CORRUPT
I was told that dreams were our heart's desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.
His name is Michael Crist.
My boyfriend's older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He's handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college's basketball team and now gone pro, he's more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.
But I noticed him.
I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid...For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.
Now, I've graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven't stopped watching Michael. He's bad, and the dirt I've seen isn't content to stay in my head anymore.
Because he's finally noticed me.
Michael
Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.
My brother's girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven't had her body, I know that I have her mind. That's all I really want anyway.
Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.
In my city.
Unprotected.
The opportunity is too good to be true, as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they're out.
We've waited. We've been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.
*Corrupt is a STANDALONE dark romance with no cliffhanger. It is suitable for ages 18+.
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3.5 STARS
This was my first book by Penelope Douglas and I will admit....the synopsis when it was revealed hooked me. I was drooling over the possibility of this book and the darkness of it, all the while having a 'hidden protector'. I was seriously intrigued. I started in on this with high expectations because of all the hype I have heard about it. I will say this, I definitely enjoyed this book. It was a good book.
The synopsis tells you what you need to know in order to jump in....because that is what grabbed me.
Angst? Check
Complex characters? Check
Storyline that made you turn the pages? Check
Love that surpassed any and all road blocks? Check
However, down to the wire.....it didn't quite live up to the hype for me. Not that the story wasn't a convoluted, twisty-turny, amazingly complex story as you weave in and out of the past and the present while putting their story together. That was amazing. I loved how crazy the characters were, I loved how the story played out....until.the.very.end. It was way too over the top for me. It was HOT. It was busy. It was excitement running rampant through the pages. I just don't like endings that go that far over the top....it was way too unrealistic to me.
Will I read her books again? Hell yes! She can write a mean story....she can work you up and throw you down, all the while wrapping you up in a blanket. I have no doubt that her other books will do the same and I fully intend on jumping in to more. I really LOVED this story until the very end. I did. Would I recommend this story? Oh yes!! Easily....because what didn't work for ME, clearly worked for a lot of others. And that's the best part. It was an amazingly written story, a crazy ride through some serious times....but overall, it was REALLY GOOD.
~BEE
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~MEET PENELOPE DOUGLAS~
Penelope Douglas is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Fall Away series.
She dresses for autumn year round, loves anything lemon flavored, and believes there is too much blood in her Coca Cola stream. Or too much Coca Cola in her blood stream. Or...
You know what? It doesn't matter. She loves Coke. Now you know.
She lives in Las Vegas with her husband and daughter.
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