Sweeter Than This

by Samara King

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR SAMARA KING

A newly edited version!

Revenge can be sweet…and desire deadly!

Revenge can be sweet and desire deadly—or so Officer Elle Taylor finds out upon learning that her father is the late Chicago mobster Montgomery ‘Black’ Kearns. When an unknown enemy targets Elle’s mother, she leans on her ex-lover and Kearns’ enforcer, Durant Kane, for help.

Durant Kane is no stranger to trouble, especially the kind that comes with a gun trained on his face and an angry woman attached. But Elle’s something different, something unexpected and sweeter. He never could have imagined coming to feel so deeply about her, even if his own disastrous path in relationships hadn’t left him so wary. But he’ll have to take the risk if he doesn’t want to lose the woman he’s come to realize he can’t even think of living without.

With her best friend murdered, the man believed to be partly responsible under the nose of her gun and a stranger looming in the shadows out for blood, Officer Elle Taylor is running out of time and people to trust. Will Elle risk crossing the forbidden line between duty and love once and for all, before a murderer strikes, leaving her life in flames?

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 28, 2014

About the author

Samara King is the author of over twenty published  novels, novellas, short stories and as well as poetry. Since her days of sneaking romance novels to the back of the library in grade school; romance fiction has been a consistent staple in Samara's world, soon after, the desire to write her own tales unfolded. 
In 2011, she was nominated for Poet of the Year by African Americans On The Move Book Club and is a member of The Romance Writers of America and several sister chapters. 
Samara has penned sexy tales for a host of publishers and also self-publishes under her imprint, Crave Novellas. Previously she co-hosted SoundNOff, a poetic format for poets and spoken word artists and hosted InCharacterN10, a former showcase for authors on Blogtalkradio.com/samaraking. Samara’s first poetry collection, The Ebony Kryptonite, was well received and was followed with Stripped Barefoot, a sultry mix of poetry and spoken word, which went on to reach #20 in Chicago's Top 40 on Reverbnation in September 2013. 
To find out more about Samara’s poetry visit: http://reverbnation.com/samaraking or listeners may also find her on Spotify. Currently, she is hard at work on her next project.

Reviews

[Crazy for Books (Stephanie) · Rating 1 out of 5]

ARC provided through NetGalley for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to say that that was terrible. I hate giving bad reviews, but since my NetGalley status is based on what I read and review, I have to be honest.

There were too many characters that had no real story. There was very little dialogue. Everything happened in both Elle and R.J. minds. Therefore 90% of the book was them thinking about each other or what was going on between them.

The writing structure was off putting. I never got a real sense of the main character and there was no chemistry to them for me as a reader. The title even hints at something different than what the story brings.

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to recommend this book. If I could give it no stars I would.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read

Although at times it was a bit disjointed. For example, her accident was alluded to in the beginning but it’s not until pages later that we got to know all the details. Also I don’t understand why he had to leave the FBI. There are other jobs which are not undercover. Also I think it’s utopic to think that he could stay in the same city married to a cop after he rose to be so high up in a criminal organization. It would have made more sense to me if they relocated somewhere else, away from the memories.

[Mstcat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable romantic suspense/mystery. I'm giving it 3.5 stars.
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