Luca

This was one of those that started with a good bit of potential then went from <br />0-Unbloodybelievable within a few chapters.<br /><br />Chloe, Freddie and Luca have been friends since she was 8. At 8 Chloe had an adult head on her shoulders, she knew what love was, knew she wanted to marry Luca and knew that with every part of her being she would wait for him. Yea like F*** did she. No 8 year old knows that stuff. At 8 most of us are still eating bogies and trying to figure out how to get dressed by ourselves in the morning. Not Chloe, nope she’s got it all figured out.<br /><br />Then there’s Freddie, the brother she never had. And his big brother Luca who is brooding and hot (apparently) From the age of 12 he’s wanted Chloe. Knew she was his soul mate. I call bullshit. <br /><br />Anyway fast forward to a 22 year old Chloe who’s now a stripper. A virgin. And hell bent on trying to get herself killed or raped. It changes throughout the book.She hasn’t seen Fred or Luc for 7 years since they upped and left her.<br /><br />So anyhoo Freddie finds her at the strip club, takes her amidst her protests to Luca who then proceeds to make her live with him to keep her safe. Turns out her old boss is a sex trafficker with some very sick and twisted friends.<br /><br />Cue a lot of back and forth between Luca &amp; Chloe with their love/hate relationship until eventually they get their rocks off and satisfy that itch that’s affected them since they were pre-teens (weird right?) Luca can’t decide what he wants, especially when he finds out Chloe was a virgin ( really unnecessary and unbelievable when she literally uses her sexual prowess to avenge Luca at the end of the book)<br />So everyone’s happy Larry, until Chloe gets kidnapped, flown to her ex boss’s sick as f**k sex party, held in a dungeon in some sick fetish gear and molested by said boos, then almost raped by every man at the party. <br /><br />But wait it gets better.. she escapes kills the sicko boss, just as Luca and Freddie arrive to save her and wait for it SHE LOSES HER GODDAAMN MIND BECAUSE IT WAS MEANT TO BE HER VICTORY. By this point I’d lost the will to live and read.<br /><br />Then Luca gets kidnapped and Chloe finally gets to use her female attributes to almost get raped yet again to rescue her love.<br /><br />THE END

✋?Proceed with caution as those that can get easily offended may not like the darker places this book sometimes wanders into! ?❤️<br />Those that don’t mind jumping in, I hope you enjoy reading Luca &amp; Chloe’s story. I enjoyed writing this book the most of all the stories I’ve written. ?❤️

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<strong>I absolutely LOVED this!</strong><br /><br />New to me author Nikki J Summers has quickly become one of my favourite authors. I started reading Luca and found I couldn’t stop. This intimate love story quickly twists and turns as Chloe is brought back into Lucas life, a world he’d do anything to protect her from.<br />The attitude on Chloe never failed to disappoint, her quick whit and strong personality was enough to keep these pages turning. Throw in muscled, broody overprotective alphas and holy hot cakes you’ve got my attention.<br />I absolutely loved this book and look forward to more from this author in the near future.<br />This comes highly recommended.

<br /><br />This is not a book for the faint hearted. <br />Starting off with Chloe meeting Luca when she was a child. Luca and his family moved next door, and it didn’t take long for Chloe to fall in love with Luca even though she was only a child.<br />Both of them had terrible childhoods, both of them lost touch, and then they are thrust back into one another’s lives years later.<br />The build up between these two characters had me racing to see whether they ended up together or not. <br />I will say that some of the events in this book were hardcore. They had to battle through a lot of trauma to find out where they both stood with one another. <br />Like I said, this book isn’t for the faint hearted but the underlying love story kept me hooked. <br />The one aspect that stuck with me was how strong Chloe was. She battled through so much and didn’t let herself ever give up.<br />Good job Nikki!<br />Five stars for my queen of dark romance!!

This is the first book I’ve read from this author. Luca is a very strong-willed man, alpha, intense and fiercely loyal. Chloe is also strong, independent, smart, kind and loyal. <br /><br />The story was intense, full of action and lust, but also love. I couldn’t put it down. I really want to read the next book in this series because the author’s writing style is so good. This book os worth 5-stars at least. I am now a fan of Nikki J. Summers.

Wow.<br />I'm still in emotional turmoil over this book.<br />It's taken me a few days to collect my thoughts to put into words how much I loved Luca.<br /><br />Chloe and Freddie were BFF's, living next door to each other, and fast became like siblings.<br />Luca, Freddie's brother, wasn't a part of that. No, he was the apple of Chloe's eye, her person, and no matter what, her was hers and age wasn't a factor in little Chloe's mind.<br />Luca belonged to her.<br />(Aww, so sweet.)<br />Luca and Freddie's abusive upbringing, with Chloe tending to their injuries, came to an abrupt end one night when they disappeared.<br />Chloe's life turned upside down right after.<br />It spins on its axis all over again when Freddie reappears, taking Chloe away from what he thinks is a bad situation.<br />When Chloe comes face-to-face with Luca, old feelings come rushing to the surface.<br />But, Luca's cold and distant.<br />However, their chemistry isn't.<br />Damn, you seriously need to read this.<br /><br />Chloe finds herself mixed in with one hell of a shit storm right in the center of a criminal enterprise.<br />But, does she cower?<br />HELL NO!<br />I loved Chloe so much because she was feisty, abrasive, and wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty, and did she ever.<br />Luca came to her rescue, but Chloe being the badass that she was, showed him just how much she could hold her own with the ugliest of them.<br />I don't want to give any more away, but I will say this...<br />It was fucking glorious.<br />An easy five stars for me.

<strong>Luca is highly annoying 2.5 stars. SPOILERS AHEAD!!</strong><br /><br />So I know for sure I’m going against popular opinion but Luca was a huge pass for me. The writing was solid, the plot was enjoyable, sex scenes were hot not going to lie. But what killed it for me was Luca. And that’s because I’m not a fan of MC’s that are wishy washy and Luca is the King of wishy washy men. The FMC although a total badass she’s a pushover when it comes to Luca. She could’ve stood her ground when she draws the line multiple times but she doesn’t. Going back on her decisions not because Luca finally gets his shit together and actually acknowledges and apologises for his part in the mess but...... this part made me so mad!! <br /><br />SPOILER ALERT!!<br />.........but because he was on a date with someone else. ?‍♀️<br />Also the guy never came back to get her when he said that he would as teens. She never questions why he didn’t. Like I said he’s wishy washy and she lets him get away with it. Pass if you don’t like those sorts of characters.

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Unfortunately I skimmed over this after 41%. The writing style and characters just weren’t for me personally, but I liked the tension and spice scenes.