Review: Dark Sexy Knight by Katy Regnery (a modern fairytale #4)
Note: This ARC was provided by Rock Star Lit PR in exchange for an honest review.
"I can be your knight, Verity. I can be whatever you need me to be."
His lips brushed against hers.
"Lancelot to my Guinevere?" she whispered, grinning at him, caught up in the sweet, playful melodrama of his kisses and promises.
"Yes, baby," he groaned, his breath hot against her lips. "Open your eyes and see. This is love. We are a fucking fairy tale."
Katy Regnery's Winslow Brothers series will always have a special place in my heart because the series starter was my very first read from her. However, there is something simply extraordinary about her a modern fairytale collection speaks to my heart, playing it as skillfully as someone who knows exactly what it wants and needs. Her past three books in the series--The Vixen and the Vet, Never Let You Go, and Ginger's Heart--took the classic-fairytale-with-a-modern-twist romance sub-genre and showed exactly what it means to be "inspired" by a much adored, recognizable tale and making it the author's own. So, my expectations were in the stratosphere with her surprise of a fourth novel, a surprise because a different modern fairytale was already lined up for release next year. Even with the extremely high expectations, I always go into the latest addition to an on-going but already top and loved series a bit wary and worried. What if this new book falters and falls flat or has more negatives than positives? What if I absolutely hate it, and hating something that a favorite go-to author creates is heartbreaking for me? Silly me, because if it's one thing I should have had faith in, it's that Katy Regnery's a modern fairytale books have never, ever disappointed me, and Dark Sexy Knight, the fourth and newest one in the collection was a lulled me into complacency until, out of nowhere, it swept me away, stealing my breath with its characters and love story.
Twenty-eight-year-old Colton Lane isn't one to really become involved in the affairs of other people, all the more when they're strangers. But something about twenty-four-year-old Verity Gwynn had him taking notice from the moment his eyes spied her from across the room. She wasn't a drop dead gorgeous scene stealer and having never spoken to her before, it wasn't her witty conversation that he found appealing. He surprises even himself when he engages with her, and when he learns that she's in a desperate search for a job for herself and her older brother, Ryan, with special needs, he comes to her rescue and recommends them to the head of human resources at the dinner theater where he's held the role of Viking Knight for more than four years. He isn't sure, however, how to handle Verity looking at him as if he truly was some sort of knight in shining armor. Whatever armor he may is anything but shiny, tarnished being a far more realistic description for it. But he can't seem to stop himself from constantly saving the day when it comes to Verity. The more time they're in each other's company, the more they become tethered to one another, and while tying themselves to Colt was never part of her plan, there's no denying how she and Ryan wouldn't choose to be anywhere else. Time waits for no one, and neither does it wait for what may be the right time to fall in love, but will Verity still want to be with Colt when all his dark secrets are revealed?
Gah! This book. I mean, seriously! I was reading it and there was no denying that I was enjoying myself immensely during the first few chapters of the book, but then out of the blue, it felt as if I had been lifted up by this quiet wind that was swirling around me this whole time and I found myself in this tale of love, family, fate, absolution, and redemption being shared by two main characters who so need a bit more happiness and sunshine than what they've been getting lately. Yes, Verity loves her brother and he loves her without question, but her life has been about Ryan for so long that you want her to be able to have that someone she can share the rest of her life with, even though it's irrefutable that she would gladly do it all again for him. Then there's Colt, who undeniably loves his cousin and would do anything for her, but the burden of responsibility he's put on himself has cost him in more ways than one, and my heart squeezes for him because it's clear he wouldn't have it any other way. They may appear to be an odd couple, but Colt and Verity were absolutely perfect for each other. That doesn't mean, of course, that it was all smooth sailing for them, and it's through all those rough patches that they realize that they are strong together and that sometimes, one has to be stronger for the both of them. I should never have doubted Katy Regnery and the hold a modern fairytale has over me. Five-plus stars for Dark Sexy Knight. ♥
Release Date: 05 June 2016
Date Read: 05 June 2016
Learn more about Katy Regnery.
Purchase Dark Sexy Knight on Amazon.
Twenty-eight-year-old Colton Lane isn't one to really become involved in the affairs of other people, all the more when they're strangers. But something about twenty-four-year-old Verity Gwynn had him taking notice from the moment his eyes spied her from across the room. She wasn't a drop dead gorgeous scene stealer and having never spoken to her before, it wasn't her witty conversation that he found appealing. He surprises even himself when he engages with her, and when he learns that she's in a desperate search for a job for herself and her older brother, Ryan, with special needs, he comes to her rescue and recommends them to the head of human resources at the dinner theater where he's held the role of Viking Knight for more than four years. He isn't sure, however, how to handle Verity looking at him as if he truly was some sort of knight in shining armor. Whatever armor he may is anything but shiny, tarnished being a far more realistic description for it. But he can't seem to stop himself from constantly saving the day when it comes to Verity. The more time they're in each other's company, the more they become tethered to one another, and while tying themselves to Colt was never part of her plan, there's no denying how she and Ryan wouldn't choose to be anywhere else. Time waits for no one, and neither does it wait for what may be the right time to fall in love, but will Verity still want to be with Colt when all his dark secrets are revealed?
Gah! This book. I mean, seriously! I was reading it and there was no denying that I was enjoying myself immensely during the first few chapters of the book, but then out of the blue, it felt as if I had been lifted up by this quiet wind that was swirling around me this whole time and I found myself in this tale of love, family, fate, absolution, and redemption being shared by two main characters who so need a bit more happiness and sunshine than what they've been getting lately. Yes, Verity loves her brother and he loves her without question, but her life has been about Ryan for so long that you want her to be able to have that someone she can share the rest of her life with, even though it's irrefutable that she would gladly do it all again for him. Then there's Colt, who undeniably loves his cousin and would do anything for her, but the burden of responsibility he's put on himself has cost him in more ways than one, and my heart squeezes for him because it's clear he wouldn't have it any other way. They may appear to be an odd couple, but Colt and Verity were absolutely perfect for each other. That doesn't mean, of course, that it was all smooth sailing for them, and it's through all those rough patches that they realize that they are strong together and that sometimes, one has to be stronger for the both of them. I should never have doubted Katy Regnery and the hold a modern fairytale has over me. Five-plus stars for Dark Sexy Knight. ♥
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Read my reviews for the a modern fairytale collection:
The Vixen and the Vet (book one) - five-plus stars - My Review
Never Let You Go (book two) - five-plus stars - My Review
Ginger's Heart (book three) - five-plus stars - My Review
Dark Sexy Knight (book four) - five-plus stars - My Review (posted above)
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Date Read: 05 June 2016
Learn more about Katy Regnery.
Purchase Dark Sexy Knight on Amazon.
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