Another ruins the life of his best friend.
And yet another strings them along like puppets.
Dark men.
They are intriguing, and charming, and powerful.
They are changing the world.
They are changing themselves.
They are playing with lust, and love, and fear, and loathing.
Addicted to each other, to their secret, to the seduction, to the sex.
It’s a crash in the making.
And yes, it’s on purpose.
These men are dark.
And this is the story of how Nova Ryan loves them.
I consider
Loving Dark Men
a typical JA Huss story. By typical, I mean to expect the
unexpected. As a long-time Julie Huss fan, I love her unique writing
style and plot devices. I know she will grab my attention early and hold
me glued to the pages with her many twists and turns to the end. In my
opinion, Loving Dark Men is a dark twist on a Fantasy Island adventure
with a bit of secret society and a hefty dose of erotica. Expect MF,
MMF, MM, and MFM relationships. Julie knows how to write about
intriguing plural relationships.
Nova Ryanski “Ryan” is a
beautiful young woman who worked her way up from trailer trash to a 4.0
neuroscience Ph.D. She is starting her new career as an intern on a
prestigious research project in New Hampshire at a place known as
Private Island #1. Everything about the program is cutting edge and
hush-hush. She agrees to live on the island with minimal access to the
outside world to protect the secrets of the research.
Michael
Locke is the first person Nova meets while she is wandering around the
campus. Locke is her first “dark man” and is also involved in the study,
but his position is unclear throughout most of the story. The second
“dark man” is Olsen, Nova’s advisor, who lives in the cottage across the
sidewalk from her. Finally, there is Silas Mercer. He is the darkest of
all and her boss.
The story is told from Nova and Locke’s dual
points of view. It begins in the present day with Nova and her daughter
on their farm. Locke is at Nova’s place for one of his regular visits.
One of Nova’s dark men is Veda’s father, but Nova decides to keep the
paternity a secret because she loves all three men. Through flashbacks
and both characters’ POVs, we learn more about the study, their plural
relationships, and the many secrets that unfold are surprising and
change the way these characters look at the events in their life and how
they plan their future.
Loving Dark Men
is a standalone book. Julie didn’t even drop an Easter egg from one
of her previous series. I enjoyed this story, but I will warn you that
this book is not for everyone.
Loving Dark Men
is for you if you like kink, plural relationships, and crazy, unexpected twists. I am a fan of it all.
4 Stars
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