Make You Mine by Jackie Ashenden
379 pages
Ebook and Print
5 moons
Alex St. James is a man you do not want to mess. For the last nineteen years he has guarded his heart and lead a life filled with woman, drugs and booze. This is a reputation he has tried to maintain all his life but his past is coming back to turn his life upside down again. He swore years ago he would not let his past bite him in the ass or danger his family least of Honor his sister. Only one woman seems to not give up on him and it troubles Alex. For all purposes Katya Ivanov is more than just a woman. She is his bodyguard and somehow the only one to get really close to him something no other woman has done before well outside of his bed. Something about Katya makes him want to be a better man. A man who used to be able to love and care. A man who he doesn`t even recognize anymore which scares him when he is near Katya. As a member of the Nine Circles Club he is known to be ruthless, arrogant, sexy and most of all a man with secrets and danger. Can he protect Katya from his troubled past?
Katya Ivanov is tired of men like rich, billionaire Alex St. James. As a young woman she was taught to be strong and as a soldier above else she cannot afford to have feelings. Love is not in her vocabulary yet somehow Alex is getting under skin. For months she has remained strong, ignorant of his blatant behavior and seduction yet one touch from him and all bets are off. For the first time he is making her feel more than a soldier and a woman wanting to be desired. Alex is more than just a sexy body and a face which scares her. Her job is and always to protect him no matter who or what the situation is. Yet when his past is revealed she is unsure what to do. Protect him as a client or Protect him as her lover? As a soldier she is trained to guard her heart to not feel and get involved. Seemed simple at first when she agreed to help him but never expected her heart to get in the way and succumb to his seduction. Can she just leave him after this job knowing full well she will always be his?
In one word Alex St. James is HOT. From the first chapter he has this power of sensuality and seduction so easily. The attraction might have seem like a job at first yet one touch from him and Katya is putty in his hands. I loved that she is strong, almost like a robot all about being a trained soldier at combat and getting the job done. Yet when it comes to a man like Alex it is like a spell took over her. Now Alex I really was surprised yet never saw this coming in what happened to him in the past. These two may seem different in so many ways yet they have one thing in common. They just want someone to need them. Jackie Ashenden did a wonderful job in showing this reviewer that sometimes vengeance may seem good and sweet yet it takes a strong person to make things seem different. Katya is everything Alex needs and loved that this woman can break him. Hot, sexy and vengeance all in one book making me want more of the Nine Circles Club.