We would embrace the darkness together…

Or not at all.

Xavier Blood is a man adrift. And a dangerous man without purpose is a lethal cocktail for disaster. Mercy Reid has her revenge, but it’s not what her heart desires most.

After everything he’s been through, X doesn’t want to know where he came from, let alone who he was. Mercy has become his life, his anchor, his everything, so why should it matter?

Mercy thinks X is delaying the inevitable and pushes him to understand the thing he struggles with the most—his identity—but it might be one push too far in the wrong direction.

Who is Xavier Blood? Only one man has the answer and it’s the man Mercy wants to meet the least. The more X withdraws into his broken mind, the more desperate she becomes to save him, even if it means coming face to face with the man who tortured and conditioned her love to be a cold hearted killer.

The Watchman has the answers, but are they the ones she wants to hear?

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The monster or the man?

A man of their creation or his own?

Stay in the present where he’s static or fight to get answers about his past that could very well make him lose all control?

Xavier Blood – an assassin programmed to kill without emotions

But who was he before?

Well, readers will get their answers in Devil’s Blood, and the journey to those conclusions will come at a price, not only for X but for Mercy Reid as well. Blood will be spilled and secrets revealed and their lives will sure as hell not remain static after this.

I absolutely loved this story; the transformations of both X and Mercy in the series, all leads up to what goes down in Devil’s Blood, and it is one fantastically dark and gritty ride.

I don’t blame X for deciding to let his past go and focus on the present and learning to be the new Xavier – the man who loves Mercy and just wants to be with her. Is it naive to think that he wouldn’t be forced to face things? Yea probably, but learning about the past doesn’t change what happened; in fact, it only complicates the pain, frustration, and confusion X already feels. But with the monster still festering under the surface and Royal Blood out to silence him, Xavier can’t hide forever because there’s too many variables at play and one is the woman who means everything to him.

Does Mercy’s persistence to learn the truth about Xavier’s past and the actions she takes to make that happen cause unnecessary complications and piss X off? Absolutely. But Xavier can’t be completely reborn without acquiring the full picture; he can’t move forward when people are still out for his blood.

Mercy kicks ass in Devil’s Blood; she fights for her man and for herself, and even though some of her decisions led to bigger worries, every single one that she made was to give Xavier back himself because she might not be able to completely fix him but she can damn sure give him a bit of peace.

Xavier Blood was an assassin, a hitman, a ghost, and unfortunately a monster, but he’s also a man who was conditioned by a group of assholes who wanted to make him their puppet.

The new Xavier blood is still a killer and a ghost, but he’s also a man who has withstood a shitstorm of pain, torture, and darkness and created a life on his terms.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

5 poison apples