When You Smile

De: Melissa Brayden

Narrado por: Lula Larkin

Have you ever had a crush on your babysitter? Taryn Ross sure did. Sixteen-year-old Charlotte was sophisticated, thoughtful, gorgeous, and fun. Taryn counted the minutes until they’d hang out. But Charlotte and her family moved away. Now a transfer student at Hillspoint University, Taryn is ready to officially come out when she runs into a familiar face at a party. Charlie, now a grad student, insists on walking a drunk Taryn home. To the detriment of Taryn’s heart (and libido), Charlie has only grown kinder (and hotter) with time.

Charlie Adler has a five-year plan: finish her MFA without any hiccups, survive a difficult breakup with her ex, and become an acclaimed fiction writer. Easy, right? That is until Taryn shows up at Hillspoint and shakes up her world like a snow globe. This Taryn is different: soulful, brooding, and all grown up. Charlie’s never been attracted to a woman before, and isn’t dating your one-time charge against the rules? If only their toe-curling, mind-dulling, body-aching chemistry would calm the hell down.

©2024 Melissa Brayden (P)2024 Bold Strokes Book Inc

Such a sweet story

This is a read I rerun to again and again. I love that we get quite a bit of time with them being blissfully happy together. And I love that they are each other’s biggest fans. Such an aspirational live.

And I adore Lula Larkin’s narration!

Cutesy Self Discovery and Love

This was cute. The characters are funny and they blend together nicely once their story progresses. The conflict wasn’t as awful as it could’ve been (I hate unnecessary miscommunication tropes) and the ending was cute.

Sensational

As always, Melissa delivers. What more do I need to say!
Ready for the next release!!

Love love!

Great reading/listening. Voice was actually definitely a great addition to this one. I look forward to another go round.

A fav narrator reading a fav author = Must Get!

Lula Larkin does it again - superb performance of a romance book! Let me preface this expressing my frustration that, as a member, I cannot "follow" a narrator like I can "follow" an author. So I every time I want to know if L. Larkin has performed a book, I have to do a search. And I conduct searches on an every-other-day basis for her performances. So as soon as this audiobook dropped, in my cart, then playing on my mobile device.
And the performance, as always, was superb. I easily fall into the work and so appreciate the nuances of the performance such that the emotions of the characters - both primary and secondary - come to life as the story unfolds.
The novel itself is a departure from this author's usual fare with the college setting and young/new adult-aged characters. But, as ever with M. Brayden books, I do get caught up in the "angsty" roller-coaster romance ride with the well-developed characters and well-paced plot. Enjoyed on the first read, will enjoy on the re-reads!

Great storyline

Enjoyed everything, the banter, sense of humor and the love felt between the two. Story line was great

When you smile, made me smile.

Loved the story and the chemistry between the 2 characters. The narrator kept me interested the writer kept me invested. I literally found myself smiling a lot while listening. I can’t recommend this book enough.

I loved the dinamic between the two leading ladies. And the babysitter arc later in life is so hot.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the fact that Terran didn't tell Charlie about the subtle threat from Danny's mom. I felt that it would have been more interesting to see the two navigate that situation together.

This needs to be a rom-com ASAP!!

This may be Melissa’s best novel yet…wow!!! I loved these two so much ❤️🥰❤️‍🔥 I seriously need this to be a movie or play or something!

Sweet story!

I really enjoyed this story. Melissa Brayden does it again! And Lula Larkin never misses.