The Real Deal
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Erin Mallon
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Zachary Webber
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By:
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Lauren Blakely
About this listen
Get ready for your next favorite romantic comedy audiobook from Lauren Blakely, The Real Deal!
April Hamilton wants you to know she hasn’t been on Craigslist since that time she sold her futon after college. She doesn’t even spend that much time online. And even if she did, she would not be looking up personal ads. But going home alone for her family's summer reunion is an invitation for every single relative to butt into her personal life. She simply can’t handle another blind date with the butcher, the baker, or the candlestick maker from her hometown. So when she finds the Craigslist ad for a boyfriend-for-hire, she’s ready to pay to play.
Heading Home and Need a Buffer? I’m the REAL DEAL.
Theo Banks has been running from the past for years. He’s this close to finally settling all his debts, and one more job as a boyfriend-for-hire will do the trick. He’s no gigolo. Please. He’s something of an actor, and he knows how to slip into any role, including pretending to be April’s new beau - the bad boy with the heart of gold. Even if it means sleeping in close quarters in that tiny little bed in her parents’ inn. Even if it means spinning tales of a romance that starts to feel all too true.
What neither one of them counts on is that amid the egg toss, the arm wrestling, and a fierce game of Lawn Twister that has them tangled up together, they might be feeling the real deal. She only wanted to show her family once and for all that she had no need to settle down. He didn’t expect to have the time of his life at her parents' home. They didn’t plan on loving every single second of the game. But can a masterful game of pretend result in true love?
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Critic reviews
"I loved everything about these characters, from their sparkling banter to their electric attraction. Witty, clever, and swoony." (Amy E. Reichert, New York Times best-selling author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake)
"A hilarious, hot slow burn. The Real Deal is full of witty banter and characters you'll fall head over heels in love with." (Helena Hunting, New York Times best-selling author of Shacking Up)
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- Helen Williams (All Booked Out)
- 17-02-21
Flirty, fun & charming,
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this, it was such a light, fun, flirty listen.
Family fun, frolics and trying to matchmake leads to a hiring of a fake boyfriend and plenty of natural chemistry that money can't buy!
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- Stephanie
- 13-08-18
Couldn't stop listening
Loved ask of this book.
Voice artists did a really good job of bringing the characters alive.
Well written and enjoyed.
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- Book addict
- 21-07-18
Good book
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book as I’ve listened to the author in the past and found the characters and stories a bit lacklustre. This book was much better though! The pretend boyfriend to real boyfriend plot line has been done many times before, but this is a good example of it. Definitely worth a listen!
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- V_Nerdbooks
- 15-07-18
5 "Just Friends" Stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Just Friends" stars
Well well well, why am i not surprised that Ms Blakely has done it again!!
No matter how many books this lady releases, she always manages to knock it out of the park, and this one was no exception.
April has been invited to stay with her parents for the annual summer reunion.
Unfortunatley whenever she goes home for any time, her friends and family always try and set her up with someone, mainly so that she will stay in the town where she was born.
April doesn't want to stay in the sleepy town, she has a brilliant job and is doing really well, much to her parents dismay, New York is her home now.
Whats a girl to do, how can she stop her parents from trying to shack her up with someone??
Trent is a bit of a bad boy, he has been in trouble a few times, but is now trying to get himself on the straight and narrow, pay off his debts, and live a happy life.
He does this by being a Dial-a-Boyfriend, for those people in need of a plus one, advertising on Craigslist, he manages to make quite good money from it.
After placing her order, April sets the ground-rules to Trent and they toddle off together to the reunion as pretend Boyfriend and Girlfriend..........but things don't always play by the rules, and rules are there to be broken after all 😜
🎧🎧 Narration was perfect with this one, with Zachary "sex voice" Webber and Erin Mallon #ErinMallonsManVoiceMakesMeSexuallyConfused
These 2 together are like a kettle waiting to boil, the witty banter that you expect and love from Blakely's books is there in spades, and the fact that these 2 narrators have the hottest voices around doesn't hurt either 😇
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- Happy Reader
- 23-08-18
good story, but one narrator irritating
Nice story. it starts really really well and loved the unusual characters. Past the midway point it slowed down and became a bit predictable and the male lead went form strong bad boy to a bit helpless and clueless. But Zachary Webber read the part really well which made up for it. He's a great audio narrator
Sadly the same cannot be said of Erin Mallon. She reads well, but has a sing-song way of reading that gets annoying after a while. She also puts a breathy stress on her words as if she's reading a children's book. by the end I started skipping her chapters because it just got on my nerves. That's a shame, the book would have been better with another reader
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