All In

The Blackstone Affair, Part 2

By: Raine Miller

Narrated by: Shane East, Grace Grant

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Ethan Blackstone has a problem on his hands. He’s broken Brynne's trust, and she’s left him. He's unwilling to live without her and isn’t giving up - he's dead-set on getting his beautiful American girl back.

The passion between them was explosive, but the secrets they hid from each other are dark and chilling, and are powerful enough to destroy their shot at a life together. With political threats now directed at Brynne, Ethan is running out of time and will need to gather all his strength and agility to protect her from the dangers that could take her away from him forever.

Will Ethan be able to save Brynne from a past that keeps her locked in fear? Will he ever feel the warmth of her touch, the solidity of her trust again? This is a lovestruck man who is willing to do whatever it takes to possess the heart of the woman he loves. He'll go to any lengths to protect her. He'll go all in.

Here is the fiery story of what happens when two people surrender to a love so great it can heal the scars of the past and give way to a life of pure, rapturous ecstasy.

©2013 Raine Miller (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

all in

This book was the second book in the series. It has a few surprises and twists. i love the way Shane East narrates the story. looking forward to listening to book three next.

Good sequal

Great follow up. This is not dual narration. Just like book 1, Grant narrated the beginning passage, then the rest of the book is narrated by East from Ethan's POV. Ethan POV is very good. I enjoyed is POV better than Brynne's. I loved when he was all jealous of Brynne’s friend. That whole street argument scene was awesome. The smexing was also good. I can't wait till book 3 comes out. Hopefully we will have a wedding...

Good buy or credit... if you plan to get the complete series as this is book 2

Ante up!

As with the first book, it was short but sweet. Just as good as the first, but it was at Ethan's perspective; loved it!!!

Shane, Oh My Word!

I had the absolute pleasure of listening to Shane East beautiful swooning sexy British voice for 7+ hours narrating a lovely well written suspenseful love story. It was the best 7 hours of the my weekend. 😍😍😍😍😍

Recommend reading not listening

This series is pretty well written and the story is interesting. I think my rating would likely be higher if I had read the book.

The female narrators did pretty well but at times it was difficult to follow the character changes during conversation. The male narrator did a good job with his primary role and I personally enjoyed the accent. However, when he performed Brynn's parts (especially during steamy scenes) it came off a little creepy sometimes- thus, squashing most of the heat.

It's a shame. Talented authors commit the time and effort to create these works for us (the readers). But, there seems to be only a few that recognize the importance of a good audible delivery. Frankly, it's often a deal-breaker for me. Not many ppl are going to continue reading a book that is full of typos, grammar errors, and misspelled words. Likewise, if the performance is bad they won't be returning for the next installment- even if the plot is good. It's aggravating and makes it difficult to follow. The information needs to be delivered in a manner that's clear and consistent with the message & mood of the story. It is just as, if not more important for audible versions. (Audible libraries do not come cheap!) Most likely, I would not have finished this series had it not been included in the plus-catalog making it free. It's a shame bc the witty banter and depth of the characters' connection offered a lot of promise.

Shane East BEST Voice EVER

Would you listen to All In again? Why?

I may be in love with this audio for Mr. East's voice - however the story is well done too. TOTALLY worth it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of All In?

Angry sex scene

Which scene was your favorite?

meeting at the waterloo

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

with his father drinking beers

Any additional comments?

London is among my favorite cities & I felt I was there.

Review: The Blackstone Affair # 2: All In

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

*Smiles* I have recommended this book to every friend I have that reads if they haven't already read it.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ethan Blackstone is my favorite character. He is such a strong alpha caveman with such depth of emotion and feeling it's almost hard to unite the two. Unless of course you are Brynne Bennett.

What about Shane East and Grace Grant ’s performance did you like?

I have heard Grace Grant before when listening to Beautiful Bastard and Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren and I really liked her performance then. She becomes the character without overdoing it and allows the story to play out in your mind with such ease it's a pleasure to listen to her.

Shane East - Well, I'm English. I grew up hearing English accents, they were NO BIG DEAL! The past 20 years spent in the United States, however, has caused me to find immense pleasure in listening to a crisp accent like Shane's. His voice conveyed the attitude and magnetism that I envisioned Ethan Blackstone as having, perfectly! An absolute pleasure to listen to. (A double entendre MAY have been intentional in that one.)

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The moment that moved me emotionally was when Ethan woke up from his nightmare with Brynne their to help him pull himself back together.

The funniest moment was his inner monologue on the pitfalls of a steady relationship when the female is experiencing her menstrual cycle or "dead week" as he called it.

Just heart my heart!

This audiobook just stole my heart! Let's just face the facts that the writing and narration are both out of this world amazing!

Shane East gives the Sexy Ethan Blackstone life

I love Shane's voice! He brings the sexy Mr. Blackstone to life, and gives you the shivers and tingles.

Nothing really happened....

Sometimes I blame the narrator if a book just falls flat to me, but in this case it was the writing. I feel like someone told the writer “Okay your first book was full of hot scenes, but it was less than 4 hours long, so can you draw out this middle book so we can have a big finish?”

If you asked me what happened in this book I would say…well…Ethan showed his possessive side a bunch, and we learned more about Brynne’s past and why she is skittish…but other than that, and the hot graphic scenes, not so much in 6 hours! It was very much the middle of the story, laying down background information that I guess will be useful in the next book, but not sure.

I will of course buy the third book to find out what happens, but In the future I would link all the books as one book and call it like it is "a serial novel", not independent books. On a side note I did find it amusing that they referenced 50 actually IN this book, not by name of course, but it is clear what book they are referring to, and it made me kind of smile and also kind of confirmed that 50 was the grain of thought behind this book, but it just isn't reaching the mark.