The One That Got Away

By: Nicky James

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo

Someone is following me. I’m not imagining it. I’m not crazy.

Charlie Falkingham is convinced someone is stalking him. There are signs. There are clues. But no one believes him. After living through a childhood horror, Charlie suffers from a severe paranoia disorder, among many things, and the Hamilton Police Department has labeled him the boy who cries wolf.

When the only person in the department who ever listened to Charlie’s concerns retires, who can Charlie reach out to for help?

Arrogant and young, Officer Takoda Dyani has a chip on his shoulder a mile wide. He’s rude and brash and doesn’t play well with others. He has more enemies than friends. When his senior officer assigns him to be Charlie’s consultant, Takoda knows it will end badly. He doesn’t have time to coddle a prissy rich boy.

However, if he can’t calm Charlie’s paranoid delusions and act civil for once, he’ll lose his job.

But are they delusions?

The longer he knows Charlie, the more Takoda realizes something isn’t right.

Is someone really stalking Charlie, or is Takoda getting too wrapped up in Charlie’s world?

The One That Got Away is an MM romantic suspense thriller. Triggers for severe anxiety and panic disorder, OCD, dissociative episodes, and PTSD. The plotline includes a reference to a past child kidnapping and sex trafficking incident. Details of sex trafficking are NOT discussed in any part of the story.

©2021 Nicky James (P)2021 Nicky James

Suspenseful

Nicky James absolutely rocks the suspense romance genre. Her ability to capture the psychology of the characters is incredible.

Charlie is a fascinating character. A survivor of horrendous things when he was a child, he lives with the aftermath through anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, PTSD…you name it. You equally want to wrap him and never let anything hurt him again or build him up to be able to conquer all his fears. But Nicky also gives us an understanding of how hard it can be to interact with him.

Takoda. Takoda is a lot. This angry young man carries the weight of a world that is rarely cheering him on. He’ll make you cringe and you’ll probably want to yell at him, but as you get to know him, you will become invested in him finding happiness and some peace. Beneath his brash exterior is a heart of gold.

The story itself will have you o the edge of your seat.

PS. Nick J. Russo is fantastic in this. He really seems to understand both of these men.

I like it

An interesting story, main characters have very cute dynamic! And the the suspense part is also good

Another masterpiece

Great characters, great pacing and great story
I always enjoy her books because of how real it is. How deep the characters feel

Another winner by Nicky James

I loved the book, a definite five star. But when you combine a fabulous book written by a talented author such as Nicky James, and match it with an incredible narrator Nick J Russo the result is perfection. Nick takes a fabulous book and brings it to a higher level. This is what audiobooks are all about. Highly recommended.

Amazing

I agree with all the comments about how addictive this story is! It really just draws you in! The characters are really well developed and the plot really does keep you in suspense for quite some time. It’s a really good representation of mental health, and I like how Charlie isn’t “fixed” at the end, but is learning to manage better. Really beautiful story overall! Definitely mind the trigger warnings, but doesn’t get too detailed.