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Despite the Devil
- A Romantic Women's Fiction Novel (They Loved Collection, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Samantha Novak
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's summary
Despite the Devil
To Stephanie, Andrew Simmons seemed like the perfect man. He was smart, handsome, tall, and athletic. And best of all, he was interested in her. As their romance begins to blossom, the truth about Andrew's past comes to light.
A misguided choice made many years before hung over him. When they start a family together, Andrew tries to move on from the past and enjoy his family life, but the past still haunts him.
As Andrew and Stephanie build a stable and happy home life together, they long for the day they can stop looking over their shoulders. With their resilience and perseverance, they take faith-filled steps to overcome the past.
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- Nolan Turner
- 09-07-21
5 Stars
The story starts with Stephanie, an elementary school teacher and her friend Maya gushing over handsome Andrew who is also a teacher in the same school, both of them are single, and do not miss a chance to admire Andrew. Soon, Stephanie and Andrew starts to talk, and Stephanie comes to know about Andrew's past, and how his past life haunts him.
This is a story of how Stephanie and Andrew manages their relationship despite all the ups and down, and stay strong.
The second part is available as kindle currently, waiting for it to come out as audio book as well.
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- George Cestari
- 09-17-21
Enjoyed this story!
It was a book that keeps listeners wondering what was going to happen next. It kept you in suspense in parts. I could not stop listening this audio book. This is a truly wonderfully woven tale. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to future books by Shawna James.
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- Rita Sorenson
- 07-23-21
Romantic story
I don’t usually listen audiobooks from romance genre, but the cover and the description drew me in and I decidedly to get this book for my credit, and I must say this is one of the best purchase I ever did on audible. Shawna James seems to excel at using words to create a magic. The book never had any dull moments, the story flew as any top seller story should. I won’t spoil this awesome story for you by mentioning exerts or story. All I will say is that this is one of the best audiobook ever on audible.
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- Mike
- 07-28-21
A great listen!
This was such a wild, amazing ride and a great listen. My emotions are all over the place but I just have to let them lose in writing because I can’t contain my excitement over this book. This world is beyond unique and it was so good to be back. The romantic scenes were nicely written and I enjoyed this audio version of the book so much.
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- Carl Williamson
- 07-22-21
Entertaining!
Nicely focused without fluff so it was easy to race through the story entertaining without pause. The main characters Stephanie and Andrew were absolutely incredible together, liked the romance that blossomed between them.
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- Jonah Jackson
- 08-03-21
Romantic story
I do like to listen romantic stories, so that was one of the reason for picking this audio book even though I was unfamiliar with Shawna James's work. This is story of Andrew and Stephanie and how the past life of Andrew disturbs their present and their relationship. The character of Stephanie was nicely written, she is a high school teacher who teaches English and is liked by the collogues and students alike. Stephanie is smart and does not miss any chance to give it back whatever is thrown at her. Her life changed when she met Andrew in the most romantic way ever, the sports teacher in her school.
The additional characters like Maya, Roberta and others were also nicely written and they had a good character depth, and the characters got some punchy lines and good dialogues which makes the book funny at times as well, which is cool for a romantic audio book.
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- Nathan Waltz
- 10-07-21
This is such an amazing story!
This is such an amazing story!!! I finished it in a day..I’m excited for part two 😩😍😍😍
This was an unusual story for me, and I liked that. Two people who truly love each who go through the ups and downs of life together and crazy exes. I am definitely a fan of Shawna James now.
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- Andreana Jackson
- 08-15-21
Clean romance audio book
When I search for romance books on audible, I usually just come across erotica’s or dark romance books, which I tend to not like at all. I only like clean romance books which have some suspense and elements of friendship and feelings. This audiobook by Shawna James is just what I look for in a romance book.
Talking about the story, this is a story of Stephanie who works as a teacher in a school with Mr. Perfect Andrew and gushes over him whenever they interact. Her dreams come true when Andrew also falls for her, and everything starts to go well between them, but suddenly things start to change when they start to live together in Europe.
Those who like to listen or read clean romance audio books or series may find this audio book to be worth it listen for their monthly credit, and also the fans of the couple romance genre may find this book to be a good listen.
Also, I would like to see how the story progresses into the next part and how does Stephanie manages everything.
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- Ellie Jones
- 08-19-21
Awesome!
Only sometimes is that we came across a book that keep us thinking what is going to happen next and how the story will progress further, this was one of those audio book. The story starts simple with Stephanie and Maya having conversations about Gym and Andrew, the knight in the shinning armor and soon goes into several directions which makes listeners get so much involved in the story. Listeners feel for both Andrew and Stephanie and want them to work out everything and vouch for them.
I am not sure if Shawna James have written any book prior to this one, I am not sure if this is her first book or not, but I will say that she has impressed me with her writing. If this is her first book then kudos to her for writing such an awesome book, and if this is not her first work then I would definitely like to see her previous works as well. This audio book was like a cool breeze after listening to several audiobooks that claim to be women's romance books but are something else entirely.
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- Joey
- 08-11-21
Would be glad to listen the second part
There aren't words enough to describe how much I loved this audiobook. It hasn't been this difficult for me to put one down in forever, and even as I wasn't listening, I was still thinking of the story and its characters, wondering where it was all leading and what would come next. The author has written the character of Stephanie in a way that the listeners can feel for her easily and even at the same time admire her, her story was captivated and real and strong. I wanna cry for Stephanie, her life and the ones she loves. Her life is beautifully written and is addictive. I like Maya as well, whenever she speaks it kind of makes me smile and relax, Maya is a kind of a friend that most people would love to have around, the friend who encourages you all the time for a relationship or doing gym or something else. Friends like Maya can get annoying sometimes, but they are still fun, glad that the author gave enough dialogues and space to Maya, she is cute and funny.
Overall, I did enjoyed this story, this touched all the important parameters that I look for in a romantic listen. Would be glad to listen the second part as soon as it comes out.
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