Reviewed by Alexander
TITLE: Sleeping ’Til Sunrise
SERIES: Mangrove Stories
AUTHOR: Mary Calmes
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 2 hours, 12 minutes
NARRATOR: Greg Tremblay
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Everyone in Mangrove, Florida, knows Fire Chief Essien Dodd is a saint. He took care of his ex-wife until she died, is raising his teenage daughter alone, and is the kind of man who pulls kittens from trees. All in all, the man’s a catch. But Roark Hammond has sworn off getting involved with a man who’s been hurt before because he can’t guarantee he won’t hurt his prospective love again. If only he could get Essien out of his mind long enough to focus on anyone, or anything, else.
Strong emotions are in play. Essien is lonely but determined to focus on Ivy; Ivy wants her father to have a new life so much that, to his horror, she’s trying to find him a man; and Roark is so scared of the present and past, he won’t allow himself to commit. To have any chance of sleeping ’til sunrise and greeting each new day together, Essien and Roark will have to rethink how they’re living their lives and focus on what’s most important.
REVIEW:
Yet another cute story set in picturesque Mangrove Florida, which introduces two new characters to the spotlight. Essien couldn’t be more of a golden boy in Mangrove, I mean man, the guy couldn’t be more perfect and Roark, with his fear based behavior was a nice counterpoint to the seemingly perfect Essien.
The attraction and fear made for an enjoyable storyline, and although I am not a fan of children in real life, I like it when they are incorporated into the stories that I read. I am also a big fan of when characters from previous books make cameos in stories to strengthen our relationship with the series and reinforce the world building.
Tremblay’s narration was as usual well done, and he always gives the listener a quality performance. I of course found his male voices to be enjoyable as always, and will say that he did an admirable job with Ivy’s voice. Now that is not to say that I loved how Ivy sounded because I didn’t, but I sure can appreciate the challenge of him performing the voice of a teenage girl.
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I love this series. I’ve only listened to one of the audios so far, but I loved it because it was my favorite story in this series.