Review: Through the darkness, you can find love!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
"Even though it was my face, all I could see was him staring back at me- his eys, his nose, his mouth, his... everything."This is the torment that Kaiya lives with everyday.  She has lived through years of abuse and now has no faith in love.  How can she love someone when the person she loved assaulted her for most of her life?  Years later she is still haunted by her attacker.  To function, she has rules when it comes to sex.  She needs that control that was taken from her. Without it, she feels like she is back in the grips of the evil monster.  Then this is all turned upside down when she decides to take a self defense class at the gym.  The instruction has the reputation as being a ladies man, a womanizer, a man whore.  But Ryker is one thing for sure... he is pure alpha male!  When he sees something he wants, he goes after it and something about Kaiya is different.Ryker is fighting his own demons.  Burned by love in his own right he does not need that long term relationship.  He needs one things from the ladies and has no problem getting it.  Kaiya does not fall at his feet like the others.  Yet there is something deeper in what he feels for her.  Its like he can feel he needs her just as much as she needs him.Their relationship is hot! Smokin hot!!!  Even though Kaiya has her rules, Ryker is determined to break them.  One by one he is determined to get her to open up to him.  Kaiya also feels her defenses falling, and she knows she is also falling for Ryker."He didn't even understand how much I needed him.  He had become the glue that held me together, the stitches that were slowly repairing the scars of my heart."Will the demons that play with Kaiya's emotions be to much for her to be in a relationship?  Can she trust Ryker to be in a committed relationship? When the demons from her past make an appearance, will it be the end of them?  You will need to read to find out!!I love how even though they both feel empty, together they are whole.  With the self defense portion of the novel, it truly feels like I got a lesson in how to better defend myself! You can tell the author did her homework! The author also does a great job dealing with a subject that is difficult, sexual assault and abuse.  Even though Kaiya was a victim, she didn't allow her to be weak.  She became stronger and learned to defend herself.  The moments of weakness are still there but it shows that you can move past a horrible and terrifying event.  Even thought at times its dark and made my skin crawl, I would highly recommend this novel!