The blurb:
The FBI said it'd be dangerous. If I helped them put Mark Donahue in prison, they'd get my brother out.
Mark is a criminal mastermind, so cagey and brilliant the FBI can't touch him. I'm the one person who could bring him to his knees.
Publicly, he's got everything— good looks, a vast tech empire, and more money than a small country. But he's also a man haunted by his past. Behind closed doors, he wants me to use another woman's soaps, be tied in her straps, answer to her name. It's a twisted game, and I'm scared of how much I want to play.
Get in, get out, save my brother, protect myself.
And I've got to be fast, because Mark’s arrogant, infuriating, totally hot brother, Davis, suspects I'm up to no good… and he’ll go to any lengths to uncover my secrets.
My thoughts:
Since I started writing my own books, I've found it harder and harder to read for pleasure. I find myself picking apart the editing, thinking “that's not how I'd have written that.” When I do find a novel where the prose just flows and I can focus on the story, it's a blessed relief, and DarkWeb is one of those books. Really, really well written.
Horse riding instructor Wren is recruited for an undercover job by the FBI due to her striking similarity to their main target's dead wife, a woman he's still very much obsessed with. It's a simple trade – if she does the agency's bidding, they'll get time knocked off her brother's jail sentence. But it's not as straightforward as Wren first thinks – Mark Donahue's dark and paranoid, his brother keeps sticking his nose in where it isn't wanted, and her FBI contact has her own agenda. Combine that with Wren's unravelling mental state and everyone's a suspect.
The plot's twisted, there are plenty of surprises, and the lines between good and evil are blurred. At first, there's no clear-cut bad guy, and I found myself changing my views of some of the characters as the tale unwound and their motivations and secrets got revealed.
DarkWeb is part romantic suspense, part psychological thriller, and I'd recommend it if you're a fan of those genres.
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