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Unmasked: Volume 1: A Scorching-Hot Anti-Hero Romance Kindle Edition

by Cassia Leo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Unmasked

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From New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo comes a deliciously steamy and suspenseful series about finding love in the enemy and finding light in the darkness.

I was born into this world unwanted.

I spent the first five years of my life unloved.

I’ve spent the subsequent fourteen years of my life with the parents who’ve tried to undo the damage of those first five years.

But you can’t un-write a sad story if the ending is literally written all over your face.

So I moved out and now I hide. I have a night job that pays the bills. Every night, I put on my mask and walk to work.

Then one night, I hear and see something that will change my purpose in life... forever: a murder that will bring him to me.

He says he wants to protect me. And, through a series of events I can’t fully make sense of, I find myself believing him.

But our nightly visits are always cloaked in darkness. I don’t know his face and he will never know mine.

I was born into this world unwanted. I will leave this world unmasked.

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The author recommends the following reading order:

SHATTERED HEARTS SERIES
- Forever Ours (Shattered Hearts #1)
- Relentless (Shattered Hearts #2)
- Pieces of You (Shattered Hearts #3)
- Bring Me Home (Shattered Hearts #4)
- Chasing Abby (Shattered Hearts #6)
- Abandon (Shattered Hearts #5) (a spin-off)
- Ripped (Shattered Hearts #7) (a spin-off)

THE STORY OF US SERIES
- The Way We Fall (The Story of Us #1)
- The Way We Break (The Story of Us #2)
- The Way We Rise (The Story of Us #3)
- To Portland, With Love (The Story of Us #3.5) (a novella)

EVERGREEN SERIES
- Dirt (Evergreen #1)
- Seed (Evergreen #2)
- Bloom (Evergreen #3)

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KUCIQJK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gloss Publishing; 2nd edition (June 6, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 6, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1937 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 179 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1499192630

Best Sellers Rank: #24,153 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #309 in Romantic Erotica (Kindle Store)

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New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo grew up in California and now lives in Oregon. She loves to travel and her dream is to one day score a record deal based on her awesome shower singing skills. She is the author of Raise Your Game, Break, the Shoot for the Heart Series, The Story of Us Series, Shattered Hearts Series, Unmasked Series, Her Guardian, Black Box, and the Power Players Series, including King, Cash, Luke, Knox, and Chase.
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Rachel

Dark and hot!

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015

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After being hidden away by her parents for so long, eighteen-year-old Alex moves out on her own but still chooses to keep to the shadows. She only goes out at night, and even then Alex wears a hood, sunglasses, and black clothing. She lives a simple life, but she is no simple girl. She was trained from a young age to be a lethal weapon by her Special Ops father.

Alex’s life is monotonous until one night she witnesses a murder on her way to work. A detective shows up at her door to question her and make sure she’s okay, but Alex isn’t sure she can trust Daimon is who he says he is. She begins to let her guard down and let Daimon into her life bit by bit, yet something is still amiss in Alex’s world. She’ll need to figure out what’s going on and protect herself if she wants to survive another day.

Unmasked is a dark romance that will leave you on the edge of your seat wondering just what is going on and what’s going to happen next. There’s not much I can tell you without spoiling the plot other than it’s a wonderful page-turner. The story is definitely dark, has elements of romance, some mature scenes, and it’s intriguing.

The author’s style was very matter-of-fact, although that didn’t seem to hinder this book at all. We don’t get a ton of background information, and I was left with some questions like why Alex was so paranoid and why she had all of this military training and a stash of weapons. But even so I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

The romance with Daimon was thrilling and hot. There was lots of chemistry and sexual tension between Alex and Daimon, and I enjoyed how he brought her out of her shell a little at a time. He accepted her with no questions asked and determined her beauty not by her looks but by the person who was on the inside.

This story is volume one in a series, but it stood well on its own. Not everything is resolved at the end, but it came to a satisfying conclusion. The loose ends actually seemed to fit with the dark theme of the book.

Overall I really enjoyed this novella, and I’d definitely read more by this author and more in this series.

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Jacquellyn

Holy carp! What did I just read??!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2014

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Wow...that was a crazy beginning to this series. It was so unique and dark that I'm finding it hard to review. It was suspenseful and thrilling and mysterious and sad at the same time. I can't wait to read the next book. Definitely a huge cliffhanger, which usually I hate, but not this time. My only complaint is that it was so short. Sometimes I wish authors would just write a longer complete novel instead of breaking books up into shorter novella types...this is the only reason it's only getting 4 stars from me. otherwise it was crazy good!

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014

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I'll start out by saying I LOVE this author so I will patiently stick with this series, at least through the next book which might help me more than Volume 1 because I honestly have no clue what is going on. Alex is a trained killer, learning her moves from her father who trained her in their basement which is sadly where most of Alex's life existed. Why was she kept hidden? Alex remembers being in school as a young girl & being teased about her appearance. Alex's mom also made it sound like her appearance was hideous. I'm not sure if this is a case of parents trying to shelter her by telling her lies or if her parents were purposely cruel to her. Alex finally has the guts to move out on her own but she is struggling with living in the real world, spending most of her time in the dark hiding her face. At 19 years old she has never been touched which again tells me something about the cruelty of her parents. A series of unfortunate events lands Detective Diamon at her door. His French accent is sexy as is the way he touches Alex. Alex is taught to never trust anyone so she follows Diamon & whatever she finds is enough for her to label Diamon as a traitor & she seeks her revenge. Again I was so confused as to what Diamon did & I hope this isn't the end of Alex & Diamon because I really liked him. He treated Alex as if she was beautiful & really opened her from the shell she had lived in. I love the way Alex learns more about herself as a woman & how she is able to handle her life completely but seriously, I'm very confused about the whole storyline. I guess it won't hurt to read the second book to see if some of the holes will be filled in because this author is one of my favorites.

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CRaasch

A suspenseful Mystery of hot sexiness

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2014

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Unmasked was by far one amazing book I am hooked. Alex Living in the Dark the way she does and the way she was raised, Intrigues me? Alex 's mother Has always been stand off-ish to her. She has no clue why, But she done dealing with her, and living in the dark. Alex is moving out getting her own place. Why not after all her parents make her pay rent to live in the basement..... After Alex is out on her own she hasn't seen or spoken to her parents, She get's a night Job at a gas station that pays the bills. She only goes out at night she doesn't like to be seen or stared at because of her skin being different, sure she can put makeup on and she has to just to go out. One night on the way to work Alex sees something she shouldn't and that something and someone is about to change is whole life and the way she views it.

When the man in the Black hoddie comes knocking on Alex's door, She will have to choose what to do and Fast but is there a way to run or is to answer the door her only opposition...... What's to come after this man in the hoodie is in Alex's life.
I give Unmasked 5 stars The author has left you to see a mystery unfold right before your eyes and yet we see a girl that's never had friends or love of any kind find a friend and maybe love all in one, one man in a hoodie.... I love the suspense and mystery and can't wait for volume 2 of Unmasked!

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Nicole

Amazing story. You do not see the ending coming

Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2014

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Amazing story. You do not see the ending coming. I was totally shocked but loved the story. Can'twait for more.

sumit sabal

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on July 13, 2015

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nice book

Aenna

Interessanter Gedanke

Reviewed in Germany on November 19, 2014

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Es startet interessant, mit der weiblichen Protagonistin, die Aufgrund eines Gendefekts, das Licht meidet. Zunächst war ich neugierig. Wie schlimm muss es sein, wenn die eigene Mutter das Kind nicht annehmen wollte? Doch dann zu lesen, dass der ganze Zirkus nur darum ging das ein Auge empfindlicher ist als das andere und die Haut etwas hell gescheckt aussieht hat; hat für mich persönlich, den Stempel: "viel Tam Tam um Kleinigkeiten" auf die Geschichte gedrückt, der dann auch nicht mehr verschwunden ist. Das Ende ist dafür viel versprechend gut ausgefallen, bis auf den Punkt an dem "die Prinzessin" erwähnt wird.
Da wurde es mir dann doch zu abgefahren. Die Fortsetzung werde ich nicht lesen, aber dafür, dass das Buch gratis war, war es gut.

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Chiara Cilli

A me Daimon Rousseau ♥

Reviewed in Italy on October 27, 2014

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Spiegatemi da dove dovrei cominciare xD Come ben sapete, dopo la straordinaria lettura di My Masters' Nightmare Season 1, Episodes 6 - 10 mi sono presa una pausa di tre libri più leggeri. Questo sarebbe dovuto essere il terzo, un ritorno soft verso il dark romance... col cavolo! °_° mamma mia!! Che INTENSITA' *•* io sono ancora scioccata!! Credetemi se vi dico che in meno di 200 pagine questa fantastica autrice, che io inizio a leggere proprio con questo libro, è riuscita a spiazzarmi totalmente :D Oooh sono ancora in iperventilazione xD e dovrò anche fare la recensione ufficiale! Sarò più che delirante, preparatevi >.< ok, d'accordo, in una parola - anzi, in un nome: Daimon Rousseau ♥ SENSAZIONALE! Hot, hot, super hot *-* non potete rendervi conto di quello che mi ha fatto quest'uomo xD e Alex?!?! La lovvo, grande ragazza ;) altro che le femminucce che sognano il grande amore, questa è una macchina omicida :3 awww!! Ah, ma volete sapere il bello? Io ho inserito il primo volume di questa serie nell'ordine che ho fatto il 1° ottobre, ma indovinate un po'? Il 16 settembre è uscito il volume che racchiude tutti e tre i libri - ma porco dinci, a quest'ora potevo già aver finito di leggere tutta la storia... invece sto morendo perché non so se il mio Daimon campa ancora >.< KILL ME RIGHT NOW T.T Ah, ovviamente Daimon è diventato di diritto uno dei miei uomini, perciò giù le zampe :P

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lex

unmasked

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2014

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A very mysterious read that leaves you wanting more. Alex is a mystery she lives in the dark, she's not like other people. I was fascinated in how this story would turn out and wished it was a little longer. The ending is something you don't expect and leaves you wanting more. I can't wait for book 2.