One Chance

De: Lena Hendrix

Narrado por: Charlotte North, Ryan Hudson

Fake dating my best friend? Total disaster.

With his cocky grin and devilish charm, firefighter Lee Sullivan makes every woman in our small town swoon. Every woman except for me.

Which is why I’m shocked when he steps in at the town’s Matchmaker’s Gala and outbids my crush during the charity auction, committing us to six prearranged dates.

Six dates where we, very publicly, pretend to be falling in love.

Despite my objections and our efforts to set each other up with other people, Lee is convinced pretending to date each other is the perfect opportunity to get the women in town off his back (and out of his bed), while also helping to nudge my noncommittal crush in the jealousy department.

Stupidly, I agree.

After the disastrous blind dates he set me up on, what’s a few months of letting Lee worship the ground I walk on? He owes me.

Trouble is—every fake kiss, every lingering touch, every filthy word he whispers when no one is around—is starting to feel very, very real.

We know everything about each other—from my orphaned past to his irrational hatred of dolls. The only secret I have ever kept from Lee spans all the way back to his time in the army and it’s the one thing that could ruin our friendship forever.

Because where Lee is concerned, I have learned to guard my heart. Suddenly, he’s asking for the opportunity to feel something real. He’s asking for the one thing he wouldn’t want if he ever knew the truth: one chance.

©2023 Lena Hendrix (P)2023 Lena Hendrix

Great story

Loved this book and the story line. I was really disappointed in the male narrator. He lacks emotion to the story. He was very dry when speaking. I was more connected to the female narrator for this book in the series. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Male narrator

The male narrator has a pleasant voice, but his delivery feels too monotone and stiff for this type of content. It sounds more like non-fiction narration than something casual or engaging.

Annie & Lee

Best friends to lovers romance, but they have really both been in love with each other the whole time. I loved the dynamic of their relationship. Steamy. Sweet. Loved it. Definitely recommend!

adorable story & narration!

OKAY LEE I LOVED YOU- how tragic.
this one had me wanting to deck then both but also cry over the lack of communication!! i adore friends to lovers but these two had me ready to pull my hair out!! that being said i did adore the overall book and continuation of the overall mystery & lore of the town. these two love each other so much it hurts us all lol

ryan hudson and charlotte north both portrayed wonderful mcs and their narration fit the two characters very well!

tropes: friends to lovers, sisters exboyfriend, forced proximity, fake dating, mutual pining
vibes: funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content
Moderate: Dementia, Abandonment
Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

True love

Absolutely love this story of true love!!
Forever love. The narrators were awesome with the emotion that they put into the characters.

Enjoyable

This was my least out of the whole series. I had to keep pushing through. I was really wanting to love Lee's story but I thought he was more annoying than cute..... But overall it fit the series and Lee is just that annoying brother that you wanna push off the swing but also the love is unconditional.

Cute but predictable

A sweet and heartfelt romance that’s easy to fall in love with. Some parts felt predictable, but the chemistry between the characters made up for it.

Loved the FMC

This was a really good book and the FMC had a great personality and character. The book had humor and s*xy times and cute times and the story was cute. However, I just really didn't like the MMC; he was selfish and self centered and kind of a tool. Annie was so kind and literally did everything for him and supported him and treated him like gold and was always there for him through their whole lives, and the first time she upsets him he turns his back on her and shuts her out and doesn't hear her out. Lee was so frustrating; he wouldn't listen to her and just constantly interrupted and shut her down when she'd try talk. He literally wh*red around for years and thought he could act jealous the minute someone showed Annie attention. IDK for some reason his whole character and his reactions were off-putting to me and I felt like Annie deserved better. I would have liked for her to have moved on after he shut her out for something so minor. At the very least he should have had to work harder to get back in her favor; it was too easy for him and that really annoyed me. It should have been him groveling and apologizing.

That said, I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it. It's cute and kind of a feel good story. I also loved the narrators for the audio book. They helped make the book as good as it was.

Fantastic casting for this fun & enjoyable story!!

Finally finishing this series and wish I didn’t wait so long! My new favorite in this series!!! Childhood friends to lovers is my absolute favorite trope and Annie & Lee were exactly were a perfect example!!! Their best friend relationship was so endearing and sweet but you could also feel the deep connection and pull to each other that they had. Their story had me swooning, laughing so hard and also feeling all the feels along the way from their past. They were just such FUN characters and there is always something crazy going on in the town of Outtatowner.

🏠Small Town
💕Childhood Friends to Lovers
💋Reformed Playboy
🥰It’s Always Been You
🫂Fake Dating

Annie & Lee are two people that you can just know from the start are meant for each other!! Their chemistry was palpable due to their long friendship and history but yet they have never crossed that line. They both have been through a lot as Annie grew up in the foster care system while Lee lost his girlfriend, who had also been Annie’s foster sister. But when Lee begins to bid on Annie at the annual Matchmaker’s Gala, things begin to change.

Gah Lee!!! First of all, I love a nickname in a book, BUT the way this man is the only one who doesn’t always use her nickname and calls her by her real name, Annette. I was done! That was so freaking swoony every time to me!! And Lee may have been the town playboy at the beginning, but once he gives into those feelings he had for Annie…he had me melting! And boy, does he have a mouth on him too. T

🎧AUDIO REVIEW:
This audiobook is a dual narration by Ryan Hudson and Charlotte North who both delivered an amazing performance of this story. They were exactly who I envisioned for these characters while reading and the amount of emotion in both of their voices throughout the whole story just brought Annie & Lee to life! I was laughing from the little chuckles Charlotte made while narrating their banter and swooning over so many perfectly delivered lines by Ryan as Lee. Overall, they Ryan & Charlotte both made this audio so enjoyable to listen to!!!

Loved female narrator, story and series

I’m loving this series. This family is well written and getting to know each of their stories is great. I enjoyed the storyline of this book very much and had I read it my rating would be higher. Charlotte North’s performance was excellent. Ryan Hudson’s performance was so opposite. He read the script as if he were reading an instruction manual using short phrases with such monotone inflections that it was difficult to stay connected with the story. However, I did finish the book because of Charlotte’s performance and Lena’s writing. I will still read/listen to the last book of this series because I have thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters are easy to love. The steamy scenes are plentiful and smoking hot. Enjoy … for my fellow spicy romance lovers.