Reviewed by Sadonna

TITLE:  Just George

SERIES:  With George

AUTHOR:  Mary Calmes

NARRATORS:  Declan Winters

PUBLISHER:  Self Published

LENGTH:  1 hours and 29 minutes

RELEASE DATE:  August 14, 2022

BLURB:

George Hunt can think of nothing he’d like more than to skip the high-society fundraiser where he has to guard a precocious seventeen-year-old girl and her judgmental therapist, but there’s no way out of it. If anything bad were to happen and he wasn’t there to stop it, he’d never forgive himself. So even though she’s grilling him about his dating life and the good doctor is psychoanalyzing him, he’s going to soldier on, because protecting his charges is what a knight does.

What he doesn’t count on is having to use both his training and his gun to make it through the night, or finding the last thing he ever expected… someone who actually sees him, not for the man he is, but for the man he could be with just a little bit of love.

REVIEW:

For fans of Mary Calmes’ Matter of Time series and her monthly reader newsletter He said, He Said offering, this story is a delightful gem starring everyone’s favorite bodyguard George Hunt.  George is Hannah’s shadow and she is determined to save him from what she views as a lonely life.  She’s attending one of her Uncle Aaron’s  fundraiser that is supporting mental health, well of course she chooses as her therapist as her plus one.  However, she does have an ulterior motive.  That’s right.  This is a setup.  George is NOT pleased.  He can find his own dates, thank you very much.  And he’s always pretty much been a lone wolf.  Unbeknownst to George, Dr. Kurt Butler, Hannah’s therapist is also unsuspecting of this little matchmaking venture 😉  He’s a bit surprised too and he doesn’t roll with the punches as easily as George does.

George helps Kurt at the function where he is a little overwhelmed by everything. Of course it’s a bachelor auction as well, so that’s entertaining.  Things are going ok until there is an attempted kidnapping.  After conversations with the good doctor about George’s default use of deadly force, of course George has to rely on his gun to help stop the bad guys 😛  George is a little bit worse for wear and Kurt volunteers to look after him.  Hannah seems to be getting her way after all 😉

Oh I adored the audio!  Declan Winter is just amazing in his performance of these characters.  Loved loved loved his voice choices for both Kurt and George.  He sounded exactly as I heart George in my head.  George is kind of a gruff no-nonsense guy until it comes to Hannah.  In this story, we find out about George’s past and of course that helps us understand him more.  Kurt makes some assumptions and then when he sees George in action, well he reframes his assessment.  There is plenty of high adrenaline action and some very sweet and tender moments between George and Kurt that were lovely.  This story is short and yes, it ends after one night really, but there is more coming 😉  This is just the beginning for these two men 😀

Fans of Matter of Time and Steamroller will love this story.  I can’t wait for the next audio.  Mr. Winter really elevates this little gem!

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