My review in gifs...

Speechless.  Truly.  This was brilliant.  Cannot wait to read this all over again. 

Special thanks to my BR friends...Marco, Lloyd, Nikki, Elsbeth and Teri...What a ride!

And for my Levi and Dominic...

You boys are in my top three for sure.  Love Love Love this couple.  Damn.

Note:

Dominic was his bashert, his soul mate. Without him, Levi felt like he’d been gut-shot and it was taking months to bleed out.

Good heavens...this just keeps getting better and better.  Phew.  Absolutely love this relationship! 

One of my favorite books. Even better the second time. I absolutely love these characters. Phew. Can’t wait to start book 5 as soon as I catch my breath!!

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What a ride!  And honestly one of the best written crime series and couples I have read. Cordelia has developed an absolutely beautiful, real and perfectly imperfect couple that will be sticking with me for quite some time.  Just this passage alone enhanced for me the depth to which a writer can create emotional connection without words and without touch.

Dominic unwrapped his sandwich and separated the halves. Nudging one half in Levi’s direction, he raised an inquiring eyebrow.

Levi hesitated. Unlike most people in his life, Dominic never pressured him to eat. If he turned down the offer, Dominic would let it go at that. But it had been a while since he’d last eaten, and though he wasn’t hungry, it was a good idea to get some fuel in his system that wasn’t caffeine.

Nodding his thanks, he sat across the table and accepted half the sandwich. When he bit into it, he was surprised to find it was roast beef, his favorite.

Dominic didn’t even like roast beef.

Levi swallowed his mouthful and looked up. Dominic was chewing in silence, watching the infomercial on the TV across the room like it was the most fascinating thing he’d ever seen. Levi fiddled with the crust of the sandwich for a moment, then took another bite.

They ate without talking for a few minutes.

Yes...I got teared up reading this.  Just wow!

Eagerly await a reread of this series as well as the final book in the series.  

He was their family. They were his. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream.