The Pact

By: Karina Halle

Narrated by: Lidia Dornet, Shaun Grindell

Linden McGregor is tall, rugged, and gunslinger handsome - a helicopter pilot with a Scottish brogue and charm to spare. He's also one of Stephanie Robson's best friends and has fit into that box for as long as she's known him.

Beautiful, funny, and an ambitious businesswoman, Stephanie Robson is one of Linden McGregor's best friends and has fit into that box for as long as he's known her. But some relationships can't be boxed, can't be classified, can't be tamed.

Back in their mid-20s and tired of the competitive hit-or-miss dating scene of San Francisco, Steph and Linden made a pact to marry each other if neither one of them were in a serious relationship by the time they hit 30.

It sounded like fun and games at the time, but as the years to 30 tick past and lovers come and go out of their lives, the pact becomes larger than life.

Sex is inevitable. Friendships are tested. Hearts are on the line. The pact is about to change everything.

©2014 Karina Halle (P)2015 Tantor

A simple love story, but a great listen.

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Loved the characters. Stephanie is a heroine that you can support. She's not a doormat (like so many romance heroines' these days---what's up with that?) and Linden is the manly-man type you'd expect from a romance, but he's not the twisted, self-serving jerks that are so popular today in everything from erotica to new young adult fiction.
Overall, I'd highly recommend this book. There are some heart-melting scenes and its funny too.

Story was interesting

I liked the story-it was a good romance. In particular I loved the male Scottish accent and the way the story went back and forth allowing the main characters to tell it from their point of view. What I did not like is the filthy language. It's so surprising to me that literature, although this would not be considered good literature by many, but that it has become so base and crude. Why not use interesting and/or more complex language to make the story better, deeper. Why would the author not want to write something more intelligent and human.

A 3.5 I can't push to a 4

This was a well-intentioned story that went on far too long. Linden and Stephanie, long-time friends who secretly lust after each other, make a pact to marry if they reach 30 still unattached. Could be a fun, passionate, friends-to-lovers story, but the author drags along everything and everyone in a complicated tale of twisted friendships and non-stop bed-hopping. The narration was not-bad, but Linden was supposed to be from Aberdeen, Scotland, and the 'brogue' held except for every word that started with the letter 'r.' There was sweetness and tenderness and a satisfying conclusion, but the journey took far too long with too much ugly scenery that had to be overlooked.

This story took forever

I liked the concept, though nothing new. However it was overly wordy. The story probably would have been better cut in 1/2.

My opinion not yours

The story was way too long. At one point n t I had three hours to go and didn't know if I was going to make it. The narrators were good but the story just dragged on.