HEARTLESS LOVER (Dark Syndicate 5) by Faith Summers

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 16, 2021

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger…
For a man like me, that thing is darkness.
The darkness from my past never ended my life.
It darkened my heart and flowed through my veins, fueling my hunger for revenge.
That’s why I accepted the job to protect her.

Her: Summer Reeves.
The beautiful angel who became an asset to me when she saw something she shouldn’t have seen.
The job should have been simple.
Protecting her meant getting closer to catching the man who betrayed me.
I learned long before I joined the Bratva that you have to be heartless to be strong.
Except, she was the wild card I never saw coming.

From the moment her lips touched mine, she became the exception to my rules.
That was the moment I claimed her.
I didn’t care that she didn’t belong in my world.
Or that belonging to a man like me was her worst nightmare.
I always get what I want.
She’s mine to protect.
So when death comes to take her, I plan to fight to keep her.

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REVIEW: HEARTLESS LOVER is the fifth instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult DARK SYNDICATE dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is thirty-one year old, CEO of Markov Tech, and Obshchak in the Voirik Brotherhood Eric Markov, and twenty-four year old, former actress Summer Reeves’ story line. HEARTLESS LOVER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Eric and Summer) HEARTLESS LOVER follows in the aftermath of the murder of Summer’s twin Scarlett, a victim of mistaken identity while visiting her sister in Italy. As Summer was the intended target, and witnessed the murder of her beloved sister, our heroine heads back to America where she will find herself the prisoner of Eric Markov, the Obshchak in the Voirik Brotherhood. Eric needs information about a man from his past but using Summer will place her in the direct line of fire. What ensues is the acrimonious but building relationship between Eric and Summer, and the potential fall-out as both of their paths collide in a battle of revenge.

Summer Reeves back story is heart breaking and dark, and with it reveals a spiral from which Summer struggles to recover. Finding herself a prisoner of a man who is heartless and cruel, Summer battles between head and heart as each encounter begins to tear down the wall she built years before. Eric Markov has lost everything and spent five years in absolute h*ll. Determined to take down the people who all but destroyed his life, Eric will use any means necessary, including our story line heroine.

The relationship between Eric and Summer begins when Summer is abducted by shortly after her arrival back home in California. Eric’s attraction to Summer is immediate, and with it some questionable motives and ambiguous consent. Summer’s past continues to control her present, and with it, Eric’s interest becomes problematic for our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but I struggle with the use of a certain four-letter word.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Eric’s right hand man Borya, bodyguard Oleg, housekeeper and cook Lyssa, Pakhan Aiden Romanov, Dominic D’Agostino and Alejandro Ramirez, Eric’s sister Olivia, and Summer’s father John Reeves. The requisite evil has many faces.

HEARTLESS LOVER is a story of betrayal and revenge, power and control, secrets and lies, abuse, murder, seduction and love. The premise is dark, gritty and heart breaking; the romance is impassioned and aggressive; the characters are energetic, broken but healing.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Prince
Dark Captor
Wicked Liar
Merciless Hunter

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Reviewed by Sandy

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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