Warning: It is passionate, it is suspenseful, it’ll blow your mind. There is darkness, you have been warned, enter at your own risk…Secrets, they entice you, they bind you, they hold you captive. A challenge whispered to you luring you closer. Will you delve into their darkness? Would you go? Or would you hide…I had rules. They protected the fortress of my darkness.My secrets.I allowed myself … darkness.
My secrets.
I allowed myself certain distractions, but nothing permanent.
It wasn’t allowed.
If I slipped, then I’d fall.
That was one thing I couldn’t afford.
Until her.
She was secrets wrapped up in a challenge. Tied with a big bow of sensuality.
I was about to take the biggest fall of my life.
I’d found complacency in my nightmare.
A comfort in normalcy.
I was surviving.
It sucked, but I was safe.
Until he crashed into my world.
He had secrets.
Lots of them.
He wasn’t the good guy, not at all.
But was he what I needed
She’s hiding from her future.
He’s running from his past.
When they collide it’s explosive.
Danger is a persistent predator.
It seeks until it finds.
There is no past, and no future.
There is only now, and right now danger is coming.
You can run, but you can never hide.
**18+ Adult sexual content/language, there is horror, please be advised should you have triggers,it is a dark romantic suspense**
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Rico and Maria’s story was well written and includes massive amounts of passion and desire. Both are stubborn and strong people who, at first, seem to hate each other. However, as the story moves along, it is their individual feistiness that makes them all the better together.
Their intimate scene together are insanely sexy and hot; their chemistry is undeniable. While their interactions and relationship is the focal point of the book, the plot of Rico’s and Maria’s past coming together and needing addressing is fantastic! The awful Ivan character will make you yell at the pages as you read what he does to innocent people! The ending brings suspense and a thrilling completion to this storyline!
I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading even more from this author! Definitely worth the time to read.
Well, I just finished another incredible book!!! Seriously, I can feel the passion NM Catalano puts into her work.
Rico has his demons, that’s for sure. Is he gonna be able to beat them to save Maria? Or is Maria gonna be the one to save Rico in the end. You’re gonna need to read this book to find out! Thank You So Much NM Catalano for yet another incredible read!
NM Catalano does it again….I loved that Rico is finally getting to tell his story.
Still broken over the events of 20 years ago Rico’s found his routine, and guards himself with walls and work. Maria scared and hiding, thinks he is her worst nightmare come to life. Their worlds collide and these two broken souls find healing and love. She learns to trust and he learns to live again and forgive himself. The rescue scene and the bad guy getting his due made my heart happy..total score for the good guys!
I love a series like this one, where each couple gets to tell their story and then get their HEA or HFN, and the reappearance in subsequent books makes me feel the bond between characters and their love for family….the way that Rico holds dear his “family” from his past gives his hard as steel character a soft side that endears him to the reader. I cried for Maria’s mom at the end and her moment with Rico…very touching.
Thank you for another hot steamy escape Nadine!
An emotional journey of reconciliation.
One of those stories that leave you breathless and emotional.
You know – where you ohh so slowly close that last page, hesitant to leave this world behind.
They were once the dregs of the street, all they had were each other – until the day their lives were shattered by the best of intentions.
“He healed me with his gift. His secret is my salvation. His demon has set me free. We are free.”
This is a stand alone HEA – BUT – I suggest, with all honesty, that you will get more if you start from the beginning. The characters in this series also run in the same circles as Black Ink.