Fresh Start
Cedarwood Beach, Book 1
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Fresh Start
Narrated by:
JD Tomlinson
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Rhys Everly
About this listen
He was my first love. Will he be my last?
Going home after twenty years was supposed to be a short stop. Before following my dreams.
Instead, I’m forced to face my past... and the ex that betrayed me.
Dawson Eldred.
• Hollywood superstar.
• America’s most eligible bachelor.
• And the jerk that walked out on me.
Seeing him again opens old wounds. But the spark is still alive.
We failed being in a relationship once.
Should I even give him a second chance?
Listen now to find out.
Fresh Start is the first book in the Cedarwood Beach small town gay romance series and is completely standalone. It contains two rivals in close quarters, a Butterfly festival, and a young niece hell-bent on getting her uncle his happily ever after.
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When they reconnect by chance after seventeen years Leo is so angry and doesn't want anything to do with Dawson, meanwhile he's on the verge of having his big opportunity careerwise. They both need to make amends with their respective families.
Yet when they finally keep quite enough to explain to each other, all the past is not only forgotten, but obliterated and they find that all their love to each other has never gone away, they resume their relationship full force and this time it will be so much better than the first!
I adored this new series: I love the town of Cedarwood, I loved Leo's huge family (especially Summer, she's so cute) and I especially loved Leo; I mean really he could be me: holding grudges and falling pray to his additions, angry at the world, but what he really wants isto be loved, so as soon as he lets his anger towards Dawson fade, he's all in with his man!
I simply loved this book.
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2nd chance romance
Rival actors
A bit of forced proximity
Enemies to lovers
Arc Audio review
Story = 3.5 stars
Narration = 4 stars
Dawson is an actor in a long running series and is secretly sick of it. He is also gay and in the closet. He goes back to his hometown for a break.
Leo is an ex band member and ex addict (5 years) and is trying out acting. After a bad review and getting fired he decides to go back home for a break. There in the same small town the exes of 20 years run into each other for the first since their Uni days when Leo says Dawson betrayed him.
It took me awhile to get into this. Leo was a jerk. I knew the 2 MCs were exes so I expected there to be conflict between them but Leo was flinging his bad attitude at everyone in his path and it really made me not like him and I almost stopped reading. Luckily I was interested in Dawson's character enough to keep listening, even though he was painted as the bad guy. Leo's bad attitude went on far too long but once they got back together they made a cute couple. I loved the ending. They had great chemisty even when it was just angry banter filled with s*xual tension and hate s*x. Overall I enjoyed the story. It kept my interest til the end and was medium angst and medium steam. I'm interested in the world and side characters so hopefully the next books are even better.
The narrator did a good job. They had a pleasant reading voice and good flow. They expressed all the emotions great. He made a decent attempt to give the characters their own distinct voice. They did great with the side characters, though the distinction between the 2 MCs could have been better.
cute in the end
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Leo has not had a lot of successes in the field he wanted to pursue. He has made some bad choices and is working hard to change his career path. He decides it's time to visit his family who he has not seen for years. The last person he wants to run into is Dawson. The guy who broke his heart and Leo feels stole his success.
After a number of circumstances that cause them to be together they both have to take a look at their current and past lives. This causes a bit of soul searching and Dawson makes an effort to straighten out the past.
I really enjoyed that after stumbling around each other, they have to decide what future they wanted. I also was happy with the ending the author gave the story.
The narration by JD Tomlison brought the book to life and gave realistic feelings to the many emotions going on.
Enjoyable
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Brill
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The emotions were all just right and it was fun to read, with low angst.
Narration: Great voice and a good match for the characters.
Great!
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