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‘Devastatingly good. Unputdownable. Mind Blowing.’ – Desperately Seeking HEA’s Book Blog

A girl with a darkness …

He comes to my room every night. Whispers sweet violence in my ear, one hand wrapped tight around my throat as we do things we shouldn’t.

Maybe it’s wrong when my knees fall open, and his mouth drowns my moans, but I’ll take the wrong. I’ll take whatever he gives me, because without him, I’m nothing.

Not every girl wants a happy ever after.

Some of us just want to survive.

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Gun Shy is a standalone dark romance from USA Today bestselling author Lili St. Germain. It’s not a story about love. It’s a story about surviving. There’s no cliffhanger and the ending is wrapped up with a pretty silk bow – but don’t look too closely, because the silk is stained with blood. Whose blood, you ask? You’ll have to read until the last word to find out …

'I cannot rate this novel high enough. I have read so many novels in my time of blogging, but Gun Shy is one of the best novels I have ever read. I cannot express to you how much this novel twisted my very core. You simply need to read this. A HUGE 5 star read.’ – Bloggers from Down Under

It's so bad but so damn good. It took from the light and it gave to the darkness. It spoke of terrible things that happened to good and bad people.
And I couldn't stop listening until I had had my fill of every single word spoken. It's torturous to the mind and I feel like a terrible person for enjoying it so damn much.’ – Desperately Seeking HEA’s Book Blog

In Gun Shy, USA Today Bestseller Lili St. Germain weaves her unique brand of darkness and grit into a much-anticipated dark romance that early readers are calling her best work yet. Evocative, atmospheric and gripping, this book will stay with you long after you're finished reading.

*Please note this book is dark romance and deals with serious themes*

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October 6, 2017
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About the Author

Lili writes books about vengeful girls and villainous men, with over one million books sold to date. Her USA Today bestselling Gypsy Brothers series focuses on a morally bankrupt biker gang and the girl who seeks her vengeance upon them. The Cartel series is a prequel trilogy of full-length novels that explores the beginnings of the club, to be released worldwide in print and ebook in 2015 by HarperCollins. Lili quit corporate life to focus on writing and so far is loving every minute of it. Her other loves in life include her gorgeous husband and beautiful daughter, good coffee, Tarantino movies and spending hours on Pinterest. She loves to read almost as much as she loves to write. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B075HGYYF1
Publisher : St. Germain Publishing (October 6, 2017)
Publication date : October 6, 2017
Language : English
File size : 3914 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
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Print length : 382 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #293,637 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #16,600 in Suspense (Kindle Store)
- #23,783 in Romance (Kindle Store)
- #23,868 in Suspense Thrillers

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Mady Rivas

3.5 stars - The heroine dropped this book down a star for me

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2017

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I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book, but I was thought I was at least getting a dark romance, but it mostly just a dark tale of destruction and vengeance. Even the HEA lacked sun. My biggest issue was the heroine. She was an adult at the time that her life was plunged into darkness - but she allowed a lot of that to happen to herself. She put herself in harm's way several times by knowingly behaving stupidly. Her total personality transformation, and her twistedness when it came to Damon, felt out of character to the solidly moral and ambitious young adult who started the story. I get that the abuse she suffered would effect her, but her personality was solidly formed before any of that happened, so her very dramatic change was hard to believe.

I felt bad that Leo got this book as his story - he was a really great character. He had a much harder upbringing that Cassie did, but he weathered his horrible storm far better than she did. His HEA was bittersweet - I would have wanted a better outcome for him than he got - to some degree, it felt like settling. It felt like there was some ambiguity in the ending, so I won't be surprised to see a sequel down the road.

If you read Gypsy Brothers, there were some similarities in the character profiles of the H, h, and anti-H, but GB was far better done (maybe that's because the characters were allowed to unfold over a longer period time).

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Debbie

A long slow slide into darkness with no light, not even a glimmer

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2017

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This book was all kinds of dark and twisted, full of WTF and WTH did I just read moments. It had all the triggers, rape, psuedo-incest, incest, brutality, captivity, and even a serial killer or two, all in the back drop of a small town where nothing is as it seems and secrets abound. Sounds like a book that my dark heart would consume and salivate over for days. Yeah, not so much. And no one is more shocked than me.

I will say, this author has talent putting words to paper, so it wasn't the writing that turned me off. It was the overall tone of the book, the depressing feeling that only deepened as the story developed. Every character succummed to the victimization they suffered or became the perpetrators of the that same abuse. Look, I don't need hearts and rainbows or even happily ever afters. What I do need is some sense of strength and the ability to overcome. Gun Shy is a long slow slide into darkness with no light, not even a glimmer.

I realize my opinion is in the minority and that's okay. While I understand the appeal, it just didn't speak to my dark heart.

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Jennifer Maskaly

Terrifying Delicious!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017

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How far can a reader be sucked into the downward spiral of a twisted world created by the mastermind of darkness, Lili St. Germain? Answer: I didn’t read this book, I survived it! I now consider myself a survivor of my most anticipated book of 2017. I have read the Seven Brothers series and therefore am a willing victim of the words, places and situations created by Lili St. Germain. I bow down to you, my dear author. When I found out about this book, I did a Nevadan pride happy dance while saying (I don’t sing it well) the lyrics to the state song, Home Means Nevada. I grew up in Reno but in all my years of reading I have only once found a book that takes place in my home state. After reading the Seven Brothers series and the Cartel series, I craved more of the twisted mess that only Lili could create. I was disappointed to see that paperbacks were not available yet but I will buy one when it becomes available because I will display my ‘I survived trophy’ on my VIA (Very Important Author) shelf. This book brought me to places that I have not been in a while. Name dropping towns that I have been to gave me a sense of homesickness. I did try to piece together where this fictional town was and my best guess is somewhere in Esmeralda County, in southern Nevada. My favorite quote is about Lovelock Prison: “Lovelock prison, ironically, doesn’t contain a lot of love.”
The further I was pushed (willingly- imagine a person forcing you to walk and see things you could never imagine and you will get the picture) into the world of Leo and Cassandra, the more I wondered what an author (that I one click without thinking twice about) thought of my beloved home state and the people that live in it. Leo, Cassie, Damon, Ray, Jennifer, Karen, Chris and all the others in the twisted world held within the confines of electronic paper are so devastating believable, likable and have left me scarred. As I traveled further into the messed-up town of Gun Creek, I desperately looked for a hero or at least a person with a moral compass and even as I write this review… I must say that I have come up empty handed. As always with Lili’s books, the story telling is top notch. The way that you get sucked in is simply exquisite. You have no idea how quickly you get sucked until you are gasping for breath thinking ‘how much worse can this get?’ Then you think that you shouldn’t even ask yourself that question. You should just let the darkness take you under. The imagery is constructed so well that you can taste the beer being poured on Cassandra, taste & smell the blood on certain people, hear the ear-piercing gunshot and the quietness that follows.
Strangely enough, I did have a sense of compassion for some despite the destruction that they created. I also questioned what the moral of the story is because even the darkest horrific stories have something that it leaves in its wake. For me it started with a little-known character, Leo’s sister and continued to be a ‘read in between the lines’ theme through the book. I believe that overall theme is that no matter how messed up your world is, you press forward. The past will always be there but we move forward as best we can. Bad things happen to good people and all of that.
Closing the attic door on the darkness that dragged me down and left me still craving more, I will say that my new favorite woman/character (heroine isn’t right, maybe anti-heroine) is Cassandra. She has balls, she had exceptional skills at hiding the darkness that lurks within, she is more than a survivor, she is the craziest badass, no moments of weakness or drama queen antics, character that I have ever read.
You may be asking my now (if you have read this far) if there was anything that I didn’t like about this book and I will say with absolute certainty No. This is the darkest perfection that I have read so far. It is highly recommended.
Here are my warnings for you: If you would like a happy ending with a pretty bow do not read this book. Nor should you read if you are expecting a knight on a white horse. There are simply no heroes, no fairytale ending, no big hugs and happy tears. If you want to watch someone bleed and then watch as they lick their victim’s blood than dive right in. This is simply not for the faint at heart. If you think this is simply about a girl disappearing in a small town, you are sorely wrong. Proceed with caution, my dear friends. Stay on your guard because the rug will be swept out from under you. Like a boxer who expects the opponent to hit with the right so you look right but you get a full-blown knock-out punch from the left. I was often left with the WTF!!! Moments, Moments of utter despair, moments of bracing myself for the next blow but like I said at the beginning I survived and it was a hell of a ride. Thank you, Lili St. Germain for making me homesick, making me love & hate certain character and above all creating such a wonderfully dark and terrifying story. I’m look forward to the next.

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Tricia

THE best psychological thriller!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2017

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What a superb psychological thriller Gun Shy is. This story grabs you by the throat and pulls you in, bit by bit, deeper and deeper until you're completely submerged, lost to its dark and murky depths. It's heartbreaking, breathtaking and brutal, and so darkly fascinating I couldn't tear myself away from the pages. Never mind edge of your seat, I could barely sit down the anticipation was so great and I loved every part of it. Ms. St. Germain's talent is exceptional. The plot line is extraordinary. There are so many layers, each one with its own twists and turns you won't see coming. Who knew a single act could set in motion a chain of events that would affect so many lives.

Definitely not a romance, Gun Shy is a tale of danger, of strength, of twisted love and of monsters hiding in plain sight. Not everything is as it seems and the question is, will anyone emerge unscathed?

Mind blowing, this is one of the best books I have read. I can't praise it highly enough.

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Tanya

Dark & Twisted

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2018

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**4.5 stars**
This story had me gripped from the get go, it's dark, it's twisted, it's devastating, it's soul destroying & I devoured it.

All Leo & Cassie ever wanted was to get out of their small town together but life had other ideas when their future, their plans were irrevocable shattered & destroyed. I felt for Leo, the guy just couldn't seem to catch a break but it was Cassie who was changed, was damaged was broken, the one that had a darkness that buried itself deep inside her.

I agree with another review I saw, that for a split second I felt briefly sorry for the 'bad guys' as they themselves had suffered.

This book is brilliantly written, the story intense but it's not for the faint hearted.

BookAddictSusan

Thrilling Read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2017

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Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the Craziest of them all?
I'm definitely left wondering exactly that after reading this one.

This book was just fan-fu@@ing-tastic. If you want a story that'll constantly keep you on your toes and mess with your mind in the best/worst way possible then this is the book for you.

It's a twisted mind F@@k that'll leave you with all kinds of mixed feelings.
A fantastic thriller, I absolutely loved it.

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Sue

Darkest book yet 🖤

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2017

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Im at a loss for words. I absolutely loved The Gypsy Brothers and Cartel books but in my opinion Gun Shy is by far best book EVER by Lili St. Germain.
I don’t want to go into the story as its one of those best read without any prior knowledge but I will say the characters were so well written that I felt like I knew them personally (scary thought), and not just Cassie and Leo but the side characters as well.
The wait was long but oh so worth it and Gun Shy is definitely in my top 10 best books of all time.

AngieH

One dark and twisted story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2017

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A dark and twisted story. Cassie and Leo are young lovers, one fateful night their hopes and dreams of the are torn apart. Cassie is left behind under the watchful eye of her stepfather the town sherif. Cassie becomes a shadow of herself and unknown to everyone around her has to endure a life so shocking and distressing but feels she has no choice. Unfortunately I didn’t connect with the characters. This book just wasn’t for me.

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