Blake
I am a brother
I am a police detective
I am a contract killer
I don’t want to love
I don’t want to feel
I don’t want … EMPATHY.
They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy. Maybe that’s true about me but whether I was born this way or created in a moment of evil, empathy was something I didn’t possess until her green eyes met mine in the mirror and I couldn’t take her life.
I didn’t want to feel, didn’t want this woman in my life complicating how I lived but she was there at every turn. Sent to haunt me for my sins. Her light so bright she provoked a shadow from everyone she touched. When a job turns bad quickly altering my life forever I’m forced to feel. When nothing is making sense I’m forced to face truths I never would recover from. When life drowns you in its cruelty you don’t know which way the current will drag you or who you’ll become once you re-surface.
Melody
I was a daughter
I was a student
I was a victim
Did I have his love?
Did I make him feel?
Did I have his empathy?
When the actions of a soulless killer forces sorrow into my veins I never dreamed the man healing my wounds would be the one to leave the worst scar. His love would scar my soul. Scars are permanent; I will never feel the relief from them. Will I learn to live with them, remember why I have them and learn never to let him close enough to inflict more? Will I eventually cover them… like tattoos coating them with new memories, new love and new starts? I didn’t know these answers because the pain was too suffocating, the only thing I knew was they will always be under the surface lingering. He had scars too, from his sins. There is nothing that can cover them, they were too deep, too ugly, too dark and they marked us both forever.
Warning this book will mess with your mind. It's a dark, sexy, twisted romance novel. 18+ only
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I am a brother
I am a police detective
I am a contract killer
I don’t want to love
I don’t want to feel
I don’t want … EMPATHY.
They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy. Maybe that’s true about me but whether I was born this way or created in a moment of evil, empathy was something I didn’t possess until her green eyes met mine in the mirror and I couldn’t take her life.
I didn’t want to feel, didn’t want this woman in my life complicating how I lived but she was there at every turn. Sent to haunt me for my sins. Her light so bright she provoked a shadow from everyone she touched. When a job turns bad quickly altering my life forever I’m forced to feel. When nothing is making sense I’m forced to face truths I never would recover from. When life drowns you in its cruelty you don’t know which way the current will drag you or who you’ll become once you re-surface.
Melody
I was a daughter
I was a student
I was a victim
Did I have his love?
Did I make him feel?
Did I have his empathy?
When the actions of a soulless killer forces sorrow into my veins I never dreamed the man healing my wounds would be the one to leave the worst scar. His love would scar my soul. Scars are permanent; I will never feel the relief from them. Will I learn to live with them, remember why I have them and learn never to let him close enough to inflict more? Will I eventually cover them… like tattoos coating them with new memories, new love and new starts? I didn’t know these answers because the pain was too suffocating, the only thing I knew was they will always be under the surface lingering. He had scars too, from his sins. There is nothing that can cover them, they were too deep, too ugly, too dark and they marked us both forever.
Warning this book will mess with your mind. It's a dark, sexy, twisted romance novel. 18+ only
Buy Links
Amazon US ~ Amazon UK ~ Amazon Au ~ Amazon Ca
Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team
Shelby – ☆☆☆☆
This is one of those books that make you take a step back to really process what you just read!
There are 3 POV's: Melody, Ryan, and Blake – and I loved getting into the heads of each. Melody is a college student, she’s a bit of a loner but befriends Ryan in a class. Ryan normally keeps to himself but reluctantly starts talking to Melody due to a class assignment.
Blake is Ryan's older brother, he was/is Ryan's caretaker (after the loss of father), and is pure Alpha male deliciousness.
And the story starts, but it’s SOO much more!
"No-one is ever the same when evil visits, but how you let it sculpt and define you is the key to surviving it."
This story had everything- dark aspects, a touching romance, crazy suspense, and some HOT erotic scenes!
I was continuously second guessing (sometimes triple guessing) what I thought I knew, I couldn't put this book down.
The psychological situation drew me in, the characters kept me interested (the HOT erotic scenes were an added bonus), the "action" kept me guessing, and overall I was just blown away.
This is one of those books that make you take a step back to really process what you just read!
There are 3 POV's: Melody, Ryan, and Blake – and I loved getting into the heads of each. Melody is a college student, she’s a bit of a loner but befriends Ryan in a class. Ryan normally keeps to himself but reluctantly starts talking to Melody due to a class assignment.
Blake is Ryan's older brother, he was/is Ryan's caretaker (after the loss of father), and is pure Alpha male deliciousness.
And the story starts, but it’s SOO much more!
"No-one is ever the same when evil visits, but how you let it sculpt and define you is the key to surviving it."
This story had everything- dark aspects, a touching romance, crazy suspense, and some HOT erotic scenes!
I was continuously second guessing (sometimes triple guessing) what I thought I knew, I couldn't put this book down.
The psychological situation drew me in, the characters kept me interested (the HOT erotic scenes were an added bonus), the "action" kept me guessing, and overall I was just blown away.
I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active... I would want to change the script. I would watch films and think of ways they could of improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that i tell my own. My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling. When I'm not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I'm a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister. You can find me on Facebook where i love interacting with my readers.
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