Perilous Hearts
Deviant Hearts, Book 3
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Perilous Hearts
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Dan Calley
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Dan Calley
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Ali Ryecart
About this listen
You can lock your door, but can you lock your heart?
Finding the courage to end his relationship with his manipulative and vicious boyfriend, Jamie Wheeler turns to his close friend Ed Corrigan to help him get his life back on track.
Jamie and Ed have been inseparable for years, and all it would take is a small step to cross the divide from friends to lovers.
It would be the biggest mistake they could make.
Jamie seeks the security of a settled long-term relationship, but Ed vows never to put his heart on the line again after a devastating betrayal. Anything beyond friendship is a risk, and could break them forever.
As Jamie’s vindictive ex causes trouble from the side-lines, a face from the past makes an unwelcome return. Jamie’s life isn’t getting back on track, it’s coming off the rails, as a series of seemingly random events lead to only one of two conclusions: Either somebody’s playing a dark and sinister game, or Jamie’s losing his mind.
Tensions rise and danger approaches, drawing Jamie and Ed closer than ever. But time is running out as they race to discover not only what is happening, and why, but also what they truly mean to each other.
The third book in the Deviant Hearts series, Perilous Hearts is a slow burn friends to lovers romance intertwined with dark psychological suspense. Can be enjoyed as a stand-alone work.
©2019 A E Ryecart (P)2020 A E RyecartListeners also enjoyed...
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I loved this book so much when it first came out as an e-book just over a year ago. Listening to it brought back all of the suspense and chills I felt when I first read it. Below is a copy of the review I wrote when the book was first published.
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Wow! I'm not really sure where to start. I've been reading books by A E Ryecart for a while now and I think her writing just keeps getting better and better. Perilous Hearts is the 3rd book in the Deviant Hearts series but it can be read as a standalone with no problem. You won't feel lost at all if you haven't read the first two books but I do highly recommend them as they are such great stories.
Perilous Hearts is a great psychological and suspenseful thriller. While you might guess who the bad guy is fairly easily, the thing this made this such and edge of my seat book for me was not being able to guess what he was going to do next.
The story is also a great friends-to-lovers one – which is one of my favorite romance tropes. Jamie and Ed have been best friends for years but never crossed the line to become lovers; one of them always seemed to be in a relationship when the other was free or else they'd sworn off of relationships all together in favor of just not involving their hearts.
When things start going bad for Jamie, Ed wants to protect him at all costs and he finally comes to realize how much he wants to be more than just friends. Jamie has always wanted to be more than friends but the timing was never right. Now he is leaning on Ed more and more as it becomes apparent that someone is after him and trying to drive him out of his mind.
While I was reading Perilous Hearts I wished so much that I could read it straight through. Unfortunately, real life just wouldn't allow me to do that so it took me a couple of days to finish it. When I was able to settle down and read, I didn't want to stop. The story was gripping and just wouldn't let me go. I knew that there would be an HEA for Jamie and Ed but the author sure put this reader through the ringer to get me there – in the best way, of course. I can't wait to see what A E Ryecart comes up with next.
Fantastic audio, kept me on the edge of my seat!
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So when strange things begin to happen Jamie once more leans upon Ed his best friend, but who he wishes was more. Little does he know that Ed feels the same way.
As they begin the relationship they should have always had, the weird and somewhat random occurrences continue and escalate. Will they ever be resolved? Will the pair find out who is responsible and possibly get a reason as to why?
The Unknown
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Psycho stalker danger in friends to lovers story
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So what’s Jamie to do? He’s been walked over for so long that I wondered if he could find the strength to make it on his own. Step in Ed, Jamie’s best friend since Uni, and the one guy Jamie’s always been able to count on. Ed is a steady presence in Jamie’s life but, for the first time, there’s something more. Something tangible. Something almost romantic. With all the turmoil in Jamie’s life, the last thing he needs is the complication of a relationship. Yet, maybe now is the perfect time. New start and all that.
But when strange things keep happening around Jamie, he begins to question his sanity. And when things take a turn for the worse, they sure go downhill fast. The question became, would Jamie survive long enough to enjoy his new-found love with Ed?
Now, I’ve loved every book in this series and I enjoyed this one as well. My only issue was that it felt very slow at the beginning and since I knew action was coming, I was becoming a little impatient. But when the pace picked up, I was all-in for the ride. So, another great book.
I need to take a moment to mention Dan Calley. I really enjoy his narrations and this one will become a fave. He just gets it and gives me a strong performance every time. Hoping for more from Ms. Ryecart and Mr. Calley.
When your best friend is the one
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My review for the audio bit of this book might well merge into the book bit, rather than be separate!
This is book 3 in the Deviant Hearts series, but can totally be a standalone to books one and two. So not necessary to read/listen to them but 5-star listens people! 5 stars!
And this one is too! This, I think, is my favourite of the three. Can't pinpoint why, but hey, who cares! I bloody loved it!
How Jamie was still standing towards the end, I don’t know. Things were messing with MY head, and I was just strolling down the street listening to it all, poor Jamie and Ed were in the thick of it.
I must admit my spidey senses went off when a certain someone turned up, I think it was his voice that rang alarm bells and Mr Dan Calley (again narrating) NAILS the creepiness of that person, he really does.
Actually, Mr Calley nails the whole damn book!
He gets over all of Jamie’s spiral downward, his descent into a dark place, cos he doesn’t know if he’s losing his mind or something else is going on. He gets over all of Ed’s despair at not being able to help Jamie as he wants to, as much as he NEEDS to. He gets over all of the shiver that the certain character brings, Lord I’m shivering typing this up!
Ed and Jamie’s friendship moves into more slowly, it’s a gradual thing but once they decide to do it, they are all in. Once they jump all in, it’s obvious they were meant to be together, and the love they have for each jumps out all the time, even BEFORE they move into a physical relationship. They just didn’t see it for what it really was.
I will also admit, when things went down at the end, it went down differently to what I was imagining would be a conclusion. I have no idea WHAT my conclusion was gonna be, really I don’t, but you know I’m all about the book feelings and that’s what I felt!
It’s quite hard to write a long review, ranting and raving about how amazing this book and narrator is, while watching every word I type, cos one single tiny word could send things into spoilers for some and I don’t do spoilers!
I bloody LOVED it! So much so, I might even return to some other books Mr Calley has narrated that I had to leave off for a bit.
So, I’ll just leave you with this:
5 star book with
5 star narration so
5 stars overall!
Thank you, Ms Ryecart for my copy, I have loved all three of these, shame there won’t be any more!
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messed with my head! Brilliant!
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