Mila Everson made her living stealing from people. First it was for necessity, then she got good at it and made a name for herself. She is good and has never been caught. Her next job was at the Montagna family’s safe house unbeknownst to her. As the new head of the family, Jon could not let this act go unpunished. Mila’s punishment took place in front of Jon’s men. A lesson had to be taught. Claire finally gives into what she wants and tries to leave Noah immediately after to run again, but Noah will have none of it. There are so many twists and turns throughout the story. Suspects are becoming victims and all fingers are pointing at those who would love those people to suffer the most, Claire. I seriously found myself scratching my head trying to find out the killer- awesome suspense and build up.

Emma who is the girl next door, literally speaking, is also a hidden secret of Colt’s. But, when the composition starts getting out of hand, she takes control to shut it down. Treating them like she does her preschoolers. Reece to great offense to her methods. Now, with Noah's invitation to come to him for help if she ever needed it, Claire arrives in New York in a last ditch effort to get a job and live her life, for what it's worth. Her ex's family has blamed her for his incarceration and mental instability, and they are a powerful family capable of ruining any chances Claire ever has at a normal life. But they can't ruin her job with Noah...this man's been waiting for Claire to come to him for the last six months. But he wants more from her than her employment. He just wants her. And he intends to have her. He hadn’t been afraid, not since his parents had died. Even when he’d been battling the enemy—in ice, in sand, in the dankest forest he’d ever imagined—Noah hadn’t been afraid.

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Noah - "I look at you and my whole body burns. I want you naked. I want you screaming. I want to see pleasure make your eyes flash even brigther" Tell me what you want,” I ask her. She stops moving, and my body goes still. I move away from her just a touch so I can see her face. My hand goes under her chin to make her look up at me. “Don’t hide from me.” I will continue to say the Cynthia Eden does romantic suspense so damn well. She has ridiculously hot characters that are strong, intense and mysterious. She also writes her killers with chilling craziness to make you on edge when you read her stories. Ace and Shelby have been best friends for 5 years. However, at the beginning of the book, Shelby is getting prepared for her wedding with Ace's best friend Jonathan, and Ace is planning to propose his girlfriend Sheila after the wedding. FAVORITE QUOTES - this is only some of my faves. All the super hot ones, you're gonna have to read for yourself!!

Weston (Ace) had thought he loved his girlfriend, Sheila. But being in such close proximity to his friend Shelby, the woman he's always had such strong friendly feelings for, he's starting to see that perhaps Sheila wasn't the one, but instead his best friend was. Their chemistry is smokin' hot and they can't keep their hands off each other. But is she willing to go all in so soon after her last relationship imploded? Or is this just a vacation fling to her?

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Also, the reason Ace and Shelby got separated for a week is utterly Shelby's stupidity. I hated her at that point when she did what she did. I don't like people who care about what people would say and put themselves in second place. People will always talk. Why don't you just cherish what you have? Whose opinion is more important than your own happiness? I really like how the author crafted this story and brought all the elements, I described above, together. That’s not easy to do. I give huge props to another fantastic book in this series!!! I highly recommend the entire series. Oh boy! Cynthia Eden takes you on one hell of a roller coaster ride. This book is an intense guessing game. I was changing my mind right up until the surprising twist in the last moments. Trying to untangle the mess that is the Harrison family while trying to make sure that my kindle doesn’t spontaneously combust from the intense inferno that is Noah York...well let’s just say I had my work cut out. Noah and Claire were electric. They were intense. They were fierce. And they were HOT!

As for the actual story, I liked this one better than the first book. Ace and Shelby are both coming off a mutual betrayal, and even though they've been strictly friends all these years, the undercurrent is very much alive between these two, and once they finally give it permission to spark, damn do these two really combust. The love they had for each other was great, and I never felt like they were rushing into something they weren't ready for, nor was it a rebound situation.. these were just two people who had been hurt and humiliated, and took that and cultivated a real relationship. I truly loved that. Jon Moretti started off as Montagna family consigliere but after his bosses demise he was appointed the kingpin of the Montagna mafia family. When he discovers the theft of not only diamonds but other important items he is determined to find the person responsible. What he never expected was it to be a woman. He has strict rules on not killing women and children so instead he punishes her in front of his men to set an example by stripping, spanking, humilation and sex to gain information. What happened next would change both of them forever.Someone is after Claire and the stakes are getting higher. She is being followed and people are turning up dead. But who is after her and why? Needing to escape Shelby and Ace decide to go on the honeymoon that has already been booked. Exploring Turks and Caicos, lines will be crossed and walls will crumble and what follows is passionate and intense. As feelings also become involved, will they take a chance on love together? When Mila who is a thief, is hired to steal diamonds, she doesn’t realise that it’s from the mafia. Jon who is the newly elected leader is determined to find her and punish her. Of course they fall in love and a very thing is rosy after that. 😱😱😱😱 I just can’t believe this author thinks that women will do ANYTHING to have an orgasm! The women all pout when they don’t get it, and are then punished. It’s so bizarre. I had a hard time understanding the writing. It seemed to have lots of unnecessary parts and filler scenes especially leading up to the wedding and during the "honeymoon" trip. Claire Kramer has been leading a life on the run. As a teen, she feel in love with the wrong guy. He was charismatic and his family was wealthy and influential. When things went terribly wrong, Claire ended up feeling guilty for the devastation her romance left behind. Despite the fact that her ex was behind bars, she found herself being stalked by someone on the outside. Claire finds herself in danger and she ends up at the doorstep of Noah York looking for a job.