Prince Joe

By: Suzanne Brockmann

Narrated by: Ashley Adlon

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Media consultant Veronica St. John has been hired to teach a rugged Navy SEAL to impersonate a European prince who's been targeted by terrorists. But one conversation and Veronica knows there's no way she can turn streetwise New Yorker Joe Catalanotto into nobility. Joe, on the other hand, is confident he's got what it takes. Two days isn't a lot of time to get the job done...but it's enough time to fall in love.

©2002 Suzanne Brockman (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Ms. Brockmann is a one-of-a-kind storyteller!” ( Romantic Times)

Prince Joe

Loved the narration! The change of voices made each character come to life with believable accents.

another winner

Always love Suzanne Brockman❣️ Loved Joe. He's a great character that has great character. Veronica is definitely his match

Before Troubleshooters!

I love the Trouble Shooters Series and had NO idea this series existed!
Just began the first and I love the stories!

5 +++ The NARRATION is AMAZING Stars

Normally I mention the narration at the end but D – A – N – M it needs to be mentioned first. Ashley Adlon brought every character a voice and even some with ACCENTS!! And she freaking NAILED it. No joke. I loved this book because she had me so engaged. The storyline was there for sure but Ashley slays this book in all the best ways.

I went in knowing it was an older romance, meaning it was writing over 20 years ago and I immediately felt like it was a Harlequin I would just pluck off my grandma’s shelf and devour.

These are the romance’s I fell in love with, has the story been done before sure, with more flair sure. But if you take it down to the time the book was written and how it makes you feel I was so in love with Joe! He was this tough seal yacked off his one day leave and shoved into this passion he didn’t want to be in but because of respect, he volunteered in the end to do the job.

And Veronica, she was the strong stoic type who sure some might say got walked over, but really she just lied in wait until she could manipulate the situation. I loved that she was so ambitious and skeptical.
I loved that Joe wore his heart on his sleeve; he was this strong man until he fell in love. Who doesn’t love a story like that?

I loved it as you can tell and if you just go in thinking I am going to be entertained and enjoy a good love story you will love it as much as I did I am sure of it.

*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*

Light Fun Romantic

Any additional comments?

This is a light and entertaining romantic adventure with nice people who do as you would expect. It was fun to listen to. It had a feel good happy ending. I enjoyed it for exactly what it was supposed to be: entertainment with nothing distressing.

Such a fun story!

I really enjoyed this story -- a fun blend of military and romance novel. It is a fun, easy listen, but it really kept my attention. I rooted for the main characters to work out their differences and to fall in love. Looking forward to hearing the other stories in this series!

Slow Moving Not As Good As Troubleshooters Series

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This was really slow going. It seemed to take forever to finish.

Media consultant Veronica St. John has been hired to teach a rugged Navy SEAL to impersonate a European prince who's been targeted by terrorists. But one conversation and Veronica knows there's no way she can turn streetwise New Yorker Joe Catalanotto into nobility. Joe, on the other hand, is confident he's got what it takes. Two days isn't a lot of time to get the job done...but it's enough time to fall in love.

Would you recommend Prince Joe to your friends? Why or why not?

I'm not sure. It was so slow but the last hour was very good and more what I'd expect from Brockmann.

Which scene was your favorite?

On the cruise ship during the final hour was less he loves her/she loves him and more action.

Do you think Prince Joe needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

It is the start of a series...I may continue but it is not something I'm excited/cannot wait to dive into.

Any additional comments?

Others comment that this is an earlier work of Brockmann's-I agree...I'm willing to continue with the series but ONLY if the books are heavily discounted.

Good Story, if a bit predictable

What did you like best about Prince Joe? What did you like least?
I love Suz Brockmann and the Troubleshooter series. I have been wanting to read this other series for awhile. Good story. A bit predictable but fun and interesting ride.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Good character development, but the lead characters were a bit stupid. The back and forth between the leads was redundant and a bit trite. I get that the plot needs to have misunderstandings, but both leads are intelligent people, and some of the misunderstandings seemed VERY contrived.

Any additional comments?
Overall, worth the read, but can definitely tell this is an early work.

Just okay for me

Okay, so this wasn't a bad book, it was just okay. I guess I didn't find it to be all that great because I just came off of Brockmann's Troubleshooters series. Now that was a good series. The narration was excellent too. I guess I was just expecting the same from this series and was disappointed. It's not a bad book though, just not as good as I expected.

Okay story

Narrator was very good, storyline was nice but a little slow. Worthy of a listen.