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The Hot Mess and the Heartthrob Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Pippa Grant (Author), Summer Roberts (Narrator), Tyler Donne (Narrator),
4.7 out of 5 stars 10,021 ratings

He could have the world, yet he's looking at me like I am his world.

You don’t know me, but you do know me. I’m your neighborhood hot-mess single mom, doing my best to keep my head above water while running my little slice of heaven and keeping my youngest from shoving marbles up his nose - which is exactly what he’s doing the first time Levi Wilson, pop star god, world’s sexiest man, and my all-time number-one celebrity obsession, walks into my bookstore.

Related: I’m writing this from beyond the grave, because I’ve died of mortification and am now residing in an alternate universe. I have to be. Because Levi Wilson came back. And we had a moment. Like, a moment-moment. The kind that makes me remember that adult pleasure isn’t all about hoping the lock holds in the bathroom so your kids don’t interrupt on the rare occasion you feel like taking an extra-long mommy-time shower.

So when he proposes a no-strings fling? Count. Me. In. Thrill of a lifetime, right? Surely, nothing will go wrong....

The Hot Mess and the Heartthrob is a rockin’ fun, sexy romantic comedy featuring a celebrity panty-melter who doesn’t know what he’s been missing, a sassy single mom hanging on by a string, three adorable children who would never burst in on a woman when she’s on a toilet (ha!), and shameless ovary-busting moments between a guy who never thought he’d be a dad and a family who thought they got along just fine without him. It stands alone and comes complete with a happily-ever-after.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 48 minutes
  2. Author
    Pippa Grant
  3. Narrator
    Summer Roberts, see all
  4. Audible release date
    May 19, 2021
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Bang Laugh Love LLC
  7. ASIN
    B0949KTQJ4
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 48 minutes
Author Pippa Grant
Narrator Summer Roberts, Tyler Donne
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date May 19, 2021
Publisher Bang Laugh Love LLC
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0949KTQJ4
Best Sellers Rank #8,970 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#227 in Romantic Comedy (Audible Books & Originals)
#230 in Romantic Comedy (Books)
#830 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals)

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Customers find this book incredibly readable, with lots of laughs and sassy banter throughout. The story is filled with love and drama, and customers appreciate the relatable characters, with one review highlighting the addition of former Pippaverse characters. Customers love the kids in the book, particularly Levi and Ingrid, and find it hot and steamy.

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221 customers mention "Readability"221 positive0 negative

Customers find the book incredibly engaging, with one mentioning they couldn't stop reading it.

"...This book has all the delightful, madcap hilarity and tomfoolery we've come to expect from this talented wordsmith but with an extra poignant..." Read more

"...It's still swoony and sweet with so much humor, and I definitely had a good time reading it. But I wanted more of the romance without distraction...." Read more

"...I love Levi & Ingrid's story. I love the conversation about the night at his concert several years ago...." Read more

"Don’t know if I laughed or cried more but absolutely loved this one. I felt this one so much. Thank you." Read more

208 customers mention "Laughter level"204 positive4 negative

Customers find the book hilarious, particularly appreciating the witty banter between characters and the antics of the kids.

"...in pop rock music, but his single mother raised a man with a terrific sense of humor and an amazing heart whose most valued commodity is his family..." Read more

"...I can always count on Pippa's books to be absolutely hysterical, total unpredictable, and amazingly fun...." Read more

"...It's still swoony and sweet with so much humor, and I definitely had a good time reading it. But I wanted more of the romance without distraction...." Read more

"Absolutely love the kids and fzmi!y drama. So many fun twists and turns. I could not get enough. I highly recommend this book to others." Read more

164 customers mention "Heartwarming story"164 positive0 negative

Customers find this book heartwarming, describing it as a lighthearted love story that fills their hearts with love and touches their souls.

"...we've come to expect from this talented wordsmith but with an extra poignant sweetness that squeezes the heart in the most exquisite way...." Read more

"...His interactions with Ingrid's kids are adorable and full of feeling and love, so you really just want to give Levi a hug on almost every page of..." Read more

"...That's not to say that it's not still an adorable, charming love story - it is - but I wish there was more focus on the connection between these two..." Read more

"...mom that’s a complete mess, a pop star who’s way too good looking, romance and so many funny things happening that are laugh out loud funny...." Read more

100 customers mention "Character development"97 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting the author's knack for creating relatable characters and their ability to make readers laugh. One customer particularly enjoys the addition of former Pippaverse characters.

"...a nod or two to our favorite raccoon, this book is chock full of cameos from many characters who already have a special place in our hearts...." Read more

"...Pippa always creates characters with good hearts, that are supposed to be fully-functional adults, so it makes you feel better about not being a..." Read more

"...I’ve read some that I liked and the reason is that the characters didn’t act old an boring...." Read more

"...They enveloped the characters perfectly and brought the fun. Funniest one yet! Squirrel craziness!" Read more

58 customers mention "Story quality"52 positive6 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, finding it funny and entertaining, with one customer specifically mentioning the OW/OM drama elements.

"...I love the guest appearances by the Thrusters. I love the scene toward the end with Piper asking him an important question...." Read more

"Absolutely love the kids and fzmi!y drama. So many fun twists and turns. I could not get enough. I highly recommend this book to others." Read more

"...While I didn’t love love some aspects of the plot, it was devoid of the negative drama that can ruin a decent book so I bumped it up a little...." Read more

"...I couldn't stop laughing and the ending got me misty eyed. The chemistry between them is off the charts and their interactions were great...." Read more

32 customers mention "Sweetness"32 positive0 negative

Customers find the book sweet and delectable, with one customer particularly appreciating the Easter eggs and Hudson character.

"...And Levi Wilson? Gah! The man is sweetness overload!..." Read more

"...It's still swoony and sweet with so much humor, and I definitely had a good time reading it. But I wanted more of the romance without distraction...." Read more

"...He’s hot, he’s sweet and his heart is so big that you can’t help, but just love him to pieces. This MC is everything you could want and more...." Read more

"...I really loved Levi and I thought he was really funny and sweet. So he’s really what saved the story for me...." Read more

25 customers mention "Kids content"25 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the kids in the book, particularly Levi and Ingrid, and one customer notes that the book is especially relatable for parents with children.

"...At his core, Levi is a family man, having been a doting son, loving brother, and amazing uncle...." Read more

"Absolutely love the kids and fzmi!y drama. So many fun twists and turns. I could not get enough. I highly recommend this book to others." Read more

"...Levi was amazing with her kids and I loved that he didn’t really deny his feelings. Why didn’t I love it more then?..." Read more

"This book is the best one so far in the Piperverse . I love Levi and Ingrid and her kids. I couldn't stop laughing and the ending got me misty eyed...." Read more

23 customers mention "Heat level"23 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the heat level of the book, describing it as hot and steamy, with one customer noting the sizzling hot chemistry between the characters.

"...He’s hot, he’s sweet and his heart is so big that you can’t help, but just love him to pieces. This MC is everything you could want and more...." Read more

"...awesome and will keep you captivated, excited, lol, romanced, sizzling hot chemistry, lots of heart touching and heartwrenching moments included...." Read more

"Once again, Poppa Grant has given us an incredible, funny, steamy, hot mess of a book!..." Read more

"...It will make you laugh, it will make you tear up, it will definitely heat up your Kindle...." Read more

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The world needs more Pippa
The world needs more Pippa Grant. Her stories remind us that there is love in the world for everyone, even a hot mess of a single mom who often feels she’s at the end of her rope, and a heart throb who has spent half of his life performing, never looking for love. The Hot Mess and the Heart Throb is full of classic Pippa Grant comedy. It’s a fun story full of lovable characters - including some returning favorites as well as all-new people to love. This low-angst story is sure to put a smile on the faces of readers everywhere.
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Top reviews from the United States

  • BookAddict
    5.0 out of 5 stars “This is What Love is Supposed to Be . . .
    Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021
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    ". . . When We all Feel like We're Getting the Best Part of the Bargain.”

    With a nod or two to our favorite raccoon, this book is chock full of cameos from many characters who already have a special place in our hearts. Between Thrųsters hockey, Fıreballs baseball and Bro Code band members, there's no telling who might show up. But I’m pretty sure the introduction of Skippy the apartment-sqųatting squirrel is enough to keep us all on our toes. Then there's Ingrid and, well, her life in general.

    Ingrid Scott is, indeed, one hòt mess. As a bookstore owner and single parent of three lively children, life has taken her far away from the precise, ordered military existence she once knew.

    To say her kids, Piper, Zoe, and Hudson, are lively is an understatement. Each one is a handful, and Ingrid only has two hands, bless her heart. Her days are full of chauffeuring kids from school to multiple extra-curricular activities, fishing foreign objects out of her four-year-old's nose, and cleaning up the latest disaster, while being there for other frazzled mothers who come to her bookstore for a moment’s peace and moral support. Very little in her life is orderly, but Ingrid is selfless, down to earth, charming, and oh so relatable. She's every mom who's ever been at her wit's end.

    This book has all the delightful, madcap hilarity and tomfoolery we've come to expect from this talented wordsmith but with an extra poignant sweetness that squeezes the heart in the most exquisite way. And Levi Wilson? Gah! The man is sweetness overload!

    Sure, he may be the hòttest ticket in pop rock music, but his single mother raised a man with a terrific sense of humor and an amazing heart whose most valued commodity is his family and friends. I’m not sure which Levi I swooned over the most – the man who is ridiculously adorable with Ingrid's kids or the Levi who could laugh at the outrageous interruptions that kept a highly anticipated liftoff bųrning on the launch pad. That, my reader friend, may just be the ultimate swoon. When you can find a man who makes you laugh and laughs with you when things around you are falling apart, that's a treasure more precious than gold.

    Most books for me are a one and done. I may adore the characters while I’m reading, but many leave my mind once I’m immersed in the next book. Ingrid and Levi, however, kicked me out of bed at 4 AM, TYVM, insisting I write my review NOW, telling me what I needed to say about them. So, Levi and Ingrid, I hope I do you justice. One thing is certain, I’ll always think of you two whenever I happen upon a rubber chicken. And, P.S., Levi, should the Bro Code ever get back together, be sure to add some squirrel-dance moves to your repertoire.

    Of course this book comes with the requisite warning about the danger of reading it in public and the risk of spontaneous barks of laughter accompanied by inelegant snorts. But then there really needs to be a blanket warning for anything penned by this crafty, clever lady.

    So settle in for a hilarious, heartwarming, epically entertaining time with Levi, Ingrid and the kids. But first, you may want to warn your family, your friends, your neighbors and the Jehovah's Witnesses that to interrupt you is to risk bodily harm. Then, kıck back and enjoy the heck out of your escape to Cooper Valley!
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  • LAS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great rom-com with emphasis on the rom and the com
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2021
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    I have to admit, I'm 100% addicted to Pippa Grant's rom coms. I can always count on Pippa's books to be absolutely hysterical, total unpredictable, and amazingly fun. As implausible as some of her plot choices may seem, they always work, you can always picture them happening, and when she writes a character like Ingrid, I can see a lot of real life in the book.

    Levi is a rockstar, Ingrid is a single mom and bookstore owner. Levi is always jet-setting to the next show, the next project, the next... something. He's never really wanted to settle down, until now, but he's always been a family man and good friend at heart. Ingrid, with her 3 kids and constant chaos, seems like a huge change from Levi's world on paper, but he is so drawn to her immediately and their relationship is inevitable. It's all he wants from the minute she trips into his life and her son's booger-coated marble lands on his shoe.

    Piper, Zoe and Hudson, Ingrid's kids, certainly keep her on her toes, and that just adds to her appeal to Levi. While her life seems like one ball of chaos to the next, she's living, really, really living, and while her former military career didn't prepare her for single parenthood, it definitely taught her to roll with the punches.

    Levi was raised by a single mom, so he develops a new appreciation for his own mom when he seeing things through Ingrid's eyes. It also makes him infinitely patient when it comes to Ingrid and the constant interruptions when they try to get some alone time. At his core, Levi is a family man, having been a doting son, loving brother, and amazing uncle. His interactions with Ingrid's kids are adorable and full of feeling and love, so you really just want to give Levi a hug on almost every page of this book.

    Pippa always creates characters with good hearts, that are supposed to be fully-functional adults, so it makes you feel better about not being a fully functional adult in real life, despite what your age says. Ingrid may be a hot mess, but she appeals to the hot mess in all of us, and we empathize and relate to her and love her all the more for it. Levi may be a celebrity heartthrob, but he's just a man that wants someone to call his, to be his person, and to fall in love.

    Pippa Grant has once again crafted a tale that has you laughing from one page to the next, wondering how on earth these things can happen while simultaneous picturing them happening and being grateful that they're happening.
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  • Kate Sweet
    5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh until you cry while swooning for Levi!
    Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2021
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    I know better than to read anything by Pippa Grant with a drink in hand. I know better and yet...

    I'm pretty sure the spacebar on my laptop is totally screwed up now after reading The Hot Mess and the Heartthrob!!! This book had me laughing from the get go. I can't remember a book that had me in tears and spitting out my drinks as much as this one did in a while. Not since one of Zeus' well timed newsletter stories, I don't think...

    Another Bro Code book and this time it's Levi's turn to find his happily ever after. Who ever would have thought that this musical heartthrob would fall in love with the hot mess single mama that is Ingrid? I think that's why it's one of the best stories that Pippa has ever delivered. The bar is really high now lady, but you just keep exceeding that bar!

    Of the Bro Code boys, I think that Levi is my favourite. He's this funny, sweet sort of man child but no matter what I thought about Beck, Levi is a mama's boy. He loves his mom and if my spawn grows up to be that sweet and caring, I think it would be considered a job well done! He's also the only one of the boys that has never seemed like the ultimate player. He's never searched for that happily ever after and when he accidentally stumbles his way into Ingrid's bookstore when he gets lost in his own hometown, the sparks fly over yodelling pickles.

    And Ingrid... I'm pretty sure that Ingrid Scott is my Hot Mess Mama spirit animal.

    As always, there are Pippaverse studded cameos by not only the Bro Code boys but also several members of the Fireballs, some very enthusiastic Thrusters players (and the wife of my favourite Berger brother though no dummies in tow), a pop superstar, and a drunk squirrel named Skippy. If you thought this could be a Pippa Grant book without a whacky animal, well you thought wrong.

    One click this baby today! You'll laugh 'til you cry and then laugh some more but your will definitely not regret a moment of this story.
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  • Kika
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love them!
    Reviewed in Brazil on February 25, 2022
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    Most of the characters in this series are very interesting, you know, relatable, likable, funny. Reading their stories is like hanging out with them and it's just fun. 😊
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  • Julia Morris
    5.0 out of 5 stars laugh out loud hilarious, very romantic and the importance of family all together. A great read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2023
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    I have read all the 4 Bro Code series and loved them all. I from the UK where we don’t have baseball so I have no idea what a bleacher is or any of the other baseball words but I do know about relationships, love and large families and Pippa does them all do well, so thank you Pippa for hours of enjoyable reading. You’re a great storyteller.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely read
    Reviewed in Australia on February 7, 2021
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    Sweet, humorous, genuine.

    I don't usually start a new author at book four of a series. What a treat it was to break my usual habit for this delightfully quirky romance by Pippa Grant.

    Many thanks for bringing the goods.
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  • Mang
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely story!
    Reviewed in India on May 22, 2023
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    Such a beautiful romance told without resorting to the usual angst, the hang-ups of lost confidence from past relationships as to be almost unbelievable!

    Loved it tons!!!
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