IRL is the start of a series from Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox first published a few years ago. When a domineering CEO meets his match in a sweet game shop owner but keeps the fact that they actually have met already in an anonymous sexting conversation.
Conor:
It starts with a drunken text pic. The kind I would normally never send. Only, instead of it going to the flirty hotel bartender, it goes to some random stranger who actually responds.
I tell myself an unexpected night of hot as hell back-and-forth is the perfect way to blow off a little steam while I’m in New York closing an important business deal. Little do I know the man on the other end of the line is none other than Wells Grange: The most controlling, egotistical, emotionless SOB I’ve ever met.
I spend my days squaring off against Wells in the boardroom, and my nights succumbing to the sexy stranger’s commanding texts in the bedroom. Within days, I’m falling for someone I shouldn’t, and I have to remind myself that none of this is real.
Wells:
The first thing I notice about Conor Newell when he sits down in my high-rise conference room is how delightfully nervous he is. Then I see his tie. The same geeky tie that’s held hostage on my phone. The one that belongs to my anonymous late-night texter. And it changes everything.
I should confess. Tell the truth about who I am. Instead, I decide there’s no harm in flirting. After all, once our business is concluded, he’ll be out of my life for good.
The more I get to know Conor, however, the more I start to fall for him. Which is a problem, because I made a vow long ago to never let emotions interfere with my life, either business or personal. Except I can’t stop thinking about him night and day. If it’s only in my head, though, it doesn’t count.
After all, it’s not like we’re falling for each other in real life....
SNik's review:
Audio. First in series (After Oscar). Hidden identity. Dual POV.
Conor is a gameshop owner in New York to negotiate a deal for his mother’s invention and get some much needed money, but he starts a texting conversation with a stranger that turns his life upside down. Wells is a no nonsense biomedical CEO that always gets what he wants, and when he finds out Conor is his anonymous sexting partner he wants Conor like he’s never wanted anything before.
This story has an extraordinary amount of steam when so many scenes are texted, and the fact that Wells’s dominance is met willingly by Conor makes them seem like a good match even before they meet IRL. No surprise that the authors bring the emotions and personal connections as well to sufficiently demonstrate that Wells and Conor have things in common and actually see a side to each other many others do not.
Michael Pauley does an excellent job of narration, distinguishing the two main characters and others while bringing the heat to the forefront.
IRL is currently available as an audiobook, e-book and paperback, and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
IRL is currently available as an audiobook, e-book and paperback, and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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