Salt Kiss: Lyonesse, Book 1

This book is intoxicating and absolutely dripping with tension. The passion is fierce and every chapter pulls you deeper into a web of desire and emotional unraveling. And that ending? A cliffhanger that had me already reaching for the next book. It is not just spicy though, there is such an emotional aspect to the story that I could not put it down. The chemistry is electric in every direction: Tristan and Mark are explosive, consuming, and dangerous in the best way… while Tristan and Isolde, being inexperienced, carry a softer, more vulnerable connection that adds unexpected sweetness to all the intensity. I have a weakness for morally grey characters, and Mark delivers flawlessly. He’s dominant, calculating, perceptive… and unapologetically infuriating at times. The kind of man you want to argue with, resist, and fall for all at once. Tristan, on the other hand, is open-hearted, sincere, and quietly adrift. When Mark offers him a job, it becomes more than employment — it’s a doorway into a world that tempts him and forces him to confront parts of himself he never truly faced before. And then there’s Isolde — stronger on the surface after years of rebuilding herself, yet still carrying the ache of a heartbreak Mark left behind. Her pain, resilience and lingering connection add another layer of emotional gravity to her story, while she is still determined to uphold her calling to work for her uncle. Secrets coil through every interaction. Desire blurs the lines between…

I read the Kindle version of this book last year and I listened to the audiobook this time to remind myself of the plot before going into Bitter Burn. As always, my honest thoughts and opinions are directly below. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This book follows Tristan Thomas, son to Mark Trevena's sister's husband, as he is offered the exclusive job of being Mark's bodyguard. What he was not intending was to fall in love with his boss. What he also wasn't expecting is that his boss is marrying Isolde Laurence, which ends any thought of a happy ending that Tristan may have had. He wasn't expecting to fall in love with Isolde as well, which puts him in even worse of a situation when he is asked to take her back to Mark from Ireland. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– I still feel bad for both Tristan and Isolde because I know the heartbreak they are both going through since they both love Mark. I feel bad that they have to live with the guilt now of knowing they broke Mark's trust by having sex with each other. I've already read the book so nothing that happened was a shock to me but the fact that Sedge knows what happened still filled me with dread. I still shudder at the thought that he could tell his boss what had happened on the yacht at any time. I know Tristan and Isolde struggle with that very consequence throughout "Honey Cut" and I'm not looking forward to that. Mark really put Tristan in a very hard place to be in and I'm still convinced that…