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The Contract

By: Melanie Moreland
Narrated by: John Lane, Tatiana Sokolov
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A tyrant by day, a playboy by night. That's the reputation that precedes Richard VanRyan. He lives life the way he wants, no concern for the opinion of others. He cares for no one, is completely unrepentant, and has no desire to change his ways.

Katharine Elliott works under Richard as his PA. She despises him and his questionable ethics, but endures all the garbage he sends her way, because she needs the job. Her end goal is far more important than the daily abuse and demands she tolerates from her nasty tyrant of a boss. Until the day he asks her for something she never expected. A new role with a personal contract-fiancée instead of PA.

What happens when two people who loathe each other have to live together and act as though they are madly in love? Sparks. That's what happens.

Can the power of love really change a person?

Will they survive the contract?

What do you do when the one person you hate the most becomes the one person you can't live without?

©2016 Melanie Moreland (P)2016 Tantor

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love this book

I'm in love with this story I wish they make it in to a movie..

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Different spin on a troupe

I honestly loved this spin on the usual fake marriage to my PA troupe, well worth the listen.

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I loved this book

What did you love best about The Contract?

the love story

What did you like best about this story?

an average girl showing someone how to love

What about John Lane and Tatiana Sokolov ’s performance did you like?

yes they were great

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Richard

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Make a part 2

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jerk gets changed

I love this book and have listened to this more than a couple times. Richard starts out as a complete jerk. you feel bad for anyone who interacts with Richard. he gets to know Katherine and he becomes a likeable better person. cute love story

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wonderful book

great book, I enjoyed listening to the narration. I love this book. it is super

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Thoroughly Enjoyed..BUT

I really liked this story. It had me at Hello, but, John Lane’s horrible deep gravelly voice was really hard to listen to. The story was solid, the characters deep and likable and it was a shame Moreland didn’t use a sexy male performer’s voice instead. Oddly, there wasn’t enough of Tatiana Sokolov performance. She sounded exactly like Tanya Eby whose narration we always love. But go ahead, read this one. It’s easy to stay with and you’ll love the “family” that goes along with the 2 lead characters.

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The Contract(s) and the revisions

I was so caught up in this office Romance/bad boy, bullied PA. I COULDN'T stop listening. then I stopped doing everything and focused on every word/action . Wow... a few times a wanted to cry. very good story & Narration . 💯⚘💖

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Loved it!

Easy to listen to, potentially believable, and family oriented. I really hated Richard in the first few chapters but he did a 180. I can't wait to see what's next from this author.

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Wow total redemption

This is how you redeem a hero. So glad that this author kept Richard faithful. That would have been a deal breaker for me. Loved it. I even cried and laughed a lot😍

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Extremely likable characters

I enjoyed the character development and supporting characters too. The steamy moments do not dominate the story line.

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