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Sucks to Be Me

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Sucks to Be Me

By: Kristen Painter
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
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When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed-up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband’s last job before that freedom is truly hers.

No big deal, she figures. Until things go south in ways she never imagined. Suddenly she’s thrust into a whole new world that makes the mob look like kindergarten. Vampires and werewolves are real? How is that freaking possible?

Her dreams of a new life disappear faster than wine at book club as more problems arise from her husband’s dark dealings and the unbelievable complications caused by her supernatural entanglements. Only her strength and determination (and some wild new friends) will see her through this next chapter, but the odds are against her.

How much more can her life suck? She’s about to find out....

©2020 Kristen Painter (P)2020 Kristen Painter Fiction Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Women's Fiction Fantasy Marriage

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I loved this book! It was funny and I loved the collection of characters!! I can't wait for more in this series!!

Brilliant!!!

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I’ve had this since release and only just got around to listening.
I loved every minute of it and although I was a bit wary of BJ Harrison narrating especially as the MC is female he was excellent at all the voices. I enjoyed listening so much I bought book 2 and now I am eagerly awaiting book 3 🙂

Fantastic

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finally, a book that holds my attention from start to finish. Loved the reader. Full marks from me.

A story not just a sex romp.

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very good story with good characters and very easy to listen to and we'll read by B.J. Harrison.
Look forward to hearing more in this series.

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I've read and enjoyed a few other books by Kristen Painter but this one felt slightly different: less light-hearted. This is a good thing as the setting for this book needed more weight. I love that Kristen can tweak her writing style to accommodate different reading genres and I absolutely love that her main character in this new series is a middle-aged woman. I did chuckle and smile, recognising many nods to women of my age, although, I wish some of Donna's trademark middle-aged qualities hadn't disappeared - I wear my middle-aged trademarks as badges of honour.

As with the other books I've read, I found this book very easy to read and loved Kristen's writing style. I engaged quickly with our protagonist, Belladonna aka Donna as she demonstrated all the personality traits that I crave in a main character; she was intelligent, resilient, resourceful and had plenty of gumption. Although Kristen wasn't breaking the mould with any of her characters, I enjoyed that she created a wealth of them with various personalities and roles to play to progress the story. I really enjoyed the plot with all its twists and turns, and enjoyed how some of the story threads were satisfactorily concluded by the end while others were left to continue into the next book.

I downloaded the narration and enjoyed B.J. Harrison's performance; the story is written from the point of view of our protagonist, Donna, and I think the pace of his narration captured her maturity and personality. I liked his vocal variances during the dialogue for the different characters in this story, however, for me, he didn't seem to capture the mood in the narrative from scene to scene.

I don't think that there's any offensive content within these pages - language, violence or sex although some of the implied violence linked with the mafia theme is frightened - so I would recommend this book to lovers of second-chance stories, about standing up for what's right and creating your own destiny even if the paranormal genre isn't your usual thing.

A Wonderful New Series I can Sink My Teeth Into.

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