4.5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Ace is bad.
Very bad.
After losing my brother, I know I should stay away. So why can’t I?
He’s irresistible. He’s confident. He’s amazing… but he’s dangerous.
He was there the night my brother was murdered. He watched it all go down.
I should stay away. The things I saw weren’t acceptable.
I should want Ace as far away from me as possible—I should consider him a monster and a threat—but when my life is at stake I know I no longer have a choice of the matter. He’s the only one that can protect me.
He’s done what he can to keep me out of danger, but it’s not enough. I need answers. I need the truth. He refuses to give it to me, and because of that I don’t trust him. He refuses to tell me what really happened and to just forget about it but I refuse.
I won’t back down until I get answers.
But there’s one thing wrong with getting too many answers. It leads to lies. It leads to trouble. It leads to danger. But worst of all, it leads to me falling deeply and madly in love with him.
I’ve gotta be out of my mind.

London Stallone hasn’t always had the perfect life, but she did have the perfect older brother. He did everything for her. He took care of her when no one else would. He’s always been the shoulder she could lean on, but when he ends up murdered, things turn for the worst.
London soon demands answers, and the first person she runs to is her brother’s co-worker and good friend, Donovan “Ace” Crow. Ace isn’t the ordinary guy. He doesn’t come equipped with flowers and chocolate. He doesn’t hand out smiles and hugs to every female he meets. He’s strict and only about business, and London believes he’s a part of the reason her brother was murdered.
Soon, after finding out life-threatening news, it leads to something Ace never thought he’d have to do for anyone.
Protect her.
Although he doesn’t want her to get hurt, it doesn’t stop him from being selfish or bitter. He’s promised to protect her, but has he done enough? Has he sacrificed everything in order to keep London out of harms way?
Sometimes love can get in the way of your priorities. And sometimes love can easily become your enemy—you worst nightmare. It can destroy you.

This is a story full of dishonesty. Disloyalty. Broken hearts. Pain. Suffering. Lies. Destruction. This isn’t a fairytale love story. This is real. And it just might break you.
You’ve been warned…

BEWARE.

Review

I want to start by saying that this was my very first book by Shanora Williams.  It did not disappoint.  This was a story  of tragedy and destruction.  I loved the realism of this book.  It wasn’t fluffy.  It didn’t sugar coat the life of a man running an illegal business or the people that he loves and how it affects them.

London is blissfully unaware of a lot of things in her life.  Things like what her brother does for a living.  How he makes his money and who he works for.  He has been taking care of her for a long time, but she has no idea how.  Her life drastically changes in moments and she finds herself under the protection of her brothers friend, Ace.  Ace is mean and self serving and obviously involved in illegal activities, but London cannot squelch her attraction to him and Ace cannot seem to stay away from London, even though he is hiding something.

Ace is a really bad dude.  It was hard to love him most of this book.  He was manipulative and sneaky.  Cocky and archaic, while still being sexy as sin.

“It’ll be tough getting her to listen, but if there’s one thing I know about myself, it’s that I can convince anyone into anything.

Especially a woman.”

London is really naive most of the book and mostly I just felt incredibly sad for all the loss and heartache she has had in her short life.  She wants to trust Ace and finds him irresistibly attractive but a tiny part of her knows that he isn’t just keeping her around to protect her.

The sexual chemistry between these two is simply off the charts!  It was raw, dirty, and rough.  Oh so damn hot!

“Because I’m gonna make sure I’m the best you ever fucking had.  And by the time we’redone–after these three months–you won’t regret anything but the fact that you’re going home and that you’ll be far away from the only man that can truly satisfy you.”

Shanora really kept me guessing most of this book.  What did he do for living?  What was he keeping London around for?  The questions go on and on and I just kept turning the pages.  I did not really expect the outcome of it all.  I have seen reviews about how everyone hated the ending of this book.  I did not.  I thought it was fitting.  I needed to trust and love Ace and I just quite didn’t but that ending sealed the deal for me.  I now love him and want more.  I loved that ending.  It was perfect, but I sure wouldn’t mind another book. (crossing my fingers)

Amie

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