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363 pages, ebook
First published March 14, 2017
In a family of cold-hearted black sheep, I, Axel Rutherford, am the blackest. Abundantly despised by my three brothers, actively hated by my father. She was the golden princess. Put on earth to test every single one of my hardened edges. And I happily burned away every last one for her.
Her eyes tell me she hates me. Her body beckons me with the promise of transcendental lust.
Whatever twisted roles fate may have chosen to star us in, the savage power of our mutual feelings for each other will never diminish.
Once upon a time, when my addled state didn’t know better, I stupidly believed the phenomenon of our gazes connecting had the power to stop the world from spinning. That view has altered significantly.
You may have condemned my decayed soul and closed your heart to me, but in some respects, nothing has changed. Your body will always sing the perfect tune for me.”
She never needed a gentle knight in shining armor. So I become her marauder.
I want to roar with rage. I want to fuck until I explode into a million pieces. This is what she does to me. What she’s always done.
★3.5 STARS★
I was instantly attached to the allure of the blurb for Zara Cox’s, Black Sheep. It sold me a world of deceit, betrayal, revenge and a second chance romance that promised to be as passionate as it was dysfunctional.
Axel Rutherford & Cleo McCarthy were born to families whose dealings where on the wrong side of the law. As much as there can be honour among thieves, their fathers were brothers in arms until the glamour of power brought a change that would shatter their childhood romance beyond repair.
Axel is a formidable force who has directed his power and wealth into destroying his father, and along with him, the person he trusted above all others, Cleo. With the Rutherford Empire crumbling, Cleo is sent to negotiate with Axel on his father’s behalf.
There’s a thin line between love and hate and these two tested the theory on several occasions. Their relationship is driven by the potency of hate they have for once another, but even they can’t deny the attraction that burns even after all these years.
When it came to Cleo there was much intrigue into her resentment of Axel, and it’s this intrigue that kept the pages turning. When we finally discover her reason, misunderstanding is the name of the game and I admit I gave way to frustration at times with these two. There were also times where sex took over the story and for personally I felt it hindered the development of the plot.
Maybe I’m more blood thirsty than I care to admit but I felt the resolution came much too quickly without justice being served in the manner it was dished. Even so, I enjoyed my first foray into the Dark Desires series so much, I’ve got my eye on a Wicked S.O.B.
"In a family of cold-hearted black sheep, I, Axel Rutherford, am the blackest. Abundantly despised by my three brothers, actively hated by my father. She was the golden princess. Put on earth to test every single one of my hardened edges. And I happily burned away every last one for her."
"If there were such a thing as born enemies, we would be it."
In a family of cold-hearted black sheep, I, Axel Rutherford, am the blackest. Abundantly despised by my three brothers, actively hated by my father. She was the golden princess. Put on earth to test every single one of my hardened edges. And I happily burned away every last one for her.
She never needed a gentle knight in shining armor. So I become her marauder.
Loooved this one so much, it was such a surprise, I love it when that happens. It's my first ever read by this author, and I'm definitely going back to read her other work - even the porn star one, which I passed on initially because of the porn start aspect.
So, what can I say about this one? I always have a hard time with positive reviews and have no idea what to say except for how much I loved it. In this case, I didn't love it that much in the beginning (or else it would've gotten 5*) - although I loved the writing from the first few pages and the intensity of the hero's feelings, I did find that there was a bit too much detail about things I just didn't care much about. At times, it was long-winded and a bit boring - but once the hero and heroine got together, I was never bored, not even for a second. I also wasn't a big fan of some of the heroes' action in the beginning...i'll get to that in a bit, though.
Now, as to what I liked... I loved the hero. He was my kind of book-boyfriend: obsessed as f***, OTT to the max, and his intense feelings for the heroine blew me away. We don't get much of their beginning as a couple, just the second chance part, and yet I felt more of their love's intensity than in books that follow the entire story of a couple.
The heroine was pretty great too, the story was engaging (especially once they got together, as I mentioned), my only complaint would be that it took them a bit too long to come clean with each other