Honor, passion, danger. A modern-day duke and an American computer hacker must confront all three.
Honor.
Gabriel, Duke of Bencalor, allows himself to be kidnapped to save his
cousin, the Prince of Caleva. He pays a price—a mutilation that damages
his brilliant career as a Flamenco guitarist—yet he would not hesitate
to do it again.
Passion.
Quinn Pierson is hired to track down Gabriel’s abductors. As she
follows the trail, she and the sexy duke spend more and more time
together until a spark ignites between them. Quinn fights her feelings
every inch of the way because she knows there can be no future between a
royal duke and an American commoner with an ugly past.
Danger.
The criminal mastermind who carried out Gabriel’s abduction travels to
Caleva to threaten Quinn. Yet even he is less dangerous than the
mysterious figure who set the kidnapping in motion.
Opposites attract in Caleva, where the royals are hot and the criminals are twisted.
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4 STARS
Good world building makes for a good foundation but it also felt like it slowed the story at times. The story starts out good but it really did slow down a lot for me for quite a while. It left me with some mixed feelings. I liked it but with some reservations.
Mikel, what a character he was and not someone who you want to be on the wrong side of. And anyone messing with the royal family will definitely get his scary attention. But for those he cares for, that's what he does. He takes them under his wing. Quinn can't figure out why she seems to fall into that category but she does. He admires her brilliance, her loyalty and he knows her full past. Quinn finds Mikel to be someone who she respects and is grateful for the second chance that he has given her. She knows how to deal with the criminal elements but is out of her depth at times with it comes to royal protocols. Gabriel finds her American ways amusing. He is enjoying her treating him as a human and not fussing around him because he has a title. Gabriel, wow the horrors that he's endured.
Quinn, is brilliant at her job, seeing patterns that others might miss. Towards the end, she focuses on one person as the villain behind it all. It almost comes to late.
The ending and Epilogue are well done and I liked it.
The eBook cover was so interesting that it caused me to stop and take a better look. The book information also kept my interest.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
-Netgalley-
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