Confessions from a Coffee Shop

Confessions Series, Book 1

By: T. B. Markinson

Narrated by: Lori Prince

Cori Tisdale was on top of the world. A basketball star at Harvard and a promising author with a lucrative book deal.

A few years later, Cori’s life is falling apart. Her beautiful girlfriend, Kat Finn, has a shopping addiction. To make ends meet, Cori takes a part-time job at a coffee shop.

Just when Cori thinks her life can’t get any worse, an old crush appears out of the blue. Cori’s friendship with Samantha Clarke pushes Cori further into a dangerous abyss when Sam reveals two secrets to Cori and asks her not to tell a soul, including Kat.

Will this be the end of Cori and Kat’s relationship?

©2014 T. B. Markinson (P)2019 T. B. Markinson

Another winner from T.B. Markinson

They did it again. T.B. Markinson and Lori Prince have created a novel and narration that takes the listener through every imaginable emotion. The humorous thread that runs through this novel is so engaging that the harder emotional issues are seamlessly intertwined. The story line get deeper and more developed. This could be anybody's reality which makes it that much more fun for me. I would strongly suggest that if you are considering this audio book that you start with Confessions of the Heart. I am truly a fan and am headed to Amazon to get the e book for the third book as it isn't on Audible yet and I am into this story. The gift is that having listened to Lori narrate I will be able to hear her voice while reading the print. This is a definite keeper.

To Coffee or to not coffee

In this witty banter of relatives and love who is more likey to keep hold of her heart. Lori Price brings the characters alive in her roles or each character. I find that in this story of knowing whats going to just not knowing how it will end

A fun, endearing read

A good book, well performed. A cast of characters that were funny, endearing and diverse.
Was an engaging romp through ups and downs, confusion and aha clarity.
Recommend this one for an easy, worth-it read.

Well done , TB Markinson!

Great Read!

Well written characters and story. Lori Prince does another wonderful job with the narration! As always, Lori brings each character to life.

Another solid story perfectly narrated

I really like Cori. I didn’t think that would happen with one of T.B. Markinson’s characters since, as I wrote before, they’re usually too real and flawed for me to like them. I enjoy reading about them but I wouldn’t want them as friends. Yet there’s something different about Cori. She’s awkward and self-deprecating in just the right way to make her endearing. She’s also quite annoying, privileged and not always aware of how much. But I don’t know, I like her anyway. At least, she tries. Lori Prince’s narration is definitely responsible for a big part of it. Her voice and tone are perfect for Cori.

Another huge part of Cori’s appeal is her family and their interactions. Her mother loves embarrassing her with talk of sex, prompting this kind of reaction: « The woman across the table gave birth to me, and I’m still traumatized by being that close to her vagina ». I had to stop the audiobook and write that sentence down, that’s how much I laughed.

In book 0, Confessions from the Heart, Cori fell in love with Kat. Three years later, life is not as beautiful as it was. Cori is struggling to finish her first novel and juggling jobs to support Kat’s art… and her shopping addiction. Then a former classmate of Cori’s enters the picture. Samantha was a cheerleader in high school and Cori’s biggest crush at the time. So of course it creates friction between Cori and Kat. Neither dares really question the other about what bothers them. It doesn’t help that Cori’s parents act even weirder than usual and that Kat’s father, the nefarious Phineas Finn, keeps interfering.

There’s not much happening in this book, which might sound negative but isn’t. There’s no big revelation, no plot twist. It’s mostly day to day in the life of Cori and Kat, their families and friends and, strangely enough, it’s not boring at all. Once again, this book stresses the importance of communication. Secrets usually cause trouble. But they make for good stories…

And I already praised Lori Prince’s narration but it has to be said again: her voice for Kat is the sexiest.