Dirty Letters

De: Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward

Narrado por: Andi Arndt, Jacob Morgan

2021 Audie Award Winner for Best Romance Audiobook

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post best seller

From New York Times best-selling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes an unexpected love story that started with a boy and girl and heats up when the man and woman reconnect.

I’d never forgotten him - a man I’d yet to meet.

Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became best friends, sharing our deepest, darkest secrets and forming a connection I never thought could break.

Until one day, it did.

Then, out of the blue, a new letter arrived. A scathing one - one with eight years of pent-up anger. I had no choice but to finally come clean as to why I stopped writing.

Griffin forgave me, and somehow we were able to rekindle our childhood connection. Only now we were adults, and that connection had grown to a spark. Our letters quickly went from fun to flirty to downright dirty, revealing our wildest fantasies. So it only made sense that we would take our relationship to the next level and see each other in person.

Only Griff didn’t want to meet. He asked that I trust him and said it was for the best. But I wanted more - more Griff, in the flesh - so I took a big chance and went looking for him. People have done crazier things for love.

But what I found could change everything.

©2019 Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Jacob Morgan and Andi Arndt share the narration of this highly charged romance.... Morgan and Arndt both emote as their characters exchange "dirty letters" and sexual taunts that grow steamier and more erotic, including descriptions of BDSM sex play." --AudioFile Magazine

"An anxious, agoraphobic heroine takes center stage in this optimistic contemporary from Keeland and Ward...Griffin and Luca’s letters are endearing and believably intimate.... Readers motivated to see this unlikely heroine succeed will forgive the more fantastical indulgences of this light, escapist romance." --Publishers Weekly

OH MY HEART.. MY HEART

What an emotionally gripping, romantic and heartachingly beautiful love story you two gifted authors have written.. about two pen pals who lost touch with each other in their teens and how their new rekindled adult letter-writing turns into a sexy ‘n sweet fairytale of a romance. From the story, I felt the hopelessness, the frustration, the anxiety and the optimistic anticipation because it oozes from your well-crafted pages as twenty-five yr old agoraphobic Luca mentally wrestles with her phobia while she bravely takes step after step outside her comfort zone for love. And Griffin is a Rockstar in more ways than one as Luca takes her tentative steps towards their future, Griffin is so supportive, deserving and eager to do whatever it takes to be right by her side, hold her hand, slay her demons and unconditionally love her forever. However, their journey isn’t easy, it won’t be won in a day and it won’t be without it’s heartbreaking pitfalls and challenges.. but it will be oh so worth it in the end.

Worth a credit? This is a gem of a love story and yes, so worth a credit.. it’s got romance, tender sentiments, touching words, sex, a couple of endearing secondary characters, a drop of humor.. and even a pet pig. Clean it up a wee bit and it’d make a great Disney Romance movie.. but the excellent dual POV narration by Andi and Jason guaranteed it’d be a glorious 5 star listen.

True Love.

Dear Penelope & Vi,

Oh, my baby Jesus!!!! I am pretty impress about this story! I love Luca how she keep going forward and doing her best to LIVE IT!!! As, Griffin does the same! Now, the title is not what you think, it’s so much more. I don’t think it’s dirty at all to be honest. This is just a sweet and beautifully written. It kicked up a notch when you have the audio narrators: Andi Arndt & Jacob Morgan!!!! Thanks.

Your reader,
Val

P.S. This story gives hope for people struggling with anxiety.

Touched my heart

I don't usually write a review, but the people in this story touched my heart and I loved it. Maybe because it seemed to be written from the heart. Probably silly to say since two authors worked in tandem to create such a lovely experience for me. So . . . thank you. I have read and enjoyed other books by this duo and will be looking forward to cozying up to savor others.

Overall good read

there were times the female lead character was difficult to listen to. A few times I was willing her to pull up her big girls panties and "just get over it" but i think that was the authors point. When you suffer from a condition after a tragedy you can't "just get over it" it takes time, patience and work. Up to the point where Luka and Griffen meet face to face I don't think Luka had anything in her life she wanted badly enough to challenge her fears. We all have fears and set backs. it is what we choose to do with those fears that defines us.
There were some funny moments; Griffen had a fantastic sense of humor and the narration was wonderful.
worth a credit.

the full experience

i think the sign of true talent is when an author is able, with her words, to make a reader/listener cry/laugh as if inviting them to be part of this temporary reality.....these authors bring it....to the nth degree for me in this book.....loved getting to experience life via Griffin and luca......love this book and the talent of these authors

PEN PALS

GREAT BOOK , loved this story. Luca a woman who had a harrying experience of losing her best friend at a concert where a mod trying to flee a fire ran over her friend and killed her. Luca never could forgive herself for not saving her friend. The event left her with extreme panic attacks which she was receiving counseling for. Before the Death of her friend she was corresponding with her Pen Pal after she couldn't deal with doing anything. LUCA found an old letter from her Pen Pal when she went to get her deceased father's things in order to sell his home.. Andi Arndt and Jacob Morgan are two excellent narrators and can really make a book when doing the reading.

Love it probably my favorite audio book

Love the performance, the British accent, and the feeling put into every word of the story. The story is beautifully written. I listen to this again and again. I love everything about this audio book.

Wow! This is my new favorite book. 🍻

I enjoyed this book so much. I have laughed, cried and felt all of the emotions from the characters which I think makes this book so special ❤. This is a complete story and finally no cliffhangers .

Unique insight~

I truly enjoy books by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. I love humor in my romances and these two just...omg...they go beyond it directly and cheekily.

Griffin and Luca's story starts off super cute. Who remembers the time of pen pals? With actual paper, pen/pencil/crayon/marker, envelope, and stamp??? The friendship that built and carried over to high school is adorable. They had crushes on each other, but, like mentioned in the book, being so far away from each other granted them the opportunity to be frank. They lived their lives going through boyfriend, girlfriends, sex, etc. However, an unfortunate accident caused Luca to abruptly stop the friendship with Griffin.

The one thing I love about this story is identifying and educating about a mental health issue. It hits home with me personally. Staying in the present is very difficult. A lot of stories are about individuals who don't have mental issues that go beyond what a "regular" person can handle. I felt like I was in both Luca and Griffin's worlds and understood their thoughts. Keeland and Ward give just a taste of agoraphobia and major anxiety. It seems like they try to not focus on being deep and instead show positive moments. For example, Luca can only go grocery shopping in the middle of the night. Con: No public exposure means no practice with being in places with people. Pro: While she can't really socialize, she does make a friend with the cashier. Plus Griffin liked having a sense of normalcy for once when he shopped with her. For Luca, anything to do with Griffin is a plus.

Griffin is very open-minded about her condition and does his best to distract her and come up with solutions on how to cope. With his experience as a celebrity, he can relate to Luca in a way and he's certainly not intimidated by it. He does get naturally frustrated (to which Luca completely understands), but he doesn't give up on her, even when she hurt him again. He is a wonderful support for her and only guides her to move forward despite her fears.

*Spoiler* Doc felt like he was my psychologist. The words ring true. His passing was pretty abrupt, but I think it makes sense because, like Luca says, life can be gone in an instant and sometimes you won't be able to say goodbye properly. The red cardinal was a nice touch. :-)

I wish I could go on and on about the book, but just read it for yourself. Worth the purchase! :-)

Beautiful REAL Fairytale

This was an AMAZING story! I was completely enthralled and saddened when it had to come to an end. It will be hard to follow up❣️