Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver

Leather and Lark by Brynne WeaverLeather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
Narrator: Samantha Brentmoor, Eric Nolan
Series: The Ruinous Love Trilogy #2
Published by Zando on June 4, 2024
Genres: Romance
Length: 12h 15m
Format: Audiobook
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“I don’t just want to hear her laugh, I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I’ve become addicted to it. To her.”
Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.
And they can’t stand each other.
Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.
As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.
There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.
And this one has come for blood.
Hate-to-love Marriage of convenience Grumpy / sunshine He falls first Groveling, but make it psycho Touch her/him and die

four-half-stars

review

It took my just over half a year to pick up Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver, the second in her Ruinous Love trilogy. I was absolutely feral for Butcher and Blackbird and was worried this second book wouldn’t deliver. And while I did really enjoy it, it did hit slightly less than the first.

Lachlan Kane? Love of my life. Such an eldest sibling. He felt like such a great character with slightly more depth to him than Rowan. I think he might be my favorite of the Kane brothers. Lark, on the other hand, I enjoyed but didn’t love her like I loved Sloane. I’m not sure why. It could have been the whole singing thing. It always makes me cringe. Always. I don’t know. It felt like she’s a rich girl, rich family, but it felt almost like she tried to play at being a struggling musician. She just felt like too much. But her and Lachlan together I really enjoyed. There was some great tension at the start, but once Lachlan starts to figure her out, it almost plateaus.

If you loved Butcher and Blackbird, and want more of the same, I think you’ll enjoy Leather and Lark as well. But, definitely go into this knowing it’s practically the same formula with slightly lower marks than the original.

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