4.5 Smooches!
Synopsis
Rape. One word changed his life. Mason Tredwell had it all. He was a good looking, well-respected doctor. He had money, power, and friends. He never worried about finding a woman to warm his bed. But that all changed when he was wrongfully accused of rape. And now, after five years in prison and the loss of everything he cared about, he wanted revenge.
Abandoned as a baby and bounced around different foster homes, Kat Gingham never really had a charmed life. But now, things were really falling apart. She had no money, no job, and even her lying, cheating boyfriend was gone too. She allowed herself one night to cry about her situation before she picked herself back up. But when she woke up, she was no longer at home, and she was no longer alone. She was facing Mason, a guy who claimed she ruined his life. And he’s hell-bent on breaking her down, humiliating her, making her feel like he has all these years.
She claimed she had no clue what he was talking about, but he didn’t believe her. The facts don’t lie.
Was Kat lying? Could she convince Mason to let her go? Or was fate playing a role in why they were thrown into this together?
Review
The start of the book, tells the story of what Mason’s life was like pre accusation. You get insight into his life of wealth, respect and women. You learn of his plan for revenge on the girl who has ruined his life, the one who done him wrong. Everything he ever knew changed all from one word. “Rape. One damn word changed his life.”
Kat’s life was the complete opposite to Mason, she was abandoned as a baby and moved from foster home to foster home. She does well, gets herself a good job, and then enters Seth. Kat moved for Seth, but he soon changed and cheated and she was left all alone. No job, no money and soon no place to live. Kat drinks a bottle of wine before bed, goes into a restless sleep and awakens to a whole new world.
Mason kidnaps Kat as she sleeps, he takes her to his place that he was set up nicely so it won’t allow for her to try and escape. He has literally thought of everything, keypad entrance, soundproofing, bolted windows etc. He hasn’t allowed any room for error. When Kat awakes she learns of her new fate as Mason’s slave. She is told what is expected of her every day and what it is she is supposed to wear etc. Mason wants her to be humiliated and broken, like he is. Kat has no idea why she is there or even who this man is, but he doesn’t believe that. “Welcome to prison, Kat. Be thankful it’s better than mine was.”
Kat does what she is told by Mason, although she does have days where she argues back with him. She seems to be pushing his buttons. Kat decides that she won’t be broken by him and if that’s what he wants it’s not going to happen, she is trying to get closer to him, to understand what it is she is supposed to have done that caused this much hate and resentment that he went to all these lengths for revenge. Kat seemed at first to be scared of him, because she didn’t know what he was capable of, but as time progresses that feeling changes. “He scared the hell out of her and yet, she wasn’t actually afraid, he’d do anything to truly harm her.”
We meet others throughout the story, the main one being Benny. He became a friend and protector of Mason’s in prison and he helped Mason set up his plan for revenge. Benny is rather insightful and tells both Mason and Kat things when they are both to stubborn or silly to see it. Benny can see the attraction that this occurring between them and tries to tell them both, so they can see it. After a discussion with Benny one night, Mason can’t understand his feelings and doesn’t believe what benny said has any truth to it. Thinking that Kat is asleep he talks to her, she hears this but isn’t sure if it was a dream or not. “I can’t love you, Kat, but I’m so happy you are going to be just fine.”
As you are reading this, you are watching a love story unfold between Mason and Kat, although there is many twists to come that steer that love off course. We have Mason declaring his love one moment, “the more I know you, the more I want to be around you. Somewhere along the way, I fell for you. Kat, I love you. I love everything about you. I’m in love with you.” And the next he is saying, “I forgive you for taking away that life because you aren’t that person anymore.” Kat can’t stay and be around him when he still believes that she was the person that caused all this pain for him, so she leaves.
The rest of the book, is spent watching Mason and Kat, live their lives separately and unhappily. Kat wants to find out the truth and find out who was behind what happened to mason, when she does she is definitely thrown through a loop and needs Mason, but she wants it all resolved before they can move on. I loved the ending to this book, and I loved that this is how the story turned out.
This book was full of emotions. You could feel his anger, her confusion, it was emotional at parts when they were discussing both of their pasts, you laughed at their banter and came close to tears when Mason got what he thought he wanted. I would completely recommend this book, what a fantastic rollerc oaster read. Well done DC Renee.
Stacey
But It Now
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Thank you! 🙂