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Love Hurts

Caldwell Brothers, Book 6

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Love Hurts

By: Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Narrated by: Austin Jay
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Jun’s not better than me, but we might be perfect together.

Jun’s been a thorn in my side for years. Its only gotten worse since we’re both going after the same promotion. Being in the same room with him makes my heart pound. It’s anger. I can’t let it be anything else.

My family expects me to be the best. I have to earn this promotion and prove that belong on top. But when I catch Jun staring at me with heat in his eyes, medicine is the last thing on my mind. He’s not supposed to be into guys. Could he be into me?

I’ll show him who belongs on top.

Failure isn’t an option, and that’s not a problem...except when it comes to Kairo. The perfectionist doctor has been my only competition since medical school. He’s the only surgeon to ever best me. He’s my biggest rival, and I’m pretty sure he hates me, but he makes me feel...alive.

For years, we’ve sidestepped one another. Now, he’s awakened tantalizing feelings in me that I’ve been trying to ignore for most of my life. Being gay won’t fly in my conservative family. How can I consider coming out before I know he feels the same?

Sparks fly in Love Hurts when Jun and Kairo finally succumb to the forbidden desires that have simmered under the surface for years in this full-length contemporary m/m romance audiobook.

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What if the hate you felt for him wasn’t really hate? What if it was something else? This was a question both Jun and Kairo found themselves face with, and it was one that both fascinated and frightened the heck out of them. They knew what to do with hate, but had no clue what to make of it if it was...more like...love.

Kairo is the oldest of his brothers, and the inly one who hasn’t found his guy, yet. His job has been his everything, but he’s starting to want more. Jun’s parents are never happy with his accomplishments; they’re never enough. He has spent his life fitting into their mold, despite it not being enough; and he wants more. Jun and Kairo make me want to jump in the book and hug them, both. I want to yank Kairo away from his miserable parents, too. I enjoyed watching their relationship progress from hate to neutral, from neutral to interested, and from interested to pursuing each other. Could they be more? I was captivated by their story, and had to find out. I listened to this in one sitting, at a faster pace than normal. Someone once told me your brain adjusts to the speed, snd they were right. At one point I was listening to it at 2.2, because I knew I wasn’t going to be able to sleep until I finished. I had to find out how their story ended. Yes...I could understand the narrator perfectly. No...I can’t explain how that’s even possible.

This is book 6 in the series, and I read (and listened) to them all. I live this series, and this family. This story is a great addition to it. It was written in a way that kept me on my toes, grinning, laughing, concerned, and dying to know the rest of the story. If that’s not good writing, then I don’t know what is. I would absolutely recommend this book, this series, and these authors. They write well together, and separately.

Austin Jay did a really good job with the characters. I really enjoyed his voice for Kairo. Sometimes it reminded me of JF Harding’s voice for Farrow Keene. I’m quite okay with that. I hope to hear more from Austin Jay.

Great enemies to lovers

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It’s about time Kairo got his own HEA, he totally deserved it.

This is an enemies to lovers story and it was absolutely amazing. Kairo’s story was everything I wanted it to be and so much more.

Narrator’s performance was fantastic.

Enemies to lovers

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Kai and Jun were equally matched in school, in work, in everything but love. Jun's parents had a very dated outlook on how Jun should live his life and Kai had an extremely supportive family who was proud of his accomplishments, but also of him.

They'd been competing for years as surgeons and now that a single position for advancement was opening up, they were back at it. But, this time was different. This time, there was more on the line for both of them.

I really enjoyed how this story fell into place and was a great enemies to lover's romance. Jun was given the room, space, and environment to grow and be himself for the first time ever, and Kai had to fight for what he wanted for the first time. An exciting listen!

Lovely listen

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A super addition by Aiden Bates and Ali Lyda to the series. Enjoyable from start to finish. Love the Caldwell family. Austin Jay did a great job with the narration.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Fantastic

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This was a really funny enemies to lovers story. The characters were really well developed, and their relationship built up really well.

The narration was alright but I really enjoyed the story behind it.

Hilarious

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