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Room 553-July Buddy Read

First off, many apologies to Britney King.  HOW HAVE I NOT READ ANY OF YOUR BOOKS?  I now have a new obsession.  Please think of it as kind and endearing and not stalkery.

Room 553 was chosen as one of my many (and perhaps impossibly unattainable to finish) July buddy reads.

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Synopsis from Goodreads, because I can't write my own without spoiling the book.

For Max and Laurel, nothing is off limits when they meet in room 553. Their illicit affair is exhilarating, passionate--and dangerous. 

Driven as much by compulsion as pleasure, Max can't stop. His mistress is Jesus on the streets, and Satan in the sack. But when things take a sharp and sudden turn for the worse, he finds himself ensnared in a trap of his own making. 

Under heavy scrutiny by the police and the media, Max is hailed as a cold and evasive womanizer. He made mistakes, to be sure. But does that make him a killer?

Unnerving and addictive, Room 553 is a vivid and sensual psychological thriller that weaves a story of cruelty, reckless desire, and blind, bloody justice. 

YOU GUYS.  THIS BOOK IS MY NEW FAVORITE.  Max is a jerk.  Laurel's husband James is a jerk.  This book is full of jerks, but the way they all manipulate each other is MASTERFUL.  I knew something wasn't quite right between the main characters, but rather than guess I read as fast as I could to find out the ending.  This book did not disappoint.

I know I'm a huge thriller fan, but seriously, this book earns all the stars.  ALL OF THE STARS.  I was immediately sad that it was over, and I can't wait to go on a Britney King binge.  I'm still in shock that I've never read anything else from her.  Go buy all of her books.  She's absolutely fabulous.

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