
The Story of Us
A Heart-Wrenching Story That Will Make You Believe in True Love
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Devon Hales
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Edward Thomas
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Tara Sivec
About this listen
From the USA Today best-selling author of Fisher's Light comes a "heartbreaking and hopeful" (AL Jackson) stand-alone romance about first love and second chances.
How much can a man take before he breaks?
A total of 1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her.
Only Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger. My Shelby - my little green-eyed firecracker - would never give up her dreams, would never disappear into her mother's ambitions. But I won't give up on her. On us. I may be broken and scarred and not the man I used to be, but I will do whatever it takes to remind her of the story of us.
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Critic reviews
"This is a story of an undying, unending love that was strong enough to heal even the deepest of scars. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for beautifully written, heart-wrenching and healing romance to fall in love with." (Aestas Book Blog)
"Emotional and real! I couldn't read The Story of Us fast enough and know it will stay with me forever. Five heart pounding stars!" (Aleatha Romig, New York Times best-selling author)
"The best book I have read all year. Heartbreaking and hopeful. Highly recommend." (A.L. Jackson, New York Times & USA Today best-selling author)
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- Susan Ritter
- 11-14-23
Wow
I love this author’s rom coms, but this was so heart wrenching and amazing! A must read!!!
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- Cassi A. Beard
- 01-13-23
Loved this story!
The book is well written, your attention is caught up in the story, and it's captivating! But, the narrators were not great. Their opposite sex voices are terrible, and the female narrator drags out every word with a ton of voice fry.
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- Elizabeth M Paz
- 01-21-23
This story was perfection.
This story was amazing. Heart wrenching. When that bomb was finally dropped, I crumbled. This book is so amazing. Read it. Read it now.
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- AMB
- 06-04-20
Loved this
This is such a moving book. I wish this would be made into a movie.
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- Kendall Barnett
- 04-22-19
Another awesome story by an awesome author!
You think you understand and know what’s going on.... but you don’t. Looking back, it’s like a V8 moment. I should have seen it coming. You can’t help crying one minute and smiling the next. Heart wrenching and heart warming all in one great story.
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- Julie
- 09-01-19
Wow. Definitely worth a credit
Excellent story, good narration...overall 5 stars because of the story.
So many books are so predictable. It’s so easy to see where they’re going. This one was different. The author did a great job keeping this story fresh.
I will be listening to more books by Tara Sivec!!
The narrators were okay. They weren’t terrible...they were just...okay.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book.
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- Christi N
- 09-07-19
Deserves 10 stars!
I loved this book! it was fantastic. Excellent story with a couple of twists I wasn't expecting. The narrators did a great job. I would LOVE for them to narrate another Tara Sivec book together.
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- Shelly Shells
- 02-19-22
Beautiful
This was a beautifully written story, The author Created and blended the characters together Beautifully. I laughed I cried Couldn't stop listening to this story... My 1st from the author And wouldn't be my last
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- Dixie Harnden
- 03-12-22
Too much sex
It was a great story line but a bit too descriptive in the sex parts for me.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-14-23
Gripping Tale of Love & Loss
I found this book to be a heart wrenching story of true love & unbelievable loss, with true PTSD moments. Edward Thomas was a very enjoyable narrator; I liked his “new to me” voice; Devon Hales’ voice was not pleasant to my ears.
Overall, the book had too much drawn out, interminable, internal dialogue - I swear it took a chapter for them to walk across the room to each other - get there already!!
I know this is fiction, but I cringe to think our military boys could be manipulated into harm’s way this easily.
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