Silver and Bold postulates a billionaire with a secret identity... and a girl fell in love with BOTH the public persona and the secret one. Unfortunately, this just come out as not believable. At least Batman used a voice changer with Selina Kyle. The idea she can't recognize they're the same person for months is just utterly unbelievable. Furthermore, the ending is not believable, but that would involve a spoiler.
To recap, Enya has her own candy shop, but slowly her neighbors are selling out to a development company, Silversson Development. She also celebrated her 31st birthday mostly alone, and had way too many cocktails. She stumbled into the infamous graffitist "Dark L" on the street, and being a bit tipsy and lonely, she allowed him to seduce her on a rooftop. Next day, she was supposed to meet the head of Silversson Development to discuss the fate of her little shop, and a brash, cocky, and panty-melting handsome guy got into her elevator and both charmed and angered her. She was surprised to find out later that he was none other than Thomas L. Silversson, head of Silversson Development. Thomas proceeds to charm Enya, and while Enya was happy that Thomas was interested in her, she won't be dissuaded from saving her candy shop, even as she falls for the rich playboy. What she didn't know that Thomas L. Silversson, the billionaire playboy, is also "Dark L" the graffitist. Thomas didn't want to be rich and famous, but he has obligations to the company and its employees, and graffiti was his only way to let out the anger. Finding Enya... complicated that. Which person did Enya fall for... Thomas the charming and sweet jerk who's about to strangle her dreams, or Dark L the dangerous but compassionate rogue who loved her like no one else?
WARNING: Spoilers ahead.
As mentioned before, the two major points in the plot, are simply NOT believable. A girl made love to a man one night, meets the same man (in a different persona) the next day, and did not recognize the same voice and manners? First time, sure. But she met both personas several times over the course of the novel. And apparently even to the end, where she screamed the WRONG NAME, she never quite figured it out until he also answered wrong. At least Batman used a voice changer while in the Batsuit, sheesh.
Also, the MMC was bailed out of jail without giving his name or ID, and where no one recognized him, was also utterly ridiculous. That's NOT how police work!
Yet the novel can only work with these two impossibilities in place. Thus, the novel is non-sensical.
At least the emotional push-pull between Enya and Thomas and Dark L was interesting. That's why this rating wasn't 1/5. But the personalities? Feels shallow to me.
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