Monday 4 November 2024

REVIEW - Phantasma (Wicked Games #1) by Kaylie Smith

The Book
Release Date: 3 September 2024

Welcome to Phantasma.

There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love.

When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion, and claim its prize—a single wish.

Phantasma is a maze of twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, of demons and temptations. Ophelia will face nine challenges, each more dangerous than the last. There can only be one winner, and the other contestants will stop at nothing to eliminate their rivals.

Every day the house creates new monsters. But just as Ophelia’s fears threaten to overwhelm her, a mysterious stranger offers her a bargain.

Charming, arrogant and infuriatingly attractive, Blackwell claims he can guide her through the lethal trials ahead. All he asks in return is ten years of her life.

Ophelia knows she shouldn’t trust him. Blackwell doesn’t seem dangerous, but appearances can be deceptive. Worse still, she feels a dark and irresistible attraction drawing them closer and closer.

Her life is on the line. But in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart…

A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Caraval in this seductive fantasy adventure. With steamy romance, a sexy morally gray love interest, OCD rep and jaw-dropping twists, Phantasma is perfect for fans of Rebecca Yarros, Nisha J. Tuli and Carissa Broadbent.

My Review     5 STARS
I really enjoyed this book, but I could not see any similarity to ACOTAR within the story line.

This a a dark romance with a morally grey MMC and a FMC who gets a little greyer as she goes along the book and she competes in trials that test her.

Loved the OCD aspect of the FMC.  A side of things we usually do not get given with such careful writing that you can see that the writer knows about it herself.

Blackwell was certainly a darker character and I really enjoyed him and the relationship that he forged with Opelia.

Ophelia is a strong  character with her own flaws, but she knew that she had to fight for her sister and many times , for her own life.  

I saw one aspect of the ending fairly quickly, but there was certainly one or two things that I had not seen coming.

I look forward to Genevieve's story and what lies in the darkness for her.

Sunday 3 November 2024

REVIEW - A Court of Mist and Fury: Rhysand's POV by Illyrian Tremors

The Book
Release Date: 1 January 2017

SPOILERS FOR THE ORIGINAL BOOK BELOW :

ACOMAF Part 1: The House of Beasts (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

The first 13 chapters of ACOMAF told from Rhys's POV. Includes some brief details of his three months without her after he comes home from UtM and some improvised scenes, but most of it concerns his time with Feyre.
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ACOMAF Part 2.1: The House of Wind (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 14-27 of ACOMAF from Rhysand's POV.

Starting with Chapter 14: Rhys brings Feyre to Velaris after saving her from Tamlin's prison in the Spring Court. His inner circle crashes their brief landing in Rhys's townhouse, sending Feyre upstairs. Downstairs, Rhys chats with his family and learns about another temple raid from Azriel.
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ACOMAF Part 2.2: The House of Wind Cont'd (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 28-40 of ACOMAF from Rhys's POV.

Beginning with Rhys and Feyre's return from visiting her sisters, and following through the trip to the Summer Court and the first visit from the mortal queens.
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ACOMAF Part 2.3: The House of Wind Cont'd (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 41-51 of ACOMAF from Rhysand's POV.

Kicking off with Rhys's decision to steal the Veritas and subsequent hesitation over the role Feyre will play if she goes with him to the Court of Nightmares.
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ACOMAF Part 3.1: The House of Mist (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 52-56 of ACOMAF from Rhys's POV.

Starting with his recovery after being shot down by Hybern while Feyre takes time away.

The Book can be found here.


My Review       5 STARS
am usually not too much of a fan of fan-fiction, however this is so good, you may well forget that this has not been written by Sarah J Mass herself.

In this full length book, you get Rhysand's POV instead of Feyre's for A Court of Mist and Fury.

i is great to get to feel his emotions towards Feyre, his friends and his family. His struggles through his childhood to now and knowing he will be patient as Feyre needs him.

Really enjoyed this book and may well go back and see what else the author has written.

Thursday 24 October 2024

REVIEW - Beacon (Kindled #8) by Claire Kent

The Book
Release Date: 11 October 2024

It might have taken ten years for Mack to fall apart, but now he has disappeared.

He's been the heart of our community since Impact, keeping all of us alive in a hostile, unstable world. Now he's been hurt after fighting one too many battles. He's retreated into a massive, dangerous forest to live on his own, and he won't come out.

Mack and I had an on-and-off relationship for years, but it's always been no strings attached. After a toxic marriage, I can't commit to another man until I'm confident I can stand on my own. But some things are more important than the emotional baggage I've always carried. Mack is more important.

And it's time to bring him home.

Beacon is a post-apocalyptic romance set in the near future after a global catastrophe, and it includes violence and (secondary) character death. It's the eighth and final book in the Kindled series.

My Review    4 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the last book in the series and we finally get Anna and Mack story, characters that have been in many of the previous books and we also get to see many other characters from previous books too.

Mack had been emotionally wounded in the last book after he helped come to the rescue of others and is now licking his wounds in the cabin that Chloe's grandfather had put together in case of an event like impact.

Everyone is worried about Mack and 6 Months later it is Anna that goes to find him hoping to bring him back.  

But Mack is not the man he used to be.It takes patience and being herself that slowly brings him out of his shell, along with his desire to protect Anna.

The pair are semi good about talking to each other and keeping the air clear, however it soon appears that they have strong feelings for each other than they thought, especially when Anna is hurt and when she wants to help Maria and her group help the farmers with the rebel problem.  Mack has to find how the new him will cope.

Although I really did enjoy this book, it fell a little flatter than previous books, but I still did enjoy it and it had a decent amount of spice.

Wednesday 23 October 2024

REVIEW - A Shattered Kingdom of Steel (Of Metals and Curses #2) by Renna Ashley

The Book
Release Date: 6 September 2024

He’s my mate, or my murderer. That is, if I don’t kill him first.

The former Captain of the High King’s Guard, Lymseia Wynterliff has never been one for politics. But when the High King tasks her with a diplomatic mission forcing her to return home to Illnamoor—the capital of the Steel Court—she begrudgingly accepts. The High King needs someone he can trust, and Lymseia’s the only one for the job.

But all it takes is one ambush to ruin everything. With the blood of her men on her hands, Lymseia has no choice but to go along with her kidnapper’s demands. Only, her enemy isn’t at all who she expects. Her kidnapper, and the one to blame for the ambush, is the one and only heir-apparent to the Silver Court: Asheros Larmanne. Her fated.

Mysterious and cunning, Asheros stands in the way of her duty. He has an agenda of his own, and that sly grin of his only further conceals his intentions. When hostilities rise between the five Courts, threatening to reforge centuries-old alliances, it becomes all too clear that someone is orchestrating the turmoil that’s spreading like wildfire. Maybe, with Asheros’s help, Lymseia can uncover the orchestrator’s identity, and end this before it’s too late.

But if Lymseia’s trust in her captor is misaligned, her kingdom will shatter around her.

A Shattered Kingdom of Steel is the second book in the Of Metals and Curses series, featuring rivals-to-lovers romance, fated mates, forced proximity, and plot twists you’ll never see coming, perfect for readers that enjoy fantasy romance. Each book in the series features one couple, a HEA, and an overarching plot that builds with each installment. Any cliffhangers pertain to the continuing plot, and not the couple's love story. While each book can be read on its own, for the best experience, it is recommended that the series be read in order.

My Review    5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the second book in the series and starts up where the previous book left off.  I had left off reading this book for a while as I knew that it would be good and i didn't want it to be over so quick.

Lymseia was the High Kings Captain of the guard, but with a new role is more of a diplomat and is travelling to the Steel Court when her convoy is ambushed.

Asheros Larmanne, heir apparent to the Silver court has his reasons for his actions and sooner than you blink they end up on the same page.

We follow the journey of the pair and his companions as they set about finding the previous high kings killer along with navigating feelings for each other, especially when it becomes clear that they are either fated mates or will end up killing each other.

Both a strong characters and i love that Asheros is not afraid of the strong capable character that Lymesia is, his 'Bladesinger'.

There are some great supporting characters and the ongoing story from book one brings you along, giving you some answers to our questions, but also creating new questions we want answered.

I am really enjoying this series and cannot wait the the next book with Myrdin and his assassin.

Friday 11 October 2024

The Book
Release Date: 25 October 2024

My life could have been ripped straight from a Hallmark movie. 

My name is Caroline "Candy" Cane, I own a country inn, date a man who runs a Christmas tree farm, and my mom's peppermint fudge wins first place at the Reindeer Corners' festival every year. Basically, I'm living every romance-loving girlie's small town dream.

Until a last minute trip to New York City leads to catching my boyfriend banging a Rockette (in full elf costume).

So, when I'm offered a chance to star in a hospitality-themed reality show, I jump at the chance to serve hot cocoa in roller skates on national television.

The only problem? The smoking hot, broody, perfectly bossy producer, Leo...

He's everything I've ever wanted in a man, but he's also my new boss and completely off-limits.

And that's before we realize our lives--and our pasts--are more intimately intertwined than we could have imagined.

Do I dare make holiday magic with the one man I now know I should never kiss under the mistletoe?

My Review     5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is a great book to get you into the holiday spirit with a woman who lives in Reindeer Falls and who's name is Candy.

Candy runs a holiday inn with her best friend who is more like a sister.

With a case of the grumps stoping her from her usual happy self, her friend sends her to New York, but once there she finds that her boyfriend is not the man she thought he was.

There she meets Leo, a man who lights her up, however his past interlines with hers and he is off limits until both of them realise how they are connected and Leo tells his truths,

These truths free Candy for a while and she agrees to go on his  reality show, but can they keep their hands off each other?

As with all of the authors lighter books there is comedy placed within a pesky but loveable animal, in this case a ginger tom cat.

The book certainly helps with the holiday feeling, a happy ending and you find yourself smiling to yourself whilst laughing out loud at times.

REVIEW - The Ruin of Eros by Maya Gryffin

The Book
Release Date: 7 October 2024

The world of the gods is merciless… and so is the world of men.

We grew up with stories of the gods. We know how cruel they can be. But I’ve spent my whole life playing by the rules, trying not to stand out. I know what happened to my mother—standing out was what got her into trouble.

But now, because of the king’s vanity, the goddess Aphrodite is out for blood... mine. Even my father, one of the king's councilors, can’t save me. Nor can my sister, or my fiancé. But I'm determined I will not let them see me tremble, even when the king’s men leave me shackled on the great rock they call Aphrodite’s Pillow.

When I see the shadowed figure emerging from the mist—black cloak, hidden face, a hunter’s stride—I know he must be my executioner. But then, instead of death, the cloaked stranger offers me a bargain. He’ll save my life… in exchange for my freedom.

It's an impossible choice—bind myself to a monster, or suffer divine vengeance. It's a choice with only one answer, if I want to live. But waking in a palace in a new, strange realm, I still wonder if I chose wrong. What is a mortal woman to do in a world where everything has been taken from her? 
Fight back. And guard her heart. I’ve lost my family, I’ve lost my freedom, and I may yet lose my life. But I will not lose my heart. No matter what it says it wants…

Beauty and the Beast romance set in the epic world of Greek mythology, The Ruin of Eros is a captivating romantasy must read, with a fantastic storyline full of tension and a strong female character as its heroine. The perfect choice for fans of fantasy romance or books like The Games Gods Play, The Song of Achilles, The Shadow Bound Queen or Lore Olympus!

My Review    5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is a brilliantly put together book for those of us that love books with the Gods and other mythological creatures.

Psyche is a very beautiful woman and the youngest of two daughters of her widowed father.  She is good at hunting as her father had her taught well with her studies along with riding a horse and since he is a decorated member of the army knows how to defend herself.

However when the town around her on a festival state that she is so very beautiful, possibly even more beautiful than Aphrodite, not that she wants the acclaim, it causes the goddess to be angered.

This is where the fun starts to happen.  When she is left by the cliffs by the town for tribute, a figure emerges from the dark when the town has left giving her a choice.  Die or go with him with conditions in place.

I loved the world building, the strong characters and the familial ties woven into the story.  Psyche proves to the reader she is a strong character.  She has the chance to escape when her new world cracks, but when she finds out who the man who rescued her is she goes to save him, knowing that her has been captured.  

She overcomes both physical and mental obstacles and he in turn looks after her.

The book finishes with lots of unfinished endings and I really cannot wait to read the next book in the series.  I read this book a while ago and its one of the few books this year that has stayed with me after.

Friday 6 September 2024

REVIEW - When it Sizzles (The McGuire Brothers #8) by Lili Valente


The Book
Release Date: 6th September 2024

I’m a nerdy virgin—glasses, spreadsheets, collection of test tubes, you get the idea—and proud of it.

I don’t mess around with unpredictable things like lust, let alone love.

Or so I think…until a gorgeous, brilliant blast from the past kisses me at my sister’s wedding.Suddenly, I’m staying up all night with Dr. Connor Sinclair, making out, making plans, and kicking his adorable butt in chess.

The catch? Connor’s leaving town in three days Three days! That isn’t nearly enough time to spend with this delicious, sexy, oh-so-perfect-for-me man.

So when he shows up at my place the next morning with two tickets to Vegas and a wild plan to roll the dice on forever, I shock myself by saying…yes.

Yes, to a whirlwind romance.

Yes, to saying “I do” in Sin City.

Yes to breaking all my logical rules.

Will this turn out to be the biggest mistake of my life? Or the best illogical choice this nerd ever made?


My Review    5 STARS
This is the last book in the McGuire Brothers series and this short but sweet Novella is the icing on the cake.

Wendy Ann is the youngest child and has always had the threat of her older siblings to keep her being a 24 year old still holding her V-Card, whilst being a bit of a nerd.

Connor Sinclair is in his thirties and moving away from Bad Dog after selling his medical practice, he does not want to work with his barely tolerable young brother and is moving to Boston.

When the pair meet at Binx and Sevens wedding the sparks between this pair leap of the pages and the chemistry lights up the pages as their wits also find a true challenge within beautiful wrappings.  It's a true meeting of the minds.

I have enjoyed the whirlwind romance and leap of faith that the characters take and am actually sad that this is the last of the series.

Friday 16 August 2024

REVIEW - All the Pretty Monsters Series by Kristy Cunning

The Book - Gypsy Blood - Book 1
Release Date: 14 December 2018

I'm not all that special, really. I'm sure there are a lot of girls with old gypsy blood who see the dead, have killer cults hunting their family, and turn into something that gets scary when they panic. Yep. I'm just an ordinary girl. I wish people would believe that. 

I've been labeled as one thing or another for most of my life: Death Girl. Crazy Gypsy Girl. Gothic Chick. Monster. 

It took my mother's death for me to finally start getting answers about what's really been going on. Unfortunately, most of the answers come from men . . . who aren't just men. Somehow, I've gone and landed myself in a world truly filled with monsters, and I'm starting to think this is where I should have been all along. 

Only . . . I don't understand what's going on. I'm walking into the middle of a story that's thousands of years old, and I'm the new girl on the block who doesn't have a clue how this world even works. My only guides happen to be the most lethal of the bunch. 

I've gone and drawn attention to myself, and the ones paying attention are the ones everyone else seems to fear. How do these things always happen to me? 

Contains mature themes.



The Book - Gypsy Freak - Book 2
Release Date: 4 January 2019

What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster? Complicated and a little scary, but doable.

What's it like to be the girl who can't die - that everyone seems to always want to kill? Frustrating as hell.

What's it like to accidentally raise a psychotic alpha vampire everyone fears, who drops a lot of bodies on his first day out as a gift for your troubles? Terrifying, if I'm being honest.

What's it like when that crazed vampire tells you he wants you to be the happy little intermission, during an ongoing ancient story, and expects you to use your vagina to draw in a werewolf alpha, a Van Helsing alpha, and a sexual deviant alpha, so he can have his old friends back? That's when a girl has to stop, look around, and question her life choices.

I really don't know how this stuff keeps happening to me. Life was simpler when it was just me accidentally blowing myself up while trying to create potions and shampoo. Ever since coming to this town, I've had my throat slit by vampires, attracted way too much attention from some powerful alphas, and did a lot of regrettably stupid things because I'm too gullible for shady monsters.

Contains mature themes.



The Book - Gypsy Origins - Book 3
Release Date: 25 January 2019

I'm like a snowball rolling downhill.

That's the first thing that pops into my mind when I try to explain my life. I don't know exactly "what'"I am, but I do know who I am. At least...I did.

Sometimes life sends things your way that upend everything you thought you knew, and then slings you in another direction without any sort of harness or warning.

Sometimes it drops someone like me off in the path of four wildly different monsters, who all used to be best friends, but now sort of hate each other and compete over absolutely everything, including...me.

Life would be easier if I wasn't already attached to those four monsters, but they occasionally let their guard down around me, and I get a glimpse of what has to stay hidden under all those snowball layers, since they already rolled downhill a long time ago.

I'm tired of losing people I care about. I'm tired of searching aimlessly for answers. I'm tired of not having the right questions to ask.

Contains mature themes.



The Book - Gyspy Moon - Book 4
Release Date: 14 February 2019

Imagine searching your whole life for answers, and then finally finding them. A part of you is excited to know the truth. Another part of you is damaged, because you realize why it was so hard to learn answers. 

Secrets aren't usually very pretty.

In the midst of all of it, the four monsters I've gotten too attached to are about to be reunited with the one woman they all once loved so deeply that they sacrificed everything to have an eternity with her.

They said they hated Arion, but I never see hatred when they're around him. I see frustration, resentment, anger, and pain, but never hatred.

They say they hate Idun, but until she returns, I won't know how true that really is. All the pretty monsters don't have simple emotions, because everyone has lived so long that it's gotten entirely too complicated to feel anything too much.

The only way to figure out what happens next is to stop stalling and start doing, while silently hoping it doesn't cost me everything I never knew I wanted...until it landed in my lap.

My life sucks so hard sometimes.

Contains mature themes.



The Book - Gypsy Rising - Book 5
Release Date: 13 April 2019

"Sing, gypsies, sing of your lies...."

That old song plays in my head as the world turns around me faster than it has ever turned. Monsters and mayhem. That's become my life. Fear and apprehension. That's become the normal for those around me. Dread and distraction. That's what has interrupted my own personal romance story with my mon-star quad. Vengeance and retribution. That was the theme of the monster world long before I landed in it, and it's starting to heat up more than ever.

I guess it's time to see if I can handle being in the middle, because that's where I'm about to put myself. My mother always did accuse me of being a masochist. I'm starting to think she must be right.

Either they love me, or they love her. I suppose it's time to find out who wins. I don't fight pretty, and I'm not that great at smack talk. It's not that they're not worth fighting for. I just don't want to have to fight for them. Not when when I'm fighting bigger battles already. Either we're in this together, or I'm on my own. That's for them to decide on their own.

Let the games begin.

Contains mature themes.



The Book - Gypsy Truths - Book 6
Release Date: 1 August 2019

After spending the vast majority of my life lonely, I came to this town to find answers about my mother, and instead, stumbled upon a secret society full of monsters I never knew existed outside of dark tales.

Now I've built a sanctuary, gotten in the middle of an ages-old feud between various monster factions, and somehow ended up with an ancient, queen-like tyrant targeting me, because my life sucks sometimes.

For now, hoping for the best is all I have. Well, I guess that's a lie too. Hope's not all I have. I also have a Van Helsing, who can slay a small army without wrinkling his shirt. Then there's a Morpheous, who can toy with my mind in ways I never imagined. I've got a wolf, who makes it a goal to keep me human-ish. And there's a vampire, who enjoys killing and stabbing.

Ancient alphas, old vendettas, super-complicated histories, mass-death threats, and a lot of personal baggage. That's become a Tuesday morning coffee break to me by now. Like I said, my life sucks sometimes. 

Contains mature themes.


My Review     5 STARS
This was another brilliant series by the author.  A brilliant world building, characters that you cannot help but fall for with the past and the present calling and learning how they came to be as they are.

Violet has moved into a town where her mother died and knows that she is different, but as a Gypsy she is altogether different again.  Things are not quite as they seem.

She gets the same customers as her mother, especially the four men that end up turning her world completely upside down, especially when she starts sleeping with one, then another, then another.

Lots of information given about the world of Vampire, Shivers, Illusionists and Hunters, the close friendship that has been formed between the males, even if they relieve the tension between them by throwing punches and destroying their houses.

Violet is an extremely strong character and certainly knew how to stand up to the alpha men about her, to stick up for what she wants and to follow what she knew needed doing, all with the voice in her head telling her to do other things.

The ending is brilliant, I love how Violet shows everyone that she is stronger than even they think she is, that she takes charge and does the unthinkable and defeats who she needs to, restoring order in the world and keeping her charges safe.

I really loved this series.

Thursday 8 August 2024

REVIEW - Kind of a Bad Idea ((The McGuire Brothers Book 7) by Lili Valente


The Book
Release Date: 1 August 2024
Goodreads Link

Seven Trevino is a "bad boy" single dad with a heart of gold and a body a Viking king would kill for.

He's also my best friend.
A friend I wish could be more, but he refuses to even consider dating.
He's convinced he's too old for me.

But I know he feels the electricity that crackles in the air every time we touch, and I don't care about our age gap. All I care about is that no one has ever made me feel as safe, understood, or desperate to get naked as Seven does.

So when we end up stranded in the woods together after his daughter pulls a Parent-Trap scheme for the ages, I'm in no hurry to find a way back to civilization. 

I intend to take advantage of every second of being trapped in a tiny cabin with this man.

Every moment of sharing that one bed...
Every moment of feeding the fire building between us... 

And turns out, Seven feels the same way.

Soon we're christening every surface in the cabin--and the outdoor tub on the porch--and I'm positive my dreams are coming true.

But can our fledgling relationship survive in the real world? Or will Seven's determination to "protect" me shatter both our hearts?


My Review     5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

Binx is the black sheep of the family. She is there for when things matter, and although she does her best do o what her mother want, they just differ so much from what she wants from life and ends up hiding her reasons for doing anything.

Seven is a single dad with a past that follows him in the small town of Bad Dog. Its does not matter how many years ago it was, how hard he works or how much he does for his daughter.

Binx however loves him and his daughter and would desperately love to get off the friends list with him.

It is his skeeming daughter, one of Binx's sisters and his mother however that get the pair isolated for three days in order for them to face everything and decide once and for all how things are going to be.

We get to see things from both sides, their inner turmoil, Binx's strength as a character and the way her strength gives Seven hope for the future with a woman that he adores.

I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait to see what happens with Wendy Ann and Connor in the last book of the series.

Wednesday 31 July 2024

REVIEW - Dark Protector (Black Hoods MC #1) by Evelyn Paige and Geri Glenn


The Book
Release Date: 28 May 2020

From two bestselling authors comes the story of two people who should have never fallen in love and the dangers that lurk around them.

Blair's life isn't perfect, but she has a plan. Find a new roommate, finish school, and finally start the future she's been working so hard for.

And then he knocks on her door. One unwanted visitor is all it took to crush her reality and leave her living in fear. But at least she's living, thanks to the help of a good Samaritan.

A very sexy, tattooed, and motorcycle-riding man with a dog that looks as savage as he is sweet. GreenPeace saves her. He makes her feel safe. He makes her feel a lot of things she's never felt before.

But, the danger's not over. Her attacker is still there, lurking in the shadows and waiting to strike again. GreenPeace will put his life and his club on the line to save the captivating woman that's stolen his heart. But even that might not be enough.

Contains mature themes.


My Review    5 STARS
Blair lives in the house that was left to her by her grandmother, but one night there is a knock at the door, but it is not someone friendly.

Green Peace is in a bike group and is passing Blair's house when his dog leads him into a house where he find a man over a prone body and his dog is not happy.  The man runs when he sees him and he then looks after the unconscious woman and has her taken to hospital.  Feeling responsible for her he takes her to his house when she leaves the hospital as her house is not safe.

Blair soon finds out that Green Peace is not the man that she though he was, he is actually a blast from the past, but he keeps her safe, protects her, his dog loves her, he puts up with her grumpy cat and he proves to her he will do anything to keep her safe.

There is an element of suspense as we wait to find out who her attacker is, then for Green Peace to come in and save the day, just like we know he will.

I really enjoyed this and may well go back to carry on with the rest of the series.