Published
on June first, 2019
220 pages
I read the
paperback version
Back cover
She’s
living life on the edge… He’s hell-bent on taming her…
After five years in an abusive marriage, London wants nothing to do with men
ever again. In fact, she’d rather spend her life doing everything she missed
out on while she was married. Bungee jumping. Skydiving. Bartending…
Pierce has already been married once. It didn’t work out. Undercover cops make
horrible husbands. No wonder his ex-wife left him. So why the hell is he
pursuing another woman?
London is determined to keep Pierce at arm’s length. Friends with benefits?
Hell yes. The sex is amazing. But Pierce wants more than he should, and when
emotions start getting tangled up in what was meant to be a no-strings
situation, London has to decide if it’s worth it to risk her heart again…
My
review
You don’t
have to read the others books from Club Zodiac series to understand the story,
but some characters are coming back in the background and brings something in
the novel. Like in every romance novel,
the protagonists are dealing with issues, so if you don’t like characters who
are self-doubting, it might not be a book for you. In my case, I connect more
with characters who are asking themselves the same question that I am doing and
I enjoyed to find how they are evolving. For this reason, I am giving a start
to London. She was my favorite character. I am not saying that I didn’t like
Pierce, but I had more in common with London even though I did not had a toxic
marriage.
Just like
most of most, their past affected their present, but I liked to see they were
trying to deal with it step by step. I also enjoy the fact that even though
they became close in the first chapter, they took their time before becoming a
couple. If you have read the others books from the series, the club was the
center, but not this time. Of course, you will find some scenes that are
happening at Zodiac, but not that often that I thought at the beginning.
I will
recommend it to 18 years old and over public. I did not find too many sex
scenes, but enough that I will not suggest it to a teenager, especially since
it’s a BDSM series. The author has a gift to keep the reader hooked and I found
London & Pierce relationship different from the other took books I have
read from her.
Excerpts
" Go ahead. Get it out of your
system. I’ve got other things to do. " Things that don’t involve listening
to yet another lecture from the men in my life. (p,8)
" I didn’t say you were. And I like
you. I appreciate everything you’ve done for me in the past few months. Really.
I do. But I’m not even close to being ready to enter another commitment. " (p.19)
" Just because I slept with him one
time doesn’t mean I’ve been pinning over him and I’m hoping he’s come back to
claim me. In fact, it worked out better this way. Gave me a chance to find
myself without the distraction of a man, especially one who’d indicated me he
wanted exclusivity. " (p.27)
It warmed
her heart to know he liked her. He’d always looked at her a little longer than
necessary. She’d often caught him staring at her long before the night they
spent together. It felt good. She couldn’t reciprocate his feelings, but it
still gave her a lift. (p.56)
But did poetry still call her soul? No. Not
even close. She enjoyed reading it and studying it, but she knew she never
wanted to write it or teach it. After three hours of wandering around the
library, she took a deep breath and once again took charge of her life by
marching to the registrar’s office and withdrawing from both of her classes.
(p.153)
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