- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release Date:03-18-14
- Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
- Twenty-year-old Chris Simms is barely keeping his head above water. After losing his mother and his home, he struggles to provide for himself and his brother. When homophobes attack him, he thinks his life is over, but then he’s rescued by jackaroos from a nearby sheep station. He's as stunned to be offered a job there as he is to discover both the station owner and foreman are gay.
For Chris, Lang Downs is a dream—one that only gets better when Chris realizes the jackaroo he's crushing on, Jesse Harris, is gay and amenable to a fling. Everything goes well until Chris realizes he’s falling for Jesse a lot harder than allowed by their deal.
Jesse is a drifter who moves from station to station, never looking for anything permanent. Convinced Chris is too young and fragile for a real relationship, he sets rules to keep things casual. Watching the station owner and his foreman together makes Jesse wonder if there are benefits to settling down, but when he realizes how Chris feels about him, he panics. He and Chris will have to decide if a try for happiness is worth the risk before the end of the season tears them apart.
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Cat gives this one 4.5 Meows with a 3 Purr heat index...
"A drifter a homeless boy and a sheep station"
This is book 2 in a series and I suggest you read or listen to book one first since at least half or more takes up Maclin and Cain"s story and they are prominent characters.
Maclin and Cain are out hiring the new Jackaroos for the summer. While eating a young man runs in crying for help that his brother is being beaten. Maclin and some of the Jackaroos go out and help. Chris is badly beaten with a broken arm and some cracked ribs. Homeless and with a young brother to raise, Cain takes them in and offers them work.
Jesse a new Jackaroo that works summers on stations then moves on is taken by Chris and figures that both of them being gay they can have a friend's with benefits thing while he is there. He is open and upfront with Chris that he likes his life as a drifter.
I liked that not only do we get two new characters, we haven't met before but we also get more of Maclin and Cain. I liked the way the story went and loved all the characters especially Chris's younger brother Seth. There is a lot of angst at the beginning and I did think that some of that was dragged out a little.
William James narration made the story. He doest just tell he acts it all out and his many voices are amazing. I love his accents and how easy it is to tell who is talking by them. I highly suggest listening to this book/series as to reading it as I think the narration adds more life to the story. I was totally lost in the book as I went about my chores.
If you like Australian settings, the Outback, sheep stations, and some hot man-sex this is for you.
Maclin and Cain are out hiring the new Jackaroos for the summer. While eating a young man runs in crying for help that his brother is being beaten. Maclin and some of the Jackaroos go out and help. Chris is badly beaten with a broken arm and some cracked ribs. Homeless and with a young brother to raise, Cain takes them in and offers them work.
Jesse a new Jackaroo that works summers on stations then moves on is taken by Chris and figures that both of them being gay they can have a friend's with benefits thing while he is there. He is open and upfront with Chris that he likes his life as a drifter.
I liked that not only do we get two new characters, we haven't met before but we also get more of Maclin and Cain. I liked the way the story went and loved all the characters especially Chris's younger brother Seth. There is a lot of angst at the beginning and I did think that some of that was dragged out a little.
William James narration made the story. He doest just tell he acts it all out and his many voices are amazing. I love his accents and how easy it is to tell who is talking by them. I highly suggest listening to this book/series as to reading it as I think the narration adds more life to the story. I was totally lost in the book as I went about my chores.
If you like Australian settings, the Outback, sheep stations, and some hot man-sex this is for you.
Ariel Tachna lives outside of Houston with her husband, her daughter and son, and their cat. Before moving there, she traveled all over the world, having fallen in love with both France, where she found her husband, and India, where she dreams of retiring some day. She’s bilingual with snippets of four other languages to her credit, and is as in love with languages as she is with writing.
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It seems like too much of a stretch to find that both the station owner and foreman are gay.
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Thanks for the review! I love when the narrator does all the voices differently (and well), really livens up the narration.
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Thank you for the review. I gave book 1 a listen and it turned out fine. I wasn't sure about this one but I think I'll give it a try.
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