Hold You Against Me
Stripped,
#4
by Skye Warren
Released
May 31st 2016
Self-Published
Self-Published
A pawn in a dark game of survival and love
From
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Hold You Against Me (Stripped, #4). . .
Foot soldier and a ex-Mafia Princess. Some lives change forever and some stay the same. Scorching hot second chance at their love romance for my first read into the series Stripped. The plot had a strong driving force with the commanding writing with stellar characters like Clara and Gio.
They shared in a world that was hard, abrasive, uncaring, cruel, corrupt, calculating, cynical, dark, seductive, allusive, and just plain unreal. But for some this was the way of everyday life. To get out you had to run or become the same as your surroundings.
This was most certainly a steamy, hot, dark alluring read of just what a life of survival can be when love is the ultimate prize. Skye Warren hit the nail hard, fast, and deep with this one.
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Stripped series:
Tough
Love - Stripped, #0.5
Love
The Way You Lie - Stripped, #1
Heartbreak
- Stripped, #1.5
Better
When It Hurts - Stripped, #2
Even
Better - Stripped, #2.5
Pretty
When You Cry - Stripped, #3
Caught
for Christmas - Stripped, #3.5
Hold
You Against Me - Stripped, #4
From New York Times bestselling author Skye
Warren comes a sexy new standalone in the Stripped series...
Blurb
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
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Something moves me gently, constant and rhythmic like
waves. I’m warm. There’s something soft curling around my arms, wrapped inside
my fists. Padding beneath my cheek that smells like home.
An unnatural darkness weighs down on me, keeping me from
waking up—a demon’s whisper in my ear. You’re warm, you’re safe. Sleep.
But something is wrong.
I remember falling asleep, so suddenly, remember drinking
water that I hadn’t filled. And I remember the phone call from Amy telling me
that Giovanni’s alive. Impossible.
Awareness pricks my skin like a cold breeze. Wherever I
am, I’m not alone.
I blink rapidly, forcing my eyes open. They adjust to the
darkness quickly, taking in the tinted windows on either side and the wide
leather bench curving beneath me. I’m in a car. A limo, to be exact. And it’s
moving.
On the opposite side of the long space, a large body reclines.
I can see the wide stance of his legs, the pale white of his shirt. A suit
jacket tossed beside his hip. His face is hidden in the shadows of the vehicle.
I was raised by the head of the Las Vegas mafia, the
capo. I grew up around guns and violence, so I know when a man is armed. It’s
the way he holds himself, the warning shimmering around him like a dark halo.
This man is armed and extremely dangerous.
Every muscle in my body tenses. My mind still swims in
thick water, because I must have been drugged. He drugged me, this
faceless man. Why did he take me? It won’t be anything good, that’s for sure.
Even worse, I suspect this has something to do with my
past, with my family. It’s messed up that I’d rather be taken by some random
psycho. But at least then I’d have a chance of getting away.
“Who are you?” I demand, my voice hoarse from whatever
drugs they gave me.
There’s a long pause, the weight of his regard as heavy
as a finger trailing down my neck.
“Have I really changed that much, bella, that you don’t
recognize me?”
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Author InfoSkye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dark romance such as Wanderlust and Prisoner. Praised as a “true mistress of dark erotica”, her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, four dogs, and one evil cat.
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