Violent Delights

by Helena Maeve

Violent Delights by Helena Maeve

Buried secrets surface when least expected.

With one parent in prison and the other cold in the ground, Laure desperately wants to blend in. She’s worked hard constructing the pretense of a well-adjusted, sophisticated Parisian woman. But hiding in plain sight is only feasible as long as her father’s victims allow it.

As the anniversary of her father’s conviction draws near, Laure finds herself in the cross hairs of one last cold case with an unlikely ally. The only man she can depend on was never meant to be more than a rebound fling, a distraction from her luckless love life. Now, his fate may well rest in Laure’s hands.

Ashley is fifteen years her senior and should know better. Yet something about his neurotic neighbor draws him in. Moth to flame, he will follow Laure to the ends of the world if he must. If not, he’ll go as far as Kansas on the trail of a killer’s last unsolved murder and help unravel a mystery steeped in bloody family history.

About Helena Maeve

Helena Maeve has always been globe trotter with a fondness for adventure, but only recently has she started putting to paper the many stories she's collected in her excursions. When she isn't writing erotic romance novels, she can usually be found in an airport or on a plane, furiously penning in her trusty little notebook.

280 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 25, 2015

Reviews

[Rachael Orman · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars

I've read a few other stories by Helena Maeve and sadly, this one wasn't my favorite. While the plotline was interesting and good, I found the story itself dithered a bit. There were points where I forgot what the story was about because there was so much going on and side stories that distracted.

I also found that Ashley wasn't as sexy as most men normally are in books with thinning hair and being described to look like a dentist. However, I LOVED his personality and the way he took control of situations and just about everything else about him.

There is a lot that goes on in the story and I felt like it could've been separated into two parts or even a novella just so we could get to know her brother and Mel better.

At the end I have to say that the writing was as good as I've come to expect from Helena Maeve and the sex scenes were just as hot, if not more so with the spin Ashley put on them.

~~I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads~~

[Romancing the Book · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewed by Robin
Book provided by the publisher for review
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book

I was rather disappointed in this story as a whole. Ms. Maeve went a little overboard with the sex and didn’t go far enough with the premise for the reason Laure is the way she is.

I found it a bit hard to swallow that Laure is in a relationship one moment with no apparent problems, they break up and that very day she has a stranger in her bed having hot sex. For most that may seem as if it is a dream that comes true. But, for me it was a little out of left field; leaving me a bit puzzled as to where this was all going. I soon found out as I read on but I just didn’t connect with the characters. I found them to be flat.

I was interested in the plot about Laure’s father but it soon left me with questions that I just didn’t get the answer I wanted. Not that they weren’t answered but just not in the way that I needed them to be. Things seemed rushed. The father of one of Laure’s father’s victims went with her for a visit to the prison. Things didn’t go as he wanted so he up and left leaving Laure to find her own way home. I understand the frustration and anger but come on…

I guess overall the story wasn’t bad and the idea was an interesting one but for me it kind of got away and wrapped up in all the sex which I am not saying is bad but the two just didn’t blend for me and I just didn’t feel it. The sex scenes where hot and a little more than were needed for even an erotic story. However I will give this author another try.