GRR Reviews Hero by Julia Sykes

Hero managed to properly portray a kink relationship (who'd knew FBI is full of kinksters?) but a reporter who can't speak up about her own abuse just left me scratching my head...

Chloe is a reporter working on the story about the Latin Kings gang infiltrating New York and has special permission to interview some FBI agents on the case. She fled from an abusive husband a while back and is also secretly a romance author writing about BDSM, even though she doesn't partake in the lifestyle herself. Her last sexual experience was her husband raping her, and she left that night to start over. She can't allow anyone close enough to hurt her... Until Dex, the FBI agent assigned to her. Dex lost his heart to a sub a while back. He was her best friend and her lover, but he didn't collar her (claim her as his) and someone else "stole" her from him. He moved away from Chicago, hoping to escape the torment of seeing her with someone else. Getting close to Chloe was not possible; he has no heart to give. But his instinct to protect her is strong, even as Chloe fights her attraction to Dex and was repelled by his Dom personality... it just feels so close to abuse... When Chloe's ex husband made an appearance, will Chloe be pushed into Dex's arms... or run for her life again?

The ending twist was way too convenient and not quite satisfying. I like the way the SM relationship developed though.

Category: Contemporary/ Suspsense

Primary Plot: Dom FBI agent assigned for a reporter to shadow must protect her from gangs and her evil ex-husband who's stalking her

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