Phew, this was a marathon. Not the book itself, but the series, although this was the largest book I’d read in a long time at 425 pages!
There are five men in the Sinners and Saints series, with each book focusing on a different character Trust is Knox Blackwood’s story, a six-foot-four, heavily tattooed convicted murderer who has spent fourteen years in prison. However, there is far more to him than his conviction.
Harper is the prison nurse, and she’s running from an abusive relationship. She and Knox are drawn together because, despite his reputation, he is also a protector.
I love the way characters from the previous books appear throughout this one. Told in the first person, the story alternates between the two main protagonists, while their friends weave in and out of the narrative, maintaining the strong connections established throughout the series.
This story has everything: humour (and plenty of it), intense chemistry between Knox and Harper, fights, conflict, and deeply emotional moments. As always, the author has clearly done extensive research, bringing much more to the story than just romance.
Highly recommended, as is the entire series.
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He’s a convicted killer.
I’m his nurse.
And he saw my bruises.
Now he keeps getting hurt on purpose,
just to see that I’m safe.
As a prison nurse, I keep my heart locked away tighter than the men I treat.
No gray areas.
No second chances.
Especially not after escaping my abusive ex.
Then Knox Blackwood, the most dangerous man in the prison, winds up in my infirmary.
Whatever he did to get locked up remains the prison’s darkest secret.
He should terrify me.
Instead, he sees what no one else does.
The scars.
The flinch when a door slams.
The fear I can’t bury.
“Who hurt you?” he growls.
When I don’t answer, Knox starts showing up in my infirmary.
New wounds.
Suspicious injuries.
Getting hurt on purpose,
just for five minutes with me.
I tell myself I can’t fall for an inmate.
I won’t.
Especially not one who’s now harboring a violent vendetta against my ex.
But every stolen touch feels like salvation.
And every whispered promise paves the road to our future.
Knox is one parole hearing from freedom.
If we stay careful, maybe he’ll get out.
Reunite with his daughter.
And we’ll have a life beyond these walls.
All I have to do
is keep Knox from killing the man who hurt me.
That’s the plan.
Until my violent ex steps into the prison
as Knox’s new guard…
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