Under His Protection by Emma Blake (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Chloe and Dom! I loved them together. They are both obviously dealing with their own trauma and lean on each other at times to help with that.

Chloe is resilient and strong while also being caring, empathetic, and vulnerable. She comes back into Dom's life after years of being away and there is an immediate attraction between the two of them. One that they both initially are cautious of, she's running from her past and that's his best-friends little sister. Chloe is understandably vulnerable and cautious after the trauma that she expereinces and the past that she got away from.

Dom is loving and possessive. You can also tell that he is dealing with his own trauma. He's attracted to Chloe from the first moment he sees her again. He also recognizes that she's his best-friend's little sister, so any attraction between them, if acted on would need to be serious for him. He can't just mess around with her. He can't resist her though and he falls first honestly. He wants to protect her, he recognizes immediately that she's running from something and wants to help her. He falls in love with her strength, empathy, kindness, and at times fierceness.

The climax, where everything comes to a head with the Ex happens rather quickly. Towards the end of the book, one minute the characters and getting intimate the next it's anxiety and suspense, which kind of gave me a little bit of whiplash. I didn't know what to feel.

Overall, it's a really good read. I really enjoyed it. I think the Chloe and Dom were beautifully portrayed. There's a lot of aspects that go into the portrayal of the type of trauma that Chloe is going through and I think the author does a good job of showing how Chloe is handling it. Even the more unsavory aspects of it, like the anxiety attacks that she has at times, the vulnerability, and cautiousness when it comes to trusting, even the fear and inability to really trust her instincts about the people in her life post trauma.

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