The Dom Identity by Lexi Blake Blog Tour

A man with everything

Michael Malone seems to have it all. A wealthy, loving family. A job that fulfills him. Friends he can count on. But something is missing. He’s spent years watching his brother and close friends get married and start families, but it hasn’t happened for him. When an assignment comes up to investigate fallen Hollywood star Vanessa Hale, he jumps at the chance. She’s gorgeous and potentially deadly. Playing the spy game with her might be just the thing to take his mind off his troubles.

A woman with nothing left to lose

Vanessa Hale had big dreams that ended in scandal. She returned home with nothing but heartache and the desire to find her mother’s killer. The trail points to someone at Lodge Corp, so taking a job with Julian Lodge’s mysterious company is her best option for finding the truth. While she hunts for a killer during the day, she hopes to find some solace at night in The Club. Meeting the gorgeous, sexy and seemingly kind Michael Malone, their chemistry sparks in a way she’s never felt before, and Vanessa thinks maybe her luck has finally changed.

A love that might save them both

When Michael’s true motives are revealed, she will have to find a way to forgive his betrayal. The killer has made Vanessa their next target. Working together and stopping this monster is the only chance for them to have the real love they both deserve.

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Book 23
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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆☆
M/F BDSM Mystery
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Michael Malone might come from money, but he doesn’t live his life in a manner that would suggest that. He loves his job working with the crew that’s become his second family. When an assignment comes up, the assumptions that Michael makes about his new assignment will show him exactly the kind of blinders he’s been wearing.

Vanessa Hale has had a lot dumped on her in her short lifetime. She was once idealistic, carefree, and wanting to take on the world. Now that she’s been walked over, criticized to within an inch of her life, and vilified, she can’t help but want to see something good come of all of her hurt. With her sister in her mind, Vanessa sets out to solve her sister’s death.

Michael and Vanessa complement each other. Both come from pasts they’d rather not show, but both also hold their cards close to the vest. Their chemistry is something that a lot of couples strive to obtain. But with the mission hanging in the way, can Vanessa and Michael find their happy ever after?

This is a great mix of romance, mystery, danger, and forgiveness. Men being men make decisions that ultimately prove to be the wrong choice and when the truth comes out, everyone will be scrambling to figure out the true mission.


Mary – ☆☆☆☆☆
Michael Malone is part of the McKay-Taggart team and he is part of the "club scene" too. When his next job is to be the dom to Vanessa and to find out what he can about her, he was not expecting to fall for her.

Vanessa Hale is an actress wanting to know who killed her sister and who is after her. Joining the club and her sister's job should get her closer to the people in her sister's life. What she wasn't expecting was Michael, the dom that would take her on.

As the two get closer and she learns more about her sister, things begin to change between them. When Vanessa learns the truth about Michael's involvement, she has to learn what else he has lied about. Now she doesn't know who she can trust.

Can Michael earn back her trust? Is there a future for them in the end? Will they find out who is after her?

I love this series and am so glad we got Michael and Vanessa's story. It is filled with suspense, intrigue, full of action, funny, loving, heartbreaking, and happily ever after. Author Lexi Blake has a way of pulling you into this series from the very first page and keeping you in this story until the end, you will not want to put it down. I cannot wait for more.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the new series, but there are over 20 books in this wonderful world created by the very talented Lexi Blake. I am always so excited when a new book is released, as it is a perfect opportunity to rejoin the McKay-Taggart world and catch up with all the family. If you have not read one before, then you are in for a huge treat – and I imagine you will be starting at the beginning and enjoy all the goodness in order.

Only a short while ago, Tessa ended her engagement to Michael and found love with another. Michael is genuinely happy for her, but he clearly thinks that was his only chance at love, and it didn't work. So, when he is given a task to investigate up close and personally with a discredited starlet, he is less than happy about it. We know that something is going to work out, as we trust the author to give us a love affair that will keep us on our toes.

Vanessa, reviled by the press for being the widow of a man old enough to have been her grandfather and taking all the family money, is hiding out in Dallas, working for her dead sister's boss. Linked to the McKay-Taggart family, when some money goes missing, they are called in to find out what is happening. Hence Michael is now involved... and when I say involved, he is going to be getting very close as he becomes her training dom at The Club. She is secretly looking into her sister's death, as she thinks it may be due to someone at The Club.

There are a number of crossing plots and twists thrown in to deflect and confuse – classic Blake techniques, which work really well as ever. There is a perfect mix of subterfuge, erotic encounters, and a nascent romance. Much as these two can't imagine their lives having a happy ending, everyone else can see what they are blind to!

Very enjoyable read, I recommend it to you.

 

 

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author LEXI BLAKE lives in North Texas with her husband and three kids. Since starting her publishing journey in 2010, she’s sold over three million copies of her books. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings. Lexi believes in happy endings no matter how odd the couple, threesome or foursome may seem.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of The Dom Identity (Masters & Mercenaries #23; Reloaded #2) by Lexi Blake to read and review for this tour.