Loose Ends

By: Kristen Ashley

Narrated by: Lance Greenfield, Clara Francesca, Sarah McEwan, Susannah Jones, Savannah Peachwood, Brooke Bloomingdale, Sean Crisden, Alexander Cendese, Felicity Munroe

Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's Summary

Tying up…Loose Ends  

In Kristen Ashley’s first anthology, listeners will find three short stories and two novellas taking them back to characters and series in the Kristen Ashley universe.  

"No Clue", a short story - Visit with Joe and Vi from At Peace of The ’Burg series and learn how Joe breaks up a fight between his sons, what Ryker’s up to and why, exactly, his wife Violet has no clue.  

The Stars Aligned, a novella - The long-awaited love story of Hap and Luci. Introduced in Heaven and Hell, listeners learned, after a heartbreaking journey through grief, Luci was ready to take another chance at love. But Hap was adhering to “the code” between brothers, unwilling to betray his dead friend Travis by falling for Travis’s widow. Further, Hap can’t quite believe a beauty like Luci could fall for a normal guy like Hap. But for Luci and Hap the heart can’t be denied. Especially when the stars align.  

"The Favor", a short story - Deacon and Cassidy from Deacon of the Unfinished Heroes series go back to their favorite cabin at Glacier Lily, and there, Cassie asks her husband a favor. He’ll give her anything she wants. Including this.  

More Than Everything, a novella - Listeners left Diesel, Maddox and Molly at a crossroads at the end of The Greatest Risk of the Honey series. Maddox and Molly were all in with their commitment to their unconventional love triangle. But Diesel was letting the pressures and prejudice of family and society sink under his skin, making him hold himself distant from the man he loved. Can Maddox and Molly lead Diesel fully into their lives and give him more than everything?  

"Rock Chick Renewal", a short story - Tod has been planning Rock Chick weddings for years. He’s got a new one on his hands. And it’s not what he expected.

©2018 Kristen Ashley (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

My Heart is so Full

Vi and Joe
Oh my gosh do I miss this series, it was so nice and a great opening to this Loose Ends book. Sigh Oh Joe.
Fantastic Narrator for this story.

Luci and Hap
I am dying literally dying, I have wanted this book for soooooo long. My heart bleeds for Luci in Heaven and Hell and I just wanted her to heal. She had her HEA once and the pain of that well it destroyed her. But Hap oh Hap, he really understands and this story NEEDED to be shared. My heart is full and I am happy for these two.
Yes, the narrator does her accent!! Thank you so much for that!

Deacon and Cassidy
One of my all-time favorite stories, this short was so freaking sweet and funny. I love that Cassy is still bossy and Deacon is still his strong silent type. Swoon I just love these characters.

Diesel, Maddox, and Molly
Oh my gosh, this was an amazing novella, this dynamic of two men and one woman is my favorite to read because it changes up the game of a relationship. How they all can love each other and be there for each other without judgment or jealousy. Being free to love who you want. That to me is sweet.
This short is really about Diesel and admitting to himself but also his family who and what he is and being ok with that. This story is sweet and sad because it’s true. So many people/families can’t or won’t see that just because you love someone or someone loves you does not mean they are still not your friend/family. I think it takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there and if someone can’t or won’t see you as worthy and they want to hurt or tare you down, cutting them out is for the best, it may not feel like it but in the long run it is worth it for your own sanity.
This story shows all sides the ones that don’t get it and the ones that do. You can’t always see the negative and that is what I loved we also get so much love and so much support. I fell in love with these three and I am so, so, glad Ms. Kristen Ashley choose to include this in her Loose Ends.

Teenage Fairy story
So fun, so cute.

Oh Tod <3
My heart is so full, I couldn’t ask for more from Tod and Stevie so sweet.

Overall this book really is a fan’s dream we get our old favorites and insight into some stories we have always wanted to be told but never thought they would be. So thank you, Kristen Ashley, for giving us this.

The narration is incredible everyone did an amazing job.

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Loved this!

Great to catch up with all of these characters, and liked the combination of vignettes and novellas.

Would love to see more followups to K.A’s series like these! Well done!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I loved this

So good to get updated on favorite couples and getting closure to Mad, Molly and D. I love KA's characters, the men are so alphalicious and the woman so strong.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Uneven but well worth the credit

I'm so glad Kristen Ashley decided to do this. I loved getting to spend some time with Vi and Joe and Deacon and Cassidy again, and Todd and Stevie's story at the end was utter perfection. I didn't particularly care for the longer novellas, as I never got into the Honey series and thought that Heaven and Hell was also one of her weaker books.

As far as narrators goes, I'm glad that Susannah Jones came back, but while the performance for Vi/Joe and Deacon/Cassidy was fine it didn't sound quite "right."

Regardless of the "mixed" review, the highs were well worth the credit used!

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Loved it

loved it ..now i am going to listen all over again. kristen ashley you rock.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

meh

This book had a few short story's, and it was hard not to fall asleep during it.
the middle got a bit exciting, but it wasn't that good either. I guess this just wasn't written to my liking.

Meh

One of the biggest disappointments I've had this year, which is sad because I was sooo loking forward to this novellas :(

It's Okay

enjoyed the update on At Peace and Decon. All other stories a waste of time and definitely MONEY.

Don’t bother!

This is the first time I have ever been disappointed in a Kristen Ashley book. None if the stories were good additions to the original books. This was more like chapters she left out of the originals. Not worth the money. May even ask for a refund from audible. That’s a first!

Short stories, so so , Novellas were worthwhile!

I love Kristen Ashley’s writing and have read or listened to anything that has been released. One of the things I love about her writing is that her books are long and detailed enough to really get into the characters and their worlds. This collection starts out with a statement, from the author, in which she reiterates this statement but, goes on to say that the 1001 Dark Nights, series gave her a chance to try shorter writings and therefore, she put this collection together. This is fine, as long as this experiment is the exception, not the rule.
The short stories really held little significance to the stories they related to. It was nice to hear a little bit about these past, beloved characters, neither short story had any real significance. However, the two novellas were a welcomed release. In both Novellas, there were stories that were introduced as possibilities but, never created. The first one was a story of Hap and Lucci, from the Heaven and Hell Novel. Their mutual attraction was observed, in the original book, but it was left hanging. I enjoyed the novella but I know KA could have written them a full length novel that I would have loved more; but something is better then nothing.
The second Novella comes from a erotica series that centers around a BDSM club and is very explicit; so it’s not for everyone. This trio of characters was introduced as acquaintances of the main characters, of one of the books. It was made clear that one, of the trio was struggling with his worry with other people’s acceptance of his Bi-Sexual sexuality. This was my favorite, from this collection. Although I know my personality would not be able to blend into such a relationship, it is a beautiful, loving relationship in which the two, of the trio, help heal and support the one that is struggling. This is a MMF ménage in which both males are Bi-Sexual. As I stated before, some readers will not enjoy this novella because of the BDSM aspect and because it includes MF, MM and MFM sexual encounters.
As I wrote about the first novella, I enjoyed the writing but, I would have enjoyed a full length novel, more.
-V from Kansas