Author: Max Ellendale

Genre: Contemporary Romance 🌶️

Tropes: Bodyguard, Hurt / Comfort, Stalker

Series: Four Point Universe #11

Pages: 345

Published: January 24th, 2021

Format: ebook (KU)

Started: 10-06-2024

Finished: 10-25-2024

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character

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readability

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writing style

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plot

synopsis

Ex-rock star, Dusty Song, abandons her music career to become a U.S. Marshal tasked with safeguarding vulnerable people from the criminals set on silencing them. When Dusty first encounters the illustrious Honorable Judge Bidwell, she sees a woman marked by the cases she’s tried.

Years later, Dusty remembers the strong-willed, audacious woman as the unlikeable star of the courtroom. When she’s called in to revisit the case following a series of disturbing reports, she comes upon a Mercedes Bidwell much different than her memory recalls. The two women walk together on a path seeded by those who came before them, carrying a silent wish in hope that someday someone will see them for who they truly are.

  • this one was just ok honestly not as good as I remembered it to be 
  • This was mainly due to the fact that Mercy was so annoying to me ‐ her mood swings were not “attractive” to me at all and she was definitely lacking in the emotional maturity category ‐ her character mellowed out once Dusty started calling her out and working w/ her on it tho but that’s not something you should have to do w/ a late 30’s early 40’s judge / lawyer ‐ it just seemed a little out of character to me ‐ it also so weird to me that I feel like the characters that need therapy the most in this series are not really getting it lol especially bc Mercy’s moods swings are trauma based / triggered
  • I didn’t totally hate her character though she was just annoying at times ‐ I loved seeing her mom moments w/ Sam and her softer moments w/ Dusty 
  • Dusty is a saint bc I personally could never have the patience that she does ‐ her emotional maturity, on the other hand, was leagues above Mercy’s (and honestly mine but I’m only 22 and haven’t had nearly as much life experience) ‐ she saved this book for me I loved her character especially her scenes with the reoccurring characters from the other books ‐ I honestly liked these scenes more than some of her scenes with Mercy 
  • The pacing of this book was good and the whole mystery behind who was stalking Mercy was well done & I liked the way that part of the story ended too 🙂
  • The epilogue was very touching and I loved bc it was  a full circle moment for Dusty and I loved that for her 
  • Would read again but only if I’m rereading the entire series
  • Going to Dusty apartment for the first time 
  • Moment after Mercy fires her staff for the second time 
  • Car crash 
  • Epilogue