Helena Newbury is an automatic buy author for me as I have enjoyed every single one of her books so I knew I would enjoy this one too!

Bethany works a dead-end job in a call centre in the middle of a big city. One day she’s offered a transfer to a new city with a transfer fee she can’t turn down. However the car doesn’t take her to a new city but into the arms of a secret club who exploit and “buy” women. Bethany escapes quickly but the only place to run is deep into the forest where she bumps into Cal. 6ft 8” strong, sexy recluse who lives in a cabin deep in the woods with his dog Rufus. The dog that Bethany saved 6 months before when he got tramped in barbed wire. Now Bethany needs Cal’s protection, but what causes a man to seclude himself in the woods for 6 years? When sparks fly and Bethany needs Cal more then ever, will he turn out to be someone she can trust?

Whilst all of Helena Newbury’s books have a dark element to them, this one felt slightly darker then the rest and I really liked that. 
As always with her work, the characters were flawed but loveable, her female main characters, whilst often being the ones in danger, always have a great inner strength and resilience which I love to see. Her male characters are often the most vulnerable and open with their feelings which again I think makes for great reading. 
The chemistry was sizzling and the sex scenes were steamy whilst still being sweet. Movie Rating 15 
The danger element added adventure to the story and I liked that in this book you got to see a bad guy who has featured in many of her other books be taken down.
The sneak crossover at the end for a new series: LOVE IT 😍😍😍

As always a great enjoyable Helena Newbury read

TW: human trafficking, discussion of rape but no scenes involving the act, hunting game, mention of torture but not explicit