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    Ignited

    Written by J. Kenner

    Narrated by Kelly Ashton

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    About this audiobook

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Release Me comes a series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees.
     
    He promised to take me as far as I could go-and I wanted to go to the edge.
     
    My whole life has been a cover, a con, a lie. I was born into the grift, raised on the thrill of playing someone I'm not. As a rule, I never let anyone get too close-until Cole August makes it impossible for me to stay away.
     
    Cole is tough, sexy, and intensely loyal, yet his secrets are dark and his scars run deep. Not many women can handle his past, or the truth behind his fierce demands. But something about him beckons me-and our desire is a game I must play.
     
    I know he's dangerous, that even his touch is trouble, but what is passion without a little risk?
     
    Ignited is intended for mature audiences.

    Praise for Ignited
     
    "Ignited delivers both scorching hot scenes along with the evolution and unpeeling of emotional barriers built by past dark secrets. Moreover, the characters are complex, the passion is intense and the ultimate message that love can heal all is inspiring."-The Romance Reviews (five stars)
     
    "[J.] Kenner's Most Wanted series is about people who walk a thin line between criminal activity and superstar success, between passionate connections and dangerous desires, between darkness and light. These books succeed because Kenner is willing to walk that line right along with her characters-to probe the darkness that frightens them, to explore the passion that ignites them and to bring readers inside the relationships that set them free. This book is no different. Brutally honest, searing, kinky and seductive, Ignited is a book fans will adore and new readers will find enjoyable as well."-RT Book Reviews
     
    "Thought-provoking and dramatic . . . Kenner writes with passion, beauty and a traumatic take on romance and love."-The Reading Cafe
     
    "Ignited is every bit as hot and combustible as it sounds. . . . Kenner definitely knows how to write steamy love scenes and how to push the pain/pleasure envelope with her characters."-Harlequin Junkie
     
    "Fantastic. From scorching heat to raw emotion and then to a twisted situation with some pretty unsavory characters, this book really had it all. . . . If you love heat, intensity and a wealth of emotions, Ignited is a book for you! Thank you, Julie, for a phenomenal story and a great addition to the Most Wanted series."-Read-Love-Blog
     
    "Ignited is one word that truly describes the passion and connection of Cole August and Katrina Laron. . . . Ignited by lust, passion, love, and chemistry, they found out they complemented each other emotionally and physically."-Four Chicks Flipping Pages
     
    "Once again Kenner has written a book that reaches into your soul, pulls out all your emotions and leaves you with a smile."-The Book Reading Gals


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9780804191654
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    J. Kenner

    J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. Though known primarily for her award-winning and internationally bestselling romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 internationally, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, "chicklit" suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit. JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a "flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations" and by RT Bookclub for having "cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them." A four time finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

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    • 4/5
      Hot, sexy erotic romance.
    • 5/5
      *Audiobook review: Narration by Kelly Ashton Lovers of the BDSM sub-genre of romance, will not want to miss Ignited, book 3 of the Most Wanted series. Bearing all of the classic trademark qualities of successful books of this sub-genre, Ignited delivers both scorching hot scenes along with the evolution and unpeeling of emotional barriers built by past dark secrets. Moreover, the characters are complex, the passion is intense and the ultimate message: that love can heal all, is inspiring. Further rounding out this fantastic audiobook is Kelly Ashton's talented narration which does a great job of bringing it all to life. The Most Wanted series centers around three successful, powerful men who run an empire of legitimate and lesser known illegitimate businesses. Together they make up the "Knights," a "triangle of power within the Chicago stratosphere." Although this is the third, and last, book in the series; Ignited functions well as a standalone novel, as the love story is fully developed and resolved in this book. If you plan to read or listen to the entire series, however, it is best enjoyed in order as the characters from the prior novels do continue to evolve over each book. In fact, J. Kenner even revisits one of my favorite couples from another one of her successful BDSM trilogies-- Damien & Nikki Stark from the Stark Trilogy--who she weaves into Ignited for a cameo appearance. Cole August is the least known and most mysterious member of the Knights power trio. Although he has admired Katrina Laron from afar, he purposefully hasn't pursued a dating relationship with her, or any other woman for that matter. Kat is tired of denying her mutual attraction to Cole. If he's not ready to initiate pursuing a relationship, then she is more than happy to force the issue. Born into the con life, a fact which she has kept hidden from Cole and his friends, she is sure that she can use the secrets of her trade to further her love interests (not just her financial ones, which she is no longer interested in pursuing with this group of people who she now considers her friends).Cole, however, is determined to resist Kat's advances at all costs. Completely sure that his demons will only hurt Kat, he plans to quell his fierce desires before they can "ignite". For he is sure that if he were ever to start anything with Kat, he would never be able to trust himself not to lose his self-control. When Kat discovers that her father is in imminent danger due to a con gone bad, however, she seeks out Cole's protection and he is finally left with no choice but to get involved in her life. Kat thinks she can handle whatever darkness lurks in his passion, but is she truly prepared for the intensity that this extremely private man hides within?This was my first experience with narrator Kelly Ashton, and I was highly impressed with her overall performance. Not only did she produce genuine male and female voices, a feat which is sometimes difficult for opposite gendered characters, but she also did a great job of creating slightly nuanced intonations for characters of the same genders. So that even when all males or females were speaking, you easily knew who was talking without having to rely on dialogue tags. My only observation is that I wished that the voice she had picked for Cole had been deeper. In a number of passages, his voice is described as having this quality (and I felt that a few of the other characters bore more resemblance to what I would have envisioned for Cole, than the specific one she chose for him). With the minor exception noted above, Ms. Ashton also paid great attention to each members' described differences and varied her tone accordingly. For example, she deepened her intonation and added a raspier quality for the older male characters, so that they sounded age appropriate, and even did a nice job of using accents where the story called for it.Ms. Ashton also communicated emotion well and varied her delivery so that it followed the particular scene being enacted. Speeding up in the suspense filled scenes and slowing down to create a sexier feel for the steamy ones. The overall effect being that this audiobook sounds more like a movie soundtrack than the reading of an audiobook, one of the true signs of a top-notch audiobook. Wow, what an incredible story! Amongst my favorite parts is the attention to which J Kenner devotes to explaining the drivers of Cole's and Kat's behavior. In particular, it's difficult to describe the psychological complexities without providing any spoilers, so suffice it to say that J. Kenner does a marvelous job of describing what might drive someone to experience pleasure from pain (even when they are constantly fighting their desires). Moreover, the restorative power of love, is equally well developed, in this deeply touching story. All in all, I highly recommend the audiobook of Ignited for lovers of BDSM romances. Book Content Grade: ANarration Grade: BSource: ARC provided by Random House in exchange for an honest review.
    • 2/5
      I have to say I was a little disappointed with this one. I was most interested to see how the main characters would get together. Kat was really, I mean 'really' attracted to the mysterious and moody artist Cole, but he seemed not to notice her. But Cole had noticed her and was keeping her safe from the sexual games he'd like to play with her, he's afraid he may go to far and hurt her. Sounds interesting right.The book started out pretty good, the sexual encounters were sensual, original and very hot, but apart from a little stress and drama from Kat's father and a little of Kat's past, that's all there was to the story, and it got a little repetitive. Sorry, it didn't ignite for me it kind of just smoked a bit.
    • 5/5
      Great story