I live my life by these five words. For me, they have always proven to be true. Men have only brought hurt and suffering my entire life, leaving nothing but devastation in their wake.
I fear them. I hate them.
Until him.
Gabriel forced his way into my life, ripping down the walls I’ve built around myself. He wants me, and he’ll stop at nothing to have me. I should be terrified of what he makes me feel. So why do I crave him anyway?
I see the red flags and warning signs, but I just can’t help myself. I’m his obsession. I thought he was my salvation. But now I know his love could destroy me.
4 Smoldering Stars
Review by Jen Hagen
It’s been a while since I’ve read about a rich alpha
businessman used to getting whatever he wants and whatever woman he wants. This book was an easy way to find myself
enjoying that genre again. If you like
Christian Grey, I would find this a good comparison – this is what Christian
would be like if he were in charge of a Chicago mafia. Besides having a hot alpha man, it also has a
feisty female who is used to having to defend herself and she is not going to
stand for any of Gabriel’s usual preying tactics. Oh I loved Marley. She could put Gabriel in his place in one
second flat and he would be left groveling…definitely something he was not used
to.
Marley has had a crap life. Her mother started selling out her little
girl’s body when Marley was just a young girl in exchange for drugs. Marley has never known her father, as her
mother didn’t even know whom the father was.
At the age of 18 Marley was given an out to her life. Even though it meant starting over with
literally only the clothes on her back, she was much happier than she had been
for 10 years. Marley is now 22 years of
age and has been able to make a life for herself. Marley obtained her GED, is currently taking
night college course, and works several shifts at the bar and grill to pay her
rent. Marley is happy and the only thing
that currently is going to crap in her life is her car.
Gabriel is a 31-year-old successful business owner who
also does a few shady dealings on the side.
He has a past that is painful and because of this he never gets close to
a woman, only allowing himself to have one-night stands. He is used to getting whatever he wants and
when he sees Marley and their eyes meet, he wants Marley. Nothing is going to stand in his way,
including the locked door to her apartment.
I love good angst and this delivered a couple good
shocking moments. What’s better than
seeing a man you’re curious about getting a blow job? Going at it on top of his desk with somebody
who resembles you. I admit…I’m sick, but I loved those
scenes. But then I turned to mush over
Gabriel when he sat on the concrete in front of Marley’s door in his expensive
Armani suit waiting for her to arrive home so he could apologize.
The pull between Gabriel and Marley is so great that she
cannot fight it. She is helpless when it
comes to him. What is it about him that
is making her come undone? Gabriel wants
to find out where the two of them can take their attraction. Marley needs to quit fighting him and embrace
that he wants and needs to take care of her.
She doesn’t have to go through life alone.
Whenever he wraps
me in his arms all the bad fades away. I
feel safe – protected. When I’m in his
arms it’s like I’m a different person.
Someone a little less broken.
There is more to Gabriel than being a successful
businessman. Some secrets of his life
will hurt Marley, but yet Marley is definitely keeping her past hidden from him
also. One should know by now that
nothing good comes of keeping secrets.
Secrets will blow up in your face when you least expect it.
When they say karma
is a bitch, they forget to mention that that’s an understatement. A more correct assumption would be that she’s
a raging psychotic bitch from hell on the first f*#king day of her period.--
Gabriel
Strong secondary characters include Marley’s best friend
Carmen who has no filter on her mouth, and Gabriel’s childhood friend and
former lover who is unwilling to let Gabriel go. Gabriel and Marley’s story ends on a
cliffhanger, with the second and final installment of their story coming in
fall 2014.
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