Reviewed by Annika

TITLE: No Regrets

SERIES: Healing Hearts #1

AUTHOR: Nicky James

NARRATOR: Adam Gold

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 22, 2017

LENGTH: 8 hours, 57 minutes

BLURB:

Life makes no promises, and sometimes, you draw the short straw.

Landon Johnston’s life came to a grinding halt seven months ago when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

With the encouragement of his grandmother, Landon worked his way out of his slump and tried to live life while he still could.

Deciding he didn’t want to drag anyone else down his morbid path, Landon gave up all friendships and denied himself love. It was better that way, because all he had to offer was eventual heartache and sadness.

While traveling the world, Landon meets Abel Matheson, a free-spirited, unedited, and nerve-grating man who was supposed to only be a one-night-stand.

Despite Landon’s insistence that he can’t form a relationship with his current diagnoses, Abel is persistent and will not be ignored.

Fighting against all his ingrained urges to run, Landon finds himself drawn down the road he swore he’d never take.

Intimacy grows and bonds form….

Only…Abel doesn’t know Landon is sick.

How can anyone love a man with no future?

Telling him might cause him to run, but staying silent means living a lie. A lie which will only reveal itself in time.

REVIEW:

Nicky James: Are you afraid of reading this book?

Me: Terrified

Things didn’t bode well for me when I was teary eyed from the note from the author – before the book even begun… But some part of me just had to read this book. So it was with equal parts dread and anticipation that I went into this book.

I have to say Nicky James delivered what she promised – a love story celebrating life, not dwelling on the impending horrible death always looming in the horizon and the sadness of it all. Sure there were sad moments, bittersweet moments, but above all there was so much love it was brimming with it.

I loved every single moment we got to spend with Landon and Abel. It’s a love story that truly celebrated life and the love that two people shared. Abel and Landon taught each other soo much and following them through this journey was beautiful and one that’s truly hard to forget.

I loved Adam Gold’s performance of this book. The emotion and range of his character voices were just right. It was perfection. Pure Gold 😉 It was my first book narrated by him, and I hope he’ll do many more in the future; he’s one to keep an eye out for. He made an already wonderful and emotional story come alive, added another dimension to it. Fingers crossed he’ll narrate the rest of this series. I for one will be first in line. (After I’ve run out and stock up on tissues)

I am looking forward to and anticipate the next book in the series, but it’s also one I’m dreading a lot more. I need to know what happened to Abel, after Landon, but I’m also aware that while this book was a celebration, the next one will be about overcoming the loss of a loved one – ugly crying guaranteed. So if this book had me terrified of reading it, the mere thought of what the next book will bring has me petrified and almost running for the hills.

No Regrets was amazingly beautiful and it is a book that I’m highly recommending for everyone loving those bittersweet love stories with wonderful characters that you can’t help falling for.

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