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Begin with Me

Chaotic Love, Book 1

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Begin with Me

By: Claudia Burgoa
Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Muffy Newtown
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From the outside, Abby’s life looks like a fairytale.

Loving family, wealthy lifestyle, education at a prestigious university. The truth? She’s barely managing to survive. Few know the nightmare she lived before she was adopted. And no one knows the secret agony that still haunts her nightmares.

With a degree from Berkeley, she could have gone anywhere, but she’s back in Colorado. Not for a fresh start—fresh starts are only an illusion—but for Wes Ahern. Her protector, who throws around words like “therapy” and “talk to me.” Her brother in every way but blood. The one man she wishes could be so much more.

But does she dare let Wes see inside the darkest closets of her pain…or will love be the biggest mistake of her life?

An inspirational and emotional contemporary romance, Begin with You is a heartbreaking tale of fresh starts and old wounds. This jarring and dark novel will leave listeners at the edge of their seats. This is part one of a duet, thus containing a cliffhanger that leads into the next installment. It contains references to childhood trauma, rape, kidnapping, and PTSD.

©2018 Claudia Burgoa (P)2022 Claudia Burgoa Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance

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Claudia Burgoa takes you on an emotional rollercoaster ride with her first book of her “Chaotic Love” duet. This book is captivating from start to end and it leaves you wanting more, or rather needing the next book, pronto. The characters are realistic, easy to connect with and easy to care about. The Aherns have two sons, Weston “Wes” who they fostered when he was young and then adopted and their own son, Sterling, and have fostered other children over the years. They placed Abigail “Abby” in foster care after they removed her from a horrific home life and the Aherns were kind enough to take her in and accepted her with open arms. She did not feel like she belonged there or deserved to be there, but Wes helped her settle in, since he understood how it felt to be placed with a family, though he or the Ahern’s knew what she endured before coming there. Wes and Abby become best of friends, she never talks about what happened to her but Wes knows it was bad because she has nightmares and anxiety attacks. Abby finishes college and Wes is stuck working at his father’s company, despite wanting to do something else. He has been wanting Abby to come back to Denver, which she finally does, and the two grow even closer. Both harbored feelings for one another but never made a move until now, he is finally ready to and it goes well for them both. Coming back to Denver triggers Abby’s her nightmares and anxiety, Wes tried to get her to talk about it, but she wasn’t ready because she was afraid he would think less of her. When it gets worse and he convinces her to open up, and hearing what she went through was gut-wrenching. Wes wants to help and get the people who are responsible, but it is all too much for her and she considers running. But that is not what happens in the end and wow, I was not expecting that mind-blowing ending. Abby was right all along and her past has caught up to her. There is never a dull moment in this cleverly plotted story, there is plenty of drama, angst, heartfelt emotions, mystery, thrilling and suspenseful moments, and a slow burn, friends to lovers romance. Claudia Burgoa, thank you for another amazing story and emotional rollercoaster ride.

🎧📚🎧 And for the fantastic narration, Jason Clarke and Muffy Newtown did an amazing job portraying these characters and did so with a complete understanding of who they were and were believable in every role they played. Newtown played Abby’s role with perfection, grasping all sides of her personality, including insecurities, inner battles and her strength and determination, and Clarke nailed it as Wes, as the caring, genuine and understanding man that he was. Both were great performing the roles of the secondary characters too. They set the perfect tone, captured all the character’s emotions and projected them into their performance and had you feeling every single one. These versatile voice artists are entertaining storytellers and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for another amazing listen.

Gripping, Emotional & Intense~Great Story & Listen

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