Sunday, March 2, 2025

Audio Blitz: Paper Roses by Lily Morton

 
Length: 9 HOURS (APPROX)
Series: Confetti Hitched, book 3
Prior Reading: Prior reading NOT required 
Genre: contemporary
Tropes: Fake marriage, Boss and assistant, Workplace romance, Forced proximity, Only one bed
Trigger/Content Warnings: Reference to spouse’s death. The death was 10 years before this story and is off page, but the grief is discussed.
 
Jed Walker is starting to think that cheerful oblivion about his feelings is the key to being fake married.
 
Jed Walker thinks he’s having a midlife crisis. The only trouble is that it feels too good to stop. 

Widowed at a young age, he’s spent his life since then avoiding any relationships that might end up hurting him again. He has his successful wedding planning business, Confetti Hitched, and a series of uncomplicated hookups, and that’s all he needs in life. 

The one person disrupting this controlled stoicism is his younger assistant, Artie. He’s sweet and kind and has a funny way of calming Jed’s mind. So, when Artie comes to him with a problem, Jed moves heaven and earth to help, which is how he finds himself entering a fake marriage with the younger man and catching feelings. Too bad it’s all pretend. Or is it? 

From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a story about how love can completely derail the best-laid plans. 

This is the third book in the Confetti Hitched series, but it can be read as a standalone. 
I have been in a reading funk lately, and part of that is because I feel like I have so much going on. So when I received the audiobook of Paper Roses, I had to take a deep breath. Lily Morton has never let me down, but like I said, I've been in a funk. This book was so good.

STORY: 5 Stars
Grumpy boss meets an employee who doesn't exactly cower. There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book. It pulled you in immediately, but more than that, you can see the story and the characters developing and growing, and I had a hard time putting it down when I needed to.

NARRATION: 5 Stars
If you've read my audiobook reviews before, you know I love how Joel Leslie brings the characters he is reading for to live. Each personality comes through and the voices are different and distinct. This book was no different. You need to listen to this because the book will come alive for you.

OVERALL: 5 STARS
Brilliant story, characters, and narration. It's a must read/listen. 5 Stars.

Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle. 

She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family. 









 
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