Review: His To Keep - S.S. Richards

His To Keep by S.S. Richards
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

His to Keep is book two in the Beats in the Dark series by S.S. Richards and it picks up where the first one left off with Elena and Maksim being brought back together. As we know though in a dark, mafia romance that this book is not going t be plain sailing and Elena ends up in the hands of her and Maksim’s enemy only to face torture both mentally and physically.

This story is really different in the fact that it shows you Elena’s capture, rescue and trying to come back to who she was whilst Maksim kind of has to sit on the side-lines and watch her fracture. As with the first book there are some steamy scenes (not really until later on in the book though and we’re caught as readers in this heartbreak as we watch two people who love each other completely fall apart! The book certainly leaves you guessing on what is going to happen and there are scenes that some readers might find disturbing.

The flashbacks that Elena had really added to the story as did the vulnerability of Maksim who is doing everything he can to bring the Elena he knows back! S. S. Richards is definitely a writer who I will keep writing as her books keep me on the edge of my seat, have just enough darkness and edginess to keep you guessing and have wonderfully written characters.

If you like your books dark, gritty, steamy and exciting then this is the book for you, although I would recommend that you read book 1 to being with so you know who all the players are!

ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review 😊




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