The One in My Heart

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Best-selling historical romance author Sherry Thomas branches out with her first contemporary romance about a chance meeting a lifetime in the making, and an all-consuming affair without a single predictable moment.

Sometimes the one, the one you didn’t even know you’ve been waiting for, at last comes along....

Evangeline Canterbury has always seemed perfectly composed and perfectly content. No one knows the fear and turmoil she holds inside, and she is happy to hide behind her façade. That is, until she meets Bennett Somerset on a night when her façade has fallen by the wayside, her misery visible for miles.

His presence is beguiling enough that such an inauspicious beginning morphs into a lovely one-night stand. But Evangeline becomes less sure when he ropes her into a fake relationship, so he can use her connections to get close to his estranged parents. She doesn’t want to be exploited, but he is very beautiful, very charming, and very, very, very persuasive.

At first, she is only afraid that she might fall in love—and he might walk away when he has reconciled with his parents. Then, she realizes that he knows her far better than she wants him to, and understands her in ways that threaten the very foundation of her façade. She is desperate to run from him, but what if—what if he actually wants the real her?

©2015 Sherry Thomas (P)2022 Sherry Thomas

Critic reviews

"I am magnificently and irreparably ruined by her books." (Kristan Higgins, New York Times best-selling author)

Loved The One In My Heart!

I love this book so much, I listened to it twice! I loved the characters, and the development of the key characters’ relationship. My only disappointment is that the author didn’t expand the details shared in the postscript more. I also enjoyed the narration, and thought the reader’s voice suited the main character well, and enjoyed every moment without the need to rush through it by changing the speed.

Loved it!

I hope she writes more books like this. The banter was both clever and hilarious. The richness of the characters was beautiful. I loved it.

Heart warming

Sherry Thomas's books never fail to pull at the strings of your heart. Personally, I must admit that the voice actor doesn't quite capture my fancy, as her rendition tends to be excessively slow and restrained. However, a simple adjustment to the playback speed at 1.2 times its normal pace fixes the problem.

Unrealuzed potential

I was interested at first but after a while realized that, despite semi-interesting characters, this book was SLOW and going nowhere interesting. On top of that, the narrator, Kate Redding, while talented at accent and male vocal work, sounds entirely too old to narrate a 30 something protagonist— I kept thinking Evangeline was in her 60s because of what she sounded like. This is a pass.

Ready to binge on Lord of the Rings!

Thank God it was only a little over eleven hours of listening! Don't know if I could handle more of the hot stuff, especially since I'm at work! Kate Reading, as always, narrated with finesse! She's one of my favorites! And, Sherry Thomas does well at romantic (and comedic) stories. Well done, ladies!