Throb

Life on Stage Series

De: Vi Keeland

Narrado por: Sebastian York, Molly Glenmore

From New York Times & USA Today Bestseller, Vi Keeland, comes a steamy new romance novel. The rules: No dating. No sex outside of the game. No disclosing the terms of the contract. Rules were made to be broken, right? Eight weeks ago I signed a contract. One that seemed like a good idea at the time. A handsome bachelor, luxury accommodations, and a chance to win a prize my family desperately needed. There were some rules though. Lots of them actually. Follow the script, no dating, sex, or disclosing the terms of the deal. After my self-imposed moratorium on men the last year, it wouldn’t be hard to live up to my end of the bargain…so I thought. Until I realized the deal I’d made was with the devil…and I was in love with his dirty-talking brother.

Author's note – Throb is a full-length standalone novel.

©2014 C. Scott Publishing Corp. (P)2015 C. Scott Publishing Corp.

Awesome story!

Any additional comments?

I read Beat a few months ago and I totally loved it. Loved Vi Keeland’s writing style, loved the story line and Oh. My. God. Loved obsessively Flynn Beckham. So I decided to read/listen to the first book of the series and I’m so happy I did it. Vi Keeland has definitely a style, she writes plots very real, very down to earth, not at all Perfect man + Perfect woman = Perfect love story. Throb is a story of a girl, Kate, who needs to win a reality show (something like The Bachelor) in order to take care of her family (with the money of the winning price, of course) but her simple plan is messed with the presence of Cooper, a very bossy, sexy and super cool guy who wins her heart before the guy in the reality show, who happens to be FLYNN BECKHAM!

So, the plot of this book is great, well written, very interesting, although it was a little fast paced. The characters were very great developed, some were so easy to love and other were so easy to hate. Kate and Cooper were so easy to love. Kate was strong, determined, intelligent and very funny. Cooper on the other hand was serious, straightforward, dominant, bossy and had a stamina just like how I like it in my book boyfriends. They both are so selfless people ready to do anything for the people they love. I was so afraid I wasn't going to like Flynn in this book, because he was the bachelor but I was so wrong. Thank god all his awesome sweet personality was well defined in this book and fully developed in Beat. I won’t mention the characters I hated, but please let me know when you read this book who did you hate and we’ll discuss how to cut his balls off.

Did I mention I loved reading more of Flynn? *sigh* and his lyrics? He’s so amazing! I’m so in love!

Sacrifice the past, give me today.
Walk to me, don’t walk away
Hear the music, my words are a plea
Open your heart and let love sing.

Sadly, the narration of Molly Glenmore wasn’t that great. I had to repeat chapters like three times because I couldn't connect with her performance, and her male voices were awful. Thank god Sebastian York did Cooper’s POV, otherwise I wouldn't have finished the audiobook.

My rating:

Story: 5 throb stars
Audiobook Performance: 3 stars all for Sebastian York
Overall: 4 stars

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes! I would change the female narrator! I love Sebastian York but Molly Glenmore ruined this for me.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I don't want to spoil it.

How could the performance have been better?

This would be better if it was Sebastian York and Christina Treister were narrating it together.

Could you see Throb being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Yes!

Any additional comments?

Good story.

Entertaining

Easy book to listen to. I finished it in 1 day. The plot was very predictable. I liked the characters but didn't get emotionally involved. It's a good book but I've listened to better. I will not be reading Beat. I don't think either book is worth the credit or the money. Wait to see if it goes on sale.

Five Stars all around

I love Sebastian York and I’m a new fan of Molly Glenmore. This was a sexy and hot story with great surprises from Vi Keeland. I loved the behind the scenes look at scripted reality tv and the fun lessons in poker. I was rooting for Kate & Cooper and I’m positive you will too. Well done!!

great book

I really enjoyed reading this author.  I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.

The Bachelor TV series in a book

I don't watch this TV reality. I needed a road trip listen. This was light, sexy hot scenes, and not too long. I always enjoy a Sebastian York performance. A good use of my credit. I plan on getting next in series.

Good Story

Loved it. Couldn't stop listening till complete. Narrators were great and making u feel u were a part of the story.

Great story but highly disappointed with Molly

Great story but highly disappointed with Molly Glenmore's vocal performance. I had to force myself to listen, she really killed the story, her Cooper voice made him sound like an old geezer so friggin sad. Sebastian was amazing as usual! Please DON'T USE HER ANYMORE!

great story

Great story. The female voice actress is a little too forced and hard to get into for me, so it was distracting. The mail voice was contrarily quite good.

Molly’s voice

Molly’s voice is very pleasant but needs more personality and expression with both her female and male roles.