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Love Is a Stranger

More Heat Than the Sun, Book 1

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Love Is a Stranger

By: John Wiltshire
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
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Nominated for SOVAS (Society of Voice Arts and Sciences) Award 2021 - Thriller Category

Ex-SAS soldier Ben Rider falls in love with his enigmatic married boss Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, but Nikolas is living a lie. A lie so profound that when the shadows are lifted, Ben realises he's in love with a very dangerous stranger. Ben has to choose between Nikolas and safety, but sometimes danger comes in a very seductive package.

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I'm loving this series that I saw recommended. I know it has about eight books or more in the series so I'm hoping they all come out on audio.

Start of a great series

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Friends have been raving about this series for ages, and it was on my TBR list, but that list is super long. I was delighted to see that the series is now coming out as audiobooks as I listen to audio while doing chores.
My goodness, what a treat! I was immediately drawn to the mysterious Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, who is Ben Rider's boss. Their professional relationship and personal relationship has overlapped in a very unprofessional way, but beneath the masks they both wear is an ocean of passion, secrets and lies.
I was hooked, not only for the sinfully good writing, but because Gary Furlong fleshes out Nik and Ben so effortlessly.
I loved this book, I was on the edge of my seat and my friends who crowed about this series were right, if book 1 is anything to go by I'm in for quite a ride with More Heat Than The Sun.
I am eagerly awaiting book 2.

Gripping, angsty and HOT!

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Love is a Stranger is a book of many layers. The two protagonists are engaged in a covert sexual affair, but it's not the usual boss and employee fling, Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen and his agent Ben Rider are far from ordinarily. As the story unfolds and we get glimpses of who these men are. I was pulled deeper into their mind games. Yes, some of the views of characters are dated and a tad misogynistic, but that is in keeping with the kinds of personality flaws you find in ex-military men.The writer is very gifted, and the narrator Gary Furlong pulls you from scene to scene flawlessly. A fabulous start to a great series.

Incredible performance for great book

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These military MCs never leave their comrades' behind literally!! This is a sex fest complicated and punctuated by various events, snapshots and killings which justify their connection and their continuation inside the story; there seems to be precious little actual story to bind them.

This face paced book is jarring at every step, as both MCs seem extremely polarized and immature when we are told they are highly skilled operatives. The MCs realize and reveal with 3hrs left to go, it's a relationship in reverse. They start with the most intimate and base connection, then fall in love. This is the hook; you have to read/listen on to find out how this horror-show ends. The story improves drastically the closer to the end you get, which leads inevitably into getting Book 2, which comes out on 4 March on Audible. Many authors would've dealt with the sequence of events and revelations using flash-back. The shaggy dog pops in and out of the story.

The narration is fabulous, liltingly hypnotic. This narrator is the reason I chose the book. Gary Furlong narrates The Shooting Season and The Gentleman's Thief too which are excellent outrageous, funny, quirky historical mm tales. STRANGELY ENJOYABLE

Two men and a shaggy dog story

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It's not my genre but this was so much fun!! Very smart clever dialogue, 3d characters plus a dog!! What's more to ask for? A great narrator! I don't think you could ask for better , moreover the whole series is on audible plus. Might buy in the end anyway as I'll be listening to them a few times.

Will add it's a cliff hanger ending but the whole series is up so happy to clear the reading/listening deck for a whole.

Fantastic!! James bond style thriller done perfectly.

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