I get her connection to the dog, but I quickly became irritated with how many scenes the dog had to be in. every time i read her books i swear the female characters do nothing for me, i can never connect with them. Alistair and Cora meet one random night at a bar he owns and he notices her taking the waitress’s tips. This man was unhinged for this woman, there would be moments of him just thinking odd things such as: “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘣 𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

if we were given more to work with and understand, this might have made more sense and felt justified for his character.What I loved most about this book was the addiction with each page turn, the mini cliffhangers throughout the book to leave me wanting more, and the characters. if i'm being honest, i hated mayor wolfe in oaths and omissions so i went into this book expecting him to grow on me, but after only mere pages i liked him better than his younger brother.

God doesn’t get on his knees to worship”…”You’re in bed with the devil, m’eudail, and I don’t think he intends on letting you go. She shows up to interview for his assistant position without knowing it’s for him and he hires her on the spot. We met Alistair Wolfe in the previous book, Oaths and Omissions (his brother Jonas’s book) so I was so hyped to read his book and see what kind of trouble he gets into. we already have enough to understand he’s very oddly and heavily attached to the mayor, so writing the subtle changes in his behavior work to show us he might be unhinged. i feel it was used for shock value and though it worked, it took any positive thoughts i had on the book and shredded them to bits.The secret/twist that comes out at the end of this book was the reason why it wasn’t 5 stars for me. One thing leads to another and they’re fucking up against a brick wall and he’s talking about impregnating her… and he don’t even know ms girls name🥲. She’s more than just an assistant, so if I hear you proposition her for sex again, I’ll have you fired and chased out of this fucking town. Miller is a USA Today bestselling author of adult romance with varying levels of darkness and steam. don’t bs me and tell me that the plot was cora looking for her brother cause for a big part of the book i forgot he even existed.