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Nikolai
I have been a contract killer since I was a boy. For years I savored the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos. The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all bespoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you'd have. I have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small scarred heart to her brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I will bring the world down around their ears.
Daisy
I've been sheltered from the outside world all my life. Homeschooled and farm-raised, I'm so naive that my best friend calls me Pollyanna. I like to believe the best in people. Nikolai is part of this new life, and he's terrifying to me. Not because his eyes are cold or my friend warns me away from him, but because he's the only man that has ever seen the real me beneath the awkwardness. With him, my heart is at risk..and also, my life.
Note: This is a standalone novel with no cliffhanger. The next book in the series will feature an entirely different female and male protagonist. Word count for the book checks in at slightly over 100,000 words.
Mini Excerpt
I watch her through my bathroom window. I've placed one of my four rented chairs in here for that express purpose. I tell myself it is not creepy, as the American girls would say, because I watch everyone. But really I watch only her.
I cannot see everything. I've never seen her nude. I've never seen inside her shower. Smartly there is no window there. But I can see her bedroom and her living room and beyond that, with my scope, her kitchen. I know her schedule. When she gets up in the morning, when she returns to her apartment. If she were a mark, I could've killed her a dozen times over by now and been in the wind.
She throws her bag onto her bed and then lies down next to it. It takes many muscles to smile, much less to frown but only a few to pull the trigger. I peer down the scope and place my crosshairs over her forehead. Puff, dead.
Sav's Review-
Ok let me just say that I picked this book up with zero expectations, zip, none. I honestly don't mean that to sound bad but I was in a HUGE book hangover and I really thought lt would fail in comparison to the book that had me in such a state. Boy oh boy how wrong was I. I started Last Hit and it almost immediately pulled me in... Nikolai, oh my Nikolai, such a beautifully broken man. His 'job' caused him to be a 'loner' a man all alone in this world. Doing jobs, getting paid, no body to tie him down, nobody to love him, nobody for him to love in return, and most of all nothing to lose.
UNTIL he sees Daisy.....
Oh Daisy the sheltered one. Life truly handed her a shit life. Never allowed to leave the house unless she was buying groceries, no makeup, no boyfriends, no friends, just nothing. Daisy is sick of her life and runs far far away from circumstances. To start fresh and have a new beginning. Sweet innocent Daisy was ready to face the world alone.
That is when her worls collides with Nikolai... At first he just watches... Then he waits.... Then he makes his move.... They have a whirlwind romance but when Daisy comes face to face with reality can she forgive Nikolai for his past? Can she love him reguardless of his flaws??
I loved how the author gave Nick his accent. Even in his thoughts, he always had his accent. I laughed several times at his tactics to buy her new things and at how his accent would show through. I found myself saying Da instead of yes more times than once. I personally do not find this to be a dark read so don't let that scare you off. You will laugh and smile and have to fan yourself from the hotness that is Nikolai. The story flows really well and it will not disappoint! I give it 4 STARS!!!
I loved this book. I was up all night reading it. I love Nick.
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