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Book Title: For the Long Run

Author: Elizabeth Noble

Publisher: Howling Corgi Press

Narrator: Samuel Mann

Release Date: July 12, 2023

Genre: Contemporary, M/M Erotic Romance, Paranormal thriller, BDSM romance, Erotic thriller

Tropes: Fake relationship, hurt/comfort, romantic thriller

Themes:  Forgiveness, overcoming parental abuse, D/s and healthy BDSM romance

Heat Rating: 5 flames     

Length: 5 hours and 52 minutes

It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.

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What if your life was a lie?

Blurb 

From the outside Jay’s life seems idyllic, a twenty-something, runs his family’s business with high disposable income and freedom. The reality, is Jay’s life is dictated by a bigoted, controlling, abusive father who insists Jay simply can’t be gay. Jay yearns for his own life with a dominant man, but it’s an out-of-reach pipe dream. When he meets trained Dom, Eric, the most Jay can hope for is the occasional one-night-stand or quick fling.

Eric has his heart set on Jay, and not only for more than one night. Jay is the type of sub Eric could easily spend the rest of his life with, fall in love with. While trying to navigate winning Jay’s love, Eric’s life is further complicated by chasing down a killer who may be something other than human.

When Jay is targeted, Eric wants only to protect him. Can he save Jay’s life and win his heart as well?

About the Author 

Mystery, action, chills, and thrills spiced with romance and desire. ELIZABETH NOBLE lives by the adage "I can't not write." She doesn't remember a time when she didn’t make up stories and eventually she learned how to put words on a page. Those words turned into books and fan fiction that turned into a genuine love of M/M fiction. A part of every day is spent living in worlds she created that are filled with intrigue and espionage. She has a real love for a good mystery complete with murder and twisty plots as well as all things sci-fi, futuristic, and supernatural.

When she's not chronicling the adventures of her many characters, Elizabeth is a veterinary nurse living in her native Cleveland, Ohio. She has three grown children and now happily shares her little, brick house with two spunky Cardigan Welsh Corgis and their feline sidekicks. Elizabeth is a fan of baseball, basketball (go Cavs and Cleveland Baseball) and gardening. She can often be found working in her 'outside office' listening to classic rock and plotter her next novel waiting for it to be dark enough to gaze at the stars.

 Elizabeth has received a number of amateur writing awards. Since being published, several of her novels have received Honorable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards. Jewel Cave was a runner-up in the Gay Mystery/Thriller category in the 2015 Rainbow Awards. Ringed Love was a winner in the Gay Fantasy Romance category of the 2016 Rainbow Awards.

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Ornery Owl's Rating:

🌟🌟🌟🌟

I do not recommend...

Listening to this audiobook while driving!

I did that. 

I live an average of 50 miles from the nearest city. I decided to get my listen on while driving to a podiatry appointment some 100 miles from home.

This story comes in hot and hard (puns intended) from the beginning. Jay, a sweet young man being pushed into a fake marriage to a woman he doesn't even like that much to protect his father's political career, goes to a roadhouse where he hooks up with a sexy older man named Eric. Eric introduces Jay to BDSM while giving him the ride of his life.

The lovers are hooked on each other from the beginning, but circumstances conspire to keep them apart. As if interference from Jay's overbearing father and clingy fake fiancee aren't enough, someone--or something--is killing men in a particularly brutal fashion, and it seems like Jay could be a target.

I was hooked on this story from the beginning. The narrator's deep, sexy voice was perfect for the sizzling action crafted by the author. I was driving along with a gleefully startled look on my face, expressing the sentiment "Oh my!" aloud more than once. I thought Jay made a wonderfully sweet submissive while Eric was the perfect dominant, commanding but never brutal. While I figured out who (or what) the killer was, the author provided a barrelful of red herrings that kept me guessing until the end.

The only reason I didn't give this otherwise splendid story five stars is that sexualized strangulation (some call it "breath play") will always be a Jupiter-sized "nope" for me. This is a dangerous practice and there is no argument in the Universe compelling enough to change my mind. 

Other than the aforementioned Jupiter-sized nope, if you enjoy blazing hot m/m romance and paranormal thrillers that keep you guessing, I highly recommend you make For the Long Run your next audiobook boyfriend.