San Francisco

International Guy #5

by Audrey Carlan

From Audrey Carlan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Calendar Girl series.

San Francisco, California. Steam is rising fast in the City by the Bay.

I’ve been hired to find a love match for a stunning, powerful, and lonely CEO. She’s through with being mined by gold diggers who only want her money and her body. She’s looking for love.

Imagine my surprise when my business partner Royce offers himself up on a silver platter, a move that could ruin everything we’ve built—our friendship, International Guy’s reputation—and even Royce’s heart.

The thing is…he’s all wrong for her, and I know it. Royce wants to settle down, but this client is most certainly not that kind of woman.

I decide to let things play out. A man has to learn his own truths—just because you want something doesn’t mean you can have it.

About the Series

Parker Ellis, CEO of International Guy Inc., advises the wealthiest people in the world on life and love. And sometimes he can’t help it when things heat up and he ends up in bed with his clients.

This International Guy knows that there’s a whole world waiting for him. But as he goes from city to city—and from woman to woman—it’s possible that he just might find his own love along the way…

This is the fifth book in a twelve-novella series.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Audiobook, Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Smut

145 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2018

About the author

Audrey Carlan is a No. 1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. She writes stories that help the reader find themselves while falling in love. Some of her works include the worldwide phenomenon Calendar Girl serial, Trinity series and the International Guy series. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages across the globe.
She lives in the California Valley, where she enjoys her two children and the love of her life. When she’s not writing, you can find her teaching yoga, sipping wine with her “soul sisters,” or with her nose stuck in a sexy romance novel.
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Reviews

[Ptiteaurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ce tome est clairement pour le moment mon tome préféré car il se passe des tas de choses très intéressantes et les rebondissements sont très palpitants. Nous parvenons à en apprendre plus sur chacun des personnages et je vais me jeter sur le tome 6 pour connaître la suite car le suspense est vraiment insoutenable.

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[Calliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one had a cute main story (finding love for a CEO) and I still liked the "other main" story with Skyler and Parker, even though it was hard because... well you just have to read to find out :D

The ending was a bit though, so I am curious as to what happens now :)

[Evenusia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cette série trouvera son public. En ce qui me concerne, ce n'est pas assez profond, ni en ce qui concerne l'histoire, ni les personnages.
Ce roman aurait été parfait dans une collection Azur : histoire légère, lecture rapide. Aussitôt lue aussitôt oubliée.

[Jackie Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Back with another great read from the International Guys
San Francisco gives us the change to get to know Royce when the gang head off to do some matchmaking. There are a few twists and turns in this episode and this where we see Parker at his best dealing with a client whilst trying to deal with issues of his own, his soulmate needs him and he needs to be there for her. This instalment left me in tears another emotion I wasn’t expecting.

[Jessica Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one shocked me 4.5 stars.Wow what a way to end this one. It needed more drama and she gave it to us towards the end. Poor Royce thought he found the girl who could be his one. He is tired of waiting and being home alone. I can't wait until he finds his one.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all the differences in these books but how they all tie together too. I love the budding relationship between Sky and Parker and can't wait to see what happens next.

[Carole · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

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Et nous revoilà pour une nouvelle mission en compagnie de Parker et Royce d'International Guy et cette fois direction San Francisco pour venir en aide à une femme d'affaires accomplie.

Rochelle a tout. L'argent, l'accomplissement professionnel, des collaborateurs sur qui compter, il ne lui manque qu'une chose, un homme à son bras. Elle fait appel à International Guy pour trouver l'homme idéal. Mais lorsque Royce craque totalement pour sa cliente, les complications commencent...
Je suis ravie de retrouver nos International Guy dans un autre tome. Il faut dire que je venais de terminer un livre qui a été totalement loupé du coup, j'avais vraiment envie de me plonger dans une lecture qui, je le savais me plairait. J'ai finalement jeté mon dévolu sur International Guy et j'ai bien fait.

Souvenez-vous, dans les premiers tomes, je reprochais à l'auteure de ne pas trop développer les collaborateurs de Parker. Mes prières ont été entendus car après avoir un peu plus découvert Bo, le mois dernier, c'est au tour de Royce d'être un peu plus en lumière. Royce qui craque totalement pour sa cliente et qui n'a pas froid aux yeux. Quitte à faire capoter la mission. Il est bien décidé à prouver à Parker qu'il sait ce qui est le mieux pour lui.

Du côté de Parker, je dois dire que j'ai été étonnement surprise. Jusqu'à Milan, je trouvais notre héros vraiment cliché et très très frivole, à sauter sur tout ce qui bouge. Eh bien figurez-vous qu'il a fait énormément de chemin. C'est un tout nouveau Parker que l'on retrouve. J'ai particulièrement aimé ses réflexions et sa prise de conscience notamment par rapport avec son comportement avec les femmes avant Skylar.

Ce qui est assez marrant c'est que finalement c'est désormais lui qui fait la moral à Royce. C'est un peu l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité, mais j'ai aimé le fait qu'il s'en rende compte et prenne conscience de ses erreurs. Le couple Skylar/Parker sera mis à rude épreuves une fois de plus et fera pencher la balance du mauvais côté. On sent que la relation à distance n'est pas si facile et pourrait bien fragilisé le couple.

Sinon, j'ai bien aimé les personnages secondaires de ce tome avec notamment Keehan qui va devoir redoubler de courage face aux prétendants sélectionnés pour sa patronne et meilleure amie Rochelle.

En conclusion, j'ai bien aimé de tome de International Guy. J'ai l'impression que l'auteure arrive à trouver son équilibre au fil des tomes et nous propose des tomes plus aboutis. Je continuerais l'aventure avec plaisir.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Things get really serious in this book. Not only do we start to get to know one of the men of International Guy better (finally), but there's a new problem Sky and Parker have to face. Their relationship is nothin but problems and they need to work on their reactions to everything! This ends on a low note, unfortunately.

[Ceej Chargualaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all Audrey Carlan’s work and this is no exception. IG San Francisco is a shocking and amazing installment that had me wincing and chuckling, grinning and face-palming, squealing in delight and wanting to throw my kindle into the wall (for two separate reasons). Audrey never fails to take me on that damn emotional rollercoaster!

Let me make one thing clear. Royce. Is. Mine. A certain trick needs to step off. Well, that last part is no longer a worry, but holy hell, I was so mad I threw my Kindle.

I admit that I actually enjoyed watching Park battle being stuck between what he feels and knows is right and trying to let his brother “learn his own truths”. I enjoyed it simply because I wasn’t in his place. Park deserves serious props for the immense love and protectiveness he has for his brother. Honestly, I kept waiting for one of them to completely lose their mind. And in true Audrey fashion, she showed what real, grown brothers do. Gah I loved it!

Audrey Carlan never fails to provide incredible scenarios and characters who are full of life and many different angles. And what she gives them at the end of each installment? *sigh* Now onto the next one, please!

[Tracey Vuolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Audrey Carlan is pulling out all the stops up in Cali when Royce meets Rochelle. Each installment gets better and better and AC pulls me in every time like I am right there in the room with all of them. It is exciting to see Royce more up close and personal. He has such a sexy swagger and I love his deep voice that I swear I can hear out loud and not just in my head.

Chelle is a hard core all business woman that sometimes hooks up for pleasure. While you go thru her adventure to find her mate, you will get so much more then that. I loved getting to explore Parker and his brother Royce relationship and the fierce protectiveness that Parker conveys. I adore the relationship these brothers have with each other even though they made me crazy sometimes. You can feel the love these siblings have for each other flow through the pages and grab your heart and not let go.

There is drama, thievery, heartbreak, blackmail, love, and lust lost. I laughed, I cringed, I got giddy with excitement, I wanted to knock some heads together and I may have wanted to throw my kindle a time or two. Just when you think you've seen it all, Audrey pulls out a whopper of a twist. Hold onto your hats you are in for a delicious, angst filled ride.❤️

[Phyl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parker and Royce are heading to San Francisco, helping a wealthy client to find a man. Royce had a flirty smirk on his face which to me and I know Parker noticed spells trouble. Royce has done his homework and seems to know everything about Rochelle their client. The chemistry between Royce and Rochelle is palatable. As Rochelle list her must have, one leaves Royce out of the running. Parker not keen on Royce lusting after Rochelle but seriously what can he do, he slept with two of their client, one being Skyler. I do like Parker and Skyler in this one they seem to have find their groove. The job was successful and a job well done. They found the client a good man. However things are not so well for Parker and Skyler.
I did find I liked guys in this story, always there for each other and treat each other like brothers

[Lisa (Two Bookish Brits) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my gosh, what a bunch of drama wrapped up in one awesome book.

The owner of a company is in need of finding her mate, she’s lonely and needs her man by her side so she called in the IG team, and boy do they help.

Roy in this one had my entire heart, that man is pure kindness and love and honestly he deserves everything good in his life. He’d make the perfect husband to the right woman.

We’re treated to a bunch of drama in this book. A delusional woman, a sick SICK man and damn, it had me left NEEDING MORE.

the ending with Parker and Skyler is breaking my heart, gah. Now onto the next book.

[Rebecca Burgess · Rating 3 out of 5]

IG company sets out to find love for a workaholic CEO. But is her love already under her nose, could it be one of the IG partners?

[Linda (un)Conventional Bookworms · Rating 4 out of 5]

San Fransisco was interesting, especially because it brought more depth to the characters - both the main characters and the secondary characters feel more real to me now.

[Kis Baadsgaard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[Cecilie Birkshøj · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hvorfor er de sidste to kapitler altid de mest spændende?

[Elizabeth Dhaenens · Rating 5 out of 5]

This time it's not Parker potentially falling for the client... but another IG. Luckily Parker is there to help his brother out. The guys are hired to play matchmakers to a successful and beautiful woman at the top of her game.... but sometimes, what we are searching for is right under our noses....

[Lectrice-lambda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dans ce cinquième tome, « San Francisco », Parker et Royce vont devoir aider une femme, Rochelle, à trouver l’homme idéal, celui avec qui elle fondra une famille.
Elle est belle, riche et intelligente, alors la liste des prétendants ne tarde pas à être longue. C’était sans compter Royce qui est immédiatement tombé sous son charme.

Encore un bon moment de lecture passé grâce à Audrey CARLAN.
Comme toujours, son histoire se lit rapidement et permet de souffler entre deux longues lectures.

Ici, on retrouve Parker accompagné de Royce. Quel plaisir de croiser à nouveau le chemin de ce personnage secondaire qui a été un peu mis de côté et que l’on n’a pas encore eu l’occasion de vraiment connaître. Dans ce cinquième tome, il tient une place importante de l’histoire car il veut conquérir le coeur de la belle Rochelle, quitte à mettre en péril leur mission et l’image d’International Guy. Parker se trouve un peu gêné car comment faire la leçon à son ami et partenaire alors que lui-même est en couple avec une ancienne cliente ?
J’ai vraiment trouvé ce tome intéressant dans la façon de mettre en évidence ce problème. Travailler avec ses amis ou sa famille n’est jamais simple et encore moins lorsque l’on doit interdire à l’autre des choses que l’on s’est permis de faire.

En plus de la demande de Rochelle, il y a une petite intrigue, un voleur qui se permet de prendre de l’argent directement dans les comptes bancaires de sa société. Autant dire que cette enquête se fait rapidement et que le mystère est facile à résoudre.

Nous retrouvons également la romance entre Parker et Skyler qui continue. Les sentiments arrivent et ils sont une nouvelle fois confrontés à un problème.
J’aime beaucoup ce couple que je trouve très « glamour », cependant je commence à être lassée de toutes les péripéties auxquelles ils sont confrontés. Certes, ce ne sont pas des personnes comme les autres, mais j’espère vraiment qu’avant la fin de la série l’auteur mettra un point final à cette romance et se focalisera sur les autres partenaires de Parker.

Malheureusement, la fin ne va pas dans ce sens car un nouveau problème arrive pour le couple, un malentendu qui va mettre à mal leur relation.


En conclusion, « International Guy, tome 5 : San Francisco » m’a fait passer un bon moment de lecture, sans pour autant me surprendre. Audrey CARLAN continue à se focaliser sur le couple que forment Parker et Skyler, mais au bout de cinq opus, je commence à en être un peu lassée.
Heureusement, nous retrouvons dans cet opus Royce, l’un des acolytes de Parker, personnage qui est très intéressant et qui apporte un vent de fraicheur à son histoire.

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[Katy Kitchin · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the brilliant mind of Audrey Carlan, comes another beautifully crafted instalment in the International Guy series that kept me glued to my kindle. House work and all those responsible adult things didn’t exist during the perfect hours I binge read all three of these novellas back to back and loved every. Damn. Second.

I adore the female characters, Skylar especially because she’s awesome and a total badass, and Wendy is an absolute sweetheart, they’re both such independent, strong women and that’s really important for book characters (it’s also something AC flawlessly executes with every book and one of the many reasons she’s an inspiration to me). But we also get to see more of Sofie which was awesome, I love seeing her development from Paris to now, it’s so heart warming!

And we’ve already established that the three IG men are completely swoon inducing and they make for an intensely sexy read! Parker, Bo and Royce are utter perfection and I’m left disappointed that they can’t be real. ALTHOUGH we see a much less flawlessly Parker in this volume which made him feel more three dimensional and real to me, and even though at times I was frustrated with him and cursing my kindle, it made for an even more gripping read.

But really AC? You’re ending Montreal like that? Really? How the hell do I wait for London?! That ending was CRUEL, CRUEL I TELL YOU. But seriously read this series, it’s addictive and captivating and the chemistry between Parker and Skylar is hot enough to make your kindle (or you) explode! So how’s about Volume 3 now yeah? Audrey. Volume 3? Please? Yeah, cool

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Les mois se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas mais je suis contente de retrouver à chaque fois les International Guy pour quelques heures de lecture !

Cette fois, Parker et Royce partent direction San Francisco pour aider Rochelle, une femme d’affaire à trouver l’homme de sa vie. Elle a trop souvent été déçue et aimerait vraiment trouver celui qu’elle recherche.

J’ai bien aimé en apprendre plus sur Royce dans ce tome. Il est mis en avant bien plus que dans les tomes précédents et cela nous permet de le connaître un peu mieux.

Une bonne partie de ce tome est également consacrée à la relation entre Parker et Skyler. cette dernière va se retrouver dans une situation très délicate puisqu’une personne de son passé va exercer sur elle un chantage qui pourrait bien remettre en question son avenir…

Encore une fois, un tome qui m’a beaucoup plu ! La fin donne vraiment envie de savoir comment va se poursuivre l’histoire et j’ai bien envie de faire une petite virée à Montréal ! ♥

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[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

San Francisco is Book 5 in the International Guy series.

This one was just not for me. The story seemed disjointed and lacking direction. Parker seemed to be heavily distracted by his personal life in this book, yet somehow he was still able to complete the job his new client Rachelle hired him for, he also found the time to meddle in Royce's love life, and be hypocritical while doing that.

His rush to get back to New York and Skyler was all for nothing, and Skyler's chapter at the end was the icing on the cake. These two really need to learn how to communicate with words, and not always be jumping to conclusions.

It seems like Montreal is up next for Parker, and hopefully he and Skyler can take some time to get some perspective on their relationship.

[Bellereader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Royce and Parker are headed to Cali to do matchmaking. They should have it well in hand until Royce finds himself smitten with the delectable Rochelle. Too bad her list seems to disqualify him. The IG guys are nothing if not professionals though and if a match is what she wants a match is what she’ll have. Matchmaker matchmaker make her a match her her a find catch her a IG man catch her an IG man.

[Janet Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book and series

The three best friends in the series add charm and charisma to stories that may not be the most exciting. I love the way the author blends sex, love and romance for maximum effect, and I hope all three men find the loves of their lives.

[Aem503 · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was not for me. The POC perspective but not own voices didn't work for me, nor did the telling of the story from male viewpoints. It all felt distant and it was hard for me to care what happened to the characters.

[Anael Le Breton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tome le plus décevant de la saga pour l'instant mais bon j'ai une excuse mon personnage préfère (Bo) n'est pas présent alors je croit que c'est ca qui fait que pour moi c'est le moins bon mais cela reste quand même du Audrey Carlan alors c'est toujours aussi réussit ;)

[Hijinx Abound · Rating 2 out of 5]

This installation was not as good as the previous ones. It was just an okay book and the outburst at the end was aggravating.

[Shawna · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHOUA! Je suis vraiment passée par toutes les émotions avec ce tome

[Laurine.vai Trésors · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un cinquième tome qui m'a bcp plu !

[Lison Olivier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vraiment très déçu de ce tome en réalité et surtout de la fin. Je l’a trouve assez immature et assez facile ...

[Cawnelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bien écrit ! J'ai envie de foutre des claque toutes les 2 secondes mais se n'es qu'un détail