-
Close to Me
- Narrated by: Sarah McEwan, Teddy Hamilton
- Series: The Callahans Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $24.47
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Falling for Her
- The Callahans Series, Book 2
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Sarah McEwan, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd. My mortal enemy. Gorgeous. All the girls want him. Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class. And he hates me. Or so I thought. What I mistook for hatred turns out to be…interest. There’s that thin line, right? It makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. Attraction, chemistry, whatever it is, I also can’t resist it. And neither can he.
-
-
love it!
- By Zandra Thomas on 03-18-22
By: Monica Murphy
-
One Week Girlfriend
- A Novel
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Luke Daniels
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Temporary. That's the word I'd use to describe my life right now. I'm temporarily working double shifts - at least until I can break free. I'm temporarily raising my little brother - since apparently our actual mother doesn't give a crap about either of us. And I always end up as nothing but the temporary girlfriend - the flavor of the week for every guy who's heard the rumor that I give it up so easily.
-
-
Drew & Fable story is heartwrenching, but I loved!
- By Jordy ♡♡♡♡ on 08-28-13
By: Monica Murphy
-
The Freshman
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: C. J. Bloom, Mason Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I started flirting with a guy while waiting for my car to be serviced. Now granted, he wasn’t just any guy. Tall. Dark. Hot. Mysterious. Can you blame me for wanting to talk to him? He’s in town visiting his parents. So am I. He goes to the same college as I do. Such a coincidence. Almost as if our meeting is destined. But I shouldn’t believe in that sort of thing. I am single as a Pringle and always ready to mingle. Until I keep running into Mr. Tall, Dark, and Mysterious everywhere I go.
-
-
good story but there could have had some fun
- By Delia on 05-22-22
By: Monica Murphy
-
Heart Stopper
- An Enemies-to-Lovers College Sports Romance (Rebels of Rushmore, Book 1)
- By: Michelle Hercules
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Troy Alexander is sex on a stick and every girl’s dream at John Rushmore University. He’s also the bane of my existence. Our meet-cute wasn’t exactly cute. He called me a nerd, and I accused him of slacking off on the field. Now, we have to live together. I’m supposed to try to play nice to keep a roof over my head. Not in my nature. Our arrangement could be a living hell, but slowly, I realize the worst thing he ever did wasn’t calling me names.
-
-
Enjoyed
- By Cami Cole on 04-07-22
-
Holidate
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Virginia Rose, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Candice Gaines loves Christmas. Not only does she bask in the twinkling lights, sing Christmas carols, and go crazy with the decorations, she’s also in the giving spirit - donating much of her time and wealth to various charities in the local area. Charlie Sullivan despises Christmas. Though it keeps his family afloat, considering they own Sullivan Family Christmas Tree Farm, the main provider for Christmas trees on the Monterey Peninsula. He’d much rather work among the trees than deal with people.
-
-
Enjoyableenough but needed more oommfff and sexy times
- By LC ADEA on 09-16-20
By: Monica Murphy
-
This Boy
- By: Jenna Scott
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Camilla dreams of the day she can leave her life behind. Saying good-bye to the mother she's never been good enough for, to the bottles there's always money for, to the bills there's never money for - and most of all, to being the help in someone else's dream home. But the scholarship to her new private school that gives her a real chance at a future comes with one big catch: Hunter Beck.
-
-
So much push and pull
- By Vida._.Loca on 09-10-21
By: Jenna Scott
-
Falling for Her
- The Callahans Series, Book 2
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Sarah McEwan, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd. My mortal enemy. Gorgeous. All the girls want him. Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class. And he hates me. Or so I thought. What I mistook for hatred turns out to be…interest. There’s that thin line, right? It makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. Attraction, chemistry, whatever it is, I also can’t resist it. And neither can he.
-
-
love it!
- By Zandra Thomas on 03-18-22
By: Monica Murphy
-
One Week Girlfriend
- A Novel
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Luke Daniels
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Temporary. That's the word I'd use to describe my life right now. I'm temporarily working double shifts - at least until I can break free. I'm temporarily raising my little brother - since apparently our actual mother doesn't give a crap about either of us. And I always end up as nothing but the temporary girlfriend - the flavor of the week for every guy who's heard the rumor that I give it up so easily.
-
-
Drew & Fable story is heartwrenching, but I loved!
- By Jordy ♡♡♡♡ on 08-28-13
By: Monica Murphy
-
The Freshman
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: C. J. Bloom, Mason Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I started flirting with a guy while waiting for my car to be serviced. Now granted, he wasn’t just any guy. Tall. Dark. Hot. Mysterious. Can you blame me for wanting to talk to him? He’s in town visiting his parents. So am I. He goes to the same college as I do. Such a coincidence. Almost as if our meeting is destined. But I shouldn’t believe in that sort of thing. I am single as a Pringle and always ready to mingle. Until I keep running into Mr. Tall, Dark, and Mysterious everywhere I go.
-
-
good story but there could have had some fun
- By Delia on 05-22-22
By: Monica Murphy
-
Heart Stopper
- An Enemies-to-Lovers College Sports Romance (Rebels of Rushmore, Book 1)
- By: Michelle Hercules
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Troy Alexander is sex on a stick and every girl’s dream at John Rushmore University. He’s also the bane of my existence. Our meet-cute wasn’t exactly cute. He called me a nerd, and I accused him of slacking off on the field. Now, we have to live together. I’m supposed to try to play nice to keep a roof over my head. Not in my nature. Our arrangement could be a living hell, but slowly, I realize the worst thing he ever did wasn’t calling me names.
-
-
Enjoyed
- By Cami Cole on 04-07-22
-
Holidate
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Virginia Rose, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Candice Gaines loves Christmas. Not only does she bask in the twinkling lights, sing Christmas carols, and go crazy with the decorations, she’s also in the giving spirit - donating much of her time and wealth to various charities in the local area. Charlie Sullivan despises Christmas. Though it keeps his family afloat, considering they own Sullivan Family Christmas Tree Farm, the main provider for Christmas trees on the Monterey Peninsula. He’d much rather work among the trees than deal with people.
-
-
Enjoyableenough but needed more oommfff and sexy times
- By LC ADEA on 09-16-20
By: Monica Murphy
-
This Boy
- By: Jenna Scott
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Camilla dreams of the day she can leave her life behind. Saying good-bye to the mother she's never been good enough for, to the bottles there's always money for, to the bills there's never money for - and most of all, to being the help in someone else's dream home. But the scholarship to her new private school that gives her a real chance at a future comes with one big catch: Hunter Beck.
-
-
So much push and pull
- By Vida._.Loca on 09-10-21
By: Jenna Scott
-
Dirty Curve
- By: Meagan Brandy
- Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Lee Samuels
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Meagan Brandy comes an all-new stand-alone romance set in college about a hotshot pitcher and the girl he never saw coming.
-
-
This story stole a piece of my heart
- By Cami Cole on 12-22-21
By: Meagan Brandy
-
Those Three Little Words
- By: Meghan Quinn
- Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I knocked up my best friend's sister. Let's start with how she decided to inform me and Pacey the news...together. Imagine that nightmare. I was going into what I thought was a hockey marketing meeting, and then bam! I'm going to be a dad and my best friend/teammate is attempting to imprint my face with his fist. Threats were tossed around, friendships were revoked, and then I was marched up to her apartment, suitcases in hand, and forced to live with her so I could take care of her every need. Now I'm finding it harder and harder not to fall for my best friend's little sister.
-
-
Eli is Swoony!
- By Cami Cole on 04-11-22
By: Meghan Quinn
-
Kiss and Tell
- By: Maya Hughes
- Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Desiree Ketchum
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Reid Riddick was hotness personified, so of course I literally ran into with him - well, more like he plowed into me. I didn’t know he was a football player when I started falling and now I can’t stop. A stolen kiss later and my heart races whenever he looks at me from across the quad. But my secret would spell disaster for him.
-
-
4.5 Stars!! 💙🏈
- By C Reads on 04-25-22
By: Maya Hughes
-
Tutoring the Player
- Campus Wallflowers
- By: Rebecca Jenshak
- Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Lee Samuels
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I have a type. I love the good guy. Responsible and stable. Safe. So when a beer-drinking, quick-witted, tattooed hockey player asks me to tutor him, I'm suddenly thrust into the world of bad boys and bad decisions. Jordan is a renowned player on campus. He doesn’t take anything seriously, except hockey and partying. But he gives me butterflies. I’m a wallflower tutoring Valley University’s hottest player.
By: Rebecca Jenshak
-
Doing It Right
- A Small Town Second Chance Standalone
- By: Harloe Rae
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Vanessa Edwin
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As if summoned by my dry spell, Mason Braxter makes a sudden reappearance in Meadow Creek. Six years have gone by, yet I can still remember every stupidly sculpted muscle on his body. How easy it would be to fall back into old habits. But I’m not that foolish girl anymore. That doesn’t deter my all-star ex from trying to prove we can do it right this time. For all his efforts, I might let him scratch my itch once. Maybe twice. Definitely not thrice.
-
-
Love Joe As Archie
- By ledgerina on 04-11-22
By: Harloe Rae
-
The Varsity Dad Dilemma
- By: Lex Martin
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Vanessa Edwin
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What's worse than having Rider Kingston, the star quarterback, give you the big brushoff because he doesn't want to get serious? You'd probably think living across the street from him where you get a firsthand view of his hookups, right? That's what I thought. Until someone drops off a baby with a note pinned to her blanket that says one of those jocks - either Rider or one of his roommates - is the father. The problem? Baby mama doesn't mention which of these numbskulls is the sperm donor. I wouldn't care about their paternity problems - except my brother lives there too.
-
-
Exceptional!
- By Cami Cole on 10-25-21
By: Lex Martin
-
Cruel Prince
- Royal Hearts Academy, Book 1
- By: Ashley Jade
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Lila Winters
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I never thought I'd step foot in Royal Manor again. But four years later, here I am...back to finish my senior year at Royal Hearts Academy. And forced to face Jace Covington. My first friend. First crush. First kiss. The one I left behind. Only - he isn't the same boy I gave my heart to. This new Jace is as cruel as he is gorgeous. And he's determined to make my life a living hell. Along with the rest of his glorified family and crew of tyrants. They expect me to worship the ground they walk on like everyone else, but I'd rather eat dirt.
-
-
First time for this author and am well pleased
- By C. Y. on 07-07-20
By: Ashley Jade
-
Home Game
- Vegas Aces, Book 1
- By: Lisa Suzanne
- Narrated by: Summer Roberts
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Getting fired and dumped in the same 30 seconds makes for a pretty bad Tuesday. But by Thursday, I'll be in Vegas celebrating my brother's wedding. Since I could use a fresh start, he offers me a place to stay with a buddy of his. At the bachelorette party, a raunchy game results in a quest to find me a one-night stand. When a hunk with dark blue eyes and perfect bone structure hits me with a silly line at the bar, my mission is complete.
-
-
DONT FALL FOR THE SCAM
- By Joanna S on 05-08-22
By: Lisa Suzanne
-
Little Lies
- By: H. Hunting
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Stella Bloom
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I don’t want you. You mean nothing to me. I never loved you. I turned my words into swords. And I cut her down. Shoved the blade in and watched her fall. I said I’d never hurt her and I did. Years later I’m faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted when all I wanted was to indulge in my obsession. Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of. I used to be the one who saved her. Over and over again.
-
-
Wrong Narrators
- By venicelivin on 11-19-20
By: H. Hunting
-
Dear Love, I Hate You
- Easton High
- By: Eliah Greenwood
- Narrated by: Michelle Sparks, Lucas Allen
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It all started with an anonymous letter. He wasn’t supposed to find it - no one was. And he definitely wasn’t supposed to answer it. We end up talking through letters and sticky notes in a book. All baring our darkest, deepest secrets. It’s all fun and games until I find out who my pen pal is...Xavier Emery. King of my basketball-obsessed town, my childhood bully, and the guy I am in grave danger of falling in love with. But the rules were clear: We can never know who we’re talking to, and the confessions can never, ever get out.
-
-
Yes please!
- By Cami Cole on 04-07-22
By: Eliah Greenwood
-
All In
- Kings of Kroydon Hills, Book 1
- By: Bella Matthews
- Narrated by: Bradley Ford, Kathryn Lynhurst
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I've been called football royalty my entire life. Born into a family that has experienced the highs and lows of the game. Constantly surrounded by football players and coaches. Now I'm following my father across the country for yet another team. I'm supposed to be spending this year finding myself, but can I do that with Brady by my side, or is he just another player?
-
-
Nattie & Brady
- By Kelly and Chris on 01-05-22
By: Bella Matthews
-
The Touch of a Villain
- The Boys of Clermont Bay, Book 1
- By: Holly Renee
- Narrated by: Michael Gallagher, Jillian Macie
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Beck Clermont controlled them all. He was arrogant and conceited, and from the moment I met him, he had made up his mind about me. Dangerously handsome and wickedly cruel, he had no intention of letting me spend my senior year under the radar.
-
-
Good read
- By Sophy Sorn on 12-08-21
By: Holly Renee
Publisher's Summary
From New York Times best-selling author Monica Murphy comes an angst-filled new adult romance featuring Drew + Fable’s (One Week Girlfriend) daughter, Autumn Callahan!
My first crush.
My first kiss.
The boy who ripped my heart out of my chest again and again. Over and over. I let him have it every single time.
Willingly.
We are that toxic high school couple you hear about, the one you witness in the hallway as they avoid each other. You laugh at them in class when they’re forced to work together, their gazes full of hatred. We are the couple you gossip about when they win homecoming prince and princess their sophomore year....
The back and forth is what kills me the most. I’m not his princess, I’m the girl he toys with when he’s bored. And he’s definitely not my prince, no matter how badly I want him to be.
Finally it’s our senior year and we’re months away from never having to see each other again when disaster strikes - and brings us closer together. All it takes is one touch, and I’m burning for Ash. Hotter than I ever have.
But will that burn turn into a devastating fire? Or can we actually make it work this time?
More from the same
What listeners say about Close to Me
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- AlohaD
- 06-13-20
Total High School Vibe & good narration
Close to Me is the first book in The Callahans series about Drew and Fable's kids. If you are a fan of past Monica Murphy books, you will know who these characters are. But those books do not have to be read (or listened to) before starting this series. This series is about their kids.
They are a close knit family of 6 that have moved out of the limelight to raise a family in a good family town. Autumn is their oldest and we get to follow her through 4 years of high school. The first 3 years seem to be just at the beginning of the school year before we fast forward to the next school year. It focuses on Autumn and her interaction with bad boy Asher Davis. Even when he is mean to her, you can feel their chemistry. This is high school in a nutshell and I enjoyed it.
Autumn is a good girl that gets good grades, is loved by her family and doesn't do anything wrong. She's a cheerleader and does a plethora of activities and dates a good and nice guy named Ben for over a year. But that relationship never seems to go anywhere and I could never feel anything with them. They are just a surface relationship it seems, and all for looks. But with Asher? You could always feel it. He's the bad boy from the wrong side of tracks, but there's gotta be more to him, right? Oh, we learn about it and there sure is more to him than meets the eye.
Close to Me is told primarily in Autumn's POV with a couple chapters of Asher thrown in as well as Fable and Drew. It's the epitome of a mature YA. It's high school romance in it's finest. Drama, school, sports and even a little sex. All the stuff you can imagine from your high school days. I may not always like high school romance, but I could appreciate this story for what it was. I just wish we got more of an ending and maybe more of an epilogue for these two. Maybe after the final Callahan book or interspersed in those books? We will see.
As for the narrators, I thought Sarah McEwan did a great job with Autumn. She captured being a high school girl and the drama and emotions that come with that. Since she told the majority of the story, I'm glad I liked her. Narrators can make or break a story. Teddy Hamilton did a great job with Drew and Asher's chapters. I definitely felt like he changed up the feel of a father character and a down on his luck bad boy.
This definitely read and felt like a high school book. Some of it is silly drama, but that's to be expected being in high school. I'll definitely be around to finish out the rest of The Callahan clan. Their family will always be one I want to know about. Drew and Fable (and kids) Forever!!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Val
- 06-05-20
Teenager Brain needed.
This a highschool story about Coach’s daughter, a cheerleader/goody two shoes and a boy, football player/a rebel, who is in her father’s football team. They met in Freshman year and they became rivals until one day, it just became something more. The story will bring you each year and how their love developed. Now, I am not a teen but every once in awhile, I’ll dive in there in those YA romance books. Asher and Autumn do have something special between them but something was off for me. I think 1st off, Autumn is too immature and Asher is quite too much of a mystery. I was a bit bored and I think it’s the fact, they are TEENAGERS...IN FACT, “HORNY” TEENAGERS. LOL. All the first of everything intimate moment to the most silliest of them all. I totally forgot how hormones in high school can be & to discover the difference of love and lust. In any case, it wasn’t so bad of a story...I just didn’t like the heroine..half of the time I just want to slap her and snap out of her immaturity. I guess if you don’t like the heroine, it becomes quite cringing to continue on of the story. When I was reading the story, I just didn’t have enough power to have my “teenager” brain. Eccck.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- The Romantic Rush Blog
- 04-07-22
Amazing series
I have just loved the audio narration of this series- the vocal performance really bring to live the teenage feelings and angst of this story. Like my prior read, I really loved Autumn as a character-the tensions she feels in trying to be the person she thinks she’s supposed to be, the need to “fit in.” I found her so relatable. Her story with Ash is a bit drawn out, and I wish we’d gotten his perspective more (the later books in the series have alternating POVs, and that's more of my personal preference). We have a bit of unnecessary drama, like so many new adult/mature YA stories, but at the heart we have two characters growing up, figuring out who they are, and trying to figure out how to fit into each other’s lives. And i really loved getting to be in Drew’s head- and meeting the whole Callahan crew.
The female narrator is just fantastic- captures the whole spirit of Autumn.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Faith Comerer
- 12-07-21
What it feels like to be in high school
When the book first began I was a little skeptical. It was very high school sounding. After I readjusted my notions about the book and took it a little less seriously it delivered on its concept. If you are looking for a book about high schoolers that talk and act like adults this is not the book for you. Monica has sounding and acting like a teenager down. The book itself was cute, and a little short. The narration done by Teddy and Sarah was great no complaints. Would recommend for anyone looking for a high school romance with just a hint of enemies to lovers or someone just moving from high school lover books to younge adult books with 18+ concepts.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Conveniently Tongueless
- 05-31-21
The Callahan Kids
Fable and Drew from One Week Girlfriend’s HEA extends to their four kids. The oldest, Autumn, has her story told in Close to Me. Again, the title is very telling. Autumn falls for a troubled QB who ends up living in her house. Proximity takes over, and what began as a sort of enemies to lovers trope turns into a trapped in the same house situation. Overall, the setting is stale and inconsequential. Much like F&D, Autumn and Asher’s personalities and chemistry drive the action of the novel. They’re a like-able couple. It’s a like-able novel. But I stalled in reading books one and two. It’s either the length or the lack of action, but something is missing. What makes these stories worth telling?
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Arayna S.
- 03-21-21
LOVE the story and Teddy.
Did not care for Sarah McEwan at all! I'm going to bear it and listen to the rest of the series and try not to cringe at her voice.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Christine M
- 08-07-20
Great high school romance!
I don't tend to read a lot of high school romance, but I was sucked into Ash and Autumn's story. This was a pretty sexual novel for teenagers but that was fine with me. This story was a good wrong side of the tracks story. Autumn and Ash were drawn to each other from the very beginning, but years went by before they finally acted on what was between them. I loved the damaged boy that Ash was and how Autumn made him a better person. This was a great story and I need to get book 2!
The narrators did a great job bringing these characters to life.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Rina's Reads
- 08-22-21
AMAZING
Ash and Autumn's story was fantastic to listen to.
Full of uncertainty, hurt, hope, and absolutely addictive, this book was gone in less than 24 hours.
That twist near the end? TOTALLY unexpected.
Teddy and Sarah did such a fantastic job with narration that I will definitely be diving into the next book asap.