Stranded!

by Lori Foster, Lauren Fortgang (Narrator)

Rock is something of a nerd - or so his best friend, Kelli, has always claimed, simply because he's a brainy guy. He's an up-and-coming businessman, determined to go far fast - and he's the total opposite of fun-loving Kelli. To his regret, Kelli has always seen him as a best friend, never as a potential lover.

Kelli is the quintessential wild child. She loves to party and flirt. In high school she was the head cheerleader and prom queen. Men have always swarmed around her, and while she's dated a lot (too much her best friend, Roddick, would say), she's never found Mr. Right.

She loves having Rock for a friend, because he's totally safe. Her friend doesn't have a single sexually aggressive bone in his body. Or so she thinks, until their trip home goes awry and they end up snowbound in an isolated cabin.

Genres: Romance, Audiobook, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Friends To Lovers, Fiction, Short Stories

Audiobook

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN.

Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.

Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/

Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.

•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.

•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.

•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.

•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.

•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.

•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.

•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.

•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.

•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.

•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.

•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.

Reviews

[Desi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leído en Mayo 2014

SINOPSIS:
Rock es casi un nerd, o eso es lo que su mejor amiga Kelli, siempre dice, simplemente porque él es un tipo inteligente. Él es un prometedor hombre de negocios, decidido a llegar lejos rápidamente y es totalmente opuesto a la divertida Kelli. Lamentablemente para él, Kelli siempre lo ha visto como su mejor amigo y nunca como un potencial amante.

Kelli ama las fiestas y los coqueteos. En la escuela secundaria ella era la directora de las porristas y la reina del baile de gala. Los hombres siempre pulularon alrededor de ella, pero nunca encontró al Sr. Correcto.

A ella le encanta tener a Rock como amigo, porque él es totalmente seguro. Su amigo no tiene un solo hueso sexualmente agresivo en su cuerpo. O eso es lo que Kelli piensa, hasta que su viaje a casa sale mal y ellos terminan atrapados por la nieve en una cabaña aislada.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A road trip home for two long time friends winds up in a ditch after hitting a deer and leaving them without a car for the night. Finding a vacant cabin was good luck, but spending the night with Kelley was going to be rough for Roddick since he had loved her for as long as he could remember. Just now noticing that he was a man, Kelley was surprised to find herself attracted to her best friend, he was like a brother and until this trip she had never seen him as anything other than the boy she had always known. Roddick took care of her, always, and this trip was no different.

A short, quick book. The set up was good, then the realization of the feelings was ok, and then the admissions of those feelings felt wrong to me. Time spent on the story was almost wasted because of how shallow she was. Roddick’s crush, his attempt at a mature approach, his angst over Kelley was good, but she was a brat and I never got what he liked about her….. To each his own, but as a character she brought the story down - in my opinion.

[Shawn Flanagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't know why I didn't see it coming, but it's definitely a romance book. I'm pretty sure Audible said it was a thriller...*checking*....nope, guess I was wrong.

Anyway, amusing book. I've never read a book that was strictly a romance novel. It's about two childhood friends who get stuck in a cabin during a snow storm. They had a wood stove, table, and a bed. You can guess where it goes from there...

Overall, a little too cheesy and perfect for me, but then again, I suppose that's what makes it a romance novel, right?

[Talltree · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars!

[Jewlsbookblog · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t care Kelli’s shallowness and abrupt about face in feelings for Rock. I did like Rock, hence three stars, but I was still trying to understand her appeal. Overall, okay read.

[Candy B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story that made me smile. Desire is a good thing.

[Barto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gusto ene si hubiera sido un poco más largo seguiría leyendo

[Ahtims · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book has helped me to reinforce my dislike for M & B romances. I don't hate romances per se, but any book which deals only with the feelings of two people towards each other excluding everything else is too boring. It is disgusting to read about their feelings, sexual acts etc. in detail page after page with no respite. The main theme of the story is two 'childhood friends' stranded in a cabin for a night, who come to recognize/acknowledge their passion for each other and act accordingly. The only thing I understood about the 2 main characters is their insatiable desire for each other - nothing else about them is mentioned - their routine, family life, habits, all small details which could make a book enjoyable.

[Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish "Stranded" were a better story than it turned out to be. Friends Rock and Kelli are stranded in a cabin during a snowstorm and realize their affection for each other despite being friends for quite some time. Parts of it were okay, and I think Rock (Roddick) was gentle and nice to Kelli, especially with taking care of her after she was injured. However, I was irritated at a point, a lot of telling of details, conflict too easily resolved. I could never completely connect to either of the characters, unfortunately. The steamy scenes lacked something, felt a bit forced and the expressions of love felt told many times without really having due conviction and build-up for me.

Overall score: 1.5/5

[Kath]

A free short story from audible and I am glad it was free. A story of 2 long time friends heading home for a holiday event and find that their relationship changes when they become stranded in a snow storm.

Seemed a little unreal that thing would change so fast and they seemed a bit insincere. Wouldn't waste my time, but it was a little over an hour to listen to it and not much time to develop a story there.

[Writerlibrarian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Free Audible download. Not my cup of tea. Didn't even finish the 90 minutes audiobook. The narrator is a bit flat, the POV changes mid chapter. At first I thought it was told from the guy POV, I went great, that's different but alas no, next chapter was the girl and I mean girl, the type of female character I can't really stand: peppy, blond and with no brain. So yeah, didn't like it, only glad I didn't pay for it.

[Peni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good story. I have yet to find a story by Lori Foster that doesn't satisfy. I did have one issue and this may be just me. I didn't completely buy into Kellis' sudden discovery. The way I saw her from the characterization didn't trust enough to see it through. Anyway, the story is still good and worth reading. Maybe you will see it differently.

Recommended for 14+ due to adult situations.

[DarkHeart "Vehngeance" · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first Lori Foster book I've ever read/heard, but I thought it was enjoyable. I know the reviews for it haven't been great, but I thouht it was sweet. The characters were likeable and their relationship was sweet. Of course, this was a free download, not necessarily the type of story I would normally buy, but I did enjoy it.

[Stephanie Bolen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little erotica, she could have upped the nerd to greek god aspect of it. And just left out the flighty aspect of her female character. Life of the party and a chronic dater is different than being flighty and fickle. Like saying Phoebe from Friends and Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and City are the same character.

[Peyton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rock is a superficial ass. He says he loves Kelli and has since puberty, but he thinks she's a superficial, flighty, slutty, twit who is too dumb to know her own mind and he doesn't trust her worth a tinker's damn. So, basically his definition of love is that he wants to have sex with her.

What a loser.

[Tasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice quick read, but it's so short that it doesn't really allow you to form any kind of connection with the characters. Both Kelli and Roddick seemed rather one-dimensional, which made me not care what happened with either one of them.

[Jordan Dossett · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really only "read" this as it was free on audible.com. I think I am a bad book critic as I can't seem to give anything (well hardly anything) one star and I seem to give many things 5 stars. I have to admit that for a romance (ick, yeah, i know) short story it was sweet and I did enjoy it.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a cute litte read that I read for free on the Harlequin website. It was really short, so I didn't have time to get attached to the characters. To be honest, both characters seem superficial to me. But ehn, still an enjoyable quick read.

[Brenda at MyShelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mercy! Sizzling enough to melt roads that snowed them in!

[Nisha · Rating 2 out of 5]

What I learned from this book is that sometimes men who are written by women come off a little bit gay.

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

listened to audio version

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't a fan of the narrator, but hey, it was free from Audible.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good harlequin book. Good for a short read!

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Predictable story line. Decently written.

[Jean · Rating 1 out of 5]

Blech - romance. If I'd seen the cover (I listened to the audiobook), I never would have listened. I was stuck on a long drive with nothing else to listen to, so...

[Pixie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a pain the butt t5o get thru and not worth the time... snore!

[Coral · Rating 2 out of 5]

Corto y distraído, fácil de leer. Sin más.

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick steamy read.