Joel Leslie isn't my favorite narrator, but there were no non-English accents involved so I managed to enjoy the audio. What mostly held my attention and kept me listening was the anticipation of seeing Aubrey's past resolved - and when the moment came I wasn't really satisfied as it was mostly off-page. Had there been some UST before that, or maybe if I was made to love the characters more, I probably wouldn't have been so uninterested in the couple. It was mostly the MCs doing the most mundane stuff and making eyes at each other.

I was almost bored by the romance itself. Sometimes her formula works for me, and sometimes it doesn't. If they can weather the storm of their pasts, they could very well have a love that eclipses everything. Patrick never expected to be interested in anyone else.īetween Aubrey's love of the stars and Patrick's love of the ocean, these two fragile hearts must navigate new waters. He's content with his life until a stranger shows up in town and turns Patrick's head.

After the tragic death of his lover four years ago, he lives a solitary life just him, a tabby cat, the Indian and Southern Oceans, and a whole lot of loneliness. Patrick Carney is the resident lighthouse keeper in Hadley Cove, a small town on the remote Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. With no ID and no money, nothing but his grandfather's telescope, he goes where the Southern Cross leads him. Desperate to start over, a new man named Aubrey Hobbs walks out of the fire-ravaged forest, alive and alone. Seizing his one chance to escape, Ethan Hosking leaves his violent ex-boyfriend, leaves his entire life, and walks into the path of a raging bushfire.

Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker