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Shallow River

Written by: H. D. Carlton
Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Michelle Sparks
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Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths.

When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind—and some of her sanity. Now, she's rebuilding her life with her dream man, and life couldn't be better.

Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness and possessiveness, but maybe not so much his temper.

When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor.

River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself.

The only one who should be scared is Ryan....

©2020 H. D. Carlton (P)2023 H. D. Carlton
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  • Categories: Romance

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excellent story line & narrators

absolutely devoured this audiobook! H.D Carlton never disappoints.
the narrators were amazing and did a wonderful job.
if you love a dark romance then this is the book for you!

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And the Oscar goes to…

Jacob Morgan slayed the narration! Seriously impressive commitment! He gave each male character he voiced so much life!!! Bravo!!! I’m a fan now! Michelle Sparks is always a favourite! Great duet between these two and always appreciate a true duet!!!

The voice acting really was special in this story and that was certainly no easy task here. Definitely check your triggers!

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Keep them coming!

I jumped right into this one after the Cat and Mouse duet!! Some scenes are hard to get through **trigger warning** many SA scenes. Love the spice love the story between all characters, the narrators HOT as usual!! finished in a few days!

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Dark dark

domestic doesnt tend to bother me but dammmmm this shit hit home. such a captivating story and over all very good.

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The raw emotions the narrators were able to capture and bring to these characters!

Rating: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Spice: 🌶 🌶 🌶
Audio: 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧

Tropes:
Forbidden
Boyfriends brother
Revenge
Emotional Trauma
HEA
Dark Thriller

Heavy DV, Child Abuse, Child SA. CHECK TRIGGERS! ⚠️ ⚠️

'He sucks you in, body and soul, with no chance of escape while he destroys every last bit of you."

This was an absolutely devastating story, told in the must gut wrenching yet beautiful way.
It will always amaze me how H.D. Carlton can capture such dark themes and create the perfect stories with them.

Mako and Rivers' story was fantastic. River went through HELL, yet she never stopped fighting and trying to escape the awful situations she was thrown into.

Mako was perfection. Patient in every way, he never pushed River too far, yet was always there to make sure she was safe.

I wouldn't define this as a romance, not in the slightest. It was a story of survival and a devastating look into the world of DV relationships and emotional trauma. Yes, there is a happy ending and a swoon worthy love interest, but the story is so much more than that

It's definitely one of my favorites by H.D!
And the audiobook was incredible! Jacob Morgan and Michelle Sparks did an incredible job being these characters to life and really captured the raw emotions within the story!

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Wouah 😲🤯😢🤬😳🥵🥺😂😡🤨🥲🤭🤪🥰 Yeah all that in this! 😅

This book was insane! But in a kind of good way I think.. Its dark and twisted, spicy and absolutely brutal! Must get this book Now!
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Read Triggers beforehand, there are a lot of them

Besides the fact that this is bad writing in general (feels like a teen wrote it?). There is a lot of SA including child SA and domestic abuse that makes it cringy to read through. I’ve read dark romances before but I’m not sure how the SA forwards the plot in anyway, and it happens a lot. Why is this rated so high?
Read the triggers before starting this book.

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Not what I expected

First, Jacob Morgan and Michelle Sparks? Yes. The performances were excellent. These two are some of the best narrators I’ve ever listened to.

Second, the book is well written overall, there were a few times it dragged and other times it went so fast I had to re-listen to make sure I got it all. There were moments of heartbreak and passion.

Third, what surprised me, and disturbed me, was the violence. I knew it was going to be a dark story by the description and the cover art. I often read dark romances. I wasn’t prepared for the many and frequency of scenes that included physical and mental domestic violence, violent sexual assault, and descriptions of child abuse. I would definitely suggest that some content warnings be added to the book’s description. If you are triggered by any of those, this is not the book for you.

Overall, I can’t say whether or not I enjoyed the book. In the end, I’m quite ambivalent. This would not be a book I’d be interested in reading again.

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