A Review by Wendy
4 Everything is Not What You Think Stars
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What would you do if your life was dull, predictable...alone with no prospects of it changing anytime soon...the only happiness or thrills were the memories of your deceased parents taking you boating; teaching you everything they new about knots and all things nautical....
Twenty year old Mia is feeling so alone and lonely; her Aunt Bea recently passed and she is directionless. She moved to her old homestead; took care of her Aunt through her final days. While there a letter addressed to K.Klaus was delivered and opened by mistake...What she read was shocking and titillating at the same time...
Prose of bondage... phrases of seduction using descriptions of knots...reaching out....caressing her...touching her...confusing her...
for she is an innocent...never experiencing, only reading about these things....The man, Jax DeLuca, locked away for 15 years was reaching out to this K.Kraus... and what would be the harm in responding...she knew knots...she could try to talk his language...and so it started harmlessly enough...
But these letters... and the passion they caused...they were addictive. She couldn't stop the obsessive reading of them...and deep in her heart she felt her brave, strong mother...would be there saying read Mia, write him...
But these letters were not what them seemed to be... they were code... sent to an operative to help Jax escape... for he is part of the Vigilantes...another layer of the world which civilians have no knowledge...He was used by a woman who drew him in... playing him with her pretend innocence...he let his guard down; manipulated into killing another Vigilante...so he was sent to prison.
He has been trying to arrange his escape in order to clear his name by sending these coded letters... written like erotic love to his girlfriend in order to get them through security. Upon receiving Mia's letters signed as Klaus... he knows something is wrong...the code is not right... the knots make no sense...He continues to write... and finally arranges his escape.
Mia is at a loss...all she can do is write these letters and wait for the next...she falls asleep dreaming of Jax...only to have the dream she is in be true...with wrists bound; chest bound, leg bound...she wakes to the real Jax in her bedroom....He demands to know where Klaus is...she explains through her fear this is all a mistake due to her responding to the letters...He sees through her pretend innocence; this time he will not be tricked...She has been obsessing, wanting, dreaming about him...She decides to channel her mother and be brave...strong and see what happens next...
This reminded me of shows like Covert Affairs / Alias with the promise of bondage as the sexual hook. This first part of the series is giving us all the necessary groundwork to rope us in (ha!) and want to continue to see where all of this goes. We got a feel for Mia... she is not just another meek milk toast... she has inner strength and will grow throughout the series... Jax is sexy, manly and driven...There are advanced electronics, weapons and gadgets... all the things which added to the feel of the tale.
Be warned; there is a cliffy, however, the authors promises to deliver each installment quickly...The next "episode" will be out January 27th.
A gifted copy was provided by author for an honest review.
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