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The Safe Bet

By: Brittney Sahin
Narrated by: Jason Clarke,Ava Lucas
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She's there to plan the military ball - not to fall for the Marine in charge.

Michael Maddox thinks he has his life under control. No attachments, no relationships - he's too busy transforming his knack for military intelligence into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But when headstrong event planner Kate Adams comes barreling into his life, everything changes.

From the moment she arrives in Charlotte, Kate is tongue-tied by Michael. She's never fallen for a client before, but then she's never had a client like him - sleek, hard, and impenetrable as steel.

While Kate struggles to keep her distance, a stalker sends her tumbling more deeply into Michael's world. The handsome Marine is equipped and willing to protect her, and yet, Kate finds herself more terrified than ever in his care. For as they grow closer, she realizes that Michael has his own secret past. And while he might save her life, he will surely break her heart.

A stand-alone romantic mystery with no cliffhanger and a happily-ever-after.

©2015 Brittney Sahin (P)2021 Brittney Sahin

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Plus catalog worthy

The only thing special about this book is Jason’s narration, not even the love scenes were memorable. Not worth a credit to me. Books like this are perfect for the plus catalog.

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Exceptional Story

Michael Maddox is no ordinary man.  Complicated, confusing, broody, and yet his generosity to his fellow vets and their lives is immeasurable.  He’s all about giving back.  And his love for his sister is unending.  But his past is a demon he can’t outrun.  But when he meets the stunning event planner, Kate Adams, that his sister hired for his upcoming charity ball, he’s left with feelings he can’t manage. Their attraction is evident but he can’t chance it.  She deserves more.  But when Kate finds herself with a stalker and her painful past close behind, the warrior and protector in Micheal comes out.  He’ll protect Kate with his life. 

Clarke and Lucas do an amazing job narrating.  Lucas reveals the heartbreak of Kate’s past and the hurt of loving a man not available.  Clarke delivers the haunted Maddox with precision.  They transition with characters so effortlessly. 

Amazing Audiobook!

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suspense and romance

Take an ex-marine turned billionaire who doesn't do relationships. An event coordinator planning a fundraiser for vets who doesn't do one-night stands. Add in a stalker, some twists, and Jason Clarke's voice and you get a great Romantic Suspense audio!

This is lighter in the suspense than this author's Stealth Ops series so a great listen when you want something less technical.

Jason Clarke has always had a hot voice but he really shines in this format where there are multiple male characters, he is excellent at making them all unique. Such a pro. (But warning, he doesn't have a lot of chapters in the first half but then equal in the second half of the book)

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Female narrator was bad.

I love the story but the female narrator wasn’t god. No emotion in her voice. Jason Clarke was god as always.

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Good romantic suspense story

I really enjoyed listening to this romantic suspense story which was wonderfully narrated by Jason Clarke and Ava Lucas. Loved their performances in bringing this story and all the characters to life.

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I wanted to like it, but….

The story is a good one and interesting enough to finish, but this girl, the MFC, she is really dense. She’s being stalked but thinks is a joke, then she’s be protected but rebels, then she can’t obviously have some patience or compassion with a vet that obviously has ptsd. She thinks everything is about her, only her all the story. There’s nothing about her to fall in love with her.

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Jason Clarke narration plus ex-marines & suspense

Found this while searching for Jason Clarke narrations. Really liked the ex-military, alpha male, suspense, romance, hea story and will purchase the rest of the books in the series and look for others by B.Sahin. As far as the narration, I liked Ava Lucas for the female characters (Kate and Michael's sister), but not so much for the male characters. I wanted to hear Jason Clarke's deep, rich, sexy voice narrate more of the chapters, especially those featuring Jake and Connor, Michael's marine buddies.

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Not this author’s best work.

I didn’t like these characters at all. The story w as all over the place and not very interesting.

Jason Clarke did a wonderful narration as always. He’s the only reason I was able to finish this book.

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Not my favorite

Although the narrators were good and it had a decent plot, I found the actual writing to be uninspired and bland, and the characters to be unimaginative and flat.

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Fantastic story

Love the story line, Michael & Kate are great characters & I love Jake’s character in the series. I didn’t however enjoy the female effort of the male voice. It was a bit cringy.

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