Release Day Review: Black Flagged by Emma Jaye

20 June of 2023 by ButtonsMom2003

Black Flagged By Emma Jaye

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Formula 1, Sports, XXXTropes

Released: June 20, 2023

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Lights Out, Book 5 (but the books can be read in any order)

Length: 343 pages

Cover Design: Meredith Russell

Synopsis

Will a Black Flag end love before it leaves the starting line?

Dren is a mercenary, not a babysitter, yet protecting an F1 “bad boy” from his own recklessness is his next contract. The media darling everyone loves to hate is annoying as hell and a target both on and off the track.

Staying close is the only way to protect Karl from himself and others, but the forced proximity reveals the man behind the uncaring, flippant mask. In public and private, Karl craves attention, but it’s not Dren’s job to provide it. But Dren can’t help falling for Karl’s provocative passion, and he shouldn’t because when the contract ends, he’ll return to the organization that holds his soul.

Karl avoids people he can’t trick, charm, or buy, and his new bodyguard falls into that irritating category. But before he knows it, Dren’s imposing presence becomes his seatbelt in the rocky, perilous world of F1 because there’s genuine concern and interest behind the gruff exterior.

When a fiery crash gets Karl suspended for dangerous driving, can the pair find his mysterious enemy before Karl loses his career and Dren?

This M/M romance from Emma Jaye features an arrogant F1 driver with a hidden past and a bodyguard who is in way too deep. Set in the high-octane world of Formula 1, it features fast cars, spectacular crashes, heated rivalries, and of course, a HEA.

Each book in the Lights Out collection is a standalone story, and the books can be read in any order.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I loved it!

I have been enjoying this series so much! The books can easily be read as standalone stories but I’m glad I’ve been reading them as they’re published. From the first book in this series, Karl has been the bad guy we’re supposed to hate. He’s been accused of doing some pretty horrible things that have jeopardized the lives of other drivers. Now we get the rest of the story.

The blurb already lets you know that someone is out to get Karl and that a bodyguard has been hired to protect him. Dren is a bad a$$ bodyguard and he takes his job very seriously. He’s attracted to Karl but he can’t let anything happen between them.

I loved the back and forth between these two. Karl is constantly pushing Dren’s buttons and making himself a challenging person to protect. The suspense of who is causing all of the trouble for Karl kept me glued to my e-reader.

When Karl and Dren get it on things get a little bit kinky. 😊 I really didn’t understand much about the organization the Dren is a part of and the author’s note at the end of the book indicates that this story crosses over with her LIES series. While I didn’t understand everything about the organization it didn’t impact my enjoyment of this book.

♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

Lights Out Series

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About Author

Emma Jaye

Emma is the #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of m/m series such as Paint, Incubus, and Lies.

Known as the Queen of MM angst her books include Sci-fi, paranormal, and contemporary romance and always puts her characters through hell before giving them a HEA. She blames her rebellious muse (who looks like Chris from the Paint Series) for the erotic aspects tickling the angst, and the humor cuddling up with the erotic.

When not writing or reading she herds Birman cats and sons; Both groups argue that the other is too large.

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