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Written in the Scars

By: Adriana Locke
Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Lance Greenfield
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About this listen

Listeners will wipe their eyes and hold their breath in this heartfelt and stellar standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke.

Falling in love is easy. Falling out of love is the hardest thing in the world. And Elin and Ty Whitt are terrible at it.

The first time the local basketball star smiled at Elin, she was a goner. It was just so damn easy to fall for the dark-haired hometown hero with his charming smile and strong, athletic build. Thousands of sleepy smiles, aimless drives down country roads, and squeaks of the backdoor after a swing shift later, reality hits.

And it hits hard.

Falling in love was definitely the easy part. Watching it break apart was impossible.

Through the tears, the second-guesses, the memories of a life built together, the world keeps spinning. With each turn comes clarity and hope—sometimes in the form of a pair of muddy boots by the back door or from the words of a wise friend.

When Ty shows back up with a new found determination to put his family back together, Elin's torn between the fights of the past and the possibility of a new start. This is the man that holds her heart, the man she loves beyond anything else. But this is also the one person in the world that can cause her the most pain.

Life’s not always easy. Love’s not for the faint of heart. But with life comes lessons and Ty and Elin have the scars to prove it. But it's their love written in those scars that will hold them together … or break them apart.

©2016 Adriana Locke (P)2024 Umbrella Publishing
Contemporary Romantic Suspense Heartfelt Tear-jerking Romance

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🎧🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧🎧

OVERALL REVIEW & RATING: 5++ STARS

The first time I experienced the story, Written in the Scars, was back in 2016 when it was first released. When the opportunity arose to listen to the audiobook via Valentine PR, I jumped on it because I love Adriana’s style and voice so I will always jump on anything she writes. I can’t say that I remembered every detail of the story before I listened to this audiobook, but I still remembered how I felt when I read it. That feeling came back tenfold as I listened, and it was glorious!

PERFORMANCE REVIEW & RATING: 5+ STARS

This listening experience could not have been any more glorious!! 👏👏very loud ruckus round of applause👏👏 for both Emma Wilder & Lance Greenfield! They did not miss a single beat with this performance. I didn’t think it was possible to feel more for this story than I already did but they made it possible! OUTSTANDING!

STORY REVIEW & RATING: 5+ STARS

I have to tell you guys something … reading this book shattered me. It was heartbreakingly beautiful and hopeful and so fucking powerful. There’s an emotional charge to the story and that’s all in Adriana Locke’s style. The way this story unfolded put goosebumps on my skin because I more than wanted this HEA, I needed it.

In the process of reading Ty and Elin’s journey there were times I felt like I was walking on broken glass because their struggle was real. It was every day. It could happen to any one of us. From page one I was swept away into this world that felt nothing like fiction. I think that’s the best part of this book. Ty and Elin were real. Their life and circumstance were real. They dug themselves from the bottom and came up determined to win. Even though there is a lot of struggle throughout the book, you know from the beginning that winning is what is their destiny.

I am in awe of what I just read, and I cannot recommend this book enough to everyone looking for a story that will break you at the same time as it thrills you and fills you with joy. It was magnificent!

Written in the Scars

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I was scared of this story, cause I knew it would hurt... Badly so!
I finally put my big girl's pants on, took a deep breath and started this amazing and painful journey with Ty and Elin.

Girlllll.... Let me tell you this...
Check your mental health and grab a box of tissues, cause this book is painfully real!

When I finally thought that everything was peachy, and they would finally have their deserved HEA, Adriana brought her sledgehammer to the party, and just slaughtered my poor heart!

This book wrecked me!
I ugly cried with how close to home it hit me... Really freaking close!

This is not a meet/cute story, even if you have little bits of how they started, and how incredible their connection was since the very beginning, the book is not about that.
Ty and Elin are married since the beginning. They're each other's person and clearly soulmates, deeply in love.
But life happens, and realistically, there's not a single marriage in the world that is a fairytale all the time. Impossible!

I loved this book!
Even when I cried, even when they were falling apart with their own insecurities, and especially at how hard they fought for each other and for their marriage.

I'm Elin... Her shoes fit me perfectly and I was rooting for her until the last page!

Ty's groveling was on another level!
Chef's kiss!
I'll raise my glass to Elin, cause I would have caved way sooner. 😂

This book is about love, about the hard choices, about friendship and our chosen family, about hope, about relationships and everything that happens in life...
The good, the bad and the forever!

I highly recommend this book.
Wish I could see more of their HEA.

🎧 About the Audiobook Narration 🎧

Narrated by Emma Wilder and Lance Greenfield.
The narration was amazing and I had all the feels while listening to this one!


All the feels, and more!

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Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke is an emotional tale about a couple who were high school sweethearts who had married young. When a mining accident sidelined Ty and caused financial and emotional hurdles in their marriage, they each chose a direction to cope or make things better, but neither brought them closer together and, in an explosion of frustration, Elin told Ty to leave and he listened. When Elin needed him desperately a few days later, she was unable to reach him, and his abandonment left her deeply wounded. A few months later, Ty returned, determined to get his wife and his life back, but nothing he tried made any impact. The problem was that falling out of love wasn’t something either of them could do. What would it take to fall out of love or find their way back to each other? This was a deeply emotional book which dealt with the lack of opportunity in a coal mining town, the stressors that can impact a marriage, and the determination it can take to put a marriage back together again. I loved both Ty and Elin. Their core group of friends and family contributed a great deal to fleshing out the story when the two weren’t communicating with each other. I especially loved this second chance love story where a separated, married couple faces the decision of whether or not to reconcile after a fresh wound, which is a less common occurrence in romance novels. The narrators of this audiobook were not my favorites, but they did a good job with their respective parts, and this was a great way to experience the story. If you love a contemporary romance which is heavy on the feels, this very well may be the book for you. I am voluntarily writing this honest review after listening to an advanced complementary copy of this audiobook thanks to Valentine PR and Audible Audio.

An emotional second chance romance

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Elins and Tys story is not pretty and sweet.
It's a second chance story where they are already married and Ty gets a second chance from Elin.

The story is full of tragic and drama, inbetween a big love and a great family and friendship.
I had to shed a few tears. But I loved the book a lot.

The narrators did an amazing job.

Written In The Scars

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This storyline packs quite a punch. I sobbed like a baby. Tissues are a must. I found the beginning a little slow to start however it was such a great read. Lovely characters.

So emotional

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