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Carolina Current #1

ALC provided by @mustloveaudio

Author: Erin Hawkins 

Narrators: Lucy Rivers and Alex Knox

Thanks, Erin and @mustloveaudio for the audiobook!

Summer’s been on the road for a while. Living in her van, she goes from city to city, doing odd jobs. She’s been in Coral Cove for a while and money is tight, so accepts a cockamamie job to cosplay as a mermaid at kid’s birthday party. When it goes horribly wrong, she’s rescued by a real life Prince Eric – Rory Shields, world champion swimmer and Coral Cove royalty. 

Soon their encounter turns into a friendship and when Rory realizes he needs a buffer to keep his family away, he asks Summer to play girlfriend. He’ll reciprocate by adding her to his health insurance. Knowing how manipulative his parents can be, she one-ups him and tells his parents they’re married!

Now they have to keep up the ruse and they’re living together. With Rory’s protective instincts kicking in, these two soon find themselves in a very real marriage. But can it last?

The audiobook is narrated dual style by Lucy Rivers and Alex Knox. I loved these two as ‘Wildflower’ and “Flipper’. Lucy’s performances are always spot on and we get a determined but vulnerable Summer. Alex’s warm, soothing voice encompasses the green life personified that is Rory. Lucy and Alex together create the warm, lovely (but spicy) vibes of this adorable couple. 

I always count on Erin when I want a feel-good story! She never shies away from hard topics but it’s all dealt with in such a delicate manner that it never feels heavy. 

I loved the team of swimmers, the female beachy version of Banksy, Edgar the pug, their meet cute, the slow burn, the sigh-inducing ‘my wife’ moments, the small town vibes. 

We do have some terrible parents, some team rivalry, a little bit of ex-girlfriend drama but we definitely get sunk deep into this romance. Adorable!

Content notes: MMC is recovering from a sports injury, toxic relationship with parents, gaslighting ex-boyfriend, financial insecurity, chronic illness (FMC has severe asthma)