Diversion Box Set Vol. 1

By: Eden Winters

Narrated by: Darcy Stark

Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

This volume contains Diversion, Collusion, and Corruption of the Diversion series.
 

Diversion:

There are good guys, bad guys, and then there’s Lucky. 

Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter flaunts his past like a badge of honor. He speaks his mind, doesn’t play nice, and flirts with disaster while working off his sentence with the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. If he can keep out of trouble a while longer he’ll be a free man - after he trains his replacement.

Two men. Close quarters. Friction results in heat. But Lucky scoffs at partnerships, no matter how thrilling the roller-coaster. Bo has two months to break down Lucky’s defenses...and seconds are ticking by. 

Collusion: 

Dead men can’t love. 

Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter “died” in the line of duty while working off a ten-year sentence in service to the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau, only to be reborn as Simon “Lucky” Harrison. The newbie he trained, former Marine Bo Schollenberger, is now his partner on (and maybe off) the job. It’s hard to tell when Lucky doesn’t understand relationships or have a clue what any sane human is doing in his bed. Bo’s nice to have around, sure, but there’s none of that picking-out-china-together crap for Lucky.

When a prescription drug shortage jeopardizes the patients at Rosario Children’s Cancer Center, it not only pits Bo and Lucky against predatory opportunists, but also each other. How can they tell who the villains are? The bad guys don’t wear black hats, but they might wear white coats. 

Corruption: 

Renegade biker. Drug runner. Recovering addict. Wanted by the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. But he isn’t a crook, he’s the law. 

SNB Agent Bo Schollenberger’s solved his cases using his brains and not a gun, and with his partner, not alone. Now he’s handed a tough new case involving designer drugs that turn users violent. One false move could end his life as he immerses himself into a motorcycle gang to locate the source. His fate depends on how well he can impersonate someone else. Someone named Cyrus Cooper. 

Cyrus is everything Bo Schollenberger isn’t, including the badass enforcer for a smuggling ring. He establishes pecking order with his fists and doesn’t take shit from anybody, not even the undercover agent who comes to help his case.

When survival depends on a web of tangled lies, lines blur, worlds collide, and a high stakes game turns friend to foe. Lucky knows the difference between Bo the agent and Cyrus the outlaw, but does Bo?

©2019 Eden Winters (P)2019 Eden Winters

Loved this so much!

Oh My Gosh! This book or shall I say three books were absolutely amazing. It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me mesmerized. I thought three was the end but was shocked and pleasantly happy to find out there is more.! (Lots more!)
Lucky is an ex-con and serving time in a special task force. He is about to be freed and has to train his replacement, Beau. Sparks fly and soon they end up as more than partners in the field but will Lucky give up his chance at freedom and stay on the team?
Each of these books has a different plot but all are connected in the scheme of things.
You do need to read in order.
Book 1 Diversion
I’m Book one we meet Lucky, Beau and Walter and learn what Diversion is. There is lots of action, twists and turns and nail biting suspense. And the sexy’all tension us hot!

Book2:Collusion. You do have to read ( or listen which I highly recommend) in order.
This book is a new adventure that connects to the past case. More twists and we get to see a different side of lucky. More nail biting suspense and more sex! This one is just as good as the last.
Book3 Corruption
This is book 3 of the Diversion series.
You do have to read ( or listen) in order.
Corruption picks up with Lucky and Beau. They receive new training and Lucky gets a promotion. Beau gets his first solo deep undercover job.
There is so much action. The plot is intriguing and there are twists plus a twists that could bring up ghosts from Lucky’s past.
Oh boy I cannot wait for the next books!

I had to stop, purely awful writing

I feel generous giving this two stars. This was awful. I won't be continuing with the series.

The characters were childish and stupid. The writing is just bad. The story was all over the place and often made little to no sense. I hated how they'd be in a work meeting, and all Lucky did was slobber over other characters, especially Beau, in disgusting and inappropriate ways. Lucky was just an unending jerk. Things would just be thrown into the story randomly regardless of whether they fit what was happening or the story at all. Like suddenly Beau was abused as a child because ... I have no idea.

The weird thing is that the part about pharmaceuticals, and their distribution is really pretty accurate. I was excited to read about that, but I hated everything else enough that I stopped caring. Plus, that part of the story got lost anyway.

Audio: pretty decent accents and character delineation, but I'm sure it also highlighted the neverending weaknesses.

Not my normal kind of book. So glad I branched out

When I first started listening to this set, I wasn't sure I would like it. I tend to like things sappier and when my characters struggle less. This series, however, changed my mind, I am so glad I stuck with it and finished it. It takes a while for Lucky to warm up to Bo, the hot steamy battle for dominance and taking what each one wants was amazing. All the action for each character made this one of my favorite books I've listened to in a long time. Great books. Totally left me hanging for the next book in the series. I can't wait to continue on and see where it takes Bo and Lucky.

Really Hard to Like Lucky

By the conclusion of Chapter 9 in the first book, we had enough of Lucky's background to understand how he came by his skill set, why he doesn't trust other people, and especially why he doesn't trust lovers...and it wasn't enough. He was still a jerk. This was a DNF for me.

Good listen

Worth the credit and listen. Enjoyed and going for the next set and any pre or post works by the author.

amazing!

love this series so far! I'm obsessed with lucky and bo! can't wait to see what else is in store for them!

Good lord somebody make it stop

I could not get beyond book 2! From the outset Lucky is a repulsive sexual harasser, continually objectifying Bo and his bubble butt (can writers be any less original?!) leaving the listener to wonder what in the world would have make the repulsive grumpy little man even vaguely appealing to Bo. But after a while when you realise Bo is little more that an overly accommodating doormat it is less surprising. The author seems to include sex scenes at every point in the narrative where there is nowhere for the plotline to go. But the absolute worst is Lucky's constant inner voice and self-reflections. How many time can we listen to him repeat ad nauseum, what a grump he is? What a loser he is? How unworthy he is? And all of it coming across as one of the most tedious examples of infantile solipsism.

Such a shame because the series had so much potential.

One of my favorite series!

The first three books of the series, narrated by Darcy Stark, are phenomenal! The stories are unique-undercover agents working to bust people misusing and over prescribing legal drugs, as well as criminal drug pushers. The details of the pharmaceutical operations are incredibly detailed without bogging down the stories. The stories are unique also because they are told only in Lucky’s perspective. He is a cocky, smart-a$$ed, arrogant little ex-con who has worked for the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau for years to get out of a 10 year prison sentence. Underneath his bravado, we see his uncertainty, his anxiety, his deep feelings that he refuses to let anyone know about. And then there is Beau- the polished, gentle hearted, by the book ex-pharmacist with a drug addiction and PTSD. The two make a very unique and unlikely couple - all while keeping their relationship a complete secret from the SNB. Darcy Stark does an absolutely amazing job voicing the characters. There are many times that Lucky speaks out loud, but then thinks something in his head, and Darcy Stark voices those internal comments well enough that listeners can hear the difference and understand the emotions behind them. The emotions get deep in these stories, and I highly recommend the audiobook if you want a full immersion into the beautiful depths!

Diversion Box Set. Volume 1

Omg this audio book was absolutely positively amazing. I would highly recommend this audio book.

Not Impressed

I was looking forward to this series. I'm in the middle of book 1 and find myself waiting for.... something (?). The premise is interesting and Ms. Winters seems knowledgeable on the ins and outs of the illegal pharmaceutical trade.... something is missing. First, I don't find Beau's character real believable. He seems too soft to be a seasoned marine of four years. It could be the narrator's choice of voice for him as well. He comes across as almost female. Not a seasoned vet. He also comes across as timid and weak. Allowing himself and his brother to be tied up , spread eagle by a father...yeah, no. I don't know about you but if anyone tried that with me or mine someone would be seriously injured and it wouldn't be me. Talk about taking it lying down. Hope it gets better. Lucky has an interesting and plausible backstory. Beau, not so much.

An interesting series

Amongst the 4&5 stras, I saw a few reviews criticising this series for the characters being unlikable/immature/lacking chemistry. While I agree that Lucky starts off as an insecure, selfish boyfriend and a borderline unpleasant guy, and Bo is controlling, ocd and appears sort of strong yet weak at the same time,
I don't really see this as a bad thing. They have complicated pasts, uncertain futures, but they grow nicely and fairly naturally as the series progresses.

What's the fun in yet another, run of the mill perfect heroes with easy, straightforward love story and a cut and dry career paths? These guys are rough, a bit broken, complex, sometimes annoying, messing things up every other day, fixing them slowly and working hard on improving their ability to be a couple, or even live in the society.

i am kind of scared to keep listening, I want them to live happily ever after and not be constantly apart/in danger/in hospital/haunted by murky past, but I enjoy the journey. And the chemistry is, imo, insane, in an unconventional way.

Great series

I saw this series recommended in a few FB groups and I'm glad I decided to try the first box set. It's a excellent suspense series with plenty of action. Definitely will get the next to box sets.

as good as the ebooks

The story is always 4-5 stars, because if I wouldn't like the story as ebook, I wouldn't listen to the audiobook. I can't listen to an audiobook without knowing the book, that's not possible for me.

The performance from the narrator is also very important for me. I can't listen to a lot, because my English as a non-native-speaker isn't so perfect to follow a whole story over hours, when the narrator speaks too fast or too sloppy. Normally I have to SEE the person, who is talking to me in English. It took me a little bit, to come into the narrator, but at the end, it worked. I only have to take a few breaks between. I'm just not yet finish with the book, I’m over the half, but I listen enough to give a review.

PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!

To my ratings:

5* - very very good
it's like an A+

4* - very good and will be often re-listening
it's like an A

3* - it's more then a one-time-listening.
it's like a B