Crimson River

The Edens

By: Devney Perry

Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Connor Crais

A small-town romantic suspense story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author Devney Perry.

Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she’s married to her job. It’s on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail.

It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment she’s staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go.

Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge.

Vance may be ruggedly handsome, but he’s as mysterious as the man he’s hunting. And he’ll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lyla’s crush is impossible to stop.

No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, there’s no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, she’s his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, they’ll retrace her steps.

To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.

©2023 Devney Perry LLC (P)2023 Devney Perry LLC

Hot cop hunting her almost unaliver!

5⭐️ 3🌶️

📖 I am a huge fan of this latest Eden installment! This has the romantic suspense of Indigo Ridge, the spice that Devney has started bringing out later in the series (like in Jasper Vale), and everything we would have wanted from a lovely Eden sister. Lyla had a bit of a rough go as her sister found love with someone she had a massive crush on — Lyla being the absolute doll she is wasn’t upset or resentful but just embarrassed. She threw herself into work at her cute little coffee/bakery shop and before she knew it her sisters were staging an intervention. While on a hike to get out of the office and enjoy herself she’s almost murdered, but the stranger let’s her go. The next thing she knows, another stranger rolls into town hot on the trail of her attacker. She decides to face her fear and help the newcomer, Vance, track down his suspect. A few hikes, some searching, and Lyla and Vance find that they have some smoking hot chemistry — WOW, Devney really killed the spice in this one!!

Lyla was a sweetie, Vance was a dreamy law enforcement officer trying to redeem himself from the past, and their romance tied in with the suspense was such a perfect combo!

🎧 Lucy Rivers and Connor Crais absolutely crushed this narration! Lucy is in my top 3 fav female narrators and just absolutely dominates this Eden series! She does a great job voicing Lyla and making it clear who is talking when Lyla is chatting with her sisters — she is able to change up her tone enough that you never get confused. And she does a really nice manly voice! Connor is really moving up my favs list, he nailed Vance in this one. His voice sounded fantastic in this narration — it’s always clear but sounds so natural and easy, deep and smooth.

Another great story in this series

Lyla and Vance are wonderful together. At first, it's just a one night thing but it quickly turns into more. He's been searching for the man who attacked Lyla for four years. Will he be able to find him? If he does, what will happen to their relationship when he goes back to his home? I liked this book especially hearing Lucy Rivers and Connor Crais bring the story to life. I'm looking forward to Matteo's book next.

One of my favorites

Devney continues to deliver with this series! Crimson River just took the number 2 spot for favorite Eden’s book right behind Juniper Hill. I freaking love Lyla and Vance! I love how Devney adds the romantic suspense into her small town romances. It’s so seamless.

Lucy and Conner are both incredible talented and they were the perfect pair for this one! Her soft youthful voice paired with Connors gruff one was pure excellence.

Great story!

This was my first time reading anything by this author. I loved the story and I will be be backtracking to read other stories in the Eden series. Connor and Lucy did a fantastic job on the narration.

Suspected love

Another fantastic book by devney perry. This series is amazing and will continue to recommend it to anyone who likes small town, romantic suspense. Connor and Lucy did a perfect job with these characters !