Hidden Waters

The Tattered and Torn Series, Book 3

De: Catherine Cowles

Narrado por: Ava Erickson, Sebastian York

The world had tried to break her.

Addie has dreamt of freedom for as long as she can remember - peace away from the torment of her old life. But now that it’s finally within her grasp, she’s struggling to take those first steps into her new reality.

The last thing she wants is a new roommate to see the scars she’s desperate to keep hidden, especially not the ruggedly handsome man who steals her breath and sends her heart into overdrive.

“I’m nobody’s hero. Trust me.”

All Beckett wants is to silence the demons of his past. The first step is to make amends for not being there when his family needed him the most. That means settling in Wolf Gap for good, even if the town reminds him of all the ways he failed.

He never expected to share a home with a blonde-haired beauty with haunting hazel eyes. But he’s held captive by her quiet strength and the way she sees everything he tries to hide.

Soon, an unlikely friendship becomes so much more. But when forces from Addie’s life slink out of the shadows, they could both lose everything they fought so hard for - down to their very last breaths…

©2021 Catherine Cowles (P)2021 Catherine Cowles

New favorite book in the Tattered & Torn series!

YOU GUYS! If you are a fan of Catherine Cowles, particularly Tattered and Torn, YOU ARE NOT READY! This was everything I could have hoped for Addy and Beckett! *Chefs kiss*

Hidden Waters, the third book in Catherine Cowles’ Tattered and Torn series, find us with the long-awaited couple Adaline (Addy) Kemper and Beckett Easton. Addy Kemper was finally able to escape the horror of her past after 24 years of abuse at the hand of her father. But unfortunately for Addy, in a town so small, the fear of retribution for escaping her father lurks. While finding refuge in her cousin’s fiancé’s vacant house in town, she soon finds herself sharing the home with his brother.
Beckett Easton makes his way back into town after years as a travel doctor. Easton is battling with the demons of his past, and while he is finally ready to settle back at home, he finds himself without a place to stay while his new home is being built. Cue forced proximity!

I absolutely loved this book! Addy was so kind and resilient; it was such a rewarding journey to take with this heroine while Beckett was so supportive of her journey. He was the empathetic, swoony, and fiercely protective hero every reader will fall in love with!

I listened to this book on audio, and Catherine recruited only the best in narration with Sebastian York and Ava Erikson. They did a great job of bringing these characters to life. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series!

Addie's story!

Addie escaped her family of off-the-grid folk and is now trying to live a "normal" life in Wolf Gap. With the help of her cousin, who also escaped the cult-like community, she has a job and a safe place to live. This place is the sheriff's house, her cousin's fiancé. She wasn't expecting a roommate, though - Beckett, the sheriff's brother, who's coming home from his long stint as a doctor overseas. She's a little apprehensive, but she can't say not to Hays - after all it's his brother. 

Beckett immediately feels protective of the shy and skittish Addie. Soon he's feeling honored to be introducing her to a series of firsts: pizza, cell phones, hot chocolate. He has his own demons to battle and Addie's presence seems to be a balm to his soul.

But by now we know that the little town of Wolf Gap can be a dangerous place to live, and the darkness that comes from Addie's family is following her everywhere. What changed? She has Beckett now.

I love Catherine Cowles and, as I've mentioned before, she reminds me of the old school Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels and that's high praise in my book. 

Beckett is top shelf boyfriend material and I love how kind and patient he is with Addie, but what I love most is that Addie is no push-over! She won't bow down to anyone nor take handouts  and she is determined to grow into the woman she knows she can be.

Like in all the books, our hero and heroine go through danger as is par for the course in Wolf Gap and I was on the edge of my seat rooting for things to work out for them in the end. Great book! 

Narration: Ava Erickson and Sebastian York. Enough said. 

Possible triggers: FMC escaped a very abusive family situation. Feelings of abandonment and guilt, misogyny,harrassment, violence  

Hidden Waters

𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Is Catherine Cowles trying to win an award for how amazing her audiobooks sound?? Because like… SHE’S DEFINITELY IN THE RUNNING!!

Anywayyyyy, this book was so enjoyable!! I’m not generally someone who enjoys a heroine that seems to be so scarred that she’s kind of timid and mousy, but it definitely worked in this book! Beck is just ahhhh, everything. The way he could read Addie like a book and seemed to know what she needed was perfect to me. No matter his feelings for her, he was always willing to be there for her as a friend first and that was absolutely awesome in my opinion. Addie was always trying to please everyone but Beck always put her first and that was 😍

I am enjoying this series so much and can’t wait to jump into the next book! So glad I was put onto this author!

5 stars

I loved Addie and Beckett's story! Loving this series!! Love this author! And Ava Erickson and Sebastian York were fabulous as the narrators!

Amazing once more

Not surprisingly so, this 3rd installment in the Tattered and Torn series was just as amazing as the first 2! I absolutely LOVED Addie and Beckett’s story.

Their friendship, their chemistry, their love…everything about them together was absolutely perfect.

Beckett helped Addie come out of her shell. He helped her find her way again, carve her own path. Just as well, Addie helped Beckett face ghosts from his he kept running away from. She helped him heal wounds he kept trying to cover up.

So yes, the emotional and romantic side of this story was phenomenal. Add to that the page-turning suspense, and I was addicted. While it was pretty obvious who the “bad guy” was, it wasn’t all that simple, so I kept wondering what all could happen next.

I can’t wait for the next book to come out!

A top 2022 fave.
5/5 stars to the story and narrators