Truth & Tenderness

By: Tere Michaels

Narrated by: Ron Herczig

Newly promoted police captain Evan Cerelli takes command of his own precinct as Matt Haight's security business begins to expand at a rapid rate. Both of their careers require more and more of their time - away from home and each other. When his most famous clients, Daisy and Bennett Ames, suffer a traumatic breakup, Matt is drawn into a dangerous and dramatic situation. With attentions diverted, Evan and Matt's tight-knit home life begins to unravel.

As Griffin Drake's movie nears final edit, his thoughts turn toward building a home with his new fiancé, Jim Shea - and maybe even starting a family. Before he can think of a new family, Jim is caught up in his past. The possibility of putting Tripp Ingersoll in jail once and for all beckons, and Jim wants the closure that has long eluded him. As a new lead spurs him on, Jim begins to lose sight of the future by chasing an old ghost.

Both couples struggle to remember that "happily ever after" requires hard work, trust, and tender, open hearts.

©2015 Tere Michaels (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press

Warm fuzzy story with a dark thread.

A story about couples navigating the highs and lows in life. Beautifully told and nicely narrated. Just enough of a dark twist to keep me from vomiting over are the sappy sweetness.

speeding up the narration to 1.2x helped!

📖 Story comment: Good pace, characters are consistent, intersting story.
Evan's promotion has him doing long hours and Matts successful secuirty business has him occasionally doing long hours, both of which are taking a toll on the relationship - this book felt like more of a struggle with very little happy time for the boys.
Jim finally gets the lead he needs and sees a resolution in sight for the case that has been his "white whale", but he too is blinded by the past and looses sight of Griffin and his future.

🎧 Narrator comment: I'm on the fence with the narrator (sorry), it all felt a little too slow - speeding up the native 1.0x speed to 1.2x helped. It's hard to come into an established series, but Griffin came across a little too "surfer dude" for my liking. On a positive note, he has good timing, inflections and intonation and it was easy to distinguish the characters from each other.

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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 5, gets a 7 if i'm doing a series re-listen.
• 1 not my thing • 2 didn't like the narration • 3 didn't keep my attention • 4 was good, but once was enough • 5 enjoyed it • 6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator [4⭐] • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list [4⭐] • 8 kept me up past bed-time [4.5⭐] • 9 recommended to family/friends [4.75⭐] • 10 own it in all formats [5⭐] • 11 keep a copy with me at all times [5⭐]
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Loved the series, but...

I have loved those series all the way up to the last book. The story, writing and characters are fabulous, but the voice of the narrator has grated on my last nerve! His voice is too slow, whiny and ugh! I had to put it on a fast speed. It was so incredible distracting!

Need the old narrator back

Change is ok, but the new narrator/reader is bad. And he needs to find a better place to record. The background noise was so distracting.

Strong story

Story Review:

I’m a big fan of Tere Michaels and have enjoyed all the books in this series, even if it has been a while since I’ve read them.

Evan and Matt and Griffin and Jim are two of my favorite couples of all time and I enjoyed seeing them again.

One caveat for readers is that this isn’t a book you can read without first reading the rest of the series.

Narration Review:

I loved Ron Herczig‘s narration of The Way Things Are by A.J. Thomas and I felt the same way with this one.

He has a marvelous voice and nailed every single character here, no small feat concerning the amount of main and supporting characters, including kids.