1-800-Christmas

Flipping for You, Book 2

By: Josie Riviera

Narrated by: Cheryl May

Taking the high road is a whole lot easier with someone to love....

Prepare for romance and fun with the second audiobook in the home-flipping series Flipping for You, brought to you by USA Today best-selling author Josie Riviera.

Attorney Desiree Contando can think of only one word to describe her very first home: disaster. The vintage Queen Anne is beautiful - or will be, in about 1,000 years. Certainly not in time to host the family Christmas gathering.

“Disaster” also describes the bad breakup that left her picket-fence vision in tatters. Even the carpenter she’s hired is a reminder of lost dreams - the high school crush who never spared her a passing glance. But she’s a grown-up now, perfectly capable of keeping things professional.

Keiran O’Malley is back in Roses, North Carolina, lugging his own shattered dreams of home and family. Until he’s on his feet and ready to open his own Irish pub, serendipity finds him an attic apartment in Desiree’s fixer-upper in exchange for his remodeling skills.

Roses is all polished up for the holidays, but nothing outshines the Cinderella beauty who owns the house. The spin of warmth between them is instantaneous...but their broken hearts may not be strong enough to build happiness on, especially when the past shows up to demand its share.

When two hearts get in a jam, it’ll take more than whiskey cake to sweeten the deal.

©2018 Josie Riviera (P)2019 Josie Riviera

SHORT AND SWEET CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY!!!!!

A GOOD DOWN TO EARTH CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT AND I HOPE THERE ARE MORE LIKE IT COMING. ALMOST AS GOOD AS A CHRISTMAS HALLMARK. ACCEPTABLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. NARRATOR IS GOOD EASY TO FOLLOW.

Christmas Dreams

I enjoyed listening to this book. The narrator was good. Desiree is a first time homeowner to a real fixer upper Queen Anne house. It is going to need a lot of tender loving care. She thought she would have help with her ex, but sadly that is not happening. Her brother in law decides to hire a carpenter to help Desiree out. Kieran is back in Roses, North Carolina to get this job done. He is not just a carpenter, he loves to cook and wants to reopen his parents pub. When Desiree opens her front door to Kieran, it's instant attraction between them. Can they rebuild her house and a relationship.
I was given a copy of the book by the author for an honest review.

1-800-Christmas Flipping for You, Book 2

Another great audible book by Josie Riviera!
The story is a great holiday listen.!

I look forward to more from this author and narrator!

New Beginnings with a touch of the past!

This was my first book of Josie Riviera’s home flipping series that I had read/listen to and enjoyed her book very much. I have received the audible complementary to enjoy and this review is my honest thoughts on 1-800-Christmas story. 1-800-Christmas is about Desiree who purchase a vintage Queen Anne style home on the same street as her sister, it is both a dream come true and an overwhelming disaster, but Desiree is determined to bring it back to its former glory and host the Christmas party that year. What Desiree doesn’t know is that this new project will cross paths with someone she’d admired from afar in high school and she determine to keep the relationship strictly professional and nothing else. Keiran O’Malley (Desiree former high school football player crush) is returning to Rose and has master carpentry since he was in high school, who is looking to give back to Rose and a mutual friend of Keiran and Desiree puts them together to help his friends. Keiran can provide deep discounts for his work so he can use it as an example to get his business running in Rose and Desiree needs to stay in a budget to bring her home to it’s former glory in time for Christmas. Can Desiree keep it professional like she planned? Can Keiran make a like in Rose again and build his career or with his past catch up to him?

Can he change her mind?

I enjoyed this story. Desiree has bought a house that needs a lot of work. She thought she would be fixing it up with her boyfriend, but when he saw the house, he left her. Kieren wants to move back to Roses. He needs a change and working on Desiree's house is just right for him. He can live in the attic and work on the house. What neither of them counted on was falling in love. The house is going great and love is in the air until an ex shows up in town and starts demanding that Kieren give her half of everything he has. Desiree thought that all was well, but the way this woman was acting, maybe Kieren didn't really care for her. Kieren knows he can fix this if Desiree just give him a chance. She has had so much loss in her life, she isn't sure she should give him another chance. Can he change her mind?

A refreshing clean romance

What I love most about Josie Riverias books are how sweet and clean they are. Yes they have romance and snuggly times but they leave a person feeling good about the book couple. I did receive this book for free in exchange for an honest review and in my humble opinion you can't do better than Josie.

Fixer Upper Sweet Holiday Romance

Desiree Contando has trouble trusting after dealing with drunk parents and being shuffled from one awful foster care home to another. She grew up thinking football star and popular student Keiran O’Malley had it so easy and despite having a crush on him that he would never want anything to do with her. She never dreamed that he would end up living in the attic apartment in her fixer upper while doing carpentry work on it. Never mind that he’s easy on the eyes and a fantastic cook and they have amazing chemistry together. It still seems too good to be true to her especially when his ex shows up in Roses demanding money. Keiran was afraid to move forward with his relationship with Desiree too after being burned by his ex. They both needed to learn to trust again. I loved reading all the wonderful recipes that Keiran cooked up. I would definitely eat at his pub. This was a sweet holiday romance with plenty of humor and yummy foods.

The narrator had a nice smooth, but rather sleepy, voice with inflections and voice changes in all the right places.

A great story to listen to.

I thought this story was great. Josie Rivera has written a sweet story that was a joy to listen to. Cheryl May did a great job narrating this story.

So Good!

I just love this audiobook. A cleverly written second chance romance filled with heart. The perfect follow up to 1-800-Cupid. Beautifully narrated by Cheryl May. I was gifted this ARC Audiobook but the thoughts are my own. I recommend not only this book but it's author and narrator as well. This is a winner!

Sweet and full of hope

I’ve always loved this story ever since I’ve read it in ebook form. I simply enjoyed it come more alive through the audiobook. It was such a lovely read through because I found it easy to connect with the characters and the emotions that they were dealing with at any particular moment.