This Wild Heart

A Fake Marriage, Sports Romance (Wilder Family)

De: Karla Sorensen

Narrado por: Hannah Chiclana, Wesley Mercer

Who forgets marrying a football player? Me, apparently. Turns out countless shots and a bad breakup lead to questionable decision making. But waking up in Vegas with a ring on my finger beside a hot, naked man is hard to ignore. I married Parker Wilder. Thanks to our quickie nuptials, I’ll get my inheritance, and he’ll get his family and their well-intentioned meddling off his back.

Forgetting the wedding was the easy part. Being married to him is a whole different story. Parker is too … everything. Chiseled by the gods good-looking. A heartbreaking kind of broody. The kind of man you know will wreck you for all others. Good thing this is all pretend. And oh, how we pretend. We pretend ourselves right into me ripping the clothes off his body.

It’s all fun and fake marriage until the day he gets a knock on the door with the surprise of a lifetime. Until the bomb goes off and we’re left to pick up the pieces. Until the pretending stops and we’re left with only one question: was any of it real?

©2025 Karla Sorensen (P)2025 Karla Sorensen

Loved Parker’s Story!

I’ve been looking forward to Parker’s book since the first in the series, and KS didn’t disappoint! I never would have expected it to play out as it did, but I can’t imagine it better any other way. Both Parker and Anya have a lot of baggage to deal with, and the way KS approached each character’s introspection was impactful. Their chemistry was off-the-charts, and both are intrinsically good people…which made for an excellent HEA!

I love this 3rd generation tie-in to the Washington Wolves series! If you haven’t read the series, I recommend you start there, followed by the Ward Sisters series, then the Wilder Family. Or, at least read the two books in the family tree for This Wild Heart, The Marriage Effect and Forbidden.

Both narrators were new to me. Their performances were excellent! I was totally lost in Anya and Parker. Finished the book within a day!

Perfection.

Absolute perfection. I’ve read and loved every one of the Wilder’s stories, and every one of the Ward sister’s too - but this one is the very best of them all. And the narration - best one I’ve ever listened to. The emotion poured into the performances had me captivated from the start, and the duet format made it even better. I’m really going to miss this family but am so grateful that I picked up that first book.

Loved it!!

Loved this book! Parker and Anya’s story took a wild turn but was amazing in the end!

I do feel like the male narrator read his part too fast- completely sounded like he was reading the book as fast as it would come.

A truly refreshing story

I loved every bit of this book! I think I liked it most because the MMC is vulnerable without coming off as weak and you don't get to see that much in books anymore.

Finally Parkers story

The most heartbroken turned into a great ending to a series of! Loved hearing Parker’s story and Anja was the perfect companion. Love bed the surprise and the honest way that was portrayed- no spoilers here

Hannah and Wesley

This was the sweetest love story. Loved everything about it … Marriage of convenience, Baby and family. First time listening to Hannah and Wesley and they were great. Looking forward to listening to other stories they narrate 👏🏻👏🏻

Loved The Book, Hated The Male Narrator

The book is small town romance perfection! Chemistry and tension through roof, but also had some of the sweetest moments I’ve read in a long time!

But ultimately I had to DNF the audiobook because I could not stand the male narrator. His read too fast (I even tried slowing the speed down, this is saying a lot as I typically like to listen at a faster speed), and on top of that he was sooo robotic. When he did inflect it felt awkward and choppy. I just couldn’t stand it. And unfortunately this is Duet style so you don’t really get a break from him. The female was okay, but not my favorite either. And so I ditched the audiobook and just read it on my Kindle.