Title: Spike
Series: The Beat and The Pulse #3.5
Author: Amity Cross
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Blurb
Renee “Ren” Miller finally has everything she ever dreamed of.
For the first time in her life, everything is perfect and she doesn’t want to change a thing.
Ash “Maverick” Fuller can’t help but feel that something is missing from his life, even with the woman he loves by his side.
His business is flourishing, his woman is content and he should be happy too, right? Wrong.
Ren can sense something isn’t right and tries to reach out. Secrets are a deal breaker and if she can’t get through to him, it might just be thing that tears their perfect little world apart.
Ash would do anything to protect her from harm, but sometimes even the people you love the most have secrets and shame that they want to bury forever.
This time, trust mightn’t be enough.
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I knew Ren and Ash’s journey to their happily ever after was going to be a tumultuous one because their entire relationship has been a battle of wills – each one wanting to dominate and unhinge the other one, but I didn’t expect them to self destruct with minimal interference from others.
Ren and Ash have both fought their personal demons, and they seemed to have overcome them, working together to support and encourage each other regardless of the set backs or frustrations that came along the way. Through all of the hardships and tests Ren and Ash have been through, their desire and love for each other has only evolved, but when Ash, once again, deals with his issues of abandonment and unworthiness alone, not allowing Ren to help or even know what’s going on in his head, the old wounds and worries rear their head again, forcing both of their volatile feelings to spike and leading them down a path that they may not be able to come back from unless Ash once and for all allows Ren completely in and Ren finally stops running away and starts fighting for her man.
I’ve truly loved witnessing Ren and Ash’s relationship from the very beginning. There’s no one else that can give each other what they need, but there’s also a lot of obstacles to get past in order for them to have a fighting chance at making things work. Amity Cross allowed readers an insider’s look at the darkness within both Ren and Ash and how their easily provoked feelings could either be their saving grace or end up ruining any hope of being together. Both of them are fighters, which is clearly shown in their tenacity and work ethic, but Ren and Ash have short fuses and when things go down that they don’t have control over, it’s hard to determine how they will act and what those actions will mean for them when the dust settles.
Spike brings Ren and Ash’s story to a conclusion that readers will be satisfied with because Cross ensures that their ending still holds true to who Ren and Ash are at their core, which means that passion and all consuming sexual encounters dominate how they show each other how they feel and fierce fighting is how they work out their frustrations.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
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Author Bio
Amity Cross isn’t her real name. That’s no secret.
She is the author of wicked stories about rock stars looking for redemption, gritty romances featuring MMA fighters and dark tales of forbidden romance. She loves to write about screwed up relationships and kick ass female leads that don’t take s**t lying down.
Amity lives in a leafy country town in southern Australia and can be found chained to her desk, held at ransom by her characters.
Don’t send help. She likes it.
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