The Alpha's Widower

De: Susi Hawke

Narrado por: Drew Bacca

What's a guy to do when his straight best friend proposes a fake marriage? Just say...yes!

Laurie Adams looked like he had it all, but his marriage was a sham, a Mr. Wrong chosen for all the wrong reasons. When his husband dies, Laurie has no time to mourn the cheating bastard, and his in-laws have decided Laurie isn't fit to raise his children, and they'll do anything to take them from him. He's lost his husband and his faith in people, but he won't lose his children, too. So he runs back home to the small farm town he'd left behind a decade ago.

Dean MacIntosh should be the perfect alpha for anyone, but all around town he's known as Mr. Not-Quite-Right, the last man a woman dates before she finds her real Prince Charming. It should bother him, but it doesn't. So when his childhood best friend comes running home for protection, Dean has no problem stepping in.

Except when Dean offered to fake marry Laurie, he never expected the wedding kiss to feel so sweet, and he begins to question the sexuality he once took for granted. From an awkward wedding night to an even more awkward honeymoon, Dean and Laurie find their affection runs deeper than either of them ever guessed. And maybe now is Dean's chance to be somebody's Mr. Right.

This audiobook contains mpreg, adults adulting in fun and sexy ways, and probably more potty-mouth language than should be used in an audiobook with kids underfoot. Eighteen-plus listeners only please.

©2018 Susi Hawke (P)2018 Susi Hawke

Friends to lovers

Susi Hawke is a very new author to me. I have always enjoyed listening to MM romances and this did not disappoint. The format was a bit different. This book read as a diary rather then a book. I felt as though this was Laurie and Dean's personal thoughts and feelings. I felt as though I was intruding on a love story. I know when an author makes you feel a though you are part of the story it makes you feel like you are committed to what is going on with the couple. I love the narrator and I hope that he is going to continuing narrating this series.

This is story had cute kids, family drama, and just craziness. This is a great story and I hope that this series gets better.

Great Friends To Lovers

This is a wonderfully sweet friends to lovers story. Laurie and Dean are wonderful together and their connection and love are undeniable. What started as a fake marriage to help Laurie and his kids turns into so much more. I love how Dean takes on Laurie's kids as his own without a second thought. It was great seeing the relationship of not only Laurie and Dean, but also all of the kids, grow throughout the story. It's a really cute and loving story that should not be missed.
The narrator did a great job with all of the different character voices.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Absolutely Wonderful!🤗

As I have stated before in my previous reviews, Susi Hawkes is a master author. She is phenomenal in her writing, imagination, creating her characters, and storylines. Laurie and Dean's story was wonderful. Their story was the true meaning of marrying your bestfriend. Drew Bacca did a superb job in his narration and bringing each characters life.👍I cant wait to listen to the next book. I highly recommend this☝️ book.

Amazing new author and narrator

I loved this. Both author and narrator are new to me but that won't be for long. So happy Mother out law got what she deserved and Laurie and Dean are 1 big happy family

it is so good

I love this series it is so worth it . that you will not be disappointed it is so good rally it is

Better when it is told to you!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book but listening to it was so much better! I got to enjoy the emotion and the voices made it all the better!

A Wonderful Listen

This is the first book in The MacIntoch Meadows Series. This is for the audiobook version. A delightful book the writing was good. The plot was entertaining and it was steady throughout the book. I found the story and characters wonderful. The characters were developed and thought out. Laurie Adams is an Omega and Dean MacIntosh is an Alpha and they are the MC’s of this book. I loved the humor of this book it had me out loud laughing which doesn’t happen often. There was humor, Alphas, Omegas, kids, nasty in-laws, a farm, betrayal, a messy truck, party games, family and so much more in this book.

I am picky about narration and unfortunately this narration was average for me. Having said that it did have the 2 most important qualities for a narration. 1 there were different voices for each of the characters. And 2 it wasn’t monotone, I even suspect that it is due to the narration that had me laughing out loud in a couple of places. So, it was worth listening too. I can recommend this book as a good read and listen. I voluntarily read an advance copy of this book for an honest review.

The Alpha's Widower

This book was really cute. I always enjoy reading this authors books and now that they are being put into audio I have been purchasing them all up as they come out. I thought this book is a great start to this series and I look forward to seeing more of this whole family in the next few books. I’m not sure whose book is next but I want them all to get their HEA’s.

I loved how Laurie just rolls with all the punches life gives him. He has to deal with the death of his Ex-husband and moving with 3 kids. And the bad treatment of the ex’s family members. And then coming back to his home town and learning about everything he missed in recent years. I completed Hated hearing how his ex-husband treated him. But was really glad to see that he was able to overcome all the hard times, go with the flow and make the best of it all. Dean in my opinion, was totally clueless and a total dumbass. Lol. I mean really, he has no clue what is in front of his face until almost the end of the book. But he really does step up to the plate when it comes to treating Laurie’s kids like his own and I really appreciated that part of the story. I think they were made for each other it’s just a shame it took them so long to figure it all out.

I do feel I need to express my Hate, yes, Hate for Laurie’s monster-in-law. She is a horrible human being and I wish all kinds of bad karma and undesirable things to happen to her. She is a mean person right from the beginning of the book and turns out to be even worse than my initial thoughts of her were. To the point I was yelling out loud at her and her actions while listening along to this book. I really disliked every part of her, but throwing her into the mix of this book was a great plan and added more to the sweeter story.

Audio – I’m not quite sure how Susi Hawke does it, but I have to say that this author specifically always finds the Best narrators for each of her books/series. They seem to mesh perfectly along with each of the stories they are narrating and they always have the exact amount of emotion and the perfect voices for each of the books from what I think they should be in my head. My first time hearing this narrator Drew Bacca (I also think this is his first narration in general) but I was pleasantly surprised and pleased with how this one turned out. I liked hearing his voices for both of the main characters, and feel like he did great with the supporting ones as well, even the kids and female voices, which can sometimes be harder to do, and harder to listen to. Great job and I will be watching out for more of Drew’s narrations in the future.

perfect

oh man.. another new narrator for me and holy hottness.. i think this narrator hit the characters emotions and personalities on the head. and of course susi did a superb job with this story but she picked an awesome narrator because this was.. wonderful

Sweet friends-to-lovers fake marriage story

Laurie is a father of 3 children when his husband is killed in a car accident. We find out that there were many problems with their marriage, and his mother-in-law is atrocious! I had so much anxiety reading the beginning of this book because this woman was so evil. I was worried about angst level potential with her, but thankfully it wasn't that bad (of course, not for lack of her trying lol). Laurie goes back to his hometown after the funeral to escape the threat of the MIL threatening to take his children away. His childhood best friend is still there, and it is like they had never been apart. Dean is a calm, loving, and supportive friend. When push comes to shove, he offers to marry Laurie as a way to keep custody of his kids. As time moves forward, however, he finds that his love for his friend can translate to a complete real marriage, not just friendship only feelings. It took a little while for Dean to realize it all, but when he did, they were very sweet together. I loved Dean with the kids, and Laurie was an awesome father.

I loved all of the secondary characters (other than the ones we are supposed to hate because they are evil). The brothers and grandparents were awesome. I'm looking forward to reading/listening to more from this family. The narration was very well done.