Rating: 5 stars out of 5
OMG! Get ready for an exciting roller coaster ride, right from the beginning! Every page held drama. Every. Single. Page. I am so excited by this series—it’s incredible. I want everyone to read it so I can chat with them about all the emotional twists and turns, ups and downs, and the heartwarming and gut-wrenching action that takes place between these pages. It’s incredible that the author can continually best the previous book in the series and hold my attention for the length of the book. I never, repeat NEVER, sit still to read an entire book, but here, except for a few hours of sleep, I did not put this one down.
Where to start? Well, if you read the previous books you know the strain Dominic and Levi are under—not just from the Seven of Spades who continues to F up their lives, but also with each other. Have no fear though—just because they aren’t together, they manage to find their way to bed a few times and survive the morning-after guilt.
There’s two concurrent plots going in this one: a kidnapping/extortion ring who murder one of their victims and the Seven of Spades exacting revenge, on behalf of Levi, on the four men who beat him senseless in a gay-bashing when he was in college. They were never IDed, never caught, but Seven finds them and offers them to Levi one by one as a birthday gift. Oh, joy.
Those kidnappers, meanwhile, are continuing to kidnap and when payment isn’t made quickly, they gouge out the eye of their victim and send it to the family. The author isn’t satisfied with getting Levi’s and Dominic’s paths to cross multiple times during this investigation, she adds to the drama by having someone close to them kidnapped. Not saying who, ’cause spoilers… And then, of course, Dom’s losing his possessions left and right to pay his outstanding gambling debts and to have seed money for more. Levi’s losing too. He’s losing his temper, losing his appetite, and ultimately losing his job. There’s so much packed into these pages that’s it’s impossible to even highlight all of it. It just doesn’t stop. Not for a minute. Skip a page and you’ve missed another plot twist. I love this story, did I mention that? Love it!
Don’t despair, however. If you love these guys, hang in for the ending. It’s a pip and thankfully not as much of a cliffhanger as the last one. But, let’s face it, with one more book to go, there’s no way I’d miss a chance to read it, no matter how this one ended.
Honestly, if you are looking for high quality action adventure, a mystery that spans a five book series—who is the Seven of Spades?—romance, hot sex, addiction and recovery, anger management, murder, mayhem and more, this is the book—and series—to pick up.
The cover by Garrett Leigh, like others in the series, features playing cards, in this case, the cards are set against a dark background and blood is dripping from them onto the floor.
Sales Links: Riptide Publishing | Amazon
Book Details:
ebook, 366 pages
Published September 10th 2018 by Riptide Publishing
ISBN139781626496392
Edition LanguageEnglish
Series Seven of Spades :
A Chip and a Chair – coming soon the last book in the series.
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 