Ruined

Ethan Frost, Book 1

By: Tracy Wolff

Narrated by: Tess Chalmers

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Ethan Frost is a visionary, a genius, every woman's deepest, darkest fantasy - even mine. And, somehow, I am his. He stole into my life like a dream. He turned my reality upside down and made my every desire come true - especially those I never knew I had. He demanded everything I had to give and gave me everything of himself in return. But dreams don't last forever, and ours is no exception - because my nightmares are darker and my wounds deeper than I could ever reveal. And as much as Ethan wants to protect me, the secrets we share will only tear us apart.

Contains mature themes.

©2014 Tracy Deebs-Elkenaney (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Tracy Wolff knows how to steam up the pages, and she proves it again in Ruined. If you're looking for a hot read, curl up with Ethan Frost." (J. Kenner, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author)

Incredible narration!

The narrator really brought this book to life and wow it was an incredible book but the emotion she put in it was just draw dropping good. The heroine is strong-willed she's determined to move on make it on her own which is exactly what I love she's also just you know got that soft spot too. Mr. Frost I think is like a closet alpha male which I absolutely love he gets his way without being overly domineering. My only complaint about the book was that I may be the only one that got confused to whether the past ex-boyfriend's name was either Brandon or Chad because they kept going back and forth I will definitely be getting book two

Good

The book was more monologue style, wish they had allowed the characters interact more. Good book tho.

awesome story.

I can't wait to read book two Addicted. Other reviews say book two isn't as good. I hope to not be disappointed. I fell in love with the characters. There were times when her self-doubt was a bit annoying, but then, she would recover. I get why she had it.

I liked that Ethan was a good guy. Not an angry I got my money by being a prick. It made him lovable immediately. I wish I worked at a company where food was free.

Live the story, narration was very nasal

I absolutely loved all 3 books. While I liked how the narrator read the book, I kept thinking she had a cold or needed to blow her nose and stop breathing through her mouth, it got annoying by the 3rd book... besides this she was a great narrator.

The story was different from other books I’ve read... Ethan is phenomenal, such a good guy and not the player or prick like in so many books. The demons that Chloe battles I can imagine are real and really shine the focus on rape and the battle that women have to battle for years after and how it can affect them and their relationships. I love how Ethan handled her. I’m glad all 3 books were available bc I listened to them back to back before reviewing all 3 together.

Tortured Dialogue Works

With each description of the torture the protagonist deals with daily, the reader gets pulled in deeper

Cliffhanger... be ready to purchase book 2

Wow so why am I just finding this book? Chloe is an intern at her dream company. She accidentally snags the attention of The CEO Ethan Frost. When Ethan sets his sights on something he doesn’t quit until he has it. Chloe has avoided relationships after the disastrous and traumatic end to her last relationship 5 years ago. She’s still healing from the wounds inflicted on her by the kids she went to high school with but Ethan has a way of breaking down her walls.

This was so good, and I can hardly stand to take the time to write this review when all I want to do is start the next book.

Ethan was pretty perfect in this book and I can’t wait to see how he tries to fix things in the next book. He is a fixer... which incidentally is what has just caused a major problem between him and Chloe if I’m understanding this right.

Alright, sorry not much of a review. I’ve got to get to the next book. I can’t stand it.

The narration was a little weird. I had to speed it up because she spoke so slow. It sounded like she was new to narrating maybe. She paused at weird spots in the middle of sentences and sometimes she overacted when she was speaking as Chloe’s roommate sometimes. But I thought she had a nice soothing voice and I thought she did a great job for the male voices which obviously is not easy to do. Hopefully as the series goes on she gets better, it sounded like she just needed practice.

A BEAUTIFUL LOVE GOT RUINED BY A KNOCK ON THE DOOR

Ethan Frost is a rich, handsome, sexy Entrepreneur owning Frost Industries and whilst he's working in the restaurant of the building unsuspecting Law Intern Chloe starts a battle of wills argument with him over a Smoothie. It's her first day and she's no idea who this stubborn surfer looking dude is but won't back down..... and their connections made. What happens after that is a funny struggle over a Blender that has witty banter laced with sexual chemistry and it's the start of an emotional roller coaster of a love story.... so hold on tight.

But it's not long until Chloe's insecurities, broken pieces and deep emotional scars over her heartbreaking past kicks in however Ethan's there ready to catch her, hold her through it all and help her to overcome the toxic feelings going around in her head. He is loving, understanding, sweet, tender and very passionate as their relationship eases into sex.... tentative sex, hot n heavy frantic sex and mind blowing loving sex. And in his loving arms slowly Chloe starts to heal by sharing some of her bitter heartbreaking tortuous past..... until that past comes knocking on Ethan's door and then their gently woven world comes crashing down on them leaving devastation, tears, heartbreak and two broken hearts in its wake. That and one hell of a cliffhanger.

Worth a credit? This very addictive, funny, touching, sexy, heartbreaking and hot listen told from Chloe's POV is very well narrated and is definitely worth a credit or a buy. The awesome writing style enables you to visualise each scene as it unfolds. But it does contain talk of rape and its aftermath.

The twists, the turns!

I can't say this enough but I love the Romance Package. It has allowed me to discover new-to-me authors and delve deeper into authors that I have read or listened to before along with new-to-me narrators.
I've only read a couple books by Tracy Wolff and what I have read, I liked. When I saw that the Ethan Frost series was available in the RP, I added them to my library right away.
Tess Chambers did an amazing job with the narration. Her voice was not distracting to the story and helped bring the characters and the story to life for me.
I really, really enjoyed this story. I had to get Ethan and Chloe's story. And boy, the twists and turns in this story blew me away. I kinda expected what happened at the end but I was still gasping out loud when Chloe opened the door. My chest was and is tight just thinking back on it.
I jumped right into Addicted before reviewing this so I know what happens now. I will not ruin it but will tell you that this series is one that has got my attention and I'm loving it. After I finish this review and the review for Addicted, I will be listening to Exposed. Oh and to my book whorish delight, I discovered that I have Flawed sitting pretty in my library. I may have listened to already but I'll giving it a re-listen that's for sure.

Slow slow burn but ending is good

I had to listen to this book on 1.25 speed. It was a little slow at parts and is a slow burn. Chloe is a little irritating at times but the cliffhanger ending is what makes this book. I can’t wait for the next book

I loved this series - it was original

Where does Ruined rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I've listened to alot of books I'd say this is middle of the pact.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked Ethan the best. I liked how he interacted with his staff.

Which character – as performed by Tess Chalmers – was your favorite?

Ethan was my favourite

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Ethan discovered that his brother was the rapists