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    First and Only
    First and Only
    First and Only
    Audiobook9 hours

    First and Only

    Written by Abbie Zanders

    Narrated by Aiden Snow

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    About this audiobook

    Lexi O'Connell has secretly been in love with Ian Callaghan for more than ten years. So when she returns to Pine Ridge and he turns those sexy crystal blue eyes her way, she doesn't have a hope of resisting, even if she knows it can only be for one night.

    Even if it will break her heart. Because while she would know him anywhere, he doesn't even recognize her.

    Ian Callaghan is mischievous, playful, and irresistible to women. When he sets his sights on the attractive young woman who has been discreetly staring at him, he doesn't think twice about seducing her.

    It wasn't supposed to be more than one night. And falling in love with her was definitely not part of the plan.

    A few days is all Ian needs to know that Lexi is The One. His croie. His soul mate. And he doesn't understand how she can just walk away. But what Ian doesn't understand might just kill her.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781515987727
    First and Only

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    • 5/5
      Another great story in the Callaghan series. I loved the characters but wanted to smack Ian upside the head a time or two. Communication is key and some people weren't getting the memo.

      I recommend this book to anyone who demands a happy ending and likes big family romances.

      As for the narrator, he's done a wonderful job again.
    • 1/5
      DNF at 52% BECAUSE

      I enjoyed the first book well enough; it was an enjoyable read and the story was a good mystery. I liked Ian in that book, and I liked Ian in this book, although, again, a lot of angst could be avoided if people would just say things instead of being vague, but then, where's the story? I liked Ian until all of a sudden, he turned into Christian Grey about 45% of the way into the book, becoming possessive to the point of semi-abusiveness, paranoid about any other man in Lexi's life, controlling, and generally a man that I'd run like hell from. One moment he's full of love and imagining Lexi pregnant with their child, unable to imagine his life without her, and the next he's aggressively "claiming" her as his. That was it for me. I also skipped over the section where Lexi reads from the selection by her favorite author. I should have seen where it was headed. I know Ian had a darker side, but that was just too sudden a switch, and not to a pleasant place. Oh well. Everyone else loves it, so I guess I'm in the minority.