Bad Date

A Short Story

By: Ellery Lloyd

Narrated by: Kitty Kelly, Billie Fulford-Brown, Will M. Watt

An online flirtation between two apparent strangers takes a deliciously wicked turn in a twisty short story about love, obsession, and deadly deceptions by the author of The Club.

Fay Roper is a divorced single mom and a globally famous actress. She’s also unlucky in love. Maybe because the last thing Fay wants in a man is yet another superfan. But somehow, every time she has a boyfriend who isn’t a stalker, he abruptly disappears from her life. With the help of her best friend and right-hand woman, Poppy, Fay decides to change the game and join an exclusive new dating app under a false identity. A subscriber named Oliver takes the bait. But Oliver likes to play games too. And only one of them can win.

©2025 by Ellery Lloyd Ltd. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Quick short story

The story line was interesting, about framing a stalker/groomer but the set up was not my favorite. The podcast beginning and end I don’t feel worked well with the set up and conclusion.

Story wasn’t what it purports to be

This story was a big old mess. MMC was a lame rip off of Joe from the You series that the author tried to make seem more dangerous but just came across as a doofus. Do not recommend.

Super fast and wanted more

I can tell this author would do amazing at a longer book. The narrators were amazing!

Fun with twists

I liked the audio! It added a lot of interesting dynamics and there were a couple twists that were good.

Good storyline

I liked the story itself. Everyone with their own agenda appealed to me. I do think the pacing was off. The swearing is disappointing.