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    Caught!
    Caught!
    Caught!
    Audiobook8 hours

    Caught!

    Written by JL Merrow

    Narrated by Mark Steadman

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    About this audiobook

    Bow ties are cool . . . but secrets, not so much.

    Behind Robert Emeny’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past. He’s taken a job in a village primary school to make a fresh start, and love isn’t part of his plans. But then he’s knocked for six—literally—by a chance encounter with the uncle of two of his pupils.

    Sean Grant works in pest control, lives on a council estate, and rides a motorbike. Robert is an ex–public schoolboy from a posh family who drives a classic car. On the face of it, they shouldn’t have anything in common. Yet Robert can’t resist Sean’s roguish grin, and passion sparks between them even after an excruciatingly embarrassing first date. 

    Too bad the past Robert’s hiding from is about to come looking for him. His increasingly ludicrous efforts to keep his secrets are pushing Sean away—but telling the truth could make Sean leave him for good.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRiptide Publishing
    Release dateAug 27, 2017
    ISBN9781626498648
    Caught!
    Author

    JL Merrow

    JL MERROW is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne.She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy, and her novella Muscling Through and novel Relief Valve were both EPIC Awards finalists.JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.Find JL Merrow online at: www.jlmerrow.com, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

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    • 5/5
      The working bloke and the semi-posh academic – an English village romance (with bow ties!)JL Merrow gives us a another simple, semi-geeky, English romance, this one focused on a recently-arrived educated, “semi-posh” teacher who falls for a sexy, working-class bloke. At its core, this is a mostly sweet and tender story that will have appeal to Anglophiles, cross-class romance enthusiasts, Doctor Who aficionados, and, most especially, bow tie lovers. That being said, the narration centers on the attraction, vulnerabilities, and insecurities of “Emsy” (Rob), and readers who find his yearnings and fears to be compelling should find this to be an entertaining and endearing romance. However, those who find a geeky character’s self-sabotage because of his insecurities and past betrayals to be annoying may not be as appreciative.There was a fair amount of erotic tension built, although overall there was relatively little sex (and most of it was off-book), but several “missed” opportunities that built the sexual tension led to an erotic scene that was quite enticing (especially for fans of bow ties).
    • 3/5
      It was light and sweet, if not braced upon the backbone of dishonesty. Anyway it kept me entertained until the end and I like the narrator quite a lot.
    • 5/5
      I laughed until I cried at various points in this book. Merrow and I share a sense of humor. I mean, how can you hate a book with a line like this: "I took a bite of almond croissant, which, I decided, was the crack cocaine of baked goods"?Or how about, "Fordy's always rather exuberant brows had now entirely met in the middle, like a couple of very small, coy ferrets exchanging a kiss"?Brilliant!If you want to add a dash of happy to your day, pick up this book. Now.