Combines every romantic suspense element I love: brooding billionaire with a dark secret, contemporary Gothic flavor, the FBI, and of course, the dark web.
This book was a sexy update of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, featuring a heroine who's been made a devil's deal. Get close to criminal billionaire Mark Donahue and get the evidence to put him away for good, and secure the release of her brother from prison, or fail and see his sentence extended. Mark's wounded heart is an easy target--our heroine, Wren, is a perfect doppelganger for Mark's late wife Johanna, whom Mark is adamant he did not murder.
As another woman disappears and the FBI gets ready to pull the plug on the operation that could have won Wren's brother’s release, Mark offers Wren a Faustian deal of his own, a way she can save Mark and her brother both: Become Johanna for him. 24/7 roleplay, under the watchful gaze of the enormous canvas pictures of the late Johanna in the bedroom that used to be hers. Wren would wear Johanna’s clothes, use her soaps, be tied in her leather straps, be called by her name. In return, for every year she spends with Mark, the billionaire cyber-genius will get her brother out two years early. Five years and he'll be scot-free.
But Wren has too much in common with Johanna, who was cheating on Mark with his thrill-seeking brother Davis. Davis, infuriating, perfect Davis, calls Wren “Horsey” but at least he doesn’t call her Johanna. He warns her to stay away from Mark, lest what happened to Johanna happen to her. The love triangle snuck up on me; I wasn't looking for it, but it was deeply satisfying.
I couldn’t put down this delicious subversion of the bad boy billionaire romance. Is Mark dangerous? You better believe it. And wicked sexy; there's no denying it.
Highly recommended.
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Overall - I enjoyed this one
Overall, the first third or so really gripped me but the last two-thirds didn't have the same spark.The author definitely has a way with words. She effortlessly drew me into this mystery and I was wholly committed to teasing out the subtle lies and intricate details.But then, too much was set into motion.There's many twists and turns - to trust Mark or not? Could Tribecca be evil? What about the brother? Who's following her home?And it eventually became too much, especially Wren begins to lose herself as she emulates Joanna (Mark's dead wife) turning the story into almost a multi-personality reveal:Ultimately, there were so many twists that they began to feel distracting to the plot.After we flip-flopped for the third time, I just didn't connect (wasn't committed?) to the further twists.In addition, there was a lot of sex. And I mean a lot.Now, I don't mind a scene here and there, when it makes sense, but it got to the point that it was just another sidetrack and began to annoy me.Many a time, the main characters just couldn't resist a hot-and-steamy moment...only for Wren to find more damning evidence that the guy did XX crime or YY terrible thing.I don't know about you, but as soon as I find out a main character may be a cold-blooded murder, no amount of hormones could persuade me under his covers.But...it seems like that just made it spicier""That he'd locked me in filed me with dread. He was no normal man. There was an arrogance to him, that he was untethered by laws...he would break me again and again, until I was whatever he wanted me to be."Ultimately, this one certainly had great elements - I loved Wren's character in the beginning and the way the story was set up...it just didn't live up to the beginning.I definitely think this author has a promising writing career - the beginning of the story certainly showed that!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019
Overall, the first third or so really gripped me but the last two-thirds didn't have the same spark.
The author definitely has a way with words. She effortlessly drew me into this mystery and I was wholly committed to teasing out the subtle lies and intricate details.
But then, too much was set into motion.
There's many twists and turns - to trust Mark or not? Could Tribecca be evil? What about the brother? Who's following her home?
And it eventually became too much, especially Wren begins to lose herself as she emulates Joanna (Mark's dead wife) turning the story into almost a multi-personality reveal:
Ultimately, there were so many twists that they began to feel distracting to the plot.
After we flip-flopped for the third time, I just didn't connect (wasn't committed?) to the further twists.
In addition, there was a lot of sex. And I mean a lot.
Now, I don't mind a scene here and there, when it makes sense, but it got to the point that it was just another sidetrack and began to annoy me.
Many a time, the main characters just couldn't resist a hot-and-steamy moment...only for Wren to find more damning evidence that the guy did XX crime or YY terrible thing.
I don't know about you, but as soon as I find out a main character may be a cold-blooded murder, no amount of hormones could persuade me under his covers.
But...it seems like that just made it spicier"
"That he'd locked me in filed me with dread. He was no normal man. There was an arrogance to him, that he was untethered by laws...he would break me again and again, until I was whatever he wanted me to be."
Ultimately, this one certainly had great elements - I loved Wren's character in the beginning and the way the story was set up...it just didn't live up to the beginning.
I definitely think this author has a promising writing career - the beginning of the story certainly showed that!
The author definitely has a way with words. She effortlessly drew me into this mystery and I was wholly committed to teasing out the subtle lies and intricate details.
But then, too much was set into motion.
There's many twists and turns - to trust Mark or not? Could Tribecca be evil? What about the brother? Who's following her home?
And it eventually became too much, especially Wren begins to lose herself as she emulates Joanna (Mark's dead wife) turning the story into almost a multi-personality reveal:
Ultimately, there were so many twists that they began to feel distracting to the plot.
After we flip-flopped for the third time, I just didn't connect (wasn't committed?) to the further twists.
In addition, there was a lot of sex. And I mean a lot.
Now, I don't mind a scene here and there, when it makes sense, but it got to the point that it was just another sidetrack and began to annoy me.
Many a time, the main characters just couldn't resist a hot-and-steamy moment...only for Wren to find more damning evidence that the guy did XX crime or YY terrible thing.
I don't know about you, but as soon as I find out a main character may be a cold-blooded murder, no amount of hormones could persuade me under his covers.
But...it seems like that just made it spicier"
"That he'd locked me in filed me with dread. He was no normal man. There was an arrogance to him, that he was untethered by laws...he would break me again and again, until I was whatever he wanted me to be."
Ultimately, this one certainly had great elements - I loved Wren's character in the beginning and the way the story was set up...it just didn't live up to the beginning.
I definitely think this author has a promising writing career - the beginning of the story certainly showed that!
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