Caffeinated Reviewer | Lead Me Home by Catherine Bybee
11th Jun
Narrated by Laura Jennings & Alex Knox, Lead Me Home by Catherine Bybee is the first in the Queen Ann Hill series. This women’s fiction romance delivered romance, suspense, and a touch of the supernatural.
Lead Me Home
by Catherine Bybee
Series: Queen Anne Hill #1
Narrator: Laura Jennings, Alex Knox
Length: 9 hours and 37 minutes
Genres: Romance
Source: Publisher
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Narration: 5 cups Speed: 1.5x
When spreadsheets are safer than people, falling in love becomes the ultimate risk in this powerful novel of trauma, healing, and unexpected courage from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee.
Luna Canning trusts numbers more than people—and for good reason. As a forensic accountant who specializes in exposing fraud, she knows numbers never deceive, unlike the toxic family she’s spent a lifetime trying to escape. Now living in her grandmother’s Victorian home, Luna has built a carefully ordered life behind walls she thought were unbreakable.
When her car is stolen from an airport parking lot, former FBI agent turned PI Nate Warren steps in to help—and proves more dangerous to her defenses than any thief. Despite Luna’s ironclad rules about mixing business with pleasure, their chemistry ignites, and for the first time, she considers letting someone past her guard. But just as their relationship begins to blossom, Luna’s manipulative mother arrives unannounced, dragging with her a dangerous man and decades of unresolved trauma that threaten everything Luna has built.
Now Luna must confront the ghosts of her past—both metaphorical and possibly literal, as strange occurrences in her historic home suggest she’s not alone. With a violent threat looming and her heart on the line, Luna discovers that sometimes the hardest person to trust is yourself.
I enjoy Bybee and her rich stories and fleshed-out characters, so I was excited to begin the Queen Ann Hill series. Lead Me Home introduces us to Luna Canning. Luna is a forensic accountant who inherited her grandmother’s Victorian home and lives there with her best friend. Luna had a rough childhood and found comfort spending time with her grandmother. She is guarded and allows few into her inner circle.
While on a case, her car was stolen. FBI agent turned private investigator, Nate Warren, offers to help. The two are currently working on a case together. They have great chemistry, and we see the beginning of a spark as their friendship grows. The story is told in dual POV, providing both Luna’s and Nate’s perspectives.
When Luna’s mother shows up unannounced, we get an actual glimpse into why Luna has erected these walls around herself. We met Luna’s siblings: her brother, a protective police officer, and her married sister, Harper. The story touches on family trauma and toxic relationships while also showing the strength in siblings, friendships and healing. We get some suspenseful moments that kept me listening into the wee hours, but I will leave you to discover what happens.
Laura Jennings & Alex Knox did a stellar job of narrating. Laura captured Luna’s personality, fear, and strength. Alex gave Nate a voice and captured the overall tone of the story. I hope they continue to narrate the series.
You’ll want to grab your earbuds and enjoy Lead Me Home.
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About Catherine Bybee
New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating from high school, she moved to Southern California with hopes of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned the International Bestselling Not Quite series, the MacCoinnich Time Travel series as well as the Internationally Bestselling Weekday Brides series. Her books have been translated in over twenty languages.
About Alex Knox
Alex Knox is a classically trained actor, equally comfortable as a leading man and a comedic character performer. In addition to a long list of theater credits, he has appeared in commercials, hosted a web series (“Science Talks with Alex Knox”), and, as an improv performer, entertained thousands of guests at Southern California’s theme parks. Alex wrote No Static at All, a one-man play about seeking spiritual enlightenment through the music of Steely Dan, and has performed the show to sold-out houses in New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and the Yale School of Drama.
About Laura Jennings
Laura enjoys a quiet lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest with her loving husband and aged beagle, Dottie. Her days are filled with narrating, yoga, hiking and, reading. . As an audiobook narrator and creative writing MFA graduate, literature plays an enormous role in her life, perfectly pairing with her tranquil Pacific Northwest lifestyle.
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