Title: Lethal Justice
Series: Secrets and the City #3
Author: Kathy Lockheart
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: August 31, 2022
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A crime leader has fallen for the wrong woman. She’s his hostage in a heist, and if he leaves any witnesses, his colleagues will kill them both.
A hostage isn’t supposed to develop feelings for her captor—a man who’s the antithesis of everything I stand for. And my captor isn’t supposed to see me in a way no one else ever has, let alone want to protect me from the other men who plan to end my life…
Surrendering to our unexpected feelings could spell death for us both. Especially when Easton is given a direct order: Kill me, or they’ll kill him and his brother.
Soon, our lives, along with the lives of everyone we love, are in danger. And time is running out…
You’ll love this dangerous romance (standalone with no cliffhanger, contains darker themes with mature content—reader discretion is advised) because the page-turner involving dark secrets, kidnapping, and murder will keep you glued to the pages with heart-pounding suspense and blow-your mind twists…
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Renee’s Five Star Review
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
This is the third book in the Secrets and the City series. This book is a standalone in the series. This book also has dark elements in it and will contain triggers for some readers. You will want to heed the warnings in the beginning of the book.
This is the story of Easton and Zoey. Zoey is a young lady who is taking care of her dad and doing the very best that she can to care for him and pay for things. But she finds herself drowning in debt and needs some money as fast as she can get it. This leads to her going to her dad’s condominium to see if he has anything she can pawn to help with some of the bills. But instead of solving her problem she walks right on in on a robbery occurring. The men who are committing this robbery cannot leave any witnesses but one of the guys recognizes her and she goes from a girl about to die to one that is now a captive. Easton is the one who recognized her and he saved her as best he could. This is the story of them falling in love. Falling in love with your captive and captor. Zoey is very loyal and will do anything she can to protect her man. After all she loves him, and their relationship is worth fighting for once they give in to their feelings. But, when Easton is ordered to kill her or be killed himself along with his brother. Can they all survive and if so, how will they do it?
I loved these characters so much. I loved the love that Easton and Zoey had for each other. I cannot really talk about all the things I loved because I am afraid I would give something away. This book is filled with twists and turn. Moments that will have you holding your breath and on the edge of your seat. Twists and turns that you will never see coming. You just need to get this book and enjoy the ride.
This is the story of Easton and Zoey. Zoey is a young lady who is taking care of her dad and doing the very best that she can to care for him and pay for things. But she finds herself drowning in debt and needs some money as fast as she can get it. This leads to her going to her dad’s condominium to see if he has anything she can pawn to help with some of the bills. But instead of solving her problem she walks right on in on a robbery occurring. The men who are committing this robbery cannot leave any witnesses but one of the guys recognizes her and she goes from a girl about to die to one that is now a captive. Easton is the one who recognized her and he saved her as best he could. This is the story of them falling in love. Falling in love with your captive and captor. Zoey is very loyal and will do anything she can to protect her man. After all she loves him, and their relationship is worth fighting for once they give in to their feelings. But, when Easton is ordered to kill her or be killed himself along with his brother. Can they all survive and if so, how will they do it?
I loved these characters so much. I loved the love that Easton and Zoey had for each other. I cannot really talk about all the things I loved because I am afraid I would give something away. This book is filled with twists and turn. Moments that will have you holding your breath and on the edge of your seat. Twists and turns that you will never see coming. You just need to get this book and enjoy the ride.
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I kicked my foot toward him, hoping to slam the heel of my foot into his nose. But he blocked that one, too. I tried to yank away from his grip, but doing so rocked the chair and tilted one side of it into the air. Before I could correct the center of gravity, the chair tipped over, sending me into a free fall, my nose on a collision course with the wooden planks.
But he grabbed me before I hit—one arm around my stomach, his other hand gripping my upper arm.
He pulled me into a standing position as if I weighed nothing and set me back on my feet.
“Careful,” he said, a blend of irritation and enjoyment seeping from his tone. “I’d hate to see you hurt that beautiful face of yours.”
“Because you prefer to do it yourself?”
I heard him huff a laugh-breath.
Why isn’t he letting go of me?
He stood there, his hands on my body, doing what? Staring at me? Smelling like burnt sugar.
Strange. I’d have expected him to smell like chemically rotting feet, not delicious and inviting.
“So, this is what you do?” I said, heat pooling beneath my cheeks. “Break into people’s homes and then murder them if they happen to come inside?”
No answer.
“What an exemplary member of society we have here,” I snarled.
“Let me give you some advice.” His tone was low and even.
“This ought to be good. Advice from a criminal. I’m waiting with bated breath.”
He tightened his grip around my waist until my chest pushed into his. “You’re bound and blindfolded and at my mercy. Provoking the very person who holds your life in his hands is unwise.”
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Kathy Lockheart is an author of Suspenseful Romance novels. Her books—which have a unique blend of emotional elements typically found in women’s fiction and the romance and danger elements found in romantic suspense—contain themes that include dark romance antiheroes, enemies to lovers alpha tropes, and forbidden romance angst. When she’s not writing, you can find her silently cursing the person who put fluorescent lights in dressing rooms.
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