Roll of a Lifetime

Roll of the Dice, Book 5

By: Melanie Greene

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Things Rachel Groff needs: her daughter out of diapers, the back child support she’s owed, freedom from her devious, dirtbag ex-husband.

Rachel has inched her way toward financial security after three years of solo parenting. Clinging to her hard-won independence, she is on guard against the type of man who deceived her in the past. Men like the too-hot and too-charming divorced dad who claims to be nothing like her ex.

Things Theo Melis loves: kayaking along the bayou, baking pies, being with his son.

His big gamble paid off: His brewpub is in the black and garnering great reviews. Now, Theo’s focused on earning a favorable rating from his manager’s ex-wife. He’s taken with her strength and ferocity of purpose and proud when she allows him to help her escape the stresses of life. But one moment Rachel melts into him, the next, she jerks away, leaving him overheated and confused.

Theo longs to earn Rachel’s trust. Rachel’s heart yearns for him, but her instincts have devastated her before. Every step they take could be a disastrous misstep.

If they move in unison, can they discover a path worth taking?

©2018 Melanie Greene (P)2019 Melanie Greene

single parents

This story is also in book form. The narrator did a great job with the story. She brought the story to life for me. Rachel is a single mother and Theo is a single dad. They meet each other when Theo drops off her daughter to her. From there sparks begins to fly between them. But Rachel is not sure she wants another man in her life.

I was given a complimentary copy from the author. This is my honest unbiased opinion.

This one really grew on me!

I have written this review so many times because I keep changing my mind while listening. So adjustments keep being made.
This is my final thoughts.

I ended up really liking this book. At the beginning it was touch and go for a while. I haven’t read any others in the series and I felt that was part of my confusion at the beginning. I still had some holes that lasted throughout the book. This does cause some irritation and ruins the flow of the story. It does get better and looking at the story as a whole I would say it’s a good one. Although I still don’t know what a naming ceremony is? Like a birthday?

I really liked Theo. He seems nice and he seems to want a relationship and Rachel seems so reluctant. Like almost not interested other than a quickie from him. Once there is a problem between them he is THERE for her (and goes above and beyond FOR HER-made my heart putter patter.) but she again pushes him away. So sad. I really felt bad for him. Eventually she gives him a chance to be more than just a bed partner and the story gets more interesting.

I also want to drop in here a couple characters that impressed me. I loved Thomas and his reaction to the news! It’s exactly what everyone wants. Also the Aunt of Rachel. She is also a person everyone wants to have in their life. A couple of goodies.

Overall I think this would have been better if I had read the series or if the author had included some background info on the characters so I could follow along better. As stated in my opinion it does get better as the story gets going. There is shocking news, decisions and still dealing with the Exes plus some really sweet times. I did listen to this on audio. The narrator did a good job being articulate and consistent on her voices.