Stone Cold Kiwi

New Zealand Ever After, Book 2

De: Rosalind James

Narrado por: Emma Wilder, Tom Janson

Falling in love can be pretty bloody inconvenient.

Let's inventory, shall we?

State of my professional life: Brilliant, if counted in terms of sales of eight Poppy Cantwell children's books starring my often-confused blue hippo, Hazel; the very substantial proceeds from selling my Kiwi Adventures New Zealand glamping business; and any number of glossy magazine articles about my charmed existence. Of course, I couldn't seem to write or draw anymore, but that would pass. Surely.

State of my personal life: Murky. A mysterious siren I was not, in my nursing bra and only-kind-that-fits maternity panties.

My three redheaded children? Good thing. Good, exhausting, frustrating, terrifying, wonderful thing.

My marriage? Living with a failing marriage is like living with a toothache. It's not going to get any better, and eventually, it's going to get heaps worse, but who wants a root canal?

Beginning to fall for the much-too-charming, not-quite-available, stone-cold-beautiful Dr. Matiu Te Mana, on the day he delivered the third of those children on the grass outside Otago General Hospital, a few short minutes before my marriage began its spectacular and very public final implosion?

Possibly tricky.

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Rollicking fun - Great dialogue

Stone Cold Kiwi- love this book. The dialogue goes from rapid fire to deeply touching, to hilarious and back again. Recommend it highly. Thanks Ms James.

Wonderful story and narrators

I really loved this story and was waiting for it to come to audio bc my life is hectic and book reading is limited. The narrators we’re awesome. I think it’s a different male narrator from the first one I. The series and definitely preferred Tom Janson. Rosalind James wrote such real characters. Sometimes the feelings and scenes are so raw you need to take a break but you just come back for more. Can’t wait for book three to hit!

Beautiful story. Beautifully written

One of my favorite if James’. While I line most of her stories, like 98%, this story was just beautiful. The personal growth of the characters is what drew me in. It helped that I got to know the characters in other books from James. And the narrators were great. Loved them both. No spoilers here.

The Narrators make this book even better

I am so glad Poppy and Matiu got their own story in Stone Cold Kiwi! Ms. James writes the most amazing real life stories and when she adds these two wonderful narrators, well you have beyond perfection. I absolutely loved reading this book and the audiobook is just even better. Emma captures the children's voices so well especially Olivia, what a feisty girl she is! I am so glad Ms. James added a male narrator for this story, Tom Janson. Tom and Emma work so well together it was a seamless transition between scenes.

Poppy is a married to a man who she finds out after delivering their 3rd child is cheating on her. This book covers a strong woman going through postpartum hormones, breast feeding, divorce, falling in love again, and managing her kids, home and career. A man who is tired of being the playboy he's always been and wants to settle down and have a family. Ms. James captures all those mom moments so well, as well as those special family moments. We get to visit with Koro again who I just adore, he can never die-just saying. I highly recommend this not you typical romance book with a HEA. I love it for so many reasons, it's real, it's family and it has some hard topics. I will be listening to this book again very soon.


I received a free copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated for my review, and I was not required to write a positive review. The opinion expressed here is my own.

Hero 40+ Heroine w/3 kids ? Wow!!

Two very interesting characters meeting under very unusual circumstances makes for a wonderful love story under the New Zealand countryside

Great installment in series

I fell in love with Poppy in Kiwi Rules and Matiu in the series with his cousin Hemi Te Mana’s courtship of Hope. How absolutely wonderful to have both characters in this book and for bachelor Matiu to fall for a woman with 3 children. (And thank you for having Poppy smack her dad and her ex upside the head with her underestimated and ignored success with her books and glamping!)
James’ writes believable stories with characters you absolutely love!
Wilder and Janson do a really good job of narration.
Recommend on all levels!

Not your typical romance - But I loved it!

I know that I just declared that this isn’t your “typical” romance novel - why, you might ask? Well, the story starts with our main character, Poppy, going into labor and delivering her baby on the lawn outside of the hospital, assisted by handsome doctor Mattiu Te Mana. Immediately after (yes, minutes after!), Poppy finds out that her husband Max has been cheating on her - wow! So this story has topics like postpartum hormones, breastfeeding, potty training, divorce, custody issues, and other non-romantic topics, yet, somehow, Rosalind James makes them all work! Stone Cold Kiwi is a touching, real, yet still romantic story of new beginnings and love, I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. This opinion is my own.

hilarious and funny

since being a fan of Rosalind's books since book 1 this one had me laughing at the characters and the narrator's are awesome

I loved hearing Poppy's story and catching up with Koro and revisiting parts of New Zealand that I have been too as well

if you have read or listened to Rosalind's other books you will love this one and you will laugh at times and want to throttle some characters as well

looking forward to the next book in the series

Living three Zealand Dream

I love these New Zealand stories!
Rosalind James's writing makes me feel as if I am a part of the story. I laugh cry, get angry and feel the calm and love. Truly a book you wish never ends! I'm looking forward to the next one !

Let’s hear it for strong, independent women

This is the second installment of Rosalind James’ New Zealand Ever After series. It is as wonderful as her first book in the series. This is Poppy and Matiu Te Mana’s story. Poppy, who starts the story as a married, 37 weeks pregnant woman, about to give birth to her third child. Matiu, a fiercely single, gorgeous emergency room doctor. The book grabs you from the very beginning. It had me laughing and crying.

There are so many themes in this book, dealing with everything from marriage, infidelity, parental relationships, children’s responsibilities and of course wonderful Maori beliefs. Poppy shows her true colors as a strong, independent woman who finds that sharing her life with an equally independent Maori man is worth fighting for.

The amazing Emma Wilder and Tom Janson narrate this book. They do a fantastic job, blending Poppy’s and Matiu’s stories seamlessly. For those of you who have only read the books, now would be a great time to start listening. It makes me want to head out to NZ just listening to the beautiful accents.

For those of you who have followed Rosalind’s other series not only do we see Jax and Karen, Koro and Debbie duck, we also hear about Hope and Hemi.

I can’t wait for next installment of the series. Only question I have for Rosalind is when are we going to hear more about Karen, sister to Poppy and Jax?