Unguarded

Vino & Veritas Series

De: Jay Hogan

Narrado por: Gary Furlong, Iggy Toma

I fled Boston and my cheating jerk of an ex with $300 and a lip gloss in my pocket. Waking up the next day in Burlington, Vermont, with a crick in my back and a frozen ass wasn't exactly in the plan. If there was one. Which there wasn't. Story of my life.

Three hours later and I've been hired as temporary help in the local veterinary and grooming clinic, which is kind of impressive since I know zip about animals and even less about grooming. But one thing I do know - I'm crushing hard on the sexy, absentminded vet for whom I work.

My life is a hot mess. The last thing I need is another relationship. Emmett pushes all my buttons, but he isn't out. He's overwhelmed with a business to run and a son to look after and the kind of domestic life I never thought I wanted.

I should walk away.

But Emmett believes in me, and I might just be starting to believe in myself. As different as we are, is it possible we're exactly what the other needs?

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Jay Hogan (P)2021 Tantor

Cute romance with some spice

Loved the narrator for Tai. So good. A cute romance with a single dad who’s a vet. Good listen.

Sweet and Spicy

I laughed and teared up! This book was really great. Equal level sweet and spice.

Lovely story and a great attempt

Tai and Emmet’s story was just lovely. Big ups to Gary Furlong for a sterling effort at a New Zealand accent. At first I thought he was
Australian trying to do a Kiwi accent but then discovered he’s Irish and I was even more impressed. As a Kiwi myself, I know it’s not an easy accent to get right. Great job.

So sweet

This one was so incredibly sweet. It was also hilarious. A true love story. I highly recommend!

Almost perfect (almost)

So I really like this audio book. in fact, the first half of it was perfect. I laughed till the point of crying at Ty's experiences in the veterinarian office. Emmitt's relationship with his son made my heart melt. The characters, all of them, were so well developed, actually some of the best I've seen. I felt like I knew all of them. It dealt with so much, love, loss, coming-out, and family with suprising skill and humor. Then, somewhere along the way a little, it lost a little bit of humor and became just too much...the big climax with Ty's ex Deion just seemed out of place. Not that crazy exes don't stalk and assault but it just didn't fit the flow and tenor of the story. Of course, the ending was lovely and fitting minus a strange decision to introduce a sexual kink tidbit at the end, which just seemed odd. But overall, I really enjoyed it..with the first half being some of the best I've ever read/heard and the narrators were A++++. So I recommend this story if not for the characters alone, they will stay with you.

Sweet

I really liked the two main characters, Emmett and Tai. Theirs was a sweet love story, but not quite an easy one.
The narrators were both very good, as usual with these two!

sweet romance

Good story and sweet characters. Love the narrators too. Happy that Tai discovered there is more to him than he was always made to feel.

Amazing

I loved the story line, the lonely Veterinary with a kid and the sexy club kid growing together to be a family. I cried so many times listening to this book. I would go back and forth between tears and a hardon. Excellent!!!

Unguarded

Unguarded: Vino & Veritas book #10: 4.75 ⭐️

This was another top tier book in the Vino & Veritas Series. A single widowed father, who is the town vet, and the man who happens to end up in Vermont after a bad break up with his controlling narcissistic ex boyfriend. I mean how could you not fall for them? Both being the comfort the other needs to move on and make the best out of their lives!

🐶Single Dad
🐶Widower
🐶Homeless
🐶Feminization
🐶Vet
🐶Valley Piercing
🐶Business in Touble
🐶Coming out

Emmet is a single father to his son Leo. He is also the local vet who recently lost his vet tech/ office manger, who may or may not have been tracking thing properly. Tai rolls into town with nothing but the clothes on his back, and unfortunately after clubbing in Boston that is not much. However, after rescuing a Sassy cat, Tai catches the eye of Emmet, and he can’t stop thinking about him. So when Briar says he has someone who can help him at the vet clinic he does not expect Tai to walk in.

Tai left his cheating ex for the final time and it a bit of a situation because everything he has was his exes. So he needs to figure out how to support himself, so he accepts the temporary job at the vet clinic. Only to find it was the very attractive man from the books store.

The connection and tension between these two were everything. Emmet was a Bisexual man no awakening, but only a few people in his life knew, well because he was married to a woman so he didn’t find the need she knew and that is what mattered. However, he has not dated since her. Tai was throwing his world upside down in the best was, and his son was also enjoying Tai’s presence in their life.

What I didn’t expect was something with Leo to be the turning point. I understand it, but Tai and Leo’s friendship was so strong, it got me. Then when he asked Leo to move in, my heart melted.

This book was so good and I know Japser’s book has to be coming soon. This is my favorite part of interconnected stand alone series, wanting the side characters books to get to know them more!

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Welcoming Story and Dream Narrators

After finding his long term boyfriend cheating, Ty drives all night. He ends up in snowy Vermont in only his club clothes with no winter coat, no suitcase and barely any money. He plans to stay for a week and then move somewhere else to start his life over. That’s until the small town takes him in permanently and he meets the man who steals his heart.

Trigger warning: Domestic violence with an ex and death of spouse

I bought this audio book before reading the very entertaining reviews because I heart both narrators and couldn’t wait to hear them together. Now that I’ve heard it, I strongly disagree with the reviewers who mostly gave a thumbs down to the narration. I loved Mr Toma and Mr Furlong’s performances! I thought they were cast in the perfect roles; like the characters were written with these two voice actors in mind. Sometimes I listen to books and imagine them as a movie or mini-series. This is the first book I imagined as a play. A really good one.

I fell love with Ty, Emmit, and Leo (Emmit’s kid). I wanted to hug them. They were perfect balance for each other. This is my favorite book by Jay Hogan that I have listened to so far. Heartwarming and funny. Miss Hogan did a great job of capturing the welcoming nature of the town in this series.