Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. Teenage and young adult
  3. Love and life

Read and listen for free for 42 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
4.0(2)

The Reckless Kind

It’s 1904 on an island just west of Norway, and Asta Hedstrom doesn’t want to marry her odious betrothed, Nils. But her mother believes she should be grateful for the possibility of any domestic future given her single-sided deafness,

unconventional appearance, and even stranger notions. Asta would rather spend her life performing in the village theater with her fellow outcasts: her best friend Gunnar Fuglestad and his secret boyfriend, wealthy Erlend Fournier.

But the situation takes a dire turn when Nils lashes out in jealousy—gravely injuring Gunnar. Shunning marriage for good, Asta vows instead to live the life of her choosing, along with Gunnar and Erlend. With few ties left to their families,

they have one shot at gaining enough money to secure their future: win the village’s annual horse race.

Despite Gunnar’s increasing misgivings and difficult recovery, Asta and Erlend intend to prove this unheard-of arrangement will succeed. But the more they defy small-town tradition, the stronger the villagers’ hateful ignorance becomes. With

this year’s competition proving dangerous for the reckless trio, Asta and Erlend soon find they face another equally deadly peril: the possibility of losing Gunnar, and their found family, forever.


Author:

  • Carly Heath

Narrators:

  • Laura Knight Keating
  • Michael Crouch

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 11 h 14 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Teenage and young adult
  • Love and life
  • Teenage and young adult
  • Novels
  • Teenage and young adult
  • Nonfiction

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Where Shadows Bloom

    Catherine Bakewell

    audiobook
  2. Joined at the Joints

    Marissa Eller

    audiobook
  3. Finally Fitz

    Marisa Kanter

    audiobookbook
  4. At the End of the River Styx

    Michelle Kulwicki

    audiobook
  5. That Devil, Ambition

    Linsey Miller

    audiobook
  6. Just Happy to Be Here

    Naomi Kanakia

    audiobook
  7. Bone Weaver

    Aden Polydoros

    audiobook
  8. Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire

    Erica Hollis

    audiobook
  9. Songlight

    Moira Buffini

    audiobook
  10. Sofi and the Bone Song

    Adrienne Tooley

    audiobookbook
  11. Between the Lines

    Jodi Picoult, Samantha Van Leer

    audiobookbook
  12. The Forest Demands Its Due

    Kosoko Jackson

    audiobook

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5