French Pressed Love

By: M.C. Hutson

Narrated by: Dara Brown

A slow drip with a latte drama.

Jordan Alexander is in a rut. Her life is not what she envisioned for herself, and she’s barely able to scrape by on the salary she makes as a coffee shop manager. Suddenly facing the daunting prospect of either finding a new roommate or a more affordable place to live, Jordan's stress levels reach a boiling point.

Noémie St. Pierre is a customer from hell. Every weekday morning, Noémie struts into the coffee shop like she owns the place and often makes a fuss. Jordan can’t stand the woman.

But Noémie's life isn't as perfect as it seems, and when her father—founder of the globally expanding Poutine Heaven franchise—cuts off her financial support, Noémie's world is turned upside down. Desperate, Noémie gets a job at the coffee shop, and upon learning of Jordan’s housing woes, proposes they move in together. Reluctantly, Jordan agrees.

As they navigate their new living arrangement, Jordan uncovers surprising depth to Noémie that challenges her previous assumptions, and she develops feelings she never expected. But Noémie dates men, and Jordan doesn’t do relationships. So, all Jordan can hope is that her feelings won’t brew complications.

Warning! This romance ain't cookie cutter. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of jealousy, angst, and messiness that rivals Tryst Six Venom.

French Pressed Love is a slow burn romance that will have you sipping up all the drama well past your bedtime.

©2024 M.C. Hutson (P)2025 M.C. Hutson

French Pressed Love

To say that this story had drama would be an understatement. It was very angtsy from start to finish - literally!

Jordan is going through a lot ... A LOT! Hookups, hangups, and no direction in life. Oh, and commitment seems to be an issue. She is at a point where change might be good.

Enter Noémie, who Jordan hates AND crushes on - yes, simultaneously. It's not the smoothest start for them...they're from different worlds. Noémie has issues of her own to deal with.

Do they balance each other out? No.
Are they perfect for each other? Again, no.
Are they hott together? Absolutely.

So many other great characters, too! I hope Sarah gets a story. Oh, and Kristen as well!

Dara Brown did a wonderful job narrating! 👏👏👏

Heartfelt, genuine, hot! 🔥

MC promised a messy romance, and it is! It’s a good mess, though. I love the realness of Jordan her challenges. Lots of queer romance is super forced. This felt real.

Narrator was fantastic!!

Im DNF on this story. I found the characters irritating, the race/heritage discussions short sighted and full of caricaturization (tough read as a black woman). But the NARRATOR. Get her booked with other sapphic stories PLEASE. She was so good, totally saved the 1/3 of this book I actually listened to. Her cadence was a breath of fresh air compared to the usual narrators on the queer scene

It's pretty good especially if you like MESSY

I think I have finally settled on a 3.5 rating for this book.

I went into this book knowing it was going to be messy and I think in order to enjoy it you need that caveat. It's MESSY. It's got lying, and jealousy, and massive amounts of manipulation and miscommunication. These two MC's are wildly toxic and need lots of therapy but yet I was still rooting for them.

The book is told from Jordan's POV and I do think I would have appreciate a little of Noémie's as well.

Because the entire book Jordan thinks Noémie is straight and keeps trying to tamp down her feelings, I got a lot of angst but not a lot of yearning. And without Noémie's POV I didn't anything from her but mixed feelings and bitchiness with a side of jealousy.

By the time we get these two together the book is over and I really needed more time for this thing to develop because I didn't buy into the love at all.

That said I really did love the messiness when I was in it. It was clever and fun and toxic and I knew these characters are totally imperfect but still wanted them to find happiness.

So that's why the 3.5 stars.

More YA.

I came across the TIK tok reviewing this book and i gave it a try. I didn’t realize it was the author rating their own book LOL. Way it’s written is def more YA, not new YA just YA. Some of the language or street slang that is used is a bit annoying considering we are talking about 30yr olds. Had potential. Also, I didn’t do research but I just feel like the narrator is the author and I couldn’t get their face out of my head while listening to this story.