A government sanctioned killer takes an interest in a very down on his luck homeless. guy and there's a connection. Rett and Ghost have never forgotten the other, and now thrown together again two years later and they grasp tightly to each other neither willing to let go.
From the blurb:
I had no idea homeless disasters like me got guardian angels—or that guardian angels punch people and smoke—but suddenly, there he is: a hero dressed all in black who ghosts me so hard I consider calling a medium.
But that would be a waste of money I don’t have.
I thought I’d never see him again, but just as I’m about to eat a bullet, he appears, using his body to protect mine. I might have swooned—okay, fine, I do but only on the inside—if it weren’t for the fact he thinks bleeding is an adequate apology for implying I’m a prostitute and running off with my heart.
Spoiler alert: It’s not.
Now the man with a PhD in vanishing, a tattoo that totally offends me, and eyes with their own force of gravity is suddenly stuck to me like glue and being wildly inconvenient about it.
And he won’t stop calling me a pipgeek. What even is that?
He insists I trust him, but I can’t trust anyone, not even my own body. Unfortunately, when the resident drug lord calls in that favor I foolishly owe, things go from bad to catastrophic with alarming enthusiasm.
On the upside, having a hero with a villain complex for a stalker means staying alive will be easy.
But not getting hurt again is a whole other story.
Tropes:
Hero with a villain complex
Rescue Fantasy
Touch him and d!e
Pocket-sized geek
Homeless MC
Plant daddy
Auto-immune disorder rep
Dude in distress aka suspense
Snarky Banter
SNik's review:
Second in series (The Protectors), best if read in order. Instalove. Hurt/comfort. Chronic illness. Found family. Dual POV.
A chance meeting between a desperate homeless boy and a dangerous killer has Rett being rescued by Ghost and having a memorable night. Two years later, Rett has scraped by and is saved from a bullet by Ghost’s reappearance and they immediately fall into a committed, mutually obsessed relationship.
This story worked for me on a lot of different levels, so if you can embrace the damsel in distress archetype, starring a possessive, overprotective character with a touch-my-guy-you-die vibe, paired with a scrappy, sweet and needy survivor, this will work for you too. I enjoyed every moment Rett and Hiro were on page together, all the honest communication, all the steam, all the immediate deep feelings. I loved the found family that is all loyalty and shared craziness and deadliness. Fully entertaining and a hint at the next couple, I am a fan of this series.
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