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The Monster

By: L.J. Shen
Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Jacob Morgan
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Summary

From Wall Street Journal best-selling author L.J. Shen comes a brand-new romantic mafia stand-alone about the thin line between love and obsession.

“Maybe we were never meant for each other. But that night at the carnival, when you showed me who you were, I figured out who I wanted to be.”

The most important thing I’d ever read was scribbled on the door of a portable restroom, engraved into plastic at a carnival on the outskirts of Boston.

Lust lingers, love stays.

Lust is impatient, love waits.

Lust burns, love warms.

Lust destroys, but love? Love kills.

Maybe it was always my destiny to fall in love with a monster.

When other kids stayed awake at night fearing the pointy-toothed beast hiding in their closet, I longed to see mine.

I wanted to feed it, domesticate it, understand it.

Sam and I were only allowed to love each other in the dark.

Once our story unfolded, and the truth came to light, I was the one to cut the cord.

My name is Aisling Fitzpatrick, and I have a confession to make.

Sam Brennan is not the only monster in this story.

©2020 L.J. Shen (P)2021 Audible, Inc.

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Excellent

Second book I have read and much to my surprise I truly enjoyed them so very much , I usually read Victorian Romance or Crime Thrillers so this has been a pleasant change for me.

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Amazing

This is book No3 in the Boston Belles series. it was an amazingly well written book with fabulous narration, a very worthy read

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Another Excellent story by L J Shen

These Boston based stories are fantastic.
Every box ticked in the making of these.
Fabulous storyline, superb characters, drama, intrigue, comedy and fitting and very hot sex scenes,as per all the LJS I’ve encountered so far. Just brilliant from start to finish.
Superb narration by this fabulous pair of narrators. #dreamteam 😁
Absolutely loved it, very highly recommend ❤️👍👏5⭐️

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Amazing

I loved reading Sam and Aisling’s story. There were some real twists and I loved all of them. Massive book hangover looming I just wish I hadn’t finished it so quickly 😢

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Sam & Aisling was perfect

Great book, great narration. My only wish is that more authors consider dual narration as it would have made this audiobook so much more amazing! i recently relistened to one of Jacob Morgan's dual narrated book and was spoilt haha.

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A bit of stretch on the underworld.

I love Shen's stories but the heroine and anti hero were a bit to base for my liking...but I warmed to them eventually. I loved the authenticity of the language for the characters and it made me laugh out loud on occasions. This was still a good "read" in my opinion.

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different kinda story...

Took a while for me to get into this one....I persevered and enjoyed it in the end, but took a while. Still a good listen. Didn't like the female teller when she did the voice of Sam, but other than that it was fine.

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LJ Shen does it again!!

I have read everything that Ms Shen has ever written and I swear nobody does angst like her!! This book was perfection. I’d seriously recommend this to everyone!!!

Also….Jacob Morgan and Savannah Peachwood blew my mind with their narration again! My god they were both amazing as ever!! LJ can do nothing wrong when it comes to writing her amazing stories!

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Sam & Aisling 4 life

my favourite out of the Boston Belle series. Aisling is an unexpectedly flawed intricate character. the layers to these characters are so refreshing
spice level 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶/5

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another good book

im a firm believer that a rubbish narration can make a great story sound crap and is one of the first things I look for in a review but yet again these 2 deliver another top performance bringing the characters and story to life with their skills. this authors ability to cover prominent and often difficult topics within the storyline in a compassionate manner is one of the reasons I enjoy their books so much, it adds depth to the storyline and helps to build the characters within the books. well worth credit.

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