Rough Edge
By CD Reiss
- Release Date: 2018-05-22
- Genre: Contemporary Romance
Description
He's her husband, but he's not the man she married.
Caden and Greyson come home from deployment to build a life together. Everything is perfect, until Caden starts changing into a different man---one with a savage edge that's as dangerous as it is sexy.
Who is her husband?
What has he become?
And why?
The break between who Caden was and what he's becoming intensifies, while Greyson hunts down answers, putting together pieces of a puzzle that begins in Iraq and ends in their bedroom.
The cure may be worse than the disease, and as Caden's roughness hits new heights, so does Greyson's pleasure. She's falling in love with a man she never married---a man whose very existence is a mystery, and one she's hell-bent on destroying.
With time running out and forces bigger than their marriage working against them, Greyson needs to put together the pieces before Caden takes it all too far.
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NY Times Bestselling author CD Reiss brings raw intensity to a couple so in love, they'll make the darkest of sacrifices to save each other.
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The Edge
Rough Edge
On the Edge
Broken Edge
Over the Edge
Reviews
Odd Read
3By Boerne DivaWell it was escapist reading but I don’t recommend this book.WOW
5By Deanna PinkLady*Book 1 was the introduction to a huge revelation. *The Prequel set the stage of how this story started. Book 2........well it just solidifies the dark, sexual, troubling, volatile and loving relationship of Greyson and Caden and their life as they adjust to being civilians. The secrets and the dysfunctions are front and center and are enveloped in shades of gray. It’s shocking and disturbing at times as well as endearing and heartfelt. Emotions are taken on a wild roller coaster ride and sometimes it’s nauseating as well as thrilling. But mark my words, Book 2 squeezes your gut and never lets go!!!! This series has a major twist. You learn about it in Book 1. But to discuss aspects of that spoiler would be a disadvantage to a reader. You, the reader, should experience the twist as you read the book. So my review ends here. Just know that when reading a CD Reiss book.... the passion, intensity, and sometimes depravity are worded in extraordinary beauty. She writes with a lyrical prowess that ignites a story beyond measure. The Edge Series is darkness and emotions at its best. A mind trip to rattle, grip and seize your emotions and well being. This story ends of a cliffy of course. A cliffy that sets your imagination on fire trying to figure out scenarios for Book 3 that I’m sure will squeeze my gut even tighter than Book 2. CD Reis is both brilliant and depraved all rolled into one. A must read series so far!!Stunning and compelling!
5By GreyGirl50I can’t remember the last time I dove into a book that kept me absolutely spellbound with a compulsion to get to the end of what I knew was going to be a stunning cliffhanger that would literally blow my mind! From the first page of the prequel to this series Greyson and Caden’s story has been like riding a roller coaster. You know there are going to be spins, turns and drops that will make your heart race but once the ride starts you have no choice but to hang on for your life and hope you survive the fall. Greyson and Caden’s story is all that and more. If you enjoy flawed characters that find themselves on a psychological thrill ride this is definitely the series for you.This book is EVERYTHING right in a readers mind and an author’s story. Read it
5By Ashel05Wow. That’s what I got. Wow. This book, this book is brutal on your heart. Read the prequel. It’s good back story. In it you’ll meet Greyson & Caden. Both serving in the Iraq war in a medical capacity. That sounds so cut and dry. It’s not. It’s heart wrenching and breaking. Greyson is a career military psychiatrist, she’s responsible for the well-being of the medical personnel treating injured soldiers. Also she assists the injured as well. Caden is a surgeon in the army. Who at times can go 4-5 days with no break, real sustenance or rest. He’s a machine. Saving lives. The meet: She walks in on him changing and he smarts off. Then shows her the goods. (That’s in the prequel). Their connection and chemistry is instant. He tells her relatively quickly he wants her. It’s awesome. You feel the love they have for each other. In this book, I don’t want to even say anything because it is so out of left, I don’t want to ruin it for you. Let’s say. If you like her Submission series with Jonathan & Monica, YOU WILL LOVE THIS. If you are looking for a smoking hot read involving s&m, an alpha who loves his wife and she loves him... read this. If you are looking for a book that will break you, this is it. If you’re looking for a book that you ... FEEL. EVERYTHING. THEY. ARE. DEALING. WITH>>>> THIS IS IT!! Fair warning. There is consent. But there could be trigger warnings. I would say this is a dark read but different dark than you probably think. Think tears of Tess by pepper winters or Fiona’s story by Ms Reiss. Final warning. This is a 3.5 book series. 0.5 & 1 are out. 2 comes out on 6/12. So this does not wrap up in a sweet HEA this book. But with those warnings... I still say read this now!!Rough Edge left me on the Rough Edge!
5By starstacyRough Edge left me on the Rough Edge! I read the prequel, Cutting Edge, first, & I am glad I did. It is the story of how Caden & Greyson met, & it gives this book the grounding it needs because Rough Edge starts after they just got married. Rough Edge has an original plot, intriguing leads & intense intimate scenes which I loved. Through the whole book, I was trying figure out the what the twist would be, & when it came at the end it made my jaw drop! Mind blown! I cannot wait to read the second book! Again, I loved this book!Brilliant Start to this Series!!
4By MSRMNY4 1/2 STARS!!! Rough Edge is C.D. Reiss at her best!! There is no other author out there who writes with such intensity, darkness, and psychological twisting like C.D. Reiss!! She knows how to grab you from the page go and hold you until the very last page while leaving you wanting more of the diabolical-ness that she has been serving you...and that means...be prepared to just jump on the ride and not know where it will take, but know this is for sure, it is a ride that you will not want to get off!! Rough Edge is a powerfully intriguing, psychologically-twisting, masterly crafted original story about a couple that is fighting to save their marriage, and the extremes that they are willing to go through for their marriage. Caden and Greyson are both doctors who met and married while in the military, but who are now civilians, and are trying to navigate civilian life together in NYC, but there are "demons" from the past that are trying to break though and insert themselves into their marriage. And the devices that they employ to navigate these rough waters will have you so twisted up inside and on the edge of your seat, praying for relief for them and for you. Caden and Greyson are two very strong-willed people, but are also very dependent on each other, because their relationship is a total drug for each of them. And at this point, whether they want to admit it or not, they need each other to survive, because each one brings out the deep, dark, intense, fantasies of the other. So, if you are looking for a story with an original plot line that will have you on the edge of your seat, and one in which you will have no idea where the story is heading, but you love the darkness and intensity, and the mind games along with the most intense sexual encounters you will ever read about then Rough Edge is for you. I highly recommend it. I cannot wait for book two in this wonderfully suspenseful series.Rough Edge
5By BellaBean5 starsIntense
5By Sandie ParsonsWow, this is such an intense story. Two doctors that have met and married in the military are adjusting to civilian life. I could feel the love between Greyson and Caden it was deep and respectful and then it was different. Then it became dark. Though book kept me on the edge of my seat and had my heart pounding as I read it and for a long time after. Can’t wait for the next one.Rough Edge is only the beginning!!! And what a beginning!!!
5By Cha_CharitaReadsThank you C.D. Reiss for a phenomenal Book One of The Edge series! My heart is in my throat! Palpable, riveting, exceptional!! I am “on edge” for book 2 and the rest f the series; Can.Not.Wait. You are the Queen!Holy Hotness!!
5By rlamltCaden and Greyson met in the service. They married in a quick service during one of Greyson’s leaves. When her time is up she doesn’t re-enlist. They have to adjust to married life and life away from the service. Super hot romance with themes of BDSM. Great start to the series. Very intense story. Amazing depth to the characters.Delicious Storytelling
5By iloveAC/DCLilting, lyrical prose? Check! Fragile, chipped/broken characters? Check! Shockingly hot intimacy? Check! C.D. Reiss’ ground breaking new series begins with Rough Edge. In her latest book, Ms. Reiss explores marital relationships and devotion and how they are impacted by trauma, abuse, and mental health. Only a talented storyteller like Ms. Reiss could also add in a bit of suspense and mystery to the mix. Ms. Reiss’ writing is emotive. Her characters are sympathetic, and their story is compelling. Two doctors who have been through the Hell of active duty are now married and civilian. They are looking forward to meaningful practices and a quiet life together. However, there are dark, disturbed forces tracking them like hungry wolves. Rough Edge is the spellbinding beginning to the four-part story of Drs. Greyson Frazier and Caden St. John. Every page of this book is intense, and the boundary blurs considerably as Ms. Reiss takes her readers to the edge of all that they believe.A great start to a new dark and unique series!
4By mpatane5What did I just read? A unique story that builds with a twist you don’t see coming.... This story will definitely push your mind and your limits. I love the darker element to this read and can’t wait for book 2.THIS WAS AMAZING!
5By Cindy M. GreenI can't stop thinking about Caden and Greyson! Honestly, I’m not even sure where to begin. My thoughts and feelings are all over the place with this erotic tale of two strong willed people coming together under the most stressful of circumstances. Rough Edge went above and beyond everything I thought it would be. Yes, I knew it would it would be sexy, dark and intense. I knew it would mess with my head and my heart. What I didn’t know was that Caden and Greyson would CONSUME me. These two just click. They know it from the start, they feel it in their bones and acting on their instincts to be together is the only logical choice for them. Greyson is strong and independent. I admire her sense of self and need to be supportive and giving even in the darkest of times. Caden is smart, oh so sexy and royally messed up. Little does he know that leaving the military will be more difficult than he ever imagined. The love and devotion Caden and Greyson have for one another and their relationship is larger than life. The question is, will this all-consuming love be enough to get them through what will be the hardest battle of their lives?!? Caden and Greyson own me and having to wait for remaining books is slow torture. Even so, I have no doubt that CD Reiss will make it worth the wait. Yes, this is a series, but luckily, she is not going to make us twiddle our thumbs for months and months in anticipation of what I’m sure will be an epic conclusion. If you are looking for a story that will grab your attention from Page 1 and keep you guessing, swooning, excited and bewildered you need to #OncClick now!I'm dangling on the dark, beautiful, jagged ROUGH EDGE!!!
5By Dirt SteveAaaahhhh..... A new series from C.D. Reiss, The Edge Series, YES YES YES!!!! Rough Edge (The Edge #1), Greyson and Caden, their undeniable love and marriage grew out of the ashes of the devastation of a War! But now as they face a civilian life where their love and marriage should blossom and flourish their minds/bodies and love/marriage will instead fight the ultimate WAR, a WAR unlike any they've faced before!!! This is book 1 and right from the beginning my senses were tingling with anticipation while I was in a constant state of mind-numbing-bending-blowing fascination and it never let up to the very last words.... And those last words have left me dangling from a dark, beautiful, jagged ROUGH EDGE!!!!! WHEW, insanely-erotic-mind-twisting-masterpiece!!!!!I am so obsessed with Greyson and Caden!
5By Wendy LeGrandC.D. Reiss has really outdone herself with this book. With this series, really, if this first book is any indication. Greyson and Caden meet while stationed together in Iraq, him a surgeon and her a Psychiatrist. Their connection is intense, more than just sexual, and they fall in love and get married. Caden's time in the Army is up so he returns home to New York to be a heart surgeon, and when Greyson's tour is up, she follows him and opens her own practice. I feel like whatever I say about this story is going to give too much away, and I can't think of just one or two things to talk about because Christine has layered so much into this, that it is all overlapping and interwoven and deep, so, so deep. The only thing I will say is that something happens to Caden, and he starts to change, away from the man who couldn't keep his hands (and all of his other parts) off Greyson to someone cold and distant and just...not her husband. As the story progresses, Greyson has a few revelations about herself that she initially doesn't want to admit, all while she is trying to figure out what is going on with Caden. The sex is over the top, hot and passionate and deviant as well? That's all I'm saying about that. We get dual points of view, as well as some flashback chapters, that give us some more insight as to what has brought this couple to the point they are at right now. I spent a lot of time not understanding what the hell was happening, but that is not a negative thing. It just means that Christine snagged me hook, line and sinker and I couldn't put the book down, trying to figure out why Caden was acting the way he was and marveling at how Greyson was trying to help him, struggling between that fine line of being a Psychiatrist but more so his wife. When I finished reading my first thought was, "that was one effed up mind trip!" and I'm sure a lot of readers are going to comment that this book really stretches your mind and thought processes about human behaviors. The ending left me dying for book 2, like right now!! Holy sh*t, my heart is still beating fast, reading those last lines.Total mind trip!!!
5By ~Mindy Lou~Rough Edge follows a married couple, Caden and Greyson. They met while in active duty. There is a little bit of toggling between past and present but for the most part this book is focused on these two living as a married couple and civilians for the first time. Caden is a heart surgeon and Greyson is starting her own psychiatric practice. She is focusing on helping vets dealing with PTSD. These two are madly in love and can't keep their hands off each other until suddenly Caden starts becoming cold towards Greyson one minute and obsessed with her another. Greyson starts to worry what Caden's behavior means but what she initially thought, isn't what's going on. In fact, as a reader you really don't know what's going on either. I really don't think I should say any more, not that I could explain what is going on anyway. One thing I can say is it was a total mind trip. I went into this book blind and I highly recommend doing the same. It's an experience this author is known for giving her readers. It's going to have you scrambling to try to figure out what is going on, how far this author is going to take this and who will these people be when it is all said and done. The author leaves us hanging on a pretty big moment and I need the second book NOW!!! ARC provided by author.
