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For Real

By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Paul Berton, John Hartley
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Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. Six years on from his last relationship, he's pushing 40 and tired of going through the motions of submission. Then he meets Toby Finch. Nineteen years old. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can't remember being.

Toby doesn't know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. But he knows, with all the certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. He wants him on his knees. He wants to make him hurt, he wants to make him beg, he wants to make him fall in love. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won't surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have - no matter how right it feels - can't last. It can't mean anything. It can't be real.

©2015 Alexis Hall (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

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Superb narration for superb story

As much as I enjoy reading Alexis Hall's excellent prose, this time I enjoyed hearing it even more. These narrators brought the characters to life by dramatizing the story, not merely reading Hall's beautifully literate prose.

I highly recommend this production, and know I will listen to it many times.

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AUDIOBOOK PERFECTION. STORY PERFECTION

OH MY GOD. I LOVED this story. HIGHLY HIGHLY recommended in audiobook format - the two narrators were just perfect.

I loved this book - Laurie, who is 37 years old and still trying to move past his relationship with his ex 6 years later, who hates the words sub and dom but is a sub who craves that pain and humiliation and being told what to do, who falls into this thing with a much younger man, and who does everything to avoid love and boyfriends and partners, and yet finds himself with all of that anyway.

And Toby. TOBBBBYYYYY. I just wanted to wrap him up in blankets, feed him, hug him, and tell him that everything would be alright. Toby is 19, trying to figure out what to do with his life, and falls completely in love with Laurie. He's new to kink, but he knows what he wants - knows he's a dom, knows what he wants with Laurie.

The chemistry between these two is insanely hot, and the emotion and little moments between the two is everything. And the kinks that they share - what they both need in the bedroom, just meshes so perfectly well with the other. I LOVED THIS BOOK.

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Excellent story

Well, I not only read the book over the last week, but I listened to the audio as well. The narrators are two that I don't remember listening to before, John Hartley and Paul Berton. Their voice characters was inspired, and I loved their accents which brought the characters even more alive. I felt that I could actually see Toby and Laurie at times, and I ached for their awkwardness and I cried with them as they navigated through the beginnings of a new, unusual relationship. I'm glad they were able to overcome their obstacles and be happy. A truly well-written story and totally worth a credit.

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Captivating

I really enjoyed this book. Great story, well written. The characters so different yet so comparable to each other.

The narration was well done

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Amazing

I love the story, the narrators made it incredible, don't want it to end. Highly recommended

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For the love of all that’s holy!!!

Alexis Hall has done it again! Wow is the only thing I can say. This book is one of the most beautiful and well written BDSM stories I have ever read. Then add to that it is a perfect representation of MM love. THEN add to that some of the most sexy hot dirty sex scenes. THEN ADD TO THAT the impeccable character development and amazing writing and you get this book. Holy hell please read this story and fall in love with Toby and Laurie you will enjoy every second of it

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Amazing

This is my favorite story! I love both narrators and the love story. I would listen to this over and over again. Toby and Laurie forever!

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Get this right now!

I loooooooooved this book when I first read it. And now I love it even more. John and Paul's voices were absolutely stunning, true to the character I pictured, and had me swooning with love for these characters all over again.
This is one I will listen to over and over again!

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Soft lovely story

A hot chocolate is suitable. The best listen time is midnight. Well sounds like I get all my experience in a vicarious way. Life is too real. Let’s just enjoy this safe fantasy.

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A story about a relationship, pure and simple

This little gem took me by surprise. At the core of it, it simply is about a new relationship while dealing with the past. Nothing new in and of itself. But the internal dialogue of each character, Lori and Tobi, gives you insight into how they think and the other characters perception. Both Lori and Tobi give each other what the other needs, yet both hold back something. It is getting at the “something”, the obstacle, that drives the story. It is a M/m story with BDSM Dom/sub, it is graphic but not violent. While the intimate scenes are many, it rarely felt gratuitous, as the scenes focused on what the intimacy brought to Lori and Tobi. Tobi is 19 and just discovering his sexuality, Lori is 37 and still hasn’t gotten over his longtime relationship that ended 6 yrs ago. It’s the coming together of a relationship that slowly builds overtime time. Both narrators did an excellent job narrating the story. Highly recommend if this is your style of story. I had no idea what to expect, as it came recommended to me and I bought it without reading the summary, hence the surprise. But I liked it a lot and it was good.

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