A Tormented Man (Appalachian STAR 6) by Deanndra Hall-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 14, 2024

Their joy and passion are interrupted by sheer terror …

PADDY

Restored.

When you serve time for a death that destroyed you, it’s hard to bounce back. My best friend was my rock, my ride or die. And sadly, his death was more than I can take.

Now, out of the slammer and trying to get my life back on track, I’m ready for something more—something new—and a friend of mine has a solution, one that may just get me out of my funk. Introducing me to a beautiful, headstrong, and intelligent woman with a penchant to submit is the lifesaver I’ve been looking for all along.

NATALIE

Restored.

I have to be careful. As a federal judge, all eyes are on me to make the right choices regarding the fate of those convicted of crimes. But when I’m off the bench, all I want is to sit back, have someone else make decisions, and let them control the narrative. Meeting an ex-convict with everything I’m looking for in and out of the bedroom wasn’t on my bucket list, but here we are. And now, I want nothing more than this man and his dominance.

The big case I’ve been hoping for brings danger, and when someone threatens my life and kidnaps me, all hands are on deck to save me. The FBI and the Appalachian STAR team are determined to find me, but there’s only one person I trust enough to rescue me—the tormented man who holds my heart.

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REVIEW:A TORMENTED MAN is the sixth instalment in Deanndra Hall’s contemporary, adult APPALACHIAN STAR erotic, romance series, a part of the multi-authored Special Forces: Operation Alpha series focusing on characters first introduced by author Susan Stoker. This is forty-one year Eastern District Federal Judge Natalie Anderson, and forty-four year old former inmate and Appalachian STAR Search and Rescue member Dennis ‘ Paddy’ O’Brien’s story line. A TORMENTED MAN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

SOME BACKGROUND: Appalachian STAR is a search and rescue operation set in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, an operation that hires former inmates from the US prison system.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Natalie and Dennis) A TORMENTED MAN follows in the wake of the introduction between Judge Natalie Anderson, and Dennis ‘Paddy’ O’Brien. Imprisoned for nine years for the death of his business partner, Dennis O’Brien lost everything including his wife and children. Hoping for a new start, Dennis is ready to start over but his bedroom proclivities require someone special. Enter Judge Natalie Anderson, the woman with whom Dennis will fall in love. A mutual friend will introduce Natalie and Dennis, and from the outset, the attraction is immediate but Natalie has been targeted by the Mexican Cartel, and the FBI is struggling to keep our heroine safe.

The world building is detailed as the focus follows Natalie at work, and he developing relationship with our story line hero. Dennis O’Brien not only works for Appalachian STAR but he is ready to take the next step to become IG a certified EMT.

The relationship between Natalie and Dennis is one of immediate attraction ; an insta-lust to insta-love relationship in which Dennis knows Natalie is the woman to heal his soul and claim his heart but threats against Natalie brings protection from law enforcement and the FBI, protection that is caught in the direct line of fire. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of the over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including the team at Appalachian STAR, their extended families and friends, as well as several characters from the interconnected Special Forces: Operation Alpha world. We are introduced to Natalie’s parents, Dennis’ parents, as well as his ex Lisa, and their children Tegan and Borden, and FBI Agent Sela. There is something developing between Bear and Sela.

A TORMENTED MAN is a story of power and control, betrayal and threats, accusations and vindication, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing and compelling; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken but serious and strong willed.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
A Desperate Man
A Bitter Man
A Broken Man
A Twisted Man
A Furious Man

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Deanndra Hall is a working author living in the far western end of the beautiful Bluegrass State with her husband of over 35 years and small menagerie of weird little dogs. When she’s not writing, she’s editing. When she’s doing neither of those two things, she’s having dinner with friends, spending time with family, kayaking, eating chocolate, drinking beer or moonshine, or looking for something that she put in the wrong place and can’t seem to find (which is pretty much everything she owns).

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