Editorial Review: Between the Lines by Keira Mai

When two ambitious people who are each accustomed to getting their own way collide in unusual circumstances sparks are bound to fly, but when Caleb and Veronica's obsession with each other starts growing beyond what either of them imagined those sparks threaten to become a wildfire.A successful lawyer who is on the fast track to the very top of her career, Veronica is as tightly wound as they come. this is partly due to the intense nature of her job but mostly it's to do with her work ethic that some might call obsessive - her deeply seated need to be in control coupled with the desire to win is a volatile combination. When Rachel, her best friend who embodies almost everything Veronica is not - wild spontaneous, and easy going, strongly suggests that Veronica try out a new spa she discovered Veronica knows that this is not any ordinary spa. Sure, the place is expensive and offers high end luxury beauty treatments and relaxation options - but that isn't what the spa's key clients go there for. The spa exists to help women explore their boundaries, find new heights, and feel things they didn't know they were allowed to feel. Caleb is enigmatic and has a real talent for matching new clients with staff members who will take care of them in the exact way they need to be - he never gets personally involved. Ever. That is, of course, until he meets Veronica. Pushed past his own boundaries by the obsession developed on sight, Caleb knows that he is on thin ice trying to seduce her but he just can’t seem to stop. Veronica has her own reasons for wanting this to go slow with Caleb, but the more time she spends with him the less they seem to matter. with her career on the up-track the rivalry at work is fierce, and she needs her head in the game right now - so why can’t she stop thinking about the gorgeous, possessive, spa owner? When Caleb's past comes careening in to the present and their professional lives intersect, all hope of remaining aloof and keeping this thing even vaguely simple evaporate and things really start to heat up. Promising a fast and intense read, Between The Lines is a contemporary, steamy, dark romance with bite that explores more than one taboo plotline. Keira Mai strives to deliver strong female characters and give them agency even within the non-traditional relationships and dynamics so often portrayed in the dark romance genre. The characters are steadily built from the start and become more complex as the book goes on.Between The Lines by Keira Mai delivers an intense dark romance that twists and turns with engaging and steamy prose.