In search of someplace to belong…
Levi
Hawkins was a typical fun loving, hard partying college student with
his whole life in front of him — until one tragic night ripped his world
apart and left him adrift with no home or family to return to. After a
soul crushing stint in Afghanistan, he spent a decade wandering the
globe searching for something or someone to make him whole again. Weary
of regret and consumed by loneliness, he puts his heart on the line and
turns to the only people still connected to him by blood.
He found an obsession…
A
chance encounter at a lakeside café puts single mother Tori Ford
directly in Levi’s path and he’s ready to stake a claim. She wants to
keep her life simple. Work hard, raise her daughter, save some money and
one day open the pie shop she’s always dreamed of. She doesn’t need
complicated and she certainly doesn’t need a wickedly hot Dominant to
take control of her future. Except when he touches her she yearns for
the pleasure and passion of submission. But Tori can’t take another
heartbreak and she can never trust Levi with her heart or her daughter
if he won’t open up about the darkness slowly consuming him.
This is a good read but do not
start here. This series is all about the
past impacting the present and has a very strong series story arc which was
introduced in book 1, Tucker’s Fall. And no, it’s not resolved in this one,
either – but we do get more details and hints in this one. All we really know
for sure is something BAD happened in the past which shattered the lives of the
participants. The series arc is not resolved but Levi and Tori’s story? Oh
yeah, nice ending.
If you like your heroes
tortured and little twisted, Levi is the guy for you. But although the whole
BDSM thing is an integral part of the story [and definitely steams up the sex
scenes], it’s not what the story is about.
I like that. It tells the story of two people who are kinked but not
solely about kink. Hannah is a five-year-old who’s willing to share her
crayons. Tori is first and foremost a single mom who loves her daughter and
bakes the world’s best pies. Levi is a guy who spent the last years of his life
running from his past and is now trying to find a future. They all just want to
belong. And they do – to each other, of
course, although [inevitably] it takes awhile for that to work out.
It’s a good read and I look
forward to the sequels [when hopefully the big secrets will be revealed.]
Purgatory Masters Series:
Tucker’s Fall
Levi's Ultimatum
Mason’s Rule
I
received this ARC from NetGalley…
