Heartless

Amato Brothers Series, Book 1

By: Winter Renshaw

Narrated by: Nelson Hobbs, Loretta Rawlins

My obsession was born of innocence and good intentions, and it began the day I spotted a handwritten journal lying in the bushes outside a townhouse on Lexington Avenue. It was raining sideways that morning, and my plan was to return it the next day, safe and dry. Only I kept it. I kept it, and I read it.

A week later, overwhelmed with curiosity and feeling guilty for harboring secrets that didn't belong to me, I tried to return it. Only I wasn't expecting to meet him.

Unapologetically heartless and enigmatically sexy, he claims he knows nothing about the journal I found outside his place, but the reticent glint in his blue-green gaze tells me otherwise.

There's something different about him, something damaged yet magical, and I'm drawn to him, pulled into his orbit. There's just one problem. The more I get to know him, the more I'm positive the journal belonged to him, and the more I find myself hoping, selfishly, that I'm wrong.

©2016 Winter Renshaw (P)2016 Tantor

Ace was not happy Ava brought happiness

felt bad for Ace he lost alot in one swoop but he meet Ava and she brought light and happiness with her. I felt like Ava should of given Ace a chance to explain himself .

Full of Heart!!!

I fell in love with the characters in this book. I love the Ying and Yang pull between them. I felt myself rooting for happy!! xo

Steady romance

Presumably this is the first installment of five (since their are five Amato brothers). This first book was a solid romance. The book was interesting enough for me to consider buying the second installment, however not strong enough to convince me not to wait for a sale instead of using my credit.

It was not a book that you had to keep reading, or kept you on the edge of your seat. That being said, it had a good plot line, albeit an uninspiring mystery journal that put the two unlikely lovers together to begin with. Adi and Ace appear to be opposites, but fate seems to keep throwing them together in unlikely places. As the book description points out, Ace, a former baseball pitcher, believes Adi to be a stalker. Once he is convinced she is not, he finds himself attracted to her vivacious personality.

The writer throws in a former lover/fiance' for angst and the story evolves from one of distrust to love.

Nelson Hobbs performance was not up to his normal standards which is why I ranked the performance 3 stars. This in no way was indicative of the female lead, Loretta Rawlins who did a good job.

I used a credit for this book, but would recommend waiting for a sale.

Good storyline

I enjoyed this book and the narrators were very good. I like this authors style of writing

Heart-Broken, Heart-Warming, But Not Heartless!

Winter Renshaw delivers a heart-felt emotional story with a plot that leads you to believe the story will unfold one way, but weaves twists that take the plot in a different direction. I really enjoyed this story, and the loved the characters.

Some spoilers:
Aidy finds a journal and her curiosity has her reading the private thoughts within the pages. She's captivated and swoons over the passion, love, and longing, the writer has for one women. She knows these thoughts are personal and decides to return the journal to the owner; however, the bearded moody man that lives at the house where she found it, denies every seeing the journal and doesn't want fans leaving stuff on his doorstep. Frustrated and a little angry she leaves with the journal. However, fate has a way of bringing two people together.

Ace was angry, lost and hurt after a heart-breaking betrayal, and from the accident that forced him to retire early from his passionate baseball career. Once Ace is convinced Aidy is not a stalker, he finds her attractive and thinks of her often. A few more run-ins, texts, calls and a steamy weekend at the lake house, these two start falling into a steady relationship, but when his past comes knocking at the door, Aidy questions their relationship and if Ace can every truly love her.

Loretta Rawlins and Nelson Hobbs performance was solid! They did a great job with the characters and emotions.

Great story and well worth a credit.

Not the same old plot

Interesting & original plot. Characters were all intelligent & none of the aggravating plot line where all the characters problems were caused by aggravating miscommunications.
Female character smart & confident.

Delightfully charming with a little steam.

Like the narrators. They add to the story without distraction of heavy accents or overdone expressions.

Loved it

I really enjoyed it. The story could probably have used some editing- parts of it bogged down the overall flow and were unnecessary to the overall plot. But, overall, I really enjoyed it.

The narration was great. The story was sweet. The guy’s voice kept me picturing Keanu Reeves. :)

Pleasantly Surprising

I really enjoyed this story and the narrators. I've read several books by Winter Renshaw and have never been disappointed, including this one.
The story line flowed well and although some of it was predictable, there were many parts that came as a surprise. If any of them are like Ace, I'm looking forward to reading more about the remaining Amato Brothers.

Annoyed

SPOILER
Can we address the fact that Adi called him a liar we no good reason and did not apologize for it! Why was it ALL on him when thing went left in their relationship. She was reading a diary that had two men being discussed in it. That means it could have been one of the two of them. I’m annoyed that that was not addressed in this book.