No One Has to Know

Deal with the Devil

By: Carin Hart

Narrated by: Ryder Wolfe, Serena Moon

He loves me; he loves me not....

Angela

I love flowers. Being a botanist has always been my dream, but life got in the way—and, nowadays, I have a job at the flower shop near my crummy apartment. So that's something, right? Maybe it's not in the best neighborhood, but it's a bright spot in a dirty city, and at least there are usually cops around.

I've noticed one in particular lately, keeping an eye on the shop. Officer Mason Burns. I'm friendly enough—though I can't bring myself to trust anyone in a uniform after what happened to me a couple of years ago—and that ends up working in my favor when I'm attacked for the shop's deposit one night.

Burns comes to my rescue, arresting the would-be robber with the knife, and I'm super grateful for his help.

I'm a lot less grateful when I end up in handcuffs the next time we meet...or when he brings me home with him to be his prisoner.

Burns

On the surface, I’m a hero—but that’s the surface. The truth is that I'm a bad man. A possessive man with my own sense of right and wrong, and of justice. I've never pretended to be anything else, either. I do what I want...take what I want...and they let me because I have a badge.

I also have handcuffs and a gun, but they're not my only weapons. When it comes to Angela Havers, my best one is a deceptively charming smile.

She thought I was going to save her. That's where she was wrong. My obsession with the sweet little florist might have saved me—but it will be her undoing.

Unless she gives in to me, body and soul. Because my angel is mine...and no one has to know.

This is a dark romance—including stalking and captivity—and is written for adults. It has mature themes and language, and a hero who thinks he knows exactly what the heroine wants...and if she doesn't, she eventually will.

©2023 Carin Hart (P)2023 Carin Hart

Bad narration kills

The male narrator was tolerable. The female narrator was so very bad. Her female character sounded like a cheerleader, and jeez her male voice made him sound like a sleazy used car salesman. And why did she make him talk so slow?

I don’t even know how to rate the story because the narration was just THAT bad.

Amateurish

I don’t know if it was the writing, the horrible narration or a bit of both but I won’t be listening to any other books in the series.

Awful narration

Honestly it's hard for me to discern if the story was bad, or if the narration was just so terrible that it made it seem worse than it was.

I enjoyed the story it could use more build up but if it's an authors first go well done.

the narration seemed to forced it didn't flow with the storyline, other than that the voices were pleasant to listen to

A bit cringe and narration was okay

STORY
The story caught my attention because I wanted to find a short dark romance. This met my expectation but just that. It was a decent read and helped me find something different to read between books. It was quite cringey but i pushed through. I am usually good with stalker romance but this was felt so cringe and borderline too much that i couldn't rate this higher.

Officer Mason Burns
He is a obsessed and completely protective of the Female Main Character(FMC). He wanted to do everything to get Angela to be with him while also getting her to give him a "shot". -

Angela
She has some past trauma that makes her not open up to others but she is extremely attracted to Officer Burns. Although her past trauma makes me very wary of police officers.

Not a good one

The book itself is poorly written. it's merely a play by play instead of a book. There is no substance.
the two narrators sound silly and not serious which the book is trying to be. Just not a good combination. The book might be better if it had better narrators.

Cheesy premise

The female narrator was okay, the male narrator was awful and I didn't enjoy listening to his parts at all.

slow read

Slow read and almost to much inner dialogue. If straight smut is what you are looking for the descriptions will satisfy your need.

The Narrators

I really liked the actual story but the narrators, ESPECIALLY the woman, ruined the mood for almost the entire book. I would still recommend reading it for the story but you have to get past their voices. If different people voiced the characters it would be so much better.

Plot is good, execution is okay.

My biggest problem is the male narrator. Feels like he is altering his voice and it comes off cheap. The plot is intriguing! But there needed to be more interaction, before the main plot started. Overall it was a good idea, but the writing could be a bit better, and the audio left it hanging. Just feels like a new writer. I will try more of this author, because the ideas are there, and hot!