Come Back to Me

A Small-Town, Pen-Pal, Second Chance, Romantic Suspense (7C’s: A Pigeon Creek Series, Book 2)

By: Serena Akeroyd, G.A. Mazurke

Narrated by: Connor Crais, Stella Hunter

Come Back to Me is a complete standalone romantic suspense featuring a grumpy veteran hero and a sunshine quirky musician heroine with plenty of groveling!

Tee: I hate Butch because he let me go. Except I also love him because I imagined forever with him (even just as friends).

So, basically, it sucks to be me.

When my nonna tells me the only way to get over someone is to get under someone else, in strolls Cody Korhonen—my BFF’s brother-in-law.

Romate. Town marshal. All-round good (delicious) guy.

Getting under him may be easy, but staying under him might cost us everything.

Cody: I fell in love with my pen pal, T. An initial on a piece of paper that kept me sane while I was deployed.

To her, I was ‘Butch.’ My call sign. And with anonymity came safety—we opened our souls to one another.

But war broke me, and I loved her enough to let her go.

Life had other plans.

When I return home, I find my sister-in-law’s best friend is the woman I fell in love with.

And she just moved in.

Our small town is too small for the both of us, never mind having to share a roof when this secret is driving me crazy.

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Cody & Tee

Thank you G. A. Mazurke for taking us back to Pigeon Creek. I was very excited to begin Cody and Tee’s story in Come Back to Me. I knew this was going to hook me in from the beginning. I may have a slight girl crush on Tee and her feisty personality. The small town, slow burn combined with all the family drama. I’m here for it! Oh and I LOVED the pen pal storyline too.

The chemistry between these two led to overwhelming moments, a little frustration, oh and steamy encounters too. Cody’s kindness and respectfulness to Tee, and Tee’s way with words endeared me to their story even more.

The back and forth between the supporting characters and especially with the FMC and MMC banter, delightful! I love this kind of writing, I feel even more immersed in their story because of it!

I am really enjoying the crossovers within the universes! This makes me want to go back and revisit!

What is there to say about Stella Hunter and Connor Crais….their performances as Tee and Cody had me completely immersed in this book. Tee and Cody’s vulnerabilities, strengths, determination and love are perfectly balanced with Stella and Connor’s performance.

Excitedly I was sent an Advanced Listener Copy. Thoroughly enjoyable listen!

Thank you G. A. Mazurke for this beautifully written story. You certainly have a way with words! Looking forward to what you have for us in the future!

Perfection

The story, the narration, is chef’s kiss. Tee will keep a smile on your face, she is sunshine, laughter and quirky, she is so easy to just want to hug and love. Cody is more serious dealing with the loss of his best friends, he is enamoured by Tee and her music. He understands and loves her quirky. After writers block, Serena came back and hit this one out of the park. The narrators have done an excellent audio with the characters.

A wordy whirlwind of emotions.

Come Back To Me is a wordy whirlwind of emotions. That sends you on a brilliant joy ride that spans years. It just pulls you in. I must say the letters are what got me.
That aspect of the story stole my heart. Plus Cody’s journey through life had me!!!

I also need to scream from the rooftops that Connor Crais’s narration was just outstanding!!! It just made the audiobook for me.

Storyline

Another fantastic read by this author! She is one of my favorites for good reason. I loved how many mini story lines were in it. The narrators were so expressive and entertaining. Great job!

Welcome back to Pigeon Creek

This was such a good book. I loved getting to know Tee and Cody. Tee is one of my favorite characters that G.A/Serena has written. She is sassy, sweet, loyal, spunky and so much more. Cody was amazing. I'm glad he was willing to do whatever it took to earn Tee's forgiveness. This book was sweet, steamy and so worth the read/listen.

I loved Connor as Cody. I think he did a great job and really brought him to life. I did not like Stella's performance of Zee as much. I felt like she missed some of the inflection and spunk that Tee had. It was a good performance, but I wanted more. I just felt like it was missing something.

Overall, I really enjoyed this audio book and recommend giving it a listen.

I was sent an advanced listening copy.