Hard Stuff #2
Audiobook, Audible
Authors: Misha Bell, Anna Zaires and Dima Zales
Narrators: Ava Erickson – epilogue by Teddy Hamilton
Bella Chortsky is a sex toy developer. A very successful one. She also likes to try her own product. So one day, she is walking her dog Bonaparte (“Boner”, for short) in the park while she is trying out her improved Kegel balls. The last thing she expected was that her chihuahua would fall in instalust with a ginormous dog and manage to hump her! Add to all this that the dog’s owner is one hunk of a man and Bella sees herself in the middle of a massive orgasm (those damn balls work!!) induced by the sight of him. In the midst of the mayhem, her “meditation ball” (she’s calling them that and sticking to it!!) falls to the floor and Winnie immediately eats it! The outraged owner had already demanded that Boner be tested for STDs because he assaulted his precious dog and now this. Now that’s a meet cute!
But, as in true romantic comedy fashion, Bella loses the cup where Dragomir Lamian wrote his phone number and she can’t contact him re the test results. Or anything else.
Bella goes on about her life (even though she does try to find him in the park) and it’s time to meet her new investor. She goes to the meeting to pitch her new VR suit (yes, this is going to be a very special VR suit, ladies and gentlemen!) and guess who the potential investor is! Dragomir, who demands immediately that they leave the meeting and go test Boner!
Bella is completelty smitten by the mysterious Dragomir and she’s been having all sorts of crazy thoughts: is he from the Russian mafia? Is he married? Why can’t she find anything about him anywhere?
I loved these characters! Bella is a hoot! She’s a ventriloquist and she uses that to give voice to Boner and he’s got a French accent and everything. I loved all the Russian superstitions under the sun and found out that quite a few of them also belong to my own culture.
When we find out who Dragomir really is, it’s more fun than you’d expect. He’s perfect for the Elsa from Frozen super-fan!
Super-fun read! It’s book 2 in a series but it can definitely be read as a standalone.
Superb narration by Ava Erickson with an added epilogue by the wonderful Teddy Hamilton.
