Seducing Simon

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Rebecca Estrella

Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Toni Langston has been in love with Simon, her best friend, for years. The night Simon breaks up with his longtime girlfriend, he and Toni make love. Toni is devastated and humiliated when, in the heat of the moment, he calls her by his girlfriend’s name. The next morning, Simon remembers nothing of the previous night and Toni is only too relieved not to remind him.

Two months later, she discovers she’s pregnant. She wants Simon to love her, apart from any obligation he might feel because of the baby. So she embarks on a quest to seduce her best friend, to make him see her as more than a little sister, to make him love her as much as she loves him. It works. Maybe too well. Now when things are perfect, she faces telling him of the secret she’s kept.

©2006 Maya Banks (P)2013 AudioGO

SECRETS, SECRETS, SECRETS THEY BLOW UP EVERY TIME

Please don't go buying this expecting it to be the usual HOT listen that Maya Banks usually writes (and the cover suggests) as it's definitely not - it's more Mills & Boon.

But what it is is a tender, sweet, riveting romantic book about the dilema of unrequited love which include secrets, seduction and hope as two best friends take a gamble of crossing the boundary of friendship hoping it will lead to love but aware they could lose everything. Another well written MB book (just without any heat!) and, as it unfolds, you understand the emotions of both the main likeable characters involved and find yourself pondering over the all important question of should she tell him and exactly when would the right time be.

You'll laugh, cry and sigh as their turbulent emotionally and sexually charged relationship grips you, then events and a disaster spins you about until, in the end, you're spat out the other end breathless, exhausted but grateful for another great listen.

Worth a credit? Well it falls under my $10 rule, so my dilemma is if it was $19.77 instead of $9.77 would I regret the credit - no I wouldn't but I would have liked/expected it to have been longer and to include either the addition of her usual spice, or a final chapter or epilogue that not only wraps up the HEA but puts a nice big pink or blue bow on top.

Touched me

This was a very touching tale of unrequited love, secrets, stupid things men do when they are drunk and everything in between.

Seducing Simon

I got the ebook form years ago and enjoyed it then, Rereading it now was still a joy and sorrow in the story line. I won't give the reasons much here because it will spoil your reading of it. Toni and her brother lost their parents early on. They now share their home with his two best friends. The guys work at the local fire department on the same shifts. Toni after the death of her parents didn't finish college but came back to work at the local veterinary office. She has always had feeling for Simon. He was a player who was going to settle down with another woman. He had the ring and everything. But after catching her in bed with another he got drunk. Let's just say drunk sex is not the right thing. And not with the sister of your best friend. But it doesn't stop there. He just doesn't remember it. So hurt Toni didn't say anything. Now she finds out she is pregnant. The rest of the story is what happens. There are many funny moments and very sad moments in their journey. The narrator kept me listening all day long.

Loved it!!!

Where does Seducing Simon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Number 1

What other book might you compare Seducing Simon to and why?

None it was just an awesome love story.

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

No I haven't listened to any other of her narrations but am sure I will after this one.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it was I didn't want to stop.

Any additional comments?

This a wonderful love story I got all teary eyes when they found out how much they love each other especially when Simon thought he was going to lose Tony.

Not sure I like this side of Maya

I've read several Maya Banks romantic suspense novels and absolutely LOVE her KGI series. I'm not certain going sweet is her best writing if this book is a good example of it. I was a bit disappointed because she's an extraordinary writer and, although this would have been decent for a lot of other authors; her work is usually way superior to this

For a Banks book, this was ok to fairly good.

I think I just have such high expectations for every single Maya Banks book I read/listen to after listening to the Sweet Series and McCabe Clan Series. This was simply ok to fairly good. There were great moments, but then there were boring moments. The plot line was good, but at times, I was like Toni should have just told Simone about the baby already... but no... Secrets Secrets! The ending was a bit dramatic… but I like the HEA ending.

Ok narration. There really isn't a difference in male voices or female voices. The narrator more so read it not narrated it... if that makes sense... It was still decent though.

Credit... not a Maya Banks gotta have must buy! Maybe even a sale.

Good book

This story is good. The narration could be more distinct between characters - sometimes I didn’t know what characters was talking. Overall a good book.

loved! loved! loved!

This book is now one of my favorites! Will read again in the future. Typical Maya Banks. Wonderful, heart warming story.

One Of My Favorite Read

I absolutely love Maya Banks she is one of my favorite authors and to date none of her books have ever disappointed me. I have all of her stories on my kindle. But slowly adding audiobooks to my collection so i can listen to them on the go. This was great to listen too and the narrator did an awezome job. Now on to the next read on my list.

If you love romance this is a must add to you TBR List.

Good, Simple Romance...HORRIBLE narration

Would you listen to Seducing Simon again? Why?

Yes, if someone else was doing the narration. The story was just a straight forward romance. No mysteries to solve, no evil characters hanging around--just a "let's listen to this and enjoy" kind of story. Sometimes it is just nice to listen to an "easy" listen.

What did you like best about this story?

The relationship between all the characters--not just Simon and Toni. These four individuals has made a true family for themselves and it was fun to listen to the interplay between them all.

How could the performance have been better?

Get a different narrator. When I listen to my audiobooks, I like to be able to distinguish between the different people in the story. This narrator used almost the same voices for all the characters...male, female, young or old. AND when the story calls for someone to yell or get angry or upset, it would be nice for the narrator to at least change the tone of the narration....It was all the same drab thing...Happy, angry, crying, scared...never a change in the tone . Unbelievably bad!

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

Some of the scenes were funny. Some of the reactions to how Toni would act or look...that was pretty funny