20th Aug
Narrated by Ryan West & Summer Morton, North Country by K.A. Tucker delivers a standalone, second chance romance with a side of mystery and suspense. A touching, swoon-worthy small-town romance that will keep you listening way past your bedtime.
North Country
by K.A. Tucker
Narrator: Ryan West, Summer Morton
Length: 14 hours and 45 minutes
Genres: Romantic Suspense
Source: Publisher
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From the USA Today and international bestselling author of the Simple Wild comes a sweeping second-chance, forbidden romance set against the rugged beauty of northern Canada.
Emery McAllister once dreamed of leaving Cold River with the boy next door, but one devastating night destroyed their future and left her heart carefully guarded. Twenty years later, she’s built a life of control: running the town’s police detachment, raising her daughter, and keeping a fragile peace with her ex-husband, the mayor.
She’s certain she has moved on until the day she has dreaded—and secretly hoped for—finally arrives.
Logan Landry is home.
After two decades behind bars for being in the wrong place at the wrong time—and the choices that haunted him ever since—Logan returns to his family’s bison ranch carrying the weight of everything he lost, but especially Emery. Friendship is all he dares hope for now, but seeing her ignites a fire he thought long extinguished.
When a teenage girl disappears and old wounds reopen, Logan becomes Cold River’s favorite suspect, despite his airtight alibi. As distrust closes in, Emery must choose between the life she’s built … and the love she can’t let go.
I love the characters and stories Tucker creates, and was in the mood for a romance and picked up North Country. Tucker did not disappoint. The story takes place in Cold River in Canada. It begins when we meet Logan Landry and Emery McAllister on his eighteenth birthday. The two are neighbors and high school sweethearts. When Logan goes out on the town that night, events change everything. Fast-forward twenty-years and Emery still lives in her ancestral home, is divorced, and the mother of a teen when Logan comes home to his family cattle ranch. The tale that unfolded hooked me and never let go.
Tucker slowly allows readers to understand the events from twenty-years ago while Emery and Logan dance around old feelings, time lost, and the forbidden accepts of resuming their romance. I loved all the feels, Logan’s struggles, and seeing Emery fight for those she cares about.
The story had so many elements I enjoy. We had small-town dynamics, close-knit families, and two mysteries that brought suspense and revealed secrets from the past. Emery followed in her father’s footsteps and is the local Staff Sergeant for the police department. We have townsfolk upset with Logan’s return, a missing teenager, and threats from the local riffraff. All of this blended together, creating characters and stories I was fully vested.
The missing teen case and trouble from Logan’s past were well done. It pushed Emery and Logan to work together and build trust again when he becomes a person of a interest. Their romance felt genuine from their sizzling chemistry to their need to protect loved ones and each other.
Told in dual POV, the story is perfect for audio. Ryan West and Summer Morton brought these characters, their emotions, and the storyline’s tension to life. I highly recommend grabbing your earbuds for this one. It’s the perfect end of summer listen.
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About K.A. Tucker
Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
About Ryan West
Ryan West tells stories for a living.
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