Pushed

It was eleven pm Sunday night. All she was doing was walking home from work. She'd normally get a ride home from her room-mate, but she knew that was getting old. Imperial just needed a few more weeks with extra shifts and she'd be able to buy her own car. Yeah, time ran out. After a car seemed to be following her close enough to check her out she was spooked. Only a couple blocks from home she heard voices and without letting her common sense take over, she snuck into the alley next to the house to look in the window to see what happened. Wrong thing to do!! She watched him strangle a man to death and then turned to look out the window and saw her! If you read dark romances then you know this is the perfect setup for all that comes. This is a dark storyline with an underlying plot that flows quickly and seamlessly. Between the characters and the story, there is no way to read through the book without a reaction of some kind. Whether it's fear of the circumstances, excitement over the sexual chemistry between Machi and Imperial, the anger over the situation, or even the empathy over the emotions involved. Leah Holt had a gift of drawing out each of these emotions during the telling, making you feel you have shared a journey not only with the author, but with her characters as well. What a great book and the beginning of what can only be a stellar series.

I am at a complete loss for words. I am just in awe.I am so in love with the mystery behind this book. It was such a wonderful read. It was dark. The sensitive subject was left to your imagination. There were no details. Though I was a bit mad at what Machi did- the reasoning behind it made the story. This book really kept me guessing. I had to keep reading. I had to find out what happened. It was not your typical love story. It didn't have hearts and flowers. It was raw. Exciting. Sensual. Erotic. The demons are now gone. This journey takes you down a bumpy road. I feel a sense of completion. I feel so satisfied. That epilogue made the story. It was not what I thought it was. It was so much more. I'd highly recommend.

I have read 10 chapters of the book so far and I've been told the same thing by both characters. The story is written in first person point of view with each character having their own chapters. Imperial, who must see what's going on in the alley gets into trouble and then cannot figure out why she's being punished. When Machi explains, over and over and over again that he's not going to kill her we see her complaining that it's his end game for three or four chapters. Machi's POV comes in his chapters and he has to explain the same thing we just read in the previous three chapters from Imperial's POV. Too much of the story takes place in the room where Imperial was locked in the first night. She's been out once in ten chapters. Wow. She has silly fights in her head about escaping, believing she can punch and kick her way out when from the beginning she had no fight in her.When Machi takes her out of the room the first time, she meets Ethan. His eyes are described as evil and dead. As were Machi's friends the night she was taken. Yet, for all the evil surrounding her, strangely, she's not smart enough to believe what she sees. And yet again, her reckless actions get her into trouble and she cannot understand why she's being treated so badly, that it's Machi and his cohort's fault.The story opened with a prologue. Which so far is the best part of the story. But as the writing progresses, Machi and Imperial begin to sound alike. Their narration really becomes just one person's thoughts.Sadly, this story does not live up to the 4.5 stars readers have given it.

This is a wonderfully written dark romance and it tells Machi and Imperial's story. It's a great story and I tru!y enjoyed reading it. Machi must take Imperial to keep her safe from the other men who would no doubt hurt her and make her wish she was dead. He is the lesser of two evils and he's just trying to fight a wrong from his past. Grab this exciting book today, you won't be disappointed!!!

Imperial was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Taken by a man called Machi. She had no idea what was going to happen to her. Machi was not really the man she thought he was. Despite the circumstances and his agenda he vowed to keep her safe and return her home. Really nice and sexy story.

In the first book of her Dark Flower Series Leah Holt had you loving every Dark moment of this story. You might think that you know what is happening, but do you really until it is over? That is the genius of Leah Holt! Don’t miss out on this series, you will not be disappointed!

I was enthralled through this whole book. I literally could not stop reading! The suspense of what was happening, what was to come, thinking I knew what was coming and then not.....I was holding on to the edge till the end. Can't wait to read more Leah Holt!!!

I really loved this book. Very believable plot. Lots of edge of your seat suspense. Read this in two sittings. This is my first book by this author but will definitely not be my last! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟