The Extravagant Collection

By: Lauren Blakely

Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Joe Arden, Jacob Morgan, Shane East, Vanessa Edwin

Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

A collection of the three best-selling high-stakes stand-alones in the Extravagant series!

One Night Only

On the outside, I look innocent—blonde hair, bright smile, buttoned-up blouse.

But inside, I’m black lace and dirty dreams. And for the last year, I’ve been fighting my desires for the one man who’s totally off-limits—my bodyguard.

One Exquisite Touch

When the invitation arrived, it detailed the rules of the masquerade—no names, no identities.

I set one more—find a most wicked man for one night, the kind who'll bring me deliciously naughty pleasure.

Turns out, he's my rival, and he wants my business. And me.

My One Week Husband

He's my business partner, my good friend, and the man I've craved for years.

But I've resisted the sexy Brit. Then an opportunity comes along for us to snag the business deal of a lifetime.

The catch? We need to pretend we're married to pull off this high-stakes deal.

©2022 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2023 Lauren Blakely Books

Enjoyable listen

The story lines were fun and believable. Shane Easton’s emotional were play delivered. All professionals, under stable why they are sought after.

Fire!!!

All I can say is this collection is H-O-T!!I’ve read and listened to each of them more than once and they get better each time! The narrators make these stories come to life on a whole new level!

One Night Only
Holy hotness!! Ivy and Callum set the pages on fire. Callum knows Ivy better than anyone and he wishes he knew her better, only he’s all business when it comes to protecting her. It’s his job after all. Callum is the star in all of Ivy’s secret fantasies. Get ready to watch what happens when a fantasy becomes a reality!

One Exquisite Touch
Sage and Cole’s story is beyond hot and sexy, just like Vegas! This enemies/competitors to lovers story is Lauren Blakely’s hottest one yet! These two may be off limits, but they make the perfect pair in business and in the bedroom. When both listening and reading, I found myself needing a fan and a cold glass of water, so be aware where you’re reading. Things may get too hot to handle!

My One Week Husband

My One Week Husband by Lauren Blakely is a friends to lovers romance that you will absolutely devour. We first met our leading man, Daniel, in One Exquisite Touch and I was ready for his story. I knew one day he’d find that one woman who was a game changer. Scarlett is a business partner with him and Cole. To help in the search for a new boutique hotel chain, they pretend to be newlyweds so they can really experience what these hotels have to offer. Lines are blurred when they both have true feelings. The past is painful for them both and has left them having a hard time with love. Daniels past was heartbreaking and Scarlett is just what he needs. This book was a sweet, sexy, and fun read that will ultimately put a smile on your face.

great series

talk about some hot steamy stories. I love all the books from this author so I'm not surprised!

Fantastic!

Love every story. Saucy and lovely and all the feels. The third book was just… ugh… so so good!! And the bloopers made me laugh out loud. The surprise prequel to Virgin Rule Book at the end was great as well. Teddy already had me smiling.

Not a very inspires Lauren Blakely

Pior plot, and Emma Wilder ia abotine, whispering all the time! I hardly made it to the end

✫✫ 5 Stars ✫✫

ONE NIGHT ONLY
I am loving the After Dark line by Lauren Blakely. This book is SO SERIOUSLY HOT!!! I loved both Callum and Ivy. They have chemistry that is off the charts! Ivy knows what she wants and Callum knows how to give it to her. But this book is more than just sexy, It has so much more going on. I really loved the steam and the love story too. Also, there is sort of two story lines going on near the end which has me jumping up and down. I won't say why but I will say I am beyond excited about where this book leads. Lauren is like super women, she can write an amazing, sweet & mature love story and also write a book as hot as this one. I might listen to it again right now, that is how much I loved this book!
The narration was perfection but that is no surprise. Joe Arden, Emma Wilder, Jacob Morgan and Teddy Hamilton, I mean does it get better than that!!!!

ONE EXQUISITE TOUCH
WOW this takes me back the to dirtier days of Lauren Blakely books and takes the award for hottest book yet!! I loved how open and unashamed these characters are about their kinks. Sage & Cole are competition at work but the chemistry between them is everything. I really enjoyed the work banter and I loved all the dirty talk and seriously sexy scenes. This book has a perfect balance of story and sex in my opinion. I'm a sucker for Manège so I knew this book would be for me. I also enjoyed the build up and sneak peeks into the next books in the After Dark books. I love a great Rom-Com but I need a little dark and dirty sometimes too and Lauren Blakely is giving me some of everything I need this year. Keep them coming!!!!
The narration was fun, Emma Wilder, Joe Arden, Shane East & Wesleigh Siobhan all did a good job.

MY ONE WEEKEND BOYFRIEND
Oh this was such a fun and steamy listen! Friends to Lovers is always fun because you get to really skip the getting to know you and go right to the getting to know the real you part. Daniel & Scarlett have hot chemistry from the beginning but add in the role playing and this was a very hot book. I felt like the pretending to be someone knew at each place along the way really added a fun and easy way for these two to try out all kinds of things before figuring out that they just need to be themselves. I loved that they are traveling to different places and meeting new people along the way. Perfect HEA with a fun treat at the end of the audiobook. I can't wait for The Virgin Rule Book, Nadia's story is going to be so much fun!
I loved the full cast and all the accents in this book. Shane and Vanessa were a lot of fun but when you add in Erin, Joe, Siiri, Victoria and James it just brings this book to a new level in my opinion.

Love the full cast

All audio books should be read by a full cast! What a unique experience.

great series.

I absolutely loved each of the stories and the series. The only thing I did not like was the threesome between Cole, Daniel and Coles soon to be wife. I thought it was strange and it would make for a weird relationship in the future. Maybe that's just me though. The rest of the stories were excellent

Lauren Blakely at her deliciously exquisite best!

One Night Only
Lauren Blakely is a genius at writing sex-positive, self empowered characters - men and women! The After Dark series is all about those delicious fantasies that tend to lurk in the background. Lauren delivers them (quite brilliantly) to the light in a way that is fun, sexy, empowering, and all about finding your awesome self and owning your pleasure! What do you want? Go for it! All consenting adults experiencing what makes them happy. Lauren's books deliver me to my happy place very time!

My favorite narrators deliver excellent performances. I started this listen at bedtime and ended up playing 1 more chapter until it was over. I COULDN'T STOP! I finished and then immediately hit play again to drift off to sleep listening to some of my favorite voices telling an empowering sex-positive story with a FANTASTIC surprise guest leading us to a future story that I can't wait to get my ears on!

One Exquisite Touch
I finished & had to listen again (to be thorough, of course....). One Exquisite Touch will take you on a seriously hot, empowering, sex-positive journey of self discovery that tickles all of your senses in the most delicious way and is brilliantly performed by the cast of excellent narrators! ️

Sage is a powerful, successful CEO who is also a woman discovering what she needs and wants. Finding balance between the powerful businesswoman and the sexy empowered woman who delights in dressing up and losing herself in the moment is a balancing act she is definitely up to mastering! Cole & Daniel are sex personified and seriously irresistible when they target Sage at the masquerade! When they come together it is EXPLOSIVE! This is a powerful example of OWNING your pleasure! Very sex positive with sizzling hot scenes, excellent dialogue, and characters who stay with you long after you finish!!

This book is part of the Extravagant Series, based in Vegas, and I can't wait to see what else Lauren comes up with for these spectacular characters! So many wonderful characters I want to explore along with the exquisite narrators Lauren selects for each book!

My one Week Husband
My One Week Husband is - hands down - one of my favorite Lauren Blakely books so far (which is saying a lot considering her extensive & wonderful catalogue of awesomeness)! I knew within a few chapters this would be a repeat listen and one of the Best of 2021! Every word is precisely positioned and beautifully performed in DUET by this full cast of brilliant narrators! Lauren’s words flow like water to immerse you in the story and I was swept away with all the feels for Daniel and Scarlett as they traveled through France pretending to be honeymooners. Together they experience exquisite music, art, travel, and intense passion with undeniable effect. As business partners they have known and respected each other for 3 years, but this week of traveling as newlyweds has them discovering a much deeper connection & embracing how amazingly well their personalities and appetites fit together. Daniel and Scarlett are both deeply complex & beautifully brilliant characters who are perfectly matched to bring out the best in each other. Get lost in the moments that will take your breath away!

I am an unabashed fangirl of Lauren’s world of sex-positive awesomeness & devour each story with joy! I’ve been waiting for Daniel and Scarlett’s story since their introduction in One Exquisite Touch. My One Week Husband is a stand-alone story which can be read on it’s own (though I definitely recommend One Exquisite Touch). Quotes like “I am flammable around Daniel Stewart” absolutely slayed me. In addition to the adventure, culture, and romance there are some next-level sexy times you definitely don’t want to miss! Scarlett truly is a sex-positive badass woman unleashed who matches Daniel and brings out his deliciously naughty expertise. They are both healing from past experiences and having truly meaningful conversations about their thoughts and feelings is beautiful! To witness them finding bliss and self worth together made this story so heartwarming, and cemented My One Week Husband as one of my top listens of 2021 (even though it is only February).

Lauren is the queen of championing duet multicast narration with a focus on high quality. Shane East and Vanessa Edwin work beautifully together to bring these characters to life with passionate performances! Erin Mallon, Joe Arden, Victoria Mei, and new-to-me James Joseph and Siiri Scott bring extra depth to ancillary characters. I just loved all of it! Duet done right is my jam, and this one is masterfully done and ticked every box I have!

Book three -ruined narration

This compilation of four stories overall was well enjoyed. The narration of book one, two and four was spot on, and really made the story come to life. However, book 3 narrators ruined the series for me. The narrators were off. They were not in line with the story, they were so bad that I couldn’t get past it and couldn’t finish book 3 moving onto book 4. The Dr wile lead is an accomplished businesswoman and such should have better pronunciation. I’m not sure how the editors were not bothered with the narration in book 3. All four stories have intertwining characters, but take my advice and skip book 3 in the audible version.