I absolutely loved this book! When I had first read about Alexei "Ghost" in the first book 
 I knew his story was going to be great and I laid claim to him eagerly awaiting for Ms. Zavarelli to tell his life. 
 The story between Alexei and Talia is a truly heartbreaking. They are both broken in their own personal ways from the life experience that they have lived and they were not by choice. 
 Talia is shattered, broken, and no longer knows what its like to live like a normal woman. Her innocence taken, her trust broken, and her life no longer her own, the world isn't her's to live and she no longer wants to be apart of it. She's determined to free herself from the nightmare she lives day in and day out. Until a man dressed like an angel walks into her life and frightens her more than anything because he makes her feel things she no longer recognizes... The Hope she had forgotten long ago. 
 "That's the dangerous thing about hope and want. Believing that this one might be different. That this one might not hurt you too." 
 Alexei Nikolaev knows that Talia and her current situation are a cause for trouble, but when he first saw her he knew that this woman was meant to be his, meant to be the one who would be a perfect match because they were both equally broken and defected. Just like he knew her horrors, he couldn't deny that she was worth the fight and saving, no matter what he had to do to get her there. His method's certainly are unconventional. 
 Their story is about rebuilding a life that hinders them to live, to except what they are and who they became. And throughout the story I felt like Alexei was the one that opened up and grew as a person while helping Talia remember that she could be a different person, but still reclaim who she once was. Talia also brought out the better half of Alexei, though his trust was broken and the thought of loving once more were no longer a capability for him, he did overcome his defaults even though they would forever be within him, because it is what made him the man he became. 
 Overall, I completely LOVED "Ghost" Ms. Zavarelli out did herself in this book and for myself, this is one of my favorites throughout the series. 
 !!!!ARC graciously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review!!!!