Monday, July 21, 2014

(R) My Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones


My Hunger (Inside Out, #3.2)












*SPOILERS*

Mark Compton's life is continuing to fall apart all around him.  Rebecca is gone and he blames himself.  His mother has cancer and he can't do anything about it.  He is developing feelings for the woman who runs his art galley in New York, Crystal, and he doesn't want to.  Wanting to face his demons, he tries to continue going on with his daily life even though the police are trying to find a way to pin Rebecca's murder on him.  He is a Master and relies on control and it is all slipping through his fingers.  But in Crystal's body, he finds solace.  Not control - a warmth, a connection that comes from a man just being with a woman.  Can Mark move on with Crystal even though he feels his control slipping through his fingers?

As the third book in Mark's point-of-view, I am growing to love Mark as a person, not just as a Master.  You know his feelings for Rebecca were real, he just was uncertain as to how to move forward.  With Crystal, a woman who by her own admission will never his submissive, bringing out the MAN in Mark, that is who I love and want to see more of.  Ms. Jones writes Mark so well - his confusion, his frustration, his love.  Although this is a novella, the way Mark's emotions unfold is storytelling at its best.  As Mark develops feelings for Crystal, the confusion it causes him as he tries to juggle not only his daily life of running two successful art galleries that are across the country from each other but also his struggles as a Master who is supposed to never get emotionally attached.  Crystal has her own skeletons in her closet and I can't wait to see how this story continues!  I love Mark and I love the Master in him - the more of him, the better.

An ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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