Chez Stinky

An Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy, Book 1

De: Susan C. Daffron

Narrado por: Pam Dougherty

Kat Stevens is a slightly insecure, mostly bored technical writer who likes her cat a lot more than her boss. She hasn't laid eyes on her great aunt Abigail since she was eight, so she's stumped when she inherits Abigail's house in the small hamlet of Alpine Grove.

Kat's uncomplicated life gets decidedly less so when she discovers the inheritance comes with some hairy conditions: four dogs and five cats that her aunt wanted her to love as her own. Of course, the house smells like a barn - with a touch of antique skunk - and, naturally, has serious roof issues. And that's before the three-legged cat gets stuck in the wall and the shower goes kablooey.

When Kat meets Joel, an unemployed techie type with no love lost for his sister, Kat looks past his obvious flaws, given his timely and desirable skill set: a talent for fixing things (and his own tools). Despite out-of-control dogs, cat fights, dust dinosaurs, massive spiders, and an old grizzled hippie passed out in the yard, Kat discovers the tranquility of the forests of Alpine Grove starting to seep into her soul. And why she can't she stop thinking about Joel?

Note: Chez Stinky is a full-length novel that is the first book of the Alpine Grove romantic comedies. It's a feel-good novel that appeals to people who enjoy a little light romance and quirky animal stories.

©2013 Susan C. Daffron (P)2018 Susan C. Daffron

This was a fun book to listen to.

Chez Stinky is the first book I've read by Susan C. Daffron and I've had the Kindle version in my library for quite some time. I have to admit that the main reason I requested an Audible review copy was because I love Pam Dougherty's audio performances. I've listened to three other audiobooks she's done and absolutely loved all of them. Her voice is so easy and pleasant to listen to and the various inflections and tones she uses really enhance my listening experience.

As for the story, it was really cute and funny. I liked the characters and I love books with rescue animals (these critters weren't exactly rescues but I loved them just the same). This is a very clean romance with only fade-to-black/behind closed doors sex, very few damns/hells and not one f-word.

The only somewhat negative comment I have is that I felt the book ended too abruptly. There is a nice epilogue but that still didn't really make up for how abruptly things ended in the last chapter. The story had a lot of build up for various things happening and the one major thing kind of just ended. Chez Stinky is part of a series, although reads as a standalone, so perhaps Kat and Joel will show up again in another book.

I would read more from this author and I will definitely listen to more books performed by Pam Dougherty.

An audio review copy was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

Beautiful

I got this story via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. I loved this story from beginning to end. The narrator really made this story. The humor was evident and compelling. The secondary characters added so much to the story especially the heroine's best friend. Her boss was the bomb and the animals. Man oh man. this story had it all.

easy listening story

love the author. love the narrative. characters are interesting. 2 people find love among the trees and the animals.

Great story!

The entire time I was listening, I was imagining who would play these characters in a Hallmark movie. I really enjoyed the unique story, characters/pets, and narrator. She injects a lot of personality into each role (and does a mean cat with a fur ball!). If you like romance novels (and Hallmark movies!), you’ll love listening to this book!

Fun Listen!

Chez Stinky is absolutely original and lives up to the blurb. Susan C Daffron is a new author to me, who writes light romance with comedy, some unexpected twists, and feel good characters. I was pulled into this book by the wonderful narration by Pam Dougherty. She gives the various characters (including the four legged variety) their own distinguishable voice. I can't recommend this book enough, other than to say that although I received this review copy at my request and have voluntarily written this review, I will purchase more books by this author and narrator. Definitely a feel good listen worth listening to.