The Best Kind of Forever

Riverside Reapers, Book 1

By: Celeste Briars

Narrated by: Samantha Cook, Alex Kydd

Aeris Relera has always drawn the short end of the stick in life—a self-absorbed ex, neglectful parents, and a past that continues to haunt her.

When she's down on her luck one night, a mysterious knight in shining armor—or, more realistically, a knight in hockey shoulder pads—saves her from a few too many tequila shots.

Hayes Hollings' checkered past refuses to stay very far behind him. His mistakes are even more catastrophic when they're broadcast to the whole world. Being a disgraced NHL player isn't good for his love life or his reputation. Determined to get into the public's good graces, Hayes constructs a devious plan to rebrand his image as a doting boyfriend.

Aeris has grown to accept that she's not destined for what love has to offer, but when Hayes rewrites her fate, she's thrown into an internal battle that has her stretched between giving love a shot or keeping her distance from the Riverside Reapers' biggest playboy. Hayes might seem like the perfect guy to help Aeris learn how to love again, but little does she know he's harboring a secret big enough to ruin her completely.

Will love prevail between two polar opposites, or will fatal lies break these two apart?

The Best Kind of Forever is a hilarious hockey romance featuring a swoon-worthy, reformed playboy, a fake dating scheme, spice hot enough to make you question your religious values, and a newfound chance at love between two polar opposites, with no cheating and satisfying happily ever after. It's the first book in a series but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

©2023 Celeste Briars (P)2024 Podium Audio

NO WAY SHE CHOKED ON THE RING

Honestly, it was a great book, but I really wish her dad was lying and he didn’t actually scream in her brother’s face for 10 minute straight. And I can’t believe that she actually took him back…. And then continued to get proposed to with a ring in her freaking champagne, and he had to give her the Heimlich in this romantic restaurant.

I love to have the way the book was very loud and bold and made itself clear

everything was nice, sick, are you a lot of different emotions, this book is my favorite

Playboy to Committed

I loved the narrators - I’ll listen to anything with Alex Kydd!!!
The story was good - I’m trying not to give spoilers but I will say, I didn’t love that the big “drama” could have been resolved with a simple conversation and the subsequent “reveal” almost left me feeling worse? I was also a little confused by how some of the characters overlapped… it felt like there were several tropes included just to include? Decent book and glad I read it.

I’ve read bettter Wattpad Stories

Reads like it was written by a middle schooler…
Poor writing, poor pacing, little plot. Very disappointed

Mid

0 build up to their relationship, hard to believe they are just madly in love at first sight. also feels like they are making light of eating disorders. "She find the love of her life and can suddenly eat again"??? Performance was good, i kinda liked the raspy-ness of the narrators voice. Story? 0/10 would not recommend to a friend.