Audio/eBook Review:
Tell Me Lies is Book one in the New England Sharks Series by Hannah Gray and if this book is anything to go by she will certainly have a hit series on her hands. If you love single parent stories look no further than single dad Logan Sterns and Maci McKenzie’s journey.
Chloe Ryan and Walker Williams did a great job bringing the characters and their story to life. They were spot on with the banter and the love and they were very easy on the ears.
NHL player Logan is at his wits end when his long term nanny suddenly decides to move across the country. The most important person in his life is his daughter Amelia and he has no idea what to do . So when a friend suggests that a friend she knows might help out for a few weeks he jumps on it.
Author Maci is hiding from her past and suffering from writers block but she would never let a little girl down so she reluctantly agrees to nanny for Amelia for 6 weeks. What follows is a hot NFL player becoming a muse while she falls hard and fast for this small family.
Problem is what happens when her past catches up with her, will it give them strength or will it break them…..
This book ticked all my boxes, I fell hard and fast for Logan and I want Maci as my new best friend but it was Amelia that stole my heart. The chemistry is hot, the banter is witty but it was the love these two had for Amelia that took this book to another level. I’m so excited for what’s to come from the New England Sharks.

I listened to the audiobook version of this story. I loved the chemistry between Logan and Maci. Amelia was the cutest and Clyde was just adorable. The spice was amazing and the story was close to perfection. Would've been a five star for me except for the third act breakup. It didn't make sense to me for him to get upset at her when she was not at fault and he asked her to lie. Otherwise the story was really good. The banter was hilarious and the romance was just right. The narration by Chloe Ryan and Walker Williams was amazing. I found myself swooning at Walker's southern accent. I couldn't get enough. All in all great story!

So freaking adorable!!! I love a hockey romance and a single dad story….. it was perfect! Maci’s journey and overcoming everything was everything I needed to read! Loved it!!!

it was cute, it was fun, it won't be one that I recommend. There are just to many other books out there that do the whole single dad x nanny trope better. Hockey romance is hot right not and i def acknowledge that, but this one was a miss for me. It went from 0 to 600 real quick when things got spicy out of no where and it wasn't cute. I struggled to feel the real connection between Maci and Logan.

👩🏻‍💻 ᗰY TᕼOᑌGᕼTS: 4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

First, I want to say that I absolutely LOVED the narrators on this Audiobook! They were absolutely fabulous! I would definitely look up other works they’ve performed!!!

Now on to the story itself! I actually started with book 2 (Shoot Your Shot), but thats ok because reading them backwards didnt mean i missed out on anything as these are all standalone sports romance, but Hannah writes such amazing stories anyways I REALLY WANTED to read about Logan and Macy? Or i guess in this case when the Audiobook was available for ALC I JUMPED at that opportunity! And it did not disappoint!!!!

The chemistry is boiling, the spice is FLAMIN 🔥🔥🔥 and the banter is ROCKING! lol can i give it any more praise? 😆 I really enjoyed this one! I almost wished there was a bit more grovelling… at X spot 🤭, but you gotta read/listen to it to find what I’m gushing about!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸…
🏒Sport Romance
🏒Single Dad & Nanny
🏒She’s older (only 1 year)
🏒Close Proximity
🏒Tragic Past
🏒Dual POV
🏒Open Door

I received an advance listening copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥; 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴. 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦.

4/⭐️
3/🌶️

I’m sorry, but Logan Sterns???? I need him and that mouth of his right now. He had such a filthy mouth, and yet it wa hilarious at the same time. He is just perfection 🤌🏼

The banter, and the way that Logan wanted to inspire Maci’s writing!! It had me sweating and LOLing. I surprisingly loved that Maci was a romance writer and that Logan wanted to be the book boyfriend and inspire her. The spice alone that came from his ‘inspirations’ 🥵

I absolutely adored Amelia, and the relationship that Logan has with her, and then adding Maci into it 🥰 it was adorably sweet, and can’t forget about Clyde! I loved watching this little family form!

The twist that came though?? I truly gasped. I was not prepared for that.

I’m ready for more of this series!! The little bit we saw of book two has me absolutely hooked already 🫶🏼

tropes - hockey romance, single dad x nanny, forced proximity, golden retriever mmc

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Update - Audiobook Review 🎧
Narrated by Chloe Ryan & Walker Williams

5/⭐️

I loved this audio!!! This story is so good, and they really brought it to life. And their voices for Amelia?? Ohmygosh 🥰🥰 it was adorable!! Definitely worth the listen!!

Absolutely adore a hockey romance book. This book had Tessa Bailey vibes without being too similar to make the book seem like I knew where it was going. I appreciated that Maci had her own depth and was trying to figure out her career while being involved with her boss. Every character was well developed and the book was tough to put down.

A steamy author turned temporary nanny and single dad hockey romance. Overall, this read was okay. The daughter adds an endearing touch to the book. There is reference to death and grieving throughout.

Audio via NetGalley

This is my first book by Hannah and not even close to my last. This book has some kind of magic. Honestly, the narrators knocked this out of the park and Walker’s accent for Logan made him an instant top tier book boyfriend. Chloe does a great job as Maci and conveys her emotional journey to finding forever with Logan and his daughter.

This is the single dad falls for the nanny trope done to perfection. Their physical relationship begins so that Maci can get inspiration for her upcoming book and I loved watching them go from “strictly for inspiration” to falling in love.

I cannot wait to be back with this fictional hockey team!

Tell Me Lies- Hannah Gray
Narrated by Chloe Ryan and Walker Williams

Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Narration 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧

I loved this book. It was so cute. I thought it was going to be a lot darker than it was, it wasn’t dark at all. 😂😂 it was very wholesome yet emotional with some shared trauma. This was probably one of the best nanny stories I’ve read, and I’ve read quite a few. It wasn’t the same old same, yes the single dad falls in love with his kids nanny, but between his kid being hilarious, and him being her inspiration for her new book she’s writing including first hand experience with the spicy scenes 🥵🥵🥵, it definitely had its own unique twist that I really liked.

Walker and Chloe did so good on this narration. They portrayed Maci and Logan incredibly well. This was my first Chloe narration and I was pleasantly surprised with her performance, I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for her in the future. Walker does so good every time. I keep seeing him more and more and I hope to get more of his narrations in the future!

When I saw the phrase, 'single dad hockey romance', I was sold there and then. This is my first experience with any of Hannah Gray's work, and I'll think I'll be returning for more!

Walker Williams and Chloe Ryan were fantastic narrator choices for the audiobook for this! I love it when narration is done in such a way that just completely intensifies the emotions, and these two have done a perfect performance.

Im still unsure whether I have truly warmed up to Logan as a character by the time I finished the audiobook, but with that southern drawl and dirty talk, I could probably be convinced to forget every character flaw. This was the kind of story where you can feel an intense twist bubbling and building over time, and when we finally got there it felt a little lackluster and predictable, the story was incredibly done, and the narrators set a brilliant flow overall!

This was a lot of fun and I thought was really great, until it wasn’t. Without any spoilers, I was very upset with the MMC.

⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️ This book was fine. I can’t think of anything that was a big sell in it.

* Logan was a bit too cocky for my liking. It was like he knew he was God’s blessing to the world &that his dirty talk was top tier &I wasn’t impressed.

* The narration was fine. I didn’t care for the southern accent with the male narrator. It gave me the ick. The female narrator did good.

* The major surprise in the book did make my eyes go wide, I didn’t see that coming. But the follow up to that was executed terribly. First I thought it was shitty that Maci told Poppy Logan’s secret pretty much immediately after he told Maci not to tell anyone. Maci was truly an idiot with the whole situation. Blaming herself when there was literally ZERO ways that she could be blamed for it. Like to make that a whole storyline was stupid. Then how Logan handled it was stupid. They were both being so dramatic.

* The daughter’s name is Amelia but they call her Amy. Why not just name her Amy? Maybe I’ve just never seen that as a shortening for the name but I just found it weird they used those names interchangeable throughout the story.

* When I started writing this review I was giving the book 3⭐️ but by the time I finished, I realized I had nothing good to say about it which isn’t how a 3⭐️ read is for me. So unfortunately this one just fell a little too flat for me.

I’d like to thank NetGalley &Dreamscape Media for the opportunity to listen to this ALC in exchange for an honest review.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬:
* Author FMC
* Forced proximity
* Hockey romance
* Single dad/Nanny

𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:
* Logan Sterns is the right winger for the New England Bay Sharks. When his nanny puts in her 2 weeks, he’s on the hunt for a new nanny for his 3 year old daughter Amelia. Author Maci McKenzie is struggling with writing &needs a change of pace. Maci &Logan make a deal that hopefully benefits them through this arrangement.

* This is book 1 in the New England Bay Sharks Series.

I am about 60% done with Tell Me Lies, and I have to stop. I actually like the plot, but the dirty talk is very dirty, and I feel like boundaries have been pushed way too far. I do like the story and I tried to keep going, but it did not feel right to me.

This was my first listen to this author and I really enjoyed it. I always love a romance with a cute child in it that brings life to the story. Very cute storyline with heat that was good, he’s a dirty talker, which is a bonus. I love the banter between the main characters. This was an enjoyable read and I think that Logan is so sweet and funny. Can’t wait to read more. And the narration was very good.

Hockey romance
Single dad
Nanny
Close proximity
Found family

Audio review
Narrated by: Chloe Ryan, Walker


Main characters
Maci and Logan

Maci - a romance author turned nanny. A bit anxious but loving and gentle. Instant chemistry with Logan Nd Amelia.
Logan- pro hockey player and single dad to Amelia. Funny and easy going with a big personality.

I fell for Logan from page 1. Once he found out about Amelia, he stepped up. He was a great father. Amelia was his life and he was very protective about his daughter. When his current nanny got a new job across country, he desperately needed a new one who he could trust. His friend suggested Maci.

Maci was a Romance author suffering from
A bit of writer’s block. The death of her father and desertion of her fiancée left her with a sense of profound loss. She had a bit of survivor’s guilt dealing with her dad’s death. She needed a change.

These two were cute together. Logan with his dad jokes will never told. The banter in this book was fun with his teammates. When it came to Maci, it was dirty and flirty.

The other characters were fun. They team stood by each other and were like family.
The narrators did a great job expressing the emotions of the characters. The hurt, anger and passion was clear. The pace was good and easy to follow.

The mouth on this man is just filthy. I have read many books with dirty talk and no one comes close to this man. I felt scandalized but in the best way. I loved the characters and I thought this was a cute story. I dont have much else to say. If you are looking for a quick hockey romance to scratch an itch or just to get you out a slump I would say this is a good choice.

The dynamic between Logan and Maci is the heart of the story, and it’s the kind of connection that keeps you hooked. Their flirty banter and undeniable chemistry make for an engaging and emotional journey as they navigate the twists and turns of their growing relationship.

Logan’s daughter, Amelia, is an absolute scene-stealer. Her playful bond with Clyde, Maci’s gentle giant of a dog, adds a layer of warmth and charm that makes the story even more endearing. The moments with her are like sprinkles of sunshine, bringing levity to the narrative.

The flow of the story is smooth and easy to follow, transitioning seamlessly between lighthearted fun and more intense, steamy moments. Logan and Maci’s story ramps up to some seriously spicy scenes, complete with passionate dialogue that doesn’t hold back. It’s the kind of heat that romance fans will savor, balanced perfectly with the sweet and tender moments that make you root for them as a couple.

One of the highlights of the book is how Logan and Maci’s individual stories intertwine and come together beautifully. It’s satisfying to see their worlds mesh into something that feels authentic and meaningful. However, the story does resolve a bit too neatly for my taste—I love a bit more angst and conflict to keep me guessing. That said, it doesn’t take away from how well Hannah Gray fleshes out her characters and builds a sense of family around the New England Bay Sharks.

#ARC #NetGalley

‘Tell Me Lies,’ is a grumpy-sunshine, single-dad hockey romance. Let et all those tropes sink in because yes, they do really exist in one novel. The characters are likeable and actually quite developed. They exist out with each other and the relationship.
The novel did hit a new pet peeve of mine where the MC female is a romance writer who has to churn out more than one book a year. I feel like this feeds a narrative that fiction must be produced fast and in masses.
The plot was steady, and I did really enjoy the team element. I can see how the story will span into the series and that is fun to delve into.
The narrators were good, I especially liked the voice of Logan. His ability to switch into the female characters gave him an advantage to the female narrator. The pacing of narration to plot worked really well and you could feel the novel intensify alongside the spoken dialogue.
I would recommend this book to fans of Elle Kennedy and sports romances, that are not too strong on the sport side but create the atmosphere of the team.
3/5

Thank you to #netgalley for this DRC

The narrators for this audiobook were great! While the STRONG southern accent threw me off at first (it wasn't explained until about 10-15% in), Chloe Ryan and Walker Williams were the best thing about this book for me. The book itself wasn't my favorite. Precocious three year-olds are one thing, three year-olds that speak like ten year-olds are differnt. When Maci was essentially using the intimate scenes as not just inspiration but physical manifestations of her writing, it just didn't work for me. It really took me out of the story for some reason and I struggled to get back into it.

Logan was a confusing character for me. I loved him as the single dad, as the hockey player, and as the dirty-talking boyfriend, but they all felt like different people to me. I never felt like I truly knew who the character was.

The twist was not very twisty, sorry. I could see Maci's (non-)involvement a mile away and it all felt a little over-dramaticized and contrived.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a listening copy. I will definitely add these two to my favorite narrators list!