Someone who has discovered the secret of her penname and who seems intent on taunting her. There’s another person who won’t give her space. Her gut tells her to keep her distance, but Blake won’t let her run. Neither of them make a great first impression on the other, so she’s more than surprised when he begins to pursue her with a single-minded focus that is unsettling, thrilling, and infuriating. Doesn’t want to be drawn to this man who is blatantly dangerous, carries dark secrets, and lives life by his own rules. When she meets alarmingly compelling businessman Blake Mercier, the snap of attraction is instant. Her world might not be exciting, but she likes it exactly as it is. Knowing the reception her books receive will be tainted by her personal life, Kensey secretly writes under a penname when she’s not working part-time at her godmother’s bar.

Instead, she has a mother who lives in her head, a stepfather who’s on death row, and the stigma that comes with being the child of an extramarital affair. Even if it will mean letting the demon inside him rise and wreak the havoc it was created to make. He won’t allow anyone to take her from him. He’ll have her, and he’ll keep her safe from the threat that looms over her. Knox is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Harper. Unpredictable, elusive, and complex, she draws Knox and his inner demon like nothing ever has. Harper does neither, which unexpectedly amuses him. He’s also used to people fearing and obeying him.

And when an unknown danger starts closing in on Harper, it seems that Knox is the only one who can keep her safe.Īs Prime of his Las Vegas lair and a successful businessman, Knox Thorne is used to being in control.

No one seems to know what breed of demon Knox is, only that he’s more dangerous than anything she’s ever before encountered. She’s not so sure she wants either of those things. The billionaire also wants Harper in his bed. Compelling, full of secrets and armed with raw sexuality, Knox Thorne is determined to claim her as his anchor, creating a psychic bond that will prevent their inner demons from ever turning rogue. That changes overnight when she discovers that her psychic mate, or ‘anchor’, is a guy who’s rumored to be the most powerful demon in existence. Part of a small demon lair in North Las Vegas, tattooist Harper Wallis lives a pretty simple life.

Dark Instincts by Suzanne Wright