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The Summer #5

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Author: Elizabeth O’Roarke 

Narrators: Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke

When Daisy comes home to see her mom per her request, she realizes she can’t stay with her. The reason she came home was her mom’s divorce, but her stepfather is pretty much still in the picture and she can’t stand him, with reason. So, she flees, but instead of going home to DC, she goes to Harrison’s – her uncle’s best friend – hoping to crash there. She assumes he won’t be there as he is supposedly in LA with his new girlfriend. Well, he’s not. Harrison is pretty much holed up at home, hiding behind a bottle, licking the wounds from a messy divorce and avoiding his friends. Daisy has no problem blackmailing him – let her stay or she’ll tell everyone. So, she stays, and Harrison is horrified that little Daisy is not a little girl anymore. She’s 21 and all woman. She’s the sunshine he always craved in his life. And Daisy has always loved him most of all. Lines will be blurred, feelings will get complicated, truths will come out,  but two soulmates always find a way to each other. 

Narrated in duet by Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke, who are perfectly cast here. Samantha brings the young, sassy, vibrant but vulnerable Daisy to life and Jason is definitely the perfect choice for the broody, grumpy but totally smitten (and tortured by it) Harrison. Amazing audio!

Yes, there is an 11-year age gap and he’s known her all her life but there is no ick factor here AT ALL. This IS indeed the summer Harrison is first seeing Daisy as the woman she became, and she is the woman of his dreams. 

A wonderful ending for an amazing series! Thank you, Elizabeth, for allowing me to listen to it early!

Content notes: mentions of cheating (not MCs), gaslighting, mental illness, abortion, teenage pregnancy, child abandonment