Do I scare you, Little One?Do I make your knees shake and hands tremble?Does your heart race and your lips quiver around me?I’m your worst nightmare, lurking in the black oblivion that surrounds you.Always watching. Always waiting.They call me Priest, and I’ll make you repent for your sins.But I won’t be able to protect you from mine.Do I scare you, Cohen?Does my mere presence heighten your pulse … Cohen?
Does my mere presence heighten your pulse and warm the blood in your veins?
Do I stir the deepest parts of you? The parts you buried deep inside long ago?
Admit it, Cohen, I’m a thrill, scattered within the deepest layers of your mind.
Always tempting. Always enticing.
You found me in the woods. You were a danger, and I was naive.
But now I want the wolf that hunts me.
Call it a truce. Call it a surrender.
He needs justice. I need answers.
It’s us against them.
Cohen may have claimed me, but Sanctum wants to own me.
They plan on collecting.
But so am I . *Contains graphic violence
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Omg what a book a truly amazing, where to start dark twisted gritty and leaves wanting so much more.
Cohen and Dessa use there hate to mask their true feelings for one another. Untill the both decide to let a little bit of light into the dark worlds. Both had very troubled childhood maybe together they can fix each other. Truly loved this book it was brilliant
Oh My Goodness, Cohen “Priest” Russo Hello Hotness!! This book completely caught me off guard. I was hooked with the blurb and now I’m anxiously waiting for book 2!! This ends with a wild cliffhanger!!
Dessa and Cohen meet each other when their eight years old. They only connected when they would meet in the woods behind their houses. After Dessa graduates high school she doesn’t know which college to go to and how to say goodbye to Cohen. Little did she know that Cohen would make her so mad that she leaves without even a goodbye. With surprising news, Dessa is back home to find out some truths.
This book is full of secrets, twists and turns and I love that you get dual POV from Dessa and Cohen. This book is full of surprises and you won’t want to put it down.
This is a new to me author that knows how to write dark very well.
This book is twisty and dark. It kept me gripped and at the end I wanted more.
If you like dark please pick this up
I’m going to be honest and say I wasn’t loving this one until about the 20% mark. That remaining 80% though?! Oh, I was ALL IN.
I’m talking fully Invested in the team (quite the trio) and plot. I loved the mystery behind Sanctum and the cutthroat personalities of both main characters. This series is bigger than the romance between Cohen & Dessa. Sanctum and their dirty deeds are what kept me glued to the pages! This was so much more than I expected and the secrets just kept coming.
The romance between Cohen & Dessa wasn’t so much a hate-to-love story as it was them fighting their feelings for each other and putting on a front. While the tension was delicious, things got so much better when they stopped forcing the hate and just start to enjoy each other! They’ve always been each other’s safe place but were unwilling to admit it. Once they come together though?! They are quite an unstoppable force and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
I will say that this wasn’t what I would call a “Dark Romance”. It’s more of a “Romantic Suspense with Dark themes”…and I think that says more about ME than this book because there are definitely scenes of bloody violence. It just didn’t quite hit the dark spot but I loved it anyway! This was a sexy & suspenseful beginning to a new Highly addictive series!
Oh and let me warn you: K. Michelle Spartan-kicks you off that cliff! This was my first book by her and it won’t be my last because I NEED ASYLUM!
*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review!*
SANCTUM
Where do I begin?!!
Dessa Collins… this woman…her fierceness…no crap talking…I’m in awe of you!
Sanctum is so much more, I didn’t expect this at all… it’s written wonderfully and the twist! Dang!
This is my first of K.Michelle and I am FAN now.
3.5 stars
*arc generously provided by the promo team in exchange for an honest review*
What’s this book about?
Dessa &Cohen have hated each other for a long time. When she comes back from college, they have a reunion. Unfortunate news have Dessa &Cohen looking for information together. They both want revenge. They need justice to be served &they will do it their way.
This my first K. Michelle read. I signed up for this book because the promo campaign on IG captured my attention. It was a relatively easy read. This read was promoted as Dark Romance Suspense. In my humble opinion &having read a bunch of Dark Romance Mystery & Suspense lately, this story traces more along the line of Romantic Suspense. It has Bully Romance elements &hilariously so, because both main characters have bullies in them LOL. There are aspects that I didn’t like about this novel, however, there are also positive comments that I’d like to make. Therefore, I’m also rounding up my 3.5 stars to 4 official stars instead of 3 stars. I don’t feel comfortable being a total negative Nelly.
I’ll start with the negative &I’ll keep it short. I didn’t feel drawn to the story much, but I still finished reading it.
The positive: I really liked the main characters separately. My favorite out of Dessa &Cohen was Dessa. I liked her attitude &I rooted for her. Unfortunately, at times, I bought into her hate for Cohen too much, so it felt difficult to appreciate her love story with Cohen. I felt for Dessa’s struggles &I wanted everything to work out for her. She didn’t let anything break her down, not even Cohen. I adored how Cohen treated her once their relationship evolved. He had some snappy comments in his POVs, I LOVED HIS SASS, but he didn’t treat her inferiorly although he was presented as some sort of possessive bully type of male hero.
I’ve seen people enjoy this story, so I don’t think it’s a bad story per se. It just didn’t connect with me as much as I’d hoped. I recommend this read to people who like strong heroines, a big bunch of revenge and a mysterious plot that ends in a shocking cliffhanger!
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Oh my lanta!!
Have you ever just finished reading a story and was just stuck there for 5 minutes trying to figure out wtf just happened? Well yup, that just happened.
From beginning to end Sanctum had me in such a trance, completely sucked me in. And that ending literally just destroyed my whole world. I am currently up in flames looking for a body of water to jump into. Okay now that I am done with the dramatics I can continue….
Cohen and Dessa are absolutely EVERYTHING! I love their banter. Dessa with her sarcastic quick wit and Cohen with his Alpha bad ass energy makes the perfect dynamic. And the sexual chemistry literally bleeds off the pages!
I can’t wait for Asylum!