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The Player

By: Lily Morton
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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Frankie Bishop had only been married for a few months when he became a widower, leaving him with a mountain of debts, a business on the edge of ruin, and a parrot called Hank Marvin.

Three years later, the business is finally thriving, and Frankie finds himself ready to look for love again. It comes as a complete surprise to discover that he’s developed feelings for Con — his late husband’s best friend and now Frankie’s business partner.

Why did he overlook the gorgeous man who's been by his side through everything? Even more importantly, how can he tell Con about his feelings when Con seems to have suddenly found love with another man?

©2024 Lily Morton (P)2024 Lily Morton
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Con and Frankie story is my fave troupe best friend to lover.
Joel Leslie narration is still the best thing.
It’s nice to to listen to the extra epilogue.

Lovely story

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Windowed Frankie and his best friend, Con, run a business together, and then Con brings home a new boyfriend. That's when things seem to change for Frankie. Great story and easy to listen to.

It is brilliantly written, as usual, full of snark and a great story.

The characters have depth, and so does the story, which is all helped along by an outstanding narration by Joel Leslie, but I did speed up the narration to 1.20 on audible.
It's well worth a listen. I would highly recommend it.

The Player
By: Lily Morton
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins

❤❤❤❤ Overall
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration
📚📚📚📚 Story
Read at 1.20 speed on Audible

I received this audiobook for free from GRR at my request. My review is my opinion and an honest review - neither the author nor GRR influenced my opinion.

MM Short Best Friends to Lovers

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Lily Morton and Joel Leslie are the perfect match of author and narrator, both brilliant in bringing storylinea and characters to life. Long may they reign

Perfectly lovely

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Even though this is a short story it covered all the needed elements of a friend to lover story. Fun, romantic story.

Frankie is a widow and that marriage was short lived yet long enough to put Frankie in a mountain of debt. He has worked his way out and has a little breathing room. He has his nosy neighbors, a home and a parrot. He is also in business with his husband’s bff.

Con has been in business with Frankie but also has an attraction to him. When circumstances change and the two guys face the issue of attraction things change in a good way.

I enjoyed this story. It had all the elements of being able to see Frankie and Con’s lives. The ending is perfect.

I really appreciate the narration by Joel Leslie. Being an American sometimes I find the narration hard to understand or keep up with. Not so with Joel Leslie. His lyrical narration brought the story to life for me. I will listen to more by him.

Really enjoyed it

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The Player is quintessential Lily Morton, with a bunch of nosy side characters, miscommunications, missed chances, and longing. There's even a parrot who says a bunch of inappropriate things with great comedic timing.

Of course, it's all worth it when Con and Frankie finally get together with a couple of steamy scenes and a ton of sweetness. I really liked the pair and adored the cameo from my favorite Lily couple.

I had actually read this before, but it has been expanded with a new epilogue that was the perfect addition to the story.

It wouldn't be a Lily Morton audiobook without Joel Leslie narrating it, and, as always, the narration was great. The voices were distinct, and it made for an easy listen.

Sweet listen

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