Great read

I am so glad they both made the right decision and that he came back for her. She is doing what she loves with the man she loves and he realised that his Brother wanted him to live his life for himself not anyone else.

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A lighthearted read

Enjoyable for a light heated romance. Richard Armitage drew me to this audio.

The one thing that really let's this down is Grace Grants voice. Her male voice is just terrible and is cringy in many parts.

Like the descriptions of Paris

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Very Saucy but really enjoyable

I listened to this because it was narrated in part by Richard Armitage who has the loveliest voice. I watched a video of him talking about the story and whilst he did say it was a kind of fairy tale having not read anything by this author before I did not realise how graphic some of the scenes would be! It was very entertaining and I would definitely listen to more by this author!

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Light and enjoyable

Light, cute romance following Brit, Griffin Thomas, who is living in Paris as a translator whilst saving up money to complete his late brothers ‘bucket list’. Joy Danvers-Lively is moving to Paris from America following a breakup with her boyfriend, Joy of course needs a translator. In steps Griffin and I’ve got to say the banter and chemistry between these two is palpable. Do it already! No, they don’t want to mix business with pleasure, never a good idea, but when you spend all morning and all evening with someone you’re attracted to, the inevitable happens. It’s not a problem though because neither of them are looking at long term, feelings are not going to get in the way of their goals. Oh dear, failed again. What will happen when Griffin leaves to fulfil his brother’s life goals. A light, easy read told in dual POV, with loveable characters and a cute storyline. Narration was perfect.

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An easy listen

I bought this audiobook to hear Richard Armitage and as always his voice and acting bought quality to the text. At first I found the jump from his voice to Grace’s American accent quite jarring but found a few chapters in that I was enjoying her chapters too. I found myself eye rolling at times but overall I enjoyed this audiobook for what it is. If you don’t enjoy this type of fiction at all then it’s probably not for you but I enjoyed listening to this while I walk.

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Aural heaven in the city of lights

Sweet, hot and thought-inducing story.
Grace Grant & Richard Armitage are a dream to listen to.

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A beautiful narration of a wonderful romance.

This is without doubt my favourite book of Lauren's to date.

It took me on a journey through Paris, and I could see, almost taste, smell and feel everything the characters were experiencing. Griffin and Joy have a connection off the bat, and in the bedroom they are certainly a match for each other!

The writing is beautiful, playful, witty and truly tells of a great love of Paris. The characters are both relatable, and personable and Grace who I have listened to before is always a dream to listen to, and Richard, well, he was just a dream, the perfect Griffin, the little bit of gruff to his voice especially in the flirting, well, it just added to the perfect Griffin. I need to listen to more from him!

I tell you, If there is ever just 1 book (and there isn't) of Lauren's to put to film, this is it. Or do this first!! I have to see this come to life. Reading gave me the feels, tear soaked feels. Seeing would give my feels, feels.

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Beautifully romantic

Brilliant narrators that brought the characters to life. Lovely story, particularly if you're fond of Paris.

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Similar to Fifty Shades without the tense plot

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

If you like this kind of surface romantic fiction then you will like this book. I found it ok but this kind of Mills and Boon fiction isn't my cup of tea, I just wanted to hear Richard doing something different.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I found Grace's narration wooden and slow. I kept checking whether I had accidentally slowed it down but I hadn't. The story was actually ok; a simple love story with one layer. They meet, a few complicated things occur, and then love conquers. Although Richard usually has the most entertaining and wonderful voice I found his narration quite stilted too which is unusual for him. I felt that he sounded as though he was just reading the book instead of feeling it and inhabiting the characters.Maybe soft-porn really isn't his kind of thing after all.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Richard's narrations were better. I found the simulated, fantasy, shower scene quite uncomfortable to listen to coming from Richard's voice as he's usually very articulate and puts great energy into inhabiting his characters and I thought he sounded uncomfortable. If you ignore the sex the story was ok.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

I think the book would probably translate better into a film but the script would have to work hard to tease out all the things that were shallow in the book or not given greater depth. It would need a script writer like the Fifty Shades one or the Me Before You one to manage the sex scenes and bring out the conflicts of being torn between job and love and the pain of losing a loved one.

Any additional comments?

If you like this kind of fiction then you will like the book. If it's not really your cup of tea then even Richard can't bring it alive in his usual masterful way.

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loved it

nice and funny story with a hint of steam. performance is great. love the actual English accent.

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