Eliza
Cummings
fought free of a monster who terrorized her when she was an innocent teenager
and helped put him away for good. She took a job with Devereaux Security
Services and devoted every hour to taking down the very thing she’d nearly
become. No one, not even those closest to her, know her darkest, shameful
secrets. But now the killer has been set free on a legal loophole and it’s only
a matter of time before he comes for her. Eliza’s only choice is to run and
lead the monster away from the people she loves.
Wade
Sterling
has always lived by his own rules, a law unto himself who answers to no one.
He’s never professed to be a good man, and he’s definitely not hero material.
Wade never allows anyone close enough to see the man behind the impenetrable
mask—but one woman threatens his carefully leashed control. He took a bullet
for her and the result was more than a piece of metal entrenched in his skin.
She was under his skin and nothing he did rid himself of the woman with the
courage of a warrior and who thinks nothing of putting her life before others.
But
when Wade sees a panicked and haunted Eliza he knows something is very wrong,
because the fool woman has never had been afraid of anything. And when she
tries to run, the primal beast barely lurking beneath his deceptively polished
façade erupts in a rage. She may not know it, but she belongs to him. This
time, Eliza isn’t going to play the protector. She was damn well going to be
the protected. And as long as Wade breathes, no one will ever hurt what is his.
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Avon
Slow Burn series book #4
Romantic Suspense
Nikki’s Review:
Maya Banks' books always bring me a sense of happiness and
excitement. She is definitely on my top ten list of favourites. But if I'm
being honest with myself, and you, I struggled with this book. Here's why...
Sweet Jesus, this book was slow to start, really slow, painfully
slow! I know the series is called, Slow Burn, but this was a bit much. It has
never taken me a week and a half to get through a Maya Banks novel...never. But
I had to force myself to pick it up and push through. Even when it picked up,
just a little, I was still bored.
Eliza and Wade had zero chemistry. I love when the hero and
heroine have witty banter and even struggle to get along. But these two
constantly threw nasty barbs at each other. Every now and then, I'd get a hint
of some sort of attraction, but it was rare.
The first half of the book, maybe a bit more, Eliza and Wade
were at each other's throats, and then BAM! They're all "I can't live
without you. You're mine. I love you, baby". Normally I can't wait for
these words from the characters, but this seemed forced and completely
unbelievable.
The love scenes were mediocre at best, mainly because I didn't
feel their connection; emotional or otherwise.
This hurts to write this. I have never felt this way about this
authors writing. I wanted to fall in love with these characters and their
journey to a happily ever after, but I couldn't.
I adored the previous three novels in this series, but clearly,
this one fell way short for me. I will read the next book in this series when
it's released. But I'm leery now. I don't want to get my hopes up. But I know
that will happen, because I adore this author and her writing so much. I'm
desperately hoping that this was an anomaly for me. I'm hoping to connect with
the story next time. I'm hoping to find that sense excitement again.
Rating: 1 Star (D)
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