Exclusively Yours

By: Shannon Stacey

Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

When Keri Daniels’ editor finds out she has previous carnal knowledge of reclusive best-selling author Joe Kowalski, she gives Keri a choice: get an interview or get a new job.

Joe’s never forgotten the first girl to break his heart, so he’s intrigued to hear Keri’s back in town—and looking for him. Despite his intense need for privacy, he’ll grant Keri an interview if it means a chance to finish what they started in high school.

He proposes an outrageous plan—for every day she survives with his family on their annual camping and four-wheeling trip, Keri can ask one question. Keri agrees; she’s worked too hard to walk away from her career.

But the chemistry between them is still as potent as the bug spray, Joe’s sister is out to avenge his broken heart, and Keri hasn’t ridden an ATV since she was 10. Who knew a little blackmail, a whole lot of family, and some sizzling romantic interludes could make Keri reconsider the old dream of Keri & Joe 2gether 4ever.

©2010 Shannon Stacey (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Stacey’s writing is sharp and sexy and this second-chance story is perfectly hilarious... I enjoyed this book so much - if it were printed on paper I’d hit people with it until they read it." (Sarah Wendell, Salon.com)

Sweet story

The quirky family is interesting. Well-rounded characters.

I liked the premise of joining the family vacation, and all the activity in the campground was hilarious.

The narration was okay.

TERRIFIC

If you could sum up Exclusively Yours in three words, what would they be?

Humor, Drama and Love

What was one of the most memorable moments of Exclusively Yours?

When Joe cried when she had left him for the second time.

Have you listened to any of Lauren Fortgang’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes this rates up there with all the others.

Love this book!

What made the experience of listening to Exclusively Yours the most enjoyable?

The story was light and funny.

What did you like best about this story?

The entire family and the similarities of real life.

What about Lauren Fortgang’s performance did you like?

Great narrator. Engaging and funny.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The story would make me laugh, cry and I couldn't wait to listen more.

Any additional comments?

Halfway through this book, I went ahead and bought the next book in the series.

A fun frilly read.

If you could sum up Exclusively Yours in three words, what would they be?

Light, Fun, Frivolous

Any additional comments?

This book is by no way a masterpiece, but for a fun listen it hits the spot.

A great listen

I have found myself really enjoying romantic stories recently. This one was great. I listen on my commute (1 hour each way) and found myself looking forward to getting back in the car and back into the story. I cared about the characters and thought about them even after I'd finished the whole audio book. The acting/reading was excellent. (That's really important to me.) I would recommend this book highly to anyone who enjoys this genre.

Easy to read, bad narration

This is an easy read, a bit predictable but great when you just want a break. The narrator wasn't horrible but her voice for male characters was distracting and often made me confused on who is talking. It would also take away from the mood because the males sounded like females and all of them sounded like teenagers even though they were grown men.

Love love love

Loved this book. Had me laughing and kept me up at night needing to finish it. Usually takes me a week or so to finish a book but this one I was done with in 2 days.

Adolescent book for sure

After hearing the word erection for the 20th time I realized that this would probably be a book for an 8th or 9th grader. I guess I now know why I have never read a Harlequin romance book.

Fun!

This was not only a good story but was just flat-out fun to listen to. Very pleasantly surprised! I look forward to more from this author.

Narration could have been better.

A very sweet story

I read this book a couple of years ago and liked it.
It was my first Stacey experience and I went on to read most of her backlist.

The narration is good, even though having the author say a voice is "booming" and the narrator is doing that voice as a stereotypical thready, whiney elderly gentleman was a bit irritating. Actually, even if the voice was dead on, it would have been irritating.

This is a multi-character book with many a conflict between the various couples in it.
But the secondary and tertiary stories were just as well drawn as the main story.

All in all, a lovely little book. I thoroughly enjoyed listening on a rainy Saturday while cleaning house.

The narration for the most part was good. Again, with so many characters active and talking, it is hard for any voice artist to make them distinguishable. I appreciated that she didn't make the kids all sound whiney or bratty and the women weren't either "good girl" or "trashy girl" or "whining brat." Each of the women were voiced maturely with no intonation that jerked me out of the story.