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Faking with Benefits
- A Friends to Lovers Why Choose Romance
- Narrated by: Faye Adele, Shane East, Will Watt, John York
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
WANTED: Three fake boyfriends. Must be tall, handsome—and willing to teach me how to kiss.
My name is Layla Thompson, and I am undateable.
Seriously. I'm 28 and I've never had a boyfriend. And with my 30s rapidly approaching, I'm starting to lose patience.
Lucky for me, I have three best friends who are eager to help hone my dating skills. Zack, the rugged ex-rugby player. Josh, the sweet boy-next-door. And Luke, the silver-haired divorcee...who just so happens to be my old professor.
After a bad date leaves me crying on their shoulders, the three men are determined to help me find a guy. Together, they agree to be my "practice boyfriends" and come up with a lesson plan packed with fake dates, make out sessions, and classes on flirty texting. In return, I just have to make an appearance on their relationship advice podcast once a week. Easy.
But as my lessons become more and more intense, we soon find ourselves getting in too deep. Every "fake" touch lingers a little too long, and every "practice" kiss ends in fireworks. It's not long before I realize that their friendship isn't enough for me anymore. I want more.
The guys have been teaching me how to get a boyfriend, and now it's time I put their lessons to the test. Three times over.
Faking with Benefits is a sizzling fake dating romance featuring multiple love interests, tons of molten fake relationship heat, and a whole lot of heart. Dual narrated by Faye Adele, Shane East, Will Watt, and John York, with select excerpts performed in duet. HEA guaranteed!
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- Hannah Banana
- 12-12-23
#Britsdoitbetter - Flawless production
Don't let this cute little cover deceive you - this audiobook will fall you!
Its a sublime listening experience when you have four of the best British actors in game led by the stunning Faye Adele as our Layla who is the only one who can rein in the three guys, Shane East as Luke, Will Watt as Zack and John York as Josh. There is only one word for this casting, perfection. Each of them are so good at capturing and drawing out their own characters and bringing the emotion but at the same time are able to do excellent jobs imitating and matching each other when they have to take on their characters in their POV chapters.
But the truly delightful parts are the "podcast" sections when they all come together in duet it just elevates it and sprinkles so much joy and electric chemistry it will melt your earbuds! The production values on this one is next level and should be recognised. A lot of time and effort has gone into this audiobook that feels like its a world apart from its contemporaries.
The story is so absorbing that you can't help but get drawn in, it has initially all the trademarks of a classic British Rom-Com and there are definitely the engaging characters you can't help but love. The vibrant, awkward and tightly strung Layla trying to control everything in her life and fearing she is just unlikeable. The three gorgeous guys who just happen to live next door to her and are hosts of the popular dating advice show "Three Single Guys" all willing to help teach her how to get a boyfriend. The rugged, cheeky, Northern lad Zack who hides some unresolved issues behind his carefree player persona, the kind but distant guy next door Josh who's been secretly into Layla for years and then there's Luke the charming but aloof ex teacher who just keeps on resisting.
There is everything in this one, delightfully funny witty banter, charming and heartfelt moments, extremely steamy scenes and also so full on emotional moments as all four of them struggle with their own issues and the fallout of navigating this unorthodox relationship.
As I say all four of the narrators are EXCELLENT but the clear winner is Faye Adele - she carries the narrative and is just perfection as the wonderfully sweet and complex Layla. Plus she can turn you on like THAT with her male voices and I would argue rivals Will Watt's ability to sound just like Shane East! The chameleon accent king Will Watt is on fine form in this one as Zack and able to instantly wrap you up in that seductive northern tone but then will absolutely wreck you later on in the book by bringing on the emotion. John York was my revelation in this one, I had not heard him before but he is incredible as Josh and just made me instantly fall in love with the character. Plus such a natural podcast host, I wonder where he gets that from...maybe his actual podcast, The Audiobook Club which you need to check out. Finally Shane East...well he's never going to disappoint is he, of course he can play the stern older guy who resists until he finally breaks and BOY does he. Yep, enjoy!!!!
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- Lotti Lou
- 01-10-24
Loved it
I loved reading this story and hearing it made me laugh even more. Well worth a listen
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- Vilde
- 15-08-24
Love this story
The story is sweet and sad and spicy and heartbreaking and everything inbetween. Loved it. The only thing i don’t love is the woman’s version of the males. Like when she would sprek as if she were the male.
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- Sarah
- 14-12-23
Excellent narration
I've read this before on Kindle, but I actually liked it better on audio as the narrators were so good! I'm not a massive fan of the third act conflict in this one and it's probably my least favourite of all of hers, but it's still a solid 4 star. There's a lot of character growth and relationship development which works really well. I can't wait for the rest of her books to come out on audio, I will be pre-ordering all them too!
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- MissBehaving
- 06-06-24
LOVED it!
This book is great and well worth the credit it cost. I can’t stress enough how well I enjoyed it. Laugh out loud, tear jerking and anger filled moments all masterfully combined by the author. The book was long and I needed some breaks but just wanted to hear the resolve of the story so they weren’t extensive at all. I just had to keep going. I must admit at one point I felt like Josh, Luke and Zach didn’t deserve her. There was some heavy shit going on and it felt unresolvable without her giving up her identity and self but it was expertly resolved and the guys were redeemed even when I thought they couldn’t be.
Oh and about the narration… totally drool worthy and super amazing! I wish the guys had been doing their lines throughout though, mostly because: great voices. 🤤 The female narrator? Also frickin amazing. 🤩 They all kept the different characters accents throughout no matter who was narrating which was supe impressive since I have trouble even sticking with my own.
Just listen to it.. such an amazing book.
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- Loves 2 Listen
- 15-02-24
brilliant performance from a full cast
thoroughly enjoyable book and listening experience. the story is realistic with real issues and problems that people genuinely face in real life. the character growth is good and follows each of them as they heal and move forward together. This the second book I've listened to by Liliy Gold in her why chose collection and it was every bit as good as the first one. I do hope we don't have to wait too long before we get Nanny for the neighbours and Three Swedish mountain men on audible.
the performance of each narrator was great, capturing the personality of each character brilliantly. I highly recommend.
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- Catherine Heffernan
- 11-12-23
Such beautiful story
Loved this beautiful story. It has such steamy moments but then also some heart in the mouth, tears in the eyes heartbreaking moments too.
The narration by Faye Adele, Shane East, Will Watt & John York is fabulous. Especially the multicast podcast sections.
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- Lilium
- 20-03-24
this made me feel so much
i really liked the story. it was so relateble and real.
i loved the narration although i would've liked it more if it was a full duet narration instead of just parts of it.
and i thought Layla forgave the guys to quick, like the ending in getting together felt a bit rushed. overall a great story
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- Anonymous User
- 11-12-23
Loved this!
I’ve been waiting for Lily Gold’s books to come out on Audible for ages and this did not disappoint! All the characters were completely likeable, despite their flaws, and how they brought out the best in one another was lovely. I enjoyed the spice rather a lot and all of the narrators were fabulous - Will Watt and his Yorkshire accent was my favourite. Can’t wait for Lily’s next book next month - I’ve already preordered it. If you like spice with a storyline, then you’ll like this.
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- Julie N
- 27-06-24
fun read
this was fun, and entertaining to listen to. the narrators did a good job.
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