From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a sexy new contemporary stand alone series.Devin Carr likes his life. He likes his job, his family, the outlook for his future. Then he meets her. Erin. As soon as he sees her, drunk and wearing a sequined dress as her world crashes down around her and she fights to put on a brave face, he knows what he’s been missing. Her. missing. Her.
When Erin Taborn finds her high school sweetheart and husband banging the former head cheerleader of their graduating class at their high school reunion, she tells herself she’ll be fine. She just needs to figure out what fine means. There’s only one problem. Devin. She didn’t plan on him. And for someone who thinks they have all their plans in place, that’s a problem.
One she’ll have to find an answer to if this whole friends-with-benefits thing is going to work.
If not, she’ll fail just like with everything else.
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He likes his life, his job, his family and the outlook for his future. But then Devin Carr meets her and he knows what he’s been missing. Her. When she finds her husband banging the former head cheerleader of their graduating class, Erin Taborn tells herself she’ll be fine. She just needs to figure out what fine means. But she didn’t plan on him. Now she’ll have to find the answer to if this whole friends-with-benefits thing is going to work.
The ‘Less Than’ series starts off with an emotionally gripping, sweetheart of a romance that readers can really sink their teeth and their hearts into. The characters are strong, vivid and really stand out to readers, grabbing them by their hearts and refusing to let go. The relationship between Devin and Erin starts off on a sour note as Erin makes such a devastating discovery and while Devin’s plays the white knight, he know it can’t possible go anywhere. This ‘real’ romance hits readers right in the gut and ensures that they want to feel every emotional twist and turn that happens as Erin and Devin strive to reach a happily ever after.
The plot of the story happens at a steady pace that keeps the anticipation building while giving the readers a chance to really get to know the characters which in turn ensures that they are cheering this couple through the ups and downs of a friends-with- benefits relationship to their HEA. The reader’s support of the hero and heroine flipping from one to other, as each make mistakes and overcomes issues in this wonderfully ‘real’ romance that leaves readers breathless.
Wonderful tearjerker with amazing characters!
This is truly an amazing read. I was hooked by page 3. I love the depth and angst that characters bring to the story. I was so engrossed in the book and completely engaged in the characters and situations that I read this book in one sitting…may or may not have stayed up all night reading…it was totally worth it. 🙂 I am so glad that I found this author and EVERY series is better than the last. The hits just keep coming. This book will not disappoint. I am so excited to read about the rest of the Carr siblings!!!!
Book one of the Less Than series Breathless With Her by Carrie Anne Ryan
Erin is a wedding cake maker and slowly growing into a more independent women with opening her own business.
Erin and Nicholas Erin’s husband go to there high school reunion and while there Erin life falls apart. That when she meets Devin Carr at a bar.
Devin is Dimitri Carr brother from previous Montgomery book and Devin is a sexy tattooed postal worker who has everything in life a job he loved a house and a close busy family but no love of his life.
I really enjoyed this book especially with main female character having a lot of baggage and Devin having Baggage but dealed with it in a healthy way and at some point helps Erin how to too.
This book was made into a audiobook and had different narrators then the one used in previous books, this is first time I’ve heard Samantha Cook and Jacob Morgan narrate but as usual Carrie Ann Ryan really picks awesome with narrators.
Looking forward to more in series especially the rest of the Carr family but also Devin bff.
This book was a great read. I loved how it incorporated real life situations but didn’t make it boring or predictable or make fun of it.
Possible SPOILERS
A lot of people go to their 10 year high school reunion mostly so they can show off their significant other, brag about their kids and/or their jobs but Erin didn’t go to hers to see her husband having sex with an old cheerleader in the bathroom while sniffing white powder from her boobs! Shortly after this Erin asked for a divorce and is having a great life now…her business is doing well and she even has new friends.
Devin met Erin during a low moment in her life but they continue friendship and put that moment behind them!
This is the start of a new series by Carrie Ann Ryan. The mailman & the Baker
Devin & Erin start off as friends. They have such a sizzling chemistry that they move to friends with benefits.Talking themselves into thinking this will be enough without getting their feelings involved. But that proves to be hard to handle as they really do like the other a lot. Carrie Ann has loaded this with lots of witty banter between these 2 and the other characters in the book. their points of view….which has you understanding them better even though you might not agree with a few of their thought processes, sizzling passion, tender/swoon worthy moments, and of course nosy friends and family. Can’t wait for the next story in this series.
This book will give you all the feels! I loved Erin and Devin’s story! From Erin finding her husband who was her high school sweetheart cheating with the head cheerleader at their class reunion to Devin always being the one to care for his family (and everyone else) and finally feeling that need to find his own happily ever after. Erin picking up the pieces of her life, Devin trying help, navigating a friends with benefits….or is it? Such a great read!
Wow! Carrie Ann Ryan knows how to kick off a new series. Breathless With Her is the first book in the Less Than series about the Carr siblings. Devin is a postman who has worked hard to get the route he desired and is the second oldest Carr sibling. Devin is the mother hen of the Carrs who is always looking out for his younger brother and sister. Erin Taborn married her high school sweetheart and owns her own bakery. Erin thought she had it all until she finds her husband banging the ex-head cheerleader from their graduating class at their high school reunion. With her life crashing down around her, Erin heads to the nearest bar to drown her sorrows. Devin helps Erin when she is down but knows she is hands off while still married. A few months down the road, Devin walks into Erin’s bakery and asks Erin out. Neither Devin or Erin want more than a friends with benefits relationship, or do they? Can Devin convince Erin that they can have more than what they have? What will Erin do when she realizes she is depending more and more on Devin? Will Erin realize it is okay to be independent and need help once in awhile from those you love? I absolutely LOVE Carrie Ann Ryan and Breathless With Her! The chemistry between Devin and Erin was hot enough to melt my kindle. Breathless With Her is a fantastic book with amazing characters that will make you swoon, laugh out loud, and scream in frustration. Can’t wait to read more about the Carr siblings and their friend, Zoey. I would highly recommend getting Breathless With Her and any other book by Carrie Ann Ryan. Carrie Ann Ryan is a MUST read author that keeps getting better and better with each book published. I received an ARC copy of this book, and I am leaving my honest review.
Devin Carr likes his life. He likes his job, his family, the outlook for his future. Then he meets her. Erin. As soon as he sees her, drunk and wearing a sequined dress as her world crashes down around her and she fights to put on a brave face, he knows what he’s been missing. Her.
When Erin Taborn finds her high school sweetheart and husband banging the former head cheerleader of their graduating class at their high school reunion, she tells herself she’ll be fine. She just needs to figure out what fine means. There’s only one problem. Devin. She didn’t plan on him. And for someone who thinks they have all their plans in place, that’s a problem.
One she’ll have to find an answer to if this whole friends-with-benefits thing is going to work.
If not, she’ll fail just like with everything else.
**There is a bonus epilogue exclusively in the audio and ebook editions!**
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader’s Copy of this book
Yay!! The awesome Carrie Ann Ryan has gift us with a brand new series!!!! The Less Than Series is a spin off of the Colorado Springs Montgomery’s, as it is all about the Carr siblings who are now Thea Montgomery’s in laws.
First up is the hot mail carrier Devon Carr.
Can I just say how this book starts is like watching a scene from a tv show. At her high school reunion Erin Taborn finds her husband, who was her high school sweetheart, in a comprising position with the girl that was the head cheerleader.
What she yells at him is hella funny and that is what makes it like a tv show.
Devon helps her deal for the night, see she’s known Devon since high school because her older sister dated him.
Now Devon likes his life just fine, likes his job, his home, and his family. He didn’t even realize anything is missing until he helps Erin out.
When they see each other after her divorce is final there is a crap ton of chemistry, however since she’s just gotten out of a marriage that she didn’t even know was crap until the end she is in no way wanting to enter another.
Devon falls for Erin fast but he agrees to be “friends with benefits “ like she wishes.
What happens next is a story getting a second chance at love, a second chance at not just A life but a AWESOME life that is even better than the one you had.
We also get to see the other Carr siblings so we get a hint at who the next book could be about. The Carrs are a hilarious family who fight and are nosy as heck about each other’s lives, but who also love the heck out of each other,
I can’t wait for more!!
I am in love with this book. Erin walks in on her cheating husband and Devin steps in to help her. They go through some bumps trying to find their happily ever after, since Erin has just had a shock things are difficult. This was the first in the series and we are introduced to some amazing characters!!! I loved meeting friends and family. I can’t wait to see who gets their story next!!! Thank you for giving me all the feels in every book you write Carrie Ann Ryan!!!
Breathless With Her is the first book in the Less Than series. This series features the Carr siblings who we were introduced to in Restless Ink, Dimitri Carr married Thea Montgomery but this is a complete stand alone second chance romance.
Devin Carr is a postman and the second oldest Carr sibling so he feels it is his duty to take care of his younger brother and sister. Now in his 30’s he is starting to feel the need to settle down, find someone to share his life with. Never in a million years did he think that rescuing a friend from childhood would be the one he was looking for. There was something about Erin that drew him in and made him want to take care of her.
Erin Taborn thought she had her whole life planned out. She married her high school sweetheart and sure they were going through a rough patch but didn’t marriages? Erin owns her own bakery, her passion is cake decorating not that her husband ever thought is was a worth wild pursuit.
While attending their high school reunion Erin got the shock of her life, seeing her husband screwing the head cheerleader up against the bathroom wall brings her life to a scratching halt! Picking up pieces of her life after that was not anything like she expected but she is determined to find herself and be a better version of herself.
WI CARRIE’S SONE IT AGAIN.
Carrie Ann Ryan manages to make me feel – crying, laughing, happy, sad, angry, screaming, livid, sobbing, happy tears – you name it she manages to make me feel.
Her characters are amazing and so real – no they’re better than real if that’s a thing. I love, every single one of them – and there’s hundreds . I love the way she always intrigues me with what’s happening now and in the next book and also how j never ever get tired of her writing style.
This book rocks. I’m not gonna say what I did and don’t like about it because a) I loved every single thing about it and b) I didn’t not like anything
Get it, read it and enjoy. I know I thoroughly did X
Such a touching story. The way Erin & Devin come together despite the obstacles that Erin in part throws up is a testament to how healing love can be. Erin has been hurt quite deeply and finds it difficult to let herself believe that love could still happen for her. Devin does an amazing job of pushing but not bulldozing her and at the same time is definitely an alpha male. These two make a great couple. I loved catching up with Dimitri and getting to know the other two siblings. Can’t wait for more of this series.
When you get done reading this one you might find that you are left a bit breathless also. This author knows how to give us the best as she has done in this one which signals it is the beginning of more to come. Erin handles things she comes up on a bit better than I would of but either way it is heart crushing, so we get crushed. Devin will be the breath she needs with us following them closely. As things play out we become entwined with where this is going. There is possibly some things she needs to learn and get out of this. You become so caught up in this the emotions will become some of yours. By the time you get to the finish line you become the same.
High school love to marriage and then the reunion!!! After Erin catches her husband in a not so pretty position, it’s Devin who catches her. Can they be friends with benefits? I loved the start to this new series and loved Devin and Erin so much. It full of emotion with happy times, sad times, funny times, sweet and sexy times, family and friends. Can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Breathless with Her is Erin and Devin’s story. The story starts out with a bang and the introduction of the two main characters. My heart broke for Erin in reading what she had to deal with. From the beginning, I was championing for Devin. His character is very likable and the supporting cast of characters in this book make it that more enjoyable. The buildup of Devin and Erin’s relationship is very realistic and not hurried which made the conclusion so much more satisfactory. There were some moments that I was worried about the outcome but the book flowed well and was very enjoyable to read. I cannot wait for the next book! Another great series!
“A friends with benefits romance where no one’s ready to let go.” Breathless with Her is the latest release from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan!
Carrie has come through with another enjoyable story where the characters have relevance and depth. Even the arc copy was well edited. The wife, Erin is always the last to know when there is trouble afoot with the philandering husband. She takes a huge blow to her self-esteem and packs up to pickup her life unencumbered. So, she meets Devin who is commitment phobic after getting his heart crushed. Friends with benefits sounds like a good idea, or is it. I liked that their friends and relatives are very supportive in making sure this relationship is a success. It’s lighthearted and a pleasure to read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book
Highly entertaining, engaging, emotional and exciting beginning to what am sure will be a brilliant and addicting series. Really enjoyed this action packed, hart racing and sexy fun journey this adorable couple and all their family and friends. A Excellent reading experience!