I did the unthinkable. I slept with James. It wasn’t as if I had a choice – but now that the deed is done, I am paying the price. One more mistake, and I’m dead. At the moment, I’m doing my best to make sure he can’t stand the sight of me. It’s not working. Every day we spend together is torture, and the more I am around the man, the more I want him. We can’t get this close and hope to stay alive. stay alive.
Our next assignment will push us to the limit in every way that matters. I’m not even sure we can work together after what I’ve done to him, but we have to rescue Adie, who is being held hostage.
Our goal is to kill Alain, but the chances of us achieving that are virtually impossible. I can work with those odds, though. There is no other option.
Publisher’s Note: The Fifth Book in C.P. Mandara’s intense, suspense-filled thriller ‘Special Agent Series’ is a Dark Romance featuring BDSM erotic romance, complete power exchange, violence and drugs. If such material offends you, please do not purchase.
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Embers? There are no embers, this is a raging inferno!
Talk about twisted plots and deception upon deception, just who is in cahoots with who? I’m fairly certain we can trust James, well most of the time, and Adie seems fairly sweet, in that twisted sadist way. Lois continues to be amazing, hard as nails but she is also so caring and warm too.
There is a lot of kink, some of it quite sadistic, along with the usual fast paced and exciting plot. Embers had me spellbound from the first page to the last, for me it was sheer perfection. Yes I’m impatient about getting to the end of the story, but then I always am, and if I’m totally honest I’ll also hate leaving this fantastic world and the hot, sexy and very kinky trio that inhabit it.
This is part of an ongoing series and can not be read as a stand alone, but it is well worth reading them all. Book #1 is the lightest of the bunch, it’s a very hot BDSM read, they all are, with subsequent books having darker and darker themes. (Though I wouldn’t call it a dark read per se). The suspense/peril elements have you on the edge of your seat and just as you get ‘comfortable’ another shocking revelation tips you off balance again.
I have LOVED this series, loved this book just as much and am massively looking forward to the final book, Ashes.
“It’s the only way I can play this game,” she whispers. Our stalemate continues, but at least this time around, I have the upper hand
James took on a much larger role in this installment. The cards are in his favor and he definitely uses his advantage over Lois. The sexual chemistry between Lois and James was palpable & intense. This author is amazing at creating intense 1 on 1 scenes, writing suspense, and pacing. While I love this couple and they’re clearly meant to be together, I have to thank the author for finally giving me an explicit Lois & Adie scene! I was feeling stiffed that they had had sex before, but off screen. I enjoyed the dynamic between them in the beginning of the book.
I will say this: Chiara and Ranieri deserve their own book! That bullwhip scene has stayed with me since I finished this. Um, this author can write sadists well. Really, a brilliant scene by the author. Ranieri was scary hot and I’d read an entire series based on him.
Adie was missing in action during the last half of this book and I know he has something up his sleeve. I’m jumping into the next installment 🙂
Intense! I mean talk about a rough couple of days, yeah that’s right a couple of days. Lois is taking the brunt of all the pain/torture, not that James isn’t taking his share emotionally. Will James and Lois be able to trust each other enough to get through these couple of days or will they falter ?
C.P. Mandara’s combination of extreme BDSM torture and pain and sensuality with assassins who are trying to stay alive while planning on how to kill the man causing all their torment makes this fifth book in the Special Agent series sinfully entertaining and even titillating to read. The one thing you can not do. in order to fully understand what is going on behind the scenes with the featured characters is fail to read the previous books. However, having said that, there is still so much action, both physical pain-wise and sex-wise, for the reader to deliciously enjoy as they visualize the action in their mind. The cliff-hanging ending is plain ass a doozy, make no mistake about it, as it definitely leads to the series ending book six. This is a voluntary review of this book through Prolific Works..
The second to last installment of the Special Agents BDSM series which holds a whole new challenge for Lois and James and more devious torture from Alain.
This book mostly concentrates on Lois and James and this assignment will either break them or will let them get closer to each other. This book will have you glued to your ereader from the first page to the last page and it will have you yelling “ I want Ashes” now. I wonder if I can bride the author?
It is fast paced, full of new kinky scenes and equipment and a lot of emotions, heartbreak and strength even when you think they have none left.
James Leveritt and Lois Reeves were on a critical mission. With Alain Dumortier raising the stakes, they must complete their mission or risk losing everything.
This time around, James and Lois got to have their own “fun times”. I wish Adie was with them for all the debauchery in Italy but he was… tied up with something else.
James got the spotlight this time around and I liked how more of his past was revealed. I also liked seeing how his relationship with Lois finally progressing. It was nice meeting several new depraved characters and their subs.
I was looking forward to a certain scene but the book ended before it happened. I hope it will happen in the next book, which is the final in the series, or I’ll be deprived lol!