S.E.X. Review~ Novak by RJ Scott

He's a psychopath trained to destroy. Now he’s found someone he’ll break the world for.

Novak can't do attachment. He calculates, controls, eliminates threats, and keeps everything exactly where it belongs.

Until Caleb.

With the hacker who hates him, every instinct tells him to protect, contain, and eliminate anything that gets too close. Novak knows exactly what that makes him. He doesn’t just want Caleb. He’s already decided Caleb is his.

Finding two children before a fire destroys the evidence is one thing—but when Caleb follows the data, they uncover a trafficking pipeline buried beneath religion—victims catalogued, collared, controlled, and sold through a network so clean it disappears across state lines.

Novak has seen this before. Lived it. Survived it.

With less than twenty-four hours before a shipment disappears into the network, Caleb and Novak have a choice—wait for backup, which will take too long, or go in alone, take down the compound, and get the kids out before the system resets. With no guarantee they make it out alive.

Novak is a dark MM romantic suspense featuring high-stakes survival, forced proximity, obsession, and a psychopath who doesn’t feel fear—but does feel ownership. Expect violence, razor-edged loyalty, “touch him and die” protection, and a love that doesn’t offer escape—only survival.

Never in my wildest dreams would I think I’d be cheering for a psychopath! They’re ruthless killers with no regard for anyone else, right? Well thank you Ms Scott for changing my mind and delivering a new perspective on someone we should all despise.

Novak was part of the Redcars network through Doc- the resident medical fixer. Novak cleans up. And does it very well. But what took him for a loop was Caleb. Obsessed, watchful, calculative, Novak came to care for the hacker even if he doesn’t understand his own ‘emotions’. While Caleb found him strange and weird, he eventually came to understand Novak’s obsessive nature towards him was his love language. Once Caleb saw him for the man who would protect him and the abused children of the world, his heart softened and their relationship ensued.

This series contains grit and determination in a world where evil roams and turns up at every turn. Ms Scott delivered passion and intrigue in each character including their flaws. Should I admire this character and want him to receive his HEA? Probably not. But do I? Absolutely!

Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review

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