WARNING: This book contains some dark, dirty and dangerous situations before ending in a jaw-dropping cliffhanger. The debauchery will continue in the second book in the series, Redeemed.I’m going to hell, and my angel’s about to lose her wings. For years I’ve left a path of death and destruction wherever I go. I promise myself that after one last job I’ll have the money I desperately need to … one last job I’ll have the money I desperately need to quit taking lives. That’s how I find myself back in my hometown of Lexington.
So beautiful and innocent, I unknowingly end up saving the life of the one girl I was supposed to keep silent…the one girl I was supposed to end.
She’s my fallen angel sent from above.
I can’t resist staining her pure white wings with my darkness when I use her. Defile her. Deceive her.
The two of us were both ruined by our pasts when they intersected. Pasts that we’re still trying to escape with the hounds of hell on our heels.
Fate brought us together. Now, I’ll do anything to protect my angel from the demons that haunt her. I won’t stop until I slay the devil himself to keep her safe, the man who ruined both of our lives.
The only problem is, my silent angel is keeping secrets from me – the biggest of which is that I’m not the only one who wants to exploit her.more
Oh my! This book had me hooked in right from the start! Dark and edgy, hot and sinful with enough drama to keep those pages turning! I was blown over with this story. Lane is an amazing writer and i can’t wait to read the second book!!
I volunteered to read this ARC for an honest review. Great story with lots of grit and trama. Blair Lockhart is a young woman with a very very troubled past. She witnessed her mother’s death at the she of 8 and due to her father’s position in the community was forced to lie about it and permitting to get rid of her her dad sent Blair to a mental hospital. Brede Rawls is a young man with a troubled past as well but he is dealing with the fact that his dad is in jail for the murder of some woman, everybody Belize they are bad because of what happened with his dad, but he goes to the military and tries to make a better life. He feels the only thing he’s good at is being a sniper so he decides to take up that kind of a role and civilian life. He’s being hired out by Blair’s father to kill her but he’s not sure why and what’s going on he’s contacted by a friend. Blair has somehow managed to escape from the hospital and she ends up back home or her dad is on his honeymoon with his new wife she just wants to be away from everything her past wants her so bad she won’t speak. Into her life walks two men one which is Brede and the other is his twin brother Aden. But Brede doesn’t know it yet. They both want something from Blair. Aden needs her to testify against her dad to get his dad free. Brede just feels the need to protect her. Unfortunately date had a way with messing things up. This is a dark story. Blair just wants to feel something.
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Blair…Brede…Aden…
Blair has just escaped an institution she was locked away in after she witnessed the brutal murder of her mother. A late night prowler finds her sleeping in her childhood bedroom closet. But he’s not just a thief, he knows her secret and is searching for information. Murder is in his blood, or so Brede thinks. So being a hired assassin comes easy, until he’s hired to kill Blair, the girl who doesn’t speak, but makes his heart race and his dick hard.
Two men want her. Two men want answers. Two men who are so different, yet very much alike that they cause Blair to feel things she’s never felt before. So much happens in this book! Brede is sexy as hell, but he’s not very warm. Aden is mysterious and sweet, until he’s not. I honestly didn’t know which man I was rooting for until Aden revealed his identity. At that point he became kind of creepy and his actions toward Blair afterwards were disgusting. He’s very messed up in the head which is no surprise given his horrid upbringing. What’s surprising is the occupation the two men wind up in after the very different environments they grew up in. It almost seems backwards. But at the end, Brede’s true nature comes out and you can’t help but fall for him a little.
This book ends on a cliffhanger! Ugh!!! Will Blair be ok? Which man will she choose? Does she choose? Does she come clean about her secret? So many questions left unanswered, but I can’t wait to read the next installment! Awesome book!
Exploited by Lane Hart a five-star read that will break you. This is the first book in the Dark Redemption series and it comes with a warning that you will want to have book two ready and waiting as there are some major cliffs in this book and I usually hate cliffy endings but this book has been amazing, and I have every faith that the second one will be just as good as Lane Hart is an author who will break you, but she also has the talent to put you back together again. Each of the three main character’s in this story have their own unique story to tell and they use their own voices to tell us, not all of the stories have happy endings or happy beginnings, and some of them are hard to read, but the thing about Lane Hart is that even the hardest of things to read still have a poetry to them that make them more palatable. This was one of the hardest reads I’ve read for a while, but in the same breath I can’t wait till I’ve finished writing this to get to reading the second book. Thank you again Lane for being amazing.
Oh My God Lane Hart the way you started this book!!!! Dayum Girl!!!!! You really know how to captivate your readers and I knew I would found an intense, captivating and suspenseful reading.
“Exploited” starts with a traumatic event that little Blair had witnessed. She watched her mother being brutally killed and you can feel her pain, the way she’s scared. No child should witness this traumatic scene.
This book explores the story of Blain, Brede and Aden, and this story is alternated throw their points of views.
Blair is an 18 year old girl, haunted by her tragic childhood. She lives constantly in fear of being caught and isolated from the world. She returns to her childhood home after 10 years away because she wants to recover her memories, she wants to remember the only person who ever loved her, her mother and then she intends to end her life because for her there is no purpose to continue to live.
“Brede” is a military man already discharged from military service. Service who trained well in the art of killing and survive. He’s a hired killer, he gets paid to kill mainly bad and cruel people. He only do this because he needs the money to save the couple who had saved him. Until one day he gets the call that will change his life. Will it be for the better or worse?
Aden is the mystery man that only have on purpose: Prove the author of a crime and with that save the person who was arrested unfairly and for that he has to get the help from Blair.
When the three of them know each other something about her awake them and they cannot remain indifferent to her innocence and beauty. A lot will happened that will leave you on edge.
This book is bathed in suspense and mystery. We have some hot scenes in the mix that will leave you flabbergasted, believe me.
Do you already know Lane Hart work? You don’t? What are you waiting for? Each book reveals the fantastic author she is, because we can see the story flow without becoming bored, quite the opposite, you will want to keep reading. The way she writes captivate you from the beginning and you can’t stop reading.
Now I am truly upset. Do you want to know why? The way this book ended had left me furious. So many questions that remain unanswered! So curious that left me hallucinating. Please, please, please I need book 2, asap because the unknown is killing me.
This book is definitely dark and really good!! What a life Blair has led, very traumatic then she meets up with Brede and Aden who are brothers and lived and living messed up lives. It’s a crazy read but so good, it was hard to put down and the ending being a cliff hanger, leaves you hanging!!
Liked all the characters and the book was a very enjoyable read.
Lane Hart kept me guessing at each turn of the page! Once revealed all the twists and turns, the ending was such a cliffhanger I had to go out and purchase the 2nd book! You will want to purchase the next book, just to see how it ends!
Wow this heart stopping, dirty, filthy dark romance is intriguing and completely messed up (in a good way). This story takes you on a wild journey where Blair doesn’t know who to trust and is so innocent and gorgeous that it’s hard for the male characters to stay away from her. Aden is trying to get his dad out of prison because he knows he didn’t murder anyone. Brede is a hitman for hire and he’s been hired to kill Blair, but little does Brede know that their pasts are interwoven together and when the truth starts coming out things are really going to explode. This book ends on one neck of a cliffhanger and Redeemed which is book two is available to continue this wonderfully dark romance.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I hate when you have to get on another book to see what happens
Love love love LOVE THIS SO MUCH
I must apologize to the author for not getting a review in until “Exploited” was out of print. I read this one more than once, but lost everything when my computer crashed. Not tech savvy, I found it and read it again. It may not be for everyone since it deals with a lot of dark twists, but I did enjoy Blair and Brede’s story. Ending on a cliffhanger, up next is ‘Redeemed’ which finds a conclusion for them all. **I was gifted “Exploited” as a duet in the ‘Dark Redemption Box Set’ via Booksprout, leaving my review based on my reading.** 4 Stars!
Note: Dates are not accurate as to the reading date.
This story kept me on the edge of my seat. I feel like I can’t describe the characters without giving something away. The characters are complex individuals and yet impactful to each other in ways that are slowly revealed. I’m set to read book 2.
It was interesting and I read it in less than 2 days, but there was just something about it that wasn’t my cup of tea. It wasn’t that all the characters were flawed because that’s very human and I like that in stories. It might have been more that they felt 1-2 dimensional instead of a fully fleshed out character.
Either way, I did like it enough to finish it, so it has that going for it. On the other hand, I have no desire to pick up the next book in the series.
Suspenseful and sexy with a clif hanger ending that will leave you panting for more.
This was OK, with some interesting character development and hot scenes.
Hard to read; didn’t finish story
Loved the relationships and the mystery behind them all.
Good book
I didn’t expect it to have such a twisted plot but it was riveting!!