Deva Landry is relieved to be rescued from the MC princess life. But now the angel who saved her is back to collect payment.The cost? Deva is assigned to babysit bad-boy cage fighter Aleksei Voronov, forcing her back into the murky underworld of Chicago. Prepared for the worst, she’s shocked to uncover a kindred spirit, a wounded soul like hers. Chaos strikes and the two are thrown together on an … together on an impromptu mission to stop a city-wide massacre.
Deva’s always prepared for battle, but can she overcome the burning desire for the inked deviant who represents everything she thought she left behind?
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5/5 Stars
Lost Bastard (A Dark Sparrow #1) by India Kells
This is the first book in A Dark Sparrow Series. This is the first book I’ve read by the author, but it won’t be my last. Kells has really done a great job writing this.
Deva, a Dark Sparrow, goes to help Lazarus. He wants to watch his brothers and make sure he’s kept out of harm’s way. Little does Deva know that the brother is going to capture her heart. The quote I chose for Deva is: “I agree. And I couldn’t stop thinking about what Finch and my father had said. All those speeches about patience, about preparing for war. What if he was speaking about a war from within? What if Finch had prepared things way in advance, and placed his pawns in strategic places.”
Aleksei, Lazarus’s half brother, trains at the gym only to find his Angel there. He keeps her at arms length, but when he’s injured she’s the one to help him. Things get tough and he pushes her away. The quote I chose for Aleksei is: “You put yourself in danger! I told you to stay at the hotel under Lance and Kai’s protection, but you didn’t listen. You don’t listen! And now that I know you are safe, still breathing , still alive and whole…”
This is recommended for MC lovers and if course romance lovers.
Lost Bastard is the first book in the Dark Sparrows Series. It is a fantastic book and gets the series started with a bang. Beatrice Dante, founder of Purgatory, has a special name for the people she rescues…Dark Sparrows. They agree to return a favor if and when she needs it. She needs a favor now and Physical Therapist Deva Landry has the skill set she needs. Ten years after her rescue Deva is returning to Chicago to help keep one of Lazarus King’s brothers safe from their megalomaniac father Jamieson Finch. Aleksei Voronov is Russian born and has toes to the Bratva and underground fighting. Deva’s job is to get close to Aleksie and report to Gabrielle Thorne her findings. Deva’s past comes back to haunt her and she is in danger from it and Finch. Aleksie is suspicious and deadly too. This book has all the good stuff…hot men, MMA fighters, underground fighting, MC’s, mobs, gangs, Bratva, a psycho dad or two, alpha protective men and two lost souls falling in love.
This book is AWESOME.
I’ve never read one of India’s books before, but I absolutely LOVED it! A truly gripping romantic suspense, it features Deva, a strong and independent woman who tries to forget her past but, at the same time, isn’t afraid to use what she learned from it.
And Aleksei, who was seemingly one person but turned out to be someone completely different…a twist that was sort of thrown in at the end but one that I never saw coming.
The chemistry between Deva and Aleksei definitely sizzles, but my favorite interaction between them was at the very end. No spoilers!
The ONLY reason I gave this book four stars was because of the egregious amount of proofreading errors from start to finish in the copy I bought from Amazon.
Bit, in spite of that, I’m most likely going to grab the next book in the series; I met the heroine of the next book in this book, and I’m SO intrigued by Zoe!