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The first time we met was at a party. Your ex arrived to show off the person he'd left you for last month, and you asked me to pretend to be your date. I was more than happy to help. You were attractive, smart and witty--and that kiss we shared? It left me wanting you for days. The second time we met was in my office on campus where we were both surprised to discover you were the new master’s degree student in poetry that I would be working with. You promised to be professional. I did no such thing. The late nights and intense study sessions spent alongside you majorly throw me off my game. I want you, and I fight with myself daily over this fact. I know I'm crass, that my sexual innuendos and dirty mouth annoy you, but I live for those two bright spots of color in your cheeks. If that's the only reaction I can get out of you, I'll gladly take it. You hate Mondays so every Monday I slip an anonymous poem into your bag and your smile gets me through the week. I think I'm falling for you, and I know it's wrong. I know that I'm only supposed to be the adviser to your program and nothing more, but here's the thing. I think you're falling for me too.
Ruby Scott is months behind on rent and can't seem to land a steady job. She has one chance to turn things around with a big audition. But instead of getting her big break, she gets sick as a dog and completely bombs it in the most humiliating fashion. All thanks to a mysterious, gorgeous guy who kissed - and then coughed on - her at a party the night before.
The first time I met Caine West was in a bar. He noticed me looking his way and mistakenly read my scowling as checking him out. When he attempted to talk to me, I set him straight -- telling him what I thought of his lying, cheating, egomaniacal ass. You see, the gorgeous jerk had wined and dined my best friend-smooth talking her into his bed, all along failing to mention that he was married. He deserved every bit of my tongue-lashing and more for what he'd done.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Look up Landon Roderick, that boy from childhood whom I'd never been able to forget - even though he so easily forgot about me - and call him. Then again, anything sounds like a good idea when you've had a little too much wine before bed, right? It was supposed to be just a quick, meaningless prank call. Instead I went off on him - unloading 13 years of pent-up emotions. I didn't think he'd call me back.
I'm writing this letter because it's highly doubtful I'll ever garner the courage to say this to your face. So, here goes. We're totally wrong for each other. You're the proper single mum with a good head on your shoulders. I'm just the carefree British doctor passing through town and temporarily living in your converted garage until I head back to England. But here's the thing... for some bloody reason, I can't stop thinking about you in very inappropriate ways.
I'm not a one-night stand kind of woman. I'm especially not the woman who has a few drinks at a concert and ends up in bed with my childhood celebrity crush, Eli Walsh. However, that's exactly where I find myself. What's a girl to do after a drunken mistake? Run. I grab my clothes and get away from the powerful, irresistible, and best-sex-of-my-life superstar as fast as I can.
The first time we met was at a party. Your ex arrived to show off the person he'd left you for last month, and you asked me to pretend to be your date. I was more than happy to help. You were attractive, smart and witty--and that kiss we shared? It left me wanting you for days. The second time we met was in my office on campus where we were both surprised to discover you were the new master’s degree student in poetry that I would be working with. You promised to be professional. I did no such thing. The late nights and intense study sessions spent alongside you majorly throw me off my game. I want you, and I fight with myself daily over this fact. I know I'm crass, that my sexual innuendos and dirty mouth annoy you, but I live for those two bright spots of color in your cheeks. If that's the only reaction I can get out of you, I'll gladly take it. You hate Mondays so every Monday I slip an anonymous poem into your bag and your smile gets me through the week. I think I'm falling for you, and I know it's wrong. I know that I'm only supposed to be the adviser to your program and nothing more, but here's the thing. I think you're falling for me too.
Ruby Scott is months behind on rent and can't seem to land a steady job. She has one chance to turn things around with a big audition. But instead of getting her big break, she gets sick as a dog and completely bombs it in the most humiliating fashion. All thanks to a mysterious, gorgeous guy who kissed - and then coughed on - her at a party the night before.
The first time I met Caine West was in a bar. He noticed me looking his way and mistakenly read my scowling as checking him out. When he attempted to talk to me, I set him straight -- telling him what I thought of his lying, cheating, egomaniacal ass. You see, the gorgeous jerk had wined and dined my best friend-smooth talking her into his bed, all along failing to mention that he was married. He deserved every bit of my tongue-lashing and more for what he'd done.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Look up Landon Roderick, that boy from childhood whom I'd never been able to forget - even though he so easily forgot about me - and call him. Then again, anything sounds like a good idea when you've had a little too much wine before bed, right? It was supposed to be just a quick, meaningless prank call. Instead I went off on him - unloading 13 years of pent-up emotions. I didn't think he'd call me back.
I'm writing this letter because it's highly doubtful I'll ever garner the courage to say this to your face. So, here goes. We're totally wrong for each other. You're the proper single mum with a good head on your shoulders. I'm just the carefree British doctor passing through town and temporarily living in your converted garage until I head back to England. But here's the thing... for some bloody reason, I can't stop thinking about you in very inappropriate ways.
I'm not a one-night stand kind of woman. I'm especially not the woman who has a few drinks at a concert and ends up in bed with my childhood celebrity crush, Eli Walsh. However, that's exactly where I find myself. What's a girl to do after a drunken mistake? Run. I grab my clothes and get away from the powerful, irresistible, and best-sex-of-my-life superstar as fast as I can.
There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.
As one of Hollywood's A-listers, I have the movie industry in the palm of my hand. But if I'm going to stay at the top, my playboy image needs an overhaul. No more tabloid headlines. No more parties. And absolutely no more one-night stands. Filming for my latest blockbuster takes place on the coast of Maine, and I'm determined to stay out of trouble. But trouble finds me when I run into Lana Kelly.
New Orleans belongs to me. You don't know my name, but I control everything you see - and all the things you don't. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. I didn't need to loan money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. To have her in my debt. She doesn't know she caught my attention. She should've been more careful. I'm going to own her. Consume her. Maybe even keep her. It's time to collect what I'm owed.
When I’m offered the chance to leave New York to live in London for three months, I can’t pack my suitcase fast enough. As soon as I touch down, I’m obsessing over red telephone boxes, palaces, and all the black cabs. But my favorite place is the tube. It’s wall-to-wall hot British men in suits.
When you think about how easy it is to lose keys, phones, sunglasses and your dignity on social media, you might figure it'd be a cinch for me to ditch my V Card. You'd be wrong. At 25, I run a successful business, live in a fantastic apartment, and have fabulous friends to go out with any night of the week. And yet I'm still a card-carrying member of a club I don't want to belong to anymore. Good thing I know just the man for the deflowering job - my brother’s business partner and best friend.
I do what I want and who I want. I don't follow anyone's rules-even my own. I knew I shouldn't touch her, but it didn't stop me. Didn't stop me the second time either. Only made me want a third. My lifestyle suits the savage I am, and she doesn't. But Temperance Ransom is my newest addiction, and I'm nowhere near ready to quit her yet. I'll have her my way, even if it means dragging her into the darkness. Hopefully it doesn't kill us both.
Grant Malone is not the reason I moved back to Sunnyville - at least that’s what I tell myself. Yet, those parting words I said to him back in third grade ring in my ears every time a towns-person brings up one of the Malone boys. I thought time had healed my wounds. I was wrong. Nothing could have prepared me for how I felt when I finally saw him again. Twenty years does a lot to turn a boy into a man. One who hits all my buttons - sexy, funny, attractive, and a police officer.
Hollywood bad boy Brad Sinclair always gets his way, whether it's the role he wants or the bikini-clad model he has to have. But when a bombshell gets dropped in his lap in the form of a dimpled five-year-old from a forgotten relationship, he knows his life is about to change forever. Cara DuMont isn't exactly thrilled when she gets assigned to be the nanny for the latest box-office king. She has one rule: no celebrity fathers, especially single ones with devilish good looks and rock-hard abs.
Growing up, the three of us were friends. He was the nerd. I was the playboy. She was the beauty. Deep down, I only ever wanted her. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits. He lied. I went off to college, and he got the girl. Amber never knew how I felt. They were together for years - before he broke her heart. Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch. When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room.
The name's Barrett Callahan. Yeah, that Barrett Callahan - the one the press dubbed "bare", after those naked sexting pictures surfaced. At 25, I was armed with an MBA from Harvard, an executive position at my father's Fortune 500 company, a penthouse, and a different piece of delectable eye candy in my bed every weekend. I had a life most men dreamed of. But then my father decided to run for president, and my playboy lifestyle became a liability to his campaign that was built on family values.
Life is smooth sailing until these new roomies find themselves stuck between a rock and a very hard place. Because lusting after the one person you shouldn't ever mess around with - your new roommate - is like cardinal rule number one. Get ready for four complete friends-to-lovers rom-com standalones: The Room Mate, The Play Mate, The House Mate, and The Soul Mate.
Sexy. Intriguing. Easy. Eli Boudreaux's family has built ships and boats in Louisiana for generations. He comes from a hardworking, wealthy family, and his empire is growing by leaps and bounds. At 30 he is the youngest CEO ever to head Bayou Enterprises, cochairing with his eldest brother. His head for business and his no-nonsense work ethic are also quickly making him the best the company has seen in generations. His staff admires him, women adore him, and Eli's family is solid.
From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Clarissa Wild comes a new off-the-charts novel that will make you feel filthier than ever...
Confess your sin.
People call me Father, but I prefer Frank, because I'm the worst preacher you'll ever meet.
Days spent completely wasted pull a number on you, especially when you've got a truckload of baggage that comes with it.
Until this beautiful girl in the back of the church takes my breath away.
And we end up committing sacrilege in the confessional.
Did I mention I'm filthy?
Bad doesn't even begin to describe me, and after one taste of what she's got to offer, I want more. Too bad having a dirty mind isn't the only thing we've got in common...
Our past is laced with sin.
Author's Note: This audiobook is not for everyone. It's raw. It's vulgar. It's downright offensive. But it's oh so damn delicious with a capital D. If you are easily offended, please don't listen to this audiobook. But if you like a bit of humor mixed in with raunchiness and brawling, you'll love this audiobook.
My goodness, I love both narrators but seriously too much drama the female narrator was way to annoying for me, dear writer please make your characters more tolerable and less stupid while handling fictional problems. I mean seriously I think you can do better. Dear female narrator I hope you found being so annoying made you hate yourself for putting up with it.
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I had read the book when it was released and I remember saying 'wow this author knows how to write'. I remember being consumed by the book and loving it from the first page till the last.... Now I am beyond words.... I think Clarissa Wild had an amazing book now along with this narrator they took the book to new levels.
I love how much he is in the book. He lives it, breathes it. He is Frank the Preacher.
This book was dark and twisted already but now... Wow..... Wow!
A totally new experience!!!!!
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I just LOVED this book! Clarissa Wild brings us on such a naughty story! Wild tells a well written story that you will fly through! This was such a taboo story… not as dark as some of her more recent ones. Still, I enjoyed it immensely! I didn't expect the story to have thriller/suspense elements so I was pleasantly surprised by that.
I loved the characters and would love more from all of them. Oh man, oh man… those naughty bits were ah-mazing! I mean yowzas! HOT! The writing and descriptions were just on point! I love Wild’s writing. I mean, I could feel my checks flame with some blushing hearing Gregory Sutton's deep voice saying them to me!
Father is a story of a man going back full circle righting the wrongs of his past. It would appeal to readers looking for a taboo read with a dash of humor. Sutton's voice is on point with the Father. It was as if this book was written for him! I love the humor that Wild sneaks in!
I read the book first but listening to it was a whole other experience that I loved. The Narration was amazing Gregory Sutton has outdone himself snd it was more like watching a movie in yiur head than listening to a book.
Welcome to Clarissa Wild's Father. When I first read the description of this book I was so curious but I said a prayer that God wouldn't strike me dead for reading this book. I'm happy to report I'm still here though I did duck a time or two waiting to be struck. It's okay to laugh I did because sometimes I just way overthink things.
People call Frank Father but he will tell you hes a preacher. The worst preacher ever too. He spends his days most of the time at the local bar getting smashed. Come to think of it he rarely doesn't have a liquor bottle in his hand. Frank has some seriously messed up baggage that he carries around and he just can't quiet figure out why exactly it is that God keeps him around on this earth. Enter a girl who takes Franks breath away and makes him feel for the first time in ages. Laura though has some serious baggage and huge secrets just like Frank and neither one of them are sharing those secrets. There just sharing some pretty steamy stuff in the confessional and the altar of the church!! EEEP!! Yep, you guessed it I ducked during these parts too. Oh and did I mention that Frank if a very very dirty boy. He will cause your kindle to melt.
I really enjoyed this book. Don't be afraid to take a chance. I made it though and I am a God fearing walking the straight and narrow the best that I can kind of gal. I would be lying if I didn't tell you my mouth was hanging open a few times and I literally did duck during one part of this but you have to read to understand Frank the preacher. He is not ordained and there is a reason he is a preacher. I loved trying to figure out everything there was to figure out in this book. I got the one part but boy oh boy I did not see the secret Laura was holding onto coming from a mile a way.
As always Clarissa Wild has taken me for a ride on the dark side and I loved every single second of this book.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend for any Audio listeners who enjoy a slightly dark and taboo story
What other book might you compare Father to and why?
As always Clarissa Wild brings dark and taboo to a whole new level!
Setting aside for the moment the absolutely sinful delights that make Father Frank the man we all crave and the reason this story is a tad taboo
Let's talk about the story itself
It is truly intricate and poignant - Wild leads reader's on a journey that twists the reader's ardent need for retribution to a whole new level
Frank and Laura are two souls who are thrown into a mixed up pot of half-truths and unknowns only to discover everything they believed and the reasons they hated were fabrications and their true strength lie in their love for another - but is it too late for them to find redemption?
Have you listened to any of Gregory Sutton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I enjoy Sutton's narration - He is able to flawlessly submerge the listener into the story, - allowing us to connect with the characters and live out the scenes
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would absolutely love to have the time to listen to an audio book in one sitting - though realistically for me that is impossible
This is one of my favorite reads of 2017!
If you are easily offended by sexual desecration of sacred ground, you may want to pass on this but if you are looking for a hot, steamy somewhat taboo read, you have found it in Father.
For those of you who may have wandered from your church, Father Frank will make you want to return to the fold. He is a classic hot alpha male, bad boy who happens to be a preacher with a dark and painful past looking for salvation. Laura is living in the shadow of her family, taking care of her two brothers struggling with her desires and looking for absolution. The heat between them is palpable. Their connection, inevitable.
The narrator has a nice smooth voice but, when the situation called for it, his intonation rings a bit sarcastic and not as sensual or emotional or serious as I would have liked. He might be better for a mystery or a rom-com.
Any additional comments?
Oh. My. Gosh. **wipes sweat from brow** Is it hot in here? It's definitely hot in here.
This audiobook is AWESOME. Clarissa Wild delivers a fan-freakin-tastic story, and like all of her other audiobooks, the narrator most definitely delivers a stellar performance.
I definitely recommend checking this out.
Any additional comments?
I had already read this book so I knew what the story was about. I have to say reading and listening to this book are different experiences. I usually listen to my audio book s either while I'm driving or my eyes are tired from reading. I knew I didn't want to listen to this with my mother(she would have fainted). So I listened to this at night OMG talk about hot dreams all night. Book or audio i still love this story and this amazing author.
Well. I never. No wonder people are going crazy with this book! Frank is one sexy, dirty kind of man. At first, I didn't know how I would feel, considering he a supposed-preached. But pushing that aside, this was an interesting read/listen. Gregory Sutton did an epic job narrating. I could definitely see the book as a movie in my head. There's not female narrator since its only in Frank's perspective. But it was still good.
I read this ebook so I jumped at the chance to listen to the audio as soon as I could. I was NOT disappointed in any way. Not only was the story just as good as when I read it but Gregory Sutton did a fantastic job with the narration. I have never felt so dirty but so in love with a book all at once. 5 stars Gregory! You deserve it. Never again will I look at a preacher the same way. And confessionals... well those could be fun with the right person. If you haven't picked up an audiobook by Clarissa Wild yet start with this one. Not only is the storyline amazing but the characters are hot, humorous and so down to Earth.