Sweet

Landry Family Series, Book 6

De: Adriana Locke

Narrado por: Wen Ross, Kai Kennicott

USA Today best-selling author Adriana Locke delivers a “fresh and fun” romance between a grumpy single dad and his beautiful, spunky employee—the one he can’t have.

Chemistry is not love.

That’s what my boss, the grumpy single dad with brilliant green eyes, says, anyway.

I have my V-card. He’s 10 years older than me. I work for him.

Nate Hughes has a million reasons why a relationship between us would never work. Honestly? It’s all a farce.

He can’t deny our connection. His soft smiles, brief touches, and protective behaviors come too easily. And when I need a place to stay? He can’t stop himself from offering me a room—though I’d prefer his bed. After all, there are sparks—delicious, sizzling sparks—when we’re together.

Our forced proximity brings things to a head. Our shared experiences and traumas draw us closer. Our undeniable attraction has us toeing the line between friends and lovers—whether Nate likes it or not.

He’s right—chemistry is not love. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t fall in love with him...even if he can’t love me back.

©2022 Adriana Locke (P)2022 Adriana Locke

Nate and Paige's story!!!

I loved this book when I read it originally and was super excited to listen to it in audiobook form!! Thanks to Adriana Locke for the audiobook!! The story was amazing and the narrators were exactly how I imagined Nate and Paige would sound when I first read this book.

If you’ve ever read a book by Adriana, you know what you’re going to get will be fun, flirty, and dare I day, sweet. That’s exactly what you get with Sweet, Paige and Nate’s book. Single dad trope, forced proximity trope, it’s got all the good stuff. Nate is a single dad trying to avoid his attraction to his employee Paige, who doesn’t believe in forever. When she gets evicted from her apartment and needs a place to stay, Nate steps up to take her in despite his hesitance to give in to his attraction. As the book goes on and they both face their pasts and fears together, you see the growth of two people together. Nate is supportive, reliable, and would do anything for his son and Paige. The dynamic between the two of them draws you in as they fight their attraction, and you find yourself cheering them on.

If you’re looking for a cute, easy, and sweet read, Sweet is the book for you. If you’re looking for more Adriana Locke, pick up any one of her other series on KU to get the stories of many characters you see in Sweet (the 6th book in the Landry family series). You can’t go wrong with any of them. I can’t wait for Adriana’s next release and until then, I might dive right back into her world with another series of hers focusing on another family (Gibson, Landry, or Mason series).

Single dad you swoon over

This is only my second Adriana Locke book and I loved it. Paige and Nate both have rough pasts with trauma they both are dealing with. They both aren’t sure that love will really work between them. Nate breaks down Paige’s walls and gets through to her. Now I need to read the rest of the serious.

Sweet romance

The title of this book is perfect. Nate and Paige's story is just that sweet. Nate is a single dad who wants nothing more than to find the one. He has had a thing for Paige, but knowing she is afraid of relationships hasn't pursued anything. When Paige gives into her feelings for Nate, there is so much love to be found. When Paige finally stop running from love and gives into the love all around her there is so much happiness for this little family. Great characters and I loved seeing the Landry's pop up in here!

The narrators did a great job. I did feel like Paige's voice was a little older than I would have though, but it was good.

Good

This was a good read. It shows that everyone has issues and doubts and to some extent self sabotaging tendencies. It all boils down to how you deal with them.
Nate and Paige made the perfect couple for these issues and how to deal (and not deal) with them.
As for the narration, it was good. I enjoyed both their voices, but I did have to increase the speed to make the speech more realistic or at least not as languid.

Sweet

Sweet is the 6th book in the Landry Family series. This book is told from dual points of view by Nate and Paige. Paige is Holli's biological sister, and we have met Hollis in a past book.

Paige gets kicked out of her apartment complex because her friend wasn't paying the rent. While she's at work, Nate her boss offers for her to come and stay in their spare room. He tells his son that Paige is there as a guest, and to treat her nicely.

Being in forced proximity means feelings are going to evolve. Paige hasn't had the easiest past, and when things start moving too fast, she's not sure how to handle it. She is also getting to know her brother Hollis. I don't want to go into what happens too much, so I'll tell you my feelings.

I loved getting to know Paige and Nate, and little Ryder. Paige and Ryder's friendship grows, and Ryder gets to the point where he wants his dad to adopt Paige. So sweet. Nate is also a great single father and is there for Ryder when he needs him. Paige's relationship with Hollis also grew stronger, and I loved seeing that. I really felt for Paige as she was going through some of the things she went through in the book, and really loved getting to know these characters! I'm hoping they pop up once in a while in future books!

A great audiobook!

Sweet brings readers back to the Landry Family series with a book that lives up to its name and more.

Paige and Nate have wonderful chemistry and banter. She's younger and his employee but their connection is undeniable and I liked the two of them together. As with many of Adriana Locke's books there is an emphasis on family and friendship too. They are interesting and fun secondary characters who add a lot to the story. I am looking forward to reading more about some of them in Adriana's next series.

Kai and Wen's narration was easy to listen to and entertaining. I really liked them as Paige and Nate.

This is a great, engaging book and can be read as a standalone. If you're like me, though, and love interconnected series I definitely recommend checking out Adriana's backlist too!

Fantastic book

Adriana Locke’s Landry series is one of my favorites and I couldn’t wait to go back to that world (in addition to continuing with the Mason’s world and of course Hollis) This is a standalone story so don’t worry if you haven’t read the other books…they just enhance the experience allowing us to go back and visit some old friends. Nate is a single dad that has had to work for everything he has and puts his son and family first. Paige is still trying to find her way in life, reconnect with her long loss brother and out run her childhood. Even though Nate is somewhat of a grumpy hero, he loves hard and is very protective of these he cares about. Paige has a great family who adopted her, but she still doesn’t trust in love and forever. I loved this story and Nate is now in the top five of my all time favorite Locke heroes. I can’t wait to meet more of Paige’s family in the new upcoming series.
Wen Ross and Kai Kennicott are two of my favorite narrators and once again they didn’t disappoint. They didn’t a fantastic job bringing Paige and Nate to life.

Nate and Paige

I like that two average people both struggling with the past or trying to keep things together come together and the road is never easy. One loves easily while the other struggles with acceptance and the fear of falling in love and the word forever. Nate is sweet, kind, a big heart that he hides behind a gruff exterior
Wen and Kai do a great job.

Great Easy Listen!

This book had me ready for write a five-star review before I was halfway through. By the end I was so sorry it took me this long to listen to this author. This should be an easy add and I’m going back to beginning of the series as I started with this book. You can still follow along even if you haven’t read the other books but I’m sure you’d have a better understanding of all the characters.
Single-Dad is the grumpy bar owner who is 10 years older than Paige and only looking for someone ready to be a mom. He can’t let Ryder get attached to someone else and loose them. It’s no parade of women in front of his son. Paige is young and fun but not ready to be a mom, settle down or really let herself love. But what they can’t fight is that odd attraction that keeps pulling them into each other’s orbit. When Paige needs a place to stay through no fault of her own, she ends up at Nate’s with him and Ryder. She is their guest and friend until they find themselves getting used to sharing a life and daily duties. They both are waiting for the bottom to fall out and when it does, they have to figure out of it’s worth putting in the work. I did listen to this book and it was an easy listen. I found myself not wanting to stop listening to do life things in which I was required to have conversations.

Sweet with some Sass and sprinkle of spice

I just love listening to the books that Adriana Locke writes. I don't know if it is because of the those delicious southern accents that are often written into the characters or what but I am never disappointed. Nate is trying his best to be a great Dad and just keep moving where Paige is a like a whirlwind that comes in an disrupts things but in the best of ways. I loved how Paige is clearly disrupting Nate from his fixated life of the same thing and pushing him to something more. At the Same time Nate is providing Paige with something she didn't really understand was missing. The way these two are friends and the little flirts back and forth are so much fun to walk through but when they finally give in to the possibility of what they could be, wow did those sparks ignite to something bigger than a campfire.