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Brendan
I don’t trust anyone and for good reason. Being drugged and manipulated makes letting people get close to you hard.Out of everyone I trust Candace the least. She’s one of them. I hate her, and the feeling is mutual.It’s just my fucking luck that I run into her when she’s in the middle of an undercover case going wrong. Alone with no back up, she turns to me to be her superman.I wasn’t expecting to like it.Like watching her squirm and pant with need.Hate turns to lust and lust to something more.When a faceless enemy threatens us, will I be able to save her before it’s too late?

Candy
Brendan Djinn gets on my fucking nerves. Combative, grumpy and excessively paranoid, I never thought it’d be him to save me. Turns out we have more in common than I thought. Fiery arguments turn into steamy sex and before I know it I’m submitting to him in ways I never thought I would. It’s Brendan I turn to when my career crumbles and when a stalker picks me as his next target. Trust doesn’t come easy for him. When my dark past collides with his dangerous world I’ll have to prove where my loyalties lie or risk losing him forever.

A few weeks ago I received a review request for ‘Brendan’. Although this book is the sixth in the series, it was supposedly a standalone novel. So after reading the book description, I figured this was a book I would enjoy. And when I got the opportunity to start reading, I started right away.

‘Brendan’ was an interesting read for sure. Brendan has been through a lot in life. He has been drugged and manipulated in a government program, which left him with lots of side effects. He doesn’t trust easy, and thinks everyone is against him. The only people he trusts, most of the time, are his MC brothers. And then there is Candace. Candace works for the FBI and he really doesn’t like her. And the feeling is mutual. But one night, Brendan ends up saving Candace and things change between them.

Although this book could be read as a standalone, and I did enjoy it, I think I would have loved it more if I read the previous books as well. From the moment I started reading I felt like I missed some information, and side characters that are main characters in the previous books, I just felt like I would have loved them so much more if I read their story first.

The romance and chemistry between Brendan and Candace, was pretty sudden. But it worked and I enjoyed reading their story. It definitely kept me hooked and I found myself rooting for them right from the start. Brendan was a bit too possessive for my taste, but knowing his past, it was understandable.

Their where also some pretty suspenseful moments that kept me sitting on the edge of my seat. I definitely enjoyed reading ‘Brendan’, and will put the other books on my TBR.

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About Rae B. Lake

Rae B. Lake is a daydreamer, nurse, bookworm, wife, momma, and an optimist. She’s lived her entire life in NYC and loves to travel. She writes about flawed bad boy alphas who fall hard for their women. In all her stories you will find angst, drama and always some steam.

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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram