A Lot Like Love

FBI-US Attorney Series, Book 2

By: Julie James

Narrated by: Karen White

Jordan Rhodes is invited to all of Chicago's best parties, but there's only one the FBI wants to crash. To get her brother out of jail, she agrees to take Agent McCall as her date. But when the mission gets botched, requiring their "relationship" to continue, it starts to feel less like an investigation-and a lot like something else.

©2011 Julie James (P)2012 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A smart, sexy read." (Nalini Singh)

Very enjoyable story.

If you could sum up A Lot Like Love in three words, what would they be?

Good character development.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narrator is great for female voices, but she's quite bad at male voices. She makes them all sound like a pompous John Wayne, and initially I had to focus on enjoyment of the story to get through it. And remember that I had purchased the series, so it's likely that I'll be just as annoyed w/ the remaining two books.

Great series.

Julie James and Karen White deliver the perfect one-two punch. Romantic comedy at it’s best. I love intelligent and fast paced banter.

Sigh. 3.8/5

I didn’t expect the jealousy, insecure bone from Jordan. It’s such a turn off and I hate when authors play that with females who are supposed to be strong. After Lisa’s appearance when she said “Of course he only cares about the investigation” I was baffled, the investigation to get your brother out of prison? Why aren’t you more concerned about said investigation?

The series opener showed a true strong female lead. If you’re going to play the jealous girl at the least be able to say what you want/feel. The only time Jordan was finally honest about any feelings towards him was during sex *insert exasperated eye roll* Then of course this is all while Nick is supposed to be telling her important information about her brother? I was very much disappointed.

Chapter 22 beyond was listened to at 3.5x and it was needed because it turned cliche imo. Two grown adults acting like the other can read their mind. Third act breakups are not my thing. And it’s even more annoying that they stopped keeping in contact —no one thought “an active criminal investigation is going down we can handle this immature nonsense when it’s wrapped up.”

Sweet but drawn out

The chemistry was hit or miss, but the realization of love was realistic. Too much background and narrative that wasn't about the characters' relations. Would've appreciated more passion faster in the story. Loved the narrator!

Good story. Fun dialogue.

I like the Julie James books. I recently listened to several of them that were narrated by Karen White. She was very good with other books, but I had a problem with her narration of this one. She made Nick sound like he was constipated. She used a Brooklyn accent for him, but it was not good. He did not sound sensual or sexy. She did excellent voices for men in other books, but not this one.