Absolution: Part two in the Savage duet.An obsessed hitman. A woman on the run.Finding Kerry was more complicated than Christian ever imagined. Disaster loomed around every corner, pulling his violent nature to the surface. True change must come from within, and breaking old habits is hard when you’re used to taking everything – and everyone – by force. Kidnapping. Murder. Betrayal.Her luck had …
Kidnapping. Murder. Betrayal.
Her luck had run out and this time, there was no escape. He had found her. He would claim her. Resisting the enigmatic and dangerous Christian Russo would be Kerry’s hardest trial. Resisting her own feelings might prove impossible.
Absolution> is part two in the Savage duet. For the greatest enjoyment, the Savage duet needs to be read in order. The duet can be read as a standalone, but the experience will be much more exciting if you have read the previous books in the Russo saga; it also contains a few small spoilers for Shame.
Publisher’s Note: This is a dark, steamy romance featuring suspense, danger, harsh elements, and potential triggers. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.
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Wow, I was worried the second book wouldn’t live up to the brilliance of book 1. Well it most certainly did, and then some.
You can’t read this without having first read Redemption (Savage Duet #1). This review probably contains spoilers for that book.
Oh Christian Russo, you made my heart ache but you also totally redeemed yourself. Kerry may have taken a long, long time to make her choices but that so worked for me. First of all she’s considering getting VERY involved with a man who not only lied to her, but also tried to kill her. That right there is gonna make it hard to learn to ever trust him again. Secondly there’s all the family/mafia baggage that comes along with him, not to mention that at one time he was one of their “very worst” – gulp.
I loved his patience and determination, and his interactions with Cece will make you melt. Sometimes he was an overbearing, overstepping, arrogant SOB but always, always, his two women came first. The growth BOTH main characters undergo felt so natural, as did Kerry’s eventual decision regarding if she could allow Christian back into her heart.
It took me a couple of days to read the book, it’s not that it isn’t gripping because believe me it very much is. However it was just so emotionally charged, so soul wrenching and heart breaking that I had to allow myself some recovery breaks in between devouring each finely crafted emotion, every twist and hiccup of the plot. It’s a story of shuffling steps forward, stumbles back and one pretty nasty drop down a ravine.
There is just so much in this book, so much story, so much action and adventure, so much loss and sorrow, so much hope. There was also what felt like a teaser for a future story involving one of Kerry’s friends. I’m really hoping we find out more of that story!
This duet has firmly placed itself as one of my top reads of the year and put this author firmly on my ‘must read’ list.
Christian finally finds Kerry and his daughter………….but will she allow him back?
WOW WOW WOW!!!!
Absolution is the perfect end to Kerry and Christian’s story that began in Redemption. Christian has Kerry again after three long years of trying to find her. He discovered Kerry living off the grid in a small cabin in the woods and she now has a daughter, Cece, which is his. Now that he has found Kerry and his daughter he is not going to let them get away a second time, no matter what it takes. He is not the same man that he was three years ago, just as Kerry is not the same young woman that she was. Christian much prove to Kerry that he has changed and the he wants to be a father to his daughter. He also needs to keep them both safe. The question is whether Kerry will be able to let Christian back in her life knowing what he does?
This story is filled with so many emotions it is a true rollercoaster of a ride. I was once again enthralled by the writing of Nicolina Martin as she is able to weave so many things into a wonderfully intricate and intoxicating story.
I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Loved the book it was great the story was well written and the characters were great. The emotions were running high, the sexual tension and love that is always going to come up when Kerry and Christian are close to each other.
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A wonderful continuation of Kerry and Christian’s story. It’s dark at times and there’s a lot of emotion as they both deal with their own feelings and those of each other. It’s a great story with well-rounded characters.
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I love this series and Christian may be my favorite of the Russo men. I think he has been the most sympathetic, once you learn more about his past. This is book two in their two book story and it delivers, picking up quickly from where book one left off. The author really took the time needed to deliver a more realistic story of a man proving his worth after committing a seemingly irredeemable action. I really enjoyed this journey and look forward to the next installment in the Russo Saga.
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My heart hurt for Kerry and the constant emotional and physical pain she endured again and again with Christian. What a messy life she had with her love for him battling with her fear and desire.
This Dark Dark Romance was graphic, gritty and brutal. Full of elements bordering and crossing the lines of acceptable again and again.
Still, in the midst of betrayal, hurt, and fear, their perverted love and need for each other seemed to prevail.
As impossible as it was, the author was able to convince me that Christian’s slow transformation into a better version of himself was real and and sincere. It’s true that Kerry had to accept his darkness, and lost a bit of herself in the process, but it made for a great dark storyline.
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Such an emotionally charged story.
After the first book, I did not know what to expect with this one yes like the last book that ended very dark this book started out dark. Christian is such a tormented soul when he comes across Kerry and her daughter you see such brutal angst, heartache, and emotions but it does not stop there. This was a spellbinding work that will keep you on the edge of your seat and you will not be able to put it down. This was an outstanding conclusion to Christian and Kerry story. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Part 2 in the Savage duet, the continuation of Christian and Kerry’s story certainly didn’t disappoint.
I seriously didn’t know what to expect from this book, as I couldn’t see a way past the hurt and deception Christian put Kerry through. Being left pregnant and on the run and hiding from Christian, I was certainly thankful to see the way Kerry’s character grew, gone was the trusting sweetheart and replaced by a quick thinking, still lovable but hardened woman who would do anything to protect her baby. Christian, unable to find Kerry and the baby goes down a violent slippery slope until by chance he finds her again. Sexy as hell Christian grows emotionally too, together and overtime they fight to overcome the betrayal, but it is done in a way that is believable. Still fast paced and exciting, It is not as dark as part one, but this by no means make it anything other than a great conclusion.
I can’t wait for the next book in the Russo saga.
Christian, oh Christian how you redeemed yourself in my eyes. He was such an intriguing character in the other books and I was so excited when he got his own. Kerry was strong until it came to Christian and then it all went out the window. I wasn’t sure now Ms. Martin was going to make it all work after the last book but boy did she. I cannot wait to read more.
Explosive Conclusion!
AMAZING!!! Finally we get an amazing, explosive conclusion to Kerry and Christian’s tumultuously explosive and intense relationship. There is so much emotion and powerful energy between these two characters that they fully entrance you and keep you from putting the book down. You love them and hate them throughout the whole story. There were many times that Kerry made me very angry with her decisions and her indecisiveness that I wanted to scream at her. But there were also many times when Christian had me hating and loathing him. These two characters are so intense you can feel their emotions coming out of the book. It was like they were going to combust. Their story makes you cry, hate and love. Definitely a story to read.
The writing is amazing as always and the story is absolutely fantastic. Highly recommend.
If you thought redemption was good, it has it nothing on absolution.
I wish I could give it more stars, its that good.
Christian and Kerry carry on the wilderness, trying to battle against the elements and each other.
Its dark and twists but there is a tenderness in his rough and harsh ways that Kerry leans too. Salvatore is evil incarnate, as we have all come to expect but when family is on the line, nothing means more. loved, loved, loved; this book, Christian is bad, but so good. It had me gripped throughout and i cant wait for more from the Russo clan.
You want to hurry through! Just tell me? As with life so it feels with this two part saga with Christian. You will love him too ,especially Kerry and Cece! So slow down with these two books; Redemption and Absolution. I hear and feel Kerry’s “What’s next? Can I handle the next event after event!?” Yep I can relate to life but it’s good I’m just reading all their lives. (Also I thought no one could out do Nathan in Heat!…Nicolina keeps proving me wrong or with a much needed distraction ) Also her female characters are the heart of the books I’ve read so far…
There are really no words good enough for how powerful Christian and Kerry’s story is, just pure perfection on every page as they are dragged through the darkness and such intense dangerous explosive scenes I was biting my nails with worry as they will have you hating and loving them throughout the whole story wondering why god just do it.
These two are explosive there’s no other word for it their a danger to each other in every way. These are characters that you will not forget anytime soon. They imprint themselves in to your very soul. I can’t say enough how great this story is it’s fabulous, brilliant, and the writing is beyond anything you will ever read. Get ready for Christian and Kerry you will not be sorry.
The relationship between Christian and Kerry was a roller coaster of so many emotions. So much confusion, they could barely be civilized with each other yet they were drawn to each other with a variety of emotions. Kerry took Cecelia and ran to Canada to hide in almost total isolation but gets found eventually. Her feelings are first of fear, strong, paralizing fear, but Christian is driven, he wants Kerry and his daughter. Kerry is strong but weak, Christian is tender, yet brutal. They both have such confused feelings of fear and pain but behind all those conflicted emotions, there is that undeniable love that both hide so well from each other. You will feel everything they do as you read their tale, you will feel the angst, pain, affection and rightly so, their confusion. Cecilia is the tie that binds them and they really try for her sake. I was drawn to their story and did not stop reading until I read the very last words. This was worth all the hours of reading to get to the final conclusion, well worth it! Bravo Ms. Martin, bravo!!!
This story was soooo beautiful!!! This book started out with a lot of action and angst, as the previous one, but then we see the change in Christian’s character/personality and transformation into a different person, with warm feelings. Kerry continues to have reservations towards him and keeps fighting her feelings, denying their chemistry and attraction. In the end they are able to find their HEA. I think this new Christian is my new Book Boyfriend. Initially I didn’t like him, but as time goes by and he changes, he is so much more likable and his hotness goes up another notch. On the other hand, Kerry is such a strong woman, she matches with him perfectly because she is his other half. It seems she is able to provide him with what he is missing and complement each other.
This book is worth 5+ stars! I loved it!
Christian and Kerry’s story ends now.
As unlikely as it may seem that those two would end up together, Ms Martin does an excellent job of turning Christian into a man that a woman like Kerry can love.
Not easily done, but she does it with such aplomb that I cannot wait for the third and last book in this series.
Lets see if she can turn Luci into an at least marginally passable character.
Absolution: Part Two in the Savage Duet by Nicolina Martin will take your breath away as the story picks up where Redemption left off that is thrilling, dangerous and steamy as we get drawn into all of the chaos between Christian and Kerry’s love story. This story is filled with so much angst, drama, murder and betrayals as Christian and Kerry are trying to survive once he prevents her from leaving him again. Christian is changing little by little as he is forming a bond with his daughter much to Kerry’s annoyance, can Kerry believe he can change? Can he atone for the sins he has committed? Will Kerry be capable of forgetting he was sent to kill her? And how can she stop this sexual attraction and love she has for him. When their daughter gets sick, with no transportation due to the storm, they decide to go on foot. But the elements are not kind to them when an accident happens as Christian is trying to save CeCe, he dissappears into the river. Now once rescued, everyone thinks he is dead. Kerry is devestated but knows he would want her to move on. Now Kerry and CeCe return back home, but she can’t stop thinking about Christian as she has come to terms that she will always love him but can she have a life without him in it?
You will be kept on edge from beginning to end as you follow all that transpires between these two once Christian and Kerry are reunited due to Salvatore’s influence as well as the other members of the Russo family. The journey these three take to be together was moving and emotional as Christian proves he is a loving father and shows Kerry how much he loves her as he is willing to move at a slow pace inorder to convenince her that he is a changed man and that they are meant to be a family. Through all of this neither one can deny the kinky sexual attraction that is between them as Kerry finally gives in to her desires. Now danger strikes as someone from Kerry’s past is involved in a sinister plot to hurt Christian and the Russo family. Will Christian and his family stop this plot in time? Will Christian and Kerry have the life they fought so hard to have? Kerry who has become this strong determined woman will prove to Christian she is his equal and can hold her own with the Russo’s while showing him that through forgiveness and love anything is possible and that Christian can have the life he always thought would be denied him. Thank you Nicolina, once again you have taken your readers on this journey about love, forgiveness and family, what a great ending to this duet! This story is a must read, you will be drawn into this dark romance that will have you reading this book in one night. THIS IS A MUST READ!!!! I voluntairly reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
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Wow this book was absolutely ahmazing!! This book focuses on Christian redeeming himself with Kerry and being a better father to his daughter. The storyline is gripping, dark, intense, you will soon be caught up and your emotions will be taken on roller-coaster ride. The characters are compelling, vivid, and well developed. If you enjoy dark romance then this book is for you, it’s an absolute must read!
Oh My! Starts with Climax from Last book – Love this so Hard!!
Scintillating story of two people who have tried to kill each other, and now can’t stay away from each other. Now they are in a life and death battle with Mother Nature.
Just an amazing story – of circumstance, family, love and survival.
Do yourself a favor and read these in order. Then fasten your seatbelt!!
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