I want to shiver when I listen to these books, as much as I do when I read them.Īs I said earlier, Ashley’s books are on my comfort shelf I even have an order that I re-read them (depending on the last one I read, and the amount or type of comfort I need). In fact, I wish that Ashley (or the producer) would try a man as the narrator, if for no other reason than the male voices are so richly described. The title of the book, Jagged, refers to the way Ham’s voice roughens when he is feeling the deepest emotion, and I didn’t hear her voice change enough in those instances – and that was a key point. In an effort to get the deeper pitch required, she lost some of the emotional inflection. But she was so far away from my vision of one of Ashley’s rugged heroes, that it took me a while to warm up to Ham. I love the job she does with the voice of Zara’s nephew, Zander, and the cast of supportive female characters – even the British accent of Nina, their lawyer and good friend. Frantically, she reaches out to Ham…and the fireworks begin.Īs usual with Ashley’s books, you are never sure who is saving whom and who will end up on top (of course, one of the other great things about her books is that you will eventually experience both parties enthusiastically on top in whatever horizontal surface suits the mood).Įmma Taylor catches the dialogue and the combination of sweetness and temper, which are personality traits of Zara. When the nightly news runs a story about the death of a serial killer, she is stunned to see that one of the survivors of his rampage was none other than Graham Reece. She has lost her marriage, her business and her house, but she is determined to plug away, working at the local home goods store for minimum wage, in a dump of an apartment, until she can regain her dreams. He let her go, but asked her to never lose his number, in case she needed him. Reluctantly, and giving him every chance to stop her, she ended things with Ham. She needed that normalcy after her childhood was stolen by the hands of an abusive father. Finally, she met someone who would give her what she needed Greg was steady without drama, and wanted marriage and children. Zara lived within the rules, knowing that if she didn’t, she would lose him. If you want to hang with Ham, you live by his rules: no commitment, no settling in one place, no marriage, no expectations (but a lot of fun, food, sex, motorcycle rides, and beer, as he blew through town for a visit). But you will be missing a fun and vivid ride.įor years, Zara Cinders has lived (and quietly loved) within the parameters set by rugged and sexy Graham Reece (“Ham” to Zara and “Reece” to everyone else). If tattoos, shaggy men, curvy women and frequent f-word profanity are not your thing, don’t go there. But her worlds are always filled with a reverence to honor, honesty, family, and ultimately love. Her books are like a motorcycle ride through the slightly disreputable worlds of “Profane-call-it-like-it-is” and “If-you-can’t-take-it-leave”. If you haven’t ever read (or listened to) Kristen Ashley before, you need to be ready for the ride. Jagged is a guilty pleasure that returns us to the aptly-name town of Gnaw Bone, Colorado. Kristen Ashley is one of my comfort mechanisms when I have had a tough day and need that kind of re-read that reassures me that the world still has heart-of-gold alpha males and kick-ass but sweet, strong females – I pull out Kristen Ashley.
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