Carter Reed

By: Tijan

Narrated by: Lucy Rivers

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Emma decided to skip the gym and went home early. It was the last easy decision she made because she found her roommate being raped by her boyfriend. She had two choices: Call the cops and be killed by his family's mafia connections or kill him first and hope to survive.

There was no choice to her. She killed the bastard first and went to the one person who could protect her: Carter Reed. He's a weapon for the rivaling mafia family, but he's also Emma's secret. Not only was he best friends with her brother, but she's the reason he became that weapon in the first place.

©2013 Tijan Meyer (P)2014 Tantor

Great Storyline

Would you consider the audio edition of Carter Reed to be better than the print version?

I didn't read the print version but I feel like audio books aren't as good as the print version because we can imagine the voices in our head- with an audio book we loose that.

What did you like best about this story?

That Carter had been protecting her for a very long time and she was a big of a badass.

Any additional comments?

The narrator didn't changer her voice much with characters so at first it was a bit hard to follow along but my brain sorted it out quickly and all was good.

I love Carter Reed

I wish it had a man do the voice for Carter Reed. Not that the Narrator wasn't good just wish they had a 2nd one for Carter

😳😳

Emma got on my last nerve... she just stayed in the middle of bs. Crazy

Love it

What other book might you compare Carter Reed to and why?

All of Tijan's books are wonderful! I've read all but a few of them. She has her own writing style and I haven't come across a book that reminds me of hers. I've already read this book but I wanted to do a reread of the series.

Have you listened to any of Lucy Rivers’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I don't think Lucy's performance was terrible. I've just always preferred that a chapter is read with two different people when there's a male and female character that has their own chapters.

Hot Mafia!

This was a different sort of book for me to listen to, as I don't usually like novels that have criminals as the hero, but I really got into this one. Carter Reed is the enforcer for one crime family. The rival crime family killed the heroine's brother, who also happened to be Carter's best friend. When she comes upon her roommate being brutally raped in their apartment, she pulls a gun and kills him. Then realizing she had just killed a member of the crime family that killed her brother, she runs to Carter- even though she hasn't seen him in years. But that doesn't mean Carter hasn't seen and wanted her. The only thing this audiobook needed was more than one voice. Carter needed to be a mans voice, it would have made him seem tougher.

SO GOOD!!!

Hell of a beginning! LOVED! THIS! So many f*cked up twists and turns, and...damn 😔 don't want to spoil it. Carter is my new book boyfriend! 😍 Mysterious, alpha, protective, hot, and knows exactly what his Emma needs 🥰 Must get book 2 😖
Warning for rape.

Just ok

This book was ok. Not terrible. Probably won’t read the second book. Have read other similar stories and it’s like been there done that.

SHE HAD ME GRIPPED BY THE END OF CHAPTER 1

I luckily came across this book while searching for a good listen.. but instead of good I hit the Jackpot and got great. I had heard of Tijan before but I thought her books were more NA than adult - well this listen was definitely adult and now I'm irrevocably hooked.. and excited that there's a second book to Carter Reed which I'll be downloading and listening to straight after this review followed by Cole when it's released.

I love love love Mafia romances.. the males are powerful fit sexy Alpha bad boys who would die to protect their woman, what you see is what you get with them and there's an unshakable loyalty to them too. Well Carter Reed was all that and much much more when a terrified Emma went to him for help.. but she got far more than she ever bargained for when she was caught up in a web of her own making. A twisted web that would reveal long held secrets, desire, emotional truths, pulse pounding danger, anguish, twists, murder, suspense, sex, passion.. and a primal connection to the love of her life who tried desperately to keep her alive. And Emma was no pushover either.

I see this book got mixed reviews so all I can do is say that for me this listen gripped me, its characters entertained me and the suspenseful storyline kept me in its grasp as each Chapter revealed pulse-pounding action, sighworthy sentiments and unexpected events. It wasn't filled with sex, the unbreakable bond between Emma and Carter was formed first but, by Part 2, the passion and lust couldn't be contained any more. But more than this you could feel that there was a deep deep love between these two characters as their actions were to protect the other.. or die trying. Good secondary characters too. Told from Emma's POV but there were a few insights into Carter's thoughts and situations which was told in third person. And I thought Lucy Rivers did a great job at narration.

Worth a credit? Yes and who doesn't love a possessive bad boy who says "I would declare war for you".. and then proves it.

Good and bad.....the story line was good bot something was missing

The story started off good, but the female character got on my last nerve. I just could not relate to her and she was a whinny chick for most of the story. There were numerous parts of the story where I kept thinking get on with it already. there were quite a few parts that just did not make sense, with the way the plot was rolled out. In the end I had to force myself to finish.

Please try another book by this author first

I've read quite a few books by Tijan and they were all great but this one, it took me 2 tries and months of procrastinating, when I am usually ocd about completing a book. While it started off strong and the premise sounded intriguing, it quickly dragged on and lacked development in plot, romance and action for most of the book. I'd hate for someone to try this book first from this author and never pick up another, so I highley recommend choosing another to start and if you still want to read this... then I wish you good luck!