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True Brit Kindle Edition

by Con Riley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
Winning the United Kingdom’s favorite singing contest is a challenge for half-Afghani Pasha Trueman. He doesn’t have the best voice, but success would be life-changing. His strategy is simple—he’ll make the British public love him.

Ed Britten is an ex-soldier with a different agenda. Winning means he’ll keep a promise made after a deadly Afghan ambush. His voice is his weapon, but he leaves his heart unguarded.

Ed and Pasha’s discovery that the contest isn’t a fair fight calls for creative tactics. Staging a fake love story could bring victory, only there’s more at stake than the prestigious first prize. If winning means surrendering each other, they could both end up losing.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TBO0HZE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Figment Ink
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 18, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
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Con Riley

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Con Riley lives on the wild and rugged Devonshire coast, with her head in the clouds, and her feet in the Atlantic Ocean.

Injury curtailed her enjoyment of outdoor pursuits, so writing fiction now fills her free time. Love, loss, and redemption shape her romance stories, and her characters are flawed in ways that makes them live and breathe.

When not people watching, or wrangling her own boy band of teen sons, she spends time staring at the sea from her kitchen window. If you see her, don't disturb her—she’s probably thinking up new plots.

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Customers find the book enjoyable, with one describing it as masterful.

"...Masterful. Thanks AGAIN. Bring on many more Cornwall and Wales(?) Stories, characters and love." Read more

"This is a good read that could have been a great read...." Read more

"...revelations about the characters seemed a little off for me but enjoyable overall." Read more

"...It's a very sweet, satisfying read." Read more

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Customers enjoy the story of the book, with one customer particularly appreciating the twists in the plot and another highlighting the show business intrigue.

"Con continually surprises me. This story was so unusual, so different from her other Cornwall works. But its beauty and depth were wonderful...." Read more

"...Characters that you could really get behind and a good story about a business built on puff, stuff, and fluff that is more about how it looks/sells..." Read more

"...The arcs and twists in the plot were utter perfection, and I had no idea, at any point, where we were going on this ride…but I enjoyed every part of..." Read more

"...It's a very sweet, satisfying read." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book.

"...The writing—it’s the kind I love with the imagery and fluid prose that manages in its gorgeousness to completely pull me into the story...." Read more

"...Con Riley writes so movingly and subtly and the story takes shape as more is revealed about the stories of all the characters...." Read more

"...Was entertaining and well written." Read more

"This story was written beautifully...." Read more

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Customers love the characters and story in the book.

"...Bring on many more Cornwall and Wales(?) Stories, characters and love." Read more

"...Characters that you could really get behind and a good story about a business built on puff, stuff, and fluff that is more about how it looks/sells..." Read more

"I love the characters and the story. My one criticism is that Pash back story felt untold, we only get a glimpse of it, a simple explanation...." Read more

"Very well done!!! Loved the story and characters. One of the best I've read in a while. Highly recommend if u love m/m love stories with emotion." Read more

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"...And it’s crafted lovingly and eloquently...." Read more

"Such a great book--so moving and real and everything that a good redemption and second chance story should be--fighting for the right to have love..." Read more

"...It brought me on an emotional journey that was so real and sincere that I felt like I was mentally and physically there with the characters." Read more

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  • Jacques
    5.0 out of 5 stars This woman, this writer OMG!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023
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    Con continually surprises me. This story was so unusual, so different from her other Cornwall works. But its beauty and depth were wonderful. And yet again, how she managed to weave in Dominic from previous stories. Masterful. Thanks AGAIN. Bring on many more Cornwall and Wales(?) Stories, characters and love.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars a scam turns out to be the real deal.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015
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    This is a good read that could have been a great read. Characters that you could really get behind and a good story about a business built on puff, stuff, and fluff that is more about how it looks/sells that the talent/singing competition it pretends to be about. Pasha is a native born Brit.. half Afghani who's grown up with his itinerant aunt all over Britain. Ed is an Army veteran returning home after the death of his best friend in Afghanistan. Ed's in the contest to send home the prize to his dead mate's wife and child. Pasha is in it to win it and escape the day to day grind of being a telemarketer... and oh by the way to send a message to his mother who abandoned him in Trafalgar square at age 5. Much to their surprise, a scam Pasha concocts turns out to be the real deal.
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  • Katie * The Back Porch Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal
    Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2016
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    *This is a partial review. Full review posted on BackPorchReader[dot]com 12/23/2015*

    #TrueBrit #TrueLove #LoveIsLove #4Ever

    Wow.

    This was phenomenal.

    And so much more than I expected.

    The writing—it’s the kind I love with the imagery and fluid prose that manages in its gorgeousness to completely pull me into the story. The arcs and twists in the plot were utter perfection, and I had no idea, at any point, where we were going on this ride…but I enjoyed every part of the journey.

    The attraction between these two and their relationship started on nothing but falsehoods for media attention. What regular person can relate to that? It’s totally out of my wheelhouse, and I wasn’t certain how that was supposed to grip me. But then…then it became this thing. More. Relatable. This beautiful thing where I was live tweeting #TrueBrit because it felt necessary that I support them too. These fictional characters.

    Really?

    Well, yeah.

    This book, with its gorgeous and deceiving cover, is not what I expected. It is acceptance, letting go of painful things, fighting for the one you love, family, and belonging. And it’s crafted lovingly and eloquently. It turns, what I thought would be the heart of the story, a competition and the quest for fame and fortune, on its ear to illustrate what is really important—that love heals, that love prevails, that family is everything and can be found anywhere. You don’t have to have ALL THE THINGS to be lovable or be loved, or to be relevant—even if to only one person.

    I wholeheartedly recommend this.
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  • Misanthropic
    4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022
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    I wanted to read this after meeting Ed and Pasha in Sol, book 2 of Learning to Love series, which I really enjoy. The pacing of revelations about the characters seemed a little off for me but enjoyable overall.
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  • Katherine L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars So good!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2022
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    This was my first book by this author and I'm definitely going back for more! It's a very sweet, satisfying read.
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  • Ravenous Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great book--so moving and real and everything that a good ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
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    Such a great book--so moving and real and everything that a good redemption and second chance story should be--fighting for the right to have love recognized and to change your life. Ed and Pash are such great guys; so universal and yet totally of today. Con Riley writes so movingly and subtly and the story takes shape as more is revealed about the stories of all the characters. I just watched a video of The Voice of a young man who has always had a serious stutter sing his heart out and my mind went right to this book. Read it. You won't be sorry.
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  • Clara Siciliano
    4.0 out of 5 stars Con Riley does it for me.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2015
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    I love the characters and the story. My one criticism is that Pash back story felt untold, we only get a glimpse of it, a simple explanation. I felt that there was more to explore. The book starts with Pash as the first narrator and at the end I felt that Pash took a back seat to Ed's story and became a vehicle to move it along. All that being said, it's a great story, I guess I just wanted more and felt that there was more to be told.
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  • Eugenia
    3.0 out of 5 stars Two stars? Three? Two and a half?
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2017
    This book had me on a seesaw. Didn't like it, liked it, didn't like it liked it. Maybe it was because I was tired, or maybe the plot and the characters failed to truly hook me.

    Pasha took awhile to warm to up. I’m not sure I still like him. Much about him was an act. Ed was a bit more likeable, but he also didn’t grab me.

    This is a GFY story. I felt tension at times, but sometimes it dropped. Man, I feel like this review makes no sense and I’m rambling. Read the blurb and then decide if you want to read a book that I kinda liked, but would never consider reading again.

    This is my second Con Riley book. I’m thinking this Author isn’t for me. Unless one of my GR friends highly recommends another by this author, I think this will be my last. Too bad, the cover and blurb were promising.
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  • BevS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Different...but another winner Con!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2015
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    **Goodreads review dated 14th February 2015**

    #TrueBrit followed by #TrueLove

    Well, what can I say?? I absolutely loved it...such a departure from Con's usual style of story, but in a very good way. Minimal angst compared to usual, lots of laughs, unexplored ST which you could feel simmering beneath the surface, her brilliant way with words, almost painting the actual scene in your head so that you sort of felt you were actually in the studio rehearsing Britpop! with Ed, Pasha, Anya and the boyband who shall remain nameless, but Crabbe, Goyle and Draco works for me!!

    Diverse characters usually make for an interesting read, and you really couldn't get much more diverse than Ed and Pasha. Ed, an army veteran at 30, who had done 2 tours of Afghanistan and had had such an horrific experience the last time he shipped out that he refused to re-up and was honourably discharged (I'll leave you to discover why, but it plays a CRUCIAL part in the story). Honourable, quiet and reserved but possessing an amazing voice and an extremely hot bod, he had a very special reason to get to the final of the singing competition.

    Pasha, on the other hand, had his own heart-breaking story to tell, but was pretending to be the life and soul of the party, not so good at the singing BUT played to his strengths, and that was working the crowd in the studio and the voting public at large. He was all for using the social media, Twitter and whatever else he could to boost his votes, and played the gay card for all it was worth.

    We had an archetypal pantomime villain in the shape of the producer of the series Gerry Hanson, whose cologne and foul smelling cigars, and disgustingly bigoted comments would have had anyone, let alone me, reaching for his neck with their hands. He has already decided that the Boyband will win the competition, and when Ed overhears him and his assistant discussing what they will do to fake the voting, and get rid of the remaining contestants, decides to bring Pasha in on his plan. The two of them then work out a strategy to win the cash prize...they'll `fall in love' and the audience will be so delighted for them, they won't allow them to get voted off, but playing games and telling lies can potentially lead to people's hearts being broken....

    They then start a game of one-upmanship with the studio and the organisers of the competition, which they are determined to win BUT for wildly differing reasons AND of course, the organisers are equally determined that they WON'T win. Ethnic minorities of any persuasion, whether it be colour, race or sexual orientation are just booted off, no questions asked, stories twisted and lies told without regret.

    The secondary characters were also really good, especially Anya, Ed's mum and Mandy and little Joe, and I must also give a shout out here to Charlie, the studio technician for his help at the end of the story which resulted in the competition being won by the person that most deserved it, and yes, I had a big grin and watery eyes at the end of the read. ***Must just mention for those of you with an aversion to gfy...***

    Am I a reality TV fan?? Definitely not. Britpop! sounded like the devil spawn of X Factor and Big Brother (neither of which I've watched, but Gerry Hanson MUST be based on Simon Cowell surely??). I don't regard STRICTLY COME DANCING as a reality TV prog, more a NATIONAL INSTITUTION, and I certainly have no problems with that, hehe.

    Many thanks Con for the ARC, and congratulations, it's a winner!!
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  • E.T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars I hate these shows! " - dddd's next super WHATEVER - " and loved the book!!!
    Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2015
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    Another song contest, another tele-voting, another money grabing advertising campaign.
    And every one of the participants has their own motivation to win.
    So when Pasha (born and bred in Britain and innocent to the fact that one of his parents was from Afghanistan) meets an other contestant, Ed, who was in Afghanistan as a soldier, the makers of the show sniff big money when they try to set the both of them against each other.
    By chance they - Pasha and Ed together - discover the plot and decide to fight - together.
    This book is a love story but it also uncovers the mechanism of todays television shows.
    And Con Riley is very very good with words!
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  • cc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Con Riley is a genius author!
    Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2021
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    For those of us who enjoy the MM genre, Con Riley is at the pinnacle of storytelling. Without exception, the characters have depth, passion, soul. They’ve each experienced loss, and in their struggle to find emotional peace, they become so much more than characters on a page. Ed and Pasha... they’re the kind of men you’d be fortunate to call friends. Who wouldn’t want to spend a few hours hearing their story?
    Read the book. It’s well worth it.
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  • Fiona Glass
    4.0 out of 5 stars A warm-hearted romance set in the world of TV talent shows
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2020
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    This book was a real surprise. A romance set in the world of TV talent shows, it tells the story of Pasha and Eddie, two singers from utterly different backgrounds who both have a burning need to win the Brit Pop contest. Once they find out the show is rigged, they work together to milk social media, and the British public’s love of a good romance, to stop the producers manipulating the vote to get rid of them. And then they fall in love for real…

    Not being a fan of reality TV talent shows, I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. Instead, I found myself drawn to both the premise and the characters. Not just the two leads (who are lovely), but various secondary characters including Eddie’s Mum and Pasha’s best friend Anya who also sings on the show. And the idea of the producers faking the results struck a particular chord with me as I based my own book 'Got Ghosts?' on a similar idea in the world of TV ghost hunters.

    The one bit that didn’t quite gel for me was the idea of Pasha being ‘gay for you’ for Eddie, because he came across as such a drama queen that I assumed (and was happy to accept) he was gay from the very first page. Was the drama queen thing all just an act to help him win the contest? Perhaps a little more explanation would have helped.

    Overall, though, it’s a lovely story with warm-hearted characters, just enough tension to keep the reader guessing, and a nice line in modern-day relevance. I loved it!
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  • MandyMoo
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
    Reviewed in Australia on November 23, 2022
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    This was a good story that was easy to read. It was a slow-burn low angst story that kept me reading from the first page to the last. Recommended.
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