The Promises We Break

Balance of Power, Book 2

By: Berlin Wick

Narrated by: Branden Davis-Butler, Grayson Owens

Ember

It was supposed to be one night with one incredibly handsome stranger. A night of giving into temptation and forgetting all my inhibitions. Instead, it ends with wedding vows and promises of “I do”.

But it turns out, this is exactly what we need for the sake of both our blooming careers. Especially after my new boss tasks me with the opening of a hot new lifestyle club.

Hudson needs me to wear the title of wife for the benefit of his career, and I need him to teach me the lifestyle to solidify mine. Adding sex lessons to our agreement surely won’t complicate things, right?

We’re blurring the lines of business and pleasure, unable to avoid the contagious desire between us. But I need to keep this strictly professional and emotion-free; it’s the only way I can get through it.

Forever is not what I signed up for, and there is no other way that this can end except with divorce papers and broken promises.

Hudson

I am never letting her go.

One year.
I have one year to convince her that our future is forever.

The Promises We Break is a Marriage of Convenience Romance and an interconnected standalone in the Balance of Power book series. You do not need to listen to any prior books, but it's always recommended. As usual, please check TW's before listening.

©2024 Berlin Wick (P)2025 Berlin Wick

A one day read!

Loved this so much that I finished it in one day! Great characters. Great narration. Great spice!

Holy Hawtness

After listening to The Secrets We Hide I knew this was going to be an instant buy for me and I was not disappointed! Berlin Wick does such a good job building a world of such relatable characters.

Hudson is the perfect example of what most of us want. (Why can’t he be real?) A golden retriever, yes, but a warm, fuzzy, FERAL golden retriever. I always enjoy listening to Grayson Owens who puts the perfect amount of masculinity, dominance, and affection into every line he reads. He’s an auto-buy narrator for me.

Ember is exactly how I’d imagined her, sweet, innocent, and vulnerable but gaining strength and confidence as she goes and Branden Davis-Butler hit another one out of the park. She makes me laugh, cry, and feel things I don’t think I’m allowed to say on here. She is also an auto-buy narrator for me and it’s not hard to see why.

Did I mention chapters 36, 39, 47, 52, 53, or the epilogue yet? No? Believe me, you’ll know what I mean as soon as you hear them.

And the BLOOPERS! Whoever came up with the idea of including these at the end deserves an award because it’s the best way to end an audiobook. These were so much fun to listen to. In the words of Ember, I NEED MORE!

Can’t wait to hear the audio for book 3!

a cute, sweet MF story

this was definitely a sweet story. these two were so cute. I was irritated with Ember throughout the book though with the whole "fake husband" thing. like, no he isnt. gah. I was really hoping there wouldn't be a 3rd act breakup but there was a short one. the coincidences in this book were a bit much. maybe it was just, meant to be, but it was a lot. I do recommend this book though. this is a feel good story. very hot too. these narrators though! so good. I, admittedly, because of the name of the female narrator did think this was a MM romance. so I was hesitant since I haven't read many of those. it is not. it is a MF romance.