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Last Hit (A Hitman Novel Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jessica Clare (Author), Jen Frederick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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From two bestselling authors—the first in a deliciously bold new series that takes readers to the most dangerous edge of desire . . .

Nikolai: I have been a contract killer since I was a boy. For years I savored the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos. The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all spoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you’d have. I have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small, scarred heart to her brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I will bring the world down around their ears.

Daisy: I’ve been sheltered from the outside world all my life. Home-schooled and farm-raised, I’m so naive that my best friend calls me Pollyanna. I like to believe the best about people. Nikolai is part of this new life, and he’s terrifying to me. Not because his eyes are cold or my friend warns me away from him, but because he’s the only man who has ever seen the real me beneath the awkwardness. With him, my heart is at risk . . . and also, my life.

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Jen Frederick is the USA Today bestselling author of several romance series, including the Woodlands books and the Hitman novels. She lives in the Midwest with her husband, daughter, and one rambunctious dog. Visit her at jenfrederick.com.

Iggy Toma is a voice-over artist, musician, and activist based in New York City. He is an avid reader of romance and mystery, and he has a soft spot for daytime soap operas.

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare writes under three pen names. As Jessica Clare, she writes erotic contemporary romance. As Jessica Sims, she writes fun, sexy shifter paranormals. Finally, as Jill Myles, she writes a little bit of everything, from sexy, comedic urban fantasy to zombie fairy tales.

Kasha Kensington had childhood aspirations of becoming a trapeze performer, but in the end she decided to pursue a degree in communications at Binghamton University, where she discovered a gift for voice-over work. She works extensively in both radio and the audiobook industry.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00O9A4CX8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (October 7, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 7, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1146 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Clare writes under three pen names. As Jessica Clare, she writes erotic contemporary romance. As Jessica Sims, she writes fun, sexy shifter paranormals. She also has a third pen name, because three is more fun than two. As Jill Myles, she writes a little bit of everything, from sexy, comedic urban fantasy to fairy tales gone wrong.
She lives in a teeny tiny town in North Texas that has no Starbucks, which is a cruel and unusual punishment. She spends her time with her husband, pets, and Keurig. Because, coffee.
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Jen Frederick is the USA Today bestselling author of Unspoken, part of the Woodlands series, and Sacked, part of the Gridiron series. She is also the author of the Charlotte Chronicles and has had several books on the Kindle Top 100 list. She lives in the Midwest with a husband who keeps track of life’s details while she’s writing, a daughter who understands when Mom disappears into her office for hours at a time, and a rambunctious dog who does neither. Email her at jensfrederick@gmail.com.
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carvanz

Charming, awkward killer

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017

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This is not your normal killer/virgin story. No cliché to be found here folks.

Nick/Nickolai is a hit man that has been released from the Bratva. While scoping his next mark, he sees Daisy. She is a vision of light and innocence that he hungers for but one whom he knows he will never be worthy of. Once their unplanned meeting takes place however, he cannot help but fall even more into all that is beautiful about his Daisy. While the heroine is naïve and unsure about so much in her new life, she is drawn to the stranger that is Nick.

What results is a charming, awkward courting between the hero and heroine. Both are inexperienced in dating much less relationships. They fumble with conversation and the simple steps of getting to know each other only adds to the charm. The movie night date was a wonderful disaster of which I’ve never read the likes of.

Nick is an absolute alpha hero and his taking care of Daisy was hilarious at times. Daisy was reluctant to accept anything from Nick and yet he helped her in such a manner that she often didn’t recognize it for what it was. When she did, she was strong enough to stand up to him and I was pleased these authors gave her that backbone. You’re gonna love the way he works around some of her needs.

About three-fourths of the way in, the story felt a little drawn out but only because Nick and Daisy are separated and their scenes together were where the true magic was. I loved the way Daniel coerced Nick into letting him somewhat, kind of, a little bit, become his friend. I think Regan and Daniel’s story is next and I will definitely be picking that one up!

If you love your alpha heroes damaged, socially awkward, prepared to do anything for the woman they consider their own, you’re going to love Nick.

If you love your heroines to be sweet, innocent, lost in the world, naïve and yet able to stand up to a killer, you’re going to love Daisy.

I actually hate that this story ended! I wanted more!

POV – both H/h

Epilogue – none but we get a look into their short future and I suspect we’ll be seeing more of them in the next books of the series

Cliffhanger – no except for Reagan and Daniel’s storyline

Safety Gang: **********************S P O I L E R S**********************

Daisy’s father slaps her but it was the only time he had ever done so and they are both shocked by it.

After meeting the heroine, the hero hires a prostitute for oral sex but is unable to go through with it. This really could’ve been left out and I was disappointed that these authors would include a scene that’s going to eliminate so many readers.

Daisy’s roommate Reagan is raped but it takes place off the page and is not described in the least little bit. The reader is simply given the assumption through the heroine that this took place.

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Reading as much as I can

Plot keeps you engaged, steamy, hero is not perfect; heroine is almost OTT innocent

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013

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Nick is a hitman that was part of the Russian 'mafia'. He is scouting out his next target and comes across Daisy. Daisy has been overly sheltered her whole 21 years of her life and is on her own for the first time.
Nick is attracted to Daisy and feels compelled to protect her, even before he meets her. He watches her from his apartment across the street. Her innocence, purity and happy personality is the opposite of who he is.
This is a classic, bad guy meets and falls in love with the pure angel.

3 stars is okay
4 is "I like it". And I did like this book.

What did I like?
-Nick is sexy, brave, great at his job, will do anything for Daisy, generous and loving-
-Daisy is sweet, innocent beautiful and brave. She is able to see people for who they are, not just what is on the surface. She is working incredibly hard to be independent, even though she is broke and on her own for the first time.
- the other characters are interesting - they don't play huge roles, but they added to the story. Who are the allies, who are the enemies?
- The overall plot. Nick is not your perfectly squeaky clean guy (Like a Navy Seal, or a cop or firefighter). He is an assassin. Not a noble profession. So how do we overcome our hero being an anti-hero? How can we like a heroine that falls for a murderer. Well...we do....
- Yeah - steamy scenes are steamy
- There is some action in this book - not super graphic though.
- Their romance is pretty great. It's a young love that flourishes. Not a lot of basic friendship seemed to be developed in this book, but it goes straight to the heavy duty - LOVE.

What didn't I like?
- Daisy was a bit TOO innocent for me. The way she was raised - it made sense. but it was just a bit too innocent. Hopefully Nick will keep her from naively being taken advantage of. Even though she was super innocent (for example, she had never been to the movies), when she get a new phone - she knows the shortened text lingo right away. When I got my first cell phone with texting - I was not texting like a pro until months later....
- Nick was a bit OTT in his overzealous response to Daisy. He was immediately smitten. He threw himself 110 % into protecting her and taking care of her. That happened a bit quickly. Would have liked to see him fall for her through some dates, conversations, etc.
- The ending - Daisy does something that just didn't really ring true to me. A bit extreme. But I went with the flow.

This book ends with the Couple's HEA. The book sets up for part 2 - the plot is not 100% resolved. But it's not a cliffhanger either.

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lizzy

intreresting grows on you

Reviewed in Germany on October 18, 2014

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It took time to get into it, but after a while i was sucked in. could not put it down,

The Romance Reading Brit

Brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2014

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"I watch her through my bathroom window. I've placed one of the four rented chairs in here for that express purpose. I tell myself it is not creepy as the american girls would say, because I watch everyone. But really I only watch her"

There is something wrong with me. Because I LOVED Nikolai. And not in a reasonable way! Oh no, in a hysterical Belieber fan way and if anyone says anything wrong about my Nikolai, I will post a hysterical screaming video of myself on youtube where I yell at you all to leave him alone!

And now that is out of the way and you have all backed off and no one is even reading this any more:

I loved this book! Nikolai I thought was adorable, seriously, the Russian Hitman, yes, he is so adorable, I just wanted to smoosh his little cheeks and eat him up.....

Erm...anyway, moving on!

It was romantic, often humorous (Nick has seriously no clue about dating and women) with a bit of drama and action. It is a quite often sweet story of two dysfunctional people with abnormal childhoods finding each other. With guns. And the Russian Mafia!

It was in a word - Awesome!

sara88_p

Last hit

Reviewed in Italy on December 7, 2013

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L'unica cosa che mi ha spinta ad acquistare questo libro è stata una delle due autrici, Jen Frederick. Adoro la serie Woodlands, quindi sono andata ad occhi chiusi. Non dico che sia stata una delusione completa, ma mia ha lasciato mooolto l'amaro in bocca.
Daisy Miller ha vissuto tutta la sua vita rinchiusa in casa con suo padre, dopo che la madre è stata uccisa durante una rapina: ha il permesso di uscire solo per fare la spesa o per andare in biblioteca, il computer è accessibile solo sotto la supervisione di suo padre e la cantina è stata trasformata in un poligono di tiro per imparare a difendersi. Una mattina, ormai ventunenne, Daisy esce per fare la spesa e scappa verso la città senza guardarsi indietro. Con i pochi soldi che ha accumulato negli anni riesce a pagare l'affitto in un misero appartamento dove fa amicizia con la sua coinquilina Regan e, per la prima volta nella sua vita, è libera di sperimentare tutto quello che ha vissuto solo attraverso i libri che leggeva di nascosto.
Qui entra in gioco Nick, o Nikolai, un ragazzo ucraino che incontra in lavanderia e con il quale nasce una forte attrazione. Quello che Daisy non sa è che Nick la spia dal suo appartamento fin dal suo arrivo e che ha organizzato quell'incontro solo per poterla conoscere di persona. Ma, cosa più importante, Daisy non sa che Nick è un killer su commissione cresciuto in Russia all'interno di una grande famiglia di criminali. Mentre la loro amicizia si trasforma in qualcosa di più profondo Daisy comincia a sospettare che Nick nasconda qualcosa, forse qualche lavoro illegale legato ai computer che gli permette uno stile di vita così dispendioso, ma la sua innocenza la porta a fidarsi di lui, al punto da lasciarlo avvicinare anche fisicamente. Tra un omicidio e l'altro e qualche scena sensuale si arriva al punto in cui Daisy e Regan, la coinquilina, vengono rapite dai russi con lo scopo di avvicinare Nick ed eliminarlo, dato che negli anni si era allontanato dai loro affari e rappresenta una minaccia.
Da qui comincia la parte del libro che ho apprezzato decisamente meno. Nick parte subito per la Russia per salvare Daisy e si vede costretto a chiedere aiuto a Daniel, un altro killer. Nel frattempo cosa sta succedendo alle due povere ragazze? Daisy non viene toccata, o quasi, in quanto vergine e destinata alla vendita un ricco malato di sifilide. Regan, povera ragazza, viene drogata, violentata e venduta al mercato nero. Dopo che Daisy viene salvata e che scopre la vera identità di Nick, decide di uccidere il tizio che ha incaricato il suo rapimento e la morte del suo amore e i due scappano in Svizzera a coronare il loro sogno d'amore. E Regan? Be', Daniel ha promesso di ritrovarla, e lo fa, dopo svariati mesi durante i quali Daisy e Nick tornano negli Stati Uniti, comprano casa e aiutano il povero papà a uscire di casa. Come? Uccidendo il tipo che aveva assassinato sua moglie.

Non è stato un libro semplice da leggere. Nella prima parte si prova una grande tenerezza per questa ragazza costretta a richiudersi in casa quando il suo solo desiderio è di vedere la luce del sole. Nick è circondato da così tanta tristezza che è difficile non provare un po' di compassione, nonostante il suo 'lavoro'. Queste due anime sole e perse sembrano fatte per stare insieme. Ma c'è anche tanta crudezza e oscurità nella storia. Forse questo netto distacco era voluto dalle due autrici, ma alcune parti sono molto pesanti da leggere.
Non è il mio genere di libro, ma probabilmente piacerà agli amanti dei thriller o suspence.
L'unico problema? Devo sapere che cosa è successo a Regan, e per farlo credo che leggerò anche il prossimo libro.

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L. M. Train

major alpha

Reviewed in Australia on December 22, 2013

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Nikolai (Nick) is the type of Hero I want in every book, but rarely find. Strong, sexy, possessive, and utterly lovable. Can hardly wait to read the next in the series.

Sandy

Sweet romance with a side of suspense

Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2013

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Often when reading erotic or romance novels, there are situations or plot lines that are implausible or difficult to believe. If you're like me, you've probably never had a man offer you a million dollars to pose as his fiancee; or rescue you from an attack then whisk you away to his private island; or stumbled across the snowbound cabin of a reclusive billionaire. These are common plot devices that are fantasies & it's whether or not you like the characters that will keep you from rolling your eyes or laughing out loud.
This has a similar beginning: a Russian hit man who spies (stalks?) on a naive young woman who's a virgin in every sense. Hey, it could happen. So you start reading, hoping the characters will make it worth your time (& money). And for me it was.
Nick is the battered product of a horrific childhood spent being moulded into a killer by the Bratva, a kind of Russian hit man factory. He's more machine than man. Maybe it 's because he was kicked out at 15 that there is still some humanity left. Enough to let him recognize something beautiful & pure when he sees it.
Daisy's mother was killed in a robbery when she was a child & her's father's reaction was to lock her away from a world full of danger. But by 21, she's had enough. Desperate to experience life, she runs away to Minneapolis & ends up sharing an apartment in a dingy part of town. She has little money & no possessions but she has freedom.
Nick has been watching her building. His next hit lives there & during surveillance, he spots Daisy. He didn't know people like her existed & is fascinated by her innocence, delight in every day things & lack of agenda. When he "accidentally" bumps into her in the laundry room, of course the attraction is immediate & mutual. Hey, don't judge...they have more in common than you think.
And so begins their story. They're a study in contrasts. He is hard, tattooed, cynical & socially inept. She is soft, naive, open & socially inept. Neither had a normal upbringing or any experience with real relationships. Because the story is told in alternating chapters, we are privy to their thoughts & feelings so we understand both points of view. It's sweet & at times funny, poignant or sad. They each have secrets to tell as they become closer & learn to let someone into their lives.
Unfortunately, it's Nick life that comes back to haunt him & puts Daisy in danger. I won't spill the beans but as this is Book #1, you know they end up together somehow, although not all issues are resolved. There is a fair amount of sexual content but it's the language that is more graphic than the sex.
Yes, it's fantasy but that's why we read these books. It provides a little escapism. I liked these two & the author has taken people who are polar opposites & created a story where it makes sense they end up together. So you can sit back at the end of a hard day, shut off the world, suspend your disbelief & enjoy a little romance.

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