Write By Your Side (A Small Town Sweet Romance)

Golden Grove Series, Book 2

De: D. J. Van Oss

Narrado por: Kathleen Li

Ellie Chambers always wanted to be a writer.

Now, she was a successful author, but it had come at a price. Two prices, actually.

The first was the fallout from a hastily-signed contract with Margo Rollings, the publisher who wouldn't die. And the second was Sam Price, her former writing partner and almost-fiance.

Sam Price had dreamed of being the next Hemingway, not the hack ghostwriter behind the popular "Lottie Long" cozy mystery series. But days spent with his dad as a sought-after finish carpenter in quaint Golden Grove, Iowa gave him little time for much else.

Now, an unforeseen catastrophe in the form of Margo Rollings, his former publisher, has left him with the ultimate lose-lose proposition: Write another book with Ellie or face a ruined career. The result leads them into the deadly world of laser-guided rosary peas and spam cupcakes.

Can Ellie and Sam put aside their differences in order to save their careers? Or is there a happily-ever-after waiting for them at the end?

©2017 D. J. Van Oss (P)2019 D. J. Van Oss

Can exes play nice & work together again?

6 yrs ago the writing duo of Price-Chambers ended when the skeezey publisher closed down...as did their romantic relationship. Now Ellie Chambers is a well-known author of a detective series, while Sam Price remains a ghost writer for a who-dun-it series. When their mutual agent calls them in for a meeting, they learn that the prior publisher has decided to re-open her publishing business and that the writing duo still owes her a book...or pay her $100,000 for breach of contract. Can these two former soulmates work together to accomplish this task or will egos and manipulation get in the way? Or is this the second chance that they need to rekindle their romance? While this is a good book, there were a few parts where it tended to drag...but I stuck with it and there is a cute HEA. Narration helped to keep me going.
I accepted a complimentary copy in exchange for an unbiased review.

Ellie💘Sam! Great Story & Listen🎧 Enjoyable & Fun!

This is a sweet second chance romance! The original storylines are interesting and they held my attention from start to end. The characters are likable and well developed. Sam and Ellie had dreams of becoming successful authors, they were a couple and wrote several books together. They had a contract to write 4 books with a conniving publisher, Margo Rollings but the company folded after their third book. Sadly, their relationship did not survive their differences in opinions and the pressure of success. Ellie continued writing and had several books published, Sam became a ghost writer for a well known author, never finishing his own novel. Four years later Margo Rollings contacts them telling them they owe her one book, if they do not fulfill their contract it could ruin their reputation and they would have to pay Margo $100G. So they team back up to write the novel their contract requires. I liked how it all played out, the two worked well together, got over their animosity of breaking up. They realized their issues with each other, their differences and what made them love each other in the first place. They came up with a great idea for a book, it was hysterical but their plan did not go as expected. I recommend this book for a fun and entertaining reading and/or listen, there is plenty of drama, humor, a tad of angst and sweet romance. D.J. Van Oss, thank you for this great story.

I listened to the Audible edition, Kathleen Li is a wonderful narrator and voice performer. She brought these characters to life, gave each their own voice and personality. She did a great job projecting the emotions of the characters and the drama of the story into her performance. She is an entertaining storyteller and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for this great listen

Enjoyed Listening

This was a nice book. Narration was enjoyable. I enjoyed the subject and will probably do a repeat listen.

Sweet 2nd Chance Romance

Write by your side is a cute 2nd chance romance. I loved the story and the angst that Ellie and Sam went through and their shared history. It would have been a bit more enjoyable if the narrator stopped a little more in between thoughts/dialogs to give more emotion since it sounded rushed, however she did a fantastic job with emotion and switching between character voices.

Sweet Romance

Sometimes you just want something sweet with little intrigue, light conflict, and this book fits the bill. I enjoyed listening to the narrator, the book was pleasant this was well worth my time and matched my mood perfectly.

Second Chance

I love second chance romansces, and this was OK for me. I liked the story line, it had a lot of promise. What it didn’t ha e was the romance part. Not really anyway. It was entertaining to listen to, lots of drama. The end seemed quite rushed. It goes from no romance at to engaged.

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Sweet

What a great and heartfelt story. Loads of ups and downs with lots of humor. The narrator does a great job.

Sweet 2nd chance romance

Price-Chambers ended when the their publisher closed down.and their relationship ended as well . Now Ellie Chambers writes suspense novels while Sam is a ghost writer for cozy mystery novels for Adelaide .
It pays the bills but his dream is to finish his novel "Lady Phoenix " . For now he will continue Lottie Long series and put his dream on the back burner .
Ellie Chambers is doing well with her suspense novels and was asked to give an interview on a radio show " Live in Iowa " to talk about her book , " Shoot the Messenger " .
Sam gets a phone call from his agent Max to come to Chicago and on the way there he turns on the radio and he recognizes the voice and he is like is that Ellie . While driving he let's his mind drift to his time on his father's boat where he let's his thoughts open up to the idea that one day he and Ellie might have another chance at their love story , but then he snaps back to reality and puts that thought back where it belongs in his past . Tine to see what Max wanted and focus on the future without Ellie .
Ellie gets a call from her agent Max and she is summoned to Chicago without a reason why .Ellie sees Sam and says , what are you doing here ? Sam tells her Max summoned him to come to his office so it looks like they both were waiting for a meeting with Max . The publisher gives them big news and it is not what Sam or Ellie expected . Ellie is furious that she has to work with Sam and the feeling with Sam working with Ellie is mutual .
This is where the story gets interesting , because Sam and Ellie are pretty much thrown to the wolves when they are told to work together to complete an obligation to the publisher . Both storm off and wonder how this scheme the publisher did was going to work ,
These two are at each other throats but they decide they better make the best of it . Sam and Ellie have a little bit of a surprise for their agent and publisher that might cause some fireworks with the publisher . But the publisher has a surprise of her own and it is a plan to cause Sam and Ellie both some big problems that could damage their careers . Ellie and Sam have a big argument and Ellie storms off . Can these two settle their differences and find their way back to each other .
This is where I stop because I do not want to give the audio book love story away .
This audio book has sweet romance , drama , and so much more .
I did catch my myself laughing a few times . ha ha ha
The author did amazing job !
Narrator does a great job and keeps the audio book entertaining .
Five Stars ....

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Second chance for Love

Sam and Ellie were College sweethearts with big plans for their future. They both had dreams to become famous authors. Ellie met the unscrupulous Margo. She promises publishing their book. Ellie didnt read the fine print! which caused a major rift between both her and Sam.
4 years later Margo contacts their agent ,Max, to collect on the final installment of the contract. Another book written by both.
How can they work together again? sparks fly, disagreements. How can they get thru this? this is a funny, cute, romantic story of seconds chances. Kathleen Li narration is great! I received this audiobook free in exchange for an honest review. I thoroughly enjoyed this story!

Loved This

I absolutely loved listening to this book, D.J. Van Oss and Kathleen Li did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. I can't wait for more from this author