Prima Ballerina Nerissa Abbott has been a Captive her entire life. Known as The Hope, she’s supposed to be a token of peace between two warring families, a bridge to bring them together. The problem is that neither of those families want anything to do with making peace and all of them wish she would just disappear. When she’s thrust into a position she never wanted to be in and forced to become the figurehead of a ruthless crime family that not only despises her, but will use her as their puppet, she’s sent spiraling toward living a tale of tragedy and violence she doesn’t belong to. One, where only bad things happen, men suck, heartbreak is real, pain is the only way you know you’re alive, and Death isn’t a given, but a man of flesh and blood. While her mind tells her she should run, her body tells her a whole of thing, but when she can’t even trust the hero, she has to decide between the life she thought she always wanted and the one she’s been running from for as long as she can remember. Will her decision include betraying her own heart and sacrificing her soul or does she even have anything left to sacrifice?
I loved this book. Morally gray and flawed Colt all the way to Grimm’s odd sense of humor. While dark at times, I found myself connecting with the FMC and rooting for the bad guys.