Tattered

Lark Cove Series, Book 1

By: Devney Perry

Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, Aaron Shedlock

Thea Landry has always known her place in modern-day society. It's somewhere just above the trash can her mother dumped her in as a newborn, but below the class where much comes easy. With her tattered shoes and bargain-bin clothes, her life has never been full of glamour.

So when a rich and charismatic man takes interest, she doesn't fool herself into thinking their encounter is anything more than a one-night stand. Months later, she's kicking herself for not getting his phone number. Or his last name. She's given up hope of seeing him ever again.

Until one day, years later, Logan Kendrick waltzes into her life once more and turns everything she's built upside down. This time around, she won't make the same mistake. She's going to fight to keep him in her life - not for herself.

But for their daughter.

©2018 Devney Perry (P)2018 Tantor

Surprisingly quality material

I planned to only sample this book; however, as I listened, I was drawn to learn more about the characters, all of which were well-defined. It is so hard to find quality books, since so many authors are producing "books" by the month. To which the reader is well-aware it probably took only a month to write the book. But it seemed like this book was contemplated with care. Not only that, after listening, I saw that there were four books (at least) in this series; however, with this being book 1, I didn't feel like the author was trying to "lure" me to want to know more about the secondary characters, or flying any literary banner that said "Wait for Book 2 to learn more about this character." I'm surprised by authors who spend more time in a Book 1 defining other characters and abandoning their main characters and the storyline. I thought that Devney Perry did a good job of keeping the focus on Thea and Logan and Charlie. The only thing I would have chopped from this book is the erotica. It was too much, and a good, quality book doesn't need erotica to sell. Sometimes a book is better if those parts are left to the reader's imagination. We don't need to be spoon-fed sex...we have minds of our own. That said, authors, if you are going to have a sizeable amount of erotica, please ensure that your books are listed under Erotica and not Literary Fiction...there's a sizeable difference in the material. Erotica is overrated and unrealistic. I'll take genuine characters and realistic love over an erotica author's fantasies... In sum, I was indeed surprised that I enjoyed these characters. And normally I don't listen to Maxine Mitchell material, but she seemed more subdued for this narration and that was a good thing. It made Thea more credible as a character. Aaron Shedlock nailed his part as well.

Ratings & Tropes

Audiobook: Maxine Mitchell and Aaron Shedlock
Performance: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Tropes: Found Family, One-Night Stand, Accidental Pregnancy, No Last Names, Single Mom, All In Dad, Small Town, HEA, Billionaire Romance

Love conquer all

Nice story of love and family. Jealousy and hate buy in the end happiness prevails.

Second chance romance

I love a second chance romance, especially with a single parent! This had me in my feels and the narrators were great. This was my first Devney Perry novel and certainly won’t be the last!

Cute romance w/ gritt

I really liked this book. I loved both the MMC and FMC.

Thea is a bartender at a fancy hotel and is swept off her feet by a high class Manhattan Lawyer. Fast forward 6 years later he discovers her in Montana and his girl.
The relationship with the kid and the dad was sweet. The parents learning to co-parent was great. I just all and all enjoyed this book