A review by jessicareadsit
Beneath the Burn by Pam Godwin

4.0

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

This book is hot hot hot hot !!!! If you want darkness and a twisted plot this is for you:

Jay and Charlee are two messed up folk who are trying to love the faults in each other. They meet when he bribes her in putting a tattoo on him. Little did he know thats not all he got:

“Whatever your reason for wanting them covered, you should ask yourself, really think about it.” She shifted behind him, leaned over his shoulder, and spoke low in his ear. “Would the veil work?” Thought provoking him from the beginning with her unconventional reaction to his scars

What’s your name?” Her smile faltered then resurrected into a blinding vision. “Charlee. With two e’s.” Charlee. His future had a name. Christ, she had navigated his freakishness with the patience and experience of an old soul. Perhaps she was the missing element of his soul.

Charlee has a dark past of her own on the run from Roy her captor who killed her love Noah. Roy her captor who won her from her father in a trade to pay off his debts has found her and forces her back into his BDSM lifetysle as a slave: "She got off on brutality and not on tenderness? She was damaged. So fucking broken."

This story is deep man like I literally felt her pain in my bones !!! The author is graphic as f**k..

She knew, in that moment, the absence of fear was not synonymous with courage. She wasn’t brave. She was numb

She gets captured again and gets broken out by Nathan her ex-lovers brother who protects her, Nathan risked everything to save her...guilt from Noah's passing........ Still she thinks of Jay and seeks him out.a run in with Jay: "You showed me beauty in survival. I’ll show you strength in healing.”

They begin their crazy roller coaster relationship with him unable to bear someones touch and her unable to orgasm unless being abused.

-“To be trusted by you is the greatest compliment I’ve ever received.”

-When you have to hide to live, you’re ready for anything.”

-“I don’t just want to be where you need me.” His tone was deep, sharp. “I want to be what you need.”

-“I want you to touch me inside and out."

-"Her intent seemed to be shoving, scolding, and seducing him toward happiness, no matter how fucked up he was. A token of her effort was permanently outlined on his back."

They continued on sharing secrets and then of course the shit had to hit the fan and Roy got to them in a sick plot that ended with someones elses mouth on his cock !!@

Then theres her kidnapping while on tour and then ultimately her "death" and pain as Roy shoots himself in grief. I don't really think the ending was practical? Making Jay and Nathan inherit his fortune?

EXCELLENT READ