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The Greatest Risk by Kristen Ashley
5.0
challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Introduction
The Greatest Risk is such a powerful story that just held my heart so easily. I was so gravitated to this one here. I just knew that this one would be epic and Kristen Ashley really held up the bar with this story. There is something so endearing about this series. In fact, I think its some of her BEST work, there is something unique in how she has written each book and this story was SO not what I expected and it was delicious on every page. I just have so much love for Stellan and Sixx, and they are my favorite couple of the trilogy. I have really adored them all, but there is something so much more about Stellan and Stixx and their powerful journey that Kristen Ashley takes us on. Of course, its a KA novel, and has her classic writing style, so you just know that it will be epic but their relationship is packed with so much depth and heart, it delivered everything and more I could have been looking for!


Summary
The gist of the story is that, Sixx is a Domme, but she has been secretly in love with Stellan for years. But for a while he had his sights on another woman. But now that she is so taken, Stellan has his eye on Sixx who is so much more than she seems to be. But Stellan knows some of her past, including a name that she has hidden so deeply in her past, he is determined to bring out the true woman that is Simone, the woman that Sixx hides from everyone. But Stellan is determined to know her secrets, her past...but most importantly making the WHOLE woman shine forth no matter what it takes. He is a true dom though and could never be a sub to her, but he also knows that Sixx isn't a true domme, she is a switch. He gives her a month with him as his sub. He knows he only has a month to bring her out and if he fails....he will lose her forever.

My Outlook
The Greatest Risk was so so powerful! I just couldn't get enough of this one. Sixx has been such a woman of secrets and seeing the determination that Stellan has to bring out the true woman was so heartfelt. You just see how earnest he is, that he can see the parts of herself that she hides from everyone and how little by little its destroying her soul. So he is willing to take the greatest risk on her and trust that he can bring out the true woman out before he runs out of time and she will flee him forever and he will never be able to hold onto the woman he loves deeply.

What we see in this book is a path of healing and seeing BDSM as healing is one of my catnips and Kristen Ashley did this so remarkably and I couldn't get enough of it. I also adored the journey that we see with Sixx...but man this heroine is STUBBORN!! It takes not only Stellan, but the whole crew working together to truly bring the real woman out but she battles it till the end but when it happens, its GLORIOUS and so satisfying. I just loved everything about this story and I just couldn't put it down. It was so endearing and I fell so hard for Sixx and Stellan and never wanted their book to end! I can't wait to immerse myself into the novella that connects to this one. And also we get connections to other books, I just can't remember which books, I need to do research haha

If anyone knows the other couples that we see in this, let me know! Especially the male characters that everyone thinks is gorgeous, I am pretty sure he is from another of Ashley's books, but for the life of me I am not sure which one.

Overall View
The Greatest Risk is a ultimate BDSM romance that will tug at your heart, deliver all the depths, brings spice to a new level and is such an epic finale that is a must read for any erotic romance lover!

Rating Evaluation:
Plot: 5
World Building: 5
Cover: 5
Hero: 5
Heroine:5
Steam: 5
Heart & Feels: 5
Ending:5
Overall View: 5