxieties.

When Shane meets Lauren at a fundraiser for his father’s organization, he wonders if there just might be a chance for him to get his dream off the ground and maybe find a normal life with someone who can look past his flaws and see the man he is inside.

Shane and Lauren are drawn to each other by their hope to make life easier for veterans, both physically and emotionally. Their goal is to build Shane’s dream organization, Rise Again Warrior, which will assist veterans to integrate more easily into society and have the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art technology and therapy.

Now, if they can only have faith in themselves, learn to deal with their own demons, and believe in each other, they might find a way to bring this dream to fruition.

About The Author

Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Best Selling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took an early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016, with her last three years in investigations and crime scene investigation to write full time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement, and her teen daughter. She also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy, and two grandchildren.

Stacy is involved in Domestic Violence Awareness and served on the Board of Directors for her local Domestic Violence Center for three years.

Be sure to visit http://www.stacyeaton.com for updates and more information on her books.

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Ryan Clark is a relatively new audiobook narrator having started his first project in 2017. Ryan is currently an Active Duty Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force He works as instructor of Foreign Language at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California. 

Ryan resides in Monterey CA with his wife, 9-month-old son, and 2 dogs.  

Ryan is actively involved in the military programs for Veteran Suicide Prevention and Sexual Assault Response.

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