Still Beating Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Jennifer Hartmann (Author, Publisher), Laurie West (Narrator), Christian Black (Narrator)

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When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame. She doesn’t anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on Dean - her arch nemesis and ultimate thorn in her side.

And she really doesn’t anticipate waking up in shackles in a madman’s basement.

To make matters worse, Dean shares the space in his own set of chains.

After 15 years of teasing, insults, and practical jokes, the ultimate joke seems to be on them. The two people who always thought they’d end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive.

But Cora and Dean have no idea their abductor has a plan for them. A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them together with far more than just chains.

Warning: This audiobook contains subject matter that may be sensitive for some listeners, including rape, as well as strong language and explicit sex. 18+ only. Please listen responsibly.

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11 hours and 24 minutes
Author

Jennifer Hartmann
Narrator

Laurie West, see all
Audible release date

April 21 2021
Language

English
Publisher

Jennifer Hartmann
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B092L9NSJ6
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 hours and 24 minutes
Author	Jennifer Hartmann
Narrator	Laurie West, Christian Black
Audible.ca Release Date	April 21 2021
Publisher	Jennifer Hartmann
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B092L9NSJ6
Best Sellers Rank	#13,041 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #664 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals) #9,345 in Contemporary Romance (Books)

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J. Szabo

Heartbreaking

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 21, 2023

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This story gets really dark, so be warned, check the possible triggers before diving into this story.

I could not put it down! I'm it usually into dark stories, but this one sucked me in, spun me around like a tornado and spit me out on the other side like it does to the characters as well. I'm in awe of the authors talent to weave everything together with so much emotion. I will remember this book for a long time, which is saying something, because I read a lot of books. I will be reading her entire collection of books after this.

This story and characters will break your heart, over and over, but it's so worth it.

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Booktravert

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 30, 2022

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This author is new to me, but if this is any indication of her works, she will become a new favourite. Now, on the dark scale, I didn't think it was super dark. The dark situation happened in the beginning, and while awful, it was not done over graphically. This really is a love story between two traumatized people who should have been together in the 1st place. My only dislikes were the sister and what the H does 'for' the h near the end for her healing. I get it, but if I was in her shoes, I wouldn't deal or forgive.

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Candace Roberts

So beautiful!!!! Check TW before reading!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 13, 2023

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This story will be staying with me forever.

The beginning of this book was a lot to digest, but the story that unfolded was devastating, tragic, and beautiful at the same time.

The first quarter was so hard for me to get through, but once I did I loved every second of this book.

I am still processing but truly it was so beautiful😭😭😭😭

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Andrea

Loved this story but read TW

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 24, 2022

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Before I go into my review I want to make sure that it’s stated that even though their is a HEA, this book is very dark. It hits a lot of topics that I know can be triggering and it’s pretty soul destroying before you are pieced back together. Please read all trigger warnings before reading.

In the beginning of the book we meet Cora who is out celebrating her sisters birthday. We are introduced to Dean, her sisters fiancé) and we quickly learn that these two do not like each other. They try to be civil but are constantly bickering and pulling pranks on each other.

When Cora runs into a certain situation towards the end of the night, she turns to Dean for help. What should have been a ride home turned into so much more after being kidnapped, knocked out and waking up in a basement with shackles around your ankles. To make matters worse, Dean has been subjected to the same fate.

This book goes through the period they were captive as well as after. What Cora and Dean have to endure during that period is gut wrenching, disgusting and simply awful. I spent the first half of the book in tears. I honestly thought that the characters were going to continue to spiral but Jennifer had a beautiful way of guiding them towards a well deserved happy ending.

While it is a difficult read, I would read it again. The connection between the characters is so raw and real.

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Rachel

Ugly crying

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 13, 2022

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Man, this book has ALL the triggers, but it's so damn good for it. The amount of pain the main characters go through, the avoidance, the hiding, the pushing away... they speak to real trauma reactions. Reading a HEA is especially comforting as someone who's been through my own trauma. Definitely going to recommend this one to people who can push through the triggers.

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Kindle Customer

Amazing!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 2, 2023

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I LOVED this book. It jumps right into the action and has you wanting to know what happens next! I stayed up til 3am reading this in one shot and it was 10000% worth it.

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Lori Petrucci

incredible easily one of the best

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 4, 2023

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Wow. Loved this novel. You laugh, you cry and I mean ugly cry. It’s just such a touching beautiful story.

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Naika St-louis

What a journey

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 30, 2022

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This a forbidden romance between a sister and her sister’s fiancé. This a dark romance with sensitive elements such as r@pE, kidn@pping, süïçide. Im begging you to check the trigger warning and the content warning before going in to this book.

The first part of the book was so intense i felt like i was watching a thriller movie and i didn’t know what would happen next. The second half of the book was really emotional and heartbreaking for the both of them. They deal with so much trama and guilt. It broke my heart to see them going through this. But i feel like they need to deal with their issues on their own and not together so they can bring out the best in them.

The last part of the book is here the magic of healing happens and it so beautiful to see the growth, the struggle, the most important part the love between them. It’s a beautiful story full of pain, guilt, betrayal, struggle, healing and love.

Go into this book with a open mind you wont regret it.

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Dean is everything and more 🖤🖤

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 28, 2021

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So I finished Still Beating last night and I would read it all over again 🖤. I wish I could give more than 5 stars.

Dean and Corabelle (Cora) have been enemies since high school, constantly bickering and playing pranks on one another. What make matters worse for Cora is that Dean is about to marry her sister so she knows this man is going to be in her life whether she likes it or not. Needing a ride home on the evening of her sisters birthday celebrations, she reluctantly asks Dean if he can pick her up after losing her wallet. What they don't realise is this night will forever change them. While driving home Dean is pulled over by who he thinks is the police, unfortunately it is a sadistic serial killer who has just chosen them both as his next victims 🥺😭.

I found this story truly heartbreaking, I could of cried so many times because of what they are subjected to by this monster while chained up in a dark basement hoping they will see the light of day again. What they endured was soul destroying and all you want to do is take their pain away. They find solace in eachother and over time become their own safe havens when they felt suffocated by everything else.

I have no words to describe how much I love Dean 🥰🖤, he adores Cora and just wants to help her heal, wants to make her feel safe and even in her darkest moments he's there singing to her or whispering words of strength. This man melted me, while helping Cora he was trying to fight away his own nightmares and demons that he was struggling to deal with😭.
Poor Cora, I can't begin to imagine what it must of felt like in that basement while she was being treated like piece of meat by that horrible tyrant. She was a true fighter and I am in awe of her determination to escape this horror and the strength she showed even in her weakest moments was incredible.

This story isn't just about love but it's also about survival and the recovery that comes afterwards. I've never rooted for two people more than I did for Dean and Cora to get their HEA. @author.jenniferhartmann you are a beautiful writer, this was my first novel by you but it will certainly not be my last and I couldn't recommend this book enough.

(Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault)

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Daveena Fucile

Five stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 20, 2022

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This book destroyed me. It ripped my heart out, stomped on it, and then did it over and over. There’s a lot of stuff here that can be hard to read. There’s kidnapping, rape, suicide attempts, animal death, and more. It’s also incredibly high on the angst. You have to be the right person for this to work, but if you’re that person it is a heart wrenching and beautiful read.

Objectively, I can see why people wouldn’t like this. First, there’s the triggering content. Then, there’s the fact that the hero, Dean, has been in a relationship for 15 years with the heroine, Cora’s, sister. Some of Cora’s behavior is frustrating to read, too.

But I don’t care. The content didn’t trigger me. I liked how Hartmann explored trauma and what it does to people. Sometimes it felt like Dean and Cora couldn’t escape the drama. That could’ve felt over-the-top, but it never did. The Dean dating Cora’s sister was probably the hardest thing to believe. They were together for 15 years and only recently got engaged. There was just some stuff around that that felt unrealistic. Some reviews say Hartmann tried to make the sister, Mandy, a villain to excuse Cora and Dean’s behavior. I disagree. Mandy came across as a normal woman. She reacts in potentially harsh, but in believable ways.

Cora does kind of play with Dean. She constantly pushes him away and then pulls him back. It is incredibly frustrating for the reader, but also Dean. Personally, I thought it worked. It shows you how hurt Cora is and how much she needs professional help.

I adored this story even though I balled my eyes out for most of it. I definitely plan on reading more books by Jennifer Hartmann. This is one of my favorite books of 2021.

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-AAhmad

I was NOT expecting this, but loved it and cried so many tears!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 15, 2023

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"As long as it's still beating, you're okay."

Why do I read these kind of books right before I'm due to start my p*ri*d!? Granted, i may have gone into this blind, so definitely wasn't expecting to be crying at 2am, but here we are. My eyes still feeling sore from the lack of sleep and the tears! lol

*IMPORTANT*
If you haven't read this, I'd highly recommend going in blind, to have a more open mind about one of the main tropes! (unless you have triggers)
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Whilst I've seen so many people talk about this book, I never actually looked at the blurb, I just added it to my tbr. And I'm glad I did because it definitely surprised me. If I had known it was going to be 'sisters boyfriend' trope, i probably would've already made judgements about Cora and Dean. Instead, I wasn't even 100% sure if Dean was going to be the H during the first chapter and a half or so!

"Yeah, well, you look like a... bonehead."

I certainly wasn't expecting what actually happens to them! But god, this was so heart-breaking and I think JH did an amazing job of making you feel in the moment with each character. And though I didn't like Mandy for the majority of this book, I can also see where she came from.

Likewise, part of why I didn't mind Cora and Dean getting together is because even though Dean had always had feelings, neither of them were acting on it because of that. It was solely due to the situation they were put in and recognising that only they knew what it truly felt like to be there in that time. And Dean was so sweet! The way Cora always thought he was some dumb loser, but actually he's probably the most profound character who was capable of seeing the wider picture.

"I promise you'll get it, and when you do, you'll look back and this will all make a h*ll of a lot more sense."

An emotional story that will definitely have you in tears, but also focuses on self-development and loving yourself! Such a good read, it reminded me of how I felt when I read Darling Venom. This was my first read from JH and I'll definitely be checking out more of her books!

"We can't give our heart to another without loving our own first."

*TW: PLEASE, for the love of god, if you have triggers, check the list before going into this book.

Lucy wright

Such amazing amazing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2021

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So I decided to give this a go after seeing it recommended a few times on a group!
It’s dark so please check the triggers!
This was such an amazing book I devoured it and was up till 4am reading it I couldn’t put it down!!!
Dean is coras sisters boyfriend after she loses her wallet she has no one else to call but dean and she doesn’t like him at all. While waiting a creepy overweight guy is trying to hit on her till dean shows up! This go terribly wrong and they both end up in his basement 3 weeks of awful stuff trapped.
I have to say I loved dean and Cora together it was amazing! Is it dark yes if you don’t like rape then please check the warnings!! Great read
Also like to say this was a new author for me aswel and it did not disappoint once loveddddd it

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Shelby

Wow Wow Wow!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 19, 2022

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Jennifer Hartman is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. I have read two books by her now and both of them have been beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking in every way possible. This book definitely wasn’t what I was expecting it to be. I really thought the whole book would be the story of them in the basement trying to survive and then the book would end with one of them dying. Or something along those lines. But I was so totally wrong!!! This book was not like that at all. The first 100 pages do tell the story of Cora and Dean within the basement of a serial killer with matchmaking tendencies and how they survived and connected through their trauma. But the last 200 pages of the book goes into life after the basement. And I think that was the story that truly needed telling. People always think that once you escape your trauma; that’s it. Not realising that the trauma stays with you long after and you’re not truly ever free. And this shows in the way Cora and Dean try and cope with the things they had to do in the basement as well as their growing feelings for one another which secretly have always been there since they were teenagers. This isn’t a fairytale romance so if anyone is looking or wanting that; this isn’t the story for you. This is a dark romance filled with triggers. But it’s such a beautiful darkness that I couldn’t help becoming addicted and reading it within one day because I couldn’t put it down. I had to Continue. And the fact that there were snippets and references to the other book “Lotus” that I read by Jennifer was amazing. I’m guessing I probably was meant to read this one first and then read Lotus but it didn’t seem to matter because even though they link; they work as standalone as well. And reading one without the other won’t hurt. Truly, can’t wait to read more by this lady. She has a true talent to tell beautiful horror stories with delicacy in a way that the reader can’t help falling in love with the characters while feeling like their heart is being torn.

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