The Unlikely Pair (Unlikely Dilemmas Book 2) by Jax Calder; Narrated by Gary Furlong

This an opponent to lover romance that shows that two very different men can make the unlikeliest pair that will sacrifice everything for love.


From the blurb:

What happens when you find yourself stranded in the wilderness with your political enemy?

Getting stranded in the freezing wilderness with my archenemy wasn’t on today’s to-do list. But somehow, that’s where I’ve ended up.

Harry Matheson, my political rival, has always been smarmy, arrogant, and entitled. It figures that even this plane crash has barely ruffled his well-coiffed hair.

It’s all fine, though, because our pilot has gone to call for help and rescue should be imminent.

Fast forward a few frigid hours…

Umm…maybe it’s not so fine, because it appears our pilot is part of an international terrorist group intent on kidnapping us.

Now Harry and I have to flee through the wilderness—together.

Unfortunately, being adept at political debates and parliamentary procedures doesn’t exactly prepare you for the basics of finding food, keeping warm, and evading the local wildlife while playing high-stakes hide-and-seek with armed terrorists.

The only way Harry and I have any hope of surviving is to stick together.

The problem is, the line separating hate and love has begun to blur, and the last thing I need is to fall for my enemy.

The Unlikely Pair is an enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a romp through the political wilderness where hearts, quite literally, go off the beaten path.


SNik's review:

Audio. Second in series (Unlikely Dilemmas), but can be read as a standalone. Adversaries to lovers. Opposites attract. Dual POV. 

Toby and Harry couldn’t be any more different, from their politics, to their family upbringing, to their public lives, and whenever they debate in the House of Commons it is both entertaining and brutal. A plane crash has Harry and Toby navigating how to work together to survive and unexpectedly they find not only do they find themselves saving each other but also learning more about each other as well. 

This story was an amazing description of two men experiencing the desperation to survive, the strong bonds that occur when you rely entirely on another person, and how everything becomes more meaningful when living in the moment. I enjoyed every page filled with banter, discovering the small things a person does reveals their true self underneath their public facade, and that love can blossom under the harshest of conditions for Harry and Toby. Entertaining and definitely a romance that will stick with you long after the book is finished. 

The narration by Gary Furlong was beyond amazing, he emotes and expresses what the characters are feeling so well, so much so that it was hard to press pause on the audio. He has definitely become a narrator I will look forward to when listening to books in the future.


The Unlikely Pair is currently available as an audiobook on the author's website:  https://jaxcalder.com/products/the-unlikely-pair-audiobook, 

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