The Woman at the Top of the Stairs

Second Chance Series Series, Book 1

By: Jamey Moody

Narrated by: Tessa Stavers

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

What would you do for the woman you love?

Dru Rae gave up everything to get away from her mafioso family. She disappeared with hopes they'd never find her. All she wanted was a quiet life with a few friends and the woman she knew in her heart was out there.

Marina Summit was an uber successful realtor in a thriving housing market. She gave someone two dates, if there wasn't a spark, then she moved on. Besides, she was too busy for love.

As a house stager on the first day of her new job, Dru was waiting to meet the realtor for a final walk through.

Marina was set to approve a new listing when she went to check on the house staging. She wasn't prepared for what happened to her heart when she saw the woman at the top of the stairs.

Contains mature themes.

©2022 Jamey Moody (P)2023 Tantor

Just marvelous, beautiful love story

This is a love story for all times my wife and I I am married for 25 years we first met you felt the same way as we used to be spending that glorious every since we got together

A great read to cheer you

In an era when everyone seems to hate everyone else, especially the LGBTQ+, our spirits need lifting and this book can do that. Yes, maybe the two lovers tell each other they love one another a little too often, but I thought the narration was fine. Why not frequent words of love than deviousness, betrayal, and meaningless sexuality?

Repetitive dialogue is lazy

Omg, so repetitive! How many times can they look lovingly into the others eyes and say lovingly, "I'm so in love with you" and "i'm so lucky to have found you" and "i can't believe this is my life"? The MC's say these lines a minimum of FIVE times EACH chapter - that's how many times! (and it begins as early as chapter Three, for real!) I'm so tired of stories that continuously remind its reader of characters emotions, thoughts and/or basic facts with repetitive dialogue. IT IS EXHAUSTING, and frankly, it's insulting to the reader. We get it. We got it the first 50 times they said these phrases. I'm a fan of Jamey Moody's writing, but this one was an extremely lazy effort in my opinion. Slim chance I even listen to the rest in the series. Due to the repetitiveness and lack of substance, I just wasn't invested - at all. Even the sex scenes were repetitive... I swear they were "cut-and-pasted" throughout the story from the first time they have sex (which happens within the first hour they meet.) I suggest you wait for the $4.99 sale.

Great read

I loved this book. LOW angst, believable and wonderful characters. I loved the 2nd chance at life angle, it made the characters so relatable. Can't wait for book 2.

pure

this book took me by surprise, the worry of leaving her crime family echos throughout, but there's nothing sinister
it is instead a beautiful romance, full of more feeling and passion between 2 mcs than any I've listened to before.
the writing express' total devotion between the main characters who have never had a full relationship in either lives, until that one look at first meeting and knew the other was who they'd been waiting for,
tessa stavers narration is perfect for the subject, and as always her sensual tones evoke love
not quite 6☆ but one I will read again,