Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 What I liked best about this book was the liberal use of crazysauce. It's a melodramatic tale of a broken man healed by the love of a good woman, and the good woman that's strong enough to love this man and bring him back into the world. When he proposed the marriage idea, she's like "Fine, but I want a baby so that's my condition," and he's like, "but I don't touch people so I didn't really think this through," "fine, then I'll take a lover." "I. WILL. KILL. HIM...." 
 "That's not very solution-oriented." (Actual quote!) 
 It's got some first-book issues. It's very hand-wavey when it comes to how Dorian left Newgate and within ten years amassed so much power and money. He's always impeccably dressed in perfectly tailored clothes, but can't bear human contact, to the point that he tells Farah that he does his best to used murder methods that don't involve contact. (I have a note in the margin that says "but tailored pants tho"). I have some questions, because it seems like Byrne went "these are the marks of the alpha hero I want" without quite connecting the dots to make it work together. 
 But this is what I see as a reader. I see a lot of really good instincts. I could not put this book down, and the cover is AMAZING. There's two people who totally work together, and I love me a brooding alpha with a heroine who's not afraid of him. Could not put it down, really would like another hit of Byrne crack, so I hope she keeps going. 
 - Redheadedgirl