No Romeo

My Kind of Hero, Book 1

De: Donna Alam

Narrado por: Summer Morton, Will M. Watt

Scandal meets sizzle when a runaway bride’s quick getaway lands her in the arms of her almost-groom’s rival, but he has more than business on his mind when he makes her an offer she can’t refuse.

Your wedding day is meant to be the happiest day of your life. Not the day you discover your groom is a cheating jerk.

When I run, strong arms catch me. It’s just a shame they belong to my ex’s nemesis, Oliver Deubel. Rich and powerful, the man is sin in a suit. He’s also arrogant, demanding, and infuriatingly irresistible.

When my wedding disaster goes viral and deportation hangs over my head, Oliver offers me a deal: help him ruin my ex in exchange for my visa. The fine print? Move in with him.

I want to laugh in his face, until I discover how ruthless he is. So I decide to repay him by making his life a living hell, and he retaliates by…being nice to me. Which is where things become really weird as lines blur and pretend suddenly begins to feel real.

But Oliver is no Romeo, and only a fool would fall for him.

Worryingly, I think that fool might be me.

©2024 Donna Alam (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Funny and sweet

Enjoyed this story. I thought it wouldn’t catch my attention but I loved the female character for her strength. The male narrator did a great job at bringing Oliver to life and so did the female narrator. I thought it could be a hare shorter but the story was sweet and I loved all the supporting friends as well.

Great story!

This was my second book from this author, and it was fantastic! Different from anything I have read in a long time. Runaway bride who lands (literally) in the lap of the cheating jilted groom’s nemesis. Evie is trying to pull her life together and Oliver see an opportunity to get revenge and use Evie as the means to achieve it. Gotta admit, there were so many times I thought Evie should have run far away, but the story all came together and it was a HEA.

Narrators were perfect. Honestly, I preordered this one when I saw Will Watt was narrating. Both narrators were fantastic. Can’t wait for the next book in the series.

B*tchy FMC completely killed the story for me.

I’m 60% through and the FMC Evie is such a b*tch. She was nicer in the beginning and thankful and the main characters had great dialogue even the note was nice and friendly. Then all of a sudden she turned into a walking bitch. He literally offered her everything she needed on a silver platter. She acted like she could do anything on her own. She was crashing at a friend’s house had absolutely no clothes, no access to her money since everything is lost, no contact with her ex to get her stuff, she’s being stalked by people in the media. She’s on a spousal visa. When everything is presented to her about her ex, she still gives him more respect, and she gives Oliver. I don’t know. I just think she is a ridiculous and if I was him, I would’ve given up on her from the very beginning with her nasty attitude and went and found somebody else to play nice with cause, I’m sure he could’ve.

MMC laughs BWAHAHAHA

Why does the MMC sound like a cheap failed villain? The MMC is so poorly narrated, its as if the narrator is mocking the story. It also makes the MMC sound like a joke and not the book bf readers gravitate to.

The story is written well and paced appropriately to keep your interest. Female narrator is also wonderful. She voiced the character with detail to her personality and ongoing dilemmas. She is the only reason for any stars in performance.

Really the only downside to this book is the male narration. Its hard to get pass the mockery.

Great story

I enjoyed this. laughed out loud at some parts and enjoyed the developing relationship.

great book

I really enjoyed reading this author.  I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.

Love Alam!!!!

Ms Alam is IMO one of the most clever writers of this genre! Her mastery of witticism and sensuality on the page is unbeatable. Some of the most creative analogies I’ve ever come across. Narration was excellent. Mr Watt’s performance is utterly superb. The man has fabulous resonance, his use of modulation is perfection. Huge fan of both Alam and Watt.

Narrators are great

I liked the book okay but it was just too long. It could have been about 4 hours or more shorter. I found myself playing it at a much higher speed.

GREAT SEXY ACCENT GALORE

I think this is my first Mizz Donna romance & I snagged this first book in this My Kind of Hero series on Kindle Unlimited with free audio book included. Mizz Donna's characters are kooky & the storyline was a first for me. I really love the BROmance of of tight friendship of these 3 naughty by nature friends. Plus she had not 1 but 2 animal sanctuaries as an important aspect of her wacky storyline. All the secondary characters are just as outrageous as the romance plot & helps me up my score this tale to 5 fingers up & 10 toes.

Meh

This was one of the few books that I couldn't bring myself to finish. I made it about half-way through the 15 hour book and finally decided that I just didn't care enough about the story or the characters to bother finishing it.

The beginning of the story was fun, with a runaway bride (the FMC) making her escape with a handsome stranger (the MMC) who just happened to be her groom's biggest enemy, but it just slogged on from there. The two get into a fake relation situation enabled by some underhanded actions by the MMC. It's clear that we are supposed to view the MMC as manipulative and petty and the FMC as a wonderful person who was forced into a bad situation, but actually there was almost nothing likeable her. A brief bit about her volunteering at an animal rescue was pretty much the only example of her being the "good and kind" person in this relationship. I imagine that both characters are redeemed by the end of the book, but I'll never know for sure, nor do I care.

Narration by Will Watt and Summer Morton was very good. In fact, Will Watt's narration was the best part of the whole book .