Title: Anchor Me
Author: J Kenner
Publisher/Year: J Kenner 4/1/17
Length: 249 Pages
Series: Stark Trilogy #4
Overview
Fourth novel in the fast-paced series including Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me. This sexy, emotionally charged romance continues the story of Damien Stark, the powerful multimillionaire who’s never had to take “no” for an answer, and his beloved wife Nikki Fairchild Stark, the Southern belle who only says “yes” on her own terms.
It’s a new chapter in the life of Nikki and Damien Stark …
Though shadows still haunt us, and ghosts from our past continue to threaten our happiness, my life with Damien is nothing short of perfection. He is my heart and my soul. My past and my future. He is the man who holds me together, and his love fuels my days and enchants my nights.
But when tragedy and challenge from both inside and outside the sanctity of our marriage begins to chip away at our happiness, I am forced to realize that even a perfect life can begin to crack. And if Damien and I are going to win this new battle, it will take all of our strength and love …
My Thoughts
Well when i thought this was a trilogy, it was fun to see that we get another installment. There’s so much left unsaid with this happy couple, and seeing what we’ve gotten glimpses of in the spin off series wasn’t quite enough.
So this fourth installment shows us what’s next for Nikki and Damien as their lives continues. They are both coming into a new phase of things, Nikki getting her business off the ground with a potential new deal in Dallas and Damien trying to wrap up loose ends that keep coming up and causing rifts in their relationship. Then there’s the constant conversation around them of when they are going to have a baby – and of course that means that when a series of events happen, we learn that Nikki isn’t sick, but preggo that their world spins.
Nikki has a hard time dealing with the news since we all know that she’s had the worst relationship with her mother and fears what that all means for her in the future. Damien’s reaction doesn’t make her any happier given that she wonders why it’s such a positive reaction and maybe he’s been hiding his true feelings about putting kids on hold.
Of course, the dynamics of their relationship mean that we’ll see resolutions come from their love and steamy sexual chemistry. It’s no wonder they have no trouble getting the pregnant part to stick, just a wonder of what it will mean in the future.
On top of that, there’s so much more going on. Sofia, Nikki’s nemesis shows up in the story and that can’t be anything good. Giselle pops up again too and you have to wonder what her angle is since she’s also one who was trying to get between them.
If those 2 weren’t enough, Nikki’s mother continues to haunt her, with Nikki feeling like she’s seeing her mom everywhere, and when she’s in Dallas and learns that her mom has sold her house there, she’s convinced that her mom’s in LA and that’s just a bad sign yet again.
So as you can see, so much turmoil and bad omens popping up that the true question in this book is what will be the breaking point and how much will they have to fight for each other in the hopes of keeping their relationship sound and happy.
The great thing that our author does throughout this series though is tee up that there are going to be spin offs and continuations of the series with the supporting characters that we know that we’ll get to continue on the journey with them all in one way or another. The way that all the stories are interwoven is amazing and i think that we get to see a deeper story line in that sense. I can’t wait to see what’s next for Nikki/Damien as well as all the others since there’s so much more that can be done to keep this series alive. That and the intense heat that makes you want to root for them and the others. Enjoy!