THE KEY is book two in the Dark Path series by K. T.
Grant. This book I would not recommend reading unless you
read the first book, The Gate.
K. T. Grant's THE KEY picks up about eight months after
the ending of The Gate. Erika has been staying with a
friend of hers in New Orleans. She left New York to try to
get away from everything that had been thrown at her. From
her father's death, to the drama surrounding Chris and Max.
She also wanted to concentrate on the writing of her first
erotic novel, which she hopes will become a best seller
so she can save her father's company.
Max is tired of waiting for Erika to make up her mind and
come to her senses. He is not a patient man and takes
matters into his own hands. He sets up a business deal in
New Orleans as an excuse to track her down. When he sees
her with another man, it is all he can do not to drag her
out of the bar and bind her to his bed.
When Erika comes back to New York a different woman. She is
not the sheltered, fearful of large crowds, woman anymore,
which has a lot to do with her relationship with Max, only
she hasn't realized that yet. Chris is handling her book
tour, and wants Erika to give him another chance. She has
slightly forgiven him but her mind is always turning towards
Max. Just when she thinks she has figured out who she
wants, something plops down in her lap that she just can't
ignore. However, this time, it is in the form of her best
friend's sister, Paige.
Max can not believe that Paige has resurfaced and engaged to
Abraham no less. This can not be good. However, before he
can get to the bottom of her sudden appearance, Max is taken
in for questioning and his involvement on the beating and
robbing of Christopher Milton.
Erika does not believe for one moment that Max is involved
in Chris's beating and robbing. When she is confronted by
Paige at the hospital telling her she will need to choose
sides, she can't help but think that this is only the
beginning of the turmoil that Paige is starting to realize.
Finding the only person in her life that comforts her and
believes in her, she turns to Max. She knows he is worried
about their future together...whatever that may be.
I really enjoyed THE KEY by K. T. Grant. Like the first
book, this also drops off just as things are getting heated
up. The more into the story I got, the more that I liked
Max. He seems to be the only one with a mature thought in
his head. In this book, Erika seems a bit more whiny and
instead of dealing with her problems as they come up....she
runs away from them or puts them off so much that someone
else will make the decision for her. The reader also gets
more of a glimpse into the world of Bryan, Catherine, and
Raymond. I can't wait to see where the author goes with
these three.
There is no mention of a third book in this series anywhere
I found online, however, there was a bit of a teaser line at
the end of this book that the next installment will be out
sometime in 2015. You better believe I will patiently
waiting to see what happens next in the Dark Path
Series.
Erika has reinvented herself as an author of erotic romance
under the pseudonym, Lily Fredericks. After her eight month
sabbatical in New Orleans, she’s returning to Manhattan to
promote her new book. Chris is handling her book tour and
wants Erika to give him another chance. She’s forgiven
Chris, but Max is always in her thoughts. Sick of waiting
for Erika to come to her senses, Max takes matters into his
own hands. He’ll go to New Orleans to claim her before it’s
too late.
With Erika back in Manhattan, both Chris and Max try to
seduce her in the hopes she’ll choose one of them. As both
men battle for her heart, a woman from Max’s past reappears,
bent on revenge. Chris will ruin Max anyway he can in order
to make Erika his own. However Max has something up his
sleeve to insure he’s the victor, but not without a
price—Erika’s soul.