Audio Book Review: Asher Black by Parker S. Huntington

About the Audiobook

Author: Parker S. Huntington

Narrator: Lacy Laurel

Length: 8 hours and 32 minutes

Publisher: PSH Publishing House⎮20

Genre: Romance

Series: The Five Syndicates, Book 1

Release date: Oct. 31, 2017

Synopsis: He was supposed to kill me. I had done the unthinkable. I called the cops on him, on his family, but he let me live. We became friends, and then... we fell in love.
Lucy Ives is a foster kid, running from her turbulent past. On her first night in New York City, she accidentally calls the cops on the mafia. When their fixer comes to kill her, he spares her life in exchange for a favor--be his fake fiance or die.

Lucy is the female lead that is studying in biology. She has a past from being in the foster care system. Despite her baggage, she is very intelligent and beautiful. She goes with her roommate Aimee to a nightclub. There she witness a crime and reports it. As the events go, it turns out that the club is mafia oriented and Lucy literally put her life in danger. Asher Black, the owner of Black Enterprises is the clean up man for the Romano family. After her failed attempts to cover her tracks, Asher tracks her down and instead of getting rid of her he has a proposition.

The love of mafia stories drew me to this. I love reading about them and watching the movies. This story had all the elements that I love and then some. The physical attraction between the two was undeniable and had me anticipating. The two characters was so unique. Lucy being a great female lead and Asher being complex but understandable. Even the secondary characters added the flavor to the story.

This story had suspense, danger, lust, and humor. It was well rounded and had me wanting more. The writing was effortless and it flowed really great.

I loved the narration of the story. Her voice fit the tone of the story and her pacing was good. Her male voices were ok but the story was so good that it didn't really bother me.

Overall, I loved this story and the narration and I look forward to reading/listening to more from these two.

Author Bio

BIO: Parker S. Huntington is from Orange County, California, USA. She has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and is currently pursuing a Master's in Liberal Arts in Literature and Creative Writing from Harvard University. She has two puppies, Bauer and Chloe, and lives with her boyfriend of four years--a real life alpha male, book-boyfriend-worthy hunk of a man. She is currently working on Book 3 of the Five Syndicates Series.

Social Media
WEB - www.parkershuntington.com
FB - www.facebook.com/parkershuntington
FB Group - www.facebook.com/Parkerettes
Insta - @parkershuntington
Twitter - @authorPSH

Narrator Bio

Lacy lives the life of a full time wife, mother and household manager. Needing a temporary escape from time to time Lacy returned back to her first love - reading! After devouring everything she could get her hands on she thought, -what if she could mix her love of performance and literature in a professional capacity? Once getting involved in the world of book narration she quickly became hooked and when not with her family you can find her in her studio working hard to grow in her own storytelling abilities.

Purchase Links

Amazon - https://goo.gl/B6j636

ITunes - https://goo.gl/6xiVBo

Audible - https://goo.gl/unEAM6

Here is the link to the trailer for the audiobook (which has a bunch of audio from the audiobook in it)

https://goo.gl/EfdXBe

Here are the links to sound cloud audiosamples

https://soundcloud.com/user-183194142/asher-black-audioloves-first

https://soundcloud.com/user-183194142/asher-black-sample

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