DECEPTION
BY
VICTORIA SACCENTI
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Blurb:
Her submission is his sweet revenge…until the truth detonates his plans.
With one well-aimed RPG in an Afghanistan hellhole, Joe Reid’s life splintered right along with his body. Now he splits his time running his family’s landscaping business in St. Cloud, Florida by day, playing out his Dom side in an Orlando BDSM club by night.
When he spots a stunning, seductive redhead who stirs his libido, just learning her name turns his lust into black rage—he’s convinced Hunter Giordano is the reason one of his team mates threw himself in front of a hail of bullets.
Other than the occasional sexual romp, Hunter’s heart is firmly closed to men. Until she locks eyes with Joe, and his aura of power demolishes her defenses and rivets her in place. Instantly she knows he’s a man she must avoid at all costs.
Joe can recognize a submissive a mile away. But as his plan to seduce her into his playroom—and into his snare of revenge—plays out, her sweetness and gentle nature makes him have second thoughts. Except by the time he realizes he can’t walk away, the truth detonates what could have been the love of a lifetime.
Excerpt:
“Bitch!” Joe punched his desk as he spit out the curse to himself.
Heartless harpy, she’d closed the letter with a single “Hunter.” Without a good-bye, a polite farewell, a “take care,” or “be careful,” not even “go jump in the fucking lake.” He flipped the envelope around. The return address had been written in the same script: Hunter Giordano, c/o Pete’s Place…
No personal address, the epitome of finality. She’d cut all personal ties.
Burning fury and a crazy sense of impotence roiled in him. Good thing Hunter wasn’t within his reach, ’cause if she were… His fingers trembled with the desire to hold her by the throat and squeeze the life out of her.
He jumped to his feet, shoved his fists into his pockets, and walked around the desk, trying to calm down. Violence wouldn’t solve anything or bring Billy back. He paced back and forth, ordering his thoughts. He stopped as the answer appeared. He folded the written sheet, carefully reinserted it in the envelope to avoid tearing the brittle paper, and closed the flap.
Minutes passed. The small notion—the light of a flickering flame illuminated his mind. Slowly, it took shape and grew into an outline, a plan to set things right. Ms. Hunter Giordano had clearly stated she didn’t know love and didn’t care to learn. However, that had been a lot of bullshit on her part. The sort of crap one used to break up with a lover. He’d seen her tonight in action. She didn’t walk around in a disinterested world, detached from everyone, as she liked to pretend.
Hunter cared. About what, Joe had no clue, nor did he give a rat’s ass. She’d been damned cruel and cavalier with Billy’s emotions. She’d endangered the men who fought with Billy, and Joe had lost his eye. Worse, Cooper and Billy had died because of her. Two lives. No matter how you shook it, intentionally or not, she’d incurred a karmic debt. In Joe’s view, a fix was required—retribution, a penance, an act that would restore balance to the universe.
What better way than to pay Ms. Giordano with the same currency? It was high time she knew love, with all its happy and painful consequences. Apparently, the job to show her had fallen on him.
Did he want to deal with this shit?
Not really.
But could he walk away from the task, drop this despicable letter into a rarely opened drawer, and pretend Afghanistan hadn’t happened? Could he forget the night of Cooper’s and Billy’s destruction? Could he forget his own loss and wounds?
“No,” he murmured. “I can’t.”
He’d undertake the assignment. Heartbreak was coming to Ms. Giordano. He shrugged. The universe demanded it.
This is the first book I have read by this author but it certainly won’t be the last, I really enjoyed this captivating story that’s full of twists, turns and lots of secrets.
Joe is a Marine who is now home after a mission in Afghanistan went horribly wrong, his buddy committed suicide on that mission after receiving a letter from home. The whole unit got hurt and sent home so now Joe is looking to get his life back to normal but one night in a local bar brings him face to face with the woman who wrote that letter.
Revenge is sweet unless you have the facts wrong....
This is a story with all the feels, the characters are deep and strong, the plot is written well and the secrets and twists keep you on the edge of your seat once you add in the attraction and the passion you get a perfect enemies to lovers, revenge story. Looking forward to reading more by this author as soon as time permits.
Victoria Saccenti is a new author to me and how I have not come across her before, I have no idea. There’s a fine line between love and hate as there is with revenge. Joe, an ex-marine is convinced that Hunter is responsible for one of his “brother’s” committing combat suicide and when the opportunity arises, is determined to seek revenge.
He is a Dominant who lives the lifestyle and yet he plans to seduce Hunter and exact revenge; not all is as it appears and Joe slowly learns the truth. What he doesn’t count on his that Hunter is a natural submissive and his perfect for him.
Both of them are keeping secrets and when they are revealed will their blossoming relationship be able to withstand the truth or will it be shattered, beyond repair.
The author did a good job in explaining the lifestyle and the relationship between a Dom and his submissive and I enjoyed the dynamics of this book. The chemistry between Joe and Hunter sizzled and it was interesting to watch their story play out through their exploration of BDSM.
Author Bio:
Award-winning, multi-genre author Victoria Saccenti picked up pencil and paper the moment her childhood book heroes started conversing with her. Sounds a little crazy, but there’s no rhyme or reason for inspiration. Back then, she wrote one-act plays and short fairy tales for simple amusement. Today—many…many moons later—her playful stories have grown into romantic women’s fiction, paranormal, retro and contemporary romances with an edge. An avid people watcher, she explores in her novels the twists and turns of human interaction, the many facets of love, and all possible happy endings.
After thirty years of traveling she’s settled in Central Florida. She splits her busy schedule between family and her active muse at Essence Publishing. But if she could convince her husband to sell their home, she would pack up her computer and move to Scotland, a land she adores.
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