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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Review: Bishop's Queen (Endgame Trilogy #2)

Bishop's Queen (Endgame Trilogy #2)

by Katie Reus

Blurb:
He doesn’t believe in fairy-tale endings…
They used to call Evan Bishop the golden boy. He had it all and was about to close the business deal of a lifetime, then marry the woman of his dreams. But everything goes to hell when a faceless enemy wants to destroy his family’s empire and see him dead. Except the bomb meant to kill him fails. He wakes up from a coma to find his face scarred and his brother missing and wanted for murder. Now that he’s damaged, he hides away from the world—including the woman he loves. He refuses to be a burden to her, so even though it destroys him, he sets her free.
She’s about to prove him wrong…
Isla MacDonald isn’t walking away from Evan just because he’s decided to shut her out of his life. He blames himself for the bombing that got her father killed and nearly killed him—but he’s wrong. After all attempts to see him fail, with a broken heart she tries to resume her life and take over her father’s firm. Though it’s not her dream, she wants to honor his legacy and finish the deal that will save thousands of jobs. But when someone tries to kill her—twice—she needs a bodyguard. To her surprise Evan steps up and insists on protecting her, putting on a show as the caring fiancé. But he won’t let her back into his life or into his heart. To have any chance at a future together, they’ll have to resurrect the past and stay alive long enough to expose the man determined to see them both dead.

Themes:  Contemporary
Rating:  4.25 stars
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Review:
OMG so many feels and so much emotional pain in one story. Isla and Evan’s story picks up right where this last story left off and we finally get to see these two overcome their issues in order to be together and move on.  There is so much happening in this one, including finding out what really happened in the very beginning to lead to the death of Isla’s father and the attack that separated them in the first place.  Katie Reus has been stealing my heart and mind for a long time with her different series, but this one is getting more and more interesting, even going in knowing that it will only be three stories long, which makes me a little bit sad honestly.  Evan push Isla away in the first of this trilogy after his attack left him scarred for life, knowing she deserved better than him and that he would never be good enough for her again. Isla fought with everything in her to keep Evan, even though she was also dealing with the loss of her father, but she refused to let the man she loved leave her, until finally she couldn’t fight any more for a man that just didn’t seem to want her anymore.  Moving on with her life, to the best of her capability, she only has a few tasks left in order to fulfill her responsibilities to her late father before she can let her old life go, when suddenly everything blows up in her face.  Once again Evan is right there, determined to push his way into her life and protect her from every danger, except the danger he poses to her heart. Evan has never stopped loving Isla and now that she is in danger he refuses to let her go, but as they spend more time together it gets harder and harder to accept that he might have to let her go again someday. I loved Isla and she was one of the strongest female characters I have read in a long time, simply because despite the damage that Evan did to her heart, she never truly stopped loving him.  She was determined to release him like he demanded, but she also knew she had to protect her heart at all costs; she never stopped loving him and knew that she had to get away from him in order find any safety for herself.  When she finds herself in danger, she accepts that Evan being in her life is a necessary evil and will keep her heart safe even if she can’t keep away from him.  Evan has decided that keeping away from Isla is highly overrated and that the time has come for him to reclaim the only woman he has ever loved. She is in danger from an unknown killer and there is no way he will risk her safety, even as she fights him and their love, but he will use everything at his disposable to make her accept him back in her life.  The passion between them is beyond undeniable and the heat is enough to burn up the entire city, even when it is just them fighting the passion and each other for dominance in their relationship.  I am seriously loving this trilogy and this family of badass alphas that have captured the hearts of even more interesting people.  I cannot wait to see the last Bishop come out of hiding, face those that have set him up as a traitor, and find his own mate. Damn Katie is a true Mistress of Sensual Romance and her grasp of human nature and relationships is magical.
*ebook provided by publisher (via NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.

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