My life is a secret.
His life is dangerous.
We’re both stubborn, calculating, and controlling.
Mark Dixon doesn’t know what he’s getting into. He doesn’t know his games could cost us our lives. I have to do what is necessary to keep us alive, and that means guarding my heart.
But I know I’m defenseless against him, and in the end, he’ll force me to surrender.
MICHELLE’S REVIEW
Ah!!! Mark!!! I am SUCH a Mark lover. Team Twilight- whatever you want to call me- I love me some Mark.
I was so excited to get Mark’s story but what I was not expecting was to fall in love with his love interest, Charlie, the way that I did.
***Side note: I love Corinne’s books. I think her heroes are just the right amount of alpha that turn you on without making you think you might need a restraining order at some point. So I’m not surprised that I totally fell in love with Mark. And I have always liked the heroines that Corinne writes. Catherine (from BELOVED/BEHOLDEN) and Natalie (from CONSOLATION/CONVICTION) are strong women. They show their strength in different ways but they always portrayed themselves as strong in the face of adversity- especially Natalie.***
But Charlie- You guys. Charlie. She is strong on a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.
I mean yes- part of it is just her being a bad ass in a man’s world and feeling like she needs to assert herself. But we are talking about a woman that is the only kind of woman that can match Mark.
We know Mark as fun loving and all around funny guy. We know he would lay down his life for the people he loves and that he’s a great friend. But we also know he likes to pretend his online minister’s license makes him a chosen child of God.
The story itself is wildly creative. I would definitely say this would qualify as a romantic suspense because I was on the edge of my seat almost the entire time.
If you are a fan of Corinne’s books, you will not be disappointed. AND she didn’t even give us a gut wrenching cliffhanger this time!!!
This book could actually be read as a standalone. You might learn a few things about how the story ends for the characters in BELOVED/BEHOLDEN and CONSOLATION/CONVICTION but not in a way that would ruin those stories if you wanted to go back and read them.
This is a top January read for me and 5 stars for sure. Corinne has really outdone herself and I think if you love a good military romance- you will fall in love with this one.
Also Mark’s muse is Chris Hemsworth. So there’s that. Enjoy and you’re welcome.
AUTHOR INFO
Corinne Michaels is an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. She’s happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness.
Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldn’t ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.
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