So you know when you read a book and you start to get so immerse into it that you can't get enough? Well this one was exactly that. I usually don't find many books that make a huge impact on the reading scale, and this one certainly did it for me, great way to open up 2016. Ms. Lake I have become a huge fan of your writing and this is my first read of your work. 
 5 One hot mess of Madness Stars 
 The plot was just Fanfuckingtastic! Everything worked out in a way that left me thinking, "No, shit! I didn't see that coming." 
 Suspense [?] 
 Darkness [?] 
 Drama [?] 
 Excitement [?] 
 Romance [?] 
 Sometimes vengeance is the only thing that can bring clarity, peace, and redemption to a past of broken dreams. Making right on the promise to the ones you lost. "The word revenge, and like a rich liquor, it cooled that burning thirst inside me." And that was exactly what Nick Ryder was trying to do, wanting to bring down the man, Michael Culling and his men who destroyed his life. And what better way to destroy a man than taking the one thing that is most precious to Michael Culling? His wife, Aubree. 
 Aubree is in a life of constant pain, and fear. Trap under a man who makes it impossible to leave, making it awfully aware if you do escape, the only thing that waits is death. Tired of pretending to be the perfect mayor's wife and wearing a faultless mask she seeks an opportunity to escape. "I'm tired of always having to be in a state of constant control. Control of myself. What I say. My actions, for fear that what I do or say will result in punishment." Little to her knowledge does she know that one man has her beat in her plan and one step ahead. 
 But then when Nick and Aubree's world collide it's a story like no other. 
 The pain and wounds that they both share might be the one thing to destroy Nick and his promise he's kept for so long. Aubree might see herself in bigger trouble when she finally realize that the one man she tries to save might be a lost cause and the final break in her heart, never leaving her the same.