I have something to prove.
My weight. My worth. My life.
Not only am I a woman fresh out of the police academy, but because of my father’s reputation, I have to prove I’m worthy of my badge.
And then an opportunity arose, one I couldn’t pass up. Men and women are being abducted from another country to be trafficked for horrific purposes. I have every intention of going undercover to bring down the entire operation.
I just hadn’t expected to get in so deep. I hadn’t expected to be targeted because of my body. It had become idolized and monetized by those in the shadowed, dark web and those with deep pockets and malicious secrets.
I certainly hadn’t expected to fall for one particular deep, dark secret, coiled so tightly in the stunning Nix Blaylock. But he’s the key, he’s my way in to the top, and in the end? I just might have to take him down too.
This book is heavy on explicit content. Please check the author’s website.
Review by Twinsie Angie
I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest opinion.
When I saw the author looking for ARC readers for this book and saying how dark it was. She was saying her editor said people won’t be able to handle the content…I was INVESTED. I absolutely LOVE dark romance. Gimme the dark romance!! Give it to me. Give it all to me NOW! However, I will have to say IMO, and this is my review which is my opinion, this is not a dark romance. This book has very dark themes and a great anti-hero but not dark romance. The themes of trafficking and necrophilia are dark for sure, but we don’t actually see that stuff so IMO, it’s a running dark theme in the book. If the characters had been involved in that stuff, then YES dark romance. My rating for this book is based off this being presented as a dark romance.
Ok so that is my take on the genre this book is being placed in. Now for the book itself, as a romance reader, we do put aside a lot because we are reading for enjoyment. Charlotte is sad her estranged husband has died leaving her penniless. She is working and is allowed to go undercover to bust a trafficking/porno ring. When she is there, she meets Nix who is stunned by the curvy woman of his dreams. He tries to push her away and not draw attention to his attraction to her or his “bosses” could use that as a weakness. They fumble through trying to figure out several things (who is the main boss and who killed Nix’s family member) when it all comes to a head at the end of the book.
I did have a few issues with a rookie cop sitting behind the desk being allowed to be thrown in to a pornography undercover ring. But ok no worries. I also had issues with the fact that Charlotte/Charlie knows how dangerous Andre (Nix’s partner) is and is still ignoring Nix at every damn turn. Like ma’am do you want to be unalived??
Was the book enjoyable? Sure. I did like a few of the twists she had in place. One I kinda picked up on and the other was a bombshell.
The heat and spice were at a nice level. Nix is a great anti-hero. I mean are you supposed to fall in love with a guy who runs a porno ring??? I think not and yet you do.
USA Today & International bestselling and two-time Iowa award-winning author DV Fischer is a mother of two very busy boys, a wife to wonderful husband, and an owner of three sock-loving German Shorthair Pointers. They also have one cat named Geralt.
Together, they live in Sheldon, Iowa.
When DV Fischer isn’t chasing after her children, she spends her time typing like a mad woman while consuming vast amounts of caffeine. Sometimes, if her husband can manage to remind her of the real world outside her office window, they hike!
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