I admire this author very much and her ability to write such amazingly intricate and warped stories of unspeakable crime, packed with suspense and shocking revelations, yet she still manages to include a romance in them; one that has in this case been brewing for seven long years. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
In the Nine Circles Club, there’s a fine line between pleasure and pain, sin and salvation, heaven and hell. And it takes one bold pair of lovers to cross it…
He’s master of the game.
Zac Rutherford is one of the most powerful and sought-after men in New York’s private club scene. Masterful and demanding, he attracts beautiful women willing to surrender to his every whim, every desire, and every command. But Zac is in love with one woman, and one woman only. She is his true passion-and sole obsession. A glorious angel in the flesh…who refuses to be touched by any man.
She doesn’t play by the rules.
Eva King owes her life to Zac. Seven years ago, he rescued her from darkness. Still, in spite of her attraction to Zac, she refuses to allow any man to touch her body, let alone her heart. But when a dangerous enemy from Eva’s past reappears, Zac is the only one who can save her-if she’s willing to bare her soul, shed her inhibitions, and surrender control…to him.
Review copy provided for an honest review
**While you could probably read You Are Mine as a stand-alone I think you would appreciate it much
more if you’ve read the first two books in this series before reading this one. There is an ongoing suspense arc that as it turns out has affected the characters in this book one way or another so reading the books in order will give you a much better understanding of the way they have uncovered what is going on and how they’ve dealt with it along the way.
With each book in author Jackie Ashenden’s Nine Circles Club series it becomes more and more evident how talented she is and how twisted her mind must be to weave these stories. Please know that’s not a diss to this author because I admire her very much and her ability to write such amazingly intricate and warped stories of unspeakable crime, packed with suspense and shocking revelations, yet she still manages to include a romance in them; one that has in this case been brewing for seven long years.
From the first book it was evident that there was something between Zac Rutherford and Eva “Angel” King; that despite their age difference, despite his cool exterior and her standoffish demeanor and despite the fact that why they are both members of the Nine Circles Club they lead very solitary lives. In this book we find out just how they are connected and watch them come to terms with how deeply their lives are intertwined and the strange co-dependent relationship that Zac is determined to change even when he knows it may cost him Eva the one woman to calls out to him like no other.
As their investigation into the Seven Devils club and their members continue it becomes evident that they are getting too close to some key players and their illegal activities when threats are made toward Zac and Eva spurring them to keep on digging and uncovering everything that they can but when it becomes evident to Zac that someone from Eva’s past is involved he decides that he’s had enough of tiptoeing around her secrets from years ago and demand she trust him with them. So begins a very hard and very necessary journey in which I’ll admit was hard to read and in which I questioned Zac’s tactics and motivation but on the other hand I could also see that he did it out of his love and concern for Eva’s well being. His methods were twisted and there is no doubt they could have backfired and caused more harm than good, but it proved that he really did know Eva, knew her boundaries, knew he needed to push, and knew he needed to be tough to make her understand that he was a man of his word even when it about killed him to do so.
As Zac works to help Eva deal with her fears and become the strong woman she claims to be, the dealings with the Seven Devils becomes even more complex and dangerous forcing all of the members of the Nice Circle Club to spring into action and vow to bring down the key players.
At the end of each book in this series I’ve had an unsettled feeling and while I don’t feel quite as shaken at the end of this one, quite possibly because of the events that took place in this story, there are still a lot of questions unanswered, a network that still must be stopped and no doubt more lives that will be unraveled as this series moves forward. However, I am feeling better about the Nine Circles Club members and as for Zac and Eva I could not be happier that they managed to break through each other’s barriers and found the love they both so desperately needed. From start to finish You Are Mine had me on the edge of my seat, it made me uncomfortable but I could not stop reading and it was every bit as provocative and twisted as the other books in this series, but there was something just a little bit more about this book and that is why it is my favorite of this series to date.
4.5 stars
New author and series for me…it sounds amazing! TBR pile !!
I love this series! Can’t wait to get my hands on this! Thanks Slick!