Kiss My Heart Goodbye

By: Dawn Brower

Narrated by: Libby Marshall

Length: 7 hrs

Publisher's Summary

Sullivan Brady has always followed his own rules. The biggest one: Don't get attached. When his sister went missing when he was a child, it taught him a hard lesson. Sometimes loving someone leaves you open to unimaginable pain. He vowed to never be in that position with anyone ever again - until Lana. She alone touches his heart and has the power to heal age-old wounds. When she almost dies, he loses it and starts to question every decision he's ever made.

Surviving a car accident quickly followed by heart surgery leaves Lana Kelly vulnerable. She's always had a soft spot for Sullivan but has tried her best to keep him at a distance. Only a fool would trust him to honor a commitment regarding matters of the heart. He's known for his serial dating and inability to love. When he starts a campaign to win Lana's heart, she is ill prepared to fight him.

As the days go by, Lana starts to believe in a happy ever after with Sullivan. Someone else has other ideas, though, and they might not survive long enough to discover what true happiness is.

©2017 Dawn Brower (P)2018 Dawn Brower

Interesting Story!

This is the fourth book in the Heart's Intent. I haven't listened to the first book in the Series. The characters are great. The story is filled with twists, intrigue, suspense, and romance. The narration was good. I received this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily written this review.

A sweet, second chance romance........

Kiss My Heart Goodbye is the fourth book in this series, and I definitely wish that I had read the first three prior to this one. Although the author tries to make this a standalone, and I quickly picked up on the characters, I felt that I was missing a large portion of the backstory. This made it difficult for me to become invested in the relationship between the main characters, Lana and Sully. It seemed like Sully just decided Lana and he would be a couple, and, voila, they were a couple. Luckily, the push and pull that is a staple in the romance genre came after that point. Sully had unintentionally hurt Lana in their past, and that left her extremely guarded with her heart. Include with that Sully's man-whore ways, and he had a challenge getting Lana to trust him. Added to the fairly low level relationship angst was a mystery and some life-threatening action, both of which the author wrapped up skillfully with a plausible solution at the end. Overall, this was an enjoyable story, and I plan to read the first three in the series soon. My review of Libby Marshall is mixed. She has a pleasant voice, and I liked her tone and use of emphasis. However, her delivery is somewhat stilted and clunky. I found this distracted from the plot and story, and I am not sure that I would listen to another of her narrations in the future. I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.

Teen Crush Turns into Decade Long Fury

Lezwna’s mother worked for a rich family and she fell for the playboy son. Hearing herself being referred to a’like a sister’ sent her into a rage that lasted a decade. This is the only part of the story that lost stars for me..she remedy to overact and hang onto it for way too long...and was really mean, nasty and disagreeable to him. He was just a stupid teenage boy with a mean girlfriend all the time Fast forward 10 years and Lezanan is still holding a grudge against Sully, and it takes an auto accident when she nearly dies to cause him to acknowledge his feelings. I like Dawn Brower books, particularly some of the historical and sad to not get to like the main charters until the story was neatly done. I didn’t like the narrator either, the cadence and lack of emotion that was believable or me, and a different narrator may have helped for me to like the audiobook more. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

Had a little trouble finishing this book...

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

So so much potential

This storyline has so much potential. But it was lacking in alot of the actual story building. I understand her resentment toward her teenage crush not returning her feelings but to the extent she did was a bit much. And the way their story progressed there was no feeling in it because of how quickly it went. I felt no real connection with the characters and I hated that. I just felt it was a bit rushed when the writer has so much potential to work with in way of the story. It jumped around a bit. I do like how the story wrapped up in the end and how despite everything I had to finish the book to see what happened because there were some turns and twists in the story I didn't see coming. Its a good storyline with a steamy ending. The narrator did a wonderful job bringing the story to life. I requested and was given this audiobook complimentary at my request and have voluntarily left this review with my honest opinion.

Good story

I got this ARC via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. The story was a good story. Filled with several twists. I could not get into her anger at Sully because of the way his friends treated her. Nor could I understand as a strong woman that she would be mean at him because he did not return her love when she was a teen. He was 4 years older than she and respected her. He also did not know she loved him. If a person does not know you have feelings for them how do you hold them accountable for that? Also, how do you hold an older guy accountable for respecting your age and not allowing his feelings for you to come out until you are old and wise enough to understand them? These are questions I have about the story.

LOVED IT!

I absolutely loved this book. It was full of twists, suspense and romance. I couldn't put it down. The narration was outstanding and gave the story that extra flair. It will really keep you entertained. The author did an excellent job with the character builds and plot. I read this book without reading the previous ones in this series but you don't need to! I am so glad I was introduced to this series and really look forward reading more books from this author. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Sweet romantic suspense

Lazana, aka Lana, has always loved the son of her mother’s employer. When Sully didn’t defend her from his then-girlfriend, her teen heart was broken and she resolved to move on. Now almost a decade has passed and the tables have turned. After a car accident leaves Lana in a coma, Sullivan acknowledges that he loves Lana and willingly gives up his playboy ways. Now he just needs to convince Lana that he’s serious so she will stop fighting with him. But is Lana safe? It appears that someone doesn’t want Lana around...let’s not forget that one of Sully’s employee’s has been murdered at work! Lots going on in this book...murder, mayhem, a wedding...all while Sullivan is trying to win over Lana. Good story but more enjoyable if you’ve read earlier books in the series so you know all of the supporting characters. I accepted a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Kiss My Heart Goodbye

This book was great! I loved how strong Lana was, and Sully, oh my! The story is well written, characters are likeable, both main and supporting. Although it's 4th in a series, you don't have to read the others to understand and enjoy this one. The only drawback, however minimal, was the narration. There was so little variation between characters I found myself a bit lost at times. It also almost seemed like the narrator switched part way through, which was weird. When I sped the playback up to 135 it helped. Aside from that, this was a great book! I received a free copy of this book, and am voluntarily leaving this unbiased review.

Great Story, Great Narration!

Dawn Brower wrote Kiss My Heart Goodbye as part of a series, yet I found it to be an incredible standalone listen. I loved how she writes characters from different backgrounds and has incredible imagery. Overcoming loss and heartache is part of this story, but not the whole. Libby Marshall is a new narrator to me. I was delighted with her performance. She added the right emotions. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. I will definitely listen to more books by this author and narrator.