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Beautiful Stranger

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Grace Grant, Jonathan R. Cole
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Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon's moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night's fun. But the manner - and speed - with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup into her Beautiful Stranger.

The whole city knows that Max Stella loves women, not that he's ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad-boy charm, it's not until Sara - and the wild photos she lets him take of her - that he starts wondering if there's someone for him outside of the bedroom.

Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.

©2013 Christina Lauren (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

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pretty good

Loved the voices of the readers, the romance was steamy but the story was lacking a little

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loving this series

I am really loving this series. This book portrayed the characters exactly how I had imagined them from previous cameos in series.

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Beautiful Voice

Grace tries to capture the Leeds accent but unfortunately next to Jonathan it’s hard to listen to. The story is a good read, made better when brought to life by Cole’s accent.

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yumm

Loved it !! I like how these books dive into the next characters life. Very interesting 👌

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My new favorite

Absolute erotic perfection. The story, the narration, the intimacy. All of it. It’s my new favorite. Perfection.

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Horrible narration!

Would you listen to Beautiful Stranger again? Why?

No, the female narration is terrible. Her British accent for Max' s quotes is awful, like Eliza Doolittle talking dirty. Too distracting.

Would you be willing to try another one of Grace Grant and Jonathan R. Cole ’s performances?

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Loved the story ~ Loved the characters

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Great book - hooks you from the beginning and does not disappoint throughout. Can't help but fall in love with both leads. Hope to see more of these two!

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Pleasantly Surprised

Let's be honest here, the romance genre is not filled with the world's greatest writing. Lots of swooning women, throbbing members and lazy plotting. Not only does this series and these author's writings subvert most of those trappings but they are so female positive! These ladies are in charge of their lives and, more importantly, their sex lives! I would also like to thank the authors for calling a spade a spade, as it were and not dancing around the naughty talk. So very refreshing in this genre and way hotter too boot. Is the drama amped up? Sure? Is everyone hot and live slightly unrealistic lives? Yeah, but they are also characters I enjoy. They feel real enough and are people I want to know about. So thank you ladies for making romance novels that are a pleasure and I don't feel guilty about it at all.

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HOT HOT HOT!!!!!

Even better than Beautiful Bastard!!!!! Grace Grant and Jonathan R Cole do a great job bringing it to life!!!! (A sexy British accent doesn't hurt either!!!)

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Favorite!

Jonathan Cole and Grace Grant as a match made in aural heaven. One of my favorite audiobooks ever and Jonathan is so wickedly delicious and Grace is sexy, and clever! The hero in this story is top book boyfriend of all time!

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