This is just the book for you if you like dark reads, it will take me a while to get over this book.

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I don't hide that I flove dark books, dark thrillers, psychological mind f**ks, etc. Well, thank you Keri, because this is another one that I fell for!

I expected so much from this book, even though this is my first Keri Lake book, just from the book's blurb. I read it, and I knew that this was a book I NEEDED to read. I didn't just want to read it, need is the right word! I needed the darkness the blurb promised. I needed that excitement of the thriller side of the book. I needed the characters to mess with my head. Well, I got everything I was hoping for, and then some.

I will warn those who might be teetering on this one or plan to read it... There are some really gruesome parts in this book. Although I embraced them, those with weak tummies might not. So if you don't like gruesome, just be warned, there are a few parts where you may want to cover your eyes and shut your imagination off.

I honestly, wasn't sure where Keri was going to take me with this book. I have read kidnapping books before (and was pleased with them), but as I read this one, I prayed that it would stand out. I didn't want it to fall into the lake of all of the others. It sure didn't. Like a butterfly, it flew out the window with it's own beautiful uniqueness. It stood on its own feet. It took my breath away.

Retribution is always a good theme for a good story. Everyone loves to see the wronged make their own rights. In this case, more people have been wronged than you think. As this story unfolds, so does the taste for blood. As the taste for blood gets stronger and stronger, so does the need to see torture and killing. This has it all... all in gory detail in some cases. An ear here, a finger there, a life over here... It's all the same. A means to an end... An end you may or may not want until you get it!

So since I have nothing but great things to say, you are probably wondering why I didn't give this a five-star rating. You may think I am an a-hole for this reasoning, but it is just something I can't seem to look past. Sorry. This story also is part love story. No biggie. I can dig it. However, there were a couple of sex scenes that went on way too long for me. I felt they were overkill, which is a buzz kill for me. One of them literally lasted for two whole chapters. I just can't look past this. I lost the "groove" I was on while reading these scenes. Aside from these, this would have been a five-star for me. Many will love it no matter what. Many will and already are giving this book rave reviews... This is definitely a book I am recommending you read. ( )

FGMAMTC Blog Review
This is a story of revenge and survival. It's told in first person, alternating between Nick and Aubree. Flashbacks are also prominent. Basically Detroit is a cesspool ran by an alliance of the worst of the worst in criminals and city officials. Human trafficking, rape and murder happen as freely as crossing the street. The storyline gets quite brutal at times.

Michael Culling is the head of this evil undertaking. What he took from Nick is just unimaginable. It can never make up for what he's been through, but Nick is on a mission to take Culling and his crew down as painfully as possible. Part of his plan includes Culling's wife Aubree. What Nick comes to know is that he and Aubree have more in common than anyone realized.

I recommend this book for someone who likes the whole Dark Knight idea with added very mature content. Nick is reminiscent of the DC character, but he also comes with plenty of extra twists.






***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***





toni





FangirlMoments and My Two Cents









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This is one of those books that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading it. One man’s need for revenge against those that killed his family takes him down and dark and violent path (and I mean violent) and has him kidnap the wife of his enemy. What he never expected was that she too had been living a life a hell and that together they may be each other’s salvation.

This book has some major twists in it that to me make it impossible to talk too much about as it would give away some major spoilers. Nick Ryder was a man set on vengeance and he executed those who had wrong him in the most brutal ways – his code was an eye for an eye. This book is full of every form of graphic violence you can imagine but it’s also about a man who doesn’t think he has a reason to live anymore and once he has exacted revenge on those who played a part is his families brutal deaths he himself wants to end his own life.

Aubree Culling is the wife of the man who has orchestrated the killings in Detroit of innocents to “clean up” his town. To the outside world it looks like she has the perfect marriage to the Mayor but behind closed doors the man is not only a killer but does the most sick and vile things to his wife. She has been waiting for years to find a way to escape him. When Nick kidnaps her part of her is grateful to be away from Michael but there is something about Nick that calls to her even when all he shows her at first is his rough side.

Even though this is a violent book its also the story of two people so broken that they instantly recognize the other as a soul mate of their grief. They are able to fill in the other that void that was left from years of living in pain.

If you like a dark and twisted story with a few shocking revelations along the way I recommend this book.
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This is a very dark read, about a man that has suffered tremendous loss. I couldn't imagine dealing with what he has dealt with.

Nick is a man that is deeply troubled and not really living but existing in a world that really has gone mad. A city full of corruption, gangs and kingpins. Hell bent on revenge after the attack on his family, this is what drives Nick to do what he does, after revenge is sought life is not worth living. Nick is fractured, and after years of planning and watching he kidnaps the Mayors wife. The man who is responsible for ordering the attack on his family, Michael Culling. Nick wants to make him feel the loss that he has felt himself, in kidnapping Aubree Culling.

Everyone see's Aubree and thinks she has it all, but appearances can be deceiving. Her life is not what it seems and she is a prisoner in her own home, subjected to the most horrific events.

Being kidnapped is Aubree's redemption and she see's Nick as not an enemy but a hero. Nick realises that all is not what it seems with Aubree.

This is a story of loss, heartache, revenge and redemption. A read with extremely hot sex, but the sex doesn't take over the book. You become engrossed in this book, there are twists and turns. You will be surprised by the ending as it isn't how you would think it goes.

A warning though this is a very dark read, with extreme violence and scenes that could cause triggers.

A read where you can feel every emotion that is written on the pages.

***A copy received via Netgalley **

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