Bus Ticket Baby

Written by Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Narrated by Courtney Bailey

With lively characters, an unlikely circumstance, and a focus on family, Imogen Markwell-Tweed’s Bus Ticket Baby is a precious romance that will leave you breathless.

Vanessa left her small hometown to live a better life and she knows crying never solved anything. But at eight months pregnant, Vanessa finds herself crying a lot these days. She didn’t expect to have a baby alone or to be excited to be a mom or to put off telling her family for so long. But now forced to ride a bus before Christmas to visit the family she’s avoided for a decade, Vanessa can’t fight the tears. So when another passenger sits down to comfort her on the long, smelly bus ride, Vanessa has to convince herself it’s the hormones making him look so dreamily handsome and acting so kind.

Emmett may be focused, determined, and have a slight savior complex, but he’s not so cold-hearted as to ignore a crying woman on a bus, especially if she’s pregnant. Checking in on Vanessa he didn’t expect to feel a spark for the charming and independent spirit she is. Hippocratic oath or not, Emmett finds himself wanting to be there for the young, beautiful, and sharp-witted Vanessa. The plan is simple: be her pretend baby daddy. Caught in a poorly-prepped lie, Emmett and Vanessa must navigate trying to convince their families they’ve been together longer than a few hours, as well as rein in their growing feelings for each other. But with a built expiration date on their fake relationship, how long can they keep up the ruse?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: Oct 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094421391

Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Imogen Markwell-Tweed is a queer romance writer and editor based in St. Louis. When she's not writing or hanging out with her dog, IMT can be found putting her media degrees to use by binge-watching trashy television. All of her stories promise queer protagonists, healthy relationships, and happily ever afters. @unrealimogen on Twitter and Instagram.

Reviews for Bus Ticket Baby

[Elle Lauture · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story line is fine. The narrator sounds like an AI program.

[Angela Breeden · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book was so good!! I didn’t want it to stop.

[melissa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Story line was cute and kept me going through the narrators to fast reading. Narrator doesn’t fit with this book.

[tinker54 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The narrator reminded me of a TV anchor. I also am not a fan of the 3rd person point of view. I sadly didn't get past the first 15 minutes because of that. I gave 2 stars because I didn't finish it, and I felt bad for giving it a 1 star because I didn't like the perspective it was read in. All in all, the narrator and perspective it was written in is why I gave it 2 stars.

[Sydney Kelley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Short and sweet !! But the only distracting thing was the narrator sounding like a robot lol

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a nice storyline of new beginnings, falling in love at Christmas.

[Cathryn Williams · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Really enjoyed the messy romance and quirky families.
Very sweet

[Jeanni Waksel · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Story was excellent. However, the reader of the audiobook is quite robotic, it's hard to get use to the voice reading.

[Eileen · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The plot of this story could be amazing but the story is written in present tense that reminds me of reading a screen play. It not even written in first person present tense (I, Peggy Summers, am grasping the hand rail.), but in third person (Peggy Summers is grasping the hand rail.). I prefer a story to be about a past event, not happening now; but, when I do read present tense stories I like them in first person.

If you don't mind the writing style the story is okay.

[LaShaun Williams · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I think I would have enjoyed the book better if it wasn’t for the narrator she had no feeling she sounded like an AI ALL ROBOTIC she messed up the book

[Diana Peters · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was the narration. Hard to listen to the book.

[Dawn Johnson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Again, another book pushing the woke crap! Enough already, why must it be in everything?

[l ekelund · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Male dominance and no gender equality here. If you like empty phrases and cliches stacked on top of each other this is a book for you

[judy griffin · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This author is not a good writer