Mr. Jaguar

Contemporary M/M Cinderfella Romance

De: K. A. Merikan

Narrado por: Wyatt Baker

"One day, you’ll be pumping my gas."

Mike Miller’s life has gone to shit. The formerly popular high school quarterback now works at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. The last thing he needs is meeting the guy he used to bully at school and seeing him all sorts of polished up. James is now the proud owner of an amazing silver Jaguar and a self-made millionaire. It seems that the day couldn’t get any worse for Mike, but James "Lovelace" Austin might just turn out to be his golden ticket out of the job he hates.

When James Austin meets Mike Miller, his high school crush and tormentor all in one, working at an old, dirty gas station, it feels as if the stars have finally aligned in his favor. He wants to finally get his revenge on the guy, but when Mike turns out to be gay, the whole afternoon takes a turn for the surreal. Instead of just humiliating Mike at his workplace, James decides to hire him for a weekend at a conference he’s attending. A hot guy by his side is the only accessory James needs to rub his success in the faces of his frenemies.

Only problem is, a gay Mike Miller might be too much of a blast from the past than James ever expected. If James wants his nerdy heart safe from the hunky jock, he needs to keep Mike at arms length. The task would be a lot easier if Mike wasn’t unashamedly hitting on James. Or is it just James’ money Mike is after?

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Mr. Jaguar

This is such an entertaining book. I really love the whole Pretty Woman vibe that was going here. It was sexy and touching. I, personally, would have loved to have had a longer book but Mr, Jaguar was a fun short story.

Lovely!

A cute, suspend-your-belief, sweet romance between the former-bully and the now successful-nerd.

It's funny to see Mike's eagerness to get his gay-life beginning with his crush from high-school. And even more when we learn that, back then, he didn't think he was bullying James, more like he was performing a pull-the-pigtails-of-your-crush kind of seduction.

It's quick and entertaining and, as I said before, sweet. And Wyatt Baker's narration makes it even better. A good choice for when you are looking for a swift pick-me-up.

🎧 Audiobook listener 🎧

Mr. Jaguar  By K. A. Merikan
I really enjoyed this story. A good combination of world building and character development. The characters will keep you entertained from beginning to end.
The Narrator Wyatt Baker did a fantastic job bringing these characters and story to life.

This was SO good, SO spicy and SO funny

I am so happy I have discovered this pair of authors. I swear everything they write sinks into my skin, and makes me so happy. I love them and this story was so short and so perfectly sweet. I absolutely loved it.

Quick and entertaining

I read Mr. Jaguar several years ago when it was a freebie on Amazon, and it served as my introduction to the writing of the sister author duo of K.A. Merikan. Listening to the audiobook definitely took the experience up a couple of levels, thanks to the narration of Wyatt Baker. This is an enemies-to-lovers short with a touch of fake relationship thrown into the mix. Mike Miller was the popular guy in high school and the bully who made James Austin's life horrendous. Years later, Mike pumps gas while James is a self-made millionaire driving a Jaguar. With the tables turned, this could be the perfect time for James to seek vengeance on the guy who humiliated him time and again. When he learns that Mike is actually gay, though, James offers to pay him to be his companion for a weekend at a work conference. Maybe this older version of his teenage tormentor is someone James could have in his life for real, but is Mike truly interest in him or is he merely after James's money?

I enjoyed listening to this K.A. Merikan novella, what with the whole change in fortune for the two main characters. It did take a while for me to warm up to either of them, but there was something about Mike and James that had me sticking it out, wanting to see how everything would turn out. Seeing who these two were behind all the facade and walls that they'd built made it clear that they had their reasons for acting the way they were before. They each had their insecurities and issues, but slowly and surely, the more time they spent together truly getting to know one another, the more it was possible to see that maybe they had a chance to be together for real. With Wyatt Baker bringing this story to life, all I had to do was sit back and work while listening to him and I was quite satisfied by the end. I'm giving Mr. Jaguar 3.5 stars for the story and 4.5 stars for the narration, for an average rating of four stars. ♥