BLURB: Seraphine Dumont seems to have it all: she’s gorgeous, brilliant, and part of one of France’s most illustrious dynasties. But underneath the facade, Seraphine struggles to hold it all together. Besides grieving her adoptive father’s suspicious and sudden death, she also shares a tenuous role in the family business with Blaise, her in-name-only cousin. As tumultuous as their history is, he may be the only member of the deceptive Dumont family she can trust.
Seraphine is a temptation Blaise can’t resist. The torch he’s carried for years still burns. It’s his secret—a quiet obsession just out of reach. Until his brother demands that he spy on the increasingly cagey Seraphine, whom their father considers a dispensable Dumont outlier. But the more Blaise watches her and the closer he gets, the more he sees Seraphine may have every right to be suspicious. And she could be the next one in danger—from his own family.
As blood runs hot and hearts give in, Seraphine and Blaise have only each other. But can their love survive the secrets they’re about to uncover?
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BOOK REVIEW
You will like this if you like:
~ Enemies to Lovers
~ Second Chance
~Slow burn
~Suspense
~Angst
To Note: Book 2 in the Dumont series- though it follows a different couple there are spoilers for book 1.
Plot: 3.75/5
Characters: 3.5/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Personal Enjoyment: 4/5
0verall Rating: 15.25/20
Book 2 in the Dumonts series, Disarm is follows Seraphine, the adoptive sister of Olivier (who we met in Book 1: Discretion)
The story starts where we left off at the end of Discretion. Seraphine is still working in the family business though she is suspicious of her Uncle. It was a very interesting insight into her mind as we see how she struggles with the death of her adoptive father and all her suspicions around his death. All the while trying to do her job in the company that she loves despite being undermined by all of the Dumonts. To that effect she is forced to work with her cousin Blaise (cousin in name only) who she shares a tumultuous history with.
This story definitely benefited from having dual POVs as we were able to fully understand the depth Blaise has gone to keep Seraphine safe and all that he has sacrificed. The slow-burn romance was really well done and realistic as it could not have happened any other way considering the misunderstandings and deliberate heartbreaks in their past. This story is quite fast paced but with flashbacks we had enough insight that the romance was believable.
The writing style was easy to follow and with added elements of suspense to propel it, the story progressed really nicely and had a nice flow to it. I am looking forward to reading book 3 in the series as I really want answers regarding their father and to see how justice is done.