One Chance

By: Lena Hendrix

Narrated by: Charlotte North, Ryan Hudson

Fake dating my best friend? Total disaster.

With his cocky grin and devilish charm, firefighter Lee Sullivan makes every woman in our small town swoon. Every woman except for me.

Which is why I’m shocked when he steps in at the town’s Matchmaker’s Gala and outbids my crush during the charity auction, committing us to six prearranged dates.

Six dates where we, very publicly, pretend to be falling in love.

Despite my objections and our efforts to set each other up with other people, Lee is convinced pretending to date each other is the perfect opportunity to get the women in town off his back (and out of his bed), while also helping to nudge my noncommittal crush in the jealousy department.

Stupidly, I agree.

After the disastrous blind dates he set me up on, what’s a few months of letting Lee worship the ground I walk on? He owes me.

Trouble is—every fake kiss, every lingering touch, every filthy word he whispers when no one is around—is starting to feel very, very real.

We know everything about each other—from my orphaned past to his irrational hatred of dolls. The only secret I have ever kept from Lee spans all the way back to his time in the army and it’s the one thing that could ruin our friendship forever.

Because where Lee is concerned, I have learned to guard my heart. Suddenly, he’s asking for the opportunity to feel something real. He’s asking for the one thing he wouldn’t want if he ever knew the truth: one chance.

©2023 Lena Hendrix (P)2023 Lena Hendrix

Annie & Lee

Best friends to lovers romance, but they have really both been in love with each other the whole time. I loved the dynamic of their relationship. Steamy. Sweet. Loved it. Definitely recommend!

Great story

Loved this book and the story line. I was really disappointed in the male narrator. He lacks emotion to the story. He was very dry when speaking. I was more connected to the female narrator for this book in the series. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Loved the FMC

This was a really good book and the FMC had a great personality and character. The book had humor and s*xy times and cute times and the story was cute. However, I just really didn't like the MMC; he was selfish and self centered and kind of a tool. Annie was so kind and literally did everything for him and supported him and treated him like gold and was always there for him through their whole lives, and the first time she upsets him he turns his back on her and shuts her out and doesn't hear her out. Lee was so frustrating; he wouldn't listen to her and just constantly interrupted and shut her down when she'd try talk. He literally wh*red around for years and thought he could act jealous the minute someone showed Annie attention. IDK for some reason his whole character and his reactions were off-putting to me and I felt like Annie deserved better. I would have liked for her to have moved on after he shut her out for something so minor. At the very least he should have had to work harder to get back in her favor; it was too easy for him and that really annoyed me. It should have been him groveling and apologizing.

That said, I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it. It's cute and kind of a feel good story. I also loved the narrators for the audio book. They helped make the book as good as it was.

Fantastic casting for this fun & enjoyable story!!

Finally finishing this series and wish I didn’t wait so long! My new favorite in this series!!! Childhood friends to lovers is my absolute favorite trope and Annie & Lee were exactly were a perfect example!!! Their best friend relationship was so endearing and sweet but you could also feel the deep connection and pull to each other that they had. Their story had me swooning, laughing so hard and also feeling all the feels along the way from their past. They were just such FUN characters and there is always something crazy going on in the town of Outtatowner.

🏠Small Town
💕Childhood Friends to Lovers
💋Reformed Playboy
🥰It’s Always Been You
🫂Fake Dating

Annie & Lee are two people that you can just know from the start are meant for each other!! Their chemistry was palpable due to their long friendship and history but yet they have never crossed that line. They both have been through a lot as Annie grew up in the foster care system while Lee lost his girlfriend, who had also been Annie’s foster sister. But when Lee begins to bid on Annie at the annual Matchmaker’s Gala, things begin to change.

Gah Lee!!! First of all, I love a nickname in a book, BUT the way this man is the only one who doesn’t always use her nickname and calls her by her real name, Annette. I was done! That was so freaking swoony every time to me!! And Lee may have been the town playboy at the beginning, but once he gives into those feelings he had for Annie…he had me melting! And boy, does he have a mouth on him too. T

🎧AUDIO REVIEW:
This audiobook is a dual narration by Ryan Hudson and Charlotte North who both delivered an amazing performance of this story. They were exactly who I envisioned for these characters while reading and the amount of emotion in both of their voices throughout the whole story just brought Annie & Lee to life! I was laughing from the little chuckles Charlotte made while narrating their banter and swooning over so many perfectly delivered lines by Ryan as Lee. Overall, they Ryan & Charlotte both made this audio so enjoyable to listen to!!!

Lee & Annie!! Meant to Be!!😍

One Chance is the third book in the Sullivan Family series by Lena Hendrix, featuring a fun friends to lovers/fake dating romance for Lee and Annie!! Annie has been secretly in love with her best friend Lee forever, but he never noticed her, until she seems to be interested in someone else. When they need a way out of their quirky town’s Matchmaker’s Gala and Date Auction, Lee bids on Annie, thinking the 6-date competition will help Annie and the fake dating will protect him from unwanted attention. But as each touch starts to feel more real, is one chance all they need for true love!

I was so excited to return to the quirky town of Outtatowner, full of amazing characters, drama, a feud, and plenty of love. I loved Lee and Annie’s friendship and the profound bond that they share. She is such an inspiration FMC with such a quiet strength and a heart of gold in spite of the terrible way she grew up. Lee may not have always been a choirboy, but Annie is clearly his person! I love them together, especially their passion! So HOT!! The story comes with some real emotions, secrets, and more building suspense about the Sullivan/King feud!!

I listened to the audio version narrated by Ryan Hudson & Charlotte North, who both did an amazing job portraying these characters, whether it was a funny scene with banter, a deeply emotion one, or a fiery romantic scene! I could especially listen to Ryan Hudson all day long!!😍 I can’t wait for the next book of the series!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Friends to lovers isn’t always my favorite except for when it’s done well. This one was done quite well. I loved the groveling and possessiveness. He killed it. Well… Lena killed it. I’m very excited for the last book.

True love

Absolutely love this story of true love!!
Forever love. The narrators were awesome with the emotion that they put into the characters.

Enjoyable

This was my least out of the whole series. I had to keep pushing through. I was really wanting to love Lee's story but I thought he was more annoying than cute..... But overall it fit the series and Lee is just that annoying brother that you wanna push off the swing but also the love is unconditional.

male narrator is annoying

Extra saucy book, if that's what you like or are looking for. Good story overall. Male narrator was too monotone for my liking.

Small Town Romance

This book dragged on! I wasn't feeling Annie and Lee’s relationship. The lack of communication was ridiculous! There isn't OW drama but the death of an adopted sister of Annie and Lee’s ex. The auction dates were silly. I'm glad I finished this small-town romance is over.