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Hugo

Olive Township, Book 2

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Hugo

By: Jennifer Millikin
Narrated by: Marissa Clay, Aaron Donahue, Hannah Chiclana
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Retired fencing Olympian Hugo De la Vega lives a quiet life in Olive Township. He has his friends, his olive orchard, and a recurring daydream about what he would say to his father's murderer if given the chance to look him in the eyes.

True crime podcaster Mallory Hawkins arrives in the eclectic small desert town with one purpose: to investigate Hugo's father's unsolved murder from twenty years ago.

A chance meeting at a sandwich shop has Hugo harmlessly flirting with Mallory, until he realizes she's the stubborn woman who has been hounding him for months. Hugo's swift and emphatic refusal to support her investigation forces Mallory to reveal her personal connection to the case.

Now Hugo is spending time with the woman whose emails he once deleted. She's witty, eternally curious, and pregnant. Finding this out should make it easier for Hugo to deny the magnetic pull he feels toward her, but it has the opposite effect.

When a situation threatens Mallory and her baby's safety, Hugo finds himself moving her into his house at the orchard. Now they're splitting time between a search for justice and fighting their mutual attraction... until a middle of the night encounter in the kitchen has them taking their relationship from professional to personal.

With each passing day, Hugo gets closer to laying it all out on the line for Mallory.

As long as the killer doesn't get to her first.

Hugo is the second in a four-book contemporary romance series inspired by the film The Princess Bride. Expect swoon, sass, spice, and happily ever afters.

©2025 Jennifer Millikin (P)2025 Jennifer Millikin
Genre Fiction Romantic Suspense Small Town & Rural Crime Witty
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Book two in the Olive Township series delivers a gripping blend of romance, suspense, and emotion. Hugo and Mallory’s story is beautifully written and packed with angst, drama, a compelling murder mystery, and unexpected twists. Marissa Clay, Aaron Donahue, and Hannah Chiclana deliver an excellent narration that brings the story to life. Part of a four-book contemporary romance series inspired by The Princess Bride — and II can’t wait to listen to the next one!

Emotional and Suspenseful!

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This book was so good! I enjoyed everything about it! The mystery, the suspense, the characters, the romance, and the storytelling. I was captivated with the book from the beginning and I am absolutely obsessed with this town and the characters. I can’t wait to go back and read the first book and I am looking forward to the Ambrose’s book as well!

Marissa Clay, Aaron Donahue, and Hannah Chiclana were phenomenal in this audiobook and I throughly enjoyed their narration.

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I LOVED Hugo & Mallory!!

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Thanks to Valentine PR and the author for this ALC - all opinions are my own

I somehow missed the first book in this series but this one can one hundred percent be read as a standalone. Mallory and Hugo both had family members that were unalived at the hands of someone that hasn’t been caught. While Mallory turned toward true crime as a career, Hugo and his family chose avoidance. Her dedication to finding answers draws these two together but their instant chemistry keeps them that way.

I loved these two together!! Hugo’s dedication to Mallory was obvious and so swoon-worthy. I loved the mutual pining, and the found family aspect of a small town romance gets me every time. The underlying mystery never goes away but is subtle enough to not be overwhelming to the romantic aspect of the story. Loved the drama toward the end and the little snippet of what’s to come.

The duet style was so well done. Each narrator was amazing at giving their main and side characters unique personalities. I never had an issue discerning between them no matter how many were in a scene together. Great audio performance!

Perfectly balanced

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I was so looking forward to this book after reading the end of the first book in the Olive Township series, Penn, and boy the author made it so worth the read! I was hooked right from the start, I just didn't want to put it down! I love the combination of romance and (murder) mystery and this one was chef's kiss. I did not see the end coming, that really was a pot twist for me and I really enjoyed that! I also loved the relationship between Hugo and Mallory, I really felt like they complemented each other and were just better together. I already liked Hugo in Penn, but with his own story, I fell hard and fast for the man, definitely book-boyfriend material. Mallory slowly but surely took my heart too, she is such a sweetheart but also a badass woman. I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait for more!

4 stars

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