5 Smooches!

Synopsis

I used to believe in destiny.

I was six years old when I first took to the stage, and I’ve danced every day since. It’s the biggest part of who I am. The fuel that drives me forward.

My oxygen…
My life…
My soul.

The stars were perfectly aligned, and my fairy tale had slowly begun to play out like a beautifully scripted passage from a romance novel. I was all set to live my happily ever after…

Until I wasn’t.

If dancing was my heart, Daniel was the blood that kept it beating. I was content with supporting him as he worked towards his music dreams, but then he disappeared, leaving me scared, alone and suffocating under the crushing weight of his debts.

It’s said that opportunity often comes disguised as misfortune.

When one door closes, another one opens. But I wasn’t prepared for it to belong to Reveal, one of New York City’s most exclusive Burlesque Clubs.

It feels as though the universe is conspiring against me until fate thrusts two very different men into the equation. And what they have in common, no one could have predicted.

Destiny may have delivered them both, but who stays is my choice.

Review

Robyn’s life comes crashing down around her when the person she thought loved her more anything, Daniel, abandons her. But it isn’t just the heartache and betrayal of Daniel leaving her that she has to contend with, but the problems and danger he left behind that is now catching up with her.

“Mom always used to tell me that a fairytale only ends when you’ve finished reading the story and close the book. I think life just closed my book.”

So with a love of dancing but no auditions working out, she goes for a job at an upper class burlesque club, Reveal, and it is here where her life becomes even more complicated as two men are thrust into her life; two men who are very different but who are complicated in more than just their scorching good looks and different personalities.

“Tonight I’m the prey. I watch—skittish and on high alert like that deer as the door rattles on its rusted orange-brown hinges. The pounding is so strong, so undeterred and fierce, it sounds like the persistent unwavering beat of a healthy heart.”

A whirlwind of a ride with passion, suspense, drama, betrayal, love and jealously; this story won’t let you catch your breathe for a second, you will be thrust into a story where deceit, lies, betrayal, passion and love are within every page and you will not be able to guess where you are going next until you are actually there; reading the page with your mouth hanging open.

“The knot in my throat burns and I can feel the sting of tears begin to prick behind my eyes as I lean against the back of my sofa. I’m hidden like a five year-old playing hide-and-seek. Only the thought of being discovered is terrifying.”

This is a hard review to do because I can’t give anything away but I hope my love for this book comes across. Robyn was a brilliant female lead! She was leading such a hard, scary and confusing life through not fault of her own and yet she perceives through it all with only minimal breakdowns which is very impressive. She was cute and remained feisty despite everything that was happening and I easily connected to her.

“The sad truth is I feel so lonely right now—I crave physical contact. I want to feel anything other than this…fear, hurt, anger.”

The two lead men; Cole and Callum were both extremely hot but in two very different ways. Cole was more polished and I could picture him in a suit, sitting on a chair and having a drink, while calmly telling you to strip with a smouldering look. Callum is the rougher man, who you know has a dirty mind and a dirty mouth but would still put his pleasure before his own. Both were men I fell in lust for but I did find myself leaning towards Callum as I always prefer the slightly rougher man!

“I’ve no real concept of where she ends, and I begin, and I fucking love it. I don’t even care that I’m pretty sure she’s just ruined me. If this is what ruined is, then bring it on because I don’t ever want to feel anything other than this right now.”

The plot was so intriguing!! Don’t be put off by the thought it might be a love triangle book; it is so so much more than that. I wouldn’t even compare it to those books. I really had no idea what was coming but I was hooked from page one. I couldn’t stop turning the pages quick enough and in the end I read this within half a day! I can’t reveal too much as it will give it away but there is hot sex, unexpected twists, betrayal and suspense that keeps you guessing throughout.

“I was pushed down a path that I’d never have taken if my hand weren’t forced. And while the road has been bumpy and fraught with difficulties, I would choose that path again given the chance.”

I highly recommend this book and can’t wait for other readers to get hooked into the unexpected plot an the feisty, hot and easily likeable characters. Don’t try and guess what is going to happen next…just go along for the ride!

~Bethany

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