GLORIOUS SINNER (Lawless Kings #4.5) by Sherilee Gray-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 17, 2018

People say Tomas Mendoza is dangerous.

They’re right.

But he saved my life.

I owe him, and all I have to repay the ruthless crime boss…is me. I tell myself it’s not pity that burns in his eyes when I dance for him, that my walls are so high he can’t see how broken I am inside.

Now danger stalks me again, and Tomas swoops in, only this time he shows me a different side of himself. Fierce protectiveness. Raw hunger. A tenderness that could sear through the barriers I raised to safeguard my heart and soul.

My past taught me not to trust. But this glorious sinner might be the one man I need to learn to love again.

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REVIEW:  GLORIOUS SINNER is instalment 4.5 in Sherilee Gray’s contemporary, adult LAWLESS KINGS erotic, romantic suspense series. This is mobster Thomas Mendoza, and exotic dancer Stephanie Gable’s story line. GLORIOUS SINNER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Thomas and Stephanie first appeared in Ruthless Protector Book #4

NOTE: The story line contains scenes of graphic violence, and may not be suitable for all readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Thomas and Stephanie) using present day and memories from the past GLORIOUS SINNER follows Stephanie Gable as she must come to terms with the demons from her past. Married to an abusive man Stephanie knows should anything happen, long time family friend Thomas Mendoza is only a call away, a call that would eventually save her life. Seven years earlier, Stephanie caught a glimpse of her potential future when her then boyfriend Ryan started showing signs of abusive behavior; fast forward six years and our heroine is in for the fight of her life when Ryan leaves Stephanie alone to die, forgetting about her connection to local mobster Thomas Mendoza. With all potential threats against her life no longer in the picture, Stephanie returns to exotic dancing until the fateful night the mysterious messages and gifts start appearing at her door. Enter Thomas Mendoza, the man who has loved our heroine for a number of years but a man who believes he isn’t worthy of Stephanie’s love. What ensues is the building romance between Thomas and Stephanie, and the potential fall-out as Ryan returns to finish the job.

GLORIOUS SINNER is a story of power and abuse; friendship and love; second chances and a happily ever after. Sherilee Gray pulls the reader into an intense, gritty and emotional story line as one woman struggles to move on from her past, and one man battles his attraction to a woman who isn’t ready to move on with her life. The premise is raw, real and spicy; the romance is passionate; the $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text; the characters are broken, spirited and energetic. GLORIOUS SINNER is a dramatic and powerful story of healing and love.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Shattered King
Broken Rebel
Beautiful Killer
Ruthless Protector

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Reviewed by Sandy