While I usually love these types of books, sadly while I was reading, at times, rolled my eyes and got bored because it seems like I had read this too many times before. ~ Cheyenne, Guilty Pleasures
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Brielle
What would you do if you met a man that made you burn like wildfire from the inside out? Burn so hot that with one touch you forgot to breathe?
And if you knew that he had dangerous secrets? Would you be able to walk away?
I couldn’t. As strong as I know I am, I kept going back for more of him. That body… those eyes…
I saw him for the first time on my very first day in Vegas, and even then I think a part of me knew, because I couldn’t look away. It was like that moment when you see something flying towards you and you know it’s going to hit you before you can ever move out of the way, so you just watch, transfixed, as it crashes into you. Cristos Vicario: owner of the illustrious Adagio hotel and casino and reputed billionaire playboy. He sure as hell wasn’t what he seemed on the surface. That man had secrets. No one knew what a dark and dangerous world he lived in, and when I finally saw him for what he was, it was already far too late. I found myself inextricably tied to him forever. The course of my life altered. My entire world changed forever as he took away my freedom and gave me the key to my dreams in one fell swoop.
How could I have known that the one man who should have been my greatest nightmare would become the one thing I couldn’t live without? And all I had to do was forgive him…
Cristos
I was only living for one thing, one goal, one endgame… until I saw Brielle. And when I touched her, it was all over for me… I just didn’t know it yet. Not until I broke all of my rules for her, one after another, and that still wasn’t enough. I wanted more.
I wanted it all. Yeah, what I did to her was pretty much unforgivable. I know that now. Some small part of me might have known it then, too, but it didn’t matter. I had to hold on to her. I would have done anything to keep her… and I did.
Now I’ve put her in danger, dragged her into my world, and I don’t know whether to push her away or hold her tighter. Letting her go would be the right thing to do… but every time I try to do the right thing… I can’t.
When I take her, it’s always hard and desperate, as if she’ll disappear if I can’t make her feel the same things I feel… if I can’t force her to care about me enough that she’ll look past everything else and see into my heart.
Last night, after she fell asleep, still wrapped in my arms, I rested my lips against the top of her head and inhaled the scent of her as she slept. Trusting me, even though she shouldn’t. “I don’t deserve you”, I whispered. “But I want you. God, I want you so badly.”
Review copy provided for an honest review
Secrets. We all have them. Some are good, some are bad, and some could destroy another if they were ever found out. Keeping secrets from the one who you are falling for is inexcusable, but when that secret has torn their life apart before meeting you and will shred them if they find out the truth now that you are involved is damning.
Cristos has those secrets. There are two sides to his life, one that is very much legal, and then there is the darker side, the very illegal darker side that he is trying to get away from. I wanted to know more about his darker side, the one that only a select few know about, but we only sadly get glimpses in this book.
Brielle is in Vegas to finish her research for her degree when she inadvertently sees Cristos for the first time. She is in lust at first sight but is warned away from his playboy ways, but there is just something about him that makes it almost impossible to resist. Her research is important to her and what she doesn’t know is that her and Cristos are connected in more ways than just wanting each other. She tries to stay strong but eventually she can now longer fight the attraction between them. While she is strong and at times seriously a smart ass, at other’s she is immature and annoying.
The storyline of In Deep is nothing original. A billionaire who has secrets and a past and wants the woman who appears innocent and makes him change his ways. And while I usually love these types of books, sadly while I was reading, at times, rolled my eyes and got bored because it seems like I had read this too many times before. The ending leaves off at a cliff hanger and I am not dying to see what happens next to be honest.
Thanks Cheyenne