Spied

De: J.M. Miller

Narrado por: Andi Eloise, Brandon Francis

Gia Keats works both sides of love’s dirty business. Some days are spent at Silhouette Bridal Boutique, helping brides prepare for their delusional walk to happily ever after. Other days she clocks hours for Duplicity, spying on cheaters and crushing their plans for future trysts. The two jobs are a solid reminder to ignore the dead thing inside her chest and to stay out of love’s sight. She never expected to get caught.

Love is also pretty far down on Mark Foster’s priority list. The closest thing he’s had to a relationship was two nights with a hottie tourist looking for an unforgettable vacation bang. But after he catches a gorgeous local spying on a public make-out session, his sour view of long-term turns a little sweet. He’ll even ignore the odd coincidences that follow her for a taste of the L word.

Falling for Mark’s charm would be easier than choosing a single item from a dessert menu, but Gia knows love’s never that simple. When an anonymous Duplicity client hires her to target a Silhouette bride and groom, both sides of the business collide. And Mark’s ties to the bride are the icing on the screwed up cake.

©2016 J. M. Miller (P)2024 J.M. Miller

Sweet & Spicy Rom Comedy

Gia Keats works for her family business at a bridal boutique and she owns Duplicity a private agency spying on cheaters. This entertaining written novel is well developed with no plot holes. The character's are sensational. This book is a funny romantic comedy that is both sweet & spicy sexy with a mix of mystery. The cover is just as cute as this audio. I recommend listening to this book as you will not be disappointed.

Andi Eloise, Brandon Francis dual narration brought the characters and their story to reality. Both inflections were easy to listen to and showcased their talent.

Fun cozy mystery romcom

I was provided an Audible code for this book via the author, all opinions are my own. I had previously purchased a kindle version of this book, but had not read it yet. I've been a fan of the author's contemporary and fantasy novels for quite some time and this was a great romcom to read over the snowy, freezing cold weekend we are having here this weekend.

I thought the two narrators were excellent. They really brought Gia and Mark to life. This book really lent itself well to the dual narrated format alternating between Gia and Mark.

This was a hilarious romcom following an amateur private investigator Gia, who also helps out at her family's bridal shop. Gia was inspired to start a secret business to uncover unfaithful partners, after she herself was cheated on by someone she thought was "the one". She is pretty jaded about love and relationships, but she loves her family and aspired to be a real PI one day. While on a job she runs in to Mark, a maintenance man at a local resort. She escapes unscathed, but she and Mark will meet again sooner than she expects. Unbeknownst to her Mark's sister has ordered a custom wedding gown that her sister is making, and they keep running into each other after that.

Gia keeps showing up in unexpected places that Mark just happens to be at with convenient excuses. Turns out she is spying on Gia's fiancé, Guy, and Mark is at all of the prewedding festivities. As he gets pulled in deeper and deeper to Gia's antics, Gia feels worse and worse about lying to him about why she is always around. Gia is constantly finding herself in awkward situations in order to take pictures of her target, and Mark is always interrupting aka distracting her while she is on the job. These situations make for very comedic and sweet interactions between them as Gia tries to come up with a feasible explanation for why she is there in the first place and she tries to ignore her growing attraction to Mark. She is terrified to be hurt in another relationship, but Mark may just be the right guy to let in. His willingness to be patient with her and help her was endearing and their banter was excellent. This gets pretty steamy in parts so be prepared for that.

I enjoyed the cozy mystery aspect as Gia tries to determine if there is a scandal going on with the upcoming wedding or if everything is on the up and up. Her antics are pretty laugh out loud.

If you are looking for a cozy read this winter or a fun beach read this summer, I highly recommend picking this up in whatever format you prefer, it is available on Kindle Unlimited at the time of this post as well as paperback, audiobook, and eBook.