Darkest Night by Megan Erickson (Wired and Dangerous #2)
Releases: July 31, 2018
Romantic Suspense
Forever

Reviewed by Mandi

I really enjoyed book one in this series that features a group of hackers/bad asses that want revenge. We learned in book one, that years ago women were kidnapped into an underground sex ring, and the heroine of book one was able to escape before she was abused. But the heroine in this book, Fiona, wasn’t rescued for days, and she was drugged and raped.

Now years later, the bad guys know Fiona is a loose end out there, and they want to shut her up permanently. Fiona has lived a life on the run and never leaving her ever-changing apartment. She knows they are after her, and she desperately tries to stay one step ahead of them.

Jamison aka Jock, has been assigned to keep Fiona safe. A bodyguard, he has been in the shadows making sure nothing bad happens to Fiona. But when he is literally in the shadows in an alley, and she spots him, and obviously freaks out, he has to come clean that her friends hired him to safeguard her and he truly isn’t there to harm her. Jock has fallen for Fiona, even though this is the first time he has made contact. He has a great, internal need to keep her safe, and refuses to let any of her guilt get in the way. Shortly after this, they are on the run and fall in love.

This one is a little too predictable for me. You have your standard, super-alpha guy who is devoted to keeping the heroine safe at all costs. The heroine is running from bad guys, pushes back at her vulnerable state and dark past. There is a lot of sex and then action and a HEA. I enjoyed Jock and Fiona – both very likable characters but this one didn’t hold the same intensity for me as book one. I think in book one, the supporting characters really stood out, where here it’s a lot of just Fiona and Jock. Lots of suspense and sex – *thumbs up* but also missing that spark that kept me enthralled in book one.

Grade: C+