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Ache

By: Marley Valentine
Narrated by: Gomez Pugh, Teddy Hamilton, Emma Wilder
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From USA Today best-selling author Marley Valentine comes a brand new emotional MM romance.

I couldn’t tell you when I fell in love with Gael Herrera, but I wish I knew how to make it stop.

Falling in love with a straight man is a rookie mistake. But falling in love with my soon-to-be-married-to-a-woman best friend is nothing but heartache.

Through all the years, and all the men I’ve fooled around with, he’s always been at the back of my mind. An unrequited crush I wish I could shake. A dream that was never going to come true.

When I whisk him off to a surprise bachelor party weekend in Vegas, I surrender to the idea that this is an opportunity for me to finally let go of my feelings for him and say goodbye.

But after a heated exchange and an even hotter kiss, everything I thought I knew about our friendship changed.

Maybe I had it wrong. Maybe, after all this time, we were more than best friends. Maybe, just maybe, he felt it too.

Ache is an MM Romance narrated by Gomez Pugh and Teddy Hamilton with a supporting performance by Emma Wilder. This is not a ménage romance.

©2021 Marley Valentine (P)2021 Marley Valentine
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt

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beautiful

this book is about allowing your heart to find love, discovering your true self, family, loyalty. hot sex amazing friendship. a fantastic story well worth listening to

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More than I expected.

Gael and Jordan were special. Jordan has quite the abandonment issues thanks to his parents kicking him out. But Gael has only ever wanted to make him happy.
I enjoyed listening to this book. The narrators were wonderful and really brought all the emotion in.

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Story of Gael and Jordan

This is a best friends to more romance, featuring Jordan and Gael, and is a standalone book but it is linked to other books.

Jordan and Gael have been best friends since kindergarten and have been super close their whole lives. Jordan has been in love with his best friend for a long time, the problem is Gael is engaged to be married.

Jordan organises Gael’s bachelor party in Vegas however the trip doesn’t go according to plan. Things heat up between them and then everything changes.

This is a reread for me and I still cried my eyes out. It’s an emotional read with some angst. You just feel everything Jordan, Gael and Elena go through. Jordan and Gael have such a strong connection and I’m happy they got their HEA but I was sad for Elena when she found out about what happened in Vegas.

I highly recommend reading this if you haven’t and make sure you read the bonus epilogue. Just make sure you have the tissues handy.

Things to expect in this book are:
Standalone
MM romance
Some Angst
Best friends to more
Both have a secret crush
Cheating with each other
Vegas!
Spicy times & dirty talk
Docking
Hurt / Comfort
Amnesia
Pining & longing
Second chance
Swoony HEA

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This is a great book

However Teddy Hamilton’s narration lifts this book to new heights! Definitely worth a read! If you liked this book you should check out ‘Devilry’.

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All The Feels

Ache is a standalone MM contemporary romance with lots of angst and a couple of great twists and turns.

Jordan and Gael's story was a journey full of emotion, and heart ache, I adored how intense the characters feelings were for each other and was anxious for them to finally get their Happily Ever After.

The narration for Ache was excellent, I loved Teddy's narration of Jordan's character, there were moments I felt so bad for Jordan and wanted to hug him. Gomez Pugh and Emma Wilder were brilliant as Gael & Elena.

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Angsty friends to lovers!

Ache is an emotional angsty friends to lovers MM romance standalone.

I’d not read anything by Marley before but had a few on my audible TBR after having them pop up as recommended based on what I read/listen too. And I’m so glad I finally got to listening to this one!

Gael and Jordan have been best friends since kindergarten. Gael is about to get married and Jordan organises his bachelor party in Vegas.

This book is filled with unrequited love, angst and heartache. While I could see where the story would unfold I still couldn't stop listening. It was one of those 'can't look away' moments, you just have to ride it out, but it was so worth it. I'm looking forward to reading more from Marley.

As I've said with many reviews Teddy is a go to narrator, but I definitely enjoyed the blend of him with Gomez Pugh and appearances of Emma Wilder. This is an easy audio to listen to.

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