
The Beach In Winter (Lyon Family Series Book 1)
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Narrated by:
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Joe Arden
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Maxine Mitchell
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By:
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Leslie Pike
About this listen
From USA Today best-selling author Leslie Pike comes an emotional, raw, and heartwarming stand-alone romance
Broken and unable to bear the violent death of his child, Parrish Adams retreated to a private beach in Maine. Isolated and alone by choice, he’s since avoided connections at all costs. The cold Atlantic Ocean and a bottle of scotch are company enough.
Single and fiercely independent, Scarlett Lyon’s life has taken a heartbreaking and dramatic turn after her sister and brother-in-law lost their lives in a fatal accident. Now guardian to her teenage nephew Sam, she’s relocated from Montana to her sister’s home on Martin’s Beach. Scarlett wasn’t expecting much from the stand-offish man living next door. Parrish wasn’t planning to get involved at all.
Attraction strikes when they least expect it and against all odds, they form a connection.
But can two wounded people struggling to stay afloat on their own let down their walls enough to let love in? Or are they destined to be two ships passing in the night?
©2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Leslie Pike (P)2021 Leslie PikeVery emotional
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🎧📚🎧 And for the fabulous narration, Leslie Pike could not have cast better narrators to bring characters and story to life. Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell are superbly talented narrators and versatile voice artists. They had a complete understanding of the characters they portrayed, giving each a voice that was a perfect fit for that character’s persona, humanized them while they drawing out every one of their emotions and making you feel them like a shot in the heart. These entertaining storytellers are a pleasure to listen to and their narration enhances an already exceptional story to a whole other level. Thank you for another amazing listen.
Amazing Story & Narration 🎧 Beautifully Heartfelt!
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The story is so incredibly sad and truly tugs on your heart strings. I wasn’t sure if I could finish it as it was so sad. I’m so glad I stuck with it.
The story has some really beautiful and tender moments in it. I also loved the relationship between the main characters. It was very believable. This story
just proves that love will always find a way to reach you.
I would honestly recommend this book to anyone. I enjoyed it so much.
Leslie Pike is a new author to me and this was the first of her books I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. She is a fantastic writer and I will definitely read/listen to more of her books in the future.
So sad but so good.
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Parish has become a recluse writer since he lost his little boy in the most horrible way. He dulls his pain with alcohol–a lot–and meaningless hookups. He even has distanced himself from his family. He’s only vaguely aware of his surroundings, until Scarlett and Sam come to live in the house next door. He’s the dark grief, the one that drowns you and never let you go.
Sam is Scarlett’s nephew, and she got custody of him after her sister and her husband died in a car accident. She has no idea of how to take care of a teenager, and that takes up so much of her mind that she doesn’t really have time to grieve. Until something reminds her that her sister is gone. She’s the grey grief, like a stormy sky before the rain.
Sam has not only lost his parents, but also lost himself. He tries various things to ease his pain, like trying to be someone else, older, or on the opposite clinging to his past routines. In the end, it is by building a new life with his aunt and their neighbor that he’s going to reinvent himself. He’s the white grief, a dense fog in which to lose oneself.
With grief in common, they connect, they butt heads, they help each other. As they don’t experience pain the same way, they don’t really understand each other unless they communicate. Which they try to do, not always successfully.
Especially during the big conflict. It felt contrived. The way Scarlett reacted seemed like she didn’t know Parish at all, when he was actually a hero. And she refused to talk it out. It was a bit out of character in my opinion.
The romance overall left me frustrated. There was a lot of lust for sure, and they probably become misery friends, sharing a similar pain and trying to ease it in each other, but I didn’t see love. Love doesn’t turn its back like Scarlett does during the big conflict.
The narration was excellent. Both narrators know how to make the listener feel all the feels. They’re also good at the sexy times. Good balance!
Three colors of grief and pain
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