The Dark Light of Day

King #0

by T.M. Frazier

Abby has been through hell and has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable…barely.

To the outside world she is just a loner with an attitude.

When her grandmother dies in a tragic explosion, Abby is left with questions-and nothing else.

Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own.

Two broken souls that can't be healed. They can't be saved.

Abby & Jake have to decide if they can accept the darkness not only within one another, but within themselves.

If they can accept each other for who they really are, they might be able to learn that love isn’t always found in the light.

Caution: This is not your typical romance. The story of Abby & Jake contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.

Genres: Dark, Romance, New Adult, Dark Romance, Abuse, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2013

About the author

T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier never dreamed that a single person would ever read a word she wrote when she published her first book. Now, she is a eight-time USA Today bestselling author and her books have been translated into numerous languages and published all around the world.

T.M. enjoys writing what she calls ‘wrong side of the tracks romance’ with morally corrupt anti-heroes and ballsy heroines.

Her books have been described as raw, dark and gritty. Basically, what that means, is while some authors are great at describing a flower as it blooms, T.M. is better at describing it in the final stages of decay.

She loves meeting her readers, but if you see her at an event please don’t pinch her because she's not ready to wake up from this amazing dream.

Join T.M. in Frazierland! www.facebook.com/groups/tmfrazierland

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"I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer...
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[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

★★★★★ 5 Damaged Stars!!! ★★★★★



This was not your average love story. It was beautiful, but broken and intense. Abby and Jake’s journey was not an easy one... this story wasn’t all happy, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The writing was fluid, the plot was unpredictable and I loved how it ended.


Abby Ford has only had one person in her life who she loves, who means anything to her, her Nan. Abby had a terrible and traumatic childhood. The last four years have been the closest to normal she’s ever had. On the night of her high school graduation, her Nan is tragically taken. Abby is left completely alone. No job. No place to live. No means to support herself. She finds herself sleeping in her Nan’s old truck at the junk yard. There she meets Jake Dunn.

Jake Dunn has spent the last four years away from this town, his father, and all the memories he’s left behind. He is a biker, a loner who doesn’t get attached to anyone. He has too many secrets. Jake has to come home to take care of some business. While at his fathers garage, he sees her.

The night I met Abby Ford, my life changed forever.

There is something about Jake Dunn. Abby feels safe around Jake. And that is very rare for her. Jake feels the need to protect Abby, to take care of her. He genuinely wants to help her. Abby doesn’t feel worthy of Jake, but he knows that’s just not true.

“You’re not nothing. Don’t ever fucking say that again, because you’re everything.” He said it again, quietly this time, “You’re fucking everything, Bee.”

Jake makes everything a little better. Abby is worried that if Jake knew about her childhood, her past, the things she can’t do (she has an aversion to people touching her) he wouldn’t want her anymore. What Abby fails to realize is Jake wants all of her. The good, the bad, the broken. Jake's not perfect. He has some major secrets and skeletons of his own that he is equally afraid of Abby finding out. He's terrified that she will want nothing to do with him when he tells her.

Abby and Jake are both broken in their own ways. Together, they work. I loved the two of them together, their friendship that grew into a relationship. Abby’s past is terrible. Jake’s occupation is controversial. When Jake finds out about Abby's past, he is kind, loving, understanding. Abby takes Jake's job very well. Better than he ever expected. They are both a mess, but together they work.

We were just us, broken and bruised, fucked-up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be.

Jake and Abby grow closer. For the first time in her life, Abby is able to open up to someone, to be with someone physically, emotionally, in all ways. She feels connected to Jake. She can share things with him she has never told a soul, she can be physically intimate for the first time ever.



Just as they are getting somewhere in their relationship, Jake has to leave town for a while for a job. If poor Abby hasn’t been through enough already, she goes through something even more traumatic while Jake is gone. It’s devastating. It’s disturbing. It will break your heart.

Abby is the most brave, strong and resilient heroine. I can’t imagine going through all she went through.

Fresh wounds mixed with old scars. A portrait of my life in pain. Proof that I had been beaten, but I wasn’t broken.
They couldn’t fucking break me.





So much more happens in this story. Jake and Abby suffer more tragedy than any two people should ever have to bear. It makes you wonder how much destruction and devastation one person can bear. Jake and Abby’s road is rocky. It’s not an easy ride...

We’d almost healed each other once, and the pain of being almost healed is worse than the pain of being broken to begin with.

Jake and Abby are two characters that couldn’t be farther from perfect, but they are perfectly damaged, perfectly flawed, and above all else- perfect for one another.



This story was difficult to read at times There is a pretty graphic rape scene, a long with some terrible memories of child abuse from Abby’s past. The Dark Light of Day hit all the right buttons for me. A darker storyline, broken characters, a damaged man, tough not annoying heroine, heartbreaking and sad, but heart warming at times... and most importantly, gave me a case of the feels. This one will evoke some strong emotions in you. The Dark Light of Day is about so much more than finding love and healing. It’s about a girl, a girl who endured more than suffering and trauma than any person should ever go through, finding the strength to move on. That it’s okay to be touched, to fall in love, to find happiness and let people in. Jake and Abby were able to find beauty in all the ugly. A fantastic debut novel I would recommend!

**ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review**

[Lady Vigilante (Feifei) · Rating 1 out of 5]

1 star

WARNING: CONTAINS MEGA SPOILERS AND A VERY RANTY CLASS A BITCH WHO CAN'T GET OVER THIS TRAINWRECK-IN-DISGUISE STORY

Aside from the ridiculously high ratings, I chose to read this book for two reasons: a personal request and a blogger friend who repeatedly assured me I would like it based off of my tastes. Too bad that this is what I think:

Insta-love makes me vomit.

Pregnancy annoys me (unless the couple is already married or if the author really convinces me).

Inserting unnecessary time gaps just adds fuel to the fire.

Illogical sequence of events makes my intellect shrivel.

IMO, this story has all the above and then some.

I struggled with the entire book but here are the main points that made me ask myself: Are these characters fucking stupid?

1. Insta-love: I really loved the prologue and how it set up both Abby and Jake's painful pasts so I could see how broken these two characters are. But when they meet it's literally love at first sight and after 4+ years of staying away from others and emotionally distancing themselves, they open up to each other in a snap! The dude was getting a blowjob from some skank three days ago and he loves Abby in just days?!?!



2. Jake and his profession. If you're a killer, you don't just start spilling your secrets presto. Legit?



NO!!!!!! Plus this part of him isn't really revisited until the very end :/

3. Abby and her touch dislike. Because of tragic circumstances in her past, Abby avoids any kind of physical contact. But again, in just a matter of days, she's hugging and kissing and almost having sex with Jake.



Oh yes, Amy, really.

4. What an asshole Jake is: there is nothing redeemable about him. Let me set it up for you: Abby loathes and is terrified of Owen (an ex-friend when he tried to get in her pants). She opens up about her past and tells ALL her secrets to Jake. She trusts Jake, and loves him. Jake knows all this.

So WHY THE FUCK does Jake assume she went behind his back and slept with Owen when she actually got brutally raped by him?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!





After all his claims of love, he doesn't TRUST her and has constant jealousy spurts. Good riddance.

5. What a wimp Abby is: it was Jake's fault for not believing her but it was her fault too for NOT TELLING JAKE WHAT HAPPENED! Oh and did I mention she gets pregnant?????



6. Just at the part where I thought I was going to jump off a cliff from how annoying these characters are, the author does something that completely made me go bonkers.

>TIME JUMP!!!!! Let's fast forward to 4 years later!<



WHAT.

THE.

FUCK.



7. The 4 years later story. So after 4 years, Jake decides to barge into her life again and wants to take control but is spitting mad when Abby tells him the kid (Georgia) isn't his but actually Owen's (as a result of the rape). He still is pissed that Owen touched her and she still WON'T TELL HIM WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.



8. Who the father actually is. Turns out it's Jake's because you know, the story just has to be perfect. Wouldn't want Owen to blemish anything would we? *insert sarcastic snort* In the 4 years Abby has Georgia, she NEVER even thought about getting a paternity test?!?! I mean she just assumed it was Owen's because of the eyes? Like what the everliving fuck.



I liked the ending but the epilogue ended on a weird note.

Thanks Christine for helping me get through this and listening to me rant at 3 AM!

[MischaS_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading King and Tyrant from T.M.Frazier I was very interested in Jake's character. He had a minor role in the King series but he still was the character that I liked the most. So, I was ecstatic to learn that he has a book as well.
And I have to say that I prefer this book to the King series.

I was also very pleasantly surprised by Abby, I did not expect that I would end up liking her and my heart broke for her several times over. And if I liked Jake in King series, I like him more now, even if he has prime idiot moments.
However, while I expected this book to be dark, I did not expect all of what happened to happen.

[Pavlina Read more sleep less blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 DARK CAPTIVATING STARS!!




"I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer.I'd never slept better."

"We were just us.Broken and bruised.Fucked up and messy.And together we were everything we never thought we could be."

Wow this book definitely become one of my favorites!!It is so intense!! The story of Abbey and Jake is different and captivating!! This book explores a darker side of humanity...it will captivate you!!I couldn't put it down!!

The Dark Light of Day is about Abby's and Jake's life...two souls that have lived through hellish childhoods ..




Abby is 17 year old.. had already been through a lot...her parents abused her... and she had never known what it was like to be hugged or kissed or even loved by anyone... Barely surviving her painful past, and now losing her Nan, the first person to actually care for her.. she starts to give up on life until she meet Jake...who gives her something to live for...

Jake seems to come into Abby’s life right when she needs him the most....But he has his own problem too..

"We're all a little damaged Bee.Some of us more than others."

his past mold him to become a killer for hire...In Jake, Abby finally found someone who will protect her. For the first time in her life, the person who is supposed to love her doesn't want to hurt and abuse her...

I loved Jake and Abby's relationship. I loved seeing Jake pushing her over and over to open up, and how he refuses to let her push him away. I loved that how he got close to Abby was by revealing things about himself. The way they got to know each other was beautiful.




Abby was so broken and even though she was closed off you could still see that she was strong and didn't take shit from anybody.
I loved Jake so much!!He is a badass killer who rides a bike but he loves Abby so much that he would literally do anything for her...and I agree with him in the book no matter how wrong it may be..... .


I absolutely loved this book because it was so different from anything else I have read. I never thought I would fall in love with these characters, but they captured my heart!!

[Christine Wallflower & Dark Romance Junkie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 You are a survivor, you are a warrior Stars!!!



Abby might only be seventeen years old but she's been through whole lot more than people twice her age. When her Nana dies, she's left alone in the world, homeless, she ends up sleeping in a junkyard. This is when she meets Jake, he's blonde has blue eyes, but he has an inherent darkness surrounding. Abby feels safe around him, and that gut feeling is proven right when he saves her from a situation she swore she would never get back into again.





Then there's Jake, with his good looks and questionable occupation. He quickly realises that he want Abby for himself. But having had an almost as bad break as Abby, he does not feel worthy. But that isn't enough to try and stop him from being part of her life. He becomes her protector, and slowly Abby begins to open up to him. he'd do anything or her, kill anyone for her. All she has to do, is give the go ahead and he won't think twice about it.



They're love isn't a conventional one, but they both begin to heal because of it. But unfortunately not everyone wants to see them find happiness. Because of this they're love is tested in the most harsh and heartbreaking way. Can they're love persevere, will Jake prove himself worthy of Abby's love, and will Abby finally be able to take down the walls she's been using as shield all her life. The only person to break through was her Nana, and now she's gone from her life.

My Thoughts
This was me while reading this book:


Maybe I'm just a wimp, but dear God the stuff that happened to this girl was too much for my heart to bare! This story is a about pain, suffering and loss, but then the characters also learnt to forgive and let go of the past and live in the now. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it although I was a sobbing mess.

ARC kindly provided by author in return for an honest review!

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[Aestas Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

** FULL REVIEW NOW POSTED **

This book was just... WOAH!! (4.5 stars)

After several readers told me that this was one of the best books they'd read this year, I decided to try out the first chapter just to get a taste of what they were talking about... welp, three hours later it was 4AM and I was sitting there still reading and unable to put it down. It just quietly drew me in and didn't let go.

I love books that can take me by surprise and this was one of them! It was totally unpredictable! I find it so refreshing to genuinely feel like the story is taking you for a ride. And what a crazy ride this one was!!

Dark, gritty, a touch sexy, very brutal and unforgiving at times, but also beautiful and heartwarming... And it had that delicious quiet angsty feeling I love so much where you feel like you just need for things to be okay but you're not quite sure how it's ever going to be able to get there.

And in the second half, things got intense!! I mean ohhhhh boy!!!  The stuff that happens is like one sucker punch after another. I'm not kidding. This book knocks you to the ground and then kicks you when you're down. Over and over again. But... it also picks you back up and helps you heal.

This was not a fairy tale. This was not a fluffy romance. This was not your "typical" romance. This was a dark, gritty, sometimes twisted, story of two abuse survivors, scarred both inside and out by their pasts who found something in each other that helped them both not only to feel whole again and to heal but also to embrace their darker sides and to learn that "love isn’t always found in the light."

"We were looking right into each other. Broken soul to broken soul."

But I'm getting ahead of myself here. First, a little about the book....

It's been years since Jake went back to the small town he came from. When his last remaining family turned against him, he left and didn't look back and went on to become a professional hitman for hire...

"I contributed nothing and took everything. But to be fair about it, I also expected nothing from the godless world that ripped me apart at every turn. I expected nothing, until the night I met a certain redhead with attitude.
The night I met Abby Ford, my life changed forever."

When Abby loses her grandmother in a freak explosion, she is left alone in the world ten months shy of her 18th birthday. Determined not to be thrown back in "the system" that  has failed her over and over again and left her permanently scarred, she runs away and hides out for the night in a junkyard.

"I wasn't the happy ending type… I was the fucked-up kid that fucked-up shit happened to. Why had I ever though I deserved more?"

That's where she meets Jake -- gorgeous, tattooed, with bright blue eyes and deep dark secrets. Their meeting was not a conventional one (ohhh no!) and neither was their relationship, but somehow it worked perfectly for them...

"I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I'd never slept better."

I really don't want to say too much more about the plot because it's worth discovering their journey for yourselves. It was an intense, emotional roller coaster. As a result of their respective nightmares, both Abby and Jake had built up such high walls guarding their hearts that it wasn't easy for them to get to know each other.

"We're all a little damaged, Bee. Some of us more than others."

There were so many unanswered questions as they tried to figure each other out...

"Why do you carry a gun?"
"I've answered this one for you before. Because there are some dangerous people out there."
"Yeah. But you've never said if you were one of them or not."
"What if I am? … Would it matter?"

Abby's walls were especially high. Over and over again, she'd learned the hard, brutal way not to trust anyone so it was very hard for her to let Jake in... but he was persistent. He made her feel safe. And for the first time in her life, she found someone who made her feel worthy of love.

"I want to help you. I want to hold you. I want to make it all okay for you. I want to fucking touch you because you're the most beautiful person I've seen, and I can't imagine never being able to hold your hand or kiss you."

Jake was such an interesting guy. He was... hmmm, well, let's just say he wasn't your average hero. His secrets were dark and gritty (just like the book) but also heart breaking, tragic and downright chilling in places. But he had this badass protective side to him that just made me trust him without question. And Abby did too. I think she could sense that this guy would move mountains to keep her safe. 

"I loved all of him, the good and the bad, the light and the dark."

Abby's past was downright horrific. Gruesome. The very worst of the worst of the worst. The people she'd been subject to were just sick and she'd been left scarred both inside and out, never able to escape the nightmares of her past. When she opened her eyes, she could see them; when she closed her eyes, she could remember them. 

My heart just broke over and over again for both Abby and Jake, but especially for Abby. This girl had been through hell. Literal hell. But she was one tough girl. Despite being utterly screwed over by life again and again and again, she was so resilient and never let anyone push her down for good.

Now, the first half of the book was good and I couldn't put it down. But HOLY. HELL. The second half just had my heart in my throat!!! It was one shocker after another. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse - BAM!!!! It took me by surprise several times and in places, it was just a steady stream of me sitting there going ohmyGodohmyGodohmyGodohmyGod!! .... INTENSE!!! 

Guys, this book is not for the faint of heart. It. does. not. hold. back.

This might sound weird but the second half kind of had a similar vibe to The Sweet Gum Tree (which is one of my most favorite books, so this is a big compliment) mixed in with shades of Dexter (yup, for real) and almost a smidge of Kristen Ashley-like badass too... I'm trying to explain it here without spoilers which is not easy. And this is just describing the vibe alone, 'cuz the plot itself was really unlike any other I've read.

Ok now the ending. First thing you should know is that it is a HEA. No cliffhanger, no loose ends, no tragic ending, and no lead-in to a sequel. The story is done, finished, complete and wrapped up. But... now I understand the meaning of a "twisted HEA". Don't be scared off, it's still 100% a HEA, guys. I promise. But it's just..... a leeeeetle bit twisted. It's hard to explain without spoilers so I'm going to be very vague here but it was very "interesting" to get inside Jake's head -- he was this amazing guy, protective to an extreme, willing to go to any lengths to keep his family safe. Any. Lengths. He wasn't a danger to society or anything but the epilogue was borderline creepy... Um, lets just say that I am reeeeeeally glad he was a good guy 'cuz the world would be a scary as fuck place with him in it as a bad guy. But I can say that I absolutely fell for him. I loved him and I loved his role in Abby's life. I loved how protective he was and how much he loved her because that much was undeniable. That man loved Abby - body and soul.

This really was a fantastic read!! I love books that push the envelope and step outside the box. I love the unpredictability of not knowing where the book will turn next. This book took me on a crazy, emotional, gritty ride and I loved the whole thing. I couldn't put it down and didn't want to stop reading.

I'd highly recommend adding it to your reading lists :)

Rating: 4.5 stars (4 stars for the first half of the book, but then there were definitely 5 star moments for me in the second, so overall I'm going with 4.5 stars)

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[SueBee★bring me an alpha!★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

★★★★! The Dark Light of Day (stand-alone). A beautiful tale of survival, endurance & a love that blossoms in spite of adversity!

“Hope had been stripped from me at every minute of every hour of every day for my entire life.”

The Darker Light of Day is a story about 17-year old Abby Ford who has had a horrible upbringing. and just learned that the only person who ever loved her, her grandmother, Nan just passed away.

Jake Dunn has just returned to town. He left when tragedy struck his family in his late teen years. He is now 22 years old and has come home to organize the family business.

Jake and Abby strike up a friendship of sorts and so their journey begins... The story follows these two broken souls as they deal with their pasts, uncover each other’s secrets and face more unimaginable hardship.



Jake Francis Dunn: 22 years/hit man/dark blond hair/blue eyes/goatee-tattoos.

Six words to describe Jake: Lost, broken, focused, smart, caring and lonely.

“I like the way you make the silence bearable.”

Abby Marie Ford: 17 years/high school graduate-unemployed/red hair/blue eyes/scars.

Six words to describe Abby: Resilient, strong, determined, broken, naïve yet wise beyond her years.

“I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I’d never slept better.”

The Darker Light of Day is a beautiful and poignant story! Much befalls Jake and Abby so have a box of tissue handy. I already sympathized with them from the beginning and so at times it felt it was just too much adversity….

Excellent storytelling! Compelling and endearing characters! A journey of endurance and rising above the odds!

“We were looking right into each other. Broken soul to broken soul.”

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Hero rating: 4 stars
Heroine rating: 4 stars
Sex scenes rating: 3.5 stars
Sex scenes frequency: 3.5 stars
Storyline concept rating: 3.5 stars
Storytelling skills rating: 4.5 stars
Story ending rating: 4 stars
Book editing rating (5 = no edits spotted): 4.5 stars
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Overall rating: 4 stars

Would I recommend this book: Yes.
Would I re-read this book: Probably not.
Would I read future books by this author: Yes.



ARC provided to me by author in exchange for an honest review.

[♥ℂĦℝΪՖƬΪℕÅ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Broken soul to broken soul. ★'s

“We were just us, broken and bruised, fucked-up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be.”

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”

My ♥Abby & Jake♥

“I like the way you make the silence bearable.”

“I was in love with the angel and in lust with the devil. If I were honest with myself, I'd have to say that I was in love with the devil, too.”

*Warning: contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.*

~Reread~
This was even better the second time around! The Dark Light of Day is one of those books that will draw you in and hold you captive until you've read every last word on every last page. I was hook from the first chapter. Personally, I could NOT put it down to save my life. This book right here is what made me fall in love with T.M. Frazier, to begin with. From her writing to her world building and to her broken characters. Everything. Is. Just. Perfect. Plus the plot was unpredictable. This is not your typical love story. It's dark, twisted, brutal as hell, devastating, intense, raw and heart-shattering, with deeply broken characters but it's also absolutely freaking beautiful. This for reals broke me and I cried so many times 😭😭. Abby and Jake’s story is not easy... they both come from broken families and traumatic childhoods and they both have inner demons they have to work through. Abby's past is darker than you'll want to imagine and the shit she goes through will make you sick, piss you off and make you want to murder someone. Let's just say... she doesn't have an easy go at life, at every corner something or someone is knocking her down but she always comes back swinging. Let me tell you, Abby is one Resilient chick and I fell in love with her character. I was so entranced by Abby and Jakes story even though it gutted me to my very core. I loved watching there love story unfold and seeing two broken people find themselves in each other. I completely fell in love with Jake 😍, *sigh* he's just so swoony and his dark side was very alluring. ♥Abby and Jake♥ are one of my most favorite couples. The Dark Light of Day is one of those books I could happily read over and over again and know with certainty that I'll love it even more than the last! If you're looking for something tragically beautiful then this is for you and I highly recommend if you haven't yet read this do so ASAP! You won't be disappointed and if you are... well then you're insane 😉!
This will keep you at-the-edge-of-your-seat!!

“I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I'd never slept better.”

“For the first time in a long time a bit of something I was unfamiliar with crept up inside me.
If I hadn’t known better, I’d have thought it was hope.”

“I finally realized that it’s possible to love within a space that sometimes holds nothing but emptiness.. or nothing but darkness.
After all, we all have darkness within us.
Some of us more than others.”

“Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted, beautiful Jake.”

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

20, 30, 40% into this book and I was rolling my eyes saying to myself, “Are my friends crazy…. Where are all those rave reviews coming from?” But then about 50% or thereabouts we had a “moment” and it all took off for me…. It just seemed like a different caliber of writing… I could not put it down.

It’s amazing what poor judgment you can have when your options are limited to practically nothing

Abby and Jake meet in unusual circumstances. Abby has had a tough life and it just got tougher as her Nan has just died and as she is only 17 with no legal guardian, she is in a bit of a pickle


Don’t really want to say too much. I did not read reviews before reading this one as you are better off going in without knowing really what is going on.

I’d never been so irritated or disgusted and intrigued by someone in all my life – and I’ve met a lot of warped motherfuckers. It was the intrigued part that had me worried the most

I like the way you make the silence bearable

“I’m fine” I said. And I was. I was perfectly fine because I was numb. Numb people can’t be anything other than fine.

[Lana ❇✾DG Romance❇✾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Dark and Utterly Captivating Stars

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.


Do you like sweet romances? Rainbows? Unicorns? Perfectly normal and non-damaged MC? Well too fucking bad! Because you're not going to get that here. Not even close. So prepare yourself for a story that's dark, gritty, brutal, devastating, gut-wrenching, keep-you-at-the-edge-of-your-seat-wanting-to-see-what-happens-next. Can't say you weren't warned.



Want me to describe my feelings through this books in one gif? If there was one phrase that was running through my mind the entire time I was reading it, it was 'Holy shit!' I couldn't believe this was a debut novel. Brilliantly written, utterly captivating, the story of Abby and Jake stole my heart, broke me, gutted me, and kept me completely unable to put the book down until I finished. I was sucked in from the very first chapter.

Abby...

How a person can survive the horrors that this poor girl goes through and still come out with the strength that she does is beyond me. Life has not been kind to Abby. Not in the least. But with everything that she goes through, she maintains this persevering core. I fell in love with her character. You would think someone like her would be shy, awkward, but every time life knocked her down, she came up swinging. She didn't take shit from anyone, but the vulnerable, damaged, and scared little girl that she hides behind her her carefully constructed walls broke my heart.

Jake...

He was just everything you love in a broken hero. Jake is a man that has some very dark demons. He's not the white knight that rides into the night to save Abby, but he does in his own dark way. But what I truly loved, was that mostly Abby saves herself.

This is not a story of perfect love and romance. It's a story about 2 damaged souls that learn to walk together in the shadows.

By the time I finished this book, I was a fucked up mess of emotions. This book does not let up for even a second. I spent the entire second half of this book a hysterical fucking mess. And when I was down, and thinking it can't possibly get any worse, T.M. Frazier would take what I imagined is her 6in booted foot and kick me right in the damn feels.
It was

Followed by

Which mainly led to me feeling like


This book gutted me. Gutted.Me. But I loved every single fucked up second of me. My advice for you once you decide to read this incredible yet dark story? Lots of booze. No really.

You're going to need it.

This is an author that is now on my auto-buy list. I'm surprised I haven't seen this book more on my GR feeds. It deserves to be there. If you like dark and gritty romances, this book is a HUGE rec from this girl. And this is coming from one picky bitch.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to set my feels right. They're completely FUBAR after I finished. And I thank you



ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review

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[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 beautiful silence stars

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”

Abby is tired of having to survive and just wants to live. Taking her life into her own hands, she decides to dodges the system just for a few more weeks until her 18th birthday.



However when she is run out of her home by the case worker, she ends up with a gun pointed at her head when she is caught sleeping in her deceased grandma's truck. Abby takes Jake by surprise, and in him she finds a kindred spirit. It isn't easy but Jake wants needs to take care of Abby, wanting to scare away the demons that haunt her within.

“I like the way you make the silence bearable.”

Abby and Jake share a bond of silence and companionship, sure there is an underlying sense of want, need and lust, but it is the likeness of their battered soul that makes them take notice of how far under their skin they have gone. Abby has her demons to fight and what she quickly realizes is that Jake has his own too, only his may be darker.

Together, we were just us. Battered and broken. Dark and difficult. Impulsive and scared.

Can they help each other find the light within each other, when they can't see it within themselves? Can they trust in what they have or will it be the reason they run and hide...

The Dark Light of Day was simply amazing, heartbreakingly difficult to read at times, making me mad at the injustice and hurt that Abby had to live through. You'd think that she paid the ultimate price during her childhood, you'd think that was enough, but No... not even close. Abby is a survivor, resilient, she is so damn strong she focuses on what is important and tries to move on. Jake is a man whose world just got turned upside down, Abby makes him question every choice he has ever made. My heart broke so many times, and I even jumped on the bandwagon of willing bodily harm on the story's evil-asshole.

I can not tell you how much this standalone book sucked me in, I've had it for a while waiting patiently for me on my kindle and I immediately apologized for making it wait. Totally recommended for those who can handle the dark, but can find the light within the story.

[*J* Too Many Books Too Little Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5--Heart Attack Inducing--Stars!!!

I think I had like 5 heart attacks while reading this book! And now..



That was one of the most INTENSE, HEART-BREAKING, GUT-WRENCHING and PAINFULLY SAD love stories I've ever read!!!!

This book made me want to



I was



uncontrollably the last 15%.

And Owen! OMG Owen! My feelings for Owen were very passionate...and not in a loving way. In an

way!

Abby...you poor, poor thing. Damn! 17 years old. Abused by her parents, tossed around the foster care system. Finally ends up with her Nan. Able to experience the love of another human for the first time in her life. Only to have that ripped from her.

Left with no one. No family. No friends. No home. Barely surviving. Sleeping in a junkyard in her Nan's old truck. She meets Jake...whose dad owns the junkyard. Jake gives Abby a shred of hope in a life that has had none.



For the first time in her life, Abby starts to feel. Something. Anything but the hate and desparation and hopelessness. But who is Jake? Jake kills people for a living. He's broken. Can two broken people make each other whole?

“Sick twisted Abby was in love, with sick twisted, beautiful Jake.”

I can't even begin to tell you how much my heart broke for Abby. Hit after hit just kept coming. Jake was her one glimmer of hope and happiness. But that all gets stripped away when he has to leave for another "job".

This part in the book nearly made me sick to my stomach. I was flabbergasted and once again left heart-broken. And then for Jake to return and question everything between he and Abby.



How could you Jake? WTH???? If you only knew what really happened!!

And then we flash forward 4 years??? which I was NOT expecting. At all. And I really can't say much else about the rest of the book because it will ruin it. The last 30% of the book--I could not stop reading. I was glued to the story. I was shocked by the things that happened. I was afraid to keep going but dying to know how it would all turn out. I was cursing, I was crying, I was biting my nails.



Jake and Abby's love story was unlike any I've ever read before. If anybody deserved a HEA it's these two!!!

“We were just us, broken and bruised, fucked-up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be.”

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

TITLE: The Dark Light of Day
SERIES: (The Dark Light of Day, #1)
AUTHOR: T.M. Frazier
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: September 15th 2013
MY RATING: ★★★★★

I read this initially in September 2013 and LOVED it then and have just re read it now and fell in love with it all over again

Warning: This is Abby and Jake's story, it contains unimaginable over the top disturbing situations, mind fuck violence, drug use and all those dark gritty things that send you to the bottle..

So if you want rainbows and puppy dogs and all things sweet run for the hills now, this book isn't for you!!

ABBY:


In the beginning we meet seventeen year old Abby on the day of her graduation, she has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable, her so called parents were drug users and treated her worse than the scum of the earth, so she doesn't know what it's like to be cared for or loved, until she moves in with her Nan..



Sadly on the same day of Abby's graduation her Nan dies in an explosion of a known meth lab, which leaves Abby to defend for herself, eviction, homeless, ward of the state..

"I would run before they came for me, I would never go back to that fucking system, paid childcare without the care"

Homeless, and sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that will rival her own..
Jake's brother drowned in a boating accident and shortly after that his mother took her own life..Jake's father always blamed Jake for both deaths..

JAKE:


The night Jake met Abby his life changed forever..



"I kill people for money, mostly bad people.But, I work for bad people too - Mafia types."

Broken and Bruised, f*cked up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be. We didn't need sweet and gentle, I didn't need to be coddled, I needed Jake, and he gave himself to me just as I gave myself to him.



Every broken part of me was his

I highly recommend this book, from start to finish my eyes were glued to my reader, it was dark, gritty, emotional, and just leaves you drained at the end of it..And I can honestly say that I have never read anything like this book before..Loved it, inhaled it, lived it!!

[Duchess Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Price drop to $.99 on Amazon for a short time!



Yeesh, what a wild ride. There were moments of pure New Adult drama, sugary sweet luv, and then BAM...I was blindsided by a completely different second half...sort of a Natural Born Killers feeling at times, and it totally rocked. Whew!!!

Abby...a seventeen year old girl literally scarred by life...her parents drug addicts who neglected, beat, and tortured her.

"I didn't consider myself suicidal. Just tired."

She hides from the world the scars on her body and can't stand physical contact, even by the one person who loves her, her Nan. Until one day, her Nan is suddenly gone, dead in a freak accident that leaves Abby alone in the world. Again.

"During my entire life, nobody had wanted me on my very best day on my very best behavior.
Nan wanted me at my worst, and sometimes, that was exactly what she got."

Then Abby meets Jake, the loner, mystery guy who's not much older than she is but with even less innocence in his eyes than she has.


It's a bad boy meets lonely girl story, and I have to admit to being a bit hesitant about starting it. There are a couple of scenes that are very hard to swallow. If you are sensitive to rape, steer clear or skim that part, because it's pretty bad. However, it's all relevant and necessary to the story; in fact, it sets the entire plotline up so it's not just thrown in for drama's sake.

WHAT I LOVED:
I loved how Abby and Jake were kindred souls more than just spiritually. There is a bit of insta love going on here, but I think maybe it was due to their situation and their mutual respect for one another than anything else. And that was a somewhat different take on it. Jake and Abby sort of meet up by chance, but their chance meeting leads to so much more. I love that their story is never one of overwhelming hearts and flowers. This is a couple really just not meant to have that kind of love story. Theirs is tough and resilient, but never easy.

"What would happen when he got bored and tired of my sickeness, of my sadness and sorrow?"

When Jake sort of overrides Abby's instict to hold back simply by paying attention to her, and showing her love before ever acting on it: case in point, the camera and the time he spends with her. This was the only real magic in their story, and it is what kept me holding on to Jake when the crazy starts to happen.

"What's going on with us? It's important. I need to know now because at some point I'm not going to be able to give you what you want. And then what?"
He nuzzled his nose into my neck. "What is it you think I want?"
"Normal boy-girl stuff," I said throwing my hands in the air. I felt defeated before this line of conversation had even gotten started.
"That's where you're wrong. I don't want normal. I want you..."

Abby and Jake really need this passion and this devotion later when the crazy really goes down.
:(:(:(:(:(:(
WHAT I DIDN'T LOVE:
Gotta be honest- the first half of this book was just okay for me. It read very much like every other NA book out there, with a lot of drama, love too quickly, and all the trappings of young people feeling too much with their bodies and not enough with their heads. I was getting a little worried for a minute, but I shouldn't have because after the halfway mark, the REAL story kicks in and I remained glued to the pages. Another thing that I felt was lacking was more character development for Jake. He was a pretty volatile guy, and overreacted quite a bit. His actions were often more OTT than Abby's, which is quite the switch.
:(:(:(:(:(:(

Back to what I loved: Without spoiling, I just want to point out the situation that Abby finds herself in and the resulting life that she leads was WONDERFULLY done, and added so much gravity to this book. It's truly what made it for me. The town that has treated her so horribly, the family of cops/judges/lawyers that took her options away from her, and her revenge for the atrocities were the really gripping part of this book. And the little twisted pleasure that both Abby and Jake got out of exacting their revenge gave me my own little sick sense of twisted pleasure: yet another author who can make me feel things I usually try to avoid, lol. But it was awesome.

One thing that I though was interesting was how the book begins with a chapter from Jake's point of view and also ends with a chapter from his point of view, sandwiching the meat of the story, which was Abby's POV. Really cool way to do it without switching constantly. I LOVED IT!!

Final review now posted
Copy provided by the author and her representative.

[Jennifer Kyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE ABBY & JAKE!



This book had a profound impact on me. Simply put, it made me feel. I had KNOTS in my stomach throughout the whole story. There is no way I can’t give this one 5 Stars. I can’t say that the story was perfection, or that the characters were, but I LOVED it!!

“We were just us, broken and bruised, fucked-up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be.”

This is one of those stories where you just want to talk about it. Perhaps it’s the shock factor? Or Jake? Or Abby? Or Frank?

The story was DISTURBING, GRAPHIC, BROKEN, HEARTBREAKING, and truly ADDICTIVE. Honestly, I never knew what lengths the author would go to, she definitely kept me on my toes. Even when I predicted some of the twists, the impact was nonetheless devastating.

Abby and Jake had me from the start. This isn’t your typical love story and it was on the TWISTED side, but the romance was captivating.

“That’s where you’re wrong. I don’t want normal. I want you.”

Kudos to T.M. Frazier for her debut novel and I’ll be looking any future stories she releases.

I would gladly read more about these two...in case T.M. Frazier has any thoughts on a follow up book.

That epilogue...


*Copy kindly provided by T.M. Frazier in exchange for an honest review*

[Sabrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Re read: June 18, 2015
2nd re read: January 18, 2019

Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted, beautiful Jake.

This is not your normal love story, no, this is a story of how dark true love can be. A story of two tortured souls coming together and fighting to survive after their tragic pasts. Neither Jake or Abby are perfect, but they are perfect together.



Abby was a broken, down on her luck, sleeping in a junkyard, 17 year old girl when she met Jake. Barely surviving her painful past, and now losing her Nan, the first person to actually care for her, she starts to give up on life. Enter Jake, who gives her something to live for, something to survive for.

Jake needs Abby just as much as she needs him, though. Because Jake has secrets, secrets that make him believe he isn't worthy of Abby's love. Even though he thinks he doesn't deserve Abby, he will do anything to have her, even kill for her. Together they make a love so damaged, and so imperfect that there is no denying this is the story of true love.

We were just us. Broken and bruised. Fucked up and messy. And together we were everything we never thought we could be.

I loved this story. It was so dark and twisted and yet somehow really beautiful at the same time. I was rooting Jake and Abby the whole time and just wanted to see them get their HEA. The story of how they got there was so intriguing and I could not put this down. I dropped everything to read and finish this book, and I regret not one second.

[Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️ ilikebooksbest.com ❤️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I expected Jake to be a bit darker!



I read this after reading the first seven books of the King series. I was really interested in hearing Jake’s story after reading so much about him in those books. He is such an emotionless killing machine in those books. He gets off on the blood, killing and even torture.

So I was a bit surprised at how nice he was to Abby when he first meets her and how normal he is. Also how quickly he falls in love with her. I expected him to be a little more like Dexter. Not that he isn’t dark, he is certainly that. He also eventually admits that he is a hired killer.

The story was very good though. Abby’s background and what she goes through is very much the focus in this even more than Jake. He is a good man for Abby. Overall I really liked the story. I guess I was just hoping for a bit more dark and twisty!



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[Jess-i-ca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is going to make absolutely no sense but its the best I can do without giving away the story

4.5 WTF just happened stars...

"How could broken plus broken ever equal whole?"



Abby is broken and has had a shitty life and Jake is broken with his own scars and somehow through fate they come together.



Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted, beautiful Jake.

Abby and Jake fall for each other hard. I mean like BAM!

Ok so I was reading and thinking here we go with some insta-love BS about how he heals her blah, blah, blah from being the broken girl in love with the badass killer.....I was a little bored and thought the story was dragging. Then all of sudden there was an unexpected turn of events and I could not stop reading! I was biting my nails. WTF just happened!

Abby is becoming more comfortable around Jake then all of a sudden the trust they share is broken.



The sequence of events that followed especially with Jake made me so sad!



Owen and the whole Fletcher clan:


And Then!



Jake comes back into town and Abby is like



And when Jake sees Georgia



And then when the rest of the shit went down I was like



"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light"


And finally when I got to the end...




WARNING: This is not a light fluffy read and has rape, abuse, drug use, and death in it.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

I don't even know where to begin with this one. I adored this story, and yet there were times it was so hard and gruesome to read I didn't know if I had the courage to continue. It reminds me of another book I read recently where the bad is really horrific, but when the good happens...it is beyond beautiful! This was that kind of book for me, and I absolutely fell in love with Jake and Abby; even their twisted broken souls..every inch of them I savoured. Yes, they were not two healthy individuals; but in my eyes they were both warriors who had walked through the flames and had the scars to show it. Even with their trauma, that they could find one another and be able to love so deeply was nothing short of amazing to me. That they accepted each other for who they were--not just the good parts; but the parts that were down right evil at times, it just made their love that much more powerful to me.

A lot of author's have a hard time pulling off a character like Jake. One that has such a tormented soul, and is evil because of it; but allows his heart to be consumed by the love he feels for his woman. When Jake first encountered Abby, it was love at first sight for him, and it was that all consuming and possessive love that for some reason I just soak it all up. T.M Frazier does such a great job of writing an anti-hero that is impossible not to love. I enjoy her writing style as well, and I know when I read one of her books I am in for a roller coaster ride of feels. With this book, I can honestly say that I felt I had a front row seat to some of the experiences of the characters. This was not easy to be a witness to. At one point, I had to stop because I felt physically ill by what Abby had just gone through. I wasn't sure if I could get over it, however; I pulled up my big girl panties and kept reading and I'm so glad that I did. Once you hit rock bottom, there is no way but up from there! Once the upward slope came, I was satisfied with how the story went and the good feels that came along with it.

I read this story because of meeting Jake and Abby briefly in the author's other book; Tyrant. I was immediately intrigued by this man who to those who don't know him well is a monster. The few that are close to him though, know underneath the monster their is a man who love very deeply. I needed to find out more about this couple. When I realized that their book had already been written, I just had to check it out! What an experience it was. I won't ever forget this couple who were so broken, and yet when they came together they made themselves whole! This is a must read! It isn't an easy read at times; but it is so worth the heartache...believe me..I will cherish this story always, it was just so special.

[Lise *friends don't flag* · Rating 5 out of 5]

“After all, we all have darkness within us”



FIVE BIG- this is what I crave in a book Stars Plus…

I loved this one. It has some of the best elements of what I want in a great read. Deep, disturbing and dark characters, kickass hero and heroine, witty and snarky humor, suspense, healing love and a keep-me-on-the-edge-till-the-end storyline!

This is a debut novel, people and Wow… I am so looking forward to more from this author.

From the gut wrenching opening scene in Jake’s POV to the epilogue, This. Book. Owned. Me.

The description and detail in which the author wrote about the town of Coral Pines, Florida and all of Jake and Abby’s life experiences had me feeling, smelling, seeing every scene in stomach fluttering and heart skipping imagery.

I can't begin to scratch the surface of what this story is about because there is so much and I do not want to give anything away. I read this one with just a vague idea of what to expect and I am so happy I got the full experience. This may not be for everyone, but if you are looking for a raw, gritty, harsh yet amazingly written and uniquely beautiful love story- then I would highly recommend this one.

Jake and Bee and many of the secondary characters will be characters I remember for a very long time and I will be reading this book again.

Some favorite quotes:

*“I was pretty sure that the man with the beautiful blue eyes, the temper and the big sexy bike—the very man who I had heard getting sucked off in a junkyard little more than twenty-four hours ago, mere moments before he put a gun to my head—had just adopted me"

*“Rent is payable in ass and grass only, baby”

*“That’s where you’re wrong. I don’t want normal. I want you”

*“I wanted to take on his pain because he’d taken mine so completely”

*“How could broken plus broken ever equal whole?”

*“Make him suffer, baby,” I whispered to no one”

This book takes a spot on my favorites shelf of 2013! FANTASTIC!

TO Read Next?...

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I love this book? Yes... Did it completely fuck with my head and cause me to lose my shit several times.. hell to the fucking yes!! Holyshit!!


My emotions!!! OHMYGOD... it was like the rpm's on my heart were way past the safe level for the majority of this story.


This book popped up on my feeds late this afternoon and I knew, immediately, that I had to read it.... I JUST HAD TO READ IT. So here I am.. 2:00 in the morning and I've just finished it. Literaly.. could not put this book down. From page one , PAGE ONE, this book pretty much owned me and didn't let me go until the very end. This was gritty, intense, disgusting, fucked up, and crazy.

Abby.. jeez this poor girl went through so much hell in her short life. By 17 she's seen shit and been through shit that is just way wayyyy past crazy. How this girl didn't cave in and land in a loony bin someplace is just beyond me. But all the hell that life thew at her just made her stronger. She roll's with the punches.. and damn.. those punches keep coming and coming and coming.....then one day she finally hits that brick wall and it's all about to cave in on her.....

Abby....


Jake.. sexy and a little twisted.. He's not a good guy... he's bad, does bad things and doesn't give a shit about anyone. He's got some serious scar damage on his soul that sucked him down years ago and it turned him into the man he is today.. a man with secrets. Deadly secrets...


Jake....


Jake finds Abby when she's at her lowest point and something about her just makes him want to help her through whatever it is she's going through. It doesn't take long for him to realize the wants to slay all her dragons. He'd do anything for her... It's a feeling he's never had before and he's not really very good at it. He's not very trusting and well.. dude totally pissed me the hell off worse than any book guy before I think.. seriously..

I was total raging.. I had to put my Kindle down and step away for a good 20 minutes at one point. You see, I love my Kindle and I was real close to throwing it across the room. Once I started cursing at it, I knew it was time for me to take a moment and step back. I think the fact that the shit totally hit the fan in such a way so quickly, that I just am still wigging out about it a bit.

You know, that moment in a book where you start getting a bit nervous, things are going good but you start hearing the jaws music in the back ground.. your brain is sending out warning signals...


Well... my brain was sending the signals so I was turning the pages slowly.. and then BAM!!

What the fucking fuck.


And if it wasn't enough to totally DESTROY me.. lets poor a nice dose WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY THE FUCK WHY WHY WHY on top...


And then.. just when my brain is total goo and I'm just shaking my head and freaking the fuck out I get one more big thump to my head.

By this time... it was time for ...




It is my recommendation that you have alcohol handy while reading this on. Seriously. Completely sober is not the way to go. At least for me it wasn't. Damn.

OK.. So even though my mind got fucked and my heart got bruised.... it was totally worth it. Completely worth it. There was a good stretch of hell to go through.. but the ending was wrapped up in a really good way . And although I can't say I had a smile on my face at the end, I did have a very satisfied feeling. Abby and Jake go through hell and back.. but the journey was insanely good.

I had to give this book 5 stars because any book that can pull that many emotions out of me totally deserves it.

[Sophia Triad · Rating 5 out of 5]

TM Frazier does not hesitate to torture her female characters until they reach their breaking point and then she lets them been tortured a bit more until they reach a new limit. And only then she lets them rise from their ashes like a phoenix and live as normal and happy as they should live.
I started this book because I got a glimpse of Jake at King's books and he looked interesting in a twisted short of way. I wanted to learn more about him. I cannot say I understood his actions, his behaviour with this book. Instead, I learnt a lot about Abby, the girl he fell in love with. She was strong, self contained, life inspiring. I am glad I read her story and I am glad she let Jake in her life. It was the best thing it could happen to him.
The book was hard to read -even painful sometimes- but it is definitely life inspiring and is worth every second you will spend reading it.

[✝✝ Ⓓaisy ❣ ✝✝ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was heartbreaking, warm, broken and yet filled with love . T.M. Frazier, you did it! A perfect mix of everything!

Jake Dunn is a broken soul who is surviving daddy issues after his brother and mother passed away.

" I also expected nothing from the godless world that ripped me apart at every turn. I expected nothing, until the night I met a certain redhead with an attitude. The night I met Abby Ford, my life changed forever"

"His smell was intoxicating - leather and sweat and pure testosterone"



Abby Ford, she is so a damaged girl from childhood. Been moving in and out for foster child due to parenting issues. Until she came to stay with her Nan, life seems to be brighter, but will that little comfort last for me?

"Our eyes met, and even in the poor light from the motion sensors, his eyes were the most brilliant shade of blue I'd ever seen. Something deep inside me, something I thought to have been nonexistent, stirred"



How will they come together and overcome their own ghosts and move forward? Read Jake and Abby's messed-up love story.
"Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted beautiful Jake"



And not to forget, Owen who is Abby's mate from the neighbourhood....how does he fit in their story? You have to read to find out!

"But if you were a normal teenager girl, you definitely would've thought Owen was a good-looking guy.His emerald green eyes were so brilliant .... tanned skin....well-developed biceps and forearms"



"I've never wanted to be inside someone as much as I want to be inside you right now, baby. I want to feel you come around my c**k "



I so need more of Jake and Abby! Just thumbs up to the author!



**ARC provided by author**

[NMmomof4 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars

Overall Opinion: I think I did it again 🤦🏻‍♀️ I had my expectations up way too high for this! I remember being so intruiged by this couple in the King series, and that along with all the raving reviews -- I was convinced that this would be a winner for me. Don't get me wrong -- I didn't hate it or anything, but I also didn't love it. I thought it was just ok. I teared up a few times, but I was expecting this mega angstfest that had me feeling the feels like crazy...and that just didn't happen. I also didn't like the instalove feeling I got. I wanted more development of feelings going on, because I honestly didn't feel the connection enough to believe the jump into "love". I also would've liked to experience some more happy times with them! I would still call it a HEA, but I am frustrated that we went through so much trauma and dark times with the two and got just a few happy times and a meh ending for it! There is a novella, Dark Needs, out that might give us a little more of that, but I'm not all that eager to jump into it tbh 🤷🏻‍♀️

Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Abby and Jake's story. Abby has had a horrible string of bad luck when her grandma dies, she finds out that she might have to enter foster care again, and that their house is in the process of being foreclosed. She meets Jake when she is sleeping in her grandma's truck at his dad's junkyard. They are both intruiged by each other, but have a lot of other things going on. After bumping into one another a few more times, Abby ends up moving in with Jake. Jake takes his time with Abby since they both have messed up pasts, and they fall in love. There are some past demons that are revealed, some traumatic events, a separation, and a few sexy times...and they get a HEA ending.

POV: This was told mainly in Abby's POV with the prologue and epilogue in Jake's. I think it would've contributed a lot to have his pov more often, so we could understand his thoughts and motives better.

Overall Pace of Story: Good. The ending felt a little abrupt, but I never skimmed and I thought it flowed well otherwise.

Instalove: Kind of. I felt like the feelings came out of nowhere tbh. The H claims that it was love at first sight later on in the story.

H rating: 4 stars. Jake. I liked him. I liked how he was protective and patient he was with the h.

h rating: 4 stars. Abby. I liked her. I appreciated her strength and how she fought for herself.

Sadness level: Moderate. I teared up a bit, but I never needed any tissues.

Push/Pull: Yes The H pushes away at one point, but I would also say that he is the main pursuer of the relationship.

Heat level: Good. They have some good tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not that many scenes and not so much it takes away from the story.

Descriptive sex: Yes

Safe sex: Yes Mentions of condoms being used, but I don't remember any mention of std statuses or previous practices for the H (the h was a virgin). There is mention that the OM did not use any protection when he raped the h.

OW/OM drama: Yes There is an OM that is interested in the h and causes a good bit of drama for the couple.

Sex scene with OW or OM: Kind of There is a scene at the beginning where the h overhears the H getting a bj from OW.

Cheating: No

Separation: Yes They are separated for ~4 years, but there was no mention or suggestion of other partners during this time.

Possible Triggers: Yes! Child abuse and molestation (off page - but through graphic mentions/memories), homelessness (on page), loss of a parental figure/sibling (on and off page), alcoholic parent (on page), drug addicted parent (off page - through mentions), suicide of parent (off page - through graphic mentions), rape/assault (on page), unexpected pregnancy (on page), violence/murder (off page - through graphic mention), the h was a virgin, and ~5 year age difference between the H and h.

Closure: This had ok closure and what I would reluctantly call a HEA ending. There is a novella out that might give us a little more closure, but I'm not sure. I would've liked more time with them in this book experiencing their HEA, but we get a short epilogue instead They are married.

How I got it: It was part of my kindle unlimited subscription.

Safety: This one is probably Not Safe for most safety gang readers.

- Does Not have cheating
- Does Not have a descriptive sex scene with the H and OW
- Does have the H pushing the h away
- Does have a separation between the h and H
- Does have abuse
- Does Not have OTT sad parts
- Does have a HEA ending

[Georgia ♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Surviving, Darkly Shining Stars

We may not have been perfect, or even acceptable by anyone else’s standards. But together, we were perfect. Together, we were just us. Battered and broken. Dark and difficult. Impulsive and scared. Everything we never thought we could be.



In our souls, darkness and light co-exist. Sometimes one of them prevails, but the darkness never totally consumes the light. A precarious balance holds the threads of our sanity and mends the broken pieces of our battered bodies. Life in all its glory is cruel but people aren't meant to be alone. Only lonely for a while.



This is our story. A tale of abuse and unimaginable pain. Of love and chances. Of killers and teenagers. Of falling 7 times and getting up 8. A story about death and the love that defines us.



Abby could be a normal 17-year old. But not all teenagers had junkies parents who abused their child for their next fix. Not all kids spent a childhood of horror and they forever bear the scars inside and out to prove that they survived it.

I didn’t consider myself suicidal. Just tired.



Tired of defending herself against the prejudice she daily lives, a death of the only person she ever claimed her own, will drive her to new path. To the love of a lifetime and one last horror that she will have to overcome with her head high. Another damaged soul, will be her only chance a happiness. Dare she claim it or life once again will betray her?



Jake is a killer. Forced to leave his home when his father blamed him for his brother death he lets the pain and hate consume him and he becomes a hired gun. A ruthless man that deals in death. This man will see in Abby what everyone else failed to see so far. Her beauty inside. Together they dreamt, but human nature drew them apart. Does he deserve a second chance and will he become the vengeance she so much needs?



Dark, emotional, haunting and disturbing this story is not for the faint of heart. This a brutal tale of love and hate that will break your heart and force you to accept that life is unforgiving and happiness comes in all shapes and sizes. Abby and Jake are broken beyond repair but you root for them and cry and despair. T.M. Frazier pulls no punches. She delivers a solid read that will stay with you forever.

[♥︎ Heather ⚔ (New House-Hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since this is an older book and has been reviewed to death I'll just say..


Well. I guess I'm just in the middle of the road on this one. There is absolutely nothing bad about it, I think in the beginning it just felt like their relationship was a little rushed.. I mean they had just met and I blinked and it was this all consuming I'll kill for you love. Just makes me feel off about the relationship.

I think if the book was a little longer it would have been more fleshed out and would have made it that much better. Other than that it has all of the elements I love in a dark romance.

That's all I got.. on to the next one.

“𝓦𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓾𝓼, 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓭, 𝓯𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓭-𝓾𝓹 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓼𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮.” ♥

[Farah · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic book!!!



So.. This is not your typical kind of book.
There are no hearts and flowers and rainbows...



"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light"

People are not good...

Life is not easy...



When 17yr old Abby's grandmother dies, she literally finds herself with nothing.



"It’s amazing what poor judgment you can have when your options are limited to practically nothing."

Just when Abby finds one person who she thinks gives a shit about her, she is sadly mistaken.

It seems that the people Abby trusted could not be trusted and the person who didn't seem trustworthy actually was but hurt her anyway...



"We’re all a little damaged, Bee. Some of us more than others.”

So life goes on...
And it doesn't get easier- infact its worse.



"I was in love with the angel and in lust with the devil. If I were honest with myself, I’d have to say that I was in love with the devil, too."

Sometimes in the darkest of places something can give you a reason to live... And I'm glad Abby found that.



"We were just us. Broken and bruised. Fucked up and messy. And together we were everything we never thought we could be."

Again... I'm going to say:
What an amazingly written book!!



"I finally realized that it’s possible to love within a space that sometimes holds nothing but emptiness... or nothing but darkness."
"After all, we all have darkness within us."
"Some of us more than others."

[Smitten's Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

What the fuck?! Lol! This book is bat shit crazy! And I'm feeling a little warped, because I really enjoyed it! I do love a book that makes me double-check that my moral compass is still pointing in the right direction!

I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I'd never slept better.

4.5 stars for Bee & Jake!



So, I love a good biker romance. It's such a guilty pleasure, reading about the depravity, corruption and extortion. The criminal activity, the killings... The things most of us (with any luck) will never come across in real life but lap up, with a twisted kind of fascination, from the books we read.

And The Dark Light of Day certainly didn't disappoint.

Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted, beautiful Jake.

Abby is the child of two abusive, junkie, waste-of-space parents. With her mother behind bars, when her father is found dead, Abby is sent to live with her Nan. But tragedy strikes again when Abby's Nan dies in a freak accident and she is left homeless and alone.



When she meets Jake, the dangerous, tattooed, sexy-as-hell badass biker who won't be tied down by roots, and has a past and secrets as dark as hers, Abby's life changes forever.

Even though life hands you a big pile of shit, you don't have to roll around in it and make shit angels.

Abby is a total bitch. She's sarcastic, un-trusting, cynical, defensive, has walls as impenetrable as Alcatraz and you can't help but love her. Can you blame her? The girl's been abused, neglected, abandoned and left with terrible scars, inside and out. And she's only 17! But I really rather liked her. I liked her snarky attitude and her sharp tongue. I liked that she didn't take any shit. We read so many female characters that won't say boo to a goose, so I always enjoy when we meet a heroine with balls as big as her heroes.

"Fuck anyone who thinks anything on someone like you could ever be anything beautiful. You should be proud of them, baby."
"Proud?"
"Yes, proud. They make you powerful. Each line is a road travelled, an experience you had, whether it was good or bad. Each mark is proof of pain in the past, not the present. You are a survivor, you are a warrior. These are the scalps hanging from your fucking belt. You took the beatings and here you are, in front of me. You are fucking amazing."

Let me tell you about Jake... He's a killer. There's no beating around the bush, no grey areas... straight up, Jake kills people. And he isn't ashamed or embarrassed about it either. And I loved him, too! He has a past he'd rather forget, a regularly 'itchy trigger finger' and has experienced his own fair share of loss and heartache, that has led him down the path he has taken. But he has a good heart. The way he cares for Abby shows us, early on, that Jake is a good man, deep down. I love how he calls her 'Bee' and the gentle banter between them. I loved how he was both forceful and gentle with her, in equal measures, coaxing her to face her fears and reveal her secrets.

"Why do I want to touch you? Are you fucking kidding me right now? I want to help you. I want to hold you. I want to make it all okay for you. I want to fucking touch you because you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen, and I can't imagine never being able to hold your hand or kiss you. And yes - I want to fuck you, too, like I've never wanted anything in my whole life."

One thing that bothered me about this book was the speed that Abby and Jake got together. With hindsight, I can see that the author wrote the book this way because there was so much of Jake and Abby's story to tell after the initial getting together. But still, whilst I was reading it I was thinking 'woah, ok, that was quick'! And whilst so much of this book was so raw and so real, this little issue kind of diluted that realness for me. However, it's a minor point and on the whole, I really enjoyed the story.

We may not have been perfect, or even acceptable by anyone else's standards. But together, we were perfect.
Together, we were just us.
Battered and broken. Dark and difficult. Impulsive and scared.

Whilst the first half of this book intrigued me, from about 50% onwards, I really could not put this down. It was on a roll. T.M. Frazier pulls no punches with The Dark Light of Day. She isn't afraid of writing scenes that will cause controversy or offend some readers. The story is gritty and graphic. I really felt Abby's pain and there is one scene, where T.M. Frazier is describing bodily injuries, where the writing gave me such clear mental visuals, which was both shocking and evocative. So if you are at all squeamish, easily offended or aren't quick to forgive minor misgivings like blows people's brains out on a regular basis, probably best you don't touch this book with a very long barge pole.

"I would kill for you, Bee. Happily." He ran his fingers down my cheek. "I need you to know that."

The Dark Light of Day is full of plot twists that will have you on the edge of your seat. It's action packed, deep, dark and totally fucked up. It's a great example of our acceptance, as readers, of things in books that we would never even contemplate accepting in 'real life'. I read lots of books about controlling, alpha males and then the respective reviews moaning about how women shouldn't accept violence or control from men in books, etc. etc. However, this book, and others like it, just prove that reading books allows us to push our boundaries and flirt with situations we would balk at in reality. Situations, qualities and people that would disgust us, irritate us and even terrify us. I love that about reading and I really enjoyed that with The Dark Light of Day. Would I shack up with killer in real life? Of course I freakin' wouldn't! Did I love reading about Abby and her love for Jake? Yes! Did I find Jake sexy and dangerously desirable? Hell yes!

A revenge kill is the best kind of kill.
But a revenge kill for your family, with your woman's permission?
That's borderline erotic.

This book is written from Abby's POV, with the exception of the prologue and epilogue and let me tell you, the epilogue, from Jake's POV, is so unbelievable twisted, it actually made me laugh a little. I was rolling my eyes like 'Jake, you crazy screwed-up, murdering motherfucker', lol! The ending of this book was perfectly in keeping with the rest of the story. It does have a happy ending. A fucked-up happy ending, but you come to expect that with Abby and Jake, and it's a happy ending, nonetheless.

We were just us. Broken and bruised. Fucked up and messy. And together we were everything we never though we could be.

I'd definitely recommend this book!



'The Dark Light of Day' Statistics
• Steam Rating (out of 5): ♥♥♥
• Ending: HEA
• Length: 258 pages
• Narrative: Mostly Abby's POV. Prologue & epilogue from Jake's POV. Past tense.
• Series: ✗
• Can this be read as a standalone? Yes
• Themes:
Abuse
Crime
• WARNING. This book includes...
Sexual content. Death. Rape. Abuse. Drug abuse. Violence.
Virtually everything you can think of that might need a warning label!
• Writing: Good

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[Brandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 They couldn't fucking break me Stars!

I have been struggling to find the right words. I want to do this book justice, but my inadequacy is weighing me down and has my mind blank. The Dark Light of Day is a perfect example of a story you need to experience with the characters. You need to just jump in and open you heart and soul to Abby's story. Life has not been easy on Abby, barely surviving her horrific childhood she finally finds a bit of love and happiness when she is placed in her grandmother’s care.

“You can do anything, baby girl. I promise, I will never lie to you. You are bright and beautiful and resilient. You can do anything.” –Nan.

Although things are looking up, she still struggles with the darkness of her past. She alienates herself from most people, hiding the scars on the inside as well as the outside. Then tragedy strikes and once again Abby is left with nothing. Finding shelter in a junkyard she meets Jake, a blonde haired, blue-eyed biker, who decides to help her. Jake is also carrying around some dark secrets of his own.

“Each mark is proof of pain in the past, not the present. You are a survivor, you are a warrior.”

Not only do Abby and Jake struggle with their past and trying to open up to one another. They also have outside forces trying to destroy the foundation they are building. Have they finally found someone to share the darkness with or will heartbreak destroy them once and for all?



I absolutely loved Abby, she is the embodiment of strength, courage, and resilience. And I LOVED it when she got pissed off! This is not an easy story to read. It is painful, yet beautiful. The first half of this story caught my attention; although I was apprehensive about the insta-love but I fell head over heels in love with the second half. I loved that Abby had a relationship with Frank, and her eulogy for him broke my heart. “His biggest regret was not the loss of the dead, but the loss of the living,” I was completely captivated. That is all I can say I don’t want to spoil anything! This is a must read!

“If you ever disappear on me, I would track you to the ends of the Earth and back. I will always find you, Bee. Always.”

From the author - Warning: This is not your typical romance. The story of Abby & Jake contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse