BENEATH THESE CHAINS

BENEATH THESE CHAINS                          MEGHAN MARCH

I was raised on the streets, so I know things are rarely as simple as they appear—especially this rich girl showing up at my pawnshop demanding a job.
She’s the most tempting thing I've ever seen, and I'll be damned if I can make her leave.
Shit just got complicated … but when it comes to her—I want complicated.
We're both fighting our own demons, and our only chance at a future is to let go of the past.
But will we be strong enough to break free from beneath these chains?
BENEATH THESE CHAINS may be read as a standalone, but is best enjoyed in the following series order:

BENEATH THIS MASK (Book 1)
BENEATH THIS INK (Book 2)
BENEATH THESE CHAINS (Book 3) 

HUBBY'S REVIEW:

Lord owns a pawn shop and he thinks he is doing pretty well but he is losing money. He finds out that the girl who is working the front is also stealing from him, so he fires her and it ends up being a scene in front of the store. Ellie now comes in the picture and Lord does not want to hire her but she won’t leave and because of her stubbornness she also tells Lord that a lot of his items are priced far too low and she proves it. After he looks up the items and sees that she is right he still does not want to hire her because someone like her rich and beautiful does not belong in that neighborhood. She does not back down and so this part of the story is set. Then you have the gangster who runs part of that hood who wants her as one of his but Lord says she is his and they have to make it look like they are a couple. He finds out after a while why she is their because she is looking for her father’s watch who her mother gave to her step brother that her mother married his father just a few months after her father’s death. He traded the watch for drugs. While this is going on the girl he fired turns up dead and then a few days later after a guy pins Ellie on street right before Lord gets there he also turns up dead. The police are looking at Lord and now he must clear himself and her plus look for her watch and then you have her mother who has been drinking since her new marriage and the step father also giving her hassle. With all of this they also find out that they are attracted to each other but must get everything cleared up so they can have a relationship. When you are getting to the end there are some twists and turns that make the a little better and Ellie also gets past a couple of her fears. This all makes for a good book and a good story. I really liked this book. I got this book from netgalley.  I give this 4 stars.