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Rayne's Return

Love in Mission City, Book 4

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Rayne's Return

By: Gabbi Grey
Narrated by: Michael Dean
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Everett

After my infamous half-a-night stand with the mysterious Rayne, I moved on with my life. Success as a lawyer demands long hours and giving a hundred and ten percent to the job. I do carve out enough time to hang out with friends some weekends, but it's depressing to watch them pairing up while I'm relentlessly single. Then one morning, the man I can't forget shows up bruised and bedraggled at my office door. Rayne has a whopper of a story to go with the bruises, and seeing him again strikes wild sparks I can't deny, but can I trust a man who ditched me without a word? Or will he be gone again by morning light?

Rayne

As a private investigator, I've done some dubious jobs for some very questionable people. The assignment that brought me into Everett's world was one of the worst. Now, someone's trying to kill me and until I figure out who and why, I need a safe place to hide. All I could think of was Everett. The hot, by-the-book lawyer I hooked up with once doesn't owe me a thing, but he's the only person I trust. I'll do my damnedest to keep danger from reaching him, and hope like hell I can walk away in the end with my heart intact.

Rayne’s Return is a gay romantic suspense novel with an uptight by-the-book lawyer and a PI who never manages to stay out of trouble. The age-gap opposites attract novel is the fourth in the Love in Mission series.

©2025 Gabbi Grey (P)2025 Gabbi Grey Literature & Fiction Multicultural Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Romance Romantic Suspense Heartfelt

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First off, before you read Gabbi Grey's Rayne's Return I highly recommend you read Rayne Check: A Love in Mission City Short Story. You can truly read any of Gabbi Grey's Mission City novels in any order, but this little gem is sets up Rayne's Return really nicely.

I enjoy the way Grey has built this world in Mission City. This picturesque Canadian town is filled with such charming characters. If you haven't read all the books in the series you will be tempted by a few of these characters lol.

The audio version of the entire series of Gabbi Grey's Love in Mission City is beautifully performed by Michael Dean.

Second Chance Mystery, <3 M. Dean

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Everett and Rayne had an explosive encounter a few months ago at a Halloween party.
Everett has not been able to stop thinking about Rayne and regrets not getting any information from him.
Imagine his surprise when Rayne shows up at New Year's, very obviously injured.
Everett immediately wants to get him medical help but Rayne won't let him because he's in danger.
Instead they end up at a friend's ranch.
These two very quickly realize they want something serious together but Rayne has been hurt by those closest to him so he's leery of letting someone in.
I loved the sweet scenes with the rescue dog and the mystery aspect kept me interested until the end.
Michael Dean did an amazing job narrating and bringing these characters to life.

Second chance romance, mystery

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Another story set in the Mission City series, it could work as a standalone, though is best read/listened to after Rayne Check (at a minimum).
The MCs met after a one night stand, with Rayne doing a disappearing act. Now they meet again under different circumstances - Rayne is in danger, wounded and the only safe place he can think of is going Everett's as a safe haven.
This is a part suspense, second chance romance, with a dash of angst, lots of found family vibes a dog and a happy ending:)

Michael Dean is a talented voice actor, but NGL, I struggled a little to differentiate between to MCs halfway through the book. It may have been because there some slow spots in the story. Overall, I would recommend both the story and narration, it was a good way to experience the story.

Back for more

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I loved this hurt/comfort mystery and the lawyer/PI characters. Everett and Rayne met under a situation where Rayne couldn't be honest about things and Everett is suitably surprised and initially a bit ticked off when Rayne shows up out of nowhere injured and needing his help after ghosting him. Everett can't turn him away in the state he's in, however, and so begins a deepening relationship with a dangerous mystery attached. It's always a pleasure to be back in Mission City and I think this is my favorite book in the series. Michael Dean did a great job as always capturing the tension between the characters and the development of their feelings as the story progressed.

Great mystery and romance

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I’m gonna be completely honest and say that if this hadn’t been an audiobook, I probably wouldn’t have finished it. how do we go from a fun & spicy intro novella to this disjointed & nonsensical story? IDK

I loved the previous book in this series, but unfortunately this one just didn’t work for me. One of my pet peeves in books is when a main character keeps their backstory a secret from the reader (keep it from the other main characters all you want), but unless I KNOW why I should be sympathetic towards Rayne the whole book just won’t make sense.

This, plus the over abundance of side characters made the story feel a bit disjointed overall and hard to follow. If there had been more focus on their romance (possibly via forced proximity staying in Everett’s house), and not 4 side plots then it would’ve worked a lot better for me.

Great narration

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Before you read or listen to this book, I highly recommend reading Rayne Check. In it, Everett and Rayne meet at a party and have a steamy encounter.
Two months after the events in Rayne Check, Rayne suddenly shows up injured on Everett's doorstep, who of course offers to help him.
I liked Everett right from the start. He loves his job, is a workhorse and stands up for justice. I had my difficulties with Rayne at first and it took me a while to become comfortable with him. This may be because you don't find out very much about his background.
There were various storylines and there is a case to solve. I thought the suspense part was good, although it only really picks up towards the end of the book. In between, it's mainly about the developing relationship between Everett and Rayne. The connection between the two is definitely there, but Rayne has doubts because of his past. Do they have a chance?
What I loved was the rescued dog that Rayne takes care of - the dog was my secret hero and there were some cute scenes with him.

Michael Dean did a great job as narrator, he has a pleasant voice and a good pace of speech. However, for once it wasn't always immediately obvious which of the two protagonists was speaking.

Wonderful story

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This book had three things that I really really love reading about. A very interesting suspense plotline, an age gap relationship and forced proximity. I loved the chemistry between the two main characters. They were both wonderful and complex characters and they were beautiful together. And the dog was adorable. The narrator did a fantastic job bringing the story to life. I enjoyed this audiobook very much.

Wonderful book

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I enjoyed this second chance love story, although the diverse, incidental plotlines were a bit confusing, as was Rayne's behavior. Specifically, Rayne was initially so concerned and paranoid about being seen by anyone, but this quickly went by the wayside, and he was moving around freely. I wasn't sure if the other side stories about Everett's client and the driving accident were supposed to be red herrings or designed to make Rayne acknowledge his feelings. Rayne was hard for me to truly warm up to. Although I loved the way he cared for Champ, the fact that he was willing to let another person sit in jail for months, and possibly be convicted of murder, did not sit well with me. I understand he was in fear for his own life, but to potentially trade an innocent person's life for his did not speak well of his character. Also, his floating along with no actual plan to remedy his own or her situation was a little maddening. Everett, however was his perfect foil, risking his own life to bring justice to an abused woman, and always pressing for justice, and I loved his character. I didn't really feel that Rayne made up for the way he treated Everett. He was lucky that he was hot and that Everett was forgiving. The hurt/comfort dynamic and romance seemed to me to be the true focus of the story, with the "mystery" of what happened, Rayne's history, and the dirty cop not being revealed or progressing until near the very end. I enjoyed the story, but the pacing was definitely off for me.

The narration by Michael Dean was good, but I sometimes had trouble telling who was speaking and had to go back to the chapter beginning to remember whether it was from Everett's or Rayne's POV. Sometimes, I also couldn't tell if the dialogue was actually being spoken out loud or was only internal.

I received a free copy of the audiobook and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

Hurt/Comfort MM second chance love story

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This is a fantastic romantic suspense story and I was glued to my headphones from start to finish. Michael Dean did a great job performing Gabbi Grey’s words. The blurb describes the book well so I won’t rehash it.

If you’re a fan of the other Love In Mission City books you’ll recognize some of the secondary characters in this one but this also stands alone just fine. I can highly recommend the other books and hope you’ll give them a try.

I loved it!

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Rayne’s Return was set up by its prequel Rayne Check with all the right elements; mystery, intrigue and a steamy one night stand.
Rayne’s Return picks up from there and sets an exciting premise for the book, with Rayne turning up at Everett’s door, banged up and hurt. It sets up a great mystery over who is after Rayne. Unfortunately the mystery aspect is barely addressed until the very end of the book, while the majority of it is focused on Everett feeling hurt by Rayne and trying to work out who Rayne is.

Rayne and Everett

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