Opposites Attract Romance!

Put it in Scotland and add Joel Leslie’s narration? I could (and did!) listen all day.

What’s to know? Perry Goodwood, who’s never been outside of London, is given an impossible assignment of getting the wayward brother of a celebrity family to leave his home on the isolated island of North Uist and return to London to participate in a reality series.

Only thing is Greg Ventura has no use for London or his brothers – who used to tease and torment him terribly. When Perry arrives it’s without any of the normal support he’d have from his firm and he’s alone and has to try to convince Greg to do the show.

Greg, who was always called out as the “the ugly duckling” of the family, has grown up to be the best looking of the bunch, but is still largely unaware of it. Perry, now stranded on North Uist, sets out to convince him otherwise, and in the process falls in love with both Greg and North Uist.

This is a really enjoyable story. It’s got a great setting, a wonderful cast of characters, a dual perspective from both Perry and Greg’s POV, and not a lot of angst…but what absolutely did it for me was the narration of the audiobook. I loved Joel Leslie’s Scottish accents! And while I don’t know how accurate they may be – it was a downright pleasure to listen to.

Romancing the Ugly Duckling is the second book in the Romancing the…series, and it’s the 36th book in the Harlequin Books-esque Dreamspun Desires series, but can absolutely be read as a standalone.

This is a sweet fish out of water/ opposites attract romance with terrific narration. I had a lot of fun listening to this and hope you will too!