No Limits

By: Lori Foster

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

A surprise inheritance reunites a mixed martial arts fighter with the woman he's never forgotten in the first in a smoldering new series from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster Cannon Colter is quintessential hero material: chiseled jawline, shredded body-the works. He's also the guy who rescued Yvette Sweeny from kidnappers, only to put an end to her romantic dreams. These days, she's older, smarter, determined to face whatever life throws her way. Even the prospect of sharing a house and business with Cannon. Cannon knew Yvette wanted him three years ago. But she was young-and some things are worth waiting for. Thrown together by her grandfather's legacy, he realizes how deep Yvette's scars really go, and how much danger lurks in their quiet town. As pent-up desire explodes between them, protecting her becomes the only fight that matters. And he'll break all the rules to do it…

©2014 Lori Foster (P)2014 Recorded Books

Tough Enough

I enjoyed this slow burn of a second chance romantic suspense. It’s a good thing that both of these characters were tough enough to make it through the storms.

Recommended

An excellent story, tho a little slow at times. After reading all the 'Love Undercover' series it followed I should read 'No Limits'. In fact, I highly recommend reading at the very least 'Dash of Peril' before reading this story. 'No Limits' would be difficult to full understand without it.

It was good to catch up with Cannon & Yvette & a snap shot of Rowdy, Margaret & Dash. I appreciated the spot light of how Yvette's past was still impacting her and how she was dealing with the fallout. I have to say this story really sets up the rest of the 'Ultimate' series.

Jim Frangione did a fantastic job as always.

Revisiting Love

If you could sum up No Limits in three words, what would they be?

Love comes back

What was one of the most memorable moments of No Limits?

When the lawyer was going to force Yvette to go with him and her crazy, stalker ex broke in to save her.

What does Jim Frangione bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is one of the best narrators on audible and is very good at making you forget it's just one person reading for all the characters. He doesn't do the over-the-top narrating that some of them do that make it hard to listen to a book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

MMA remeets the girl he saved, all grown up.

Any additional comments?

I like Lori Fosters work and waited for this to come out. It didn't disappoint. Cannon is a very good guy who you immediately feel drawn to. It's not all about the description of MMA but about the people involved in the story. Since this is the beginning of a series, you get to know some of the characters who will be in future books. I gotta say, there is one that I'm not liking all that much yet so I hope she has a really good back story for him to explain why he is such a pig :)

Really good read!

I enjoyed the book and found it sexy and suspenseful. Other reviewers have complained that Yvette was too weak or a ninny, but I think that's unfair. Sure, at the beginning of the book she's self-deluded and has a lot to learn, but she's only twenty-three and has had her life interrupted with a boatload of trauma. She grows up considerably in the course of the book, and that character development was one of the things I liked. I always enjoy Jim Frangione's narration.

Narration is lacking

The story seems good but there is one male narrator who simply reads aloud (making no differentiation between characters) so it’s very flat and hard to get into it.

One of my Lori Foster favorites

I give 5-star ratings only to the books I listen to again and again and I've lost count of the times I enjoyed No Limits. In fact, I've never read the print version of this second-chance romance because the audio is that engaging. Jim Frangione's liquid voice flows with the story. The characters pick up where they left off three years previously (see Lori's Love Undercover series). They parted because Cannon was off to chase a professional MMA career, and Yvette moved to California to regroup from being a crime victim. A shared inheritance pulls them back to Ohio. He's a goner the first time he sees grown-up Yvette, who had crushed on Cannon during high school and never stopped wanting him. Meanwhile, an obsessed ex and a corrupt professional propel the external action as Cannon and Yvette are finally ready to fall in love.

love tthe author, hate the narrator

What didn’t you like about Jim Frangione’s performance?

Why use Jim Frangione?? He uses the same hard monotone voice for the narrative and every character in the book. I don't like the way he reads.. theres something harsh about the way he pauses and stresses each line. His voice and inflection are supremely UNSEXY. It doesn't suit a romance novel at all. He sounds like a 60yr old radio announcer or sports commentator instead of a hot sexy man in his twenties. Theres no smouldering sexiness or intriguing sensuality so I feel nothing for the characters. I love Lori Fosters books but this narrorator just ruins, butchers, and desecrates her writing. I want to fall in love with the hero but Jims voice just turns me off and makes me want to return the book and never buy another Foster book if hes narrorating it.
Lori please consider switching to someone like Freddie Bates for your future books.

Narrator

This narrator is horrible. It was so hard to get into this book because if him.

Not Bad

I’m obviously missing something here. Maybe there’s another book with Yvette and Cannon in it with a major scene.

The story wasn’t bad, but I didn’t connect. Yvette was written over the top. Lori Foster really dug her heels in the ‘damsel in the distress, but I’m going to whine about not needing help.’

Cannon was the typical alpha male, but I really didn’t understand the vigilante stuff. It seemed so out of place.

The side characters have a lot of potential.

Overall, not bad, but didn’t connect with it.

Too over the top

I did enjoy the book, but it was a wee bit melodramatic. The narrator’s voice was too cultured for the hero, the language too refined.