Title: Empathy

Author: Ker Dukey

Genre: Dark Romance/Erotic Suspense

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Blake:

I am a brother.
I am a police detective.
I am a contract killer.
I don’t want to love.
I don’t want to feel.
I don’t want … EMPATHY.

They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy. Maybe that’s true about me, but whether I was born this way or created in a moment of evil, empathy was something I didn’t possess until her green eyes met mine in the mirror and I couldn’t take her life.

I didn’t want to feel, didn’t want this woman in my life complicating how I lived but she was there at every turn. Sent to haunt me for my sins. Her light so bright she provoked a shadow from everyone she touched. When a job turns bad quickly altering my life forever I’m forced to feel. When nothing is making sense I’m forced to face truths I never would recover from. When life drowns you in its cruelty you don’t know which way the current will drag you or who you’ll become once you re-surface.

Melody:

I was a daughter

I was a student.
I was a victim.
Did I have his love?
Did I make him feel?
Did I have his empathy?
When the actions of a soulless killer forces sorrow into my veins, I never dreamed the man healing my wounds would be the one to leave the worst scar. His love would scar my soul. Scars are permanent; I will never feel the relief from them.
Will I learn to live with them, remember why I have them and learn never to let him close enough to inflict more? Will I eventually cover them… like tattoos coating them with new memories, new love and new starts?
I didn’t know these answers because the pain was too suffocating, the only thing I knew was they will always be under the surface lingering. He had scars too, from his sins. There is nothing that can cover them, they were too deep, too ugly, too dark and they marked us both forever.

My Review :

I am going to tell you I absolutely FL♥VE Ker, she is truly an inspirational women/Author and I'm in awe of her, the way she can caputure your heat and soul when reading any of her books is truly Amazing.

I was given an Arc of this book, early hours of a morning and started reading it at 10am. I knew there was no going back for me. I was there, until I got to those dreaded words ( THE END) which I had read by lunch time.
That woman never fails to amaze me! She leads you down a path you think you have it all figured out, then she blows the road infront of you up.... And you're left in bits from the aftershock.
It would be simple, should it for someone not capable of empathy, but lets just say it was easy for Blake until Melody ran into his life, causing him to doubt himself.
I love all the twists and turns Ker takes you on in this book. It leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat. Hang on tight people because you are about to get blown away.
I dont want to go into details for fear of spoiling the book, but I will tell you if you dont read this you really are missing out. ~ Vicci

I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active... I would want to change the script.I would watch films and think of ways they could of improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that i tell my own. My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling. When I'm not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I'm a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister. You can find me on facebook where i love interacting with my readers.