The Practitioner

By: Ronica Black

Narrated by: Brittni Pope

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Johnnie Hamilton has conquered a lot in life. An anxiety disorder, loss of her business, and homelessness have been difficult to overcome. But Johnnie has come through the other side to find success as an artist. Now, however, she's lost her creative drive and she's struggling to produce.

Elaine Taylor has an interesting job. She's a “creative practitioner”, known to awaken her clients' creative side by using many different approaches, including a sensual or sexual approach. Most of her clients are male and she likes it that way. Women are the last thing she wants in her life, having lost the most important woman she's ever known, her wife.

Fearing she'll lose all she's worked so hard for, Johnnie takes her friend's advice and calls a lone number on a business card, steps into Elaine's office, and shakes up both their worlds forever.

©2017 Ronica Black (P)2018 Bold Strokes Books, Inc

God I love Brittni Pope

I also love the deep connection these two shared I wish they hadn’t had to hurt each other so much along the way.

On the fence with this book!

Overall, the book was decent. The premise was an interesting one to begin with, but I became exhausted with the book towards the last third of it. The characters had good depth and great chemistry up front, but seemed to wash out as the book went on. They went on a journey that seemed to not fit with the rest of the book and didn't make sense to me, almost like two different stories mashed together. The narrator, on the other hand, was fabulous! I could listen to her all day!

Meh

Its not a bad book and neither good. If you are bore listen to it. There is steamy sex.

Much angst, little resolution

I don’t mind angst, especially when characters like these have so much to work through, but usually you can count on some resolution to satisfy after putting up with so much of it. Unfortunately this book is 90% will-they-won’t-they and the characters refusing to address their issues. After so much back and forth, I’d hoped to see the main characters finally stand up to their antagonists, but then the book ends without much actual addressing of those issues. Also: I grew up in Phoenix and it NEVER rains that much—even during monsoon season. So why is it always raining?? Everyone is always “wet” or “damp”. The desert is dry, just FYI. On the bright side, the sex scenes were hot as an Arizona summer.

good book

This would have been an amazing book if it weren't of the end. I don't want to spoil anything I just needed more at the end. Especially after the frustrating back and forth. As soon as I finished it I fun let out a long breath. Wow. What a deep story. Brittni Pope did a great job on the narration. I literally went looking for other books of what else she narrated. IT is worth listening to.

Loved it! Touches your soul!

The story is amazing. Try not to get lost in the flashbacks. Stay present! Can be slow at times. But it is worth it!

It Spoke to Me

This story is beautiful, intense, erotic, painful, refreshing, liberating, passionate, and soul-steering. It is for those who search and those who’ve found. Great narrator.

You don’t have to be a tortured soul to want to understand people or want to glimpse into a world that intrigues you. This story was well crafted and really had a finger on the pulse of the truly human endeavor of hoping and searching for peace within one’s self.

As a someone who is creative and intense, this story spoke to me. The author was an artist. I felt all the good and all of the bad. I saw lives that I understood and some I didn’t. I was at once transfixed and transported.

loved it!

I really enjoyed this audiobook! if I could have, I would have finished it in one day (instead of two). so, there's a sexy artist who is in a rut, in need of... inspiration. the artist gets talked into trying a practitioner to help get those creative juices flowing again. there's an instant attraction for both women, but that's just the beginning. the story has sad moments and lots of soul searching/healing, and sex. this audiobook was much more than I expected. I will look up other books by this author.

Love

I loved this book it just sucked me right in! And OMG I so love Brittni’s voice she could read the phone book and I would listen

WOW, DON'T WAIT BUY THIS!

Amazing story! Original, Beautiful, MC's grew alot but were good people to begin with. Chemistry off the charts. Sex scenes were original and just WOW! BUY THIS!! DONT WAIT!