FROM USA TODAY BEST SELLING AUTHOR T.L SMITH BRINGS YOU INTO A NEW WORLD TO MAKE YOU FALL HARD EVEN THROUGH THE DARK TIMES!A kiss could bond you, taint you, claim you. If you let it, it could own you. A kiss from a stranger was highly unlikely. A kiss from a man who hid himself from me, yet slowly tormented me, was unlike any other kiss. It was the kiss of death. It was my hands in cuffs chained … death.
It was my hands in cuffs chained to his waist.
And only he could set me free.
How could I be so blind? How could I have let a man that was delicious as sin take a grip on me? No matter how hard I tried to pull, those cuffs stayed glued to him as the wall that stood between us.
I had to smash that wall, I had to see the truth.
Even if we collide. Even if he’s my own savage collision. I have to be set free.
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Great book
If you have ever read anything from T.L. Smith you know that you are in for one hell of a ride with her novels. You know that you won’t be reading anything ordinary. Ordinary is something that T.L. Smith never gives. What she does give us each and every single time is something that no other author that I have EVER read gives…….Mind games!
But this guys…..This novel is one of the biggest mind games I have ever read from T.L.
It’s mind manipulation at its finest. It’s almost as though T.L has this unique ability to distort everything that you read an manipulate your every thought. While you may be thinking one thing, T.L then throws you a twist that is just mind blowing. Nothing and I mean nothing is ever what it seems and you continually second guess yourself wondering, or rather wanting to know what happens. That’s how T.L draws you in.
She is a master mind of psychological torment. And I loved every minute of it.
In the first instalment of the Savage Love Duet series, we meet Milanka.
A young woman with demons that are never far behind. A past so tortured and scarred. all Milanka ever does is run, but it always catches her. It finds her and invades her every thought. She is a broken soul.
We also meet Connick. All male, sinfully delicious, dark and dangerous. He is a man that always gets what he wants. And what wants is her. She will be his, she just doesn’t know it yet.
And Derrick. He will stop at nothing to have the woman he has always loved. He will have her no mater the cost.
Three people.
Three pasts.
Three tormented souls that will ultimately be brought together.
But at what cost?
I honesty can’t offer much more than this guys, because this novel needs to be read.
Edgy, dark with a whole lot of psychological twists that you will never see coming and will leave you void of any normal thought process. It will leave you with a messy mind and incoherent thoughts and constantly second guessing. And you couldn’t ask for anything more than that in this novel.
READ IT. I KNOW YOU WANT TO!!
5 stars
Wow – this book blew my mind. Honestly I have no idea what I’ve read.
I cant’t remember reading a book and being in a head of such a complex character with such a mixed up mind. Sometimes I couldn’t follow my own thoughts trying to sort out Milankas mind.
Reading this book was pretty challenging for me but I’m very glad I gave it a chance. However, there were many parts in this book where I asked myself what did I get myself into not sure if I wanted to go on.
I am pretty amazed by how T.L. Smith worked with Connick. He’s stays as much a mystery to me as reader as he does to Milanka. This ist fascinating. I didn’t know I could fall for such a bad boy with even more dark sides than Milanka (and therefore me as reader) without actually knowing him or anything about him. But I was totally drawn to this man as Milanka was.
During the book I battled with myself if I want to read the second book or not. This is not a typical story I’m normally into. But this damn cliffhanger at the end made the decision for me: I SO need to know where this story is going!!! Can’t believe T.L. Smith left us hanging like she did!!!
Thanks for an very unexpected amazing read! This book is truly something special!
I don’t even know how to begin my review of this book. This story was not what I thought it was going to be. I never expected this at all. It wasn’t a bad story but when I came to the cliffhanger ending it didn’t leave me dying to read the next book. It was okay! It wouldn’t bother me one way or another if I read the next book but I have no intention of purchasing it. This story has too much and not enough going on at the same time. There’s a lot of secrets being kept and not enough being revealed. There’s a lot of sex and don’t get me wrong the scenes are hot, but other than secrets, sex and stalkers the story is lacking. That seems like enough to keep the story interesting but it didn’t. It’s missing that something for me that would have made this story a great read for me. It had so much potential but for me it fell short. Milanka is weak!!!! I wanted to throat punch her for making such stupid choices and yeah she has her issues but she just goes along with everything. EVERYTHING!!!! Her mother is as useless as they come. Derrick and Nicole are both crazy. Connick is protective with stalker tendencies and although it was revealed who he is to Derrick he still seems a mystery. I just really don’t care enough to find out how this story ends. Every book will not be for everyone and this story was just missing something for me.
I love TL’s twisted mind, she does fucked-up so well.
It’s different from her normal books but still just as good.
Milanka being used and abused by men seems to be her theme.
Until Connick, he’s not exactly Prince Charming but he’s the closest thing she will have to a knight in shining armor in a very twisted way.
Bring on the next one.
Actual Rating 3.75
Holy crap this book was dripping darkness. I mean completely insane that it had my head spinning. I couldn’t get enough and I devoured this book dying for more. All because one sexy as hell man named Connick with his hard lined abs and dark nature that screams bad. I mean any girl who comes across him should be running for the hills, but boy if I didn’t want more of him and I can’t blame Milanka for being so drawn and addicted to him.
I found Milanka’s backstory to be the most interesting and what immediately captured my attention when I first started reading this book. OMG! Her upbringing was crappy and she didn’t have a fighting chance at a decent life, so it was no wonder things took the turn they did. I felt so sorry for her even though you want to shout for her to grow some brains. I understood her need for love and feel like sh wasn’t invisible. To feel wanted and have someone care for you for the first time in your entire life. Later in the present when she meets Connick who starts out a mysterious man who wears a hat and crazy violet/grey eyes. Man their crazy messed up relationship was so insane and I loved every minute of it. I loved that he broke down all he walls and had her breaking her rules without her even noticing she was doing it. But secrets run rampant around these two and are as thick as fog. When Milanka finds herself drawn to Connick and feelings she doesn’t want to feel, her past stars catching up to her in a way she never saw coming.
I really enjoyed this book. Its dark as hell. Its sexy as hell and Connick every girls fantasy. The sex. Holy smokes the sex is hot. But I knocked this book down some stars because Milanka made one terrible decision after another and it made it almost unbearable by the time this book was over. I won’t spoil anything, but I don’t like when the female heroine makes bad decisions and ignores clear danger. I feel that she was like a seesaw when it came to how her life now was going to be different from the way she let people treat her in her past.
not for me
A very dark book. I could not finish.
Enjoyed!
Wasn’t expecting them to be brothers .