IN THE DARKNESS (Project Artemis #1) by KM Scott and Anina Collins-Review Tour

IN THE DARKNESS
Project Artemis #1
by KM Scott and Anina Collins
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Genre: adult, contemporary, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 24, 2018

Persephone Gilmore comes from a life of privilege. The oldest daughter of media mogul Marshall Gilmore, she grew up wanting for nothing. But her father taught her more than just how to make billions, and even though she could sit by the pool and eat bon bons every day for the rest of her life, she chooses to work as an ER nurse and live on her own away from the family estate and her father’s security.

Then one night, those choices come back to haunt her.

Nick Hanson hasn’t been truly happy since he left the FBI. Life as a hired gun for wealthy clients has paid well and made him very much in demand, but it isn’t the same as the life he used to have. When Marshall Gilmore wants to hire him to rescue his daughter after she’s taken hostage by a terrorist group, he agrees, but to save her, he’ll have to go undercover and become one of them. It’s dangerous work, but he knows what to expect and he’s never been one to turn down a challenge.

What starts out as just another case turns into something much more, and Nick finds out just how much he’s willing to do to save Persephone.

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REVIEW: IN THE DARKNESS is the first instalment in the contemporary, adult PROJECT ARTEMIS series co-authored by KM Scott and Anina Collins. This is heiress Persephone Gilmore, and mercenary for hire/ former FBI agent Nick Hanson’s story line.

NOTE: Due to some of the story line content, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Nick and Persephone) IN THE DARKNESS follows former FBI agent Nick Hanson as he is hired to search for kidnapped heiress Persephone Gilmore. When the FBI pulled back in the hunt for Persephone, our heroine’s father reached out to Nick in an effort to secure his daughter’s freedom from a group known as the National Equality Militia. Nick, having no problem infiltrating the wanna-be gang, sets into motion a plan to rescue Persephone but in doing so loses his heart to the woman with whom he would fall in love. To protect Persephone from her pissant captors, Nick must betray our heroine, destroying her trust in the man hired to bring her home.

Nick Hanson’s rescue of Persephone Gilmore comes with the guilt of having to do anything to get the job done. Betraying the woman who had stolen his heart and his soul pushed Nick into a world of self-hatred and loathing for what had to be done. Persephone upon her rescue and return is determined to help women in similar situations by setting up Project Artemis, in the hopes of securing their rescue and freedom from the evil of the world.

The relationship between Nick and Persephone is quick to develop as Nick immediately befriends a broken and battered Persephone in the hopes of gaining her trust. Nick’s attraction to Persephone is immediate, and to protect our heroine from her jailers Nick must stake a claim that will destroy her heart.

The formation of Project Artemis will bring together eight friends with the ability, power and knowledge to protect and recover women in danger. We are introduced to Nick’s fellow mercenaries, all former members of law enforcement or with the ability to get the job done: Roman Gregory (Army Ranger), Hunter McKay (LA Detective), Gideon Roberts (Navy SEAL), Xavier Martin (IT guru), Julian Cain (Jack of all trades), Marius Grisham (former CIA black ops), and Dax Sturgis (FBI forensics). With only three books on the schedule I do not know if all members of the Team will have their story told.

IN THE DARKNESS is a quick read that introduces the background and members of Project Artemis. The language and text are straightforward and uncomplicated; the communication and one-on-one interaction between characters is cut and dry such that I do not recognize it as KM Scott’s otherwise colorful style of writing but perhaps the approach and formulaic writing of Anina Collins. The conflict resolution is quick and easy. The world building leaves out too many details and background information thusly leaving this reader indifferent to an otherwise potentially interesting premise. I am apparently in the minority with my interpretation of the introductory story; perhaps future story lines will push the envelope of suspense, mystery, intrigue and romance with the inclusion of more colorful details and world building concepts.

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K.M. Scott writes contemporary romance stories of sexy, intense, and unforgettable love. A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, she’s been in love with romance since reading her first romance novel in junior high (she was a very curious girl!). Under her Gabrielle Bisset name, she write erotic paranormal and historical romance. She lives in Pennsylvania with a herd of animals and when she’s not writing can be found reading or feeding her TV addiction.  

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Anina Collins has always loved a good mystery. From Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective Sherlock Holmes to Dan Brown’s intrepid Professor Robert Langdon, she’s spent some of her favorite reading times with mystery novels. When she’s not writing her favorite mystery couple, she can be found watching entirely too much Supernatural and dreaming about the beach.

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