Smoky Mountain Dreams

De: Leta Blake

Narrado por: John Solo

Sometimes holding on means letting go.

After giving up on his career as a country singer in Nashville, Christopher Ryder is happy enough performing at the Smoky Mountain Dreams theme park in Tennessee. But while his beloved Gran loves him the way he is, Christopher feels painfully invisible to everyone else. Even when he's center stage he aches for someone to see the real him.

Bisexual Jesse Birch has no room in his life for dating. Raising two kids and fighting with family after a tragic accident took his children's mother, he doesn't want more than an occasional hook-up. He sure as hell doesn't want to fall hard for his favorite local singer, but when Christopher walks into his jewelry studio, Jesse hears a new song in his heart.

©2014 Leta Blake (P)2017 Leta Blake

✫✫ 5 Stars ✫✫

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The characters were realistic & a little flawed, the love story was sweet and a little heartbreaking and the lives of each of these men were hard but it only made them better. This was a sweet but still a very emotional listen for me. I loved that one of the main characters has children, that always pulls on my heart strings.

The narration was fantastic. He really became these characters and did a fabulous job at giving everyone their own voices.

Loving, losing and loving again

This is a great story of loving one person and then losing them while learning to love again as well! Christopher and Jesse find peace with each other and this whole audio book had me on the edge of my seat and near tears too many times while driving. It would be way to easy to spoil this story so I'm going to be very vague about the happenings without just giving you a synopsis. Just know that Jesse and Christopher have some struggles to find their HEA -- and even when you think it's a done deal, things sneak in and cause havoc again. Just take some time and listen to their story. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

a true love story

a love story that moves us all - love and tears, hopes and dreams - what more can you ask for

Big Emotions

This was my first Leta Blake book, and I am certain it will not be my last. Well written and relatable characters. And the on page emotion became a living, breathing thing. I got so wrapped up, that I felt their love, I even unfortunately felt the bigots disgust😠. I laughed and I cried. And the spicy scenes? Oh. My. Wow!!!

Love this emotional book by an amazing author!

I don't have enough stars for this review i need like a 1000 more!

This story is gripping, emotional and unique, the length of the book compliments the story and makes it that much better. Each character develops through the book and is depicted with so much life and realness. I was constantly at awe with each chapter, in a roller-coaster of feelings and lyrical writing that had me begging for more!
Christopher is such a sweet man and I love his very human faults, Jesse is a sexy man through and through yet he is also a father- that contrast makes him so appealing and thrilling to me. I love how each man has his own history, and how both the good and the bad are depicted. The way Leta describes Jesse's emotions regarding his wife, both how she looks physically and his marriage to her is so touching mostly because of how real it is. Her writing not only brings life to each word, but color, smell - this is a full body experience book.
And let's not forget the sexy bits, because let me tell you- you will need to call the fire department to put out the flames after reading this book. Both the eroticism in their physical relationship and the added emotions they have and build together is just pure magic!!! The complexity of Jesse's life, how they fight to make the relationship work and the rawness of feelings that you can just connect to because they are so very real-life. This story had high drama potential, and yet it cleverly kept it down to earth and, again for lack of a better word, real.

Now let's talk narration for a bit- this is the best audiobook I read EVER also because of John Solo. This man, is not one man but many, men and women that, that each has color, voice, hopes, fears and dreams. I have never felt more pure emotion listening to a book in my life. There are truly not enough words and ways I can say how the narration elevates this fantastic story. Solo can manipulate his voice to wring out every lest nuance from a scene, line, laugh and smile. I am still a bit starry eyed about this book and would gladly read any Leta Blake book I can get my hands on. Solo's narration was the cherry on top of the mountain. If you like MM, Romance or just like a story to touch your heart, you need this book!