NO LOVE LOST | BY LEXI BLAKE
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AUTHOR: LEXI BLAKE
SERIES: MASTERS & MERCENARIES: THE FORGOTTEN
CATEGORY: ROMANCE, EROTICA, M-F, ADULT
PUBLICATION DATE: 09/29/20
RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MY REVIEW:
Omg I waited so long for this book. But I felt that way about all the books in this series. Since the first book of this series where we found out who Solo was, I knew I needed this story.
I think it’s safe to say at this point we all know that Ezra is Beck and Beck and Solo were previously married and so deep in love until one mistake breaks them apart.
Ezra (Beck) blames Solo for his brother’s death and can’t seem to forgive her no matter how much he wants to. He can’t get past what she did.
“He hadn’t even given her a chance to try to explain. Three days after his brother’s death, he’d moved out, and she hadn’t heard from him again until he’d sent her divorce papers. He hadn’t fought for their marriage. He’d decided she wasn’t worth fighting for and he’d moved on.”
It also doesn’t help that Solo works for the CIA and continues to give him reasons to not trust her. In the end she’s fighting for her country and what she believes is right. So she thinks the ends justify the means but that’s not how Beck sees things.
But when Kim is really in trouble he goes after her with a force of a man still in love with his ex-wife. And of course against his arch enemy Levi Green.
Every time Beck gets close to Kim he has some snarky thing to say to her, and a lot of the time it’s really mean. He’s so angry at her and he can’t control it, Kim just takes everything and moves ahead not letting him see how he hurts her.
Kim knows why Beck treats her the way he does and she takes his jabs and moves with it like it doesn’t bother her but deep down she feel every cut and hurts.
Kim thinks that maybe her and Beck can finally find some common ground and maybe even try to make things work when he runs off at the mouth and says some really harsh things to her. This broke my heart so much I felt the pain that Kim was feeling.
But this is the nature of the relationship between Kim and Beck, every time he lets her in and lets his guard down for a minute, something reminds him why he was mad at her and he lashes out against her.
It hurt my heart when I read about how alone Kim felt, she had no friends, no family, no one in the world who cared about her wellbeing.
“Because everyone who should have loved and protected you in your life betrayed your trust. Your parents. The man you thought was your friend. The man you loved. Because life taught you that you were not worth saving. You walked out because deep down you didn’t care if Levi caught you.”
What really surprised me more than anything was the time jump. I was so not expecting it and it broke my heart even more.
“She hugged the man who had been her brother-in-law and let the tears fall. She knew in that moment that she would never love another man. She was wrong.”
Beck knows he messed up big time and now is trying to find a way to make up for the mistakes he’s made and the anger that he has.
I did get angry at Beck sometimes for the way he treated Kim but as things start to unravel and he realizes what an idiot he’s been he tries to work on his anger.
The things is Beck has never realized what Kim did for him and how much she put on the line to make sure that he was always safe and taken care of.
This story definitely surprises you and takes you on some turns and twists that you would definitely not see coming.
I couldn’t put this book down, I think I finished in a matter of days. Usually I drag my feet when I know it’s the end of the series because I don’t want it to end, but I was so desperate to see where this book took me that I didn’t care.
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WOULD I RECOMMEND:
Yes! Yes! And yes! Lexi Blake delivers again! This is my favorite type of story, second chance romance.
Omg Beck and Kim broke my heart so much, I wanted too badly for them to have their second chance at love.
And although it took so much time I’m happy I finally go to read their story. This is definitely a must read!
I waited so long for this book and I was not disappointed!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
New York Times 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.