Five Wishes Series (A Romantic Comedy Series)

By: Elise Sax

Narrated by: Angie Hickman

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

"Elise Sax will win your heart." --Jill Shalvis

"Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie."--Booklist

The Five Wishes Series is five hot and hilarious novellas about wishes that go terribly wrong…fortunately. Each novella is roughly 100 pages with NO cliffhanger. Five Wishes...A happy ending is just a coin toss away.

Book 1: Going Down:
Marion MacAlister wants to nail her audition, not get nailed. Truly. Honestly. All right...maybe she does want to get nailed, but that's just because her hottie landlord and local diner owner Mack Ryan is confusing her. Can friends become lovers? Especially friends who might not even be friends in the first place?

Book 2: Man Candy:
Raine Harper is in love with Wade Gates. But Wade likes women who are model thin, and Raine is model thin plus a whole lot of pounds. Desperate to make him love her, she trains just a little too hard and passes out in the arms of superstar movie star Dirk Adams. Dirk thinks Raine’s junk in the trunk is perfect and proposes to make Wade jealous by becoming her pretend boyfriend. Pretend soon seems very real. Is Dirk a great actor, or is something really developing between Raine and the movie star?

Book 3: Hot Wired:
Marie Foster is not a cheater. Nevertheless, she gets thrown out of college for doing just that. With her life turned upside down, she decides to try new things. You know…Get drunk in a bar. Pick up a guy. Marry a stranger, who just happens to be a hot billionaire.

Book 4: Just Sacked:
Layla has been working at her family’s bar since she was five years old. But it’s more than a bar. It’s home. Now with her family gone and debts piling up, her bar is repossessed and taken over by local businessman Hank Taylor.

©2015 Elise Sax (P)2018 Elise Sax

Fun for some good romantic comedy laughs

These are a fun group of romantic comedies. They are funny, quirky and although they are a series they're good stand alone books. Book 2 was my favorite. I loved the characters and I found this one to be especially funny. The narration is very good. Angie Hickman makes these books flow perfectly and although her male characters don't have the deep voices they should, we can tell they are men and they don't sound ridiculous. Be aware, these books do have some explicit sex scenes. If you like romantic comedies and don't mind some hot sex scenes, these books are quick, funny and enjoyable! I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator.

Five Wishes

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was a fun enjoyable read. Each book averages out to be around 2 hours each so you can have a few quick listens if you are tight on time. There are times when you will laugh out loud because of the silliness these girls have. Very fun to listen.

Cute, sassy, fun and sexy

Audio-book: Narrator – Angie Hickman

Ms. Hickman did a freaking amazing job of giving voice to the characters in this series! With a cute and sweet tone, perfect fluctuation and spot on for all the zappy one liners, I have never been more entertained than I was while listening to her narrate these fun, cute, sexy stories. How did I not know that a voice like this could be so totally enjoyable?!

Going Down

I absolutely LOVED this quick, spicy, cute as heck novella!!! Marion was so dramatic and quirky. I loved everything about her. She was completely adorable. Mack has been her “not really friend” land lord and diner operator that feeds her for two years. They have a snarky little relationship that borders on the edge of intense attraction that Marion has been trying to avoid. Now, her day just got derailed and Mack is there to help steer it in his direction.
There were so many laugh out loud moments that anyone around would’ve thought I’d lost my mind. This is my first by this author and holy heck…I definitely need more!

Man Candy

I loved Raine! She was so quirky and cute and when she was in a pickle she reacted in the most delightful ways. She’s been in love with a boy from school all her life but he doesn’t even know her name. When the handsome actor Dirk Adams steps in to play the pretend boyfriend, all kinds of chaos ensues.

Raine’s family was a riot and I loved how the jumped Dirk. There were so many fun scenes here but I don’t want to spoil them for you. You definitely need to read this one to enjoy all the humor that I’m learning is a true talent of this author.

Hot Wire

Marie has been tossed out on her ear after being accused of plagiarizing her dissertation. The only thing to do now is get drunk. That leads to a one night stand that leads to oh so much more in a marriage-of-convenience kind of way. I’m sure Jared didn’t know exactly what he was getting himself into with Marie but their story is hot and spicy, short and sweet and so freaking cute. Lots of laugh out loud moments!

Just Sacked

Layla grew up in her family’s bar. It’s all that she has. When some fink claims that he now owns the bar she’s determined to do anything to keep it. A drinking competition ends Layla and Hank, the fink, handcuffed in Mexico and what follows is a hilarious series of events as they try to get back home. Layla was a bit tougher than previous heroine’s in this series, but she still had that snarky, forthright attitude that I’ve come to love.

Wicked Ride

Fiona is a sweet innocent farm girl who is out to kill someone. With the help of Ronin she will succeed and free her family from their villainous neighbor. Unfortunately, Ronin is turning out to be a complete dud. You would think I hired killer would be more blood thirsty but Ronin seems to be trying to figure out if the crazy woman is real or if he’s dreaming it all. This was another cute installment in the series and I loved how Fiona let her blood thirst fly…up to a point. This one has a lot of action and a bit of a mystery.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A Sweet and Cozy Romance Series

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Ready for some sweet and steamy romances? Then relax and enjoy this series centered around fabulous women and their breathtakingly handsome men. The main and returning character is a fountain, and not an appealing one apparently, but with magical powers and a lots of mischief. So what if the wish you asked for didn't actually come through? The substitute one certainly makes up for it.... One word keeps everything tied together and that word is "cute": cute characters, cute plots, cute background. I did like how the main characters for the next book in the series came popping out in the current one making cameo appearances. The narration was sweet and very well interpreted and the writing pleasant and smooth.
Cozy up next to a fire and enjoy this marathon of happily ever after love stories.

These are Awesome

I love how these books get to the point fairly quickly and with a very funny take on things. My absolute favorite story has to be the last book though. This one made me laugh soooo hard at times with how the girl was all sweet and innocent while being fun loving and tough. My next favorite was the 2nd book, every girls dream story.... except for the smell... :)

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Quite romantic, quite funny...:)

The box consists of five rather short romantic comedies which will give you quite a laugh:)

I liked all five stories in general, though of course some more than others. I think my favourite is the second one, "Man Candy", with Raine and Dirk as protagonists - who wouldn't like to have a god-like movie star fall in love with her and fight a real bear in her defence? :) But all the stories have their charm, all will bring a smile to your lips and you will definitely want to listen on to find out what happens to the girls and their unexpected boyfriends. And I don't even care too much that the stories seem rather unrealistic, with more than one unbelievable situation in stock - romantic comedies are not supposed to be real, right?

What did I especially like about the books? The fact that the stories kind of emerge one from the other - we meet the main female character of the next book as one of the minor characters of the previous one. It's a nice trick on the part of Ms Sax as we want to know what she has in store for those crazy females... So what is it that I didn't like so much? Well, I think sex scenes are a bit too strong for romantic comedies... But maybe it's just because I listened to the books, not read them. It happens quite often that what doesn't bother me on paper irritates and bothers me a lot when spoken out loud... Other than that, the books are a relaxing, fun listen.

The interpretation of the box set by Ms Hickman is great. She has a nice voice and does equally well both female and male parts. She's also very good at conveying emotions, which is quite important when narrating a romance:) Generally, her narration adds a nice touch of warmth to the already likeable, entertaining stories.

DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

an enjoyable series or cute stories

The five stories are enjoyable and have funny parts that you don't always foresee. I also like it that all five stories are a bit linked with characterwise.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

Over all super cute

This whole series is laugh out loud cute. While short they pack a nice little story with really diverse characters. I liked the real women not models. I received this book at no change in exchange for an honest review. Still chuckling 👍🏻

excellant collection

Angie Hickman gives these stories a bit of life. She completely embodies the zany and the crazy. "I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Humor at it's best

I was not sure at first, but when I found myself on the floor laughing, I was hooked. I'll definitely check out other releases. I was glad to see the the intimate details toned down by the end. But, then I'm old, been there, done that, let's get back to the story.
Would love to see a spinoff of the 5th wishes story, 12 mercenaries, I'd bet they'd have a story to tell.
This book was given to me free of charge for my unbiased review. Thank you for the opportunity.