Betrayed

Covington Security, Book 1

By: Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Narrated by: Nathan Avant, Wendy Zier

A top 10 Amazon best seller in romantic suspense and military romance.

From best-selling romantic suspense author Dr. Rebecca Sharp comes a friends-to-lovers romantic suspense....

Six years ago, in order to save her own life, Addison Williams had to die. Returning home, she started over and never looked back. Until now. After a local interview about her business goes viral, bad things start happening. So, she turns to the only man she trusts—the man who helped fake her death.

Ace Covington knows the situation is serious when independent Addy returns to the doorstep of Covington Security with a plea for help. But it doesn’t take long for her stubborn streak to shine through.

Addy insists on being part of the investigation. Ace knows it’s too dangerous for her to get involved. A testy compromise results in a roommate situation where the only thing they can’t argue over is the attraction burning between them.

When the demons from Addy’s past come looking for the woman who cheated death, Ace will risk everything to protect her and prove her betrayed heart is always safe with him.

©2021 Dr. Rebecca Sharp (P)2022 Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Good story line, iffy narration, bad sound editing

I enjoyed the book and story line but it did have some flaws. What I found most distracting was Wendy Zier's narration; it was too fast. More than once I had to check to see if the playback was at 1.25 x instead of 1.0 x speed. Another reviewer remarked that the female narrator didn't change her voice much to represent the other character's lines and I would agree. She also did not pause between paragraphs where the characters points of view changed which was confusing. This was exacerbated by the poor sound editing which was clipped so tight with no pauses between chapters - there was not even enough pause for a breath between one chapter and the next in the narration - even when the narrators changed. A really bad sound editing style. By contrast, Nathan Avant's narration was great.

Ehh

I had such a hard time finishing this story. It didn’t hold my attention. The female narrator spoke very quickly. Lots of repetitive lines.

Addison had Self-flagellation tendencies

3.5 stars ⭐️ Addison had the worst with judging a person’s character. Now she is dead according to the state of California. Ace Covington saved her 6 years ago from a burning car, and helped her hide in plain sight from the man who wanted her dead. Addison loves to put herself in danger, a lot. Ace loves to protect her. The suspense plot is plausible, dramatic, and terrifying. The romance was slower because of the complexity that was Addison’s self-flagellation tendencies over something that she couldn’t control and didn’t know. She did leave enough clues for Ace to rescue her at the end.

TW: sex trafficking, attempted murder, mutilation

Great book

Loved it! Very detailed and kept my interest. The only thing I was not crazy for was the female narrator. Wendy Zier has a great voice for it but she didn't capture the character enough. Being that these narrators have to do both male and female characters, she just didn't meet my expectations. Other than that it was good

narration less than 1 star

I was trying really hard to enjoy the story, but the narration was terrible!!!!