Description
Veteran cop Maddox Hunt is all about the job. Sure, there are women – lots of women, truth be told – but there’s no one special. Until a one-night stand from his past, rookie Joss O’Neil, is assigned to his division. Suddenly, all he can think about is her. The scent of her. The taste of her.
Fresh out of field training, Joss has thrown herself into her job, determined to kick-start her career. And while police work has its thrills, her gorgeous new boss is what really gets her pulse pounding. Too bad he’s nothing but a distraction. Especially since he’s as devastatingly handsome as she remembers, and his sexy smile arrests her heart.
M Phelps –
This was a super sexy listen. It had a light amount of BDSM or power exchange to it but what do you expect with A type cops involved. I loved the heat between these two. It was a great listen. I loved how it ended and will read the second in the series.
Patricia Reichardt –
Hot and steamy from the start, Stacey Kennedy has a winner on her hands. Maddox and Joss first meet a year before in a quick, bathroom encounter, you know, the one night stand with no ties. Fast forward the year, and Joss is now through her police training and who should be her superior? After trying to ignore their attraction, they agree to a friends with benefits arrangement, but will that be enough? The chemistry between these two characters is evident from the first scene. Kennedy has given them both of them depth, coming from different pasts and having to overcome obstacles. I really enjoyed the back story of Maddox’s father and his battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Having a grandparent that suffered from this disease, she was spot on with the way it affects the patient on different days and how Maddox is able to learn to deal with it. This relationship is key to the final outcome for me, and I loved the way it was intertwined into this steamy story. The supporting characters of Amelia and Greyson were both a lot of fun. Amelia certainly has a way of stating things and Greyson appears aloof but intuitive. Can’t wait for his story.
Gideon H Welles portrays the dom in Maddox with such a warm but commanding voice, you can’t help but get wrapped up in the narration. I love that he can easily switch between male and female voices, and does not use a high pitch for his female creating that fake sound with his baritone voice. His pace and flow with the characters was perfect.
Sue C –
Heartbreaker has good pace, interesting characters and is a well written story about two damaged people trying to have a relationship.
Gideon H. Welles has done a reasonable job narrating Heartbreaker. He has a deep gravelly voice that works for Maddox and has good inflections that work to bring the characters and the book to life. However, there is often little if no distinction between his male and female characters voices and at times I found myself losing track of who was speaking. It’s not a big deal, just my personal preference and something that helps me become completely immersed in the audio experience.