Audiobook Review: Phantom

 

She kept my blood from me. Now she's going to give me everything

Phantom

Twenty-one years ago, I let Marlena Hutchins walk away.

She was eighteen. I was twice her age, drowning in divorce and club business. I convinced myself pushing her out of Sharp was the right thing to do.

Turns out she left pregnant with my kid.

A daughter I've never met. Twenty years of birthdays, first days of school, graduations—gone. Stolen by the woman who just walked back into my life like those two decades don't matter.

Now Marlena's back in Sharp. Back in my bed. And pregnant again.

My ex-wife wants her dead. My daughters want answers. And my secret daughter—Presley—is coming home for the summer, ready to meet the father who abandoned her.

Except I didn't abandon anyone. I didn't even know she existed.

Marlena kept that from me. Lied for twenty fucking years.

I should throw her to the wolves. Let my psychotic ex have her revenge. Let Marlena face the consequences of hiding my blood from me.

But she's carrying my child.

My land. My bed. My rules.

She's not running this time. I'm keeping her at lockdown at the ranch where I can watch every breath, every move, every tear. Where she'll learn that the Shotgun Saints' President doesn't forgive betrayal.

I collect debts, and Marlena owes me twenty years.

I'm collecting in the only currency that matters—her complete and total surrender

She wanted to keep secrets? Now she gets to live with a man who buries them six feet deep.

Welcome home, Marlena.

You're never leaving again.

My Review

I have read a few other books by this author and loved them. Yet, they were darker. This is my first one that is not dark and the first one I read in this series. I love MC romances. After finishing this book, I want to go back and check out the prior books in this series. 

Marlena and Sharp's story combine two great tropes...second chance and later in life. The second time around is much sweeter for these two. While these two would have found a way to make it work back when they were together the first time, it would not have been easy and there would have been arguing. This time around, they both are maturer and ready to give into love for the long haul. 

I recommend listening to the ALC of this book. Performed in duet by Blair Thatcher & Christian Gilliland. Christian and Blair really brought the emotions and deep of the story to life with their voices. 

DARK CONTENT Morally grey Prez, forced proximity, breeding kink, violence, obsessive possession, and a man who solves problems permanently.