AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Cozen by Bethany-Kris

COZEN

by Bethany-Kris  
Narrator: Conner Goff  
Audio Publication Date: October 2018
Genres: Adult, Audiobook, Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime, Erotic Romance

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Conner Goff gave us an amazing performance with Cozen. He was able to switch between characters perfectly. He did really well giving each character their own voice and distinctive tones so that I was never confused as to who was talking. Goff did a fantastic job, I definitely recommend his narrations.

Wow… just WOW… the cover is beyond gorgeous. Like, Coven has to be one of her most beautiful covers from all of the author, Bethany-Kris’s other books, The coloring and the image of the model… it blends so well with the story and the colors. It’s classy and just plain breath-taking. I hope Bethany-Kris never stops giving us some of the classiest looking covers that I have ever seen!

This book is so different from her normal organized crime suspense/romance type books yet it’s still very similar. Cozen still kept up with Bethany-Kris’s normal suspense and romance genre. This book was heavy in both! I loved Cozen… she’s fierce and very dedicated to her work. She’s all about the adrenaline rush. I love the female coming off the “bad guy” it just makes this even more fun for me! Of course, Sargon is no push over. He’s very alpha male. They were an explosive bomb together!

I loved this new world that Bethany-Kris is creating. I can’t get over the sexual tension in this book; it was palpable and just so hot! I couldn’t get enough! My goodness, the ending… I nearly jumped right out of my seat shocked and surprised! I feel like I was teased piece by piece but didn’t really realize it till the end.

I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.

 

SYNOPSIS:

coz-en (kuz-uhn) verb 1. trick or deceive. • obtain by deception.

She was named most appropriately.

Cozen Taylor has more than earned her place as one of North America’s most successful thieves. Her name is whispered amongst criminal elite as the go-to thief when someone needs a heist.

She has never failed.

A call from the Miami-based Astor family could change all that with a job that seems almost impossible to complete. The mark should be simple—a stolen family heirloom, the man who has kept it hidden for over twenty years, and six months to return the piece to its rightful owners.

Nothing is ever that easy.

Three-hundred million for a successful heist. No smart thief would turn the offer down. Cozen didn’t expect a complication like him to put a kink in her plans, though. Sargon Makri—tall, dark, gorgeous, and entirely dangerous. For her life, her heart, and for the success of the heist.

The last thing Cozen needs to be thinking about is Sargon, and how she can get him into her bed … especially when he just happens to be her mark’s bodyguard. The thrill of the job has never been more addicting to Cozen, and she will risk everything to make the heist a success.

But at what cost?

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From author Bethany-Kris comes a whole new world. A North American network full of criminals battling to stay on top, and painting the streets red in war as they dabble in the game of betrayal. Malicious, cunning, forbidden, and violent—welcome to The Empires and Badlands.

AUDIO EXCERPT - NARRATOR CONNOR GOFF

ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS

Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.

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AUDIOBOOK TOUR: Two From Isaac’s House by Normandie Fischer

 

 Author: Normandie Fischer

Narrators: Brandon Potter

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Series: Two From Isaac's House, Book 1

Publisher: Spoke Media

Released: Aug. 17, 2016

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Synopsis

Inheritance? Check. Solo trip before getting married? Check. Dangerous hot guy she shouldn't get involved with in a thousand years? Oh, honey, that's a check.From author Normandie Fischer comes a new romantic suspense that takes the listener from the hills of Italy to the Jordanian desert and from there to an Israel on the brink of war with Hamas.

Rina Lynne has never traveled far from Morehead City, North Carolina. So when she inherits her father's secret stash, she's ready to kick up her heels and go adventuring before she settles down to marry her long-time fiancé. First stop, Italy.

Enter Tony (aka Anton), an engineering geek conned into helping his Israeli cousins as a sort-of spy. From the moment he meets Rina, he's distracted, which is not a good idea when there's already been murder and theft. And from the moment Rina meets Tony, she's fascinated, which is also not a good idea. He's an Arab-American, and she's half-Jewish. And engaged. And then there are all those bodies dropping around them, each linked to the gathering storm in the Middle East.

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About the Author: Normandie Fischer

 
 Normandie Fischer studied sculpture in Italy before receiving a BA, summa cum laude with special honors in English. Her books, which have garnered numerous awards, include her Carolina Coast stories: Becalmed, Heavy Weather, Twilight Christmas, and Sailing out of Darkness. From Fire into Fire and Two from Isaac’s House—a Romantic Times Top Pick—form the beginning of her Isaac’s House series. A lifelong sailor, Normandie and her husband spent a number of years on board their 50-foot ketch, Sea Venture, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, sailing home to North Carolina in 2011 to take care of her mother. They have four children, two grandchildren, and an Aussiedoodle named Rhion.

About the Narrator: Brandon Potter

 
Brandon Potter's voice has been heard in cartoons, video games, and in national advertising campaigns. Stage credits include his sketch comedy group, Unsuspectingly Sponsored By…, which recently opened for Bob Odenkirk's Birthday Boys at San Francisco Sketch Fest; New Horizons… a workshop at the Ensemble Studio Theater in NYC; and Julius Caesar with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival in Ft. Worth. He is the newest member of the Brierley Resident Acting company at Dallas Theater Center where he appeared in King Lear and Christmas Carol. 

I was really surprised with Two for Isaac’s House! It was a fun, fast-paced book that kept me fully engulfed into the world! This was my first book by Normandie Fischer, I haven’t researched this author so I’m unsure of how many books this author has written previously or if this is a debut… but holy beans man! The description is amazing. Seriously some of the BEST visual words I have ever listened to. Fischer makes it so you feel like you are in the story, completely immersed.

I think my favorite part of this book was how real it seemed. I mean, the Middle Eastern issues and terrorist plot was really timely.  The real world issues made it so relatable. It also made it seem so much more suspenseful. The romance added in with it brought it up another layer. It was really fun to have a setting start in a North Carolina town to travel all across the country… Fischer takes us to Italy, Jordan, Paris, and Israel. The descriptions and imagery was fantastic. My only problem with the book was it was a lot going on. I kind of wish we dropped a problem or two. Sorry, I know I’m vague here but no spoilers here!

This is also the first book I’ve listened to by Brandon Potter. I thought Potter was a great narrator. His accents and the inflections made this narration.  The narrator takes a bit to get into it but once Potter gets into his stride, he knocks it out of the park. Give it a chance. The story and narration is so good!

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.