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Broken Man

McCullough Mountain, Book 5

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Broken Man

By: Lydia Michaels
Narrated by: David Allen Vargo
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An eye-opening exploration of small-town life and adversity through an LGBT lens, best-selling author, Lydia Michaels, delivers a masterpiece of emotion in an unforgettable male-male romance that all listeners will love.

When Luke McCullough’s athletic potential is diminished by a field injury, his pride pays the price. Returning to his small town a broken man, the long road to recovery seems dreary and overshadowed by lost opportunities until he meets Tristan Hughes.

Tristan came to Center County to escape his past and start anew, but nothing prepared him for Luke. Intrigued, Tristan cautiously gets to know this formidable man and falls head over heels for the vulnerable soul hiding behind all that muscled intensity and drive.

Luke has never been interested in men. When he can’t get Tristan out of his head, he fights the inevitable. Stolen glances lead to heated encounters, followed by punishing regret, but Luke’s inability to face the truth of who he really is could cost him the only happiness he’s ever known.

Best-selling author, Lydia Michaels, has created an unforgettable family saga bursting with sizzling secrets and scandalous moments in this award-winning series, McCullough Mountain, where each story can be listened to as a stand-alone!

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I'm not sure where to start on this audiobook, the story started well, and the narration was great, but then during the character development and the story started to get more involved, I fell out with the main character Luke. Keeping his boyfriend quiet for 6/7 years even though you knew the family would be good.

Tristan and Sheila's relationship was also weird for me, pretty unhealthy. But apart from that, I did enjoy the book and finished it. I read the book as a stand-alone.

David Allen Vargo did an excellent job as usual of the audio, and he was clear, precise, and easy to listen to. However, I did speed him up to 1.50 on audible, which is usual for me.


Broken Man
McCullough Mountain, Book 5
By: Lydia Michaels
Narrated by: David Allen Vargo
Series: McCullough Mountain, Book 5
Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

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Read at 1.50 speed on Audible

I received this audiobook for free from GRR at my request. My review is my opinion and an honest review - neither the author nor GRR influenced my opinion.

New to me, author.

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Broken Man is the 5th book in a series of MF books written by Lydia Michaels but is the first MM in the series. I haven’t read any of the previous books and found I was able to listen to this as a stand-alone quite easily.
The family saga is quite dated now as it was written about 8-10 years ago but with that in mind I still found the story engaging. It might have been improved with some up to date editing though.
I have come across the narrator David Allen Vargo once before and was very impressed with his narration skills and once again he was excellent. I would love to hear much more from him in the MM genre.

Broken Man

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It’s a very angsty story, with lovely scenes as well as frustrating ones. Luke is straight until he meets Tristan. It’s a close proximity kind of thing but then Luke is not sure. Tristan hangs on to his values and love, but his mate doesn’t make it any easier. They go through heartache to finally be, to feel free to love each other. I enjoyed the book and the narration.

Acceptance!

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This is the 5th book in the series, however I'm sure it can ne listened to as a standalone since I was able to follow the story without listening to the others.

Luke and Tristan story was definitely not an easy path.
They fought for what they wanted and their love for each other was deep.

This is a new to me Author and I liked their writing style.

The characters were likeable and well fleshed out and the storyline was interesting.

Definitely recommend

Luke💜Tristan

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MM, Sexual Awakening, Contemporary, Romance. Book five in the series and the only MM themed book in the series. The story covers some difficult themes i.e. homophobia and has some dramatic and angsty emotional moments. A book with depth and lots of detail, although part of a series it can be read as a stand-alone with no loss of enjoyment or understanding. An eventual HEA.

Time To Face The Truth.

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