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For Real

By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Shane East, Kishore Walker
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Summary
 From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a deeply emotional romance about finding love when (and where) you least expect it.

Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the Scene is all played out. Six years from his last meaningful relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of pretending nothing has changed. Then he meets Toby Finch. Young. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can’t remember being.

Toby doesn’t know who he wants to be or what he wants to do, but he knows that he wants Laurie. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won’t surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have—no matter how right it feels—can’t last. It can’t mean anything.

It can’t be real.

This dynamic, emotional LGBTQIA+ romance contains never-before-seen content and exclusive bonus material.

The World of SPIRES:

Glitterland, book 1

Waiting for the Flood, book 2

For Real, book 3

Pansies, book 4 Contemporary Literature & Fiction Romance Heartfelt

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For Real is one of my favourite books, and this re-recording of it with Shane East and Kishore Walker is exemplary. The original audiobook was already good, but this takes it up a notch. Alexis Hall writes so beautifully, and always gets the best narrators to bring their words to life. I did a re-listen of all the Spires books in publication order and what a treat it is to do that with the new For Real. Can't wait for Rough Ride and Fool's Gold!

Fantastic re-record of a classic

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