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The Bradens of Ridgeport #1

ALC provided by Must Love Audio and ARC provided by the author 

Author: Melissa Foster

Narrators: Savannah Peachwood and Christian Fox

When Clay ‘Mr. Perfect’ Braden’s friend asks him to go to Paris to watch Johnny Bad’s farewell concert, he only accepts it because he finds out that Dr. Pepper Montgomery is going with her family for the event. The dreamy quarterback has been pining for the scientist for a while now but she magically disappears every time he is around. 

Pepper can’t say no to going to see her twin sister’s band open for Bad Reputation and she basically ran out of excuses. And it’s Paris! Who says no to Paris? She would never hear the end of it. She had no idea, though, that the man who makes her want to forget work and throw caution to the wind was also going to be there. A girl can only resist so much. A few drinks, the City of Lights, that gorgeous man… She can let her hair down for one day and be… Reckless. 

I wasn’t ready for Clay Braden! I should’ve been, after all he’s a Braden, but when Melissa created ‘Mr.Perfect’, she was not joking. Pepper never stood a chance. This book is swoony, lighthearted, without losing Melissa’s special gift of touching on serious subjects with a delicate hand. 

The audiobook  will have you dizzy with all the swooning. Narrated dual style in first person POV by Savannah Peachwood and Christian Fox, it’s unputdownable. Savannah does an incredible job portraying the skittish scientist who finally dips her toes into being Reckless (capital  R there). Christian’s voice is everything you could hope for when you have a character that goes by Mr. Perfect. The swagger, the cockiness, but most of all, the tenderness Clay has for Piper are all there in his performance. ALL the stars. 

As it always happens in Melissa’s books, we have the families. These two families – The Montgomerys and the Bradens – have a place in my heart and I loved catching up with beloved characters. It can, though, be read as a standalone. 

Thanks, Melissa and Must Love audio! I had a ball!