S.E.X. Review~ Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

Banished gangster Benito Martell is living on the edge. An explosive hook-up in a club gifts him the relief he craves, but nothing about his life is ever so simple. Complications abound, and before long, he’s falling for the only man who can save his family from eviction.

Recovering addict Mickey Larwood has worked hard to leave his past behind. He can’t look back, not even for the beautiful Benito, the last soul on earth he expected to steal his heart—a soul who’s knee-deep in the underworld Mickey has run hundreds of miles to escape.

Benito can deny it all he wants, but Mickey can smell trouble a mile off.

And Benito is trouble with a capital T. As his desperate lies unravel, so does the fledgling love that’s grown between them. If Benito wants deliverance from his old life and a future with Mickey, old ghosts need to die.

If they don’t kill him first.

Gritty and raw. Two words that described Garrett Leigh’s Deliverance - part of the Darkest Skies series. Ms. Leigh never failed to capture my attention with her numerous books, and Deliverance hit all the marks.

Gang life on the streets was tough and cruel, and Benito knew it all too well. Meeting Mickey and the security of his sister and mother, gave Beni a new look on life; one that involved leaving the past behind.

Of course, not everything went as planned, and Ms. Leigh took the reader on an emotional rollercoaster that tethered on the precipice of disaster.

I appreciated Ms. Leigh addressing the jargon used in the book, as an American reader, I am not always familiar with the slang. This allowed me to stay focused on the story and not have to surmise the meaning.

Ms. Leigh is a wonderful storyteller of grit and emotion, hitting the mark on enveloping the reader and crating a world that came to life.

Benito and Mickey were wonderfully written, nothing held back, and emotionally charged.

Deliverance was a winner and one to not be missed.

Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review

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