Hero

By: Lauren Rowe

Narrated by: Lily Reynolds, John Lane

A standalone contemporary romance in the Morgan Brothers series from USA Today best-selling author Lauren Rowe. The story of firefighter Colby Morgan that proves heroes come in many forms....

The first time I laid eyes on Lydia Decker, I couldn’t speak. Or breathe. Or string two coherent thoughts together.

And I don’t mean any of that figuratively.

I’m not talking about a guy being floored by the sight of a gorgeous woman - although, of course, Lydia is gorgeous beyond words.

No, when I first laid eyes on Lydia Decker - my physical therapist - I was lying flat on my back in the ICU, high as a kite on painkillers, breathing on a ventilator, my bones as broken and splintered as my spirit.

When I first laid eyes on Lydia Decker, she was a ray of light in the dark. Hope for the hopeless. A salve for my singed and battered soul.

She said she’d been assigned to fix me. That she was there to bring me back to life. She said helping me was her calling.

And then she touched me. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. She healed me.

And I fell in love.

But what I didn’t know...what I couldn’t possibly know...was that Lydia Decker needed fixing far more than I ever did.

©2018 Lauren Rowe (P)2025 Lauren Rowe

Lauren Rowe you slay me!

Hero, just... Hero!

This book is everything, every bloody little thing, I could ever want in a book.
At eight percent I was on emotional overload. I have absolutely NO IDEA how to put in to words what this story did to me.

Firefighter Colby Morgan is broken in body and mind after an accident during a rescue but when a dark angle enters his hospital room peace settles over him and he is determined to win her heart, soul and body.

Right! Review...... *stares in to blank space*

Lauren Rowe knows how to tell a story and she knows how to build characters. This is not news to me. But this book is in a different dimension from her earlier work. I feel like she took everything good from every other book she has written and put it in to this one story.

- It is emotional like nobodys business.
- It is funny like you wouldn't believe.
- It breaks you.
- And it warms your very soul.

How I wish I owned a poets skills so I could properly express how Hero moved me. I don't unfortunately so you will just have to experience it yourself...

I for one am owned by this story tonight, drained dry, and in need of tissues and a shot of rum.

And when all that is said, the audio, the fabulousness of the narration done by John Lane and Lauren herself is pure perfection.

oh the feels...

I finally got to listen to this audio and I don't know why I waited so long! It was utterly fantastic. Loren Rowe sure can write, and also narrated the heck out of this story. I love John Lanes sexy voice, too!

Really Good...B U T...

Where to begin. I enjoyed this story. I liked Colby, loved Lydia and her 3 kids and adored the entire Morgan family. My issue was that it was 15 chapters too long (76 chapters? Really?) and the WRONG narrators read this book. I’ve never been a fan of John Lane’s harsh gravelly voice, and wish Zachary Webber or Joe Arden had performed it. That and the fact that Lauren Rowe read HER OWN BOOK, I mean, seriously people. Did she not have friends to tell her that it’s not a good idea to do that? For me, a pretty good story got lost in the translation with these 2 performing it, which is a shame. But, if you don’t mind the narrators and the ridiculous 3, 4 and 5 minute chapters, you might really like this book.

I laughed, I cried, I swooned

I loved this book and the narrators were great!
I wasn't so sure I was going to like this book at first. I was in tears after the first few chapters. But, it was necessary. such a great book!

What an awesome book!

I’ve read so many romance novels that I’m getting sick of the same old same old. This one was so well written I’m in love with romance novels again. Cant wait to read all of the books in the series!!