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Deep is the final book in the Chicago Underground Series and it's a STANDALONE!
Title: Deep
Series: Chicago Underground #7
Author: Skye Warren
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Dark. Powerful. Dangerous.
Philip Murphy has all of Chicago under his thumb. Except me.
We met in a perfect storm of violence and lust. He saved me and then disappeared from my life. Now I pretend I never knew that kind of darkness. I focus on midterms and campus parties, as if they can wipe the slate clean.
Then he turns up outside my dorm room—wounded and barely conscious. He’s the head of a crime syndicate, a powerful man, but he needs me now. There are traitors in his midst.
I can help him, but I can’t fall for him.
Not again.
It was dark outside, grown late, and I hadn’t eaten dinner yet. Somewhere out there, Philip was probably dining with crystal and expensive wine. Meanwhile I’d probably order a pizza with one of those coupons by the door.
A low sound raised the hair on my neck.
Oh God, I’m not alone.
My gaze swept over the small dorm room. From here I could see the tiny bedroom area and the kitchenette. I could see almost the entire space. Empty.
Maybe it was just one of my neighbors getting busy and—
The sound came again, louder. A shiver ran through me. It was coming from outside the room, but not from either side. It was coming from the door.
I crept over and looked out the peephole. An empty hallway bulged in the distorted lens.
Now I was doubting myself. Had I actually heard something? Maybe it had come from the dorm room across the hall. When I first moved here, it had been shortly after my “ordeal,” as my adoptive mother called it. I had jumped at every sound, both real and imagined, more traumatized by my brush with danger than I’d wanted to admit.
Now I was doubting myself. Had I actually heard something? Maybe it had come from the dorm room across the hall. When I first moved here, it had been shortly after my “ordeal,” as my adoptive mother called it. I had jumped at every sound, both real and imagined, more traumatized by my brush with danger than I’d wanted to admit.
My gaze snapped to my phone.
I could call my adoptive mother right now, but I knew she wouldn’t want to be bothered. I could call the building management, but I knew what would happen. The same thing that had happened last time I called them. They’d send my floor advisor to check on me. If there was anything scary in this hallway, she’d have to face it first.
And if there wasn’t anything scary, if it was my imagination again, the PTSD I didn’t want to acknowledge, well then everyone would know how fucked up I was inside.
No, I had to be overreacting. This was nothing. There was no one in the hallway. And even if there was, it would be some drunk guy, passed out on the wrong floor.
I’m a normal college student, I reminded myself. I’m not afraid of anything.
Both of those things were lies, I was neither normal nor brave, but at least I could send a drunk frat boy on his way.
I opened the door a crack. Nothing.
Relief filled me, and I opened the door wider.
A body slid inside, slumped over without the door to support him. A short scream escaped me before I caught myself.
He was wearing a three-piece suit stained with blood, his expression slack, eyes glassy with pain and delirium. Philip.
Oh God, he was hurt. Really badly hurt if he couldn’t stand up. Horribly hurt if he’d ever have come to me of all people. I didn’t have time to process the shock of it, of seeing him again. I had to get him out of sight. If he’d been injured like this, someone was after him. Someone would want to finish the job.
Deep is the 7th book in the Chicago Underground Series by Skye Warren. It is billed a standalone and can mostly be read as a standalone, but if you haven't read the other books some of it can be a bit confusing. You'll get the storyline, but the back story isn't there. While reading Deep I had to go back and re-read some of the others to refresh my memory.
If you've ever read any of Skye Warren's books you know what to expect. They are dark and dirty. The characters are not heroes. Philip is a criminal. He's not ashamed of it and he doesn't hide it. He's not a good person, but Ella can't help herself and falls for him anyway. He is good for her.
Philip is Dominant, older, more experienced, and rougher than Ella. When they first meet she's only a teenager, but he waits. She wants him then, but the small amount of good inside him makes him wait until she's older. Once she's old enough he takes. They seem like they wouldn't match, but they both want the same thing (to be loved) and they both end up loving each other. They need each other.
There are some very steamy, sexy scenes in Deep and Skye Warren gives us everything we want. Philip is all Alpha and he takes what he wants. The word "no" doesn't exist for him.
As with all Skye Warren books it's not an easy, comfortable read, but it's good. I give Deep FOUR STARS!
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