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Far from Destined

By: Carrie Ann Ryan
Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Jason Clarke
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New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Carrie Ann Ryan continues her sexy new contemporary stand-alone series with a broken heart and the shattered soul that can heal them both.

Macon Brady remembers every moment he lay on the ground, a bullet in his chest, his life bleeding out with each pulse. Yet his nightmares aren’t the only thing keeping him up at night.

Dakota Bristol left her ex with nothing but the clothes on her back and her child in her arms. She’s been hurt before and wants nothing to do with the shadows in Macon’s eyes. The problem? Her son loves him, and the more time she spends with the man, the more she’s afraid she’ll come to love him just as much.

Danger always comes back to haunt those who run. It was a lesson Dakota learned before. Now, it might be the man she refuses to fall for who makes the greatest sacrifice of all.

©2020 Carrie Ann Ryan (P)2020 Carrie Ann Ryan

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A great romantic suspense!

This one is my favorite of the series, I loved Dakota and Macon. Dakota is a single mom to Joshua, who ran away from an abusive ex and Macon has been messed up from what happened in book one of the series. They both start off wanting to have nothing to do with each other but Joshua takes a liking to Macon. I love how the group comes together to offer Dakota when her past comes back for her and how Macon will do anything to protect Dakota and Joshua. Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder were great at bringing to life these characters. This is another page turning suspense from Carrie and I enjoyed ever moment.

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great listen... but

it was a great stro g family, friendship ties, but I wish the male characters would have each had different narrative voices make it more individual and I also feel but really dont know how to explain it tthat the relationships in each book moved fast with not alot of background or introduction kinds.

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Loved Macon and Dakota

This was a well done story. If you have read the others, which you don’t have to to enjoy this story, you have seen Macon and Dakota together and was wondering if something more would happen and now it has. Dakota has great friends but feels this need to do everything on her own and doesn’t want to ask for help. Macon wants Dakota but isn’t sure that he would be what is best for her. When it is her turn for the dating pack with her friends she doesn’t feel ready to go on a date. They convince Macon to be her ‘date’ so she can have a night out at least. They are hoping they can smooth out the friendship between these two at least. When Dakotas past tears it’s ugly head, she will have to learn to let her friends and Macon help her. As the two grow closer their feelings come to the surface. Through in an adorable boy and a mama cat and kittens and it is a fantastic read. I definitely recommend this story.

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Romantic suspenseful

I loved this book. It had romance and suspense. Great characters including an adorable little boy. It has a HEA.

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Far from Destined has all the feels

Macon and Dakota are wonderful. Loved how Joshua steals quite a few scenes 😉. Carrie Ann Ryan has written another wonderful story. Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder are AMAZEBALLS! This story had it all. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Far from destined

I have loved every moment of the Promised series. They way each couple thinks they will be different from the one before but still end up in the same lace. Macon’s POV is so heartwarming when you think about the position he was in and having to come back from that. Loved loved loved can’t wait for the conclusion!

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Loved it!

This is now my fav in the Promise Me series. I say that after each book but the single mother storyline is always a fav of mine. I loved Macon and Dakota and little Joshua. I loved to finally find out more about who Dakota was. And Macon stole my heart. Now, I am dying to see where the next book takes us. Listening to this book totally made my work commute enjoyable! I was so absorbed in the story.

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Macon and Dakota

I've been looking forward to Macon's story if you've read or listened to the earlier books you will already know that he feels drawn to Dakota and already has a strong bond with her son Joshua. In this book, he gets his chance to finally get close to her but will he break through her walls?

This is the third instalment in the Promise Me series, part of the Montgomery Ink universe. Dakota's one of four single friends who have made a pact to set each other up on blind dates, All of them has difficult pasts which only make you more hopeful that they will in fact find their HEA and this time it's her turn to be fixed up.

Macon's having a hard time mentally recovering from being shot when he tried to save Hazel from her crazy ex-husband (Forever Only Once). He has nightmares remembering every moment from that terrible time, laying on the ground, a bullet in his chest, bleeding out expecting to die. His way of coping is to box but he knows he can't keep doing it because one day he'll get hurt or hurt someone else.

Dakota's story is one of pulling herself up from nothing, she had terrible parents and an ex who abused her. He ended up in prison and she was left with only the clothes on her back and the child she was carrying. She’s determined to never need a man again and is fighting to keep Macon at a distance. But how can she do that when her son loves him? Plus the more time she spends with him the more she finds herself falling in love with him too.

But when danger threatens her and Joshua it's Macon, the man she keeps telling herself she doesn't love, who's prepared to go to any lengths to keep the two people he loves safe. This story is an emotional one as both Macon and Dakota fight their own demons while trying to put on a brave front for Joshua. My heart was breaking especially when Macon opened up to Dakota and she didn't back away. I loved how their bond grew, how Joshua became the glue who helped hold all the pieces together! I loved how Mama Cat and her four babies were woven into the tale, you just knew they had a home!

The narration of this book by Emma Wilder and Jason Clarke is perfection personified, they bring every character and every emotion to life beautifully.

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Far from Destined

These characters are great and I really enjoyed spending my time listening to their story, the narrators did a great job

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All the emotions!!!

This is the third book in the Promise Me series, and it’s Macon and Dakota (and Joshua’s) story. Macon is still trying to deal with what happened in Forever Only Once, with being shot and almost dying. He’s dealing with it in a different kind of way that helps him, without sharing with his family. Dakota is very independent, single mom business woman, not wanting to rely on anyone for help. When babysitter issues come up, she has no choice but to need help from others. After a year of grumbling, her & Macon finally start getting closer, and in perfect time, because bad things start happening when the ex shows up. And they are much better together. This had a lot of emotions, sweetness and love, cuteness and crankiness, and some scary moments. And listening to Jason Clarke 😍 Could do that all day & all night. Emma Wilder does a great job as Dakota also. And you’ll love it all! And just wait till you hear that epilogue!

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