Review: Hideaway

 

Title: Hideaway

Series: Devil's Night

Author: Penelope Douglas

Release Date: October 2017

DEVIL'S NIGHT is returning! Hiding places, chases, and all the games are back...

BANKS

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s a hotel called The Pope. Ailing, empty, and dark—it sits abandoned and surrounded by a forgotten mystery.

But you think it’s true, don’t you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden twelfth floor. The mystery of the dark guest who never checked in and never checks out. You think I can help you find that secret hideaway and get to him, don’t you?

You and your friends can try to scare me. You can try to push me. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me—and have ever since I was a girl—I think maybe what you seek is so much closer than you’ll ever realize.

I will never betray him.

So sit tight.

On Devil’s Night, the hunt will be coming to you.

KAI

You have no idea what I seek, Little One. You don’t know what I had to become to survive three years in prison for a crime I would gladly commit again.

No one can know what I’ve turned into.

I want that hotel, I want to find him, and I want this over.

I want my life back.

But the more I’m around you, the more I realize this new me is exactly who I was meant to be.

So come on, kid. Don’t chicken out. My house is on the hill. So many ways in, and good luck finding your way out.

I’ve seen your hideaway. Time to see mine.

*Hideaway is a romantic suspense suitable for ages 18+. While the romance is a stand-alone, the plot is a continuation of events that began in CORRUPT (Devil's Night, #1). It is strongly recommended that you have read Corrupt prior to reading this.

This is book 2 in the Devil's Night series & they must be read in order, This book picks up where Corrupt left off. 

Kai is one of the four horsemen from Thunder Bay. After getting out of prison he tried to move on with his friends, make a life for himself- but one mistake, from years past could wind him right back there. And he will do whatever it takes to make sure that doesn't happen. 

But, after Damon left the group, he started circling them, toying with them... Dangling Kai's mistake above his head. How far will Kai go to protect his secret? 

Banks is loyal. But only to Damon. He was all she has and he made sure of that. But, now she was stuck trying to protect Damon- who didn't want to be found, and working for Kai. But as they grow closer, Banks has to choose between protecting Damon & hoping for that old life of hers back, or starting a new life. One where she doesn't have to hide, and can be whoever she wants to be. 

So, I enjoyed corrupt, but I loved Hideaway that much more. Both dark suspense, with twists and turns and secrets and that just scratches the surface. 

Kai may have done bad things, may have let his monster roam free on Devil's Night, but he was a good person in his core. He would do anything for those he cared about. 

Banks was loyal, and stubborn. She only cared about one thing- Damon. But one Devil's Night from years past she snuck out, like a little timid mouse, getting a taste of a world she may never have. But she didn't want the world, if she could only have Damon. 

But Damon was a threat. Not just to Kai, but all their friends as well. He was out there. Watching. Waiting. Stalking. Toying with his victims. Devil's Night was fast approaching, will they all make it out alive? Or will the devil call his Horsemen home? 

I love reading Kai & Banks story. Their push, pull & banter. & I can't wait to read Damon & Will's stories next! I love the dark & twisted four horsemen from Thunder Bay, and the twists & turns that come with them. Penelope Douglas managed to captivate me with the Devil's Night series. 

4.5 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐. 

4🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

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