Skye Sullivan and Trace Weston had been young lovers when
they were both in the Foster Care system together. They had
also been the first loves of the other. Skye was training
to be a dancer, and was very good at it. Trace eventually
left her, however, because he knew Skye would never see to
her dreams of being a dancer if he stayed with her. He runs
off to join the military, and Skye pursues a career in
dance. Ten years later, Skye's dancing career is over after
a horrific car accident, and Trace is the mysterious and
extremely rich owner of a Security and Protection firm.
Scared and broke, Skye turns to Trace for help when an
obsessed stalker won't leave her alone. The stalker has
followed her from New York to Chicago, and has broken into
her apartment numerous times. Now the incidents are
escalating, and she is terrified. Skye can feel herself
being watched at times, and she also feels that Trace is the
only man who can keep her safe. Trace personally takes over
her protection rather than assigning the case to one of his
agents, and their long dormant love affair immediately takes
off. In between searching for Skye's stalker and intense sex
scenes, the pair interview old lovers and deal with a threat
to Skye's sanity. Whoever her stalker is, it is someone who
knows her well, even intimately. Both Skye and Trace have
darkness in their pasts, and secrets they are keeping from
the other. There is also an intriguing twist in the story
that made a rather routine plotline stand out.
There are a few issues with the plot. Trace dominates Skye;
and is obsessive and jealous of her former lovers to the
point that it is a bit creepy. Also, the stalker trope is a
bit overdone. The biggest concern is that the story is
rather déjà vu in places. Not only is Trace an extremely
rich businessman under the age of thirty; there are several
scenes that readers will have seen a version of in any
number of erotic romances lately. It detracts a bit from the
story that it lacked originality; but the fact that it is
much better written than most, and doesn't have a storyline
that stretches out to three or more books weighs heavily in
the story's favor.
MINE TO TAKE is a very good story in a heavily
over-saturated market of these kinds of books; and is more
enjoyable and better written than most. Author Cynthia Eden
is much more well-known for her work in Paranormal Romance
and Romantic Suspense; but this jaunt into the world of
erotic suspense suits her just fine. This is a recommended
read for fans of this genre; and for fans of Eden's work in
general.
Sometimes you want someone so much... Sometimes you need someone so much... Lust can become love. And love can turn into a deadly obsession. *** Skye Sullivan knows that someone is watching her. Not just watching—stalking her. Months ago, Skye was involved in a dangerous car accident. The accident ended her dancing career and sent her fleeing back to Chicago. Skye is convinced that her stalker caused the crash, and she fears that he won't stop pursuing her, not until she's dead. When someone breaks into her apartment in Chicago, Skye turns to the one man she believes can protect her—Trace Weston. Once, Trace was her lover. Two lost souls, they'd come together in a firestorm of need and desire. But then Trace had pushed her away. He'd joined the military, vanishing from her life. She'd put all of her emotion into dancing, and she'd tried to forget him. Now Trace is one of the most successful men in the United States. Rich, driven, and carrying dark secrets, he agrees to help Skye. He'll protect her from the danger that lurks in the darkness, but Trace wants more than to just be a guard for Skye. He wants her. And he'll take her. The years have changed him, hardened him. He's not just a poor kid from the streets any longer. Now, he can have anything—or anyone—that he wants. And the one woman he has always wanted has just come back into his life. He won't let her go again. But with the threats mounting against Skye, she suspects that her stalker may be intimately close. He's a man who knows her too well. As his attacks grow ever more dangerous, she realizes that if she trusts the wrong man, she could be making a fatal mistake. Lust. Love. Obsession. Just how far would you go in order to possess the one person you want the most?
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