Psycho Romeo

By: Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

Narrated by: Kenneth Obi

Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's Summary

Geoffrey Ralse is known for being the life of the party. He loves the club scene, hanging with his friends, and flirting with whomever catches his eye. He certainly isn’t going to stop living his life just because some would-be stalker starts sending him threats.

But it all changes when Geoffrey is drugged and wakes up half naked in his own home with a new message from his stalker. He needs help, and there’s only one person he trusts....

Protective Agent Sven Larsen has been fighting Geoffrey’s flirtatious advances for months, even though he’s impossibly drawn to the man. There’s no way he can be around him 24/7 and not finally crack. But one look at Geoffrey’s haunted eyes and he knows there’s no way he’s letting Geoffrey walk out of Ward Security without him. Even if it means breaking his own rules, he will keep Geoffrey safe.

©2017 Drake and Elliott Publishing LLC (P)2018 Drake and Elliott Publishing LLC

Exciting and Fun

Psycho Romeo is the first book in Drake and Elliott’s spinoff series Ward Security. It features the same action, adventure, thrills, and humor that they are known for in the Unbreakable Bonds series.
Geoffrey Ralse is in trouble. He’s being stalked and threatened and needs help, so he hires Ward Security to protect him. He insists on having Sven Larson be his bodyguard until the stalker is caught. The chemistry between Geoffrey and Sven has been building for months. Geoffrey has made no secret of his attraction to Sven’s during self-defense classes at Ward Security. But Sven is the one person he trusts most to protect him.
Despite making every effort to deny his attraction to Geoffrey, Sven eventually gives in to the undeniable chemistry that they share. As they live together while the experts at Ward Security track down Geoffrey’s stalker, the two begin to explore feelings that go beyond simple attraction.
This book was an exciting adventure from start to finish. I enjoyed the banter among the Ward Security team, and I thoroughly enjoyed Geoffrey’s flirtatious sass. While he is witty, irreverent and delightfully flamboyant, he is also thoughtful and sweet.

I enjoyed he narration. Kenneth Obi told the story with emphasis, adding emotion and enthusiasm at the right times. He altered his voice to fit he personality and demeanor of each character. I especially enjoyed his portrayal of Geoffrey. It was just as I expected Geoffrey to be: lively, flirty, and a little flamboyant, without being stereotypical.

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First Time Straight to audio

I am a rare audio book person, but have found myself becoming a fan of Kenneth Obi. This is the first book I listened to the audio only without having read the book first. New to me authors as well.

This was a great story! Ticked all my boxes for suspense, romance, sexy times. Kenneth does a great job of using the proper tones in his voice for the different areas to convey happiness, scared, aroused and any other emotions.

The only complaint I have, and it may read differently as opposed to hearing on audio, was the first chapter (possibly two) introducing so many side characters. The reasoning to meet all of these characters is necessary for the story plot, but I think it is possible it could have been spread out a bit. I think I remembered one name from the original set up and learned/recalled the rest during the story.

This appears to be a series and I really cannot wait to hear the next books.

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OMG!!!!

This book had me on the edge of my seat! I just love the whole suspense, humor and actiin that comes with Jocelynn Drake and Ronda Elliott books. Then we have Kenneth Obi who does an amazing job in narrating this book. It was prefect and made the story so much more then amazing then it was already! Just OMG amazing! Can't wait for more!

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Great listen!

I find myself continuously coming back to Kenneth Obi's audiobooks. He really makes all the characters he's narrating come to life, and Geoffrey and Sven were no exception.

As for the story, I hadn't read the ebook before this, so it had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. This follows Geoffrey, who finds himself being followed by his own personal stalker. He enlists the help of a bodyguard named Sven to keep him safe.

This was the perfect combination of romance and suspense. The characters had so much chemistry between them, there was humor despite the suspense, I can't wait for the next books in the series!

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WOW!!!

my first time with these Authors and loved the story :) my first time listening to Kenneth narrate a book and absolutely loved it. Great job. cant wait for the rest of the series. Thank you so much.

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First Time Listener

I loved this series when i first read it and I was very excited for this to be my first audio book! I think Kenneth did a fantastic job of bringing the characters and story to life! Can't wait to keep listening to more from him!!!

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Great book!

I did enjoy the book, narration and storyline. Loved Geoffrey, he was like the energizer bunny and very sweet. Sven was like a Nordic God and was pretty sweet as were. Love how they slowly came together and really got to know each other. Great storyline, great narration.

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A perfect narration to an awesome book

Full disclosure: The Unbreakable Bonds and Ward Security books are auto buys for me. I really love the whole universe that Drake and Elliott have created, so I was actually of two minds when I heard they were going to make their first foray into audiobooks. On the one hand, I am a huge audiobook listener and it's thrilling to have a beloved series expand into new areas. However, there's always that chance that a narrator's interpretation will be so divergent from how it was in your mind that it may spoil it all. Thankfully, Kenneth Obi does a really lovely job, especially when considering how many important characters voices are established here. The heat between Geoffrey and Sven is hot but rooted in a friendship and trust that makes it all matter so much more. This was a great listen and I look forward to possible future adaptations of these excellent stories.

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Loved this book

I can't wait to dive more into this world with all the intriguing characters. I may need to back track to the Unbreakable Bond series first.

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Excellent!

I loved Kenneth Obi's narration of Psycho Romeo! I have listened to a couple of others that he has narrated and have really come to enjoy his renditions of some of my favorite books :) This was no exception! He absolutely brought these characters to life. I can't wait to listen to his next book!

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Didn't get far into it, as it's dreadful

Clumsily written and not well read. It reads like a high school creative writing project, possibly an okay plot but poor, stilted dialogue and "what I did last summer' description ruin it. This might be manageable if the reader was any good, but he's not so it's really noticeable.

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Great series

The story and characters are engaging and the narrator has very distinctive voices for each character, always a plus for me.

Epic!

Just finished the first audiobook of the series and absolutely loved it!

As a fan of ‘The Unbreakable Bonds Series’ I had no doubt that this would be hit.

This spin off series does not disappoint!

Kenneth Obi narrates as he does the original series, but if I have to make one criticism, it is that Kenneth’s voices for the characters in the original series for some reason do not match up in this series for example: Rowe’s character is quite distinctive and his partner Noah, has a softer tone, but in this book, Kenneth’s voice impersonation does not sound the same for the same characters in The Unbreakable Bonds series.

I’m sure other addicts of this series would probably agree, but overall, the storyline is captivating as well as the characters, (as they have all been introduced via a Unbreakable Bonds), but the more memorable characters have had their own stories told in this spin off.

I highly recommend that if anyone wants to listen to this series, that they do listen to The Unbreakable Bonds series first, even though this could be heard as a stand-alone, your understanding of the characters as whole would be better experienced by listening to the original series first 😊

Can’t wait to listen to the rest, I got all the released audiobooks in one go so I could listen one after another 😁

I highly recommend this series and guarantee you won’t be disappointed 😁😁😊

Very well read and appropriate to the book

The authors works are all to similar. There are a number of series, all well written and planned, but they are variation of the same plot. I'm not sure which is worse: badly written but original, or well written, sophisticated even, but homogeneous.

Brilliant

This is the first book of the spin off of the amazing Unbreakable Bond series. I am not disappointed, it is filled with the trademark action, snarkiness, hot men and compelling storyline.

I loved that minor characters from the Unbreakable Bonds series get their own book and that you can find out what makes them tick. Geoffrey and Sven are fantastic each battling their own issues but when they came together it was magical. I like to make a special mention of the door scene which was brilliantly done.

Kenneth Obi's narration was sublime he puts such feeling and emotion into all his characters who each get their own voice and personality.

I highly recommend this audiobook

Loved it!

Loved Sven and Jeffery's story when I read it. Jeffery was always a fav in the Unbreakable Bonds series.
Kenneth Obi did wonderful job as always.

Another brilliant read

Again, cannot fault this book. Brilliant from start to finish. Would reccomend any Kenneth Obi audio.

Keeps you guessing

Really enjoyed Jeffrey and Sven. I love the dynamics of the MC's. Can't wait to continue the Ward security journey. Kenneth Obi was brilliant

Loved

I love these Ward Security books.
Superb narration and excellent writing by these two ladies.
Can’t wait to listen to the next one.

Simple story

Easy romance novel, read with nice voices. Tiny problem in the recording: at two points sentences were cut short and I don't know how many sentences were lost each time.