Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Mob enforcer Ceaton Mercer has killed a lot of people in a lot of different ways – he stashed the last two bodies in a toolshed belonging to a sweetheart marine researcher in an idyllic island community – but he’s really not such a bad guy. Over time he’s found a home of sorts, and he even learns he’s found a place in the hearts of the people he works with…at least enough so that they won’t put a bullet in his head because he’s outlived his usefulness to the boss.But he never thought he’d find one day could change his life, and he’s about to discover how wrong he is.
Because in a single day, he meets the man who looks to be the one, the love of his life. It’s an improbable idea – a man who deals in death finding love – but it’s like it’s meant to be. That single day gets weirder and troubles pile up, forcing Ceaton to take a hard look at his dreary life and accept that one day can change everything, especially himself. His future might be brighter than he expects – if he can stay alive long enough to find out.
Lot’s of my friends love this author. I always see her books with 5 star reviews all over Goodreads. So about every two years I feel like I’m missing something so I try one, thinking that this will be the one I connect with. It never works out for me. It’s time I admit defeat. This writer’s story telling style just does not work for me.
This story begins with Ceaton meeting a mob boss and going to work for him. This was where I first had to suspend belief. Ceaton’s character was discharged from the military for not following orders and he did that because he was so full of integrity that he couldn’t follow an order that would kill people, but now we’re supposed to believe he’s thrown all those morals away to work for the mob and kill people? The suspension of belief needed to follow this plot was just too much for me.
The story was slow and repetitive. Lot’s of killings and mob related things. Ceaton doesn’t meet the other MC until the later part of the book and then it is an insta-love thing. I found the ending to be even more far-fetched than the beginning.
The narration was done by Greg Tremblay and I thought he did a very good job. There are a number of different characters and a number of different accents that needed to be done for this story. Some of the accents were Serbian and Russian and I do not know if they were accurate but they did sound different and distinct and I enjoyed the narration a lot.
I rated this based on my enjoyment of the book which isn’t completely fair. I disliked the story itself a great deal but on the flip side I feel like the narration was probably a 5 star. If you typically enjoy this author then I definitely recommend this on audio. I think you will enjoy it.
This cover was done by Reese Dante and I think it’s a great cover. I really like it alot and it was part of the reason I chose to try this book.
Book Details:
Audible Audio
Published June 19th 2017 by Dreamspinner Press LLC (first published April 19th 2017)
ASINB0721R5PTF
Edition LanguageEnglish
Published June 19th 2017 by Dreamspinner Press LLC (first published April 19th 2017)
ASINB0721R5PTF
Edition LanguageEnglish
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