• It Had to Be Him

  • It Had to Be, Book 1
  • By: Tamra Baumann
  • Narrated by: Kate Rudd
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (624 ratings)

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It Had to Be Him

By: Tamra Baumann
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
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Publisher's summary

Even though Meg Anderson's hell-raising days are over, coming home to Anderson Butte isn't easy, especially when her impossible-to-please dad is the mayor and her do-gooder siblings run the place. But with another job lost and the gorgeous father of her daughter trying to make contact after disappearing three years ago, a break is definitely in order. Hopefully the little town filled with big, juicy secrets can help.

After being off the grid for years, Josh Granger, a man with his own secrets, wants Meg and his daughter back. But first he has to get past townspeople as protective as a pack of rottweilers. He's not the man Meg thinks he is, but he can't tell her why... not yet.

As Meg slowly warms to Josh, it's clear the old spark is still there. But when his secret is exposed - along with Meg's own shocking revelation - will it tear their family apart again, or bind them forever?

©2015 Tamra Baumann (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Good story line

slow start to this book but after the first couple of chapters I really got into the story. my only really big complaint was the narrators lack of inflection during the story. I'm still glad I read/listened though.

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Very Enjoyable Chick Lit

No big surprises here, but a little romance, mystery and family drama made this an enjoyable listen. The narrator was good and did not distract from the story. The ending delivers, so no complaints or disappointment.

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Fought to finish

It started with good potential and likeable characters but by the end my eyes rolled at every sentence. There were too many farfetched plot lines to deal with in this book. Even more farfetched was the emotional reactions to these plot bombs, from blasé to a tempest in a tea pot. The emotions didn't match the significance of the scenarios. Then, the heroine is supposed to be some messed up, bad girl but the highlight of her "criminal" career is an elementary prank or two. I don’t like giving any spoilers (not really because it is irrelevant to the plot), but just to put the icing on the cake for the unbelievable twists in this story we have to cheer when the little boy is suddenly the next Messi in the last two pages of the book? Really? Why? Less could have been so much more with this book. Finally, the narrator, while not horrible, sounded like she had a head cold throughout the whole book. It made every character sound like they needed a nasal decongestant - stat.

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Fun Story, Excellent Narration!

I really enjoyed this story quite a bit. It was fast paced and and had some great characters.
I really liked Meg and Josh. They had some good chemistry together.

The story line and plot was good. I really liked Josh's back story. Not going to spoil it here. It was good. There was a lot of dialogue throughout the entire book. Not full of filler nonsense at all. There are some great secondary characters too. The story flowed very well and was very easy to follow.

As for the narration, Kate Rudd did a great job. The men sounded like men, everyone had their own distinct voice and you knew who was talking. She read with emotion and has a very nice reading voice.

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Possible Spoilers..

This had a few good twists to it but I’m not so sure I like the characters, any of them except Josh and two and a half year old Haley. On the other hand I liked the characters a lot. It was such a screwy story at times. What it amounted to was: Meg came back to town, her jerk of a father told the whole town they were not to help Meg in any way, even Meg’s brothers and sister, and everyone went for it because dear-old-dad ran the town. Then Meg finds out the family, all of them, lied to her her whole life. And she was really mad at them, for about a second. Josh, our hero, lied to her because he was undercover and had to leave her to save hers and Haley’s lives and then he came back and she fell for him all over again and when she found out he lied she told him to move out because he lied to her and she would think about him seeing his daughter Haley. WTF? The author mad Meg seem so stupid. I got the other books in this series and I will move on to the next. I just hope the heroines are written better than Meg was. This was somewhat of a mystery so that made it more enjoyable, much better than just the same old romance that’s pages and pages of angst and misunderstandings.

There was explicit sex in this book but not really any sexual tension. And there was swearing, too. But it wasn’t too bad.

And, I must admit, I cried at the awesome ending.

As to the narrator: I know that 99.9% of female narrators who do men’s voices pretty much have all their men sounding alike, and I’m sooo OK with that. I couldn’t care less if they sound alike as long as they DO sound like men. AND I like the way Ms. Rudd’s men sound. The women all sound different, from old to slutty, whatever is called for. But mostly I love Ms. Rudd’s emotions when she reads. I mean, she really, really laughs when it’s called for, whispers, yells angrily, it’s just amazing. I’ve always said that Katherine Kellgren could give lessons in being an excellent narrator but now I have to add Kate Rudd to my on-going list. I don’t know about too many older audio books because I’d start to listen then the men would sound just like a woman and I’d have to stop. From 2014 forward some of the female narrators got better but some really don’t care if their men STILL sound like women or not.

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Fluffy

This was a fluffy story with some adult times and a tiny town that lies to our h. What could go wrong? 🤔

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It had to be you

Great e - book,this story was great. It was so real, sad, loving with so much family emotions and the love with in a forgiving town. Good job, this book is a (MUST READ)


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great book

enjoyed listening to this book. look forward to more books in the series. ... ...

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A Must Read!

This is an excellent story that includes humor, romance, love, family, friendship, and some steamy sex. The characters are well developed and show significant growth throughout the story. A must read!

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A new audthor for me!

I took a chance and bought the audible narration with Prime Reading with Amazon. It opened me to a new author. I got transported to the town and characters and didn't want to stop listening. I went and bought the rest of the series. I'm glad the author participated in the Prime reading because I might not have stumbled on her books. The narration also was perfect for the book. It all worked well. Looking forward to working my way through all the author's books!

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