Still Beating

By: Jennifer Hartmann

Narrated by: Laurie West, Christian Black

When Cora attends her sister's birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame. She doesn't anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on Dean—her arch nemesis and ultimate thorn in her side.

And she really doesn't anticipate waking up in shackles in a madman's basement.

To make matters worse, Dean shares the space in his own set of chains.

After fifteen years of teasing, insults, and practical jokes, the ultimate joke seems to be on them. The two people who always thought they'd end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive.

But Cora and Dean have no idea their abductor has a plan for them. A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them together with far more than just chains.

Contains mature themes.

©2020, 2023 Jennifer Hartmann (P)2023 Tantor

Still Beating

I absolutely loved this book so much. It was a recommendation on my kindle and I seen it on here and had to listen to it and I’m so glad I did. This book made me laugh, cry and broke my heart for both characters. I am going to read Lotus now, I wish it was on audible.

It's Worth the Read Once!

The first part of the book I couldn't put down! The second part dragged on for me. I would have preferred they didn't escape till near the end. The love triangle was repetitive and kind of weird. But an ok book. It was worth the read once.

Trauma!!!

This book was what trauma is!!" "We are bound, chained, tied...to our trauma, and to each other". One of my favorite quotes! Please please please check the trigger warnings as this book has a lot of triggers. This story was very realistic and you felt the emotions of the characters. I loved it!

Beautiful tragic love story??

I really really like this book!! I was rooting for Cora and Dean from the start. Yes they absolutely trauma bonded! But the love was there, it was real, it existed before the abduction -hidden very deeply.
Dean was perfect from the way he helped and comforted Cora in the basement to getting her to heal. I seriously got frustrated with Cora’s choices, I get it she’s your sister but y’all went through something immensely traumatic. Poor Dean taking whatever Cora was willing to give. Cora needed to save herself and Dean knew that, he made a selfless choice. I’m so happy they got their happy ending.

Ultimately very sad story

Story was good but eventually got very repetitive with the dynamic between the 2 main characters.

I tend to get annoyed with a female character and Cora Bell was one of those character personalities that bothers me. However, many people like a very emotional role like her.

Very heavy story with highs, lows, and emotional cartwheels. Ultimately summed up to be a very sad story.

Very slow burn

I loved the story, there was some things in the book that frustrates me and almost makes me not like the female character and feel sorry for the male character but then I understand why and like them again. Great story!!

Trauma and healing

This book broke my heart, and put it back together. You can have a happy ending, even with the worst trauma. As long as your heart beats, you are OK

The female narrator skips lines

I was so excited for this book but the female narrator skipped or re worded lines that were i guess to vulgar for her. It’s a dark romance so if you can’t stomach words like nipples, assaulted or rape then why be the narrator for the book. Just stick to YA books. Annoying

Loved this book

This book takes you on an emotional roller coaster and I loved it. I have read it three times now and still love it every time. The only complaint I have with audio version is some of the content is left out...not sure if that is due to graphic material but you still get a good overall performance. Highly recommend.

Dark, Twisted, yet wholesome.

This book was dark and twisted, but also wholesome. I found myself crying a lot during this book. The author does a great job at describing things, but not overdoing it. Often times it’s very difficult for me to stay engaged in a book because my ADHD, but I was drawn in from the start and couldn’t stop. If you are into dark love stories look no further!