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Anything He Wants & Castaway

Sara Fawkes. St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99 trade paper (672p) ISBN 978-1-250-05495-1

In this print omnibus edition, Fawkes (Breathe into Me) brings together the myriad components of her digital serial romantic thriller starring Lucy Delacourt, a young temp worker who is swept up in a life of luxury, decadence, and danger when she becomes involved with the wealthy, mysterious Jeremiah Hamilton. What starts as a passionate affair quickly turns dangerous when an assassin stalks them both. When Lucy makes the mistake of sharing her feelings for her new lover, he rejects her confession, sending her into the arms of his gunrunning brother Lucas. Now torn between Lucas and Jeremiah, constantly at risk for her life, Lucy must search her heart to determine her future. This epic tale suffers from an identity crisis: it starts off intense and sensual, promising bedroom encounters aplenty, but quickly becomes a globe-trotting adventure full of suspense and drama, finishing off its run with some BDSM experimentation. All of these aspects are skillfully handled—the erotic moments are charged with passion and desire and the romantic threads are emotionally rich and complex—but they could be better balanced. Agent: Steven Axelrod, Axelrod Agency. (Oct.)