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Makenna James thinks her day can’t get any worse, until she finds herself stuck in a pitch-black elevator with a complete stranger. Distracted by a phone call and juggling too much stuff, the pin-striped accountant caught only a glimpse of a dragon tattoo on his hand before the lights went out.
Caden Grayson is amused when a redhead literally falls at his feet. His amusement turns to panic when the power fails. Despite his piercings, tats, and vicious scar, he’s terrified of the dark and confined spaces. Now, he’s trapped in his own worst nightmare.
To fight fear, they must both reach out and open up. With no preconceived notions based on looks to hold them back, they discover just how much they have in common. In the warming darkness, attraction grows and sparks fly, but will they feel the same when the lights come back on?
What I really love about Hearts in Darkness is that it’s an unexpected fantasy. The fantasy is being trapped in an elevator with a sexy stranger for hours on end. The unexpected part is that it’s got so much heart. The basic premise is Caden and Makenna are two strangers rushing through their lives, she as a lonely accountant and he as a paramedic with a sad past, when suddenly fate delivers an unexpected twist. They find themselves trapped in a pitch dark elevator for hours having only caught barely a passing glance at each other before the elevator stopped working. So with Makenna’s glimpse of Caden’s tattoos and Caden’s peek at Makenna’s red hair they are plunged into complete and total darkness.
Over the course of several hours they get to know one another and a deep attraction slowly builds into a frenzied passion. So what happens when the lights come on? Is beauty really only skin deep? Is love truly blind? Well...you’ve read enough of my reviews to know that I don’t spoil ANYTHING so guess what? You will just have to read this fabulously written novella to find out for yourself!
Let me tell you one thing though, for a book that’s under 100 pages, the characters are really well developed. I give super kudos to Laura Kaye who so artfully creates her characters and put them in a setting where the story is told so fantastically that the characters reveal themselves to the reader in a slow build but with enough flow to keep us wanting more. You find yourself not only wanting to know what happens to them next but also wanting to know what happened to them before they met, essentially you invest yourself so fully into the characters you want to just know more. I was actually really sad when I finished the story even though it was obvious that there wasn’t really more for the story to tell. I just felt like I’d said goodbye to two people I had gotten to know over the last 100 pages and that even though I know they will be well, I will miss them.
I loved how the more they got to know one another they started actually seeing themselves in a different perspective. Like there was a whole new possibility just right in front of them and that made them feel different about themselves, that they were actually worthy of attraction from another person despite their perceived flaws in themselves. They grow in their own confidence and you, as the all-knowing reader, can clearly see that they are so much better together than on their own. This kind of subtle story-telling is hard to master and again, I have to applaud Laura Kaye for pulling it off so brilliantly.
Oh and just one more thing: This story is H.O.T. This isn’t just a cute fluffy story about two people having kismet in an elevator but it’s also a 3rd degree burn needing new dressings every other hour, because ::sizzle:: I’m really not sure what to say about it because even though I read a lot of hot stories, I don’t usually review them so without giving too much away, I’ll just say it’s smoldering. Sexy. The sexual energy in that elevator just oozes out. In fact, when those doors finally cracked open I fully expected it to expel a huge steam cloud from all the pent up hotness in there. So do yourself a favor, curl up with this book for a REALLY good time. *wink*
Laura Kaye is a full-time educator (applause) who has written stories since she was a teenager. She’s written several popular stories in an online community which has earned her many accolades from the online community and most importantly, gained her many friends. Hearts in Darkness is her first published work of fiction but certainly not her last! Her next book, Forever Freed is a full-length novel that will be out on May 20, 2011 available from The Wild Rose Press (link below). I, for one, am greatly looking forward to this book and many more from Laura.
Happy Reading,
@gojeannie
Over the course of several hours they get to know one another and a deep attraction slowly builds into a frenzied passion. So what happens when the lights come on? Is beauty really only skin deep? Is love truly blind? Well...you’ve read enough of my reviews to know that I don’t spoil ANYTHING so guess what? You will just have to read this fabulously written novella to find out for yourself!
Let me tell you one thing though, for a book that’s under 100 pages, the characters are really well developed. I give super kudos to Laura Kaye who so artfully creates her characters and put them in a setting where the story is told so fantastically that the characters reveal themselves to the reader in a slow build but with enough flow to keep us wanting more. You find yourself not only wanting to know what happens to them next but also wanting to know what happened to them before they met, essentially you invest yourself so fully into the characters you want to just know more. I was actually really sad when I finished the story even though it was obvious that there wasn’t really more for the story to tell. I just felt like I’d said goodbye to two people I had gotten to know over the last 100 pages and that even though I know they will be well, I will miss them.
I loved how the more they got to know one another they started actually seeing themselves in a different perspective. Like there was a whole new possibility just right in front of them and that made them feel different about themselves, that they were actually worthy of attraction from another person despite their perceived flaws in themselves. They grow in their own confidence and you, as the all-knowing reader, can clearly see that they are so much better together than on their own. This kind of subtle story-telling is hard to master and again, I have to applaud Laura Kaye for pulling it off so brilliantly.
Oh and just one more thing: This story is H.O.T. This isn’t just a cute fluffy story about two people having kismet in an elevator but it’s also a 3rd degree burn needing new dressings every other hour, because ::sizzle:: I’m really not sure what to say about it because even though I read a lot of hot stories, I don’t usually review them so without giving too much away, I’ll just say it’s smoldering. Sexy. The sexual energy in that elevator just oozes out. In fact, when those doors finally cracked open I fully expected it to expel a huge steam cloud from all the pent up hotness in there. So do yourself a favor, curl up with this book for a REALLY good time. *wink*
Laura Kaye is a full-time educator (applause) who has written stories since she was a teenager. She’s written several popular stories in an online community which has earned her many accolades from the online community and most importantly, gained her many friends. Hearts in Darkness is her first published work of fiction but certainly not her last! Her next book, Forever Freed is a full-length novel that will be out on May 20, 2011 available from The Wild Rose Press (link below). I, for one, am greatly looking forward to this book and many more from Laura.
Happy Reading,
@gojeannie
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