Be with Me

Adair Family Series, Book 4

By: Samantha Young

Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Sydney Zaylin

Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

While Arran Adair might have followed the call of wanderlust in his younger years, it isn't the reason he stayed away from Ardnoch. Home now, desperate to put the sins of his past behind him, and rebuild his life in the Scottish Highlands, Arran could never have predicted Eredine Willows. The Ardnoch Estate Pilates instructor is a complicated mystery and one Arran can't help but want to solve.

Eredine has spent the last eight years hiding in Scotland and building walls between her and the people she cares about. Arran is the first Adair who doesn't treat her as if she's fragile and demands a genuine friendship. Yet, the attraction sizzling between them is undeniable. So when she realizes she trusts him, Eredine surprises them both by offering Arran one night of no-strings passion.

Arran knows one night will inevitably lead to a desire for more and he's willing to stay by Eredine's side for as long as it takes to convince her there's something real between them. However, just when Arran thinks they might build a future together, Eredine's past returns to stalk her. And Arran won't just have to battle her demons to keep them together. He'll need to battle his own.

©2022 Samantha Young (P)2023 Tantor

A whole lot of action

This was an action heavy story with 2 enemies. It was just ok for me. Pretty hot and heavy with a great HEA but the 2 unlikely enemies that are both crazy was a bit too much for me.

One star performance

The story was cute but I couldn't get passed the horrible Female narration for the Scottish characters. She made them sound like they were slow and stupid. It reminded me of that SNL skit The Californians.

Good story, bad female narrator

The story was good, I like all of Samantha Young’s books, but I couldn’t get past the female narrator. Based on the description of the heroine she didn’t sound like her and I couldn’t get past it. The male narrator did great. I’ll have to read the book if I do a re-read.

overdramatic much?!

this might have been a good storyline if I could have concentrated on it without laughing at the overdramatized narration. seriously, who chooses these narrators and does no one listen to them before release? Samantha Young writes pretty good stories but especially in this one the female narrator makes the male brogue sound like the man is dumb as a stump and her overacting at the so-called sexy parts were laughable. someone get serious about narration out there!!

Excellent story, painful Scottish accent

I love this book, the whole series is great. The only complaint I have is the female narrators accent for both the Scottish males and females.

Another win

So happy we finally got Eredine’s story! This was a great friends-to-lovers with all the drama I’ve come to expect from this series. Again, I do feel like the end dramatics were rushed a bit and would have preferred a bit less of the earlier plot in favour of not feeling like everything happened so fast at the end.

Great story but horrible female narrator

I love this story line but I had a very hard time making it through this book. It’s like the female narrator has no idea how to pronounce names nor did she listen to the previous books to see how they were pronounced in the other books.

Female narration made it difficult.

I really like this story. It is one of my favorites from this series. The female narration, however, made it so difficult to get through. Her Scottish accent was horrible!

Story is fabulous!

I love Samantha Young books, and this one was as great as all of the others, I cannot wait for #5! The female narrator was a bit of a story killer for me, he accents were awful, she exaggerated a lot of parts and didn’t fit the female character at all.

It could be a bit shorter

It was a good book. Really enjoy the author but I feel the book could be shorter. The narrators were very good.