by Geneva Lee
First published 2015
Belle never planned to fall for Smith Price. He came into her life and became something she could not name at first, then something she could not live without. Now she calls him her lover, her obsession, her future. But the story of how they got here is soaked in the crimes of other people, men who made choices long before Belle and Smith were old enough to know what those choices would cost. In the final stretch of their relationship, the past stops being a memory and starts being a threat. Someone from that history wants payment, and Belle and Smith are the ones being handed the bill. They made promises to each other about forever. Those promises feel fragile now. The question driving every page of this conclusion is simple and brutal: can two people who found each other against every odd survive the forces that have been closing in on them all along? Belle narrates from inside a love that has become total, and that totality is exactly what puts both of them in danger.
Genres: adult, adult-fiction, thriller, dark-romance, contemporary-romance, romantic-suspense
Vibes: dangerous, dark, emotionally-charged, intense, obsessive, suspenseful
Tropes: lovers-against-the-world, obsessive-love, past-catches-up, protective-hero
280 pages · Paperback · Westminster Press
Content warnings: violence