Night Shift – Nightshade 2 by Carey Decevito

 

Published on January 9, 2018

236 pages

I read the paperback version

Back Cover

A serial killer…
A past that haunts no matter how much the distance…
Which one will strike first?

Eighteen deaths over eight years has left Shane Peters itching to find his mark. The death that started it all ensured his obsession with the murderer who had turned his life into a living hell, leaving him to raise a newborn daughter on his own.

Starting over wasn’t the easiest thing, but Emberlyn Roth had managed by shear grit and the skin of her teeth. It’s too bad one can’t outrun their past.

A protector of the wronged, Shane is torn between his duty as a detective for the Jacksonville PD and a quest to find himself some peace. Red tape binds his capabilities and moonlighting as an investigator for Nightshade Securities has him feeling stretched thin. Late nights on the streets and his sense of duty keeps him from being the father he wants to be. Throw onto his already rickety house of cards, an attraction to the mysterious Emberlyn, the lead he’s got on the murderer he’s been hunting for nearly a decade, and threats his woman is receiving by an unsavory character from her past, and he’s seriously tempted to take Dalton Kipper’s offer to join his team in a permanent basis.

Rules have a place, but when you’re faced with losing the one that means most to you, lines can become blurred. With the fate of his family’s future hanging in the balance, he’s ready to risk it all.

My review

It’s the second book from a 4 books series. You don’t have the first book because the story is independent, but the protagonists are coming back. I recommend to read the first book to understand the universe, but I had to admit I have a preference for this one. Someone is after Emberlyn and it kept me hooked until I reach the last page.

Shane is a little overprotective, but he is my favorite character. He made my heart melt a few times. I am not sure I want my future boyfriend to be protective like him, but I like to find man like him in novels. I also liked Ember. She is a secret woman, a little like me, but it’s because she keeps a secret. I will let you discover by reading the book. I promise the author choose an important subject and I wish people talked more about it especially for women.

Lana Rose is the cutest little girl and I think the reader will love her as much as I did. She is a secondary character, but she is the one that won my heart. She is Shane’s daughter and I think his relationship with Ember would not be the same without his little one.

If you like romance, I recommend it. I had a great time while I reading it. 

Excerpt

" Mom, I don’t to talk about this. I date, and that’s enough for me right now, but what I’m telling you is that I will find my own dates, on my own time, at the own convenience. Drop the matchmaking act. " (p.22)

" A fucking fractured toe " I grumbled as Shane got into the driver’s seat. " How many does someone stub their big toe in a lifetime, and I have to be the one to end up the gimp? " (p.64)

" I miss cuddling in front of the TV, quiet nights in, good conversations…good company. I miss having someone for myself that gives a damn about more that just themselves. Someone that can challenge me. " (p.68)

" I told you that I didn’t want to put your mother and daughter in danger. The same goes for you, Shane. It’s why I didn’t want to come here. It’s why I’m not going to Dalton and Devolin’s either. "  (p.109)

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