The Barkeep and the Bro

Single Dads Club, Book 3

By: A.J. Truman

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo

I’m his boss. He’s my daughter’s ex-boyfriend. This has nope written all over it.

For 25 years, I’ve been in an exclusive, all-consuming relationship with Stone’s Throw Tavern, my family’s local bar. I don’t need a boyfriend. What I need is a new bartender.

And what I get is Charlie, my daughter’s old college boyfriend, a guy who still acts like he’s chillin’ at the frat house. He was canned from his Wall Street job and escaped to small town Sourwood for a fresh start. He knows bupkis about bartending, but he makes up for it with his cocky charm…and the tight shirts he wears, which secretly drive me wild. Now I’m making up excuses to hang by the bar during his shifts.There’s a pile of reasons why I can’t cross the line with an employee. Especially this one. He’s 20 years younger than me, and I’m a foot taller than him. Even on a purely mathematical level, this can’t work. And yet…The growing heat between the fratboy and me burns like a shot of whiskey. I just need to keep my beer can in my pants, or else I could lose my business and my daughter.

The Barkeep and the Bro will serve you up a glass of age gap, size difference, boss/employee, grumpy/sunshine, small town romance goodness, garnished with humor and lots of heat. And it won’t even ask for ID. This is the third audiobook in the Single Dads Club series, but can be listened to as a standalone.

©2022 A.J. Truman (P)2024 A.J. Truman

Loved this installment!

AJ Truman has a way of writing a story that feels real, and Mitch and Charlie's story was no different! Nick Russo did an amazing job bringing each of these characters to life, and it was a testament to his talents that ensured these characters had their own voice, often leaving me to forget that this is done by a single narrator!

Charlie had me falling for him right away, and his self-discovery throughout the story was done beautifully. Mitch was exactly what I like in a grumpy MMC, but I loved that the two of them found their HEA, despite the hurdles they had to overcome. This low angst, age-gap romance was exactly what I needed and the side characters have me searching for the other books in this series!

I AM WITHOUT WORDS

fantastic extraordinary EXQUISITE. i could do nothing other than listen. NJR is an artist and this story is MAGIC. I LOVE U CHARLIE AND MITCH MWAH

Very Humorous

I found this one to be the funniest of the series so far. I expected a little more conflict or resistance because of the relationship being between the dad and the daughter’s ex, but there wasn’t much. Very low angst, but also a little too “easy” with how everything worked out, which is why it’s only 4 stars. Narration was great.

A beautiful story that tugs on your heart and…

Loved the whole series. Hoping there will be more single dads club in the future

A worthy continuation of the series

I liked almost everything about this story, though I didn’t like the way it ended – not that it’s not a happy ending but just that it’s not my style. I continued to enjoy Nick J Russo‘s narration, though I also continued to wonder why he mispronounced certain words. There also wasn’t a lot of distinction made between the voices of the two lovers. It didn’t stop me from enjoying the audiobook, though, and I do recommend it.