Review: This was my first Belle Aurora read and it was a winner.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Disclaimer...Okay so I read the statement "This is NOT a dark romance about a million times. But then my brain decided to go on vacation and I seriously started thinking, okay... she must mean, this is not a HEA dark romance... then I started the book and it hit me. This is NOT a dark romance, as in not a freaking dark romance. I finally got it! Yay me!Delilah 'Lily' Flynn hasn't been handed much freedom in her young life. With an overprotective father who doesn't let her wander too far, she hasn't experienced much of life. She's never been kissed, never dated, never fell in love. But all of that is about to change, because as well all know, being kidnapped makes one hell of a first impression.Nox Taylor is good at what he does. Just what is that job? Protect and eliminate the threat. But Lily is unlike any job he's ever had before. He knows he has to gain her trust but he also knows he can't get to close to her. It's a difficult balance to keep, until he just has no choice in the matter - there's just something about her that has gotten under his skin.Lily's been separated from her family and she wants answers. Unsure if she can trust what Nox and her other captors, Boo & Rock, tell her is the truth. Nox knows his job isn't an easy one, just one he happens to be good at. But if there is no trust, protecting her will be that much harder. He's got to give a little to prove that he is being honest with her. Her life is in danger, it's just that the threat isn't from the group to took her.Nox was a complete Alpha, but not that type that is a bit over the top. He is confident and just the right amount of cocky. Spending too much time with Lily has him questioning his ability to do his job, but staying away is just no longer an option.I don't remember the last time I read a book that had me laughing to the point of tears and then crying like a baby. Lily was such a breath of fresh air, her character was all sorts of snarky and smart-a. Any small trait that normally could cause some involuntary eye rolling just did not exist."I swear this guy must've been conceived through some backdoor action. There's no way being that much of an a--e is natural."This story had so much of a little bit of everything that just made one perfect story. There were moments where Nox was frustrating and sweet, and you craved every second of it. This was my first Belle Aurora read and it was a winner.There was such a light feel to this story because of the comical banter, but this story wasn't just all laugh out loud moments. We still had a story were Lily was in danger and that all had to be sorted out, that is when the emotional trip to h**l begins. I held on, until I couldn't hold on any longer. Once I gave into the emotions and felt all the hurt, finally trading in the laughter for embarrassing sobs, I was pulled slightly back from the ledge. That part of the story for me turned what was happily sitting around a 4 to a 5 star read. I am not sure how she got the timing perfect, but it was perfection.This story was a great introduction to Belle Aurora's writing and I have a feeling that this will not be the last book of hers that I will be reading or rating 5 stars.