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Ryder Brothers, Book 1

By: Laurelin Paige

Narrated by: Carly Robins, Jacob Morgan

Everyone wants to get close to a rock star.

The bright lights.

The music.

Those talented fingers strumming… a guitar.

Everyone wants to bang a rock star.

So why do I keep running from the one who wants me?

I’m America’s Sweetheart.

I have a reputation.

He’s a boy-band icon turned rock god.

I’m vanilla.

He’s every flavor of bad.

And he’s much, much too young for me.

If I end up in Nick Ryder’s bed, my career and I will both be screwed.

…but that’s only if I’m caught.

©2018 Laurelin Paige (P)2025 Paige Press LLC

Yummy Nick

Laurelin is one of my favorite romance authors. I’ve devoured nearly every one of her books. I love that she took on the older woman / younger man trope but have to say Nick seemed like the more mature character during the entire telling of the story. Natalia and her friends were mostly immature and shallow for women heading towards their 40s. The female narrator also sounded young exacerbating that immaturity. Nick was perfect in every way. Thoughtful and generous. Confident in who he was. And he let Natalia be herself giving her the space she needed to figure out who she is and accept the age difference.

Misled, but good story

I enjoyed this story and bought it because Audible or Amazon had April 2025 as release date, so I thought it was a new story. But as the story began to unfold, I realized I have heard it before, word for word. Upon looking further, this must be a re-release from2018. (New title?, not sure.) So, I feel this is kind of a sneaky way to get you to spend more money on the same book.
I did enjoy the book for sure and always love, Jacob Morgans narration, so I listened again. CJ Bloom/Carly Robbins is not my favorite but doable. I just feel a bit duped.