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Playing with Fire

By: L.J. Shen
Narrated by: Desireé Ketchum, Christian Fox
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Summary

A broken boy on the path to destruction. A scarred girl without direction. A love story carved in secrets, inked with pain, and sealed with a lie.

Grace Shaw and West St. Claire are arctic opposites. She is the strange girl from the food truck. He is the mysterious underground fighter who stormed into her sleepy Texan college town on his motorcycle one day and has been wreaking havoc since. She is invisible to the world. He is the town’s beloved bad boy. She is a reject. He is trouble.

When West thrusts himself into Grace’s quiet life, she scrambles to figure out if he is her happily-ever-after or tragic ending. But the harder she pushes him away, the more he pulls her out of her shell.

Grace doesn’t know much about anything beyond her town’s limits, but she does know this: She is falling in love with the hottest guy in Sheridan U. And when you play with fire - you ought to get burned.

©2020 L.J. Shen (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
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ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL

omg listening to this story made it so much more raw.

Desiree did an amazing job with the southern drawl that is grace.
Christian fox has just become my favourite male narrator, damn that deep voice, it made you feel so much more when West spoke.

They both made this audio, I was hanging on thier every word.


grace and wests story completely consumed me and absolutely broke me i couldnt stop listening.

Through their highs and lows I felt it all.

This is that book, the one that stays with you forever.

Could not recommend this book enough💜

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Different strokes for different folks

This is not my kind of book. Mills and Boon romance for young people plus sex and violence. The characters are engaging but are a bit 2 dimensional and the secondary characters tend to be ‘types’. Having said all this as a kind of macho disclaimer, l did listen til the end ( which l have not done with some other books ). I guess it appealed to the romantic in me. I won’t listen to any more like this - not my thing, but for those who enjoy this genre, it will be great. For some reason l was expecting something a bit edgier but it does what it says on the tin. If this is your type of book, enjoy - for much of the time l was rooting for the main characters, though the end was a bit sugary for me.

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Must read!

Absolutely fantastic storyline. Loved it! The Narrators are great . I’ve listened to this book im 1 day.

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Wonderful!

Filled with love, heartbreak and characters you will never forget, Playing with Fire is narrated superbly by Christian Fox and Desiree Ketchum. I have loved every minute of being submerged in this gorgeous story. 💖💖💖💖💖

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LJ Shen At Her Best

Angsty, emotional, tragic, sexy, intense, beautiful.

Grace and West are one of my favorite couples from 2020.

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Absolutely loved it.

I have only read a couple of books by LJ Shen and although they were good, I didn’t expect to live this book as much as I did. The narrators were great and did Grace & West justice. The overall story was great, once I started listening I actually struggled to stop. I found myself listening with my earphones in ad I did all the housework and extending the sleep timer rather than actually sleeping. I’m not sure why I loved this story so much but I do. The struggles & tragedy they both have faced in the past threatening to ruin what could be with West trying to always protect Grace even if it means hurting them both. It was so well written and performed that it’s now one of my favourites. I would really recommend this book.

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Loved it!

LJ Shen never disappoints. Fell in love with the broken but beautiful characters of Grace & West.

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Great book

I really enjoyed this book, I would recommend it for some young romance. It is was really fun to read

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another must read

this was such an anazing book and the narrator's voices just made it perfect. l.j. shen can do no wrong x

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boring and childish as hell

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believe this is the same writer of Sinners of Saint books. this book is boring, uneventful and childshish to pain. Don't understand where the reviews come from. Audible has a dubious review system that's for sure.

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