• Return of the Chauffeur's Son

  • By: Tara Lain
  • Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
  • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (257 ratings)

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Return of the Chauffeur's Son

By: Tara Lain
Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
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Publisher's summary

Luca McGrath may be returning to Napa Valley, California, as a promising chef with dreams of starting his own restaurant and winery, but his heart still lives with the bad-boy son of a billionaire James Armstrong. Luca spent his childhood playing games with the golden boy of California society, so blinded by James he barely noticed the dark, quiet lure of his conservative older brother, Dylan Armstrong.

But now Luca's home, and his own powers of attraction are enough to make James question his dedicated heterosexuality and his promised marriage to a wealthy and powerful businesswoman. The obvious attraction between Luca and James spurs Dylan into action - but he's fighting a huge secret. While Luca dreamed of James, Dylan dreamed of Luca. When Luca gets caught in the struggle between the brothers and gets accused of culinary espionage, he's ready to chuck the fairy tale - unable to even imagine Dylan's power to make his dreams come true.

©2017 Tara Lain (P)2017 Dreamspinner Press
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Wow!

I have to say Tara Lain knocked this one out of the park! Love, love, love her unique twist to my all time favorite fairytale romance Sabrina, and a great choice in narrators. Greg Tremblay did a amazing job bringing all of the characters to life. This book is definitely top of my list of books I will listen to again and again. Looking forward to your next book!

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Sabrina remake with three hot men – audio review

Some books just hit the perfect note and Tara Lain’s Return of the Chauffeur’s Son is that book. I was never a huge fan of the movie Sabrina, but this remake is creative, imaginative, and just plain fun.

Luca is the chauffeur’s son, recently returned from a prestigious position in a restaurant, who has come home to Napa to be close to his dad, take a new job, and see if his boyhood crush on James Armstrong is still as fierce as ever.

Always treated respectfully by the Armstrong family, Luca grew up close to the younger son. Only when he returns does he discover his crush and friend is engaged to a very nice woman. Disappointed, although not as much as he thought he would be, Luca throws himself into this new job at Culinary Arts. All the local restaurants partake in an annual cooking competition and Luca’s new employer has lost several times to its archrival. So all hopes and pressure are put on Luca to win the prize.

No pressure, right?

Except there are rumours of spies everywhere. Oh, and James has decided he’s bisexual and puts Luca in his sights, despite his sweet fiancée.

Chaos, right?

Could be, except for Dylan, the eldest son in the Armstrong family. He is openly gay – not experimenting – and he sees James callously hurting everyone around him. He is focused on growing the family business, but keeps a close eye on his younger brother and tries to head off trouble at the pass.

I love the trope of a pseudo-love triangle. Because although Luca has always had a crush on James, Dylan is now on his radar. There is also a lot of love in the Armstrong family and that includes Luca and his father. Proof that not everyone views social class as everything.

The ending is predictable, of course, but I love the dénouement. Like I said, another Tara Lain hit. Low angst, lots of laughter, and most of all, a world where men are loved for who they are and not who they are attracted to. Or who they eventually fall in love with.

Greg Tremblay is one of my favourite narrators and he did a great job. This is a great listen.

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Ok

I like this book but it could’ve had more sex and romance some in the beginning

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An interesting story

I don't know if im wording this review correctly but i am going to try. first it was an interesting title . totally one i would have looked over. i did enjoy the book once it got started. i like the twist with thr brothers .I think overall it was an interesting story. i love food so i was hanging on . great job

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Started out ok, then went off the rails

This book had an interesting setup and the writing was ok for the first half of the book. But then the plot started getting more and more contrived and the characters started behaving more and more erratically, completely out of character based on what we learned about them in the first part of the book. And the ending was complete nonsense. Maybe the author had a deadline to meet and rushed through the latter part of the book.

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Better Fit

I listened to the audio version and I realized that it was a retelling of the movie Sabrina. I love both the original with Humfrey Bogart and the remake with Harrison Ford. And as much as I loved those movies I like Dylan's real feelings seem like a nicer version of the big brother. This story has a great ending. I listened to the audio version and it was really well done.

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Fantastic 🤩

I really enjoyed this MM retelling of a well-known story 😍 I love Tara Lain's writing and the narration by Greg Tremblay only added another layer of greatness to it 👍

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amazing

I love this book and the voice actor does a amazing job telling the story like you are right there with them.

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A nice MM romance based a movie!

This has been a nice short MM romantic story, based on the movie Sabrina, with Henry Ford, that I liked. Greg Tremblay did a banging job narrating all the voices of the characters.... magnifique Greg, thank you! ❤️

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Another fun story from Tara Lain

Cute story. Very much like Sabrina the movie.
No murders. No gruesome events.
Greg Tremblay narrates exceptionally well.

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