Beginner's Luck

Chance of a Lifetime Series, Book 1

By: Kate Clayborn

Narrated by: Will Damron, Carly Robins

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

When three friends impulsively buy a lottery ticket, they never suspect the many ways their lives will change - or that for each of them, love will be the biggest win of all.

Kit Averin is anything but a gambler. A scientist with a quiet, steady job at a university, Kit's focus has always been maintaining the acceptable status quo. Being a sudden millionaire doesn't change that, with one exception: the fixer-upper she plans to buy, her first and only real home. It's more than enough to keep her busy, until an unsettlingly handsome, charming, and determined corporate recruiter shows up in her lab - and manages to work his way into her heart....

Ben Tucker is surprised to find that the scientist he wants for Beaumont Materials is a young woman - and a beautiful, sharp-witted one at that. Talking her into a big-money position with his firm is harder than he expects, but he's willing to put in the time, especially when sticking around for the summer gives him a chance to reconnect with his dad. But the longer he stays, the more questions he has about his own future - and who might be in it.

What begins as a chilly rebuff soon heats up into an attraction neither Kit nor Ben can deny - and finding themselves lucky in love might just be priceless....

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Kate Clayborn (P)2018 Tantor

Great Story

I loved the story, it was much better when I read it. The narrators weren’t necessarily flat the male and female voices were similar and they did not read with feeling. My imagination did a better job.

A little slow

ANYWAY, ANYWAY, ANYWAY!!! It hurts when I have to grit my teeth so much. I upped the speed on the narrator which helped some on moving the story along. The male narrator needs to put some appropriate emotion in his voice. I read this story myself some time ago and enjoyed my interpretation much better.

The audio just GRATES

The book itself was fine--not on the caliber of Clayborn's 2 most recent books (which I 5-star loved), but cute and well-written. My biggest problem was the female narrator who apparently can't pronounce "ING" when it's at the end of a word. She can say "sing" and "ring" with no issues, but throw in words like "reading", "feeling", or "walking", all you get is a nasal "eeeeeeen" sound.

WALKEEEEEEEEN

FEELEEEEEEEEN

READEEEEEEEEEN

It is so prominent; it goes right through me!!

Can I ask where the "g" went? I understand sort of slurring the "ing" sound in normal conversation, but if you speak for a living, you should probably take some classes or get a speech coach.

great beginning to a series

Kate Clayborn is a new to me author.. and I can be sure that this book will not going to be the last..

Tiny bit problem with the female narrator.. she made all female characters other than the heroine sounds like 7 years old girls on helium..

Very sweary

Every line the male character has is populated with f booms and other lovely additions that just took me out of the story. Swearing in books like the right use of technology is hard (people this age don’t call each other right off.) I get people talk like this but how it comes a cross is very negative in book format.