FALLING IN DEEPER is another story in The Wicked Lovers Series by Shayla Black. This is a series about BDSM and unconventional lifestyles. These Doms are very protective of their Subs and are very intolerant of anyone threatening or interfering with them. If you read the previous novels from this series you will be familiar with the characters. If this is your first read in this series you may want to read the previous ones to really understand Sweet Pea/Lily Taylor and why these guys are so protective of her. The men of Club Dominion gave her the name Sweet Pea because of her demeanor when she came to live at the Club. When I learned all the tragedies that Lily went through as a teenager it was heartbreaking. Shayla Black wrote such a well-written story that will pull at your heart strings and have you rooting for something positive happening for this young woman.

Lily came from a violent and tragic background that destroyed all her confidence which lead to her changing her name and attempting to start over. After all these years she thought she had finally escaped her past when it all resurfaces again. Now her life is in danger and her only hope is to confront her past.

Stone Sutter is an ex-con who has been put in a position of convincing Lily to help put away a drug lord in exchange for his freedom. Stone wants his freedom but he wants Lily more. When he finds a terrified Lily he takes her to a remote cabin where he helps Lily to explore her feelings and desires and for the first time in a long time she begins to trust. But that fragile trust is threatened because of a misunderstanding.

What I most enjoyed in reading this story was how Shayla Black showed the strength in Lily after everything she went through. Stone proved to Lily that she could trust him to put her first always and that the bond they have will have them FALLING IN DEEPER love with each other.

Book Summary

A tragic past threatens to destroy a passionate future in this dangerously sexy new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked for You.

After a violent tragedy nearly destroyed her, Lily Taylor ran away, changed her name, and started over. When her deadly nemesis resurfaces to eliminate his loose end, she turns to the last man she should trust—a stranger with a history of violence and an intoxicating sexuality she can’t refuse…

Though strong-armed into locating Lily to help put away a drug lord, ex-con Stone Sutter isn’t anyone’s snitch. When he finds the terrified beauty, he vows to keep her safe—but he isn’t sure he has the strength to shield her from his own desires.

As an unquenchable fire sparks between them, Lily’s tormentor stalks ever closer, and she must overcome her darkest fear to survive. Can she trust the bond she and Stone have formed as they’re falling in deeper?