Bed of Roses
Bride Quartet • Book 2
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by Angela Dawe
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Friends-to-lovers done right: Dawe makes you feel every beat of tension Emma and Jack spend nine hours pretending not to notice.
- Great if you want: slow-burn romance between long-time friends who finally crack
- Listening experience: warm and unhurried — cozy listen with real romantic payoff
- Narration: Dawe's easy warmth suits Emma's sunny personality perfectly
- Skip if: you find low-conflict, low-stakes romance frustrating to sit through
About This Audiobook
Bed of Roses is the second Bride Quartet novel, focusing on florist Emma Grant, who has spent her professional life surrounded by weddings and her personal life surrounded by men who are not quite right, until she realizes the right man has been in front of her for years as the architect friend of the Vows partnership. Roberts constructs the friends-to-lovers plot with the craft she brings to all her series romance, making the obstacle feel earned rather than artificially prolonged.
Angela Dawe narrates the Bride Quartet with a warmth that suits Roberts's domestic-setting romance. Her Emma is cheerful without being simple, and the Vows ensemble, the four friends who run the wedding planning business together, comes through as a genuine community rather than mere supporting cast. The audiobook's modest runtime makes this a comfortable, satisfying listen.
