Summer Kitchen

Saving Home, Book 1

De: E.J. Russell

Narrado por: Greg Boudreaux

The foolproof recipe for personal redemption and perfect love...

Take:

• One former rock musician
• One almost-MBA turned cooking school student

Add two heaping spoonfuls (each) of:

• responsibility
• familial obligation
• regret

And a dash of:

• misunderstanding (optional)

Stir together in:

• one small Vermont town

Season with:

• friends
• family
• foes
• and one large ginger cat

Garnish with:

• validation
• laughter
• just deserts (also desserts)

Simmer for one entire summer before serving up a delicious (well-deserved) HEA. Bon Appetit!

©2024 E.J. Russell (P)2024 E.J. Russell

Good listen

I enjoyed the story. I really enjoy this narrator. I think they did a great job with the story. The characters were great in this book.

Singing!

First off, I love that Greg Boudreaux sang when the character sings, instead of just reading the lyrics as poetry. I also enjoy that the usual “misunderstanding” the love interests deal with is not overly ridiculous. They actually talk and work through things more realistically than many other romantic stories do.

Home

Oh my gosh! This one is so good! I think this is one of my favorite EJ Russell stories now. Casey and Dev and the town of Home, VT have stolen my heart. Talk about finding what and where you are supposed to be!!!! And Greg Boudreaux gives another stellar performance bringing these characters to life. Absolutely amazing!!!🤩 🥰

Highly Entertaining; I highly recommend it!

I loved this book the characters were amazing and relatable! I related the most to Casey since he felt the obligation to do something because his uncle was counting on him. I’ve felt the same way not with cooking, but in other aspects of my life and in certain situations. But, I also understood Dev on a deep level. He had an obligation to the town, but it conflicted with his personal interests. When Casey and Dev got together, with some misunderstandings beforehand, they complimented each other beautifully.

Author E.J. Russell and narrator Greg Boudreaux are fast becoming my favorite duo. I can’t say enough good things about this audiobook!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this audiobook.

Great series starter!

I really hope to see the rest of this series sometime soon. The combo of EJ Russell and Greg Tremblay is a great one, and I’m already in love with home and Randolph Scott, and can’t wait for the next.

oh my goodies!

OK, so first, I hope Haru gets the next book. I may have to watch for author updates with how many I awaiting from you...
This book is wonderful, frustrating, sweet, and filled with amazing, soul touching writing! If you haven't read it and love MM novels for the love stories and wonderful sexy scenes, grab this! Grab this now!

Wonderful

So sweet and wonderful- loved the home town feel and the diverse characters. It was super fun to hear Greg sing though the random guitar riffs startled me every time (they were beautiful but loud and unexpected). Overall a wonderful treat to read ❤️

One of my favourite E.J. Russel books!

Very compelling story. It was easy to follow the characters and get to know them. I loved them all, even the annoying EXs. Can’t wait to hear more of them. Even loved the little nod to other E.J. Russel books. And Greg Boudreaux does an amazing job with distinction of characters. He’s very talented.

AMAZING

I absolutely adore this book! I love E.J. Russell and this is another absolute hit! I have fallen in love with the town and with all of the characters and I can't wait for the next one! Greg boudreau is perfection as always! on a side note, no one told me that Greg boudreau would be SINGING in this book! I hereby require him to sing in all books following this where there is a musician as the main character. I must hear his gorgeous voice again, please and thank you! 🙏 once again an amazing book written by EJ Russell that is taken to new heights by Greg boudreau! this Duo is unbeatable! thank you for giving me a few hours of vacation from real life!

Welcome Home. Don't be a d*ck.

I am a huge fan of E.J Russell's paranormal books, although I hadn't read/listened to many of her contemporary romances, but with both an author and narrator that I love, I took advantage of a free audio copy of this book. I'm glad I did! MCs Dev and Casey were both the sweetest, and I really appreciated the lack of severe angst. Many problems come up, but they are dealt with without overblown handwringing. Both Dev's ex and Casey's wanna-be boyfriend/stalker are calmly and logically put in their places, and there wasn't a huge communication breakdown (just a little one), I loved the side characters as well. The town of Home is chock full of quirky, engaging characters, and I loved the universal response of mm-hmm, and the town motto (refer to my headline). This is book I, and I am really looking forward to more in the series.

What to say about the narration? Greg Boudreaux is one of my favorite narrators and I would likely listen to any audiobook he narrated. His voice is pleasant and so easy to listen to, and I love the way he brings each characters' personality to life. A narrator can make or break an audiobook (and there are some audiobooks I won't listen to, even though I loved the book, because the narrator is too boring or dry). That is definitely not the case here. I think Greg could make the phone book sound interesting!

I received a free copy of this audiobook and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.