Things We Left Behind

This book exceeded all of my very high expectations.
The teasers in the previous Knockemout books, left me needing Sloane and Lucian's story like there is no tomorrow.

This blew everything I could have imagined away.
No notes. This was flawless.

Sloane is the town's librarian, and Lucian is her grumpy neighbour. They grew up next to each other during school, and when the parents's eventually gave them the houses, they just didn't want to sell. Lucian is a non-smiling business man who works in underground dealings but manages to do it within the lines of the law (most of the time). He's sneaky and gets things done. People are scared of him, but not Sloane. She doesn't take his shit and stands up to him on more than one occasion.

We knew they were enemies, but we didn't know why. The two had an unspoken agreement to keep the why a secret, until now.

Lucian is a tough grump, but he has a soft spot for Sloane.

“Everything I do has always been for you”

Without spoilers...

He's a sneaky sneak and secretly has funded things for her, done really kind gestures that no normal person would do just to give her something.