Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Contract cover art

The Contract

By: Melanie Moreland
Narrated by: John Lane,Tatiana Sokolov
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £19.99

Buy Now for £19.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

My Saving Grace cover art
The Rules of Dating My One-Night Stand cover art
Bentley cover art
Dr. Off Limits cover art
The Italian cover art
Think Outside the Boss cover art
Dante cover art
The Wrong Bride cover art
Flawless cover art
The Worst Wedding Date cover art
The Auction cover art
Mine to Have cover art
Dirty Headlines cover art
I Could Never cover art
How Still My Love cover art
Capturing Forever cover art

Summary

A tyrant by day, a playboy by night. That's the reputation that precedes Richard VanRyan. He lives life the way he wants, no concern for the opinion of others. He cares for no one, is completely unrepentant, and has no desire to change his ways.

Katharine Elliott works under Richard as his PA. She despises him and his questionable ethics, but endures all the garbage he sends her way, because she needs the job. Her end goal is far more important than the daily abuse and demands she tolerates from her nasty tyrant of a boss. Until the day he asks her for something she never expected. A new role with a personal contract-fiancée instead of PA.

What happens when two people who loathe each other have to live together and act as though they are madly in love? Sparks. That's what happens.

Can the power of love really change a person?

Will they survive the contract?

What do you do when the one person you hate the most becomes the one person you can't live without?

©2016 Melanie Moreland (P)2016 Tantor

More from the same

What listeners say about The Contract

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    260
  • 4 Stars
    80
  • 3 Stars
    36
  • 2 Stars
    9
  • 1 Stars
    10
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    236
  • 4 Stars
    63
  • 3 Stars
    38
  • 2 Stars
    11
  • 1 Stars
    10
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    228
  • 4 Stars
    73
  • 3 Stars
    37
  • 2 Stars
    9
  • 1 Stars
    11

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Lo
  • 17-01-17

Loved the book, but loved the audio more!

I bought the book when it was first released as it was by one of my go-to authors (I've been a big fan of Melanie's for years) and wasn't disappointed.

So when I found out the audio version had been released I just HAD to get it and I loved it more than the book, John Lane & Tatiana Sokolov did a great job of bringing the book to life and I was emotionally invested (again) from the very start.

This is definitely an audiobook that I will listen to many more times.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Awful cheesy unrealistic story

I don’t even understand how this can be published. This story is sooo outdated, maybe good for a housewife 30 years ago.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Was this narrated by a robot?

I wasn’t expecting much from the storyline so I wasn’t surprised that it was poor. My biggest issue was the narration, Richard I can only assume was narrated by a robot, and Katie was narrated by a middle aged woman. I have no issue with middle aged women, I happen to be one myself but the implausibility it gave to an already stupid story was utterly, eye rolling-ly tedious! Don’t bother.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Total Cringe, awful clichéd story.

I listened to this book because it had so many 5 star reviews but I don't get it I'm afraid.
The first couple chapters pulled me in but it went downhill after that and I couldn't wait for it to end. I persevered as I was sure there must be a twist or something to make it more interesting but I was disappointed. It feels like it was written about 40 years ago in the way that women were portrayed. Not my cup of tea.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Awful

Dreadful storyline that was an even worse version of fifty shades of grey if you could think that possible! Very predictable and badly read. Horrible accents.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Just Awful!

Struggled to the end but it was excruciating! Insipid characters and unbelievable story! How did it even manage to get published?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

flove

oh my! I absolutely loved this story! could not stop listening and am eagerly wanting to hear the rest!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

loved it!

fantastic book. really loved the storyline and the character voices were believable and really get you engrossed into the story. I cried laughed and felt passion all in one book. will definitely be listening to it again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the narrators played their part perfectly and made The story totally believable. The characters are great and the story is charming funny sexy and a little sad in places. I will certainly listen to this again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

well developed characters

I liked the genuine distain they had for each other.
Really well narrated and paced. I really felt like I was taken on a journey - I could definitely listen to this again. Excellent.
I will look for more from this authoress.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful