My Review of The Reaper by Ruby Bloom

Brief Description – a nurse who works in a prison finds an injured man. As he has amnesia, she pretends he’s her boyfriend.

This is the second book in the collection. They are individual stories by different authors. As I understand it the writers attended a book fair held at Shrewsbury prison. I love how they gave them the same themed cover, and added them to Kindle Unlimited, too.

I really enjoyed this book. Yes, it was a bit naughty, but I expected that and it was only a small bit of the storyline. It added to the relationship of Jack and Hannah.

Hannah’s a nurse and when she discovers the badly beaten body of a man. He is taken inside the prison to the ward she works in.

Jack, it turns out, has amnesia and Hannah sees it as a way to get out of a bad relationship.

It soon becomes clear that Jack is involved in gangland warfare. Life becomes tricky for Hannah as things takes a sinister twist. This leads up to a very exciting climax.

A great story, well written, and devised. I guessed the ending but was on pins to know if I was right. This gave me a sense of satisfaction with a great resolution to the story. I recommend it.

Blurb

A TATTOOED AMNESIAC.

A BLACKMAILED NURSE.

CAN THEY STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME OR WILL THEY WALK AWAY FROM THE TABLE EMPTY HANDED?

Jack wakes up to find himself in a difficult position. He has no clothes, no phone, no money.

And no memories.

Recovering from serious injuries, and being held without answers in the Infirmary of Eastward Prison, he is desperate to discover the truth. Why won’t they let him go? Why can’t anyone tell him what happened? What game is he caught up in? It’s hard to play the game when you don’t know the rules, and one thing he knows is that he doesn’t want to play nice.

But there is one thing he does have. Hannah.

The bombshell nurse who barely leaves his side. Who features in all his flashbacks. Who sets his soul, and his skin, on fire like nothing else ever has. Hannah, also, isn’t in the mood for playing games anymore. Facing the threat of blackmail, she finds herself in an equally tight spot. Time’s up, she has to make her move, but she’s been dealt a bad hand.

Until Jack drops into her lap, complete with his Reaper’s MC tattoo, his horrific injuries, and his gruff bedside manner. He has to stay at Eastward, he isn’t safe anywhere else.

He’s dangerous. He’s angry. And he is her perfect “get out of jail free” card.

Jack and Hannah are both playing to win, but a game can only have one winner. When Jack’s memories start to return, and Hannah finds herself at the centre of a treacherous gang war, can they work together and play fair? Or will their lies send the pack of cards tumbling down?

The Reaper is a stand alone, open door romance with a HEA and is part of the Eastward Prison series for Authors Behind Bars 2024 book signing event.

Other Books in the collection