Say It Again

First Wives, Book 5

By: Catherine Bybee

Narrated by: Emma Wilder

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

In the final First Wives novel by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee, falling in love could become the most dangerous dare of one woman’s life.

Protector-for-hire Sasha Budanov is accustomed to life as a loner. Always on the move, she’s now reached a crossroads. Looking for answers about her shadowy youth, she’s returned to the strict boarding school in Germany where she was raised. It’s also where she was trained in the stealthy, militarized art of survival. But behind its gleaming gates, Richter is a fortress of secrets, including those buried in Sasha’s mysterious past. To uncover them, she’s clinging to her first rule of defense: stay guarded.

If anyone can challenge Sasha’s rules, it’s devilishly sexy stranger AJ Hofmann. He wants answers, too. And he needs Sasha’s help. The recent deaths of several of Richter’s former students - including AJ’s own sister - have aroused his suspicions. He’s arousing something more in Sasha. Never one to surrender to her emotions, she senses something tempting in AJ. She trusts him. He’s fearless. And he kisses like a demon. Sasha’s found her match.

But treading Richter’s dark halls - and following their hearts - has its risks. As the decades-old secrets of the past are mined, Sasha and AJ are falling deeper in love...and into danger.

©2019 Catherine Bybee (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Bybee’s heart-stopping fifth First Wives novel (after Faking Forever) is a twisty romantic thriller…Steamy, fast-paced, and consistently surprising, with a large cast of feisty supporting characters, this suspenseful roller-coaster ride will keep both series fans and new readers on the edge of their seats.” --Publishers Weekly

Another fabulous book !

Fantastic book and narration!! The whole series by Catherine Bybee was entertaining and enjoyable.

ADDICTED!!!

Each book in the First Wives series was a page Turner; I couldn't stop reading (listening)!!! The characters, the adventures, and how all the characters were in each book until the end made me want more! Adventure, mystery and hot romance... a perfect combination!
I listen to many audio books, and LOVE the narrators of these stories!
I have read all of this Author's series and have truly enjoyed each and every one! I look forward to the future release of more books/series!!!

Learning Sasha's Secrets Plus AJ's Mystery

Say It Again is the fifth and final book in the First Wives Series. While Sasha is mentioned in previous books, this one is able to be enjoyed as a stand-alone book.

Sasha was born to a woman trying to trap and blackmail her Russian lover who is married. All it found her was a fast death. Sasha moved to foster homes but a benefactor eventually placed her in a German boarding school that taught weapons, body combat and other skills in addition to an education. She has used her skills to trace her father and make him pay for killing her mother. After he is dead, she is at a loss for a life direction and returns to her old boarding school.

She runs into AJ at a bar near campus. His sister also attended Ritcher but she was recently killed with three bullets to the back of her head in D.C. Now another of her roommates from school is dead and a third one is missing. AJ wants answers but he isn't getting them from the school headmistress or the police.

Sasha and AJ wind up teaming up together to find out what happened. While they do develop a connection, this book spends more time as a suspense/thriller than as a romance. It has some sweet moments toward the end as Sasha allows her heart to thaw a bit more.

As always a great addition to the series !

Catherine has a way with words . Great intrigue fabulous friendships and love abound. Sasha raised in a boarding school thinking she was an orphan ended up being orphaned after her father tried to have her murdered has trust issues go figure.Aj is trying to find out why his sister was murdered set his sights on Sasha to try to get answers. together with the help of Friends/new family they figure out the mystery behind the boarding school for Sasha was raise.

Another great story from Catherine Bybee..

A little disappointed in this book. I expected Sasha to be a little tougher than she was. She didn’t show any “muscle” until the end of the book. BUT it was still a wonderful story. I’ve like Sasha since the beginning, so I was only an eensy-weensy bit disappointed. This is the 25th book of Ms. Bybee’s that I’ve listened to, so I’ll continue to read/listen to her. I’m looking forward to whatever she writes next.

I liked AJ and it was nice to see all the wives and their husbands and kids.

I liked that there was a murder mystery in this book instead of just a romance. 300+ pages of just romance, angst and misunderstandings is too much of all that. But that’s just my opinion.

There was one sex scene, which was nice that sex didn’t dominate the entire story. And the F-bomb was used 9 times.

As to the narration: Emma Wilder did a fantastic job on this book. The voices and emotions were spot-on and she’s quickly becoming one of my favorite female narrators. Love, love, love a female reader who can do a man’s voice and not just women. Nothing worse that a man who sounds like a woman in a book.

Last of the Series, Best of them All!!!🎊🥂🌠❤❤🎉

Well, I have followed this Series; "The First Wives Series," from the first novel to the last novel; "Say It Again." "Say It Again" is about Sasha, the half-sister to Trina Petrov's late husband who Sasha learned later was murdered.

Catherine Bybee wrote in AWESOME, Intriguing Hearts, Mind-Blowing Sex, Electrifying Storyline, that exceeded in my mind, to be the best of the five novels. You can tell she gave everything she had inside to this novel. I was so proud and happy to been privileged to listen to it and I really believe I was reading about a friend of mine and that's what I thought about Sasha.

I love how it flowed and there were no hiccups, no carrying on of feelings; like come, on come, on come, I had to listen to it in one sitting. There was no pausing of this novel and I don't regret it, this's definitely one of those love stories that you wouldn't want to stop until you finished it.

Emma Wilder was the narrator for all five books, which she did an AWESOME job in all of them + she was able to stay in character through all of them. I think she is a very talented narrator and I see a lot of good things coming her way. So, again 5-⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for both my writer and for my narrator.

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Love It!

Please keep these going! I love this series and will listen to it again and again!

LOVED IT!

This was the only book in this series that I enjoyed fully. Sasha was a strong but troubled character & A.J. didn't get lost in her strength. They balanced each other. Both their stories were interesting. The women in the other books ; were except for 1, even though the author tried to clean it up with "a contract" all pampered from birth, whining about their parents perceived control ,hookers. If the women involved had been poor instead of the offispring of rich parents they would have been arrested for solicitation. Sasha was in a whole other league. She COULD take care herself. She didn't marry a man for his money & she still got along. She came off as tough & hard sometimes, but, with her backstory that was understandable. A.J.'s hunt for his sister's killer brought him together with Sasha & together they solved a lot of mysteries. I totally recommend this book. It was great.

Another winner!

I’ve been waiting for Sasha’s story and this did not disappoint. What a great look into this complex woman’s background, fully flushing out her character and humanizing her. The narrator did a great job too, adding to the story.
This is not a stand alone novel. Without reading the previous books in the series the reader wouldn’t understand the pain, isolation and abuse that Sasha has endured and overcome
In this book she works WITH the team instead of alone to find the killer of 3 innocent alumni of her boarding school. One of them is the sister of the sexy AJ. He too is a loner. Together can they find the killer and love at the same time?

Romantic suspense!

Loved the mystery and suspense! Flawed characters Sasha and AJ.....cut from the same cloth. Excellent story, beautiful romance and a fantastic narrator! Absolutely worth the listen!!