Sidetracked Audiobook – Mindf*ck Series, Book 2

One rainy afternoon, curled up on my porch swing with a mug of tea and the storm drumming steady on the roof, I pressed play on Sidetracked—and felt myself slip into one of the most mesmerizing love stories I’ve ever heard. As someone who’s always been fascinated by how darkness and tenderness can exist side by side, this audiobook swept me off my feet from its opening lines.

Sidetracked is book two in the Mindf*ck series, and it wastes no time deepening both its central relationship and its mounting sense of danger. Logan Bennett is an FBI profiler chasing justice; Lana Myers is a serial killer bent on vengeance. Their connection shouldn’t just be forbidden—it should be impossible. And yet, as their lives become more entwined, so did my heart with theirs.

What makes Sidetracked remarkable isn’t just its twisty plot or high-octane suspense (though trust me: it has both in spades), but how achingly real it feels beneath all that adrenaline. The dual perspective—Logan’s slow-burning confusion and desperate hopefulness alongside Lana’s icy calculation masking years of trauma—lets us see both the hunter and hunted in intimate detail. It’s haunting to hear Logan convince himself that Lana’s secrecy is just emotional guardedness when we know her secrets run blood-deep.

There are moments in this audiobook that stopped me cold—the scenes where Lana struggles to keep herself stitched together after each act of vengeance, for instance, or Logan’s earnest longing to save someone he barely understands. I’ve never rooted so hard for such a doomed couple before; their romance is like watching two people holding hands at the edge of an abyss—every glance and word charged with longing and danger.

The narrators elevate this story into something unforgettable. Marie Hawkins brings Lana to life with chilling precision—a voice that balances ice-cold resolve with flickers of heartbreaking vulnerability you might miss if you’re not paying attention (and I was hanging on every syllable). TJ Clark gives Logan a beautifully raw sincerity—I could feel his unraveling confusion and deepening devotion pulsing through every line. Together they create an atmosphere thick enough to touch; at times I had to pause just to breathe.

My only complaint (if you could call it that) is how emotionally draining this listening experience can be. If you’re looking for escapism without pain or moral knots… well, this probably isn’t your comfort listen! But if you’re drawn—as I am—to stories that tangle up right and wrong until neither seems certain anymore? You’ll find yourself completely addicted.

Sidetracked doesn’t shy away from tough themes: revenge vs justice, trauma’s aftermath, what we owe those we love even when loving them could destroy us both. In many ways it reminded me why dark romance calls so fiercely to some souls—it insists there’s beauty even at our brokenest edges.

I finished Sidetracked long after midnight—with rain still whispering outside—feeling gutted yet grateful for characters brave enough to burn for each other against all odds. If your heart can handle morally gray love wrapped inside pulse-pounding suspense… let yourself fall too.