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Brooke Bloomingdale
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Jason Carpenter
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Tijan
About this listen
From New York Times bestselling author Tijan comes the intensely passionate story of a man trying to make amends and the woman who makes him want to keep his promises.
This was my place. My business. Easter Lanes.
Then a guy comes in, trying to rob me, daring to take it away from me.
My home. My life.
Hell no. I won’t let my livelihood be threatened.
No one knows what I’ve done to build this life for myself.
Except he might.
Ashton Walden, a man I remember from when we were kids.
Even back then I could tell how dangerous he would be one day.
He’s now the head of the Walden mafia family, and my father is so in debt to them that they practically own him.
My dad and I are estranged and I want nothing to do with him or his debt, but the day after the attempted robbery, I don’t wake up in the hospital.
I wake up in Ashton Walden’s home. And he drops a bomb on me.
If I want my livelihood back, I need to earn it back.
And thus begins our cruel arrangement.
©2023 Tijan Meyer. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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He walked into school on his first day and owned it. I guess that's what happens when you're a prick, rich, and you're best friends with the ruling school's king. Also didn't hurt that he's drop-dead gorgeous. That's all fine. I mean, I have nothing to do with them. I'm a loner, invisible, and that's how I wanted it to be. I was even proud of it, until I wasn't. His name is Blaise Devroe. My name is Aspen Monson. He only knew how to get, command, and demand attention. I knew how to do everything but that. And this is our story.
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Blaise and his girl
- By GSKM in sc on 10-27-20
By: Tijan
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The Not-Outcast
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Jason Clarke
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn’t. He was the hockey star. I was an outcast. He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me. His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me. Years passed. I got my life together. Cut went onto NHL stardom. Then there was a text.
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Teary-eyed.
- By M. Knight on 12-27-20
By: Tijan
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The Boy I Grew Up With
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Blake Richard, Summer Morton
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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I have loved Channing Monroe all my life. In first grade, he asked for my Trapper Keeper. I hit him in the head with it. Third grade, we were best friends. We kissed in seventh grade. In eighth grade, he turned into a bad boy and the rest was a tumultuous storm. Growing up, the problem was never love for us. Bad times. Good times. There were times when I felt our love in every inch of my body, vibrating, making me feel like it could bring me back to life. The problem was us. The problem is that we're living in two different worlds now. Fallen Crest and its millionaires for me.
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Lame Gang
- By Rebecca O on 02-14-19
By: Tijan
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The Insiders
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Emma Galvin
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory. But still, normal for her. Then, things happen - a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. She finds out her father is actually billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. She learns all this when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. He’s an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices - go with him and meet her father, or survive on her own. It’s a no-brainer.
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Hard feel the connection
- By Amazon Customer on 05-10-21
By: Tijan
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Mason
- A Fallen Crest Prequel (Fallen Crest, Book .5)
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Mason Kade is not known to be nice. He is ruthless, manipulative, and unforgiving. Most will say that he is a jerk, and he is to those that cross him or cross his loved ones. However, he does not want to be who he is. He does not enjoy hurting others, but there is no limit to the lengths he will go to protect himself and his brother. This is the story of how he came to be, and this is why so many love Mason Kade.
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Tijan, You Are Another Author I Wish Was My BFF!!!
- By imronigirl on 05-03-20
By: Tijan
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Deceptive Vows
- A Stand-Alone Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance
- By: Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
- Narrated by: Gregory Salinas, Sarah Puckett
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Mikhail Dmitriyev is a beautiful devil with a villainous heart and a thirst for revenge. The choices he gave me when he stole me away from my home with an army of men were very clear—marry me or die. I chose to marry him and live. But there’s one small problem with his grand plan to rain Armageddon on the Mexican Cartel. I’m not the woman he thinks I am. I’m not the cartel princess he thinks he took to make his enemies bow to him. When my captor finds out my secret and realizes he married the wrong woman, love won’t be enough to save me. And neither will his obsession.
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🖤❤️ OH SUCH TWISTED DELICIOUS PERFECTION ❤️ 🖤
- By 🔹🔸🔹🔸CAROLYN 🔹🔸🔹🔸 on 06-03-22
By: Faith Summers, and others
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Sweet as Sin
- Bad Habit, Book 1
- By: J. T. Geissinger
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Twenty-something Kat Reid is loving life as an in-demand Hollywood makeup artist. She has absolutely no interest in rock 'n' roll, but in order to pay the mortgage, she agrees to work on the set of a rock video for the world-famous rockers known as Bad Habit...which brings her face-to-face with Nico Nyx, lead singer of Bad Habit and Adonis in the flesh.
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Not really a rock star story
- By MV on 08-06-15
By: J. T. Geissinger
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Mafia Prince's Secret Baby
- A Dark Bratva Romance (New York Bratva Series)
- By: A J Summers
- Narrated by: Shane Martinez
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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One wild night gave me more than just regrets. Six years ago, I walked away from Igor Sokolov—New York’s most dangerous Bratva prince—and vowed never to look back. Or so I thought. Now, he’s found me. And worse, he’s discovered my biggest secret: our daughter. Igor doesn’t ask. He takes. With ruthless determination, he drags us back to New York, claiming it’s the only way to keep us safe. Safe from his enemies, maybe. But not from him. He’s possessive, demanding, and dangerously irresistible. And he’s made one thing crystal clear: I’m his.
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Mafia Prince
- By Ginger_Snap on 04-30-25
By: A J Summers
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One More Time
- By: Laurelin Paige
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Rupert Channing
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Tanner's acting career had just begun. He was hotter than the stage lights and twice as captivating. The gorgeous Australian A-lister was everyone's teenage dream. And he'd picked me. Or so I thought, until he proved to be as false as everything else about Hollywood. Now I've finally scored the perfect opportunity to star in a major film. The kicker? Tanner will be my costar. I don't know if I can do this one more time....
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Great Second Chance Romance!!!
- By Ashley D on 01-31-18
By: Laurelin Paige
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Toxic Love
- Venomous Gods, Book 1
- By: Jagger Cole
- Narrated by: Walker Williams, Emery Erickson
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Brutal, cold, and illegally gorgeous, Dante Sartorre isn't just mafia royalty. He's also the tyrant owner of the infamously deviant and members-only Club Venom. He's also my new husband. In my defense, I wasn't supposed to be the bride. But I sealed my fate when I saved my friend by signing the Venom Devil's marriage contract myself. Now, he owns me. All of me…
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About time!!!
- By JennRigg on 10-22-24
By: Jagger Cole
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Evil
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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You know that group of people in school that everyone fears? Popular. Beautiful. The in-crowd? That was my family. Kind of. We were above that group. We held court over everyone else. We were the best looking. We were the mysterious and elusive ones. Most of the girls wanted to (and did) date the guys, but they didn't want to be one of us. They couldn't be. They were our prey. We were the feared. But like every family, nothing is as it seems. That was my truth. Kellan was in his own league.
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2.5 stars
- By Boundless Book Reviews Sara on 01-31-19
By: Tijan
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I Thought of You
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Avie Paige, Jay Myers
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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It's been twelve years since I last saw Scottie Rucker. A grim prognosis has upended my life, and no amount of my hard-earned money can fix it. So, after leaving a note on the nightstand, I search for my first love—I search for life. When I find her in Austin, working at a quaint general store and living in an RV behind it, those twelve years vanish. She's exactly how I remember her. Scottie thinks our reunion is a small-world coincidence, and I'm not ready to tell her the truth.
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So relevant in our times.
- By Claudia B Stinnett on 07-28-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Hockey with Benefits
- By: Tijan
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Desiree Ketchum
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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Hockey with benefits. That was what Mara proposed, and I was down. She said no feelings, and she meant it. Just benefits. No strings attached. Nothing else. Not even friendship. College was her escape, including us. I didn't have time for a girlfriend. I had classes, the team, my family, and the game. It was all working too.... Until somewhere down the line, things got messy. Until somehow we were dealing with threats, secrets, rivals, and so much more. Until I began to want her in ways that weren't part of the deal. Our agreement didn't just get checked into the wall, it got obliterated.
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Dynamics were great.
- By Bri on 04-18-25
By: Tijan
Yess!!!
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Who doesn't love an alpha finding love
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Amazing
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Love and acceptance
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A Cruel Arrangement is Great
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A Cruel Arrangement gives us Molly and Ashton’s story. From the moment of their introduction in book one, I sensed the chemistry between them. This, along with my need for answers to the questions arising as a result of the cliffhanger, had me eager to pick up A Cruel Arrangement.
Now Ashton was cold and dangerous. He did some stuff in the first book, which made it difficult to like him. However, he redeemed himself on this installment. One could say that love mellowed him out. However, he still had that dangerous and cold side to him which was reserved for his enemies.
Molly went through a tough upbringing. She, however, did not allow it to hinder her from becoming a successful businesswoman. I had an interesting getting to know her. Although there when moments when she did some questionable things with regarding her safety.
Their relationship started out as a business arrangement. However, when the danger resulting from this arrangement escalates, placing Molly at risk, their relationship became more. They attempted to fight the attraction between them, but they failed miserably. In addition to the danger, insecurities threatened to derail the growth of their relationship.
Now, for the second reason, the reading of this installment was imperative. The answers which I so desperately needed after that cliffhanger in book one came to light. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t at all what I expected, but it provided closure for everyone it affected.
Readers receive updates regarding the couple from the previous book. It was great catching up with them and seeing how their lives had developed.
Overall, A Cruel Arrangement delivered a satisfying conclusion to the Kings of New York series.
Narration Review
Brooke Bloomingdale and Jason Carpenter narrated this installment. The story alternates between Ashton and Molly’s POV. I did not like the male narrator’s interpretation of Ashton. His tone was dry and emotionless. I switched speeds during his narration. Not that speeding it up helped much.
The female narrator did a wonderful job with Molly. Her male voices were good, and she did a better interpretation of Ashton than her male counterpart. While I am not sure if I would listen to Jason Carpenter again, Brooke Bloomingdale’s performance is one I would recommend to listeners.
A Fitting Conclusion to the Series
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Overall Good sequel
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Molly!
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Glad I didn’t listen to other reviews.
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It was okay
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