She’s wanted a big family ever since her distant father and cold stepfamily isolated her from affection. He’s an ex-SEAL sniper with PTSD. Too bad she’s been told she can never have children, never have a family of her own. Too bad he’s shut off his heart from love. What do you do when one secret could bring you ultimate happiness…or destroy everything you hold close? Beautiful Killer is an … close?
Beautiful Killer is an intense, ultra-sexy standalone novel set in the world of the Lawless Kings. Sherilee Gray’s raw, deeply-emotional voice will leave you breathless long after the last page.
“An exquisitely crafted tale that packs a powerful emotional punch…simply put this story was freaking amazing.” – Reds Romance Reviews on Beautiful Killer
“Shattered King is a sexy, beautiful second chance love story… a truly enjoyable read.” – Sawyer Bennett, New York Times bestselling author
“Raw, gritty, and full of supercharged sexual tension…SHATTERED KING will break you into pieces right before it stitches you back together again.” -Diana Gardin, author of SWORN TO PROTECT, Rescue OP’s Series
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Loved Beautiful Killer!
Zeke is an ex military sniper with ptsd. Sunny is a woman who feels broken and is alone. These two had explosive chemistry. I loved this story. Be ready to shed tears, laugh and just feel good. An awesome job by this author, will be reading the others in this series.
I received an arc from netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.
BEAUTIFUL KILLER is the third instalment in Sherilee Gray’s contemporary, adult LAWLESS KINGS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the men and women who work for King Agency doing personal protection and security, private investigation (corporate and domestic) and high-risk fugitive recovery, missing persons and kidnapping investigations. This is King Security PI, sniper and ex Navy SEAL Zeke Stanton, and jewelry designer Sunny’s story line. BEAUTIFUL KILLER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Sunny and Zeke) BEAUTIFUL KILLER follows the unconventional relationship between PI and sniper Zeke Stanton, and jewelry designer Sunny. When her blind date was a no-show Sunny propositioned the stranger at the bar, a man so intense and dark, she couldn’t help but be attracted like a moth to a flame. Enter Zeke Stanton, broken and embattled ex-Navy SEAL whose demons continue to ride him hard. What ensues is the sex only arrangement between our leading couple that grows into something following an attack on our heroine by an unknown assailant. Left alone, and with no where to turn Sunny approaches the security specialists at King Agency only to come face to face with the man with whom she was falling in love.
Zeke Stanton is a broken man, an ex-Navy SEAL who suffers nightmares, PTSD and survivors remorse following the last mission that went all to h*ll. Working for high school friend and fellow Navy SEAL Van King, Zeke continues to place himself in dangerous situations while on assignment, with the possibility of never coming home alive. Meeting the beautiful and talented Sunny begins to melt the ice around our hero’s heart but Zeke wants nothing to do with family or relationships forcing a stricken Sunny to move forward, alone.
The relationship between Sunny and Zeke begins as a one-night stand that turns into something more. Zeke wants nothing to do with a forever kind of love but he finds himself unable to walk away from the woman that calls to his heart. Days, weeks and months of emotionless $ex begin to push at our story line couple until news of a different sort finds Sunny at a crossroads towards the future. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
All of the previous story line couples play secondary and supporting characters including Hunter King and Lulu Frost (Shattered King #1), and Neco Malik and Ruby Styles (Broken Rebel #2), and co-owner of the King Agency Van King. We are introduced to Sunny’s step-sister Julia and her husband Bobby Grant, as well as Zeke’s parents Ron and Jane Stanton.
BEAUTIFUL KILLER is an emotional story line of one man who is unable to move on from the past, and one woman whose history of rejection continues to push her forward-alone. The premise is heart breaking and impassioned; the characters are charismatic but damaged; the romance is seductive and fierce.
Oh my gawd!! I absolutely, unequivocally loved this book! This by far is the best yet of this series! Okay, so I’m pretty sure I’ve said this about each book, don’t judge me!
Zeke was so incredibly broken. Broken beyond all repair and seeking a way out of that pain. He was living with guilt and shame in a place of darkness that shackled him to the very thought of finding a way out of his desolation. When things reach a pinnacle he is suddenly confronted with the very image of sunshine and beauty. And then miraculously he is losing himself in her light…for one night.
Sunny has known only loneliness her whole life. She hides behind a blank look, a false smile and words meant to free those around her before they chose to leave of their own free will. One night with Zeke allows her to show him everything that is within. There are no expectations of tomorrow. But suddenly there is a tomorrow and another and another. Until their time abruptly comes to an end and she is once more discarded.
When Sunny becomes the victim of a home invasion she comes face to face with Zeke again. It’s been two months since they’ve seen each other but the fierce chemistry between them still flares hot and bright. Each holds a bit of themselves apart from the other – Zeke because of the guilt, and Sunny to protect herself from the eventual final goodbye. But as the story progresses there is so much more bringing this couple together rather than pulling them apart.
Zeke stole my heart and I’m positive there will never be another book boyfriend that can take it from him. Sherilee Gray has the ability to know exactly what I want in not only my heroes but my romance as well. Beautiful Killer fits neatly into each little box I have created in my mind for the perfect book. I loved every single thing about this story.
This is an honest review of an advanced copy provided by NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Swerve
Zeke is a broken man who believes he is undeserving of a normal life, one that consists of a wife to and children to love, so he puts barriers up and keeps his relationships strings-free, but all that is about to change. The moment Sunny pulls up a seat beside him at the bar, her beauty slays him, and the sparks arching between them have him feeling things he never thought were possible, and it leaves him wondering how could one woman have so much power over him? She then surprises him and offers herself to him for one night, and he gladly excepts her offer… but will one night really be enough for these two?
Sunny is tired of being alone, it has been so long since she has had the comfort of a being in a mans arms, shared a bed with one, been touched by one, so she decides to be brave and find one… even if it is only for one night. As soon as she spots Zeke in the bar she feels a pull towards him, her attraction to him is like nothing she has ever felt, and something she wants to embrace wholeheartedly, but that can only happen if she can work up the nerve to talk to him. And once she does, things in her life take a very unexpected turn… one that may just give her everything she has ever wanted!
Between the pages of Beautiful Killer you will find a exquisitely crafted tale that packs a powerful emotional punch, and a sexy, brooding alpha that is certain to steal your heart the minute he wanders onto the page! Simply put this story was freaking amazing, it had an action packed, sometimes suspenseful, story line that kept me on the edge of my seat, and also a softer emotional side that stirred the emotions and gave me a serious case of the feels. Have to say this might just be my favorite installment in the series yet… Zeke was one hell of an alpha, he was as lethal as they come, but was also passionate and caring, and oozed sex appeal, Ms. Gray definitely outdid herself with this one!! Highly recommend you spend a little time getting to know these two, their story will keep you captivated from start to finish!!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title.
Beautiful Killer by Sherilee Gray
Lawless Kings #3
Zeke, returns from war a changed man. He is filled with guilt, has PTSD and his fiancé did a number on him. Desperate and feeling there is little to live for he runs into Sunny at a bar…and for some reason she approaches him. Her smile, her giving, her warmth and everything about her begins to slowly thaw Zeke although he still feels he is not relationship material. Sunny has been on her own a long time. She knows that it is casual with Zeke but over time she starts caring for him and wonders if they could have more. The two have more than the non-relationship filled with sizzling moments to deal with when Sunny is robbed, harmed and fears what may happen next. Zeke feels strong responsibility for Sunny but can’t seem to move beyond responsibility to love and that drags for a bit with the push-pull and his unwillingness to sort out his problems. There is eventually a HEA for the two but there are many things that happen before the two get there.
I enjoyed the story and would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press-Swerve for the ARC – this is my honest review.
3-4 Stars