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📚FINDING HOME by Lauren Rowe
🎤Narrated by Andi Arndt & Sean Masters
Listen to this spicy, single dad, rockstar romance now:
I’m Caleb Baumgarten, the “bad boy” drummer of Red Card Riot. The world knows me as C-Bomb, but I assure you, it’s Lil Miss Rule Follower, Aubrey Capshaw, of Prairie Springs, Montana, who’s the human equivalent of an atomic bomb.
After tragedy strikes and the toddler with half my DNA inside her loses her beloved mommy, I get the bright idea to hire my daughter’s remaining lifeline, her “Auntie Aubrey,” as my live-in nanny. Also, embarrassingly, as my sobriety coach, so I can fulfill the terms of my mandatory rehab.
Going into my forced living arrangement with Aubrey in her small town, I’m determined not to give in to my growing, thumping, white-hot attraction. There’s only a month before the custody hearing that will decide my fate as a father, and I’ll need Aubrey to testify on my behalf. Well, you know what they say about best laid plans, right? Yeah. My bad.
All it takes is one glimpse of Aubrey in her underwear, and I can’t stop myself from obsessing over her. I fully expected Aubrey and me to scorch the walls of my bedroom, once I finally got her into my bed.
What I didn’t expect, however, was that Aubrey would become the center of my universe, along with my small daughter. My family. My home. Which is why, when danger threatens, I don’t hesitate to protect my new family with everything I’ve got.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
I love a good redemption story, and Caleb’s was great from start to finish. Amid court-ordered rehab, the bad boy drummer of Red Card Riot is suddenly thrust into being a single father when his daughter’s mother (who was a fan he had a one-night stand with) suddenly passes away. Caleb hires Raine’s “aunt” Aubrey to be both his sobriety coach and nanny, and our forced-proximity, opposites attract romance begins….
I felt like a part was missing where Aubrey decided to cross the line with Caleb; I thought he was dreaming it until I went back to relisten. I wanted more of a recognition of feelings or something, I guess. Despite me wanting more of a build-up, I thought it was a great progression of their romance. I loved how his feelings for Aubrey just kind of hit Caleb all of a sudden, and then the guy who never wanted a relationship couldn’t imagine his life without Aubrey in it.
And oh my heart. The way Caleb took to Daddy Mode was so cute. He really went all out in making sure that Raine felt protected and secure. There are some twists and turns along the way with the custody fight, which kept me further invested in wanting Caleb to keep his found family unit together.
I’ve read several Lauren Rowe books now, including Smitten, one of the 22 Goats books. Finding Home is a standalone, but there are many camoes from the other characters in LR’s rockstar world, which I’m sure longtime readers will love and appreciate.
The duet narration by Andi Arndt and Sean Masters was great! I thought Sean nailed the growliness and cockiness of Caleb, and Andi perfectly played the sweetness of Audrey.
I received and advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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