Rayna Thompson’s entire life is a lie. She avoids relationships as if they were the plague – mainly because the people who get close to her wind up dead. And yet her newest next door neighbor, the sexy, stoic Jack Stone, is making her want to break all her rules. The problem is, he’s a cop, and she doesn’t know how long it will take before her past catches up to her and all her secrets are … revealed.
Jack believes in law and order. He keeps his work life separate from his personal life. Not that he has much of a personal life as a Detective with the Jackson Hole Police Department; most of it is relegated to the private lifestyle club where he is a member. However, during his latest assignment, he begins to blur the lines between professional and personal.
Rayna pushes each of his boundaries and makes him question everything he knows about the law and what he’s willing to do for love. Will their newfound relationship survive when her past comes back to haunt them?
Publisher’s Note: This steamy, suspense-filled contemporary romance contains themes of power exchange. While it is part of the best-selling Cuffs & Spurs series, it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone.
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A romantic suspense that will draw you in.
A romantic suspense that will draw you right in loved the book! Detective Jack Stone return to duty after being shot and get the job of protecting Ryana. Now being hush- hush about it Jack did not expect the chemistry to be so hot or to find out Ryana liked his lifestyle. The underline story has Ryana in a great deal of danger and the ending will keep you up reading lots of action. I enjoyed the interaction between the characters it was a well-written story. I highly recommend it. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
All good things must come to an end, and Summers gives us a great sendoff to the Cuffs & Spurs series in His Cherished Love. Rayna and Jack are two fully realized characters. Summers takes the time to introduce them in detail before they interact, so we come to understand Rayna’s weariness over her treadmill life, living in constant fear of being discovered by the mafia connections she ran from when she turned government witness against them. Jack is battling his own fears of competency after an on-duty injury curtails his ability to serve as a cop.
Jack is roped into surveillance of Rayna after her federal handlers discover a credible threat to her, and I loved how Jack kept trying to gain permission to share his situation with Rayna and how he struggled when the feds kept refusing him.
Jack is scarred from his parent’s difficult relationship. Rayna is realizing that a life on the run really isn’t a life at all. When she and Jack come crashing together, they start building something new: a woman who ran from the life she knew and a man who never fully trusted the life he has start to build something uniquely theirs.
Summers ties this back to the Cuffs & Spurs club, where Rayna works and Jack is a Dom. I was surprised that Rayna hadn’t experienced this lifestyle at all considering her work at the club—I expected her to have at least a little bit of experience. She also adapts really rapidly to this lifestyle, one of the stereotypes of a BDSM romance, accepting everything that Jack does to her. I would have liked to have seen some hesitation on her part and seen how Jack would have addressed that.
But Summers avoids the to-stupid-to-live decisions that heroines who are at risk often make in a romantic suspense story. Instead, the danger comes from an unexpected source, which made this a refreshing take on the heroine-at-risk plot. And Jack falls for Rayna like a ton of bricks, and I really loved that once committed, he didn’t waver in his love and loyalty to her. It built a base for Rayna, who’d been living with instability for so long.
Not only are Jack and Rayna strong characters; Summers also finds a great way to weave in all the couples from previous books in this series as a vital part of the plot to help shape a grand conclusion to the Cuffs and Spurs books. When Summers fires on all cylinders, her books are such wonderful reads. I’m happy to say that His Cherished Love definitely falls into this category.
The last to fall…
If you have read this series, then you are familiar with both characters. Jack is the last of the “original” crowd to still be single. This is a fact that has had him doing a lot of thinking especially while on medical leave from the police department. Rayna’s first appearance raised several flags. As a reader, you knew she was hiding something. Well, that something is revealed in this story and it could get someone killed. It definitely will bring danger to Jackson Hole. I loved this one! I especially loved the fact that despite being a Dom and used to protecting his sub Jack firmly believed that Rayna should have been told what was going on.
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This is the eighth book in the series and my favorite. Though a standalone as are the others, the author skillfully incorporates the characters and locations from the prior books making the reader feel like they live in the town too.
This is Detective Jack Stone and Rayna Thompson’s story. Jack is just coming off medical leave from being shot on his last case. Ranya has been in the Witness Protection program for 10 years after testifying against her father and his criminal organization. She currently works in the local diner and at the BDSM club Jack belongs to. Jack is assigned to protect her after the feds learn the crime boss who took over for her father is after her again. They begin a sexual relationship which turns into love. After saving her from the bad guys, Jack asks her to marry him and they have their HEA.
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One steamy hot read……..So this was a free ARC read from my favorite author and booksprout for my honest voluntary review of this book.I love reading this authors books and this series. Has a great storyline and great characters to.Plus its steamy hot to boot.This is a great series and I have read all the books in the series to.Plus I couldn’t put it down til I finished it, it was that good I thought. And look forward to reading the next book in the series to come next.
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Love is complicated
This is book 8 in Anya Summers’s Cuff and Spurs series. Anya’s storyline and her characterizations of the hero and heroine make it difficult to put down her books. Rayna is not exactly who she appears to be. Jackson or Jack as he is called, is intrigued by Rayna but he keeps his distance. That is until the FBI recruits him to protect Rayna. He is trying to just do his job but Rayna is so tempting to Jack! Things heat up between these two. There is a sinister subplot in this book. It has some incredible sexy salacious bdsm scenes with Jack and Rayna. I recommend it!
Rayna is hiding out from the mob and is in another town. When Travino showed up in a nearby town, it prompted Carson to reach out to the Jackson Hole Police Dept. Jack was shocked to find out just whom Victoria was. After taking on the assignment he was determined to keep her safe and personal feelings out of the job but as he spends time with her she opens him to feelings and wanting things he has never wanted before. Will his heart be forfeited to get the job done? This story has elements of BDSM and alpha men who take their job of protecting serious.
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CAPTIVATING!
Simply my favorite in this series with a great storyline and blazing hot chemistry and a lot of mistrust leads to one heck of an exciting must read that I enjoyed way to much.
This is a 5 alarm romantic suspense! A spicy sexy story with a thrilling action aspect. It kept my attention from beginning to end. This author never disappoints.
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Rayna has been in the witness protection program for 10 years. She testified against her mobster father. Her father promised her to one of his cronies and she has been running from the mob since. Each time she gets set up with a new identity, her former fiance finds her. The last time he found her he beat her to where she required plastic surgery. This changed her appearance. She is now located in a town that she finds comfortable. She has never made friends because everyone around her ends up dead. However, in the new town, she begins to make friends. She is attracted to Jack, a cop. She is a waitress at a BDSM club and sees him on occasion. She tries everything to get his attention. Jack avoids commitment but finds it hard to ignore Rayna. When he ex-fiance finds her, Jack will stop at nothing to protect her. But how does he keep finding her? Will Jack be able to protect Rayna from danger? Will their attraction for each other finally bring them together long term? I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to everyone.
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Loved this story about Jackson and Rayna. She is in the witness protection program after testifying against her family. Jack has been enlisted to help protect her from her former fiance who wants her dead. In the meantime, they start a relationship admist all their friends from the previous books!
These two damaged character create a five alarm fire in the bedroom
Wonderfully written and developed. These characters are both damaged and in need – but don’t want to admit it. Charming, alpha Jack is the law and that is how he lives his life, honorable, principled, ethical and he is put in a position where he has to lie and keep things from Rayna. Rayna has been lied to all of her life and it is the one thing she cannot forgive. Rayna is all bottled up and could definitely benefit from some of Jack’s kind of attention. These characters are very alike: damaged, independent, strong and rot willing to risk the status quo… to bad fate & our wonderful author have something else in mind.
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Loved Rayna and Jack’s story. It was well written, entertaining and full of danger. The erotic scenes between them were exceptional in the way Summers described every little detail in the scenes which made it easy to picture the happenings as you read them. This is another great addition to the series Cuffs and Spurs. I loved the book and would highly recommend it as a great read.
Although this is in the Cuffs and Spurs series, it can be read as a standalone. The issue of trust runs like a crack through this story; the two main characters need trust, but neither can offer information that will prevent the feeling of that trust being misplaced. Rayna is in WITSEC but has been tracked down. Jack Stone is a detective (and Club Dom) recovering from a gunshot wound who has been tasked to protect her, but who is not allowed to tell her this – one of the cracks in the trust. Acting on mutual attraction, they forge a D/s relationship, but it could all go wrong if she finds out the truth – or, even worse, if her father’s hitman finds her. With a good storyline, great characters, and definite heat, this is a book I’d recommend to any fan of this genre.
After getting a significant way into this book I was really starting to dislike Jack for his deception of Rayna & while I still think she let him off the hook too quickly I did really enjoy this book. As with all entries in the Cuffs and Spurs series this outing can be read as a standalone without any problems. While characters from the other books do make appearances, it is very much Jack & Rayna’s story. I loved the interaction between the characters & the contrasting light & shade of circumstances in Rayna’s life. Her current happiness in her life compared with her previous life & relationships. This book was long enough to flesh out the story and give it a good bit of depth.
I absolutely love these stories! This one is about Jack Stone a detective of Jackson Hole PD. He has been in the previous books also. He was injured in the line of duty in the last boo. When a waitress from their club enters his life . Rayna is a little fireball! It’s a mix of Romance, Erotica and Mystery wrapped up in one. Anya Summers has hit a Home run again! Her style is so unique . Laugh out loud in some spots of the story. Well worth the time!
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Who knew Rayna had so many secrets?
Rayna and Jack have been background characters throughout this series, so I’ve been waiting for them to get their own story. And what a story!! Jack, as a local police detective, is called upon to keep an eye on a protected witness who turns out to be the very sexy Rayna that he’s had his eye on for some time. Rayna’s tried to keep everyone at arm’s length in order to protect her secret, and their lives.
Their romance is full of surprises as Rayna discovers her hidden sub desires and Jack learns that a woman can be submissive in the bedroom and still be independent everywhere else. Their relationship peels back all their protective layers as they get to the truth of who they each are and how they’re going to get through this situation to their future.
This story is filled with amazing chemistry-fueled smexy times interspersed with nail-biting tension and just enough action to keep things interesting. It’s a thrilling story, a wonderful wrap-up for the entire Cuffs & Spurs series. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Jack and Rayna are no strangers to readers of the Cuffs and Spurs series and this is their story. It is hot and sexy with a serious story about the tenuous security of the witness protection program. Rayna knows more than most that it is not infallible but her agent is bound and determined that she will not pay the price again. Jack, who has always been foot loose and fancy free while enjoying the subs at the club, falls hard and fast for Rayna and the independent Rayna falls just as hard for Jack but their happiness is threatened by her nemesis, will Jack be able to save her
Jack has always been attracted to Rayna. He gets the opportunity to get closer to her, in order to protect her. They fall in love, but danger from Rayna’s past threatens their future. Good book, well written!
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