Vandal

Ashes & Embers, Book 2

De: Carian Cole

Narrado por: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

She takes my breath away; she is so beautifully damaged. Yes, I had broken her, ravished her life, and destroyed her happiness. I brought her to the ultimate despair. I was responsible for all the pain and suffering that now brought her to her knees in front of me. Broken. Hopeless. Reckless in her agony.

She is a mirror of my own tortured soul. But what I took away I can give back, in ways she cannot even begin to imagine. She is everything right in all my wrongs. She loves me. She needs me. She has no idea I'm the one who wrecked her life.

Contains mature themes.

©2015 Carian Cole (P)2016 Tantor

Loved being Vandalized

Vandal ripped my heart out and slowly put the pieces back together. This book was poetry to my soul. I swear I felt every emotion there is. Carian Cole has tremendous talent to write a story with this amount of beauty.
I could tell you so many things about Vandal and Tabby but I will never do it justice. So I insist you go in blind and just feel your way through.
As well as the superb writing these narrators pulled you in. They hit the mark and swept you away.
All I have left to say is THANK YOU for such a wonder story and performance.

Very dark

Story very dark but well told. Wish ending was more revealing with regards to main characters.

Angsty!

This audiobook was just full of harsh emotion. It also has elements of the BDSM lifestyle that may be hard for some to appeal to. The hero is a member of a famous rock band who lives by the 'rock and roll' lifestyle with easy women and lots of alcohol abuse. He has a young daughter by one of his hookups (accidental), that he loves very much. Her mother is hard to deal with and one night she demands he bring her to her immediately, despite him telling her she's asleep and he's exhausted. He falls asleep at the wheel and the accident ends up killing his daughter, the girl he was in bed with and another driver. The heroine is the wife of the other driver who was killed. He sees Tabby at the cemetery mourning her husband in anguish and becomes almost obsessed with her. Vandal goes to her and in her despair she agrees to go on a motorcycle ride, where they end up at his vacation cabin. He offers to help her with forgetting her grief and she accepts, not realizing that what he really wants is her as his submissive. The story is edgy, sexy and sometimes hard to listen to but it is engaging at the same time. Great narration by both narrators!

Good.

Ok but not as good as the first. Still going to get the next bc I like Lukas and Ivy.

Intense, so many triggers, amazing story

I wonder if I might have given up on this one if I wasn’t already invested in the other characters - I was introduced to the series in Don’t Kiss the Bride where there is a brief crossover cameo and some references to Ashes and Embers. There is a LOT more sex than I expected heading into this story after enjoying Storm and Evelyn’s tale and so much pain for both characters - but still I stayed. I’m glad I did. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

A family in need of love

This series has me deeply involved . It just grabbed me and dragged me into caring about them all . Love love, love

Vandal

I really enjoyed this book. Well written and well read, too. Great and sexy!

Best last chapter twist…EVER!!!

NO SPOILERS HERE
I absolutely HATED Vandal throughout most of the story. He was such an asshole and the worst version of a boyfriend I could conjure up (not that I’d want too)
However, that being said this author and these two narrators did an amazing job of getting me to ultimately love Vandal. Not sure when it happened but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t.
I laughed, I cried real tears and I felt their very intense sexual chemistry. They were HOT together🔥🔥🔥
So far this is my favorite of the series but now I am off to start the next one so I’ll keep you posted😉

Get Vandalized!!

Losing a child is never easy.. Finding love in grief and passion is whirlwind of emotions.. Van and Tabi are survivors of wanting passion, love, healing and most of all each other!

Get me Vandalized

"You became the moon and the stars in my darkest nights"-- knife to heart.... he got me. 🤣🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️😬

I was extremely pleasantly surprised with how well written the book was and how well the author was able to really understand the way two completely people could feel greif in very different but also same ways. I felt it was more raw and honest. I've lost alot in my life and seen so many others loose that this actually seemed more believeable. Really bad reviews almost scared me away from this. Glad I went with my gut. My only guess is that they did not read what the description of the book entails, nor do they understand how most damanged men greif/heal VS how women do.
And I don't think they truly understand what a sub relationship would look like during this type of story plot. (Hince the crappy reviews)

I highly suggest you give it a go, buy please understand what your reading before you start so you don't leave a $hit review.