Once again, Ms. Alta Hensley has penned a story that is spine-tingling, on-the-edge-of-your-seat, I can’t look, but I can’t look away page-turning tale. There is a unique cast of characters, some you will hate, some will have you hot and bothered, and some, you just aren’t sure about. The characters and situations are explicated detailed. The story is not for those who want wine and roses with a sweet storyline. The story is raw, edgy, dirty, painful, intense, explicit and erotic. This is dark erotic horror.
Marlowe Masters has reinvented herself from the girl she was, raised by a father that headed up an MC group in Oregon. When she graduated school, she left and never turned back, moving to New Orleans. While she tried to make it playing music, that just wasn’t paying the bills, and with the help of friends, she will get a job waitressing at the Spiked Rose, an exclusive gentleman’s club.
Harley Crow is one of the owners of the Spiked Rose and is a man to be feared. He is a known assassin, a killer, the epitome of a villain. He is heavily tattooed and thrives off of the fear he sees in others.
The club is hosting a Tasting, and they require all the owners to be present at this one whether they chose to participate or not. Harley has never attended before but will appease the other owners and attend. Marlowe has had a secret crush on Harley and will be one of the women who will be available for a contract at the Tasting. She is hoping to catch the eye of Harley Crow.
“He was my dark. He was my light.” “I hear him; I smell him, I taste him, I feel him. The senses of sin. To the edge.”
The plot will have Harley and Marlowe enter into a contract from the Tasting for the “Who’s afraid of the dark?” theme that could include knife play, breath play, ropes, cages, chains, etc. He will push her limits in an attempt to have her safeword, but she surprises him with her stamina for his depravity.
“It’s a balance of control. A wicked game of give and take.”
For Marlowe, she will open up and reveal things about herself she hasn’t told another soul because she feels a deep connection with Harley.
“I had never craved as badly as I did right now. There was absolutely nothing I wouldn’t do for this man. I was at his mercy in every possible way. He was pushing my limits. He wanted to see how far I would go. I would go as far as he took me.”
Dark, evil, and intense are part of the game, and maybe Harley pushed the limits of the game and the contract. The weekend will turn to a life and death fearful situation. When the truth is revealed, the true pain will shatter her.
“If I had only realized how much pain I would cause. This had nothing to do with fear, control, or dominance. This had nothing to do with the Tasting. I’d damaged an innocent girl who deserved so much better.”
“My demons danced with his. A morbid tango of torment and terror had occurred that very moment our eyes had locked. He got me. I got him. Flawed in the worst of ways, yet our darkness blended so perfectly.”
The story and sex scenes are explicit and dark. The story also has self-cutting. This is the second book in the series, and next will be Scoundrels and Scotch. This is an ongoing saga, but each story will read as a stand-alone.
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