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I've popped my audiobook and Dreamspun Desires cherries!
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It was a long search for the right narrator that didn't sound so robotic.
And if anyone is going to pop my audio cherry, it should be someone memorable, And you can't forget a name like Rusty Topsfield,
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I'm going to pretend this is what Rusty looks like except with ginger hair, Dreamboat.
Well, how was a first timer's take on audiobooks I don't think it'll be something I'll run to listen to a lot, I was hesitant to trying audiobooks, so this was going to be my trial run, A book I didn't read, but had a physical copy in case it bombed,
Verdict: story didn't bomb, . . just the narration.
This story was flufftastic, over the top and filled with some sexual tension a good mix for entertainment purposes, I knew ahead of time that I would need to suspend reality while reading,
Baby orphan Chloe has two uncles who want for custody, once they meet sparks fly and they fall in love, I like this guardian/battling in laws fall in love trope, Billionaire Aussie uncle Lachlan learns his sister is dead and gets a surprise when he learns she was married and had a baby, So he travels to Texas to get his niece, But his niece already has a guardian, her dead father's fraternal twin Holden, The two square off and argued, said a lot of "good deals" and angry flirted, But then a kidnapping happens by a group of the sloppiest kidnappers ever, Just horrible. An ensemble cast with big personalities get together to find the kidnapped baby, which gets solved fairly quickly, . . because sloppy. There was even a murder added on top of the men fighting and sexing,
And more importantly instalove,
But for this brand, it's to be expected, so no complaints here,
I think I can separate the story from the narrator, . . mostly. Because though Rusty, my audiobook devirginizer, was memorable, . . Rusty got lazier as the story progressed especially with the accents, Hoo boy, Rusty's Texan accent was okayish But he tended to mix in a lot of the Texan "good deal" with Aussie Lachlan, Rusty was reading from the text, I get it it, But the accents didn't have much distinction after a while and when more Aussies and Texans came in
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Oh those were horrible!The Australian accents sounds like a Brit/Martian/Southern person implanted a garbage disposal inside their throat.
What in the world was that
It was distracting as hell and made me laugh for all the wrong reasons, Then I'd have to replay the damn scene to figure out what the hell was said, Like when one of the main men's dad said "I'm pooped", but the accent made it sound like I've pooped,
So there I am wondering why his father took a dump when there was custody battling going on and a baby missing, Couldn't he have excused himself to the bathroom without announcing
Anyway, the story has a lot of action in between the fluff and over the topness.
The story is probably about ,.Hearts.
The Narration is about Hearts,
I'll audiobook again,
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Whatever,
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A copy proved for an honest review, Cowboy Up Stars!! Between Oz and Texas these cowboys do it bigger and better while finding love along the way!!
Trial by Fire is from the collection of books known as Dreamspun Desires which are books where
Love Always Finds a Way
Dreamspun Desires are contemporary category romance novels, complete with your favorite heartwarming heroes, captivating plots, and exotic settings.
These titles are all about happily ever afters that leave you with a satisfied smile for days,
So, this is one of my favorite books of the Dreamspun Desires collection thus far, It has everything I love in a book, two sexy MC, drama, angst, conflict, a resolution that is believable, some mystery, and hot as hell sex! B.
A. Tortuga does an excellent job with this book the only thing that I had trouble with was the "Aussie Dialect" but I had fun figuring it all out and the story was just that much better!
We enter this story when Lachlan McCoughney has just learned that his sister Ades has been killed in a plane crash along with her husband, they left behind a four month old daughter in Texas.
Worse yet, they left her with the traveling rodeo clowns she married into and his niece is going to grow up being bounced from rodeo to rodeo.
Well it doesn't take Lachlan but two seconds to come to the conclusion that he is what his niece needs and he is going to go to Texas and retrieve her, with a plan to bring her back to OZ where she can be raised by his family.
Once Laughlan arrives in Texas he is met with resistance, This resistance comes in the form of a'" Texan Cowboy, Holden Sheffield, who is not about to let his niece Chloe go anywhere he was named as her guardian and he intends to honor his twin brother and sisterinlaws wishes even if that means punching a sexy Aussie cattleman right in the kisser! So begins the battle of the wills who is best for Chloe, but does it even matter, the law is on Holden's side and he isn't budging.
He is however a reasonable man and willing to allow Lachlan and his parents the right to visit, on his terms and his turf.
Lachlan, who really can't believe that his sister is gone nor can he get over how sexy Holden is and how much bigger the Sheffield's ranch is he guesses he was wrong to think that the Sheffield's were just a bunch of traveling rodeo clowns.
That still doesn't change the fact that he wants his niece to have what is best nor the fact that his parents expect him to bring her back to the Station in OZ.
He really is at a loss as to what is going to happen because he can't deny that Holden really is a good father for Chloe and he really does have his act together, he can't see any reason why Chloe shouldn't live her life in Texas as is sister wanted.
Infact, he is finding himself more and more drawn to the little cowboy and wouldn't mind having a taste of that Texan, Holden can't deny his attraction to the sexy Australian but he will be damned if he allows that hunk to take his "daughter" back to Aussie she is his daughter now and he plans to raise her.
He wouldn't be opposed to some help though, in the form of one'" Tall, dark, handsome Australian,
The sexual tension continues to develop between these two MC and just when we think we are going to get some action tragedy strikes and threatens to undo all the trust that has been earned between the two.
Someone kidnaps Chloe and nobody is safe from suspicion, Can these two overcome suspicion and learn to trust each other, will they get Chloe back safe and sound, who has Chloe, will these two find a way to do what is right for Chloe while both fullfilling their obligations and duty to their families Their relationship is one that is under Trial by Fire from the start Sometimes it takes a tragedy to make you see what is right in front of you!
Stars!!
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review.
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I reckon I should tell yall how sweet this story is and it was.
So sit back and lend this ginger your ear for spell,
I am not going to go into great detail with my review on this book, I am a firm believer that telling you what happens in the book, things that made me surprised should be left to each individual reader so I am gonna hit a few points and let sleeping babies lie in the arms of adorable, rugged and sexy cowboys.
You ready You best get your aww faces on, . .
When Holdens twin brother Landon and sister in law Addie die in a plane crash, Holden becomes the one to care for his niece Chloe being left guardianship over the little baby.
But as much as Holden loves his niece, he is a bit in over his head with running his cattle business, taking care of a baby, dealing with his aging parents and then a fast talking Aussie comes into the picture with a punch or um, yeah.
Lachlan, said Aussie, has been
searching for his sister Adelaide who ran away from the oppression that comes with the family business only to be met with bad news.
She died in a plane crash with her husband, leaving behind one baby girl, When Lachlan arrives in Texas determined to meet his niece and take her back with him, he realizes this family he judged on reputation alone, might not be the worst place for Chloe.
No one knew how he felt but this man right here,
Now, I know I said to get your aww faces on, which is true but this was also a bittersweet story when you remember the catalyst that has brought Holden and Lachlan together with Chloe between them.
There is loss here, for both men and both families and that loss, its presented in a lovely way that allows the reader to feel and also heal.
This is a story about family and a story about doing whats best for the greater good and that good is baby Chloe, I loved how she was front and center for the story and how much love she draws to her, Holden is a great daddy, he will move the world for his niece and make sure he does everything in his power to do right by her late parents, even if that means pushing away her relatives from the Land of Oz.
And then you have Lachlan who has come to Texas, determined that Miss Chloe needs to be with her mothers family, that they have lost so much of Addie already, they cannot miss out on being a part of her daughters life.
The men have a rough beginning with one another and yet they are able to put that all behind then and focus as much on the now but not letting go of the past that has brought them together.
During a argumentative family moment, a storm hits that leads to an acknowledged shared grief, where a small touch ignites more than either man know was there and sets the barn on fire.
. . Mmm Hmm. But then, you know things happen and regardless of guilt or innocence, these two cowboys are put to a painful task that makes them lean on each other in more ways than one.
Trial by Fire, or as I like to call it, two cowboys and a baby, was a sweet, steady and yet wild ride that teaches you about second chances and the true meaning of family.
Get your aww faces read to watch an Aussie and a Yank fall head over spurs for a tiny baby girl as they fall into each others arms.
“Do you think itll ever be less odd Life, I mean, ”
“I think well find a new normal, ”
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