There are masked men, threatening notes, and an act of revenge that is three years in the making. From the first few pages, there is a sense of mystery, which gets heightened as one turns the pages. The events that unfolded involved the four horsemen, befittingly named, one of which is now twenty-three-year-old Michael. That look of something being contained and wanting to claw its way out. I’d seen that look in her eyes long before I even noticed her face or her body. It is a patient and interesting wait as one by one the events of the past unfold. I always love a good risqué story and this is my first read by Penelope Douglas.Īlternating between Rika and Michael’s past and present in Thunder Bay, where she and the Crists grew up, both belonging to powerful families, Corrupt tells their story in the dual first-person perspective. Reviewįirst of all, a big thank you to Aakanksha for posting about this book. And when Michael is there, the other three of the four horsemen won’t be far.

Away from Trevor Crist, her childhood friend and ex, away from everyone who doesn’t let her be…īut, there is Michael, a famous basketball player, and Trevor’s intimidating older brother, and Rika will be staying close to him again. Rika can’t wait to get out of her sheltered life and start a new one at Meridian City. Trigger Warning: Abuse, Road Rage, Murder Synopsis Genre: Romantic Suspense, Dark Romance, Erotica And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.Corrupt is the demented and dangerous love story of Michael Crist and Erika Fane. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out. Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table.

Michael: Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me. He’s handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch.

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