3.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Dante Santoro knew he was destined for great things. Growing up with two dead beat parents, Dante was forced to become an adult before his time. Deciding to change the world, Dante distanced himself from the only life he knew, the life of drugs and crime.
After going through school and training, Dante became a detective in the local police force. Keeping focused on getting drugs off the streets, he limited friends and outside connections.
Finding himself the perfect candidate to go undercover, he never anticipated the one person he thought was safe could jeopardize it all.
Will Dante be able to succeed at making the streets a safer place or will his destiny alter the course of the life he lives forever?
Review
Dante knows what’s it like to have your life ruined by drugs, so it only made sense that he went into a career that was trying to bring these drugs off the street and protect people. When an opportunity arises to go undercover to put a stop to some infamous criminals Dante knows he’s the person for the job. But is he really has un-involved as he is trying to tell himself and what happens when he suddenly spots his ‘sex buddy’ in a place she shouldn’t be?
“I grew up with a drug addict and now I take down drug dealers. Dante Santoro, the biggest walking contradiction to the drug world. Nice to meet you.”
I had really mixed views about this story. On paper it has everything I normally love in a book, drama, twists, sex, love suspense; so much to keep you reading. However something just didn’t connect with me to make me love it, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it because I did.
The characters were great. Dante was a slightly tortured soul but i admired his strength and perseverance to want to make the world a better place. He was cocky, funny and sweet all rolled into one.
Ava was definitely a role model in my eyes. She’s confident, brave, in control and a strong woman in a mans world but she’s not letting that stop her. I really liked Ava and from the first major scene involving Dante and a pair of handcuffs I just knew I was going to love this sassy woman.
“I always knew growing up I was destined to make something great of myself. I was going to have purpose in this ugly world and bring some beauty into it. I just didn’t know how I was going to do it.”
Now the plot; as I stated before it really did have everything. I never saw any of the twists coming so that kept it so entertaining and kept me guessing the whole way through. And the sex scenes were hot! With a lovely romance story thrown in. However Im not sure if it was the writing style or how things were played out but I just didn’t find myself feeling loads of emotion, I enjoyed the story I just didn’t connect to it like I do with others.
“I’ve never been the romantic type. Hell, I never even considered the thought of a relationship before you. But you changed all that. You changed me. You have made me realize that it’s okay to open up to people and let them in.”
But please don’t let that put you off because there is plenty within this story that I know loads of people will love and on top of that there are characters that you will want to read about and you will want to know what’s going to happen in their story. Overall an enjoyable read and I will look out for more from this author!
~Bethany
