Tracing Scars

The KORT Series, Book 3

By: Brandy Hynes

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Avery Caris

Live. Leap. Pretend. Forget.

Drowning in darkness. Sentenced to silence.

Fields and rain. Cathedral to cage.

Crunch. Squeak. Blood.

TY

She’s my never. My fortress. My moon.

Rena Noire—the one I’m not allowed to touch.

As a Cabal leader with a sordid past, hell is all I’ve ever had to offer.

So, I’ve kept my distance from the menacing angel.

But the sand is blowing everywhere, the line growing fainter.

And as danger closes in, all I see is her.

My forbidden. My compass. The forever I’ll burn for.

But it all comes back to one wrong choice.

RENA

As the youngest Noire sibling and heiress of our hospitality empire, I’m destined to be the heart, but never the head.

A princess locked in a bell tower.

That would be fine if Tytan Reynolds would storm my castle, but he’s determined to stay on his side of the moat.

My far-fetched fantasy and my brothers’ friend.

But when my world topples upside down, I glimpse the heat in his gaze.

I run. He chases.

He wants to shield. I belong to the dark.

Once we jump, the abyss with my tortured sailor is nothing like I expected.

Bound and gagged. Bullets of freedom. Time is ticking.

Nothing left to lose.

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Obvi Ty’s Story didn’t disappoint

This series is in my top 3 dark romance series - continues to have enough plot and character development to become attached and immersed in their world. Have been recommending it to anyone I feel safe to do so with lol

My Sweet Ty and Wild Rena

As always….another 5 star BANGER from Brandy Hynes!! This book, it got me in so many feels. It is so dark and haunting, but so incredibly beautiful. The world and characters that Brandy creates are next level. There are parts of this book that had me crying and parts that had me SWEATING! If you are looking for mafia, unaliving, morally gray men, bada$$ females, found family, and love-it is all here and then some!

The narrators were AMAZING and did such a good job bringing this story to life. Avery is exactly what I expected Rena to sound like! Teddy took me a little longer to adjust to as Ty’s voice. Once I found the groove, I fell in love with his voice for Ty! They both gave an outstanding performance.

Tytan Reynolds you beautiful human! With a dark and deep past Ty has his fair share of demons. He has been watching Rena from afar never thinking he could be good enough to be hers. Always hiding behind a smile and fighting his demons alone in the dark.

Rena Noire what a firecracker! She’s spent her whole like locked up with five older, protective brothers. Always playing the part of the Noire Princess, sprinkling light and laughter to all of those around her. What they don’t know is all she hides in the dark. She gives our boy Ty a good run for his money and pushes all his buttons, but she also balances him perfectly.

Scars, Strength & Solace

Brandy Hynes delivers another emotional gut punch with Tracing Scars, a gripping story of healing, survival, and unexpected strength. Ty is a tortured soul, weighed down by the demons of his past—survivor’s guilt from his family's execution, years as a POW, and the scars that trauma left behind. Yet in Rena, his "Little Moon," he finds solace, grounding, and light. Rena proves herself to be far more than the sheltered youngest sister of five KORT brothers—she’s a total badass: resourceful, adaptable, and a true embodiment of what it means to be part of the KORT legacy. Her growth and resilience shine in every scene. Narrators Avery Caris and Teddy Hamilton are immaculate, capturing every raw emotion and bringing these layered characters to life with perfection.

Voices

The voices fit super well with the personalities of the characters. The chemistry was there and made the book so much better!

so perfect!

I was LIVING for Ty & Rena and their story together! Both have some demons that they battle and I love how their demons fit so perfectly with one another. We've seen them both in the earlier books and knew they were both pining, but seeing their story play out was perfect. And the audiobook for this was phenomenal! Narrated in duet by Teddy Hamilton and Avery Caris - I devoured it and couldn't stop listening!

What to expect: romantic suspense, secret society, forbidden, mutual pining, mafia, touch her and die, forbidden, found family, strong FMC, piercings

After finishing Tracing Scars, I literally cannot wait for Gage's story and need that book to be released asap!