Bijou had gone to bed one night only to wake with someone in her room. Before she could scream she had a wet cloth over her face causing her to lose consciousness. When she awoke, she had no idea where she was, only that she was tied up and blind folded. Over two years she is still in the hands of her captor. Physically, emotionally, and mentally abused every way humanly possible, scars on the inside as well as the outside, she is only allowed to talk when it is demanded of her. She's gathered from small conversations overheard she was taken as payment owed by her father to Diablo, head of the Mafia that had moved into their town. After all this time, she remembers her name was Bijou. Now, she is nothing and no one … for all intent purposes, Diablo kills her one way or another on a daily basis.
Redd became a thief at the age of sixteen when his drunk father wouldn't take responsibility for what he and his sister needed. The convenience store only netted a couple hundred dollars but paid the electric bill and put food on the table. He felt bad at first, but with each job it became easier until he received a call asking for help. Now he would make the heist for a client, turn it over, get out and get paid. He promised himself he would retire after the last heist but as luck would have it her overheard two men in a bar discussing a jewel worth $50,000 they would be guarding. The only problem Redd had was he had made himself a rule not to steal from someone's home. Now the weight of the heist was battling with his self imposed rule. By his reckoning and the conversation, whatever this was didn't really belong to whoever it was anyway so, his ego convinced him he was doing just one more heist and then this would be over. Or would it?
Leah Holt has once again shown her vast talent at finding a way for her words to take a reader and immerse them into the emotion of her characters. This story is filled with a plethora of them and I was on a rollercoaster with twists and turns not only from the emotional angst but with the plot. Everything just flowed together and pieces fitting together like a master puzzle. Bijou, Redd and even Vicki will make you feel like you're going through everything with them. What surprised me most, there is a character I had really despised throughout the book until the end when it took another twist and had no choice to admit it was misplaced. That's when you know an author has exceeded your expectations. Great job!
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Lust Love and Broken Souls ☆☆☆☆☆ Stars
Omg I loved how Redd was drawn to Bijou he seen this little thing in the corner and all he could think about was helping her even tho it would effect his goal and his daughter.. There was no instalove, there was chemisty but needed to figure out themselves and face their deamon...If I was broken and closed off I would want Redd as mine!!
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