Duke: Faking the Play

The Boston Tomcats, Book 3

By: Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

Narrated by: Connor Crais, Desireé Ketchum, Mackenzie Cartwright, Evan Parker

Number four, Callum Duquette. Placekicker for the Boston Tomcats. Former underwear model. Nickname: Duke.

I thought the most annoying thing about being a single dad was that my friends were always trying to find me a date. Until a sassy British ray of sunshine bumps into me at a bookstore. One accidental butt grab, a viral photo, and a lot of misunderstandings later, I find myself in a fake relationship with a movie star.

Now I’ve got my friends off my back, but the cheeky Brit has complicated my life even more.

She calls me the duke of Grumpville. I call her movies the end of civilization as we know it.

She calls my job “the wrong kind of football”. I call her the one thing on Earth that can make me lose focus and control.

It’s getting harder to pretend I still want this to end after my team’s game in London.

I thought we were only faking it. But getting to know the real Millie Darden changed everything.

©2023 Kayley Loring, Connor Crais (P)2023 Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

Chloe Wins!

Yes, I am all about Chloe and her amazing wit, her real look at teenage life and ability to use social media to get where she wants to be in her young life. But she is only one piece of this amazing team for this fun, romance comedy! Duke is the field kicker for the Boston Tomcats. Single dad to Chloe, he has his focus on his daughter and the team. That is until Millie literally falls into his lap. Famous actress, she and Duke are quickly photographed and now the two make a decision to go with the fake relationship angle, at least for a while. No strings attached fun. But is it really? Kayley Loring and Connor Crais craft the most fun, hilarious story around these two, adding all the swoony feels and hysterical antics only these two can put together. I was laughing out loud, enjoying the banter, the social media bursts and craziness of teens. Its a book that is perfect anytime, anywhere and will definitely be putting that smile that everyone wants to know what you are listening to on your face. Grab this one, enjoy the gift of this book, the family feel the players and wags we know bring in and get best of all, laugh.

This had to be one of the best narration teams I have heard in a long time. Connor Crais and Desiree Ketchum our the leads, with duet narration and a fantastic feel for this couple. Crais brings in the grumpy, yet swoony Duke. I love the protective over his daughter voice! Ketchum easily falls into the British accent, bringing Millie alive. She gives her that maturity she has gained from her profession, yet gives her that vulnerable, easy to love feel. Add in Evan Parker and Mackenzie Cartwright, both sporting a variety of voices and accents and we have an amazing group of characters to love and enjoy! This is a book that needs to listened to!

Funny, swoony and all the best of Kayley and Connor in one book!

This series has been so fun to listen to and this one tugged at the heartstrings and tickled the funny bones with the banter, silly situations, hilarious family members, and beautiful love story at the center. The narrators were perfect in their roles and really let this story shine.

SO good- best out of the series and AMAZING narration!! 😍 (NO spoilers but tropes listed & the end of my review)

This audiobook was amazing. I LOVE duet/ full cast narration, and all of the narrators for this book were perfect. I’ve never heard Desiree’s narration before but she hit it out of the park! Connor was the perfect MMC as per usual. Voice as smooth as butter. & His “ Eddie (no the Irish one) Murphy” is so good. 😍

The story was my favorite out of the 3 Boston tomcat books. Their love story is so sweet and funny. I found myself chuckling and smiling quite a bit (which never happens for me with rom coms). Kabippi doing the mashed potato at the worst time killed me. 😂

Worth the credit? ABSOLUTELY. Please never stop the duet audios Kayley & Connor! I’m sure they’re more difficult to produce but it takes the book to a whole new level! ❤️

Tropes:
- grumpy/sunshine
- single dad
- fake dating
- sports romance (football)

Fun Fab Listen

OMG! Duke and Millie are my fav couple so far in the series! I love their grumpy/sunshine banter so much! Another one completely knocked out of the park by Connor, Desiree, Mackenzie, and Evan narrating too.

Beautifully executed!

From the writing and story line to the narration, I enjoyed everything about this book. There’s just something so endearing about a single dad to a young girl that makes me melt. I would highly recommend this book (and the others in the series).