Reckless Faith

De: Nyssa Kathryn

Narrado por: Avery Caris, Jason Clarke

Letting him go was the hardest thing she’d ever done…until he returns, and letting him back in proves even harder.

Elle Marshal has spent most of her life pining for the same boy. A boy she’s known since she was eight. A boy with beautiful blue eyes who’s never been interested in anything more than friendship. For years he’s been away, and she’s been able to convince herself that she can live without him—until Jace returns. And every emotion she’s spent a decade and a half denying comes crashing back with a single look. All throughout high school, she watched him date everyone but her, and while she’s no longer that girl, deep down, a small part of her still doubts she’ll ever be enough for the boy she’s loved forever.

Jace Walker is the youngest of six siblings, including four military hero brothers. Following in their footsteps was a rite of passage, but leaving the small town of Misty Peak also meant leaving his best friend. A woman he’s always wanted but never allowed himself to have. Not when he had so much to prove, when Elle deserved someone better…and when he has a habit of losing people he loves. But he’s older now. Wiser. And when he realizes he can’t deny what’s between them any longer, Jace will do whatever it takes to have her.

Getting Elle to trust he’s a safe bet proves harder than Jace thought. And when his past misfortune of losing those closest to him threatens his present—including his happiness with Elle—he’ll have to speed up his timeline if he wants to keep them both safe long enough to have a future.

A Small Town, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Romantic Suspense from Bestselling author Nyssa Kathryn.

©2024 Nyssa Kathryn (P)2024 Nyssa Kathryn, Blue Nose Publishing

Extra points for characters not being stupid.

They still do some dumb things, but usually when I’m expecting a scene to play out like it usually does in these books, it doesn’t. Ie: ex is trying to get back w MMC and I expect him to console her or allow her to get him alone and be too close hence allowing the FMC to catch him being touched and being hurt…INSTEAD: he refuses to go anywhere with her, says your problems aren’t mine, keeps backing up if the ex advances, doesn’t allow her to touch him, loudly proclaims he’s with the FMC. And I think YES!!! Finally!!!!
Or when I think one of the MC will continue to withdraw and push the other away thus allowing misunderstandings and hurt to fester…. They will unexpectedly open up and be honest and resolve whatever issue is happening. It’s SO refreshing.
But the books don’t come off as very deep and involved. You like the characters, they are cute and you root for them. They are good reads but I don’t mark them as favorites. Solid but not exceptional imo, but obviously many think they are.

Narrators are great, Narration is fairly evenly split—but fine in an interesting way. Part of every chapter is MMC and part is FMC. Probably slightly more F than M but not by much and it switches often enough i wouldn’t have noticed if I wasn’t particularly sensitive to it (I hate dual POV/narration books that turn out to be 90% FMC)

Emotional Duet Performance

I keep falling for these characters!!! I love the Walker brothers so much and this one once again was a 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good!

The only down side is I hate that Elle was so insecure. The sad part is that some women are that insecure in reality. The story the action was good.

Story

The deep voices, full of emotion pulled me in to the different struggles of the characters.

sweet friends to lovers romance

with some suspense and mystery thrown in.
a sweet story narrated by the best. nyssa Katherine writes anything well and this story is unique in it's "villain" and plot. all in all a good listen!

Truly Outstanding!

This Reckless series… I swear it can’t get better, and yet it does. Every. Freaking. Time! Book four focuses on Jace and Elle, and I think they just might be my favorite couple yet (with Eastern and Sadie being a very close second). This couple basically grew up together as best friends, neither of them realizing they each wanted more but felt unworthy of the other. I mean, who doesn’t love a good friends-to-lovers story? And this one most definitely qualifies! After fifteen years away in the military, when Jace comes home for good, he’s finally ready to take a leap of faith with Elle, despite some deep-seated trauma that makes him feel as if he’s destined to lose everyone he cares about. But Elle is not making it easy as she has her own issues of abandonment and deeply-rooted low self esteem that make it hard for her to risk her heart with him. And on top of that, they may not have much time to get it right as there are outside threats to not only their happiness, but their very lives. This story is non-stop right from the beginning and really never slows down, in terms of physical action or emotional upheaval. I was immediately hooked and stayed that way to the very last page. These characters (both main and secondary from the previous books) are unbelievably compelling and nuanced, and you truly feel as if you know them. Nyssa Kathryn’s characters have a way of embedding themselves in your heart. I can’t wait for the next book, which will unfortunately be the last in the series. And this is one series I will definitely miss!

The duet-style narration for this title is provided by the fabulous duo of Avery Caris and Jason Clarke. Avery Caris brings a sensitivity and emotional depth to the character of Elle that is nothing short of captivating. And Jason Clarke’s famous baritone is perfect for Jace, delivering an impassioned performance that perfectly reflects this character’s strength as well as his conflicted emotions and vulnerability. The superb narration coupled with the riveting words of Nyssa Kathryn elevates this already incredible story to the level of truly outstanding.

Jace and Elle!!!!

I can’t get enough of Jason Clarke and Avery Caris! OMG, these two narrators knocked it out of the park with Jace and Elle! Nyssa Kathryn, you picked the perfect two for this! They each can put themselves into the character role and really make you feel that they are experiencing exactly what we are hearing in the audio!

Tropes:
• Small town
• Former Military
• Stalker
• Second chances

After a mission goes wrong, Jace finds himself back in Misty Peak, his home town where his brothers still live and the girl he wanted so hard to be good enough for.

No one knew he was back until he showed up just in the nick of time to save Sadie in the previous book but now he is back for good.

Jace and Elle were the best of friends since school, doing everything together and Elle spending more time at his house than at her own.
Jace determined to make himself good enough for Elle to give him a chance at a future together joined the military to become a great man for her, to come back and show her but that wasn’t what Elle needed.
Elle knew she would be heartbroken when he left but how could she keep him from going, this has always been his plan. Elle never told Jace how she felt about him because how could she, he is leaving, and he did.

Jace wants to fix the damage he did when he left even if they have to become friends all over again but with danger looming around, Jace just has to figure out where the danger is coming from and who is the actual target, Elle or him.

Next up, the last brother is coming home!

Another winner in this series!

Reckless Faith is book #4 in the Reckless series. Misty Peak sees the return of the youngest Walker boy, Jace, from a 15 year Air Force career. Elle works at the visitor center coffee shop. She and Jace were best friends in high school but hid their inner feelings. Elle has tried to move on from Jace, but deep down she knows she's still got it bad for him. This is another excellent addition to this series. We get small-town, military hero, former curvy girl romance with some intrigue and smexy times! The author paints such a vivid picture of the town, the people, and the nature trails that it is very easy to lose yourself in the story. Each installment just gets better and better.

The narration was fantastic. Jason Clarke and Avery Caris are again the narrators. These two deliver the angst, the passion, the emotion...just magical. 5/5 stars!

love Jace

OVERALL: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
•Storyline: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
▪︎Spice Level:  🌶🌶/ 5
•Narrators: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧/5 -Duet Style.
•Swoon level: 🫠🫠/5
•Angst: 🔥/5
•Re-read/Re-listen: 📚/5
•Recommend: 🤓🤓🤓
•Platform: Audiobook
•Trope: Small town, Childhood Friends, It's Always been you.

• Thoughts:
I really liked Jace and Elle's story, it was sweet, and I loved that they were friends in high school. I also love the fact that Jace has groveling to do! He left her and didn't continue their friendship. He basically went radio silent. But for reasons Elle didn't understand. Jace is back and he will do anything to be her "friend" again. But we all know.... ha.


Narrator Thoughts:
Avery Caris and Jason Clarke are the narrators. I think I'll just leave this here. Haha

It was just boring

It was good at first but then it just got boring it made me want to go to sleep