This book was a big surprise. 
 Dark themes include horrendous assault, rape, psychological and physical injuries, stalking and revenge. I can't think of anything worse in my romance reading life. Fear, angst and violence are not what I'm seeking. 
 But. This story was wonderful. So many times I thought it was headed down a certain cliched path and then it just didn't go there. The characters developed and grew and ultimately made decisions I 100% can get behind. YES! 
 Plus, the sex scenes were good. Real good. Ivan, the male lead was quite the guy; self sufficient, worked with his hands, bearded (for only part of the book hrumph), muscular... ohhh yeah. 
 I took one star off because the book ended at 66%.