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That was a nice dark read!!
A lot of it wasn't much of a surprise (in terms of good guy/bad guy), but the journey to the end was so good!
I didn't like Maria much to begin with as I found her loud and really obnoxious. But she grew on me after a bit. Damien, on the other hand, wow, just wow.
I must say that overall, my favorite couple of the whole book was Charlie and Rome!!
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A lot of it wasn't much of a surprise (in terms of good guy/bad guy), but the journey to the end was so good!
I didn't like Maria much to begin with as I found her loud and really obnoxious. But she grew on me after a bit. Damien, on the other hand, wow, just wow.
I must say that overall, my favorite couple of the whole book was Charlie and Rome!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is my first read from Vi Carter and it will definitely not be my last. The plot was well developed and the characters had a chemistry that crackled off each and every page. This romantic suspense novel was thrilling and will without a doubt keep you enthralled.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I struggled between a 2.5 and 3. Maria was a lot, I understand her naivety and her being so spoiled but she still annoyed me a lot.
Much better than Dark. There is more plot, character development and suspense.
Touch her and die, arranged marriage tropes.
Damien, who worked security in Dark, is now creating his own security company. He is in an arranged marriage with his boss’ daughter but it’s only supposed to be a temporary marriage of convenience, unbeknownst to the boss’ daughter.
Touch her and die, arranged marriage tropes.
Damien, who worked security in Dark, is now creating his own security company. He is in an arranged marriage with his boss’ daughter but it’s only supposed to be a temporary marriage of convenience, unbeknownst to the boss’ daughter.
This is a amazing sexy, twisted, and very suspenseful plot with Darker. This will draw you in tell the very ending. This book will take you on many twists and turns through out the book. This is the second book in the series. This is a amazing sexy, twisted, and very suspenseful plot with Darker. This will draw you in tell the very ending. This book will take you on many twists and turns through out the book. This is the second book in the series. This is amazing dark read that is very intense and will have you hooked from the very beginning to the edge of your seat throughout this this story. This is the third book in this series.
Is this a good read? Yes it is. Is it dark? No, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I've not read a book by Vi Carter before but based on this I would read other works by her. I found this well written, engaging and read it pretty much in one sitting, so it definitely held my attention. I would describe this as a romantic suspense with elements of organised crime. In particular I liked that the heroine had entered the arrangement willingly and actually wanted to be married to the hero. This really gave a nice spin to the arranged/forced marriage trope.
Both main characters were likeable, Damien was actually a pretty honorable man, though his struggles with his desires did lead him to be a total idiot at times. Maria was a total spitfire, maybe alotlittle petulant and immature at times, but I let that slide under the reason of her having been kept very sheltered her whole life.
There was definitely chemistry between Damien and Maria, with some scorching hot sex scenes to enjoy. I felt that generally it was more lust than love, though I certainly felt a very strong connection to Maria and her emotions quite a few times throughout the story. The book certainly made me feel!
Personally I felt the resolution was achieved a little too quickly. The ideas were great and it was well executed BUT I felt there were missed opportunities to add extra depth to the story. Nate felt like a loose end, his I would also have liked some more of Maria with her parents, some scenes of them getting to know one another.
Some parts of this were told rather than shown, yet most of the book didn't have that vibe so it did leave me disappointed that the author didn't add the same depth to those scene. The impression it gave was that the author had a word or page count and was paring those last few chapters down in order to achieve it. In fact this is an issue I've encountered with other authors and it does make me wonder if they write to "size" rather than "story". If that is the case then Dear Author, please note that most readers can cope with a book that takes longer than two hours to complete. I also dispute the 339 page count - it was not quite half that length!
If you enjoy well written, steamy, romantic suspense, with some good plot twists and likeable characters then I do recommend this.
I've not read a book by Vi Carter before but based on this I would read other works by her. I found this well written, engaging and read it pretty much in one sitting, so it definitely held my attention. I would describe this as a romantic suspense with elements of organised crime. In particular I liked that the heroine had entered the arrangement willingly and actually wanted to be married to the hero. This really gave a nice spin to the arranged/forced marriage trope.
Both main characters were likeable, Damien was actually a pretty honorable man, though his struggles with his desires did lead him to be a total idiot at times. Maria was a total spitfire, maybe a
There was definitely chemistry between Damien and Maria, with some scorching hot sex scenes to enjoy. I felt that generally it was more lust than love, though I certainly felt a very strong connection to Maria and her emotions quite a few times throughout the story. The book certainly made me feel!
Personally I felt the resolution was achieved a little too quickly. The ideas were great and it was well executed BUT I felt there were missed opportunities to add extra depth to the story. Nate felt like a loose end, his
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obsession with Maria seemed at odds with his willingness to kidnap her for King.Some parts of this were told rather than shown, yet most of the book didn't have that vibe so it did leave me disappointed that the author didn't add the same depth to those scene. The impression it gave was that the author had a word or page count and was paring those last few chapters down in order to achieve it. In fact this is an issue I've encountered with other authors and it does make me wonder if they write to "size" rather than "story". If that is the case then Dear Author, please note that most readers can cope with a book that takes longer than two hours to complete. I also dispute the 339 page count - it was not quite half that length!
If you enjoy well written, steamy, romantic suspense, with some good plot twists and likeable characters then I do recommend this.
This was a good read that had me intrigues from the beginning. We are first introduced to Maria who comes off as this stuck up obnoxious spoiled rich girl trying to pull a tantrum on her husband. Then as we read some more, we find out that her whole life has been laid out in front of her so she is in an arranged marriage to a guy that acts like he can’t stand her. Damien is this tough guy that agrees to marry Maria in exchange he gets help from her father to start up his security firm and he secretly is attracted to Maria but can’t do anything about it. Can these two fights their attraction to each other or will they doom themselves because they can’t resist each other? This read is full of twists, turns, and mysteries that I never saw coming and it kept glued in the whole time.