I'll Be Home...

De: Tate James, Heather Long

Narrado por: Michelle Sparks, Lucas Webley

They say you can never go back…

‘Course, I never wanted to return. It took me years to age out. Once I made it, I took off and never turned around.

Trust me, there were only three reasons I managed to survive there as long as I did and they abandoned me as soon as they were able. I’d like to say I didn’t blame them, but that would be a lie.

I had zero desire to return. Yet here I was, on the road to Northland chasing a story cause my editor told me kids were disappearing… again.

It doesn’t matter what I want, I’m taking the fastest route to the darkest part of my past.

And then I’ll be home…

*Please note this is a reverse harem and the authors suggest you always read the foreword in their books. Contains some dark elements, mature situations, and is definitely intended for 18+. This is a standalone and if you're very good, the elves might even bring it sooner than Christmas.

©2023 Heather Long and Tate James (P)2024 Heather Long and Tate James

The Christmas humor

I usually hate books that take place around Christmas time because of the sappy predictable stuff but this book had me chuckling like a look at times. The story was pretty good and the characters were funny. The book was extra spicy to the point that I felt like that overshadowed the story slightly but overall I really enjoyed it. The voice actors did a wonderful job job

such an awesome story all around

the narration, the storyline, the characters, even the anti heroes were all wrapped up in such a pretty little gift of a story. Stand- alone and full length with a HEA. Great reverse harem with the MM of you're into that though I kind of wish there was but it was great anyways. I just wish I read this around xmas time.

Steamy reverse harem mystery!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️💚🩷
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 🙃🙁😋🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Rachel Dean (a.k.a. Rayne Dear) - she was a reporter for a magazine that held the edge between gossip and investigative journalism. It was her last day before the new year and a month of personal leave to St. Barts as she hated the Christmas season with a passion. She was on her way out when her editor wanted to see her. He tells her that there is a big story that can’t wait for her to return from vacation. It is an out-of-town assignment, and it dealt with missing kids.

The Heroes: Frost Jackson (the grump), Alfred Buddie (the god), and Nicholas Klores (St. Nick) - they were old boyfriends of Rayne’s from when she was a teenager. Alfie was Frost’s best friend, who was always laid back and gave Rayne a lot of affection, he is now the town doctor in Northland. Nicholas was the third friend and the leader of their group and is now a lawyer. All three guys turned eighteen and left Rayne alone and she has some unresolved feelings about that.

The Story: Rachel wants to someday win a pulitzer and she would need more hard-hitting stories to have any chance of that. He tells her the kids had been disappearing from an orphanage type of place. The person running the home denies the kids ever existed and it was the local townspeople who reported them missing. He wants her to push the local sheriff into taking it more seriously. Rayne was an orphan herself, so she knows that sometimes kids run away, but either way, there is a story there. She is disturbed to find out that the story is in Northland, Minnesota, which just happens to be where she was from and the most charming Christmas town. The orphanage she was investigating was the same one where she grew up and escaped from twelve years ago.

When Rachel finds that the hotel was overbooked, and all the other hotels were overbooked, a stranger gave her the address of the Ginger Bridge Boarding House. She wakes in the middle of the night to hear the three guys in her room, arguing about her. Saying her being in town is the last thing they needed. She has the three guys constantly coming on to her and making her feel good and she finds that much more is going on in town than she originally assumed. That’s some serious drama with a dash of chaos!

I enjoyed this book; it was plenty steamy and had a good mystery to boot. It was an engaging mix of mystery, romance, and holiday tension! The setup with Rachel’s reluctant return to her hometown and the missing children case gives it a strong investigative pull, while the presence of her past boyfriends adds layers of unresolved emotions and intrigue. The setting of Northland as a picturesque Christmas town contrasts perfectly with her dislike of the holiday season—great tension right there.

This audiobook was narrated from multiple perspectives, done in duet narration by Lucas Webley and Michelle Sparks. Michelle has a soft, feminine voice that is very pleasant. She is expressive and you can’t tell she is reading at all. Lucas Webley has a deep voice and is great at doing different sounding voices for different characters. His voice for Nick, especially during intimate scenes was so sexy.

Wild Holiday Ride

So I generally do not pick up holiday themed books, especially romances. They just tend to land in the Hallmark Christmas movie vein and I’m not about that life. But when Tate and Heather combine forces, it’s an insta-buy no matter the theme. And this was hands down the most spicy, fun, dark, intriguing holiday-themed book ever. I giggled at all the references and names (so clever), cringed and had my heart broken at some super dark stuff, and just loved, absolutely LOVED, our main 4. Bravo, Tate and Heather.

Title Details Won’t Prepare You

I didn’t have a clue this was a spicy 🌶️ book until someone in my book club pointed it out. The title details give nothing away. The narrators did well and the plot was decent. The spicy 🌶️ scenes weren’t so over the top that it was gross. Aside from that, the real plot was decent and it ended well.

Hot and sexy

Excellent, sexy story with meaning. I loved it! The narrators were spot on and built the characters up so that they came to life. And talk about STEAMY!! Whew!

my new favorite Xmas book!

I love the witty holiday fun. Tate and Heather never disappoint! Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!

A True Twisted Christmas Classic

Loved the book and the narration was the cherry on top of the figgy pudding! I can only imagine the conversation between Tate and Heather when their muse’s came up with this storyline! It’s a holly jolly ride through the winter wonderland!

Favorite Christmas book ever!

I wanted something special for Christmas and Tate & Heather DELIVERED IT wrapped in a sexy AF bow! Is this a typical Christmas book? Heck no. Is everything some sort of perfect corny Christmas reference? Heck Yea. And I was so for it. Rayne Dear is a perfect Grinchy FMC for this storyline and I was all for her men that she came across: Frost, Alfie, and Saint Nick. I wanted all of them 🥵🥵🥵🥵🎄🎄🎄🎄 so freaking HOT! Let’s talk about the storyline: it’s intense and can be hard to digest due to what our Big Bad is up to — read your trigger warnings and skip the appropriate chapter named in the front of the book if needed. That being said, it was all interwoven flawlessly creating both a character and plot driven storyline. Did I mention there’s a dog? Oh yeah. Go read this for Christmas if you’re a RH fan!
This duet style narration was amazing. It completely brought the characters to life!!!

Well damn

This was honestly a really damn good book I took a chance and absolutely loved it. It is very trigger filled so make sure you read up before actually reading it.