I think I'm going with a 3.5 here. I liked most of it but I was hoping for more in the way of Deanna finding her way, finding a way to satiate her needs in a way that worked for her but instead it was a wee bit too romance heavy and leaned on the "the love of a good man is fixing me" trope and something about that just doesn't sit right with me. Unless, of course, I read it wrong and in that case, I'm sure someone will tell me soon enough.

But seriously at one point she even says something like "This love might be my salvation ." I want her to be her own salvation and find a man who will love and support and murder with her, hahahaha.

The villain was a disgusting monster which is to be expected but his obsession was a little hard to swallow which was another little issue for me. I didn't understand why he'd possibly put his freedom in peril to do, well, what he planned to do . . . He seemed smarter than that even with his pathetically inflated ego.

I'm sorry I'm like this but I have to be honest. I do recommend it though. It's a very high 3 star, an almost-but-not-quite 4 star read. I'll be reading the next one and also reading more of her other work because I do enjoy the way she writes very much. It's sexy and dark but this one wasn't my most favorite but it also wasn't my least favorite.

Damn, I really hate the three reviews the most.