Pay-Per-Heart by Grace McGinty
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I moved out to LA to participate in a Graphic Design scholarship that turned out to be fake. That was just my luck. But there was no way I could return home. Not to the already disappointed faces of my parents, who have never believed that ‘fiddling around on your computer’ was an actual career.
Pay-Per-Heart
Not back to my friends who thought I was insane for breaking up with my long-term boyfriend to move out here in the first place.
Not back to Georgia, full stop.
So when I saw an advert in the creative pages for a graphic design and video editing job with three social media influencers–room and board included–it seemed too good to be true. It had to be a skeezy porn director trawling for new ‘models’, right? But I was desperate and I was willing to try anything.
Turns out, I was half right.
They were social media influencers alright, but for ClickHeart, a subscription service where… well… they got naked. A lot. Sure, sometimes Everett cooked (naked) and Harrison did pottery (naked) but Darwin literally just stroked his ginormous– Well, you get the point. After their previous video editor uploaded their stuff to The Hub without their permission, the guys had decided it was necessary to have their own live-in designer. But they wanted a guy. Not a girl who was deceptively named Blake.
It might have been an accident that they invited me to their place for an interview, but they were the stepping stone I needed to stay in LA and finally achieve my dreams. I just had to get real cool with a lot of things real fast. Should be fine, right?
Terrific storylines!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙🩷💚❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: 🙂🙁😉😀🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration
The heroine: Blake – After dropping out of accounting in college, she took graphic design at a community college until she decided to move to Los Angeles to attend a prestigious college for digital art, but when she got there, it turned out that the address she was given was a vacant lot and all her tuition money was gone. There was no way she wanted to return home with her tail between her legs, but she was running out of money living in a crappy hotel and buying hot dogs at the local food truck for her once a day meal. She finds an ad for a live-in graphic design job, and though her friend tells her it is most likely for porn, she decides to check it out anyway.
The Heroes:
Everett – he grew up in rural Minnesota, he was a chef, and his domain is the kitchen. He does a cooking show wearing only an apron.
Harrison – grew up with Everett in rural Minnesota. he is an artist that does naked pottery for the cameras and sells the vases on his website.
Darwin – he emigrated from Ecuador and was raised by his mother and six sisters. His money maker was his extra-large and pierced package. He strokes himself while dirty talking and the viewers love it.
Hennie – he’s a successful food truck vendor and the first friend that Blake met when she moved to Los Angeles.
The Story: Blake went to the interview despite thinking that it was probably as dicey an opportunity as the college she came to LA for but was pleasantly surprised at the huge house. Though when she got to the door, the handsome man was surprised that she was a woman and said a mistake had been made. So, she cried discrimination and forced him to give her an interview. When she got into the study where the guys were, she sees two other handsome guys, none of which wanted a woman, but she showed her skills via a presentation and ended up getting the job, but was surprised that one of the social media platforms they needed her as a content editor for was with ClickHeart, where people were paid to get naked.
They have a sexual harassment clause and relationship clause in the contract. She would have to sign a relationship contract if she got into a romantic relationship with any of the guys, and that allowed them to get rid of her with little notice. Though Blake was more than happy with her salary and signed the job contract right away. I usually hate books where any of the main characters are in the adult entertainment industry. Though I have to admit, it seemed a lot more palatable that each of the guys were alone in the pictures and videos they posted online.
“Just the thought of your giant python cock makes my asshole snap shut like a Venus fly trap.”
“It was like I was hoarding men. I was basically a dick dragon.”
“But there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to climb aboard that giant nope rope between his legs and give it the good old college try.”
“Take what you want, and I know the universe will give you what you need, even if you don’t know what that is right now.”
I really enjoyed this story, much more than I ever expected when I saw the blurb. There was much more story than smut in this, though it definitely got steamy in parts. I don’t want to give away the story, but there was a lot about this new world we live in with social media being such a huge business. The guys were not just into adult entertainment, they also were gamers and entered gaming tournaments. This was the third audiobook from Grace McGinty that I have listened to and have given 5 stars to all three. I wish she had more, but I will definitely be reading more of her books since no more are on audio at this time.
This audiobook was told in dual points of view and was narrated in dual narration by Brooke Daniels and Greyson Owens. Brooke Daniels has a clear, youthful voice which was perfect for Blake, she is very expressive and energetic. She also did great voices for some of the supporting characters including a near perfect Jennifer Coolidge impression for a Rodeo Drive shopgirl named Celine. Greyson Owens is a narrator I recently discovered, and I love his voice. He isn’t the best at different voices for different characters, but I like his voice so much that I didn’t mind.
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