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Name in Lights #4

ALC provided by author

Author: Kayley Loring

Narrators: Erin Mallon and Brandon Francis

Thanks, Kayley, for the ALC!

I was delighted to see that Kayley was taking us back to the Name in Lights universe! 

Elijah and Cleo were in film school together and almost had a ‘thing’. But Cleo left Elijah hanging, waiting for her in a hotel room and she sort of became, to his utter annoyance, the ‘one who got away”. He ended up doing okay, though. He got married, had a beautiful son and then divorced his wife, with whom he’s still friends. His seven year old boy, Paxton, may disagree as he is worried his dad is lonely. 

We fast forward to a kid’s birthday party where Cleo is the entertainer. Paxton sees and opportunity and hires her to perform at an upcoming party. She finds it adorable and says yes. See, Paxton is a smart kid and what he really wants is for Cleo to be his dad’s “plus person”.  We all know where this is going, right? And we all know we will all get there laughing and kicking our feet in a way only Kayley can make us do. 

This is second chance / enemies to lovers / holiday novella is delightful, steamy, funny and incredibly heartwarming ( The AWWWWW I let out when I found out why Cleo never went to Elijah’s hotel room could be heard all over the land! )

We can always count on Kayley to also deliver top tier audiobooks and we definitely have one here. This one is narrated duet style by the lovely and ever-so-talented Erin Mallon and new to Kayleyverse Brandon Francis. Erin got a character tailor made for her and she’s perfect as Cleo (and Paxton!). Brandon, welcome to the world of fart jokes, snark and swoon! You hit the ground running and fit right in! 

I loved this one! It has all the signature Kayleyisms, with a grumpy but sexy single dad, a quirky heroine, an adorable seven-year-old matchmaker and – to my utter delight – the return of The Lazy Wingmen! 

Happy Holidays! May your stockings be full of the good sticky notes!