How I Met Your Father

By: L.B. Gregg

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo

The man of your dreams could be sitting right next to you.

Former boy band member Justin Hayes isn't looking for a man. He just wants a quiet, scandal-free Christmas at home in Chicago, out of the public eye. But his best friend and bandmate is subjecting everyone to his destination wedding, and Justin can't dodge the "best man" bullet. All he has to do is get to the island on time, survive the reunion, and get Chuck to the altar with as little drama as possible. What could possibly go wrong?

Jack Basinger's own plans for a quiet Christmas have been dashed by the summons to his daughter's hasty wedding with a man Jack has hardly met. On the bumpy flight to the island, he finds himself comforting a nervous - and extremely attractive - young man. One hasty sexual encounter in an airport bathroom later, they both feel much better. No one ever has to know, after all.

Now Justin and Jack must find a way to explore their attraction, despite the distractions of disapproving family members, unexpected announcements, an impromptu concert, and an island paradise that proves there's no place like home.

Note: 20 percent of all publisher proceeds from this title are donated to the Ali Forney Center in New York, whose mission "is to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) youth from the harm of homelessness, and to support them in becoming safe and independent as they move from adolescence to adulthood."

©2013 L.B. Gregg (P)2015 Riptide Publishing

Cute short story

I have to start off by saying the narration on this was amazing. I say this because of the number of different characters that he gave a distinct voice to. I was never confused by who was speaking in the dialogue. This was a cute story that was intended to be short but would give the standard HEA. I have to say that l enjoyed it but would have enjoyed this more as a longer book where we got to see more of the Jack and Justin together. There was also some key conversations that I am nosy enough that I wanted to see how those played out as well. Particularly between Jack and his daughter. She had some 'splaining to do : )

Fabulously Fun

Imagine that you see a woman walking down the road laughing hysterically at seemingly nothing.

This was me, walking my dog, getting strange looks by passersby. This had exactly the right amount of angst, humor, and smut to make me a very happy person.

It was really good.

This was a fun book to listen. The narrator did such a good job, especially when it came to give Jack a voice, he seem so controlled and interesting. The plot was very nice. It was fun and there were some nice twists, not completely unexpected, but nice enough to make it a better book.

I liked the main characters a lot. I’m not a big fan on insta love kind of stories, but this time worked fine, I guess it was the circumstances they had to face, that make the whole situation work so well. Whichever the reason was, it made me go against what I generally liked and enjoyed this fast developed love story.

It was entertaining, it have a nice friendly feeling going on and it also had a lovely romance. It is in Christmas time but nothing about it make me feel like it was a holiday book, other than that, it was a good book.

Love it!

This was an absolute delight for me. I laughed out loud so many times! I am quickly becoming a fan of Nick J Russo. His narration is always on point and he just makes the story that much better. This was a quick listen. There was some conflict but it was resolved nicely. There wasn't any penetrating sex in this book but there was sexual content. All around a really nice short story. I would have loved a little more story but I still finished this book feeling satisfied. :)

cute and hot

I discovered this author through another author I love, Josh Lanyon. I love the style of writing and the natural flow of it. This was such a cute story and really hot. Enjoyed every bit of it.

Love Nick J. Russo!

Any additional comments?

Nick J. Russo is quickly becoming an auto-buy narrator for me. I love his character voices, his tempo, inflections...he just rarely goes amiss for me and this time is no exception.

It doesn't hurt that I also like the story; it's quick, fun and hot with some really good humor sprinkled throughout. Which anyone knows is my crack.

Recommended!

A Hilariously Funny Narration of a Quirky , Sexy Story

Nick J. Russo knock it out of the park with his delightful and comical narration of How I Met Your Father. His comedic timing is On Fleek! He delivers it all, the perfect balance of pacing, tone, pauses, inflection.

Quirky💕 Soapy💕 Irreverent💕 Sexy💕 is How I Met Your Father in a nutshell.

Funny and Entertaining.

Entertaining, funny story but too rushed for the material. It was a good story that could have been excellent had it been longer. Excellent narration by Nick J. Russo.

Too short but narrated well

Justin is the former leader of a boy band. He’s gay, but in the closet. He’s headed to the Caribbean to watch his best friend and former band mate get married. While on the puddle jumper to the island he experiences some turbulence and gets a helping hand from an older (hot!) guy in the next seat. This leads to a different kind of helping hand in the bathroom and it results in him missing the rehearsal dinner – but no biggie, right?

Turns out… the helping hand is the bride’s father – he’s pretty cool and laid back – but will Justin’s fans accept that he’s gay? Will Jack’s kids accept the younger man in his life? Can something like this mean anything in the long term?

**

The writing, the characters, the humor, the smexy times – were all wonderful. What failed for me was the giant leap we made from the last chapter to the epilogue. I feel like we missed at least 30% of the book in that leap. (Where we go from – hey we might have something, through – hey should we date? To – hey- I think we’ll live happily ever after). All of that was off page and just assumed in the epilogue – which was awesome, but not enough.

Audio

Nick J Russo kicked butt again! He did a wonderful job with all the various stoner voices, the growly dad, the tempting Justin and the bratty Benjamin.

I really liked the book (except for the brevity) and enjoyed listening to it and would love a re-vision that added another 2-3 chapters.

3 of 5 stars

Perfect love story

This is a perfect love story with life's humor thrown in. This is a short but good audiobook and the narrator is brilliant!!