Keep Me Safe by Nikki Sloane
Dangerous Obsession #2
Dark Billionaire Romantic Suspense
Release: May 28, 2026
🖤Romantic Suspense
❤️Billionaire
🖤Touch Her and ☠️
❤️Alpha Hero
🖤Heroine in Danger
She’s the one woman he can’t have, and falling for her isn’t just reckless—it could be deadly.
Billionaire Shawn Dunn has it all. Command of a global empire. Women who crave him. Wealth that means nothing is beyond his reach.
Yet Kara Hayward refuses to fall under his spell. She’s fire and defiance wrapped in temptation, the only woman who looks him in the eye and says no. It only makes Shawn want her more.
Getting involved would be shockingly dangerous. Kara’s sister is hiding from a ruthless assassin, and it’s safer for everyone if Shawn keeps his distance.
But the tension between them is inescapable. Every touch ignites. Every kiss sears hotter. Their desire grows into something more, something deeper . . . until the night everything burns.
Because the man hunting Kara’s sister has come to collect his revenge, and the price isn’t Shawn’s money, power, or pride.
It’s Kara.
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Narrated by: Lidia Dornet, Chris Merlin & Gabriel Spires
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Keep Me Safe by Nikki Sloane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
ALC REVIEW
I’m gonna be real honest here about this whole standalone situation. This is not a standalone. #fightme I don’t want to get into why I’d fight on that hill because, spoilers, but I will. Do with that information what you will. Romantically and suspensefully, this is all about Shawn Dunn (MMC) and Kara Hayward (FMC) but it still not a standalone. 🤔🤔
Keep Me Safe was just as “edge of your seat” as its predecessor but with more of an anticipatory vibe rather than a “what is even happening” vibe. Not only did the romance plot-line of the story hold me in a chokehold but so did the suspense. I’m not going to do details except to say that Nikki slayed once again. I’ve read a lot of Nikki’s work in the past and she is very good at writing sexually driven stories with a twist. I never once considered her a “dark romance” writer even when I read “Filthy Rich Americans”. That series is what added the “twist” to her already exceptional talent but these two stories is what really made me put her in the “dark romance” category or at least what I think of as “dark romance”. I am in awe of her talent and versatility, always have been, but I really have mad respect for her now because she “got me”, and that ain’t easy. And not so much because this story kept twisting and turning, no, more because I just honestly did see a lot of the unfolding of this story coming before it came. It’s amazing to be me right now! There’s no better feeling!
Shawn & Kara are both strong characters. There is no grumpy/sunshine opposites attracting happening between these two. They are both driving forces, and it was both exciting and entertaining to experience their development. Their story was tension fueled in the best of ways and again I found myself thanking the universe for not having an early copy of ebook and just the audio because maaaaaan did I want to fast forward a bunch of times just to take a peak around a corner. Ya’ll, I am the worst! When my anxiety ratches up I just gotta know! Well, not this time, or the last (lol)! THEN, we also have the suspense portion of this story which was quite literally “on” almost from beginning to end. Talk about an adrenaline rush! Ya’ll, seriously, if you like your romance fiction edgy, sexually driven, full of suspense and tension, Nikki Sloane is a writer you should be paying attention to. #trust
Sidenote: I won’t lie and say that Shawn’s character was not a “bit much” at times (read to find out why), and if it wasn’t for the whole package that is this story, he might just have brought the rating down, but he didn’t, but it was close. I “got” him, but I also wanted to punch him sometimes. Do with that what you will! LOL
The duet performance by Gabriel Spires, Lidia Dornet & Chris Merlin was absolutely epic! They took this story to movielike levels in my head and I just have to say how happy it made my audio loving heart. That’s the ultimate goal for an audio listener. To have a story not just narrated to them, but to make them feel they are in the story because they are so inside their heads when listening. It’s a feeling that is very hard to convey but you’ll know it when it happens and you will cherish those times and mark those audiobooks special so you can easily go back to them time and time again. Obviously, the “action” aspect of the story is going to do some of the work, but not the level of work these three did. I’ve always loved Lidia in all the performances I’ve listened to because she’s so versatile and always embodies the characters from “root to toe” as they say and her voice is easy to listen to. Gabriel & Chris are still fairly new to me and both were perfect in their roles!
This audio experience wasn’t quite 5 stars for me, but since half stars are still not a thing and it definitely doesn’t deserve a round-down, 5 stars it is. Until next time kids …
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