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When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame. She doesn’t anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on Dean—her arch nemesis and ultimate thorn in her side.
And she really doesn’t anticipate waking up in shackles in a madman’s basement.
To make matters worse, Dean shares the space in his own set of chains.
After fifteen years of teasing, insults, and practical jokes, the ultimate joke seems to be on them. The two people who always thought they’d end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive.
But Cora and Dean have no idea their abductor has a plan for them. A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them together with far more than just chains.
MY OPINION
„Still Beating” is a standalone written by Jennifer Hartmann. Story with enemies to lovers trope, but written in the very dark mode.
When Cora called Dean to take her from her sister's birthday party, she didn't know that everything will change between her and her sister's future husband.
Both of them were kidnapped and closed in basement with chains. They are together in the darkness and in the end they are starting to talk normally. Not like enemies.
But their kidnapper has another plan for them. Plan, which will close them more than ever.
„Still Beating” is a dark, dark romance. Both of heroes are going through very big s*it, Cora even more than Dean. Both of them have problems to return to their previous lives, after the basement. After their hell on the Earth.
The first part of the book is totally dark and pretty good, but later on, when the situation is calmer I was a little bit bored. I understand that they need to work on their trauma, but it was too much tearful. Also Dean behavior to Mandy wasn't nice. I don't like that.
„Still Beating” is a average dark romance. If you have time to read something between books which you really want to read this story is a good choice. To me „Still Beating” was a break between two bigger series, of course in dark romance theme. Otherwise I wouldn't take this book to read.
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