No Simple Lie: The Brothers of Calloway Creek: The McQuaids
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Early Evidence Profile
A widow and single mother arrives in Calloway Creek as the new girl in town, taking a new job and moving into a company house while fighting her in-laws for custody of her son. The stability she is trying to build is complicated by her gorgeous next-door neighbor, Hudson McQuaid—a wealthy, notorious playboy who is also her new gynecologist. Everyone in town warns her to stay away from Hudson, but she sees a side of him that they do not.
What begins as flirtation and a welcome distraction from her heartache soon develops into something more, forcing them to confront boundaries that could have serious consequences. As their feelings deepen, the relationship threatens her job, her security, and the future she is working so hard to protect. No Simple Lie is a standalone neighbors-to-lovers romance in the McQuaid Brothers series, centered on the question of whether attraction and trust can survive the complications surrounding them.
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- Stephen Dexter appears on at least 3 other verified audiobook editions in our catalog.
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Our Take
The book sits most naturally in romance territory, and the strongest supported details help set expectations for that kind of story. For the audiobook, there is enough recording-specific support to add a meaningful performance view for Stephen Dexter in Narrator Experience. Verified recognition adds another positive point of context, although the recommendation still rests on the qualities of the work and, where supported, the recording itself.
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Runtime & Edition Details
- Runtime
- 10 hours and 2 minutes
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Publisher
- Samantha Christy
- Audiobook release date
- March 6, 2024
- Language
- English
- ASIN
- B0CX9J8CFR
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