Title: The President’s Husband
Author: Michael Murphy and Randy Fuller (Narrator)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 24th 2016
Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Romance
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Reviewed by: Belen
Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5
Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5
Blurb:
When an assassin’s bullet strikes his predecessor, Grayson Alexander becomes the first openly gay President of the United States and his husband, David Hammond, becomes the first openly gay First Husband. With their world turned upside down, David relies on his career as a medical school professor and ER doctor to keep him grounded. But his decision to keep working ruffles feathers from day one.
Gray throws himself into learning everything he needs to know to be President, especially a liberal president surrounded by a conservative cabinet and staff. Even though he puts in outrageous hours working and traveling seven days a week month after month, he’s happy. But David has trouble coping with Gray’s new job requirements. He can’t help but feel abandoned by his husband of ten years.
When Gray asks for his help with a public-health crisis, David obliges, but he is furious about what happens once the emergency passes. When they learn that the President’s staff has manipulated them both, they wonder if their relationship can survive the White House.
I remember thinking when I first read and reviewed The President’s Husband that I would love to listen to it as an audiobook. When it finally came out on audio, narrated by Randy Fuller, I was excited to see how Fuller dealt with the character’s emotions and the tension in the story.
Because, ultimately, this a story solely focused on the relationship of the two men. How the smallest cracks become wide chasms when lies, meddling people, improper communication and too little time spent together all work against them.
I was really happy with the result! Fuller absolutely captures the building tension David feels, to the rage that bubbles over when he’s betrayed by the person who should always have his back, to the forgiveness and reconciliation of lovers who have spent a decade together.
Yes, there are points of the story that I felt could have been explored more, but Murphy writes these two flawed men wonderfully. He brings a depth to David and Gray that I really enjoyed and was absolutely engrossed in their story. Fuller manages to capture all the emotion, joy, passion, and pain and made this a very easy listen.
Bottom line: I really enjoyed the narration! If you’re looking for a story that focuses more on the relationship than anything else, I would absolutely recommend.
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