After the Dark
Killer Instinct #1
Cynthia Eden
Release Date: March 28th, 2017
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Four months after being fired from the FBI and
retreating to her hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, former special agent Samantha
Dark is still learning to enjoy the peaceful anonymity of small-town life. Her
confidence shaken, Samantha avoids contact with others. After all, when
monsters live in plain sight, it’s hard to trust anyone. But when her former
partner, Agent Blake Gamble, the ultimate good guy and someone who’s always
believed in her, comes to town seeking her help with his latest case, Samantha
is torn. Her fabled instincts let her down once before, when the killer who
ruined her career got away under her watch, and there are no guarantees they
won’t again.
But Blake doesn’t believe in ever giving
up…especially when it comes to Samantha. While they could never pursue their
mutual attraction before, when they were partners, now there’s nothing standing
in their way…except the specter of known serial killer Cameron Latham. Cameron
always claimed he and Samantha both had a darkness within that connected
them…until Blake came into her life. Samantha knows that darkness is real—that
it’s what allows her to penetrate the minds of sadistic killers. The last thing
Samantha could bear, however, is to reveal her dark side to Blake and have him
recoil from her. Blake wants to prove to Samantha that he can handle all her
secrets—she just needs to trust him. But Samantha learned to be careful about
whom to trust. Those close to you can turn on you in an instant
Blake’s current case turns out to be the work of a
copycat killer—a psycho pupil of Cameron’s who is seeking vengeance for his
former master by planning to kill Samantha. But it serves as a catalyst for
something more venomous—a reason for Cameron himself to reemerge, deadlier than
ever. The last person Cameron wants harmed is Samantha. He’s more interested in
eliminating perceived rival Blake for good.
Two deadly killers are after them, but Blake and
Samantha know every monster has a weakness. It’s just a matter of finding who
it is before it’s too late…
Really good story and writing! Even knowing who the killers are, I still found myself eagerly turning the pages to find out what happens next. The only reasons that this was not a 5 star read for me are that I did not feel the chemistry between Blake and Samantha and I would have liked to have known more about Blake. The story seemed focused on both Samantha and Cameron's past, but did not go much into Blake.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
Award-winning author
Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She
is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital
Book World and IndieReader bestseller. Cynthia is also a three-time finalist for the
prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA® Award. Since she began
writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas. Cynthia lives along the
Alabama Gulf Coast.
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