This is Beautiful - Checkmate: Logan & Kayla, Book 2

Checkmate Duet Series, Book 6

De: Kennedy Fox

Narrado por: Lia Langola

The anticipated conclusion of the Logan & Kayla saga in the Checkmate Duet Series from a secret duo under the USA Today best-selling author pseudonym, Kennedy Fox!

This second-chance romance will have you gasping and cheering these two on from the first to the last moment! Are you ready to play the final game?

Kayla Sinclair is a saint and real life Angel.

She wears her heart on her sleeve and inspires me to be a better person.

Rescuing dogs, feeding the homeless, volunteering at the local food pantry are just a few of the ways she gives back to others, although no one has ever been there for her.

Falling for her was inevitable, losing her will destroy me.

Letting someone in didn't come easy, but she made me want to try for the first time in years.

Her bubbling personality and kind spirit make it impossible to forget a girl like her.

But when tragedy strikes and she loses all memory that our relationship ever existed, my worst nightmare comes to life.

I'll do anything to remind her of the love we shared. I know it'll be an uphill battle, but I won't walk away without a fight. Whoever said all is fair in love and war never played by my rules.

Checkmate, Angel.

Recommend for ages 18+ due to sexual content and adult language.

©2017 kennedy Fox (P)2017 Kennedy Fox

Perfect ending

Logan and Kayla’s story is one of my favorites of this series! I’m sad that listening to the Checkmate Duets is over because I just love all these couples stories.

Lia Langola is by far one of my favorite female narrators and she does such a great job narrating both the female and male characters.

I have read all of these books in this series but I love being able to listen to them in the car when I am driving. Since it has been a while since I read them it was nice to catch up with these characters again. If you have a chance to pick up these audio books you should. It’s nice to be able to listen to them when you are needing something different then sitting down and reading the books. I highly recommend!

Wonderful Story & Narration🎧Outstanding Series!

This is beautiful indeed, Kennedy Fox does not disappoint in this final book of the series. This is the second part of Logan and Kayla’s story, it picks up right where “This is Dangerous” left off. Be sure to read or listen to that book first, this is not a standalone, and events that happened in that book is mentioned here, especially that epic ending. Kayla is in the hospital with a head injury and she has no memory of the past two years, which includes meeting Logan. Logan is heartbroken but hopeful she will remember but his hope starts to dissipate as time goes on and she is not remembering them or what they had. Kayla is the same yet parts of her are different, especially standing up for herself against her bully boss. She also gains the courage to do what she really wanted to do. Drew continue to work on his big case, we also get answers to why she was there and several other things Drew stumbled upon. I was rooting for these two as they tried to find their love once again. I loved how everything played out in this book, the story is both beautifully and cleverly plotted with plenty of drama, a touch of angst, some humor, heartfelt and emotional moments and a wonderful romance. It was great to see all the characters again, said it is the end of the series but who knows maybe one day we will hear from them again at least I hope so. Kennedy Fox thank you for this amazing series, I loved every minute of it.

🎧📚🎧And for the fabulous narration, Lia Langola is a talented narrator and voice artist. She is the one who brought all these characters to life, giving each their own distinct voice, making it easy to follow along and tell who is who. She grasped each characters persona and played the role with perfection, sounding just as I pictured the to sound. She set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the characters emotions and projected them into her performance. She is an entertaining storyteller and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for another awesome listen🎧

That Second Chance came out of nowhere

I never would have thought you could nest a second chance romance into a friends-to-lovers, part-time dad romance situation, but Kennedy Fox did it!

Where we begin: this is book two of Logan & Kayla's story. If you have not read "This is Dangerous" then stop here and do that first.

At the end of book 1, there was an incident that cause Kayla to sustain some head trauma. She was sedated for several days to cope with swelling and Logan never left her side. This happened after a being together (finally!!!!) for a few months. When she wakes up, Kayla has no memory of our hot-as-hell police detective and OMG!!!! How can she forget him????

Kayla has basically had the last 2 years (since about the end of This is Love) lost from her mind. As far as she knows, Traviola are planning their wedding and Drewtney are only friends.

What is our hero to do? He's told by the doctors to let her memories come back on their own and he tries to respect that. But Kayla wants to know and after scouring social media and text histories (bleeding uterus and glazed donut anyone?) she knows that she and Logan were something more.

How do you manage the relationship from the other side? when the 2 involved are in completely different places? Now Logan is the one doing the chasing and Kayla is trying to find the depth of emotion she knows must have been there. How do they fall in love again and manage the gap in memories that will inevitably generate a gap in their relationship?

It's crazy wild ride and it completely tore up my insides. But take a breath and push through, there is light at the end of the tunnel and HEA is guaranteed... you just have to survive the twists to get there.

I'm still loving Lia Langola's portrayal of these characters. The depth of emotions brought into both Logan and Kayla as they deal with these circumstances is intense. She did a great job.

love this book

the series is great. the narrator did awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves romance.

Best story of the series

I was hooked on all the checkmate duets but Logan and Kayla’s story was by far my favorite! I’ve never cried so hard reading a book! I just loved their story!!

Will team Layla survive?

This book picks up with Kayla in the hospital being treated for her fall & hitting her head on the sidewalk. Kayla has no memory of the past two years...she doesn’t remember Logan! Cue the waterworks! Logan is taking his time w Kayla w the hope that her memory will return...but Kayla is torn, she doesn’t feel that love that she’s been told existed between her & Logan. Meanwhile, the ex is trying to get back together w Logan...draaamaaaa! It was nice to get some closure on this last couple and, after some drama w exes and a stalker, team Layla finally got their HEA.

Perfect conclusion to this duet and series!

This is Beautiful is the conclusion to Logan and Kayla’s duet and the sixth and final book in the Checkmate Series. It picks up right where This is Dangerous left off: Kayla waking up from a medically induced coma after a head injury with no memories of the last two years—or Logan.

After finding out that Kayla had been in a relationship with Logan before her accident Kayla feels like she owes it to both Logan and herself to give their relationship a do-over. Kayla’s heart and mind are at war though and it doesn’t go unnoticed by Logan, who can feel her holding him at arms length. Throw in some suspense and an ex that won’t quit and you’ve got Kennedy Fox’s signature recipe for a 5 star read.

Logan has to be my favorite main character of this series. I feel like Logan showed the most growth as an individual and partner. He went from closed off and determined to avoid relationships at all cost to in love, no holds barred. When Logan loves, boy does he love—HARD. And Lia Langola captured every ounce of emotion for Logan so perfectly. This was her best narration of the series in my opinion.

Although I’m sad to say goodbye to the three Checkmate Series Duet couples, I can’t wait to see what else Kennedy Fox has in store for us!

This is Beautiful

This book was intense. There were moments where I couldn't stop listening needing to know what happened next. At the end of This is Dangerous Logan and Kayla got a huge twist that totally rocked their story. This book is about the rocky journey they take to find their way back after that life bomb. Loved every minutes of it. Even the crazy angsty moments that made me want to scream at them. And the narrator is fabulous. She is the perfect person to narrate this story as she brings all the characters to life by giving them each their own voice. Fabulous listen. definitely recommend but make sure you listen in order. Start with This is Dangerous before falling into this lovely listen.

Absolute Perfection

My oh my oh my! This book was just brilliant even more so in Audio! Also sad that the series has come to an end. To say this book was brilliant is putting it mildly. I enjoyed every moment of it. The wit. The banter. The passion. The emotional pain. This book picks right off after the first book in this duet and it starts right off as a rollercoaster. The depth the story is given with narration just makes me want to crawl into this world that Fox has created!
My heart broke for Kayla and Logan in this one. Because from going to so much to nothing and not by any fault of either of them was just emotionally shattering. I really felt for both of them through this. I could only imagine the struggle and the emotional toll this would have taken. The pain is very evident through this story as they both struggle. The passion between them was undeniable though when they were close to each other.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story very much. Travolia is still my number one. But these two were priceless and perfect for each other! And I hated Logan’s ex in the first book. And she just just as much a witch in this one! There is always that one that will cause an annoyance! Though she was nowhere near as bad as Drew’s ex LOL. If you haven’t started this series, I highly recommend it. It is one of a kind, brilliant and just plain classic. The humor and the passion in all of them is off the charts.

Beautiful Conclusion to this Duet!

The conclusion to Kayla and Logan’s story was definitely beautiful. The twisted cliffhanger from book one was like a telenovela! Kayla loses her memory!!! That was great move on the Kennedy Fox’s part because now it forces Logan to fight for what he has always wanted and thought he never deserved. In book one we see Kayla do the chasing, but in book two Logan gets to put his heart on the line to help the girl he loves get her memory back and fall in love with him all over again. This story pulls you in from the start and never lets you go. This book was angsty, cute, steamy and the perfect conclusion to Kayla and Logan’s story. All questions are answered and we get to revisit some of our favorite characters from the previous duets.

As with her other narrations, Lia Langola wonderful narration of this book captivated me. It was phenomenal and she did a great job narrating dual POV bringing both Kayla and Logan to life. It was easy to fall into the story and not get lost in the who is who with Lia’s narration She is an entertaining storyteller and has become one of my favorite female voices to listen to!