Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Better than Home
SERIES: Better Than
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
NARRATOR: Nick J. Russo
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 3 hours and 55 minutes
RELEASE DATE: August 8, 2022
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The lawyer, the diva, and a new adventure…
Life is good. A few years ago, I met someone special, came out as bi, fell head over heels, and married the love of my life. A man. But not just any man.
Aaron is a confident, unapologetically fabulous diva who isn’t afraid to take chances. I love that about him. New state, new career path…no problem.
Except things don’t always go according to plan. That’s okay. It might be the perfect time to get back to basics and check off a few items on our original list…like buy a house and start a family. Whoa! House first.
However, house hunting isn’t glamorous at all, and with my partnership at the law firm in the balance, it’s kind of stressful. Everything we’ve dreamed of is within reach—if we can just find a place that feels like home, we’ll be better than good.
Better Than Home is a sweet and sexy novella featuring Matt and Aaron from my international best-selling book Better Than Good. The lawyer, the diva, and the happy ever after of a lifetime. For listeners who know the real love story happens after the first “I love you”.
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Note: This is the continuation of the story of the couple from the first book in this series, Better than Good. I would recommend reading that book first, as well as the soon to be in Audio, Better than Beginnings, the compilation book of the stories of Matty and Aaron’s lives over the years 🙂
*Sigh* This story is like wrapping up in a familiar warm blanket and visiting with old friends. I’ll never get tired of Matt and Aaron 🙂 This is truly the culmination of their Happily Ever After. They are settled. They are new homeowners. Their careers are changing and for the better. They still have their best friends around them and their families. Matt still gets wound up about stuff. Aaron is still a diva. And they still fit perfectly. And they are all grown up and doing all the adulting they can handle 😀
It’s clear in this book just how much Matty and Aaron not only love each other, but also support each other. There are career changes – some hoped for, some not. There are decisions about where to put down roots. And how to manage the expectations of family. There are career and home decisions to be made. And through it all, Matty and Aaron continue to work as a team. Their friends and families contribute to their happiness and their stress 😉 But through it all, they have each other’s backs.
I adored getting to see the couples from the other books in the series who have moved on with their lives as well. The new neighbors as well as their families are right there along for the ride as well. There are funny and tender and unexpected moments here – all wonderfully written. This audiobook has a different narrator to the rest of the books in the series, but a fan favorite, Mr. Nick Russo was fully up to the task. He has narrated other of Ms. Hayes’s books and he does a wonderful job of bringing her beloved characters of Matt and Aaron and all their friends and family to life. We feel the love between Matty and Aaron. They are able to balance each other out in all the best possible ways. Mr. Russo has a knack for finding the right voice for all his performances and this one is another example of his superb skill. I highly recommend this lovely little gem of a book and I can’t wait for book 5’s audio 😀 Thank you Ms. Hayes and Mr. Russo.
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