Title: Mad Love
Series: Guns & Ink Series #1
Author: Shana Vanterpool
Genre: NA Romance/Contemporary
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Publisher: Swoon Romance
He was everything she distrusted.
Klayton Caldwell owns a tattoo shop in Denver, Colorado, and has seen just about everything and met just about every kind of person. And they all have one thing in common. Ink.
He isn’t complicated. What you see is what you get. Sex? Always. Relationships? Never. Pleasantries? He doesn’t do that either. Those who can’t handle his mouth get inked elsewhere. Klayton holds everyone at a distance, even his friends. He doesn’t do “close.”
Until Madison ends up in his tattoo parlor, broken, afraid and alone. There’s something about her, and almost immediately, Klayton’s guard drops. Now, everything he knows about himself changes as his life begins to unravel.
Twenty-year-old Madison Hart’s future was taken from her the moment she was abducted from her college campus and held captive by a sicko. After escaping, she flees, running into a stranger. A stranger who shares a similar past. Someone who might be able to help her heal. If she’ll let him.
Madi comes into Klayton’s life like a storm. She’s beautiful. Pitiful. Dangerous. Her pain runs deep enough that she may never be able to talk about what she’s experienced. Her refusal to talk takes a level of patience Klayton’s not sure he has.
He must navigate her broken pieces by changing everything he is. Who he’s been all these years won’t work anymore. But Madi fights him, she fights herself. She fights the madness.
She refuses to talk. He can’t control his mouth. She doesn’t want to be touched. He can’t help himself. They don’t want love. Inside this storm, is a love so mad it might destroy them both.
MAD LOVE is book 1 in the Guns & Ink series from Shana Vanterpool. Look for the rest of the Guns & Ink series coming soon from Swoon Romance.
Book #2 Hard Love - Cat and Brando
Book #3 Bad Love - Isaiah & Bell
Mad Love is the first book in the Gun's & Ink Series. Ok so this author has become a go to author for me, it seems everything she has published has ignited some kind of spark in my mind and heart. I would go as far as saying she is a phone book author- for those that don't know what I mean they can write a phone book and I would read it and thoroughly enjoy it! I would give this book a 4.5 stars and highly recommend to others.
Madison the heroine in this story.. my heart felt for her.. Shana made my heart feel for her.. I could never imagine being in Madison's shoes and having to dig my way back to life... this does have some serious matters in this story but it made this story that much more compelling and inspiring.
Klayton this MAN... Aghh what can I say he stole my heart from the get go.. his bad boy persona never fooled me for a minute.. he will dig down deep and strangle your heart and never let go!
These 2 will deal with struggles... both entering depths of emotions some will never comprehend or understand but with the help of this awesome author you will get it... you will feel it... you will want more!
Get to one clicking... and I CAN'T WAIT for the next book Cat's story Hard Love! You will fall in love with Cat and will want to scream for her to get an HEA! Let's hope her story turns out just as twisty and refined as this one- we know it will! I have no doubt!
Klayton always wanted to be alone. That's how he preferred his life. Until his BFF brought home Madison (Mad).
Mad is so broken. She trusts no one. Until Klayton starts to let her see the real him and she grasps it like her life depends on it. She pulls from his strength to help her get through her nightmare.
They are both broken but somehow their brokenness completes the other.
Seriously - this is a great read and you def need to one click to understand what I mean.
I actually really enjoyed this - I love how she didn't instantly heal the main character. That she would have issues the rest of her life.
I think I have found a new favorite Shana Vanterpool book, and I need book two stat! Mad Love is more intense and emotional that Shana's other work, but there was a great balance and I absolutely loved it.
Madison was abducted from her college campus, and when she escapes she finds solace with a stranger. She is terrified and rightly so. Klayton doesn't do relationships and doesn't want any complications, but Madison does something to him.
This book had it all and more. I loved the story and the plot. And will admit that I smiled at the end. You will have to read it yourself to see what I mean. The characters were complex and you felt their struggles. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend you one click it today. 5 stars.
This is a hard review to write... I love Madi and Klay together, but I had some reservations.
Madi was kidnapped and held hostage for long while. She stumbles into Klay's life and tattoo parlor. Klay reluctantly takes her in and tries to help her. Will he be able to help her?
While the story was very engaging, I had some problems with the characters. Klay was a little bit too much at first. Madi was so broken. Some of the interactions seemed off. However, sticking with it, you see Klay really cares and is sort of broken too. We get glimpses of his backstory, but not a lot. I felt like that could have helped.
Overall, worth the read! 3 1/² stars.
Romance author, coffee drinker, and bad boy aficionado. Every second not spent breathing is an opportunity to write and read. I live in Northern California with my family and actress dog, Halle Bella. (Just Bella when she decides to cut the crap.) Escaping with a good book is something I live for and I write so others can do the same.
