A Very No Strings Halloween

Very Holiday, Book 5

De: Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

Narrado por: Connor Crais, Emma Wilder

Halloween: it’s a holiday where people shed their boring everyday personalities and become fantastic beings ready for an epic party. Well, guess what? That’s Billy Boston 24/7, 365, baby! It’s who I was before I became a millionaire and it’s who I’ll always be.

My beautiful next door neighbor, Donna, is a hardworking nurse who takes her job seriously and her fun even more so. All she wants is a no-strings arrangement and that’s fine by me. It’s Halloween for us every time we’re together because she likes to role play. There’s no way to get attached if we’re both pretending to be someone else, right?

It’s all smooth as a good whiskey until my married cousins bet me that I can’t get a serious girlfriend by November.

So, Donna and I make a deal: She’ll help fix me up to be a proper boyfriend and I’ll help fix up the farmhouse she inherited.

The one she thinks is haunted.

And that’s not the scary part.

Because I realize I’m falling wicked hard for Donna. For real. She’s spooked by the ghost, but I’m afraid I’ll spook her if I tell her how I really feel. We made a pact when we started this no-strings thing: If either of us gets serious, we have to end it.

I have to trick Donna into thinking she’s teaching me how to date, when really I’m treating her to dates with me.

But if I screw this up, I’ll lose the woman I’m in love with.

And that’ll haunt me forever.

©2024 Kayley Loring, Connor Crais (P)2024 Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

Ghosts and Role play, anyone?

Billy Boston has been this enigma throughout the Very Holiday books and now we get his story. His friends and cousins have all settled and have great lives, and Billy is still living life like a bachelor, except is he really, when all he wants to do is be with his neighbor Donna?

Donna is a hospice nurse who is Billy's neighbor, and FWB. She inherited a house from one of her patients and the house is the scene of the haunted shenanigans that she and Billy get into.

Donna and Billy fixup this house together and role play the heck out of it, which makes for fun scenes.

I love that Billy is a guy who knows someone from practically any part of the world but doesn't brag about it. He just uses his connections in such a non-chalant way that he makes himself endearing. I don't like people in real life who name drop.

There is a particular scene in Chapter 6 that is going to stay close to my heart forever.

The audiobook was so fun. Hearing Connor Crais and Emma Wilder get into the characters is *chef's kiss*

This was a fun unique story!

I was a little worried that Billy accent was gonna be a bit too much for an entire story but I feel like it wasn’t too bad almost like it was toned down for his book! I love that Donna is a Philly native but she’s hardly giving the vibe of a Philadelphian.. but it’s a hard thing to capture so it’s understandable. Billy was super sweet tho his story was surprisingly really good! I’m happy they all settled down and have their happy ending!

What a unique and awesome book

Im a big fan of Kayley's books. This such a unique and very fun story. I loved it. Emma and Conner did a fantastic job. Im looking forward to the next book

Excellent performances of a wonderfully fun romcom

I don’t know why I waited so long to listen! A Very No Strings Halloween is everything it needed to be in order to be Billy’s story. Throughout the series, Billy has been larger than life with incredible adventures and the best shenanigans. From beginning to end he is his authentic self - even when naughty role-playing with the attractive neighbor. It took a special kind of woman to not only get his lasting attention, but to meet him head to head and bring out the very best in him. Donna is that woman! Their love story moves from “no strings” to ALL the strings before they know what hit them, and it is glorious! It’s fun, funny, mischievous, and wonderful with some surprising twists and turns. I smiled and giggled quite a bit, and genuinely enjoyed this audiobook!

Narration in duet by Connor Crais and Emma Wilder really is the icing on this cake. They are both amazing performers who bring their considerable talent to this project with a wide range of characters of all ages, backgrounds, and multiple difficult accents to let you get lost in the story. Excellent casting and performances of a wonderfully fun romantic comedy!

Great performances.

This was fun. Wanted more drunken shenanigans… and more role playing too. The Mark Wahlberg impression had me laughing wicked hard.

BILLY!!!

I love this series and this book is no different. It’s about time Billy gets his story. And it was perfect. The audio is always my favorite way to listen to these books, the quality is top notch and produced spectacularly. Casting is on par! Thank you Kayley and Connor for another fantastic and fun story.

Awesome story!

I absolutely loved Billy & Donna's story! I didn't expect this type of storyline at all, however, it was perfectly written! I also loved the narrators, they did a phenomenal job bringing the characters to life!! This book and entire series is a lot of fun!

Flirty, steamy and laugh out loud rom-com

Oh Billy Boston, you were worth the wait! “A Very No Strings Halloween” is a flirty, steamy and laugh out loud rom-com that I have been waiting for and I loved every chapter!

Billy is always down for a good time, 24/7. He’s the life of the party and will always be the first to help someone who needs it. But when his cousins make a bet he can’t find a serious girlfriend by November, he knows who to turn to for help. Donna is his next door neighbor and his no strings attached hook up. Donna works hard as a nurse and relaxes with Billy whenever she can. So the two strike a deal. Donna will help him with his dating techniques and Billy will help her fix up a house she’s inherited. But as they work on their projects, lines start to blur between fake and real.

From the first chapter and throughout the whole story, I was smiling and loving Billy so much. He was always so much fun in the previous books and I’m glad he got his story. That man loves his family and will do anything for them without hesitation. He’s the carefree cousin who won a lot of money but is using it the correct way for his business and his future. Donna was amazing too, I loved her career choice and how she was unapologetic on wanting a no strings relationship. Her heart is as big as Billy’s and I loved how they were with each other. The chemistry and connection they had was undeniable and only got hotter as the story went on. The two weren’t afraid to have some fun in the bedroom. The story had me laughing out loud so many times and then swooning the next. And our girl, Piper, makes an appearance and the story wouldn’t have been the same without her.

Connor Crais and Emma Wilder narrated in duet and I loved listening to them bring this story to life. Connor’s accents were absolutely amazing per the norm. His Boston accent was great and I loved him bringing back the Irish accent for Nolan. Emma was so much fun and she was perfect as Donna. Her narration was fun, flirty and sweet just like Donna.

Give Me ALL of the Strings!

Kayley Loring and Connor Crais have done it again! With A Very No Strings Halloween, they have given us the epitome of everything you could want from an amazing (or wicked awesome) romcom!! Of course we have their clever and quick-witted banter and laugh out loud style of writing that we all know and love but also the SWOON!! Oh my the swoon! With what started as a fun, role-playing friends with benefits situationship turning into the sweetest HEA for our Billy Boston? Please. It was written perfectly and is everything Billy and Donna deserve and we, the listeners, appreciate!

Let’s Talk Narration! As the main male narrator for the series thus far and the title of a Very Holiday co-writer on a couple of the titles as well, nobody knows Billy Boston better than Connor Crais himself and he was absolutely everything I’d expect Billy to be. Funny, charming, genuine and sincere and of course… the Boston accent!! Nobody can pull together several different characters and accents quite like Connor can so to have all of them making an appearance in one book is so fun to hear!! Connor’s performance was wicked friggin’ awesome and something you truly need to hear for yourself!

And of course saving the best for last, Emma Wilder as Donna Fischer, the one who tamed our Billy down! It’s actually quite difficult to just choose one or two words about Emma’s performance as she was SO MANY things! Of course she was so sweet and charming as Donna but also so kind, so witty and she, too, brought out the best Boston accents! Most importantly Emma as Donna was everything we want for Billy. A person to balance him out, a person who, while opposite in overall personality, doesn’t try to change him and lets him be Billy Boston all the while keeping that calm, smooth voice that could melt buttah!

The whole Very Holiday series is a 5 star must listen but there is truly just something so special about A Very No Strings Halloween and the combined performance of Connor and Emma….it’ll make you laugh, make you swoon and it will most definitely leave you so happy that you gave it a listen!

So much fun.

This a fun, happy love story! Great addition to thus. wonderful series. The narration is perfect for the charters. Enjoy and smile as you listen.