“Intriguing, dark and flirting with taboo, this sexy read left me wanting more!” –Lynda Aicher, USA Today bestselling author
Concerto, the highly anticipated second book in the North Security Series from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren, is available now!
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Blurb
The spotlight lands on Samantha Brooks. Years of practice build to the opening night of a global tour. She plays her heart out, but there are darker forces underneath the stage.
There are eyes watching from the wings.
Liam North fights to keep her safe with every weapon he owns. She’s his greatest pride—and his greatest weakness. The danger comes from somewhere no one
expected. Betrayal threatens to destroy everything he’s built. His business. His family. His life.
When the curtain falls, only one of them will be left standing.
Review
3.5 stars
The second book in the North Security series, this book continues Liam and Samantha’s complicated love story as violin prodigy, Samantha, prepares to take on the world.
Samantha Brooks has finally stepped away from the security compound where she lived for the last six years with her guardian, sexy, badass security expert, Liam North. Despite their love and longing for each other, Samantha knew she had to branch out and be on her own for a while to experience life, and a world tour with a famous singer was just the opportunity. She is just starting to explore her new independence when danger emerges once again, and Liam swoops in to protect the girl he can’t stop thinking about.
This is a twisted and complex love story. Samantha and Liam cannot deny their attraction to each other, but their guardian/ward dynamic is a difficult one to overcome. But with their feelings overwhelming any uncertainty, they cannot stay away from each other and it’s intense and passionate as they fall even deeper together.
“Are you happy now?” I growl against her throat. “Knowing I broke every rule for you. Knowing I’d do it again. I love you, Samantha, and I hate you for it.”
But even with Liam by her side, the danger to Samantha is getting closer, and with Liam unsure who he can trust, he refuses to let her out of his sight. All the while he is still struggling with the intensity of all that he feels for her, and this clashes with Samantha’s increasing independence as she grows up, finds her strength and begins to fight for what she wants.
“I don’t want you to hurt for me, Liam. Can’t you see that? I don’t want to hurt for you. That isn’t how love should be.”
He swallows. “It’s the only way I know how.”
“Me too.”
It’s all very intense, with secrets and surprises, new characters are introduced who bring a new dynamic to things, and previous characters reappear, and there are a lot of new questions raised (like, what is going on with Liam’s brother, Josh?) The drama of the relationship unfolds right alongside all of the other drama and excitement that Liam and Samantha are dealing with, and though for me this book didn’t hold that sense of anticipation of the first book, I’m enjoying the ride with these two and I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s all going to end.
When I was twelve years old he saved me, and I have belonged to him ever since … Maybe I need to save him back for him to belong to me, too.
3.5 stars.
An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
North Security
Overture (#1)
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Concerto (#2)
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Sonata (#3)
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Excerpt
One day I had been a man with a death wish—and the next I was responsible for a twelve-year-old girl. And then she grew up into a beautiful woman. At every turn she’s been a surprise.
I touch my fingers to her temple and stroke her cheek. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life it’s that everything will change. Don’t worry about your future. Do this
because you love it, right now. Play. Compose. Perform. Sometimes all you have is right now.”
My hand trails down her jaw, until the backs of my fingers rest against her throat.
Her vocal cords vibrate as she speaks. Ripples of pleasure and pain resound through my body.
“I’m not performing right now,” she whispers.
I have her tucked into the ivy, as deep as she can go. I’m blocking her with my body—keeping her within reach, keeping everyone else away. It’s the only way I’ve ever been able to breathe.
A knot forms in my throat. “What do you want?”
Right now. The words move between us like the cool night breeze.
It shouldn’t be possible for her to live up to the image in my head, the perfection that I’ve been imagining every goddamn night. Except it doesn’t even do her justice.
She’s living breathing perfection.
Somehow, I’m leaning close. Is it only me who wants this? Her breath brushes over my lips. What do you want? I asked her. “This,” she whispers, and then she closes
the centimeters between us.
Four weeks. That’s how long I’ve been apart from her.
It might as well have been four years. A lifetime of silence. The moment her lips touch mine I’m suffused with music, thousands of notes that she’s played for me, a
million heartbeats.
By the time she pulls back I’m breathing hard. I can run a marathon barely breaking a sweat. Being near this woman is enough to break my body into pieces.
Author Bio
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance such as the Chicago Underground series. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, two sweet dogs, and one evil cat.
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