Review: dark but romance-centered
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
27y.o librarian  realized too late that she should've heeded stranger Hero's warning to  not go inside the questionable bar. She's abducted by 30+y.o. Hero and his band of merciless men. He prevents her from being raped by the other men by taking ownership of her. Heroine finds herself not minding it nor in his making his claim a reality.  His limits on their secret relationship gets thwarted by his boss' recapturing of heroine, after helping free her. When he's forced to choose between loyalty to his boss and heroine, who does he choose? What are the consequences?This was the kind of dark & gritty book that I like. The romance between Hero and heroine was central and  believable for the most part, given the danger they were in. Hero was able to rescue heroine several times at the perfect time before she could be completely molested. Which was good but not really realistic. But I'd rather have some fiction than having heroine raped. The HEA(happy ever after) was quite likely but I did have a problem with something heroine said at the end.**  I liked that Hero improve his character but didn't do a complete 180 by the end. He was still thuggish and raw but was more emotionally open to heroine.  The action-suspense scenes were exciting.Recommended.**A pictorial review with SPOILERS is on my blog … movesme.blogspot.com/2014/07/explicit-instruction-scarlett-finn.html