My fondness for Romantic Suspense continues, this time with the first book on the new series by Mandy Baxter, U.S. Marshals.
I added this to my TBR as soon as I saw some great reviews of the ARC copies, and I was thrilled to find it on audible the day of its original release.

It’s not often that a one night stand encounter can be made into a credible base for a romantic story, but when the author puts all the pieces in the right place it’s destined to work, and indeed it worked with Harper and Galen’s story.

The eagerness to prove herself as a good journalist takes Harper Allen to pursue a story of a controversial politician, their encounter places her in the middle of his murder scene. With the magnitude of the violent death of a U.S. Senator, Harper finds herself not only in the spotlight of this sensational story, but as a solo witness that needs to be placed under the protection of the U.S. Marshals.

By a twist of fate, Harper gets trusted under the protection of U.S. Marshal, Galen Kelly. The same guy that a year earlier had saved her from a disastrous situation, and with whom she spent an unforgettable night of passion, but had vanished without a trace the morning after, without saying a word.

Together they will have to find a way to clear their misunderstanding, find a way to rekindle their romance, as well as find the identity of the criminal or criminals behind the murder that no doubt want to get rid of the only witness of the crime.

If that wasn’t enough, Harper has come under the suspicion of the FBI, so the stakes have double in solving the crime.

I liked the strength of the characters, both very likable. Harper is a determined, strong headed heroine, and her stubbornness made her interactions with Galen very entertaining, and at times humorous.

Agent Galen was quite the hero; honorable, reliable, HOT and a good catch all around.
Their chemistry felt real; I enjoyed their sexy times.

Armed with a clue Harper possesses, we get taken on a ride of passion, love, a bit of suspense and humor, and while we get to dodge some bullets we get a few moments of anticipation.

I found One Night More an enjoyable and entertaining story that despite the plot’s light suspense held my attention. All in all, this is a good start to this new series.

As we know, the narrator can enhance or ruin your book experience, and sometimes they do nothing, like was the case Chris Sorensen with One Night More.

I could tell right away the Chris Sorensen is a seasoned narrator. He didn’t make any newbie mistakes when it came to the reading. He’s reading was well paced – he used distinctive voices, and I was never confused. I can tell he could be very good with any other genre, but, unfortunately, he doesn’t have the romance “gene.”

It’s hard for me to rate it, because there was nothing technically wrong, but I can’t help to think this was a miscast.

I felt his voice wasn’t age appropriate. I found his tone a bit whiny and too old to be sexy. I could never picture a strong and sexy guy by his voice. He would be more fit to narrate a regular suspense book where the U.S. Marshals have big bellies and big mustaches…LOL

In romance, the romance is the main appeal. The shallow girl in me has to believe that the hero is sexy; I didn’t believe that by his interpretation.

With that said, I still liked the characters, and I never felt the need to switch to the printed copy, and if this were just a suspenseful story I probably would have really enjoyed his reading.

Despite all of that, I did manage to enjoy the book, I just will never know how much more I would have if I had read it instead.

So if your preferred format is audio you might be OK, but if you prefer reading, I will suggest reading it.