A detective and a grieving man both looking for clues, will they find what they're looking for? Or will they just keep looking at ghosts?
From the blurb:
Carter
I should be grateful I survived, but gratitude doesn’t stop the nightmares—or how broken I am inside.
Nothing helps. No matter what I do, I can't stop reliving the worst day of my life.
But I want my life back—the one I had before that day.
I lost someone special to me, and I'll never get that back—I'll never feel happiness like that again.
At least, that's what I think until I meet Nash.
He's one person who doesn’t treat me like I’m a ticking time bomb—even though he's a cop and the last type of person I should trust. He's real and honest and everything I need, but I'm not sure I'm ready for what this all means.
Falling for him feels reckless. Dangerous. Impossible.
And yet, he might be the only thing keeping me from falling apart.
Nash
I've spent a long time convincing myself I don't need anyone.
Then Carter walks into my life and makes me question everything.
Maybe it's the sadness in his eyes. Maybe it's the way he keeps fighting even when he's barely holding himself together. Or maybe it's because, somewhere along the way, he starts feeling like home.
Falling for him was never part of the plan.
Neither was wanting to protect him from the ghosts that still haunt him.
But some people become impossible to walk away from.
And I think Carter might be one of them.
Carter is part of the Toxic Hearts Club shared world. Each book can be read as a standalone, but there are crossover characters. There are heavy themes in this book.
Katriana Prey's review:
I've been wanting Nash's story ever since meeting the (slightly) secretive older brother in the first book, which was Jericho's story. Now, we got Nash's book and wow, it was a wild ride!
I think the author did a really beautiful job writing about loss, about the stages of grief and its MANY forms, how no two people experience it exactly the same way, and how there's no 'recovering' from it, you just start learning how to live with that pain. I think Penny did a really great job on that front, and I think they handled that respectfully too.
I really liked the concept of Nash being a detective who's focus is solving cold cases, I really wish we would've been able to see more of that. I wanted more scenes where he was fully investigating something so then we could really get a feel for him being a detective rather than it just being mentioned, you know? Having said that, there were some scenes where he was doing detective work whilst he tries to solve Carter's boyfriend's murder, I just wanted more of those moments.
I think the slow burn was really nice, I enjoyed how things weren't rushed or forced, if they were I don't think this story would've worked considering the past and history both of these characters have. I think their relationship progressed in a way that was true to them and I thought that was great.
I do have to say the ending was my favorite!
Carter is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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