The first
in a sexy contemporary romance series featuring the Lawless siblings—from New
York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.
The
Lawless siblings are bound by vengeance. Riley, Drew, Brandon, and Mia believe
the CEO of StratCast orchestrated their parents’ murder twenty years ago to
steal their father’s software program. And there’s only one way Riley can find
some solid evidence...
Heir to
the StratCast legacy, Ellie Stratton hires a new attorney to handle a delicate
business matter—and she’s shocked by her attraction to him. Over the course of
a few weeks, Riley becomes her lover, her friend, her everything. But when her
life is threatened, Ellie discovers that Riley is more obsessed with settling
an old score than in the love she thought they were building. And Riley must
choose between a revenge he’s prepared for all his life and the woman he’s sure
he can’t live without...
The first
in a sexy contemporary romance series featuring the Lawless siblings—from New
York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.
The
Lawless siblings are bound by vengeance. Riley, Drew, Brandon, and Mia believe
the CEO of StratCast orchestrated their parents’ murder twenty years ago to
steal their father’s software program. And there’s only one way Riley can find
some solid evidence...
Heir to
the StratCast legacy, Ellie Stratton hires a new attorney to handle a delicate
business matter—and she’s shocked by her attraction to him. Over the course of
a few weeks, Riley becomes her lover, her friend, her everything. But when her
life is threatened, Ellie discovers that Riley is more obsessed with settling
an old score than in the love she thought they were building. And Riley must
choose between a revenge he’s prepared for all his life and the woman he’s sure
he can’t live without...
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My Review
I was immediately intrigued by Ruthless by Lexi Blake. I don't know what the draw or pull was to this story, but through many distractions and starts and stops, I persevered. I pressed on and was not disappointed by the story that unfolded between Ellie Stratton and Riley Lawless.
All his
life he had to fight... no, really he did. He fought for his family, he fought
in a group home, he fought for his future, and he had to fight for the one
person he ever loved outside of his family, Ellie Stratton. However, because he
was always in fight mode, he almost missed the one thing his deceased father
told him he should strive to be in life--HAPPY.
Conversely,
Ellie had all of the finest things the world money could buy, except the love
and acceptance of her father and because of that, she learned to be a fighter.
She had to fight and work hard for everything she wanted, but she had a
dangerous blind spot that left her vulnerable because she was always
the optimistic the the cruel world of corporate American and a deranged
old man that wanted her dead.
Together
these two were swoon worthy. There was no pretense or barriers between these
two star-crossed lovers. Even though their paths were destined to cross,
because of a murderous plot 20 years before they met. However, as fate would
have it their hands were forced by that deranged old man I was talking about
earlier and through a web of lies and deceit he nearly tore the two of them
apart.
Overall, I
enjoyed this story! All of the characters of the Lawless clan were intriguing
from Mia to Bran to Drew to Case and even Hatch. I loved how the story ended
and I can't wait to read the next installment of this series, entitled
Satisfaction which will feature Bran's story and his journey to find love.
I digress.
I would give this novel an easy 3.5-stars and would recommend that you jog and
read Ruthless, by Lexi Blake. Although, I overall enjoyed the plot, the
characters, and pace for the most part, I felt there were time when I felt I
was reading the same thing over and over again.
This was
the first book of this series and I am definitely looking forward to not only
Bran's story, but Drew's story as well, because whoever manages to tame that
man will have to be dang near Wonder Woman, Drew is a bad -bad and his story is
enough to keep my attention throughout this series.
