The Promise

Lost in New York, Book 2

De: Felice Stevens

Narrado por: Kale Williams

A promise made:

When Ezra Green sits next to Monroe Friedman in their high school English class, friendship blooms into first love, and even Ezra moving to California won’t keep them apart. Ezra promises Roe that once he finishes college, he’ll come home and the two will be together. In the meantime they’ll write and keep in touch. Nothing has to change.

A promise broken:

After months of unanswered letters, Roe makes one final attempt to contact Ezra with disastrous results. Ezra will never be his and he needs to move on.

Now, more than 20 years later, Ezra has come home. He doesn’t know why Roe stopped writing, but he’s determined to find out. But Roe won’t talk to him and Ezra doesn’t understand why. After all, Roe is the one who cut off contact. Isn’t he?

The promise of what is meant to be:

When Roe’s beloved grandmother suffers a stroke, the past becomes the present, and Ezra comes up with a plan. Pretending to be together to make an old lady happy should be no big deal, but after an unexpected explosive night together, decades-old secrets and lies are exposed, shattering Roe’s control and Ezra’s heart. Is first love only a dream and a promise merely words, or are Ezra and Roe meant to last a lifetime?

This can be listened to as a stand alone but you'll revisit several characters from book one, as well as other series.

©2020 Felice Stevens (P)2020 Felice Stevens

A heartwarming and touching romance!

This was a heartwarming and touching romance with all the feels!
I adored Monroe and Ezra's story.
Their love was young but it never dimmed throughout the years they were apart. Through broken promises and misunderstandings, their love and kinship towards eachother was resilient.
This was an emotional listen and I loved how well written this was.
Kale William's narration portrayed the feelings and emotions of the characters so perfectly.

Fantastic Story and Narration

The Promise is a second chance, enemies to lovers romance that will warm your heart. It’s also considered a fake boyfriend story, but these guys want so badly to be together again that they aren’t faking it at all. Ezra and Monroe were high school sweethearts who were separated when Ezra’s family moved across the country. They promise to stay in touch and come back to each other after college. Unfortunately that doesn’t happen, and when they meet up again after more than twenty years, Roe isn’t ready to risk his heart again. Ezra is determined win him back and will do almost anything to make it happen, even fake being his boyfriend to make Roe’s grandmother happy.

Ezra and Roe were both introduced to readers in previous books. Ezra was introduced in “Running From My Heart” and Roe was introduced in “Fool For Love” (Lost in New York book one). I was so happy when I heard she was bringing them together in “The Promise”. Ezra and Roe are another wonderful couple readers will love. As much as Roe tried to fight it, the two are undeniably attracted to each other and have so much chemistry.

One thing I love about Felice Steven’s writing is her ability to create wonderful, three-dimensional characters. She creates people who think, react, and feel deeply; people you’d like to hang around with in real life. Even the supporting characters are rich and interesting, adding depth and realism to this wonderful story.

Kale Williams did a fantastic job narrating this story. He’s quickly become one of my favorite narrators for the way he brings a story to life with his acting. He alters his voice for each character and adds just the right amount of emotion necessary to portray each scene.

Feels!

From the first word I fell in love with Ezra and Monroe’s story. I was rooting for their happy ending from the beginning. Once again Felice Stevens has written a well rounded story where the MCs overcame the insecurities and any obstacles to find love.

I have not once been disappointed in Kale Williams narration. I always love his cadence and change in voices for each character. I look forward to more from him.

Overall this book gave me all the feels. Hope and joy for the MCs happy ending as well as relief for the outcome for all.

P.S.
I love grandma Nettie.

Forever

This story is a wonderful second chance story. Both men are angry at the other and both have their reasons from their perspective of events. Of course it is never that simple and a lot of truths come to the surface. But they begin the journey of reconnecting with neither one has all the facts. I also like that even when truths come out both men are also willing to admit their own failings. It is also a story that examines the idea that the course of their lives could have been completely different and how they relate now would not have been the same if they hadn't had the years apart. I love the development of the characters and love their friends and family and what they add to the story.
I listened to audio version and it was very well done.

A Touching Love Story

I loved Monroe and Ezra’s story. So much so I knew I needed to have this is audio too. Kale Williams did such a wonderful job bringing them to life for me. Kale really made me feel the deep loss and hurt that Monroe and Ezra each carried with themselves over their failed relationship at 17. I think it was more hurt than either realized as they reconnected over 20 years later. I loved Ezra’a passion and determination to win Roe back. In turn, Roe was so supportive to Ezra when it felt like his life was turned upside down. Roe’s patience with Ezra’s overbearing parents was admirable. I also loved Roe’s meddlesome Grandmother, she was such a trip! I loved the intertwining of their story along with previous books (however this can still stand-alone), and being able to visit with past characters I loved, especially Ross and Arden. I’ve really been loving the Lost in New York series as the storylines have been focusing on more relatable experiences. The characters have had such a staying power with me long after I’ve finished their story. I’ve also enjoyed the older, more mature and life seasoned characters in this series as well. This was a great addition to the series, and I definitely recommend it!