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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I loved this book. Great start to a new series and I can’t wait to read more of this series. Carrie Ann Ryan is an amazing writer that never disappoints. I would recommend reading any of her series.
** spoiler alert ** I loved it! The interactions and conversations were so real. This author always delivers a heartfelt story. Always. I admit to shedding a tear at the Keith Ledger reference. I loved the title origin. As for the ending it was in a word perfect.
Breathless with Her is the amazing start to a new series! This is another spin-off from the Montgomery Ink series. This time around featuring the Carr family. I always seem to fall in love with Ms. Ryan’s characters and Devin and Erin were no exception.
This story starts off with a bang at Erin’s High School reunion. (Sorry! Pun intended). I love how even though Devin swoops on Erin’s worst night to be the shining hero and they don’t connect again until several months down the road. Giving Erin time to start to heal and move on.
Great story and I adored Devin’s family and can’t wait to read what’s next!
I loved this book. Once again Carrie Ann delivers a book that has you guessing. Erin is a woman trying to find her way after a bad divorce. Devin is a man just trying to be helpful. One night is not enough for Devin, but Erin is afraid to love again. Deciding on a friends with benefits option seems like the best thing, but can they keep their feelings out of it? This book makes you wonder at every turn of the page. Devin cant help but feel like he needs to help Erin while Erin wants to do everything on her own. She needs to prove she can do it by herself. Sometimes what you really need is right in front of you. This is a standalone and well worth the read.
This is the first book in the Less than series it’s Devin and Erin’s story. If you’ve read the Colorado Springs series you’ll be familiar with Dimitri who’s Devin’s brother and a couple other characters but you don’t have too this is a standalone that introduces us to the Carr family. Devin is a mailman who loves his job and Erin is a cake decorator and owns her own business and loves it.
Erin works long hours to make sure her business will succeed because she’s determined to not depend on anyone for anything but that also isn’t much of a life she works and stays home. Her family and friends want her to enjoy herself and can see that maybe Devin could be the answer yet that is definitely out of the question friends yes anything else that’s a different story.
I really enjoyed the story it was complete and has HEA, I love this author and all of her books are amazing and draw you in and you can’t stop reading you want to see it unfold!
Less Than #1, Meet the rest of the Carrs. We meet the first sibling Dimitri Carr in Restless Ink, where we got a brief look at his siblings, enough of a look that made us fans know we wanted them. So here they are. Devin Carr was minding his own business sitting in a bar when a stunner in a red sequins dress walked in the door looking shell shocked. Erin Taborn was enjoying her high school reunion until she walked in on her husband doing the former head cheerleader she left the reunion with the only thought of getting smashed. Luckily her older sisters ex-boyfriend from high school, Devin, was there and told her he had her back for the night he even let her crash at his place cause she didn’t want to go back home incase the cheating asshole was there.
One embarrassing morning and six months later the divorce is final and Erin is getting on with her life baking up a storm for her business Lace & Cakes. Erin has no interest in another relationship or even just casual she decided to work on becoming more self reliant she didn’t need a man in her life and then Devin walks back into her life again. Erin wants to be able to stand on her own two feet and solve all her problem by herself, she learns it’s not always possible especially with her friends. Things start casual between Erin and Devin because that’s want Erin wants, Devin wants more but he knows she needs time but she also needs to know that it’s okay to ask for help.
Overall, it was another wonderful heart wrenching book from Carrie Ann Ryan. The only thing I wasn’t happy about was how Erin left things with her father, I felt that it was left unresolved she formed her opinion but never got his side. But other than that I loved it. It’s told in first person with alternating POVs. Devin is sweet and patient Erin can be a little overly stubborn and blinded by her own need to prove herself to herself but together they make a great couple.
Carrie Ann has given us another outstanding read. This series is a spin off of the Montgomery’s and I was already hooked on the Carr siblings when we were introduced to Dimitri, but I am in love with Devin and Erin’s story. Its such an emotional read. You will experience all the feels from laughter, heartache, lots of tears (keep the tissues handy), remorse, forgiveness, healing and pure devotion. The love that these characters have for each other just radiates off the pages. I can’t wait for the continuation of this family’s stories. This is a must read! 5++ Stars for me.
This story starts off with Erin walking in finding her husband having sex with the former head cheerleader at their high school reunion (not a spoiler since the blurb fills you in on that little fact) which was a true eye opener for her because she didn’t see it coming at all, no Erin wasn’t completely happy but she never pictured her husband cheating on her. So let me ask you, What would you do in this situation? Well, I think most of you would do what she did, Erin left and went to a bar to get drunk.
Devin Carr in my eyes is a big teddy bear and I loved him! Devin knew right away who Erin was when she sat next to him in the bar because she had attended school with his younger sister and they had been friends. So being the chivalrous person that he is he took her home so she didn’t do anything stupid. HA! but no seriously, he was a true gentlemen and I think it melted my heart and had me swooning for him.
Devin and Erin had great chemistry so why not try the friends with benefits route, they were both attracted to one another and neither of them wanted anything serious so it was perfect, right…lol You know as well as I do things like that usually don’t work out but holy hell with their chemistry there was no other way for things to go.
This was a good start to the series, I did feel the story rushed a bit in parts but overall it was an enjoyable read. I would definitely recommend it to fans of Carrie Ann Ryan, lovers of Contemporary Romance, and those that enjoy the Friends-to-Lovers trope.
Happy Reading!!!
4.5 Stars
What a great family. Loved Devin and the rest of the Carr siblings and Erin is good for him, she just needs time to work through the scars left behind by multiple people leaving her.
Omg I absolutely love Erin and Devin’s story. The feels all round are just absolutely stunning and the different twists wow Carrie Ann has done a amazing job with these two lovely characters. One of my absolute favourites.
Every once in awhile a book comes along that is beyond perfection and let me tell you, this is that book. One click, one click, one click, that is what you really need to do. Breathless with her by Carrie Ann Ryan is astoundingly perfect. Once you start this book you definitely will not be able to put it down. A beautiful addition to a beautiful series.
A great start to a whole new spin off series to the Montgomery Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan. It is wonderfully emotional and everything that you would except from this author. Carrie is never one to disappoint when it comes to her books and characters, with each new character that she writes and introduces to us we get a new family with new books to enjoy.
There are some sad, happy and fun times with Devin and Erin and their families. The banter between the Carr siblings was so enjoyable to read, it had me giggling. While this is about new characters it was great to see how some of the past characters are doing. This book is about picking up the pieces of your life after it all comes crashing down.
At her High School reunion, Erin Taborn finds her husband in the bathroom in a compromising position with the former cheerleader. Erin and her husband (or should I say Ex) have been together forever and it just about destroys her to find him like this. She thought her life and marriage was perfect. After the ‘incident’ Erin throws herself into her work and swears off all men and relationships. But what she never planned on was Devin.
Devin Carr, an ex of Erin’s sister, helps Erin the night of the reunion, when he sees her drunk and sad. Erin is hard headed and only offers a ‘friends with benefits’ relationship with Devin. Devin wants more but will will take what he can get with her and hopes her feelings change, cause he isn’t willing to loose her.
This book had me guessing all the way to the end and I kept thinking that Devin and Erin would not get their HEA, but Carrie proved me wrong. A excellent start to a new set of siblings and I can’t wait to see what is next for the Carr family.
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a sexy new contemporary 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.
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 couldn’t breathe, couldn’t do anything except want to be with her. She was mine in this moment, and if I let myself think hard about it, she could be mine forever.”
Super fun cast sets the stage for a whole new set of siblings that I can’t wait to read more from!! Devin and Erin didn’t seem meant to be until they crashed and fell, then all the skeletons kept pulling them apart. Super hot, smidge of angst to keep it interesting, and as always peeks of some of our previous faves that tied everything in a nice package. I can’t wait for more from these siblings!
“I fell in love with the fire in her eyes. And I couldn’t wait to see where she took me next.”
~~~Erika, Book Haven Book Blog
Breathless With Her is a beautiful story that is all about protecting your heart but at what cost. Devin and Erin are two people that agree to boundaries to ensure Erin won’t run. Erin is tired of being hurt by the men in her life that were supposed to love and cherish her, so now she will erect those walls to protect her heart and soul from totally shattering. A story that will at times leave you breathless, have you wanting to fight for this couple and wanting to make sure that they get their cake and eat it too. Devin will claim your heart and at times Erin will frustrate you beyond belief. An emotional and breathtaking romance that will leave you with a huge smile on your face.
An emotional book about one woman who finds out her husband is cheating and on drugs then had to go through the emotional turmoil of whether she can love again. Devin still hurts from his parents but feels as though he and his family are doing well. We met Devin in restless ink and is Dimitri’s brother. When he meets Erin at a bar dressed in 80’s sequins he doesn’t expect the sadness of the betrayal she has experienced. A truly emotional book about being scared to take that leap of faith incase you get hurt, the fear if rejection or the emotional sadness of not being enough for a person. This story is about two people who aren’t that sure they can love so when one pushes the other away, the other person runs. Will Erin be able to get over her ex and truly have the HEA she really deserves????
Breathless
I loved this story with Erin and Devin I’ll be honest and say I haven’t read all the Montgomery stories but I’ll be slowly making my way through them when I get a chance
Erin goes to her high school reunion with her husband, Nicholas, only to walk in on him in a way no woman should see her husband….deep inside another woman She quickly leaves the reunion and goes to a local bar and bumps into Devin. He is instantly attracted to her but because she’s married he knows she’s off limits. But he will help make sure she stays safe and offers her a place to stay
Fast forward, six months later Erin’s divorce is finalised and Devin walks into her place of business. He asks her out and a chance to be together unfolds…. Looking forward to Amelia’s story next
I feel like I’ve been waiting lifetimes to finally get to see Dimitri’s brothers and sister and find out what’s going on with them. The best way I can describe the intro to Devin & Erins relationship is that this is a fun twist on not quite a second chance romance since Devin actually dated Erin’s sister for a hot second back in high school. It was great seeing Devin – the mother hen of the group of siblings – get himself all turned inside out over a woman. Carrie Ann has a way of making ex husbands and other characters seem as douchey as possible and I kinda really love it. Every book that brings me back to the Montgomery/ Off shoot of Montgomery world has been a read, the emotions and real life situations are amazing reads.
I have never not liked something Carrie Ann has written. Each book I struggle to think if I like this book better than others, because I seriously adore ALL OF THEM. Even when she started writing another genre, EQUALLY AMAZING. So big surprise, Breathless With Her is my CURRENT favorite. At least until I read the next for sure. I just really loved EVERYTHING about Devin and Erin.
Erin was so darn strong! I love how she got out of that horrible relationship and just kept on chugging along. And then of course when Devin comes in the picture, he gets her knees knocking a little. I loved that about her. I love how she let her feelings really rule her. From her feelings about her ex husband and standing up to him to letting Devin in. Although, that being said, both Devin and Erin were SUPER STUBBORN about their feelings. Erin seemed to be infectious though, she has such a drive and she has such an amazing support system.
Then we have Devin. He has this amazing family, but just hasn’t settled down yet. His reaction to Erin was EVERYTHING. From the night where she was drunk on the bar stool next to him, to the moment at the end with the wedding. I just love how he had a very pure reaction to her, like she ignited something within him. These two were explosive with their chemistry and I just loved that! Per the usual with these stubborn characters though, this man and his feelings kept driving me nuts!
I loved Devin’s constant references to the HUGE Montgomery clan, it was truly hysterical. But, they were very much an extended family for him. I loved the ways Carrie Ann brought them in, even more so than just Thea. And of course we have to talk about his siblings. Amelia, Caleb and Dimitri made a huge difference in this story. For Devin, family was a really big part of his life. I really think that this makes a difference in all of Carrie Ann’s books. Having that extra support is everything.
There were so many great twists and turns in this book, each of them was better than the next. And true to Carrie Ann fashion, I had the perfect amount of emotions in this book. I just loved every single second and I can’t wait until the next book!!
Breathless with her is the first book in Carrie Ann Ryan’s all new Less than series. This is Erin and Devins story. Devin comes into the picture when Erins life is falling apart. She just caught her husband cheating and her whole life is turned upside down. Will Devin help her trust love again? I loved this new series and can’t wait for the next book!