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A Soft Touch

An Age-Gap MM Romance

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A Soft Touch

By: Laura Lascarso
Narrated by: James C. Jones
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About this listen

Roman Reynolds needs a housekeeper and Ezra Powell is arguably the best. Despite their rocky start, Ezra is determined to set Roman’s house to rights without any distractions, if only the man would keep his shirt on and stop looking so damn handsome all the time.

An ex-NFL player and confirmed bachelor, Roman has been on a long losing streak when it comes to men. When his best friend (and notorious prankster) says he’s got someone who’s perfect for him, Roman knows it’s too good to be true. But then Ezra comes along with his shy smiles and thoughtful gestures and Roman’s hardened heart finally begins to thaw. Both men have been hurt before, both are a little shy when it comes to love, but when the opportunity to form a deep and lasting connection arises, will they be bold enough to take it?

A Soft Touch is a sweet and steamy 73K MM romance novel with low angst, lots of cuddles, and a bona fide happy ending. Content warning for ableism.

©2021 Laura Lascarso (P)2021 Laura Lascarso Multicultural Romance Heartfelt Feel-Good

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I had the rule that I only hear audiobooks that I already read in other format but after reading the blurb of this book I decided to break my rule. This is the first book I have ever read written by Laura Lascarso and I was not dissapointed. The story of Ezra and Roman was sweet and cute, but also intense and steamy. I loved how the author managed the dynamic between them and how slowly, they understood and accepted each other. Mr Jones also made a wonderful performance, with a very nice and smooth voice and great acting skills. I loved this book so much!

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Have you ever read or listened to a book and thought now I must have imagined just how good that was and listened to it or read it again? This was what I did here. The characters were well thought out, planned and researched and it was just sweet there was no over the top drama etc it was just beautiful.

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Loved both the story and the audio. The narrator was really good and I enjoyed listening to this.

Sweet love story

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One of the best audio books I have purchased. One well written, excellent narrated enjoyable story. Pure credible love and intimacy all the way through. The sex between Roman and Ezra is truly amazing. A book you can listen to many times and enjoy it as much each time and every time

Most Enjoyable, Easy Listening and Sensual

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Independent reviewer for Gay Romance Reviews, I was gifted the audio file of this book.

Roman is a successful restauranteur and needs a housekeeper. Ezra needs a job and somewhere to live. Ezra is the best at what he does, and he does bring Roman's house to order. But Ezra is a little . . .different . . . in his approach to things and Roman takes time to get used to that.

What follows is a wonderful tale of two men, almost polar opposites, falling in love! And that's ALL that this book is!

Ezra is Autistic, and it shows right from the start. It takes Roman time to notice that, but once he does, Roman takes MORE time to work Ezra through whatever problem he has. Whether it's a strong reaction to some food stuff in the fridge (I will come back to this!) or some feelings Ezra needs to talk out.

I loved that Roman doesn't ever ridicule Ezra's reactions. He wants to understand Ezra's triggers, and help him through the fall out and figure out compromises and work-arounds. I loved that Ezra let him!

Roman had been hurt in the past, by ex-boyfriends who took advantage of his giving nature, but Roman was very quick to notice that Ezra was quite the opposite, and not wanting Roman to spend money on gifts.

And oh! The smexy times! Listening to Ezra process his biological reactions to Roman was amusing in places, but also emotional. Ezra doesn't do emotions very well and he struggled working his way through them. I loved that once Roman and Ezra decided that would do this, that Roman let Ezra set the pace and tempo of their relationship.

One particular chapter stands out, titled The Blue Cheese Incident. I have to be honest; I did laugh at Ezra's reaction to blue cheese in Roman's fridge, I really did. Because I would have had the same reaction, should I have come across blue cheese in my fridge, that wasn't sealed in a box! I might not quite have taken it to wrapping myself in the duvet and hiding away, but I felt for Ezra here! I loved how Roman dealt with it too.

I loved Roman, and Ezra!

It's a beautifully told love story, is all. No angst or drama and I loved it!

James C Jones narrates.

This is the first I've listened to of his work, and it won't be the last.

He gets over all of Ezra's thought processes and those feelings that he can't work through. He gets over all of the joy and delight that ezra finds in Roman's company. But equally, he gets over all of Roman's hesitation at jumping into a new relationship. All his need to look after Ezra, and to help him through the reactions to his triggers.

Jones' voices for all the characters are distinctive enough for my rubbish hearing to be able to differentiate between them well enough. His reading voice isn't as deep as some narrators, but I didn't find myself struggling at all.

The thing I love most about reviewing is finding new to me authors. AND new to me narrators, and this book encompasses both of those. And I loved it!

5 stars for the book
5 stars for the narration
5 stars overall

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a beautiful book, it really is!

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