• Raising the Bar

  • By: Avery Kane
  • Narrated by: Meghan Kelly
  • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Raising the Bar

By: Avery Kane
Narrated by: Meghan Kelly
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Publisher's summary

Moxie Stone had a plan when she came to New Orleans. She was going to launch the most successful bar on Bourbon Street, collect her accolades, and then move to a bigger market. She had her eye on the prize...and then he hijacked her launch.

Augustus “Gus” Kingman is one of those Kingmans. He has more money than Moxie. He has a pedigree. He has parents who are willing to throw money at a problem. What he doesn’t have is Moxie’s drive.

They’re supposed to hate each other, and they’re convinced they do. They’re also drawn to one another with alarming regularity.

Some things are inevitable.

Moxie has a secret. There’s a reason she goes to Jackson Square to feed the homeless every night.

Gus has a complex. There’s a reason he wants to launch this bar on his own, no parents in sight.

Apart they’re strong. Together, though, they just might be unstoppable.

Now they just have to get out of their own heads and embrace the future.

That’s easier said than done.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

©2022 Avery Kane (P)2022 Avery Kane

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Contemporary Romance at its finance

Great characters with real personalities. Even a few traits you want strangle them for :). Loved all the character interactions and really want to go to NOLA now. Hoping this new author will have more in the wings. Moxie and Gus are hilarious in their interactions and I recognize the voice in Moxies head. Hoping to see a story about Able in the future!

Think Molly Harper Southern Series… or any of the Diane Kelley series :)

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A Modern Romance

This is a lovely, summer romance listen. It got me through a road trip that I dreaded but then hardly paid attention to because I was hooked on the story. I like Moxie (who is aptly named) a lot! I am familiar with this narrator and she does a good job as usual. Highly recommend. And don’t hesitate to get the sequel!

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