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Dark Shadows and Sweet Romance
Beoordeeld in de Verenigde Staten op 10 februari 2022
Dark Kisses Book 1 Jaxston Wilder and Easton Ross
Easton Ross is an old-style Hollywood starlet with beautiful raven-haired, green-eyed Easton Ross is the perfect princess in land of illusion. And while Easton is a talented actress, she knows that she is also acting when she steps off the movie set. Easton is not a perfect princess, rather she is always acting a part, and for the last 10 years she has cleverly crafted the character of Easton Ross. The real woman is an unwanted and abandoned baby left at the Bakersfield Police Department who was not desirable enough to be adopted into a family, and over time, lived the life of a foster child until she aged into a group home. Even the story of her “discovery” is a fantasy crafted to weave another magical layer between the truth and the PR narrative. But now, the Hollywood starlet is being stalked by some real-life monster who leaves sexually and physically threatening messages on her phone and in notes delivered to her Hollywood Hill mansion. And so, she seeks help and protection from the LA Police Department.
Easton is given the name of Jaxston Wilder, a tattoo-covered, 35-year-old former member of the LA Police Department, who served his community for 10 years, knows that life is not always good or fair.
He and his family seem to be chased by darkness beginning with the death of his parents in a car accident when he and his siblings were still children. Darkness has followed him in the present with the recent murder of his sister Maddie, his own dishonorable discharge from a profession he loved and his brother’s troubled life and disappearance. Jax feels that he lives in the darkness. So, leaving the profession he loved in shame, Jax is trying to put his investigative and security skills to work, opening a private security firm, Platinum Security, and enlisting a former CIA agent, Griffen Lawson and an ex-Navy Seal, Ryker Flynn to help. And the protection of Hollywood starlet Easton Ross will begin his rise from the darkness.
Dark Riches: Platinum Security Book 2 Griffin Lawson and Alexandria Ryder
Darkness is not limited to the night. Griffin Lawson has learned to live in the darkness; it seems to follow him, touching everything and everyone in his world. For Griffin Lawson, known by most of his acquaintances as Griff, the handsome former CIA operative with sky-blue eyes and thick brown hair, the consequences of love were not only hurtful, but they did lead to death—the death of sweet Mia his CIA partner as the darkness of their profession of spying led them into the darkness.
Now, Griffin is afraid that he will bring his darkness into the world of Alexandria Ryder who has turned to Griff help her find her brother Kyle who has made a profession as a soldier of fortune, following the soul snatching darkness of treasure hunting. But now, her brother has mysteriously reached out to her, sending her what appears to be a treasure map. And while her training as a documents librarian givers her skills to research, she needs someone with skills to help her hunt and find her lost brother and Griffin Lawson, former spy is her man.
Dark Sins: Platinum Security Book 3 Ryker Flynn and Avery Archer
When Luke Archer and Ryker Flynn met after they enlisted in the Navy, and worked their way from BUDs to SEALS, their shared experiences helped to form a friendship of support that endured all the rigors of training and missions for over 10 years. And, when only child Ryker’s, parents were killed in a car accident, it was only natural for Luke to invite his fellow SEAL to join his family for holidays. And, it was only natural for Avery, Luke’s younger sister, to view her brother’s tall, handsome dark haired, brown eyed best friend with admiration. She so admired her SEALs and their service to their country that after college graduation, utilizing her agility in languages and skills of analysis, she applied and was accepted for CIA Career Analyst Program (CAP) following her brother’s path of service to their country.
What brother and sister never fully imagined, but always understood was possible, was that one day, blonde-haired, cornflower blue-eyed, tall, slim Avery, might be the analyst who would supply Luke and Ryker’s team with intel that would determine major decisions in the approach on a mission. Operation Armageddon should have been a very simple direct assault on a lightly guarded compound but someone got the intel wrong. Luke was killed, Ryker’s spirit was broken and filled with darkness, seeking revenge, and Avery resigned in shame, humiliation and horror that she might have somehow played a part in her own brother’s death.
Now, information has been discovered that false information was intentionally and fatally passed to innocent and unsuspecting Avery. Avery needs Ryker’s help to uncover the past, to discover the truth about that mission to Bogota, Columbia and Operation Armageddon.
Dark Secrets: Platinum Security Book 4 Sebastian Wilder and Harlow Vaughn
Bad boy Sebastian Wilder, who is never quite out of trouble, owns his weaknesses. The younger brother of Jax Wilder indulges in the usual list of addictions—drinking, drugging, gambling and fighting to meet anyone’s definition of being a bad boy. Bad boy Sebastian Wilder, who is never quite out of trouble, owns his weaknesses. The younger brother of Jax Wilder indulges in the usual list of addictions—drinking, drugging, gambling and fighting to meet anyone’s definition of being a bad boy, watching his life pass him by.
What Bastian doesn’t realize is that the watcher is being watched. Unfortunately for Harlow Vaughn, 30-year-old, brown-haired, blue-grey-eyed former CIA dark web operative known as Shadow Walker and now hacker in residence and for Platinum Security, bad boys like Bastian are her kryptonite. And, her boss Jax Wilder’s younger brother Sebastian, with his tats and piercings, is a mother lode of badness.
Harlow has known since she was a girl the dangers of loving a bad boy—especially a bad boy who likes being bad. As young girl watching the pain her bad boy dad brought to her mom, her brothers and to herself, she has learned to recognize badness. Her own father is a current resident serving 10-15 at California State Prison in Lancaster. So, as a girl who grew up in the home of a bad boy, she should recognize a bad boy when she sees him and know to be wary. Now, Harlow shouldn’t be surprised when she gets caught up in the darkness of bad boy Bastian Wilder’s world.
Kelly Myers’ collection of dark romantic thrillers harkens back to the feel and verbal dialogue rhythms of the Film Noir detectives of the 40’s. Her characters are engaging, their back stories intriguing, and when in the same room, the temperature rises. This series elevates the romance as the members of the Platinum Security team search for love and peace. The story of each PS team member is worth following.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review and but enjoyed reading it so much that I purchased a copy through Kindle.
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