DIZZY IS LOSTLost in his own grief, Damien Reynolds hides the man he is behind a mask of jokes and laughter. He’s spent years fooling everyone, including himself, hiding the pain he struggles through every day. Now, Dizzy finds himself assigned to the hardest case Cole Securities has ever been hired for. He’s wearing a new kind of mask, one that leaves him questioning the goodness of humankind … humankind and the world he lives in.
Surviving this mission is the last thing on his mind. Until the night he’s faced with a difficult choice: To save her or not…
PENELOPE HEALS HIM
Sold by her family to a group of criminals, Penelope Lopez finds herself lost into a world so dark, very few survive. She must find the strength within herself to endure her new life, but as it is once again tossed into the winds of fate, Penny decides enough is enough and vows to fight. Even if it means losing her life.
But then again, fate has a different plan for her, one in the shape of a massive man. A man who decides he can’t ignore the fire in her eyes and makes a vow of his own: To protect her at all costs…
Will Dizzy let her into his heart, giving her the chance to heal it? Or will the danger swirling around them keep them from discovering how sweet life can really be?
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Holy Hell this book was the best so far forbthis series. Each book keeps getting better and better. In the previous books there was some dark subject matter that was covered. But this one has the darkest subjects.
I was sucked in from page one. I just wanted to grab Penny and hide her away to keep her safe. And Damien, well you feel what he is struggling with internally from the start. These two are both damaged, but they both are survivors. It takes them finding each other and giving into their feelings for each other, for them to finally find the way out of the shadows and to live.
I have absolutely loved this series so far (in the hope that there is more to come!).
I have loved these beautifully broken men who fall hard and fast for the special women in their life’s. Women who have experienced traumas of their own. They each believe that they do not deserve the light that these amazing women bring to their lives and each if them broke my heart a little more than the last…..but this……this book I think completely broke me before carefully trying to put the pieces back together.
Dizzy hides behind a facade, one he thinks his friends don’t see through but they do….just like Penny does. It’s not your usual moonlight and roses courtship. He is protective mode from the get go and can’t explain the connection he feels and under the circumstances neither can she. But it’s there and both are reluctant to let it go. My. Heart! Honest to goodness!! These two! I think this is my favourite of the series…..so far!
HOLY CRAP!! HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS SERIES?! Lost in the Shadows is the third book in the Lost Series, and I was lucky enough to receive an ARC. I don’t know WHAT I was expecting when I started this book, but I am absolutely captivated by Tracie Douglas and her amazing writing skill, and the story she was able to weave. Reading the first two books in the series probably would have been helpful (getting on that ASAP) but it wasn’t necessary for me. There’s enough background, without giving too much away, for this to be read as a standalone.
This book released today (April 9th) and HOLY CRAP is it good! Not just good but INCREDIBLE. If you’re looking for a dark romance, you need this book. Dizzy, or Damien, left me absolutely heartbroken in his resolute determination that he was too broken for Penny. Dizzy is on a dark mission, one that took nine months to complete, that left him even worse than when he started. He is fragmented emotionally, and tries to deny his immediate reaction to Penny(spoiler: his reaction is mine). Even before he comes to terms with Penny, and her role in his life, he doesn’t want anyone to touch her or look at her.
Penelope, or Penny, was sold by her stepfather to sex traffickers. Due to her virginity, she reaches a higher price. This leads her to meeting the beautifully broken Damien. But, he’s undercover so she believes she’s just been sold to her owner, and she’s not sure what to make of it. When she learns the truth of who Damien is, she vows to make him let her in past his walls, and see they could be wonderful together. She wants to heal him, but she stands by his side giving him the strength to do that.
They heal each other, and it is so wonderful and amazing that I am trying not to cry. This is a dark romance, which I think is obvious with the theme of the book. It is suspenseful, thrilling, and has plot twists GALORE. I was halfway through the book thinking it was almost over, since Damien decided to go all alpha on Penny, when I realized HOLY CRAP THERES MORE.
I’m saying holy crap a lot… but that was my literal reaction to about half of what transpired in this book. I absolutely ADORED this novel, and will be going back to read the others in the series, if only because that epilogue was great and I need more.
Tracie, you’ve got me talking in run on sentences. How dare you. In my humble opinion, this is so much more than 5 stars, it should be 10. I love it. I love Tracie. BRB, I’m going to go stalk her on social media.
GO GET THIS BOOK!! Did I mention the series is free on Kindle Unlimited?