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Without You

Written by: Marley Valentine
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Tim Paige
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Tragedy brought us together, but something stronger made me want to stay.

Julian was the boy next door. My brother's best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start. Until everything changed.

Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother's death was here to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be.

Being around him brought up all my insecurities, forced me to deal with hard truths, and conjured up feelings I had no business entertaining. He wasn't the man I thought I knew. He was complex and layered, and inherently beautiful in all the ways I'd never noticed. Not on another person. Not on another man. Not until him.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Marley Valentine (P)2020 Tantor
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt
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don't hesitate

The story is really good, strong and sweet. filled with emotions, confusion, thoughts and understanding. its a great book about two human beings connecting in levels beyond this world, daring to cross the line together, supporting their partners, and their baggage.

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Heartbreakingly and hearthealingly beautiful

This story is truly one of my favourites in the LGBTQ++ genre. Marley’s ability to skillfully develop a beautiful meaningful story, and multifaceted characters who are both flawed and loveable, coupled with the extraordinary story telling from Tim and Teddy (both at the top of my list of audio-performers), transported me out of my everyday life and into the deep meaningful love between these beautiful men. This is the book I recommend to anyone who is interested in queer love. I love love love this book.

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You can't choose who you love.

I love everything about this story. Is kind of a forbidden MM romance but, these two were made for each other. It made my heart full watching these two find and heal each other throughout the story. I just wish Deacon's mother wasn't so stubborn. Please read this. It's a beautiful story to read. I honestly picked this because I love Teddy Hamilton's narration. Tim is new to me but he did a fantastic read.

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Beautifully narrated

The narrators did an absolutely fantastic job with this story. Well worth the listen. And what a beautiful love story it is.

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Phenomenal!

You know a book is great when you feel huge feelings for the characters, not just Deacan or Julien, but the others too.

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Read it!!

Absolutely loved this story. This is the first MM book I've read/listened to and I was not disappointed. I love their love. Such a great story.

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Fantastic story!

Love this book! Great story and narration! I especially liked that te story wasn't a "all wrapped up in a neat bow" type. There were real challenges and character development for both the main characters.

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What love truly means! What love really is that most people realise on the core.

Of course, the book being read by two of my most favourite narrator made this book into a dream that it is. Like film that it deserves to be.
Teddy Hamilton and Tim Page quite a couple of narrator like no other. I find myself often immersive to the amazing story always for get there's only one narrator per chapter. There's so incredibly freaking good.

I'm extremely impressed on flow and the narrative of the book.
It's has a true wise meaning behind the narrative on what love truly is. I learned from a psychiatrist how what love is that many often misunderstand.
Like some says that it's best if we falling in love with a person who is our best friend. Although one can be in love with their best friend. It's not a requirement and it's definitely not the best way to make both person to fall in love with each other.
Maybe that's why there are lot of people getting "friend zoned," because they treat the other person as a friend to care for. Comfort them and having shoulder of lean on when time get hard. However love is a bit more different than that.

Falling in love with a person means *both* person must be in the same emotional wavelength with each other.
Falling in love together doesn't mean that one's comforting the other. Like swimmer driving a boat to save the drowning. No that's best friends does. That's results only one person falling in love, not both.

To falling in love together, both person must be drowning together but holding each other, swimming together but guiding one another to float together, both getting lost but checking on each other, plunging together at the same time, driving the boat together and trust one another...

Love is not only about giving, sharing emotions.
At it's core, It's about *feeling* emotions with each other *together.*
It's an ultimately fusion of two souls of empathy, not sympathy.

Two guys feeling each others same emotions together despite their unfamiliarity.
Like two souls drowning in emotions but despite that they hold together like they're each others own boat to keep themselves afloat paradoxically. It's not despite of that make themselves swim together but it's because of it. Like two souls of different mind and body, but fused together that the heart. Like " the universe them made for each other." But no, they made themselves for each other.

This book perfectly encapsulate that meaning, the meaning of true love. A story that truly moved my heart in all of possible ways I didn't expect in one book.

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Beautiful story

This was an incredible listen because I love teddy Hamilton but was all such an unexpected beautiful story ! Everything about this book is a 10/10 for me, a must listen !!

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Great story!!!!!!!!!

What a fantastic Rollercoaster!! The mother is beyond aggravating, but other than that, I absolutely loved this story!! The narration was perfect!! Highly recommended.

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