Summary
A biker. A tattoo artist. A love to last a lifetime.

Maddox Cross has always had to be tough. When his father went to jail for murder, the teenager took care of his sister and mother. Now on his own and working security at a night club, Maddox wants to become a tattoo artist-a dream that comes closer to reality when he falls for the hottest, most tatted woman he’s ever seen. She’s wild and beautiful, and Maddox will do anything to be with her.

Bee Malone came to town to open up her new tattoo parlor, Masquerade. Since being kidnapped as a young girl, Bee has had trouble getting close to anyone. But when she meets Maddox, she sees that under his hard biker’s body is the sensitive soul of an artist. What starts out as a sizzling one-night stand soon becomes so much more.

Bee wants Maddox to join her tattoo business, but letting him into her life means revealing all her most intimate secrets. And as the past begins to intertwine with her present, Bee fears their love may not be as permanent as their ink . . .

I knew I liked Maddox. When we meet him, in Facade, we knew he kept secrets. And, in doing so, he is slowly crumbling from the guilt. Even though he was a child, and not responsible for his dad, he still can’t let the guilt go. And when he meets Bee, he tries to not get sucked into her life. He already thinks he needs to look out and protect his sister, he doesn’t want to do that for anyone else.

Bee has been struggling with who she is and what is real love. How can she let go of her past? How can people love, if they hurt you? What if she loves someone and they get taken away, like she did? So she tried to keep everyone at arm’s length. But Maddox has a way of getting to her, even though she tries to stay away.

“Stop making me want you.” The same heat from eyes is now in his words. “Stop letting me have you.”

The tension between these two was very thick. One explosive scene after another. I was in Heaven. My heart broke for both of these two. The trauma that they have had to deal with, was crazy. They have to learn to let go of their past and move on. Eventually secrets are shared and families are reunited. But of course, it has to all fall apart first. 🙂

I was glad to see characters, from the first two books, in this book. It was nice to have a bit of closer, for one of them.

“Life is fucked up, it hurts, and it’s not always pretty, but damned if it can’t be beautiful too.”

~Melpomene

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