Title: Brute
Author: SC Daiko
Genre: Contemporary Romance /Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Cover Design: RBA Designs
Photographer: Wander Aguilar
Arrogant, bad-mannered, and reclusive.
They call him the Brute.
I should stay away from him…
except I can’t.
Not when he reveals his brokenness,
and I glimpse the pain in his eyes.
Not when his touch unravels me,
and the heat between us could set the oceans alight.
But play with fire, and you will get burned.
A fragile heart can easily be broken again.
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A new standalone contemporary romance from award-winning international bestselling author SC Daiko… a beautiful love story with plenty of heat and angst.
I leave him to it and stride on ahead, knowing he’ll catch up in good time. Soon I come to a glade where the trees have been thinned out. Oh shit, standing in the middle of the clearing is Daniel. He’s bare-chested and dressed in running shorts, doing stretching exercises braced against a fallen tree trunk.
I slow my footsteps, treading quietly on mouldy old leaves, and rake my gaze over him. His thick almost-black hair is dripping sweat; it falls down his face and the back of his solid neck. His beard is unkept and wild-looking. But it’s his powerful body that mesmerises me and I study the tats on his muscular arms, tempted to get closer for a better look. God, he’s beautiful, I suddenly realise. Beautiful but freaking scary at the same time.
I release a slow breath. Stop it, Cat. You shouldn’t be looking at him that way. The man in front of you is a brute. You need to keep your distance from him.
Slowly, my heart pounding against my ribcage, I turn around and prepare to make my way back down the path. Except, Toby comes bounding up and starts to bark.
Dammit!
Daniel freezes on the spot. His eyes crash into mine, and if I was scared before now I’m practically peeing myself. He straightens himself to his full height, still glaring at me, not saying a word.
Toby keeps barking, but he’s also wagging his tail. I grab hold of his collar and fasten the lead. “Sorry to disturb you.” I bite at my lips. “We’ll get out of your way.”
He arches an eyebrow. “So, you weren’t following me?”
“Oh, God, no. We were just going for a walk.”
I’m still staring at his tats, trying to decipher the intricate patterns. He catches my gaze, and I feel my face burning up.
“Get on with your walk, then,” he says through gritted teeth. “Leave me alone.”
My fingernails dig into the palms of my hands. “No need to be bad-mannered.”
He crosses his arms in front of his broad chest and lets out an edgy laugh.
“You are a prick,” I spin around, “the rudest man I’ve ever met.”
He laughs again and keeps laughing mockingly as I stride off down the pathway, Toby at my heel
**** MY REVIEW ****
Brute by SC Daiko is the story of Daniel and Catrin . Daniel is known as The Brute, a brooding angry man with a sweet young son. He’s reclusive, mysterious and terribly rude but that’s because of the heartbreaking grief in his past causing him to act out the way he does. Then you have his new neighbor, Catrin, an attractive and very kind young mummy who also is grieving and is all focused on her young daughter. They don’t exactly hit it off because of his behavior yet Cat recognizes shared grief and continues to give him chance and after chance even though his behavior is pretty off putting. After a while, they become friends where their children were friends a lot quicker. As they get to know each other the chemistry between them grows into something super explosive and quickly develops into much more than chemistry and lust as the sizzling heat turns deeper. Daniel is very dominant, kinky and hot while Cat learns that she is a submissive. This is a mafia themed book which just adds on to the drama, angst and sizzling passions shown in this book. Will Daniel let Catrin in all the way and let them have their HEA or will the secrets in his past cause him to stay the BRUTE?
My Rating: 4.6 stars *****
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