Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

By: Charlie Cochet

Narrated by: Michael Stellman

Julian "Quinn" Quintero, a gruff, tough Miami SWAT officer, has been injured on the job, and all he's looking for is a little peace and quiet to recover - difficult to achieve with his large Cuban family. An adventure in picking up his prescriptions puts him in the path of his geeky, brownie-baking neighbor, Spencer Morgan. Spencer sweeps into Quinn's life like a tropical storm of sunshine and rainbows. Not surprisingly, it's chaos at first sight. Quinn's in need of a little tender loving care, and Spencer decides he's just the man for the job. Their very different lives might clash, but they might also find some common ground - and maybe more.

©2015 Charlie Cochet (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press

I love you and your brownies equally

I’ve owned this audio for a while and I purchased it back then because the title was so cute and it was only $1.99 with whispersync. 😉 And what a fun, little sexy listen this is! 😍 I really wish this is a full-length novel because I can’t get enough of Spencer and Quinn. The title of the book pretty much explains everything. Quinn is a Miami SWAT officer who has to rest at home “grumpily” because of his leg injury and Spencer is the next door neighbor geek who smothered Quinn with his divine cooking and unending affection. 😂 Of course, the first encounter was hilarious! 😁 I mean the geek and the jock so what do you expect? 😎 It was endearingly awkward and funny. And things develop rather quickly from that! Finally our all-o-mighty SWAT officer had to give in to the inescapable nerdy charms of Spencer. 😁 This is such a low-angst, sweet and endearing listen. I really loved it so much even Quinn’s arseholian friend Javier couldn’t annoy me from enjoying the hell out of this shortie. Michael Stellman did a lovely job narrating the story and I couldn’t recommend this enough for a short, fun and sweet listen. 😌😘


5 I love you and your brownies equally stars
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Audio rating

Story - 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Narration - 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Performance - 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Overall - 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sweet tale

Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts was a sweet, if not terribly dramatic, romance. It was well-written and had interesting guys I wish I knew in real life.

I loved the twink/alpha male pairing and enjoyed the unusual way in which they fell in love.

Michael Stellman did a great job with this novella. Quinn and Spencer have different personalities as well as distinct voices and the narrator nailed them both as well as Quinn’s hilarious Cuban family.

One of My Favorites

I love this book. both Reading and Audio of it. Its Cute and Funny and I love Spencer! I wish it was a little longer but still. this is my Go-To story when I need a pick me up or a laugh.
the Narrator is good for this one too. My first time listening to him and he did a good job.

Light hearted and fun

If you're familiar with Cochet you know you're gonna laugh and it's fun and serious and kinda crazy but it all works, the narration is done well a quick and fun story.

Sweet performance

Any additional comments?

Michael Stellman delivers a sweet performance of this cute novella.

When Miami SWAT officer Julian “Quinn” Quintero is shot in the line of duty during a raid he's laid up out of work until he heals up. When his brother in law tries to drop off a prescription but can't get Quinn to open his door, he ends up leaving the medicine with Quinn's next door neighbor, Spencer Morgan.

Spencer has noticed the hot officer and his 8-pack for over a year, but, unfortunately Quinn's never noticed him. Until now. When hot officer and computer geek meet it's a humorously epic disaster. When Spencer returns to Quinn to apologize, and help out, the two begin spending time together and getting to know one another.

For those looking for some hot sexy times, there's nothing spicy happening until the end, but it's really fluid the way it happens. I liked that their relationship grew and developed naturally. The only complaints I have is I wish the last third of the story didn't feel so rushed, and I didn't buy that Spencer would have been so naïve with the stunt Javier pulls at the end.

That aside, I enjoyed this - it was cute and sweet with a little heat at the end. I just would have enjoyed a little more heat, if you know what I'm sayin'.

As for the narration Stellman does a good job, but not stellar in the accent area. I may be biased having been raised in Miami, but his Cuban accent needs a lot of work.

It's fluffy and low angst and I would definitely recommend it for a quick listen on a commute.

Recommended.