Review: FOR FANS OF ALPHA MALES AND ROMANTIC SUSPENSE-LITE, THIS SERIES IS A MUST READ
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
“I want to belong.” To some place. To somebody. She wanted a home. A real one. When the holidays came around, she wanted to bake cookies and state up at a Christmas tree and be held in the arms of a man who loved her.She didn’t want to be alone forever.“You can belong to me”.Mine to Crave is the fourth book in author Cynthia Eden’s Mine series. While the series is sequential, this book does work as a stand-alone. If you like to read your books in order, you may want to start with Mine To Take, the first book in the Mine series. As a fan of the series, I recommend reading them all!Betrayed by a past lover, Drake only pursues pleasure, not romance or love. He certainly not stupid enough to trust another woman, he learned his lesson a long time ago. But when he meets Jasmine, all bets are off. He doesn’t trust her, but he wants her…"He needed, he wanted, but he was the one always in control.In business and in the bedroom, Drake knew how to dominate."Yeah..works for me =)Jasmine is sent to do a job but gets caught up in a web of desire and danger when she meets Drake. She knows she needs to keep her distance but finds it impossible to resist him. It’s not long before both Jasmine and Drake are embroiled in a fight to save their lives…Mine to Crave uses the a similar formula as the other books in the series and since I’m a fan, it totally worked for me. Straightforward writing, an alpha male, instant attraction and a need to protect by a very sexy hero. Yep, this book had it all!"When you touch me, I want to strip you. I want to take you. I want to make you scream my name."I did find Mine to Crave more mysterious than the other books in the series. I wasn’t sure who Jasmine was really. Who did she work for? The good guys or the bad guys? What was her connection to Drake that was alluded to? Was she really sent to betray him? Would she?As a huge Cynthia Eden fan and someone who has enjoyed the Mine series, I have been DYING to get my hands on Drake’s story and I wasn't disappointed. As always, the writing was simple but solid, the story fast paced, and had the right balance of suspense and romance. I don't think that I liked it as much as the previous books in the series but I still enjoyed it. I can't even pin down one thing I didn't like about it, something about the story I just didn't like as much, but still a solid four star read for me. I'm not sure what's next in this series. I'm hoping we find out more about Saxon but I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see. Whatever comes next, I know it will be on the top of my TBR list...for me, Cynthia Eden just never disappoints.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.