Shadowing Stella: A Christian Romantic Suspense Novel

Endless Mountain Series, Book 1

By: Elle E. Kay

Narrated by: Megan Lott

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Evil lurks in Edinsville.
Stella McIntyre, may have made some questionable choices, but she didn't deserve what happened to her. Pregnant, alone, and without a home, her challenges seem insurmountable.
When she comes to the end of herself, there is only one place left to turn. She heads back to to the small town of Edinsville to the family and God from whom she ran. They welcome her home, but someone is watching from the shadows.
Jason Duncan meets Stella at an inopportune time, but he's determined to get to know her despite her challenges. He has to push hard to get her to acknowledge his existence. Once he gets her attention, can he break through her defenses to break down the barriers she's erected to protect her heart?
When Stella is abducted she must keep her faith and wits sharp if she hopes to see daylight again.

Semi-finalist in ACFW Genesis Contest - 2015

The Endless Mountain Series is a series of stand-alone books that can be listend to alone or as a series. While the characters from the first book are mentioned in the second and third books, they do not need to be listened to in order to understand the individual stories.

©2016 Elle E. Kay (P)2019 Elle E. Kay

Not what I I expected

It didn’t grab at the beginning, which to me is a red flag. It moved slow and, it was a bit disjointed making hard to follow everything. The biggest disappointment was the fact it’s not really a suspense novel. Dramatic parts yes, but true suspense no. The story itself was ok. But if you’re a fan of Lisa Phillips, Susan May warren, Susan sleeman, etc this probably is not the book for you. However, if you prefer tamer books, this may be a good fit.

Exciting!

This story flows nicely from scene to scene telling of an adventure in life where a group of people fight to survive and two of them fall in love.
Strong and believable characters and a good story! What more can one ask for?
I listened to a promotional audiobook and this is my voluntary and unbiased review of it.

Great story

Wow! Really good. Great characters with an interesting storyline. Very realistic and believable characters and dialogue.

Enjoyable

This is full of suspense. I'm thankful for the Christian aspect of the book, and how it shows that trials also come to those who serve. The characters were well developed and most were enjoyable. I also liked the forgiveness shown by some. All that being said, it was a long listen and wasn't quite the type of book I would normally like. The narrator also did a good job on her part.

Trigger warning: Date rape, kidnapping

This is a wonderful Christian Contemporary Suspense Romance! I had a hard time listening at first because of the triggers mentioned above, but once I got past that first trigger if was all good! Elle writes a tender emotional story and keep the focus of God’s love and redeeming power!
The narrator was a tiny bit choppy in her presentation, but overall she did great! The characters were easy to identify and she had a large variety to create! I definitely recommend this audiobook and both the author and narrator! I look forward to more from both of them!

A great romance thriller

Jason and Stella's love story ..... .
The book has a lot of twist and turns that keeps the listener on the edge of their seats . Elle E. kay knows how to draw the listeners into a great romance thriller . Has Romance , drama , suspense , and secrets . A surprise twist that will make the reader go wow . Did not see that coming , great job ! Has a great message through out the book about the characters faith in god .
This is a clean romance .
Five stars .
for the suspense / romance thriller
five stars for the narrator .
She did an amazing job ?
Highly recommend that the listener adds this book to their audio book library .



' Call the kitten Grace " Stella
' Thanks for coming after me my darling prince " Stella
" A Soldier " Jason

Okay story

The story was okay, a lot of characters introduced throughout so that was a bit hard to follow. I did not care for the narrator at all. Her inflections, lack of emotion, and pauses made it super hard to follow.

Not for me

I tried to push through this book, but it starts right off with a girl waking up in a hotel room from being drugged and raped, and she ends up pregnant from it. This is not something I want to read about, since the same suffering girl now appears to be going to be chased/stalked/hunted or whatever for the rest of the book. One or the other of those traumas was enough. Two just seems unnecessary. Also, the narrator sounds very inexperienced and fake and I just couldn't do it, so I'm returning.

Narrator annoying

Unable to get very far into story. Narrator talked too fast, running sentences together and seemed mechanical.

Not what I expected

This is my first book from this author and I was disappointed. Its reads as if she is new to writing and the narrator didn’t bring the characters to life. It was like she was reading with no emotion.