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Isabel is living in Rio, going through the motions since her greatest love left her six years ago. She's an English teacher by day, and she likes to hang out with Kolt at night, dare I say, stringing him along? She knows she can never love him as her heart has already been given away, but the companionship is nice. Everything is turned upside down for Isabel when Tristan comes along, he's death for hire, and Isabel's name has arrived on his list. When he gets a chance at perfect, quick, easy kill, he doesn't take it, she says his name, HIS name. What can this all mean? Tristan only has the last three years worth of memories, he has no idea his connection to this kill, but he's determined to find out.

So, I had this sitting on my netgalley TBR list for a while now, and I have to admit, I was a bit put off when I was scrolling through Facebook one day and saw this series advertised on a sponsored add as the next Fifty Shades. Now, I have to admit, I've never read fifty shades, I've heard that it's entertaining, but it's existence has irked me since it's release (I just feel like the BDSM was not researched properly and I've seen excerpts from it and the writing style seems woeful), so I was a little put off that this book seemed to be classed totally different to what I was expecting when I read the blurb. As it's only rather short, 116 pages, I figured why not? I need to get my netgalley list down and I may as well start by picking off the shorter stories. This story doesn't seem anything like Fifty Shades. The first installment at least anyway. There's no poor excuse for bondage happening, though Tristan is very domineering and needs to get his own way and he's holding Isabel against her will. I put this down to a contract killer taking steps to work something out, not because he NEEDS to dominate Isabel or he'll die.

I found the premise of the story interesting. Here is a contract killer (who doesn't love one of those) who has no memory besides the last three years. He's on a kill and the killee says his name. Colour me interested. I found that the stories pace just seemed SOOOO SLOOOWWWWW. I honestly considered DNFing this at like 30% because NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. Two reasons I didn't DNF though - 1. It's only 116 pages for hell's sake and 2. I kinda wanted to see what would end up happening with Tristan and Isabel, as well as what HAPPENED with Tristan and Isabel. So I guess you could say that I was a little invested in the characters.

Tristan is a brooding, all business, contract killer for hire. He's tortured, generically good looking, and can kill someone at 100 paces and have complete certainty that he's got them, and that he's won. Isabel is running from her past, her heart shattered into a million pieces and belonging to the man who left her just out of high school when he joined the army. At 24 years old she has settled with the fact that she will never love again... To be honest, my favourite character out of the whole book was the half blind priest that we meet. I want to see more of him! He was great. Sarcasm aside (not about the priest, I really did pick him as my favourite character), the characters were fine, and they had enough depth for such a short book, they were generic love story characters in my opinion.

The story's pace fell flat for the middle of the book, it wasn't until I was nearly at the end of this installment that it really started to pick up. I didn't see any resemblance to fifty shades of grey, but I'm assuming that the similarity lies with the tortured, overbearing lover who the female just wants to save, make feel better, and do absolutely ANYTHING for. So not my kind of story I don't think. I'll admit, once I finished this I was curious as to what would happen next, but I'm not curious enough to continue with this series, it's just not for me I'm afraid. I wish I could have enjoyed it more, but it was more about the lost love aspect than the awesome killer for hire aspect.

I love this book. Meredith Wild never fails to deliver on giving you suspense along with romance. I can’t wait to read the rest of this series!

Isabel Foster is living abroad and teaching English. Tristan is a murder for higher, without a past that he can remember. As he's about to kill Isabel she calls out his name. How does she know his name? Is she the key to his lost memories? Can he follow through with this job? This book was a fast paced adventure. I can't wait to read the next one.

Wow! This book you will be hooked from the first page. Lots of suspense and mystery. Loved it! Look forward to the next installment ..part 2.

Wow! My first Meredith wild book and most definitely will not be my last. Cannot wait to finish this series and read anything by her! Hot!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Waterhouse Press for letting me read this book in exchange for my honest review.
While I liked this book, it was very action packed and kept my attention, I am only giving it 3 stars. I knew this was a short story but I did not expect the cliffhanger ending. I will now have to find the other installments so that I can find out what happens. I would have like this one better if all the parts were together in one book.

I cannot pin point exactly why this wasn't my cup of tea, but it maybe because it had storyline I've read somewhere else that was also done better. No satisfying end. I just could like this no matter how much I wanted to after hearing so much about it.

I'm not entirely sure why I waited so long to read The Red Ledger Series by Meredith Wild, maybe it was the apprehension of crossing over into the suspense genre, which I almost never do.  I'm a romantic, so I mostly stay within the confines of the Romance genre. 

Now I'm disappointed that I waited, I should have known her works always leave me breathless and longing for more. Since the Hacker series I have been a trusting reader that Ms. Wild will deliver on an exciting plot, endearing characters and a writing style that will have you turning the pages until you find the last one which leaves you pining for the next book.

This book was nothing short of Ms. Wild's previous works, her imagination knows no bounds and her writing style gives life to her characters like no one else.   

Tristan Red is "murder for hire", his past is darkness, his memories have been wiped after a military mission gone wrong.  His new life, focus on hit after hit, blend in and go unnoticed.  That is until Isabel Foster, daughter of a Pentagon official and unsuspecting victim calls out his name making him fail his mission.   

He doesn't remember how they are connected but he's desperate to find out putting both their lives in danger making them both a target.  Isabel knows she is the key to his memories, but she's in love with a man who no longer exists.  Tristan is oddly likeable despite his demeanor and while Isabel may be naive and broken her character shows great strength.   

The story ends on a cliff hanger, but lucky for me Part 2 has already been released and I can't wait to dive in!

I received a galley copy of this book from Netgalley.com and Waterhouse Press. Thanks to both for the opportunity to review.

There is a lot of hype online around this book. There are ads everywhere for it. Unfortunately, it doesn't live up to the hype.

The storyline is so far-fetched and implausible; it goes beyond suspension of disbelief right into ridiculous.

Action packed and full of intrigue

Descriptive and full of action. Had my attention from the beginning with what was taking place, what is in the background and the role of Jay and her dad. This is a quick read and relatively short as it is just part one in a multi-part story. Lots of questions with intriguing backstories, but no real answers on what happened to get the memory problems, who is calling the shots, who his friend is, etc. Excited to read the next part.

Thank you NetGalley, Waterhouse Press and Meredith Wild for the chance to read this book and share my opinion!

This is the first book in the Red Ledger series. Isabel is enjoying life in Rio de Janeiro when she sees her old boyfriend, Tristan. He has lost his memory and cannot remember her but she holds his past. He kidnaps Isabel.
This book was not my taste. There was too much romance throughout the book. It would have been good otherwise.

Overall I really enjoyed this part of the story but I’m giving it low marks because I hate when authors break up what should be 1 book into short installments. The book gives no resolution to any of the situations that the characters are in so it was either a waste of time to read or I’m going to have to purchase several other “books” to actually finish the story.

Isabel Foster has gene to Brazil to try to forget her anguish at losing her love, she still can’t get over him so is shocked when he turns up and drags her into a scary, dangerous world. He has lost his memory but being with Isabel starts the process of recall. Fast paced and action packed. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really didn’t find this book at all believable. (NOTE: maybe spoilers but nothing you don’t find out in the first chapter). I also didn’t realize I accidentally picked up a romance novel so maybe that’s why I hated it. Because like most romance novels the plot and storyline are completely unbelievable, overly dramatic and entirely predictable. Really? Out of everyone in the entire company Tristan is the one sent after Isabel? And a silly high school relationship that they had is the entire cataclysmic reason why they have an undying bond? Oh yawn. Please. Let’s bring on the next book. I wasted entirely too much time on this drivel .

Thanks to netgalley/author for an ARC on this book.

Picked this book based on its excellent reviews and not much of other information. Short book which can be devoured in a few hours.

I liked the fast pace. However not enough history to show why isabel would fall all over for Red or follow him after so many years. I expected a twist which i did not see ....may be that is the point to rope readers , in that case, it worked! i look forward to the sequel.

English teacher in Rio is trying to enjoy Carnaval despite an overeager friend with benefits. Instead her life is forever changed by an old boyfriend, who can’t remember her and has another reason for seeking her out.
It’s a short book, which is surprising when I consider how slow it moves, how often it rehashes the same ground. He needs something from her, but it takes him far too long in his alpha haze to ask her for it. As expected, there are twists and turns in the plot so no one knows who to trust.
Always happy when my alma mater UCLA is mentioned.
Warning: this ends in a huge cliffhanger! It struck me that this was a longer book reduced to smaller portions.
2.5 pushed up to 3/5

Meredith wild has done it again. Absolutely love all her books. Once I started this I couldn’t put it down.

*I’d like to thank the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book in return of an honest review.

This book currently has an average 4.12 rating from more than 1700 reviewers. Suffice it to say, I feel like I'm in the minority here.

On paper, the premise of this book is everything I'd want in a Romantic Suspense. But somewhere between the plotting and the characterization, the storytelling lost the charm that the synopsis promised.

Tristan is a contract killer who has no memory of his past. When he is in Rio De Janeiro for his next target, it turns out to be Isabel who invokes old feelings and memories in him. When she recognizes him in a crowd, he knows that she is someone from his past.

It turns out that they used to date each other in high school before a tragedy compelled him to enlist in the army. The last contact Isabel and Tristan had was when he broke up with her from the army which left her so broken that she still is haunted by that pain.

The way Isabel was acting during the beginning felt like she had suffered a severe traumatic experience that she left her life in her homeland and moved to become a teacher in brazil. Being dumped by her teenage love was not what I had at all expected to be the reason.

The transition of Tristan from being determined in killing Isabel to helping her escape his 'comrades' was not very convincingly written. But I could conjure more feelings for him than Isabel who I couldn't care less about. I could see Tristan's conflict as he had no memory but was still conflicted over the shadow of his feelings for this girl who is the only link to his past. But Isabel, on the other hand, was so acquiescent and easy to trust Tristan's demands, she came off spineless..

Also, these two felt a little too horny for people who were on the run for their lives. She apparently had her broken by him and he had no recollection of their love. But who cares about all that complex history when you can get your rocks off?

I get that this is the first part and the author wanted to leave out a lot of the details and back-story for the later parts. But there should be at least a solid start to the series with convincing story-telling for me to continue to the series. Sadly, I already can predict how the series will proceed and don't feel the slightest inclination to continue. That's a pity because this could've been a really promising read with a better execution.

A great introduction to this series. I love Meredith other books so I decided to give this series a chance. Well written. Now I just need to read the rest.

I went into this novella knowing very little about the plot. I really enjoyed the escapism I experienced from this story. Red is an assassin, with little to no memory of his past, and little to no concern about it. Isabel is an English teacher in Rio, who lives and breathes her past. She cannot shake the memory of the love of her life, and she fled to Rio to try to escape those feelings. Still, she lives and breathes the memories of her ex.

Isabel sees Red (real name of Tristan) in the streets of Rio during Carnaval, and she instinctively shouts his name. She chases her, not knowing that he's also chasing her for malicious reasons. She remembers the old Tristan fondly, whereas he has no idea who she is.

I liked the romance in this book, the undeniable chemistry between the characters. I loved Red's relationship with his boss, encrypting messaging only. He's a haunted soul, and that definitely came through in this novella.

What I didn't like was how the author forced the reader into the Red/Isabel connection without so much as a prologue. I would have liked to been introduced to this story line a little more thoroughly. Then again, Red, with his memory loss, wasn't afforded that courtesy, so maybe the author is paralleling the reader's experience with Red's.

I plan to read the other books in this series.