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Mark Cooper Versus America

Prescott College, Book 1

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Mark Cooper Versus America

By: Lisa Henry, J. A. Rock
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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Mark Cooper is angry, homesick, and about to take his stepdad's dubious advice and rush Prescott College's biggest party fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi. Greek life is as foreign to Aussie transplant Mark as Pennsylvania's snowstorms and bear sightings. So, when the fraternity extends Mark a bid, Mark vows to get himself kicked out by the end of pledge period. But then he's drawn into Alpha Delt's feud with a neighboring fraternity.

Studious Deacon Holt is disappointed to learn Mark's pledging Alpha Delt, his fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa's sworn enemy. Mark is too beautiful for Deacon to pass up an invitation for sex, but beyond sex, Deacon's not sure. He wants a relationship, but a difficult family situation prevents him from pursuing anything beyond his studies.

Mark and Deacon's affair heats up as the war between their fraternities escalates. They explore kinks they didn't know they had while keeping their liaison a secret from their brothers. But what Romeo and Juliet didn't teach these star-crossed lovers is how to move beyond sex and into a place where they share more than a bed. That's something they'll have to figure out on their own - if the friction between their houses, and between Mark and America, doesn't tear them apart.

©2014 Loose Id (P)2018 Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
LGBTQ+ Romance

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Unique, funny and well written!

This was the first book I’ve read form these authors and it was great! Snarky Aussie Mark and opposite Deacon were immediately lovable characters. The Aussie-isms and anti-Americanisms were funny and I loved that Mark didn’t keep his thoughts on these things to himself!
The Frat hazing and college life were written uniquely and the character development and deacon and mark getting to know each other was well done.
Joel Leslie is one of my fave narrators and did a great job of both the Aussie and American accents but especially the snark!

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Funny and highly entertaining!

As an Australian, I don't get the frat house, College thing. But that didn't matter - this book is freaking hilarious, sharp witted and immensely entertaining. I listened to the exceptional audio performed by Joel Leslie and it is so addictive and fun, I never wanted it to end.
A wonderful tale, told well (both by writers and narrator) and it probably taught me all the wrong things about American College Frat life, but it was hella entertaining while it did so!

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Aussie icon takes on some American frat bullies!

Mark Cooper is angry. He’s not sure exactly who he should be angry at, but he’s happy to share it around. He’s swapped surfing at Bundaberg on the balmy Queensland coast for the cold winters of Pennsylvania after his mother remarried. He’d like to hate his new stepfather but, annoyingly, he’s just too nice. His stepfather has firmly encouraged Mark to pledge to his old fraternity house at Prescott College, but Mark can’t stand the self-entitled, misogynistic party animals or their brutal hazing. Luckily, he finds solace in Deacon who lives in one of the neighbouring, more civilised frat houses. There’s a lot to like about this college romance: the snarky humour, colourful college life, the sexual exploration, and the strong anti-hazing message.

As an Australian, Mark is a classically relatable and recognisable trope: the Aussie larrikin. His humour is constantly irreverent, he affects to take few things seriously with a strong disregard for stuffy pomp and tradition, and he lauds equality and “a fair go”, that is, treating others fairly - it’s a deeply held Australian value. The genius of the authors is to pit the larrikin against an elitist frat house and bully. Mark doesn’t always succeed, but he does always try. The subtlety of the story is that while Mark strives to be the unassailable larrikin, he needs the love and support of Deacon to conquer his hidden doubts and insecurities. The iconic Joel Leslie narrates the audio and, as always, he handles the humour, pathos, and Aussie / America accents with ease.

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