Queen's Ransom

Fog City, Book 4

De: Layla Reyne

Narrado por: Samantha Garcia

Everyone leaves.

Love is risky business when you’re an assassin. Helena Madigan has lost loved ones to the family business before. Now that she’s in charge, she’s determined never to risk her heart again. Except every time Celia enters the room, she takes Helena’s breath away.

But the one time someone stays.

Celia Perri likes to be helpful.

She just wants to run the family auto shop, raise her kids, and help her brother plan his wedding. But when a drive-by shooting targets the garage, Celia’s simple life is upended. Now ensconced within the Madigan family, there’s no escaping Helena, the blonde bombshell she’s been crushing on for months.

It could cost her everything.

As the Madigans investigate, Celia witnesses their love and loyalty up close. And their business. Instead of being afraid, she sees a place for herself among them. She could be a confidant and caregiver - if only Helena would stop pushing her away. If only she’d admit their mutual attraction might lead to more. And if only someone would stop shooting at them long enough to find out.

Queen’s Ransom is the fourth book in the Fog City romantic suspense series. It can be listened to as a stand-alone, but is best enjoyed after listening to Books One through Three of the series.

©2021 Layla Reyne (P)2021 Layla Reyne

Great sorry.

I’ve been on the hunt for an FF story I can really connect to and while I had some trouble from not having listened to any of the previous books I really enjoyed This one and will have to go listen to the others!

Good

I liked this new novel in the Fog City series from Leyla Raine. I found the characters intriguing and the storyline solid but I did feel that this suffered from the narration. I think the narration fell flat and the voices weren't varied enough for my taste.

A steamy opposites attract!!

I absolutely adored this FF romantic suspense

Definitely recommend listening to this as part of the series for maximum enjoyment

The characters were likeable and well fleshed out and the writing style was engaging.

The narrator performed an enthusiastic Audio delivery and narration.

Definitely recommend

Who rules the world? Girls!

I have not read a lot of FF romances nevertheless I was really excited for this book since her series “Agents Irish and Whisky” has been of my favorite series ever. And I love her new venture into this exciting and thrilling romance of two badass women.

Helena loves being in control of her family business but baring the burden of Madigan family’s responsibility on her shoulders is not an easy task. For her, relationships are a luxury and true love is just a pipe dream she doesn’t dare to dream of. Celia has been living a quiet life running her family auto shop, raising her kids and seriously crushing on Helena. These two women have sizzling attraction between them but they are from two different works. However when a situation brought Celina to entangle with Helena and her family business, Helena found herself not being able to run away from her true love, Celina, the woman she’s been dreaming of.

With Leyla’a brand of thrilling and exciting action full of drama, I fell in love with this blonde bombshell of a badass woman and her lovely girlfriend who would stand by her no matter what. They really compliment each other well with different personalities and I’m all for their romance and action. I think this wrapped up the series quite well. Loved it.

4 Who rules the world? Girls! stars
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Audio rating

Story - 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Narration - 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Performance - 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall - 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great listen!

This is such a great addition to this series. I definitely would read this series in order to get the whole story. I love Helena and Celia together. They are both exactly what each other needs. Samantha Garcia does a great job with this narration.

solid 3.5 stars

📖 Story comment: Needs to be read as part of the series for the background of the story. Good addition to the series, characters and plot were interesting enough. It's nice to see a story with two strong women and I would have liked to see more interaction between them developing their relationship with Celia's kids. I'm no prude, but there was a lot of unnecessary use of the "F" word in this one for me.

🎧 Narrator comment: I understand why there was a narrator change for Queens Ransom, it makes sense to have a female narrator for a F/F driven story. For myself personally, there are few female narrators who can effectively pull off male characters lower tones without sounding forced. I find it more convincing for a male narrator to do female characters than the other way around, and unfortunately picking up at the fourth book in a series with already established male characters just didn't grab me. The narration plays such a big part for drawing me in to the story, but I didn't feel any connection to this one at all (sorry).

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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 5
• 1 not my thing • 2 didn't like the narration • 3 didn't keep my attention • 4 was good, but once was enough • 5 enjoyed it • 6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator [4⭐] • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list [4⭐] • 8 kept me up past bed-time [4.5⭐] • 9 recommended to family/friends [4.75⭐] • 10 own it in all formats [5⭐] • 11 keep a copy with me at all times [5⭐]
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“Queen’s Ransom” by Layla Reyne, Narrated by Samantha Garcia

I enjoyed this book very much. I really like mafia type books and this fits the bill. Helena Madigan and Celia Perri make a wonderful couple and their sexual attraction is strong.

The Madigan and Perri families come together and form strong bonds all the way around. Samantha Garcia does a good job with the narration!

Queen's Ransom

First, I think it's clever to listen/read the whole series in order. I was just listening to this one and missed a lot about who is who and the whole story behind the families. The story itself is good, but I had hoped for more interaction between the 2 women and also for more feelings and romantic between them.

good listen

I had some hit or misses with this one. I was not a fan of the characters in this book. They seemed forced together if that makes sense. You know how when you read a book and your like yes these two belong together well I did not get that feeling with this book at all. I really enjoyed the storyline of the book I just wish there was more between the main charters.

Not a favorite

Overall Rating: ☆☆☆.5 Story Rating: ☆☆☆

Narration: ☆ Heat: 🔥🔥 Angst: 💣💣

Plot: 📚📚📚📚

Narrator: Samantha Garcia

Tropes: FF romantic suspense

Before I begin this review, I strongly recommend you to read the first three books in the Fog City Series in order to understand the Madigan family dynamics since it is referred to throughout the book. The Madigans are a family of assassins, among other things, and it is now run by Helena Madigan. Celia Perri is the sister of Chris Perri who will be marrying Helena's brother Hawes (you’ll find their story in books 1 – 3). Celia runs her late father's mechanics’ shop. She’s finally free of her abusive ex-husband and her priorities revolve around her children and running the shop. When Helena brings her beloved Ducati into the shop, there is a drive-by shooting. To be safe, Celia, along with her mom and children, go to stay at the Madigan mansion while they investigate who shot at them. The attraction between Helena and Celia was immediate, undeniable and now they are living under the same roof. Unfortunately, Helena has lost too many loved ones thanks to the family business so she’s terrified of embracing Celia and then losing her.
I signed up to review this audiobook narrated by Samantha Garcia. I don’t know how many books she has narrated before but I know I won’t pick up another book where she does, without positive assurances. Her narration was not good at all. She droned on with no life or creativity in her voice. Her voice was monotone and could have easily put me to sleep. This was my first FF romance and I had a hard time connecting to this couple. Helena and Celia are both badass characters and I liked them very much, individually. I really wanted to love their story but I just could not feel who they were together. Between the narration and that fact, I had a hard time enjoying this story. Since each book tends to build off the rest of the series, I pushed through. The action, family dynamics, suspense, twists and turns were the good parts. As far as recommendations, I would suggest you read the e-book. I am excited for Holt and Brax's story that will round out this series. This is my honest opinion, freely given.