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    Clean Break
    Clean Break
    Clean Break
    Audiobook11 hours

    Clean Break

    Written by Abby Vegas

    Narrated by Marni Penning

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Lane Haviland can’t seem to catch a break. She’s dead broke, barely functioning as an adult, and completely alone in New York City. Her so-called “apartment” is a six-by-nine cell in a Brooklyn basement. And her new boss hasn’t ever met a personal or professional boundary she can’t bulldoze through.

    Still, Lane’s determined to at least attempt to claw her way back to respectability. But she can’t seem to get her mysterious handyman, Viktor, out of her apartment – or her headspace. Maybe that’s a good thing: Viktor’s easy on the eyes, and that deep-voiced Russian accent is beyond sexy. But as he and Lane grow closer, he can no longer hide his connections with a dangerous criminal underworld – where secrets can be deadly.

    Editor's Note

    Gritty Suspenseful Romance...

    A woman who’s reached the end of her emotional and financial rope winds up living in a basement apartment in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, which is also where many Russians — including those in the Russian mob — live. She meets a handyman who trades tasks for English lessons, and gets a job as a nanny to a wealthy family. There is a sense of menace threaded through the book, and that hint explodes into thrilling action as the heroine gets more entrenched in her various worlds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryant Street Publishing
    Release dateNov 2, 2021
    ISBN9781094431130
    Author

    Abby Vegas

    Abby Vegas loves writing and reading books that feature feisty, flawed heroines. Her favorite authors include Robin Hobb, Susan Isaacs, Georgette Heyer, Bill Bryson, Dave Barry, and David Sedaris. She grew up in New York City and lives in Michigan with her family. Visit Abby on the web at AbbyVegasAuthor.com.

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    4.5/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a great read with good character development and storyline. The narration is also praised, with the narrator doing an excellent job. Some reviewers mention that they loved the book and couldn't stay away from it, while others found it to be a nice change of pace. However, there are a few negative reviews mentioning that the book could have used more plot or interactions between characters, and that the ending missed the mark. Overall, readers enjoy the book and recommend it, despite some minor flaws.

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    • 5/5
      Interesting story line and all the plot twist makes for great reading
    • 5/5
      What a ride with a twist. Keep me on my toes
    • 5/5
      Brilliant, I could not stop listening.
      The character growth, the laugh out loud moments and the reality that we are all a little mad at times was utterly relatable and hilarious.
      I adored this book, thank you.
    • 4/5
      Loved it! A little slow at first but wonderfly written. Never really know where the story is going to turn.
    • 5/5
      Lovely book with an interesting plot twist. I have really enjoyed it
    • 4/5
      Loved it. That was your first book?? I love that the whole book I was rooting for Victor to be anything but a criminal cause you wrote him so well.
    • 5/5
      Can't believe it's the authors 1st book! Congratulations on your wonderful imagination. I loved the characters, the narrator, everything about this book.
    • 4/5
      I liked it. Sometimes a little confusing. The best part was bonding relationship with the family she was working for. I also always love a happy ending.
    • 5/5
      Amazing beginning to end and I really loved the twist
    • 5/5
      Fantastic read! Grabbed me immediately, well done! The characters are all unique and well written.
    • 4/5
      Good book with interesting story line. Looses a star for fade to black spicy scenes.
    • 5/5
      Well written character growth with a big ole bamboozle at the end.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this story. Could have used more action, but I liked it.
    • 5/5
      Never judge a book by its cover….
      I can’t remember how I came across this book, but I’m so glad I did.
      Based on the cover I expected it to be just another easy listen. And for the first chapter I still felt that way. Then came the characters. The way that they were developed was amazing. And the storyline was interesting and while sometimes predictable, there was also enough twists to keep in interesting. This was one that I couldn’t wait to find time to listen to.
      For an authors first book, it was ridiculously good. It has left me so excited for her next book!
    • 5/5
      This was a great read!! I was excited to see how it was going to end. It was definitely not what I expected but I loved it!!
    • 3/5
      Not a bad read but needs more background storyline. Writer has potential!
    • 4/5
      This was a different story from what I usually listen to. I have no idea who this author is but I would read another. I laughed often, and was entertained throughout.
    • 4/5
      This book at times had me frustrated because I wanted a bit more spicy love scenes. The wonderful story of it all kept me hooked though and the ending was soooo worth it. This book gives warm fuzzy feelings of character development in Hallmark movie proportions. I’m a certified sappy person anyway, but the author did a great job bringing my empathy to the forefront for a few characters and that makes the ending so much sweeter.
    • 5/5
      The combination story of romance against the complicated life of Douglas as secret agent is so thrilling and I so love the happy ending, so beautiful story.
    • 5/5
      Wow! This was a very pleasant surprise. There was so much more to this than the usual Romances floating around. This was more of a love story than a romance if you get what I mean. This story kept me rapt the entire time, woven through with a bit of drama and action. But mostly focused on the characters, it had humor, and suspense. Good twists and turns. I loved the narrator! She enhanced the story even more and I will have to see what else she has done.
    • 4/5
      An interesting story with complicated twists and turns all over the book. Sort of left a lot of thing unanswered at the end of the book. Thou was still worth reading
    • 5/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed the book kept me engaged the whole story
    • 3/5
      I love the characters and their lil quirks and the story was so interesting to listen to, but the ending... how dare you change the accents, especially to an inferior one, should have kept the MC Russian, one less start just for that.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      This is a good book, almost feels YA, the plot has the potential to be really riveting.. but it seems a little watered down.
      There is no ?️ in this book. Zero. Don’t let the cover fool you.

      I also want to echo that the title of this book has basically nothing to do with the content lol

      To answer other reviews - the female narrator didn’t bother me, I actually really liked the way she spoke conversationally rather than robot just reading the words off the page with minimal inflection… I didn’t mind her.
    • 4/5
      How dare you leave me hanging like that!! Good book tho

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      It wasn't bad, could have used more plot or interactions between them. The story didn't have to be a "smut" story but it would have been nice to see more romance was kinda dry in that department.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      I struggled to try and finish this book. I eventually gave up. The main characters are boring, and the girl is gullible. The males Russians accent is cringed. The entire storyline is unrealistic and predictable. The sex scene was extremely poor.
    • 3/5
      CAUTION!: CONTAINS FADE TO BLACK! I was very sad that the canoodling faded to black? good book other than that

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      So much more than I expected! Surprising romance with intrigue, suspense and twists and turns! Loved it! Abby Vegas, I am waiting for your next book!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I loved this book. I almost skipped it because of one bad review. Please listen for yourself and you can see what one person can do to change many people lives.

      1 person found this helpful