Love's Trials
Revolutionary Heart, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Walker Williams
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By:
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Janice Jarrell
About this listen
Colin and Joshua faced the most harrowing ordeal of their lives with love and courage. Believing they'd survived their trial, they looked forward to a future filled with happiness, only to discover that the worst was yet to come. Sometimes, surviving is the toughest trial of all.
When you face the worst that can be faced and emerge from your ordeal with your life and love still intact, it's natural to breathe a sigh of relief and thank god that your suffering is behind you. But the aftermath of Colin and Joshua’s ordeal presented them with challenges deadlier to their relationship than death itself.
For a powerful, athletic alpha male, being unable to even go to the bathroom without help is a crushing blow. Pride and ego combine to do what a bullet could not - destroy the relationship that Colin and Joshua share and that they both cherish.
For a trained psychologist like Joshua, dealing with the emotional aftermath of his partner’s injuries should have been second nature. But memories of his own abused and neglected childhood rose to the surface with frightening force, shattering his ability to confront their issues in a healthy manner.
They didn't want it to be that way. Both of them knew they were wrong in how they were handling the pain of Colin's recovery. Colin hid behind his colossal pride. Humiliated by his infirmity and too proud to admit that he needed help and comfort, he hid his feelings behind a mask. While fearful of Colin’s rejection and ultimate abandonment, Joshua hid in his room, unable to confront his partner and demand that they both get the help they needed.
The toughest trials are those that pit you against yourself. Colin and Josh must find their best, truest selves if they are to save the love they cherish and find the healing they seek in each other’s arms.
This is a story of love’s trials and its ultimate triumphs.
This is the second book in the Revolutionary Heart series. In the first, Love’s Magic, Colin and Joshua meet and find the magic that binds their souls together. But the magic that bound their hearts together couldn't save them from the trial that shattered their world. This book will break your heart, then mend it again. The passion is hot, and the love is unquenchable. Walk with Colin and Joshua as they journey through their dark night of the soul to their ultimate happily ever after.
Please note: This book can be listened to as a stand-alone, but it will have more meaning if you've also read or listened to Love's Magic, which is where their relationship begins.
©2018 Janice Jarrell (P)2020 Janice JarrellI loved this emotional story, it made me laugh and cry and I was pulled in to the story from the beginning.
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Good dialogues
Well written characters with individual personalities that spoke to me.
The storyline progresses nicely to a good ending
Narrator:
Excellent narrator, clear pronunciation and read with feelings.
I did however feel that the attempts at making a different voice for each character wasn’t always successful, but that didn’t take away from the good experience
5 stars overall
Trials indeed
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🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 3.75
🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration: 4.5
Another emotional roller-coaster of reality, truth, love, and heartache!
Janice has a talent for such raw and real emotions that go beyond the story and settle in your heart. I loved Colin and Josh from book 1 and loved the chance to revisit them again. I really liked Janice’s approach to this story and how this fits with reality! Colin and Josh may have faced death but the story, pain, and struggles, was only just beginning, and this is so true of real life. It’s refreshing to find a story that doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities of life!
Colin and Josh face a major milestone in their relationship that goes beyond Colin surviving getting shot. This story follows the aftermath of a chaotic and dangerous case that challenges the foundations of Colin and Josh’s relationship. It was so raw and real, my heart broke with the characters as they drifted apart and faced the harsh reality of Colin’s injury and what his recovery would mean for both of them.
This is a truly realistic journey of heartache, recovery, vulnerability, and healing, and reflects the truth that you have to work at a relationship and it’s not all hearts, rainbows, and happy endings! Colin’s and Josh’s journey is hard but seeing them fight tooth and nail for each other, even while hurting is harrowing. Janice, you’ve created a truly real and beautiful story. I loved all these characters and can’t wait for more. (Trent’s story please 😉 )
Thanks for reading!
A roller-coaster of reality, truth, love & healing
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Colin and Joshua have a great relationship, full of love, until tragedy strikes. Colin is shot and the pain and uncertainty of his injury cause him to push Joshua away. Joshua suffers greatly at the rejection, and their relationship is nearly destroyed.
The author does such an excellent job of painting realistic emotions and reactions, and the characters are so realistic that I couldn't help mourning with them through their pain, cheering for their victories, and rooting for an HEA future.
I loved the great friendship and support provided by David and Nate. It was great to see them play such an instrumental role.
The narration is good, although sometimes I couldn't tell which man was speaking. It didn't detract from my overall understanding and enjoyment of the story.
I received a complimentary copy and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.
Highly emotional with lots of angst
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Colin and Joshua met and got together in the first book, and are now living together happily until Colin is injured in the line of duty. Colins feelings of helplessness and low self esteem after the injury cause problems in the relationship and bring back memories of Joshua’s own childhood, forcing a rift between the two men when it should bring them together.
This is an extremely emotional read with the author tearing you down then rebuilding you up again piece by piece! Excellent!
I can’t wait for Love’s Glory
An Emotional Rollercoaster
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Janice has written the two main characters so very well. Colin and Joshua got together in book one of the series are now sharing their lives and living together. Colons job as a campus police office becomes more intense though when drugs become more prolific on site and he's asked to help with the investigation. The outcome has drastic effects of both men, both physical and mental and we get to follow them on their journey together and how much strength it takes to stay with the person you live through the tough times.
All of the emotions and actions that you read feel so real! And engaging! I cried on several occasions and I'm so glad I read this book! I didn't think it could have beaten how highly I thought of book one but, to me, this story takes us to the next level and I was fully immersed from beginning to end!
I cannot recommend this book and series enough!
Walker Williams does a fantastic job in narrating such an emotional story. With both MC's experiencing such lows, I really felt what Walker was voicing for Colin and Joshua. I was drawn straight into the story from the start where we rejoin Colin and Joshua as they are living together, continuing on from book 1. Walker's individual character voices have improved from Love's Magic but, again, I struggled when we switch characters mid chapter and I wouldn't know until I noticed that the POV had changed. Maybe a little variation in tone/pitch could help with that?
High emotion, narrated well
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