Hard Pressed

By: Kate Canterbary

Narrated by: Lauren Sweet, Blake Richard

Dear Jackson,

I'm leaving you this note because I know you're very busy, and I don't want to waste the town sheriff's time. Lord knows I've already wasted enough of it.

Thank you for taking me home last night and...everything else. I made you a basket of wild blueberry muffins for your trouble. That seemed like the appropriate baked good for getting naked in your living room.

I wasn't myself last night. I didn't mean to kiss you or fondle your backside or ask all those intimate questions. Thank you for pretending to enjoy it.

It was very noble of you to sleep on the couch while I was starfished on your bed. I couldn't help but notice it's quite large. The bed, that is. I swear, I didn't notice anything else when I let myself out this morning.

As you know, Talbott's Cove is a ridiculously small town, and there's no chance we can avoid each other. Not that I'd want to avoid you, of course, but I'm not sure I can look at you without thinking of the 40 different ways I made a fool of myself.

Instead of avoidance, let's try to be friends. We'll forget all about last night...if that's what you want. Please burn this note after you read it

- Annette

P.S. I whipped up some cinnamon buns, too. Please enjoy them. I'm not sure why, but I couldn't get buns out of my mind today.

©2018 Kate Canterbary (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Pretty Ho Hum

I kept waiting for some sort of plot to appear and something to happen. Never did. I love her book “The Worst Guy”. It was hard to believe this book was written by the same author.

Kindle version is better

I didn’t care for the male voice, but Kate Canterbury makes me laugh every time!

Nice story about a woman gaining confidence

Overall I liked this story. The baking definitions at the beginning of each chapter didn’t make a lot of sense to me, but they didn’t take away from the overall story. I thought the town where the story was set seemed lovely and it was easy to picture it in my minds eye.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the male narrator’s voice, but got used to it over time.

Thoroughly entertaining!

I thoroughly enjoyed Jackson and Annette’s small town romance because of Talbot’s Cove and its colorful residents, Annette’s successful business smarts and her reputation as the town sweetheart, the swoon worthy fact that Jackson falls first, and the hilarious best friends relationship between Annette and Brooke. The text exchanges between the various characters are highly entertaining and my mouth watered every time Annette was baking. I especially loved Jackson’s constant flirtation and the mad chemistry Kate Canterbary is well known for. Lest you think this romance is all fun and games I absolutely loathed the bullying Annette suffers at the hands of her mother and siblings which has numerous emotional consequences that are beautifully explored. Kate’s characters always engage both my emotions and my heart. I listened to the audiobook and was thoroughly entertained by the narration talents of Blake Richard and Lauren Sweet who made this a note worthy listening experience.

Good story!

I read this book when it first came out and I enjoyed it. I love Kate Canterbary’s writing. The audiobook was ok. I enjoyed the male narrator, Blake Richard, but was less fond of Lauren Sweet, the female narrator.