Sunk ~ Renea Porter

The darkness claws at Raine Sims, bringing her farther in.

There was no escaping it and no one to bring her out of it. The burden of loss weighs heavily on her, reminding her every day that there are no guarantees in life. Every day is a struggle every day she puts on a façade just to get through. She’s already lost her husband to divorce and now her child in death… It’s all too much to grasp.

But a chance encounter with Sly Wilkes is all it takes to come completely undone.

Sly Wilkes is always in control, in every situation, including in the bedroom. He’s mysterious, and Raine has definitely piqued his interest. However getting to know her isn’t all that easy. Raine’s guarded and believes she deserves to feel the pain and the darkness that surrounds her.

Will Sly be able to help Raine see she deserves more?Or Will the pain forever remain?

Sly and Raine have an instant connection from the first time they see each other. Something draws themselves to each other and later on in the book we realize they both suffered their own painful pasts. Sly’s is a littler father back than Raine’s most recent sadness and tragedy, but together they make it work.

It takes a little surprise of their own to really get down to Sly’s sad past, but once he comes to grips with his own hang-ups, these two are able to work it out. Raine is a very smart and calm character; sweet and understanding. Sly’s alpha/dominate side is super hot and I wish we could have seen more of his kink. Don’t get me wrong, the sex was hot, but would have liked more.

What I enjoyed about this book was that Sly and Raine were very straight forward with each other (with the one exception that Raine didn’t tell Sly her ex-husband works for his company, but that led us to some fun in the broom closet::wink wink::).

It was refreshing from all the angst and lack of communication that most characters go through. There weren’t a lot of twists or mystery, but was a sweet read. Definitely enjoyable.