The Gift

Love in O’Leary Series, Book 2

By: May Archer

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Iggy Toma

Daniel: I suck at relationships and don't trust anyone, but there are reasons for that. For one thing, every person I've ever cared about has let me down. The only recent exception: O'Leary's town veterinarian...my new best friend.  

I came to O'Leary for a fresh start. To pare things down to essentials. To forget about the failures in my past. The last thing I need is complications, and most definitely not a boyfriend.  

Julian: I've lived in O'Leary my entire life and learned to fly under the radar a long time ago. I do what's expected, say what's expected, and keep to myself as much as possible. It's a hell of a lot simpler spending my time working with animals than trying to interact with actual people. The one unlikely exception: the gorgeous guy who moved to a cabin just outside of town and somehow became my best friend.  

But friendships are complicated, and one morning I find myself accidentally telling the whole town the biggest lie of my life. Which is how Daniel Michaelson, my very straight, very hot best friend becomes my fake boyfriend, even though he's most definitely not my lover.

©2019 May Archer (P)2019 Tantor

Brilliant!

Julian is so adorable and interesting. The relationship between Julian and Daniel is so real! I love how they compliment each other. It is a dynamic story. I will read all of your books!

Thank you,
Cecil Mccall

Amazing story!

May just has a way of pulling you into the word she creates! The story had my emotions swinging and pulled me completely in! There were so many twist and turns and she has you routing for the main characters and screaming at them by the end.

Enjoyable, despite uneven narration.

Going out of my usual order, I will start with the narration - which hurt the story for me. This should have been narrated by Toma. He demonstrated in the opening chapter that he was fully capable of handling a range of voices. However, someone got the really bad idea that alternating chapters with wildly different narrators was the way to go. To be fair, this is about the best narration by Cendese. However, since I consider him to be among the most egregiously overrated narrators in the business that isn't saying much. Cendeses never takes a freaking breath - he manages to to just spew lines without a pause for any reason. As if he is being paid words per minute.

The story is actually quite charming. Archer has a way with the small town trope. Who doesn't love a sad guy who runs an owl to the vet? This is a title that I would encourage you to read, skip the wildly uneven narration.

Made me fall in love with Falling in Love, again!

My first Audiobook by May Archer. I am SO blown away by the crisp story, editing and the Narrators I see a future of enjoying every Audiobook in this series as well as other title by this Author.
Thank you for allowing me to fall in love with falling in love all over again! Awesome!

Love Is A Gift

I love how these two men have started with a strong friendships. I love the fake relationship troupe. It is a time of change for Daniel and Julian is also growing a bit. I like how these two fit together. There are a couple of moments but they work things out and both come out better men.
I listened to the audio version and it was well done and enjoyable.