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Tempting

Red Lips & White Lies, Book 1

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Tempting

By: Bella Matthews
Narrated by: Lance Greenfield, Erin Mallon, Ava Erickson
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From USA Today and Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Fake Dating, Teach Me, Spicy Sports Romance.

A little white lie never hurt anyone . . . or so I thought.

One fake date and we’d go our separate ways, at least that’s how hockey’s hottest golden boy—Nixon Sinclair—convinced me this would work. But it turns out, Nix had other plans.

Now I’m sneaking around with my brother’s teammate, refusing to admit he’s everything I want but never knew I needed.

Irresistibly dirty mouth—Check.

Panty-meltingly possessive—Check. Check.

Toe-curling lessons in the bedroom—Check. Check. Triple Check.

But when fun leads to feelings, our little white lie starts to feel a little too real.

And if I’m not careful, I’ll be the one hurt in the end.

©2024 Bella Matthews (P)2024 Bella Matthews
Contemporary Sports Fake Relationship Hockey
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Great story, sp!cy, s3xy!
There can nothing go wrong when you combine it with sports romance.

Nixon and Kenzi are a perfect couple. Kenzi doesn't know how awsome she is, but Nixon saw it the first time they met.

I definitely wanna know about the rest of the huge family.

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Love these narrators

This was ok for a low angst, light hearted romance. I would definitely classify this as a palate cleanser listen. Not much depth to this story but we get another installment from the Kroydon Hills gang so it was nice to catch up with everyone. It was hard to build up tension when these families / group of friends have all intermingled in some way or other already. I did love Kenzie’s secret thoughts and the Philly press reporting that cut up the chapters.

The audio performances were great and full of emotion. The narrators are a huge part of what kept me engaged for this short listen. Extra points for adding a third narrator to cameo!! Production and performances were top tier!!

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Loved the female narrators

The Red Lips and White Lies series got off to a flying start with Tempting and the possible union between two scions of the leading families of Kroyden Hills. Nixon, a member of sporting royalty, the Sinclairs and by his own merit an ice hockey star has had an itch for Mackenzie Hayes, only daughter of Senator Beckett Kingston since they were teenagers, and he first saw her in a bikini. Now doctor Kenzie is back home its time to make his move and when he finds being harassed by a fellow doctor he steps in and declares himself her boyfriend.

Neither Kenzie nor Nixon were looking for love, but it gradually crept up on them as he gave her lessons in love. The chemistry between them was seriously sizzling. They’d been friends for years, but it had been more of long distance/part of the same group thing with Kenzie away for college and then her studies as a doctor, so it seemed natural that their relationship progressed with none of the awkwardness there might’ve been if they’d grown up in close proximity. Despite this ease, there were so many obstacles in their path, the largest being Kenzie’s overprotective brother Easton who just also happened to be Nix’s team captain. Their story was told from dual points of view with no major dramas or cheating, just a menagerie of larger-than-life friends and family members all more than ready to meddle in their budding romance…... although they’d call it giving the benefit of their experience and usually via their infamous group texts! If you’re looking for a sweet but extremely spicy love story with fabulous family dynamics, wonderful characters, and a whole lot of love then I recommend paying a visit to Kroyden Hill but be prepared to stay awhile. Honestly, you won’t want to leave.

This was a shorter audiobook than I usually listen to but that in no way affected my enjoyment of Tempting. With triple narration provided by Lance Greenfield and Erin Mallon voicing the hero and heroine while Ava Erickson brought up the rear voicing the secondary characters, there was a steady flow to their performances with both Erin and Ava easily able to switch between voicing male/female roles. I did feel that Lance seemed to stress or overemphasis certain words as if he was adding exclamation marks for dramatic effect which did get to be a bit annoying but not enough that I felt I had to switch off.

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Sweet romance

Ahh this was such a sweet story. There’s something quite endearing about a childhood friends to lovers trope. I loved the easy banter Nix and Kenzie had, there is very little drama but lots of love and laughter. The narrators do a fab job of bringing the story to life.

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Sweet, Fun, and Passionate!

This is the first book in the Red Lips & White Lies Series, a Sports Romance. Nixon/Nix and Kenzie's story is sweet, fun, passionate, and entertaining. They are perfect together. The supporting characters are interesting. Some scenes are hilarious! I liked the brotherhood, and the friendship in the story. The narrators did an excellent job bringing this story to life. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to listening to Redeeming, the next book in the series.

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Swoony

This was such a sweet and swoony romance.
I absolutely love how fast paced this romance was. Nixon & Kenzie have amazing chemistry & passion, pair that with their almost life long friendship and you have the start of an incredible romance.
I love all of the friendships in this book, I love the snark and banter, as well as the emotional and inspirational moments. I am absolutely hooked and can’t wait for the next story.
The narration was absolutely incredible.

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Amazing listen

Bella done it again, I never not loved one of her books but this one was addictive I couldn’t stop listening. I love how all books link in some way and I love coming back to characters.

I loved how they was much drama, I loved when there was it wasn’t dragged out. I loved Nixon so much and thought he brought out the best in Kenzie.

I loved the way they overcome their different careers choices with timing and I thought they made it work.

One of my favourites.

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heartstoppingly good

tempting is just perfection. the emotion bleeds through and made this reader choke up in more than a few places. the characters are voiced to perfection and I have a new love for this story. keep em coming in my opinion

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Loved it

Loved the book loved the audible even more
OMG WHAT AN AUDIOBOOK!!!!!!
Devoured it! Couldn’t stop listening to it!
Bella has seriously smashed it with the first book of this series and Kenzie and Nixon did not disappoint!
I’m sorry to say but move over Easton and Ares and make way for Nixon because he’s just over taken you both and RUN way past you! How did Bella create Nixon to take over the god of war - I have no idea!!

Great narrators - loved kenzie and Nixon - cannot wait for the next one to hit audible

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