Book Blurb:
Kidnapped from her wedding by a man she thought was dead…
Elio
Isa thinks a childhood friend has come to save her.
She has no idea I’m his identical twin.
Everyone from my past thinks I was killed, and in a way, I was.
I’m not the same boy who was abducted, but the monster he became.
A man so lethal, I’m now known as … the Reaper.
I’ve returned for a single purpose, and it isn’t to save Isa.
I’m here to claim her…
Tropes:
*Hambright PR ALC/ARC *2nd chance romance *Amnesia *forced proximity *Tragic Past
*touch her and 💀 *Trigger Warnings (check them) *Spice *Princess Bride (movie) Vibes
*Mafia Romance *danger *💀 *Dark Romance *leads in their 30's *possessive MMC
*Protective MMC *drama *morally Gray MMC *Slow Burn
Thoughts:
Isa (FMC) has an arranged marriage she knows it will benefit her family but she isn't really looking forward to it and it isn't a love match... in fact she's never been in love, she's never even really dated before or had any thoughts of men like that... until recently when she has started having dreams and inappropriate thoughts of her best friend's boyfriend (and deceased brother's best friend).
Thing is her best friend's boyfriend had a twin Elio, he was kidnapped as a teenager and thought to be long dead... only he is alive and isn't going to let the only woman he ever loved marry another man... especially that one so he does the one thing he shouldn't and steals her from her own wedding... bringing her to his yacht headed into the unknown (as far as Isa is concerned).
Elio and Isa had a secret relationship as teenagers but due to a car accident (the one that took her brother's life) she doesn't remember it, Elio is determined to make her remember their time together and how they belong together.
Elio is not in a safe position as there are dangerous people after him, but he is a dangerous person too so has a specific set of skills in fact he is known only as "Reaper" to some going in quietly getting the job done and leaving before anyone even knew he was there. Due to a series of events that occurred after Elio was taken he wasn't able to contact his family and then decided it was better to lean into his new life as he felt betrayed.
Elio is patient and protective and so sweet to Isa as she works towards remembering their love, but right away she is drawn to him in a way that she can't explain so even though she couldn't remember a part of her deep down did.
There is a bit of a pirates feel as well since they are on the water traveling to different destinations. I appreciated the nod to The Princess Bride which is one of my favorite movies from childhood.
We learn more about Elio and his past through flashbacks in chapters and it made his journey so much more heart breaking knowing what he went through, Isa suffered as well in different ways and it was so sweet to watch them find their way back to each other after so long.
The book was fairly lengthy and the middle section was a bit slower paced but it picked back up towards the end with action, reunions, drama, and a love worth waiting for.
This is book 4 in this series (which I didn't realize or remember before I started it) but it can be read as a stand alone, I do plan to read the rest of the books in this series. The Narrators James Cassidy and Melissa Barr did amazing bringing this story to life and I loved that it was in Duet. Thank you to the author and Hambright PR for this ALC!
P.S. Elio is on the unhinged side... he has someone tattoo her neck while she is asleep.
Have you read this one, what did you think?
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