\nAvon<\/a>: 3\/3<\/p>\n
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I hate all the covers in this series. HATE them. They just look cheap and tawdry and just awful. Which is unfortunate, because this books are SO MUCH MORE than boinking.<\/p>\n This specific book has a passage that I utterly adore them for putting in, not just because of what it says, but because it makes sense.<\/p>\n The man bent his head slightly toward me. His voice was deep and quiet. \u201cDo you need help?\u201d<\/p>\n I had no idea what he was talking about.<\/p>\n \u201cDo you need help?\u201d he repeated quietly. \u201cOne word, and I\u2019ll take you out of here and none of them can stop me. I\u2019ll make sure you have access to a doctor, a safe place to stay, and a therapist to talk to. Someone who understands what it\u2019s like and will help. \u201d<\/p>\n The pieces clicked in my head. The bruise. Of course. \u201cThank you, but I\u2019m okay.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t know me. It\u2019s difficult to trust me because I\u2019m a man and a stranger. The woman speaking with Augustine is my aunt. The woman across the floor in the white-and-purple gown is my sister. Either of them will vouch for me. Let me help you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThank you,\u201d I told him. \u201cOn behalf of every woman here. But I\u2019m a private investigator. I\u2019m not a victim of domestic abuse. This is a work-related injury and the man who put his hands on me is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n The man studied me for a long moment and slid a card into my hand. \u201cIf you decide that the injury isn\u2019t work related, call me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That passages tells so WAY more about the book than the cover does.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I do appreciate that he is wearing a shirt in this cover, but I don’t feel a white undershirt really qualifies as being dressed. So still: ICK.<\/p>\n And once again, there is so much more to this story that the cover would suggest.<\/p>\n \u201cI told you twenty-six years ago that if you married him, you would pay the price. I told you to let him go. You didn\u2019t listen. You raised them to fight. They\u2019re not going to cut and run now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey will do what I say,\u201d Mom ground out. \u201cI\u2019m their mother.\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma Frida squinted at her. \u201cAha. And how did that work out for me?\u201d Mom opened her mouth and clicked it shut.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You’d never guess the book had awesome passages like that if all you knew was the cover.<\/p>\n This is not an overtly horrific book cover, except that the main character is repeatedly described as always being impeccably dressed.<\/p>\n (A)s usual, only his face, neck, and hands were bare. The rest of him was covered, the elegant cut of his clothes simultaneously flaunting and concealing that lean, muscled body.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n –Once Burned (2012)<\/p>\n As usual, only his hands and face were bare. The rest of him was covered by boots, black pants, and a smoky gray shirt buttoned up to the neck. Unlike most well-built men, Vlad didn\u2019t flash a lot of skin, but those custom-tailored clothes flaunted his taut body as effectively as running shorts and a sleeveless muscle shirt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n –Twice Tempted (2013)<\/p>\n He wore sand-colored pants and a white silk shirt, an open button at the neck showing only the cleft at the base of his throat. The rest of his body was concealed by the rich material, which stretched to highlight his muscles as he moved with his usual stalking grace. The effect was sexier than all the bare-chested men I\u2019d glimpsed around the pool earlier. Vlad didn\u2019t show off his seething masculinity by wearing fewer clothes. Instead, he wore more to taunt people with what he didn\u2019t allow them to feast their eyes on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n –Bound by Flames (2015)<\/p>\n That is why I hate all the covers in this series so very much.<\/p>\n So those are the worst three covers this year. They weren’t bad books, they just had terrible covers that would have–back when I read paper books–walk past without a second glance.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/White_Hot.jpg?resize=183%2C300\")
<\/a>White Hot<\/a><\/em> (2017) Ilona Andrews<\/a> – Hidden Legacy book 3 (Avon)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Wildfire.jpg?resize=190%2C300\")
<\/a>Wildfire<\/a><\/em> (2017) Ilona Andrews<\/a> – Hidden Legacy book 3 (Avon)<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Into the Fire<\/a><\/em> (2017) Jeaniene Frost<\/a> – Night Prince book 4 (Avon)<\/p>\n