Checkmate

Title: Checkmate
Series: All for Love Book 1
Author: Nicki Bennett and Ariel Tachna
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Reviewer: Mollien
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Genre(s): Historical M/M Romance
Page Count: 294 pages
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5

An interesting, and exciting tale from the time of the Spanish Inquisition. This is a action packed novel full of sword fights, torture, and sex. I am so happy that I didn’t live in Spain in the 1600’s. The Plot of this story is based on deception when our hero, Teodoro Ciéza de Vivar is hired to bring back an English Noble who has run off with his male lover. When Teodoro finds Lord Christian Blackwood all is not what he was lead to believe. The truth is that he was hired by a man who has plans to kill the King of Spain and implicate Christian’s father in the assassination. Now Teodoro must not only keep Christian safe, he must uncover the plot to assassinate the King of Spain and in the process save Spain. The chemistry in this book is hot. Teodore and Christian have a deep attraction for each other from the start which Teodoro tries to resist in an effort to keep Christian safe from the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition. Some things are impossible to resist and Christian is one of them. This story is fast paced with many interesting characters. Great ending for this book with another book to follow. There is an intricate character development of these characters that takes place in a time hopefully never to repeat.

SCORES on a scale of 1-5 Stars rate each of the Following 5
Categories
PLOT: 4 Stars
CHEMISTRY: 5 Stars
PACING: 4 Stars
ENDING: 5 Stars
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5 Stars



Review Copy of Checkmate provided by the Dreamspinner Press for an honest Review. Reviewed by Mollien from Alpha Book Club