Genres: Dark Romance, Erotic Romance, Suspense
Format: eBook
BLURB:
Myth. Monster. Mine.
Spectre
I wasn’t even a man when I took a life for the first time, although you couldn’t say I was a child. If I’d ever had a childhood, it hadn’t lasted long. My father, may he rot in hell, had seen to that. I took his life as well and that, too, happened before I was old enough to be considered a grown man.
I never regretted it for a second.
That path almost led to my own grave, and would have, if I hadn’t stumbled across somebody who was as different from my father as day was from night. Sarge had seen the monster lurking inside, so he took control, gave me guidelines, rules, so I wouldn’t be the monster my father had planned.
It worked. I restrained the worst of my rage and honed the skills that had been drilled into me—theft, stealth… assassination. The broken child ceased to exist and I became Spectre, an assassin spoken of in whispers, hired to take out the worst of humanity.
Then I was sent to kill her…and my world came to a screeching halt.
Tia
It’s taken a long time, but I finally had a nice, steady routine. I stopped trying to conform to the neurotypicals of the world and found my own normal.
Normal went out the window when I walked into my kitchen and found a strange (hot), dangerous looking (so fricking hot) man drugging my new dog.
It probably wasn’t the smartest thing to leap at him like a banshee and attack, but that’s what I did.
When my attempt to wreck the vehicle was averted, my kidnapper didn’t hurt or threaten me. In fact, he told me he wanted to protect me.
This (hot) guy had to be crazy. But if he was crazy, what did that make me? Because I believed him. More, I found myself seeing something beyond the rigid, blank mask he wore. He kept trying to push me away, but I couldn’t seem to keep my distance.
He calls himself a monster…but when I look at him, that isn’t what I see. I just see him…and I know he’s meant to be mine.
Warning: This isn’t a snuggly, comfy read. The male MC is a hired killer, while the heroine is neuro-atypical. Some dark material is involved—the hero kidnaps the heroine. There’s also violence when he goes on a rampage against those who put a contract on her. Also references of abuse (not against the heroine). Also very graphic, erotic scenes with minor bondage play.
CHRISTINA’S FOUR STAR REVIEW:
Let’s cut straight to the chance….I crave dark books. Throw some romance in there and I’m definitely intrigued. But this book? It literally blew me away, and I’m really sad that this isn’t a series of some sort.
Tia is a little different. Not shy with her words, she’s a straight forward, tell you how it is kind of girl, who teaches kids how to except themselves through art. Something she had to learn for herself at a younger age as well. Some may consider her abnormal, but in all honesty, she’s a breathe of fresh air.
Having a brother as a cop/detective can come in handy. Except for the little fact that he put a mobsters brother away and now the mobster is after her as payback. Someone’s been hired to kill her and now everyone she cares about could be in danger. So why is her hit man being so….nice?
Spectre is a ghost. He’s an assassin sent to do one job and only one job. But when he’s asked to off Tia, something doesn’t sit right. After surveying the situation, it becomes clear that the one hiring him to do the job is a douche. Yeah, I said it. And now keeping Tia safe has become an even being job.
This is NOT a man meets girl and fall in love book. In fact, it has Stockholm written all over it, but it’s done in a way that makes you actually “feel” for both of these characters. The build up and anticipation of lust between these two is worth every page turned and the moment the connection is made, it’s hotter than hot. Putting the romance on the side burner, the story line is wonderful. I mean, what would you do to keep someone safe?
BOOK INFORMATION:
Purchase link to all retail outlets: https://amzn.to/2YyxgWt
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46753452
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Shiloh Walker is an award-winning writer…yes, really! She’s also a mom, a wife, a reader and she pretends to be an amateur photographer. She published her first book in 2003. Her latest romance, Cocksure, released in November 2018.
She writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance, and urban fantasy under the name J.C. Daniels.
Website: https://www.shilohwalker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shilohwalker/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/ShilohW
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