Cold Light:
Assassins
Criminal Delights Series, Book 14
Michelle Frost
Dark M/M Romance, Assassins, Motorcycle Club
Release Date: 06.03.19
Blurb
Being an assassin wasn’t something Lexington
Campbell ever envisioned for himself, but after spending eight years doing just
that, he’s prepared to take his place at the table of his father’s motorcycle
club, The Iron Heretics.
Arden spends his nights dancing on stage at Spritz,
one of St. Louis’s hottest night clubs, and waiting for Lex to pass back
through town. After being orphaned young, he fears letting himself get too
attached to the distant, bearded Lex, even after three years of inviting the
man into his bed.
When Lex finds himself with a price on his head,
he unknowingly pulls Arden into the darkness with him. When things aren’t what
they seem, and enemies abound, will they find themselves still standing
together in the cold light of day?
Warnings: attempted sexual assault, blood,
graphic violence, morally dubious characters
Review
Cold Light by Michelle Frost is the fourteenth installment in
the Criminal Delights series, and I loved this one very much!
Lexington (Lex) Campbell is
an assassin for hire, but his time for hire is coming to end. He has always
thought when he was finished with his obligations, he always thought he’d go
home to his father’s motorcycle club, The Iron Heretics. One thing he wasn’t
counting on was meeting a beautiful dancer named Arden. Now the one thing he
always wanted, a spot at his father’s table…isn’t the only thing he wants.
Arden is an incredible dancer
who draws a crowd at Spritz each night. Being a dancer in one of the hottest
clubs in St. Louis has been a lifesaver for the orphaned homeless young man.
The life he has isn’t the one he envisioned, but meeting Lex has made his life
better. The two have a real connection even with the secrets between them. As
Arden is pulled into the dangerous world Lex lives in, all secrets will be
revealed. With the truth between them, things really heat up. When trouble
comes knocking, Lex will need all the help he can get to keep Arden safe.
Asking his father for anything has never been easy, but Arden is worth
everything.
I absolutely loved these
characters and the secondary characters made me just want more! I love when we
have this rough and tumble tough guy with a heart of gold. That’s what I loved
about Lex and Arden too. Both have to be tough, both have to hide and yet…with
each other, all their guards come down. These two are so wonderful together, I
loved how much they want each other, how much they want to be a family
together. This book is definitely a thriller and has those edge of your seat
moments, but really it is a love story at heart. There is a wonderful balance
between the thrills and the love…which is perfect for me! I am loving this
Criminal Delights series and hope to see more series like this in the future.
Excerpt
“Lex?” Arden’s voice was
worried and he spun to find his lover at the bottom of the stairs looking adorably
rumpled, with his blond hair sticking out every which way, and his long pale
legs bare and sticking out of the bottom of one of Lex’s t-shirts.
A flare of panic lit in
his chest, but he quickly extinguished it. He wouldn’t let prejudice or his
father’s decade old warning stop him from acknowledging Arden for exactly what
he was: his. “Baby, this is Mace,” he pointed to Mace. “And…” he trailed
off as he turned to the other men, all three of them staring at Arden like
teenage boys at a wet t-shirt contest. “Hey,” he barked, voice deep and
commanding. “Mind reeling in your tongues and introducing yourselves?”
Mace laughed beside him,
setting the mugs on the table and walking over to Arden. Lex felt the tic in
his jaw, but held himself in check, no matter how badly he wanted to walk over
there and step between them. “You’ll have to forgive us,” Mace said, charm that
Lex knew he wielded like a weapon in full effect. “We didn’t realize Lex had
company. I’m Mace, taught your boy everything he knows. Well, everything
interesting anyway.” He winked. “And those three are Larry, Moe, and Curly.”
Arden’s eyes went wide, darting between Lex’s face and Mace’s. “I’m just
shitting you. They’re Axel, Waylon, and Damon. And you are?”
“Arden,” he said holding
out his hand for Mace to shake. Of course, shaking wasn’t enough and Mace
lifted Arden’s hand to his mouth and pressed a kiss against his knuckles.
“Mace,” Lex ground out
when he lingered over Arden’s fingers a little too long. Mace released him with
a smug look at Lex, but took a step back. “Give us a minute, would you?” he
asked Mace and the room at large. The other three were obviously used to Mace’s
flair for the dramatic and had already moved to seat themselves around the
table and were pouring cups of coffee. One of them—Axel, maybe—had Pip cradled
in his lap. Mace turned back toward the table as well, giving them the illusion
of privacy.
“Sorry,” Arden whispered
when Lex stepped into his space.
Lex pressed a quick kiss
to his lips to cut off that line of thought altogether. “You don’t have
anything to be sorry about. This is our home and we’re not going to hide here.
Although,” he glanced down at Arden’s beautifully muscled legs. “Maybe pants would
be a good idea.”
Arden gave him a small
smile. “I’m gonna run up and shower to get this,”—he pointed at his head—“under
control. Then I’ll be back down.”
Arden disappeared back
up the stairs, and Lex was glad no one was standing close enough to see the
glimpse of his ass cheeks peeking out from the bottom of those lacy panties he
liked to wear sometimes—and under his damned t-shirt too. The man was going to
be the death of him. He discreetly adjusted himself before he turned back to
the table and Mace lifted an eyebrow at him.
“Not one word,” he
warned as he sat down in one of the empty chairs and pulled the coffee pot
toward him. As he filled his cup, he kept his eyes on his task, but let his
voice take on the low warning tone that would clearly imply exactly what he’d
do to any of them if they treated Arden with anything less than respect. He
needed to know now if he any of them had a problem with him being gay or Arden
being...well, Arden. “If any of you feel like you need to get back on your
bikes now that you know—”
“Lex,” Mace interrupted
him. “The club’s changed a lot since you’ve been gone.” The corner of his mouth
quirked up, undoubtedly remembering one of the numerous times the two of them
had almost gotten caught with their pants around their ankles. “We’re Heretics.
Non-conforming is kind of what we do.
Stories have always been Michelle Frost's
escape. Even as a kid, she can remember writing stories featuring her favorite
cartoon characters. Now, her characters are a little more grown up, as are the
stories she likes to tell. A self-proclaimed coffee addict and a bit of an
introvert, she can most likely be found at any given time, on any given day
with her hands on a keyboard or her nose in a book.
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