Stripped Love

Guys Next Door Series, Book 1

By: Baylin Crow

Narrated by: Iggy Toma

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Phoenix - I never intended to become a stripper.

Two years ago, I was in Nashville chasing the songwriter dream. Sleepless nights between day jobs were spent writing rock ballads and trying to make a name for myself.

That all changed with one phone call that forced me to return to Atlanta. Needing consistent income to pay the mountain of debt I'd come home to, I traded stripping my soul for stripping my clothes.

Then Archer West comes crashing into my VIP room, tempting me to break all of my rules.

I want him - bad.

What I don't count on is finding him living right next door for the summer. Inexperienced and with a creative drive that rivals my own, he stirs the lyrics in me once again. Now I crave more than his body. Archer West has quickly become my unexpected muse.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Baylin Crow (P)2021 Tantor

Very sweet

I loved the narrator, he brought depth to story. The story is sweet and loving. Both characters are nice. There aren’t any downsides to the story. Never had a time when they weren’t a loving couple.

Soothing narration

I love the voice of the narrator it is so sexy and sensual. The story is amazing and a nice feel good read.

So sweet

Ok. Iggy toma 10/10. Iggy Toma with a slight southern accent? 1,000,000/10. Low angst and sweet. I really enjoyed the story. Iggy just pushed it over for me!

Beautifully done and amazing!

Stripped Love is one of my favorite books of all time. I know you read that on other reviews; however, I average 400+ books a year, and this book has been read 6 times since it dropped. I love it even more with Iggy Toma reading it and have enjoyed the audio book 5 times. I honestly keep coming back. It is a heart-warming and hot MM romance that has you liveing vicariously through Nix and Archer.

Iggy Toma's performance has you falling in love with Nix and Archer, the moment Archer lays eyes on Nix in the Srip club.

It is truly a must-read and listen in LGBTQ+, and I can't wait to see where Baylin Crow takes us next on this journey.

Swooned so hard

I think I fell in love with Phoenix the moment he saw Arch. Every time he spoke, I giggled like a little girl. He was a perfect partner and Arch deserved him so much. Phoenix deserves Arch too. I wish I could get more of them. All the characters except.l a couple were all so likable too! I wish we were friends. Oh and it was HOT 🌶️. Gift was awesome as usual.

Wow. Very Different and Good.

Iggy Toma was remarkable, for one. He is a remarkable voice actor, especially in this— one of the guys has a very noir-style inner voice at times, introvert, dry witted, just not “usual,”analytical deer in the headlights reactions and he made all that work. That’s just one of the characters.

I don’t get the reviews that call this book cute. It’s more than that. Lots of thought about art, music, writing graphic novels and that kind of chemistry that does exist outside of romance novels, but doesn’t always end up with a good ending.

There’s a whole lot of description of environments, and if the artist/writer is in analytic mode might feel slow to some but I found it interesting.

It’s cool to hear passionate thoughts in that wry/dry/inexperienced/intelligent inner voice as he looks at the world and people. Oh, right, and the outrageously hot guy whose charms are NOT just skin deep.

There are very sexy scenes. There is angst / analysis and blunt honesty. At times even I wanted some of these guys to get out of their heads or stop telling us they’d turned to close and lock the door, or how many times a retail phone rang, or the kind of chair is in a room— but er, it was relatable.

Outrageously emotional passionate bi swaggering caveman stripper is extremely enjoyable (understatement), and of course there’s a compelling voice for him that was easy to forget it was still Iggy.

For all the obligatory disturbances in this kind of this kind of thing, there was enough detail that I wanted to hear more about a sinister hacker brother who knows the best friend twins, workplace sexual harassment, and the incidental bad guys getting equally detailed appropriate justice, but that probably won’t bother most readers— because the love interests are wrapped up in each other when something isn’t going wrong or really right, or dealing with creativity.

It’s sexy, detached, intense, lonely, sappy in a good way It’s odd, passionate and quirky. That’s probably not everyone’s take-away. What I’m writing here is that it’s GOOD. Not just cute.

Intriguing Story

This is my first book by this author and I must say I’m impressed. Kept my attention from beginning to end. I have heard Iggy Toma narrate previous books and am a fan, I feel the narration of this book is exceptional. I hope Baylin Crow releases more audiobooks. Highly recommend!

Awesome narration!!!

Iggy Toma is a master at narration. I loved his voice for Phoenix. It is just the sexiest sound! I can’t get enough. Phoenix is a stripper at a club that Archer walks into on his birthday. The two lock eyes and it’s lust at first sight. I liked how the two got together right away, but I did feel that the relationship was missing more storyline. I wonder why Archer never goes to just watch him dance? Or that either of their jobs don’t come with more! But overall a good story.

Great!!!

I loved this book and it helped me to remember true love is real and unconditional love

Sweet lovely romance

I loved both characters and the delivery by the narrator. Plus it’s a tribute to the creative muse. I will look for others by this author.