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The Astronaut and the Star

By: Jen Comfort
Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Oliver Clarke
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An out-of-this-world romantic comedy featuring an astronaut tasked with training a Hollywood actor for a space flick.

Astronaut Regina “Reggie” Hayes wants to be the first woman on the moon - it’s all she’s ever dreamed of. But after a PR disaster, Reggie is off the list for a lunar mission. To rehabilitate her reputation with NASA, she agrees to a different kind of assignment: astronaut “training” with a Hollywood action hero.

Jon Leo is a charmer. With credits that include an underperforming sitcom and a campy action flick called Space Dude, his upcoming role in a prestigious movie could prove he’s a star. But Jon isn’t just big muscles and an otherworldly smile - he’s also a total space nerd. He’s pumped about his own personal space camp...until he meets ice-cold Reggie.

Although Reggie and Jon are polar opposites, their mutual attraction is undeniable, and it only takes a few weeks in close quarters for them to give in to its magnetic force. Jon is set on convincing Reggie this is a match made in the heavens, but her future is in space, and his is among stars of the Hollywood kind. The odds of successfully launching a real relationship outside the confines of the training base are anything but optimal.

Reggie, content with keeping things casual, is forced by a sudden turn of events to confront the possibility of losing Jon forever. Now, she’ll do whatever it takes to win both the man and the moon.

©2022 Jen Comfort (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy

Critic Reviews

“Lucy Rivers and Oliver Clarke do a great job voicing these characters and make the book better with their clear narration.”—Library Journal

“An elegant balance of similarity and difference.”The New York Times

“The fun, original premise of Comfort’s debut—which pairs a NASA scientist with an up-and-coming film star—will draw readers in…”Publishers Weekly

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Good but needed more narrative

For the context and concept of this novel, it' a bit slow to get going and I think the world of the characters could have created more build in the complication to give the climax higher stakes. Enjoyed it by the end.
Not the best narrators.

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