Review: Torrent (Condemned #1) By Gemma James @CJMichaels80 @DarkWorldBooks

Torrent
Condemned #1
By Gemma James

Blurb-

I've been obsessed with Rafe Mason since I was thirteen. The twisted part of this story is that I still want him, even now.

Now that he's holding me captive on an island.

Rafe has his reasons for doing what he's doing, and if I'm honest, I can't blame him. I'm the girl who sent him to prison for a heinous crime he didn't commit.

But now he's free and the tables have turned…now he's the one driven by obsession.

TORRENT is a new adult dark romance with disturbing themes and explicit content that includes sexual situations and violence. Intended for adult readers 18+ only. Part one of the CONDEMNED series. This is not a stand-alone read.

My Review-

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Alex sent an innocent man to prison eight years ago for a very violent crime that he did not commit. Alex has had a crush on this man since she was thirteen years old. Now this man is out and he is coming for her. This man Rafe intends on making Alex tell him why she lied and sent him to prison. He also has plans to make her pay for what she did while at the same time take eight years of her life away from her.

Alex has always felt guilty and bad for what she did to him but Alex has secrets of her own. She has been through a lot of pain too. Alex's adopted/step-brother has always been jealous of her and any other man. He has done some awful things to Alex and she is afraid of him and what he would do to her if she told anyone how bad he is to her.

When Alex finds Rafe's note saying he is coming for her she packs her bags and is on her way out the door no longer caring or worrying what her "brother" will do to her for leaving when Rafe shows up and takes her away. Rafe takes her to an island where no one will find them and keeps Alex locked up like a prisoner. For some reason Alex has kept what her "brother" did to her a secret from the whole world, not wanting anyone to know because she is ashamed of what he did to her. She has kept her secret for so long that she can't tell Rafe the truth as to why she sent him to prison. She feels guilty and honestly believes that she deserves whatever he decides is justifiable punishment. She will endure and except all and any pain that he gives her.

I felt bad for both Alex and Rafe with all the pain they had endured through the years and neither one of them having any control over it. Rafe had no control because he was behind bars and Alex had no control because she was afraid of what her "brother" would do. If she hadn't did what he told her to do would he have killed her?

Torrent is filled with dark violent and mind twisting evil. Not all of the people were evil just some of the things they did were. In Torrent hearts are broken and lives are destroyed. Parts of lives are taken away, never to be returned. If you like dark, violent, painful erotic books then Torrent is the book for you.

About the Author-

Gemma James (a pseudonym for Christina Jean Michaels) loves to explore the darker side of sex in her fiction. She's morbidly curious about anything dark and edgy and enjoys exploring the deviant side of human nature. Her stories have been described as being "not for the faint of heart." She lives with her husband and their four children-three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who steals everyone's attention. Sign up for her newsletter so you don't miss out on future releases!