Outmatched

De: Kristen Callihan, Samantha Young

Narrado por: Elizabeth Hart, Alex Kydd

What happens when a boxer finds chemistry with a geek?

Parker Brown can't believe she needs to hire a fake boyfriend. But the head boss prefers to promote employees who are "settled." Thankfully, she's found the perfect candidate, a fellow intellectual looking for some quick cash. What Parker gets is his protective big brother - Rhys Morgan. The tall, muscled ex-boxer with a foul mouth shows up just as her boss does, and now she's stuck with the manipulative jerk.

Responsibility weighs heavily on Rhys. Now permanently out of the ring, he's trying to hold together his late father's gym and keep his younger brother, Dean, on the straight and narrow. To save Dean from himself, Rhys takes his place, ready to give this society girl a piece of his mind. Instead, he finds an opportunity. Even though they can hardly stand each other, posing as Parker's boyfriend is a win-win deal. She gets to keep her job, and he'll charm her star-struck boss into sponsoring his gym.

Problem is, they can barely keep their hands off each other. And what started as an easy deal isn't so easy anymore.

©2019 Kristen Callihan and Samantha Young (P)2019 Tantor

cute

Enjoyed this rom-com with hot grumpy guy and smart up-tight gal. Had enough steamy parts and good story line to keep it interesting and enjoyable. The male narrator was a little hard to get used to, but after a chapter or two, it didn't bother me anymore.

FANTASTIC!!

A must hear! Simple but a beautiful story. It only had 4 stars but it should definitely be 5 stars!

Female narrator is horrible!

DNF on chapter 2 due to the crappy sounding female narrator. Kinda sad cause I felt like this audiobook had potential.

Phenomenal Narration! Give it a chance!

Please do not decide on this book based on the negative reviews of Alex Kydd’s narration. They completely confuse me, and I strongly disagree… although I respect that everyone has their own valid opinion.

Alex is quickly becoming one of my favorite narrators because he goes out of his way to speak authentically like the character, not just voice perform characters from various books using the same voice each time.

So many of my favorite male narrators have deep sexy voices, and yet I’m constantly aware I’m listening to a well known narrator perform a character. Alex Kydd BECOMES THE CHARACTER. It’s not just about an authentic accent, The way he says words and uses inflection to perfectly match the character the author created is truly brilliant.

In this book, I listened to Rhys tell me his story… not Alex Kydd reading Rhys’s story. I truly believe that many listeners who gave negative reviews simply did not give it a chance when they heard a narration style they weren’t expecting. I 100% believe that anyone who opens their mind to the experience, without knee jerk judgements, will truly enjoy this audiobook.

Moreover, it was clear that both narrators communicated about how each main character would speak. The MMC and FMC were performed consistently by both narrators.

And now… the writing!!!! Whoa! I started this Audible Plus selection expecting it to be a pleasantly enjoyable, formulaic & predictable rom-com. It was so much more! The character development and plot were sublime. There was depth to each character and to their relationships. There was believable growth & healing. The chemistry was hot and delicious because the authors created a spark then steadily nurtured that spark into a raging inferno in this sincere, funny, heartfelt, captivating slow burn romance.

I usually listen to romance audiobooks at 1.2 to 1.5 speed. But this one was so delicious that I wanted to savor every moment. I listened to the entire thing without speeding up even once. I’ll be listening to it several more times, for sure.

This is currently in the plus catalog. I highly recommend you give it a chance! Now that I’ve listened to these two authors, I’ll be seeking out more of their books with my credits.

Quite the accent

Took a few minutes to get through that thick accent. It wasn’t bad. I like the storyline.