Unwanted

The Unlucky Ones

De: Marley Valentine

Narrado por: Jacob Morgan, Zachary Johnson

Duración: 5 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

From USA Today best-selling author Marley Valentine comes a brand-new emotional, second chance, gay romance.

Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side-by-side and found solace in one another.

We wanted.

We needed.

We loved.

Desperately.

But somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. So I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his.

Now, four years later, I’m back in L.A. and face-to-face with my past. Not only does the pain and hurt of our mistakes linger between us, but so do our feelings.

I didn’t plan on a second chance, fear of history repeating itself making it hard to forgive and even harder to forget. But with only one touch, one kiss, I was taken back to where it all started.

Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were made for for each other. But we were no longer the unwanted foster kids.

We were grown men.

And I wanted nothing more than him.

Unwanted is book one in a brand-new, emotional LGBTQ+ series that follows a group of foster siblings who are banded together by their pasts. Each book can be listened to as a complete stand-alone.

©2022 Marley Valentine (P)2022 Marley Valentine

An emotional journey from unwanted to loved.

An emotional MM romance with characters who have had to overcome so much and are battling the new challenges thrown their way. Arlo and Frankie met in a group home when they were moving through the foster system. They, with a few others, formed a “chosen family”. Their love was strong, but Arlo’s love for drugs was stronger, so Frankie did the only thing he could and left; breaking both their hearts.

Now he’s back in L.A. and dealing with a family tragedy and seeing Arlo has turned his world upside down. Marley writes beautifully flawed characters and doesn’t sugar coat the situations they find themselves in or their reactions to them. This is an emotional voyage dealing with a recovery journey from drug addiction. I don’t have a point of reference personally for this, but it did feel authentic. There is forgiveness and redemption, peace and love. The emotions were balanced out with a camaraderie between these foster siblings you just felt with deep and unconditional love. There’s some nice heat and the narration was fantastic. Jacob never disappoints delivering a heartfelt performance. Zachary was a new narrator to me, and he fit so well with Jacob in his performance as Frankie. There was light and dark to both narrators' voices, and they gave us all the colours and emotions of Arlo and Frankie.

I enjoyed meeting the side characters and am intrigued to see if Clem gets an FF book. I really hope so. This was my first title and a great introduction to Marley’s writing. I will for sure be looking into other books featuring the side characters in this one.

Angsty goodness in a sexy timbre

Wow. This book put me through the angsty, emotional wringer. Arlo and Frankie had a tough life. They grew up in the foster system and turned to drugs for entertainment and just to be cool, then Arlo got hooked and it went downhill from there. The story starts out with Frankie forcing Arlo to rehab. Then he effa off to Seattle to try living his own life when a family crisis with his younger brother brings him back. The found family they have come together to support Lenox, and that is how Frankie and Arlo come face to face and start to rebuild. This is a great second chance, found family, hurt/comfort story. It is angsty, gritty and emotional. It doesn’t shy away from the addiction side. Marley does a fantastic job portraying the life of an addict struggling to stay clean and the family that just wants to love and support him and is terrified of losing him. Frankie and Arlo’s love is palpable and their chemistry sizzles. There’s still lots of laughs and smiles and a HEA for the couple that brings some tears to the eyes and a smile to the face.
The narration was fantastic. Jacob Morgan always does a wonderful job. His voice is so sexy and he really brings the emotion out and sends shivers down my spine and goosebumps to my arms.
Zachary Johnson was new to me and he is fantastic as well. He has a great voice and brought the characters to life.

great book

it's like a completely different author wrote unforgettable. I want going to read another after that one. but I'm glad I did. this book had all the feels and none of the meat writers garbage from the other book. characters were on point and the plot was engaging. highly recommend this one

💜

Great story. This is my first Marley Valentine book; will definitely not be my last. The narration was the tops! Jacob Morgan is one of my top 5 narrators.

This book was a gift to me

Marley Valentine gave us a short novel but the length almost didn't matter because it is filled with wonderful characters in which long after you finish you still think about them. Zachary Johnson and Jacob Morgan blew me away with their amazing, tender and sexy performance; this book could not have been flushed out and enjoyed as much without them. 5 stars - I would listen again.

amazing

beautiful, emotional and steamy story of second chance and recovery. Marley always has the most gorgeous words

Good east book

I really enjoyed these characters. And we get to see more but I thought there could have been a little more meat in this story. I easily got through this in one day.

Heart ❤ Breaking Story

A very sad story and totally unbelievable, especially at the beginning! it was truly sad. These characters were so believable as much as well the narrators! Loved the story as much as the writer 👏 ❤

perfection

this is one of those the audiobook is 100x more moving and impactful than reading the book. you will cry but you will heal and feel that these men went through what they did to be better together after all the pain and sorrow

Even better in audio!

I eyeball read this the first time and loved it. The audio is even better. Zachary and Jacob really brought Frankie and Arlo to life. Hearing their pain and love out loud really did it for me.