Caleb has caught the attention of a psychopath, but Novak wants to protect and keep Caleb. In the midst of tracking child traffickers, Caleb has to come to terms with what it means to be the center of Novak's world and how to love a psycho.
From the blurb:
Novak can't do attachment. He calculates, controls, eliminates threats, and keeps everything exactly where it belongs.
Until Caleb.
With the hacker who hates him, every instinct tells him to protect, contain, and eliminate anything that gets too close. Novak knows exactly what that makes him. He doesn’t just want Caleb. He’s already decided Caleb is his.
Finding two children before a fire destroys the evidence is one thing—but when Caleb follows the data, they uncover a trafficking pipeline buried beneath religion—victims catalogued, collared, controlled, and sold through a network so clean it disappears across state lines.
Novak has seen this before. Lived it. Survived it.
With less than twenty-four hours before a shipment disappears into the network, Caleb and Novak have a choice—wait for backup, which will take too long, or go in alone, take down the compound, and get the kids out before the system resets.
With no guarantee they make it out alive.
Novak is a dark MM romantic suspense featuring high-stakes survival, forced proximity, obsession, and a psychopath who doesn’t feel fear—but does feel ownership. Expect violence, razor-edged loyalty, “touch him and die” protection, and a love that doesn’t offer escape—only survival.
SNik's review:
Fifth in series (Redcars), best if read in order. Coworkers (sort of). Slow burn. Dual POV. Heed content warnings.
Abandoned by his parents for being a psychopath, Novak survived abuse and military training and now his focus has turned to Caleb. Working for a covert organization to take down child traffickers and other bad guys, Caleb isn’t sure he wants Novak’s attention, but there’s something there that intrigues him.
This story absolutely gripped me as Novak functions under his own rules which factor in Caleb’s needs but doesn’t fundamentally change anything about Novak. That really spoke to me as Caleb has to adjust his expectations of what a relationship with Novak would entail and accepts every facet of it because he can see how Novak adjusts his behavior to include Caleb as an important factor but doesn’t try to control him. There are some really dark pieces of the story about Novak’s past, and yet his obsessive nature never becomes a red flag and I loved how Caleb embraced his way of existing. I enjoyed the attention to detail when it came to Novak’s tactical observations, the action, the steam, and the honest communication between these two. This series is great and this book in particular is a favorite.
Novak is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
Novak is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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