• Chasing Perfect

  • Fool's Gold, Book 1
  • By: Susan Mallery
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (957 ratings)

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Chasing Perfect

By: Susan Mallery
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Publisher's summary

There is only one thing wrong with the charming community of Fool’s Gold, California: the men don’t stick around! This problem has to be fixed, fast, and Charity Jones may be just the city planner up to the challenge. Charity immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer – except its sexy, famous, world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy…but it may just be what they both need!

©2010 Susan Mallery (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The book brims with quick-witted, good-natured characters, and though Charity and Josh occasionally verge on blandness, their romance grows poignantly and with chemistry to spare." ( Publishers Weekly)

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I loved it, Susan Mallery is a good writer

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Recommend this book to a friend, she would love it like I did

Who was your favorite character and why?

Pea - she was just funny

Which character – as performed by Tanya Eby – was your favorite?

Charity Jones

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Josh and Charity got together

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Charity and Heart

What did you love best about Chasing Perfect?

The introduction to the town the people and the need to get involved. I wish I lived there.

What did you like best about this story?

That the character's got to "belong". That what u see isn't always what you get.

What about Tanya Eby’s performance did you like?

Love her.....

Any additional comments?

Fool's Gold - I want to move there. I want to be one of them.

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Not a bad start

This book starts yet another series by Susan Mallery. While not outstanding, I did enjoy it much more than some of her other groupings. This was a pleasant but predictable romance novel - there was nothing really special about it. However, it was interesting enough that I will buy the next installment.

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Second time

I absolutely love the fools gold series. Read them all once and now I’m on my second time. Can’t believe how much i feel like these people are my family. Can’t say enough good things about it.

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Great

I love the Fools Gold Series. I highly recommend this book and the whole series. I have read them all and now started listening to them.

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Delightful

I just love this Author & Narrator, they are a perfect team. I've initially started this series bit in order, but are now going back to the original order. The boss are good reads even out of order.

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Good read

I put off reading this book for whatever reason & passed onto the others books instead. BIG MISTAKE! This book intrigued me after I read the synopsis. This book set up all the other stories. IT was delightful to read. I understood the characters more. I'd recommend this book to others.

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Don't care for the narration.

Would you consider the audio edition of Chasing Perfect to be better than the print version?

I'm sorry to say this but definitely not. I don't care for the narration at all. I really miss Therese Plummer's narrating! But Savannah Richards is also a great narrator as well.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

She reads slow and normal and then all of a sudden, really fast. Everyone sounds really quirky.

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Nice surprise for a contemp romance!

**4.5 stars**
I've not had a lot of luck with contemporary romance/chick lit. I found this book to be better than most of the contemp romances. When compared to the popukar contemp romances Ive read. Chasing Perfect has less cheesy quotes; a super hot hero and a wonderful heroine with unbelievable chemistry; lots of funny moments; and the backdrop story of Fool's Gold and it's city-planning problem couldn't be better!! Very funny!

Just when I expected it to turn into another formulaic contemp story, the book surprised me with true character depth, or an embarasing and hilarious bad-date scene, or even better, a red-hot romantic scene that was unexpected.

Most of all, it's a nice lite read when your mood is for a comfort read vs an angst- filled romance.

Nice narrator, though she has a nasally voice at times, she did a great job!
I'm always thankful for a good narrator these days. :)

I'm definitely reading the next two. (Ethan's story, then Pia's story)
Recommended highly for anyone who enjoys contemp romance! Also recommended for the reluctant... :)

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loved it

I enjoy the Fools Gold series. The audio performance was enjoyable. Well done. Easy listening.

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