Sebring

The Unfinished Heroes Series, Book 5

By: Kristen Ashley

Narrated by: Stella Bloom

Nick Sebring has issues. Born feeling like an outsider in his own family, growing up under the shadow of a brother who could do anything, Nick isn't that great of a guy. But when this culminates with Nick lashing out to hurt his brother through the woman he loves, Nick turns inward and makes some decisions about the man he intends to be. And as he does this, he falls in love and truly learns the man that he's grown to be.

When his love is murdered right before Nick's eyes, Nick knows he has to avenge her. He knows how he's going to avenge her. And he has no qualms about using Olivia Shade to exact that vengeance.

Olivia Shade has grown up on the outside of her family, too. Her problem is that they don't want her outside. They want her all the way in, right under their thumbs. She pays the price for seeking escape and learns her lesson - she'll never see a dawn where she wakes up free. Then she meets Nick Sebring, and even as she fights it, the hope that died years ago starts to blossom. She can find love. She can have a man of her own. She can be happy. She can be free.

Olivia hopes while Nick schemes. However, as Nick peels back the layers of all that is Olivia Shade, he finds something surprising. He understands its fragility. He falls in love with its beauty. He seeks to protect it. But he forgets to protect his Livvie from one thing: Nick Sebring.

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Broken princess.

The pathos surrounding the female lead was heart wrenching. This coupled with the intense and continuous suspense of each clandestine meeting, was enough to keep my attention riveted as the story unfold.

The soft gentle landing towards the close of the story was most welcomed. The reader/listener was treated to little synapses of how each couple in the series was progressing in their life and relationships. It was like stopping by to see old friends and prolonging the pleasure with a little get together.

The narrator was superb. Excellent storytelling by both author and narrator. The juxtaposition of the various types of love was expertly portrayed by the author to bring the themes of the story home.

A truly delightful listen!

KA Again!!

I knew KA would bring it again. My love for her is that she tells a great story and in a series updates all the past characters. I just love that about her series. Nick turned it around since Knight and got a great life.

Wasn't sure at first.....

I wasn't sure I would like this book, since the previous books in the series made m3 strongly dislike the main character, but it didn't take long to draw me & get me rooting for his finish!

Didn't expect to love Nick but...

I'm a big fan of KA books. I love how each series intertwines together. I didn't expect to love Nick but he's done some growing up and of course it's another win for KA. The scenes were hot and the storyline was intriguing.

At last a great story

Finally the last book in the series was great.
The 3 before this one were ho-hum, tons of sex but weak stories.

From A-hole to Hero

Narrator Review:
Stella Bloom is one of my favorite narrators. You can’t go wrong with any audible book she works on. 5+ Stars to Stella!

Story Review:
Wow! This book was bad for my heart. So many times I was furious with what Olivia was being put through that I had to stop and just breathe for a few minutes to lower my blood pressure! This book was seriously good. I wasn't expecting that since Nick was such an ahole in the previous books. Kristen Ashley did such a good job of turning Nick's character around, made even more amazing since we didn't actually get to see his turning point, yet it was still believable. This was a great ending to the series. When I finally got to the end of this book, I had completely fallen in love with all the Unfinished Hero's and their women and I absolutely love that they are living the life they deserve.

A Fantastic Brilliant Close to a Touch & Go Series

This portion of Kristen Ashley's The Unfinished Heros series is the final chapter. While each book can stand alone, if you are going to read the entire series – you may want to stop reading this review. It contains spoilers, I don't purposely do this but you have been warned!

Olivia Shade is the daughter of a crime family powerful. Nick wants retribution from them for making him watch them murder his woman.

Olivia feels that she is nothing more than a pawn to be used however her father seems fit, to advance to business and career.

Nick and Olivia cross paths. Nick is never going to love again, after the murder of his girlfriend. Olivia does not even know what love means. However there is an electric spark that flows through Nick & Olivia every time they touch.

I really enjoyed this book and it seemed to go a lot deeper as far as the plot, etc. I do not know if that is because it is the final book in the series or what, but I had difficulty putting it down.

SPOILER!! The very end chapters of this book, KA brings us up to speed on all of the previous characters and how their lives look now. I really enjoyed that, so very much.

Stella Bloom is new to me (in this series.) I would mark her performance as above average because of her ability to handle such a large class cast of characters. There are male & female and an occasional kid. If I see something that looks interesting to me in the future and she is the narrator, I will grab it in a heartbeat.

Notes/warnings: graphic descriptions of sex, violence & strong language, also the discussion of trafficking anything from drugs to girls to women – this may upset some readers.

This is definitely for the older than 18 years crowd. I like my books racy & spicy and this series was a little bit outside my comfort zone. If you don't mind the things that I warned about, it is a great series. I had a chance to read it from beginning to end and that's how I would recommend anyone else listen. I also prefer my books a little bit deeper.

Ratings: The first book I enjoyed, the second a bit less, the third about average but Sebring knocked my socks off, I felt great after having read it especially as the characters from previous books came into play.

Stars: Four stars overall


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Perfect ending

I didn't have any real attachment to Sebring, so when I heard this book was about him, I didn't know how well I would enjoy it but it was fantastic.

I have wanted to know more about the business end of these men for quite some time and this book gave it in spades. Olivia is part of that reason because her life was part of that side of the men. Sebring, still living part in and part out of the life, thought his life was about revenge. Little did he know that olivia would make him realize he could have a second chance at love.

Awesome storyline. It's a long book but I didn't feel like any of it was wasted, all meat and no potatoes. And the best part of all is the epilogue where we get a chance to revisit all the men in this series and get caught up in their lives.

Stella Bloom was the narrator in the last book and I'm so glad she was because she did right by the books. Her ability to portray so many different characters was spot on and I never felt myself leave the story because something was amiss.

Talk about a COMPLETE transformation!!!

I was surprised by this book. This is sooooooooo not the same Nick Sebring here!!!

Entertaining, hot, interesting 5 STARS!!

KA has a way of spinning a tale descriptively that I find intriguing. Her attention to detail and off-beat humor is what I like most about her writing. This story is the only book I have read in the series, but I really liked the plot. I did not enjoy Knight and returned it ... but characters from quite a few of her past books make an appearance or are referenced. This books tidily ties up some story lines from previous stories. I used a credit for this book and do not regret doing so!