Stand in Place

De: Mary Calmes

Narrado por: Greg Boudreaux

One summer won’t be enough....

Kaenon Geary was done fighting the small minds in his sleepy Texas town when he made his escape and never looked back. But now, for the first time in more than a decade, he’s returned to Braxton to spend the summer with his beloved grandmother - her final summer - and no longer recognizes the home he’d left behind all those years ago.

Everything has changed.

Everything but the man he’s never stopped wanting.

Brody Scott was the local football hero who became a gridiron champ, but he retired from the fast lane to forge a new life as the Chief Constable of Braxton. He longs to put down roots in the community he is now sworn to protect. Though he’s not at all sure he can protect his heart from the quiet, earnest boy he once knew. The boy who has come back a man.

Starting something would be a mistake. Kaenon plans to fly away at summer’s end, but his love is something Brody desperately wants to have...and to keep. Their days together are numbered. Unless some simple hometown magic can make all the right things bloom and show them the true definition of love.

©2019 Mary Calmes (P)2019 Mary Calmes

OK, not a re-listen for me

4 Blue Roses
4 Blue Flames

Narrator Greg Boudreaux gave his best performance. When it works, stick to it!
I was not a fan of the book itself. I couldn't put my finger on it. I was crying at one stage, but I think we needed more magic, more garden and more miracles.
It is an OK book to listen to, but to me it was not much memorable. I won't put this one down as a re-listen.

Happy Listening

Too many characters

Ending
💖Happily Ever After

Comedy Level
😄Minimal Comedy

Romance
❤️Old crush, second chance.

Sex
🔥Short Sex Scenes

Misc
👨‍👨‍👧‍👦Too Many Characters (Hard to follow along)
🌲Slice of Life (no big dramatic event)
👻Supernatural

Narrator
💎Distinct Voice for Each Character
🎭Voice acting on point and matching emotion of story

Biased Review
WAY too many characters. Hard to follow along. But still a good story.

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I love this book.

This book is a whole a$$ mood. It's basically a grown up version of The Secret Garden, but for the LGBTQ+ community. I'm in awe of the storytelling and how the theme of forgiveness just bleeds into every word Calmes has written. It's easily one of my favorite places to retire when I'm feeling sad or overwhelmed. It's technically a romance, but idk, it feels like so much more than that. I'm already eager to listen to this book again.

A great story highly recommend!

I love Mary Calmes books and this one didn't disappoint. Greg Boudreaux did and excellent job narrating and brong the story to life.

Just Beautiful!!

I absolutely love this story. Mary Calmes and Greg Boudreaux are such a great Duo when they get together and create stories such as this. I was hoping that this wasn't going to end in a sad way but it definitely ended in a way that I could have planned out better myself. This story is all about escaping the bad just to come back and face it and realize things are not always still as bad as they seemed before. The trip started with the MC coming to see his grandmother and take care of her needs, and then ended with a love he never expected to find. A truly beautiful book that I will be listening to more times in the future like I do with all my Mary Calmes books.

Greg Boudreaux brings this to life.

This is a m/m romance. At the tender age of 14, the Kaenon is disowned by his parents and siblings when he comes out as gay and is subsequently taken in, raised, and loved by his grandparents and aunt. He makes a good life for himself far away from his hometown for 18 years. However, when his grandmother becomes ill and he comes back to his hometown, he learns that true love means the people who stand in place in your life and don't leave. He doesn't realize that his whole life, he has internalized his pain and anger and when he forgives, he gets his life/love back. It has a little magic in it, but not enough to be paranormal. I read this book first and then later when the audio came out, I listened to it and enjoyed it thoroughly. Greg Boudreaux does a wonderful job with this story and his voicing of the characters and their emotions (and snark) are a joy to listen to.

Great Story !!

This is a great story about forgiveness and coming home again ! love this story ! easy to get into the story and easy to follow . The narrator did a great job with it. Shows a great example of the battle to forgive and forget . Learning to heal not only himself but helping others to heal as well .

great tofind a place like this in your heart a

loved it, no struggle, a lot of characters, would have enjoyed a more detailed description of the main characters bodies

Wow

What an interesting, infinitely layered story. I've always enjoyed Mary Calmes' books. Some of them are among my all time favorites. This book delves so deeply into feelings and motivations that I was stunned. I waited for missteps, for discordant moments, but there really weren't any. I was swept up into possibilities, apart from reality, and didn't care if the two weren't in lockstep during this wonderful, rich journey. This is a book written from the heart and filled with exploration, analysis, and warmth. It literally glows with magic. Quite astonishing. I couldn't recommend it any higher.

Go to feel good story.

I have reached back to this one book more times that
N not.. Just a feeling the story and narrator can touch the soul.