Layers Deep (Layers Trilogy #1) by Lacey Silks

From Goodreads

He needs her to save a friend.
She needs him to plan her revenge.
Their pasts scar them Layers Deep.
Their passion distracts them...
...and distractions can be fatal.

Tristan Cross is battling emotional demons from the past. He lives in a world where trust is earned, loyalties are tested, and love is impossible. That is, until he meets Allie Green. She’s the only woman who can help him find a kidnapped friend and to top it off, she captivates him. All he has to do now is persuade her to work for Cross Enterprises, his top investigations firm.

Allie Green is a rookie cop seeking revenge and she’s willing to sell her soul to get it. With an opportunity to use Tristan Cross's resources Allie calculates her time for payback. As vengeance boils her blood she can’t keep her mind off her new boss and Allie finds it difficult to keep her employment professional. With the mouth watering Tristan Cross distracting her, she struggles to prioritize an undercover job she’s been assigned and her hunger for revenge.

And when you’re ready to give up your life to save someone else, distractions can be fatal.

Note: This book is the first part of a Trilogy that is designed to be read in order. Tristan and Allie will get their happy ending but not until book 2 and 3. This book contains a cliff hanger ending you will not expect. A prequel to the series which can be read alone is Dazzled by Silver.

Warning: This title contains erotic situations, and graphic language. Intended for adult audience 18+.

My thoughts

Please be aware that if you're lookng for lots of erotic action in this, it's not littered with it and for that reason it makes the story even better in my eyes. Personally I don't feel that erotic reads need to be all action as that detracts away from the story in some instances.

Allie Green is a cop with a past that she prefers to keep under wraps.

Tristan Cross runs a business and he has need for a new employee to help with an assignment. He has his eyes and mind set on Allie to fulfil this role.

Allie likes to play hard to get but she has more than met her match in Tristan.

I loved the interactions between Allie and Tristan and look forward to reading the second in this trilogy in due course.

The story is slow moving at the start but as you get around half way through the action hots up (not necessarily in a sexy erotic steamy way) and it'll more than keep you reading, well it did me anyway.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publishers for an ARC copy of this story in exchange for an honest review.
I gave this a 6/10.