Audiobook Series Tour and Review: Responsible Adult by C F White, Performed by Piers Ryman

AUDIOBOOK SERIES TOUR

Responsible Adult Series by C F White

Cover Artist: KAM Design

OVERALL SERIES DESCRIPTION

Love isn’t always responsible

The Responsible Adult series follows ex-juvenile delinquent Micky O’Neill as he attempts to better his life to bring up his disabled little brother. A past full of juvenile delinquency and living in a small town rife with idle gossip means Micky struggles to be seen as anything other than a no-hoper from the wrong side of the tracks… until he takes a job at the local supermarket and meets his boss, Dan, a university graduate and self-proclaimed shy, awkward bookworm.

Dan, older and burned from a past relationship, is the one person who sees through Micky’s tough-guy facade to the true heart underneath. With fear and mistrust on both sides, the two must steer their way through a complicated relationship where outside forces are determined to break them up at every turn.

Responsible Adult is a series about growing up and learning that love always brings responsibility.

“Amazingly gritty and raw, it flays you.” Pride Publishing Editor’s Choice 2017

Author note: Potential triggers include references to suicide, physical assault on a minor, criminal behaviour and bullying of a disabled child.

This is a serial, with book one ending on a cliffhanger, and should be read in order.

Overall Heat Rating for the series: 4 flames

BOOK DETAILS

BOOK 1

Book Title: Misdemeanor (Responsible Adult #1)

Author: C F White

Narrator: Piers Ryman

Length: 9 hours and 1 min

Release Date: October 15, 2021

Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance

Tropes: Hurt/Comfort, Found Family

Themes: Out for you, first love,

Is it a standalone story? No

Does the book end on a cliffhanger? Yes

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Life isn’t always responsible

Blurb

After his mother tragically dies and his deadbeat father goes off the rails, nineteen-year-old Micky is left to care for his disabled little brother. Juggling college, a dead-end job and Flynn’s special needs means Micky has to put his bad-boy past behind him and be the responsible adult to keep his brother out of care. He doesn’t have time for anything else in his life.

Still scarred from a past relationship that went bad, Dan’s not looking to complicate his life. Everything tells him he should stay away from Micky but he’s powerless in the face of his overwhelming attraction to his newest staff member. Especially when he begins to peel off Micky’s layers to reveal the true man beneath the façade.

As their attraction builds, revealing more of themselves to one another, each is faced with a stark question: Can Micky allow himself to follow his heart, and can Dan risk falling in love with someone so tempestuous?

“Amazingly gritty and raw, it flays you.” Pride Publishing Editor’s Choice.

Misdemeanor is the first book in the Responsible Adult trilogy and is a re-release of the previously published version by Pride. It has been edited with new content added.

Author note: Potential triggers include references to suicide, physical assault on a minor, criminal behaviour and bullying of a disabled child.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I read Misdemeanor back in July. I knew then that the only thing that might make me love it more was if the author had Piers Ryman do the audiobook (he has performed several of her other books). I can’t tell you how much I loved listening to Misdemeanor. I was privileged to get an early copy and then got to listen it again once it went live on Audible. There’s not anymore that I could say other than what I wrote after reading the eBook. You can read my review here.

BOOK 2

Book Title: Hard Time (Responsible Adult #2)

Author: CF White

Narrator: Piers Ryman

Length: 7 hours and 44 mins

Release Date: October 22, 2021

Genre: Contemporary MM Romance

Tropes: Hurt/Comfort, Found Family

Themes: Out for You, First Love

Is it a standalone story? No

Does the book end on a cliffhanger? No. It’s a HFN ending.

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Amazon US | Amazon UK

Love isn’t always responsible

Blurb

After Micky O’Neill is remanded in custody for breaching his court order, his already tempestuous relationship with Dan Peters is tested to the limits.

Having to battle their way through a court case that could end with Micky in jail, social workers breaking up the family home, and the return of Micky’s deadbeat father, it seems everything is set to destroy their relationship before it even had the chance to start.

With such high stakes involved, not just for Micky but for once-burned, twice-shy Dan, they both have to learn that falling in love isn’t always responsible.

This is the second book in the re-released Responsible Adult Series. It has been edited with new content added to make for a new reader experience.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I read Hard Time when it was re-released back in August. Like the first book in this trilogy, I knew then that the only thing that might make me love it more was if the author had Piers Ryman do the audiobook (he has performed several of her other books). This is another wonderful audio performance by Piers Ryman; he and CF White make a great team! There’s nothing more that I could say other than what I wrote after reading the eBook. You can read my review here.

BOOK 3

Book Title: Reformed (Responsible Adult #3)

Author: CF White

Publisher: CF White

Narrator: Piers Ryman

Length: 8 hours and 8 mins

Release Date: October 29, 2021

Genre: Contemporary MM Romance

Tropes: Hurt/Comfort, Found Family

Themes: Hard-fought HEA

Is it a standalone story? No

Does the book end on a cliffhanger? No, it’s a HEA ending.

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Amazon US | Amazon UK

Someone has to be responsible

Blurb

Micky O’Neill and Dan Peters now live in Wales, bringing up Micky’s disabled little brother away from small-minded Heathwood and close to Micky’s deceased mother’s family.

Things are fine…until Dan begins his dream career as an English teacher at the local school and Micky, main caregiver to Flynn, is isolated in a village that only serves to remind him of his mother’s absence.

With Flynn’s health deteriorating and his needs becoming more complex, everything is tested to its limits and Dan seeks solace in a friendship with a fellow teacher, sending Micky into further turmoil.

After an accusation is leveled against Micky and it seems he’s slipping back into his old ways, he and Dan are torn. To repair the rift, both have to accept responsibility—for life.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Fantastic conclusion to a wonderful series.

Reformed is the third and final book in the Responsible Adult series and you need to read the first two books before you read it. I loved all of them but Reformed was particularly wonderful and angsty.

Micky, Flynn and Dan are settling in after their move to Wales. Dan has started a new teaching job but Micky is still staying home with Flynn trying to figure out what he wants to do. Things are not always easy going. Micky feels guilty for not working, Flynn’s health isn’t good, and Dan is a bit anxious about his new teaching job.

Going in, I knew this was going to be an angsty book but it hit me harder than I expected. I’ve now read a few series by C F White and have loved each of them in different ways. Responsible Adult is tied with The District Line for my favorite series. All of the things that Micky has to go through are heartbreaking but at the same time uplifting. I love books where one of the MCs is someone who needs redemption and that pretty much describes Micky. He changed his whole life to take care of Flynn and at times was definitely not rewarded for his efforts.

Dan is the perfect partner for Micky; he helps to balance him out and he loves Flynn like he’s his own flesh and blood. When things start to go bad between Dan and Micky both of them are at fault for not communicating with each other. They go through quite a rough patch but Micky really owns up to his issues and becomes a changed man. I can’t say enough good things about this series and this book in particular.

I have really loved listening to this series. Piers Ryman did another superb job with his performance of this book, just as he has with the first two.

About the Author

Brought up in a relatively small town in Hertfordshire, C F White managed to do what most other residents try to do and fail—leave.

Studying at a West London university, she realised there was a whole city out there waiting to be discovered, so, much like Dick Whittington before her, she never made it back home and still endlessly search for the streets paved with gold, slowly coming to the realisation they’re mostly paved with chewing gum. And the odd bit of graffiti. And those little circles of yellow spray paint where the council point out the pot holes to someone who is supposedly meant to fix them instead of staring at them vacantly whilst holding a polystyrene cup of watered-down coffee.

Eventually she moved West to East along that vast District Line and settled for pie and mash, cockles and winkles and a bit of Knees Up Mother Brown to live in the East End of London; securing a job and creating a life, a home and a family.

After her second son was born with a rare disability, C F White’s life changed and it brought pen back to and paper after having written stories as a child but never had the confidence to show them to the world. Now, having embarked on this writing journey, C F White can’t stop.

So strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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