Death, Unwinding

By: Sarah Bailey

Narrated by: Zoe Baxter, Freddie Wills

It started when I died.

Not many people can say they woke up dead. Even fewer people wake up as ghosts. Guess I’m the unlucky one since no one can see or hear me, and I have no recollection of how I ended up like this.

I thought I’d spend the afterlife alone… until him. The solitary man who stumbled across me during my restless wandering of the Scottish Highlands. He doesn’t want me around. I can’t seem to stay away.

It turns out Ciaran has a dark secret. And I’m determined to discover exactly what he’s hiding even if it might mean the death of me all over again.

A standalone dark paranormal romance novella with a very unconventional HEA.

This is a DARK romance and therefore comes with a content warning. Please see authors website for full details.

©2023 Sarah Bailey (P)2024 Sarah Bailey

Amazing dark romance with the sexiest Highlander guy voice!

I loved this dark paranormal romance and was completely spellbound by the expert duet narration and the surprising plot twists. In this book an English lady wakes up dead as a ghost with no memory of how she got that way, and she wanders around until she meets the one person who can see her, a grumpy Highland guy who is an artist and farm manager. I correctly predicted the first plot twist, but not the rest of them.

The superb duet narration really elevated the text. The male narrator has the most toe-curlingly sexy Highland brogue. It was quite an experience when he talks dirty to the heroine. The female narrator has a beautiful voice that I love to listen to. Both narrators have excellent pacing, emoting, accents, sense of humor, and everything.

Beware that there are a bunch of twisted triggers in this book, but all of the sexual encounters are consensual. Spicy stuff. The character(s) have deadly tendencies. Also, I was thrilled by the twisty plot that has some cool plot elements seemingly inspired by a few books from my favorite series, Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark. Fans of Kresley Cole will enjoy this “Death, Unwinding”.

I requested and received a free audio copy via the publisher, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review. #TheFlockVIPReviewTeam

That twist

Loved the story, the plot, the twist, the narrators. It was an amazing story, there were points where I wondered how it's possible and then came that twist holy crap I didnt expect that but it was great. Loved it

Death, Unwinding

This is my first book that I read from Sarah Bailey. I did not know what to expect. I really enjoyed this book.

Zoey Baxter and Freddie Willis did a great job narrating this book.

Death Unwinding

okay you got me, this was a good book. in the beginning I just wasn't feeling this book. but I sat there and I'm glad I did because this book was so freaking good. I have tobsay the author did a good job in writing this book. but 1st I wasn't expecting both plot twist in this book. but that end was freaking awesome. I was like no Freaking way did that happen. but good job and the narrator's did an amazing job too.

Interesting story. Incredible narration & producti

This started out intriguing, then took a very predictable turn. It remained interesting for a little while, despite the lack of originality, and at some point, it evolved into straight 🌽. Not bad by any means, but some of it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. I do prefer a plot.

I’m not sure the synopsis set the proper expectation, as it implies there’s a plot and the advertised ‘secret’ was pretty obvious from a few sentences in—at least to me. Perhaps, not to everyone?

I’m not unhappy about having tried a new-to-me author. This was a quick, dirtyish read with some dark themes and a pair of twisted leads. (I do enjoy twisted—who doesn’t?)

I’m not sure I can list out the tropes / tr!gg3rs / other attributes without massive censorship here—so do your own research if anything may be an issue for you. (For me, that right there is a major green flag—love me some tr1gg3r$.)


Overall:
Twisted.
Fun at times.
Quick, standalone.
Alternating, first-person POV.

*Those are all good qualities, IMO so a couple hours well spent.
3.5 stars.


🎧 Audio:
Absolutely stunning audio production with very talented narrators. Beautiful voices, delicious accents and flawless overall sound quality.
5 stars. 🦩