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Backslide

By: Nicole Dykes
Narrated by: Devon Ryder, Theo Sinclair
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About this listen

When you’re young, everything seems brighter, more hopeful, and like anything is possible.

Which is great. But it can also lead to so many mistakes.

Mistakes you promise yourself you’ll never make again.

You promise yourself you'll be smarter, guard your heart, and make better decisions. And you won’t ever let anyone crush you again.

But what happens when you’re confronted with the past?

Nash Davis is settled and happy, helping his brother and his wife pursue their dreams. But when his biggest regret comes crashing back into his life, will he have the strength he promised himself he’d have? Can he keep his walls up? Or will Adrian Walker’s presence be too much?

Will it lead toward an inevitable backslide to where they began? Or can there be a future after so much pain?

When Nash and Adrian are thrown together in the Ozarks for months, they’re about to find out.

©2022 Nicole Dykes (P)2023 Pink Flamingo Productions Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt

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This was a beautiful empowering & emotional second chance romance m, full of love and owning yourself and embracing your true self. It was also full of family & spice and plenty of laughs.

Empowering & emotional

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Backslide by Nicole Dykes is a contemporary gay romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Devon Ryder and Theo Sinclair.

I love Nicole's books. She does an amazing job pulling me into the story and making me feel what the characters are feeling. I loved the relationship that bloomed between Nash and Adrian. It was messy but I couldn't help but root for them. I really enjoyed getting both of their points of view throughout the book. It really brought the story to life.

Devon and Theo did a great job on the narration. I look forward to listening to more of their work in the future.

I would recommend this book if you like MM romances, second chance romances, or contemporary romances.


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Contemporary MM Second Chance Romance

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Backslide is a second chance romance between a man in the closet, but tired of being oppressed by his own family and his obligations, and the guy he left behind.

It's sweet and hit at the same time.
Nash was living a quiet and lonely life with his brother and their family. He was content, but not happy. He was just living.

Adrian was faking in everything. He was dating a girl that he didn't love, working for a father that he didn't respect, or that respected him, and forever in the closet.

Until they meet again, when he was supposed to propose to his girlfriend in the grounds of Nash's family cabins.

It's good to see Adrian finally stood up for himself. It was good to see why he left Nash behind, even if I hated him for it.

As always I was in love with Nash's family and the accept he had from his brother and sister in law.

I'll be definitely be listening to Outcast!

Both narrators did a great job here!

Sweet second chance MM

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Reading the blurb, this book had everything I like… and it did but I really wanted some more. Nash and Adrian’s love was a secret for so long that one look at each other after 8 years apart they just rekindle their love. I’m proud of them for not wanting to hide their feelings but a little more angst would have made this book great for me.
Devon Ryder and Theo Sinclair were brilliant.

Nash & Adrian

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Every time I start a Nicole Dykes book, I know I am in for a good listen. She truly loves her characters and it comes through in her stories. This book features Nash and Adrian. Nash is helping his brother at his resort. Never getting over his high school love, he has had his share of hookups but never got serious. Adrian and his high powered family has made reservations at the cabins and to his surprise, there stands his high school love. Both are shocked, but then Adrian's girlfriend walks up to him and all hope is lost. But is it? This is a story of family loyalty, doing what it takes to keep the peace and not always being true to yourself. It's finding out what is important, and realizing that life is about honesty and integrity. I loved these characters so much as they worked through their pain and past, and began to see what could be. Nash knows who he is and what he wants. Adrian finds the strength to the future he needs. And with people like Hayden, Lawson and RaeLynn by their sides, it sure to be a great one. Dykes shines in this one, facing the reality of life, the falsehood social media can bring and love that is everlasting. Another fabulous listen!

Devon Ryder and Theo Sinclair are fantastic in this audio. Their narration brings out all the emotions these two characters faced, each finding the voice to make it real and sincere. I loved both of their portrayals and think they each found the essence of the story and brought it to life in my ears.

Adrian & Nash

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