Rellik is exactly my type of book. I have to be grabbed by the throat and balls by the first paragraph. And Teresa Mummert's words never flinch with their grip. She will twist your mind and your heart with equal measure. I could never guess where the plot was going, and that's the kind of read that makes me purr. With Rellik, you will read it all in one huge gulp. Get ready for book hangover because Rellik will beat the heck out of you before he shows you his man stick and make you beg for it. 
 Ella is a heroine you can root for, and Rellik is a killer you will love. 
 Here are my favorite quotes! 
 "If you touch me, I'll scream." 
 "If I touch you, you'll scream...and moan...and beg." 
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 "You're a dick." 
 "You want my dick?" 
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 "I'm sorry I threatened you." 
 "You're not forgiven." 
 "Don't you have something to say to me?" 
 "No." 
 "You don't want to apologize for pulling a gun on me?" 
 "I'm leaving." 
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 "What's with the card for the psych ward? You're fucking crazy?" 
 "You're holding me at gunpoint, and you're questioning my sanity?" 
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 "Why are you counting?" 
 "I didn't realize I was. It's just something I do sometimes when I'm..." Her eyes searched as if she were looking for the answer written on the wall. 
 "Scared?" 
 "Overwhelmed." 
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 His fingertips ran lightly over the small, thin scars that marred my lower belly and thighs. "Who hurt you?" 
 "Who hurt you?" I asked as his gaze lingered on me for a few seconds. He pressed his lips gently against one of the marks. 
 "That's a long list. 
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 "You are nothing like I'd imagined," "You imagined fucking me?""It's all I've done since the moment I met you." 
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 "You knew I'd come after you." 
 "I hoped." 
 "Be careful what you wish for." 
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 "The other guys have these scary names, and yours kind of sounds like a third-generation teakettle on the Antique Road Show. Not something that evokes fear." 
 "Relic. Never thought of it that way." 
 Rellik smiled crookedly as he leaned over the bar, snatching a pen from my apron. Grabbing a beer coaster, he wrote out his name in capital letters before sliding it to me. 
 "I don't get it." 
 "Turn around. Look in the mirror behind the bar." 
 I spun around as I held it up to my chest, glancing between the rows of liquor bottles. 
 "Killer," I mumbled. 
 "Hiding in plain sight. What's more dangerous than that?" His blue eyes were alive with amusement.